Spoiling History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

Lu Su's comment of "a loving father and a filial son" made everyone in the hall laugh.

Zhang Fei subconsciously pinched the lapel of his clothes, feeling in his heart that although Li Shimin was the emperor, his hobby was still a bit too strange.

But he was not idle at all:

"When the emperor of the Han Dynasty ascends the throne, he must inform his ancestors in the ancestral temple, meet the officials in the palace, and announce it to the world."

"It's easy for the emperor of the Tang Dynasty to ascend the throne. All he needs to do is compete with swordsmen at the Xuanwu Gate."

After making some serious comments, Zhang Fei nodded and said:

"I really like it."

Kong Ming glanced sideways slightly and sighed slightly in his heart. No wonder the feudal towns in later Tang Dynasties were plagued by disasters.

This Li Longji Xuanwumen raised his sword twice, one to defeat Empress Wei and her daughter, and the other to kill Princess Taiping for imperial power.

It seems that Li Longji has extraordinary tenacity, but a warrior like Yide can see clearly intuitively:

The one who gets the forbidden army will be crowned the emperor.

So what if you can place the prime minister at will? All the swordsmen and soldiers were killed in one fell swoop.

When the Song Dynasty continued the rule of the Han and Tang Dynasties, it was probably because of the chaos in the Tang vassal towns that they overcorrected and caused the civil and military forces to become alienated, causing hidden disasters.

But these are just conjectures. Seeing Yide sighing there, Kong Ming joked:

"Then if according to the theory of 'travelling' in later generations, Yide traveled through time and became a descendant of the Li family, maybe the Xuanwu Sect could really compete for supremacy."

Everyone imagined an eight-foot man leaping on his horse and shouting at the Xuanwu Gate, "Who is Li Yide of Longxi? Who dares to fight?" !

Well, the picture is so beautiful.

Zhang Fei really thought about it seriously:

"If you let Li Shimin be your eldest brother's son, I can also be that emperor's grandson."

"But I can't do anything to force my father, let alone cry while sucking my breasts. I can't do it if I can't do it."

"I am still willing to serve as a vanguard in my brother's tent to fight against thieves. I can also drink with my second brother in my spare time. This is what I call a happy life."

Seeing the undisguised disgust on Zhang Fei's serious face, everyone looked at each other and laughed.

[The Xiantian coup ended with Li Longji's victory. Only then did Xuanzong's power as an emperor become complete.

It was also at this point, with the death of Princess Taiping, that the shadow left by the empress Wu Zetian could be completely eliminated.

When she was young, Princess Taiping once disguised herself as a man to please Li Zhi, and was allowed by Emperor Gaozong to choose her own consort. In the end, she married Xue Shao, which was regarded as a happy marriage between lovers.

As we have said before, Princess Taiping at this time was very well-behaved and devoted herself to raising her husband and children, but she couldn't bear what her mother Wu Zetian could do.

The family background of the two wives of Xue 𫖮, the eldest son of Xue, is just one of them.

Do you still remember that Xue Huaiyi who was so angry that he set fire to the Mingtang after falling out of favor?

In fact, Xue Huaiyi's real name was Feng Xiaobao. After Li Zhi's death, he became Wu Zetian's first male favorite by chance and was favored by A Wu.

Feng Xiaobao comes from a humble family. In order to raise his lover's status, Ah Wu played a trick and used his daughter Princess Taiping's relationship to directly change Feng Xiaobao's surname to Xue and form a family with Princess Taiping's husband Xue Shaotong. Feng Xiaobao Ji's father is also his uncle.

As a result, the salesman Feng Xiaobao suddenly became Xue Huaiyi, whose name is written on the Xue family tree.

For Xue Xiang, who was the eldest son of Xue and the son of Princess Tang, this was nothing less than a great shame and humiliation.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Xue 𫖮 joined Li Zhen and Li Chong's "rebellion" with an extremely determined attitude.

Xue Shao was executed by Wu Zetian out of "good intentions" so that her daughter could remarry the Wu family she supported and maintain her prosperity and wealth.

It was only after this time that her mother used power to play with her that Princess Taiping's life took a huge turn.

Not only did she imitate her mother's example of raising beautiful faces privately, but she even selected the handsome ones among them to offer to her mother.

She was no longer ignorant of world affairs, but took the initiative to participate in Wu Zetian's court decision-making and gained full experience.

The Shenlong Coup in 705 brought an end to Wu Zhou's regime, Luoyang was demoted from the divine capital to a companion capital, and the center of the court was moved back to Chang'an.

When leaving Luoyang, Princess Taiping, the winner of the coup, did not have much nostalgia. She only ordered the tomb of her ex-husband Xue Shao to be moved to Chang'an. At this time, Xue Shao had been dead for more than sixteen years.

Princess Taiping also followed Wu Zetian's old path to gain power step by step, until she met Li Longji, who was more sophisticated, and ended up with her family ruined.

Some people think that the ultimate failure of Princess Taiping was due to the inherent shortcomings of female rulers, but in fact, looking at her sudden change in life, it is more like a tragedy that was sacrificed to power by her mother Wu Zetian.

The failure of Princess Taiping was Li Longji's best achievement. In order to show his ambition, the "Xiantian" reign name was changed to "Kaiyuan" after the coup.

Xuanzong also kept his word, selecting talents, developing production, restricting Buddhism, trying to recruit soldiers, revitalizing the imperial examinations, promoting civil society, setting up Juxian Garden, and restoring the territory of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

In the twenty-eighth year of Kaiyuan, the Tang Dynasty made great efforts to govern, and with the help of Xuanzong, the Tang Dynasty created its second era of unprecedented prosperity after the reign of Wenjing.

Wang Wei witnessed with his own eyes the spectacular court meeting in the prosperous period of Kaiyuan, and wrote:

The nine heavens closed the palace, and all the nations wore clothes and worshiped Mian Liu.

Du Fu later recalled the prosperity of Kaiyuan in his dream when he was living in exile, and he also had many recollections after waking up:

Recalling the heyday of Kaiyuan in the past, there were still thousands of families in the small town. The rice is dripping with fat and the corn is white, and both the public and private warehouses are abundant.

How many truly prosperous times were there in ancient China?

This is still a controversial topic in today's history circles. The second, third, and even the fifth prosperous ages all have their own opinions. As for the ten prosperous ages that caused a flood, just look at it and laugh, I can only say that it was prosperous.

Regardless of the standard, Kaiyuan is known as the prosperous age. From this perspective, although Li Longji has the blessing of being in the spotlight, his abilities are definitely among the top in history, and it is difficult to criticize.

Of course, the above praise is limited to the Xuanzong Youth Limited Edition.

In addition, Zhang Yizhi's brother, who was killed immediately during the Shenlong Coup, was reinstated by Xuanzong during the Tianbao period.

You have to ask why...because Zhang Yizhi has a good nephew named Yang Guozhong. 】

Power, tragedy.

Two simple words struck Li Shimin's heart, leaving him silent.

The Xuanwu Sect was ridiculed several times in later generations, but in the final analysis it was because of the word power, which he had long been indifferent to.

After all, as later generations lamented, he had an equal world, so why couldn't he dominate the world? And even if he stood ready to be killed, could others create the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty?

What made him silent was Wu Zetian's attitude towards his daughter, which reminded him of his past teachings to Li Chengqian.

To be fair, from Wu Zetian's perspective, all her actions toward Princess Taiping were out of love.

From another perspective, suppressing the Xue family may not be to enhance the daughter's right to speak in the Xue family. Later, before Wu Zhou usurped the Tang Dynasty, he asked his daughter to marry Wu instead of Xue. The interests and gains and losses considered were also very clear.

But what if we look at it from the perspective of Princess Taiping? It is true that she was ravaged by her mother's power time and time again. A good wife lost her husband, and her infant son lost his father. This is also true.

So in the end, this once well-behaved daughter forced the birth mother into the palace as Princess Li Tang...

Thinking about Li Chengqian's later crazy actions and even his final rebellion, Li Shimin was a little stunned for a while.

The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty fell silent, while his ministers began to chirp and sigh with emotion.

"This Kaiyuan period was not only a prosperous time for the people, but also a prosperous time for poetic talents."

Wei Zheng shook his beard and smiled from the bottom of his heart for the first time since entering the Manna Hall today.

After all, for Wei Zheng, who adhered to the Confucian theory of kingship, such an atmosphere of all nations worshiping his country could be described as an ideal prosperous age.

Even if he could only see half a claw from the light curtain and the poem, it was enough to make him excited.

Du Ruhui smacked his lips in a very graceless manner:

"Tsk, a small town can hide thousands of families, and the rice is dripping with fat and the corn is white. If the world is like this, then what can't be done?"

Fang Xuanling snickered and understood.

Last year, Li Jing was awarded the title of Minister of the Ministry of War for capturing Jie Li. The original Minister of the Ministry of War, Du Ruhui, was transferred to the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and was inspected as a servant of the school.

As the saying goes, you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are when you are not a family member. After taking charge of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Du Ruhui became even more busy, supervising farmers and taxing, and urging the military to transport grain and grass. He often lamented to him that no matter how much grain and grass he had, it was not enough for the military.

Now looking at the Kaiyuan grain storage, I am extremely envious.

However, seeing his old friend lose his grace, Fang Xuanling comforted him:

"Last year, the Yizhou Navy was ordered by His Majesty to send envoys to Jiaozhou to collect rice from Champaign."

"It's hard to see white corn, but the rice is dripping with fat. We can look forward to it."

Although the attack on Yizhou by this newly established naval division was not very smooth, there should be no difficulty in getting to Jiaozhou. After all, they just need a rice seed.

Du Ruhui felt a little yearning after hearing this.

Seeing how much later generations admired the ocean, Du Ruhui also felt a little yearned for it. He wondered when he would be able to board a ship, cut through the wind and waves, and patrol the waters of the Tang Dynasty?