Great Tang Southern Emperor

But everyone is very clear that the root cause of the disaster has not been completely eliminated, because the strongholds of the major families in Chang'an City have been emptied, but the troops stationed outside Chang'an have not found any traces of these people.This means that these aristocratic families are still lurking in Chang'an City, and may cause another riot at any time.It's just that Li Zhen's intelligence system hasn't dug out their hidden lair yet, so the defenders need to defend more closely.

On Li Zhen's side, after bidding farewell to Li Shimin and Concubine Yan, she did not return to the army. Instead, under the leadership of Xue Rengui, she came to an abandoned house and met an acquaintance...

"Elder Sun Chong? It's you?" Li Zhen was really surprised when she saw the so-called culprit. Although this person was disheveled, Li Zhen recognized the identity of this person immediately.In any case, he never thought that the chief culprit who brought people into the palace and almost beheaded Li Shimin and insulted all the concubines before would be Chang Sun Chong?

If you know that he counts, he should be Li Shimin's nephew, and his aunt is the Empress Changsun.No matter what Li Zhen thought, he never imagined that the culprit and acquaintance that Xue Rengui said would be this guy.

"Li Zhen?" Hearing Li Zhen's voice, Chang Sun Chong raised his head, and when he saw Li Zhen, his eyes shrank suddenly: "It really is you, it seems that you won this time, and now I fall to you If you want to kill or cut, it's up to you."

"That's great, you said it yourself." Li Zhen was overjoyed, and immediately hit the snake with the stick: "You asked me to cut you up yourself, Xue Rengui, you heard it, and you , everyone has heard it, if someone stops him when he is really about to be cut, you have to testify to me."

To be honest, when Li Zhen knew that the culprit was Chang Sun Chong, she was still a little embarrassed. Although Chang Sun Chong was a rebel, he was also one of the royal relatives. This status guaranteed that even if he failed in the rebellion, he would not There will be a whole body left.But Li Zhen obviously didn't want to give him the same treatment as Li Zhi. She was in a difficult situation at first, but now, Chang Sun Chong actually said that he wanted to be killed or cut. When asked, with his words as evidence, they would never want to stop Li Zhen.

Xue Rengui nodded frantically: "Yes, I heard that, Your Highness, this subordinate can testify for you."

"Yes, yes, yes, Your Highness, I heard that too." Guard A hastily testified.

"That's right, Chang Sun Chong asked for it himself, and I can also testify." Guard B agreed.

"This is really interesting. There are still people like this in this world. They don't want to die quickly, but they actively ask to be cut alive." Guard C said sarcasticly beside him.

"Maybe this is a pervert? Or he hopes to live in this world for a few more days?" The guard Ding was not to be outdone.

"..."

"You... Pfft~" Chang Sun Chong was out of breath, wanted to defend himself but couldn't say anything, he was filled with hatred, anger and fear, all kinds of emotions were intertwined, causing him to spurt a mouthful of blood, and passed out in a coma.

"It's really boring, I just passed out." Li Zhen was speechless, and suddenly asked Xue Rengui: "By the way, when did he join the Ninth Brother?"

Xue Rengui said: "We have already asked. It has been a long time since he joined King Jin's command. It can even be said that he was one of the first to join King Jin's command among all the nobles. Later, many nobles joined King Jin. , Most of them are also matchmaking through him, and what's more, the reason why the Changsun family joined the King of Jin was also his bewitching, and it was he who persuaded Changsun Wuji, which led to Changsun Wuji's actions to family members Open one eye and close one eye.”

"Damn it, these aristocratic families don't have any good things." Li Zhen was furious. He wished he could pull Changsun Wuji to his side right now, and shoot him a hundred times a hundred times.

Chapter 1262 Long Live My Emperor Long Live Long Live

Chapter 228 Long live my emperor, long live, long live

"There is still such a thing?" Li Zhen frowned. "So, this guy has played a great role under the Ninth Brother? If so, why is he not reused by the Ninth Brother? Otherwise, what he did to the Ninth Brother The contribution he has made is enough to be a six-part minister, but I have never heard that the ninth brother has such a confidant under his command."

Xue Rengui replied, "We also asked about this. According to him, this is his own idea, because because of his fear of His Highness, he is not willing to expose himself to others for the time being, but waits for King Jin to defeat His Highness before he prepares." It was a pity that King Jin was assassinated, the city was in chaos, and his mentality completely collapsed, which led him to want to kill His Majesty before His Highness, and let His Highness you experience the greatest pain in the world..."

"What? It turned out to be like this..." Li Zhen's eyebrows burst into anger, "If this happens, then you can't spare him. Now go to the Xilin other courtyard and find Changsun Wuji and his family. Come on - didn't he want to let Ben Gong suffer in the world? Naturally, Ben Gong will not be polite. Repaying grievances with kindness has never been in Ben Gong's temperament. In front of my eyes, let him taste the extreme pain in the world first, and then say..."

"Your Highness, you can't." Xue Rengui was shocked, and quickly persuaded, "This matter is really against humanity, and it's not for the king to do it. Besides, Changsun Wuji is also your highness's uncle. If you do this, it will also damage your filial piety." , It’s really not something a wise man can do.”

"Hmph, Changsun Wuji is not my real uncle, but my father is his real uncle. He can do anything, why can't someone in this palace do this?" Li Zhen said so on the lips, but on the surface His anger has dissipated, he is not an ordinary person after all, he was really angry just now, but he calmed down soon.

Xue Rengui also saw that Li Zhen had disappeared, and quickly gave a step, "Worried about what is Changsun Chong? Who are you, Your Highness? One is a rebel who failed in rebellion and is about to be hacked to pieces, and the other is the prince who is about to ascend the throne." , the gap between the two of you is too great, why do you need to be as knowledgeable as him?"

"Hmph!" Li Zhen pushed the eldest Sun Chong who was still in a coma, and said coldly, "It's cheaper for him."

Xue Rengui said, "His Royal Highness, let's go, we have to see you adults today."

"Okay, let's go..." Li Zhen walked out first, he still has a lot of things to do today, especially these old courtiers, although after Li Zhi's rebellion, Li Zhen is their only choice, and there is another With Li Shimin's support, Li Zhen is destined to become emperor with or without their statement, but Li Zhen cannot ignore their opinions. After all, even if he becomes emperor in the future, he will still need the assistance of these people.

However, what surprised Li Zhen was that when he came to Xilin Bieyuan, he found that all the courtiers had already waited outside, but what surprised Li Zhen even more was the names these people called her...

"Your Majesty, please see Your Majesty. Long live my emperor." Headed by Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling, and Li Jing, followed by Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Jingde, Ma Zhou and others, they met Li Zhen. On the first meeting, they all knelt down immediately, proclaimed their majesty, and shouted long live.Even Xue Rengui, who was following behind him, somehow got mixed into the opposite team and followed them to worship him.

It wasn't just them, looking around, everyone in the entire Xilin Courtyard was saluting to him at the same time, shouting long live, including the guards who originally escorted him.

"This..." Li Zhen was stunned for a moment, and suddenly seemed to understand something, turned around and saw Li Shimin, Concubine Yan and the concubines under their leadership, looking at this side from a distance.

With Li Shimin's confirmation, Li Zhen just let go of the worries in her heart, adjusted her mentality, and shouted her first sentence as a king, "Everyone is flat~"

"Thank you, long live."

……

The surprise came so suddenly. Just in front of the gate of Xilin Bieyuan, Li Zhen accepted the worship of the officials for the first time, and quickly completed the transformation from a prince to a generation of kings. The silk and satin village under the name of the Chamber of Commerce was prepared in advance, and after Li Zhen accepted the worship of the officials, it was quickly delivered to Li Zhen's hands, and then with the help of a group of maids who didn't know where they came from, she put on this dress. Rather cumbersome dragon robe.

What has happened so far has also made Li Zhen understand that this is probably a drama that Li Shimin and the officials have discussed a long time ago, and they are waiting for her arrival. From this, it can also be seen that Li Zhi's control over Chang'an City It's not as reliable as he imagined. The so-called control of Chang'an is simply a joke. If Li Shimin was not waiting for him, I'm afraid he would have been killed long ago.

In the autumn of the 23rd year of Zhenguan, with the blessing of Li Shimin and the support of the officials, Li Zhen quickly took the throne, moved into the Taiji Palace, and announced on the first day of the super meeting that he would change to Yuanzhengwu. However, this year is still the 23rd year of Zhenguan, and next year It is the first year of Zhengwu.After Li Zhen succeeded to the throne, he respected Li Shimin as the Supreme Emperor, respected Empress Yan as the Empress Dowager, Wu Meiniang as the Empress, and Li Huang as the Prince, and sealed off all the officials.

All the people who followed Li Zhen were generously rewarded, and even the veterans had different rewards. Everyone was happy, and no one expressed dissatisfaction with this, because they knew very well that Li Zhen's rewards are nothing at present. The war to conquer the whole world will be extremely grand, and then is the best time for everyone to make contributions, get promoted and make a fortune. Compared with the rewards at that time, the present rewards can only be regarded as drizzle.

Of course, not everyone was rewarded, and some people were not rewarded, but even dismissed from office. Most of these people were rebellious and defected to Li Zhi.If it weren't for Li Zhen seeing their hard work and Li Shimin pleading for mercy, it would be very possible to kill them.

The most typical one is Changsun Wuji. Speaking of which, he is quite wronged. He didn't do anything himself, and he didn't even agree to Li Zhi's solicitation. Originally, based on his relationship with Li Shimin and Li Zhen, he received a lot of rewards. It is indispensable, but he has a family of cheating people, whether it is his uncle or his son, cheating him one by one, resulting in nearly half of the Changsun clan being beheaded, and the rest Including him, they were also implicated, demoted to common people, and could not be hired forever. The end was quite bad.

Chapter 229 After the War

Chapter 229 After the War

And as if it was a congratulatory gift for Li Zhen's ascension to the throne, good news came one after another in the next period of time.First of all, under the search of the intelligence system, the remnants of the aristocratic family still lurking in the city of Chang'an also quickly revealed their traces. Under the joint efforts of the sixteen guards and the intelligence department, everyone was captured alive.What awaits them will be the most severe punishment, and even their family members will be unlucky, and will be expelled from the Tang nationality and the Han nationality. In the future, they and their descendants will never be able to regard themselves as Tang people and Han people. , becoming the most miserable and helpless person in the world (it is estimated that no country with a strong head will have the courage to accept the sinners of the Tang Dynasty as its citizens), and will never stand up.

Secondly, Confucianism and Buddhism began to express goodwill to Li Zhen, and immediately contributed the hidden strongholds of the two factions in Chang'an City, and sent all the disciples of the faction who supported Li Zhi and their families to Chang'an, Regardless of Li Zhen's disposal, I hope Li Zhen can forgive the two families.

The problem is that after this rebellion, not only Li Zhen had a bad impression of the two factions, but also Li Shimin and his officials had a bad impression of these two factions. It is said that it is already a cancer-like existence, and if it is not resolved, it may really endanger life.Therefore, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty adopted a zero-tolerance attitude towards Confucianism and Buddhism this time. If Li Zhen hadn't objected, it is estimated that some grumpy generals would lead the army to uproot the two schools.

Of course, Li Zhen had no good intentions. Although he didn't take the opportunity to destroy the Buddhism, he also took this opportunity to set up the Buddhist Association, which was like putting a curse on the head of the Buddhism.And as expected, as Li Zhen expected, after hesitating for a long time, the Buddhist sect held their noses and agreed. In civilization, on the contrary, in Tianzhu, their birthplace, those who were almost suppressed by Brahmanism became bereaved dogs.

Now the Tang Dynasty is the foundation of Buddhism. Once Li Zhen drives out the Buddhism, they will become rootless duckweeds, and they will never regain their former glory.On the contrary, although there is a mother-in-law in charge of her head now, and Taoism will soon surpass herself, she can still continue to preach in the Tang Dynasty and keep her own foundation.Moreover, as the pace of Datang's conquest in the future accelerates, Buddhism will follow in the footsteps of Datang, and will develop again, and it is not even a dream to surpass the present. On the one hand, it will die out completely, and on the other hand, it will surpass the present. Everyone knows how to choose.

As for Confucianism, Li Zhen also accepted their apology, but in the days that followed, it was obvious that Li Zhen was consciously expelling Confucianism. What's more, they have been dismissed and become civilians, and will never be hired.Most of the people who replaced them were the elites cultivated by Li Zhen from Wentian Bookstore. It is conceivable that if this continues, after more than ten or twenty years, the court will no longer see traces of Confucianism, and science It will completely replace Confucianism and become the new overlord of the court.

However, this overlord will not be as domineering as Confucianism, and will not allow a little bit of different voices, so as to dominate the court, because science itself is a messy discipline, and it is destined not to be united. There is no common language with officials, and those who do research will not sit with those who write articles and talk about it, but in a broad sense, these types of occupations are indeed factions in science.Therefore, the sciences of different industries can only be united separately. In the future, it will be difficult for the court to talk about it again. Even if the ministers are strong and the emperor is weak, with the checks and balances of other people, it will be difficult for strong ministers to replace the king.

Confucianism is naturally terrified of this. Of course they are unwilling to lose their current status, but they have no better way to do this. After all, they just made a big mistake. Li Zhen can forgive them. They are already magnanimous, how dare they push forward at this time?Even less dared to use drastic methods to force Li Zhen, otherwise that would be the real way to death.

Facing the current crisis of Confucianism, the various factions of Confucianism also put aside their rifts and gathered together to discuss countermeasures.But they really don't know how to act in the face of Li Zhen, who doesn't like oil and salt, and they can only place their hopes on the next generation. They will consciously approach Li Zhen's sons and use Confucianism to infect the future princes, hoping to rely on this method restore status.

However, Li Zhen had already guessed that they would do this, so the teachers he hired for his children were all professors and students from Wentian Shuyuan, cutting off Confucian calculations, and from now on Confucianism can only be used as a certain academic research in the Tang Dynasty Although the possibility of entering the court is not completely cut off, it is completely impossible to dominate the court like Zhenguan did before, and Li Zhen will not allow such a thing to happen.

In addition, Li Zhen also uprooted the foundations of the major families, because he announced the crimes of the family in advance, so this time the people did not show sympathy for the family, and therefore Li Zhen's actions were extraordinarily smooth .

But it was precisely because the news of Li Zhi's failure had already spread that the core members of the major families had been captured alive in Chang'an City, and the rest had already been transferred from the pre-reserved members with the help of the Blood Alliance. The back escaped.So this time, Li Zhen's arrest operation only caught some small shrimps and distant relatives, but not many real high-level members of the aristocratic family were caught.

However, although the arrest operation failed, Li Zhen was not disappointed, because he did not carry out this arrest operation to really arrest all the family members, his fundamental purpose was actually to eliminate the existence of the family members.And although the people from these aristocratic families have successfully escaped now, they have become street rats. They dare not reveal their identities at all, so they can only hide incognito. , it doesn't matter if they are alive or not.

What's more, these people escaped, but their arrest warrants are still there, and their ethnic and nationalities have been removed. Even if they escaped from the country, they dare not reveal their identities from the Tang Dynasty, otherwise the traffickers alone will be enough to kill them No burial place.Besides, Datang is destined to conquer the world in the future, even if the whole world is the territory of Datang, how long can these people hide even if they hide?After all, they will reappear in Datang's eyes one day.

Chapter 2 Thirty: The Beginning of the Road to Conquest

Chapter 2 Thirty: The Beginning of the Road to Conquest

There are a lot of domestic affairs, Li Zhen can be said to be overwhelmed during this time, the daily memorials are almost full of the entire imperial case, and these are all major matters that need to be dealt with urgently, and the small matters have been filtered out by the prime ministers of the three provinces.Li Zhen really didn't expect that the aristocratic family would infiltrate Datang to such an extent, and after he removed several great aristocratic families, there would be so many vacancies left behind.It is also fortunate that Li Zhen has not neglected the cultivation of talents in these years. After filling in the students who graduated from Wentian Shuyuan and recruiting some generals from the Youth Army to fill the army, the domestic situation has finally been stabilized without any major incidents. Turbulence, this can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune.