Fu Tang

Everyone's first reaction after hearing the news was to look up at Li Congjia. After seeing Li Congjia's bewildered expression, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

To put it more heartbreakingly, they don't care about Li Jing's life or death, but they care about whether Li Congjia did it. If Li Congjia did it, then everyone pack up and prepare to run away.

People who can do such things as patricide have already changed their minds, and their ethics and morals can no longer be restrained. In addition, they are in that position, and the law may not be in control. If we don't leave now, do we have to wait for him to drive everyone to death? Do you want to go again?

Whether it's good or not, everyone looked at each other, Zhou Zong stood up and said: "His Royal Highness? I hope that your Highness will mourn."

Li Congjia came back to his senses, looked down, raised his hands and covered his face with his sleeves, he was so anxious, "Damn it, Li Jing's death was indeed beyond his expectation, but he didn't feel sad, but his father died, If you don't even cry, something will go wrong.

Thinking of this, Li Congjia pinched his thigh cruelly, and tears flowed out immediately—it hurts.

After putting down his sleeves, Li Congjia choked up and said, "Why... why so suddenly?"

Tao Fu also said with red eyes: "My lady found out. At that time, there were several young ladies in the saint's room, and now they are all guarded. My lady asked me to come to His Highness for advice."

It's really embarrassing for Tao Fu, and she said the whole sentence clearly with a crying sound.

The amount of information in his words is a bit large, and everyone can understand the cause and effect after a little thought. First, Li Jing's death is indeed related to Li Congjia, but it probably has something to do with Li Congjia's mother. Second, Li Jing It is very likely that he died of horse wind, this... is very unpleasant.

Li Congjia also didn't want a father who died on a woman's belly, so he could only say: "Go and tell Auntie first, I'll take the chief assistant and the others there later, and ask Auntie to get ready."

After Tao Fu left, Li Congjia said with a sad face: "At any rate, all of you will also have a game with father, monarch and minister, so let's see father off."

The cabinet ministers looked at each other, Xiao Yan was a little anxious and wanted to say something, but he couldn't open his mouth, so he could only wink at Zhou Zong and Han Xizai desperately.

He thought that Li Congjia must be so sad right now, but he didn't know that Li Congjia was not sad at all, and he still had time to watch all directions and listen to all directions.

Seeing Xiao Yan's eyes, Zhou Zong pretended to be dead, and Han Xizai pretended not to see it. It's inappropriate to say anything at this moment.

Xiao Yan had no choice but to stand up and said, "Your Highness, please postpone the funeral for two days."

Li Congjia looked at Xiao Yan with some surprise: "What does Xiao Qing mean?"

no?They hated Li Jing so much that they didn't even give him a funeral?

Xiao Yan said with a serious face: "The edict of the Dragon King's Zen position will be issued soon, and please send someone to communicate with the Dragon King. The Zen is located in the sage, so at least let the sage go decently."

Li Congjia paused, and almost immediately reflected the benefits this matter brought him.

First of all, the Dragon King is Li Jing, which prevents Li Congjia from being the Marquis of Anning, but using his ministers to seek the king. Chunqiu's style of writing, so that he is inheriting the position of Dragon King, instead of harboring evil intentions and wanting to rebel.

Li Congjia silently praised Xiao Yan in his heart, and immediately agreed, "Xiao Qing's words are true. If so, I invite Master to go to the palace."

Shi Xueting immediately stood up and clasped his hands together and said: "I obey the order."

Shi Xueting went to the Dragon King to rewrite the imperial edict, and Li Congjia led the ministers back in a mighty manner.

When they arrived at the courtyard where Li Jing lived, Empress Zhong and Zhou Ehuang had already taken off their hairpin rings and were waiting there. Empress Zhong had even prepared the mourning clothes for Li Congjia and Li Hongji.

Li Congjia knew at a glance that Queen Zhong had already prepared for it. After thinking about it, Li Congjia couldn't help being shocked, and began to think about whether he had offended Queen Zhong in the past.

After much deliberation, apart from Li Congjia's embarrassment of Empress Zhong in the matter of taking concubines, there is no other conflict, and the instigator of that incident was also Li Jing, and even if Empress Zhong wanted to resent, she should be directed at Li Jing goes.

Speaking of which, Li Congjia really wanted to thank Queen Zhong. If Queen Zhong hadn't acted so quickly, he really didn't know how to deal with Li Jing.

When Empress Zhong came out with Zhou Ehuang, Li Congjian saw the red eyes and haggard faces of the two, and then looked at the two tears on his and Li Hongji's faces, and felt that their acting skills were not realistic enough.

The acting skills were not enough to make up the props. Li Congjia and Li Hongji were stuffed with a sachet, but the smell of the sachet... Li Congjia burst into tears after smelling it.

Although it was hung up, Li Congjia was not happy at all, because it was too uncomfortable, so he silently wrote a note to Li Jing in his heart.

But after he thought about it, it was useless to make a note, Li Jing was dead.

Li Congjia told Empress Zhong about the disposal of Li Jing's death. Empress Zhong nodded slowly after hearing this: "This is what it should be. The saint must be buried in a decent way. Unfortunately, the imperial tomb that was built back then was used No more."

When Li Congjia heard it, his head grew dizzy. He felt that something was wrong just now, but now he suddenly remembered that there is no mausoleum for Li Jing!The funeral customs in the Western Regions are different from those in the Central Plains. Of course, if you want to find a geomantic treasure, you may not be able to find it. There must be one in Kunlun Mountain, but it may be too late to build it now.

Probably we can only stop the coffin first, and then enter Tibet after the construction of the mausoleum is completed.

As soon as Empress Zhong saw Li Congjia frowning, she said, "The sage once said that now that the Tang Dynasty is weak, we shouldn't waste money because of him alone. A light burial is the way to go."

Li Congjia glanced at Queen Zhong, nodded and said, "Yes."

Li Jing naturally didn't say these words, but as the wife of the first wife, Queen Zhong, she said that Li Jing had said it, that is to say, even if everyone didn't believe it at this time, it should be regarded as a letter at this time, otherwise, according to the regulations of the emperor, give Li Jing The burial in Jing Nong's mausoleum is estimated to have emptied Suzhou's treasury.

All the ministers praised Li Jing's wisdom in unison, and then suppressed their crying. After all, they still have to keep the funeral secret. They will wait for the Dragon King's edict to come down, and they can't let people know now.

And Li Congjia... Li Congjia also felt a little sympathetic to Li Jing at this time. Facts have proved that you can't offend your wife if you offend anyone.

Although it is said that the mourning is secret, everything has been prepared, and all the ministers also went home to ask the family members to find out the plain clothes.

Shi Xueting came back that day and informed that the imperial edict had been written and it would be announced to the world tomorrow.The cabinet ministers were all relieved, and then they started...falsifying!

A group of people began to study how to write a will, but there was no way. Although everyone knew that Li Congjia was the prince, Li Jing was no longer the emperor according to the truth, so he was not the prince. Li, according to etiquette, the heir should be Li Hongji.

Therefore, we can only start from the will and make sure that Li Congjia succeeds to the throne.

Li Congjia simply waved his hand to let everyone play freely, anyway, everyone knew it was just a formality, so he took Shi Xueting back to rest.

Shi Xueting followed Li Congjia back to the room, saw that he looked listless, couldn't help raising his chin to look carefully, and asked with a slight frown, "Why are your eyes swollen?"

If it was said that Li Congjia's eyes were red and swollen from crying because he was sad about Li Jing's death, Shi Xueting would not believe it 100%, but... so what's going on?

Li Congjia secretly took out a sachet, stuffed it under Shi Xueting's nose and said, "It's not because of this stuff."

Shi Xueting... No matter how good Shi Xueting's martial arts are, when facing this kind of biochemical weapon, he still can't handle it, and the circles of his eyes immediately turn red.

Li Congjia couldn't help snickering: "Well, that's pretty cool, at least your father-in-law passed away."

Father-in-law?Shi Xueting immediately followed suit, and Li Congjia's back felt cold when he laughed, and said quickly: "There are still important things to do tomorrow."

When the imperial edict was announced to the world, it was the day of Li Jing's funeral, and then Li Congjia would succeed to the throne before his death. All that was left was to deal with the state affairs that had piled up recently. The matters were not too big, but they were very cumbersome. With a sad look, Li Congjia is also Alexander.

Shi Xueting said calmly, "Okay."

Then... Then he really didn't make it to the end, he just left a mark on Li Congjia.

When Li Congjia woke up the next day, he still had dark circles under his eyes. If he saw it without knowing it, he might really think that he was so sad that he couldn't sleep at night because of his father's death.

On the second day, the edict announced to the world that the whole Suzhou was very quiet. This matter was basically expected by everyone, but what surprised everyone was that the Zen seat was given to Li Jing?

Who is Li Jing?

Li Jing's existence was well concealed by Li Congjia, which also confused many people. Shouldn't it be Li Yu?Could it be that the edict wrote the wrong name?But for such an important matter, you shouldn't make such a mistake, right?

Only at this time did the news come that Li Jing said Li Yu's father.

The courtiers understood that this was the Zen throne for Li Jing, and then Li Jing passed the throne to Li Yu, and they were more puzzled, why didn't they hear about such a person before?

Then do they still have to prepare two congratulatory gifts to congratulate the Dragon King on his enthronement?

Thinking of this possibility, many people were a little unhappy, but before they could check their warehouses, there was news that the new Dragon King had passed away!However, the Dragon King has a will to make Prince Li Yuling succeed to the throne.

Everyone was overwhelmed by this series of changes. Those who could figure it out quietly waited for the funeral of the former Dragon King. Those who couldn't figure it out... just didn't think about it. Anyway, they ended up with them in the end. It was almost as expected before, as long as they knew that Li Yu was the last one to take the throne.

After Li Cong Jialing succeeded to the throne, the first edict was to keep the funeral simple. Of course, it was also under the banner of Li Jing. It said that Li Jing was in poor health before, and he knew that he might not be able to afford it, so he issued an oral order in advance.

Except for Li Jing's parents and children and courtiers, ordinary people don't have to obey vegetarianism!

It doesn't work if you don't do this, the Western Regions are different from the Central Plains, and all the red tapes from the Central Plains will be applied as soon as they are in power. It is estimated that the people below are really going to rebel.

However, it is indeed impossible to completely follow the previous rules and regulations of Suzhou.

The emperor died on the [-]th, but Li Congjia did not treat Li Jing harshly in this aspect. After performing the etiquette, the first thing to do when he ascended the throne was to determine the year number. Anyway, his father was not really in the position, so he didn't have to wait a year to change it.

Li Congjia didn't even give the ministers a chance to discuss the reign name, and directly misappropriated Song Zhenzong's reign name Ganxing—with so many things to do, who has the patience to waste time on the reign name?No matter how good the year name is, it is useless if the regime is not strong enough!

Everyone can't say anything bad about this year name, so April has become the first year of Qianxing.

After setting the country name, Li Congjia began to rectify the court. Anyway, there is no foreign war for the time being, so it is a good time to rectify.

First of all, Li Congjia's elder brother, Li Hongji, was named the king of Xisu. Li Congjia wanted to make Li Hongji the prince, but Li Hongji became the king, and he also became the king. The double-word king is generally equivalent to the county king, but the position of the county king only means that he can get a part of Suzhou's tax revenue, so don't think about the territory.

The former Dragon King, Li Congjia also gave him preferential treatment, and directly made him the Duke of Sha.

Of course, this title is a bit unpleasant, but there is no way, now there are only three states in the Tang Dynasty: Suzhou, Guazhou and Shazhou.

Suzhou was left to Li Hongji by Li Congjia, and Guazhou was held by Li Congjia and did not intend to move, so there was only one Shazhou left, and the most important thing was that Shazhou had the smallest territory.

As for the two young sons left behind by Li Jing, Li Congjia doesn't plan to give them any titles now. Anyway, the land is not big enough, so let's leave it to Queen Zhong to raise them. Anyway, they are still very young and don't remember much. After raising them, they will be the parents of Queen Zhong It's no different.

Oh, maybe you can’t call her Empress Zhong anymore, she is now the Empress Dowager, in order to conceal the existence of Li Jing, Empress Zhong also lived a miserable life, although there is no shortage of offerings, but she can’t easily Get out of your little yard.

Now she not only has an honorary title, but also has her own palace, which strengthens Empress Zhong's confidence - only a good son is really good.

Zhou Ehuang envied Empress Dowager Zhong a little bit, but she probably couldn't walk the road of Empress Dowager Zhong, and she couldn't count on the current Li Zhongyu, and the most important thing was that Li Congjia was not a fool like Li Jing, and Zhou Ehuang now The conflict with Li Congjia is not so deep anymore, her son is about to be crowned as the crown prince, what else is she dissatisfied with?

Later, a series of conferring queens and conferring crown princes made the whole Suzhou happy, but Li Jing's death didn't affect anything at all.

After the joy, Li Congjia began his major adjustments. Originally, the officials in Suzhou thought that he might just put all his subordinates into the court, and everyone expressed their understanding.

But never expected that Li Congjia directly broke the original officialdom system in Suzhou and started a great shift in the world.

The cabinet system plus the six-department system are still relatively understandable, but the most incomprehensible thing is the emergence of the Privy Council.

The emergence of the cabinet made the veterans who originally belonged to the Tang Dynasty think that Li Congjia would no longer set up the Privy Council. After all, in terms of functions, the two institutions overlap.

But Li Congjia brought out the Privy Council again, which is very puzzling.

Li Congjia's explanation for this is very simple: "Although the Privy Council still has this name, its functions are completely different. From today onwards, the Privy Council is in charge of generals, and a military court is set up under the Privy Council. The military court has the duty of inspecting and judging military officers."

Li Congjia's words were like putting a pot of cold water into a hot oil pan, and the whole court exploded immediately.

Anyone with a sharper nose can smell something from it, which represents the separation of civil and military.

The ministers of the cabinet obviously thought a little more. Is this... strengthening the centralization of power?After the separation of civil and military affairs, civil officials cannot control military officials, and military officials cannot control civil officials, but there is one person who can be controlled by both sides, and that is Li Congjia!

Although everyone had a lively discussion at the beginning, gradually, all voices gradually disappeared, and they began to think about their own interests.

Regarding the new functions of the Privy Council, everyone did not blindly oppose it. Li Congjia was relieved about this. He also knew that reform was difficult, but if he didn't take advantage of it now to get everything done, he would like to do it again in the future. It is estimated that it will not be easy.

Compared with the cabinet and the six ministries, which are already occupied by people, the Privy Council is a brand new territory waiting for everyone to carve up.

Oh, maybe it should be called the Fifth Ministry. The existence of the Privy Council replaced the function of the Ministry of War, and Li Congjia simply abolished the Ministry of War.

Li Congjia didn't discuss with others, and directly set the rule: the position of Privy Envoy should be concurrently held by the emperor.

This order made everyone see that Li Congjia was determined to keep the imperial power in his own hands. No one opened his mouth to fight, mainly because he didn't dare to fight, and no one had the ability to fight.

There were two deputy privy envoys, and Li Congjia raised his hand and gave them to Li Hongji and Li Ping.

As for Li Hongji's official position of ministerial officer, it must be gone, but Li Hongji can see that the position of deputy privy envoy is much stronger than that of ministerial officer. As for the remaining official positions, it is natural to discuss carefully, especially military affairs. Court, be careful.

These are all meticulous tasks. What Li Congjia has to do is to grasp the general direction. Anyway, if the people below do not agree with him, he will not agree. Now he has the final say, and he can do whatever he likes.

The cabinet was directly slashed, and a lot of power was divided, but Zhou Zong and others were relieved. The cabinet looked good, and if it was not done well, it would be easy to poke the bombing point of those in power, especially the chief assistant. The high position and weight seem to be beautiful, but once the emperor fears it, unless he is able to overwhelm the emperor, he will wait to be dealt with.

After the initial major adjustments, Suzhou is on the right track as a whole. In addition, Guazhou and Shazhou need to be sorted out, and the whole Datang has been busy for a summer.

When the autumn wind blows, the nails that Li Congjia planted in Ganzhou before have played a role. Compared with the prosperity of Datang, Ganzhou has obviously begun to decline.

The Khan of Hue was not merciful. For those who dared to rebel, they would directly send troops to exterminate them. They would not recruit them, and they would not even take prisoners. They would kill all of them.

Li Congjia couldn't help being speechless when he found out, he didn't even dare to do this to the enemy, the Khan of Hue was so cruel to his own people, there will definitely be backlash in the future.

However, it seems that the rebound has not yet come. Except for the rebel army led by Tian Dalang who was able to continue to fight guerrilla warfare against Hue Khan because of Li Congjia's covert support, the other rebel troops were really wiped out.

Tian Dalang's army made Hue Khan very irritable, and ordered the subordinates to die. If the leader of the rebel army could not be captured, he would ask them to come and see him.

Seeing that the heat was almost up, Han Yu began to bribe the upper-level officials in Ganzhou, revealing the news, saying that the reason why the rebel army was able to support it until now was entirely because of the support of King Loulan.

Khan of Hue was skeptical about this. After all, Zhao Kuangyin has been making troubles in the Central Plains recently, fighting with Zhou Guo, so how could he still have the energy to deal with Ganzhou?

Jing Qiong, the son of Khan of Hue, asked, "Could it be...someone planted the blame?"

Then the question arises, who is it that framed it?

The most motivated party item is the Suzhou Long family, oh, maybe it should not be called the Long family, but the Suzhou Li family. Suzhou is the Li family and the party item is also the Li family. Is there any connection between the two?

It’s just that in the eyes of Hue Khan, both Dangxiang and Suzhou are synonymous with poverty. The rebel army has spent a lot of money these days. Although Suzhou has newly acquired Guazhou and Shazhou, those two states They are not rich, and the war consumes a lot.

Hue Khan thought for a long time, but still gave an order to observe carefully.

However, Han Chou had considered this a long time ago, made an appointment with Tian Dalang, and deliberately let in a few spies. Tian Dalang was originally from the state of Zhou, and he was very familiar with Zhao Kuangyin. Believing that Zhao Kuangyin was doing something wrong, Tian Dalang and Han Chou saw that things were similar. Taking advantage of a battle, Tian Dalang feigned death and left, and returned to Suzhou with Han Chou.

The rebel army without a backbone was naturally wiped out. After the rebel army was wiped out, Hue Khan raised his butcher knife at Zhao Kuangyin.