Qian Song

Chapter 458 Li Cun: Son, I am proud of you (Additional update 13)

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There is no doubt that if you die now, you will not only complete the traditional unification of China, but also completely recover the Northeastern region, Jidi, Annan, Champa and other places, launch the Age of Discovery, discover the new continent of Prince Continent, and start the industry. The revolution created a large number of technologies that influenced the course of the world, promoted the planting of high-yield crops such as corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes, promoted the birth of hybrid rice, promoted cotton planting and textile technology, enabled the people to have enough food and clothing, and vigorously promoted maritime trade , which made the economy of the Daqian Dynasty far exceed that of any other dynasty in history, and Li Cun, who was politically connected and harmonious, gave the people confidence in the court, created a military invincible dynasty, and enhanced national self-confidence, will definitely be a The emperor of the ages is fully qualified to stand shoulder to shoulder with Qin Shihuang, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and Tang Taizong. Even Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin is not worthy to be compared with Li Cun.

Many emperors in history became fools or even cowards because they lived too long.

Longevity has been the pursuit of all people since ancient times. After all, a life of seventy has been rare since ancient times. Sixty years is considered a long life. Living to 99 can only be expected, especially in this era.

Although people hope to live a long life, it turns out that sometimes living too long is not a good thing, especially for those emperors with high positions.

The emperor ruled the world and held the power of life and death. As he grew older, he often began to neglect government and enjoy himself.

Loyal officials can't tolerate such things, but treacherous officials like them very much, so what follows is the exodus of loyal officials, a large number of traitors and villains squeeze into the court, which directly leads to the entire court's smoky atmosphere, and then the country's destiny declines.

The most typical one is Tang Xuanzong Li Longji who created the prosperous Kaiyuan era.

After Li Longji launched the Tang Long Change and the Xiantian Change and took control of the Tang Dynasty, he began to appoint a series of capable ministers such as Yao Chong and Song Jing to work hard to govern. Following the rule of Zhenguan, he created the prosperous Kaiyuan era. The country's prosperity won the sea. Praise from inside and outside.

Amidst the praises, Li Longji was complacent, began to forget himself, gradually became extravagant and dissolute, and lost the patience of accepting advice humbly in his early years, so Li Linfu, Yang Guozhong and others began to enter the court, and with Yang Yuhuan's entry into the palace, Li Longji was even more accelerated. degree of negligence.

Later, Yang Guozhong, who was appointed by Li Longji, and An Lushan, who was trusted by Li Longji, were another pair of treasures. Eliminate the invisible, and the next step is the separatist rule of the feudal town and the chaos of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.

Except for Li Longji, there are many such examples in history, and there are also many emperors who are similar or even almost identical to him.

What these emperors have in common is that they lived too long. They worked hard in the early stage, but they were extravagant in the later stage.

For example, Xiao Yan of Nanliang was originally a remote clan member of Southern Qi, but later launched a rebellion to seize power. When he just took office, he handled business affairs diligently, appointed wise people, and swept away the decadent atmosphere of Southern Qi. However, after his 48 years in office, as the country stabilized, He became obsessed with Buddhism and sacrificed his life to become a monk many times.

And every time Xiao Yan became a monk, the minister had to spend a huge sum of money to redeem himself.

Later, Xiao Yan accepted Hou Jing, a Jie man who fled to Nanliang, because he was old and foolish.

After accepting Hou Jing, Xiao Yan distrusted Hou Jing because Hou Jing was a Jie, which eventually caused Hou Jing to rebel again. He led his army into Jiankang, captured Xiao Yan, and finally starved to death. perish soon.

There is also Qianlong, who lived to be 89 years old. In his early years, he was also diligent and pro-government. He never made any major mistakes in state affairs. Gradually changed from hard work to extravagance.

The most notable change is the rise of Heshen 40 years after Qianlong.

The appearance of He Shen directly caused the Qing Dynasty court, which was originally in a good atmosphere, to become full of chaos. The ministers were united in fighting against each other and attacked each other.

However, because Heshen's excellent financial management skills saved Qianlong a lot of trouble, Qianlong became more and more dependent on Heshen.

What Heshen repaid Qianlong was to enrich his own pockets, and finally became the biggest corruption.

After both Qianlong and Heshen died, the fortunes of the Qing Dynasty took a sharp turn for the worse.

From this point of view, it seems that Li Cun is dead now, which is really a very good thing.

But the problem is, Li Cun is not only in good health now and has no illnesses, but he can also control five or seven women at night without getting tired. His health is so good that he is much stronger than those strong boys of seventeen or eighteen years old. No matter how you look at it, it doesn't matter. It looks like he will die in a short time.

suicide?

Then Li Cun might be laughed out of his teeth by the crossing circle.

The key point is that although Li Cun's current achievements are not bad, let alone those buddies who have traveled through the circle, they cannot be compared with some fierce and strong men in history.

Let's say that.

Has Li Cun recovered the grassland?

Has Li Cun of Xixia regained it?

Has Tubo Li Cun recovered?

Has Dali and Li Cun recovered?

Has Li Cun recovered from the Western Regions?

Not to mention compared with Temujin and his descendants who conquered half of the known world at that time in history, Li Cun can't even compare with most of the unified dynasties in China in history.

To be honest, today's Dagan dynasty is probably able to beat the Zhao and Song dynasties that have not completed the unification, and slightly surpass the Qin, Jin, and Sui dynasties.

——Of course, this does not count the Prince Continent. If it is counted, the territory of the Yuan Dynasty can be larger than that of the Daqian Dynasty.

And if we don’t count the Prince Continent, which of the territories of the Han, Tang, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties can really compare with the Daqian dynasty?

Moreover, don't forget that this world is not limited to China, which is less than [-]% of the territory, and there is a wider territory outside.

The key point is that Li Cun gave birth to so many children and grandchildren. If you don't take care of them all, how can you let Li Cun retire and wait for death in peace?

Therefore, after Li Cun happily played in his harem for almost a whole year, Li Cun slowly put his energy back on government affairs.

The main reason why Li Cun came out again was because Li Cun discovered that under the auspices of Li Biao, the Daqian Dynasty's destruction of Xixia was progressing very slowly.

To be fair, there are actually quite a few reasons for this:

For example, the cadre army needs to do preliminary preparations, such as mobilizing troops, preparing food, grass, baggage and heavy weapons and equipment, and building railways to the Hengshan area, etc...

For example, Xixia's diplomacy was done well. Seeing that the Daqian Dynasty was about to attack Xixia, Xixia actively prepared for war and sent envoys many times to express to the Daqian Dynasty that Xixia was willing to become a vassal state of the Daqian Dynasty and would never rebel. At the same time, it also Various tributes were made to the Daqian Dynasty. Three hundred Xixia beauties were given to Li Cunjin alone. In addition, Xixia's craftsmen also bribed a large number of ministers of the Daqian Dynasty to persuade Li Biao not to attack Xixia.

For example, many civil officials of the Dagan Dynasty opposed the use of troops by the Dagan Dynasty against Xixia. In their view, the Dagan Dynasty had already achieved the result of surrendering without fighting, and it was impossible for Xixia to become a threat to the Dagan Dynasty. There is really no need to exterminate Xixia, you can keep Xixia and let Xixia help the Dagan Dynasty resist the Hu people on the grassland, the Tubo people in the southwest, and the countries of the Western Regions.Also, if this battle does not start, the Dagan Dynasty will definitely win, and if this battle starts, if the Dagan Dynasty loses, it will definitely hurt the national prestige of the Dagan Dynasty, and instead let Xixia break away from the Dagan Dynasty control, just like the original Zhao Song Dynasty.

For example, Li Biao focused more on governing the Daqian Dynasty, and did not pay much attention to the elimination of Xixia and the expansion of territory for the Daqian Dynasty.Another example is that Li Biao, who has experienced two years of war, does not seem to like war very much. Of course, this is also because, although Li Cun has been teaching Li Biao, Li Biao was still influenced by a lot of Confucianism. Deep down in his heart, Li Biao Advocate benevolent government.

In short, almost a year has passed since the strategic war against Xixia was formulated, but there has been no progress at all. Even until now, the Dagan Dynasty has not officially launched a war with Xixia.

In fact, Li Cun has always been very clear about this.

After all, Da Liang, Xiao Liang, Li Cha's only daughter Li, and the beauties that Xixia presented to Li Cunjin recently are all blowing pillow wind to Li Cun. How can Li Cun not know that Xixia has been begging to let him go?

The key point is that although Li Cun asked Li Biao to take care of the government affairs, this does not mean that Li Cun is in charge of everything and becomes a hands-off shopkeeper. In fact, it is quite the opposite. During this period, Li Cun paid closer attention than ever before - -This period is also the busiest time for the Wude Department, the Pro-Army Duweifu and the Military Intelligence Department, because they not only have to keep a close eye on Li Biao's every move, but also closely monitor all the ministers and generals of the Daqian Dynasty. Every move.

The reason why Li Cun has been holding back is just because Li Cun wants to see how Li Biao will deal with the things that he may experience in the future. In addition, Li Cun does not want to hand over the government affairs to Li Biao so soon. , while criticizing Li Biao's policy policies.

Of course, this premise is also that everything is under Li Cun's control.

As a result, after Li Biao came to power, he focused on arresting officials' dereliction of duty. Li Biao first started from himself and was diligent in political affairs. He came early every morning to greet Li Cun, and then went to review memorials and summon ministers to discuss government affairs .Strictly condemn procrastination and delay.Not long ago, Li Biao's second son was born. The cabinet considered that Li Biao must be happy, and was afraid that sending the memorial would affect Li Biao's mood. After Li Biao knew about it, he severely reprimanded this practice.Li Biao also repeatedly asked local officials to know the details of the people's feelings, report the facts, and refrain from bullying, whitewashing, and laziness.

In terms of economy, education, and people's livelihood, Li Biao strictly followed the lines set by Li Cun without any tendency to reform.

To sum up, Li Cun’s evaluation of Li Biao is that he is more than conservative but not enterprising enough. It is unlikely to expect him to expand the territory and eliminate the grassland tribes, Xixia, Tubo, Dali, and the Western Regions to continue to strengthen the Daqian Dynasty.

Therefore, Li Cun left Rourou Township and personally took over the expedition to Xixia.

However, Li Cun did not criticize Li Biao and hit Li Biao's prestige and self-confidence. Instead, he called Wu Jie and Chen Yu back and reprimanded him.

Wu Jie and Chen Yu were aggrieved. The court had not allowed them to take action. How could they dare to send troops privately without the right to mobilize troops?

In fact, Wu Jie and Chen Yu had already sent countless memorials to the court, urging the court to start the war as soon as possible. They also made it clear that the opportunity must not be missed before it comes again. However, the court kept delaying the time for starting the war, and did not care about things on the front line. They always wanted to get involved in every detail, and even wanted to re-discuss the strategies and tactics they had already formulated with Li Cun.

Wu Jie and Chen Yu had no choice but to bypass the court and give a memorial to Li Cun. They also asked their daughters in Li Cun's harem to give Li Cun some advice, and asked Li Cun to come out and take charge of the ministers who were in charge of peace—— Wu Jie and Chen Yu did not dare to let Li Cun take charge of Li Biao, so they could only complain to Li Cun tactfully that some ministers in the court were hindering their expedition to Xixia.

This is actually one of the reasons why Li Cun came out to personally command the attack on Xixia.

Being given a few symbolic reprimands by Li Cun and taking the blame for the future Emperor Daqian would allow their political revenge to proceed normally. Of course Wu Jie and Chen Tao happily accepted it.

To the delight of Wu Jie and Chen Yu, as soon as he finished reprimanding them, Li Cun immediately issued an imperial edict, ordering them to wait for an opportunity to start a war without reporting it. Any department or person involved in the frontline war must cooperate immediately and fully without any mistakes. Otherwise, the punishment will be severe.

Li Cun's imperial edict was very clear, which was to return the matter of conquering Xixia to Wu Jie, Chen Yu and other frontline commanders and commanders-in-chief. Wu Jie and Chen Yu were asked to go back and discuss among themselves when to launch a war against Xixia. No one or any department is allowed to interfere with Wu Jie and Chen Yu's expedition to Xixia. They must also give Wu Jie, Chen Yu and others the green light.

Wu Jie and Chen Yu felt at ease immediately, thinking that either Li Cun is the emperor through the ages, or Li Biao is completely incomparable with Li Cun no matter how famous he is.

Of course, there are also those who are not open-eyed, relying on Li Cun's never punishing officials, urging Li Cun to start the war cautiously, saying that Xixia has completely surrendered to the Dagan Dynasty, and the Dagan Dynasty has achieved the result of surrendering without fighting. , Xixia can no longer become a threat to the Daqian Dynasty, and so on, that is, the same set of dealing with Li Biao was applied to Li Cun.

It's a pity that Li Cun is not Li Biao, so he won't be intimidated by these civil officials who don't want to start the Daqian Dynasty with Xixia. Their rhetoric has no effect on Li Cun.

As a result, after Li Cun patiently listened to the suggestions of the civil officials of the main peace faction, he said without saying a word: "I have made up my mind, let's all step down." The civil servants were sent away.

These civil servants of the peace faction also knew that Li Cun was not Li Biao. Although Li Cun usually accepts advice humbly, if Li Cun made up his mind to do something, no one could stop him.

Plus, Li Cun never missed anything.

These peace ministers also do not believe that they are right.

As for those ministers who accepted the benefits of the Xixia envoys, under Li Cun's eyes that seemed to know everything, they didn't even dare to fart.

Therefore, Li Biao, who was so quarreled by the main combat faction and the main peace faction that he didn't even dare to take big ideas, spent a year and failed to carry out the campaign against Xixia, and Li Cun started to implement it with a few words.

When all the ministers retired, only Li Cun and Li Biao and his son were left in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Li Biao took the initiative to speak: "I have disappointed my father. I know that my father has not taken any action. He just wanted to see how I would make this decision. But I often hear that soldiers are the major affairs of the country, the place of life and death. The road to survival must be carefully observed, so we dare not start a war rashly."

After listening to Li Biao's explanation, Li Biao said sincerely: "It's a good thing that you are stable by nature, and it's also a good thing that you don't like war. Otherwise, I'm still worried that you will be so happy that you will cause me to do it in a place where I will never recover."

Li Cun added: "I am proud of you for being unwilling to go to war for the sake of the stability and development of Daqian and for the sake of recuperation and recuperation with the people when I have such a strong army. I am proud of you. You will definitely be a good emperor in the future."

Hearing what Li Cun said, Li Biao breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, Li Biao did not dare to make this decision because he was aware of the danger of starting a war. After all, what those civil servants said was actually very reasonable, and before the results came out, who would dare to say that it must be right to start a war against Xixia? ?

Li Cun did not tell lies either, it is indeed not easy for a more cautious emperor to lead the dynasty into the abyss.

The best example is Zhao Ji.

If Zhao Ji hadn't been so rejoicing, and could have been more cautious, the Zhao Song Dynasty might not have perished.

Therefore, Li Cun cannot be said to be satisfied with Li Biao's choice, but he can also accept it.

As Li Cun said, his successor was a benevolent monarch who was actually very helpful in consolidating their rule under Li Qian. For example, Liu Bang's successor, Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty Liu Ying, was tolerant and benevolent in politics. During his reign, he formulated and implemented measures that were beneficial to the social stability, economic development and cultural prosperity of the Western Han Dynasty. In terms of economy, he continued to implement the policy of resting with the people, which allowed the Western Han Dynasty to last for 210 years and even the Han people. is a good example.

As for the matter of conquering the country and expanding the territory for the Dagan Dynasty, let Li Cun do it, after all, Li Cun's sword is not old yet! ! !

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Last month, I promised to add three more chapters to my brothers this month.

As a result, I have been busy this month and it has been postponed until the end of the month.

There are still three days left. I will try my best to add those two updates to the brothers. If I really can't add them, I will definitely make up for them next month. I will definitely be honest!