Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 450 The Prince of the East Palace Li Zhiyun
When he was imprisoned, it was the king of Chu who came to persuade him.

Just one sentence; everyone in the world knows the ferocity of Han's capture of the tiger, but they don't know of Li Yaoshi's soldiers.Do what he thinks in his heart.

Although he had little acquaintance with that Chu king, he could be sure that that Chu king was definitely not a kind person.

The king of Chu valued it, but I don't know whether it is joy or worry.

After thinking about it, he laughed at himself again, now he has no choice, the world is full of Tang rooms, so what's the use of thinking so much.

Let's take a step by step.

Facing Tang's powerful troops, Lin Shihong had no power to fight back, and was slaughtered wantonly by the Tang army.

In November of the sixth year of Wude, Lin Shihong died!

So far, only Jiaozhou Feng An is left in the south.

Afterwards, Li Xiaogong issued an appeal to Feng An, ordering him to surrender to the Tang Dynasty.

Knowing that he was powerless against Datang, Feng An immediately changed his banner, responded to Li Xiaogong, and expressed his willingness to submit to Datang.

Immediately, Li Xiaogong and Li Jing led an army to sweep across the southeast non-officials, such as bandits, water bandits, thieves and the like, who either died or surrendered.

So far, the south is settled!
From November to December in the sixth year of Wude, good news came from the south one after another.

After Li Zhiyun learned about the pacification of the South, he immediately began to prepare for the reward.

First of all, Li Xiaogong and Li Jing, Prince of Zhao Jun, were naturally the ones. For them, Li Zhiyun ordered them to return to the court after they were safe in the south, and then reward them.The director of Jingzhou Daoxingying and Li Shenfu, the king of Xiangyi County, was named the director of Tanzhou.

It is worth mentioning that Tanzhou is adjacent to Lingnan.

Li Zhiyun did his best to praise Li Zhiyun in the imperial decree to Li Shenfu. As for whether he cried or laughed when he received the imperial decree, it is unknown.

At the same time, Chu Suiliang was also transferred back to Chang'an by Li Zhiyun to serve as inspector Tai Fuqing, replacing Li Shenfu.

Feng Ang, who had surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, Li Zhiyun decided to stabilize him temporarily after careful consideration, and named him Duke Geng, Shangzhu State, and Gaozhou Governor.Its original jurisdiction was replaced by prefectures and counties, and the leader of the local tribe was appointed as the governor.

As for Feng An's sons, Li Zhiyun was also named governor under Wei Zheng's suggestion.

In fact, Li Zhiyun knew very well that Feng An's surrender could only be said to be a surrender in name.The root cause is that there are few Han people and barbarians in the area of ​​Jiaozhi and Lingnan.

Even Feng An himself was from these minority tribes.

Regarding them, Li Zhiyun was temporarily unable to free up his hands to clarify the details, and completely brought Lingnan Jiaozhi into the rule of the Tang Dynasty.

We can only continue the policy of the former Sui Dynasty, and use the leader of the local Liaoren tribe as the governor to implement the self-government of the states.

This is also a helpless move. After all, there are few people in the Jiaozhi area of ​​Lingnan, and even the people in the Central Plains think that the people in those places are not human at all, but savages!

In the early Tang Dynasty, the development of the Jiangnan area was not possible, let alone the corners of Lingnan Jiaozhi.

With Lin Shihong's defeat and Feng An's surrender, the southeast area was wiped out by Li Xiaogong and Li Jing's army, and the southern part of the Tang Dynasty was completely stable.

Right now, the only places left are Youzhou where Luo Yi is located, and Gaokaidao in Liaodong.

However, it was already winter, and it was unfavorable for the three armies to fight, so Li Zhiyun could only temporarily suppress this throbbing.

"Let's do this for now." Li Zhiyun said to several prime ministers: "The granaries are gradually filling up this year, and the south has been settled, and further wars will not benefit the people's livelihood. The thieves of Youyan will be punished one by one in the coming year."

"Your Majesty is benevolent, and I will obey your orders."

Li Zhiyun nodded, glanced at several prime ministers, looked at the dome of the political affairs hall, and said with emotion: "Since the end of the Sui Dynasty, wars have been raging everywhere, and the people are in dire straits. There are thieves inside and bandits outside. The father and emperor have worked hard to build a happy land for the Han people, but today we are going to the Han people." Gradually, Zhiyun will be able to explain to his father."

Now he is qualified to say this.Although You Yan has not returned, it is only a matter of time, when the next year's spring plowing is done, it will be the time for the three armies to go north.

Hearing this, Yang Gongren and Chen Shuda looked at each other, the former bowed and said: "Your Highness, I have heard of the benevolence of the saint, and now your Highness is in peace with the south. It is appropriate to inform the saint and comfort your majesty's concerns."

Hearing this, Li Zhiyun was silent in thought.

Seeing this, Pei Ju immediately seconded the proposal.

The rest of Li Shuliang and Pei Ji were faintly aware of something, and followed suit.

Li Zhiyun smiled and said: "Father has been ill for a long time, such good news, I really should tell Father, I hope that the great joy can clear up the haze of illness for Father."

"Your Highness said so."

The next day, the harem and bedroom.

The ministers waited for a long time, and finally waited for the emperor to recover.

After Li Zhiyun finished talking about the annihilation of Lin Shihong in the south, Feng Ang's surrender, and Li Xiaogong leading the army to wipe out the scattered rebels in the southeast, he showed joy.

In Li Yuan's view, the small rebels in the southeast area are nothing to worry about, most of them are rogues.

The real stability is to wipe out Lin Shihong.

And Feng Ang's surrender means that the south has completely belonged to the Tang Dynasty.

"King Chu, you have done a good job. I am not wrong about the person. It is right to let you supervise the country."

"Relying on the majesty of the father, the emperor Tianwei, the three armies dare to fight to defeat the thieves and secure the south. My sons and ministers work hard, and dare not take credit for their meager efforts."

"You don't have to be humble." Li Yuan waved his hands, tilted his head, and looked at the circle of ministers kneeling below.

"You are all here today, I have something to announce."

"The minister waits to listen."

Immediately, Li Yuan said: "Since the middle of March, the crown prince and king of Qi have been abolished, and they have conspired to kill the king and father. Fortunately, the king of Chu loyally rescued him. Afterwards, I was exhausted physically and mentally. After the king of Chu supervised the country, the government was stable, and the world Antai, now the south has been decided, and the king of Chu should be rewarded heavily.

The East Palace is absent, the country has no crown prince, and the scholars and people are uneasy.The king of Chu is proud of his talents, and he always serves his father consistently.I have made up my mind to appoint the King of Chu as the crown prince to supervise the affairs of the country on my behalf.

What do you think, gentlemen? "

This is also what Li Yuan had in mind for a long time. He had revealed it to Li Zhiyun a few months ago.But at that time, Li Zhiyun refused on the grounds of being 'not the eldest son'.Therefore, Li Yuan first canonized Wan as the queen to pave the way for her.

Now that the south is pacified, it is time to help the king of Chu to the throne.

As for the ministers, although they had different ideas, no one dared to refute.

Such as Yang Gongren, Pei Ju and others are happy.Because, when they came here this time, they came to propose to the emperor that the king of Chu be named the crown prince.

With such a good opportunity to pacify the South, it is time to speak up.Unexpectedly, the emperor himself brought it up, which saved them a lot of talking.

However, the samurai Xun, Tang Jian and others did not dare to say more.Since the abolition of the crown prince and the rebellion, the king of Chu has wantonly eliminated the old ministers, and now the Zhengshitang, the six ministries, the nine temples, and the sixteen guards are all the people of the king of Chu.In addition, the Guanlong family also supported the King of Chu.

In addition to the credit for pacifying the south, the right time, place and people are harmonious, the general trend is the trend, and the hearts of the people want it.

Furthermore, even those with ulterior motives dare not object even if they want to.

Because, the only adult prince under the sage's knees is the King of Chu, and the son born to Empress Taimu has died, and now Empress Wan is the queen's honor, and the King of Chu is also the son.

It can be said that King Chu is now the eldest son.

Establishing the king of Chu as the prince is reasonable, legal and systematic.

If instead of setting up the king of Chu, but setting up those underage princes, it is not a matter of loyalty to the king, but a hidden evil intention!

More importantly, no one has the ability to oppose the King of Chu now.

Otherwise, at least he will be dismissed from office and seize the title, and at worst he will die!

Few of the courtiers who can be in the center are idiots.

"Your Majesty is holy." Yang Gongren said first: "The king of Chu is both civil and military, and has a noble character. He is filial to his father and caressing the people. He can be the heir apparent."

Pei Ju followed and said: "Since ancient times, the king of Chu has been established as the eldest son, and His Majesty canonized the king of Chu as the crown prince of the East Palace, and the ministers seconded it."

Chen Shuda: "The minister seconded the proposal."

Li Shuliang paid homage to him, "My minister seconded the proposal."

"The minister seconded the proposal." Pei Ji, Zhao Cijing, Samurai Xun, Tang Jian, Dugu Sheng, Yu Shiqian, Huangfu Wuyi and others all seconded the proposal.

Seeing this, Li Yuan looked at Li Zhiyun.

Li Zhiyun prostrated himself on the ground in "sincerity and fear".

"My son is insignificant, and I look up to my father and emperor's kindness. I just showed my strengths. Now all the ministers have invited me, and my son bowed his head. The important affairs of the country should be thought twice before acting. The position of the crown prince is related to the foundation of the Tang Dynasty, and the son dare not try in vain. , I hope Father Huang think twice."

Li Yuan said: "I have made up my mind, you don't need to say too much, the crown prince belongs to you."

After three words and three concessions, Li Zhiyun agreed.

(End of this chapter)