The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1388 The Necessity of the New Palace

"You two loves, I have generally visited this new palace, which is really good." His Majesty Li Er said: "I think that when I was in Luoyang, I also visited the palace and other gardens built by Emperor Yang of the previous dynasty." I have seen it, it is extravagant, I thought at the beginning, spending money to recruit people, but only for my own selfish desires, no wonder the people turned against him, seeing this Daming Palace today, I have some understanding of Emperor Yang’s thoughts on building the palace , just like this, did I even become a foolish king? Ah? Hahahaha."

His Majesty Li Er smiled to himself while talking.

"Your Majesty is different from Emperor Yang of the previous dynasty." Yan Liben said: "Emperor Yang of the previous dynasty built palaces, and built more than 40 palaces along the banks of the river from Chang'an to Yangzhou. It is even more magnificent, the palace built by Emperor Yangdi has nothing else but to satisfy his own selfish desires, and this new palace on the Dragon Head Plain has to be built."

"That's right." Yan Lide also chimed in and said, "The ministers of the imperial court have never opposed His Majesty, that's because even they feel that the Taiji Palace is not enough."

The so-called not enough, firstly, the place is too small, secondly, the environment is not good, thirdly, and most importantly, Datang is not the previous Datang, and Datang needs to show the strength of Datang to the surrounding Siyi tribes. Majestic, obviously, Tai Chi Palace is too simple.

The original Taiji Palace was built during the reign of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty. Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty himself advocated frugality, even in the construction of palaces. The Sui Dynasty was rich, not only rich, but also people, but Emperor Wen of Sui still upholds the His frugal style is why he has the rule of Kaihuang.

But at the time of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, unlike the Tang Dynasty now, he beat out the ethos and prestige of the people in the Central Plains. The former Sui Dynasty wanted to destroy Goguryeo but failed. up.

A long time ago, Xuan Shijing thought about why Goguryeo had to be destroyed from the Sui Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty. Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty defeated Goguryeo, and Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty defeated Goguryeo. His Majesty Li Er also wanted to fight Goguryeo. , although it was not successful in history, it also successfully disabled Goguryeo. Later, Emperor Gaozong also wanted to fight Goguryeo, and then he successfully destroyed Goguryeo.

Later, Xuan Shijing personally led troops to fight Goguryeo, and he knew why the Central Plains Dynasty wanted to fight Goguryeo.

If Tang did not destroy Goguryeo, would Goguryeo rule the Central Plains in the future?Like Yuan Qing?Establish a dynasty in the Central Plains?
Unlike the Yuan and Qing Dynasties, Goguryeo was a real farming country, with a population of nearly 350 million in its heyday, and all the northern grassland tribes were under its control.

During the two centuries from the first year of Liu Song Yongchu to the 19th year of Tang Zhenguan, Goguryeo's population grew from 9 households to 69 households.

The 9 households are based on the records in "Northern History Goguryeo Biography" that "at the time of Taiwu...the number of households was three times that of the former Wei Dynasty".

Taiwu was Tuoba Tao, Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty, who reigned from 424 to 452.

Cao Wei is the historical appellation from Cao Pi proclaiming the emperor and establishing Wei in 220 to Sima Yan proclaiming emperor and establishing Jin in 265.

If it was a nomadic tribe, the Central Plains Dynasty would not regard it as a great enemy.

Nomadic tribes are not easy to fight, but they can be pacified in one battle, but it is not easy to fight a country like Goguryeo, which is dominated by farming like the Central Plains. Big, almost able to compete with the Central Plains, so if you want to fight, as the shit stick of the Central Plains, you should also fight.

As an emperor, Emperor Sui Yang was insightful in fighting Goguryeo, but in any case, he was a historical loser.

From Luoyang to Jiangdu, the old palace sites along the way testify to how prosperous the Sui Dynasty was in the past. It is a pity that the second generation died. Strictly speaking, it is not counted as the second generation. In order to become the puppet emperor, Li Yuan raised troops in Jinyang under the banner of supporting the Yang royal family, and he also established the puppet emperor.

Now, the previous dynasty has been destroyed, but the lessons learned from the past are also a bloody lesson for Datang, so His Majesty Li Er felt emotional when he saw Daming Palace like this.

"Ziquan palace locks the haze, and wants to take Wucheng as the emperor's home." Xuan Shijing recited such a poem, and the person who wrote this poem has not yet been born.

"This poem is about the palace in Chang'an being locked in the smog, but Emperor Sui Yang was desperate for extravagance and wanted to take Jiangdu as the emperor's home." Xuan Shijing said: "From this poem, we can see that There is an essential difference between this Daming Palace and those palaces of Emperor Sui Yang, the palace of Sui Yang Emperor was the emperor’s house, and it was for selfish desires, while this Daming Palace is the home of the world, it’s different.”

Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty built a palace for his own enjoyment. The construction of the Daming Palace not only showed the majesty of the Tang Dynasty, but also a place where hundreds of officials in the Tang Dynasty discussed and governed the country. It was the place where the emperor handled state affairs and the power center of the Tang Dynasty.This is the essential difference.

Daming Palace not only has three main palaces, but also the offices of the other three provinces have been moved to this new palace, can it be the same?

"Besides, most of the decorations and objects in this new palace were brought over from the Taiji Palace. There are very few newly purchased things. Your Majesty need not worry." Yan Liben said.

The luxury of the palace does not only refer to the luxury of the materials used in the construction and the scale, but mostly refers to the luxurious interior decoration of the palace. When His Majesty Li Er attacked Wang Shichong and took down Luoyang, when he entered Luoyang, it was lived by the Sui royal family. He was shocked by the luxurious palace. At that time, someone suggested to learn from King Xiang, and burn it with a fire, and it would be clean. However, His Majesty Li Er thought that it was not easy to build a palace, and it cost a lot of money. It would be a waste to burn it, so he sent someone to burn the palace. All the luxurious decorations in the palace have been removed. No, the palace in Luoyang, without the luxurious decorations, is still simple and elegant.

Although some of the things in the Taiji Palace are old, but if the palace people repair them again, they can still shine brightly. In terms of diligence and thrift, Empress Changsun is no worse than the old man in the previous dynasty.

"Okay, okay." His Majesty Li Er said with a smile: "The completion of the new palace, the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households, made a great contribution, and Jing'er also contributed a lot. At the beginning of the construction of the new palace, many problems were solved by you alone. .”

"I'm ashamed and dare not do it." Xuan Shijing cupped his hands in response.

"If you have meritorious service, you will be rewarded, and if you make mistakes, you will be punished. There is nothing to be ashamed of." His Majesty Li Er said: "There are still five days before the Yuanri Grand Court Meeting. This year's Grand Court Meeting, there are more people who come to the Tang Dynasty to see it than in previous years. Many, it should be because of the news of the completion of the new palace and the relocation of the royal family, one is to admire the majesty of the new palace, and the other is to show goodwill to the Tang Dynasty, such an opportunity should not weaken the momentum of the Tang Dynasty."

(End of this chapter)