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Chapter 449 Li Zhi's Ambition

After the Eastern Expedition won an absolute victory, Li Zhi's prestige in the hearts of the Tang people has risen to the point where it is almost on par with the gods.

Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty conquered Goguryeo and failed.

Emperor Sui Yang conquered Goguryeo and failed.

Emperor Taizong's conquest of Goguryeo fell by the wayside.

When Li Zhi was the emperor, he not only completely pacified Goguryeo, but also pacified Baekje and Silla by the way.

This is another pinnacle victory achieved by Datang in its foreign wars.

Under the deterrence of this huge victory, all the envoys died in Datang, and the eldest son Lu Dongzan once again sent envoys to Datang, and also brought Princess Wencheng's greetings to the Emperor of Datang, and Back to Datang to visit relatives.

This time, among the married daughters who returned to the Tang Dynasty to visit relatives, there were not only Princess Wencheng, but also Princess Honghua who married to Tuyuhun and other eleven married princesses.

In order to visit this huge prisoner offering ceremony, Li Zhi ordered half a year ago that all the kings and leaders of the Jimi kingdom and the Jimi tribe must be stationed in Chang'an before October [-]st.

Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty said: "I am deep within the Jiuchong, planning to decide thousands of miles away.

The Huns in the north were planted and fell, and it was as if they were destroyed.

Ximi Tuyuhun and Gaochang are easy to pick up mustard.

Baojue Mo is a garden, and across quicksand is a pool.

Those whom the Yellow Emperor disobeyed, and Tang Yao who disobeyed his vassals, entrusted them with offerings and made offerings, followed the wind and followed the course, advocating the way of majesty and enlightenment, and this is also known throughout the world.”

In December of the seventh year of Zhenguan, Emperor Taizong celebrated Li Yuan's birthday with a grand banquet in Weiyang Palace. During the period, "Turkic Jieli Khan danced and Nanman chief Feng Zhidai chanted poems" was a grand occasion.

There is a huge stele outside the Kaiyuan gate of Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty, which was written by Yu Shinan, a famous calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty - nine thousand nine hundred miles to the west of Anxi.

Counting from the period of Emperor Taizong Anbian, Datang not only established a unified dynasty.

It also successively conquered Turkic, Huihe, Gaochang, Yanqi, Qiuci, Tuyuhun and other surrounding countries and regions, destroyed Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla, severely damaged the country of Japan, and resettled the four towns of Anxi and the six towns of Andong, so that the land of the Tang Dynasty was criss-crossed from north to south. [-] miles, [-] miles from east to west.

When the Anxi Protector's Mansion was already sunny, the Anxi Protectorate's Mansion was still under a starry night.

Nowadays, it all belongs to the romance of Li Zhi alone...

The emperor of the Tang Dynasty issued an order, and the captured king of Anton, under the escort of the Tang army, braved the cold wind and rain all the way to Chang'an.

When the Emperor of Tang Dynasty issued an order, the kings, chiefs, and patriarchs of Anxi also rushed all the way to Chang'an in fear and fear, only hoping that the date would not be delayed, which would cause dissatisfaction with the emperor.

At the order of the Tang Emperor, the barbarian elders in the southern jungles, seas, and islands appealed to the poisonous pests, and braved the mountainous waves to fight against the ferocious poisonous insects and beasts.

So much so that Honglu Temple specially ordered the various state capitals to help these people reach Chang'an as soon as possible.

It was only September, and the Honglu Temple in Chang'an was full of guests from all over the world, more than 6000 people.

These people are full of curiosity about every plant and tree in Chang'an, and many guests are not afraid of the cold, squatting on the side of Zhuque Street to watch the flow of people coming and going, as well as the long queue of carriages.

They like to watch the lives of the people in Fangshi, and they like to go to the East Market and the West Market to see the mountains of piles of goods.

As the first check-in place in Chang'an City, Jinchangfang has many inexplicable nobles every day.

They were all nobles accompanied by officials from Honglu Temple.

After they got the bamboo chips, they didn't pick and choose. They ate all the way from the first dish until they couldn't walk the way they ate. The worst thing was that they ate too much food and drank a lot of water after returning. , and finally burst the stomach sac and died.

And Pingkangfang's business has been surprisingly good recently, everyone is crazy about the beauties there, and what's more, they even exchange the tributes prepared to be presented to the emperor for money, so they want to go to Pingkangfang to have a good time.

Liu Yi, the steward of the Yunfu, had known the officials of Honglu Temple for a long time. It wasn't that he was trying to make trouble on purpose, but that these people came almost every day, and every day they wanted to use Liu Yi to give something to the guests he accompanied. Special hospitality, which annoyed Liu Yi very much.

It’s fine for a distinguished guest like Princess Wencheng to come, invite his wife to accompany him personally, invite the princess to eat Jinchangfang’s delicacies, talk about Jinchangfang’s allusions, and after seeing the advanced livelihood facilities of Jinchangfang, he will accompany him for a walk Da Ci'en Temple pays homage to Empress Wende, and then invites the eminent monk of Da Ci'en Temple, Kui Ji, to talk to Princess Wencheng about the authentic Faxiangzong Buddhism of the Tang Dynasty, and the matter is over.

Although Princess Wencheng, who was married to the wasteland from Chang'an, saw tears streaming down her face, she really wanted to live in the guesthouse outside the Daci'en Temple and continue to exchange Buddhism with Master Kuiji, but she had no choice but to be taken back home by her elder brother Li Jingheng. In the fourth year of Huihui, his father died on the way of being demoted because of his involvement in Fang Yiai's rebellion, and their family tried to weaken their existence as much as possible.

Liu Yi no longer thinks highly of those Honglu Temple officials, mainly because these people want him to entertain these distinguished guests for free as long as they come to him.

Once, twice, even ten times, the Yun's family doesn't care if it's big, but if it's a hundred times or hundreds of times, it's too much.

Therefore, Liu Yi has been hiding at home drinking and chatting with Fei Jiu and the others recently, even refusing to go outside to entertain those so-called distinguished guests while basking in the sun.

"Thin, black guys like monkeys, after wearing silk clothes, they don't look like good people at all. Seeing them eating our food with their hands, my heart hurts. Don't they eat with chopsticks on weekdays? "

Fat Jiu curled his lips and said: "People in Tuyuhun don't use chopsticks. They usually take a wooden bowl, tsampa, and sheep oil, mix them together, and scratch them with your hands. Finally, they make a long lump and hold it with your hands. eat.

Old Liu, you still have too little knowledge. Let me tell you, there are only a few people who eat with chopsticks. Except for us, people eat with their hands. "

Liu Yi looked at Fei Jiu incomprehensibly and said, "Even if you grab it with your hands, you should wash it with water before eating."

Fei Jiu sneered and said, "You, Liu Yi, knew to use straw paper to scrape after you became a gong. The poorer people in the Tang Dynasty used bamboo boards to scrape. They also heard that hemp rope was used to scrape. These guys usually pick it with their hands..." *(Note)

After listening to Fei Jiu's words, Liu Yi vomited and ran out, but Fei Jiu said loudly from behind: "There are some who don't pick..."

After this conversation, the entrance of Jinchang Fang, which was originally used to wash the hands and faces of the beggars, has been enlarged by more than ten times.

There are streams of water flowing down the bamboo pipes into the pool.

There are soap horns and other things for washing hands by the pool. Ever since Liu Yi learned about the hygienic habits of those people, he gave an order to the guard at the gate. Anyone who enters Jinchang Fang must wash his hands here. go in again.

However, in the whole process, there was not a word about hygiene, let alone that Jinchang Fang disliked people's dirty.

It is only said that Jinchangfang is the residence of Empress Wende, and it is an etiquette requirement to wash hands and cleanse face when entering the door.

As for the bowls and plates that were used in the canteen before, they were sealed up by Liu Yi's order, and some were specially set aside to entertain these people. After these people left Chang'an, these bowls and plates would be destroyed.

Since Fei Jiu knows the living habits of these people, and there are some people in Datang who know about these things, if this news gets out, things will get serious. Can the two big dining halls in Chang'an City still be open?
The first to arrive in Chang'an was the supply team from the Eastern Expedition team.

Cartloads of sacrificial vessels, cartloads of gold and silver, cartloads of copper coins, armor, silk, and linen...Horses of war horses, herds of cattle, groups of captives from various tribes and countries, from The Dongling Road entered the Chunming Gate, the east gate of Chang'an, and finally went straight into the imperial city along the Chunming Avenue.

The luggage team walked for three days and three nights before it was considered over.

Li Ji's central army arrived in Chang'an in the evening under the protection of the fairly organized Yunchu, Pei Xingjian, and Xue Rengui troops.

First, the prime minister, Changsun Wuji, led all the officials to welcome Baili with drinks and food.

Next, Prince Li Hong greeted him at Baqiao with the royal family and drum music.

After resting outside Chang'an City for the night, at sunrise the next day, the emperor personally greeted him at the top of the Chunming Gate. Next, he would preside over the grand ceremony for Li Ji to return the commander's seal, review the generals of the Eastern Expedition Army, and In ten thousand years, the two counties of Chang'an, and the [-]th rate sent troops and horses.

After the review, there is a grand ceremony of presenting prisoners.

After the prisoner offering ceremony, Li Zhihui ordered that women from Chang'an step forward to remove the armor of the generals. Normally, the ones who remove the armor for the generals are the wives of the generals. After the removal of the armor, the generals wearing court uniforms need to ride The so-called "five flowers and even money" BMW entered Chang'an City to boast.

"Dong dong dong" three loud bangs came from outside Chunming's gate.

Li Zhi, who was sitting cross-legged on the futon and had fasted and bathed for three days, slowly opened his eyes, and said to the queen who also fasted and bathed: "My great warrior has returned."

Wu Mei said: "From now on, the rise and fall of the people in the world will only depend on your Majesty's thoughts."

Li Zhi nodded and said: "Since it is a great victory, there should be some atmosphere of a great victory. I am going to pardon the mistakes made by the soldiers of the Eastern Expedition Army. What do you think?"

Wu Mei said: "If it's just a mistake, His Majesty can forgive it, but I think that mistakes can be forgiven, and crimes must be punished."

Li Zhi smiled and said: "From the merit list submitted by Duke Ying, from Qibi Heli, Gao Kan, Pang Tongshan to Xue Rengui, Yunchu, Pei Xingjian and even Captain Zhechong, everyone has committed a lot of serious crimes.

According to the law, it is estimated that all these generals need to be beheaded to meet the four words of impartiality and selflessness.

I know that this is a trick Yinggong prepared for me. He just wants the generals to understand the truth that kindness comes from above.

I have read it, and the crimes recorded above are mostly indiscriminate killing, greed for money, lust and corruption, perversion of the law... They are all sent by me to fight, and these problems will naturally arise in war.

If it is said that they have problems, it is better to say that it is the fault of the emperor.

And the crimes that can really make me want to kill, such as treason, treason, running away, and harboring resentment, are basically non-existent.

That's why I'm going to burn all these crimes in the credit book at the printing ceremony tomorrow, no matter the fault, only the merit. "

Wu Mei chuckled and said: "Three dukes, two dukes, six marquises, eleven earls, and thirty-one viscounts.

His Majesty is also a generous reward this time. "

Li Zhi laughed loudly and said: "This Eastern Expedition is a major event that my Tang Dynasty has planned for 50 years. Now that all the troubles are gone in one day, I will naturally not be stingy with titles. However, there are too many titles, which is too much." not good.

There are more on this side, and on the other side..."

Wu Mei said: "Once the emperor and the courtiers, now it's officially time for Your Majesty to let go of the past and accept the new. On this side, a large number of your confidants and important officials will be entrusted. On the other hand, the courtiers think that those who should go should be removed. You must not be soft-hearted."

Li Zhi nodded and said: "You have to hurry up, there are still many courtiers in my pocket, and they all need to be won over and divided."

Note 1: I didn’t intend to be disgusting. It came from the fact that I went to the Gannan pastoral area in 93. I saw two women in leather robes squatting on the side of the road. After the woman got up and left, there were two piles of things on the ground. It was the end of August, and the morning in Gannan was already very cold, and the things were still emitting white smoke... It left a lifetime of psychological shadow on me who was about to turn 20 years old.

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