The Tang Dynasty started from saving Empress Changsun

Li Shimin was very hesitant. If the Yellow Emperor Era was implemented, there would be too many benefits.Among other things, the title of Huangdi Orthodoxy can be obtained 100%.

Legitimacy was too important for ancient dynasties.

But he also hesitated, after all, no one had ever used this kind of thing before.Also, it is always uncomfortable to add a prefix in front of one's own year number.

Although Chen Jingke is not an old fox, he can also think of his concerns, so he said: "The benefits of using the Yellow Emperor's Kaiyuan calendar are too many."

"Emphasis on the orthodoxy of the Tang Dynasty, ensuring that the feudal state will not be culturally divorced from the Central Plains after the enfeoffment, and it will also be of great benefit to His Majesty's reputation."

"And once it is determined to use the Kaiyuan era, all history books must be revised, and the Kaiyuan prefix will be uniformly added...to make it easier for future generations to read."

Hearing the last sentence, Li Shimin's heart moved.

Yes, after using the Kaiyuan Era, you can add the Kaiyuan prefix to all historical statements about time. By then, not only the Datang family will have the prefix.

Thinking of this, he suddenly became enlightened, and he basically agreed with Chen Jingke's plan.

However, he did not express it directly, but said: "This matter is of great importance. I need to discuss with the ministers and ask Taishi Ling before I can make a decision."

Chen Jingke knew that he had actually agreed to what he said, and the so-called discussion with the officials was just a formality, so he said:

"Okay, this matter should indeed reach a consensus with the officials, especially the nobles."

After that, the two moved the topic back to kelp, discussing how to use it to open a breakthrough in the Western Regions.

At this moment, the sky suddenly darkened, and the two stopped talking and looked outside suspiciously.

Chen Jingke smiled and said, "Is it going to rain? The dark clouds came really fast."

As soon as he finished speaking, a waiter staggered in and said in a panic, "Holy... saint, no... it's not good, my god... the dog eats the moon."

"Wow." Li Shimin stood up abruptly and went outside the door.

Looking up to the sky, I saw that the sun was being covered by a round object, as if a mooncake had been bitten, and the black shadow was getting bigger and bigger.

Chen Jingke also followed, looking at the sky curiously.This is the second time he has seen a solar eclipse, and the last time he saw it was in middle school in his previous life.

But no matter how stupid he was, he knew what a solar eclipse meant in ancient times. He carefully looked at Li Shimin, only to see that his face was serious.

"Saint, what should we do now?"

Li Shimin ignored him, but said to Ren Feng: "Call the Taishi Ling Li Chunfeng, and call all the ministers here."

"Send an order to the imperial guards to stand by and stand by. Without my order, no soldiers can be mobilized..."

It was not the first time he had dealt with such matters, and he issued several orders very quickly, and Ren Feng immediately arranged for someone to deliver the decree.

After he made arrangements, he said to Chen Jingke: "What do you think the heavens are warning you about this time?"

Chen Jingke said resolutely: "Because Huazhou officials and local tyrants conspire to embezzle people's property, kill people's lives, and force people to rebel, God will be angry and warn."

Li Shimin said with a smile: "Now you are quite clever, but I'm afraid that someone will take the opportunity to criticize the reform."

Chen Jingke sneered: "There is no turning back when the bow is opened, and there is no possibility of abandoning the reform at this stage. Even if you want to abandon it, I am afraid that the first ones who refuse to agree will be the military meritorious nobles."

"If someone dares to criticize the New Deal, you don't need to do it, the nobles will stand up and crush them."

"Speaking of which, I hope that the gentry will use this to attack the New Deal, and force the nobles to fight with them."

After all, the new law means sealing off the country, and no one can be generous enough to say that I don't want to close the country.

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, showing a reassuring expression, then laughed, and said, "Haha, okay, okay, Jingke, you helped me solve another problem."

Chen Jingke scratched his head, and said in doubt: "Why don't I understand what you say?"

Li Shimin smiled and said: "Hey, it's okay if you don't understand. It's okay, I want to see all the gentlemen later, you can go if you have nothing to do."

After finishing speaking, he stood still and admired the solar eclipse, without any worry.

Chen Jingke was so depressed, but the emperor had issued an order to expel the guests, so he couldn't stay any longer, so he could only leave disgruntled.

However, he did not leave the palace, but went to the Lizheng Palace.

Counting the days, Xiao Si should have no class today, so I just went to accompany her.

Most of the people I met on the road were a little flustered and pointed at the eclipse. Fortunately, the guards were still stable and there was no disturbance.

He went through several waves of identity checks along the way. Fortunately, the guards were familiar with him, and they let him pass just a symbolic check.

When he came to the Lizheng Palace, he found that his eldest grandson Wugou was looking at the solar eclipse worriedly, beside Gaoyang, Chengyang, and Xiaodouding Xincheng, his little Sizi was naturally there too.

Several people also knew the seriousness of the matter, and they all looked worried.

Well, except for Xincheng, she is only less than five years old and doesn't understand these things yet.

Seeing him coming, Xiao Sizi had a smile on his face and was ready to meet him.

But there was a small figure who was faster than her, trotted towards Chen Jingke, raised his arms and said, "Hug, brother."

Who else could it be if it wasn't Xincheng Princess.

Chen Jingke often enters the palace, and he always gives everyone some weird things, which is very popular with everyone, especially children like him more.

Princess Xincheng was no exception, and was bought by his toys.

Chen Jingke stretched out his hand to pick her up, pretending to be struggling and said: "Yo, Xiao Yin is so heavy, and she has gained weight again, what will I do if I become a little chubby girl in the future."

"Heck..." Li Wenyin, the princess of Xincheng, is not yet of the age to love beauty, so she doesn't care about whether she gets fat or not.

Instead, he felt proud of his strenuous appearance, and couldn't close his small smiling mouth.

When he came to Changsun Wugou's side, he put her down and said, "Don't worry, Auntie, the saint has already thought of a solution."

The eldest grandson Wugou said happily: "Oh, what can I do?"

Chen Jingke said depressedly: "I don't know, His Majesty kicked me out halfway through the sentence. When I came here, he was standing alone at the gate of Ganlu Hall watching the solar eclipse."

The eldest grandson Wugou smiled inwardly, and said: "You child, don't talk nonsense, if it spreads, be careful that someone will take ginseng, you are disrespectful to the saint."

But she was also completely relieved, Li Shimin could smile at the solar eclipse, obviously he had thought of a good solution.

As soon as she was happy, Gao Yang, Xincheng and the others also breathed a sigh of relief and became active.

Gao Yang belongs to the clever and lively type, and it can also be said to be the pungent type.Cheng Yang has a straightforward and forthright character, and it can also be said that he is brainless and silly.

When the two met together, it was quite lively.

Children in Xincheng have a bad temper, and when they see their sisters making a fuss, she follows suit.

Xiao Sizi is Chen Jingke's favorite gentle and demure type, just staying with him and watching him chatting with his mother, it seems that this is her whole world.

Chen Jingke explained the reason why he entered the palace.

Changsun Wugou was also very happy to hear about the effects of kelp, and said: "A lot of information about the Western Regions shows that big neck disease has appeared, and not only ordinary people suffer from it, but even princes and nobles are not immune."

"It is said that King Qiuci's two sons and one daughter all died of the big neck disease. He seems to be suffering from the disease himself, and he has invited many famous doctors but there is nothing to do."

"Not to mention the cure, even the cause of the disease can't be found out, so many people there regard the disease as a punishment from heaven."

"If we can solve this problem, we can win the hearts of the people in the Western Regions and complete the rule of this place with the least cost...Jing Ke, you have helped us a lot again."

Xiao Sizi also looked at him with admiration, his brother was indeed the most powerful.

Chen Jingke was quite proud, and said, "Hey, this is what I should do."

The eldest grandson Wugou has long been used to his unflattering personality, but he just smiled and said nothing, "But the sale you said is not advisable, it should be given as a gift in the name of the imperial court."

"The imperial court is not short of money, and there are many ways to obtain money from the Western Regions, such as glass, sugar, salt, silk, etc."

"Kelp is not good. It is related to the life and death of millions of people in the Western Regions. If we use it to make money, we will leave a bad reputation, which is not conducive to long-term governance."

"It's best to reward them in the name of the imperial court and influence them with kindness. This is the long-term way."

Chen Jingke said disapprovingly: "I'm afraid that they will be afraid of power and not be virtuous."

Changsun Wugou shook his head and said: "Nothing, Datang is not blindly virtuous. First use the army to frighten them, and when they are afraid, use kindness to influence them."

"In your words, it's a big stick in one hand and red dates in the other. If you are obedient, you will feed the red dates, and if you are not obedient, you will use sticks to teach. If you are not obedient..."

She sneered and said, "Hmph, Datang has opened many mines in the past two years and is short of slaves to work."

Chen Jingke nodded again and again, neither of this couple is good, so don't even think about taking advantage of them.

At the same time, he also remembered some information about the Battle of Talas that he had read in his previous life.

Everyone only knows that the mercenaries from the Western Regions betrayed the Tang Dynasty, so that we had to face the 4000 Arab army with 30 people.

In the end, Tang Jun failed.

If these Western Region mercenaries had not betrayed, Datang would not have lost at all.So seeing this record, everyone will scold the countries in the Western Regions for treachery and so on.

However, the real history may surprise people.

Countries in the Western Regions actually hated the Arab Empire very much, for no other reason than simply because of their different beliefs.

At that time, the mainstream beliefs in the Western Regions were Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, and local Shamanism, and they didn't have a good impression of Islam at all.

And we all know that every time the Arabs conquered a piece of land, they would ask the locals to convert.

In this case, there is almost no possibility of betrayal by the countries of the Western Regions, but in fact they did.

The reason is that the Anxi army of the Tang Dynasty was more brutal than the Arab army. To be precise, Gao Xianzhi, the capital of Anxi at that time, was very cruel.

He is a native of Goguryeo. After the country was destroyed, his parents migrated to Datang.

After becoming citizens of the Tang Dynasty, their status is very awkward. They are not good at farming, and they have no advantages in handicrafts. The key is that they lack spokespersons in the center to fight for the interests of their group.

However, they grasped one point very cleverly. Datang adopted the military merit system.

As long as you can make military achievements, everything like identity is not a problem.

At that time, people from tribes such as Turks, Xue Yantuo, Tiele, and Tuyuhun gained a foothold in the Tang Dynasty by relying on military exploits.

So they also thought of this, joined the army, and countless Goguryeo young people joined the Tang army camp.

It must be admitted that the people of Goguryeo had a fierce temperament. It is easier to make military exploits if they are not afraid of death in battle.

According to historical records, by the late Tang Gaozong's army, a large number of Goguryeo groups had appeared, and they supported each other to fight the enemy.

Slowly, many generals from Goguryeo gradually entered the center, but this also means that they have fully integrated into the Tang Dynasty.

Goguryeo has become a purely historical term.

Gao Xianzhi grew up by killing and cutting, and gradually became one of the four commanders of the frontier army at that time.

In the Western Regions, he carried out the slaughter to the end, treating the countries in the Western Regions like slaves, extorting and demanding excessively.

The most unbearable thing for the people of the Western Regions is that he frequently slaughtered the whole family and exterminated the cities and tribes.

So when the Arabs called and made a promise not to force conversion, they betrayed.

It can be said that Gao Xianzhi's success was due to killing, and his defeat was also due to killing.

Fighting a war and governing a country are two completely different concepts. In a war, if you kill a lot, people will only respect you and praise you as a peerless famous general, and even the enemy will admire you in turn.

But if the country is governed by killing, it will often end badly.

Relatively speaking, the Arabs are very trustworthy. They did not force the countries and forces that helped them to convert, but adopted natural assimilation.

It was not until the Song Dynasty that they spread Islam to the Western Regions through assimilation.

If Gao Xianzhi didn't just blindly kill, but gave both kindness and strength, I believe that the battle of Talas would have a different result.

Now Li Shimin and Changsun Wugou are very sober, with a big stick in one hand and red dates in the other.Those who are willing to surrender, will take you to become stronger together, everyone, hello and me, and those who are disobedient will die.

Kelp is indeed an excellent breakthrough, and not many people in the Western Regions should be able to resist its temptation.

Of course, the premise is that these people must be subdued first, especially the Western Turks, otherwise everything will be useless.

And Datang has already begun to immigrate to the Western Regions to farm, and the bridgehead is the former Gaochang Kingdom, which is the Turpan Basin.

Once the farming work is completed and the food and grass problem can be solved on the spot, the next step is a new round of war.

Li Shimin is aggressive in tactics, but steady in strategy.

The strategy in the Western Regions is not to dispute the length of the moment, to suspend the offensive step after laying down a piece of land, and start farming on the spot.

Wait for a firm foothold, and then use this as a springboard to attack the next piece of land.In the end, he completely took the Western Regions in his hands and opened up the road to West Asia.

Of course, this is all a few years later, so let's not mention it for now.

Regarding Chen Jingke's proposal of the Yellow Emperor's Kaiyuan Year, although Changsun Wugou did not express his opinion, he still supported it.

With her intelligence, it's not hard to see the benefits.

While speaking, the sun in the sky was gradually covered, and the sky became darker and darker.Gao Yang and the others who were running and playing around also stopped, and sat down on the stool next to them.

Xincheng was afraid of the dark and hid in his eldest grandson Wugou's arms.

Soon the sun was completely covered, the night sky was filled with stars that should not have appeared, and the world changed from day to night.

Little Si didn't know whether it was because of fear or what, she leaned towards Chen Jingke.

He simply pulled her into his arms and sat on his lap, Xiao Si stretched out his hands to hug his neck, and stuck to him tightly.

As she grew older, the two had seldom hugged like this in the past year or so.

Chen Jingke smiled, hugged her backhand, and quietly admired this rare astronomical spectacle.