The mysterious bird of destiny, the beginning of China

Chapter 221 The five-year corruption case of the Divine Bird Republic

Even in ancient times, the emperor's position was inherited through the system of good concessions, but the candidate for the emperor was also selected by the previous emperor, not by the majority of people.

Of course, in ancient times, the first leaders were indeed elected by many tribes, but that was also based on absolute force and ability.

But at this moment, they were elected in this way, and everyone knew that it was because of the divine bird.

After listening to the divine bird telling about the things in the palace, Li Xinni stopped paying attention.

As the night gradually deepened, the children playing in the hall gradually left, and Princess Yong'an Mansion once again returned to its former tranquility.

In the study, Li Xinni continued to handle official duties, but at this moment, she suddenly took out a document, handed it to Bai Zhi beside her, and then said: "Since the implementation of the imperial examination system, talented people in the Tang Dynasty have also appeared. Quite a few!”

Bai Zhi couldn't help but look down and saw a person's name written on the document, followed by all the information about that person.

"Wang Bo!"

How could Bai Zhi not be familiar with this name?

But when I saw it suddenly, I felt a little strange.

"But it's a pity that this talented man died so young!"

Li Xinni's voice came again, her words full of regret.

"The treasures of nature, the dragon's light shining over the bullfighting ruins, the outstanding people..."

"The falling clouds and the solitary owl fly together, the autumn water is the same color as the sky..."

"It's quite a beautiful sentence..."

Li Xinni, who has lived for more than a hundred years, also has her own opinions on articles. Naturally, she can also see the goodness of Wang Bo's articles.

Bai Zhi on the side was also a little silent when he heard Li Xinni's words.

Many people and things in history may not have happened because of my own arrival, but they may still happen. But the ending it deserves doesn't seem to change because of his arrival.

This kind of Bai Zhi couldn't help but feel a little depressed. The passing of a talented man was indeed a pity, but he knew that he couldn't cover everything, and could only turn it into a lifelong sigh in his heart.

There isn't much I can do, so I can only focus on one or two things.

For example, what I am doing now is to make the Tang Dynasty temporarily without an emperor and replace it with an alternative republic.

But will this republic exist forever?

will not!

Bai Zhi didn't even want him to exist permanently. Ten years later, Bai Zhi would personally support the emperor again.

In terms of historical development, this era is not suitable for the emergence of a republic.

From slavery to feudalism, China has gone through the world for thousands of years, and even experienced hundreds of years of disputes. In the end, the Qin Dynasty unified the world and established the feudal system!

And it was impossible for the republic to replace the feudal system in just a few hundred years.

So what is the meaning of Bai Zhi doing this?

That is - trial and error!

Trial and error for future generations, and thus provide experience for future generations.

This is Bai Zhi's purpose.

Bai Zhi thought of the darkest century for Chinese civilization a thousand years later, the century of struggle, and how many predecessors had explored the road for China, but they still could not save China from the fate of being massacred.

Therefore, what Bai Zhi can do now is to provide experience for future generations. Of course, Bai Zhi also believes that he will still be alive after a thousand years, but who knows whether he can help people at that time?

……

Time flies, 700 AD, the fifth year of the Divine Bird Republic.

The territory of the Tang Dynasty was unprecedentedly vast, and the Tang Dynasty even sent fleets deep into the ocean, heading towards the vast sea in the south.

And he landed on small islands and came into contact with many countries on the islands.

The territory of the Tang Dynasty reached the southwest plateau, and the former Tubo was also driven to the corner above the plateau by the Tang Dynasty.

In the Western Regions, the Tang Dynasty's sphere of influence even reached the Black Sea. All countries in the Western Regions knew that there was a powerful country in the east called the Tang Dynasty.

In the north, the former Turks were completely surrendered by the Tang Dynasty, and the vast grasslands were all classified as the territory of the Tang Dynasty. In the cold and cold places in the far north, the Tang Dynasty troops were stationed in cities.

However, in this year, the palace attendants came to Princess Yong'an Mansion again to pay homage to the divine bird.

At this time, Princess Li Xinni of Yong'an, in addition to teaching swordsmanship to children in the Women's Palace and Junzi Tower, also found a new pleasure, which was reciting poems and composing poems. According to her words, the words were mixed with alternative beauty.

However, she rarely writes poems. She prefers to appreciate other people's poems, explore the stories behind the creation of poems, and listen to the poet's experience.

"What's the matter?"

Seeing the waiter coming from the palace, Li Xinni put down the book in his hand, and then looked at Bai Zhi aside.

Bai Zhi also looked at the waiter in the palace, waiting for the waiter to tell him.

"I'm going to tell the Divine Bird and ask the Divine Bird to come into the palace..."

Obviously, the waiter didn't know what was going on in the palace, but someone asked him to invite the sacred bird into the palace.

"Do you still need to let me enter the palace?"

Bai Zhi was confused, and Li Xinni on the side looked at the waiter curiously. At the same time, he was also curious about what happened in the palace that required the divine bird to go in person.

But just for a moment, she looked at the poem in her hand again.

Seeing this, Bai Zhi no longer hesitated and asked the waiter on the side to enter the palace first. Then he flashed and disappeared into the hall in an instant.

When he appeared again, he appeared in the main hall of Weiyang Palace.

At this time, in the main hall of Weiyang Palace, the ministers were sitting. The fifteen cabinet members sitting above them had solemn faces. Among them, one official looked obviously even more ugly, and all the officials looked at that person. With a vague and unknown brilliance.

Bai Zhi's appearance immediately attracted everyone's attention.

"I've seen the magical bird!"

With a mountain cry, Bai Zhi landed on the emperor's throne and looked at everyone below. Suddenly, majesty covered everyone's body, making everyone feel great pressure.

After a moment, Bai Zhi's eyes shifted to look at the Prime Minister aside. At this time, the Prime Minister had already been replaced by an old man. Bai Zhi remembered that the new Prime Minister's name was Di Renjie.

The name Di Renjie is also very familiar to Bai Zhi. After all, there are many film, television and cultural works about Di Renjie in later generations, and everything about Di Renjie has become clear in people's minds.

Bai Zhi remembered that Di Renjie in history was born in 630 AD and died in 700 AD at the age of seventy.

But in this time and space, Di Renjie is not that old, and he is probably only in the age of destiny.

"Prime Minister, what happened?"

"Reporting to the Divine Bird, if you invite the Divine Bird here this time, something big has indeed happened!"

Di Renjie replied respectfully: "This matter concerns cabinet members, so we have to be cautious, and only the divine bird can decide this matter."

Seeing Bai Zhi's questioning look, Di Renjie continued: "During the ten years when Li Rushi, the Minister of Hubu, served as the Minister of Hubu, he secretly sold his official position and received a title. He even accepted bribes, wanted Sonaka, and had a large number of patrons and accomplices behind him. …”

Bai Zhi couldn't help but look serious when he heard this. Listening to Di Renjie's words, this matter is obviously a big case!

"Who is Li Rushi?"

After Di Renjie finished speaking, there was a brief silence in the palace, and everyone couldn't help but tremble with fear, fearing that the divine bird would be angry.

Suddenly hearing the divine bird asking, the middle-aged man with an ugly expression who was sitting aside quickly stood up, his body could not help but tremble, and he knelt down on the ground with a plop. "Return...back to the Divine Bird, my humble duty is..."

Looking at Li Rushi's appearance, Bai Zhi found it hard to imagine that the person above them was no longer the emperor, but a divine bird like himself, and how dared to commit corruption.

It's really bold!

At this time, looking at his trembling appearance, he asked in a cold tone: "Is what the Prime Minister said true?"

"Return to... the divine bird, for... to be true!"

Seeing that Li Rushi didn't hide anything, Bai Zhi felt a little disappointed. If the other party refused to admit it, he could also take the opportunity to establish his power and make some young people become honest again!

But obviously, Li Rushi was also a smart man. He knew that what he had done was invisible to the divine bird, so he simply admitted it.

Seeing Li Rushi's admission, the expressions of the civil and military officials below suddenly changed. They all obviously couldn't believe that Li Rushi, one of the cabinet members, actually committed corruption, and he did so under the eyes of Shui Niao.

"I didn't expect that the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance would be such a person!"

"What is the Minister of Hubu? From now on, the Minister of Hubu will no longer be Li Rushi!"

"Li Ru told me some things some time ago, but I didn't understand them at that time. After today's incident, it really dawned on me!"

"Fortunately, I was strong-willed and was not tempted by him..."

"..."

The officials below were talking a lot, which was extremely noisy in the spacious palace.

"quiet--"

The waiters on the side sang quickly to maintain order in the court.

"In that case, then you must explain clearly everything you have done and the people behind you who are protecting you!"

Bai Zhi arranged for Di Renjie on the side, "Prime Minister, you will handle this matter personally. If you encounter anything that cannot be handled, you can come and ask me!"

"Yes!"

Di Renjie responded.

Then Bai Zhi looked at everyone below again and said in a serious tone: "If there is an accomplice of Li Rushi among you, after the court meeting, go to the prime minister and surrender. Depending on the crime committed, you can be given a lighter punishment."

"If you act recklessly, you will be severely punished when we find you!"

"Yes!"

Hearing Bai Zhi's words, the officials below suddenly felt shocked and became silent.

"As for the position of Minister of Household Affairs, officials can be re-elected to fill it!"

Having said this, Bai Zhi looked at Prime Minister Di Renjie on the side, "It is up to you to select the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs. You must be fair and impartial!"

"Yes!"

……

After arranging everything, he left directly.

All that's left is to wait for the results. According to Prime Minister Di Renjie's ability, it shouldn't take long.

When Bai Zhi returned to Princess Yong'an's Mansion, he thought about what happened in the palace and couldn't help but sigh that Di Renjie would not be a famous historical minister.

He is also a famous minister who is good at solving crimes.

Unexpectedly, not long after taking office, such a big case was discovered.

Li Xinni no longer paid much attention to the affairs in the palace, so after Bai Zhi came back this time, she did not ask Bai Zhi about the affairs in the palace.

In the next few days, relevant documents continued to be sent to Yongan Road Clothing for Bai Zhi to review.

Most of them are about the investigation of Li Rushi, the former Minister of Household Affairs, and the crimes committed by the other party.

"I didn't expect that Li Rushi would actually collude with the Luoyang defenders..."

Because of Bai Zhi's intervention, the power of Empress Wu Zetian was greatly restricted, and Luoyang had no chance to become the capital of the Tang Dynasty, and its name was still Luoyang.

However, with the development of the Tang Dynasty, Luoyang's prosperity was no less than that of Chang'an City. Therefore, in order to ensure the safety of Luoyang City, a large number of defenders were sent outside Luoyang City.

According to the document sent by the Prime Minister, Li Rushi colluded with the generals of the Luoyang garrison, deceived the superiors and deceived the subordinates, and did many things.

Of course, the investigation into Luoyang City has not yet begun, and we just don’t know whether the defenders of Luoyang City will be captured without mercy.

……

There is no airtight wall in the world, and there is no deliberate concealment of what happened in the palace. Therefore, the people in Chang'an City also heard about the corruption of Li Rushi, the Minister of Household Affairs.

"I didn't expect that the Minister of the Ministry of Finance would be greedy for so much money. I don't know what the use of so much money is!"

In Chang'an City, some people were confused.

"On weekdays, I see that the household minister's life is quite frugal. I never imagined that he would have so much money!"

An announcement about how much money Rushi Li had embezzled was posted in the city, which aroused the amazement of the people in Chang'an City.

"This is why people should not be judged by their appearance. Who would have known that my parents and officials, who usually live a frugal life, are actually as rich as the enemy!"

"I heard that Master Li started to be greedy ten years ago. If so, didn't she find out when the empress was in her position?"

"It can only be said that he hid it too deeply. If it weren't for the divine bird, I'm afraid we wouldn't know..."

"..."

At the same time, many court officials also secretly surrendered themselves to Prime Minister Di Renjie. For a time, many officials were missing from the court.

But this is not important. The most important thing in the Tang Dynasty today is talents. The continuous operation of the imperial examination system not only maintains the stability of the world to a certain extent, but also provides a steady stream of talents for the Tang Dynasty.

However, a few days later, Prime Minister Di Renjie came to Princess Yong'an's Mansion in person to pay homage to the divine bird.

"what's going on?"

Seeing the serious look on Prime Minister Di Renjie's face, even more serious than in the air a few days ago, Bai Zhi couldn't help but wonder.

"Return to the Divine Bird, Luoyang defender Yang Lang has rebelled!"

"Um!?"

When he suddenly heard the news, Bai Zhi thought he had heard it wrong and asked Di Renjie to confirm it again. Seeing Di Renjie's serious face, Bai Zhi smiled in his heart.

"Tell me in detail!"

According to Di Renjie, the relationship between Yang Lang, the defender of Luoyang City, and Li Rushi, the Minister of Household Affairs, was not a subordinate relationship, but a cooperative relationship.

Yang Lang, the general of the Luoyang garrison, also had a lot of eyes and ears in Chang'an City. The news that Li Ru, the Minister of Household Affairs, was dismissed from office and put in prison was quickly known to Yang Lang, the general of the Luoyang garrison.

Yang Lang, the general of the Luoyang garrison, obviously also understood that his corruption was about to be known. He knew that his sin was serious and could not be forgiven, so he raised his troops and rebelled!

Death is also death, and great plans are also death, so why not use dangerous tactics?

Maybe this way we can still fight for a chance of survival!

(End of this chapter)