Daojun, start from Penglai foundation building

The Tang Dynasty had two capitals, the holy capital Chang'an and the central capital Luoyang.

They are located in the center of Gyeonggi-do and Dougi-do respectively. The two capitals have a grand layout and a variety of atmospheres. They correspond to the stars above and the mountains and rivers below. It is said that the law drives the north and south, and the stars lead the bullfight. This is the situation of the heaven and the earth.

Emperor Wende of the Tang Dynasty has been in power for five hundred years. This emperor, who worked hard to govern the Tang Dynasty when he first came to the throne, is now plagued by calamity and has long neglected government affairs.

However, the Tang Dynasty has been inherited for thousands of years, and its system has become extremely sophisticated as it continues to evolve.

The emperor was important, but without the emperor, the Tang Dynasty would not be unable to function. Just like the wealthy families who were born around the Tang Dynasty, with the development of the Tang Dynasty, they had become part of the system and had instinctive operating rules.

This allowed Datang to continue to operate stably even without the emperor.

After all, the wealthy families will not let the big tree of the Tang Dynasty fall down. They are parasitic on the big tree and rely on the big tree to survive, but they are not capable of growing into a new big tree, so they restrict each other and involve each other, even if Something went wrong with the emperor, but the Tang Dynasty was still the Tang Dynasty, and the operation of the Tang Dynasty continued non-stop.

Every day, a large number of official documents are transmitted from the 28 Jiedu Envoys of the Tang Dynasty to Chang'an and Luoyang, and then transmitted back to various states through the Sangong, Jiuqing, Three Provinces and Six Ministries in these two hubs. Prefectures and counties, prefectures and prefectures are passed down to prefectures and counties.

It was passed on layer by layer, forming a dense and stable spider web. The Tang Dynasty was still the Tang Dynasty, unchanged.

It doesn't matter whether there is an emperor or not, at least that's what the princes in the court think. Without the emperor, they have greater power and can better benefit themselves and their family.

However, the princes did not think so.

The eldest prince Li Qian and the second prince Li Tai have long disliked the competing interests of the princes in the court. What they competed for was the resources and interests of the Tang Dynasty. In other words, they were slicing flesh from the Tian family.

Therefore, Li Qian and Li Tai set their sights on the most prestigious position on the Eastern Continent, the throne of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

Originally, the two brothers were on the same side and fought fiercely secretly, but as a piece of news reached the two capitals, both Li Qian and Li Tai realized that the situation had changed!

On Jiangnan Road, the Dharma Master of the Penglai Taoist Sect appeared and broke a secret prison in the sky.

This news grew like it had legs. Almost at the same time that Wei Yushu, the governor of Jiangnan Province, knew about it, the two princes Li Qian and Li Tai also knew about it, even a quarter of an hour earlier than Wei Yushu.

There is a problem in the secret prison of Tianguan, and the real person of Penglai Daozong appears. Neither of these two things is good news for the two people who are almost nervous now, but now the bad news has come together again. Together, this almost broke their nerves.

Chang'an City, Zhuque Street, Prince Qi's Mansion.

The owner of Prince Qi's Mansion is Li Qian. As the eldest prince, his Prince Qi's Mansion is extremely luxurious and spectacular, with tens of thousands of servants and countless guests.

There are people from many aristocratic families and sects in the Tang Dynasty serving Li Qian in the Golden Core Realm, Nascent Soul Realm and even the Divine Transformation Realm. They are undoubtedly betting on Li Qian.

Correspondingly, the same was true for Chu King Li Tai in Luoyang City.

Although the Tang Dynasty was rich and powerful, the Tang Dynasty had been inherited for thousands of years, and the aristocratic families surrounding the towering tree of the Tang Dynasty had expanded to the limit.

Twenty-eight kingdoms, twenty-eight top aristocratic families, and the various forces surrounding these aristocratic families, all the resources, manpower and material resources of the Tang Dynasty were divided up to the extreme.

The aristocratic families above naturally have plenty to eat and drink, and enjoy unlimited power, but for the people below, who is naturally willing to stand in the shadows and not enjoy the sunshine?
Their family also needs nourishment, and they also want to be a top-notch family.

This is also the reason why so many forces are united around the princes. For small families whose many channels for advancement have been blocked, Conglong is their only way to break the shackles.

This is an unavoidable problem for every dynasty. There are only so many resources, and if you want to obtain more, you must continue to forge ahead.

Why did Taizong ascend to power so powerfully in the first place?
Not only was Taizong dissatisfied with the Tang Dynasty at that time, but also a group of suppressed aristocratic families were also dissatisfied.

They are strong enough, they don't want to be suppressed, they also want more benefits, they want to enjoy the same rights as the founding family, or even replace the founding family!
This was the drastic change and the strong reshuffle more than 8,000 years ago.

That reshuffle established the pattern of the Tang Dynasty for eight thousand years, established the national policy of the Tang Dynasty to continuously develop, and spawned a large number of Conglong families as powerful as the founding family.

It is not that no one sees the limitations of the Tang Dynasty, but the top families of the Tang Dynasty will not care about the wailing below. They are strong enough to suppress all dissatisfaction.

The emperor of the Tang Dynasty noticed it, so Li Jianzhang forcefully adopted the national policy of the Tang Dynasty to expand into all directions.

It is not that he is unaware of the turmoil in the tens of thousands of years of calamity, but he knows better that if the Tang Dynasty continues to solidify, the shackled and wandering heroes within the Tang Dynasty will most likely give birth to a few sons of destiny. Then in the disaster, the foundation of the Tang Dynasty was destroyed.

Many dissatisfactions are simply because the interests are not divided enough and the basic market is not large enough. If this is the case, then it is better to expand the basic market.

If you capture more territory, there will be enough benefits to be distributed to those who come after you. If you cannot capture more territory, it will also consume the strength of the existing forces, causing them to have undue thoughts during the calamity to keep the Tian family strong.

If Li Jianzhang really succeeds, then he will definitely be the master of ZTE again, and the Tang Dynasty may even survive the catastrophe of ten thousand years in his hands and prosper for another ten thousand years.

Unfortunately, just after Li Jianzhang decided on the national policy, the robbery energy entered his body, and his mind gradually became unclear.

Without Li Jianzhang as the emperor at the helm, Datang's development strategy became a tool for the four princes to compete for power.

In Prince Qi's mansion, Li Qian sat in the study and watched the news coming from everywhere.

There were many people gathered around Li Qian. Among these people were officials from Chang'an City, captains from the Forbidden Army, and disciples from aristocratic families and sects recruited by Li Qian.

"The Tianguan secret prison has been broken, and the scene inside must not be concealed. With Yuan Ying and the prisoners of transformation disappearing, the three provinces and six departments of the imperial court must investigate to the end."

"Your Highness, we don't have much time."

The speaker was Fang Jing of the Fang family in Longyou. He was the legitimate son of the head of the Fang family. He was sent to Li Qian as an aide to show the sincerity of the Fang family.

Correspondingly, Du Ping, the legitimate son of the Du family in Longxi, was also at Li Gan's side to advise him.

To a certain extent, the two of them also represent the attitudes of the Longyoufang family and the Longxi Du family.

As the eldest prince, Li Qian controls three of the seven Tianguan Dark Prisons, the Tianguan Dark Prison on Jiangnan Road, the Tianguan Dark Prison on Longyou Road, and the Tianguan Dark Prison on Gyeonggi Province.

Nowadays, those prisoners at the Nascent Soul Transformation Realm in the secret prisons at Tianguan in Jiangnan Road and Longyou Road have long been transferred to Gyeonggi Road.

Among these prisoners are evil cultivators, demons and water tribes. The only outcome for them when they are locked up in the secret prison of Tianguan is death.

Either they were skinned and their bones used as nourishment, or they were used to refine elixirs and weapons, or even used as human flesh spiritual stones.

No one wanted to end up like that, so Li Qian promised them that as long as they helped Li Qian win the throne, they would be free. The past would be forgotten, and they would have their place in the new Tang Dynasty.

Naturally, those sophisticated evil cultivators would not believe Li Qian's promise, but for the sake of freedom, they had no choice.

Qi Wang Li Qian, of the Tian family's bloodline, was naturally as good as the sun and the moon, and he was extraordinary in martial arts.

Li Qian, who wears a cloud-mounting dragon crown and a five-dragon brocade robe, has a calm expression and sits on the Tianyun Fulu chair. He has a majestic and convincing look.

This is also the reason why so many forces choose to support Li Qian.

"Your Highness, there is not much time to hesitate now." Du Ping said in a low voice.

Li Qian glanced at everyone in the room. They were all his confidants, occupying key positions in Gyeonggi Road, Longyou Road, and Longxi Road.

"Penglai Daozong, are you really not going to interfere in this matter?" Li Qian said softly.

"It is expected that he will not participate. The Penglai Taoist Sect has closed the mountain gate to avoid disaster. According to Penglai's usual behavior, he will not interfere with the specific affairs of the Eastern Continent. As long as His Highness has obtained the great treasure and still respects Penglai, everything will be fine. Du Ping said decisively.

Li Qian nodded, with no emotion or anger on his face: "Just assume that Penglai will not end up, but those true disciples of Penglai will stir up trouble."

"But these are not the key."

"Dong Guang, tell your father not to interfere with the affairs of the New West Road. Just maintain the war situation on the front line. Send twenty Dao soldiers back."

"Du Ping, Fang Jing, your two families will each send fifteen Taoist troops to the capital."

“The matter has come to this, either we don’t do it, or we have to do something earth-shattering.”

Seeing Li Qian's statement, everyone suppressed their surprise and all expressed their support.

After everyone dispersed, a person appeared leisurely: "Isn't it too hasty to act now?"

Li Qian said, "So what if we don't rush? I'm not ready, and my brother must not be ready either. At the same time, the Gong Gongs in Chang'an City must also be unprepared."

"Since there is no defense, why don't I act?"

The man sighed: "Not to mention the great generals of the Sixth Department of the Three Provinces of Chang'an and the Generals of the Sixteenth Guards, the Superintendent of Qintian Prison, the Mountain Chief of Chang'an Academy, and the Garden Chief of Wuyuan are all... It’s the real person of Dharma.”

"How do you deal with the three of them?"

Li Qian said calmly: "Qin Tianjian will not take action. Academy and Wuyuan, you block one for me, and someone else will take action on the other."

"As for the three provinces, six divisions and sixteen guards, they are not one body."

"That's all, who made you and I our allies? That old man from the academy, I blocked it for you." As he said that, the man gradually disappeared without a trace.

When the entire study became completely quiet, Li Qian slowly stood up and looked to the east, as if he could see Luoyang, the central capital, beyond the heavy buildings and jade rooms.

"Thank you, Li Tai, for offending so many people and sending me so many allies."

"Star Holy Sect, East China Sea Dragon Palace"

"Come on, everyone, break it down so you can rebuild it." (End of Chapter)