Late Tang

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Sitting on the dragon chair, Li Ye was crouching in front of the imperial case, constantly using a Chinese ink pen to criticize the presented memorials. .

"The last few books are left, Your Majesty." The newly promoted Yang King Yang Fugong assured him with a smile, "This is punishing Tian Lingzi for the crime of treason, and I request His Majesty to issue an edict depriving him of all his official titles, titles and feudal titles. His brother, Chen Jingxuan, will also be deprived of all his official titles."

Li Ye, who had just ascended the throne for three days on New Year's Day, tried his best to behave like a king. He seriously criticized the words "Zhu" on the two edicts drafted by Hanlin Chengzhao scholars. He dipped the brush carefully first. Covered with cinnabar, and then holding the writing with that white and tender hand.A line of beautiful characters was left on the edict, which is the most popular font nowadays, thin gold characters.

Li Ye's thin gold script is very well written, even somewhat comparable to the original work of Li Jing who created this font.

Yang Fugong also had a seat next to the imperial case, and he sat there looking at the emperor supported by him.Seeing the Son of Heaven seriously writing thin gold characters, and even showing a trace of satisfaction and complacency on his face, he was extremely depressed.Damn, this little guy seems to have a lot of affection for Li Jing.Even the written characters are completely imitated in Li Jing's thin gold body.He was really upset in his heart, the emperor who worked so hard to support Li Jing seemed to be very close to Li Jing in his heart.What is it all about? If it wasn't for the sudden disappearance of another suitable sixth younger brother of the emperor, Ji Wang Li Bao, he would have wanted to replace this ignorant as early as when Li Ye said what kind of loyal ministers Er Cui Erzheng Eryu was. child.

It's a pity that Yizong Li Yu gave birth to many children. It's a pity that when he helped Li Xuan to be the prince, he killed the first four elder brothers of the fifth-ranked Li Xuan.When I fled Chang'an last time, I left in a hurry, and ended up taking two clan princes, King Ji and King Shou, with me. Those clans who stayed in Chang'an either disappeared or died at the hands of Huang Chao.After recovering the two capitals, some clan clans were indeed found, but they were either too old or had distant branches, so they were not suitable.

In the end, Yang Fugong hesitated for the third time and made Shou Wang Li Jie the emperor.

But now he is more and more regretful, maybe this child is not a suitable candidate at all.He always felt that Li Ye was very smart, but the things he could do always bored him so much.

Very tired.He felt too sleepy, severely deprived of sleep.Although it was the boy who sat on the dragon chair, he was the busiest one. His brother Yang Fuguang was in charge of the military and coordinating the towns, while he was in charge of the court and the adjustment of the little emperor.All kinds of things are complicated, this little guy obeys everything on the surface and never resists, but he always feels uncomfortable in his heart.The new emperor has finally ascended the throne, but there are still too many things to be busy.Now that the new emperor has been established, it's time to share the fruits. The benefits must be distributed to those guys in the alliance, and it must be as fair as possible.

Although those guys call their brothers godfathers, this godfather is not so easy to be.If they can get satisfactory benefits from them, they will naturally call godfather nice.But if they don't get satisfactory benefits, these godsons may turn their faces and deny anyone at any time.In particular, the most troublesome thing is Li Jing from the east. This guy is too difficult to deal with. Up to now, their brothers haven't figured out how to treat Li Jing.Should we be tough, or compromise first?

"This edict is an imperial edict for King Li Jing of Qin. King Li Jing of Qin made great achievements. He expanded thousands of miles for the Tang Dynasty. The famous officials of Zhongxing, especially during the rebellion period, have been serving as the generals of the world. Tang has made great achievements in rebuilding. After discussing with the ministers and others, they think that the king of Qin should be greatly rewarded." Yang Fugong held up another edict to Li Ye.

Li Ye's eyes lit up when he heard Li Jing's name. He looked at the imperial edict, glanced at ten lines, and quickly scanned the whole text.There was a look of surprise on his face. In this edict, he first mentioned a lot of Li Jing's meritorious deeds, and then used Huang Chao's execution as an excuse to take back Li Jing's position as the Generalissimo of the World's Soldiers and Horses when he challenged the rebellion. Take back the fake yellow axe.Just when Li Ye thought that the Yang brothers were about to start a war with Li Jing, he saw a turn in the back. At the same time that the imperial court took back Li Jing's Marshal of the World's Soldiers and Horses and the fake Huang Yue, he specially named Li Jing as Tiance General , Xu opened Tiance Admiral's Mansion, and bestowed Tianzi Sword, Imperial Armor and 36 Feilongfang Royal Horses.Li Jing's eldest son, Li Deyu, Henan County King, Li Dexiu, Beiping County King, Li Defang, Donglai County King, Li Jing's concubine Li Dezhao, Lanling County King, Li Jing's concubine Li Delin, and Yanmen County King.The other 38 sub-county duchesses were granted to Li Jing, and Li Jing's eldest daughter, Princess Ruiwen, was granted the title of Duke of Yan, and the remaining 36 daughters were all princesses.Proposal to choose Princess Yan, the eldest daughter of King Li Jing of Qin, as Queen...."

Seeing this, Li Ye's mind was completely confused.

What exactly does this edict mean?

Withdrawing Li Jing's position as the Grand Marshal of the World's Army and Horses, and taking back the fake Huang Yue, it seems that he is going to fight Li Jing.

But then he added Admiral Li Jing Tiance and allowed the opening of Admiral Tiance's mansion, which was completely wrong again.General Tiance, but when Tang Gaozu granted Tang Taizong nothing to seal, the special canonized position was above all officials, and the entire Li Tang had only granted Taizong one person.The Grand Marshal of the World's Soldiers and Horses is very famous, but compared to Tiance and the future, it seems that he is still a little bit worse.Could it be that Yang Fugong chose to compromise with Li Jing in order to win over Li Jing?

But the subsequent canonization made him puzzled again. He named Li Jing's five sons as county kings, 38 sons as county princes, one daughter as princess, and 36 daughters as princesses.This made him not only lament that Li Jing really has many children, but also be puzzled.Why should Li Jing's two concubine sons other than Li Jing's three sons be named county kings?And also give them a special status as a descendant?Especially the identities of these two concubines made him amazed. Li Dezhao, the concubine, was the eldest son of the concubine, and his mother was Wang Wanjun. If it was because of his status as the eldest son of the concubine, it would be reasonable to make him a county king and give him the status of a concubine. .But why give Li Delin the status of a descendant, plus the title of county king?Li Delin's mother is not simple, she is Liu Yuniang, who was originally Li Keyong's wife, even now, she is not married to Li Jing, and has no status.Her son Li Delin was not ranked high among the concubines, and he was also very young. He suddenly gained the status of a concubine, the title of county king. Wouldn't this cause trouble for Li Jing's housework?

Of course, what shocked him the most was that Yang Fugong chose Li Jing's eldest daughter as his queen without Li Jing's consent.Li Ye is fifteen this year and has not officially married a concubine yet, but there are quite a few women around him.Speaking of it, it is very appropriate for Li Jing's daughter-in-law to be his queen, regardless of her status or anything else.It's too late for him to be happy, but the key point is, is Li Jing's eldest daughter only seven or eight years old this year?Even if the emperor establishes a queen, in order to form an alliance with Li Jing, they don't need to care about age, but there is one more important question, they just choose Li Jing's daughter as queen, have they asked the queen her father Li Jing?

If the news of the selection of Li Jing's daughter-in-law as queen is announced, but Li Jing refuses to agree in the end, then it will be a big joke at that time.

Yang Fugong didn't seem to be aware of these problems, or he didn't care about them at all. He was holding a large stack of imperial edicts and handing them over non-stop.

"This imperial edict is given to Zheng Congxuan, the King of Xingyang County, Grand Master, Tongping Zhangshi, and Shizhong."

"This imperial edict is given to Wang Duo, Taiyuan County King, Taifu, Tongping Zhangshi, and Zhongshu Shilang."

"This one is for Zheng Tian..."

Li Ye didn't have time to think about those things, and began to criticize non-stop, his handwriting began to be scribbled, and it was difficult to maintain that beautiful thin gold.

"This is an imperial edict for Yang Xingmi, the Jiedu envoy of Huaixi. Your Majesty will ennoble him King of Wu. This is for Qian Liu, the Inspector of Hangzhou. Your Majesty will ennoble him as King of Yue. This is for Dong Chang, the envoy of Eastern Zhejiang. His Majesty will seal him as King Luo..."

For a while, Li Ye couldn't remember how many kings he had recognized as rewards, and felt that the Tang Dynasty was full of kings all of a sudden.

Qin Wang Li Jing, Liang Wang Zhu Quanzhong, Jin Wang Li Keyong, Ji Wang Li Quanzhong, Zhao Wang Rong, Wei Wang Le Yanzhen, Wu Wang Yang Xingmi, Yue Wang Qian Liu, Luo Wang Dongchang, Zheng Wang Zheng Congyu, Yang Wang Yang Fugong, Qi Wang Qin Zongquan, Han Wang Wang Chongrong...

At this moment, Li Ye suddenly felt that he seemed to be the king of Zhou in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the world was full of princes who called themselves dukes, and his elder brother Li Yan was now the king of Chu in the south.Li Jing is the tyrant of Qi in the east, and the Yang brothers are the tyrants of Jin in the Central Plains. They are vying for hegemony, but he is just a decoration, a clay bodhisattva.

The world is full of princes and princes, as many as pigs and dogs. It is really difficult for Li Tang to be the emperor.

Li Ye couldn't help but said: "Mr. Yang, it seems that Qing can handle these matters, and I will entrust them to you to handle." He knew very well that everything was planned by the Yang brothers anyway, and he was just a signature. It's just a person who is printed, and he is not allowed to have other opinions.That being the case, it's better to leave it to him to deal with it. In that way, we can reduce our vigilance against him.Besides, all he can think about now is the content of the imperial edict to Li Jing just now.The Yang family actually gave Li Jing the position of Tiance Admiral, and even made Li Jing's daughter the Queen.No matter how you look at it, this is a bit strange. Are they really afraid of Li Jing, so they backed down and wooed him, or did they do this just to confuse Li Jing, and it was just a cover before attacking Li Jing, trying to make Li Jing relax his vigilance?

He couldn't help feeling a little disappointed in his heart, and he even thought that if all this was true, and Li Jing was willing to marry his daughter to him, it might be an excellent thing.I remember that when my father was not dead, I once taught him to read, and I said in the middle that the emperor needs to know the art of the emperor, and the most important point of the art of the emperor is balance.

In order to achieve a balance, the most important thing is not to let the courtiers be monolithic. If the courtiers stand on one side, the emperor will be in danger.The best thing is to allow dissenting voices, to allow different factions.It is not terrible to have parties and factions. In fact, the most beneficial thing is the emperor.Using one party against another, making them inseparable from the emperor's support, then the emperor's important surname is highlighted, and the emperor's rights are reflected in it.

If he can marry Li Jing's daughter, then he will introduce Li Jing to the court and become Yang's opposition party.In this way, the Yang family and Li Jing, the two great powers are competing, and he, the emperor, will definitely become important.Perhaps, one day, two tigers will fight each other, and both losers will be hurt. He, the emperor, will take advantage of it and use it to regain control of the government and rejuvenate the Tang Dynasty.

"Okay!" Yang Fugong was not unhappy when he saw the little emperor's impatience, but was very happy.This is the emperor he needs, as long as he is like his playful elder brother, all important affairs of the court should be left to him to handle.This is the result he wants most. The emperor only cares about playing and does not interfere with the affairs of the court. He controls the affairs of the court with one hand, and everyone cooperates happily. "Your Majesty has just ascended the throne, and he is indeed very tired these days. Please rest well."

Li Ye nodded, and opened his mouth. He originally wanted to ask why Li Jing's two concubine sons had to be named, especially the child born to Li Keyong's wife Liu Shi and Li Jing.In addition, he also wanted to ask, what happened to the fact that they wanted to make Li Jing's daughter the queen.But in the end, when the words came to his lips, he still didn't say anything. Instead, he became Yang Gong, don't work too hard, take care of your health. (To be continued.)