Capital Datang

In this gathering of the five of Li Ke and Li Yin, it was Li Zhi who broke the deadlock the most, especially his words about his sons and grandchildren's succession to the throne, finally became the last straw that overwhelmed the hearts of Li Ke, Li Yun and Li Zhen. The three finally agreed to the idea of ​​merging the four empires. After all, they all believed in Li Yin's character and would never deceive them about this.

So after a year of preparation, the five emperors, Li Ke, Li Yin, Li Yun, Li Zhen, and Li Zhi, jointly issued a statement, deciding to form a close alliance of the four countries, named after "Huaxia", and headquartered in Shanghai. It is jointly managed by the five emperors.

The decision of Li Yin and others to form an alliance did not arouse too many people's surprises. After all, everyone knows that the four great empires originated from the same source, and it can also be seen from the newspapers that the relationship between the four great empires in recent years There are often some contradictions, and it is time to resolve these contradictions. Although the establishment of an alliance cannot fundamentally solve the problem, it can coordinate and resolve most of the contradictions, especially some commercial disputes in various countries. Therefore, when these alliances are formed, It is welcomed by most businessmen.

The Huaxia Alliance is not an alliance with no name, but possesses huge power. First, the four major empires will send part of their troops, and then Li Yin and five will integrate these troops into an alliance army, not only responsible for solving internal problems Some contradictions and conflicts are also responsible for the foreign development of countries. As for the remaining armies of countries, they are mainly responsible for defending their own land.

In addition to the military aspect, the alliance also coordinated the political, economic, and cultural aspects of the four empires. There is almost nothing to say about the cultural and political aspects, after all, the four empires have the same origin.Although there are some differences in some aspects, there is not much difference in essence.It is also very easy to coordinate, mainly because the economies of various countries have a lot of conflicts and contradictions.

first.Li Yin abolished the respective currencies of the four empires, and instead issued gold and silver coins or banknotes in the name of the alliance to make the currency circulation smoother. In addition, he also lowered the import and export duties of various countries and formulated a unified industrial and commercial act. This enables the entire alliance to have unified business rules in terms of law, try to avoid some commercial conflicts, and in case of conflicts, there can also be laws to follow.

In addition to these.The internal situation of the alliance is not correct, and the industries developed in each region have also been adjusted. For example, for Datang and Daqi, the country is mainly dominated by Han people, and various industries are also very developed, so some relatively high-end industries, such as steam engine manufacturing, firearms research, ship design, etc., most of these industries were relocated to these two countries.

As for the two countries of Tianzhu and the Mediterranean, the countries of these two countries are mainly dominated by local ethnic groups.From the bottom of their hearts, Li Yin and others did not trust these non-Han people very much, so they restricted the development of heavy industries in these areas from a policy, and most of them were planting, animal husbandry and mining.In addition, there are some light industries as auxiliary.Moreover, in order to strengthen its rule over these two countries, the alliance has encouraged the Han people to give birth, and at the same time has vigorously immigrated to these two countries.This has allowed the proportion of Han people in these two countries to increase rapidly, and the rule has become more stable.

But in the process of forming the alliance.There have also been some unpleasant things, such as local rebellions in some countries where the rule is relatively weak.In addition, the five Li Yin brothers also had quarrels due to some problems, etc., but these are minor problems. Generally speaking, the alliance is still developing in a good direction, and it is becoming more and more popular. I accepted the idea that the alliance is higher than the empire in my heart. [

After the establishment of the alliance, on the surface, most of the conflicts that occurred in the past have been resolved. Even some conflicts that occurred later will be coordinated by the alliance, and there will be no major disturbances at all. In this way, It seems that just one alliance is enough, and there is no need to merge the four empires into one empire.

But in fact, this is not the case. Although the alliance is becoming more and more popular, within the alliance, the four empires are still independent. Each empire has a group of high-level interest groups, and they usually get along very well with each other. Happy, but each group has its own interests, and whenever these interests conflict, the relationship between the two groups will drop sharply, and even hate each other, but now the five brothers Li Yin and Li Ke are suppressing, and the interest groups They dare not break out this kind of conflict.

But what you need to know is that the reason why Li Yin and Li Ke were able to suppress domestic interest groups was mainly because most of them were the founding emperors and had relatively high prestige and power in the country. No one dared to resist their decisions, but With the passage of time, they are slowly entering their old age, God knows how long they can live, if one day they are gone, then the emperor who has just ascended the throne at that time will have to conduct domestic interest groups in order to stabilize his rule Concessions and compromises may even be assimilated by these interest groups, causing conflicts among countries to erupt again.

It is also precisely knowing the above, so after nearly ten years of development, the Huaxia Alliance has met Li Yin's original requirements in all aspects. Therefore, on his 54th birthday, Li Yin, Li Ke, Li Yun, Li Zhen and Li Zhi issued a statement again, canceling the independent status of the four empires in the alliance, and the entire alliance became one.

After several days of quarrels between Li Yin and his brothers, the country name finally decided to restore the country name "Datang", because it was the country name set by their grandfather and father, and it was also the mother country of their brothers. It was their brothers who adopted this country name. A tribute to grandfathers and fathers.

At the same time when the Great Tang Empire was established, Li Ke, Li Yun, Li Zhen and Li Zhi jointly made Li Yin the emperor of the Great Tang Empire. At the same time, he became the only founding emperor in history who held two empires in one person.

At the same time when Li Yin ascended the throne and became emperor, Li Ke, Li Yun, Li Zhen and Li Zhi jointly announced the establishment of the royal family council, and at the same time announced the composition and power of the council, which not only aroused a lot of discussion in the entire Tang Empire , At the same time, the descendants of the five Li Yin are also vying for the places to enter the parliament.

The royal council shall have a speaker.There are two deputy speakers, of which the first speaker is Li Zhi.After all, he is Li Shimin's designated heir.However, the term of office of the speaker is also limited, and cannot exceed eight years at most.The term is the same as that of the prime minister, except that the election of the speaker coincides with the appointment of the prime minister.

As the name suggests, only the royal family can enter the royal council, and this royal family refers to the descendants of Li Yin and the others. The descendants of Li Chengqian and Li You are not eligible to enter.Moreover, there is no hard and fast rule on the number of people in the entire council. Generally, only the descendants of Li Yin and his five members are eligible to enter.

As the emperor, Li Yin and the others naturally wouldn't have only one woman by their side.For example, take Li Yin as an example, among the five brothers, he is considered to be relatively lecherous, besides the empress Wen Xin, there are four great concubines and three concubines Wen Er, Hua Er, and Lv Zhu. The number of his sons has reached as many as twelve, and he has many grandsons.

As for Li Ke, Li Yun and others, their sons and grandsons are more numerous, so in the first phase of the Royal Council.There were 110 seven members of the royal family who signed up to enter the council, but the royal council is related to the safety of the Tang Empire, so naturally not everyone can enter, so it has gone through various strict inspections.After removing some useless royal families, there were only 59 people left, including Li Ke.There are only 63 MPs.

The establishment of the royal council was not only to contain the power in the hands of the Tang emperor.The most important thing is to choose the candidate for the next emperor, so the parliament is full of gunpowder.Many young people thought that they were the candidates for the next emperor, so conflicts often broke out in the parliament. Later, it was Li Zhi who made up his mind to deal with the most troublesome ones, which made the order of the parliament much better.

The way for the royal council to select the heirs had been planned as early as the Huaxia Alliance. First, the territory of the entire empire was divided into dozens of regions. For example, the original land of the Tang Dynasty was divided into the West Asia region and the Western Region region. Nearly ten regions, including Daqi, Guanzhong, and Liaodong, and Daqi, Tianzhu, and the Mediterranean also divided into Nanyang, North Tianzhu, and East Rome regions. At first, there were 39 regions. District, later with the expansion of the territory, the empire's large district has been in a state of growth.

The highest executive in the region is called the "supervisor". As the name suggests, the power of the superintendent is limited to administration. He has no right to advise the army but not to command it. The army has its own internal system to operate.Moreover, in order to prevent the dictatorship of the governor, each governor can only serve for four years. At the same time, under the governor, an aristocratic council similar to the royal council was established. The council is composed of local nobles and has the right to supervise and restrain the governor. , and can even remove the governor if necessary, but does not have the power to appoint candidates for the governor.

At the same time, the members of the Royal Family Council went through internal brutal elimination, and finally selected the best 20 people, and then divided them into groups of ten, and arranged them to govern in various regions year by year. If there is any connection, everything must obey the orders of the imperial administrative agency. If someone is really unsuitable to serve as the governor, the imperial prime minister also has the power to remove him. [

After four years, according to the achievements of these people, official reputation, etc., the top two in each group will be selected, and then the four selected will go through rounds of strict inspection and selection. The successor of the emperor of the Tang Empire.

It took a long time for the Royal Family Council to select the heir to the throne. It took several years in total. For example, it took eight years to select the heir for the first session. In the end, Li Hong, the son of Li Zhi and Cai Er, won the throne and became Li Yin's heir to the throne. .

In addition, Li Qi, the son of Li Yin and Wu Meiniang, also participated in this investigation, and in the end he was evenly matched with Li Hong. Unfortunately, because he was Li Yin's son, he was destined not to be the next emperor, so in the end he could only be appointed by Li Hong. Hiroshi served as the emperor's heir.But in the end Li Qi was not too depressed. After being selected, he joined the army and later became a distinguished general in the royal family. His military achievements were on a par with Li Zhen's.

The establishment of the Great Tang Empire caused a great commotion in the whole world, some people were happy while others were worried.Although Li Yin did not deprive Li Ke and Li Zhi of the title of emperor after becoming the emperor of the Tang Empire, but gave them the title of emperor as a special honor, so that they could retain the title of emperor for life .

But despite this, some loyal courtiers under Li Ke and Li Yun still felt a little dissatisfied, even after Li Ke and others personally persuaded them.These people still held opinions on the merged Datang Empire, and even caused considerable riots in some places.

However, this situation did not last long.Soon Li Yin, with the help of Li Ke and others, used both soft and hard methods to quell the dissatisfaction in various places.In terms of some personnel appointments, he also strived to be impartial. After several years of hard work, coupled with the existence of the Huaxia Alliance before, these people also had a transition process in their hearts. Therefore, the merger of the Datang Empire Faster and faster, all regions gradually adapted to the rule of the Tang Empire, so an unprecedented great empire finally appeared on the world map.

When Li Yin became the emperor of the Tang Empire, he was already 54 years old.After he had been the emperor of the Great Tang Empire for ten years, the entire Great Tang Empire had completely settled down, all walks of life flourished, and almost the entire world was brought under the rule of the Great Tang Empire. No power in the world dared to Against the behemoth of the Tang Empire, Li Yin's will has supreme majesty in any corner of the world.

However, Li Yin, who was 65 years old at this time, felt a little tired, especially as he got older, he felt that his energy was not as good as before, and in addition to the recent 20 years.He devoted most of his energy to government affairs and had no time to spend with his family. Therefore, at the age of 65, he voluntarily submitted a request to the Royal Council to abdicate.After discussions between Li Ke, Li Zhi and others, they finally agreed to Li Yin's abdication, and Li Zhi's son Li Hong became the second emperor of the new Tang Empire.

Another decade passed.Time has entered the 20th year of the new Tang Dynasty, Li Ke, Li Zhi and Li Yun passed away successively.Of the five great emperors back then, only Li Yin and Li Zhen are left now.Li Yin's former friends.For example, Qin Huaiyu, Cheng Huailiang, Yan Bei, Li Yong and others all passed away one by one.

It is also worth mentioning that the three daughters, Wen Xin, Xi Jun, and Jin Shengman, who were beside Li Yin, also passed away in the past two years, and they all lay in Li Yin's arms, and then watched their beloved life His husband left the world with a satisfied face. Although Li Yin knew that this was an unavoidable thing, it still caused him a great blow, and it also caused his originally healthy body to collapse all of a sudden.

However, when Li Yin ushered in his 75-year-old age, a change occurred in the Tang Empire, that is, Li Hong, the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty, suddenly fell ill. Like Li Shimin and Li Zhi, he had a genetic disease of the heart, and it was even worse. What's more, Li Hong's illness became more severe, with several sudden attacks in just a few months. In the end, like Li Zhi in his later years, he could hardly see anything and couldn't handle government affairs at all, so he, like Li Yin, Put forward a request for voluntary abdication.

Originally, Li Hong was still very young, and the royal council had just begun to investigate the next heir. Now that Li Hong wanted to abdicate due to blindness, the royal council could not come up with a suitable emperor successor. As a group, in places with a large non-Han population such as West Asia and Europe, the rule has also begun to be a little unstable.

At this moment, Li Yin and Li Zhen were invited out again to be regents, and the result immediately restored the entire Tang Empire to normal. Then Li Hong, who was equal to him at the beginning, took over his throne, and finally passed the royal council. After discussing and voting, Li Qi passed with a narrow margin and officially became the third emperor of the Tang Empire.

However, as the saying goes, good and bad depend on each other. After Li Qi became the third emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Wu Meiniang, who was over [-] years old, also seemed very happy. When celebrating her son, she couldn't help drinking a few more glasses. When he went to wait for her to wash up, he found that Wu Meiniang was not breathing.

Wu Meiniang's death dealt another blow to Li Yin's already bad health, and his spirit was sometimes in a trance, and he often felt that Wen Xin and others who had passed away were by his side.In this way, several years passed, and those familiar people around Li Yin passed away one by one. Even Li Zhen, who was physically strong, stumbled while riding a horse, and ended up in the same fate as Li Shimin, and finally died in front of Li Yin.

In the 26th year of the new Tang Dynasty, 81-year-old Li Yin was considered a long-lived old man, but at this time almost all the people around him had passed away, such as Mengxue, Huaer, Luzhu and other women, and they also had a relationship with Wenxin. The same, one by one passed away in Li Yin's arms.

But at this time, Li Yin has already looked down on life and death. Regarding the death of his relatives, he thinks this is just a short separation, because he doesn't have much time, and one day will come sooner or later.He will meet these beloved women in another world.

In the Qihuang Palace in Keelung, Taiwan, Li Yin has since abdicated.I have always lived here with my family, but as my children grow up.They also left here one by one, leaving only Li Yin and his wives living in the mansion, but with Wen Xin and the others leaving one by one, there are not many familiar people around Li Yin now.

Under the bright sunshine, two gray-haired women are wearing a wheelchair with a unique shape. Li Yin, who is also full of white hair, is sitting in the wheelchair. They are walking slowly in the garden. Behind them is a large The gang's maids, doctors and guards.They took a step forward and they followed, that is, they didn't dare to get too close, and they were worried that something might happen to the three old people.

The two old women in Li Yin's wheelchair are the only two women left beside Li Yin. One of them is Wen'er who has taken care of him all his life, and the other is Feng Shuyu, who is younger than Wen'er and the others. She is also over seventy.Speaking of which, although Feng Shuyu said that he didn't want to marry, he still hooked up with Li Yin later, and the two had a son and two daughters.Now sons and daughters are married, and even have grandchildren and grandchildren.

The winter in Taiwan is still not too cold. Li Yin had a serious illness some time ago, and the doctors around him reassured him.There won't be any major problems, but his body knows it, and Li Yin feels that his deadline is only a few days away.In addition, his sons and daughters have come back from all over the world one by one these days.Then he told him about his life these years with a strong face and a smile, which also proved that Li Yin's own feeling was correct from the side.

The weather today is really nice.The rainy weather of the previous few days was swept away, and there was no wind.The sun was shining warmly on his body. Li Yin ignored the dissuasion of the people around him and insisted on going out to bask in the sun. Wen'er, who was connected with him, did not stop him, so the previous scene appeared. The three old men were in front, followed by A bunch of cautious people.

Li Yin felt that he was in a particularly good spirit today, especially after feeling the sunshine outside, he wanted to stand up by himself, but his weak body still made him dispel this idea.

"Quick! Pass me the ball!"

"Oops! Stinky ball..."

At this moment, Li Yin heard a noise from children coming from a corner of the garden, which aroused his interest, so he pointed in that direction, Wen'er and Feng Shuyu immediately understood, and walked slowly in his car past.

After turning two corners, what appeared in front of Li Min was a piece of green lawn, and on the lawn, several little guys covered in grass clippings and smelly sweat were playing football, although the oldest of them was no more than eleven They are two years old, and the youngest is only seven or eight years old, but they play well and know how to cooperate. They look really good.

"Whose...whose family are these children?" Li Yin asked with a smile on his face as he looked at these children with limited vitality.

"Husband, these are the grandsons of Qi'er, Mian'er, and Xiu'er. I heard that they have formed a King Qi football team in school, and they are going to compete with the King Wu football team formed by the third brother's great-grandson. I practice here every day!" Wen'er replied at this moment.Wen'er is about the same age as Li Yin. They have two sons and two daughters, and she has always been in good health. She has been taking care of Li Yin all these years.

When Li Yin heard that these boys were going to compete with Li Shu's descendants, his spirits were lifted at the moment, and he said happily: "Tell these boys, let them practice hard, if they can beat the Wu Wang team, grandpa There must be a lot of prizes!"

Seeing Li Yin's excited look, Feng Shuyu also showed a rare smile and said: "Understood, husband, don't worry, these boys are serious about practicing. I heard that they haven't lost yet!"

"Good! Good! My great-grandson of Li Yin, of course I can't lose to the third brother and the others!" After hearing this, Li Yin also applauded repeatedly. When people get older, their personality is more like a child. For example, Li Yin, in some He has become more competitive in small things, but not as magnanimous as when he was young.

But at this moment, a child on the football field suddenly missed a shot, and the football flew across the lawn towards Li Yin's wheelchair. Fortunately, the opponent was a child, and the football quickly landed with all its strength, and then jumped a few times on the ground , and finally rolled to the side of Li Yin's wheelchair.

Until then, those soccer kids didn't see Li Yin.These children are usually out of town with their parents, and rarely see Li Yin, the great-grandfather, so now they see the football rolling next to Li Yin, and they all look at each other in blank dismay, wondering if they should go up to say hello?

However, one of the ten-year-old children was the most courageous. After hesitating for a moment, he immediately ran up. He saluted Li Yin first and said, "Great-grandfather, great-grandson Li Qin has seen great-grandfather!"

"Oh, your name is Li Qin. You should be Mian'er's grandson, right?" Li Yin looked at the child in front of him who was half a head taller than his peers, and asked kindly in a weak voice.Although in poor health.But his memory is still very good, and he still remembers the names of some great-grandchildren.

"Grandfather, the great-grandson is indeed grandfather's grandson!" Although Li Qin was young, he knew that he could not mention his grandfather's name, so he answered so awkwardly.

After hearing this, Li Yin nodded in satisfaction, motioned for Wen'er to give the ball to Li Qin, and then encouraged the other party a few words before letting him go back. As a result, Li Qin also politely saluted Wen'er and Feng Shuyu.Then he returned to the court with the ball in his arms and started playing with a bunch of cousins.

Li Yin sat and looked at the children in front of him, but his thoughts drifted further and further away. He thought of his previous life, and the happy time with a group of brothers after time travel, and even later thought of himself in Dengzhou, In Taiwan, in Nanyang...

Li Yin felt that his life was like a movie, which passed quickly before his eyes, in which there were joys and sorrows, and sometimes even a lot of regrets flashed through.But all of this has passed, he can only quietly watch the picture of his life flow by before him like a bystander.

And with the rapid playback of these pictures, Li Yin felt his spirit began to be in a trance again.In the end, the body became lighter and lighter, as if the whole person was floating at once.When the picture of his life was frozen to the last picture, Li Yin finally felt his eyes go dark.No more consciousness!

On November 26th, the 81th year of the new Tang Dynasty, Daqi and Li Yin, the founding emperor of the new Tang Dynasty, passed away.Died at the age of [-] and was buried in Taiwan.The entire Tang Empire mourned.

In addition, the posthumous title of Li Yin after his death has also caused great controversy, because many people think that some words commonly used in history, such as Wen, Wu, Ming, Rui, Kang, and Jing, are not worthy of Li Yin's. Merit, after discussion by the royal council and ministers, finally Li Yin's posthumous title was designated as "Great Emperor". This posthumous title was only used by Sun Quan in history, but Sun Quan only lived in a corner of the south of the Yangtze River, so he dared to use this The posthumous title is really a bit boastful, and only an emperor like Li Yin is qualified to be called the Great Emperor.

So under such circumstances, Li Qi, the third emperor of the Tang Empire at that time, decreed that his father Li Yin's posthumous title was "Great Emperor", which is the most famous founding emperor in the history of the Tang Empire. On the largest denomination banknotes printed by the empire, Li Yin's portrait is used!

After Li Yin's death, the Tang Empire continued in the first 100 years according to the track envisioned by him, Li Ke and others. There were conflicts, and even one of the emperors was abolished by the Royal Council, but overall it was not bad, at least there were no major problems in the general direction of the rule.Moreover, the electromagnetic effect proposed by Li Yin before his death, after several generations of research, slowly began to enter the practical stage, and some simple electrical appliances were also invented.

However, with the establishment of the rich and powerful in various regions, some regions are too far away from the power center of the empire, and some conflicts of interest have caused some regions to voice their independence.For this kind of situation, the top management of the Tang Empire has always dealt heavy blows, and even a large region of Europe rebelled, but was bloodbathed by the empire assembled hundreds of thousands of troops, and millions of people died in the war. This cruel suppression finally To make those large regions that are about to make a move calm down, at most they are doing some small tricks in secret, and no one dares to challenge the majesty of the empire openly.

Nearly 200 years after Li Yin’s death, the electric revolution began, and various electrical appliances emerged one after another. Among them, the inventors of the empire finally invented the telegraph and the telephone successively. As soon as this advanced communication method appeared, it immediately attracted the attention of the Royal Parliament. , because in the suicide note left by Li Yin, these ideas of using electricity to communicate have been mentioned many times, and Li Yin also boldly asserted that the emergence of these advanced communication methods will inevitably greatly improve the governance of the Tang Empire.

In fact, this is indeed the case. The emergence of telegrams and telephones allowed the orders of the Tang Empire to be sent to any corner of the world in the first place. The central dynasty can talk to the local area at any time, and its control over the local area has increased exponentially. The influence of space distance is also getting smaller and smaller, and the possibility of regional rebellion is getting lower and lower. There is almost no possibility of the Great Tang Empire being split! (End of the book) (To be continued...)