Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 738 Incorporated into South Asia's plan

Sending off to an old man who is dying of life is a happy funeral, and it will not be so sad from the bottom of my heart.

It is a bit embarrassing and sad to die for a general who should have been in his prime.

Qin Qiong is the one who changed Sun Xiangfu's fate in this world. Without him, perhaps Sun Xiangfu, who accidentally emerged in the past, would have been easily killed by the Zheng family in Xingyang or the Wang family in Taiyuan.

Obtaining his asylum, and then obtaining Li Shimin's asylum through him, Sun Xiangfu survived in the era when the aristocratic family dominated everything, and thus slowly accumulated strength, defeated the aristocratic family, and created the current situation in the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, Sun Xiangfu has always been more grateful to Qin Qiong. Over the years, he has always treated him with the courtesy of a junior. He is one of the few people in this world who can have family sustenance.

Although along the way, Sun Xiangfu made many psychological preparations for his imminent death, but when he actually closed his eyes and collapsed in the wheelchair, Sun Xiangfu's tears still couldn't stop. Eye sockets slipped down.

The one who cried uglier than him was Li Shimin. Words such as beating his chest and feet, piercing his heart and lungs are not enough to describe it. Perhaps, he was crying for the ministers in the court or the people of Chang'an City.

However, Sun Xiangfu is more willing to believe that he is from the heart.

From the contacts with Li Shimin for so many years, Sun Xiangfu can still see that he is a more emotional and nostalgic person. Those who helped him in difficult times, even after passing away for many years, will be talked about by him, otherwise , there will be no incidents of Wei Zheng in history, and there will be no Wangwang Mausoleum where he would watch the palace wall for a while after the death of Empress Changsun.

"Your Majesty, please build a Lingyan Pavilion in the Imperial City Park, erect the statues of the meritorious ministers since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and write and carve their achievements into monuments for future generations Look up."

The Lingyan Pavilion in history was built in the 17th year of Zhenguan, because Li Shimin missed the heroes who fought with him earlier, but it was just a small building next to the Sanqing Hall in the palace, not too much It is a place where he personally mourns his old friends. Since then, after successive generations of emperors have continued to add, the number of characters has gradually increased.

Sun Xiangfu felt that in order to really highlight its value, it needed to be more generous, so that the whole people could feel that the imperial court gave preferential treatment to ministers like Qin Qiong who had made great contributions to the country. In Tang Jiangshan, there would not be such a beautiful era as today. Everything today is based on the foundation they laid in the Southern and Northern Wars.

However, if portraits are made of paper as in history, they may not be able to last for a long time with the current mounting and preservation technology. In this way, future generations will not be able to see the original portraits at all.

But if you use different stone carvings, if you choose a good stone to carve into shape and paint for protection, as long as it is not artificially damaged, it can be easily preserved for thousands of years. Only by using the original version all the time can you better ensure that it will not be distorted.

Hearing Sun Xiangfu's proposal, Li Shimin finally stopped crying, touched his tears and said, "This request is exactly what I want, and I will leave this matter to Cheng Qian himself!"

To whom to set up and who not to set up, this is actually a very delicate question. At present, Sun Xiangfu's suggestion is to set up for the dead. In this way, it is also an inspiration for the living.

The deeds of life will be engraved on the stone tablet for future generations to admire. Then, the living will strive to make more achievements, and will pay more attention to their personal image, hoping to leave a good reputation in future generations.

However, at the moment when Li Shimin was sad, Sun Xiangfu didn't say much about it. After sending Qin Qiong's body back to the Qin Mansion, there would naturally be officials from the court's Ministry of Rites to take care of the funeral and encoffining. The imperial court is responsible for everything, and generally there will be posthumous titles and some posthumous titles, depending on how Li Shimin decides.

Sun Xiangfu went to the Yu Mansion after explaining Qin Huaidao's dealings with others in the Qin Mansion. He didn't let Yu Xiu'er go overseas with him before, so for the past two years, Yu Xiu'er has been in Chang'an, and she is in charge of it. Tai Lesi and Yu Shinan also passed away with her company.

Li Shimin gave Yu Shinan the posthumous title of 'Wenyi', and bestowed many official titles such as Prince Shaobao, Doctor Jinzi Guanglu, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Duke of Yongxing County. It was packed in a glass coffin and parked at home.

Now, this kind of pure and transparent thick glass coffin is already a standard configuration for princes. It allows people to see the appearance of the deceased clearly, and let everyone know that they, who have status, did not bring anything to be buried with them. Taste.

According to the burial rules of this period, the coffin will usually be left for more than ten days. For a prince like Yu Shinan, it will even take several months. In addition to waiting for the auspicious day of burial, some relatives and students who came from far away Old friends and others came to express their condolences.

Sun Xiangfu also saw Yu Shinan for the last time through the coffin. His body was smeared with wax, so it would not rot, and he could barely see his face clearly. In this regard, the ancients had their own way.

After reading his condolences, Sun Xiangfu discussed with his father-in-law Yu Chang how to write Yu Shinan's life achievements so that he could enter Lingyan Pavilion to engrave statues and steles later.

As for the handwriting written by Yu Shinan during his lifetime, Yu Xiu'er had already collected all of them.

Later, I will find a way to use more advanced technology for mounting, or rubbing with stone tablets, so as to preserve the original authentic works as much as possible. Sun Xiangfu has communicated with her a long time ago.

After working in the Yu Mansion and the Qin Mansion for three consecutive days, Sun Xiangfu entered the completely completed Daming Palace for the first time. As one of the designers of this palace, Sun Xiangfu is naturally quite familiar with its internal structure of.

It was Li Chengqian who invited Sun Xiangfu to come. As for Li Shimin and his wife, they were by Li Yuan's side almost every day. Although the Imperial Medical Office did not clearly state Li Yuan's condition, everyone knew that this winter probably wouldn't be over.

Sun Xiangfu is also convinced of this old man who needs to use a syringe to drink liquid food until he eats, and spends all day in the amusement park, watching various song, dance and drama performances.

If anyone in this world has lived a life in vain, Li Yuan is the most recommended.

Since he abdicated and became the Supreme Emperor, he has enjoyed all the top entertainment items that Datang can enjoy. In more than ten years, he has had at least one or two hundred beautiful daughters, and the number of children is more than in history. It has more than doubled. Now when Li Shimin wants to confer titles on his brothers, he has to worry about what kind of titles to use.

Of course, Li Shimin himself has not been idle. His son alone has given birth to more than [-] in the past few years, which is also more than double the number in history. Anyway, in this era, there is no such thing as contraception, as long as both men and women function normally. Yes, it will always be born.

Of course, this also led to a new phenomenon, that is, the princes of Datang are worthless.

In the past, when those princes became adults, they could at least be granted the title of governor of a state, but now they can't, because the governor of Tang Dynasty is also very valuable, especially in the Central Plains, which can manage tens of thousands of households in Central and Upper Prefecture.

Therefore, now, these princes can at most be named as the governor of the state, or even the governor of the state, because of the status of their mothers and concubines. , Those who are only named two-character kings are not directly appointed as officials.

Like ordinary people, they should go to school to study, rely on their academic performance and work ability demonstrated during internships, and fight for positions by themselves. They can become officials, technical researchers, or even go directly to business and open up industries. Apart from providing them with a good education and relatively high-quality living security, they will not be given anything else.

At present, in the court, there are only two princes who can be recognized by the courtiers in terms of ability, one is Wei Wang Li Tai, the chief executive of Lingnan Road, and the other is Wu Wang Li Ke, the chief executive of Shannan Road.

They are all currently holding positions in Chang'an, and they still have the title of Zhengshitang Pingzhangshi, participating in the country's political and confidential decision-making.

The rest of the princes who studied and planted rice in Shannan Road, and then became feudal princes as adults, such as the earliest Li Yuanjing, Li Yuanchang, etc., were transferred a little bit, and the best ones were just Shangzhou governors.

Therefore, when Sun Xiangfu came to the East Palace, the three brothers Li Chengqian, Li Tai, and Li Ke greeted him.

After seeing the ceremony, Sun Xiangfu didn't greet the three of them much, and went directly to Li Chengqian's study to sit down and talk about things. First of all, Li Chengqian talked about the construction scale of Lingyan Pavilion and the list he had drawn up after he finally asked Li Shimin for instructions.

These things are basically not difficult for the current Tang Dynasty. Yan Lide and Yan Liben brothers, who have seen these people, first use a relatively three-dimensional image to draw the most heroic portraits of the deceased ministers in their prime, and then let them Carver, carve according to proportion, and finally paint and color it to complete.

As for the life stories and merits, the descendants of these ministers and the court officials and the Ministry of Rites will make the final draft according to the previous examination books, and find a master like Chu Suiliang to write and carve steles. Of course, a little art Processing, and the emperor's words of praise, are also there.

Soon, the topic turned to political affairs, and Li Chengqian said, "Father intends to merge the entire South Asian region into Datang next year, and at the same time start looking for Persia to settle accounts. Now, they have nothing to mortgage to Datang." Now, a final decision must be made.

However, in this case, our Datang will face more than 3000 million relatively poor new population and nearly [-] million bad debts. At the same time, we will also face the Dashi and the Byzantine Empire.

After the teacher traveled overseas, he has a better understanding of various aspects, can you teach me? "

In five years, the small kingdoms from Central Asia to West Asia were basically absorbed by the Tang Dynasty. After Tianzhu and Persia were wiped out, the only nomadic empire that could be robbed was Byzantium and the Tang Dynasty. .

Datang is a fierce tiger that no one dares to provoke, Da Shi is a wolf that is always hungry, Byzantine is more like a dog cornered, it will bite, but his two enemies , are not something he can bite and move.

As the only nomadic religious regime in the world that has paid off the debt owed by Datang, Dashi has been selected by Datang as the target of the ultimate war. This is determined by its national characteristics. Datang does not allow their fanaticism. Religious beliefs, and national cultures of aggression and robbery exist.

Therefore, Sun Xiangfu went to sea more than a year ago. In fact, it was also a comprehensive examination of the feasibility of the Tang Dynasty being merged into South Asia and part of West Asia, and the final battle with Dashi and Byzantium.

"The development of Tammo Taoism is very good. It is no less than the state roads in the Central Plains a few years ago. The disciples of Master Xuanzang have now spread all over South Asia. They have accepted the new Buddhist philosophy of people-oriented and at the same time , also working hard to learn Chinese culture.

Especially in the kingdoms on the southern coast that are opposed to Tianzhu, the various religious sects in the country have all lost to Xuanzang in hundreds of debates in the past few years. The people in the country now respect the Buddhist philosophy preached by Xuanzang even more. They all have the will to merge into my Tang Dynasty. Once we agree to merge, then Tianzhu, which is adjacent to it and also influenced by the new Buddhist philosophy preached by Xuanzang, will inevitably be in chaos.

Because the people of their own country have long been very envious of the wealth of the people of Tammo Taoism, and they no longer believe in the religions of their own country that continue to exploit them because they want to support the rule of King Jieri.

As long as they are in chaos, we can use the reason of peacekeeping or recovering the arrears to enter Tianzhu.

Because, after Poni's death, the interior of Tianzhu has long been impoverished due to the large-scale outflow of the rich and young and strong productivity. , as long as our army actually controls Tianzhu, King Jieri can basically be sent to Chang'an to become a family rich man. "

Xuanzang in history was fighting alone, and his astonishing talent has amazed the whole world.

The current Xuanzang is not fighting alone. Behind him is the Tang Dynasty, and there is Liu Hongji, the chief supervisor of Tammo Taoism who will give whatever resources he wants.

Therefore, his light shines brighter than in history, perfectly helping Datang to complete the grand strategic arrangement.

From the point of view of Buddhism, this can be regarded as a great merit of him, because with his existence, the entire South Asia region has lost countless deaths.

When Sun Xiangfu met him in Tammodo, he had a lot of conversations with him. Later, Datang will rely on him to a greater extent to control the entire South Asian region where religious beliefs are relatively rampant.

Because, after listening to the new Buddhist philosophy he preached, Sun Xiangfu can basically believe that it is harmless.

This is a philosophical system that calls for people-oriented, guides people to be good, strengthens the heart, fights fear, and treats faith rationally. Its characteristics are completely different from the previous religions of all schools, and it is more like a causal-based explanation Some philosophy, or psychology.

(End of this chapter)