Reborn Tang Emperor Li Chengqian

Chapter 344

"Sage, I just received an official letter from Prince Peng's mansion, and Prince Peng and Li Yuan are dead!" Zong Zhengqing reported to Li Chengqianhui.

Zongzheng Temple is responsible for managing the affairs of the royal family. Once a member of the royal family dies, an official letter will be submitted to Zongzheng Temple to report the funeral, and then Zongzheng Temple officials will report to the emperor.

"What did you say? My uncle Twelve Emperors died?" Li Chengqian, who had just returned from the outside, was very surprised when he heard the sad news!

Peng Wang Li Yuan was the No.12 son of Gaozu Li Yuan, who was younger than Li Chengqian, and he did not expect him to die in front of him.

"Why did King Peng die?" Li Chengqian asked.

The reasons for the death of the princes and kings must be recorded. When the princes and princes submit official documents and report, they must clearly state the cause of death, whether it is a death of illness or accidental death, etc.

"King Peng passed away due to illness," Zong Zhengqing said.

"I know!" Zong Zhengqing didn't need to say more, Li Chengqian also knew what disease Li Yuanze died of.

"Peng Wang and Li Yuan have no heirs. Do you want to get rid of Peng Guo?" Zong Zhengqing asked.

Generally speaking, according to the convention, if a vassal king has no sons, it means that the vassal state has perished, and the court will take back the fief and give up the title of the vassal state.

Of course, there are exceptions to everything. Some emperors will entrust their sons to this fiefdom and become the new owner of this fiefdom.

Some emperors couldn't bear the fact that no one would worship and offer sacrifices to the vassal king after his death, so he would choose a suitable person in the clan to adopt his name, inherit everything from the vassal king, and worship and sacrifice to the vassal king.

"Isn't Li Xuan, the fifth son of my [-]th Emperor Uncle Li Yuangui, adopted by the [-]th Emperor Uncle as his heir? Then Li Xuan will succeed King Peng." Li Chengqian said.

"Promise!" Zong Zhengqing said: "I also ask the sage to give King Peng Li Yuanze a posthumous title."

"Then give King Peng the posthumous title Si." Li Chengqian said.

There are three kinds of posthumous titles: the praiseworthy posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous three.

Si belongs to the second kind of sympathetic posthumous posthumous posthumous title, which is a bit sympathetic. This is Li Chengqian's sympathy for Li Yuan, who has no sons and no successors.

"The posthumous designation of Li Yuan, king of Peng Si, as Situ and governor of Jingzhou." Li Chengqian said.

"No!" Zong Zhengqing bowed and stepped back.

When Li Chengqian returned to Ganlu Hall, a servant hurried over.

"See the saint!" The servant saluted.

"Why are you so flustered?" Li Chengqian asked, wondering if something had happened.

"Zhao Xiaozu, the marching chief of Langzhou Road, sent someone eight hundred li to send an urgent report! Please also ask the sage to read it." After the servant finished speaking, he handed the bamboo tube containing the secret report to Li Chengqian.

"Zhao Xiaozu!"

Li Chengqian didn't directly reach for the bamboo tube, he remembered that last year, after Zhao Xiaozu defeated Baishuiman and quelled Baishuiman's rebellion, he gave him a memorial.

Zhao Xiaozu said in the memorial: He has quelled the Baishuiman rebellion and killed the leaders of Baishuiman, Tu Mopu and Jian Miyu.

It is also said that during the reign of Zhenguan, the Wuman people in Kunzhou were crusaded, and Qingling and Nongdong were opened up as prefectures and counties.To the west of Nongdong, there are Xiao Bo Nong and Da Bo Nong Erchuan, who have been inciting and seducing Nong Dong, wanting to make Nong Dong rebel against the court.

To the west of Bolong is bordered by the Cucumber, Yeyu, and Xi'er Rivers. The people are richer than those in the Shuchuan area. Because there are no big leaders, it is easy to form enmity.

Zhao Xiaozu asked that now, when the morale of the troops that had broken through Baishui was high, he would attack westward and appease them.

Li Chengqian thinks this is a great opportunity, he can take the opportunity to take down the big and small Bolong, and level these barbarian lands.

Now it seems that Zhao Xiaozu should live up to his expectations, he should have calmed down the big and small troubles, and according to his intention, that area should be turned into an autonomous region.

Li Chengqian didn't speak, and the servant still kept his original posture, not daring to move a bit.

Li Chengqian reached out to take the bamboo tube, and said: "You step back!"

"No!" The servant hurriedly saluted and stepped back.

Li Chengqian opened the bamboo tube to seal the mud, poured out the secret report inside, and opened it to read.

Just as Li Chengqian expected, this secret report was Zhao Xiaozu's victory to the emperor.

Zhao Xiaozu lived up to his prestige and led his troops to defeat the barbarians in the Southwest. He killed the leader of Xiao Bolong, Wan Sheng, and captured the leader of Da Bolong, Yang Chengdian.

The other barbarian tribes who gathered soldiers and horses to protect themselves, ranging from tens of thousands of soldiers to thousands of small ones, were also defeated one by one by Zhao Xiaozu's army and defeated them one by one. The southwest barbarians were completely pacified.

"Everyone is so happy to work together? It's been a while, servant girl, and I'm so happy to see everyone! It seems that Zhao Xiaozu should have brought good news to everyone." Wang Quan said with a smile on his face.

"Zhao Xiaozu came to report that he had quelled all the rebellions in Langzhou. Tumopu, the leader of the southwestern barbarian Luohu Houshan, Dugan, the leader of the big ghost, Jian Miyu, the leader of Zhou Jinshui, and Dong Pu, the leader of the ghost, were all put into battle by him. cut."

"Even the leader of Dabo Nong, Yang Chengdian, was captured alive by him. In order to deter the barbarians in the southwest, he beheaded Yang Chengdian for public display." Li Chengqian said.

"Congratulations everyone! Congratulations everyone!" Wang Quan congratulated Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian didn't pay attention to Wang Quan, but was thinking about the issue of Dian. There are six edicts in Dian, and they are all tribes attached to the Tang Dynasty.

The land of Dian borders on Tubo, and except Mengshe Zhao, one of the six imperial edicts, which has been attached to the Tang Dynasty, the other five imperial edicts often abandon Datang and join Tubo because of threats from Tubo.

Therefore, in the eyes of people in the Tang Dynasty, Meng Shezhao was Datang's best friend.

Because of Tubo's relationship, the southwestern frontier of the Tang Dynasty has always been unstable, and the other five imperial edicts will invade the territory of the Tang Dynasty under the order of Tubo.

This made the Tang Dynasty very annoyed, and often sent troops to encircle and suppress them. The five edicts saw that the form was wrong, so they immediately surrendered and returned to the Tang Dynasty.

There were too many enemies around Datang, and he really didn't have much energy to deal with the five capricious Five Edicts, so he agreed to return to Datang.

Once the Tang Dynasty withdraws its troops, it won't be long before the five edicts will betray the Tang Dynasty again under the threat of Tubo.

Datang never tires of this kind of capriciousness, but he doesn't have too much energy to deal with them. After all, there are still hidden Tubo troops among them, and it is impossible to wipe them out all at once.

So Datang thought of his own Mengshe Zhao, which was later Nanzhao, and hoped to use it to eliminate the Five Zhaos and contain the power of Tubo, so that the southwestern border of the Tang Dynasty could be peaceful.

And Mengshezhao also wanted to use the power of Datang to eliminate Wuzhao and unify the entire Yunnan, and the two sides hit it off, so Datang vigorously supported Mengshezhao, greatly increasing its strength, and finally eliminated Wuzhao.

In the end, Nanzhao became the biggest hidden danger on the southwestern border of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Chengqian would never allow such a thing to happen. If he wanted to get rid of Liuzhao once and for all, he had to completely eliminate Liuzhao.

However, Datang did not have too much military and financial resources to support and eliminate the forces of Liuzhao.

(End of this chapter)