Reborn Tang Emperor Li Chengqian

Chapter 460 Proclamation
Hengzhou, Hengshan Palace.

"My lord! The envoys of the imperial court are here, and they have already arrived at the gate." The chief steward of Hengshan King Li Xiang reported to Li Xiang.

"What are you still doing in a daze? Hurry up to greet the envoy, and hurry up to change clothes." Li Xiang said while urging the maid to change him into court clothes, ready to receive the order.

The envoy from the imperial court who came to read the imperial edict came to Li Xiang unimpeded all the way. Li Xiang had just dressed neatly.

"My servant greets the lord!" The envoy crossed his hands and saluted. The person who came was an eunuch from the palace.

"The internal officials have come all the way from Chang'an to me, and they have worked hard all the way. I have already prepared a banquet to clean up the internal officials." Li Xiang said, not daring to neglect in the slightest.

Although Li Xiang is a prince, the other party is just a eunuch in the palace, and he can't resist getting close to his emperor's father.

The most important thing is that he is still an imperial envoy, representing the imperial court and the emperor far away in Chang'an, so Li Xiang has to follow the rules.

If the attitude towards the eunuch is not very good, when he returns to Chang'an, he will add fuel to the nonsense and make the emperor's father Longyan furious, and punish him, it will not be worth the loss.

Besides, the other party is just a domestic slave, and I am also a prince after all, so there is no need to have the same knowledge as him.

"Your Majesty, this matter of receiving the wind and cleaning up the dust can be left behind. The servants have come to Hengzhou to read the imperial edict according to His Majesty's order. Please accept the edict!" the eunuch said.

Li Xiang hurriedly knelt down and said, "My minister Hengshan King Li Xiang accepts the order."

"The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty issued an order to redesignate the King of Hengshan as the King of Wei, and add [-] real households. Since the King of Hengshan left Beijing, I have been very concerned about it. I learned that you got Lin'er a few days ago. I am really happy for you."

"You and my father and son haven't seen each other for several years. I even miss you. I hereby order you to go to Beijing. I will spend this year's Shangyuan Festival with your family."

"The book is as right as it is, and it is executed!" The eunuch read out the imperial edict.

"My minister Hengshan King Li Xiang kowtowed to the emperor for his kindness! Long live my emperor, long live, long live." Li Xiang bowed with his head bowed, shouting long live.

"King Wei please hurry up, this is His Majesty's edict, you! Keep it up. Your Majesty is looking forward to your return in Chang'an!" The eunuch hurriedly stepped forward to help Li Xiang who was kneeling on the ground and said, and stuffed the edict into Li Xiang. elephant's hand.

"There is an internal official here to announce the decree. The banquet is ready. Come with me." Li Xiang said.

"The servants, respect is worse than obedience." The eunuch laughed.

"Congratulations to the king of Wei for being crowned, and congratulations to the king of Wei for the happiness of Lin'er." At the banquet, the emperor's envoy raised his glass to congratulate Li Xiang.

"Thank you, officer! Raise your glass and drink it up! Nowadays, the world is full of disasters. I don't have anything to entertain here, only some simple food and drink. I hope the officer will not dislike you." Li Xiang raised his glass and said.

Now more than [-] prefectures in the Tang Dynasty are affected by natural disasters, and the imperial court called on all regions to join the disaster-resisting team.

Someone contributes, and the rich contributes money to help the affected people tide over the difficulties.

As the prince and prince, Li Xiang naturally responded to Li Chengqian's call and donated everything that could be donated in the palace. In the Hengshan Palace, he cut down on food and clothing.

In order to entertain the emperor's envoy this time, it was considered quite expensive, spending half a month in the palace.

Everyone raised their glasses and drank.

"King Wei, I wonder if the little prince has a name?" asked the emperor's envoy.

"I haven't named him yet. I plan to wait a few days before giving him a name." Li Xiang answered truthfully.

"This time King Wei is coming to Beijing to meet His Majesty! Why don't you ask Your Majesty to give the little prince a name." The emperor's envoy said.

"Okay! Thank you for your reminder!" Li Xiang immediately understood what the envoy meant and laughed.

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Chang'an, Daming Palace, Penglai Palace.

"In a few months, it will be the Shangyuan Festival. Now some places in the world are suffering from severe drought, people are hungry, and some places are experiencing violent storms, tsunamis and floods. I hope that after this year, it will get better." Li Chengqian sighed.

During this year, what Li Chengqian was most afraid of hearing was the news of natural disasters, which would mean that many people died, starved, and became displaced.

"Everyone! The Minister of Rites said that as long as this year's suburban festival, everyone sincerely worships and prays for God's forgiveness, as long as God feels everyone's sincerity, the disaster will definitely stop in the coming year." Wang Quan said.

After hearing this, Li Chengqian was full of disdain. Natural disasters are natural disasters, and have nothing to do with praying to God or Buddha.

The ancients liked to talk about the relationship between heaven and man. All kinds of natural disasters occurred because the emperor did something immoral, and God sent natural disasters to warn the emperor to reflect.

From then on, he changed his mind and started a new life. When it was time for the sacrifice, the emperor only had to pray sincerely and pray that the gods would not send down natural disasters again.

To put it bluntly, the emperor, as the son of heaven, repented to God during the sacrifice, and wrote a letter of guarantee, telling God by burning fire that he had realized his mistake, asked for forgiveness, and asked God to accept his magical powers and let those poor people people.

If after the sacrifice, there will be no more disasters in the coming year, it shows that the emperor has sincerely repented, has been approved by God, and stops warning the emperor.

If there are still natural disasters in the coming year, it means that the emperor's repentance is not pious enough, and God is still dissatisfied.

The emperor still needs to continue to work hard and continue to repent of his crimes until he satisfies God.

"Leaving aside the sacrificial matter, I just want to know how Di Renjie's disaster relief is going?" Li Chengqian said.

"Back to everyone, Zhongshu's servant Di Renjie just handed over a note saying that the situation in various places has been initially controlled, and the people have been settled properly." Wang Quan said.

"What does it mean to be under initial control? That is to say, it may still get out of control? Is the situation seriously going out of control at any time?" Li Chengqian asked after hearing the words.

"Di Shilang said that there are many people affected by the disaster, and the disaster situation in more than 40 states varies. The money and food allocated by the imperial court can only relieve the urgent need. If we want to be completely stable, the imperial court needs to allocate money and food again." Wang Quan said.

"He came to ask me for money and food again. Not long ago, the Minister of the Household Department just cried to me that he was poor, saying that the Household Department had no money and food to use. Now he can't wait for one dollar to become a hundred dollars to spend."

"Isn't it like this now? Now that the palace is shrinking and dieting, and the monthly expenses are decreasing again and again, the money and food are still not available, and it is difficult for me!" Li Chengqian sighed.

It's really hard for a penny to beat a hero, and it's hard for a smart woman to cook without rice.

If Datang had inexhaustible money and food, he would send it to Di Renjie without hesitation. The key is that he has no money.

"Everyone! The ministers have proposed to stop building ships along the coast. Now that the world is peaceful, building so many large ships is really a waste. It is better to use the money for disaster relief." Wang Quan said.

How much food and manpower would it cost to build a ship along the coast? The officials did not understand the emperor's intentions in doing so.

(End of this chapter)