Tiantang

Chapter 412 I am the Son of Heaven, and Tang is the Subject!
Chapter 419 I am the Son of Heaven, and Tang is the subject!

"Miss Kexin, I will entrust you with the power to deal with Li Tang's royal family, and then - I will appoint you as an Antang special envoy, holding my gold medal, and have full power to deal with it." Zhang Xuan smiled, waved his hands and said, "Tomorrow I will So I ordered the imperial court to set up the Antang Special Envoy Office, and asked Nan Jiyun to send someone to assist you, I hope you will not let me down."

Tian Kexin kowtowed happily and said, "Your Majesty obeys the order! I must share your majesty's worries!"

Looking at the back of Tian Kexin rushing away, Zhang Xuan heaved a sigh of relief.

If he wants to implement the New Deal, he must first solve the problem of annexation of the rich and powerful land.In other words, the emperor had to seize land and population from some big landlords so as to further develop the economy and increase the revenue of the treasury.

If this problem cannot be solved, the New Deal is empty talk.

Tang developed the taxation system from rent regulation to rent regulation.The biggest feature of this system is the setting of "yong", that is, people can serve corvee in cash or cloth.The land equalization system allowed farmers to obtain a certain amount of land, and the system of rent and yong ensured the working time of farmers. These two systems became important guarantees for the economic prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.However, land annexation has intensified since the Kaiyuan period, and a large amount of land fell into the hands of the rich and powerful, resulting in less and less land that the imperial court could distribute.

Now, the nobles occupying the most land belong to the royal family of Li Tang. This time Zhang Xuan is going to take the opportunity to settle the royal family of Li Tang to start the first battle of internal affairs after he ascends the throne and proclaims himself emperor, which is of great significance.It is nothing more than a temptation to hand it over to Tian Kexin.

Take the down-and-out Li Tang royal family and try to test the reactions of the big and small dignitaries in the world.

In other words, the disposal of the Li Tang royal family this time is equivalent to a preview of the national "land reform" and "tax reform".It is complicated to say, but to put it bluntly, it is necessary to break the situation where the powerful class occupies most of the land, seize the land from the powerful class, and then distribute it to eligible civilians uniformly by the court.

At the same time, many serfs and farmers who were raised by powerful and powerful landlords at all levels were "liberated", either for civilians or for immigrants.For Zhang Xuan, population is productivity, and productivity means economic development, a substantial increase in treasury revenue, and an unprecedented increase in national strength.

On the second day, Zhang Xuan issued an edict to establish the Antang Special Envoy Office, and appointed Tian Kexin as the special envoy of Antang Imperial Envoy.Tian Kexin took office immediately, and transferred [-] soldiers from Nan Jiyun's Shence Army. Then, holding Zhang Xuan's gold medal, he transferred some officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs, Jingzhao Mansion, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs to form a temporary working organization.

According to Zhang Xuan's intention, Tian Kexin did not rush to start, but first started to count the population of Li Tang's imperial clan, as well as the amount of land, manors, forests, lakes and other resources it occupied.This statistical process will definitely be very long, because the properties under the name of Li Tang's royal family are too complex and need to be sorted out one by one.

Tian Kexin led the officials and soldiers to and fro, busy and busy - as a result, not only Li Tang's royal clan felt nervous, but even some courtiers felt that something was wrong.

But this work can be done slowly, but the placement of Li Heng and his son cannot be delayed any longer.

Chen Xilie and others entered the palace again and waited outside Zhang Xuan's imperial study.

Zhang Xuan was silent for a long time, put down the book in his hand, raised his head and smiled slightly at Yan'er, "Yan'er, go and call Chen Zaifu and the others in."

Yan'er obediently nodded and took the order.

Not long after, Chen Xilie and the others came in and prostrated themselves on the ground, "I will pay my respects to Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty!"

Zhang Xuan laughed, got up and leaned over to help Chen Xilie, and said in a loud voice, "Chen Zaifu is old and weak, and he will not worship me when he sees me in the future. I will give you a gold medal that you will never worship when you see me—come here, give Chen Zaifu a seat, I will give you a seat on the Xiangguo."

Chen Xilie was extremely moved by Zhang Xuan's respect, and he knelt down in the tunnel again with tears in his eyes, "I thank Your Majesty Long En, the old minister, what is the virtue and ability of the old minister, for being so favored by His Majesty!"

"Chen Zaifu is so old that he can't stay at home to support his life, but also has to worry about state affairs and share my worries. I feel very sorry." Zhang Xuan sighed and said, "But the world is set for the first time, and everything is waiting for prosperity. I can't let Chen Zaifu go home to retire. !"

Looking at Zhang Xuan's respect and courtesy to Chen Xilie, Yang Guozhong saw it and was jealous.It's just that he can't help it. Zhang Xuan is such a talented and strategic master, "fooling" in his ears is tantamount to seeking his own death.

After everyone sat down and talked about state affairs for a while, Chen Xilie had no choice but to take the lead in bringing the matter of Li Heng and his son's placement to the table.It has been pending for a long time, and if it continues to drag on, it will not be a good thing for the new emperor and the new court.

Hearing Chen Xilie mention this, Zhang Xuan smiled lightly, "I have my own opinion, please wait a moment."

At this time, an eunuch came in and reported, "Your Majesty, Li Tan has ordered to pay a respectful visit."

Chen Xilie and the others were taken aback. What was the emperor doing seeing Li Tan at this moment?
"Chen Zaifu, wait and retreat to the back hall to wait, let me see Li Tan." Zhang Xuan smiled and waved his hand.

Chen Xilie and the others got up quickly, and retreated suspiciously to the back hall of the imperial study—actually behind the screen.

Zhang Xuan summoned Li Tan and had ministers like them present, there must be some deep meaning behind it.

Li Tan walked in with mixed feelings and a little uneasy, glanced at Zhang Xuan, gritted his teeth and knelt down, "Sinner Li Tan, pay homage to His Majesty the Emperor!"

Zhang Xuan smiled and stared at Li Tan without saying a word for a long time.After a while, he said calmly, "Li Tan, get up and talk."

"Sinners don't dare." Li Tan didn't dare to get up.

"Get up, I'm looking for you today, I have a few words to say"

"Your Majesty, please show me." Li Tan stood up hesitantly and bowed to serve him.

"I won't talk about all the things in the past. It doesn't make any sense to talk about it again." Zhang Xuan's smile faded, and his voice became solemn, "I have taken away the power of your Li and Tang royal family, but this world is not ruled by one family, but by The world is a world of people, the virtuous live in it, and the capable rule it!"

"For the time being, merits and demerits, let's wait for decades, and let the people of the world judge." Zhang Xuan waved his hand, "I once said that there is no distinction between the north and the south, no matter men, women, young or old, or even Hu Han, all people in the world will be judged." They all have a lofty mission to strive for the prosperity of the country—this includes the Li and Tang royal family."

When Zhang Xuan said this, he paused slightly.

Li Tan thought for a moment, not sure what Zhang Xuan meant, so he didn't dare to answer, but continued to bow his head respectfully and remain silent.

"My original intention was to canonize Li Heng as the king of Tang, and ordered Li Heng to lead the Li Tang royal family to Hedong and guard Taiyuan." Zhang Xuan smiled softly, "But now, I have changed my mind again. I thought that Li Tang's royal family also Wouldn’t it be a pity if many talented ministers were to be abandoned like this? Therefore, I decided that apart from canonizing Li Heng as King of Tang and Li Yu as King of Tang, and moving to Zhongjing with me, the princes of other royal families and counties The titles of kings and princesses will all be exempted, and then the imperial court will open Enke to select talents from the royal family of Li and Tang. Anyone who is capable can be an official or a general. Roads, prefectures, counties, and even military towns are fine."

"I swear to the Tianmeng that I will treat everyone equally. If I have the slightest sin, the heavens will not forgive me." Zhang Xuan said with emotion.

Li Tan finally understood.

Li Heng and Li Yu's father and son were granted the title of King of Tang and Heir of Tang, which can be regarded as inheriting the title of "Tang" from the royal family of Li and Tang.As for the other royal clans, they will all be demoted to common people, and they will be recruited according to the system to become ministers to the new emperor.

Such an arrangement is considered to be an opening for Zhang Xuan.These days, Li Heng and his son are already mentally prepared to be exiled to the wild by Zhang Xuan and even secretly murdered.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace." Li Tan bowed down a little weakly, and said in a trembling voice.

So far, as a subjugated royal family, what else can we hope for?It's not bad if you can save your life.

"The Li family is talented, I have heard it all, and I have appointed it as a servant of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. And you have always been capable and calm, and you have a sense of style, so I have appointed you as the servant of the household department—what do you think?"

Zhang Xuan stared at Li Tan and said calmly.

Li Tan was taken aback. He didn't expect that Zhang Xuan really wanted someone from Li Tang's royal family to be the minister of the new dynasty. If he was pretending, there was no need to arrange him and the Yue King Li family in such a relatively important place. on post.

Both the Minister of the Household Department and the Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are senior officials with higher ranks.

Li Tan stayed there in a daze, unable to tell what it was like in his heart.

"Of course, I don't force you. If you agree, you can nod here. As long as you do your duty and do things for the country in the future, I will not treat you badly." Zhang Xuan said again.

Li Tan's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly bowed down, thanking him again and again.

In Li Tan's view, he had no choice at all.Since Zhang Xuan made such an arrangement, how dare he refuse?

Zhang Xuan knew what was on his mind and didn't care.Since he dared to use members of Li Tang's royal family as officials, he was not afraid of their troubles.Moreover, after losing the world and power, they dare not make any further disturbances.Zhang Xuan's intention was to integrate the Li and Tang royal families into the new dynasty as much as possible, whether as officials or generals, or as merchants or the people, each to find his own position and pursue his own future.

Over time, the royal family of Li and Tang will be divided and returned to their hearts.

"Okay, you step down first, the imperial edict will be issued tomorrow. Go back and wait in peace."

Li Tan let out a sigh of relief, and said goodbye in fear and trepidation.

After Li Tan left, Chen Xilie and the others came out with very complicated expressions.

It is not surprising that Zhang Xuan took away the titles and titles of the Li Tang royal family. In fact, with the fall of the Li Tang Dynasty, the noble titles of these people have long been abolished.But he actually wanted to use a member of the Li Tang royal family as his ministers, and put Li Heng's two sons - Li Xi, King of Yue, and Li Tan, King of Jianning, in the key positions of Minister of the Interior and Minister of the Household Department. This...

"Chen Zaifu, fellow ministers, you have heard what I said, what do you think?" Zhang Xuan laughed.

Chen Xilie hesitated for a moment, then cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty is magnanimous, and appointed the Li and Tang royal family as his ministers without sticking to one pattern. What a magnanimity, courage, and heart!"

Yang Guozhong also hurriedly followed in Chen Xilie's footsteps, flattering Zhang Xuan, "Your Majesty is wise, you should control the world, and the world will return to you!"

"Your Majesty is wise, I respect you!" Guo Ziyi, Gongsun Liang and Pei Mian hurriedly bowed and said yes.

Zhang Xuan smiled lightly, stood up slowly and stared at the crowd, his voice gradually became louder and stronger, "I said before, this world is the world of the world, everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world, and the royal family of Li Tang is also the people of my world. You should do your best to serve the world.”

"I am the son of heaven, and Tang is my subject! All the talents in the world are for my use! If I don't have this kind of heart and courage, how can I dare to be called the Khan of Heaven?!"

Zhang Xuan's clear and powerful voice echoed in the imperial study for a long time.

Chen Xilie and the others felt awe-inspiring, bowed down to the ground, and shouted long live.

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Day three.

On behalf of the imperial court and the emperor, Chen Xilie went to the Mingde Hall of Xingqing Palace to announce Zhang Xuan's edict.

Prior to this, Li Heng and his son had not received any news.Although Zhang Xuan summoned Li Tan in advance and asked Li Tan to go back and tell Li Heng and Li Yu, Li Tan didn't say anything and kept a strange silence.

Li Heng and Li Yu's father and son panicked and led a group of imperial concubines and concubines to kneel down and listen to the imperial edict.Chen Xilie glanced at the crowd with some emotion, sighed softly, and made his voice extremely soft.

"Li Xi and Li Tan accept the order." Chen Xilie glanced at Yue King Li Xi who was kneeling behind Li Heng and Li Yu.This Li Xie was quite talented and famous, but Chen Xilie did not expect that Li Xie would fall into the emperor's eyes and be valued by him.

When Li Xi heard that Chen Xilie came up and called his name, he was terrified, got up trembling and knelt down at the front, "Sinner Li Xi, accept the order!"

Li Tan stood up silently with a solemn face, walked to the front, and knelt down.

"...canonize Li Xi as Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, canonize Li Tan as Minister of the Household Department, accompany him in Zhongjing, and give him two mansions."

That's all for Li Tan, he already knew it in his heart.But Li Xi was dumbfounded - what's the matter?Zhang Xuan actually canonized him as a third-rank minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs... this... this...

Chen Xilie coughed twice, and said in a low voice, "Li Xi, His Majesty knows you are talented, and recommended you as an important minister in the court, but you still don't accept the order to thank you?"

Li Xi suddenly came back to his senses, forced himself to suppress his shocking and restless emotions, and thanked him.

Chen Xilie slowly raised his head to look at Li Heng and Li Yu's father and son, and then began to announce the edict to canonize them as Tang Wang and Tang Tang's heir.

Among the core royal family, two became important ministers, and Li Heng and Li Yu's father and son were named princes.Although the other royal families were deprived of their titles and titles, they survived safely after all.

For a moment, Li Heng's sons, daughters and concubines burst into tears in relief, some kowtowed to thank, some collapsed to the ground, and some were stunned.

The emperor canonized Li Heng and his son as kings, inheriting Tang Jue.The pardon of the entire royal family not only appointed Li Xi and Li Tan as important officials of the court, but also expressed that Enke would recommend talents from among the young children of the royal family to serve as officials in the court.When such news spread to the palace, the Xijing Chang'an court and people were shocked by it.

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In a blink of an eye, it was the end of the first year of Yongning, and all the preparations for the imperial court's relocation to Zhongjing were ready. Three days later, they would depart from Xijing Chang'an. Zhang Xuan had already decided to spend the Spring Festival and Shangyuan Festival in the new capital.

In this way, almost all the powerful families in Chang'an City will follow the emperor to move eastward.According to Zhang Xuan's arrangement, Li Heng, Li Yu and his son drove to live in Zhongjing, while the other royal clans either lived in Chang'an or moved to Zhongjing according to their own wishes.

Zhang Xuan's brother-in-law, Cui Huan of the Cui family, is now the governor of Guannei Road, that is, the governor of a province, and the highest chief executive of the entire Guanzhong region.This is equivalent to the fact that after Zhang Xuan led the court to move eastward, more than ten counties around Chang'an were governed by Cui Huan.

Cui Huan's Yamen is located in Chang'an, which is the original Jingzhao Mansion in Chang'an.

Since he took office, he didn't dare to slack off in the slightest.Cui Huan is also the talent of Zaifu, which is the key factor for Zhang Xuan to hand over Guan Neidao to Cui Huan.If it was only because of Cui Huanguo's status as Uncle Cui Huanguo, he would definitely not be reused by Zhang Xuan.

In fact, among Zhang Xuan's clan and relatives, the one he promoted was Cui Huan.Of course, there is also Cui Jin, the eldest son of the Cui family.It's just that Cui Jin has long followed Zhang Xuan in the feudal domain of Longshuo, after many years of experience, he has his own position.

Even now, Zhang Xuan has not conferred titles on members of his Zhang clan, such as his two uncles and a group of cousins.According to the practice of past dynasties, when Zhang Xuan proclaimed himself emperor, he not only had to posthumously confer the titles of his father and ancestors as emperors, but also conferred the titles of his close relatives as princes.

Chen Xilie led civil and military officials to play three times, Zhang Xuan didn't nod, but only agreed to posthumous titles for his father and ancestor. As for the rest of the Zhang family, none of them got titles or official positions.

Cui Huan is handling official business in the Yamen.Suddenly, a subordinate official came to report, "Your Excellency, Li Xi, Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, is asking to see you!"

"Li Xi?" Cui Huan was startled, and immediately got up to greet him.

Li Xi is the Yue King of the former Li Tang royal family, and the son of Li Heng. He also likes to dance and write, and he had a personal relationship with Cui Huan in the past.It's just that there's been very little contact recently.

Cui Huan greeted him out of the government office, clasped his hands and said, "His Royal Highness is visiting, Cui Huan is far away from welcoming you, I'm sorry!"

Li Xi's complexion changed, and there was no one around, and then he trembled in embarrassment, "Lord Cui, Brother Cui! Li Xi is no longer His Royal Highness, but a minister of His Majesty, Minister of Internal Affairs, from now on please brother Cui By name, Li Xi is extremely grateful! I am extremely grateful!"

Cui Huan is the emperor's eldest brother-in-law, with Li Xi's current status, how dare he offend him, and his attitude is very humble.

Cui Huan was originally a kind of polite, because although Li Xie was deprived of his title, he was the former prince of Li Tang's royal family after all.And as a close friend, Cui Huan was unwilling to add insult to injury.

It's just that his politeness made Li Xi dare not bear it.

Cui Huan glanced at the frightened Li Xi, knowing his embarrassment and fear, he stopped being polite, and said with a smile, "Master Servant, please come into the mansion to speak."

"Master Cui, please!"

The two entered side by side and went straight into the main hall.The guests and hosts were seated, and after the servants had served tea, Li Xi clasped his fists and said in a low voice, "Brother Cui, Li Xi has something to ask, and please help me because of the friendship between you and me in the past. Brother once!"

(End of this chapter)