Chastity Layman

  Chapter 832 Highly Merited Lord

   Manna Hall.

  Li Shimin left the prince Chengqian, and the father and son lived alone.

   "Chengqian, congratulations on becoming a father. From today on, you are truly an adult. After becoming a parent, you are truly mature."

  Pei gave birth to a son for Chengqian. This is a royal happy event. This is the eldest son of Chengqian, the eldest grandson of the emperor, and even the great-eldest grandson of the Supreme Emperor.

  The entire royal family was overjoyed. Li Yuan in the Daming Palace was even so happy that he asked Dou Dan to take out 100,000 private houses for him, and wanted to give happy money to the nobles and princes of the Manchu Dynasty.

Li Shimin was also very happy, and directly issued a decree to confer titles on the elderly over the age of 80 in the world, and to the elderly over the age of 70. Officials are all bestowed with honors...

   "Please ask the father to give Dalang a name."

   Li Shimin turned around and sat behind the imperial case, picked up a pen to write a word on the paper, and handed it to Chengqian.

"elephant!"

  The emperor named Li Xiang to his eldest grandson.

  Xu Shen's "Shuowen Jiezi" records: "Elephant, long nose and teeth, Nanyue beast, three years and one breast, elephant ears and teeth, four-legged shape."

   In the pre-Qin period, there were elephants in the Central Plains. It is said that elephants were rampant in Henan. Later, the climate changed, and there were no elephants in the Central Plains, and the elephants only lived in South Vietnam. There are still elephants in some places in Jiannan, as well as in Lingnan, but there are more elephants in Annan and other places, and many tribes even have special elephant soldiers.

  Elephant is a giant, a giant beast, with a long nose, sharp ivory and a huge body, with four legs that are like pillars.

  But Chengqian knew that the name Xiang definitely did not mean the name of a beast.

   "I'll test your homework, do you know what this character means?"

  Chengqian thought about it for a while, and most of the names were taken from ancient books, such as the Book of Songs for Men and the Songs of Chu for Women, etc. Boys’ names were often taken directly from the Book of Songs, Zhouyi, etc.

"Huangfu, "Book of Changes, Xicishang" has a saying that an image is formed in the sky, and it is formed on the earth. Kong Yingda once explained that the image is called a suspended image, and the sun, the moon, and the stars are also. I boldly guessed that my father was Dalang Named Xiang, but what is the meaning?"

   "Hahaha, it looks like you haven't missed your homework, kid. That's right, that's exactly what Father meant."

  Li Shimin's expectations for this eldest grandson are extremely high, the sun, the moon and the stars are no different from the jewel in the palm of his hand.

  Especially in the feudal era, the sun, moon, and stars were not available to ordinary people. The emperor carried the sun, the moon, and the stars on his back. The one with the sun, moon, and stars was the Twelve-Crown Crown Dress that the emperor wore when he ascended the throne.

   "Decree that Li Xiang, the eldest grandson of the emperor, is the king of Dunhuang County!"

   Li Xiang is the eldest son of Chengqian and the eldest grandson of Li Shimin, but he is not a direct descendant. His mother is a concubine of the prince. But after all, he is the eldest grandson, so Li Shimin rewarded this grandson very exceptionally.

  At the beginning of Li Tang's army, Li Shimin was named Duke of Dunhuang County, and now he bestows this title on his eldest grandson, which shows that he likes it.

   Chengqian thanked happily.

   "Da Lang, what do you think of Hou Junji's impeachment command against Qin Lang just now?"

"Father, this is an attack. Although Hou Junji is my father's confidant, an old minister in his residence, and an old friend, I think that Hou Junji has no virtue and talent, and he has a great trust from a sage. As an official secretary, he did not do his job well. It is not the minister's action to attack the envoys and ministers who are working abroad on orders without limit."

  When Chengqian mentioned Hou Junji, he became angry.

   Li Shimin stroked his beard.

   "Da Lang, it seems that you have prejudice against Hou Junji, but you have no doubts about Qin Lang."

   "My son is not defending it like this because Duke Wei is his teacher."

   Li Shimin sighed.

   "Dalang, what do you think power is? How is the emperor's authority maintained? Is it the name of the emperor?"

   Chengqian was silent.

  Qin Lang told him about the nature of power more than once, and he also had a deep understanding of it, but when facing the emperor, he remained silent and did not answer.

  Because knowing too much is not a good thing.

   Know it, but you can't show it, especially when facing the emperor.

  At this time, I have to hide my clumsiness and pretend to be stupid.

"King Wuling of Zhao who rode and shot in Hufu, Emperor Qin Shihuang who destroyed the six kingdoms and ruled the world, Emperor Wen of Han, Emperor Wu of Han, and even Emperor Ling of Han, Emperor Wen of Sui, Emperor Yang of Sui, these people are all emperors, but they are all emperors. Different. King Wuling of Zhao once swallowed Zhongshan Kingdom, defeated Linhu and Loufan Erhu, and led Zhao Guo to become stronger and stronger. Later, in its heyday, in order to focus on military affairs, he gave up the throne to his son, but such a hero later encountered The Dune Rebellion, was imprisoned in the Dune Palace, starved to death after digging out the last bird's nest!"

"Qin Shihuang pacified the world, unified the six kingdoms, and was extremely domineering. He was established as the King of Qin at the age of thirteen. However, the country's military and political affairs were all controlled by the Prime Minister Lu Buwei. He had no real power until he was 21 years old when he was in charge. ..."

"Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty Liu Xieben was the second son of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, and Liu Bian, the eldest son of Emperor Ling, succeeded to the throne as Emperor Shaodi of the Han Dynasty. However, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the government was in chaos and the rebellion of the ten permanent servants caused He Jin, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others to kill eunuchs and lead the West to the throne. Liang Dong Zhuo entered the capital, but after Dong Zhuo brought Xiliang soldiers into the capital, he abolished the young emperor and embraced Liu Xie as the emperor... Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty later fell into the hands of Cao Cao, who was held by Cao Cao as the emperor to make the princes, and lived his life They are all just puppets of Cao Cao..."

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"Dalang, look at Emperor Qin and Han Wu, what a great king they were, but they succeeded to the throne at a young age. Although they had the title of emperor, they were unable to govern the country by themselves. Even King Zhao Wuling was once very heroic, but In the end, he ended up being imprisoned and starved to death. There is also the modern Yang Guang, who was also a very talented emperor, but in the end he died in the Great Sui Dynasty, and he was killed in Jiangdu... You say, What is power, and how is the emperor's authority maintained?"

  Yang Guang used to be able to destroy the Grand Master Li Mu's family in the eight-pillar country with one sentence, and even wiped out multiple countries.

  But such a great cause emperor will also end up being killed by his own imperial guard Xiaoguo army.

   Another example is Li Yuan of Daming Palace. He was also the emperor, but in the end he was taken away by himself who was only the king of Qin.

  For the emperor, power is both obsessive and frightening.

"I'm telling you this just to remind you that being an emperor is different from being a scholar, and it's even more different from presiding over the affairs of the Jingzhao Mansion. It's more complicated. I know what kind of person Hou Junji is, but I have to use it. That kind of people."

   "I have been emperor for seven years, and I finally realized one thing, balance. The most important thing to be an emperor is to master balance."

  Chengqian has been silent.

   seems to be humbly accepting the emperor's teachings.

   "Now, think about it again, how should I treat Qin Lang's actions in Lingnan?"

  The hint of the emperor is very obvious. What Qin Lang did in Lingnan has already broken the balance that the emperor needs.

   Chengqian seems to be correct as long as he answers the emperor's hint.

But Chengqian hesitated for a while, and finally insisted, "My son thought that since Duke Wei's east tour, he has seized Beisha, opened Liuqiu, ruled the sea merchants, and suppressed the southern barbarians. He has done everything very well. For the benefit of the Great Tang and the saints, he is very dedicated. Now that the Juding Man is rebelling and the Zuoxi River is in turmoil, Duke Wei dispatched troops to put down the rebellion, and at the same time took the opportunity to reform the Liangxi Man. This is the solution to the trouble once and for all. As for Assigning Guangyuan and other eight prefectures to Wu'an prefecture, I feel that this is just a stopgap measure, after all, it is wartime now..."

  Hearing this answer, Li Shimin remained calm.

   "Then do you agree with Qin Lang's reformation of the left and right streams in Lingnan, and also agree that he included Guangyuan and other eight prefectures into Wu'an Prefecture? Do you also agree with his determination of the boundaries of the four roads between Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi?"

"Although Zuoxi Creek reform and land return are a little hasty, but the time is too short and I must not miss the opportunity. I should take advantage of the situation. As for Guangyuan and other eight states entering Wu'an Prefecture." He hesitated for a while, and finally gritted his teeth, "I think it's really not It’s too appropriate, it’s wartime right now, so we can act expediently and put it under the custody of Wu’an Prefecture temporarily, but the imperial court has to make follow-up arrangements.”

   "How do you think it should be arranged?"

"Guangyuan and other eight prefectures can be placed under the jurisdiction of Guangnan Road, or under the command of the governor's office of Wu'an Prefecture, but the prefectures cannot be changed into counties. I think that these eight prefectures are all mountainous places with inconvenient transportation. In the past, it was not easy to convert the lands controlled by the Xidong barbarians, but now we have the opportunity, we have to do it. In order to strengthen the success of the imperial court in converting these places, the minister thought that These places are divided into clans or meritorious officials, interspersed with prefectures and counties directly managed by the imperial court."

  Li Shimin smiled, "Is this a major matter turned into a small matter? Qin Lang's expansion of the fief, just let it go so lightly?"

   "Father, it's wartime now, Duke Wei is only doing things for the sake of calming the chaos, and he didn't deliberately conceal the chaos, but reported it to the court."

   "I know what's on your mind, I still want to protect Qin Lang."

  Li Shimin took the map of Lingnan and carefully looked at the Qinlang fiefdom in Wu'an Prefecture. This map is much more detailed than when he encloses the land for Qin Lang before.

The eight prefectures in Qin Lang's new circle are very vast, especially Qiyuan, Guangyuan and other places. Because the west is the territory of the Liaozi Ministry, there is no real boundary at all in the west. Qin Lang can circle as much as he wants. It doesn't matter how big the circle is, as long as he has the ability to drive away the bureaucrats above.

  Li Shimin looked to the east of Wu'an Prefecture again. The reserves of the Hongji Large Carboniferous Mine are so attractive. How come no one discovered it before?

   Now it has become Qin Lang's cornucopia, constantly mining coal that is as valuable as black gold.

"Let's do this. Qin Lang has also made meritorious service to the country, and he should be rewarded for his meritorious service. Qiyuan Prefecture was changed to Qixi County as he requested, and was directly assigned to Wu'an Prefecture. Shixi Prefecture, Siling Prefecture, and Siling Prefecture north of Zhennan Pass The four prefectures of Mingzhou and Xipingzhou were merged into one prefecture and named Taiping prefecture, and the original four prefectures were all reduced to counties, and Taiping prefecture governed Shixi."

   "Shangsijimizhou and Cangzhou in the southwest of Yongzhou merged into Sizhou."

Li Shimin pointed to Mingjiang, "It is not appropriate to use Mingjiang as the boundary between Guangxi and Guangnan. The Sifang Mountain on the original boundary of the Longlong should be used as the two boundaries. Mingjiang is included in Guangnan Road. To the south of Sizhou, Shiwanda Mountain The former Sumao Prefecture and Xin’an Prefecture merged into one state, named Xin’an Prefecture, and the Beilun River and Qinzhou bordered it to the east, forming the southeast boundary of Guangnan and Guangxi.

  (end of this chapter)