Li Zhi, Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Dahongxiao.
The ninth son of Taizong was nicknamed Zhinu, which means little pheasant. After all, the ancients believed that the nickname was low and easy to feed.
During his reign, he successively destroyed the Western Turks, Baekje, and Goguryeo, which reversed the decline of the Liaodong war situation during the Taizong period and made the Tang Dynasty's territory the largest.
Reaching Siberia in the north, Indochina Peninsula in the south, Aral Sea in the west, and Korean Peninsula in the east, its area reaches more than 12 million square kilometers.
Regarding Li Zhi's achievements during his reign, later historians have said that Li Zhi inherited the legacy of Tian Khan and was just resting on his credit book. Others said that Li Zhi was a great leader with great talents and strategies.
Historical debates have always had different opinions, and this has become unclear.
But there is one thing.
Seven years after Li Zhi's death, his entire inheritance, including the throne of his old Li family, was transferred to Wu Zetian, perfectly realizing the process of "people leave, the tea cools, and the country dies".
There is also a reason why Li Zhi trusted Wu Zetian so much and did not hesitate to help his wife to the political front.
First of all, it must be clear that this kid Li Zhi is definitely not a waste.
Because the things he did after he ascended the throne were completely beyond the capabilities of a loser.
This kid Li Zhi, at best, is a smart guy, but at worst, he is a scheming thief.
He works hard and never does it himself.
He is the kind of person who gives you a sap behind his back, and you still have to come and give him a gift to thank his eight generations of ancestors.
When Little Pheasant succeeded to the throne, he first deceived his uncle Changsun Wuji and asked him to work hard to attack the noble clan. As for Li Zhi himself, he shouted "666" from the sidelines.
Then, Li Yifu, who came from a poor family, was promoted to the front line and asked to criticize Changsun Wuji, Chu Suiliang and other Zhenguan elders.
After the incident, Li Zhi stood up and withdrew from Li Yi's mansion in tears, winning the support of the clan.
Good guy, after this trick, everyone has lost their bottoms, but they still don’t know how to pay. Only Li Zhi, the little pheasant who stayed behind the scenes, made a lot of money.
About Wu Zetian’s political methods.
There are some opinions in later generations that women are born strong, but in fact this statement is not reliable. After all, this thing also needs to be taught by words and deeds, and Wu Zetian basically lived in the harem for the first 20 to 30 years, and her only skill was to serve men.
There is a more reliable view, that is, Wu Zetian's political methods were all taught by Li Zhi when he and Wu Zetian were creating people.
It was precisely because Li Zhi was not a waste that he could see the situation clearly.
Feng Ji has a headache. This is a hereditary disease in the old Li family. Anyone who does not suffer from the disease can be taken out for a paternity test. Maybe he is a wild species that has been greened.
Brother Li Zhi was one of the more unlucky ones. Not long after he ascended the throne, he suffered from the disease. At first, he could barely handle political affairs, but after a few years, he could only ride a horse with Wu Zetian. Adopted the upper position.
Therefore, Li Zhi urgently needs a reliable person to come to power to control the situation for him.
The reason for this appeal is simple.
The Tang Dynasty was handed over to Li Zhi for only three generations, which took several decades.
The Northern and Southern Dynasties before the Sui and Tang Dynasties had been in chaos for hundreds of years, and there were only one or two cases of powerful officials usurping the country. From the beginning of the Three Kingdoms to the present, it is not new at all, everyone is used to it.
The Wei usurped the Han, the Jin usurped the Wei, the Northern Qi usurped the Eastern Wei, the Northern Zhou usurped the Western Wei, the Sui usurped the Northern Zhou, and the Tang Dynasty usurped the Sui Dynasty.
As the saying goes: The emperor takes turns, come to my house tomorrow, he will usurp you, I will usurp him, and everyone will have fun together.
Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for Li Zhi to let powerful ministers rule the country for him, but since the powerful ministers cannot be used and the incompetent eunuchs look down on him, Li Zhi finally looked around him carefully and finally set his sights on a woman.
So on a windy and pleasant night, after burning incense and bathing, Li Zhi, who was wrinkled and enlightened by heaven and man, looked at the beautiful and sweaty wife in his arms and smiled.
Eunuchs can kill kings, and powerful ministers can usurp the country.
But as a wife, there will never be any problem.
In Li Zhi's view, if Wu Zetian takes power, even after her death, Wu Zetian will at most become a regent like Empress Dowager Xuan of the pre-Qin Dynasty or Empress Dowager Lu of the Western Han Dynasty, and she will die within a few years.
The country of the Tang Dynasty is still surnamed Li, and the country of the Tang Dynasty will not be overturned and the country will be destroyed.
Because even if you are in Li Zhi's ear, tell him loudly that "Wu Zetian will replace Tang Lizhou in the future."
Li Zhi would also smile and say: What kind of bastard are you talking about, trying to drive a wedge between our husband and wife?
after all.
The heroine usurps the country.
This kind of thing has never happened in ancient times, neither before Wu Zetian nor after Wu Zetian. Li Zhi would never believe that this kind of thing would happen to him.
The little pheasant thought to himself: I am Li Zhi, and he is the lucky one who can get the emperor's turn even while lying down. How could he be so unlucky!
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The Tang Dynasty Yonghui time and space.
The capital city of Chang'an is the Ganlu Hall of Tai Chi Palace.
Warm, soft and fragrant jade, beauty in my arms.
At this time, the little pheasant Li Zhi, who had been on the throne for several years, was always a proud man in other aspects, except that he was often scolded by the ministers when he expressed his opinions in the Taiji Hall.
For example, he had the concept of not wasting money and took his daughter home from a nun's temple to create a human being.
"Sage, please hurry up and don't delay any longer."
The charming woman in his arms has a voice like a charming silver bell, and her eyes are flashing with a hint of urging.
"Um."
Li Zhi nodded slightly.
The "thing" in this "things must be done as soon as possible" refers to "abolition of the king and establishment of military forces".
Judging from the appearance of the matter of "deposing the king and setting up a military force", it is just a dispute between the women in the harem competing for the throne.
But in fact, it was related to foreign dynasties and imperial power.
Li Zhi planned to use the matter of "deposing the king to establish military power" to regain imperial power and attack the influence of the senior ministers headed by Changsun Wuji, Chu Suiliang and others.
"The saint has been frowning recently. How about letting me relieve the saint's worries?"
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Hongwu time and space, Zuixian Tower.
The huge main hall appeared at the moment Tang Gaozong Li Zhi appeared.
The whole place was dead silent, except for some sounds from the private room on the second floor.
"Is this Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty?"
"Are all people in the Tang Dynasty so unrestrained?"
"………………"
All the emperors and princes of the Ming Dynasty all looked at Li Zhi on the podium.
'? ? ? '
There was a voice in Li Zhi's ear, his brows were filled with confusion, and he subconsciously opened his eyes.
The moment a face he had never seen before came into his eyes, the moment he saw the strange environment around him, his heart suddenly thumped.
Where is my beloved concubine? !
After all, Li Zhi was the ninth son of General Tiance, and he had the blood of the general flowing through his body. He lifted up his golden dragon pants with lightning speed.
It was at a time when my heart was beating wildly with fear.
boom!
Private room on the second floor.
In fact, the construction craftsmanship of this Zuixian Tower is really good. After all, it is used for entertaining.
The door to the private room was washed down.
Two figures staggered out front and back.
Li Zhi, who looked confused, subconsciously raised his head after hearing the sound.
It just so happened.
When Li Er and Wu Zhao met their eyes, they were instantly stunned.
'Father? How could it be my father? '
'Dazzled? ! '
'Who is this old woman? Why does it look so familiar? '
'What are my father and this old woman doing? '
Wu Zhao's dragon robe is specially made, especially the tail is very long, so the detailed interior of the rear part cannot be seen at all. It is really an excellent robe.
At the same time, Li Zhi was shocked.
Li Er, who had an angry look on his face, pressed the back of Wu Zhao's neck with one hand, and pinned Wu Zhao to the wooden railing, also saw Li Zhi, and his eyes instantly became angry.
"Unworthy and treacherous son! Get out of here!"
He glared at Li Zhi angrily and shouted.
Li Zhi's deep-seated fear of Li Er suddenly hit his heart.
"Your Majesty, please follow me."
Lianxiang was already walking beside her, smiling and leading Li Zhi upstairs.
At this moment, Li Zhi, whose head was already buzzing, was numb, and couldn't tell the difference between east, west, north and south. He could only follow Lianxiang upstairs in a daze.
"Give them another room."
"The doors and windows should be stronger."
Ji Boying added.
Damn it, two people can play the game so intensely, and if one more person is added, the game of three people will collapse the Drunk Immortal Tower.
Wu Zhao, who was being held down, looked at Li Zhi coming upstairs with an unspeakable look in his eyes.
It's so difficult to deal with one Li Er, and here comes another one. It's too difficult.
and.
Who should I call husband?
"It's so exciting!"
Longqing's little bee was thirsty. He had never played like this before.
Under the watchful eyes of the emperors and princes of the Ming Dynasty, the trio, who had a chaotic relationship, quickly entered another room. Among them, Li Er and Wu Zhao moved in a slightly strange way, so they figured it out on their own.
"Okay, take it back."
Ji Boying glanced at the group of emperors and princes. Sparks appeared in the eyes of these people named Zhu, and they wanted to rush upstairs to see what was going on.
At this time, Lao Zhu also let out a few dry coughs, reminding these Zhu family descendants to attend class seriously.
Classroom atmosphere.
As the door of another room on the second floor closed, it began to gradually return to its original atmosphere.
"Brother, what did Huang Taiji do after he succeeded to the throne?"
Ask in one word.
Only then did everyone's attention return to the topic being discussed in the classroom.
Ji Boying glanced at Lao Zhu.
at the same time.
In his eyes, the scene in the room of Li Er, Li Zhi, and Wu Zhao, a trio with a chaotic relationship between father, son, and parents-in-law was projected.
Of course, only Ji Boying can see this projection.
While watching the changing moves of this chaotic trio, he answered Lao Zhu's questions.
Statement in advance.
I, Ji Boying, am definitely not interested in those scandalous things. I am just taking a responsible attitude and taking responsibility for the safety of these three people. After all, they were all selected by me.
"Fuck!"
Subconsciously.
When he saw the actions of the three people behind the closed door, Ji Boying was startled, and he couldn't help but let out a cry of national essence.
This made Lao Zhu, who had just asked the question, be stunned. The other emperors and princes also showed doubts, and then they all frowned. They had never seen the immortal master so pale.
"No problem."
Ji Boying coughed dryly. He was just surprised by the actions of the father, son and parents-in-law.
Taking a deep breath and forcing down the mood of eating melon, Ji Boying tried his best to maintain his original seriousness.
“It’s not scary to have slaves, but it’s to be civilized.”
"And Huang Taiji is the educated slave."
The immortal master finished speaking.
All the emperors and princes present frowned, especially those emperors like Emperor Taichang who lacked cultural knowledge, and they all felt anxious.
No one said anything, they all held their breath and listened carefully to the immortal master's words.
"Let me briefly tell you what Huang Taiji did after he succeeded to the throne."
"Inwardly."
"First, the monarch centralized power. He first established eight ministers to co-manage the country's affairs, thereby weakening the power of the Baylors to co-manage the country's affairs. Later, he followed the example of the Ming Dynasty and established six ministers. At the same time, the titles of the other three Baylors were subtracted, so that one person could dominate the state completely."
"Second, emphasizing the unity of Manchu and Han people, legislating to protect the interests of non-Manchu people, and setting up Mongolian flags and Han flags in addition to the eight Manchurian flags to alleviate domestic ethnic conflicts, while vigorously developing agriculture and promoting commerce, which means Huang Taiji The concept is not that of one tribe in one place, but a complete means of governing the country."
"Third, improve the country's internal affairs institutions, establish three internal academies, analogous to the Ming Dynasty cabinet, then establish the Lifan Yuan to handle Mongolian and Han affairs, set up the Metropolitan Procuratorate to supervise hundreds of officials and eight banners, and combine the six departments to collectively be called the Eight Yamen, and then fulfill the throne of the emperor and rule the country The name 'Great Qing' means that the Great Qing Dynasty under the rule of Huang Taiji has completely completed the transformation from a nomadic tribe to a national political system."
Hearing this, Old Zhu Abiao, Old Zhu Di and others frowned tightly, and their expressions were somewhat solemn.
At this moment, they finally understood why the immortal master just said that Huang Taiji was stronger than Nurhachi.
Nurhachi founded the Jurchen regime, and Huang Taiji was the leader who completely evolved the tribal regime into a national regime.
This group of slaves was finally able to successfully take over the Central Plains and enjoy three hundred years of imperial rule because someone laid the foundation.
If Huang Taiji hadn't laid the foundation for this operation, the Jurchen's upper limit would be expanded.
The future of this group of Jurchen slaves will most likely only develop to a limit, then begin to enter a period of stagnation, and then gradually regress and perish.
After all, with the size of this group of Jurchen slaves, excluding the elderly and children in the clan, they can only fight a few people, and it is impossible for them to expand like Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan did.
To know.
Even the Mongols, after taking over the Central Plains and ruling the Central Plains for nearly a hundred years, still did not understand how to govern the country. Even at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, they still used the 'four-class system' to divide people at the national level. At this level, it would be strange if these social contradictions did not pile up and explode.
and.
The power system of nomadic tribes has always been confused and scattered, unsystematic, and full of barbarism and sloppiness.
This is also the reason why, such as the powerful Wala when Ye Xian was alive, the entire Wala weakened rapidly after Ye Xian died.
However, with the rise of Huang Taiji, this loose power system was swept away, all power was returned to the hands of the monarch, and a unified centralized power system was established.
This marked the disappearance of a loose nomadic tribe, replaced by the prototype of a dynasty that later became the Qing Dynasty.
"The points I just talked about are internal."
"Then, it's external."
Ji Boying glanced at the group of emperors and princes whose brows were getting tighter and tighter.
He didn't admire Huang Taiji that much.
From the bottom of his heart, as a Han Chinese, Ji Boying had no sympathy at all for any money braid. If possible, he would even hope that these braids would disappear from the face of the earth.
But, facts are facts.
Historically, it was precisely because of the emergence and succession of Huang Taiji that this group of Jurchen slaves had unlimited possibilities. Otherwise, with the size of the Jurchen slaves, the Ming Dynasty would have been able to establish slaves and consume them to death.
"First, Huang Taiji suppressed North Korea with his troops and forced North Korea to surrender to the Qing Dynasty."
"Second, he unified Monnan Mongolia, treated him with kindness and power, and married two Mongolian wives one after another."
"Third, formulate a grand unification strategy. The first step is to unify Liaodong, the second step is to expand to the north of the Yellow River, and the third step is to take control of the Central Plains."
So much for words.
Lao Zhu and the others finally couldn't sit still in their seats.
Especially Lao Zhu, the three Zhu Di, and Wu Zong, who had profound attainments in grand strategy, all had a hint of urgency in their eyes.
These three sentences may seem ordinary, but they directly poke the lifeblood of Ming Dynasty.
In the northern border of the Apocalypse Ming Dynasty, there are Mongolia, Jiannu, and North Korea. These three foreign races exist. After the Guanningjin defense line is built, combined with Monan Mongolia and North Korea, they can form an extremely effective pincer attack on Jiannu.
The Jurchen Jin Kingdom, which established slaves, could not produce and sell its own products. If these slaves wanted to survive, they had to get supplies from outside. Once a complete blockade was formed, they would starve to death. .
Under the long-term confrontation, which will take ten or eight years, Jiannu will inevitably fall into decline. At that time, he will attack from three sides and annihilate him in one fell swoop.
But once North Korea and Monan Mongolia were captured by the slaves, the situation became completely different.
Strategically, Ming Dynasty will become completely passive.
North Korea was the east gate of the Ming Dynasty. Originally, the Ming Dynasty could send troops from North Korea to restrain the Ming slaves.
Monan Mongolia could provide the Jiannu with an opportunity to bypass Shanhaiguan and directly attack the capital of the Ming Dynasty.
"If I were Huang Taiji, once I captured Monongolia, I would definitely use a road to bypass Shanhaiguan and give Shuntian a fatal blow."
"Victory in a dangerous situation."
Old Zhu Di took a deep breath and said in a solemn voice.
When Zhu Laosi heard this, he also nodded.
They are familiar with this job.
During the Jingnan period, Zhu Di was blocked outside Jinan City by Sheng Yong. In the end, he could only grit his teeth and lead his troops to bypass Jinan City and rush to Yingtian for thousands of miles. If he failed, he would be benevolent.
In fact, the same is true for Huang Taiji, who just succeeded to the throne.
Huang Taiji's situation and pressure were no worse than those of Zhu Di who was blocked at the gate of Jinan City.
A group that is expanding at a rapid pace will definitely fall into collapse once its progress is stagnant for too long. This is the case with the Jin Kingdom that Huang Taiji took over. With Liaodong being blocked by the Guan-Ningjin defense line, the Jiannu strength could not be further improved. expansion.
Once this situation continues, it will definitely have a fatal blow to Huang Taiji's rule, so Huang Taiji will definitely choose to fight and achieve results, even if the risks are high.
Ji Boying glanced at Lao Zhu Di and Zhu Laosi, and nodded slightly.
"After Huang Taiji succeeded to the throne, he marched into Ningyuan the following year and suffered another setback."
"Therefore."
"A few years later, he chose to bypass the Guanningjin defense line and led an army of 100,000 to raid the fragile passes of Longjing Pass and Da'ankou in the Jizhen defense zone of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty. He broke through the wall and entered the fort, attacked Shuntian, and came to the capital, burning, killing, and looting. Sheji Overturned day and night, the Qinwang armies from all over the Ming Dynasty rushed back to support."
"This is what happened at the end of the Ming Dynasty."
After Ji Boying finished speaking, his eyes swept over the group of emperors and princes.
Everyone listened with special solemnity, especially Emperor Tianqi. After all, this had only happened in the past few years for Emperor Tianqi.
Whether it is for Ming Dynasty, Huang Taiji, or many, many people, this change is a turning point in fate.
Before the Jisi Incident, Huang Taiji was basically out of breath, with great economic, social, and military pressures. However, after the Jisi Incident, Huang Taiji had completely completed the turnaround of the war.
"Regarding this recent change, and even the successive losses of North Korea and Monan Mongolia, including the death of Mao Wenlong, who used 30,000 strong soldiers to contain the Jin army on the Phi Island behind Jiannu."
'Mao Wenlong is dead? ! '
Emperor Tianqi couldn't help but frowned when he heard this. This was a powerful nail that penetrated the Jin Army. He was an out-and-out fierce man. He dared to break into the rear of the Jin Army with more than two hundred people.
In order to reward Mao Wenlong and allow him to continue his efforts, Emperor Tianqi directly gave Mao Wenlong the rank of Zuo Governor of the first rank.
'How did you die? '
When he was confused, Emperor Tianqi looked at the immortal master on the podium, because the immortal master had not finished speaking yet.
"All of this is an endless mystery in one person."
"This person was the governor of Jiliao in the Ming Dynasty at that time, and he also oversaw the military affairs of Deng, Lai, and Tianjin."
At this point, Ji Boying turned around and picked up the pen on the shelf.
On the rice paper, a name was written: Yuan Chonghuan.
This name is unfamiliar to everyone except Emperor Tianqi.
There is a poem from later generations that goes like this: After five years of peace and discussion in the Liao Dynasty, Wenlong was killed privately; he flattered and gave birth to the Eunuch Wei, and the unparalleled hero Governor Yuan.
Yuandudu this guy.
After all, he was a national hero with great brilliance and loyalty who wrote a special book in the history of Ming Dynasty.
Or is it that Yang Kou has lost his self-respect?
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PS: The weather is getting colder, brothers, please pay attention to your health. If I don't pay attention, I will get dizzy and catch a cold.
(End of chapter)
