Li Shimin's position was unfair, and this was only on the surface.
The reason why those who oppose him oppose him is that he wants to regain power.
If an emperor wants to make a difference, he must concentrate power in his hands. Only in this way can he do things and get things done.
However, at this time, most of the power and interests of the Tang Dynasty were in the hands of the traditional Guandong group and the Guanlong military aristocratic group.
The Li family, to put it bluntly, is just one of the shareholders of the Guanlong Military Aristocratic Group.
Even Li Er failed to fully inherit these shares.
After the Xuanwu Gate Incident, Li Er seemingly generously pardoned the subordinates of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji. The root cause was the power of these princes and the King of Qi, and they were also part of the Li family's shares.
He is gathering the strength that belongs to the Li family.
The Kanto Group is headed by the Five Surnames and Qi Wang. These families can even go up to the Three Kingdoms era, and they are undoubtedly opposed to any emperor who concentrates imperial power.
Because concentrating imperial power means taking away benefits from them.
There are so many dynasties and so many emperors that have failed to accomplish things. Why should you, Li Er, do it? Of course you must oppose confrontation.
This is the traditional dispute between the court and the local government, which has been the case for thousands of years.
As for the Guanlong Military Group, Li Er didn't know much. His real core strength is those tough men who were promoted from the lowest level and came out of the mansion of General Tiance.
Du Ruhui was born as a county lieutenant, Yuchi Jingde was born in the militia, Cheng Yaojin was born in a local regiment, Hou Junji was born as a gangster, Qin Qiong was born as an elder who shared the spoils, and Changsun Wuji was born in a down-and-out nobleman who was kicked out of his family. , Shi Wanbao is the hero of Chang'an
He was born as the leader of a dynamic group, Liu Hongji was born as a street gangster, etc.
Li Er's start was difficult. It was definitely not the wild start he imagined.
It is precisely because he made great achievements that will go down in history under such a difficult environment that he is qualified to be compared with Emperor Qin and Han Wu.
Li Er knew very well what the greatest advantage of being an emperor was, and that was the reputation of righteousness.
By borrowing the name of Dayi, he can do many, many things.
Now, by offering sacrifices to heaven and praying for rain, you can greatly strengthen your righteousness.
He had already dealt a harsh blow when he was exterminating the locusts. This time, he wanted to kill a few people through this matter and give a severe blow to the voices that opposed him.
All of this doesn't matter to Li Yunze, because he is very relaxed in this world and just wants to be the financial backer behind the scenes.
What a great sponsor. You don't have to go to the front desk to do anything, and the benefits are definitely there.
In a field outside Chang'an City, Li Yunze was playing with the artificial rainfall system.
Of course he doesn't expect God to spit on him, he expects the power of science.
Li Yunze didn't want to trample on the fields, and wanted to find an open place, but outside Chang'an City, there were either villages or farmland, so there was no open space anywhere.
There is no other way but to pay the local people and borrow their fields.
"This account must be recorded on the emperor's head."
After leading Zuo Hong and others to prepare the artificial rainfall system, Li Yunze wiped the sweat from his forehead and asked, "Write it down in the account book."
"Wei Wei."
After finishing the preparations, Li Yunze squatted on the ridge of the field and smoked leisurely. Zuo Hong also took a cigarette and squatted aside with a smile and inhaled the second-hand smoke vigorously.
"As for that?" Li Yunze simply took out the cigarette case and stuffed the whole pack into him. "Smoke!"
In an era when materials are scarce, for ordinary people, all materials are precious and scarce.
Zuo Hong likes tobacco that can make him feel calm and refreshed, and naturally he cherishes it very much.
The two of them just squatted on the ridge of the field and chatted about a lot of nonsense.
Waiting until the sun was getting brighter, a group of knights came galloping from the direction of Chang'an City. The leader came to the edge of the field, dismounted, and showed the token in his hand to Li Yunze, "Your Majesty has ordered that the auspicious time has arrived. .”
"Um."
After stubbing out his cigarette, Li Yunze patted his butt and stood up and walked towards the artificial rainfall system.
In the distance, many local people were watching curiously.
After looking at the sky, Li Yunze, who had been able to determine the time by the position of the sun and the length of its shadow after staying in ancient times for so long, turned on the device.
'Everything~~~'
Amidst the thunderous sound, rain-enhancing bombs filled with dry ice and other chemicals roared into the sky and exploded in the thick clouds.
These chemicals mainly act as a primer and can form a chain reaction and scale as soon as it starts raining.
Of course, this is directly related to the thickness of the clouds.
Li Er, who was reciting prayers to worship the heaven on the altar in the city, suddenly felt a slight chill on his face.
Subconsciously looking up, a series of raindrops were already falling from the sky.
A smile appeared on his face, he retracted his mind to finish the last few words, and then threw the prayer in his hand into the brazier in front of him.
Through the flickering firelight, he saw several shaky figures and immediately sneered.
Those unlucky people who oppose the emperor, say that the emperor is immoral, and fight with the emperor by offering sacrifices to the sky to pray for rain will surely be doomed when the heavy rain falls.
Although the rainfall was not widespread, it only fell in and around Chang'an City.
Moreover, the rainfall does not last long, only one or two hours at most.
But its influence is huge.
The emperor's prestige and righteousness have been unprecedentedly strengthened. This is affirmation from God.
The few unlucky ones who opposed the emperor the most fiercely either lost their lives or were deprived of everything and driven out of Chang'an City.
Li Er was busy in the court for a long time and after solving many things, he remembered the strange man Li Yunze.
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Li Er, who was in a good mood, left the city again and went to Lijiazhuang.
But this time when I came to Lijiazhuang, I heard a scary and strange rumbling sound, and then I saw an orange monster.
It was a monster with a huge body and a long neck. It roared so loudly that the horse under its crotch kept neighing.
"His Majesty."
Wu Yan from Baiqisi hurriedly ran over and reported, "Zhuang Master Li brought out a machine beast, and the momentum was astonishing and terrifying."
"Machine beast?" Li Er, who squinted his eyes, carefully looked at the excavator in the distance. It was something he had never seen before, and it was also a power he had never seen before!
The huge bucket fell into the field and took away a lot of soil as soon as it was dug. Then the crane rotated and piled a lot of soil on the nearby field ridge.
Looking at the incomprehensible scene in front of him, Li Er felt his chest was tight, and an unspeakable feeling swept through his body.
After waiting until the machine beast over there stopped and saw Li Yunze jumping out of the machine beast with his own eyes, Li Er let out a long sigh of relief.
The unknown is always the greatest source of fear for human beings.
Seeing Li Yunze saying something to Zuo Hong, Li Er forced down the fear in his heart, got off his horse and walked over.
"...There are no traffic regulations here, so you don't have to worry too much. Just keep your mind steady and you will be able to operate smoothly..."
Zuo Hong, who was listening carefully, suddenly saw the emperor approaching and hurriedly saluted.
Li Yunze turned around and looked at Li Er, "Here?"
"Um."
Li Er, who put his hands behind his back and didn't want Li Yunze to see his trembling hands, paused and looked at the huge machine beast in front of him, "What is this?"
Li Yunze’s answer was very clean and concise: “Tools.”
"tool?"
"Tools for working." Li Yunze spread his hands, "It's the same as a hammer, axe, and saw. It's a tool for working."
Li Er looked at the machine beast carefully, and then carefully thought about the hammers and axes he had seen, but he couldn't combine them into one anyway.
"This is for digging holes." Li Yunze explained at least a few sentences. "I am going to build a fish pond here to raise fish. It would be too slow to dig it manually. Using this thing can improve work efficiency on a large scale."
After saying that, he kicked Zuo Hong and signaled him to get up, "Now I am teaching the apprentice. When he is brought out, he can teach more people how to operate."
Swallowing hard, Li Er asked in a deep voice, "How many more do you have? I want them all."
He is not an emperor who is better than a woman's hands, he is an emperor who can truly run through the world on horseback.
Just after watching it for a while, looking at the amount of earth excavated with a random shovel, I understood that the work efficiency of this machine beast was so high that it was simply unparalleled.
"This thing is very expensive." Li Yunze sighed and shook his head. "And it requires professionals to operate, maintenance, and fuel. In short, it is very expensive. Datang is currently in financial difficulty, so I suggest you rent it."
"rent?"
Li Er was very surprised: "Can such a magical thing be rented?"
"How many excavators are waiting for work." Li Yunze said with a smile, "Let me make a suggestion. Your Majesty can do some court projects, such as digging the Grand Canal and so on. Make sure it is done quickly and of high quality. Good again.”
Li Er smiled bitterly and shook his head, "You may not know that Yang Guang of the previous dynasty exhausted all the people's power to dig the Grand Canal, which ultimately led to the country's collapse..."
"No civilian effort is needed." Li Yunze patted the excavator next to him. "One of these things can support hundreds of manpower. This is the power of science."
"science..."
This time he came to Lijiazhuang and saw the machine beast, which gave Li Er a huge shock.
He has never seen anything so terrifying in his entire life.
"One machine can support hundreds of manpower...science..."
Back in the palace, Li Er's head was still groggy.
"Your Majesty." Empress Changsun brought a bowl of lotus seed and white fungus soup and placed it in front of Li Er. She called several times but got no response, so she couldn't help but call again and again.
"Ah." Li Er came back to his senses and smiled immediately when he saw his eldest grandson, "I'm a little lost."
"Why is your Majesty so distracted?"
Li Er didn't hide anything and immediately told what happened today.
The eldest grandson thought for a moment and then said, "Such a strange man must stay in the Tang Dynasty."
As soon as these words came out, Li Er was suddenly shocked.
Yes, I have always taken it for granted, but if this person goes to Turks...
Thinking of this, Li Er immediately stood up and walked around, "We must keep him! But how can we keep him..."
"Your Majesty." The eldest grandson said with a slight smile, "I heard that this person is alone? Some time ago, Li Baiyao from Zhongshushe said that there were too many maids in the palace, and asked Your Majesty to send out maids?"
Hearing this, Li Er's eyes lit up immediately.
He laughed and held his eldest grandson's hand, "The queen is really my good wife!"
