Tang Dynasty, Silla Prefecture, Pyongyang City, August 1st.
As early as the day before, a temporary altar was set up outside Pyongyang City. The ceremony here was simpler, and of course His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Li Chengqian presided over it.
The entire people around Pyongyang City, as well as the 150,000 troops stationed here by the Tang Dynasty, gathered here early in the morning on August 1st and formed a circle around the entire temporary altar.
The messenger soldiers arranged in the middle will deliver the speech of Li Chengqian who presided over the ceremony to all directions.
Li Shiji and others naturally witnessed the entire ceremony under the altar.
In the early morning, after the sun fully rises, the heaven-sacrifice ceremony outside Pyongyang officially begins.
Li Chengqian changed into a brand new black and red prince costume, but it was not a prince costume.
On the altar, after first offering sacrifices to heaven and earth according to traditional rituals, Li Chengqian stood up straight, looked at the Tang soldiers and Tang people in various areas below, and spoke.
"Soldiers and common people of the Tang Dynasty."
"I am Li Chengqian, the current crown prince of the Tang Dynasty. Although I am the crown prince, I have been very ashamed in the past few years."
"Because in the ninth year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty, which is also the 20th year of the Tang Dynasty, seven years have passed since the Tang Dynasty began to reform under the leadership of the current King of Qin. In seven years, the land area of the Tang Dynasty has expanded several times. Tang’s tax revenue increased fivefold, and its population increased by nearly 10 million.”
"In addition, due to the reform of the military system in the Tang Dynasty, the food reserves have increased at least ten times compared to before. And now, according to statistics from the Statistics Department of the Tang Dynasty, everyone in the Tang Dynasty can now have enough to eat!"
"But during these seven years of reform, as the prince, I, Li Chengqian, have hardly made any contributions to the Tang Dynasty. Apart from that, not only have I not made any contributions, I have tried hard to make myself Study and try to keep up with the pace of Datang’s current reforms.”
"But unfortunately, my own personal abilities are limited, which means that my learning progress is still unable to keep up with the pace of changes in Datang."
"His Royal Highness Li Ke, King Qin of the Tang Dynasty, as everyone knows, once told me that as long as a country is not progressing, it means that it is regressing."
"Now the Imperial Family of the Tang Dynasty not only carries the Royal Family of the Tang Dynasty, but also includes the 44 million people of the Tang Dynasty, which currently covers a total land area of 37.8 million square kilometers!"
"He said that our royal family not only lives for ourselves, but also takes responsibility for the 44 million people!"
Li Chengqian's tone was very exciting, and the soldiers who conveyed his words loudly conveyed his words to all directions to ensure that everyone could hear them.
Li Shiji, Li Daozong and others below all had strange expressions. Of course, they also had shock on their faces, because His Highness the Crown Prince's words were wrong no matter how I heard them!
There is obviously something wrong here!
But soon, Li Chengqian directly told them all what the answer was!
"So, after seven years of study, during these seven years, I have confirmed that I cannot bear the fate of more than 40 million people in the Tang Dynasty. I do not have the ability."
"So before arriving in Liaodong this time, I have officially stated to my father that from today on, I, Li Chengqian, will officially give up my position as the crown prince! From today on, I will be an ordinary prince!" Li Chengqian shouted loudly He spoke.
Following Li Chengqian's words, Li Daozong and others below took a deep breath, and the people around them all exclaimed. As for the soldiers, it was because of the military discipline of the Tang Army. Although all the soldiers had a look on their faces, The faces were shocked, but no one spoke.
Li Daozong and the others looked at each other. They had roughly guessed something when Li Chengqian spoke before, but when Li Chengqian actually said this, they still couldn't contain their shock.
His Highness the Crown Prince voluntarily gave up his position as Crown Prince? Thinking about Li Tai and other princes who shunned the position of prince in the court, who is this position reserved for? Do you still need to ask?
The problem is... His Highness the King of Qin was the one who started to avoid the snake and scorpion. Even if His Majesty made His Highness the Prince of Qin, His Highness the King of Qin would not accept it.
With His Highness the King of Qin's character, I am afraid that if you don't give up your choice on the spot and avoid him directly, they all know His Highness the King of Qin too well, and His Highness the King of Qin will definitely do such a thing.
This... If His Highness the King of Qin just gives up his job, then the situation in the Tang Dynasty... They all have some worries. Oh no, what His Highness the Crown Prince said just now, oh no, what His Highness the Eldest Prince said just now makes sense.
Now the situation in the Tang Dynasty is constantly advancing and running wildly, and it is really not just ordinary people who can handle such a situation. It can be said that in the world, other people without His Highness King Qin may not be able to take over this matter.
Even His Majesty found it difficult to take over.
If it weren't for the indispensability of His Highness King Qin, why do you think the censors, courtiers, etc. in the current court would allow this situation in the Tang Dynasty?
The non-prince supervises the country, and it only lasts for such a long time, and many of his rights are almost equivalent to those of His Majesty.
If this had been done in the past, Duke Zheng and Wei Zheng would have been impeached even if they were killed on a bamboo tree.
But because the Tang Dynasty progressed so fast, regardless of its land area, population, or various reform measures, His Highness the King of Qin became indispensable, so these courtiers acquiesced.
Because they and their families have realized the benefits of Datang becoming stronger and stronger, this is the current situation of Datang.
And His Highness the eldest prince voluntarily gave up his position as prince, what should he do?
However, while they were worried here, Li Chengqian, who was standing on the altar, took out an imperial edict from his arms.
"Now, I will read an imperial edict on behalf of my father."
"This imperial edict took my father several months to write, because it is not just a copy. Today it will be read out in all counties and cities in the Tang Dynasty." Li Chengqian took the imperial edict in his hand out.
Of course he knew what was in this edict, but he knew that no one in the world could imagine it.
Li Shiji and the others were stunned for a moment, and then they all suddenly realized, yes, how could someone like His Majesty not expect that His Highness King Qin would give up his choice.
This obviously prepared the imperial decree in advance. In other words, His Majesty may just take this opportunity to announce that His Royal Highness King Qin will be crowned prince.
Moreover, the whole world is united, and His Majesty has considered everything carefully. This is directly to create an established fact, leaving His Highness King Qin with no place to run.
Li Shiji and others all thought that they had seen through His Majesty's arrangement.
