Chapter 59: All members took leave and did not attend the court. After learning about the history, they broke down the defense!
[Wow, workers have waited so long for this day!]
[Don't worry, boss. You don't have to do your work, but we are well prepared for any bad things. We have prepared everything and have been waiting for today!
Beat the gongs and drums to joyfully send the Tang Dynasty officials to hell!
Li Shimin:? Ah, that’s not necessary…
Li Shimin said that the salary this time was not as high as before, but everyone said that they would do bad things even if they had to pay for it, so they had to do this job well!
So soon Li Shimin went back to find his wife with satisfaction.
The next day he went to the morning court early.
He is created by this group of modern people all day long, and this time everyone is finally like him.
Li Shimin was just waiting to see the civil and military officials praising his wisdom and bravery today, but after waiting for a long time, when a few workers, munching on fried dough sticks, punched in to enter the court on time, the entire court was empty.
Only the modern workers and Li Shimin looked at each other in confusion.
"What the hell is going on? Your Majesty, is today a day off?
Damn, I didn't know that?"
"Oh no! I woke up early all day for nothing! I'm so out of luck!"
Li Shimin was also shocked, but he soon learned from the eunuch that Guo Ziyi had a headache and asked for leave from the morning court.
"Is it that serious? You can't even get up?
Send a doctor to take a look."
Soon Li Shimin learned that Li Guangbi, Li Siye, Zhang Xun and others all had headaches.
Before he could ask modern people whether this dream had any side effects, leave requests from Li Mi, Yan Zhenqing, Li Bai, Du Fu and others were also delivered.
They said they had heart palpitations and were all in great pain.
So throughout the morning court, no one from the Tang Dynasty showed up...
【Hahahahahahaha, this is a collective breakdown of the defense, right?】
"Forget it, in that case, let them rest for a day."
As a good boss in China, Li Shimin was very considerate of his subordinates.
Since he had nothing to do when he got up early, he simply asked Lei Haiqing to come over and play music for him.
"Your Majesty, Master Lei has also taken leave today, saying that his limbs are aching..."
[Ah, this, I remember that after the fall of Chang'an City, the rebels entered the palace and asked Lei Haiqing to play. After he refused, he was dismembered.
So now, maybe it's phantom pain in the limbs? 】
"Did I go too far?"
Li Shimin was a little annoyed, but the modern workers quickly persuaded him:
"No, no, we usually do this to create Erfeng Dada!
Boss, aren't you still standing here strong and healthy? "
[That's right, I can only say that they are too fragile. I just need to create more of them from time to time...]
Li Shimin: ...
Li Shimin was angry at the court officials for criticizing him every day, but he was also a little worried. He felt that he had gotten out of hand and wanted to go and comfort everyone.
But he was persuaded by Wen Yuping and others.
"Your Majesty, at this point you should just let them emo on their own. If you're really worried, we can go check it out."
Modern workers are very curious about what everyone has become, so they rush to watch the fun.
As a result, no one answered when they knocked on the door, which meant that no one was at home.
Where have you all gone so early in the morning?
It turned out that at this time, Li Siye, Li Guangbi and others were still dark in the morning. After staying at home for a long time, they all went to knock on Guo Ziyi's door.
The generals gathered in the hall of his house, their eyes all red.
Li Siye picked up the wine jar and gulped down half of it:
"I'm not afraid of you laughing at me. I had a strange dream last night."
"I had a dream too!"
“But I felt like it was both a dream and not a dream, as if it had happened before.
Is this what they mean by Zhuang Zhou dreaming of a butterfly, or the butterfly dreaming of Zhuang Zhou?
When they got to this point, everyone looked at each other, and then asked each other what they had dreamed about.
Cheng Qianli couldn't help it and said sadly:
"I dreamed that the bandit An Lushan broke into Chang'an. That year, I was captured under the walls of Taiyuan and then killed by the rebels!"
In that dream, when he was climbing up the city wall, the rope happened to break. He fell down and shouted to the soldiers inside the wall to defend Taiyuan and not to worry about him.
The grief and resentment I felt at that time were nothing like a dream. Even after waking up, the feeling lingered in my heart for a long time, and the depression was difficult to resolve.
"You're so lucky, aren't you?
He died so early.”
Cheng Qianli glared at everyone, but found that everyone else agreed with Li Guangbi's words.
"No, what do you mean?
How can dying early be considered lucky? What happened afterwards? "
later?
No one wants to talk about what happened later!
Especially the Battle of Mangshan and the Battle of Yecheng, the originally good situation was ruined by Li Heng and Yu Chaoen!
Then, the An Lushan Rebellion raged for eight years, each year becoming worse. They watched helplessly as the Tang Dynasty declined and the people suffered more and more misery. They wanted to kill the rebels, but were repeatedly hindered by various circumstances.
Li Siye drank alone, thinking about how he was hit by a stray arrow in the Battle of Yecheng and eventually died from the infection and rupture of the wound.
At the time, he was lying in the military camp, seriously injured. When he heard the horn outside, he suddenly woke up from his daze, picked up his Mo Dao and shouted, "Kill the bandits!" But he never stood up again...
"This must be the wound infection that Doctor Shen mentioned. I really have to thank Madam Shen!"
He was also shot by an arrow in Luoyang. If it weren't for penicillin, he might have died. It's really scary to think about it!
The generals who died in the battle all had expressions of regret on their faces. To Pugu Huai'en, Li Guangbi and others, it was so sad:
"You guys are so lucky!"
Pugu Huai'en couldn't even smile bitterly.
If possible, he would also like to die on the battlefield like Li Siye, and still have a reputation for loyalty to the emperor and patriotism!
Unlike him, he was eventually forced to rebel by the emperor's suspicion.
Li Yu is not like the current emperor. He does not have such a tolerant and generous mind, nor does he have the courage to suppress a group of military generals, nor does he have the ability to clearly distinguish between rewards and punishments.
He didn't want to rebel, but he had to. He fought for the Tang Dynasty on the battlefield for decades, but in the end he was labeled a traitor.
He was at a loss until his death. People say that death can be lighter than a feather or heavier than Mount Tai, but he didn't know why he lived or why he died until his death.
What is the meaning of his family’s sacrifice and his life’s hard work?
Having said that, Li Guangbi felt that he was luckier than Pugu Huai'en, but how luckier was he?
The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty was forced to flee Chang'an by the Tubo people. Of course he wanted to rescue him and drive the Tubo people out of the capital of the Tang Dynasty!
However, when the country was in danger, the eunuchs still played with power.
He knew that if he returned to the court, he would be murdered by them, so he could not move at all. He could only deploy his troops and pretend that he did not see or hear anything...
However, he always regretted his decision afterwards.
Later, because of this incident, the emperor became suspicious of him and stripped him of his military power, but what could he do?
He didn't know where to find the answer, nor did he know who to ask. He was depressed all day long, and eventually became depressed and died of vomiting blood.
"So after all, this guy had the best ending and the longest life?"
At this time, all the generals looked at Guo Ziyi!
This guy lived to be eighty-five years old, and had a good beginning and a good end!
His son even married a princess, and there was even a story about him getting drunk and beating a princess. Amidst the slander of eunuchs and the suspicion of military commanders by generations of monarchs, how could he have a good ending?
Old fox!
Everyone stared at Guo Ziyi, so jealous that they almost wanted to live in the lemon tree.
Only Guo Ziyi was also drinking at this time. Thinking of the Tang Dynasty that he had seen in his dream several decades later, he sighed:
"But how can you know that I'm tired too!"
I am tired both physically and mentally!
The court had just resolved the Anshi Rebellion when Tubo attacked again; a little later, Pugu Huai'en led his troops in rebellion and he had to put down the rebellion. He had to put out fires everywhere and find ways to save his own family's lives.
And who could bear to see the Tang Dynasty in such a precarious situation?
After all, the one who suffered the most was Zhang Xun, right?
He didn't even come here today, which shows that the blow was really big!
Guo Ziyi only realized today that if His Majesty Taizong was not around, the events that followed would have been so tragic. He couldn't help but sigh:
"Your Majesty is truly wise and powerful!"
"Yes, yes! Thanks to His Majesty, he is the Majesty he is today!"
The gap between one emperor and another is really huge!
All the generals sighed and cried for a long time, feeling deeply moved.
Then, Li Siye suddenly felt something was wrong and said:
"That's not right. In my dream, when His Majesty was still the Prince of Jianning, he was sentenced to death by the Emperor. How can this be..."
"What on earth is going on with this dream?
Why do our dreams all correspond to each other?"
"Even if the Prince of Jianning died like us, the difference between a person before and after can't be so great, right?"
No matter what, it is impossible for a person to suddenly wake up one day and become a good fighter, winning every time with a smaller force?
At this time, they were all dumbfounded, staring at each other in confusion. Guo Ziyi shook his head and said:
"I usually tell you to talk less and use your brains more, but now you're all dumbfounded, right?
That's because His Majesty is not the Prince of Jianning at all!"
"What? What on earth is going on?
"Guo Ziyi, you old fox, what do you know? Tell me now!"
“Need I say more?
Who else in the world could save the Tang Dynasty from its precarious state, and allow the people to live and work in peace and contentment, with less labor service?
After Guo Ziyi finished speaking, everyone's eyes widened!
...
"Your Majesty is truly a blessing to the Tang Dynasty and the nation!"
At this time, the literati were also drinking, but unlike the military generals, they were not holding their heads in grief. When they gathered together, they were all broken-hearted, with tears soaking their collars.
Li Bai thought about his dream last night, in which he wrote a poem to Prince Yong without knowing it, and was eventually convicted of treason and imprisoned.
Fortunately, he had many friends who pleaded for him, and he was finally sentenced to exile.
When he was granted amnesty by the imperial court and was able to return home to see his wife and children, he unfortunately died on the way, dying in a foreign land.
At that time, his youthful ambitions, whether to be an official or a knight, were no longer important.
In the end, he did not see the war being ended, nor did he hear about the execution of rebels like An Lushan, nor did he hope that the people would return to the prosperous Tang Dynasty during the Kaiyuan period.
"Brother Taibai, it's great that you still have hope before you die!"
Du Fu, who lived longer, felt even more sad.
Because he saw with his own eyes the miserable lives of the people after the Anshi Rebellion.
He still remembered in his dream that the roof of his hut was blown away, and rain dripped onto his bed in the middle of the night. His family shivered with cold and could not sleep all night...
The distress he felt in never being valued in his life was not even worth mentioning compared to the suffering of these people.
If Brother Taibai had lived until after the An-Shi Rebellion, I wonder if he would still be able to write such majestic and spirited poems?
He couldn't do it anymore anyway.
From then on, his writing no longer had the heroic spirit of "looking down on all the mountains", and only the hardships and hatreds of his life remained.
Among these civil servants, Yan Zhenqing was probably the one who lived the longest.
He lived to be seventy-five years old, but such a long life was not necessarily a good thing for him. Instead, it brought him a lot of torture and pain.
When eunuchs were in power, he was demoted to a local post for making suggestions and persuading others. After that, he watched the Tang Dynasty repeatedly fall into war and the people suffered, but he was powerless to do anything.
In the dream, emperors changed generation after generation, but until his death, the war in the Tang Dynasty had not subsided, and more and more military governors rebelled.
How could he not know that it was actually Lu Qi's idea that Dezong asked him to persuade the emperor to surrender? Because he had repeatedly made suggestions against Lu Qi, Lu Qi wanted to force him to die.
But he still held on to a glimmer of hope that the war could be quelled.
It's a pity that in the end he could only die heroically in front of the rebels, and he still couldn't use his life to bring peace to the Tang Dynasty.
Fortunately, Lu Qi has now turned to ashes along with the Fanyang Lu family, and it is impossible for him to become the prime minister and cause chaos in the court.
And His Majesty today will not demote him for impeaching others or giving advice.
It was the first time that Yan Zhenqing was drunk and disheveled so early in the morning, but he didn't care anymore. He looked at his colleague Li Mi, who also hadn't had time to comb his hair.
"Mr. Li, are you still submitting your resignation?"
This was the first time that Li Mi was so drunk that he could hardly walk.
As a Taoist, he devoted himself to practicing Taoism and pursuing immortality from beginning to end.
Therefore, after Your Majesty became emperor, he submitted his resignation several times, but Your Majesty always refused on the grounds that "I have just ascended the throne and the prime minister is resigning. I want to save face if I tell others about it."
But now...
The one in power now is His Majesty Taizong!
If his relatives and friends knew that he had resigned the position of prime minister bestowed upon him by Emperor Taizong, would even his servant want to beat him when he returned to the Taoist temple?
“Then let’s do it for a few more years!
After a few years when there are new people in the court, I will be able to leave."
Li Mi thought about the dream in which he had given advice to several generations of emperors but never served as an official in the court. Perhaps it was because he had already become disillusioned with the court at that time?
At that time, he told Li Heng that he did not seek official position or wealth, but only wanted to be able to sit on the emperor's lap.
Thinking about it now, I feel a little embarrassed.
After all, when I dreamed of the dilapidated Tang Dynasty decades later, and then looked at the present, with such precious things in front of us, who would remember the current emperor?
Among this group of collapsed literati, only Yuan Zai remained relatively calm.
After all, he was just crying because he became a powerful prime minister but did not die in glory and wealth. He felt regretful and missed the scene in his dream.
He came forward and asked:
"Wait, you guys didn't go to court today. What excuses are you giving?"
Yan Zhenqing, Li Bai and the others disliked Yuan Zai even more after their dream experience last night. They secretly distanced themselves from him, but they still politely answered every question.
"I said I had heart palpitations."
"I said I had angina."
"That's it, we're all talking about the same thing!"
Everyone was dumbfounded at this moment. Li Bai, Du Fu, Yan Zhenqing and others all looked at each other in bewilderment:
"So, apart from us, did everyone else go to court today?"
By the time everyone realized that no one was attending court, it was already too late.
Fortunately, His Majesty was tolerant and did not bother with them. It also happened to be a day off, so everyone gathered their minds and cheered up again.
Only Zhang Xun was truly broken through and stayed indoors for three days.
The same goes for Nan Jiyun, Xu Yuan and others.
The others also understood this, and even when they met them again, they looked at them with admiration.
How tragic was the battle of Suiyang City!
What firm faith and perseverance did the soldiers in Suiyang City have, that they managed to hold on for more than ten months despite running out of ammunition and food!
Fortunately, Your Majesty was here, and none of this happened!
Thinking of this, when he went to court again a few days later, the eyes of civil and military officials looking at Li Shimin changed.
Woo woo woo, this is their Emperor Taizong, the white moonlight of their Tang Dynasty, the god of all of them!
If they hadn't had a comparison, they wouldn't have known that some emperors could be so outrageous, and they wouldn't have known that the end of the An Lushan Rebellion wasn't a sign of rebirth, but rather the beginning of destruction...
All the officials looked at Li Shimin with stars in their eyes, almost wagging their tails like dogs.
It is impossible for them to say directly, "Your Majesty Taizong, your disguise has fallen off, so stop pretending." After all, no one can say such metaphysical prophecies openly, let alone write them in history.
But it is still okay to praise His Majesty Taizong as well.
"Your Majesty, with his wisdom and military prowess, is truly a sage ruler. Throughout the thousands of years of history, there have only been two sage rulers: Emperor Taizong Wen and Your Majesty!"
“Thinking about it now, how could the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, the Qin Emperor and the Han Emperor, compare to His Majesty Taizong and me, the current sage?
Such demeanor makes people throughout the ages ashamed!"
[Fuck, I can't stand this praise anymore, it's too much!]
[Enough, enough, you are too corny!]
Erfeng, stop pouting! Your tail is about to poke through the roof!
The modern workers were about to cover their ears after hearing this. But thinking about their already broken hearts, they reluctantly held back and said nothing.
Forget it, forget it, just give in considering how badly they were injured.
Yuan Zai was the one who praised the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, Qin Shi Huang and Han Wudi. After he finished praising them, he suddenly realized something was wrong.
Wait, I think I said before that the current emperor cannot compare to the former Taizong?
How many times before have you flattered someone and ended up hitting the horse's leg?!
It’s over, it’s over. He really can’t hope to become the prime minister again in this life!
Yuan Zai regretted it so much at this point that he wanted to slap himself in the face.
Li Mi thought about when he was in the palace with Prince Yan, and he questioned Emperor Taizong, "You are talking so big, I am afraid that Emperor Taizong would not say such nonsense."
Thinking about it now, it’s so embarrassing that my face hurts!
Cheng Qianli was so careless that he had long forgotten that he had praised the way His Majesty fought now was very similar to that of His Majesty Taizong in the past.
But Li Bai suddenly remembered that he had said at the foot of Jiexiu City that the Prince of Yan was able to capture Shi Siming alive because of the spirit of His Majesty Taizong in heaven...
I also asked myself at that time, they were all kneeling, why didn't the King of Yan kneel to his own ancestors?
Now Li Bai thought about it and felt so embarrassed that he almost scratched his toes through the palace floor...
Li Shimin was very happy to be praised today. Finally, no one compared him with his past self. The phoenix was very proud of being flattered and deliberately asked:
"So, did you really hear the shouting coming from Taiji Palace at night?"
All the civil and military officials were silent.
How can Your Majesty be unfilial? This is clearly Grandpa Taizu educating his grandson, how normal!
What's more, many military generals feel uncomfortable when they think about Li Longji and Li Heng now.
"Ah? I didn't hear anyone barking. It was clearly the husky your majesty raised that kept barking!"
"That's right, that Husky barks too much!
The howling doesn’t sound like a wolf or a dog, which could easily lead to misunderstandings…”
Your Majesty, please go and teach them a lesson. We officials will cover up for you!
Teach that good-for-nothing grandson a few more times. We don’t want to sue them anymore. Please beat him a few more times for us!
Li Shimin was very satisfied with this.
So at this time Lu Shuyuan immediately stood up and started talking about business.
Taking advantage of the fact that the civil and military officials were relatively weak today, the boss was very happy and suggested:
"Your Majesty, I suggest adding a female imperial examination! To select the best ladies from around the world to serve as court ladies!"
"impossible!
"Master Lu, what kind of joke are you making? Where have women ever taken the imperial examinations since ancient times?"
"That's right, and since she's a woman taking the imperial examination, how are you going to search her to verify her identity?
Men and women shouldn't touch each other, and if it gets out that they're sitting together for an exam, it's unbecoming!"
“No, don’t your minds turn around?
Since this is a women's exam, of course, men and women will answer the questions separately in different courtyards. As for body searches, they will be conducted by female officials and palace maids."
"Can't!
The fact that women can serve as officials in the court is just a special case made by His Majesty. If all women in the world could take the imperial examination, wouldn't they all neglect their families to study?
"A wife who is not virtuous and a daughter who is not filial, how can this be tolerated?"
[Oh my, so men also know that if women study for the imperial examinations, there will be no one to support their families and bear children, right?]
“After all, Master Yuan, do you think you are not good enough?
Do you think you men can’t compare to women in exams? You’re scared, right?
"Huh, who said I was scared?
We men have studied the sages' books for decades, so why would we be afraid of these women who have just changed their ways?
"Since you are not afraid, and you can rank ahead of women in the exams, why don't you allow women to take the imperial examinations?
Isn’t this inconsistent?”
After Lu Shuyuan finished speaking, Wen Yuping immediately stood up and echoed:
"That's right, in the final analysis you just can't do it."
No matter what excuses they come up with, the two of them just insist that you are not capable enough, you are afraid, and you Tang Dynasty men are not capable enough.
As a man, you can't say no. In the end, many men were really motivated to agree.
Li Shimin was also persuaded by Lu Shuyuan and others. After all, there were examples of these modern girls.
Secondly, as the top leader, what he needs more is people who can do things for him, rather than looking at gender.
However, even if he agreed, the officials still disagreed and finally set some restrictions.
For example, women could only take the imperial examinations in Chang'an City, and there was a limit on the number of women who could take the examinations.
But even so, it was a good start, and Lu Shuyuan did not argue further.
[Take it step by step, the customs and society will be changed slowly.
You have to know that in modern times, women have only been allowed to read for a hundred years!
[But just in these hundred years, look at how many contributions and inventions we women have made, and this does not include those that have been used by men as female crowns or deliberately omitted.
Thousands of years of patriarchal society are not as great as the development of the world in the past hundred years. Just think about it!
The girls in the library were all very excited when they knew that they would be able to take the imperial examination soon.
Although the men did not give them much time to prepare and it seemed very sudden, they did not complain at all. All they had was ambition and firm belief in their eyes.
However, Li Shimin's life was no longer so good.
After being praised for a few days, Li Shimin became arrogant again and wanted to go to hot springs and hunt to relax. However, the court officials' advice became more and more intense.
In the past, he was criticized for being unfilial or hunting, but now even if he ate beef stewed with potatoes in the palace, he would be criticized in the court.
Li Shimin: ………
[No, what's wrong with our Erfeng eating a piece of beef?
Although oxen were very important in ancient times, who among you nobles has not eaten beef?
Why are you pointing your finger at our Er Feng and cursing at us? Are you bullying the boss for having a good temper?
"No, why? Why am I being scolded even more harshly?"
The vests have clearly told them, what's wrong with these people?
[Hahaha, it’s because you are Emperor Taizong of Tang!
Everyone knows that you are emotionally stable and won't suddenly go crazy like Li Longji, so they are more courageous.
[Besides, Wei Zheng and others are famous in history, so everyone wants to use you to enhance their reputation!
Anyway, no matter what you do, some people will find fault with you and criticize you. Anyway, you won't lose anything, and you might even gain a good reputation!
[Everything is excessive. Normal suggestions are fine, but Erfeng, you can't let them pua you!]
[This is the first time I’ve seen a boss get so depressed after being scolded by his employees, and so pua-ed that he doesn’t even dare to eat beef…
So pitiful for the two phoenixes.]
"Your Majesty, these guys are really going a bit too far. Should we take over?"
"That's right, Your Majesty, you want to be a sage king, but the sages said that no one is perfect, and even Confucius was not perfect!
Let us modern workers educate these Tang Dynasty workers!"
Li Shimin then secretly shook off the attendant, making sure he couldn't catch up or hear, and then quietly asked:
"What do you want to do?"
"No more words, just fuck him!"
"Don't they like to troll you? Have they ever seen modern internet trolls?"
"Spray at my door, spray during court, and spray even while walking on the street. Your Majesty, which one do you want to choose?"
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