In the middle of the night, the heavy rain for many days actually stopped, and the night sky was as dark as ink, without stars or moon. The Tai Chi Palace in Nuoda was filled with lights, and the clean and bright pavilions and pavilions washed away by the rain, and the wall tiles and floor tiles were under the light.
It is bright and bright, set against the billowing dark clouds covering the night sky, and has a somewhat fantasy feel.
Fang Jun is staying in the palace tonight. After all, Yuchi Gong breaks into the Baqiao area. Now that the garrisons in various places in Guanzhong are ready to move, the situation is unstable. Li Chengqian always needs trusted people to counsel the military aircraft...
Around Xu time, Li Chengqian, who had finished handling military affairs, felt a little empty in his stomach, so he asked Fang Jun to see if he was asleep. When he learned that Fang Jun was reading in the side hall, he called him over to have dinner with him.
Fang Jun was very concerned about health preservation. He usually ate less for dinner, so he didn't eat much in the middle of the night. When the rain stopped, he suggested going out for a walk to relieve his hunger. Li Chengqian naturally agreed happily.
The night breeze after the rain was a bit chilly. After all, it was early autumn. The monarch and his minister each wore a cloak, and there was an eunuch on the left and right holding a lantern, walking in the Tai Chi Palace.
As they walked, they came to the vicinity of Tai Chi Hall, so the two of them climbed up the white marble steps in front of the hall, and came to the door of Tai Chi Hall. They turned around and saw the Chengtian Gate with a lantern burning.
You can have a panoramic view of the city, Zhuque Gate, Zhuque Street, and half of the neatly planned Chang'an City. You must have seen it during the day, but the Chang'an City at night looks more powerful and majestic.
The chamberlain fetched two horses, and the emperor and his ministers sat side by side at the end of the steps at the entrance of the Tai Chi Hall, overlooking the Chang'an City under the lights.
Li Chengqian took a panoramic view of the glorious and majestic city and asked: "To tell you the truth, I have been restless and restless since I came to the throne, for fear that I would not be able to manage this huge empire better and live up to the expectations of the people in the world."
He did not mention His Majesty Li Er, because His Majesty Li Er no longer believed that he could be a qualified emperor and manage this huge empire and the beautiful country more securely.
But in his heart, His Majesty Li Er's opinion was the sharpest thorn in his heart. He did not put it in words, but in his heart he cared about it very much. He wanted to be a sage monarch and pay tribute to his father.
It proved his ability and also proved that his father's view was wrong.
Fang Jun had already been immersed in this picture with a strong sense of history. After hearing this, he said slowly: "Actually, Your Majesty is not too persistent. This land is rich and beautiful, and this group of people are hardworking and simple. All they need is to give them a peaceful and peaceful life."
, you can re-establish a glorious civilization on the ruins, there is no need to worry about this. On the contrary, if your Majesty is persistent, if you fall into a nest, just let everything take its course."
Li Chengqian was silent for a while, and was a little curious: "When my father was here, you didn't seem to care much about power, fame, and wealth. Your various absurd behaviors were completely unlike those in the official career. It didn't matter whether you were promoted or dismissed. But why did you come to Guanlong?
During the mutiny, you uncharacteristically supported me fully, even at all costs? I know this is due to the friendship between you and me, but there must be other reasons."
In fact, whether he ascends to the throne or a pheasant slave ascends to the throne, it will not have much impact on a person like Fang Jun who has no pursuit of fame and power.
Just relying on past meritorious service, the foundation in the court, especially the status of the military flag, it is not difficult to enjoy wealth and wealth in peace and stability. Even if the pheasant slaves can't stand it, they don't dare to attack Fang Jun rashly...
I don't know when a cool breeze blew, and the dark clouds in the sky were blown up and drifted. After a while, they all dissipated, and the cold moonlight poured down, covering the large palace with a layer of light silver like frost and snow.
Halo.
Fang Jun looked at the scenery in front of him with some obsession, and said quietly: "If I say that this dynasty in the world has never existed for thousands of years, and will one day fall apart, will you, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, be unhappy?"
Li Chengqian thought for a while, nodded and said: "It's a bit uncomfortable, but it's not too unhappy. After all, this is the truth. The Qin Dynasty annexed the six countries, unified the rivers and mountains, cast the Nine Cauldrons to suppress the dragon veins of China; the strong Han Dynasty swept the world, and when it was extremely victorious, it was driven away
The Xiongnu hollowed out the Western Regions, drank from the vast sea of horses, and sealed the wolves as slaves; the former Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty swept away the haze in the troubled times, unified the nine states, and his achievements are also shocking in the past and the present... But in the end, not all prosperity and decline have disappeared.
?No matter how powerful the Tang Dynasty was, I am afraid it would not be able to escape this fate in the end."
The rise and fall of dynasties and the change of imperial power are like the cycle of four seasons and the alternation of day and night. Who in the world can stop it?
Fang Jun nodded, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he raised his hand and pointed at the lights of thousands of families and the magnificent city in the darkness in front of him: "No one can live forever, and no dynasty can last forever, but even if it is tens of thousands of years from now,
Countless dynasties are like the countless stars in the sky, but there will still be a few stars that can shine in the sky and be remembered by people. For example, the Qin Dynasty, the Han Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty. Future generations will always find characters belonging to a certain period of history in the history books.
In the shining place, I look at the brilliance created by our ancestors in the darkness and forge ahead, and I yearn for it. Since I was lucky enough to be born in the Tang Dynasty, my only dream in this life is to let
This dynasty is destined to make the dynasty that future generations admire and yearn for stronger and longer, eliminate internal friction as much as possible, and concentrate all the power of Chinese descendants to create a happier life."
Which descendant of the Yan and Huang Dynasties does not have a colorful, magnificent and glorious Han and Tang Dynasties in their hearts?
Whenever the Chinese nation falls into ruin, and the barbarian barbarians kill and bully at will on this land, people will miss the days when they once dominated the world and dominated the world. Those dynasties that looked at all directions will become a kind of belief and a spirit.
, supporting the descendants of Yan and Huang who are in danger to never give in and rise up to fight.
In the heart of every Chinese child, there is a Han and Tang Dynasty.
How many times in the middle of the night have I dreamed back, Fang Jun would regret and feel sad because the powerful Tang Dynasty fell into war and was eventually destroyed when it was at its peak. If the Tang Dynasty could last longer, it would surely be able to create a more glorious culture and make the people reborn.
Later it fell into the disaster of war.
During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, it was a dark age where smells were everywhere and clothes were in ruins. Fang Jun just wanted to prolong the life of the Tang Dynasty and let the dark age come later or not at all...
Li Chengqian tightened his cloak and understood what Fang Jun meant.
The "Xuanwumen Incident" achieved the unparalleled great achievements of His Majesty Li Er as the "Khan of Heaven" and ushered in the magnificent era of "Zhenguan's rule of the world", but it made a bad start for the Tang Dynasty. There is such a "reverse and usurpation"
Successful cases are there, and it will be difficult for successive generations of successors of the Tang Dynasty to securely ascend to power. Every change of imperial power will be accompanied by bloody storms, and the peak national power will also be exhausted in these civil wars again and again.
It was fine in the prosperous times, but once the national power declined, such a civil strife caused by imperial power would be enough to push the empire into a bottomless abyss...
And what Fang Jun did was to make the "Zongzu Succession" become the inheritance Zhengshuo again.
Li Chengqian also understood that in Fang Jun's eyes, it did not matter whether the emperor was wise or foolish. Military and state affairs must always be controlled by the ministers of civil and military affairs. The Political Affairs Hall and the Military Aircraft Department would become the highest authority of the empire. As for Emperor, it doesn't matter.
After all, as emperors are passed down from generation to generation, it is inevitable that there will be foolish and violent people. With just one foolish decision by such an incompetent emperor, it is possible to destroy the national strength accumulated by ancestors for decades or hundreds of years.
This is something people like Fang Jun cannot tolerate.
In their hearts, "the people are more important than the king." They are all loyal ministers, but they are loyal to the country, not the king.
As long as the country still exists, they don't care who is the king...
Thinking about it like this, I suddenly felt a little sad and lonely. I, the king, didn't seem to be that important, but Li Chengqian could understand.
He is self-aware. In terms of martial arts, he is not as good as Li Jing and Li Ji. In terms of political governance, he is not as good as Liu Jie and Ma Zhou. Whenever there is a problem in the country, his ideas and strategies are far inferior to those of the ministers in the court. In this case, if it remains the same If you cling to power, refuse to let it go, insist on going your own way when it comes to crisis, refuse to listen to advice, and even deliberately go against the grain in order to demonstrate the majesty of imperial power, then even if the Tang Dynasty will not be destroyed in your hands, it is destined to be riddled with holes. .
For a king like him who looks like a middle-class king, "governing from the top down" is the best way.
As for whether the imperial power will fall away in the future... If the descendants have the ability, they will naturally be able to wrest power away from the ministers. If they do not have the ability, then honestly "ruling by inaction" is the correct way to save lives...