The first thousand one hundred and twenty-six chapters are very dangerous when the emperor
The entire empire knew that the Holy Emperor was very busy every day. Almost every issue of the Tang Dynasty newspaper reported what meetings the Holy Emperor held and who he summoned. Judging from these reports, it can be almost concluded that
I came to the conclusion that the Holy Emperor was busy working twenty-four hours a day, busy seeking welfare for the empire and the people.
And is this true?
Of course not, Li Xuan is not a robot that does not need rest, and it is impossible for him to work continuously at high intensity.
In the early years before reunification, Li Xuan did not dare to be distracted. He was busy with government affairs every day, from morning to night, basically without interruption. Sometimes he would lead an army to conquer in person, and would stay there for several months.
After the unification, the pressure was not so great, and with the gradual improvement of various systems, Li Xuan no longer had to take everything into his hands as before.
Nowadays, he basically maintains the rhythm of working seven or eight hours a day, taking a day off every few days. Basically, he is similar to the office workers of later generations, who work from nine to five with two days off.
However, for an emperor, his work intensity is still considered to be very diligent among many emperors in history. Even though he cannot compare with workaholics such as Qin Shihuang and Zhu Yuanzhang, Li Xuan is not far behind.
To a certain extent, in fact, most of the founding emperors or some of the second and third generation emperors who experienced the war for hegemony were more diligent. This is not because they are born workaholics, but because they are more aware of the importance of things and know how to unify them.
The world is not easy, and we know even more clearly that there are countless people who want to rebel, so we must always be on guard.
However, except for the founding emperors, second-generation monarchs, and third-generation monarchs who experienced the war for unification and hegemony, or emperors who experienced re-restoration such as rebellions in the middle of the dynasty, most of the other emperors did not have such an awareness.
They will be blinded by the illusion that they are emperors and should rule the country by nature, and that everyone else should submit, and then hedonism will appear.
This is also an important reason why most emperors in history were not good birds!
Strictly speaking, Li Xuan was not the founding emperor of the Tang Empire. He was only the second generation emperor. The founding emperor was his father, Li Erbi, who was also Emperor Wu of the Tang Empire.
But almost the entire Tang Empire regarded Li Xuan as the actual founding emperor!
Even if the Tang Empire officials covered up and revised the empire's early history and praised Lear, one thing cannot be changed, that is, before Li Xuan came to the throne, the Tang Empire was already about to collapse.
There are only a few dozen subjects, and they are still on the run.
It was Li Xuan who led the imperial subjects to Huangzhushan, and then created the Huangzhushan era, which was of great significance in the history of the empire!
Although it is important to praise Lear, it is even more important to praise the current Holy Emperor!
Therefore, the history of Huangzhushan, Xingquanfu and other periods in the early history of the empire are all written down in great detail!
At the beginning of his accession to the throne, His Majesty led the army to personally conquer Shuilong Village and a series of wars, which were all recorded in official history. Of course, there was naturally a little artistic processing when recording.
As for the truth or falsehood, to be honest, except for Liu Bagou and a few other parties involved at the time, no one knows about it. And the few people who know will have these things buried deep in their hearts, because of the early
In history, it was not only the Holy Emperor Li Xuan, Liu Bagou, Qian Mengjiu and other ministers of Conglong in the Huangzhushan era who were beautified, they were also beautified.
In this case, no one will stand up and say:
"Who said that I fought hundreds of rounds with the puppet Ming thieves who were encircling and suppressing them? This is definitely a lie. I never fought with them at all. When faced with the Ming army's encirclement and suppression, I was obviously scared to the point of shit."
In fact, few people can tell clearly whether the early history is true or false. In a few decades, when all the older generations are dead, the only things that future generations know will be the official ones.
It’s history!
As for authenticity? Does that matter?
Such early history also resulted in Li Xuan's very special status. Although he was the second generation emperor, everyone who did not regard him as the second generation emperor regarded him as the founding emperor.
As a nominal second-generation emperor and the de facto founding emperor, Li Xuan naturally knew that even if he unified the whole of China, he still could not let go. He must hold power in his hands, otherwise he would also die miserably.
After all, the emperor is a very risky profession. I won’t go into details about it because it’s too long ago. I will only mention that Li Xuan’s father, Li Erbi, died at the hands of the Ming army. Emperor Zhengde of the Ming Dynasty was defeated and committed suicide by drinking poisoned wine.
Emperor Shaowu, the eldest son of Zhengde and the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty recognized by the Tang Dynasty, burned himself to death in the Jinluan Palace when Youzhou City was captured.
The third son of Zhengde, King Jing, also proclaimed himself emperor in Sichuan. Finally, when the Tang Dynasty king's army came to the city, his head was beheaded by his army as a capital of surrender.
The sixth son of Zhengde, King Hui, proclaimed himself emperor in Liaodong and finally fled to the Korean Peninsula. After the Tang Dynasty entered the Korean Peninsula, he committed suicide in Ryugyong City in despair!
None of the above-mentioned people died a happy death. Regardless of whether they were killed or committed suicide, they all had the same characteristic, that is, they died in defeat!
When an emperor, his empire collapses, there is absolutely no possibility of continuing to live, whether it is because others do not let him live or because his inner pride does not allow him to tolerate it.
When the emperor is so dangerous, Li Xuan is naturally unwilling to become one of the above-mentioned people.
So these years, Li Xuan is still firmly in power, and this naturally makes it impossible for him to truly relax. Even if he only works from nine to five and takes a day off every few days, it will be like this year after year.
It's exhausting.
To put it this way, in fact, the Tang Dynasty newspaper said that Li Xuan was very busy, which is not a lie.
And for such a busy Li Xuan, his working time is naturally extremely precious. Most of the people who can squeeze out his precious working time to summon Li Xuan are important ministers of the empire.
Usually these are only important ministers from the second rank and above, that is, ministers, governors and higher ministers.
Summoning the director, a third-grade official, does not happen too often!
And when summoning a third-grade director, he also met a fourth-grade deputy director. This kind of thing is even more rare.
However, Xie Yiwei was able to use a report to successfully bring himself into the Royal Courtyard and wait for the Emperor Sheng to summon him. To be honest, even though he was now in the Royal Courtyard, Chen Lifu still felt a little uncomfortable.
Too real.
At the same time, he also admired Xie Yiwei even more. This person was more capable than he expected.
However, Xie Yiwei probably didn't care much about Chen Lifu's thoughts. He sat quietly aside and didn't say a single word. He waited until the people from the Secretariat came in and asked them to face the saint, then he stood up.
!
Now, they are going to the Emperor Sheng's office to meet him and report on the securities reform.
When following a third-class secretary from the Secretariat to the office of Sheng Tianzi, Chen Lifu's footsteps were quite steady and his mood was quite calm. Although he was only a fourth-grade deputy director, he was still an official in the world. , killed an unknown number of people with one signature pen.
So now, he can still control this situation!
But for some reason, when they followed the third secretary in front and arrived outside the door of Sheng Tianzi's office, Chen Lifu's heartbeat accelerated involuntarily.
He listened to his secretary singing loudly: "Thank you Yiwei, Chen Lifu comes to see you!"
At this time, it was as if something was blocked in his chest, giving him an instant feeling of suffocation!
After waiting for the thick office door in front of him to be opened, he glanced inside, but the light in Li Xuan's office was very bright, while the light in the corridor they were in before was relatively dark. At this time When Chen Lifu looked inside, he couldn't actually see anything at first glance. He could only see a vague figure sitting behind a desk by the window. It looked dazzling under the light, but what exactly did it look like? It's like this, but it's not clear.
This is the unique design of Li Xuan's office. Basically, as long as the weather is good and the sun is sufficient, everyone who comes to see the saint will see this scene at first sight.
It’s hard to say whether it’s a shock or not, or whether it will produce some kind of sacred feeling, but it’s definitely so dazzling that people can’t see clearly at first glance. Sometimes the sunlight is so strong that people can’t open their eyes at first glance.
At this time, Chen Lifu also experienced this feeling, and at this moment, he was a little stunned on the spot.
Xie Yiwei, who was beside him, calmly pulled him gently with his hand, and then asked Chen Lifu to follow him into the office.
This is not the first time that Xie Yiwei has come. When he took up the post of Inspector of Zhejiang Province, he came to see Li Xuan once as usual. When he took up the post of Director of the Department of Finance, he also visited Li Xuan once. This time, it was his third visit to Li Xuan. I met Li Xuan in Xuan's office.
So his reaction is more normal!
After taking Chen Lifu in, they took two steps and then bowed in accordance with etiquette!
"I thank the guards for meeting my emperor. Long live, long live, long live!"
"Your Majesty, Chen Lifu, bows to my emperor. Long live, long live, long live!"
The two people spontaneously bowed to each other. Of course, they did not kneel down. In the Tang Dynasty under the rule of Li Xuan, although the kneeling ceremony was not abolished, there was no need to kneel down in daily occasions.
When common people meet an official or a subordinate official meets a superior official, it is forbidden to kneel down and bow instead.
When officials meet the saints, they usually use this kind of bow, but this is only in ordinary times. If it is a formal court meeting or some other formal ceremonial occasions, you still need to kneel down.
Military generals are an exception. When wearing military uniforms, military salutes are always used instead, and there is no need to kneel down and salute. However, if they are not wearing military uniforms, they need to kneel down and salute.
After the salute, the two people finally adapted to the light, and then they saw Li Xuan's appearance clearly!