The Imperial Palace of the Tang Dynasty was immersed in a sea of joy due to the consecutive births of two little princes!
Li Xuan was even more happy, and immediately announced a general amnesty for the two princes to accumulate blessings for the two princes!
After the news of the amnesty came out, a group of ministers naturally went to court one after another, saying that the emperor was truly a benevolent king rarely seen in thousands of years, and that this benevolent government would bring together the people!
However, anything related to national affairs cannot be a simple matter. On the surface, Li Xuan's amnesty was to gain blessings for the two princes, but there were deeper reasons.
And this can be seen from the crowd at Amnesty World.
There are generally four categories of people who received amnesty. First of all, the first category was prisoners of the Ming army who fought for several years. The Tang Dynasty King's Division captured a large number of Ming soldiers. Most of them were reorganized into garrison troops in the early days. Later, after the garrison troops were disbanded,
Most of the prisoners of the Ming Army were incorporated into the reclamation regiments, and some continued to stay in prisoner-of-war camps as miners. Then there were also some middle- and senior-level generals and officials of the Ming Army who were organized into special prisoners of war.
The camp is used for solitary confinement and labor.
The prisoners of the Ming Army who received amnesty did not include middle- and high-level generals and officials, but ordinary Ming Army soldiers and prisoners in the reclamation regiments and prisoner-of-war camps!
There were a large number of these Ming army prisoners, reaching more than 100,000 people. So many of them were male laborers. It was not a problem to always let them colonize. After all, they also had a family of young and old, and they could live with them at any time.
After the Imperial Army of the Tang Dynasty captured Huguang and most of Jiangxi, the homes of many of the soldiers became the jurisdiction of the Tang Dynasty.
Therefore, ordinary Ming army soldiers and prisoners of war within the jurisdiction of the Tang Dynasty will be released in this amnesty and allowed to return home.
The second type of people are a large number of people who were arrested for resisting taxes. Because the Tang Dynasty implemented a very strict tax system, they would be arrested immediately if they evaded taxes, and if the circumstances were more serious, their homes would be ransacked.
Genocide, and the principle of heavy punishment in troubled times, actually inevitably resulted in many people being wronged, or even those with very minor circumstances being punished. In fact, there was a lot of resentment from the outside world about this, and the criticism was very loud.
This opportunity after another is to release those tax resisters who have minor crimes and are not harmful.
The third category of people are ordinary criminals who are not very harmful to society. However, criminals with bad natures such as hurting others, killing people, and forcing harmony are not included in this group.
The fourth category of people are former Ming officials and family members of gentry. During the march of the Tang Dynasty, a large number of former Ming officials, gentry landlords, businessmen, etc. who were unwilling to cooperate were captured and arrested, and their homes were generally ransacked.
During the process, these officials and the gentry's family members would be arrested together with them, including many female relatives, children of side clans, and even domestic slaves. This category of people also fell into the category of amnesty.
The principle of this time's amnesty is to release people who are insignificant and not harmful, but people who are more harmful are still not included in the amnesty.
Then, when the prince was born, he used amnesty. In addition to releasing these large numbers of prisoners of war and criminals to fill the labor gap in society, he also took this opportunity to express to the outside world that Li Xuan was a benevolent king!
Sometimes reputation is also very important, especially to the emperor!
The matter of amnesty will naturally be handled by officials below, while Li Xuan himself is preparing to name his two sons.
This prince is different from ordinary people and cannot be named casually. First of all, in order to prevent people from the public from changing their names due to taboos, these common words can be avoided if possible. It is more convenient to use uncommon words.
Otherwise, once this prince ascends the throne and becomes emperor in the future, a group of people all over the world will have to change his name to avoid it, or change his name before he ascends the throne, but at the same time, it cannot be too uncommon, and people must recognize the name!
This kind of thing was discovered by Li Xuan himself. After the rise of the Tang Dynasty, although Li Xuan didn't care about it, there were still countless people who took the initiative to change their names to avoid taboos, removing the word "Xuan" from their names or replacing them with other words.
So Li Xuan simply avoided this kind of trouble in advance and directly named his eldest son, the eldest prince born to Concubine Ye's concubine, Li Yan (x first sound), and the second prince, born to Concubine Wang's concubine, named
His name is Li Yan (the first sound of jian).
After the two princes were born, they were initially taken care of by the Ye family and the Wang family respectively. However, within two days, Liu Bagou, together with seven other ministers on duty in the imperial study room and thirteen ministers walking in the imperial study room, jointly signed the petition.
Please ask your Majesty to choose a wet nurse for the two princes to take care of them.
At first, Li Xuan still didn't react. Looking for a wet nurse? It's a bit strange. Although Ye and Wang have given birth, their bodies are not so weak that they can't take care of the children. And more importantly, these two concubines are surrounded by
Everyone has a wet nurse, so why do we need to find another wet nurse?
But soon, Li Xuan reacted!
The meaning behind the trick they gave is far from simple, but to prevent the harem from interfering in politics!
After Li Xuan thought about it, he marked it on the paper: "I understand."
On that day, Li Xuan sent a message to his mother, Queen Mother Bai, asking her to create two separate courtyards near the front hall in the palace!
Three days later, Li Xuan personally took the wet nurses specially selected from poor people and took the two princes away amid the cries of Ye's concubine Shu and Wang Shide's concubine. From now on, the two princes will live alone in their house.
At the prince's residence, Li Xuan also personally issued a decree that the prince could only see his biological mother every five days before he was ten years old.
At the same time, Li Xuan also sent his own personal maid to take care of the two princes!
When Li Xuan left with the prince in his arms, he looked at Ye and Wang crying. To be honest, he couldn't bear it, but in order to prevent the harem and outsiders from interfering in politics, this was necessary.
This is a tradition that has been formed since the Qin Dynasty. It has been like this for more than a thousand years. It has existed for such a long time, so it naturally has a reason for its existence.
In Li Xuan's own view, although this would cause the princes to lose maternal love, these are nothing compared to the stability of the political power.
Who allowed them to be born into the royal family!
Under heaven and earth, the most ruthless place has its place in the imperial palace. Zhu Di's saying, "The most ruthless emperor's home" is true.
And since you have enjoyed the splendor, wealth, and respected status of the royal family, you must lose something.
But at any rate, the Tang Dynasty finally has an heir, and there are two of them.
At the same time, if nothing unexpected happens to Li Xuan in the future, he should have more children. It will be normal to have a few more princes by then, which will reassure many ministers of the Tang Dynasty.
There was no prince before, and they were always worried about something unexpected happening to Li Xuan, and then the huge Tang Dynasty split instantly. How good it is now. With the heir, their family can continue to cling to the Tang Dynasty and maintain
Prosperity and wealth.
In this way, they will be more energetic in their struggle!
After the news of the birth of two princes reached the front lines of Huguang and Changsha, Hao Bainian, Li Chunjing and other senior generals were in a great mood!
They were fighting outside, and they were actually more worried about what happened in Zhaoqing than the civilian officials. You must know that the special system in the Tang Dynasty and the special characteristics of the Tang Army were all caused by the fact that the generals had limited control over the army.
And it relies heavily on the support of the central government.
If there is a problem in the rear, there will also be a problem with the army on the front line!
If there are two princes, even if something happens to His Majesty Li Xuan tomorrow, the ministers of the Tang Dynasty will immediately support a prince to inherit the throne and continue to fight against the Ming Dynasty, even if this prince is just
A baby just a few days old!
Feeling at ease, Li Chunjing and Hao Bainian finally commanded the army to launch a general attack on Changsha!
Changsha has been operated by the Ming army for many years. The city defenses are quite complete, there are many artillery, and there is sufficient ammunition and food. It is not feasible to rely on siege alone. It must be stormed with thunderous means!
After discussion, Li Chunjing and Hao Bainian decided to take a multi-pronged approach. Artillery bombardment was necessary, and engineers were also dispatched to start digging tunnels and blasting.
On the first day of the official general offensive, two and a half heavy artillery battalions with a total of thirty howitzers fired two thousand rounds of large-caliber grenades! And as many as 150 five-pound, seven-pound,
The nine-pound field artillery fired more than 10,000 shells towards Changsha City!
The shelling lasted for three full days!
The rumbling sound of cannons never stopped. Three days later, more than ten five-pound cannons had their barrels smashed. This shows that the barrel life of cast-iron cannons is very poor.
, the total lifespan is only more than 500 rounds, and a fierce artillery battle can often fire two to three hundred rounds. After just two battles, a cast-iron artillery will basically be scrapped.
However, after destroying so many iron cannons, the results achieved were also great. The top of the Changsha city wall would basically be reduced to ruins, especially the gate towers with the most obvious targets, which were completely destroyed.
Most of the artillery positions placed by the Ming Army on the city walls were destroyed. Those Ming Army artillerymen who braved the artillery fire to operate the artillery to counterattack suffered heavy casualties!
Then, under the cover of the rumbling cannons, a large number of engineers were digging in all directions at the same time. Although some tunnels were destroyed by the Ming army, they successfully dug out several tunnels and buried a large amount of gunpowder.
On the fourth day after the general attack, following several earth-shattering explosions, the First Army and the Second Army launched an infantry charge from three walls at the same time. A large number of heavy armored soldiers wearing plate armor and the most elite grenadiers, bows and arrows
Four assault battalions composed of soldiers launched a charge at the same time!
Although the Ming army in Changsha City was severely bombarded, they still resisted desperately because they had no way to retreat!
The first time the assault camp entered the city, it was unexpectedly driven down by the Ming army!
But just two hours later, the second wave of assault battalions launched another charge!
But this time, the city's supervisors and the Lianjun Mingjun were finally helpless!
On the fifth day of the second lunar month in the fourth year of Xuanping, the king of the Tang Dynasty conquered Changsha and wiped out more than 30,000 Ming troops defending the city!