Li Laiheng not only allowed Zhang Nai's orphan to inherit the title of Marquis of Yi, but also gave Zhang Xuanlang the preferential treatment that all subsequent generations could directly inherit the title of Marquis without having to be demoted.
Just as Li Guo said, Li Laiheng also cared about his reputation during and after his death. He and Zhang Nai had a life-and-death moment when they met with swords, but they also had the kindness to help him join the camp at Zhuxi.
Since the past events are all talked about and laughed at, Li Laiheng, as the king of a country and the Dashun Emperor who is about to ascend to the throne, has no need to mistreat Xuan Lang. The families of Zhang Nai, Tian Jianxiu, and Niu Jinxing have all received preferential treatment from the court, and even Niu
Niu Quan, the son of Venus, also held the prestigious position of Henan Jiedushi.
Li Laiheng could live for a long time, so long that the direct descendants of Yuan Cong who broke into the camp would grow old one by one and be overwhelmed by time.
Jian Guo is only in his twenties now, and among the de facto founding monarchs of the past dynasties, his youth is indeed considered to be excessively young.
Li Guo was not worried that Li Laiheng would not be able to control the future situation. His passing was peaceful, gentle and calm.
Li Guo's body had been tortured by the hidden injuries in the Battle of Huolu for more than a year. He persisted and did not collapse just to pave the way for Li Laiheng's final step.
When Li Laiheng entrusted the military and political power of the northwest to the hands of one man in Guo Junzhen, Li Guo considered pulling out the last thorn in the road of Kangzhuang for his adopted son.
It was only after Fang Yiren came to the palace to persuade Li Guo that Guo Junzhen's power could not endanger the long-term stability of the Dashun Dynasty that Li Guo gave up the military action he was already preparing.
Fang Yiren still felt cold sweat running down his spine over this incident. He never thought that Li Guo, who had actually become the Supreme Emperor, could mobilize troops without Li Laiheng's knowledge.
At that time, Gao Yigong had already led the rear army to leave the station, and Liu Fangliang also led the elite of the left army to station in the fertile land outside the Great Wall near the three sides of Shaanxi.
Once Guo Junzhen makes an unexpected move against Dashun, Li Guo will force himself to hold on and burn his life to complete the last valuable expedition.
He didn't want Li Laiheng to bear the reputation of being the hero of the eradication, so he had made all preparations to clean up Chu Chuang's direct lineage for Li Laiheng before his death.
But after Fang Yiren learned about these things, he tried every possible means to persuade him. The most powerful thing he tried to do to comfort Li Guo was Li Laiheng's age.
Among the founding generation of Dashun, except for Zhang Pizhu, no one among the generals, civil and military officials above the military governor level was younger than Li Laiheng.
There was no need for Li Guo to worry too much, and there was no need to start a new civil war in Dashun just because of the slightest unexpected prospect.
The pursuit of peace by the people of the world has reached its extreme, and no one can shake the rule created by the supervisory government in the future. Guo Junzhen has a domineering and arrogant side, but to deal with it, such drastic methods are not necessary.
Fang Yiren had already formulated a set of strategies for Li Guo. Before Li Guo's death, he prompted Li Laiheng to divide the military power of Guojun Town and stabilize the prospects of the northwest region.
At that time, Li Guo looked at the prime minister in front of him, who was also a direct descendant of Chu Chuang, and couldn't help but ask:
"Leshan...how are you? Are you healthy?"
Fang Yiren smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, you are very worried about the long-term peace and stability of Dashun... Your Majesty, I suffered from old injuries when I was in Yiling. Later, I went on several expeditions with the Jianguo. I often suffered from minor injuries. Recently, I have gradually begun to feel...
My energy is not as good as before, especially my vision in both eyes is declining rapidly. My right eye was injured by a flying stone on the battlefield in the past, and I feel that I am in danger of going blind recently."
Li Guo was still worried. He was worried about Guo Junzhen, he was worried about Fang Yiren, and he was worried about his old friends Gao Yigong and Liu Fangliang.
His body was tortured by illness, hovering between life and death. Every worry Li Guo felt was a worry about Li Laiheng's future.
He had paved the way for a lifetime and created a monarch like Li Laiheng, and he was absolutely unwilling to risk the collapse of Dashun's country in the future.
Fang Yiren had never seen such an expression on Li Guo. Emperor Guangzhong was leaning on the back of the bed, but his kind face was filled with a fierce and solemn look.
This reminded Fang Yiren of Luo Rucai, whom he had met before, Zuo Liangyu who was killed by Li Laiheng, and... and Taizu.
The heroes who dominate the world always have something in common.
At that moment, Fang Yiren even felt chills on his neck. If Li Guo really wanted to help Li Laiheng before his death and get rid of the few remaining ministers who were too prominent in the Dashun court, he would have absolutely no power to resist.
"Leshan, please assist the King of Jin. From now on...become an official earlier. You are familiar with history books and will not be as confused as people like Hu Weiyong and Li Shanchang.
I think the King of Jin wants to develop industry and commerce in a big way. In ten years, you can become an official and do business as a Tao Zhugong. Isn’t that good?"
Fang Yiren felt a bitter taste in his mouth. He was only in his thirties, at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period. Even ten years later, he would only be forty years old. How could he not be considered old? So he would become an official?
Li Guo was really worried.
But Fang Yiren also understood the emperor's various intentions. He also felt that Li Zicheng, Li Guo, and Taizu Taizong of the Dashun Dynasty were all very humane figures.
Otherwise, there was no need for Li Guo to summon him to the palace to talk about these things.
Originally, only Li Laiheng could hear these imperial tricks.
Later, Fang Yiren instructed his disciples and old officials to set off the struggle between the independent prime minister and the group prime minister in the court, which probably also started at this time. In the second year of Tianfa, Li Laiheng gave most of the ministers the title of Grand Scholar of Tianyou Palace, and joined the political party to work;
In the third year of the Act, the system of group prime ministers in Zhengshitang was officially restored, ending Fang Yiren's status as an independent prime minister for more than four years.
As for what happened behind this, Emperor Tianfa didn't know.
In the winter of the second year of Guangzhong's reign, Li Laiheng returned to Yan'an with Li Guo's coffin in great grief. At this moment, with the majestic pagoda mountain and the rolling river, Li Laiheng suddenly felt the strange twists and turns of his fate.
Perhaps there is indeed a soul full of vitality hidden in the land of northern Shaanxi, exuding the smell of blood contained in the backbone of China, and always recommending me to Xuanyuan with its blood.
The leaves were withering on the road and the winter snow was flying. Li Laiheng almost had the idea of cremating his father and spreading his ashes across the land of Yan'an. However, judging from his current perspective, this was too treasonous.
The folks in northern Shaanxi never thought that Emperor Guangzhong, who returned home with thousands of horses a few months ago, would so soon return to the loess soil where Chuangying was raised in the form of his remains.
On the vast land, Li Laiheng stood at the pinnacle of a loess highland. The wind from the far north was howling. The sky further away was covered with clouds, and the dull thunder sounded quietly. The wind had not stopped, and the horses had not stopped. Many feathers were flying.
Lin Jun passed by the foot of the mountain, with flags covering the sun. Only that flag with the word "shun" written on it made Li Laiheng feel the reality of this world.
An era is over.
Li Laiheng shed tears sincerely: "An era is over!"
In the winter of the second year of Guangzhong, what later generations called "the history of the peasant uprising war in the late Ming Dynasty" came to an end.
The later great historian Mr. Gu Cheng regarded the death of Shun Taizong Li Guo as the end of the history of the peasant uprising war in the late Ming Dynasty.
From now on, the era of the late Ming Dynasty is over, and the era of early Shun Dynasty has just begun.