After breakfast, Pan Liao came with a group of officials. Guo Song ordered people to invite them to board the ship and sit in the cabin for a while.
In the cabin where Guo Song specially met officials, Guo Song and Pan Liao sat opposite each other. Pan Liao handed a copy of the "Kingto Express" to Guo Song. The headline on the front page was a line of large characters: "The King of Jin refuses to ascend the throne, and he is willing to serve forever."
"The Regent".
Guo Song read the newspaper and said with a smile: "Has there been any reaction after this article was published?"
Pan Liao sighed and said: "How come there is no response? The response is quite strong. Tens of thousands of people gathered in front of the newspaper office, asking King Jin to change his decision and to ascend the throne. They are not only doing it for His Highness, but also for themselves."
Guo Song said calmly, "You actually came to Changzhou and brought my family with you. Lao Pan, you have been with me for almost twenty years! Are you so unsure of me?"
Pan Liao smiled bitterly, "Your Highness, we are afraid! Our interests are derived from following His Highness. If His Highness really refuses to take the position, our descendants will be miserable when Li Tang regains power in the future. For our own sake, we must persuade
Your Majesty has ascended the throne and dare not be careless in the slightest."
Guo Song sighed slightly, "The military generals are also worried. My life is related to the interests of countless people, and even my life and fortune. It's my fault that I wanted to make a show, but I made everyone worried."
Pan Liao was overjoyed, "His Highness agreed?"
Guo Song nodded, "I originally wanted to refuse again, but after thinking about it, it's no longer necessary. If I refuse again, all the Political Affairs Hall will come. That would be too hypocritical. I promise you!"
Pan Liao was so happy that he ran out and shouted: "Your Highness has agreed!"
Suddenly a group of officials came in to persuade people to join. Even Du Siye, the governor of Runzhou, and Li Zhao, the governor of Changzhou, also came in. They all knelt down and saluted, "Greetings to your majesty, long live your majesty!"
Han Hui even put a yellow robe and a soaring crown on the table, which made Guo Song really smile bitterly.
He waved his hands and said with a smile: "Everyone, listen to what I have to say!"
Everyone calmed down, and Guo Song then smiled and said: "I have been in power for so many years. Although I am not called the emperor, I act as the emperor, so I don't care much about titles. I also understand Huangpao."
Han Hui said anxiously: "If the name is not correct, the words will not be correct. How can your Majesty not care about the title?"
Guo Song waved his hand to stop his laughter and said: "Han Lingqing, please be patient and listen to what I have to say. Since I have agreed, there is no reason to go back on it. In your words, it is a golden word, but we must follow the rules.
Now I am called a loner and there are two emperors in the court. This is really ridiculous. Now I am still His Highness the Prince of Jin, not His Majesty the Emperor!"
Pan Liao also said: "Everyone, His Highness is right. The young emperor has not officially abdicated yet. We must wait for him to abdicate before His Highness can ascend the throne. We really can't be too hasty."
Dugu Mingren asked again: "When will His Highness plan to announce the abdication of the young emperor?"
Guo Song pondered for a moment and said: "Wait until we return to Chang'an! A great court meeting will be held to formally announce the emperor's abdication. This will be subject to two newspapers publishing two edicts from the Queen Mother."
Wei Yingwu smiled and said: "The weather in Jiangnan is hot and muggy. Don't you want your Highness to return to Chang'an early?"
Guo Song laughed and said, "That's right. I will assign a task to everyone. After completing this task, I will set off back to Chang'an."
Everyone bowed together and said: "Please give me your orders, Your Highness!"
Guo Song glanced at Li Zhao, the governor of Changzhou, and asked, "May I ask, governor Li, how many new rice seeds have been planted in Changzhou?"
Li Zhao hurriedly said: "Reporting to your highness, Changzhou has sown a thousand acres, all in the official fields in the east of Jinling County?"
Guo Song nodded and said to everyone: "This is the task I assigned. Starting today, I want you to spend two days to learn about this double-cropping rice in detail. You must understand that once it is promoted on a large scale, it will give us the entire
The changes brought about by the world, early in the morning the day after tomorrow, we set out to return to Beijing!"
Everyone bowed and saluted, "I obey your order!"
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Early on the third day, all thirty troop transport ships from Hangzhou arrived, and the fleet began to sail northward, with thousands of sails like clouds, heading towards the Yangtze River in a mighty manner.
Guo Song sent people to invite Pan Liao and Dugu Mingren to his ship. They all took the second ship, which was also a big ship of four thousand stones. It was only slightly smaller than Guo Song's ship. After all, they all had high positions.
The powerful ministers had large cabins, and they all came with their concubines to take care of their daily needs.
Guo Song asked the two of them to sit down and asked Sister Zhao Qier to serve them tea.
"How is it? How do you feel about the new rice species?" Guo Song asked with a smile.
Pan Liao sighed and said: "I had heard about it before, but it was only after I saw it on site that I realized that it was surprising. How could grain production increase so much?"
He asked again: "How does Your Highness plan to promote it?"
Guo Song pondered for a while and said: "Now I don't know whether it can be planted north of the Huaihe River. I won't consider the north of the Huaihe River for the time being. I plan to fully promote it south of the Huaihe River. In ten years, the entire south of the Huaihe River and Bashu will be planted.
Plant double-cropping rice.”
Dugu Mingren next to him said: "If it is really promoted in the south, then the food produced by double-cropping rice will be enough to feed the people of the world. What about the land in the north?"
Guo Song said with a smile: "With more food and more people, we will always feel that there is not enough food. However, according to the plan, I plan to promote cotton and soybeans in the north, use soybeans to extract oil, and feed pigs with bean dregs. Of course, wheat will continue to be grown.
, this cannot be lost, and it even needs to be promoted in Liaodong."
Pan Liao nodded, "As long as there is enough food and the population increases, all industries will develop."
Dugu Mingren still had something to do, so he left first. Guo Song smiled at Pan Liao: "It's too stuffy in the cabin, let's go out for a walk!"
Pan Liao stood up and said with a smile: "I will accompany you as a humble minister!"
The two walked out of the cabin and came to the bow of the deck. Looking at the houses on both sides of the canal, Pan Liao asked: "What are your plans for the Western Regions?"
Guo Song smiled slightly and said: "I bought 50,000 camels, can the Prime Minister still not think of it?"
"Weichen has actually felt the changes. The transportation volume of 50,000 camels is very large, and a large amount of materials and grains travel between the Western Regions and the Central Plains, making Anxi and Beiting no longer far away. Over the past ten years, several people have immigrated one after another.
Thousands of Han households have passed over, and more immigrants will come over in the future. In fact, Wei Chen thinks more about recovering Suiye, does your Highness have a plan?"
Guo Song nodded, "After regaining Liaodong, I will spend five years preparing for war. I want to build a big city in the Yili Valley to become a logistics center for the army to regain Broken Leaf. When we are ready, we will regain Broken Leaf."
The day will come for Ye."
"What about further west?" Pan Liao asked again.
"After Suiye is recovered, I will completely drive away the forces of the Khazar Kingdom from the east coast of the Yibo Sea. Then, heading west, it will be time to compete with the Dashi Kingdom again!"
Pan Liao said happily: "Wei Chen is looking forward to that day coming soon!"
"I'm looking forward to it too!"
At this time, Guo Song remembered something again and said to Pan Liao: "This time I went to Ryukyu Prefecture and discussed many plans. It has become a consensus to hire laborers from Japan to develop Ryukyu Prefecture, but the details need to be considered. Soon Ryukyu Economic Strategy
The two governments will write a report to you, and then the political hall will discuss it carefully. Zhang Lei also has some good ideas, you have time to talk with him."
"Wei Chen will have a good talk with Dongzhu Zhang after arriving in Chang'an. He seems to be doing a lot of overseas business now."
"It's very big. The profits from overseas trade are very high. In fact, we use our advanced technology and a small amount of materials to exchange for a large amount of resources with various places in Southeast Asia. You can say it is technological plunder and cultural plunder. There is nothing we can do about it. The government
We should also join in and expand foreign trade, not only to Nanyang, Japan, but also to the West. This is my most important purpose in driving away the Dashi and Khazar forces. We must control the Sogdians in our hands and let them go further.
Far......."
Guo Song was a little excited and spoke out everything he had been thinking and worrying about in the past few months.
"Wei Chen has always admired His Highness's foresight and foresight, but can His Highness tell Wei Chen something first? It's something we are eager to know today."
Guo Song turned around and saw Pan Liao's anxious eyes, and couldn't help but laugh, "Forget it, we can talk about the Western Regions and overseas trade later. What are you eager to know?"
"National title!"
Pan Liao finally said the two most sensitive words.
Guo Song was silent. Of course he could no longer use the name Tang Dynasty. His surname was not Li, but Guo. Of course he wanted to establish his own dynasty.
After a long time, he said slowly: "This shouldn't be a problem!"
"But... Sima..."
Guo Song interrupted him, "The Sima clan is a short-lived dynasty, but I am not. My national title has nothing to do with the Sima clan!"
Pan Liao could understand the will of His Highness the King of Jin. He bowed and said: "Wei Chen understands. Wei Chen will explain it clearly to everyone and don't make any more extraneous matters."
Guo Song nodded, "Go!"
Pan Liao bowed and retired. Guo Song watched Pan Liao take the ferry boat back to his boat.
At this time, Guo Songruo felt something and turned around, only to see his daughter Weiwei standing next to him.
He patted his daughter's head lovingly. This child had grown so tall. If we use the standards of future generations, his daughter's height would have been close to 1.75 meters.
"Daddy, look!" Guo Weiwei suddenly pointed to the west and exclaimed.
Guo Song also saw that a red and gloomy sunset was setting little by little on the horizon. The sky was full of sunset, and he could feel the reluctance and fading of the sunset.
The sunset was infinitely beautiful, but it was almost dusk, and the Tang Empire was about to come to an end.
.........
Half a month later, a court meeting was held in Chang'an, where the Queen Mother's decree was formally read out, agreeing to the emperor's abdication, and approving Jin Wang Guo Song's ascension to the throne.
"Tianxia Xinbao" and "Kyoto Express" simultaneously published the Queen Mother's edict in full pages, announcing the new emperor's accession to the throne and the coming of a new era.
Guo Song immediately ascended the throne of emperor in the Hanyuan Hall of the Daming Palace with the support of thousands of ministers, changed the country's name to Jin, and the reign name to Datong.
He immediately named Princess Xue Tao the queen, his son Guo Jincheng the crown prince, his father Guo Huaishan the emperor Jingde, and his mother Li the empress dowager Ming'an.
Guo Song immediately granted amnesty to the whole country.
A prosperous age has begun.
........
In July of the second year of Datong, exactly one year after Guo Song ascended the throne, he, escorted by thousands of cavalry, came to the Zixiao Temple in Kongtong Mountain to worship Sanqing and his master. His master's body was enshrined in Zixiao.
Heavenly Palace.
Heavenly Master Li Ganfeng led three thousand Taoists in Kongtong Mountain to hold a grand Dharma assembly to welcome the Emperor's arrival.
That night, Guo Song stayed at Zixiao Villa.
Zixiao Villa is also the Qingxu Temple in those days. Above the Cuiping Peak and below the Qingxu Temple is the Lingji Cave where the heavenly masters of Kongtong Mountain have been haunted for hundreds of years.
Lingji Cave has collapsed, leaving only a groove that is a hundred feet long. You can vaguely see the niches in the groove, which were originally where the immortal Taoist priests stored their bodies. But now there is nothing.
Guo Song felt a little disappointed. He came to Kongtong Mountain just to find traces of his reincarnation, but decades had passed and everything had been lost in the long river of time.
"Tweet-"
Suddenly a familiar cry came from the night sky. Guo Song was surprised and happy. He looked up and saw a huge falcon circling in the sky.
It was Mengzi. It had been many years since it left Chang'an. Guo Song never saw it again. Unexpectedly, it returned to its homeland and lived in Kongtong Mountain.
Guo Song stretched out his hand, and the guards behind him exclaimed, "Your Majesty, no!"
Guo Song waved his hand back to signal them to be quiet.
Mengzi folded its wings and landed lightly on Guo Song's arm. "Chirp, chirp -" it chirped twice at Guo Song, and you could feel its joy.
Guo Song gently stroked its head. At this moment, Mengzi rose into the air, circled twice in the air, and then disappeared deep into the dense forest.
At this time, Guo Song's heart suddenly became clear. Every living thing has its own destiny, and Mengzi was the same. Although he was its master, it still left without any regret.
Even though an eagle has this awareness, it is wandering here instead. Hasn't its destination been already known? Why is it still bothering about where it comes from?
Guo Song couldn't help laughing. He turned around and said to the guards: "We will return to the capital early tomorrow morning!"
.........
In the sixth year of Datong, Pei Xin, the general of the Hussars, led an army of 100,000 to defeat the Khazar and Dashi coalition forces of 300,000 in Suiye City, killing nearly 200,000 enemies. The Khazar prince was killed by his deputy Yang Xuanying, and the power of the Khazar state
They were forced to retreat from the coast of Yibohai and returned to the west.
In order to celebrate the victory of Broken Leaf, Guo Song changed the reign name to Changxing.
In the third year of Changxing's reign, the Jin Dynasty and Japan competed for Xiaoliuqiu Island. Three hundred Jin warships defeated thousands of Japanese wolf-type boats. The naval commander Zhang Kecheng led 50,000 naval troops to land in Heiankyo, Japan, and was defeated.
A hundred thousand troops led by Fujiwara Oritsugu, Emperor Heijo issued an edict, and Japan surrendered.
In the seventh year of Changxing, Suiye Governor Yang Xuanying led an army of 30,000 to defeat the 50,000 Shih Army again in Samarkand. Yang Xuanying, on behalf of the Jin Dynasty Emperor, signed the Nasebo Agreement with Safah, the representative of the Shih Kingdom. Both parties
The Amu Darya River was officially determined as the boundary, which meant that the Sogdian countries in the river area returned to Chang'an.
In the tenth year of Changxing's reign, the emperor Guo Song issued an edict to abolish his concurrent position as King of Silla, and the Silla Kingdom was officially declared destroyed.
In the 21st year of Changxing's reign, Queen Xue of the Jin Dynasty died. Three months later, Emperor Guo Song announced his abdication and became the Supreme Emperor. Crown Prince Guo Jincheng succeeded to the throne, and the reign name was changed to Chong'an.
In the tenth year of Chong'an, the population of Jin Dynasty exceeded 100 million.
In the 18th year of Chong'an in the Jin Dynasty, the Supreme Emperor Guo Song came to power in Qingxu Palace at the age of ninety, and his temple name was Gaozu.
【Complete book】
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It was finally over. Lao Gao was a little disappointed, but also felt very relaxed.
It begins when it ends, and when Lao Gao takes a sip of water, he begins to devote himself to the creation of a new book.
The new book is still about the mid-Tang Dynasty, putting new wine in old bottles, let’s see what new ideas Lao Gao can come up with.