Fu Tang

Li Jixun probably never thought in his life that he originally wanted to use Xie Hua as a nomination certificate, but Xie Hua used it as a nomination certificate, and then Xie Hua probably didn't expect that he finally killed his immediate boss and was thinking whether to be recruited or himself When the dude did it... an earthquake!

I really never expected that in a major earthquake in Daliang, [-]% of the buildings in the city collapsed directly, and the only thing that was still intact was the imperial palace!

However, Xie Hua was unlucky because he hadn't been enthroned yet, the ceremony hadn't been held, and he didn't live in the palace in order to comply with etiquette, but stayed in his own home!

It stands to reason that Xie Hua's house is not badly built, and the materials are very strong, but the door is broken, and everything else is fine, but his room collapsed, and people were buried in it, waiting to be dug out. Time... has changed beyond recognition.

Li Congjia was stunned for a long time when he found out, and then asked, "Does the person who built Xie Hua's house have any grudge against him? Just his room is a tofu project?"

Shi Xueting didn't understand the meaning of the tofu dregs project at first, but after thinking about the appearance of the bean curd dregs, he felt that Li Congjia was also a metaphor for God.

But on this matter, Shi Xueting always has a feeling of doom, Li Jixun has soldiers but can't play civil servants, he can't play around, Xie Hua fights for power fiercely, but has no soldiers in hand, and is still beaten The earthquake killed it.

Even though Li Congjia has never been very superstitious, now he feels a little bit convinced.

He thought for a while and suddenly muttered to himself: "I always feel that it is very dangerous to be the emperor this year."

Everyone:? ? ? ? ?

"Yelujing killed himself, Li Jixun was killed by his subordinates, Xie Hua...before becoming emperor...I said how about..."

Everyone said in unison: "No!"

Li Congjia: ...

He really didn't want to push the time this time, he just thought it was an unlucky day, why did everyone look like you don't like me?

Li Congjia expressed that he was very tired.

Zhou Zong and others looked at Shi Xueting. Shi Xueting stood there expressionless. He didn't care about Li Congjia's ascension to the throne. Anyway, he would be emperor sooner or later. These people were in a hurry, but he was not in a hurry. He was asked to be a firefighter every time, and every day he was on guard against his Guangming Cult becoming bigger.

These people really regard him as a Buddha?The Buddha didn't even bring such a good talker!

Seeing that Shi Xueting was pretending to be dead, Zhou Zong had no choice but to betray his teammate, Qin Tianjian.

Qin Tianjian Jianzheng had no choice but to stand up and said: "Before the death of the monarchs of other countries, their virtues and deeds were detrimental, which was not tolerated by the heavens. Your Highness was appointed by heaven to be the king and make the people live. How can such a young man be able to compare?"

To put it simply, don't refuse, it's because God is making you emperor.

Li Congjia was very shocked. Did these people lose face just to make him emperor?Those two sentences are described in the "Five Classics Tongyi" to describe the emperor's enshrining of Zen!Now when it is used on him, is this Nima trying to let him seal the rhythm of Zen directly?

But he was the only one who was shocked. Qin Tianjian Jianzheng's words made the others agree very much, saying that this is the case, you just wait to be the emperor honestly, don't make trouble, right?

Li Congjia didn't expect that he would make everyone react so strongly with just a casual sentence. After returning home, he couldn't help asking Shi Xueting: "Who is this emperor?"

Shi Xueting said with a blank expression: "This is you. If you change someone else, there are probably people below who can't bear it and want to take over."

Li Congjia chuckled: "They dare not."

Of course I dare not, the newly recruited soldiers are about to be brainwashed by you, and people say that the duty of soldiers is to obey orders, the king of heaven and earth is the biggest, oh, the emperor will be the biggest in the future, who has such loyalty Dare to rebel?Those who dare to rebel... refer to Han Lingkun. To be honest, Han Lingkun was infinitely close to success at that time, but...he met Li Congjia.

The sudden earthquake made Li Congjia need to readjust his plan to see what Bei Zhou would do next, and then he could think of a way to deal with it. Originally, he wanted to let Li Hongji start the fight directly, but then he received feedback from various channels , making him suddenly feel a little bit hesitant to do it.

The current situation in Daliang is really miserable. Li Congjia doesn't know how big the magnitude is, or there is no magnitude classification in this era, and no one studies earthquakes. After all, they think it is a bad omen, but through intelligence, Li Congjia knows about this earthquake. No less than six grades.

After all, although the imperial palace did not collapse, there were cracks, and only the main building did not collapse. Other places where the palace maids and eunuchs lived basically collapsed, and a lot of people died.

This is still the case in the palace, not to mention the common people. It is said that this major earthquake affected many places, and the preliminary estimate of the death toll is about 10,000+.

There are only a few million people in the entire Beizhou. 10,000+ people died at once is not a small number, and it is still a preliminary estimate. More accurate figures have not yet come out. Generally, after a disaster occurs, it will be caused by various other reasons. Death, especially in this era, the disaster relief efforts are not enough, and the epidemic prevention measures are not enough. In addition, it is autumn and the weather is still hot, so it is easy for epidemics to occur frequently.

Li Congjia knew that being a leader of a country is not suitable for soft-heartedness at this time, but he just felt that the Northern Zhou Dynasty was like this, the dragons had no leader, and the common people had experienced new disasters. Going to attack the Northern Zhou Dynasty would be equivalent to putting more pressure on the common people. I can't bear it.

But he can't say such a reason. The whole Tang Dynasty has been preparing for so long, and everyone is gearing up to take Bei Zhou down. Now because of his soft heart, let the army stay on the string?

Li Congjia couldn't even say this!

So after making fun of Xie Hua before, he fell into an inexplicable state of anxiety. If he fights, he feels that his conscience can't bear it, if he doesn't fight, he feels his conscience can't bear it either.

It wasn't until this time that Li Congjia knew that even after so many years, his soft-heartedness hadn't changed much.

Li Congjia didn't tell Shi Xueting what he was struggling with, but Shi Xueting was keenly aware of his hesitation. After waiting for a few days, he found that Li Congjia had nothing to say, so he simply asked, "Are you hesitating?" What?"

Li Congjia sighed and said, "Suddenly I don't really want to fight Bei Zhou anymore."

Shi Xueting was a little surprised: "Why?"

Li Congjia talked about his thoughts, and then said with emotion: "I still feel too naive, rationally telling myself what to do, but actually..."

Shi Xueting understood Li Congjia's thoughts right away. In fact, even after he knew the tragic situation in Bei Zhou, he couldn't bear it. It had nothing to do with the grievances between countries, but just stood on the standpoint of being a human race.

"Call the cabinet ministers and members of the Privy Council. You can say what you think. It's not naive, and there's nothing wrong with it." Shi Xueting felt that Li Congjia could still retain this softness in his heart. It's better than becoming a person who will do anything for the ambition of power.

But if that was the case, Shi Xueting might not like Li Congjia so much.

No one's love can really last forever, it will always change gradually with the passage of time, and up to now, Shi Xueting's feelings for Li Congjia have not weakened, but have been deepening, more because Li Congjia has always been sober, knowing What is he doing.

Li Congjia received encouragement from Shi Xueting, and he might have a kind of blind obedience to Shi Xueting. He always felt that Shi Xueting had nothing against him, so there shouldn't be any big problems. ,

So he confidently called everyone over and prepared to hold a meeting.

Everyone was worried that their boss wouldn't have some strange excuse this time for not wanting to ascend the throne, right?

They are the only people in the world who are worried about their boss's refusal to ascend the throne every day, and it makes me sad to think about it.

After hearing Li Congjia's intentions, everyone was relieved. It's not just a matter of refusing to ascend the throne, but everything else is easy to say.

Although Li Congjia felt that his soft-heartedness was inappropriate, other people's acceptance of this matter was good, especially Wang Pu. Pu accepted Li Congjia's statement very well.

He also felt that if Datang continued to fight the Northern Zhou Dynasty now, it had nothing to do with the revenge mentioned before, but to squeeze the people.

Zhao Kuangyin simply said: "Nowadays the dragons in the Northern Zhou Dynasty have no leader, why not persuade them to surrender at this time, everything is easy to talk about if they surrender, and we can't blame us if they don't surrender."

This seemed to be the best way. Li Congjia raised his head and thought for a while before asking, "Apart from Li Jixun and Xie Hua in Bei Zhou, is there anyone else who can make a move?"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and for a moment they didn't know how to answer this question. In fact, after Li Jixun rebelled and established himself as emperor, many officials from the Northern Zhou Dynasty left there. In the confrontation, they did not fall to the bottom.

But after Li Jixun came to power, it was hard to say. Of course, on the surface, these people must show their disdain for the rebels.

In this way, Li Jixun's subordinates are all relying on his old brothers for support, otherwise Xie Hua would not have taken the opportunity to enter. If Li Jixun hadn't pushed Xie Hua to the front desk this time, Li Congjia and the others wouldn't even know who Xie Hua was. !

Li Congjia saw that no one had any intention of answering, so he simply said: "Since this is the case, I guess they don't have time to respond to whether they want to surrender at this time, so why don't you just let brother take people to each city and county to ask, if you are willing to submit People from the Tang Dynasty, even if they are from the Tang Dynasty, register and register them, and even if someone from the Northern Zhou Dynasty stands up again, these places will not belong to them anymore."

This method is okay. Although no one counts meritorious deeds, it is the best way to do so without bloodshed. Moreover, as long as those places are won, it will be counted as meritorious deeds of these people. There is no danger, which is very good.

So Li Hongji got such a strange order, but he was not stupid, he knew the current situation after thinking about it, and he deliberately sent a warning signal to Bei Zhou, but Bei Zhou had already become a mess at this time, so he followed As Li Congjia said, start walking from city to city.

In fact, other people think that Li Hongji should go well this time, but in fact it is not so smooth. The territory of the Northern Zhou Dynasty is very large, and the places affected by the earthquake are limited. Li Hongji started to recover from Xingzhou in the north. How was it affected, and the people stationed here are Li Jixun's die-hard fans.

Although Li Jixun is dead now, he has also thought about the addiction of being an emperor. He even thinks that Daliang is in such a mess. Maybe he can lead troops directly to Beijing and win the throne if he works hard!

Let him surrender to Datang at this time?There are no doors!

Li Hongji was also patient, and asked three times in a row: Are you sure you don't want to surrender?

The other party answered very stiffly: Surrender to your mother.

This sentence completely ignited Li Hongji's anger. If he hadn't made a move for many years, these people regarded him as a soft persimmon?

So Li Hongji, who thought the recovery work was peaceful, had a sense of déjà vu.

After Li Congjia was stunned for a long time, he asked Li Zhongyu, who came to report and was a little nervous, "What is your expression?"

Li Zhongyu is now half-grown, and the children of the royal family mature early. Even though he is favored by Li Congjia, the more people he contacts, the more thoughts he instills in him, and the more he knows.

Li Zhongyu asked: "Will Father punish Uncle?"

Li Congjia raised his eyebrows: "Who told you?"

Li Zhongyu said seriously: "No one told me, I thought about it myself. Didn't Father say that he didn't want to use troops against Bei Zhou?"

Li Congjia smiled slightly and hugged Li Zhongyu on his lap and said, "It's not that I don't want to use troops, but I don't want to make trouble at this time, but obviously the other party didn't understand my painstaking efforts, so in this matter, your uncle did nothing wrong. Tell me, who asked you to ask?"

Li Zhongyu stuck out his tongue and said: "It's Wulang from my uncle's family who is worried that my uncle will be punished. Daddy, don't blame him, okay?"

Li Congjia patted his head and said, "No wonder, he's just worried about his father. It's just that you don't know enough, you need to keep learning. Many things are not static, and you will gradually understand in the future."

Northern Zhou's resolute resistance not only surprised Li Hongji, but also Li Congjia. He originally thought that the current situation in Northern Zhou should be very bad, but obviously, this bad also depends on the locality. Time is out of Northern Zhou's control.

Some warlords felt that they were strong enough, so they prepared to become kings on their own. Some warlords thought they were weak, so they simply found someone to form an alliance, and some even bowed their heads to Pang Qian.

For a time, the huge Northern Thursday fell apart, basically existing in name only.

Li Congjia was also very embarrassed about this, but since Bei Zhou didn't appreciate it, he wouldn't know how to use love to influence the other party if he didn't want to. Since he gave face shameless, then I'm sorry, we won't give you face.

Li Congjia directly gave Li Hongji an order to act cheaply, which meant that he could use his mouth instead of fists, if he could be gentle, he should be gentle, and if he couldn't, he would beat him directly. There was nothing to say.

Li Hongji was still a bit reluctant before, for fear that he would displease Li Congjia by going too far. Now it is estimated that many people in the court want to replace him, so of course he does not want to go back.

Now that Li Congjia gave him this handwritten order, Li Hongji immediately started working with confidence and boldness. He also carried out Li Congjia's meaning very well. If he could persuade the opponent to surrender, he would try his best to persuade him. If he could not persuade him, he would fight directly. After a few days, Xingzhou fell directly into the hands of Datang, and the original governor of Xingzhou... Sorry, you have brought the mother of the future emperor with you, so you must not stay.

Li Congjia looked at Li Hongji's battle report and said with a slight smile: "Brother is really capable, tell the cabinet to choose some people to take over Xingzhou. I remember that when he left, he didn't bring many civil servants who could take office directly."

In fact, I didn't bring it at all. After all, it's not a question of whether it can be shot down. Was it to drag some civil servants in the past?Of course you can't take them.

And it is also possible to let people pass after they are defeated.

However, when the cabinet was being selected, Li Hongji sent another letter.

Li Congjia was still wondering, the good news has just been sent, what can't be sent together?Or when the good news was released, nothing happened yet?But what could happen?Could it be that there are repetitions in Xingzhou?

Li Congjia hurriedly opened the letter, but after opening it, he knew at the beginning that there was probably nothing wrong with Xingzhou. After looking down, he realized that it was Khitan who had the problem.

Originally, this matter was not worthy of Li Hongji writing a letter to Li Congjia, but the problem is that after Li Hongji took over Xingzhou, he took in the tribe of Xiao Huang Shiwei!

And the reason why Xiao Huang Shiwei went to Datang was because they had turned against the Khitan, saying that they were at odds with the Khitan from then on!

This made Li Congjia very puzzled. Why didn't Xiao Huang Shiwei rebel against Khitan when Yelujing was there?Now that Ye Luxian is in charge, little Huang Shiwei ran out instead, what does this mean?Could it be that Yeluxian is more insane than Yelujing?

It shouldn't be, he remembered that Yeluxian was one of the few enlightened kings in Khitan, during his reign Khitan had a rejuvenation appearance, but unfortunately he was in poor health and died early, which made Khitan's rejuvenation almost like a flash in the pan.

In any case, Ye Luxian didn't seem like someone who would force his subordinates to rebel.

After Xiao Huang Shiwei rebelled, he found that he couldn't beat Khitan, so he ran to Li Hongji to ask for shelter and food, and he was willing to be a member of Datang, and would never return to Khitan in the future, wherever Datang arranged them.

This kind of attitude is not low. Li Hongji was at a loss at the time. Could it be that life in Datang is more comfortable than your life in Khitan?

He wanted to surrender, but if he didn't surrender, he didn't even think about it, but ran to him. Li Hongji could only write a letter to Li Congjia. The main point of the letter was: Khitan had sent troops to capture little Huang Shiwei. People, do we care?

Li Congjia had no choice but to care, how could he not?You have taken people in, and you just want to take care of them clearly, okay?

Fighting Khitan is not the same as fighting today's Northern Zhou Dynasty. Those warlords in the Northern Zhou Dynasty can't compare with the army led by Li Hongji in all aspects, but for the Khitan...it is impossible for them not to know Li Hongji, so the generals they send should not be simple. , and if the supplies are sufficient... Li Congjia decided to send another batch of supplies to Li Hongji.

He thought for a while and asked Yang Xin to bring some food and the like to Daliang as an individual businessman to see if he could help some people.

After Li Hongji got the supplies, he turned his head very happily and started to pinch with the Khitan army. As a result, after meeting each other, the opposite side was stunned by Datang's long-range firepower.

The Khitan people have always been good at riding and shooting. In the past, when they fought against the Central Plains people, they rode on horseback to engage in long-range strikes, which made the Central Plains people unable to fight back. When did they become run away when they were beaten by the Central Plains people's long-range weapons?

It's really running around like a mouse, the most cheating thing is that even if you run, you may not be able to run past the opponent.

The advantage of Yeluxian over Yelvjing is that he is more normal, not so crazy and not so insane. As soon as he saw that something could not be done, he immediately negotiated peace with Datang, saying that we will not fight, and we will not offend the river in the future, Xiao Huang We won't pursue the matter of Shi Wei anymore, you can take him in if you want.

Li Congjia originally wanted to take this opportunity to ask for some benefits from Ye Luxian. After all, they are considered a victorious country, so how could they not have benefits?In the end, the ministers headed by Shi Xueting called back: The enthronement ceremony is about to start, so don't you get convulsed?

Yes, the ceremony is about to be held, and now the entire imperial court thinks from top to bottom: don't let anything happen, it's better to let this ceremony be completed smoothly than anything else, basically all places are in a state of maintaining stability.

Li Congjia said to Shi Xueting very regretfully: "Hey, we won the battle, why can't we ask for things?"

Shi Xueting said with a blank expression: "Don't think about that, here is a letter from Yang Xin, you may be more interested in this one, take a look."

Li Congjia took it over and said: "How is Yang Xin doing recently? I asked him to go there before, but after thinking about it, it was too dangerous. What if there is a plague there? No matter what he said, wait until you write to him and let him go." He came back quickly, and if he couldn’t do it, he would leave a few people behind, give them more money and medicinal materials, and of course try not to let his own people stay there.”

Shi Xueting smiled slightly: "Let's talk after you read it."

Li Congjia raised his eyebrows and muttered: "It's mysterious."

As a result, when he opened the letter and finished reading it, he raised his head with a blank expression on his face: "This... what does this mean?"