Self Rescue of the Faint King

After sitting in that unattainable position, Li Chongrun seemed to gradually agree with the meaning of what his father once said, "This position is the most willful and the most willful."

Although he was a legitimate heir and had the edict of Emperor Zhongzong to pass on the throne, after becoming emperor, Li Chongrun discovered that the courtiers who had been loyal to his father before would not necessarily be loyal to him.

Even if he could understand, he always felt a little awkward and uncomfortable.

In the first year of Tang Long, Emperor Mingzong Li Chongrun started his own era. One emperor and one courtier, this is the most reasonable saying throughout the ages. Li Chongrun is no exception. He also wants his own people to charge for him in the court and keep him out of the game. Move in the center and control the court.

To solve this problem, there are at least three or five ways, such as obtaining a scholar from Enke, such as promoting in-laws and relatives, such as marriage.

However, Li Chongrun always remembered his father's teaching, to be an emperor, you must first be upright, otherwise you will have shortcomings if you follow the path, and you will easily be taken advantage of.

Even if the strength is weak, but as long as he is upright, there will be a day when he will be strong enough to make others submit.

Of course, this does not mean that those small tricks are not used, but it is necessary to grasp the speed.

A contradictory statement, isn't it?

However, Li Chongrun, who was a fan of brains, still understood a lot of truths from it. Thinking about how the emperor used cruel officials to clean up the court, you can see the benefits of small tricks.

Well, royals, you can always justify yourself, don't you?So, Li Chongrun, you win.

Although the state religion of this dynasty is Buddhism, because of this, the number of monks and nuns has increased. Among them, fish and dragons are mixed. These people are not engaged in production, and the land of Buddhist temples is not taxed. It has damaged the revenue of the treasury, and there are also conflicts with ordinary landlords.

Therefore, His Majesty Mingzong ordered that monasteries all over the world were not allowed to build manors, and ordered that all monasteries and their affiliated monks, nuns, slaves, and property be inspected.

In April, an edict was issued to destroy Buddhism, and it was stipulated that only 4 temples could be kept in Chang'an, Xijing, with 10 monks in each temple, 2 temples in Luoyang, Tokyo, and 34 temple in the remaining 1 prefectures of Jiedushi, and no other prefectures. Stay at the temple.All other temples were destroyed, and all monks and nuns were ordered to return to vulgarity. All bronze Buddha statues and bells and chimes in the abandoned temples were sold for melting and casting money, and iron castings were handed over to Honshu for casting as farm tools.

By August of that year, "more than 26 temples were demolished in the world, and 500 monks and nuns were returned to the two tax households; 15 people in the two tax households (the real data of Wu Zong exterminating Buddha)

Buddhism, which was introduced to the land of China in the Western Han Dynasty, reached its peak in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Mingzong Li Chongrun's policy of suppressing Buddhism severely affected the development of Buddhism. However, there was not much resistance in the society at that time. It can be seen that monks and nuns To what extent has the power expanded.

Under social conflicts, Li Chongrun's approach not only has no objection, but also applauds from the government and the opposition!

After this extermination of Buddhism, the property of Buddhist temples was deprived, monks and nuns returned to lay life, temples were abolished, scriptures were lost, and Buddhist sects lost their objective conditions for prosperity.However, a large number of monks and nuns returned to lay life, and the land and wealth of the temples were owned by the imperial court, which objectively reduced the financial burden of the common people to support monks and nuns.In addition, other religions from the Western Regions such as Zoroastrianism, Manichaeism, and Nestorianism were all attacked.Taoism in China is slowly on the rise, and the development of Buddhism has fallen into a bleak situation.

The influence of the incident of suppressing Buddhism is not only here, but after the fall of the Tang Dynasty, the Song Dynasty directly praised Taoism, and ignored Buddhism at all.

Emperor Mingzong greatly promoted Wenzhi, and combined Xiushuyuan and Lianhuatai established by Emperor Zhongzong to establish Jixianyuan.

Mingzong set up the standards for selecting talents and appointing talents, paying attention to the "virtue and ability" of scholars, and also specially emphasized that virtue comes first and ability comes last, and only those who are virtuous can occupy high positions!

Several prime ministers of Emperor Mingzong are famous people in the world, such as Yao Chong left by the emperor's father. Yao Chong's greatest contribution is to deal with all kinds of corruption.

Even though there was a lot of opposition between the government and the opposition, Li Chongrun stood firmly behind Yao Chong and supported him to purge officials and reform bad governance, which brought about a new situation in the court, and after Yao Chong's new policy was passed, Li Chongrun completely He took control of the court and cleared the opposition parties who opposed because of their opposition from the court.

The enlightenment of the Tang Dynasty reached its peak during the Mingzong period, and a large number of foreigners came to the Tang Dynasty to do business and settle down. The Emperor Mingzong seemed to have anticipated this situation, and specially issued two laws on the settlement of the foreign people in the Tang Dynasty. Law, which stipulates the rights and obligations of Hu people and other races.

Li Chongrun did not hesitate to reward foreigners who had made great contributions. It was not uncommon for foreigners to enter the court and become officials, and there were even cases of knighting, but this was a minority after all.However, it is precisely because of this kind of preferential treatment that more and more Hu people and foreign races tried their best to come to the Great Tang Dynasty of China to learn and feel the advanced and powerful here.

Of course, during the time of Emperor Zhongzong, there were Hu people like Suo Yuanli who were officials in the court. Therefore, although there were voices of opposition between the court and the opposition, there was no big wave.

The Tang Dynasty during the Mingzong period was so proud and confident. In the second year of Tang Long, Mingzong ordered the restoration of the Silk Road, which greatly increased the influence of the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions.

The imperial court's emphasis on farming and farmers also played different tricks in the hands of Li Chongrun. Emperor Zhongzong appointed Yuwen Rong as the national envoy to cover the fields and persuade farmers, and set up ten envoys and judges to persuade farmers. Go to various places to check the hidden land and the farmers who cover up.

Then all the land that was inspected was confiscated, and at the same time, the land was distributed to farmers for cultivation.Registration is also carried out for the concealed farmers.In this way, the annual increase in customer money is as high as several million.

In the fifth year of Kaiyuan, Emperor Mingzong also reached the age of forty. He felt that it was necessary to complete the unfinished business of the emperor Zhongzong in his lifetime-the matter of women participating in scientific examinations and women entering the court as officials.

After so many years of development in Datang, even ordinary women can read and write, so he thinks it's time for women to shine.

In the fifth year of Kaiyuan, Emperor Mingzong appointed two women to study in the Imperial Academy. Although one of them was his own daughter and the other was also a daughter of an aristocratic family, it still aroused opposition from many people.

The main reason is that this Princess Shouan is of mixed race, her mother is a Hu, and she was born prematurely, which makes many people regard her as an ominous person. (Princess Shouan, the daughter of Emperor Li Longji of the Ming Dynasty, is the prototype. Li Longji did not like premature birth, mainly because the ancients regarded premature birth as an ominous omen.)

However, Li Chongrun scoffed at this. On the contrary, because his daughter was born prematurely and was weak, he felt extra pity. Apart from the prince, this princess was the only one who grew up by Li Chongrun's side, and she was also raised by him.

As for His Highness the Crown Prince, his attitude towards Princess Shou'an is extremely kind, and the children's family will definitely not compete with him for anything, so there is no threat, and the Crown Prince is naturally happy to sell well.

With the double love and care of His Majesty the Emperor and His Highness the Crown Prince, Princess Shou'an will not have any major problems even if she walks sideways.

She proposed to imitate Aunt Taiping's story and go to the imperial examination. As a daughter-in-law, Li Chongrun not only did not object, but also personally helped her daughter review her homework (this is very suspected of cheating, Your Majesty!), full of fatherly love full of love.

These are actually no big problems. As a sage who loves daughters, everyone will not have any objections to taking part in the imperial examination for fun.

But now, the sage actually let Her Royal Highness enter the Hanlin Academy to study, what does this mean?

It means that Her Royal Highness the Princess will be an official in the court in the future, how can such a thing be tolerated?

Although Li Chongrun was calm and gracious, he couldn't help but get angry when his own children were involved.

As a royal princess, Princess Shouan's conduct and knowledge are naturally unique, so what are these people objecting to?

Isn't it because they are afraid that once the precedent of women serving as officials is set, their chances will be reduced?This kind of selfish and narrow-minded atmosphere is absolutely intolerable.

Li Chongrun raged in the court hall rarely, causing the court hall to shake, but even so, the courtiers did not back down.

In fact, the courtiers and scholars are also miserable. Not only will they have to compete with the same sex, but they will also compete with girls in the future. Thinking about it, it feels so cruel, what should I do?

Although the aristocratic families also cultivate daughters, most of them are used to marry to expand their influence. Now the daughter's family can even enter the court and become an official. If the old rules of thousands of years have to be changed, how can these old stubborn people accept it? What?

In the end, both sides lost their temper and refused to budge an inch. Li Chongrun also lost his temper, cursed at others, and tried to preach, but he still couldn't get these old stubborn people to agree.

There is no way to have fun!

With nothing to do, Li Chongrun set up a ring on the Lotus Terrace, and the two women who entered the Hanlin Academy were guarding the ring. If they passed the ten rounds of assessments, they would not only be able to enter the Imperial Academy, but they would not be hindered from being officials in the future. .

This kind of situation is not new in Datang, and everyone sees it as a fun instead. Princess Shou'an thought that she has been studying with the prince's elder brother since she was a child, and now naturally she can't fall into the royal prestige, she must give the emperor a sigh of relief , of course, but also to fight for the voice of the women in the world.

Fortunately, the thighs behind the two are relatively thick. Their newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, and their high-spirited appearance makes them objects of worship by women.

In the end, even though it was a tragic victory, the great scholars from all sides shamelessly got involved, and still failed to suppress the two little girls, which really disgraced the man.

But it's good if you win. Princess Shou'an's eyes are shining, and she can't help but be excited. Li Chongrun looks at the shining appearance of her daughter, and her love for her daughter has been satisfied to the greatest extent.

As for the crown prince Li Cong, although he felt a great sense of crisis in his heart, at this moment, he could be regarded as a brother and sister, and the father and son slapped Princess Shou'an together.

After studying in the Imperial Academy for three years, Princess Shouan went to the Ministry of Rites. Because her mother and concubine were from the Honghe Temple, she was particularly gifted in language. In order to appease the courtiers, she entered the Honghe Temple to handle foreign affairs.

The battle for women's imperial examinations has finally come to an end.

After that, one after another, women entered the court as officials, but most of them were in idle positions.

Although it was an act of condescending talent, Li Chongrun felt that he was already satisfied. He had fulfilled the regret of the emperor's father. As for other things, future generations still need to continue to work hard.

Before Li Chongrun passed away, he left a will for generations not to hinder the restraint of women, and it became the family motto of the Li family of the Tang Dynasty.

After Prince Li Cong succeeded to the throne, he followed Emperor Mingzong's last wish and continued to pay attention to the cultivation of women. Even during the reign of Emperor Suzong Li Cong, the first female prime minister appeared in the Tang Dynasty. Deposed by impeachment.

But this also shows a lot of things, at least the ability of women has been recognized by the whole society, but after all, the patriarchy still holds the upper hand, so women want to make a career, after all, they need to put in more effort. .

Starting from Tang Zhongzong Li Xian, through the efforts of Mingzong Li Chongrun and Suzong Li Su, the Tang Dynasty continued to dominate the world and became the most powerful country at that time. There is no one...