Chapter 413 The Emperor of Taizu

Almost two months have passed since the Spring Festival. The dozens of lanterns in Xingqing Palace have not been removed yet. They are hang sparsely on the huge beams of Xingqing Hall. In a corner of the empty Xingqing Hall, Zhaoyi and Wu Ruiniang were holding Li Longji and practicing walking slowly.

"Your Majesty, slow down, slower."

Li Longji has been awake for nearly half a year. From being able to eat at the beginning to being able to say a few words, now he can walk slowly. Li Longji is recovering bit by bit. He glanced at Wu Ruiniang and said a little displeasedly: "Rui Niang, I told you, don't call me Your Majesty again."

"But...yes! I know."

Wu Ruiniang lowered her head, but she was worried. Her youngest son Li Yu was killed by the rioters while crossing the Yellow River. Her body was thrown into the Yellow River. The eldest son Li Yu was trapped in Taiyuan and fell at the hands of An Lushan. She lost a son and was extremely sad. She begged Li Longji to find a way to save him, and he agreed. However, the emperor Li Yu came to visit the emperor's grandfather several times, but Li Longji refused to talk about his son, which made Wu Ruiniang feel a little resentment.

From the time Li Longji fainted and fell into a coma, he has been taking care of him and putting in a lot of effort, but is he not at all in love?

"Your Majesty, didn't the Lord say that he would come to see you today?"

"What does it matter if he comes to see me or not? I don't want to see him."

After Li Longji woke up, he was always dissatisfied with Li Yu. He did not formally give way, so he ascended the throne without authorization. In Li Longji's view, even if he could not handle state affairs, Li Yu could only take charge of the Tang Dynasty as the grandson of the country, and could never replace him. This was a rebellious act, and he failed his hard work on him, so he had such a rebellious grandson.

Li Longji was so angry that Li Yu came to visit him several times, but he ignored him. He also felt keenly that someone was monitoring him.

"This evil grandson!"

Li Longji cursed hatefully, and he suddenly realized something. He glanced at Wu Ruiniang, and saw her brows sad, and said, "Are you worried about Yu'er?"

Wu Ruiniang knelt down and cried, "An Lushan's wolf ambitions, the wolf fell on his hands. I don't know what it would be tortured. I beg your husband to tell the emperor and save my wolf! I have only this son."

Wu Ruiniang's words "官网" made Li Longji's thoughts a little dazed. He suddenly thought of "Sanlang", and then his jade rings, remembering the time when they composed music together in the Pear Garden. He played the flute, she danced, and a song of colorful clothes, the pear blossoms were stunning, and the falling red flowers were flying. I wonder how she was now.

"Mr.!"

Wu Ruiniang found that Li Longji was distracted and was dissatisfied. She reminded him again. Li Longji looked at her blankly, "What are you talking about?"

Wu Ruiniang came from the sadness, but the emperor did not listen to her. She said sadly: "My husband, I am talking, the man fell on An Lushan's hands, begging Your Majesty to save him."

"An Lushan!"

Anger arose from the bottom of his heart. If possible, he would immediately order An Lushan to be chopped into meat paste. His hatred for An Lushan has exceeded anyone. An Lushan not only ruined his throne, but also ruined his hope of becoming a man.

At this time, the eunuch Yu Chaoen rushed over and panted from a distance, shouting: "Your Majesty, the Lord is here."

Wu Ruiniang was panicked and confused, and begged again: "Your Majesty, I beg you."

"I understand, you can help me to the side palace first."

As if he remembered something, Li Longji suddenly grabbed her arm and lowered his voice: "You can't be careless. No one of my dietary utensils is allowed to touch him. Do you remember?"

"I remember it."

Wu Ruiniang was frightened to help Li Longji to the side hall. As soon as Li Longji sat down, Li Yu walked in quickly accompanied by several guards.

The light in the side hall was a little dim. Li Longji was like a thousand-year-old bat, sitting in a dark corner, looking at his grandson with cold eyes. These days, he had known many things that happened in the court, especially the Anxi silver dollar and silver jars have become official coins of the Tang Dynasty. A large number of silver dollars and silver jars poured in from the Western Regions, and had squeezed Kaiyuan Tongbao into the corner. This not only meant that Li Qing'an controlled the Tang Dynasty's money system, but also meant that a large amount of materials would be shipped to Anxi to strengthen Li Qing'an's strength.

This made Li Longji very dissatisfied with Li Yu, dissatisfied with his indecisiveness, dissatisfied with his weakness, and dissatisfied with his concessions to Li Qing'an. He was already regretting the decision to make Li Yu the crown prince.

"The emperor, the emperor is here."

Seeing that Li Longji did not respond, Yu Chaoen couldn't help reminding him again. Li Longji glanced at him coldly, and a hint of vigilance arose in his heart. The emperor was not anxious and the eunuch was anxious. This eunuch was a little too enthusiastic.

Li Yu quickly stepped forward and fell to the ground, "The emperor's grandson bowed to the emperor of Taizu, wishing the emperor of Taizu good health and longevity."

"Get up!" Li Longji said coldly.

"Thank you, Emperor Taizu!"

Li Yu stood up. He came today for something, but seeing Li Longji's cold attitude, he hesitated for a moment.

At this time, Wu Ruiniang gently pinched Li Longji's shoulders behind her, and the force on her hands couldn't help but increase a little. Li Longji knew what she meant, so she asked, "How is King Rong's recent situation?"

King Rong was Li Wan. After the Shuofang Rebellion, he fled to Hedong by boat. He escaped from An Lushan's blockade and fled to Chenliu. He was originally the Henan Road Observer, so he simply stayed in Chenliu for a long time and wrote a letter to the court. He was willing to continue to be the Henan Road Observer.

Li Yu replied respectfully: "The emperor's grandson thought that the six emperor uncle was sick and should not work hard, so he did not agree to him as the Henan Road Observer again, hoping that he could go to Beijing to recuperate."

"Did he listen to you?"

"Reporting to the Emperor Taizu, the grandson has sent someone to announce the imperial edict, and there is no news yet."

"Then what?"

"Then his grandson appointed Zhang Jieran, the Minister of Weiwei Temple, as the governor of Henan, and went to Chenliu to take office."

Li Longji's face improved a little, and he said, "Zhang Jieran is just for a scholar, and I'm afraid he can't lead the troops. I suggest another person."

Li Yu immediately bowed and said, "Please give instructions from Emperor Taizu!"

Li Longji did not say anything for a long time, and finally stopped talking about this matter. The topic turned to Li Xuan and said, "Didn't Anqingzong be a magistrate in Chang'an? You can use him to exchange King Xiliang with An Lushan for the King of Xiliang and send a capable candidate. This matter should be done as soon as possible."

"Yes! Grandson knows."

Perhaps he was still satisfied with Li Yu's attitude, Li Longji's expression slowed down a little longer. Seeing that Li Yu was about to speak, he said, "If you have anything to do, just say it!"

Li Yu hesitated: "Recently, hundreds of farmers in Weinan County have come to Chang'an to file a complaint, saying that Princess Huo's slaves have occupied hundreds of hectares of fertile land and injured hundreds of farmers. Among these occupied land, including forty hectares of upper fields in Qibao Villa, the grandson has sent someone to investigate, and the situation is true."

Princess Huo was the sister of Li Longji, the oldest princess in the world. She was called the eldest princess. After divorced her guilty husband Pei Xuji in the eighth year of Kaiyuan, she did not remarry. She was respected by Li Longji and always gave her great gifts. She occupied a large area of ​​fertile land in Guanzhong. Li Longji's face sank. What about family slaves clearly meant that Princess Huo occupied the land. In other words, Li Yu wanted to attack Princess Huo.

Li Long had basically calmed down and started to get angry again, and said coldly: "You are the current emperor. Isn't it just your words? If you have any questions, please ask me for instructions. Go! Kill whoever you should kill, and kill all the princesses and princesses."

Seeing that his grandfather was angry, Li Yu quickly knelt down and said, "The emperor's grandfather calmed down, everything else is easy to say, but this Qibao Villa was a land house given to Li Qing'an by the emperor's grandfather, so it's not easy to move."

It was okay if Li Yu didn't mention Li Qing'an. When Li Qing'an mentioned Li Qing'an, Li Longji's anger arose again. He slapped the table and said, "He occupied Anxi, do you think the place is small? You still have to give him the land in Guanzhong, why don't you give him the Daming Palace?"

Li Longji was furious and his head became dizzy again, shaking and falling down, scaring Li Yu torture, "Grandfather, please calm down! Take care of the dragon's body is important."

Wu Ruiniang hurriedly supported Li Longji and said to Li Yu: "Master, go first! Do your grandfather's instructions well, I will take care of your grandfather."

Li Yu had no choice but to stand up and said, "Prince Taizu, please take care of yourself, grandson will go first."

After saying that, he slowly stepped back, and the Yu Chaoen next to him hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Master, I will take you out."

He led Li Yu outwards. At this time, Li Longji's closed eyes slowly opened a crack. Looking at Yu Chaoen's charming back, murderous intent appeared in his eyes. He waved his hand and said to Wu Ruiniang: "Go and find someone who can trust and invite Gao Lishi for me."

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"Bang!"

Li Yu slammed the jade pen holder on the wall, and the fragments scattered everywhere. Several eunuchs in the imperial study were so scared that they crawled on the ground. They had never seen the emperor have such a big temper.

Li Yu's face turned pale with anger, lowered his throat and roared: "He enfeoffed the vassal states and indulged in occupation of land, which has caused the consequences of no taxes today. He also wants to interfere with my decision, so I cut off his supplies and asked him to ask those royal relatives for money!"

Li Mi advised on the side: "Your Majesty, calm down first. Getting angry like this is not a solution, let's discuss it again."

Li Yu tried his best to restrain his anger and said slowly: "He is no longer the emperor, and he still has to interfere in my decisions. I cannot tolerate it. This time I will never follow his mercy."

"Your Majesty is right! Telling this to the Emperor Taizu is respectful to him, but what should be done is to make the decision."

Li Yu nodded and immediately said to the left and right: "Go and invite Prime Minister Wang, Prime Minister Li and Minister Pei! I have something important to discuss with them."

As the New Year passed, the rent and tax statistics in various places also arrived one after another. Due to the separatist rule of the vassal states, the imperial court actually controlled not many places, only the inner roads, the capital, Longyou, Henan Prefecture, and Henan Road. Many wealthy places, such as Hedong, Jianghuai, Jingxiang, and Shuzhong, were difficult to transport them into the capital even if the government collected taxes, which greatly reduced the tax.

However, the scope of the imperial court's control was the most severely occupied by the powerful and powerful people. Moreover, the taxes in Longyou and Guannei Road also had to support Shuofang and Longyou armies. The imperial court's real reliance was only related to Zhonghe and Henan. Finally, it was counted that the taxes in the first year of the Dali period were only less than 20% of the previous year, just two million stones of rice and five hundred thousand coins of money. The problem was quite serious. The annual expenditure in the palace was more than 500,000 coins, and more than one million stones of rice for the imperial officials, plus the more than 3 million stones of rice and more than 2 million coins of salary, not to mention the military expenditure of the 100,000 Guanzhong army directly under Li Yu.

The court almost reached a situation where there was no rice to be made, and the salaries of officials could not be paid for several years. It was rumored that some lower-level officials went to the two cities at night to support their families for Hu Shangshang. The power of the government was ruined. It was already March, and at the latest half month, Li Yu had to give the officials rice and salaries. Until now, he ascended the throne, he had never paid a piece of rice and salaries, and he had not paid a piece of rice or a penny of rice and salaries. There was also two million military expenses of a hundred thousand troops, which would be paid in April. If there was no more money and food within half a month, the officials would stop the court and the army would mutiny, and Li Yu would have to abdicate.

In fact, with Guanzhong's wealth, it is completely affordable for these money and grains. The problem is that there are almost no self-cultivated farmers in Guanzhong now, and the tax sources are cut off. Only a few small and medium-sized landlords have to pay both rent and taxes. Most of the fertile land has been divided up by royal relatives and powerful officials, and has become a manor. They never have to pay taxes. For this reason, Li Yu has issued three tax payment edicts in a row, but no one has paid attention to it.

Now Li Yu has been forced to go to the forefront. In order to maintain his minimum imperial prestige and to regain some benefits from his royal relatives, he has to find someone to take action.

Just at this time, hundreds of small landlords and their tenant farmers came to Beijing to file a complaint. Princess Huo condoned her slaves to occupy hundreds of hectares of land, especially Li Qing'an's forty hectares of Yongye land. He is now extremely financially short and has also asked Li Qing'an for his request. Li Yu decided to use this powerless and powerless old princess to start the attack.

After a moment, the left prime minister Wang Gong, the Minister of Justice Li Yan and the Minister of Revenue Pei Min hurried to the imperial study room, "I will meet your Majesty!"

"The prime ministers will be granted a seat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The eunuchs moved a few poufs, and the three of them sat down, and Li Mi also sat aside. At this time, Li Yuna took out the memorial of the young Yin of Jingzhao Cui Guangyuan and said to the three: "This is a memorial transferred by Yang Prime Minister. Cui Guangyuan reported that hundreds of people in Weinan County accused Princess Huo of Princess Huo of robbing the land. I have sent someone to secretly investigate. The matter is completely true. I am determined to use this matter as a case and severely punish it."

Li Mi smiled and added: "And forty hectares of these 300 hectares of land are the Yongye Fields of the Anxi Jiedushi Li Qing'an. If the emperor doesn't care, it will set a bad precedent for invading the Minister Yongye Fields."

The three important officials looked at each other. Of course, they knew that the real reason was that the court's financial state had reached the verge of collapse. The emperor could only use some royal families to attack, and Princess Huo happened to run into it.

In fact, these three important officials are all loyal supporters of Li Yu. Li Yu came to them and wanted to tell them the truth.

Pei Min pondered for a moment and said, "I want to know how far your Majesty plans to go, whether he wants to punish Princess Huo or his slaves, and make a gesture."

Li Yan next to him also said: "I mean this, what is Your Majesty's real purpose?"

Li Yu waved his hand and asked several eunuchs to retreat. He said to the three of them: "I have investigated that Princess Huo has thirty manors in Guanzhong, at least 3,000 hectares of land, and the grain in the warehouse is at least one million stones, and there are countless gold, silver, copper and coins in the family. I want to severely punish Princess Huo for the crime of occupying the land to solve my urgent need."

At this time, Wang Gong, who had been silent, spoke: "But this matter involves Li Qing'an, and the matter is probably a bit complicated."

"I know, let Li Qingan come and share the pressure of this matter with me!"

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Chapter completed!