Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 185 The Emperor Actually Knelt Down

Li Siyuan, formerly known as Miao Jilie, was born in Shatuo and had no surname. When Zhu Wen set fire to the Shangyuan post, Li Siyuan risked his life to save him. Li Keyong appreciated him and adopted him as his adopted son.

At this time, he was leading the local gentry and more than a hundred personal guards to meet him.

Li Ye saw that Li Siyuan was like Huo Cun, with a burly figure, a broad forehead, and a kind complexion. He was in his 20s and behaved quite steadily.

"It would be great if such a general could be used by me!"

Li Ye thoughtfully helped Li Siyuan up, comforted him a bit, and said: "The general is loyal to the king, I am very relieved, I will send an order to the army, and I will personally reward all the soldiers in three days!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Li Siyuan didn't talk much, if he could say a word less, he would never say a word more, and stepped aside after speaking.

Li Ye wanted to have some intimacy, but it was inconvenient for such an occasion, so he had no choice but to get on the chariot. When he was approaching Luoyang, Li Yeye saw a stone tablet about a foot high, crooked to one side, and behind the tablet there was a pavilion. dilapidated.

Li Ye asked Jingxiang, "Whose monument is that?"

Jing Xiang looked at it, but didn't speak!

Li Ye didn't take it seriously, and Jing Xiang didn't know everything.

After waiting for a while, Jing Xiang let out a long breath and said, "Your Majesty, this is a mass grave!"

"A mass grave?"

Jing Xiang nodded and said: "After the Anshi Rebellion, the imperial court wanted to take over the two capitals and used the Uyghur army to suppress the rebellion. After the city of Luoyang was broken, the Uyghurs plundered Luoyang for three days, and the officials followed suit.

Later, a righteous man found more than [-] corpses in the city and buried them in this pit. In the next three years, there was a severe drought in Henan. "

After hearing this, Li Ye remained silent, stopped the dragon chariot, and led Wen Wu to the stele.

Everyone didn't know why, but after a while, they were all shocked when they saw the emperor's actions.

The emperor knelt down!
The emperor actually knelt down!
Is this the imperial mausoleum? Are the people of the royal family buried in it?

Many people don't know!
Jing Xiang said from the side: "Your Majesty, since ancient times, the people kneeled down to the emperor, but I have never heard of the emperor kneeling down to the people!"

Li Ye mourned and said: "The son of heaven guards the people, and he is responsible for the well-being of the people. The disaster of Luoyang is the fault of my ancestors. I will bear the fault of my ancestors!"

Li Ye's sonorous voice is refreshing.

Jing Xiang's eyes were red, and he knelt down behind Li Ye, Zhu Zhen and Gao Wenmin followed each other, and even Li Siyuan knelt behind, and after a while all the three armies knelt down.

Word of mouth spread among the three armies, and soon everyone knew the origin of this stele, and those who came from poor backgrounds felt the deepest.

People in troubled times are not as good as dogs, who cares about their lives?But the emperor's kneeling made them feel warm. His Majesty the Emperor cared about their lives.

Recalling what His Majesty has done after he ascended the throne, the emperor could forgive Tian Lingzi who whipped him, but he never showed mercy to those who looted the people.

The mass graves outside the west city of Chang'an are still buried with the bones of thousands of rebellious soldiers of the Shence Army.

At this time, the most shocking ones are naturally the squires in Luoyang. Luoyang has experienced a hundred years of suffering!

Since the bloodbath of the Uighur army in Luoyang, in the past ten years, Huang Chao, Qin Zongquan, Li Hanzhi, and Li Keyong took turns to fight, and the people of Luoyang were in great distress.

"The people of Luoyang have been looking forward to Master Wang for a long time!"

An old man fell to the ground and wept.

Li Siyuan didn't feel deeply, although His Majesty's move was not proper, but he could also see that this kneeling had won the hearts of Luoyang people.

Li Ye burned incense to sacrifice, and afterwards ordered people to repair the stele and rain pavilion, so time was delayed, and when he entered Luoyang City, it would be late...

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Qin Zongquan was originally the general of Xuzhou. Ten years ago, he led his troops to expel the governor of Caizhou and occupied Caizhou. It happened that in the winter of this year, Huang Chao led the army into the pass, and Emperor Xizong fled in embarrassment.

In order to restore Chang'an, Yang Fuguang, the supervising army, pardoned Qin Zongquan's crimes and led the Caizhou army to attack Huang Chao. After the defeat, Qin Zongquan took refuge in Huang Chao.

In the fourth year of Zhonghe, Huang Chao was defeated and killed. Except for a small part of the rest of the Chaos who took refuge in Zhu Wen, most of them voted for Qin Zongquan. Qin Zongquan became so powerful that he conquered more than [-] surrounding states one after another, becoming the largest vassal town in the Central Plains at that time.

In the first year of Guangqi, Qin Zongquan proclaimed himself emperor in Caizhou and inherited Huang Chao's national name "Daqi". It has been five years now.

The imperial palace in Caizhou, like the Xuanzheng Palace in the Tang Dynasty, was built for Qin Zongquan's enslavement of tens of thousands of people, and it took three years to complete.
Caizhou City is small, and the city wall along the outer circle was also built later, and it has been completely enlarged.Even when the fierce battle with Zhu Wen was the most anxious, the project did not stop.

In the Xuanzheng Hall, Qin Zongquan sat high on the dragon chair, and the officials of his highness also imitated the Tang court, setting up six departments, Zhongshu, Menxia, ​​and Shangshu.

Qin Zongquan put all his confidantes and his relatives into important positions.

Zhongshu Ling is his younger brother Qin Zongxin, the left servant of the Shangshu shoots Zhang Wei, the right servant of the Shangshu shoots Qin Xian, the general Shen Cong of Zuo Jinwuwei, the general Lu Tang of Tiance, and his wife Zhao Shi are also named Queen.

"The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty has led troops to Luoyang. Please tell me, what should we do?"

Qin Xian said: "It's enough to fight. If the Emperor of Tang Dynasty is destroyed, His Majesty will be the only emperor in the world. Wouldn't it be great?"

"In the middle, it's not that the big guys don't know what the Imperial Guards of the Tang Dynasty look like, one army is enough."

Shen Cong said: "If the emperor's imperial army is easy to handle, I'm afraid that the emperor will order the Xuanwu army to come, and Zhu Wen will be in trouble."

When Lu Tang heard Zhu Wen, he frowned slightly. He had suffered a great loss from Zhu Wen. At this time last year, in the west of Caizhou City, he fell into Zhu Wen's trap and was killed by [-] people. The memory is still fresh.

Shen Cong was worried, but he was not as optimistic as the others. When Daqi established the country, he fought Zhu Wen to death for five or six years. He beat Zhu Wen, who had only a thousand people, into a hundred thousand tigers and wolves now. Although Da Qi still has more than [-] troops, if the fight continues like this, the outcome can be imagined.

Qin Zongquan nodded and said: "The battle must be fought. Zhu Wen's side has not moved yet. Take this opportunity to flatten Luoyang in one fell swoop. If the emperor is captured, my Daqi will naturally have no worries."

Everyone nodded. If the emperor is captured, the Tang Dynasty will perish. No matter how difficult it is for Zhu Wenna to deal with it, it will be a big deal that the earth will be cracked and the king will be crowned. There is always a way.

"Let's gather all the troops to Ruzhou, and order Zhao Deyan to prepare food and supplies and transport them to Ruzhou."

Qin Zong said: "Your Majesty, Li Siyuan in Luoyang and Li Kexiu in Heyang have not left yet, and the Hedong army is also very difficult!"

Qin Zongquan said: "There are only more than 1 infantry and less than [-] cavalry. What are you afraid of? It just happened to avenge Chen Zhou."

Back then, Qin Zongquan's soldiers surrounded Chenzhou and almost wiped out Zhu Wen. If Li Keyong hadn't led [-] cavalry southward, how could Zhu Wen be where he is today.

Qin Zongquan hated him deeply.

(End of this chapter)