Qian Song

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After Li Xiang ascended the throne, with Li Cun's full support, he eliminated all the bad governance of Li Cun and Li Biao.

Because Li Xiang was ruthless and showed no mercy to anyone, many of Li Cun's children and grandchildren were very dissatisfied with Li Xiang. In addition, Li Xiang insisted on moving the capital, which almost made Li Xiang unable to be re-elected.

Later, it was Li Cun who did many of the work of his children and grandchildren under the rules he established, so that Li Xiang could be re-elected.

After Li Lian took office, he immediately moved the capital of the Daqian Dynasty from Nanjing to Beijing.

Li Cun did not follow the move of the capital, but has been living in Nanjing, a picturesque and pleasant environment.

It is precisely because of this that Li Cun completely left the center of power of the Daqian Dynasty, allowing Li Xiang to fully control the Daqian Dynasty.

Prime Minister Li's 12 years in power further consolidated the foundation of the Daqian Dynasty and further strengthened the Daqian court's rule over the vassal states.

The key is that after these 12 years of development, the industrial revolution of the Daqian Dynasty further broke out.

During Li Xiang's tenure, hundreds of large thermal power stations and hydropower stations were built, making electricity a commonly used energy source in Daqian. Not only did electric lights enter the homes of ordinary people, a large number of electrical appliances were also invented during this period. come out.

More than 30 years ago, under the leadership of Li Cun, the Daqian Dynasty developed the train.

After continuous improvement, the trains of the Daqian Dynasty have entered the era of electric locomotives.

——Electric locomotive is the second generation engine of train, which uses electricity to drive the train.Electric locomotives can already reach speeds of one hundred miles per hour.

This makes trains a faster and more efficient means of transportation and is widely used in transportation and tourism.

At the same time, the automobile research and development of the Daqian Dynasty also developed rapidly.

Last year, the gasoline engine four-wheel truck manufactured by the Daqian Dynasty was equipped with the latest engine. Its transportation capacity and speed reached the level of the liberation of cars in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

In addition, the Daqian Dynasty had developed the telephone based on the telegraph, and the Daqian Dynasty had been actively laying telephone lines. By the end of Prime Minister Li's term, the telephone lines between the major cities in the Daqian Dynasty had been laid. about there.

These inventions played a great role in consolidating the rule of the Daqian Dynasty.

Let's put it this way, during the 12 years that Prime Minister Li was in charge of the Daqian Dynasty, the Daqian Dynasty developed a series of things of epoch-making significance.

These things have greatly promoted the development of productivity, and have made great progress in both people's lives and industry. At the same time, they have also prompted the rise of emerging industries such as electric lights, automobiles, and chemicals. The emergence of these things and their industries has made the world The Qian Dynasty became more powerful, and economic growth reached a new high.

The key is that these scientific and technological developments have made the connection between the Daqian Dynasty more convenient and faster.

In this way, the world market will be further formed.

Now, the whole world is moving forward at a high speed with the Daqian Dynasty as the center.

but--

There is not only a good side to everything, but also a bad side.

The increase in productivity makes production more concentrated, which also means the emergence of monopoly organizations.

In other words, some capitalists have begun to appear, the people are increasingly divided into the bourgeoisie and the working class, and social contradictions and oppositions have begun to form.

In addition, the gap between the rich and the poor, urban population expansion, overcrowded housing, environmental pollution and other disadvantages are beginning to appear.

This monster released by Li Cun himself has become somewhat out of control. Even Li Cun cannot speculate on what impact it will have on the economy, politics, culture, military, technology, productivity and environment of human society. come out.

The only thing Li Cun can do is to try his best to guide him in a good direction.

For example:

Li Cun has now put forward the concept of environmental protection and strongly encourages the development of green energy, such as electric energy, water energy, solar energy, wind energy, etc.

To be more specific, such as cars and trains, Li Cun guided scientific researchers to develop electric energy and hydrogen.

As for agriculture, before petrochemical fertilizer agriculture appeared, Li Cun vigorously promoted the development of ecological agriculture through Li Xiang and others.

But then again, Li Cun can only try his best to guide it. Li Cun doesn't know what kind of society this society will develop into in the end.

What's more, although Li Cun still has huge influence, he has taken a back seat after all.

Although it can't be said that people are leaving the tea, what Li Cun can control now is actually no longer as good as that of Prime Minister Li who is still in office.

In the later period of Li Xiang's reign, Li Xiang basically surpassed Li Cun in terms of power.

However, Prime Minister Li has always been very filial to Li Cun, and even came to Nanjing to visit Li Cun twice every year.

Once the ten-year term is over, many people are worried that Prime Minister Li, who has been very powerful during his reign, will occupy the throne and refuse to give up.

Unexpectedly, Li Xiang gave up the throne to Li Di happily.

In Li Xiang's words: "I can rest assured that I will leave Daqian in the hands of my fourth brother."

Just as Li Xiang said, during the 12 years that Li Xiang has been in power, Li Di has been working hard and fulfilling his duties. He has become Li Xiang's biggest helper and is deeply trusted by Li Xiang.

In addition, Li Di also has an extremely powerful team on his hands.

Among them, Qin Zhen is the first to bear the brunt. His economic talents even put Li Qi, who is good at economics, at a disadvantage.

It can be said that Qin Zhen has been controlling the economic direction of the Daqian Dynasty in recent years.

In addition to Qin Zhen, Li Di also has a great talent.

This person is Liu Zheng.

This Liuzheng was a Jinshi in the 33rd year of Hongwu. He was honest, honest, outspoken, and had great talent for governing the country.

In history, this Liuzheng was not an ordinary person. He served in the three dynasties of Xiaozong, Guangzong and Ningzong. He was appointed as a minister of the Secret Council of the Privy Council, prime minister of the right, prime minister of the left, and bachelor of Guanwen Palace, a young master. He was awarded the title of Duke Shen successively. , Wei Guogong and Wei Guogong, he was given the posthumous title Zhongxuan after his death. At the beginning of Shaoxi, he worshiped the Prime Minister Zuo. During his rule, he respected the law, cherished famous weapons, promoted talents, and was in troubled times in the court struggle. Zhongneng was tolerant and magnanimous, dedicated to serving the public and never seeking personal gain. Song Xiaozong called him "pure and trustworthy" and "a true prime minister." He was a rare virtuous prime minister in the history of the early Southern Song Dynasty.

Moreover, Li Xiang and Li Di have a tacit understanding, and Li Xiang's team, namely Shi Hao and others, will also be left for Li Di's use.

In short, Li Xiang and Li Di have a certain sense of following the rules and regulations.

This is indeed the case. After Li Di came to the throne, he not only continued to govern the Daqian Dynasty according to Li Xiang's policy, he also did not agree with Li Xiang to go to Nanjing to serve Li Cun. Instead, he kept Li Xiang in Beijing and discussed with Li Xiang from time to time. Matters governing the country.

Li Di's behavior has caused many people in the society to say that Li Xiang has not been the emperor for ten years, but has been the emperor for 20 years. Li Di has been the emperor for these ten years, and it was Li Xiang who made the decisions.

But despite such voices in society, Li Di did not change his habit of discussing things with Li Xiang.

Li Xiang and Li Di also set a very good example for later emperors.

It is worth mentioning that after Li Di became emperor, two unexpected people were elected as crown prince and emperor speaker.

——The Imperial Speaker Li Zhu, who had been very popular before, was defeated by two young people.

This is certainly related to the fact that Li Zhu did not make much achievements during his tenure as the Imperial Speaker, but more importantly, he met two powerful young people.

There are talented people in the country.

During the 20 years that Li Xiang and Li Di were in power, a large number of young talents sprung up in the Daqian Dynasty.

Among them are talents with different surnames, as well as talents from the royal family.

Not much to say about the former. Starting from Li Cun, successive emperors of the Daqian Dynasty have attached great importance to the cultivation and selection of talents, which makes it impossible for the Daqian Dynasty to lack talents.

Even the latter is also fruitful.

——Maybe it’s because Li Cun’s genes are so good, or maybe it’s because the royal family attaches great importance to cultivating talents. In short, a large number of talents have emerged in the royal family.

For example, when Li Di succeeded to the throne, Li Yunyu and Li Cong were elected as crown prince and imperial speaker.

At the beginning of Prime Minister Li's second term in power, many vassal states in Europe could not stand the highly centralized rule in the East, and coupled with the instigation of some conspirators, they clamored for freedom, and then one after another uprising.

The scope of that wave of uprising was so large, it spread so quickly, and it spread so widely that the princes and kings simply could not cope with it.

As a last resort, Prime Minister Li could only send troops to suppress it.

In that battle, two young men from the royal family, one civil and one military, were killed.

They are Li Yunyu, the third son of Li Cun's legitimate son Li Qi, and Li Cong, the son of Sheng (Sheng Zheng's sister) to Li Cunsheng.

The former is different from his father who is proficient in eating, drinking, playing, playing music, chess, calligraphy and painting, playing music, juju and fighting cocks. He has studied hard since he was a child and practiced martial arts. He joined the army at the age of 13 and became a soldier in his 20s. Reached the level of control.

On the European battlefield, the army led by Li Yunyu was invincible and defeated all the rebels. In just six months, Li Yunyu swept across Europe and quelled the rebellions of the European princes, and became famous. .

And Li Cong was the son who was returned to the Sheng family by Li Cun after Li Kai's death.

Drawing on the experience of Li Kai dying in battle, Sheng strictly forbade her son, who finally had three daughters, from practicing martial arts or going to the battlefield again. Instead, she asked Li Cong to take the civil service route.

It has to be said that the Sheng family is still very good at educating their children. Not only did Li Kai educate the Sheng family extremely well, Li Cong also made the Sheng family educate even better.

Under the education of the Sheng family, Li Cong won the first prize at the age of 16, and then began his official career, from county magistrate to deputy envoy to the northwest.

Because Li Cong was very familiar with Central Asian and European countries, and because Li Cong was super capable, Prime Minister Li made Li Cong serve as the European envoy.

As a result, after Li Cong arrived in Europe, he killed all those who participated in the riots.

Li Cong's ruthlessness greatly frightened all those who dared to rebel, and there was no more rebellion in Europe for 200 years.

Of course, this is also because Li Cun's descendants have governed well over the past 200 years.

The stunning performance of Li Yunyu and Li Cong in Europe won high praise from all the princes and kings.

With the votes of these princes and kings, Li Yunyu and Li Cong successfully entered the ranks of thirty crown prince candidates.

In the ten years of experience after that, Li Yunyu fully demonstrated his outstanding political talents and governance skills, while Li Zong showed that he not only had outstanding political talents, governance skills, and iron-blooded skills, he was also a leader. A soldier and the most competent.

As a result, these two young men defeated powerful competitors such as Li Zhu, and one became the crown prince and the other became the emperor's speaker.

During this process, Li Cun only took action once.

Li Yunyu's chief aide, Yelu Chucai, was a Khitan.

According to convention, if Li Yunyu becomes the emperor, Yelu Chucai will most likely be the prime minister, or at least one of the prime ministers.

This is very different from the previous Daqian Dynasty, where all prime ministers were Han Chinese.

Therefore, Li Zhu, who felt that he was going to lose the election, took advantage of this and wanted to force Yelu Chucai, who was advising Li Yunyu, to leave Li Yunyu's campaign team.

As a result, Li Cun, who had been silent for a long time, summoned Yelu Chucai to Nanjing. He pretended to talk to Yelu Chucai once, and then said: "This son has been given to me by God. From now on, I can entrust the military, state, and government affairs to him." he."

Li Cun sealed the coffin and set the precedent for the Daqian court to use talents in an eclectic way.At the same time, Li Cun's intervention also completely defeated the unscrupulous Li Zhu, laying the foundation for Li Yunyu to become the crown prince.

There is actually a little story here.

That is, Li Yunyu had been working hard in the military before, and then he was always busy with official duties, so much so that Li Yunyu became the crown prince, and he never got married.

How can an emperor without a queen be a qualified emperor?

Therefore, after Li Yunyu became the crown prince, the Ministry of Rites began to find a princess for Li Yunyu.

Everyone knows that as long as one can choose Li Yunyu's crown princess, she can become the queen of the Daqian Dynasty.

Therefore, all high-ranking officials and wealthy families sent their best daughters to run for election.

It was a coincidence that during those few days, Li Cun happened to hear that a singer and lyricist named Yan Rui came out of the West Tower after the moon was over. Her poem "Ru Meng Ling" about peach blossoms shocked everyone. It is said that there were Li Qingzhao's second intention even attracted the famous scholar Tang Zhongyou, the governor, and Zhu Xi, the leader of Neo-Confucianism, to fall in love with her.

Since Li Qingzhao's death, Li Cun missed Li Qingzhao very much, so he took some people to sneak out of the Forbidden City and went to Yueman West Tower to meet Yan Rui.

Not to mention, this Yan Rui is not only beautiful, but also has the energy of Li Qingzhao.

Although Li Cun is over 70 years old, he still has that character that he would rather kill than let go.

Therefore, Li Cun first conquered Yan Rui with his literary talents, and then redeemed Yan Rui's body.

When leaving Yueman West Building with Yan Rui, a car drove right in front of Li Cun.

The girl in the car happened to roll down the window and look out, allowing Li Cunqing to see her face clearly.

This girl is extremely beautiful. In terms of appearance, she is not inferior to the Yan Rui that Li Cungang got. Moreover, her beauty is not only pure. Her beauty is pure, but also innocent, stubborn, charming, and indifferent. It adds a bit of cool temperament to it, which is not only unique, but also unforgettable.

Li Cun has seen too many beauties and played with too many.

Therefore, although this girl is very beautiful, under normal circumstances, Li Cun would have just seen her and would not possess her.

However, some things are just meant to be.

The people around Li Cun saw Li Cun staring at the girl and immediately said:

"Her name is Li Fengniang, the daughter of Li Dao, the Minister of War. It is said that before Mrs. Li Dao gave birth to a daughter, a group of black phoenixes flew in front of the military camp and lingered. So Li Dao named his daughter Fengniang after she was born. Later, the fortune teller Huangfu Tan visited Li Dao's home. Li Dao knew that Huangfu Tan was a famous fortune teller, so he asked Huangfu Tan to meet his three daughters. Li Dao's eldest daughter and three daughters were not special. But when the second daughter, Li Fengniang, came out to pay homage, Huangfutan said that this woman was quite noble and did not dare to be worshiped."

Li Cun thought: "It turns out to be this disaster."

This Li Fengniang is the queen of Song Guangzong Zhao Dun in history. She is one of the famous empresses in the history of Song Dynasty and even China.

Li Fengniang is jealous by nature, even though she is the head of the six palaces and gave birth to her son Zhao Kuo early, she is still not satisfied.

He once scolded the people around Prince Zhao Min in the second palace of Zhao Gou and Zhao Min.

Zhao Gou had already abdicated at that time, and he didn't want to talk about her, but in the end he couldn't help but said to Empress Wu: "This woman is the seed of a general, and I was mistaken by Huangfu Tan."

Zhao Min also reprimanded Li Fengniang many times: "You should follow the example of the Queen Mother (that is, Zhao Gou's Queen Wu Shaofen), otherwise you will be deposed."

But this Li Fengniang still went her own way.

Once, when Zhao Miao was washing his hands in the palace, he happened to notice the white slippery hands of the palace maid who was waiting beside him holding a basin, so he naturally praised him a few words.

However, this trivial matter was learned by Li Fengniang.

As a result, in the afternoon of the same day, Li Fengniang sent someone to deliver a food box to Zhao Miao.

Zhao Miao opened it and saw that it was the hands of the palace man that day.

Zhao Ming was so frightened that he could not speak, and because of this, he became ill for several days.

It is also so cruel to the palace people that Zhao Miao occasionally meets, it is not difficult to imagine how Li Fengniang will treat Zhao Miao's concubines.

(Li Fengniang’s arrogance and jealousy are not limited to this. Those who are interested can check it out for themselves.)
"Wei Chen heard that Li Fengniang is also planning to run for the crown princess."

Looking at the concubines of the two Song Dynasties in history, it is not uncommon to see those who can influence the government. However, a queen like Li Fengniang who conquered three generations of emperors as a woman is unique in the history of the Two Song Dynasties.

In fact, throughout Li Fengniang's life, there was nothing special about her except that she was extremely beautiful and had a vicious heart.

But what is incredible is that none of the three generations of emperors that Li Fengniang met finally abdicated and became the Supreme Emperor.

Although this rare and strange phenomenon in Chinese history is related to Li Fengniang, it cannot be said that Li Fengniang was caused by a woman.

To put it bluntly, the reason why Li Fengniang was able to become such a great disaster was mainly because Zhao Miao was a waste and an idiot, and the palace was jealous and fierce, and her fear of internal affairs was extremely serious.

Li Cun believed that Li Yunyu must be different from Zhao Mang, a waste and idiot who was raised in the palace. Even if Li Fengniang really became his crown princess, history would never happen again.

But then again, I'm not afraid of ten thousand, I'm just afraid of the worst. If Li Yunyu can't stop the disaster of Li Fengniang, and let this good-for-nothing woman mess up the Daqian Dynasty, it will become a big joke.

Therefore, no matter what, Li Cun would never let Li Fengniang enter Li Yunyu's harem.

——Li Cun wants to nip the scourge of Li Fengniang in the bud.

So, Li Cun said: "This girl is good."

As a result, within half an hour, someone found Li Dao and said to him: "The Supreme Emperor has fallen in love with your wife, congratulations to Minister Li."

Li Dao actually didn't want her daughter to become the concubine of Li Cun, who was already in his 70s, but how could Li Dao have the guts to disobey Li Cun?
Li Dao immediately asked for leave to go home and told her three daughters about the matter.

After hearing this, Li Dao's eldest daughter and third daughter didn't know what to do. The key point was that the people who came to Li Dao didn't say which of their sisters Li Cun was interested in.

Li Fengniang was the only one who exploded when she heard this. She said loudly: "I don't want to be the concubine of a bad old man!"

When Li Dao heard this, he went up and slapped Li Fengniang mercilessly.

After the beating, Li Dao looked at his favorite daughter looking at him with disbelief and some regret.

But for the sake of the Li family and Li Fengniang, Li Dao still said forcefully: "If you want to die, go die yourself, and don't hurt my Li family! The Supreme Emperor is the most powerful person in the world. He blows his breath and... How dare you be rude to him if he can make my Li family extinct!"

At this time, Li Fengniang remembered that the bad old man she called was the greatest man in the world, and she suddenly didn't dare to say anything anymore.

That night, Li Dao personally sent all three of his daughters to the Forbidden City.

Li Cun was not polite and gave the three sisters Li Fengniang a hug that night, making sure the matter was done without leaving any chance for accidents.

Li Fengniang, the daughter-in-law, is of course not willing to live her life like this.

Since Fang Baihua's death, Li Cun has never appointed his own queen.

Li Fengniang felt that if she could become Li Cun's wife, she would be the supreme queen, no worse than being a queen.

Therefore, Li Fengniang tried every means to please Li Cun, hoping that one day she could defeat Li Cun's tens of thousands of remaining concubines and become Li Cun's official wife, a celebrity in the annals of history.

Since Li Fengniang wanted to play, Li Cun, an idler, naturally played with Li Fengniang.

As a result, Li Fengniang gave birth to three sons and two daughters for Li Cun, and there was no possibility that she could become Li Cun's wife.

Not only that, Li Fengniang also asked Li Cun to train her to be as obedient as a dog. She did whatever Li Cun asked her to do, and she was eventually submerged among Li Cun's many concubines.

Speaking of which, I really don’t know why Li Cun’s physique is so strong.

At the age of 90, Li Cundu was still increasing the population of the Daqian royal family.

but--

Since Li Cun passed 60 years old, Li Cun has begun to restrain himself. He no longer recruits thousands of beauties from all over the world to his palace every year, but only accepts a few hundred beauties every year, and this number is also is decreasing year by year.

That's not to say that Li Cun's health was no longer good at that time. On the contrary, Li Cun's health at that time was still the same as before.

But there were too many women in Li Cun's harem at that time. Many women were still virgins even when they left the palace. Some women even chanted Li Cun's name before they died, hoping that Li Cun would look at her.

Therefore, Li Cun changed the rule that women must leave the palace at the age of 30 if they have not been divorced by themselves. Instead, he raised the age to 40 and tried to prevent virgin girls from leaving the palace. In addition, Li Cun focused more on For those women who have been with him for many years, try to let him down as little as possible.

By the time Li Cun was 80 years old, Li Cun no longer recruited women into the palace.

After all these years, most of Li Cun's women have died of old age.

When Li Cun was one hundred years old, there were less than [-] women still alive in Li Cun's harem.

Of these 800 women, more than 40 are over 40 years old, and only 200 are under [-] years old.

At this time, Li Cun's body was still strong and he could still eat, drink and have fun.

But at this time, Li Cun had no worries.

——Most of Li Cun’s concubines have been tortured to death by Li Cun, including Li Fengniang and other daughters who were adopted by Li Cun, but they have not survived Li Cun, and Li Cun’s descendants have their own lives, and they are absolutely Most of them are very happy. They used to rule the world with Li Cun, including the old brothers who later ruled the world with Li Cun, namely Zhang Shi, Yue Fei and others. They are all dead. This world has become very unfamiliar to Li Cun. Now, I'm even a little unaccustomed to it.

Therefore, Li Cunzhen has had enough.

Suddenly one day, Li Cunfu felt spiritually and felt that his end was approaching.

On his deathbed, Li Cun did not leave any last words to his descendants, nor did he make any arrangements for his future life.

——You are almost dead, how can you care about the floods in the future?
Li Cun just asked people to kill all the people who were still alive in Wanguo City, such as Zhao Gou, Wan Yanliang, and Louis VII, and let them be buried with him to fulfill the edict he had made many years ago.

After that, Li Cun fooled around unscrupulously with his concubines who were not yet 40 years old every day, completely ignoring his own body.

Finally one day, Li Cun got his wish and died on the belly of someone he didn't even see, ending a life that he didn't know how to evaluate.

What's interesting is that after Li Cun's manipulations at the end of his life, he actually caused more than a dozen lives.

However, Li Cun can no longer protect them like his brothers and sisters.

(End of the book)

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