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Chapter 532 Entering the Tang Dynasty World
After lamenting for a while, Li Yan sorted out his broken mood!

Forget it, whether it is the Ming Dynasty or the Tang Dynasty, they are actually the same. As a liberal arts student, Li Yan’s understanding of the Ming Dynasty is not necessarily more than that of the Tang Dynasty. They are both complicated copies anyway, and the Tang Dynasty may not be better than the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, when Li Yan thought of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, his neck shrank in fear. He was a murderous god!

In his time, unless you were the son of the Zhu family, even the prime minister of the dynasty had to live in fear every day. Officials had to write a will before every court session. It can be seen how fearful and terrible the political life of that era was. There was no guarantee for life safety at all, and people would be executed at any time.

But Lao Li is different. He is just the opposite of Lao Zhu. He is more tolerant and kind to outsiders, but cruel and ruthless to his own people.

Thinking of this, Li Yan felt a little better!
Fortunately, these two brothers did not live to the same era, otherwise one would kill someone and the other would kill his brother, and no one would have survived.

Although Old Li was not a good person, he would kill his own brothers when he was angry, and his father would not give him face. But he was good to the ministers who did not threaten his imperial power. People like Qin Shubao, Li Jing, Fang Du all died of old age.

People like Cheng Yaojin even lived to the time when the empress was in power, which shows that Li was good to his subordinates. He was not like Emperor Gaozu of Han who killed vassal kings, nor like Zhu Yuanzhang who killed meritorious officials. The Tang Dynasty was also a rare era in history where politics was open and multiple ethnic groups coexisted.

But when he thought of those outstanding people whose names were passed down through the ages, Li Yan's heart trembled. If he were to go back to that era to stir up trouble, he would probably be offending others and was tired of living.

With his successful experience of being a fearless young man and having won the throne by chance, as well as the experience gained from being an assistant in the police department of a county-level city, it would be more than enough for him to deal with ordinary people in urban dramas. However, when it comes to causing trouble in the Sui and Tang dynasties, Li Yan feels that his IQ is not enough.

There are innumerable movies and TV series about the Sui and Tang dynasties. I seem to have watched this one a long time ago, but I don't have a very deep impression of it. The name of "The Long Song of Zhenguan" suggests an era when Li Shimin became emperor and society was stable and developed peacefully.

That's good. Li Yan was afraid of those chaotic scenes. To be honest, it's not without reason that one would rather be a dog in peacetime than a man in troubled times. Although it's easy to achieve success in troubled times, most of them are built on piles of bones. Li Yan doesn't really want to achieve that kind of success.

Competition in troubled times is more brutal and has no bottom line. It is better to develop well and have enough food and clothing in a peaceful environment.

Although an orderly society also needs to be managed, generally speaking, as long as it is not a time of chaos where killing is considered a merit, human life is basically protected. At least ordinary people will not have their heads chopped off for no reason while walking on the street.

The Sui and Tang dynasties in history were a time of great fortune and prosperity, an era when heroes emerged in large numbers. There appeared many brilliant and famous figures who have been passed down through the ages, such as Li Shimin, Zhangsun Sheng, Li Yuanba, Yuwen Chengdu, Zhangsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng, Yuchi Jingde, Cheng Yaojin, and many others, many of whom were extremely wise and nearly witty.

Both intelligence and military power far surpassed that of the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Li Yan felt a little more expectant and longing in his heart, and couldn't help wanting to appreciate the elegance of these wise rulers and loyal ministers famous throughout history, and the prosperous Zhenguan era they created with their own hands, which was worshipped by all races.

Li Yan said goodbye to Ge Erhu, returned home, turned on the computer, searched for the drama, and started watching it.

The whole play begins with the ascension of Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, to the throne and ends with the ascension of his son Emperor Gaozong of Tang. It depicts the history of Emperor Taizong's 23-year reign, with particular emphasis on his major deeds such as suppressing the DTZ, dealing with the rebellion of Crown Prince Li Chengqian, and selecting his successor. By recuperating and strengthening the country and the people, he finally achieved the famous Zhenguan Reign in history.

Li Yan read it three times in a row, spending nearly a week on it, and felt that he had a good grasp of the main storyline.

But he knew that what was shown in the TV series was only a small part. In fact, it was a huge real world, which was many times more complicated than Infernal Affairs. Infernal Affairs was just a matter of a small place, and the personnel relations were relatively pure, while the Zhenguan period was an era of the integration of the Hu and Han peoples left over from the Five Barbarians' Invasion of China, and the situation was much more chaotic.

I don't know how many unknown secrets are waiting for me, and I don't know what the situation will be like if I travel back in time. But fortunately, I have worked in the Qing Dynasty before and have some exposure to feudal society, so I have some idea about it.

The plot begins with the most tragic Xuanwu Gate Incident during the Sui and Tang Dynasties. This incident was a watershed from chaos to order. In the words of the chief designer, it means that the world has entered a period of peace and development.

I like this kind of environment the most, and after looking up some relevant information, I have a clear idea of ​​it.

Li Yan no longer hesitated, opened the system panel and clicked to start the task.

Then a familiar picture of still time and space appeared, and then a white light enveloped Li Yan, and the strong space-time channel sucked the whole person in.

After a moment, Li Yan disappeared from the room.

"Your Highness." "Your Highness, how are you?"

Li Yan was in a daze and heard a voice desperately calling out beside him, sounding very anxious. Along with the rapid shouting, his body was shaken violently.

I slowly opened my eyes and saw an ugly middle-aged man wearing armor, with messy hair and blood on his face. He was looking at me very nervously. When he saw that I woke up, an excited smile appeared on his face.

Li Yan looked around and found that it was pitch black in front of him. The firelight coming from not far away illuminated the surrounding environment. After a quick look, he found that he was in a forest with a narrow dirt road in the middle. He was lying in the middle of the forest. There were thick fallen leaves on the ground, and the uneven ground below was very uncomfortable.

From the distant fire there came the sounds of fierce fighting, the cries of soldiers, the neighing of war horses, and unknown shouting from the mouths of the fighting crowd. The fire was also emitted by the torches held by those people, and the light shook violently as the fighting crowd became more chaotic.

From time to time, there was the sound of a knife piercing the body, followed by a continuous sound of howling. Li Yan was startled and quickly sat up.

"Your Highness, you're awake. That's great. Are you okay?" Fan Xing secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Li Chengqian wake up.

It was the beginning of July in the ninth year of Wude. Li Chengqian, the Prince of Zhongshan County, who had been exiled to Zhongshan County and guarded the border town for four years, received an urgent call from Chang'an and was about to rush to the capital Chang'an.

On the fourth day of June a month ago.

Li Shimin, the then General of Tiance and Li Yuan's second son, could not stand the relentless pressure from Crown Prince Li Jiancheng, so he resolutely launched a bloody coup d'état near the Xuanwu Gate, the north gate of the imperial palace in Chang'an, the capital of the dynasty, which changed history.

He killed his brothers Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, forced Li Yuan to abdicate, and passed the throne to himself. But on the day of the coronation ceremony, he received news that Luo Yi, the Prince of Yan, Li Yuan, the Prince of Lujiang, Li Xiaochang, the Prince of Yi'an, and Li Youliang, the Prince of Changle, who were originally loyal to the prince, rebelled one after another.

Moreover, the leader of the northern nomadic people, Jie Li, also took the opportunity to lead hundreds of thousands of cavalry southward, intending to destroy this regime that had just experienced chaos.

Under internal and external troubles, ministers kept suggesting to move the capital to Luoyang to avoid the enemy, but Li Shimin flatly refused. Later, someone suggested that at this critical moment, even if the capital was not moved, a crown prince should be appointed immediately, otherwise if Chang'an City could not be defended and there was no crown prince in the court, the Tang Dynasty would be in danger.

After much deliberation, Li Shimin, who had just become emperor, accepted the opinions of his ministers and urgently summoned his eldest son, Prince of Zhongshan Li Chengqian, and his third son, Prince of Changsha Li Ke, back to the capital, intending to choose one of them as the crown prince to stabilize the people's hearts.

After receiving the imperial edict, Fan Xing, the chief secretary of the Prince of Zhongshan's Palace, knew that going to Beijing at this time was no less urgent than the fight between Prince Jiu and Xiaobai for the throne in the Spring and Autumn Period. So he immediately took Li Chengqian to take a shortcut, traveling day and night from Zhongshan all the way to the southwest. After more than ten days' journey, they passed Jinyang, crossed the Yellow River, and arrived near Tongguan.

They seemed to be only one day away from reaching Chang'an, but they were attacked by a group of unknown cavalry in the capital. The cavalrymen were riding war horses, had disheveled hair, wore leather armor with helmets, spoke Turkic, and attacked them with scimitars.

Just now, a long arrow shot from the dark broke through the air and attacked Li Chengqian who was riding on a horse and hiding on the side. In a hurry, the guard leader Chang Sheng kicked Li Chengqian out of the saddle with a flying kick, narrowly avoiding the arrow, and then rushed forward unstoppably.

Fan Xing hurried down to check and helped Li Yan up. He just looked at the large bruise and purple bruise on Li Yan's waist where Chang Sheng kicked him, and then he felt a big bump behind Li Chengqian's head. He probably hit it on a stone and fainted.

Fan Xing was so anxious that he was running around, pinching Li Chengqian's Ren Zhong point, shaking him and shouting, and finally woke Li Chengqian up.

But he didn't know that in this short moment, a soul from fifteen hundred years later had been replaced in the body of the young Li Chengqian.

In addition to the back pain, Li Yan also felt a pain in his head. The discomfort brought by the time travel and the injuries on the original owner's body made his head even more dizzy. He almost couldn't bear it and fainted again.

"Your Highness, the situation here is too chaotic. We can't stay here for long. Let's go!" When Fan Xing saw Li Chengqian waking up, he pulled him and ran into the depths of the dense forest.

Li Yan could vaguely recognize that the person in front of him was Fan Xing, the chief historian of the Prince's Mansion. This person was very dramatic in the early stage and left a deep impression on Li Yan. He looked at the guard Chang Sheng who was fighting fiercely in the distance and immediately remembered the scene at the beginning of the original play. Wasn't this the scene of Zhongshan Prince Li Chengqian rushing from his fiefdom to Chang'an?

PS: A lot of content in the TV series is very different from the real history. The author will take the TV series as the standard, supplemented by specific historical materials, and expand appropriately, but the number of words will not be too many, so don’t worry!

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