The Tang Dynasty had two capitals, the holy capital Chang'an and the central capital Luoyang.
They are located in the center of Gyeonggi-do and Dougi-do respectively. The two capitals have a grand layout and a myriad of phenomena. They correspond to the stars above and the mountains and rivers below. It is said that the law drives the north and south, and the stars lead the bullfight, which is the law of heaven and earth. bureau.
Emperor Wende of the Tang Dynasty has been in power for five hundred years. This emperor, who worked hard to govern the Tang Dynasty when he came to the throne, is now plagued by calamity and has long neglected government affairs.
However, the Tang Dynasty has been inherited for thousands of years, and its system has become extremely sophisticated as it continues to evolve.
The emperor is important, but without the emperor, the Tang Dynasty cannot function. Just like the aristocratic families who were born around the Tang Dynasty, with the development of the Tang Dynasty, they have become part of the system and have instinctive Operating rules.
This allowed Datang to continue to operate stably even without the emperor.
After all, the wealthy families will not let the big tree of the Tang Dynasty fall down. They are parasitic on the big tree and rely on the big tree to survive, but they are unable to grow into new big trees, so they restrict each other. Involved in each other, even if something goes wrong with the emperor, the Tang Dynasty is still the Tang Dynasty, and the operation of the Tang Dynasty will not stop at all times.
Every day, a large number of official documents are transmitted from the 28 Jiedu Envoys of the Tang Dynasty to Chang'an and Luoyang, and then transmitted back through the three gongs, nine ministers, three provinces and six ministries in these two hubs Each country has its own country, the road is passed down to the prefectures and counties, and the prefectures and counties are passed down to the prefectures and counties.
It is passed on layer by layer, forming a dense and stable spider web. The Tang Dynasty is still the Tang Dynasty, unchanged.
It doesn’t matter whether there is an emperor or not, at least that’s what the princes in the court think. Without the emperor, they have greater power and can better benefit themselves and their family.
However, the princes did not think so.
The eldest prince Li Qian and the second prince Li Tai have long been dissatisfied with the competing interests of the princes in the court. They are competing for the resources and interests of the Tang Dynasty. In other words, they are taking flesh from the Tian family. .
So Li Qian and Li Tai set their sights on the most noble position on the Eastern Continent, the throne of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
Originally, the two brothers were on the same side and fought fiercely secretly. But as a piece of news reached the two capitals, both Li Qian and Li Tai realized that the situation had changed!
On Jiangnan Road, the Dharma Master of the Penglai Taoist Sect appeared and broke a secret prison in the sky.
This news grew like it had legs. Almost at the same time that Wei Yushu, the governor of Jiangnan Province, knew about it, the two princes Li Qian and Li Tai also knew about it, even a quarter of an hour earlier than Wei Yushu.
There is a problem in the secret prison of Tianguan, and the real person of Penglai Daozong appears. Neither of these two things is good news to the two people who are almost nervous now. But bad news came together again, which almost broke their nerves.
Chang'an City, Zhuque Street, Prince Qi's Mansion.
The owner of Prince Qi's Mansion is Li Qian. As the eldest prince, his Prince Qi's Mansion is extremely luxurious and spectacular. There are tens of thousands of servants in the mansion, and there are countless guests and subordinates.
There are people from many aristocratic families and sects in the Tang Dynasty serving Li Qian in the Golden Core Realm, Nascent Soul Realm and even the Divine Transformation Realm. They are undoubtedly betting on Li Qian.
Correspondingly, the same is true for Chu King Li Tai in Luoyang City.
The Tang Dynasty is certainly rich and powerful, but the Tang Dynasty has been inherited for thousands of years, and the various families surrounding the towering tree of the Tang Dynasty have expanded to the limit.
Twenty-eight kingdoms, twenty-eight top aristocratic families, and the various forces surrounding these aristocratic families, all the resources, manpower and material resources of the Tang Dynasty were divided up to the extreme.
The aristocratic families above naturally have enough to eat and drink, and enjoy unlimited power, but for the people below, who is naturally willing to stand in the shadows and not enjoy the sunshine?
Their family also needs nourishment, and they also want to be a top family.
This is also the reason why so many forces are united around the princes. For small families whose many channels for advancement have been blocked, Conglong is their only way to break the shackles.
This is an unavoidable problem for every dynasty. There are only so many resources, and if you want to obtain more, you must continue to forge ahead.
Why did Taizong ascend to power so powerfully in the first place?
Not only was Taizong dissatisfied with the Tang Dynasty at that time, but also a group of suppressed aristocratic families were also dissatisfied.
They are strong enough, they don’t want to be suppressed, they also want more benefits, they want to enjoy the same rights as the founding family, or even replace the founding family!
This was the drastic change and the strong reshuffle more than 8,000 years ago.
That reshuffle established the pattern of the Tang Dynasty for eight thousand years, established the national policy of the Tang Dynasty to continuously develop, and spawned a large number of Conglong families as powerful as the founding family.
It is not that no one sees the limitations of the Tang Dynasty, but the top families of the Tang Dynasty will not care about the wailing below. They are strong enough to suppress all dissatisfaction.
The emperor of the Tang Dynasty noticed it, so Li Jianzhang strongly adopted the national policy of the Tang Dynasty to expand into all directions.
It is not that he is unaware of the turmoil in the tens of thousands of years of calamity, but he knows better that if the Tang Dynasty continues to solidify, it is very likely that the talented heroes who are shackled within the Tang Dynasty and living in the wild will be born. Then a few sons of destiny destroyed the foundation of the Tang Dynasty in a disaster.
Many dissatisfactions are simply because the interests are not divided enough and the basic market is not large enough. If this is the case, then it is better to expand the basic market.
Conquering more territory will bring enough benefits to be distributed to those who come after you. Failure to capture more territory will also consume the strength of the existing forces. They will have undue thoughts in the calamity. Keep the Heavenly Family strong.
If Li Jianzhang really succeeds, then he will definitely be the leader of the ZTE generation. The Tang Dynasty may even survive the catastrophe of ten thousand years in his hands and prosper for another ten thousand years.
Unfortunately, as soon as Li Jianzhang decided on the national policy, the robbery energy entered his body, and his mind gradually became unclear.
Without the emperor Li Jianzhang at the helm, Datang's development strategy became a tool for the four princes to compete for power.
In Prince Qi's mansion, Li Qian sat in the study and watched the news coming from everywhere.
Many people gathered around Li Qian. Among these people were officials from Chang'an City, captains from the Forbidden Army, and disciples from aristocratic families and sects recruited by Li Qian.
“The Tianguan secret prison has been broken, and the scene inside must not be concealed. So Yuanying and the prisoners of transformation have disappeared, and the three provinces and six departments of the imperial court must investigate to the end.”
< br>“Your Highness, we don’t have much time.”
The person who spoke was Fang Jing of the Fang family in Longyou. He was the legitimate son of the head of the Fang family. He was sent to Li Qian as an aide, which also showed the sincerity of the Fang family.
Correspondingly, Du Ping, the legitimate son of the Du family in Longxi, was also at Li Qian's side to advise him.
To a certain extent, the two of them also represent the attitudes of the Longyoufang family and the Longxi Du family.
As the eldest prince, Li Qian controls three of the seven Tianguan Dark Prisons, the Tianguan Dark Prison in Jiangnan Road, the Tianguan Dark Prison in Longyou Road, and the Tianguan Dark Prison in Gyeonggi Province.
Nowadays, the prisoners in the Nascent Soul Transformation Realm in the secret prisons at Tianguan in Jiangnan Road and Longyou Road have long been transferred to Gyeonggi Road.
Among these prisoners are evil cultivators, demons and water tribes. The only outcome for them being locked up in the secret prison of Tianguan is death.
Either they were skinned and broken down and used as nourishment, or they were used to refine elixirs and weapons, or even used as human flesh spiritual stones.
No one wanted to end up like that, so Li Qian promised them that as long as they helped Li Qian win the throne, they would be free and forget about the past. In the new Tang Dynasty, they would also be free. There will be a place for them.
Li Qian’s promise will naturally not be fully believed by those sophisticated evil cultivators, but for the sake of freedom, they have no choice.
Qi Wang Li Qian, of the Tian family bloodline, was naturally born to be as good as the sun and the moon, and he was extraordinary in martial arts.
Li Qian, who wears a cloud-mounting dragon crown and a five-dragon brocade robe, has a calm expression and sits on the Tianyun Fulu chair. He has a majestic and convincing look.
This is also the reason why so many forces choose to support Li Qian.
"Your Highness, there is not much time to hesitate now." Du Ping said in a low voice.
Li Qian glanced at everyone in the room. They were all his confidants, occupying key positions in Gyeonggi Road, Longyou Road, and Longxi Road.
"Penglai Daozong, are you really not going to interfere in this matter?" Li Qian said softly.
"It is expected that he will not participate. The Penglai Taoist Sect has closed the gate of the mountain to avoid disaster. According to Penglai's usual behavior, he will not interfere with the specific affairs of the Eastern Continent. As long as His Highness has obtained the great treasure and still respects Penglai, everything will be fine. Du Ping said decisively.
Li Qian nodded, with no emotion or anger on his face: "Just assume that Penglai will not end up, but those true disciples of Penglai will stir up trouble."
" But these are not the key. "
"Dong Guang, tell your father not to worry about the Xinxi Road. Just send twenty Taoist troops back to the front line." br>"Du Ping, Fang Jing, your two families will each send fifteen Taoist troops to the capital."
"The matter has come to this, either we don't do it, or we have to do it, it's shocking."
Seeing Li Qian's statement, everyone suppressed their surprise and all said they were the only ones.
When everyone dispersed, a person appeared leisurely: "Isn't it too hasty to act now?"
Li Qian said: "So what if it's not hasty? I'm not ready. My younger brother must not be prepared, and at the same time, the Gong Gong princes in Chang'an City must also be unprepared."
"Since there is no preparedness, why don't I act?"
The man sighed: "Not to mention the great generals of the Three Provinces of Chang'an, the Sixth Department and the Sixteenth Guards, who are the real gods, but also the supervisor of Qintian Prison, the mountain chief of Chang'an Academy, and the garden chief of Wuyuan. It’s Master Faxiang.”
“How do you deal with the three of them?”
Li Qian said calmly: “Qin Tianjian won’t do anything, Academy and Wuyuan, you block it for me. One, the other will have someone else take action."
"As for the three provinces, six divisions and sixteen guards, they are not one."
"That's all, who made you and I our allies. , that old man from the academy, I blocked it for you." As he said that, the man gradually disappeared without a trace.
When the entire study became completely quiet, Li Qian slowly stood up and looked to the east, as if he could see Luoyang, the central capital, beyond the heavy buildings and jade rooms.
"Thank you, Li Tai, for offending so many people and sending me so many allies."
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"Du Come on, break it down so you can rebuild it." (End of Chapter)