Chapter 50 The Tang Bricks are finished and the flowers are blooming.
Since then, Qin Hao has had one more student.
Li Shimin has been practicing martial arts all year round, and his physical condition is still good. Even though he has been pampered all these years, his foundation is still there. After two months of recovery training, he is almost ready.
Feeling that his health was getting better and better, Li Shimin paid more attention to the practice of dual cultivation of life and life. No matter how busy the government was, he would always spare two hours to practice, so that even the concubines in the harem were left out.
For this reason, Wei Zheng also advised Li Shimin more than once, worrying that he would be obsessed with cultivating immortals and neglecting state affairs.
Li Shimin did not punish Wei Zheng, but called him to the palace and performed a set of marksmanship in front of him.
"Wei Aiqing thinks my marksmanship has the same style as when I was young?"
Looking at the energetic Li Shimin, Wei Zheng felt a little dazed for a moment.
"Qin Aiqing once said something that deeply touched my heart. The body is the capital of everything. If I am sick every day, who should I leave to handle this important matter of the family and the country?"
"I'm old and stupid, please punish me, Your Majesty."
Li Shimin helped Wei Zheng up and said earnestly: "Wei Aiqing, the prosperous age of the Tang Dynasty has just begun. We must all take care of ourselves and create a new world for future generations to see!"
This is what Li Shimin said and what he did. From then on, the Tang Empire recuperated internally, accumulated strength, and strengthened its military force externally, showing its majesty in all directions.
The entire Tang Dynasty was like a tight machine, running at high speed under Li Shimin's constant coordination. In the twelfth year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin carried out a comprehensive tax reform, which also touched the interests of many aristocratic families. For a time, the Tang Dynasty
Internal undercurrents are surging and rumors are spreading.
Li Shimin did not stop the pace of reform at all. In the thirteenth year of Zhenguan, the official system was reformed. The Tang Dynasty no longer directly appointed officials, but promoted them by officials. In the same year, the imperial examination was launched to select officials.
At the beginning, those aristocratic families were secretly working together to avoid taking part in the imperial examinations in an attempt to disgust Li Shimin. However, the result was that 80% of the academy students passed the imperial examinations.
At this time, those aristocratic families realized that with the existence of the academy, Li Shimin no longer relied on them to provide talents, and the soil that the aristocratic families had relied on for thousands of years had been destroyed.
In the same year, the number of applicants for the academy also increased sharply.
At the same time, it also raises a very interesting question. Although the application requirements for Yushan Academy are very broad, there are two points that are insurmountable gaps.
One is that close relatives of three generations cannot have a record of committing crimes, and the other is that only people from Tang Dynasty are eligible to apply.
At this time, many barbarians and nomadic peoples had settled in the Tang Dynasty. Among them were many wealthy merchants. They were eager to let their children and grandchildren enter academies to achieve a class jump.
The mere fact that non-Tang people are not allowed to apply for the exam will keep them out.
For this reason, many Hu businessmen began to look around. Some went directly to the academy and offered to contribute huge sums of money, while others begged their grandfather and grandma to obtain Tang household registration from the Yamen.
As more and more Hu people wanted to register as Tang people, this matter was brought to Li Shimin's attention.
The literati led by Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui naturally tried their best to persuade Li Shimin to accept these barbarians. After all, in Confucian thinking, being able to have so many barbarians join was a sign of cultural and educational prosperity, and they would also be able to leave their mark in history in the future.
A bold stroke of color.
On this day, after Li Shimin went to court, he meditated with Qin Hao. After finishing his practice, he raised this question.
"Zihan, do you think these barbarians should be naturalized?"
Qin Hao thought for a moment and then said seriously: "We can release some quotas and select some outstanding talents from the Hu people to join the Tang Dynasty, but we cannot fully open it up."
"Oh? Why is this?" Li Shimin asked curiously.
"The Hu people are profit-seeking, and the reason why they allege to the Tang Dynasty is simply to obtain greater benefits. If the country is fully opened, Tang people's household registration will be easily obtained. The Hu people will not be grateful to the Tang Dynasty, but will only think that the Tang household registration is worthless."
"Only by limiting the quota and letting those Hu people know how precious the Tang household registration is, can we continue to attract the elites among the Hu people, come to Datang, and get the Tang household registration. Only then will the Hu people cherish this status more and cherish their status from now on.
The Tang Dynasty is dead set!"
Li Shimin clapped his hands and laughed when he heard this: "Zihan has the talent of a king!"
After that, Li Shimin, despite the opposition of Fang Xuanling and others, formulated a new household registration system, limiting the number of non-Tang people to be naturalized to 100 people every year. In addition to these 100 people, if you want to become a Tang citizen, you must
Performing services to the Tang Dynasty, such as donating some seeds that the Tang Dynasty does not have, or giving some secret recipes, or joining the army to behead enemies on the battlefield for the Tang Dynasty.
Among these achievements, donating seeds is relatively easy to do. Many Hu businessmen obtained Tang status because they donated cantaloupe and other seeds. However, the road to donating seeds was soon blocked. Most Europeans
All seeds from the subcontinent have been recorded in the Institute of Agricultural Sciences of the Academy.
As for the secret recipes, most of the so-called secret recipes of the Hu people have been researched by the academies, and this road is also difficult to follow.
All that's left is to join the army and seek military glory.
For a time, more and more Hu people took the initiative to apply to join the army. These Hu people were eager to have a war, so that they could achieve military merit and join the Tang Dynasty.
Finally, in the fourteenth year of Zhenguan, the opportunity came.
King Qu Wentai of Gaochang attached himself to the Western Turks and prevented other countries in the Western Regions from paying tribute to the Tang Dynasty through his territory. Li Shimin was furious and ordered Hou Junji to be the commander-in-chief to conquer Gaochang.
In August of the 14th year of Zhenguan, the Tang army captured Tiandi City and captured more than 7,000 men and women. Hou Jun gathered Xin Li'er, the commander-in-chief, as the vanguard, and headed straight for Gaochang City. Qu Zhisheng led his army to fight, and after being defeated, he retreated and defended the capital.
The Western Turkic army that came to rescue Gaochang was afraid of the power of the Tang army and also surrendered in Khanfutu City. Seeing that the situation was over, Qu Zhisheng was forced to leave the city and surrender on the eighth day of the lunar month.
In the battle to destroy the Gaochang Kingdom, Hou Junji actually had a Hu cavalry force of 5,000 people. These were brave men who wanted to join the Tang Dynasty. They fought without risking their lives. The 5,000-man cavalry force often
Facing a cavalry regiment that was several times their own, they dared to face the charge. They were indispensable for the rapid destruction of Gaochang this time.
In the end, Li Shimin also fulfilled his promise and approved that those who killed more than three Hu soldiers in this Hu army would be granted Tang citizenship.
This also ignited the enthusiasm of the Hu people to join the army.
However, after the destruction of Gaochang, the countries in the Western Regions were afraid of the powerful fighting power of the Tang Dynasty and united one after another. When Li Shimin saw this, he did not send troops forcibly. Instead, he established the Anxi Protectorate in Gaochang to prepare for the unification of the Western Regions in the future.
Sure enough, seeing that the Tang Dynasty had not invaded for three years, the alliance between the countries in the Western Regions collapsed.
In the 20th year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin ordered an expedition against Xue Yantuo. In the same year, Li Ji destroyed Xue Yantuo.
In the 21st year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin led an army of 200,000 troops to conquer Goguryeo, which had made Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty defeated three times. In this battle, gunpowder played a great role. The Pyongyang city wall, which was said to be indestructible, exploded with a loud bang.
Then, it collapsed suddenly.
In the same year, the Tang army destroyed Central Tianzhu and began to conquer the Western Regions again.
In the 22nd year of Zhenguan, Ashina She'er, the Western Turkic Khan who surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, led his army to successively attack 5 large cities and more than 700 small cities in Qiuci, and Qiuci was destroyed.
In the 23rd year of Zhenguan, the Tang army successively destroyed the Western Turks and more than a dozen countries in the Western Regions, officially unifying the Western Regions and completely opening up the Silk Road.
Being able to have such abundant "martial virtue" is also due to the continuous in-depth institutional reform within Datang and the continuous supply of talents provided by the academy. The chariot of Datang is running at high speed under the control of Li Shimin, and everything is blocking it.
All enemies in front of the Tang Dynasty will be involved and either assimilated or strangled.
Because he had been practicing Taoist exercises with Qin Hao, Li Shimin also maintained good physical condition. He did not die until the forty-third year of Zhenguan. Two years before his death, Prince Li Chengqian died of illness, and Li Tai devoted himself to scientific research.
, had no intention of becoming the emperor at all. Although Li Ke wanted to fight for it, he was not the son of Empress Changsun, and was ultimately taken advantage of by Li Zhi.
When Li Zhi was fourteen years old, he entered the academy and was accepted as a disciple by Yun Ye. He also had two classmates, one named Di Renjie and the other named Wu Meiniang. When he was in the academy, Li Zhi was often bullied by Wu Meiniang, and he became mentally ill from then on.
Shadow, hide away when you see Wu Meiniang.
Li Zhi, who unexpectedly ascended to the throne at the age of 41, knew very well that if he wanted to secure the throne and even surpass his father Li Shimin in achievements, he must rely on the power of the academy, so he supported the academy more vigorously and developed the domestic economy and ocean trade at the same time.
Under Li Zhi's promotion, Datang's exchanges with the world became more and more frequent. Datang merchants set foot in the entire Eurasian continent. Through these Datang merchants, people in various countries in Eurasia learned that in the far east
, there was a powerful, rich and huge empire, its name was - Datang!
In the fifth year after Li Zhi ascended the throne, Qin Hao sent away his wife Li Lizhi who had been with him all his life.
Li Lizhi gave birth to a pair of children, and now they have their own families.
After finishing Li Lizhi's funeral, Qin Hao came to Yushan and drove Xiao Sizi and his children down the mountain, leaving Yun Ye alone.
"Senior brother, why are you in such high spirits today that you invited me to climb a mountain?"
Qin Hao smiled at Yun Ye: "Do you still remember how we met?"
"Of course I remember that you snatched my bag. If I hadn't seen you so big and afraid that I couldn't beat you, I would have fought you tooth and nail."
"Haha, after all, it has been almost fifty years since we came to Datang."
Yun Ye's somewhat old face also showed a look of reminiscence: "Yes, in the blink of an eye we went from being in our prime to becoming like this."
"If you were given a chance to travel back in time, would you like to go back to modern times or stay here?" Qin Hao asked.
Yun Ye hesitated for a while, then shook his head with a wry smile: "Senior brother, in the first twenty years since I came to Datang, there hasn't been a day when I didn't want to go back, even in my dreams."
"But if I were really asked to go back now, I would rather stay here, where my family is also here."
Qin Hao nodded, looked at the sunset in the distance, and said slowly to Yun Ye.
"It doesn't matter if you stay here, at least here you are the Marquis of the Tang Dynasty that everyone respects."
"Junior brother, I'm leaving. You need to take care of yourself from now on."
Yun Ye didn't know why: "Let's go? Senior brother, where are you going?"
However, Qin Hao did not respond. Yun Ye suddenly had a bad feeling and rushed to Qin Hao, only to find that he had already stopped breathing.
On the top of Jade Mountain, Yun Ye screamed heartbreakingly.
"Senior brother, don't leave me alone. If you are gone and someone bullies me, who will I look for to support me?"
When Li Zhi heard the bad news, he shouted: The Tang Dynasty had lost a jade pillar, and he immediately pursued the title of An Guogong.
According to Taoist rumors, Qin Hao ascended to the top of Yushan Mountain during the day, which proves that Xitong opened a Taoist temple here and taught the Taoist method of cultivating both life and life. Since then, Yushan has become a Taoist holy land.
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"System, what is the next world?"
[System: Flower World, is the host loaded? 】
"Loading."
[System: Loading...]
When Qin Hao opened his eyes again, he saw a dilapidated attic. The attic was filled with old-fashioned furniture that looked old, and the paint was scratched to pieces.
At the same time, a memory also came to mind.
In 1984, the original owner was a mechanic at the Shanghai Caoyang Watch Parts Factory. His parents died when he was very young, and he was raised by his grandmother. His grandmother passed away last year, and he was the only one left to live in this attic.
Just when Qin Hao was absorbing the memory of the original owner, there was a rapid knock on the door.
As soon as Qin Hao opened the door, two figures came in, minding their own business, pouring water from a thermos and drinking water, as naturally as if they were at home.
"Ah Hao, why don't you go to work next time? Please tell me in advance. Today, the director came to ask me. If I hadn't reacted quickly and said you were sick, your bonus would have been gone this month. It's several dollars."
After Bao drank the water, he gasped for air and complained.
According to the memory of the original owner, he, A Bao, and Tao Tao were junior high school classmates. Later, the three of them were admitted to the same technical secondary school. After graduation, he and A Bao were assigned to the same factory as machine mechanics, while Tao Tao was assigned to a fishery company.
The three of them have been friends since childhood.
"Maybe I caught a cold because I didn't cover myself with a quilt last night. I feel tired when I wake up today."
Tao Tao stepped forward and patted Qin Hao on the shoulder: "I knew you must be in trouble. Here's this crucian carp. It's a little small, but it's very filling. Why don't you make some rock sugar crucian carp soup and drink it while it's hot?
Take it off and I’ll make sure you’re cured of any cold.”
"Thank you." Qin Hao felt warm in his heart. Tao Tao currently works in an aquatic product company. This fish must have come from the aquatic product company. Although it is free of charge, he has to bear the risk. If he is discovered, he will be fined and demerited at worst.
Fired directly.
Although six years have passed since the reform and opening up, the importance of a good job at this time is self-evident.
Tao Tao hooked A Bao's shoulders, pointed at Qin Hao, and said with an exaggerated expression: "Oh, A Bao, listen to what he is saying. We have been brothers for so many years, and he is actually polite to me. He is taking me for granted."
Outsiders, what are you doing?"
"That's right, what are you doing?" Abao also laughed and scolded.
Qin Hao didn't say anything else, he just took the crucian carp that Tao Tao packed in a burlap bag.
The three of them looked at each other and smiled.