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Chapter three hundred and seventy six points in the world(2/2)

"I have my own considerations, so I don't need to think about it."

Li Yu did not agree with this. He had been a state-regulator for a year and was very clear about the actual situation of the Tang Dynasty. It was already incompatible with the taxes. The taxes were too heavy, and the people were living in poverty. However, the court had no money and food. In the end, it was because the number of households who paid taxes was greatly reduced, while various military expenditures increased dramatically, one by one. How could the court's finances not be tense? The annual salary of the Beijing officials had been owed for two years. If they didn't find a way to solve the financial problems, what money did he use to recruit soldiers? Some time ago, he recruited 20,000 soldiers, but in the end he made a wedding dress for Li Qing'an. Li Yu was really helpless. The court could not afford the money at all. Li Qing'an paid the money and grain, and of course the army would be under his control.

Therefore, after Li Yu was determined to ascend the throne, he had to start by reforming taxes and improve the embarrassment of insufficient taxes as soon as possible. As for land annexation, it was the root of all crimes. Li Yu vowed to completely reverse the deterioration of land annexation within three years.

Seeing that Li Yu seemed to disagree with his third point, Gao Lishi couldn't help but sigh secretly, and didn't want to say more, and said, "Your Highness, I'm old, I'm afraid I can't serve Your Highness anymore. I beg your Highness to agree to me to accompany the Lord to fulfill my last love of master and servant."

"Yes, I'll be sure."

Li Yu had no nostalgia for Gao Lishi. He immediately approved Gao Lishi's request and allowed him to accompany Li Longji in a coma.















As the imperial doctor confirmed that Li Longji had woken up, more and more officials began to write to the Zhengshi Hall, demanding that the crown prince ascend the throne, and the calls became higher and higher. Even the royal families in Chang'an expressed their support for the crown prince. The Zhengshi Hall held a meeting again. This time, the Zhengshi Hall passed it with unanimous votes.

Yang Guozhong led his ministers to the Eastern Palace to invite Li Yu to ascend the throne, but Li Yu politely rejected the ministers' request and said in tears: "The emperor is still here, how can I do what kind of virtue and ability to lead the world?"

When the news came, the ministers sighed and knelt down again to the Eastern Palace, asking Li Yu to ascend the throne, "What about the people in the world if the grandson is not accepted?"

Li Yu still refused. Three times, Li Yu still refused to accept the throne. Finally, when thousands of ministers cried and worshiped the Taimiao, Li Yu finally let go. He was guarding the imperial ancestor for three days and could accept the ascension of the throne. Three days later, Li Yu knelt down to worship Taimiao, received the Tang Dynasty country, officially ascended the throne in Hanyuan Hall, changed the yen name to Dali, and pardoned the world. He respected the former emperor, Concubine Yang as the Empress of Wen'an, and invited him to live back to Huaqing Palace for a long time. At the same time, his concubine Shen was appointed as the Empress, the second concubine Cui as the Imperial Concubine, and made the eldest son Shi the crown prince, his father Li Heng as the Emperor's Supreme Emperor, and his grandfather Li Longji as the Emperor's Emperor, and he was given Xingqing Palace as the Jingxin Palace of Li Longji, and he was placed in it to recuperate.

On the day of ascending the throne, Li Yu rewarded him for his merits and appointed Li Qing'an as the Grand Marshal and the Deputy Marshal of the World. He agreed to his request to relocate 40,000 Hedong Army to Gansu and Suzhou. Because he was a royal family, he was also granted the title of King Zhao and actually granted two thousand households. Zongzheng Temple officially included his name and recognized him as the descendant of the Prince Yin.

The other ministers remained unchanged in their official positions. After consultation with the Zhengshi Hall, they decided to expand the Zhengshi Hall to eleven people. Pei Min, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and Linghu Fei, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, both entered the cabinet. Li Qing'an's father-in-law Dugu Haoran was also valued and replaced Zhang Yun's younger brother Zhang Ye as the Minister of Taichang Temple, and Zhang Ye was changed to the Minister of Honglu Temple.

In terms of foreign vassals and princes, An Lushan was granted the title of Hedong Jiedu, and the other officials remained unchanged. Geshuhan was granted the title of General of the Cavalry, and the founding of the three departments of the Fuyi, and actually granted the title of Qianhu, and appointed his son as the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and Guo Ziyi was granted the title of the Jiedushi of Shuofang, the champion general, the crown prince's Shaoshi, and Gao Xianzhi were given the title of Prince's Shaofu.

Regarding the princes leading the army outside, Li Yu only mentioned three people in his edict: King Yong Li Lin was granted the title of the Grand Governor of Yangzhou and the title of King Wu; King Shou Li Mao was granted the title of the Grand Governor of Jingzhou and the title of King Jing, King Ying Li Yu was granted the title of the Grand Governor of Yizhou and the title of King Shu. This was a compromise between Li Yu.

Despite this, the three princes did not appreciate it. They neither thanked Li Yu nor acknowledged Li Yu's ascendance to the throne. Instead, they maintained a silence and used silence to fight Li Yu.

From then on, the Tang Dynasty actually divided the world into six parts, including the southeastern King of Wu Li Lin, the central and southern King of Jing Li Mao; the southwest King of Shu Li Yu, and the extremely high autonomy of An Lushan and Li Qing'an, and the central court, formed six major forces in the world.

The Tang Dynasty entered an uneasy era of separatist rule by the vassal states.


















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