On the flat cement road, a team rushed towards Chang'an in the sunset. Li Yan on the carriage quietly looked at the dusk scenery outside the window, and turned his head from time to time to look at Li Shimin with his eyes closed. Today they stayed in Xianling for a whole afternoon, and waited until dusk before leaving Xianling.

In this afternoon, Li Shimin's emotions were in a violent fluctuation. It was not until the end of the sacrifice to Li Jiancheng that he slowly returned to his calmness. Now he was half lying in the carriage, his eyes closed, and his face showed a look of fatigue, which seemed to be asleep, but Li Yan knew that Li Shimin was still very awake.

"Liulang, tell your father honestly, am I a good emperor?" Li Shimin suddenly asked. Although he repeatedly claimed to be a good emperor in front of his brother Li Jiancheng's tomb, and the current prosperity of the Tang Dynasty also proved this, he still felt a little unconfident in his heart. Therefore, now he wants to hear how his son will evaluate him?

When Li Yan heard Li Shimin's question, hesitated for a moment, then looked out the car window, and then replied solemnly: "Father, you don't need to answer this question. Look at the people on the road, these people are ordinary people working or doing small businesses in Chang'an. Their clothes are clean and tidy, and their complexion is rosy and healthy. Many people also carry purchased goods. This shows that these people have a wealthy life and have even surpassed the level of eating and warm clothing. What is this scene not a prosperous era?"

Hearing Li Yan's words, Li Shimin also became interested in a sudden. He supported his body to the window, and then looked out. As a result, a nearby school happened to be over school, and a group of students in Hu's uniform were riding a small bicycle. While playing, he rode past the carriage. A little guy sitting in the back saw the old Li Shimin on the carriage. He actually grimaced at him very mischievously, which made Li Shimin smile in surprise.

Although these children are noisy, their clothes are very clean and tidy, both new and old, and most of them are chubby and look particularly adorable. As for the bicycles they ride, they are now popular in the Tang Dynasty and Daqi areas, whether they are adults or children. Almost everyone has one, and the price is very cheap. Even the poorest families cannot afford to buy a bicycle. However, nowadays, bicycles are mainly made of wood, and most of the parts are replaced after a period of time. As for the stronger iron bicycles, because the price is relatively expensive, only some rich families will buy them.

Looking at these noisy children, then looking at the people who are also well-dressed on the road. Most of them ride bicycles on concrete roads like those children, and some rich people ride tall horses and move forward calmly with the crowd. Although the price of horses has dropped a lot in recent years, it is easy to buy horses. If you want to raise a horse, you have to invest a lot of manpower and material resources. Even if you can afford it, you still feel too troublesome. Only those rich people who need to support the scene will hire people to feed their horses specifically.

Li Shimin walked over the window with his hands. Looking at the crowds coming and going outside for a long time, he finally showed a hint of relief on his face. As an emperor, seeing the people in his country live so rich, he felt an unprecedented sense of satisfaction. As for whether he is a good emperor, just look at the smiles on the faces of those people.

That night, Li Shimin, who put down the heaviest burden in his heart, was in a good mood. Although he felt very tired, he was in good spirits. He even made an exception and drank an extra bowl of porridge, which made everyone very happy.

It is also worth mentioning that when Li Yan arranged for Li Shimin to rest, Li Zhi specially found him and asked where they went today. Originally, Li Shimin told Li Yan not to disclose this to anyone, but for some reason, Li Yan finally told Li Zhi the truth.

Of course, Li Yan only said something about what happened this afternoon. He didn't tell Li Zhi about Li Shimin crying while holding Li Jiancheng's tombstone. He only said that he went to worship his grandfather and then to worship their uncle. When Li Zhi heard that Prince Yin, who was fighting for the throne with his father, he immediately knew it and did not ask again.

In the following period, Li Yan accompanied Li Shimin out every now and then, mostly worshiping some dead people, some of whom were Li Shimin's friends and ministers, and some of whom were his former enemies. Among them, four of them impressed Li Yan the most, two were his ministers Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng, while the other two were his enemies Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande.

Wei Zheng is well-known to the world for his name of direct advice. In fact, to be honest, the reason why Wei Zheng repeatedly violated Yan's direct advice was that although Li Shimin was very angry, he did not dare to deal with him. In addition to Wei Zheng's ability to point out his mistakes, he had a lot of people in the court, and it also had a lot to do with Li Jiancheng.

Wei Zheng was originally a member of Li Jiancheng. Later, Li Jiancheng was killed, so he had no choice but to serve Li Shimin. It was precisely because of this relationship that in Li Shimin's view, Wei Zheng was not an ordinary minister, but a yardstick to measure his own and his brother Li Jiancheng's strengths and weaknesses. He wanted to prove to others and himself that Wei Zheng could play his talents with his brother Li Jiancheng, and he could also play his greatest talents in his own hands. Therefore, no matter how much Wei Zheng didn't give him face, Li Shimin would endure it.

However, after Wei Zheng's death, some people falsely accused Wei Zheng of his friends, and Wei Zheng copied the advice and historian Chu Suiliang at that time, which made Li Shimin mistakenly think that Wei Zheng made a name for this, so he was very angry. Not only did he dismiss the officials of Wei Zheng's disciples, he also smashed the tombstone he wrote for Wei Zheng himself, and even the marriage between Princess Hengshan and Wei Zheng's son had to be suspended.

Fortunately, some of Wei Zheng's friends fought to the death to advise, and they asked Li Yan for help. As a result, Li Yan also advised him repeatedly, which finally reminded Li Shimin of all the help Wei Zheng had given him during his lifetime. Finally, he calmed down his anger and avoided the last unhappiness of the monarch and ministers of the ages. As for the marriage of Princess Hengshan, it was also held as usual.

Compared to Wei Zheng's direct advice, Fang Xuanling, the Tang Dynasty prime minister, helped Li Shimin more than Li Shimin. Especially after Du Ruhui's early death, Fang Xuanling provoked half of the Tang Dynasty alone, worked hard to assist Li Shimin in governing the government affairs, and helped him create a famous Zhenguan rule in later generations. Although Fang Xuanling ranked below Wei Zheng in Lingyan Pavilion, in fact, in terms of contributions to the Tang Dynasty, Fang Xuanling made more contributions than Changsun Wuji, who ranked first.

It is precisely because of the above that in the last moment of his life, Li Shimin dragged his seriously ill body to the grave of the two people, and said a lot of thoughts in his heart, and even raised some of the problems encountered by the Tang Dynasty, as if he wanted to discuss them again with his two confidant ministers. Unfortunately, the two who had passed away could no longer give Li Shimin a good suggestion.

As for Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande, these two were the two most difficult opponents Li Shimin encountered when unifying the Central Plains. Especially at that time, the Tang army only occupied Chang'an, Guanzhong, while Wang Shichong was entrenched in Luoyang, echoing Dou Jiande north of the Yellow River. If the two could not break the alliance, the Tang Dynasty would have to be trapped in Guanzhong.

So under this circumstance, Li Shimin personally led his troops and broke out in the Huzhu battle with these two enemies. At the same time, that battle was also Li Shimin's most complacent victory, because it was in the war that decided to rule the Central Plains that Li Shimin and his generals Qin Qiong and Yuchi Gong led three thousand iron cavalry to defeat Dou Jiande's 100,000 troops, and captured Dou Jiande alively, forcing Wang Shichong to surrender.

It was that battle that made Li Shimin's invincible name spread all over the world, and his Xuanjia Army became the world's most powerful army. With the help of this battle, Li Shimin almost swept the world in the wars afterwards, pacified all the monarchs at the end of the Sui Dynasty, laying the foundation for the rule of the Tang Dynasty in one fell swoop.

Although Li Shimin later launched wars repeatedly to destroy Turks, Goguryeo, Xichang and other countries, some of which were far more powerful than the Hulao War, most of those wars were commanded by their generals, so they were far less than that of him personally commanded, and the Hulao War, which he fought in person, had a greater impact on him. Therefore, in the last moment of his life, Li Shimin also listed these two former enemies as sacrificial.

It is also worth mentioning that Li Shimin still admired Dou Jiande very much. Although this hero who was born in the grassroots was suspicious by nature, he also had many advantages, such as being generous and being very kind to the people under his rule. After his death, someone built temples and sacrificed for him north of the Yellow River, which shows how he was loved by the people under his rule.

Even after the sacrifice of the two enemies, Li Shimin took the train to the battlefield of the Battle of Tiger Prison, and personally guided Li Yan to the situation of the two armies and the process of defeating Dou Jiande with three thousand iron cavalry. Looking at Li Shimin's spirit, people would not believe that he had not had enough time anyway.

However, during the sacrifices these days, Li Yan did not accompany Li Shimin throughout the whole process. One of them, Li Shimin wanted to go out for sacrifices, but it happened that day that Li Zhen and Li Yun arrived in Chang'an. Li Zhi was so busy that he was so busy that he had no time to greet him, so he had to trouble Li Yan.

It was also that time that Li Yan failed to accompany Li Shimin out. And strangely, Li Shimin only brought the Shadow Guards' people out this time, and his itinerary was very secretive. Afterwards, Li Yan made indirect moves and wanted to find out from Li Shimin where he went that day?
Chapter completed!