EBE Chapter 23 Li Shimin
Chapter 23 Li Shimin
"Just over twenty years later, Maoling was robbed for the second time."
“In Hedong County, there was an official named Li You who went to Baodu Mountain nearby to collect herbs. On the mountain, he found a glittering gold box containing more than thirty volumes of miscellaneous scriptures. Upon opening it, he found that it was an imperial item. This was a big deal, so Li You immediately reported it to the prefect above.”
"Upon hearing this, the governor immediately sent a message to Emperor Zhao of Han. Emperor Zhao was also very surprised and inquired with Ran Deng, who had served Emperor Wu of Han."
"Upon seeing the box, the old minister, whose hair was already completely white, burst into tears. It was indeed a burial item of Emperor Wu of Han. Subsequently, Emperor Zhao of Han had the box resealed and repackaged and sent to the Emperor Wu Temple in Maoling for worship."
"The third time Maoling was robbed was in 25 AD, when the Red Eyebrow Army attacked Chang'an, and part of their troops were stationed near Maoling."
"I heard that a team of soldiers opened the underground palace and spent several days moving things without finishing. This is enough to prove that our Emperor's Maoling Mausoleum is really full of burial objects."
"The last time was in 880 AD, at the end of the Tang Dynasty, when Huang Chao's army captured Chang'an. A small group of soldiers ran to Maoling to loot the burial objects, but the record is not clear, and the time was a period of great chaos."
"There are not many records about how Emperor Zhao of Han, Liu Fuling, dealt with the two previous robberies of Maoling, so some people have offered some speculations."
"For example, he sent people to investigate but found no tomb-robbing hole. Perhaps it was collusion between insiders and outsiders that they secretly stole a few items during the burial. After all, it is said that the burial items for the pig were so numerous that they could not be stuffed in. We don't know the specific truth."
Big-Handed Liu Zhuzhu: I...you...fucking mother...%... (swearing venomously.)
Li Erfeng of the Tang Dynasty: The Late Tang Dynasty!!! Why isn't this being expanded upon?!
"Later, during the warlord era, some people also set their sights on His Majesty the Pig, but nothing came of it."
"It is said that the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum used an extremely large amount of mercury, which was extracted from ancient cinnabar. When detectors were used in later generations, they found that the mercury levels were too high. If the human body absorbs it, it will easily go to the underworld to meet the ancestors. So this may be the reason why the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum has not been looted."
First Emperor (with a sigh of relief): Thank goodness!
Big Han Liu Zhuzhu (trembling with rage): I'm going to poison them! Coat them all with poison! I'm going to kill them all!!!
Empress Li Erfeng of the Tang Dynasty (sighs): Now that you know, what am I to do?
Emperor Renzong of Song, a good man: Same as above!
Zhu Houzhao, the number one troublemaker of the Ming Dynasty: Same as above!
"Next is Emperor Taizong's Zhaoling Mausoleum."
Lin Ke suddenly sighed and continued, "Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, posthumously known as Emperor Wen, was a rare emperor who was both a scholar and a warrior. He was the General of the Heavenly Strategy who defeated 100,000 enemies with only 3,000 men at Hulao Pass, and he was also the beloved Li Erfeng of the Tang Dynasty."
"It wasn't just him; the portraits of the twenty-four meritorious officials in the Lingyan Pavilion are enough to prove that the civil and military officials under his command were shining stars. The Tang Dynasty at that time was incredibly desirable."
"If future generations were given the chance to travel through time, the vast majority would choose the Tang Dynasty, even if some people really liked other characters."
"His brilliance makes people overlook his father Li Yuan and his elder brother Li Jiancheng. Looking at the fierce struggles for the throne in history books, I feel that the Xuanwu Gate Incident was not his fault. He was really a very charismatic emperor, except that he was not very good at being a father or set a bad precedent."
"At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Huang Chao rebelled, Chang'an fell, and the emperor fled. Faced with this situation, the military governor of Fengxiang requested to send troops to recover Chang'an. However, he only had 30,000 troops, while the enemy had more than 200,000."
"That night, the military governor of Fengxiang played the Qin King's Battle Song again. He said that those who were willing could go to the battlefield together, and those who were unwilling could stay behind. But before the music was finished, everyone present cried, thinking of the Tang Dynasty during the reign of Emperor Taizong Li Shimin, who finally defeated Huang Chao's army with fewer troops and drove them out of Chang'an."
"This was the last time the Second Phoenix protected his people of the Tang Dynasty. That night, it seemed that everyone was not loyal to the emperor at the time, but to the deceased Emperor Taizong Wen, Li Shimin."
"Alright, let's welcome His Majesties Dragon, Phoenix, and Pig!"
Lin Ke just asked the 999 system if she could invite the Dragon-Phoenix Pig, and the system tricked her into giving up 500,000 points before agreeing!
I'm so excited! I've finally made it! I got to see the Dragon and Phoenix Pig!
So the three of them disappeared from everyone's sight before they even realized it, especially the weeping Erfeng!
Li Shimin was already in tears, still immersed in Lin Ke's words.
The emperor fled, abandoning his people; he had no idea how difficult things would be for the people of the Tang Dynasty at that time.
The First Emperor and Liu Che were surprised to find themselves in Lin Ke's room, but they were even more amazed by Li Shimin's influence.
But the emperor could cry freely in front of others, seemingly not caring about his imperial image in front of his subjects and people. This seemed to have inspired him, and he couldn't stop.
During the reign of Emperor Taizong of Tang
Everyone in the court was saddened by Lin Ke's words. Living in a prosperous era, they never imagined that Chang'an would be captured. But they knew that the people would suffer the most. What would be the consequences if the emperor fled and Chang'an was occupied by the enemy?
If we knew where the future was headed, perhaps that particular future would never have come to pass.
We can't put all our hopes on Lin Ke, the descendant. As our ancestors, we still have to work hard ourselves!
"Perhaps it was because he was too brilliant that the emperors after him seemed to be worse than the last."
"Here, I must also praise Li Shimin's governing philosophy: the boat is a metaphor for the ruler, and the water is a metaphor for the common people. Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it. As Mencius said, the ruler is the least important, the state is next, and the people are the most important. Putting the people first is something that is rarely seen in a feudal emperor."