Chapter 237: The Finale (Part II) In the twelfth year of Zhengwu, the life of Li Shimin, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, came to an end, and he died in the palace of Yangxin, Li Zhen was very sad and ordered the whole country to mourn, and he did not go to court for nine days, and finally Li Shimin was buried in the royal mausoleum, named Zhaoling.
What made Li Zhen even more sad was that the Empress Dowager Yan followed Li Shimin, Li Zhen was even more sad, the two people who loved themselves the most in this life finally left him, for which Li Zhen did not eat or drink for three days, and then under the persuasion of the ministers, he once again announced that the whole country would fast for nine days, and the seven days would not be pilgrimaged, and Queen Yan would be buried in Zhaoling.
In the fifteenth year of Zhengwu, after the funeral, Li Zhen announced that he would leave the crown prince Li Huang in charge of the country, and he would inspect the world, on the one hand, to change his mood, and on the other hand, to see his thousands of miles of rivers and mountains.
This tour took two years, whether it was distant Europe and Africa, or the more remote and barren Australia and America, or the Lingnan and Nanyang and Nanyang Islands that he had previously managed, he was all shown all over, and even went to Greenland.
And the ministers who went out with him were also shocked by this vast world, they used to know that the territory outside the Tang Dynasty was very large, but just looking at the numbers on the paper, it was difficult to have an intuitive impression, this time following Li Zhen's inspection, they finally understood how big this world is, how vast the territory of the Tang Dynasty is.
And this time Li Zhen also completed an achievement, that is, a trip around the world, you must know that he took the equator at the beginning of the tour, from Datang all the way to Europe, and from Europe to the warship, boarded the American continent, and crossed the Americas, from the east coast of the Americas to the west coast, and finally boarded the ship from the west coast to Australia, after a circle of Australia, and then inspected the Nanyang Islands, and finally landed on the Nanyang Peninsula, took the railway that had been repaired, and returned directly to Chang'an.
It is even more thorough than Magellan's just floating around the sea.
At this time, it has been seventeen years of Zhengwu, and Li Zhen is also forty years old, from a physiological point of view, forty years old is the peak of a man, both physically and mentally mature, it is time to fight for his career.
However, after returning to Chang'an, Li Zhen made an eye-popping decision, he actually wanted the throne and let the crown prince Li Huang inherit the throne.
This decision can be said to have broken through everyone's glasses, and suddenly there was an uproar, and for a time everyone went to the table to request, asking Li Zhen not to abdicate, but Li Zhen was unmoved, he felt that he had reached the peak, and now the world is already the territory of Datang, there is no place to conquer, Datang has also entered the era of industrialization, under his guidance, the first industrial revolution has begun, the germ of capitalism has been born, and then it only needs to develop step by step, The Tang Dynasty can develop to the level of the 21st century at least 800 years ahead of schedule.
He thought that he had done well enough, he dedicated the first half of his life to Datang, and then he felt that he had to live for himself.
In other words, it means that Li Zhen has consciously reached the peak of his life and has lost the goal of struggle, and if Datang wants to continue to develop, he can only develop in outer space, but this is destined to be seen in his lifetime.
And once the idea of losing the goal of life is born, it is also very dangerous for an emperor, such as Qin Shi Huang, after he unified the six countries, he suddenly lost the goal of struggle, and then the whole person floated, and it was refining the elixir and building the Great Wall, not to mention the loss of labor and money, and the toss of the country was also miserable, and the direct result was that the Qin Dynasty was overthrown in the hands of his son.
If someone could give him a map of the world at that time......
Maybe he can fight to the ends of the earth, and his achievements may not be as good as Li Zhen's.
In addition, there is Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who was even more fluttering in his later years, not only personally killed the heir he had cultivated for a long time, but also emptied the country, and the people were not able to make a living, and he was almost removed from the throne by the boiling public resentment.
There is also Li Shimin in history, who also did all kinds of mediocre things in the late period, refining the elixir, asking for immortals, and almost did what a faint monarch should do, but fortunately, his heir was not as cheating as Hu Hai, and finally helped him to go to the bottom and did not ruin the country.
Even the three famous emperors in history have done all kinds of foolish things in their later years, which shows how dangerous an emperor without a goal in life is.
On the contrary, those emperors who had goals for their goals, although their achievements were not as good as the three of them, rarely did foolish things.
Li Zhen felt that he was not as good as the above three in terms of mentality, and he was worried that he would do something regretful after he floated.
Fortunately, he didn't have other skills, but he knew how to give up, since he didn't know what he would become, so he simply gave up the throne and tried to minimize the loss.
Besides, he has been working on state affairs for more than ten years, and he is already exhausted, if he doesn't rest well, it is estimated that he will follow in the footsteps of other kings, either he will be exhausted to death, or he will be tortured by illness and die, and no matter what kind of death these two methods, Li Zhen does not want to see, what he hopes is to die properly, and it is best to die without illness.
And Li Huang has grown up now, and under his own training, he is no worse than himself in handling affairs, and he has already become a qualified prince. and the previous two years of prison experience, he also left a lot of impressions in the hearts of the courtiers, established a lot of prestige, and no one would deceive him for his youth after inheriting the unification - or this was the third purpose of Li Zhen's inspection of the world.
The day of the Zen throne finally came, and the ministers saw that Li Zhen was determined, so they no longer admonished, but put away the sadness in their hearts and did the Zen ceremony perfectly.
When the jade seal of the country was handed over to Li Huang by Li Zhen in person, he suddenly felt a sense of relaxation all over his body, this kind of relaxation not only refers to the body, but from the body to the soul in all directions, as if he has unloaded a thousand heavy burdens, even the bones are fluttering, as if he wants to fly.
Of course, he didn't really want to fly, but the Tang Empire had pressed on him for more than ten years, which really overwhelmed him, but fortunately, he did a good job and successfully completed the replacement of the throne, and it will be up to Li Huang in the future.
As for himself?
The world is so big, he hasn't finished reading it yet.
(End of book)