nycdaug Chapter 1351
Chapter 1351
Datang, Silla, Pyongyang City, August [-]st.
As early as the day before, a temporary altar was built outside Pyongyang City. The ceremony here was simpler, and of course His Royal Highness Li Chengqian presided over it.
The people around the entire city of Pyongyang, as well as the 15 troops stationed here by Datang, gathered here early in the morning of August [-]st, and surrounded the entire temporary altar in a circle.
The messenger soldiers arranged in the middle will transmit the speech of Li Chengqian, who presided over the ceremony, to all directions.
Li Shiji and others naturally also witnessed the whole ceremony under the altar.
In the early morning, after the sun had completely risen, the ritual of offering sacrifices to heaven outside Pyongyang also officially began.
Li Chengqian changed into a brand new black and red prince's costume, but not the prince's costume.
On the altar, after offering sacrifices to heaven and earth according to the traditional ritual, Li Chengqian stood up straight, looked at the soldiers and people of the Tang Dynasty in various areas below and spoke.
"Soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, people."
"I am Li Chengqian, the current prince of the Tang Dynasty. Although I am a prince, I have been very ashamed in the past few years."
"Because in the ninth year of Zhenguan, that is, in the 20th year of the Tang Dynasty, it has been seven years since the Datang began to reform under the auspices of the current king of Qin. In seven years, the land area of the Datang has expanded several times. Tang’s tax revenue has increased fivefold, and the population has increased by nearly 1000 million.”
"In addition, the military system reform of Datang has increased the food reserves by at least ten times compared to before, and now, according to the statistics of Datang's statistics department, everyone in Datang is now able to eat enough to eat all over the country!"
"However, during the seven years of reform, as the prince, I, Li Chengqian, have made almost no contribution to Datang. Apart from that, not only have I not made any contribution, I have worked hard to make myself Learning, trying to keep up with the pace of Datang's current reforms."
"But it's a pity that my own personal ability is limited, which makes my progress in learning still unable to keep up with the current pace of change in Datang."
"You all know His Royal Highness Li Ke, King Qin of the Tang Dynasty, once told me that as long as a country is not making progress, it means it is regressing."
"Now the Datang royal family carries not only a Datang royal family, but also includes 780 million people of the Tang Dynasty with a total land area of 400 million square kilometers!"
"He said that our royal family not only lives for ourselves, but also is responsible for these 400 million people!"
Li Chengqian's tone was very excited, and the soldiers who conveyed his words loudly transmitted his words to all directions to ensure that everyone could hear them.
Li Shiji, Li Daozong and others below all had weird expressions, and of course there was shock on their faces, because no matter how His Royal Highness heard what he said, it was wrong!
There is obviously a problem here!
But soon, Li Chengqian directly told all of them what the answer was!
"So, after seven years of study, during these seven years, I have confirmed that I cannot bear the fate of more than 4000 million people in the Tang Dynasty. I do not have the ability."
"So this time before arriving in Liaodong, I have already officially stated with my father that from today onwards, I, Li Chengqian, will officially give up my crown prince position! From today onwards, I will be an ordinary prince!" Li Chengqian said loudly opened the mouth.
Following Li Chengqian's words, Li Daozong and the others below all took a deep breath, and the people around them all exclaimed. As for the soldiers, it was because of the current military discipline of the Tang army. The face was shocked, but no one spoke.
Li Daozong and the others looked at each other. They probably guessed something when Li Chengqian said it before, but when Li Chengqian really said this, they still couldn't contain their shock.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince voluntarily gave up his position as Crown Prince?Thinking about Li Tai and other princes who avoid the position of prince in the court like snakes and scorpions, who is this position reserved for?
The problem is... His Highness Qin Wang was the first to avoid being like a snake and scorpion. Even if His Majesty made His Highness Qin the crown prince, His Highness Qin Wang did not accept it.
With His Royal Highness King Qin's character, he might have to dodge someone on the spot, but they all know His Highness King Qin too well, and His Highness King Qin would definitely do such a thing.
This... If His Royal Highness King Qin simply quits, then the situation in the Tang Dynasty... They all have some concerns. Just now, His Royal Highness, oh no, what His Royal Highness said just now is reasonable.
Now the situation in the Tang Dynasty is constantly advancing and running wildly, and those who can handle such a situation are really not the responsibility of ordinary people. It can be said that in the whole world, others who leave His Royal Highness King Qin may not really be able to take over this matter.
It is difficult even for His Majesty to take over.
If it weren't for the indispensability of His Royal Highness King Qin, why do you think the censors, courtiers, etc. in the court would let the current situation of the Tang Dynasty be indulged?
It is not the prince who supervises the country, and it takes such a long time at one time, and even many rights are almost equivalent to your majesty.
If this was put in the past, Zheng Guogong and Wei Zheng would have to be impeached if they were not about to be bumped to death on a bamboo.
But because the Tang Dynasty has progressed so fast, whether it is the land area, population, or various reform measures, His Royal Highness King Qin has become an indispensable one, so these courtiers can be regarded as acquiescing.
Because they and their families have realized the benefits of Datang's gradual strength, this is the current situation of Datang.
And His Royal Highness the First Prince voluntarily gave up his crown prince, what should be done?
However, they were worried here, but Li Chengqian, who was standing on the altar, took out an imperial decree from his arms.
"Now, on behalf of my father, I will read out an imperial decree."
"This imperial edict was written by my father for several months, because it is not just a copy. Today it will be read together in all counties and cities in the Tang Dynasty." Li Chengqian took the imperial edict in his hand out.
Of course he knew what was in this edict, but he knew that no one in the world could think of it.
Li Shiji and the others were stunned for a moment, and then they all suddenly realized, yes, how could someone like His Majesty not expect His Highness King Qin to put down the pick.
Obviously, the imperial decree has been prepared in advance, that is to say, His Majesty may take this opportunity to announce that His Highness King Qin will be crowned prince.
Moreover, the whole world is united, and His Majesty has considered everything carefully. This is directly to create an established fact, leaving His Highness King Qin with no place to run.
Li Shiji and others thought that they had seen through His Majesty's arrangement.