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Chapter 637 Everything is based on one emperor? I have never regarded you as a rival

When Wang Jian thought about dealing with Li Tianqu more in the future, he suddenly felt tired and impatient. Even though he still had to think about how to fight with the Wei Dynasty as the Emperor of Shu, as he grew older, Wang Jian seemed to be more and more impatient when dealing with state affairs, as he seemed to have been too weakened by the years.

Wang Jian sighed in his heart, thinking that he was just a scoundrel in Wuyang County, Xuzhou, and had committed crimes and was imprisoned. He then joined the army to suppress Wang Xianzhi's rebellion. He was finally promoted by the eunuch of the Tang Dynasty's governor Yang Fuguang and ranked among the "Eight Generals of Zhongwu". It was not until Bashu welcomed the imperial guards that he ushered in a turning point in his life.

He recognized the traitor Tian Lingzi as his godfather and commanded the Shen Ce Army in charge of the former Shen Ce Army. He then took advantage of the intention of Emperor Zhaozong of Tang to suppress the eunuchs and eliminate the military power of the vassal states. He turned against him and executed Tian Lingzi. He had the opportunity to break away from the court and the land of Bashu, and first occupied Xichuan and then took Dongchuan... This was the only way to achieve the imperial career. Wang Jianxin, who was in his sixties, wanted to live to this age and enjoy more...

After all, when the Wei, Liang, Jin and other heroes attacked each other, Wang Jian was the leader of Bashu in a corner. He had thought of breaking out of the two rivers and competing for the Central Plains, but Zhu Wen and Li Tianqu first... Wang Jian knew that even if he wanted to compete with Li Tianqu, there would inevitably be a protracted war with Wei. So even if he had the opportunity to enter the Central Plains, he would probably have been alive for a few years... It is to defend Bashu and preserve the country that I have captured, so why bother to work hard all day long?

So in the hall, even though there were Guanglu doctor Du Guangting, Censor Feng Juan and other ministers who proposed to advise on diplomatic matters with the Wei Dynasty, Wang Jian waved his hand lazily and said:

"I'm tired, just act as I told you, and you'll retreat..."

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Wei and Jin divided the territory under the rule of the former Liang Kingdom, and probably also cleared the boundary. The two sides sent envoys to exchange with surrounding forces and began to compete in diplomatic competition. The defenders of the Central Shu Kingdom, located in the northern territory of the Qinling Mountains and Daba Mountains, directly connecting to Qinchuan, had also been killed on the spot by Wang Jian's order, and Zhao Yan took his head. The envoy sent by Chengdu, Mao Wenyan, went north to Chang'an, presented the two heads to the Emperor Li Tianqu of Wei, and took the opportunity to discuss the future exchanges between the two countries.

In the Ming Palace, in the main hall of the Hanyuan Hall, which was known as "Thousands of officials look at Chang'an and thousands of countries worship Hanyuan", during the Tang Dynasty, Li Tianqu sat upright on the upper head, looking at the brocade box presented by the eunuch of the eunuch. He saw that among the two heads in the box, Zhao Yan's head was treated with salt lime. Although it had been somewhat deformed, he could not only basically identify his identity, but also see that the expression of despair and frightening were frozen on this face, which was as gray as a face.

Li Tianqu thought that it was exactly what he expected. Once the Liang Kingdom was destroyed, Zhao Yan, the son-in-law who was in power and chaos, would immediately become a rat crossing the street that everyone called for. No matter where he fled or where he fled, he would still be unable to escape death.

Zhao Yuan, Zhao Chang, and Zhao Yuan, the three dukes of Chenzhou, were all loyal ministers who were dedicated to supporting the Tang Dynasty. However, Zhao Yan, a side-born, became a noble relative of Liang for the sake of extravagance and despair of the country and the people, and committed all the acts of harming the country and the people, and died... How could he meet his father and uncle in the underworld?

Li Tianqu felt a little emotion in his heart, and then took the letter submitted by Mao Wenyan from Shu Kingdom. Looking at the letters written by Wang Jian, the tone between the lines was quite polite. However, he regarded himself as the emperor of Shu Kingdom, and seemed to be a polite tone of his predecessors, and it seemed that he was also expressing his opinion:

Even if you destroy the Liang Kingdom, you will have to interact more with each other in the future, but don’t think that we can surrender to our Shu Kingdom.

Li Tianqu smiled coldly. He could probably guess that Wang Jianxin, who was a rogue with Zhu Wen, was also powerful and had the will of aspirations, but he was even more arrogant, valued fame, and was very proud of his face. However, seeing that Mao Wenyan, who came to Shu, stood in the hall with great respect, Li Tianqu smiled and said:

"The honor of Liang State is Zhao Yan, and his brother Zhao Yan, who sells official positions and titles, and is loyal to power and favors, harms the people, and is unwilling to leave by our dynasty. I have destroyed the fake dynasty of the Tang Dynasty and are about to settle these treacherous slanders who are subordinate to Zhu Wen's indulgence in power. Meng Shu Emperor helped and executed these two fugitive thieves. I will record this favor.

Now our dynasty is adjacent to Sichuan and Shaanxi, and according to the previous law of trading with Liang, how to set up another special official, customs inspection documents, inspection of goods, and collection of commercial taxes, etc., it also needs to be discussed in detail."

When Mao Wenyan heard this, he immediately bowed:

"As Your Majesty said, my emperor is willing to make good friends with your country, so I specially sent my ministers to come to see you. Not only did I offer the heads of exiled traitors in Liang State, but I also discussed with you the matter of trading and trading with you. But if your Majesty has any instructions, I will listen carefully and convey them to my emperor's knowledge..."

Next, it involves Wei. Shu and Sichuan set up customs inspections on the borders of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and they do not have to worry about each other's trade and trade related matters. Li Tianqu is not only close to Jiangling in Jingnan and several prefectures such as Kui, Zhong, Wan, etc., which are controlled by Shu Kingdom, but the important roads of Sichuan and Shaanxi are connected through Shu Road, the influence they can exert is naturally much greater.

After all, Yang Yuhuan, the most beloved concubine of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, liked to eat fresh lychees, passed by the concubine garden, which produced lychees well, and then came out of Ziwu Road. The lychees road that reached Chang'an and Xi'an was also one of the Shu roads. According to legend, when one person changed people and sixty miles changed horses, it only took seven days and seven nights to deliver them to Chang'an. When it was presented to Yang Guifei, the lychees were still fresh as before...

It was also known before that after Wang Jian occupied Shu, he paid great attention to developing his military in the early days. Yu Wen, Li, Ya, and Mao established special institutions and traded horses with Tubo tribes. Now there are also established and large-scale cavalry troops in China. In other words, if he was negligent and slack, and Wang Jian was willing to conquer the Guanzhong areas, his army would also have the ability to quickly break out of Shu Road and pose a direct threat to Chang'an.

However, Li Tianqu did not regard Wang Jian as a strong enemy who needs to be wary of all day long, because after becoming the emperor, he really started to open high and left low. Not only did he start to build palaces, but he also paid more attention to luxury and enjoyment. Within his royal family in Shu Kingdom, there are now absurd things that are bullshit and tumultuous...

There is no need to mobilize the secret spies from the Patrol Guards to sneak into Shu to investigate. Now it is well known in Shu. Wang Zongdi, who was extremely popular with the people because of his wiseness, was killed by Wang Jian's suspicion. A few days ago, Wang Zongxun had suspicion from the emperor and made many demands because of his arrogance. He was also called for many requests by the angry Wang Jian.

Wang Zonghan, Wang Zongan and other Yi'er, who have successively succeeded to the rank of commanders of the vassal states, also had cruel and cruel personalities, such as collecting concubines, killing people and seizing land, and asking for bribes from the rule of the Xiazhou Prefecture... and doing many evil things, they are rampant...

In this way, Wang Jian, who was in charge of Shu in the early days of his administration, paid attention to political affairs, focused on agriculture, sericulture and people's livelihood, and developed water conservancy. This made Wang Jian, who was in charge of the territorial rule, became increasingly stupid. He also issued an edict to impose various harsh taxes, which led to the corruption of officials in various places becoming more and more serious...

Regarding the successor of Wang Jian's throne... Whether it is guilty or unjust, he has executed several Yi'er now. As for his eldest son Wang Zongren, he became a disabled person due to serious illness in his childhood; his second son Wang Zongyi is now the crown prince, but he is arrogant and domineering, and he will probably still commit suicide by himself and end up in the palace struggle.

If there were no variables, Wang Jian's heir would probably still be Wang Zongyan, born to his favorite Concubine Xu, the most favored. Once his biological son succeeded to the throne, it almost means that Shu will eventually be destroyed...

Therefore, Shu Emperor Jian and his descendants are definitely not an opponent that should not be underestimated. My attention should still be focused on Li Cunxu.
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