On the second day.
The emperor's coronation ceremony.
"Long live Your Majesty."
At this moment, Li Yuanjing was holding the Pilgrimage Ceremony on the altar.
He looked down at the civil and military officials below and suddenly felt heroic.
"The ceremony is complete. Please take the throne.”
Minister of Rites Fang Xuanling's voice rang out.
The civil and military officials below all looked at Li Yuan, who was beside Li Yuanjing.
Unexpectedly!
His Majesty would also appear here today.
What a pity!
Retired Emperor Li Yuan was originally the master of the city, but he met the demon emperor Li Yuanjing.
The ministers looked at Li Yuan with sympathy.
A complicated look flashed across Li Yuan's eyes.
He was now an unnecessary person.
Then, Li Yuanjing slowly sat on the dragon throne with the help of Li Yuan.
Li Yuanjing's gaze was filled with the majesty of an emperor as he looked at the ministers.
Li Yuanjing ascended the throne, and Li Yuan naturally became the Retired Emperor. Li Yuan retreated and slowly disappeared from everyone's eyes.
It was perfectly justifiable!
"The emperor ascended the throne, and we present the imperial jade seal.”
Fang Xuanling held up an exquisite box and offered it with both hands.
After Li Yuanjing took over, he finally became the second Emperor of the Great Tang.
The year title of Tang Dynasty was changed to Jianyuan.
......
The Heaven Worship Ceremony ended.
"Ding! Congratulations to the protagonist for ascending the throne and completing the mission."
"Ding! Congratulations to the protagonist for obtaining three God-level Point Cards!”
"Ding! Congratulations to the protagonist for obtaining the Divine Arm Crossbow Blueprint X1!”
"Ding! Congratulations to the protagonist for obtaining the Mo Sword Blueprint X1!”
"Ding! Congratulations to the protagonist for obtaining the Great Dao Heart Demonic Seed Technique. [Description: Search for people with outstanding talent and a firm zen heart. Use them as cultivation cauldrons. The cultivation cauldrons will be controlled by the user for life.]”
Li Yuanjing returned to Taiji Palace, followed by Cao Zhengchun and Guo Jia.
This was already Li Yuanjing's territory.
Li Yuanjing sat on the dragon throne and said to Cao Zhengchun,""Tomorrow, let Retired Emperor move to Daxing Palace.”
"Yes, sir!"
Daxing Palace was located in the northwest of the Imperial Palace and was independent of the Imperial Palace. Naturally, Li Yuanjing did not want to be in the same place as Li Yuan.
At this moment, the young eunuch ran in.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, Minister of Rites Fang Xuanling, Minister of Personnel Zhangsun Wuji, Left Military Guard General Xue Wanche, Right Military Guard General Hou Junji, Minister of War Yang Gongren, and Minister of Works Wu Shi are outside the palace seeking an audience.”
"Announce!"
Then, everyone entered the hall one after another, but their faces were gloomy.
It was really strange!
"Today, I'm going to ascend the throne," Li Yuanjing said with a smile.”
The ministers were terrified.
"Jingyang Commander-in-Chief Li Jing has sent a message," Zhangsun Wuji said solemnly."He implores Your Majesty to prepare to prevent the Turks from heading south.”
At this moment, it was already the third day of the Black Tortoise Sect.
"The Turks are heading south so quickly?" Li Yuanjing's pupils constricted. He remembered that in history, the Turks were not this fast.
Yang Gongren sighed." Yesterday, I caught more than ten Turkic spies. Chang 'an is a mix of good and bad people. There are many Turkic and Tubo spies. The news of the coup in Chang' an must have reached the Turks."”
Yang Gongren had raided a Turkic stronghold yesterday and intercepted a secret report saying that the Turks were taking advantage of the Great Tang's crisis to invade the south.
"How many troops can Chang 'an mobilize? Li Ji, who was guarding Liaodong, could be transferred back?”Li Yuanjing asked.
"Your Majesty! Chang 'an only had 80,000 soldiers, and Li Ji could not be transferred back. He was guarding Youzhou and deterring Gao Gouli. It was extremely important. If Youzhou failed, Hebei would fall.”Yang Gongren replied.
Li Yuanjing felt a headache coming on. According to the reports, the Turks had two hundred thousand cavalry heading south.
There were only 80,000 men in Chang 'an. How could they fight the Turks?
In history, when the Turks went south, Li Shimin had signed the alliance at the Wei River in humiliation and paid tribute.
"Maybe they'll recruit the soldiers of the counties near Chang 'an to come to Chang' an as support?" asked Li Yuanjing.”
"But I'm afraid we won't be able to make it in time. It'll take time to gather the soldiers, and the Turks are about to head south," Fang Xuanling said thoughtfully.
Not having soldiers was a big problem. It seemed that he could only strengthen his troops.
"Minister of Revenue Du Ruhui, listen to my orders!”
"Your subject is here!"
"From now on, allocate three million strings of money from the national treasury to the Ministry of Works to purchase, build city walls, fortifications, and purchase crossbows, ferghana horses, weapons, and armor for all the soldiers in Chang 'an!”
"Yes!" Du Ruhui replied.
"I want the best!" Li Yuanjing said in a deep voice.”
One had to know that the Tang Dynasty implemented a government soldier system. During normal farming, they would be soldiers during battles. They would bring their own armor, horses, and weapons to fight.
How good could private equipment be?
I've raided the homes of a bunch of corrupt officials, and now I'm going to give each of you a Mo knife!
Therefore, Li Yuanjing allocated a huge sum of money to arm the soldiers. If everyone was equipped with the Mingguang Armor, the survival rate would be greatly improved. If everyone was equipped with the Mo Sword, wouldn't they be able to kill a horse with one slash?
Xuanwu Sect's 800 men of sacrifice had won against 2,000 black-armored soldiers because of the Mo Saber!
"Minister of Works, Wu Shi, obey my orders!"
"Your subject is here!"
"I order you to order all the craftsmen to put down what they are doing and devote themselves to the production of armaments.! Give the craftsmen ten times their wages!”
"I will give you the blueprint for the Mo Blade and the Divine Arm Crossbow later!”
The warrior was shocked." Yes!"
Suddenly, Li Yuanjing remembered that it was definitely not enough to rely on the craftsmen of the Ministry of Works. Could he mobilize the power of the masses?
"Minister Du! How many people are there in Chang 'an Handicraft Industry?"
Du Ruhui thought for a moment and said,"About 10,000 people."”
"The imperial court will send money to recruit manpower and have them all invest in the manufacture of armaments. However, the parts will need to be disassembled and processed in an assembly line. This way, the craftsmanship of the Mo Saber and Divine Arm Crossbow will not be revealed.”
"Yes, sir!"
Li Yuanjing remembered that if he mobilized the craftsmen of Chang 'an, they could still make it in time to catch up with the Turks going south.
This was the most critical moment for the Great Tang. Li Yuanjing had no intention of paying tribute, he only wanted to kill these Turkic dogs.
If he became a subject and paid tribute, the prosperity of the Great Tang would be delayed by a few years.
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