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Chapter 445: Usurping the World (The Finale)

Luoyang, Bianzhou, north of the Yellow River and all the way to Andong. Although the Tang Dynasty flag was still hanging on the surface, it had already become a country and was under the absolute control of Li Fei.

With Anton's financial and technical support, Hebei ushered in a huge exhibition.

Hebei and Andong produce a massive amount of various commodities, not only sold to Silla, Japan, Jiangnan, Guanzhong, etc., but also to Southeast Asian countries overseas and Indian countries, etc.

A maritime trade route from Anton to India's Indian countries was opened last year.

Several pirates who once dominated the South China Sea were all wiped out by the Anton Navy warships.

On the Nanyang Sea, a huge fleet was constantly sailing south. In addition to specialized transport ships, there were twenty specialized warships escorting. Each specialized warship was equipped with several to dozens of cannons, and the once large pirates were destroyed under the cannons of these warships.

The ultimate destination of the fleet is the countries of India.

The ship is loaded with a large number of products produced by Anton, such as porcelain, ironware, tea, cement, fine salt, piano, glasses, telescopes, and various other daily necessities.

A large amount of wealth will be returned from the countries of India.

With the support of marine dumping, Andong Yue's wealthy people, Hebei, Luoyang and other people's livelihood was also restored like a rocket.

Compared with the prosperity of the territory under Li Fei's control, the Tang Dynasty's court was getting worse and worse because of the rectification of darkness and the eunuchs' power.

Three years passed quickly.

As in history, in the fifth year of Qianyuan, Li Heng, Suzong, was already in poor health, vomited blood in his mouth one night and fainted.

Although he did not die immediately, he was bedridden and his life was not long.

Empress Zhang has no son and has a bad relationship with Prince Li Yu. She is afraid that she will not have a good end after Prince Li Yu ascended the throne, so she wants to hold the seriously ill Emperor Suzong Li Heng hostage to decree the prince Li Yu, and assist King Li Shi in the ascension of the throne.

Immediately, the party of Empress Zhang, the Li clan of King Yue, and the party of eunuch Duan Hengjun, had a fierce battle with the party of Crown Prince Li Yu, eunuch Li Fuguo and Yu Chaoen.

Although Empress Zhang and King Li of Yue took the initiative to attack first and wanted to falsely entrust the Crown Prince Li Yu to enter the palace to kill him, Li Fuguo had many eyes and saw through the tricks of Queen Zhang and King Li of Yue in advance, led the imperial guards to stop the prince Li Yu from Lingxiao goalkeeper, and escorted the imperial guards to the imperial guard camp.

At the same time, they joined forces with Yu Chaoen and some generals to attack the palace generals, King Yue Li Shi, eunuch Duan Hengjun, and others, and Queen Zhang was also under house arrest.

The brothers were killed and the queen was also under house arrest. Suzong Li Heng was very ill. After receiving the news, he died that night.

With the assistance of Li Fuguo and Yu Chaoen, Crown Prince Li Yu successfully ascended the throne, became Emperor Daizong of Tang, and changed his reign to Guangde.

Although Emperor Daizong of Tang Dynasty Li Yu ascended the throne successfully, all military and political power was controlled by the two eunuchs Li Fuguo and Yu Chaoen. Emperor Daizong of Tang Dynasty Li Yu did not have the assistance of Guo Ziyi in history and had no strength to compete at all. Moreover, Emperor Daizong of Tang Dynasty Li Yu also liked to be suspicious of the character of leading soldiers and generals. The Tang Dynasty court was not only not better than the period of Emperor Li Heng, but was even darker and the people were living in poverty.

Emperor Daizong of Tang Dynasty, Li Yu, was like a puppet.

On the contrary, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, the wife of Huaqing Palace, should have died earlier than Emperor Suzong Li Heng, but because of the company of Yang Yuhuan and the little princess Li Jue, the mood was much cheerful than in history. Moreover, the environment of Huaqing Palace was countless times better than that of the environment under house arrest in the harem in history. Although Li Fuguo and Yu Chaoen were afraid of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, they did not dare to make things difficult for Li Fei's warning at the beginning. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was still in good health.

The Tang Dynasty is undoubtedly extremely weak today. In the early days of the Anshi Rebellion, the Tubo Kingdom used its troops to help the Tang Dynasty to suppress the rebellion, and clearly saw the corruption and weakness of the Tang Dynasty. What the Tubo Kingdom had been planning.

Finally, in the second year after Emperor Daizong Li Yu ascended the throne, the Tubo Kingdom came out in full swing to attack the Tang Dynasty.

In just a few months, the Tubo army captured more than ten states, including Qinghai, Qinzhou, Hezhou, Lanzhou, etc., west of Fengxiang, and advanced to Chang'an City.

Emperor Daizong of Tang Dynasty, Li Yu, eunuch Li Fuguo, Yu Chaoen, and other civil and military officials were frightened and fled to Wuguan for refuge.

Originally, in history, Emperor Daizong of Tang, Li Fuguo and others fled to Shaanxi Province. However, now Luoyang is in the hands of Li Fei, and Shaanxi Province is too close to Luoyang. Emperor Daizong of Tang was also guarding against Li Fei and fled to Wuguan.

The emperor and all officials fled. Can Chang'an City still be defended? Naturally, it cannot be defended.

In November, the Tubo army invaded Chang'an City.

This is the second time that Chang'an City was captured by An Lushan after it was captured by Chang'an City after just a few years.

After capturing Chang'an City, the Tubo army established King Guangwu, the captured Tang Dynasty clan, as the puppet emperor, and at the same time, they plundered the inside and outside of Chang'an. After the Tang Dynasty recovered Chang'an City, the wealth accumulated for several years was once again looted.

In order to recover Chang'an City, Emperor Daizong of Tang, who fled to Wuguan, drove away the Tubo army, ordered the Nanyang, Jiangling, Jiangnan and other troops to gather in Wuguan. He even issued an order for Shanzhou to prevent Li Fei's 200,000 Tang troops from entering Tongguan west, and waited for the various troops to gather in order to attack the Tubo army to recover Chang'an City.

The soldiers and horses from all walks of life gathered together and a total of 500,000.

However, without Guo Ziyi's commander in history, even if the Tang army is more numerous than the Tubo army, it is difficult to defeat the Tubo army quickly.

The Tang army and the Tubo army fought in Guanzhong for several months, and countless casualties were killed or injured. The Tubo army finally withdrew its troops.

Although Emperor Daizong of Tang recovered Chang'an City, unfortunately, Chang'an City fell for several months, and all the wealth had been looted by the Tubo army. The Chang'an City and Guanzhong left for Emperor Daizong of Tang were ruined. Three or four out of ten people died. Those who were not dead had no food to eat. They could only pray for the rescue of the Tang court.

The Tang Dynasty court was originally weak, but after this battle, it became even weaker.

Li Fei, who was in charge of Luoyang, could not bear to see the people of Chang'an City and Guanzhong starved to death again, and mobilized millions of stones of food and grass to help the people of Chang'an City and Guanzhong, and immediately gained a huge reputation. Li Fei's reputation had passed through the incompetent Tang Dynasty court, Emperor Daizong of Tang and the eunuchs Li Fuguo, Yu Chaoen, etc. were more and more afraid of preventing Li Fei.

Although the Tubo army withdrew from Chang'an City, it still occupied more than ten states west of Fengxiang. After a month, it also fought in Liangzhou, Yumen, Ganzhou and others, captured the Hexi Corridor and cut off the connection between the Tang Dynasty court and the four towns in Anxi of the Western Regions.

The so-called disaster never comes alone. Tubo has just retreated from Chang'an City for half a year. The governor of Shuofang, Pugu Huaien, rebelled against the Tang Dynasty and led 300,000 Tang Dynasty including Tubo, Uighurs, etc. to attack the Tang Dynasty again.

This time, there was no history in which Guo Ziyi persuaded the Uighurs to turn against each other. The Uighur coalition forces were as powerful as the bamboo shoot, defeating more than 200,000 Tang troops in a row, and once again forced Chang'an City.

Daizong Li Yu and Li Fuguo Yu Chaoen and others are also preparing to escape from Chang'an City again.

At this moment, the people of Chang'an City and Guanzhong cried.

He cursed Tubo, Uighurs and Pugu Huaien, and even cursed the incompetence of the Tang Dynasty court at this moment.

Because Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was not dead yet, the people of Chang'an City and Guanzhong were extremely disappointed and even called on Emperor Xuanzong of Tang to return and regain the leadership of the Tang Dynasty.

Although the people were also very disappointed with Emperor Xuanzong of Tang due to the Anshi Rebellion, they were even more disappointed with Emperor Xuanzong of Suzong Li Heng and Emperor Daizong of Li Yu. They hoped that Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, who once founded the prosperity of Kaiyuan Tianbao, could bring peace to them again.

The people's appeals frightened Daizong Li Yu, eunuchs Li Fuguo, Yu Chaoen, etc. Li Fuguo asked his confidants to lead the imperial guards to besiege the Huaqing Palace.

Luoyang.

Li Fei felt that the time had come, and after persuaded Lu Jing, who was guarding Tongguan, he personally led 200,000 Andong Army into Guanzhong.

"Ga, go-to--"

"Boom--"

One hundred thousand Andong Iron Cavalry rushed and appeared under Chang'an City almost overnight.

Lin Siming has been in charge for many years and played a role at this moment. The east gate of Chang'an City was opened by Lin Siming's men, and Li Fei led the Andong Iron Cavalry into Chang'an City.

"kill!"

Li Fei pointed in front of the sword and the imperial guards besieged Huaqing Palace were instantly defeated.

Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and Yang Yuhuan were welcomed by Li Fei from Huaqing Palace, and Li Fei ordered the Andong Iron Cavalry to attack the imperial city and kill traitors such as Li Fuguo and Yu Chaoen.

Under the fierce attack of Li Fei and Andong's Iron Cavalry, the imperial guards were about to collapse at a touch, and Andong's Iron Cavalry easily entered the palace.

That night, traitors such as Li Fuguo and Yu Chaoen were killed, and Daizong Li Yu was imprisoned.

Li Fei welcomed Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, who was over 70 years old, to restore the throne and regained the government.

One day later, another 100,000 Andong army also arrived in Chang'an City.

Three days later, Li Fei led 150,000 Andong troops to fight against the Tubo, Uighurs and Pugu Huaien coalition forces that were advancing Chang'an City. The two sides fought in Jingyang County, more than 60 miles north of Chang'an City.

The result was self-evident. The Tubo, Uighurs and Pugu Huaien coalition was defeated. Under the pursuit of Andong Iron Cavalry, more than 200,000 Tubos were over. The Uighurs were killed, and Pugu Huaien was also killed on the spot.

In December, Li Fei returned to Chang'an City. The people crossed the street to welcome him, shouting the name of Li Fei, King of Beiping. The people of Chang'an and Guanzhong all returned to Li Fei.

Royal Palace.

On the fifth day after Li Fei returned to Chang'an City, Li Fei sat face to face with the restoration of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang.

"Actually, I am a descendant of the founding prince Li Jiancheng." After a long time, Li Fei spoke to Emperor Xuanzong of Tang.

Of course he is not a descendant of the Crown Prince Li Jiancheng. Of course, as the Li surname, he is very likely to have the bloodline of Li Tang. Anyway, he came to the Tang Dynasty and was considered to be a father-in-law. The reason why he considered himself a descendant of the Crown Prince Li Jiancheng was just to give Tang Xuanzong a reason to abdicate him, and also to give Tang Xuanzong a guarantee that he would treat the Tang royal family well.

In the first month of the following year, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang renamed Li Fei and appointed Li Fei as the crown prince, taking charge of the government affairs.

Half a year later, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang abdicated to Li Fei and became the emperor again. Li Fei also became the tenth emperor of the Tang Dynasty, called Emperor Wuzong of Tang, with the reign of Emperor Guangwu, and conferred the crown princess Lin Shiyue as the queen.

In the first year of Guangwu, Li Fei's troops were 100,000 to recover the west of Fengxiang, which was captured by Tubo. He first killed 70,000 Tubo troops in Qinzhou and 190,000 Tubo troops in Qinghai.

In the second year of Guangwu, Li Fei regained the Hexi Corridor and killed another 60,000 Tubo troops, and the entire Tang Dynasty was restored.

Subsequently, with the assistance of Prime Minister Lin Siming, Li Fei used Andong and Hebei as a reference to the drastic reforms, and people's livelihood in various parts of the Tang Dynasty gradually recovered.

In the third year of Guangwu, Li Feixu was appointed as the Duke of the Kingdom and sent the Navy Governor Zheng Hai to lead a fleet to the Americas Great Six to find potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes and other grain seeds.

A year later, Zheng Hai's fleet was convinced that he finally brought back the seeds that Li Fei wanted, and also brought back more than ten envoys including the Mayan Empire, one of the three major civilizations in the Americas. The Tang Dynasty began to contact the Great Six of Americas.

With high-yield seeds such as potatoes, corn, and sweet potatoes, the grain output of the Tang Dynasty soared, and followed by a surge in population.

In just ten years, the Tang Dynasty ruled by Li Fei surpassed the prosperity of the Kaiyuan period, and the reform and training of the whole country's army was completed.

The powerful Tang army equipped with millions of steel armor, horizontal swords, moji swords, horse spears, and even cannons began to reveal their sharp minions to the outside. Under Li Fei's order, the Tang Dynasty attacked from all directions.

In the 12th year of Guangwu, after more than a year of war, the Tang army captured the capital of Tubo, Lucicheng, and the Tubo Kingdom was destroyed.

In the 13th year of Guangwu, 160,000 Iron Cavalry of the Tang Dynasty went deep into the grassland, captured the Uighur tent, and killed nearly 200,000 Uighur cavalry. When the Uighurs were destroyed, Li Fei ordered the establishment of ten cities on the grassland to echo each other, and the Tang Dynasty embarked on the road to truly control the grassland.

In the 14th year of Guangwu, 40,000 Tang troops invaded Silla, and Silla was destroyed. In the same year, the naval fleet escorted 100,000 Tang troops to 6 Japan, the emperor died suddenly, and the Japanese was destroyed.

In the fifteenth year of Guangwu, after Guo Ziyi destroyed Geluo, who betrayed the Tang Dynasty, he followed Gao Xianzhi's journey to the Pamir Mountains, led 70,000 Tang troops to attack Central Asia, and recaptured the city of Talas from the Arab Empire.

In the 16th year of Guangwu, Guo Ziyi's Tang army fought with 200,000 Arab troops in Tochar. Under the fierce storm of the Tang army and the bombardment of hundreds of cannons, the 200,000 Arab troops were wiped out, and the Arab Empire was greatly damaged and its power had to withdraw from Central Asia.

In the following five years, the Tang army continued to advance westward, and eventually destroyed the powerful Arab Empire. The European countries were shocked. The Byzantine Empire sent a prince to the Tang Dynasty to surrender to the Tang Dynasty.

In the 23rd year of Guangwu, Li Fei issued an order to move 200,000 Han people to the Americas to build a city and reproduce, and 300,000 Han people to the Australias to reproduce.

During the more than 40 years of Li Fei's reign, the territory of the Tang Dynasty expanded rapidly, with population, military, and economic reaching an unprecedented height, and the steam engine was brought out, starting the first industrial revolution.

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