Chapter 296 Jin Kaiyuan
〖It can be seen that the Tang Dynasty really had a good life, and the average military generals achieved great success late in life.
The average age of the twenty-four heroes in the Lingyan Pavilion was 65 years old. Compared with the Han Dynasty, where people died suddenly at any time, the Tang Dynasty can only be said to have reached the normal level of human beings.
The average life expectancy of the civil officials and military generals of the Li Tang Dynasty was high, but it turned out that Li Shimin's lineage had problems with genes, just like the old Cao family.
That's different. The genes of the old Cao family were corrupted by Mrs. Bian, and the genes of the old Li family were mostly optimized by Wu Zetian.
Li Yuan, 69 years old, Li Shimin, 51 years old, Li Zhi, 56 years old, Wu Zetian, 82 years old, Li Longji, 77 years old; Li Zhi suffered from rheumatism like Erfeng in 660, and it became more and more serious. Wu Zetian also gradually came to power because of this. If his health could be better, the direction of the Tang Dynasty might indeed be different.
This reminds me that Li Longji was famous for his handsomeness when he was young. I envy Wu Zetian's genes, longevity and beauty.
It would be nice if Xuanzong and Gaozong could be reversed, one lived longer, the other lived shorter, and the historical trend was very different.
The biggest problem of Li Zhi was that he grew up in the deep palace, which led to poor military strategic vision. The most typical example was that he fought with Goguryeo for thirteen years, but ignored Tubo, a threat from his elbow. In the end, he was good at power tactics but lost the overall situation, and became a famous black-bellied emperor.
But if we talk about Gaozong's comprehensive ability... I can only say that he might be better if he had a good body, and he did weaken the family.
It is true that illness does affect people's mental health. For example, Li Zhi's health was not very good since 660, and in 661 he shouted that he wanted to follow his father's example and personally conquer Goguryeo. It can only be said that it was a good thing that he did not go.
If he went to Goguryeo, he would die of laughter. The three emperors of the Central Plains could not destroy me!
Anyway, Goguryeo was finally integrated into China, so let's just enjoy the small life in the distance, my family. 〗
After copying the last sentence, Du Ruhui came forward with a small box that he had prepared long ago, put it down and watched it slowly disappear before returning to his position.
When he saw the evaluation of the Song emperor in later generations, Li Shimin was furious:
"I didn't even go to Mount Tai to offer sacrifices to the gods, how can I be considered a good reputation?"
But when he saw the younger generation followed up with a sentence that was worthy of Wanyan Gou, he let it go instantly:
"The evaluation of the foolish and treacherous is not worth a laugh."
I thought it was someone else, but it turned out to be the well-known foolish emperor that was remembered by later generations. That's fine.
Li Shimin didn't remember the evaluation of Zhao Gou in the early days, but he still clearly remembered what Guangmu said casually, that Liu Chan was far superior to Yizong, and Yizong was stronger than Wanyan Gou, which showed how good the emperor was.
Therefore, he had only one idea at this moment: if he looked at them for a second longer, he would lose as the emperor of all ages.
Looking back, seeing that everyone in Lingyan Pavilion was in their sixties, Li Shimin was quite relieved:
"My dear ministers and others have fought all their lives to lay the foundation for the Tang Dynasty, and they should also enjoy the well-being of the Tang Dynasty. This can be called the blessing of the country."
He even went over and took Qin Qiong's hand and said:
"Shubao should take care of himself. When his health gets better, I need you to ride your horse to the Western Regions and Liaodong. Don't leave any hidden diseases."
Qin Qiong laughed, but halfway through his laugh he started to cough. When the cough eased a little, he said:
"I am fifty-eight years old this year. Even if I didn't die of illness this year without Sun Yaowang's magic, I would have lived longer than your majesty."
Qin Qiong patted Li Shimin's hand and said:
"Your majesty, take care of yourself."
Li Shimin could only smile bitterly at this. He hadn't known the taste of fat sheep for a long time!
However, seeing that the light curtain mentioned that Qingji also had an illness, and thinking that although Empress Changsun was now being treated by Sun Yaowang, it was still unknown whether she could survive the ten years of Zhenguan.
Therefore, he finally looked at Sun Yaowang:
Why did the Imperial Medical Bureau go to great lengths to move to the side of the Tingwei Prison? Just expand it directly! Since mathematics should be emphasized, medicine should not be left behind!
And Li Shimin also wanted to ask, is it possible that there is a medicine that can make him eat fat sheep and sweets without aggravating his condition?
Since the beacon tower can be gradually improved, the treatment and medicine should be the same?
Sun Simiao looked at the burning eyes of His Majesty suspiciously, thinking that he was just worried about the health of Duke Yi, so he stroked his beard and said:
"Duke Yi now just needs to rest and make up for the deficiency, don't work hard, and he will get better after half a year of rest."
Qin Qiong nodded gratefully, and Li Shimin smiled, planning to go to Sun Simiao privately to state his request when he has time.
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In the Imperial Garden of Bianjing, Zhao Kuangyi’s eyes were slightly complicated:
“How long have you been looking at this thing, brother?”
Looking at the beginning, he thought it was a fairy from heaven telling a story, but he was not sure when he saw the strange beacon later.
When talking about bows and crossbows, he talked about the Song Dynasty several times, and the slight disdain in his words was also clearly heard.
It was when he saw the words floating past that Zhao Kuangyi had a bold guess in his mind:
Could this be a fairy from the future? After all, Zhao Gou was from the Song Dynasty, and Qin Hui called Zhao Gou his majesty. If you connect them, it seems to be their newly founded Zhao Song.
Zhao Kuangyin blushed slightly. After all, it was obvious that Wanyan Gou’s title was not a compliment, but because of his dark complexion, he could not see it:
“The fairy has blessed many times.”
“Then I should congratulate you, brother.”
Zhao Kuangyi looked calm and ignored Wanyan Gou’s joking comments in the past.
But I slowly made up my mind. My brother's descendants... don't seem to be that good.
So, maybe this immortal is not satisfied with my brother's descendants? Doesn't that mean...
Under his calm face, Zhao Kuangyi could clearly feel his heart beating wildly.
A hint of sarcasm flashed across his lips, and Zhao Kuangyi lowered his head:
"I will help my brother achieve great things and live up to the trust of the immortal!"
Zhao Kuangyin then laughed and patted his blood brother's arm affectionately:
"Come, come, come, and see the display of novel things from the previous dynasty."
[Let me inform you that the UP host will leave Sichuan soon. I have had a lot of fun in the past few months, and today is still the usual unboxing.
However, there is no need to go to great lengths to explain the two things this time, because both things are considered one of the symbols of the two dynasties, and they are too easy to recognize.
Dangdang~ Please enjoy, the pinnacle of iron smelting in the Han Dynasty, the eight-sided jade-handled Han sword; and the Kaiyuan Tongbao, which has been used for 1,300 years and can be called a model of treasure money. 】
Still a few pictures taken at close range, first of all, a sword with a sword and a scabbard placed separately.
The blade of the sword gleams coldly, the hilt is made of pure jade, and the hilt is wrapped with hemp rope and leather. It looks soft and has good anti-slip properties.
The sword head at the end of the hilt is also made of jade, with slots and patterns chiseled in it.
The scabbard is made of wood and decorated with red lacquer patterns. The upper part of the scabbard has a jade sword ring for hanging on the belt, and there is a triangular jade sword at the end.
The other thing is ten simple square-holed round coins, golden in texture, with the four characters Kaiyuan Tongbao written on them.
[To tell you a not-so-cold cold knowledge, Kaiyuan Tongbao was cast by Li Yuan during the Kaitang period, and Kaiyuan Tongbao was used during the Zhenguan period.
Then I will add a really cold knowledge. There was no Zhenguan Tongbao in ancient times, but there was Zhenguan Baoqian, which was cast when Li Ganshun of Western Xia was the emperor. However, the coins were cast in Western Xia characters, which are more difficult to recognize.
It is said that Xixia can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty. Do you remember that when Li Jing destroyed Tuyuhun, Li Daoyan suddenly attacked the Dangxiang people? The Dangxiang leader Tuoba Chici at that time was the earliest ancestor that Xixia could clearly trace back. Later, after being defeated, he still surrendered to the Tang Dynasty and was given the surname Li. After the Anshi Rebellion, Guo Ziyi suggested that the Dangxiang people move their entire clan to Xiazhou to guard against the Turks, so the Dangxiang people at that time were also called the Pingxia tribe.
Got it, the orthodox Tang Dynasty was in Xixia. Not to mention that the country name came from Xiazhou in the Tang Dynasty, the surname of the monarch was given by Li Shimin.
I just care about how much this Jin Kaiyuan Tongbao is worth!
Seriously speaking, it is a priceless treasure, because Jin Kaiyuan is different from Jin Wuzhu. It was not circulated in the Tang Dynasty. It was basically only used as a special reward for the emperor to reward meritorious officials.
I remember the only recorded time in history was the first year of Emperor Xuanzong's Kaiyuan reign, when money was scattered at Chengtian Gate to celebrate. At that time, the gold Kaiyuan was scattered. When Emperor Xuanzong scattered it, only officials above the third rank were qualified to pick it up. Currently, there are only 30 gold Kaiyuans in existence. If the UP's 10 are real... conservatively estimated, he will be in prison until he is old and eat as much as he wants.
By the way, there seems to be words on the sword of this Han sword?
I enlarged the picture and saw that it said Wen Mang, not Zhang Yu. It lacks charm. What is worth praising is that a lot of jade ornaments are used, and the restoration is very careful.
One more thing, this is what a standard Han Dynasty sword looks like, because the Han Dynasty inherited the Spring and Autumn Period, the Warring States Period and the Qin Dynasty, leaving behind the custom of worshipping jade, and the treasure of the sword lies in the jade ornaments.
However, it is estimated that there are no very authentic eight-sided Han swords now, after all, the method of making 100 steels is too troublesome, and the failure rate is also quite high. For small workshops that sell goods through live broadcasts, it is most convenient to either pour steel or directly buy steel for processing.
In the history of iron smelting of our ancestors, the Han Dynasty was indeed the big brother. While the hundred-fold steelmaking was popular, pouring steel and frying steel were also invented. The pouring steel method of refining raw steel was used until the Qing Dynasty, and the frying steel of melting iron into juice and then frying it in the furnace was used until after the founding of our country.
I remember that the development of the pouring steel method was also related to climate change. Because the capital city was particularly cold during the Song Dynasty, there was not enough charcoal due to the large population, so they began to vigorously mine coal for heating, and as a result, coal drove the development of iron smelting technology.
Indeed, the inheritance of ancient Chinese technology was basically completed by relaying from generation to generation. Many technological inventions were limited by the times and could not shine until they met the right time. 】
"This stone coal... no, let's call it coal from the name of later generations."
Liu Bei put aside this little entanglement and felt very happy:
"Fortunately, with Kong Ming's persistence, we don't have to worry about the use of coal for the time being."
Whether it is Jingzhou or Yizhou, the winter is cold, but it is far from severe cold. Therefore, even if we know that this coal is good a few years ago, there is not much motivation for research.
It was Kong Ming's repeated insistence that led to the opening of the coal field in the south of Jiangzhou.
Now that coal has been steadily supplied, it has also become a part of the smooth operation of Jingzhou and Yizhou.
Xu Shu of Jingzhou also sent a letter saying that Jiang Wan bought dozens of ships of coal briquettes at a low price before the war, and now they have all been distributed in the north of Jingzhou, so that those who have suffered from the war can spend a safe winter.
"The operation of the coal field is entirely due to Cheng Ji's efforts to maintain it, and Liang dare not take credit for it."
Kong Ming paid more attention to those few short words:
"Miscellaneous refining produces 𫔄, and there is a method for smelting steel."