Chapter 902 Heaven rewards diligence
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Li Ji was so unlucky that he was shot to death by a runaway arrow, which brought great trouble to Dazhong - the crown prince is gone.
Because transportation and communication are not so convenient, the main reason is that Dazhong is so big that it takes three or four years to hold a crown prince election, and like the first crown prince election, it took a full five years.
Now, Li Yan is almost sixty-one and sixty-two years old. The key is that Li Yan really deserves this emperor.
Moreover, Li Xiu was almost forty, which was the best age to be an emperor.
Therefore, we can't wait for three to five years to wait until the next crown prince is elected to give way, right?
So, Li Yan changed the Crown Prince's election law, no, to be precise, it should be supplemented with the Crown Prince's election law:
After the crown prince was selected, including before the crown prince ascended the throne, if there was any accident in the crown prince, his position as crown prince would be inherited by the candidate with the second most votes in the same class. If the crown prince and the candidate with the second most votes in the same class were both unexpected, the crown prince would be inherited by the candidate with the third most votes in the same class, and so on.
Explanation: If it is found that the crown prince and crown prince candidates die unnaturally, that is, they are killed by others, the cause of death must be found. If his death is related to the later crown prince candidates, severe punishment will be imposed according to law and deprived of his inheritance qualification.
According to the Crown Prince Election Law supplemented by Li Yanxin, Li Ji's position as crown prince should be inherited by the candidate with the second most votes this time.
So who is the second most votes in the Crown Prince election?
This person is...Li Xu.
Some people may wonder, how could Li Xu have the second most votes?
There is certainly a reason for this.
In fact, at the beginning, the candidate for crown prince with the second most votes was not Li Xu, but Li Mao. In the beginning, Li Xu did not even rank the top five. Li Jian, Li Xu, Li Dian, and Li Po Po had more votes than Li Xu, and Li Xu had only slightly more votes than Li Ci and Li Bi, ranking seventh.
This order has not changed much until Li Ji has already won steadily.
After Li Jiwen won, Li Mao was discouraged when he saw that the overall situation was settled. In the subsequent election, he went through the situation and devoted all his energy to traveling around the mountains and rivers. He wrote hundreds of poems and songs along the way.
Li Jian is also in a similar situation to Li Mao.
However, while Li Jian was traveling around, he did not forget his great cause of education, which was better than Li Mao.
Li Xu, Li Dian, and Li Podong also have their own things to be busy with. You know, they are all leaders in the same industry and have a lot of things to do. They are definitely taking time to participate in the election. Now that they have lost the election, they naturally have to continue to work on their own affairs. To be honest, if it weren't for the Crown Election Law that once they run for election, they would have to go through all counties and vassal states, and they would have gone back to their own part long ago.
In fact, not only Li Mao, Li Jian, Li Xu, Li Dian, Li Po, but even Li Ci, Li Bi, and even Li Ji no longer took the election after the result was decided - in the last election, they were all busy with their own affairs.
Like Li Ji, he has begun to visit various places to understand the people's conditions and prepare for future policies.
Like Li Ci and Li Bi, they have begun to remotely control the development of their small country.
Only Li Xu was still conscientiously participating in the election, and his attitude was extremely positive. When he arrived at the first place, whether it was a county or a vassal state, he would definitely visit it carefully first, and then write a speech in person based on the local situation.
When everyone else fooled him and only Li Xu took it seriously, many areas that were not optimistic about Li Xu also voted for Li Xu, and some simply threw their votes to Li Xu in anger.
As a result, Li Xu chose the second half, but not, to be precise, the second half, and the ranking rose. In the end, Li Mao, who ranked second, squeezed to third, becoming the candidate with the second most votes.
At that time, everyone was puzzled by Li Xu's approach, and Li Mao even said to Li Jian: "Ninety-seven is just an elm-head, but it's already decided. He is still busy with something. No wonder he can stay in the place where birds in Mobei can't shit for more than ten years."
I have to say that as soon as Li Ji died, Li Yan added the election law, allowing Li Xu to pick up a crown prince, and Li Mao became a joke all of a sudden.
But no matter who it is, while saying that Li Xu is lucky, he must also say sincerely that this is the result of Li Xu's perseverance and the reward of hard work.
When Li Xu returned to Zhongjing, Li Yan directly promulgated the supplementary regulations of the Crown Prince Election Law, and then announced that Li Xu would serve as the crown prince, and Li Xu would temporarily serve as the prefect of Yanjing. In addition, Yelu Yuliyan was promoted to the imperial concubine by Li Yan.
As soon as Li Yan's series of decrees were released, many former Liao people, former Jin people, former Mongolian people, former Central South people, former Central Asian people, and former Europeans began to cheer - Li Xu became the crown prince, breaking the legend that the imperial power was shrouded by the Han people. His Majesty Li Yan did what he said and treated all his people equally, allowing Li Xu, who had Khitan blood, to be the crown prince and the emperor.
This also made the cohesion of Dazhong stronger. The original Liao people, the original Jin people, the original Mongolian people, the original Central South people, the original Central Asian people, and the original Europeans finally began to believe what the Propaganda Department has been promoting: Dazhong is not only the Dazhong of the Han people, but also the Dazhong of the world.
At the end of the 14th year of Dading, Li Yan announced his abdication and passed the throne to his fourth son Li Xiu.
After Li Xiu ascended the throne, he changed the year name to Yongding, respected Li Yan as the Supreme Emperor, and respected Liu Huiniang and Huan'er as the Empress Dowager.
After Li Xiu ascended the throne, he sent troops to wipe out all the Khwarezm and Qinzhe who lived in the West Siberian Mountain Plain west of the Central Siberian Plateau in the name of Li Ji's revenge, and conquered Khikas, completely occupied the West Siberian Mountain Plain, and then sent officials to govern the place and completely incorporated the place into Dazhong, which increased the land area of Dazhong a lot.
Undoubtedly, this was the burning fire after Li Xiu ascended the throne to show that Li Xiu is now in charge of Dazhong.
Li Yan is very supportive of this.
In fact, the soldiers who fought against the Western Siberian plains were from Li Yan.
After demonstrating his imperial power, Li Xiu no longer considered using force.
In fact, there is no need for Li Xiu to use force anymore, because Dazhong is already invincible and Dazhong has too many territory to be managed soon. What else can I fight?
Next, Li Xiu continued to manage Dazhong according to Li Yan's previous plan.
After Li Xiu became emperor for five years, he was recognized by most adult men of the royal family and was re-elected for another term.
During the ten years when Li Xiu became emperor, his greatest achievement was that he completed the "big railway" plan and the "Belt and Road" plan that Li Yan did not complete, and strengthened Dazhong's rule over the world.
As soon as the ten years arrived, Li Xiu chose to abdicate in accordance with the emperor's law formulated by Li Yan and handed over the throne to his 97th brother Li Xu.
Li Xu's position as crown prince was inherited by Li Podi, who was elected with high votes in the third crown prince election...
Chapter completed!