Back to Tang Dynasty to be Emperor

The next day, Li Ke got dressed early and came to Chengtian Gate under the guard of Chen Qi. When he walked to the Taiji Hall, he found that the front of the hall was overcrowded and there were many new faces. Obviously today's court meeting is unusual.

Li Ke's arrival caused many officials in scarlet robes and green robes to salute him one by one. He saluted everyone one by one. The opportunity was gone.Li Ke walked slowly into the Tai Chi Hall behind everyone, knelt down and saluted with everyone and shouted long live.

"Everyone who loves you is flat." Li Shimin said lightly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Everyone yelled, and after getting up, they automatically stood in two rows.

"All my servants." Li Shimin and the others stood still and then said loudly, "In November of the first year of Zhenguan, the Turks invaded Suzhou, robbed my finances, plundered my people, and burned my house. "Li Shimin paused here, and everyone lowered their heads involuntarily. Li Shimin continued, "The people of Suzhou have been plundered, and I want to send troops to fight against them, but the new army has only been trained for less than a year, and its combat effectiveness is difficult to compete with the Turkic cavalry. There are also auxiliary machines and other people trying to dissuade them, so I can only send envoys to negotiate peace and redeem the people in Suzhou with money." Li Shimin looked at Li Ke who was standing in the crowd with his head bowed and continued, "However, Han Wang Li Ke Di Zhixun, the magistrate of Chang’an County, was not afraid of the dangers of the Turkic land of tigers and wolves. He recommended himself as an envoy to the Turkic people, and only used a small amount of money to redeem the people of Suzhou in the Tang Dynasty. Since the day when the people in Suzhou redeemed me, I wanted to reward them for their achievements, but Di Zhixun was still in Suzhou at that time, and the prince was getting married. So, this matter was postponed until today." Li Shimin said Here, everyone is a fool if they don't understand. He wants to reward the meritorious ministers Li Ke and Di Zhixun who were envoys to the Turks.

When Li Ke heard that he was going to be rewarded, he couldn't help but looked up at Li Shimin. Seeing that he was looking at him with a smile, with admiration for him in his eyes, he felt a lot of comfort.

"Li Ke and Di Zhixun stepped forward to accept the seal." Li Shimin said, "Wang De announced the decree!"

Li Ke and Di Zhixun knelt down when they left the class. Wang De agreed, took out the imperial decree, stepped forward and read, "Han Wang Li Ke is loyal to the country..." In front of the imperial decree Li Ke didn't hear a word, and heard Wang Denian behind him, "Because of his meritorious service in being an envoy to Turks, I specially confer the title of Li Ke, king of Han, as the governor of Bingzhou."

"Governor of Bingzhou?" Li Ke was startled. It was Li Shimin who told him to go to Bingzhou years ago, but at the time he thought that at most he would be given the post of governor of Bingzhou. He didn't expect that Li Shimin still valued him very much. Immediately sealed the official position of a governor.Although there is only one word "big" between Dudu and Dadudu, there is a big difference between the two in terms of power.

First of all, the Dudufu in various places is divided into Dadufu, Zhongdudufu and Xiadudufu according to the size of the military affairs under its jurisdiction.The governor of the Great Duty is a member of the second rank, the governor of the Central Dudu Mansion is the third rank, and the governor of the Lower Dudu Mansion is the third rank.It can be seen from the rank of the official position that Li Shimin loves Li Ke very much.The grade of official position is one aspect, and the other aspect is the size of the jurisdiction of military affairs and the restraint of the army.The Lower Governor's Mansion can only govern the military affairs of the four continents at most, and the Central Governor's Mansion can only govern the number of states that cannot exceed ten, while the Great Governor's Mansion can govern the military affairs of more than ten states, and can control all frontier and government forces within the jurisdiction.What is the concept of Li Shimin's Bingzhou Metropolitan Governor bestowed on Li Ke? The military forces of Taiyuan Prefecture (Beijing), Weizhou, Xinzhou, Lanzhou, Shizhou, Shuozhou, and Yunzhou.The power is not insignificant. In layman's terms, the military affairs and army of the entire Hedong Road are in the hands of Li Ke.

When Wang Desheng read the decree here, the hall suddenly fell silent, and all the ministers took a breath, they were all shocked by Li Shimin's bestowal.How powerful is the governor of Bingzhou and what it means to confer the land of Bingzhou, how can they not know.Therefore, they were shocked because they did not expect that the emperor would attach so much importance to the King of Han, and would hand over the fundamental land of the Li family of the Tang Dynasty to Li Ke's jurisdiction.

Wang De continued to read Li Shimin's bestowment on Di Zhixun without stopping after reading the imperial decree bestowing on Li Ke. When Di Zhixun gently tugged on Li Ke's shirt to express his thanks, Li Ke just came back to his senses. "My son and my minister, thank you, Father, Your Majesty." Li Ke and Di Zhixun thanked and retreated.

Then, Li Shimin continued to make a long speech, and began to canonize and promote some outstanding officials who achieved last year.It's just that at this time Li Ke was thinking about the governor of Bingzhou with all his heart, so until the end of the entire court meeting, he knew that he had conferred the title of governor of Bingzhou; Di Zhixun was the governor of Bingzhou; The governor; King Li Youqi was awarded the governor of Qizhou; Li Jing served as the Minister of Military Affairs;

Li Ke came out of the Taiji Hall, and first came to Concubine Yang's Qianqiu Palace to report to her that she had been named the governor of Bingzhou. Concubine Yang comforted her a lot when she saw the excitement on Li Ke's face. As far as Li Ke is concerned, as long as Li Ke is happy, he will be very satisfied with Li Ke's happiness.After leaving the Qianqiu Palace, Li Ke returned to the mansion. Everyone in the Han Palace knew that Li Ke had been named the Great Governor, so naturally they wanted to congratulate him with the title of Bingzhou Great Governor.Li Ke was embarrassed to spoil everyone's interest, and ordered Yang En to hold a banquet in the side hall of Juyi Hall.The banquet ended in the afternoon, and Li Ke and everyone came to the study.He is still in a daze about today's canonization by the court to everyone, and he wants to have a clearer glance with Ma Zhou, Xu Jingzong and others.Li Ke believes that Li Shimin's large-scale conferment this time is like changing the blood of the Tang Dynasty.

First of all, it is difficult for Li Ke to understand that Li Jing served as Minister of the Ministry of War, but he still came to such a conclusion through his analysis of Li Jing's past rights.That is, as the head coach of the Datang border, Li Jing has a lot of authority, and all the soldiers and horses in the north are controlled by him.This time, Li Shimin transferred Li Jing back to Chang'an's recruitment center. Although Li Jing had the opportunity to join the cabinet as prime minister, it also explained a problem, that is, the era when the northern soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty were controlled by one person is over.Now, the soldiers and horses of all walks of life are divided and managed by the governors of various places and the chief commanders of the marches.It can be seen from this that Li Shimin attaches great importance to and is vigilant about military power, even a soldier of the Tang Dynasty like Li Jing dare not slack off.

The second is Li Daozong's canonization as Minister of the Ministry of Rites and Minister of Honglu Temple. No matter how Li Ke analyzes it, it is difficult to understand Li Shimin's move.Li Daozong is another general who is good at fighting except Li Xiaogong in the Li Tang clan. He has a high status in the Li Tang clan.However, Li Shimin gave him a title of minister in charge of etiquette, sacrifices, banquets, schools, imperial examinations and foreign affairs activities in the court, plus Honglu Temple, a minister in charge of foreign affairs.There are many examples of generals serving in the Ministry of War after returning to the court, but if he was asked to go to the Ministry of Rites as a minister, in charge of court etiquette, imperial examinations, sacrifices, diplomacy and other affairs, Li Ke couldn't figure out that this was a promotion for Li Daozong, but felt that it was for him. appraise.

As for Du Ruhui taking the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Li Ke was very calm.He felt that Du Ruhui was a famous Prime Minister of Zhenguan, and the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials was already very inferior to him.However, at the same time, he could also think that the purpose of Li Shimin's arrangement was to prepare him for leaving the cabinet and entering the prime minister.Because, the six departments are headed by the official department, and if the official department's Shangshu rises further, it can only be the position of Shangshu Pushe.

Li Ke didn't think there was anything wrong with Wei Zheng's position as secretary and supervisor, but he added four words "participating in the government" after this sentence, which means he can participate in and preside over the government.In layman's terms, although he does not have the name of a prime minister, he has the power of a prime minister, and his power is not insignificant.It can also be seen from this that Li Shimin appreciates and values ​​his talent.

However, the most unacceptable thing for Li Ke to accept is that after Feng Deyi became an official, Li Shimin gave the position of Shangshu Youpushe to Changsun Wuji.He has no objection to Feng Deyi's official appointment. After all, Feng Deyi, who is over sixty years old, has reached the end of his life and is no longer suitable for a position with real power like Shangshu Youpushe. Letting him retire early will allow him to spend his life at home. .However, Sun Wuji, Li Ke's depressed official minister, was conferred the title of Minister You Pushe. It is well known that he and Changsun Wuji did not deal with each other. Can be safe.However, there was nothing he could do when things got to this point, he just begged himself not to fall into his hands, lest he be beaten to death.

The question that Li Ke thought of was beyond the imagination of everyone in the Han Palace, but it was the imperial court's order, and although they felt uncomfortable, it was useless.Therefore, after Ma Zhou talked about Changsun Wuji's promotion, he talked about Li Tai, the king of Yue who Li Ke was more concerned about.

Then, at this time, the imperial court's rewards really benefited Li Tai the most, because his current strength has soared, enough to compete with Li Ke and Li Chengqian.First of all, his teacher, Wang Cong, was promoted from admonishing the doctor to Huangmen Shilang. Huangmen Shilang is the most powerful official in Menxia Province besides Shizhong. He is the deputy chief of Menxia Province, and his power is not small.Secondly, Du Yan jumped from Yushi Dasheng to Minbu Shangshu (called Minbu in Tang Dynasty), and was in charge of a department, which can be described as a high position and weight.Then Wei Ting moved to be the Minister Youcheng under the fourth rank. Although the official position is a bit small, it is a position with real power in the Minister of Ministers.Wang, Du Yan and Wei Ting belonged to Prince Li Jiancheng at that time, and their relationship was very good at that time.When the three were pardoned and returned to Beijing, and Wang was Li Tai's teacher, Du Yan and Wei Ting did not have much official positions, so they publicly expressed their attitudes.This time, they were all highly valued by Li Shimin, their official positions were promoted, and now Wang is Li Tai's teacher, so Du Yan and Wei Ting would naturally fall to Li Tai's side.Meanwhile, Wen Yanbo, Li Tai's stalwart, was promoted to the imperial censor and concurrently served as the assistant secretary of the school, a position that held real power.Through the analysis of Li Tai's strength, Li Ke found that Li Tai's current strength is enough to compete with Li Chengqian.

On the other hand, Li Ke felt that this canonization was not only for his own Bingzhou University.