Back to Tang Dynasty to be Emperor

Although Li Shimin's order to Li Ke did not stipulate a specific time for taking office, the document issued by the Ministry of War to the governor of Bingzhou clearly stated that he should leave within five days.So after Li Ke finished dealing with Qian Ning and Qisha, he discussed with the new governor of Bingzhou, Di Zhixun, and asked Di Zhixun to take up the post in Bingzhou first, and then he led eight thousand cavalry to arrive later.

On the eighteenth day of the first lunar month of the first year of Zhenguan, Di Zhixun left Chang'an to take office in Bingzhou.The next day Li Ke summoned Su Dingfang to the Daoist Mansion and asked how his eight thousand cavalry were preparing and whether they could leave within five days.Su Dingfang was no stranger to these 3000 cavalry, [-] of them were those who survived the baptism of war among the [-] cavalry who followed him to Mobei, and [-] of them were trained by him in the Xishan New Army Camp.Therefore, for these two cavalry, Su Dingfang has full ability to command and dispatch them calmly.His answer to Li Ke was that as long as Li Ke was willing to have cavalry on standby.After listening to Su Dingfang's answer, Li Ke was deeply convinced of his ability to govern the army.Then, he asked Xu Jingzong about the preparation of food and grass for the army along the way, and Xu Jingzong deployed it in an orderly manner.

According to the imperial court system, the food and grass needed by Li Ke's eight thousand cavalry along the way were all dispatched and administered by the Ministry of War.However, the more than 8000 cavalry in the hands of Li Ke's Metropolitan Governor's Mansion were not written in the documents of the Ministry of War, so the Ministry of War naturally ignored the food and grass issue of the 8000 people.Therefore, it cannot be said that the Ministry of War does not care about it. The Ministry of War does not dare to manage it and does not know how to manage it.At the same time, it can only be said that it is Li Shimin's contradictory heart. He loves and hates Li Ke. The imperial decree states that Li Ke cannot enter Beijing privately without his will. Ke was very annoyed at preventing Hou Ruoyi and Li Chengqian's marriage. At the same time, Li Shimin sent him [-] cavalry who were not under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War, for fear that his son would be bullied by others in Bingzhou.Of course, the so-called bullying in Li Shimin's heart is not bullying on the surface as we understand it. Bingzhou is Taiyuan, the foundation of the Li family and the core of the Guanlong Group. Sitting in Bingzhou, if you don't have your own strength, it will be difficult to hold down the nobles in the Guanlong Group.

Li Ke's eight thousand cavalry commander Sun Wuji and others who supported Li Chengqian and Wang and other people who supported Li Tai did not have objections, but Li Shimin's decree prevented Li Ke from returning to Beijing without his decree.Because of such an additional condition, they dare not ask about the eight thousand cavalry.Because they also know that these 8000 people are actually a kind of compensation for this condition.

The soldiers and horses can set off at any time, and the food and grass have been allocated properly, and they can go straight to Bingzhou as soon as Li Ke gives an order.But Li Ke's actions obviously didn't mean to go to Bingzhou. He would ride a horse outside Chang'an city every day, and then wander around in the eastern and western cities, and he didn't want to leave Chang'an at all.So much so that his laxity led to exceeding the deadline stipulated by the Ministry of War, and Li Ke left Chang'an embarrassingly after being urged twice by the Ministry of War.

When Li Ke left Chang'an, he not only took away eight thousand cavalry, but also one hundred thousand coins.The money was given to him by Chai Zhewei, and it was all profit from Li Ke's cuju workshop, wine making, and restaurants around the arena.According to Chai Zhewei's words, money can pass through the mind, and if you have money, you can have everything. If the third brother needs money, tell Zhewei, and it's okay to give you another 8000 guan.Li Ke also thinks that having more money is not a bad thing, and he must have spent a lot of money when he was appointed in Bingzhou.However, he also knew that he should not be too ostentatious in his behavior. It would be very ostentatious to take more than [-] cavalry and [-] guan to take office in Bingzhou. If he added [-] guan, there would be problems.

Xu Jingzong's marching plan for Li Ke was to go through Puzhou, Jinzhou, Luzhou and then to Bingzhou (Taiyuan Prefecture).Li Ke and his party did not stop too much when passing through these states, and finally appeared outside the city of Taiyuan Prefecture in Bingzhou on the fifth day after leaving Chang'an.Di Zhixun, the governor of Bingzhou, seemed to have calculated Li Ke's itinerary, and had already led all the officials of the Bingzhou capital to wait for him ten miles outside the city.From a long distance, Li Ke saw Di Zhixun and others waiting for him ten miles away from the gate of Taiyuan Prefecture. He ignored the brigade behind and urged his horse forward alone.

"Tonghuai, I have kept you waiting for a long time, and you have led the Lord of Taiyuan Mansion to run so far to meet me." Li Ke jumped off his horse after finishing speaking.

"What did your Highness say? It's not what I mean, it's what the princes of Taiyuan Mansion mean." Di Zhixun smiled, then clasped his hands and said to the people behind him one by one.After Li Ke heard Di Zhixun's words, he saw a group of people around him stepping forward to salute Li Ke. Among them were officials from the Taiyuan Mansion and generals from the Governor's Mansion of Bingzhou.What Di Zhixun said was absolutely correct, it was indeed the idea of ​​everyone in Taiyuan Mansion to go out of the city to welcome them.Li Shimin sent his own son to sit in Bingzhou. Others didn't understand what it meant, but as the children of the Guanlong family, they stayed in Taiyuan Mansion all the year round, but they were vague in their hearts.If it's just a simple prince's vassal and state, as for using more than 8000 cavalry as guards?Han Wang Li Ke is not the only one who controls the feudal clan, why haven't other princes been treated like this?Therefore, they knew very well that Li Shimin's purpose for letting his son, the most courageous and cunning son in the clan, King Han, who was most like him in character, come to Bingzhou was definitely for a purpose.Therefore, these aristocratic families set up this special welcome ceremony after many discussions, the purpose is to see Li Ke's reaction, and another point is to give Li Ke a good memory, naturally they also want to win over Li Ke.When everyone saw Li Ke, they came forward to salute him at the same time. First of all, they were the parents and officials of the Taiyuan Mansion.Then there are the generals of the Governor's Mansion of Bingzhou, such as the chief minister of the Governor's Mansion, Sima, the recorder who joins the army, the recorder and the meritorious officers of the various Caos.

Because there were too many people to greet each other, and Li Ke didn't remember everyone's names one by one, but there were two people who he remembered very deeply after listening to each other's introduction.They are Shi Guo Xiaoke, the head of the governor's office, and Li Yan, the prefect of Bingzhou.

Li Ke came down to the Governor's Mansion surrounded by everyone in Taiyuan Mansion. On the way, he searched the information of Guo Xiaoke and Li Yan in his mind.Guo Xiaoke, a general in the early Tang Dynasty, was born in Yangdi, Xuzhou (now Yuzhou, Henan).At the end of the Sui Dynasty, hundreds of people from Xiangqu were attached to Li Mi.After Li Mi's defeat, Li Ji ordered Xiaoke to enter the Tang Dynasty, and was granted the title of Duke Zhai of Yangyang and the governor of Songzhou.Through these materials, Li Ke analyzed that the relationship between Guo Xiaoke and Li Ji was unusual. Before they both descended to the Tang Dynasty, they had a superior-subordinate relationship.No wonder Guo Xiaoke was the chief history of the governor's mansion when Li Ji was the governor of Bingzhou.It was only because of his own reasons that Li Ji was transferred to Shuofang as the head of the Xingjun Road, and the governor of Bingzhou was also promoted to the governor of Bingzhou because of his own status, and Guo Xiaoke's official position was also promoted accordingly.

The other person is don't drive Li Yan, he is a member of Li Tang's clan, and it is reasonable to say that Li Ke's uncle.Gaozu Li Yuan had three brothers, namely Li Cheng, king of Liang, Li Zhan, king of Shu, and Li Hong, king of Han. Li Yuan ranked fourth among the four brothers.However, now Gaozu Li Yuan's three elder brothers have long since passed away, and the throne was only conferred by Li Yuan after he became emperor.Among them, Li Hongying, king of Han, died young without leaving any heirs.Therefore, only Liang Wang Li Cheng and Shu Wang Li Zhan had descendants, but they were also small in number. They didn't want Li Yuan to have three sons and a daughter.Liang Wang Li Cheng had two daughters and one son. The two daughters married and died young. His son Li Jianfang also passed away at the age of 30, leaving only one son, Li Yan.Therefore, Li Yan is the grandson of Liang Wang Li Cheng.By the time he arrived, the title of King Liang had been passed down for one generation, so he could only inherit the title of Duke Liang, and Li Xianzhong of Qianniuwei was Li Yan's eldest son.As for Li Zhan, the king of Shu, who has only one son, although it is still built here, it is still a small population with only one son.Therefore, although Li Yan's official position is not great, he still has a certain weight in Li Tang's clan.Moreover, as a new gentry among the Guanlong gentry, Li Yan's Guanlong Group also has a place.

On the way to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, Li Ke had already analyzed the information of the two people, and after confirming their current position on the matter of establishing a reserve, Li Ke felt hesitant.After entering the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and coming to the living room of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, Li Ke saluted Li Yan respectfully, "My nephew, Li Ke, has seen Uncle, just now he was in a hurry outside the city and didn't have time to greet Uncle and hope that Uncle will make amends. "

"Your Highness, I don't dare to be a humble minister, I don't dare to be!" Although Li Yan was Li Ke's uncle, he didn't dare to accept Li Ke's big gift in front of everyone, so he hastily declined.

"Uncle, I'll be called Ke'er, the king. You don't need to call me your Highness." Li Ke said while shaking Li Yan's hand.

"Your Highness, if the old minister doesn't dare, then the old minister will be disrespectful," Li Yan said, his face twitching slightly. "If your Highness has time, you can go to the uncle's house to talk about some things. It's not too late for us to talk slowly." Li Yan said Knowing how to refuse, Li Ke could only reluctantly agree, and invited him to his house to express his sincerity to him.

"Thank you uncle for the invitation. After all, my nephew came to visit my uncle and aunt." Li Ke smiled, and then sat in the main seat of the living room after Li Yan deliberately pushed him away.

"How can this king, He De, let you go out of the city to welcome you? You really feel ashamed of loving this king so much." Li Ke said with emotion, "This king is new here, and he is not very familiar with the military affairs of Bingzhou. Help, this king is here to thank everyone."

"Your Highness, don't dare to be. It is our duty to assist Your Highness. How can we accept His Highness's gratitude?" Guo Xiaoke was the first to stand up and said as the governor of the Metropolitan Government.

Li Ke heard another meaning in Guo Xiaoke's words, that is, it is our duty to assist you in military affairs, and you should not care about us in matters outside of duty, and we will not help you.Therefore, after Guo Xiaoke finished speaking, Li Ke just smiled and stopped talking.Di Zhixun naturally understood the meaning of Guo Xiaoke's words, he glanced at Li Ke, and then said to Li Ke, "Your Highness is tired all the way, or you should go to the wing room to rest for a while, and I will meet your Highness in the evening." Wash the dust."

"En" Li Ke understood the meaning of Di Zhixun's words, and said along the way, "I am really tired so I won't talk to you in detail, please make amends." After speaking, he left the living room under Di Zhixun's guidance.

ps: Today's Mid-Autumn Festival, the update is a little bit late, I hope the book friends will be tolerant!Also wish everyone a happy holiday