Back to Tang Dynasty to be Emperor

The Metropolitan Governor's Mansion was prepared by Di Zhixun for Li Ke immediately after returning to Taiyuan Mansion. He knew that Li Ke liked reading, painting and calligraphy, so the study room was furnished exactly the same as the study room in Hanwang Mansion.Accompanied by Di Zhixun, Li Ke came to the study, and was very satisfied with the layout of the study in front of him.He is a nostalgic person, and he doesn't want to throw away many things after getting used to them.When he was in Chang'an, he felt very strange to Bingzhou Taiyuan Mansion, and now the study in Dudu Mansion is the same as his study in Hanwang Mansion, which gives him some comfort.He was very moved by Di Zhixun's care and concern for himself. He gave Di Zhixun a look of gratitude, and Di Zhixun also gave Li Ke a look. Both of them understood each other's meaning. They all smiled at the same time.

After Li Ke entered the city, the defense work of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion has been taken over by the Eagle Guard led by Chen Qi, and no one can move around without Li Ke's order.Therefore, after Li Ke and Di Zhixun sat down in the study, Ying Wei served tea, and Li Ke asked Di Zhixun after taking a sip, "Tonghuai, who came up with the idea of ​​going out of the city to meet the king? How did this king find out in the front hall today that the relationship between the governor's mansion and the governor's mansion is not very harmonious?"

"Your Highness, the idea of ​​going out of the city to meet you is the idea of ​​the people in the Governor's Mansion. They gave me advice when I first took office, and I agreed to their request because I couldn't push it." Di Zhixun pondered for a moment and said, " As for the discord between the Governor's Mansion and the Governor's Mansion, it is well known in Chang'an Mansion, it's just that His Highness is not familiar with the situation when he first arrived here."

"Oh?" Li Ke was very surprised. He didn't expect that the situation in Bingzhou would be so complicated, and the governor's mansion and the governor's mansion would be at odds. "Can Tonghuai give me a detailed introduction?"

"Your Highness, you should know the status and significance of the Taiyuan Mansion in the Tang Dynasty. Needless to say, you should know. Therefore, most of the officials in the Governor's Mansion are descendants of various clans in Taiyuan; and the previous governor of Bingzhou, His Highness Li Ji, will definitely not Unfamiliar, he is from the Shandong family."

What Di Zhixun said was very cryptic, but how could Li Ke understand the key points after what he said.At the same time, he deeply admires Li Shimin's control of power. It can be said that his control of power has indeed reached the point of perfection.He asked the children of the aristocratic families in Taiyuan Mansion to serve in the Governor's Mansion, expressing his favor to them, and the purpose was to win over them.And let the newly emerging Shandong tyrants sit in the Bingzhou Dudufu to manage and control the military affairs and troops of the counties and counties under the Bingzhou Dudufu.The Guanlong gentry and the Shandong tyrants are two different camps, and they will definitely contain each other for their own interests. In this way, he can achieve the goal of peace of rights he hopes without offending the gentry of Taiyuan.Thinking of this, Li Ke understood why Guo Xiaoke in the front hall would speak in such a tone.It turned out that Guo Xiaoke, who is a strong and powerful party in Shandong, had conflicts in his heart because he was too close to Li Yan as the governor of the governor's mansion. No wonder his attitude was so cold at that time.

Seeing Li Ke's clear expression, Di Zhixun knew that he understood the key points, and then he said goodbye, "Your Highness has been exhausted day and night, so let's rest for a while, and I will come to pick you up during the dinner."

"Well, let Tong Huai worry about it." Li Ke also felt a little tired.After Di Zhixun left, Lan'er reported to Li Ke that the hot water was ready for him to bathe and change clothes. Li Ke smiled knowingly and left the study.

The Taiyuan Mansion hosted a dinner party for Li Ke at the Governor's Mansion. With the help of Di Zhixun, Li Ke got off the frame, and when he arrived at the hall under Di Zhixun's guidance, he found that the people from the Governor's Mansion and the Governor's Mansion had already been waiting for him. It's been a long time.When Li Ke stepped into the hall, Li Yan was the first to greet him and salute him, and then everyone followed Li Yan to salute him. Li Ke replied to them one by one, and said with a hearty smile, "Keep brother and everyone waiting for a long time. .”

"How dare you! How dare you!" Li Yan laughed. Everyone in the Governor's Mansion behind him was in a state of fear because of Li Ke's words, but the generals in the Governor's Mansion headed by Guo Xiaoke were neither humble nor overbearing.Li Ke felt that the situation in Bingzhou was more complicated than he thought, and how to balance the power between the Guanlong gentry and Shandong tyrants was the most important thing at present.Although he is the governor, he only cares about the military and not the civil affairs, but anyone with a discerning eye knows Di Zhixun's own people, even if he doesn't want to take care of the civil affairs, it's hard to explain clearly.

"Your Highness, please take a seat." Di Zhixun said suddenly when Li Ke was in a trance.

"Just do it, everyone." Li Ke hurriedly concealed his gaffe and said to everyone after awakening.After everyone sat down, Di Zhixun introduced to Li Ke the officials of the Governor's Mansion one by one. In addition to him and Li Yan, there were Shi Yuan Deqian, the head of the Governor's Mansion, and Sima Yu Kailun.Yuan Deqian and Yu Kailun were very considerate of Li Ke's etiquette, but Li Ke could tell from their tone and expression that their attitude towards him was still very cold.Li Ke didn't pay much attention when he was outside Taiyuan City. After talking with Di Zhixun in the study, he was also surprised when he heard the names of the two people in front of him. People from the Yu family?These two are core members of the Guanlong Group.Li Ke didn't even have time to think about saluting them, and the two dared not even say it.

The so-called Guanlong Group is composed of the Eight Pillars of the Western Wei Dynasty. They are: Yu Wentai Family, Yuan Xin Family, Li Hu Family, Li Bi Family, Yu Jin Family, Dugu Xin Family, Hou Mo and Chen Chong Family.In addition to Yu Wentai and Yuan Xin, the other six people commanded the soldiers and formed the "Twelve Generals". The "Twelve Generals of the Eight Pillars Kingdom" Guanlong Group began to take shape.Most of the royal families and descendants of the following dynasties came from these families. For example, the descendants of Yu Wentai belonged to the royal family of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the descendants of the general Yang Zhong belonged to the royal family of the Sui Dynasty, and the descendants of Li Hu belonged to the royal family of the Tang Dynasty. Most of the queens of the Northern Zhou Dynasty belonged to these families. Empress Wen of the Sui Dynasty and the mother of Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan of the Tang Dynasty all came from the Duguxin family in Bazhu Kingdom.This shows the scale of the Guanlong gentry group.

After Li Yan introduced the people in the governor's mansion, Li Ke was thinking about Yu Kailun and Yuan Deqian's appointment in the governor's mansion, when he heard Shi Guo Xiaoke, the head of the governor's mansion, introduce the generals of the governor's mansion to him.Li Ke withdrew his thoughts in time and listened carefully. He didn't want to be as absent-minded as he was outside the city today. The most important thing for him now is to understand the people in the Dudu Mansion, so he was not willing to neglect Guo Xiaoke's introduction to everyone.Guo Xiaoke needs no introduction except that he himself is the head of the governor's mansion, and among the people he introduced are two Sima of the governor, they are Sun Erlang and Wang Chong.

"The last general will see His Highness!" Sun Erlang and Wang Chong saluted, but they couldn't hide the look of aloofness in their eyes.Both of them are Li Ji's confidants and favorite generals. They worked with Li Ji under Li Mi and then returned to the Tang Dynasty. Like Guo Xiaoke, they are both brave generals who were born and died on the battlefield.When Li Ji was transferred to Shuofang, they both stayed in the Dudu Mansion. Li Ke didn't know Li Ji's purpose for keeping them.But for these two strange generals, he didn't take their own arrogance to heart.He didn't have time to look at the two of them carefully, and waved his hands to indicate that they don't need to be polite.Then Xu Hui and several others who joined the army, the recorder, met Li Ke one by one.Finally, he fixed his eyes on Li Mengchang, the general of the Dudu Mansion who gave the salute.He is no stranger to Li Mengchang and Li Ke. He was one of the nine vanguards of Li Shimin's Xuanwumen coup. Li Shimin was able to let him hold such an important position as the commander of the army in Taiyuan Prefecture and the Governor's Mansion of the State, which shows his trust and respect for him.At this time, Li Ke looked at the medium-sized man with a thin face, but Li Mengchang, who had sharp eyes, couldn't help admiring in his heart that he was indeed a mighty general.

"The last general, Li Mengchang, has met His Highness." Li Mengchang said loudly when he saw Li Ke staring at him.He has been fighting in the battlefield following the history all the year round, he is indeed very magnanimous. When he salutes Li Ke, his tone is very sincere, but it conceals that he is neither humble nor overbearing as a soldier.

Li Ke didn't dare to neglect, he quickly stopped Li Mengchang and returned the courtesy, "General Li, please sit down."

After Li Mengchang, some lieutenant generals and partial generals also saluted Li Ke one by one. After Guo Xiaoke introduced the generals of the Dudu Mansion and invited Li Ke to the chief seat, Li Ke felt relieved. At the same time, he also noticed another young general, Guo Shifeng, the second son of Guo Xiaoke.

Li Ke, who returned to the main seat and sat down, was in an embarrassing situation at this time. Everyone in the Governor's Mansion except Di Zhixun and Li Yan treated him with a kind tone and contempt in his heart.Except for Li Mengchang who was quite sincere to him because of his emperor's third son, the generals in the Dudu's Mansion were also very indifferent.Although Li Ke is the king of Han, the prince, and the third prince of the current emperor, everyone doesn't have much respect for the 15-year-old governor of Bingzhou. Their politeness is only because he is Li Shimin's son.

"You can't lose your prestige when you attend a banquet for the first time, otherwise how will you stay in Bingzhou in the future?" Li Ke thought to himself. He looked around and found that his personal guard Chen Qi was standing not far behind him. , and neither the cavalry general Su Dingfang nor the government official Xu Jingzong were present, Li Ke thought about it carefully and he had a plan in mind.

"Same bosom" Li Ke called out to Di Zhixun kindly, "Are there two other people from the Yan family and Ding Fang? Why doesn't this king see them in the hall?"

After listening to Li Ke's question, Di Zhixun glanced at the crowd, seeing that Su Dingfang, Chen Qi, and Xu Jingzong were not found, he wondered why the governor's office didn't invite these three people?Immediately, he glanced at Li Yan beside him, and saw that Li Yan also looked confused, and he was startled. Could it be that someone did it on purpose?Then hurriedly said, "Your Highness, I don't know about this matter, please wait a moment, I will go and have a look."

Just as Di Zhixun finished speaking, he heard someone muttering in a low voice, "It's so ridiculous that a vulgar person can go to a banquet!"

After hearing this sentence, Li Ke's face remained unchanged, but he was very annoyed in his heart. He turned his gaze to the source of the voice. It turned out that the person who said this sentence was Sima Sun Erlang of the Governor's Mansion.Although his voice was not loud, everyone in the central hall heard it. Everyone suddenly fell silent and turned their eyes to Li Ke.