Back to Tang Dynasty to be Emperor

"Ahem!" Li Ke noticed that the crowd had become silent, and coughed twice to break the stiff atmosphere. "Is there no other explanation?" He asked, but he had already accepted Ma Zhou's analysis in his heart. the result of.Because, through Ma Zhou's analysis, he thought of Concubine Yang's expression after listening to Li Shimin's appointment in Qianqiu Palace today. Protector didn't say anything, because he was afraid that if he couldn't stand it, he would do something out of the ordinary.Thinking of this, Li Ke couldn't help wondering, "Is this really the case?" Then his mood became depressed.

"Your Highness, I feel that Ma Yushi's analysis is indeed reasonable, but I guess the emperor's intention is not so simple." Cen Wenwen saw that Li Ke was a little embarrassed, so he said.

"Sir, do you mean that the emperor has other meanings?" Li Ke fixed his gaze on Cen Wenwen's face and asked.

Seeing that Li Ke was eager to know the answer, Cen Wenwen smiled at him and said, "The emperor does have other meanings!" Then, he turned his gaze to the crowd and said unhurriedly, "If only from the emperor's words to His Highness this morning, If you analyze the appointment, King Bin's explanation is very reasonable. The emperor's appointment to His Highness is indeed to prevent His Highness from returning to Beijing. However, His Highness mentioned another matter just now, and it is right for me to think of this matter. The real purpose of the emperor entrusting His Royal Highness with important tasks in the morning."

"Which matter?" Before Cen Wenwen finished speaking, Deng Tongda asked hastily.

"The Korean envoy asked the emperor to reopen the border trade between the two countries." Cen Wenwen said with a smile.

Hearing what Cen Wenwen said, Li Ke suddenly had a feeling in his heart, and couldn't help but think of the conversation between himself and Li Shimin in the Yushufang this morning, and he seemed to have found the real answer.Among the people sitting in the study, apart from Li Ke, Ma Zhou and Chu Suiliang also realized something in their hearts after listening to Cen Wenwen's words. After thinking for a moment, they couldn't help but nodded, thinking that this was the real reason.

Seeing that Sun Fujia and Deng Tongda were still a little puzzled, Cen Wenwen explained, "The emperor's appointment to His Highness in the imperial study room in the morning is to command hundreds of thousands of troops in the two places of Hedong Road and Hebei Road, so has the county magistrate Deng ever thought about the emperor's appointment?" What is the other meaning of this appointment?"

"Another meaning?" Sun Fujia thought for a moment and couldn't help but said, "Could it be that the emperor means to let His Highness take charge of the two places of Hedong Dao and Hebei Dao?"

"Yes!" Cen Wenwen said, "The emperor's intention is to let His Royal Highness take charge of the two places by leading the army, and if Koryo wants to reopen the border trade, then Datang must open the city passage on the border between Hedong Road and Koryo. Therefore, the reason why the emperor appointed His Royal Highness to guard the two places is to take precautions and prevent Goryeo from attempting to attack Datang in the future."

After Cen Wenwen finished speaking, Deng Tongda and Sun Fujia couldn't help secretly heaving a sigh of relief. They now finally understood the real reason why the emperor appointed the King of Han like this.

However, Sun Fujia immediately raised another question, "In order to prevent Goryeo from causing chaos in the future, why did the emperor have to appoint His Highness to take up this position?"

Indeed, Sun Fujia's question was very sharp. There are many generals in the Tang Dynasty who are good at fighting, and there is really no need for Li Shimin to appoint Li Ke!Therefore, his question shows that Cen Wenwen's explanation is somewhat far-fetched.

Cen Wenwen didn't speak, he just glanced at Chu Suiliang at the side, and nodded slightly to him, Chu Suiliang understood, and said, "The emperor may have given such an appointment to His Highness today when he was questioning His Highness in the imperial study. According to Weichen's analysis, there are two reasons why he appointed His Highness to command the troops of the two regions and prevent Koryo from rebelling. My own attitude is that whoever disrespects Datang will not end well. Among the envoys from the Four Kingdoms, the envoys from Goryeo have seen His Highness's tough tactics and know what kind of person His Highness is. Therefore, the Emperor asked His Highness to be in charge of Da Tang. Tang and Goryeo will be an important border town for trade in the future, just to tell Goryeo not to have unreasonable thoughts, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable. The second reason is that the conversation between His Highness Yushufang and the Emperor today is actually the Emperor who wants to really know whether His Highness has Ability was entrusted with a heavy responsibility, and His Highness's answer just happened to satisfy the Emperor, so the Emperor made such a decision."

"En!" Chu Suiliang finished the analysis, and everyone nodded involuntarily, expressing that the explanation was reasonable.

"If it is according to Secretary Lang and Cen Zhongshu, then the emperor already knew the purpose of the envoy's visit?" Deng Tongda asked in confusion.

"Korea's mission to the Tang Dynasty, how can such an important matter be hidden from the emperor?" Sun Fujia asked rhetorically.

"It's true that you can't hide it from the emperor!" Deng Tongda realized that the question he asked was idiotic, so he couldn't help but smile awkwardly.

Because of Cen Wenwen's analysis, everyone found that Li Shimin's appointment of Li Ke was not as Ma Zhou said, and the atmosphere was much more active, and it was no longer as depressed as before.Li Ke is also in a much happier mood, and is no longer as depressed as before. If it is true what Cen Wenwen said, Li Shimin appointed himself to be in charge of Hedong Road and Hebei Road in order to prevent Goryeo from attempting to reopen the border trade with Goryeo. , then I made a lot of money on this trip back to Chang'an!

At this time, Cen Wenwen said again, "Your Highness, no matter what kind of speculation it is, we are still not sure. After all, both analyzes are reasonable and possible. Therefore, we have to wait for the emperor to agree to open border trade with Korea. Only the attitude of the Goryeo envoy towards you can truly determine which analysis is more appropriate."

"En!" Hearing what Cen Wenwen said, Li Ke calmed down from his agitated mood just now, and said in a deep voice, "It's true that we can't jump to conclusions too early!"

However, Ma Zhou next to him is not as calm as Li Ke because of the double heaven. He is quite convinced by Cen Wenwen's analysis, and at the same time he can't help asking, "Ma Zhou is quite surprised by Cen Zhongshu's analysis. I admire it, but I don’t know where Cen Zhongshu concluded that Goryeo would surely cause rebellion? And the emperor must have appointed him so to prevent Goryeo from making rebellion?”

"A teacher who never forgets the past!" Cen Wenwen said with a smile, "Did King Bin remember the relationship between the previous dynasty and Korea?"

When Cen Wenwen reminded him like this, Ma Zhou fell into deep thought. He came to his senses in a moment, and hurriedly cupped his hands to Cen Wenwen, "I'm not as talented as Cen Zhongshu!"

And Li Ke also admired Cen Wenwen's wisdom. Cen Wenwen said that he judged from the relationship between Goryeo and the Sui Dynasty that Goryeo was a restless country.

Regarding the relationship between the Sui Dynasty and Goryeo, Li Ke has adapted to and understood the Tang Dynasty through the past two years. His understanding of the Sui Dynasty and Goryeo is different from the analysis of later historical records and historians. He believes that the Sui Dynasty’s conquest The reason for Goryeo was not what was said in history, but he believed that the real reason for Sui’s conquest of Goryeo was mainly Goryeo’s expansion in the northeast, its attempt to control the ethnic groups in the northeast, and its continuous invasion of the border, which caused the Sui Dynasty’s self-defense counterattack.

Although this kind of view is difficult to establish in later generations, after experiencing and understanding many facts that have not been recorded in history, Li Ke feels that the background, reason, purpose and significance of the war launched by Emperor Sui Yang in history mostly came from Documents recorded after the Tang Dynasty, and many politicians and historians continue to comment and conduct research from many aspects through the records in Tang documents.That's why they think that Emperor Sui Yang's three conquests against Goryeo were just his own great joy, and the fall of the Sui Dynasty was the price brought by Emperor Sui Yang's three conquests of Goryeo, which was the result of his display of martial arts and martial arts.

Little do they know that the failure of the three conquests of Goryeo directly led to the overthrow of the Sui Dynasty. As the rulers of the Tang Dynasty, of course, they should learn from the Sui Dynasty and look at this event in isolation from the perspective of real politics such as how to maintain the country's long-term stability. Therefore, they will Condemn Sui Yang Emperor's extravagance and abuse of people's power.It is precisely for this reason that although the Tang people's comments are reasonable, it is undoubtedly biased to summarize the cause of this war.

However, later generations only interpreted this war and this period of history based on the research results obtained from Tang documents. This is undoubtedly using the identity of Tang people to view this incident from a political perspective, thus losing the true nature of historical reasons. People will have such an evaluation of Suizheng Goryeo, and attribute all the responsibility to Yang Guang, the ruler of the Sui Dynasty, rather than Goryeo's expanding ambitions.

As the ruler of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin had a clear understanding of the profound significance of this war.Therefore, while he attributed the responsibility for the war to Emperor Sui Yang himself, he actually inherited the Sui Dynasty's policy towards Korea.Therefore, it is possible to plan ahead, and to think of the possible crisis at the border in the future when Korea and Datang have not yet opened the border trade.

The real purpose of this decision is that Li Shimin drew on the relationship between the Sui Dynasty and Goryeo. He knew that Goryeo would continue to harass the border in an attempt to control the ethnic groups and regions in the Northeast after he became stronger.

Through Cen Wenwen's words, Li Ke thought of the real reason for this history.

Therefore, as soon as Cen Wenwen said that Ma Zhou understood the relationship between the previous dynasty and Koryo, he naturally understood why Cen Wenwen said that Li Shimin appointed Li Ke to take charge of hundreds of thousands of troops in order to prevent Goryeo from opening border trade. Later chaos.However, not long after the fall of the Sui Dynasty, only a few decades have passed since the three conquests of Goryeo, so everyone still knows the real reason for this war.Therefore, they are convinced by Cen's textual explanation.

Seeing that the worries in his heart had been resolved, Li Ke looked out the window and found that it was getting late, so he ordered everyone to go back to rest early.

After everyone left, Li Ke summoned Zhu Tong in the study, and Zhu Tong reported to him the information obtained by the Eagle Guard today.However, after listening to Zhu Tong's report, Li Ke's expression turned gloomy, and he angrily smashed his tightly clenched hands on the desk.

Zhu Tong was taken aback by Li Ke's actions, but he didn't dare to ask