Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 153 Li Goudan Gets Married
In order to better suppress the aristocrats, Gao Ming did a survey of the direct descendants of the aristocrats in the court, so when Li Goudan said "Secretary Prince Cheng", Gao Ming thought of Wang Ze.

Among the five surnames and seven surnames in the Tang Dynasty, the most powerful is naturally the Li family of Longxi. After all, the Li Yuan branch came from the Li family of Longxi, while the weakest are the Lu family of Fanyang and the Wang family of Taiyuan.

According to Gao Ming's idea, he will not move the strongest or the weakest first, he will first attack the Zheng family and the Cui family, and after solving these two families, he will clean up the weakest two families, and finally The strong ones are left for the last solution.

But Gao Ming didn't expect that Wang Ze married his daughter to Li Goudan just after he started to clean up the Zheng family, which shocked Gao Ming very much.

"What kind of medicine can be sold in this Taiyuan Wang's gourd?"

Now Gao Ming is not as innocent as when he first came to Datang, so he would not naively think that Wang Ze married his daughter to Li Goudan because of his talent. Tan.

As Wang Ze is a direct descendant of the Taiyuan Wang family, his daughter's marriage must be helpful to the Taiyuan Wang family. The reason why he married his daughter to Li Goudan must have his purpose, so what is his purpose? Woolen cloth?

"They want to use this to win over Li Goudan? No, Li Goudan is just a fifth-rank official, and he doesn't have any family influence. It doesn't take such a big investment to win him over. Could it be that they want to join me?"

Thinking of this, Gao Ming immediately rubbed his temples, then waved his hands towards Li Goudan.

"Okay, you guy with the opposite sex and no humanity, go back and prepare to marry a wife, don't blame me if your daughter doesn't recognize you in the future."

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Goudan immediately laughed.

"No, no, then the official will resign. If His Royal Highness is free at that time, you can go to the humble house to have a glass of beer, hehe!"

Seeing Li Goudan's flattering look, Gao Ming couldn't help laughing immediately.

"You bastard... It's alright, alright, I'll be there then, you go to work first, I won't send you a few days after the work is done, I'll let you be the groom's official in comfort!"

"Hey, thank you, His Royal Highness, the next official will retire first!"

"Well, let's go!"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Goudan immediately smiled and saluted him, and then went out.

After Li Goudan left, Su Wan'er came to Gao Ming's side and gently massaged his shoulders.

"Lang Jun, I see that you seem to have something on your mind, have you encountered any difficulties?"

As soon as Su Wan'er finished speaking, Gao Ming sighed.

"Yeah, there's one thing I can't figure out, it's like this..."

Then, Gao Ming told Su Wan'er about Wang Ze marrying his daughter to Li Goudan. After hearing this, Su Wan'er also frowned.

"The Wang family must have a plan for this move!"

Hearing Su Wan'er's words, Gao Ming suddenly smiled wryly.

"I know this too, but I just can't figure it out. You said that if they want to take refuge in me, wouldn't it be enough to just marry their daughter to me? Why did they marry Li Goudan?"

As soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, Su Wan'er immediately laughed.

"Hehe, if Mrs. Wang married her daughter to Mr. Lang, wouldn't that offend the Zheng family?"

Hearing Su Wan'er's words, Gao Ming suddenly realized.

"I think I get it!"

At the beginning, the conflict between Gao Ming and the Zheng family was caused by Zhou Zheng, the former governor of Jinzhou. Gao Ming married Zhou Hong, Zhou Zheng's daughter. If the Wang family married their daughter to Gao Ming, let alone whether Gao Ming would agree, Even if Gao Ming agrees, the Wang family will have a rift with the Zheng family because of this matter.

After thinking about this clearly, Gao Ming suddenly laughed.

"It's still my baby Wan'er who is smart, come, come here and let Mr. Lang kiss me as a reward!"

After saying that, Gao Ming turned around to hug Su Wan'er, Su Wan'er turned around nimbly to avoid him, and then laughed "chi chi".

"Mr. Lang is becoming more and more shameless. I don't want such a reward from you!"

After finishing speaking, Su Wan'er lifted her skirt and ran away. When she ran to the gate of the courtyard, she turned her head and smiled at Gao Ming.

"If the gentleman doesn't sleep with Benben in his arms in the future, the concubine will think about it."

As soon as Su Wan'er finished speaking, Gao Ming rejected her without hesitation.

"That can't be done. Benben is like my own son. He is not yet one year old. You want us to separate from father and son. You stepmother is too cruel. Let me tell you, don't even think about it!"

"Hmph, my lord hates it!"

Seeing Su Wan'er leaving angrily, Gao Ming immediately touched the little tiger who was sleeping on his stomach, and then laughed "hehehe".

In the afternoon of the next day, Li Goudan came back to report to Gao Ming. By the way, he also brought several hundred guan protection fees from Jingzhao Mansion, but this time Gao Ming did not accept it.

"You can take this money back, and treat it as a wedding gift from me."

When Li Goudan heard Gao Ming's words, he was overjoyed.

"Thank you, Your Royal Highness!"

Seeing his overjoyed look, Gao Ming suddenly smiled and patted him on the shoulder.

"Don't be too busy to thank me. Tomorrow, you go to the gate of Tai Chi Palace and wait early. I have another gift for you."

The main hall of Tai Chi Palace?
As if thinking of something, Li Goudan's eyes lit up immediately, and then he knelt down for Gao Ming with a "plop".

"I would like to thank His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for his promotion. If there is an opportunity for His Highness the Crown Prince to send me, I am willing to repay His Highness Datang for his kindness!"

Looking at the ecstatic Li Goudan, Gao Ming smiled and nodded.

"Your boy is clever, and you have learned a lot of new words recently, but let's forget about it, you are not that kind of material, okay, go back."

"Yes, the officer will leave!"

Li Goudan went back happily, and after he left, Gao Ming went to the imperial study and told Li Shimin about it.

After listening to Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin immediately laughed.

"It seems that Taiyuan Wang is planning to join you, what are you going to do?"

Seeing the smile on Li Shimin's face, Gao Ming immediately shrugged his shoulders.

"Haven't you already guessed what I'm going to do? Well, I know you like to play this kind of guessing game, so I'll just say it straight, I plan to make Li Goudan the governor of Jinzhou!"

Having said that, Gao Ming suddenly grinned.

"For the sake of Datang's foundation, the aristocratic family must be suppressed. This has nothing to do with whether you take refuge in me or not, and what Wang's doing this time is nothing more than a political investment. Then I will promote Li Goudan and let him They saw hope, and at the same time supported the Taiyuan Wang family to a certain extent, and alienated his relationship with several other companies."

Following Gao Ming's narration, the smile on Li Shimin's face suddenly became wider, and after Gao Ming finished speaking, he immediately burst out laughing.

"Okay, let's do as you said, and I have already said that the appointment of officials in Jinzhou is all up to you, so you can just do it!"

Having said this, Li Shimin gave Gao Ming another meaningful look.

"By the way, Lao Wu's wife, you didn't take her into the East Palace, did you?"

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Gao Ming laughed out loud.

"Haha, of course not. I have asked someone to buy them a big house with three entrances and three exits in Jingzhao Mansion. I also bought a dozen maids for them. Do you think I am like you? Hahahaha ..."

"..."

At first when Li Shimin heard Gao Ming say that he bought a house and a maid for Li You and his wife, he nodded in relief, but his face darkened when he heard the back, and he grabbed the folder on the table and threw it on Gao Ming's face , and then pointed at the door and shouted.

"roll!"

"..."

Amid Li Shimin's angry shouts, Gao Ming went out with his mouth pursed again, and the two broke up again.

For Gao Ming's open mouth, Li Shimin can be said to love and hate. What he loves is that Gao Ming talks to him without hiding it. Li Shimin has not experienced this kind of frank talk for a long time. His sore spot, and it manages to irritate him every time.

Thinking of Gao Ming's sentence "Do you think I'm like you", Li Shimin gritted his teeth immediately.

"This kid is too hateful!"

However, in the early morning of the next day, Li Shimin issued a decree to promote Li Goudan to the governor of Jinzhou, and at the same time bestowed gold, silver, jade, brocade and other things as gifts for his wedding.

In addition, Li Shimin also promoted his secretary Cheng Wang Ze to Shangshu Youcheng to assist Fang Xuanling.

In Datang, it is not uncommon for an official to be promoted to a third rank, but it is intriguing for two people to be promoted to a third rank at the same time, and the two are about to become Weng-in-law.

Since Li Shimin decreed last time that the daughters of the five surnames Qiwang were not allowed to marry the children of the same five surnames, everyone was more concerned about the marriage of the daughters of each family, so now many people in the court have accepted Wang's marriage. There is news that Ze is going to marry a daughter.

Of course, there are many people who are not optimistic, because although Li Goudan is a popular person next to the prince, he is just a jester. It is impossible for such a person to be the prime minister in the future, so everyone thinks that Wang Ze married his daughter to Li Goudan is a loser.

But now it seems that something is different.

Before Wang Ze's daughter got married, Li Goudan was promoted to the third rank and became the governor of Yizhou, and Wang Ze himself became the fourth-rank Shangshu Zuo Cheng. In this year, maybe Shangshu Zuocheng will become Shangshu Zuopushe?
In other words, the Taiyuan Wang family is going to produce a prime minister?And the prime minister who got it by marrying his daughter?

A daughter for a prime minister, super value ah!

There is no shame in the political family. They only value benefits, and they don't care how the benefits are obtained.

Especially now that Gao Ming has just suppressed the Zheng family in Xingyang, and at the same time gained the trust of Li Shimin, he can be said to be worthy of the name as the number two figure in the Tang Dynasty. Now everyone can see that Gao Ming's enthronement and proclaiming himself emperor in the future is already a sure thing.

Therefore, many people's minds began to become active.

"Maybe marrying the daughter to the prince's confidant, and then taking refuge in the prince is also a way out!"

(End of this chapter)