bastard seizes tang

Chapter 389
After Duan Cui's incident, Li Ke began to feel that the southeast military system was in chaos and the local government was not governed. There are only two reasons for this. The government order is not good, and the local commanding army has been in its position for a long time, and it has gradually become a local force, and many of them do not follow the control of the Yangzhou Metropolitan Government.

The Governor of Yangzhou has a high position and authority. Although he is a local official, ordinary military officials would not be able to deal with this situation. Because of the local authority, it is even more inconvenient to act.But Li Ke is different. Li Ke, as a prince, patrols the sky on behalf of the emperor. Military officials do not need to go to the court first, let alone report to the Ministry of War.

After Duan Cui's incident, Li Ke was advised by Ma Zhou and Xiao Yuexian to patrol the southeast half of the country as a king, and to guard the night.

Li Ke started from Chuzhou, passed through Shouzhou and Shuzhou, first from east to west, then from south to north, and finally passed Yuezhou, Huzhou, Changzhou, and returned north to Yangzhou.Li Ke spent two months before and after, and when Li Ke returned to Yangzhou, it was almost the Duanyang Festival.

"The last general, Qin Huaidao, pay homage to Your Highness." Li Ke traveled all the way, and as soon as he arrived outside Linjiang Palace, Qin Huaidao, who was ordered to stay behind in Linjiang Palace, stepped forward to pay his respects.

"Huaidao got up, what do you want to report?" Li Ke and Qin Huaidao are brothers and sisters, unlike ordinary monarchs and ministers, Qin Huaidao waits here specially for official ceremony, so there must be something important to report.

Qin Huaidao stood up and replied: "Your Highness, Duke Xiao Jing of Lanling County is waiting in the residence."

Because of Xiao Meiniang, Li Ke is also very familiar with Xiao Yu, and is also quite close to the entire Lanling Xiao family. Xiao Jing is Xiao Yu's direct elder brother, and Li Ke's mentor Cen Wenwen was also an official under Xiao Jing, so Xiao Jing and the Chu Palace were also very close.

However, the personal relationship between Li Ke and Xiao Jing was personal, and it was still a bit strange for a high official like Xiao Jing to come to see Li Ke rashly, and it would also attract criticism.

Li Ke asked, "Why is Xiao Jing here?"

Qin Huaidao replied: "Xiao Jing is here to pass on the orders of His Majesty."

When Li Ke heard this, the astonishment on his face became heavier, and Li Ke asked in puzzlement: "At Xiao Jing's age, why did the emperor order him to come here to deliver the decree? Are you not afraid that something good or bad will happen on the way?"

Xiao Jing is the fourth son of Xiao Kui, Emperor Ming of Liang. He was born in the sixth year of Tianbao, Xiliang. He is nearly [-] years old. There is some inconsistency in what he has always done.

Qin Huaidao replied: "I don't know about this general, but Xiao Jing sent an order to come here, His Highness should go and see him first."

Li Ke nodded and said: "You take Xiao Jing to wait in the hall first, and the king will come after changing clothes."

"No." Qin Huaidao agreed and went to make arrangements.

After a while, Li Ke changed into casual clothes and went straight to the main hall. When Li Ke got outside the door of the main hall, he saw Xiao Jing, holding tea in his hand, sitting in the hall waiting.

Xiao Jing was ordered by the emperor to deliver the decree, and he was the minister of the angels. Li Ke, even though he was a prince, paid homage first. Li Ke saw Xiao Jing in the hall, so he wanted to go up to see him.

Seeing that Li Ke was listening, Xiao Jing made a gesture of wanting to worship, so she got up quickly, put down the tea bowl in her hand, helped Li Ke who was about to bow down, and explained: "Your Majesty has orders, this is a letter from the family, Your Highness does not need to be present."

Li Ke and Li Shimin are also monarchs and ministers, as well as father and son. If it is an imperial decree, Li Ke should greet him naturally, but if it is a family letter, naturally there are not so many rules.

Hearing this, Li Ke got up and said, "Since that's the case, I won't be too polite."

"That's right." Xiao Jing waited until Li Ke got up, took out a letter from his lapel, and handed it to Li Ke.

Xiao Jing said to Li Ke: "This is a family letter from your Majesty's ministers to His Highness, and His Highness accepts it."

Li Ke took the family letter from Xiao Jing from Xiao Jing's hand, and he was not in a hurry to open it, but said first: "Old Xiao is old, and it is my king's family business. I would like to ask Mr. Xiao for a visit. It is really helpful. I am ashamed." Feeling inside."

In terms of official position and prestige, Xiao Jing is naturally far inferior to his younger brother Xiao Yu, but in Li Ke's eyes, Xiao Jing's weight is not at all lower than Xiao Yu's, even a little more.

Li Ke respected Xiao Jing so much, not only because of his official position as the minister of the Honghe Temple, but also because of Xiao Jing's identity. The man at the helm of the valve.

As for Xiao Jing, don't say that he is an official, even if Xiao Jing is white, standing in front of Li Ke, Li Ke's weight in Li Ke's heart is no less than that of the prime minister.

"The faction is bright, and the branches are like trees." The Lanling Xiao family, the leader of the southern family, is the cornerstone that Li Ke relies on to deal with the famous families in Guanzhong and Shandong, and to counter the prince and the king of Wei. How dare Li Ke neglect it.

However, Xiao Jing didn't take it seriously, waved his hands, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, you are being polite. The old minister just came here by the way, so I can't take His Highness's advice."

"Come here on the way?" Li Ke couldn't help muttering in his heart when he heard this.

Xiao Jing was originally a Beijing official and was in Chang'an. Since he didn't make a special trip to see Li Ke, he was here because of a transfer of official position. In Beijing, unless he was a Henan shepherd in Luoyang, everyone else would be relegated. With Xiao Jing's age and status, how could Li Shimin be like this?

Just when Li Ke was quite puzzled, Li Ke glanced at Xiao Jing, looked at Xiao Jing's gray beard and hair, and suddenly thought of a possibility, so he asked: "Could it be that Mr. Xiao retired from his old age?"

"Haha."

Xiao Jing laughed when he heard the words, and said to Li Ke: "Your Highness is really smart, and he guessed right. This time, the old minister asked His Majesty to resign, and His Majesty's quasi-veteran returned to his hometown with a special offer to take care of his old age. The old minister returned to Lanling, We are passing through Yangzhou, so His Majesty ordered the old minister to bring a letter from his family to His Highness on the way. His Majesty wants His Highness to return to Beijing as soon as possible to prepare for the wedding in June."

As the prince, Li Ke was released from Beijing. If it is not a holy metaphor, he must not return to Beijing without authorization, otherwise it will be a crime of treason. Li Shimin asked Xiao Jing to bring Li Ke. With the urging of returning to Beijing to prepare for the big wedding as soon as possible, with this letter from home, Li Ke can choose to return to Beijing.

Li Ke said regretfully: "Since Mr. Xiao has returned to Lanling, he probably won't return to Chang'an within a few months. It's a pity that Mr. Xiao can't come in person for my king's wedding."

Xiao Jing said with a smile: "Your Highness is getting married, although the old minister can't come in person, but he has entrusted his son Xiao Jian. On the day of His Royal Highness's wedding, the dog will go from the contemporary old man. Besides, once His Highness gets married, things in the south will become more and more important. , Now that the old minister has retired, he can spend more time to manage Jiangnan for His Highness, wouldn't it be a good thing."

Li Ke made good friends with the Xiao family, and with Xiao Jing, and Xiao Jing was able to get Xiao Jing to take care of it himself. Naturally, it was the matter of Chu Wangfu's win over the powerful families of the southern clan. This was indeed an extremely urgent matter for Li Ke at the moment.

If Xiao Jing, the patriarch of the Xiao family who is well-known in the southern tribe, is involved in this matter, it will naturally be sure.

Li Ke arched his hands and said: "This matter is of great importance, and Mr. Xiao must not do it, so Mr. Lao Xiao is concerned about this matter."

Xiao Jing said: "Your Highness is serious. Your Highness is kind to my brothers and sisters of the Xiao family. The old minister is only doing his best."

(End of this chapter)