Back to Tang Dynasty to be Emperor

Coming out of Cen Wenwen's residence, Li Ke sat in the car, his thoughts still echoing in Cen Wenwen's study.

After he finished talking to Cen Wenwen about the conversation in Oasis Spring Palace, he saw that Cen Wenwen's expression was horrifying, as if something big had happened.

"What's the matter, sir? What's the matter?" he asked.

"Your Highness, have you had close contact with anyone recently?" Cen Wenwen asked cautiously.

"Close contacts?" Li Ke repeated, "No, this king has never had any close contacts, even he has been to Duke Lu's mansion, but this is not considered a close contact!"

"Duke Lu was not in the mansion when His Highness went down, did you find that Duke Lu rushed back from the barracks when His Highness was about to leave?" Cen Wenwen continued to ask.

"Sir, I haven't told you yet, how do you know?" Li Ke said in surprise.

"That's the problem. Your Highness, you need to have less contact with Lu Guogong in the future." Cen Wenwen warned, "Lu Guogong has been in the barracks since the formation of the new army and has never returned home. Why did you go to his mansion? He rushed back right away? Is it accidental? Just to meet and chat with you so simple?"

"Sir, I haven't had any in-depth conversations with Lu Guogong. I just talked about the new army, and it doesn't involve any private issues." Li Ke replied.

"Your Highness, you don't have it, but it doesn't mean that others don't think so!" Cen Wenwen said with a worried face, "And this person is the most trusted person by the emperor."

"You mean someone sued me and Lu Guogong in front of my father..." At this point, Li Ke suddenly stopped talking, and he finally understood why Li Shimin's tone was so cold when he first arrived in the imperial study room, and he obviously treated him so coldly. dissatisfied.Now it seems that this is indeed the only reason that can make him very dissatisfied with himself.One is the general of the new army, and the other is the current prince. When he arrives at the Hou's mansion, Hou Junji immediately returns to the mansion. This will indeed make people have other thoughts in their minds.What's more, it's Li Shimin, what's more, when Hou Junji returned to the city, the first person he saw was not Li Shimin but himself?But who is this whistleblower?A trusted person?But with Changsun Wuji's personality, it's not like his style. His favorite thing is to win with one blow.

When Li Ke thought of this, he couldn't figure it out. When he looked up, he met Cen Wenwen's eyes. Seeing that his eyes were clear and seemed to understand everything, he asked, "Who do you think the whistleblower is? How should Ke act?" "

"The authentic Wang Xizhi handwriting that the emperor gave you shows his state of mind. He has high expectations for His Highness, and he also hopes that His Highness can study literature and martial arts with peace of mind, practice calligraphy diligently, and not worry about other things. If His Highness didn't use it in the imperial study Confucius said on filial piety, let the emperor know your benevolence and filial piety, I am afraid that today it is not as simple as bestowing an authentic work. Therefore, your highness should be cautious in doing things in the future." Cen Wenwen said lightly.

When Li Ke thought of Cen Wenwen's expression when he said this in the car, he knew that Li Shimin was admonishing himself, not teaching himself.There is a big difference between warning and teaching, and Li Ke understands the meaning.

"Be low-key!" Li Ke sighed, "I have really shown my sharpness recently."

After returning to the mansion, Li Ke began to live a secluded life. Every day he was not practicing martial arts and swords, bowing and shooting, reading and practicing calligraphy, and occasionally giving tips to craftsmen who studied movable type printing.During the period, Ruoyi came several times, and Li Ke also went out with her to go out to the city, fished by the river, and saw birds in the forest.And the relationship between the two is also growing day by day, better than friends.

Time passed day by day like this, and before I knew it, it was late autumn.

It was the fifteenth day of October in the first year of Zhenguan. As usual, Li Ke looked up at the bright moon in the night sky in the backyard of the mansion, and said to himself: "Bing Ning, are you fine?"

Since Changsun Bingning left Chang'an in November and December last year, she has not heard from her until October this year, and Li Ke's yearning for her is also increasing day by day. Every night, when he misses her, he will come here to look at the night sky. He wanted to find the star that belonged to her from the sky, but he couldn't find it no matter how hard he looked.Because, many things happen every day, not to mention it has been almost a year?

During the few months when Li Ke lived in seclusion, many things happened in Datang.

First of all, in August of the first year of Zhenguan, Empress Changsun became pregnant, which made Li Shimin very happy.Li Ke knew that the child conceived by Empress Changsun was Li Zhi, the future emperor of the Tang Dynasty.For this reason, Li Shimin also feasted the officials, which shows Li Shimin's expectations for this unborn child.

The second thing is that Wang Junkuo, the governor of Youzhou, was killed for rebellion.Wang Junkuo was arrogant in Youzhou, and he did many things illegally. In July of the first year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin recruited him into the court.Wang Junkuo suspected that Li Xuandao, the chief clerk, accused him of wrongdoing, so Jun Kuo plotted to escape and killed the postman on the way, but was killed on the way when he was about to flee to Turkic.

The third thing is that Feng An, the chief of Lingnan, sent his son to the court.Feng An, the chief of Lingnan, and Tan Dian and others have been fighting for years, and have not entered the court for a long time.Zhuzhou has repeatedly claimed that Feng An rebelled.Li Shimin ordered General Lin Mu and others to send dozens of soldiers from Jiang and Ling to attack.Wei Zheng believed that Feng An had nothing against him, and advised Li Shimin to send envoys to appease him first, so Li Shimin stopped his troops.In October of the first year of Zhenguan, the special commissioner, Li Gong, the waiter of Sanqi, took advantage of the festival to go to comfort him.Feng An sent his son Zhidai to follow the envoys into the court.Li Shimin was very happy and said: "Wei Zheng ordered me to send an envoy, and Lingbiao Sui'an was better than [-] troops." He rewarded Wei Zheng with [-] bolts of silk.

Li Ke knew all these things, so he didn't care much, what he cared about was the Turks.Because, according to historical records, this year the Turks will be severely damaged, but the final victim is Datang.Because Huihe will defeat Jieli Khan in a big way.

When the Eastern Turks were strong, the tribes of Chile (or Tiele) were scattered in Mobei, including Xueyantuo, Huihe, Dubo, Guligan, Duolange, Tongluo, Pugu, Bayegu, Sijie, Hun, and Dendrobium. There are 100 tribes, including Xue, Jie, Abang, Qi, and Baixiao. The customs of each tribe are generally the same as those of Turks.The Western Turkic Hosana Khan is powerful, and all the ministries of the Imperial Palace belong to him.Hosana taxed them excessively, and there were complaints from all ministries.Hosana killed more than [-] Qu Shuai from various tribes, and all the Chile tribes defected one after another, and elected Qige Leng as Yiwuzhen Mohe Khan, who lived in the north of Tanyu Mountain.He also pushed Xue Yantuo Yi Shibo as the little Khan, who lived in the north of Yanmo Mountain.

When the Western Turkic Shekui Khan became stronger, the Second Ministry removed the title of Khan and became a vassal to him.However, the Huihe and other six tribes who lived in Yudujun Mountain belonged to the East Turkic Jieli Khan. sweat.Soon, Jieli was in political chaos, and Xue Yantuo, Huihe, Bayegu and other tribes rebelled one after another.Jieli sent his elder brother's son, Yugushe, to lead one hundred thousand cavalry to conquer. The Huihe chief Bodhisattva led five thousand cavalry to fight Yugushe on Malu Mountain. Huihe was defeated and Yugushe was defeated. Bodhisattva pursued Yugushe to Tianshan Mountain Most of the soldiers and horses of Yugushe were captured, and the power of Huihe was greatly boosted.

Xue Yantuo also broke through Jieli's four designs.Jieli's power became weaker, and the snow fell a few feet deep, and the people were hungry. Jieli Khan was afraid that the Tang Dynasty would take the opportunity to attack, so he led his troops to hide in Shuozhou.

Thinking of this, Li Ke couldn't help feeling anxious, because it was already mid-October, and the day when Jieli Khan was defeated was not far away.If Xieli was really defeated and took the opportunity to invade Shuozhou again, it would be the people of Shuozhou who would suffer.But what's the use of being impatient?He still hasn't forgotten Li Shimin's warning, and now it's a matter of military affairs. If things really happened as he said, what would Li Shimin think of him?Wouldn't my situation be even more difficult if there was that person behind the scenes to fuel the flames?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help sighing, "Xing, the people are suffering; death, the people are still suffering! Today I will be selfish for myself! The people of Shuozhou, I, Li Ke, am sorry for you! If, one day, When I, Li Ke, can do something for you, I will definitely be obliged!"

At this moment Li Ke looked so lonely and desolate under the moonlight, even the full moon in the sky could not relieve the sorrow in his heart.Because he misses her in the distance, he is also deeply blaming himself for his own self-interest and disregarding the people of Shuozhou, and feels shameful!

Human nature is selfish, today is finally my turn to be selfish!