Back to Tang Dynasty to be Emperor

"Don't worry, Your Highness, I will do my best." Xu Jingzong said.

"Chen Qi, what's the recent progress of the Seven Kills?" Li Ke was also eager to know whether the Seven Kills of the Black Guards he formed had really hit the potential strength of Changsun Wuji Wuji during this period of time.

"Your Highness, until now the Seven Kills haven't sent any specific news, and the last general doesn't know what their actions are?" Chen Qi replied. Killing is also an organization under him, so he will naturally report back when Li Ke asked.

"I ordered the Seven Kills, and I want to see the effect of the action within two months, otherwise the king will withdraw from this organization." Li Ke invested a lot of money in the Seven Kills, and he didn't even spread any news about them for three months. Li Ke sent Zhang Gongjin and Du Junchuo out of Taiyuan City, and then returned to the Dudu Mansion, and when he returned to the Dudu Mansion, he summoned Chen Qi and Xu Jingzong to the study.Because the military masters of various states will report their duties in the future and the military parade drills of the left and right battalions caused him to delay a lot of time. He did not find the person who informed the Turks about the whereabouts of his troops in Youzhou. Now that he is free, he will naturally not let go of this potential threaten.

"Your Highness, you mean to strengthen Chang'an's intelligence and reconnaissance capabilities?" Xu Jingzong asked uncertainly.

"Well, this king thinks that the leak of our operation this time may be related to someone or a certain force in Chang'an. Since this king withdrew from Chang'an and came to Taiyuan, the intelligence system in Chang'an has weakened, and it is not as strong as before. , it is difficult for us to obtain reliable information on many things that happened in Chang'an in the first place, but our own strength has weakened while the strength of our enemies in Chang'an has not diminished. This situation is very unfavorable to our future development After all, Chang'an is the foundation, and Taiyuan is just a long-term place, so this king decided to let Zhu Tong go to Chang'an to take charge of Chang'an's intelligence system."

"No," Chen Qi responded, Zhu Tong is his subordinate, Li Ke just gave a rough outline, and he still needs to arrange the details himself, "Don't worry, Your Highness, we will arrange it later."

"En" Li Ke nodded and said, "Chang'an's intelligence system needs to be strengthened, but Taiyuan's intelligence department can't relax. This encounter in Youbei Grassland has reminded us that we must prevent those around us who don't understand Therefore, there must be a special person in charge of the intelligence system of the Taiyuan Mansion, and I will entrust you with the responsibility of the Yan Clan, and you must dig out our undercover enemies in Taiyuan."

I was so disappointed when I came back, so I was so angry.

"No!" Chen Qi replied.

"Well, Yan family, this king will give you another task. The queen is pregnant for a while. I estimate that the prince may be born in June. The father loves the queen very much. When the child is a hundred years old, the father will definitely set a To entertain the ministers, you must write a note for this king at that time, the content says that in order to express filial piety, this king will go back to Chang'an to pay his respects to the queen and concubine mother, and to celebrate the birth of the new prince or imperial sister."

"Don't worry, Your Highness, I know what to do." Xu Jingzong understood Li Ke's meaning when he spoke, and he replied without haste.

"Well, I should have told you all, so you go down first!" Li Ke opened the book on the desk and read it in detail, waving his hand as a gesture.

"No" the two bowed and left the study.

Time passed quickly, and half a month passed quickly. In addition to handling the official duties of the Dudu Mansion, Li Ke practiced martial arts at the Dudu Mansion's school grounds during this half month.It's not that he has nothing to do in his spare time, but that he has a lot of things to do, but he can't solve them in a short time.In the past half month, he has been to Li Yan's residence at least twice. He wanted to have a good relationship with the gentry in Taiyuan and find out their attitude towards him, but every time he talked about this topic, Li Yan, an old fox Just diverting the topic away, Li Ke knew that his strength was still very weak, and they didn't dare to put the treasure on him prematurely, so they showed a wait-and-see attitude and were not interested in him now, so he understood this truth After that, I don't want to rush for a while, I can only want to slowly develop my own strength through a steady stream of water, and finally let them recognize me.

During the half month of martial arts training, an idea suddenly came to his mind, that is, after several battles, his swordsmanship became more proficient, and his progress through constant training on the battlefield can be described as rapid, It's just that the faster he progressed, the more he felt that the sword skills he practiced were not suitable for large-scale fighting on the battlefield, but the saber skills were more suitable for fart slashing.Because of such an idea, he wanted to combine his own swordsmanship and experience on the battlefield to create a set of swordsmanship suitable for soldiers equipped with Tang swords.

The sky was scorching and the sun was shining brightly. Li Ke on the school field was drenched in sweat. He took back the Tang Dao he had split in his hand, handed the Tang Dao to the guard in black, and took the brocade handkerchief from Lan Er to wipe off the heat from his head. Khan said to himself, "I really want to create a set of sword techniques suitable for killing enemies on the battlefield, but I still lack actual combat experience!"

"Your Highness, what are you talking about, what kind of sword technique for killing people, with actual combat experience?" Lan Er asked when she heard Li Ke talking to herself not very clearly.

"It's nothing, I just learned something from practicing martial arts just now." Li Ke glanced at Lan'er and said with a smile, "The school ground is too hot, let's go back!"

"En" Lan'er obediently followed behind Li Ke. As soon as the two of them returned to the front hall, Xu Jingzong hurried in. After seeing Li Ke, he said eagerly without saluting, "Your Highness, Weichen got the news from Chang'an that the queen gave birth to a prince three days ago, and the emperor was very happy when he found out, so he named the prince Zhi on the spot. I want the Tai Chi Hall to have a big banquet for the officials, expressing that I want to have fun with the people and pray for the prince."

"En..." Li Ke was silent after listening, he was thinking that Li Zhi was finally born, and that the legendary Tang Gaozong finally came to the Tang Dynasty.Suddenly, he saw Xu Jingzong who was still quietly waiting for his reply, and hurriedly withdrew his thoughts, "Yanzu, you immediately present a memorial to the emperor on behalf of this king. This king must take this opportunity to return to Chang'an."

"Promise," Xu Jingzong said, "If Your Highness has no other instructions, I will write it now."

"Well, you can write it now, and don't send it to Chang'an too early, lest the father become suspicious." Li Ke warned.

"I understand!" Xu Jingzong bowed and left.

Xu Jingzong left, Li Ke sat on the couch, and Lan Er made a pot of tea in time and put it on the table.But Li Ke didn't touch the cup of tea for a long time. He only wanted one person and one thing in his heart, and that was Li Zhi.

According to historical records, Li Shimin's love for Empress Changsun reached an unimaginable level, and this love was transferred to her youngest son Li Zhi after Empress Changsun died of illness.According to historical records, because Li Shimin missed the queen so much, he did an unprecedented thing to personally raise the eldest daughter of the eldest grandson, Princess Jinyang, and her youngest son Li Zhi.However, as to why Li Shimin kept them by his side to raise them personally, it is recorded in "Tang Huiyao" that "the king of Jin had the youngest son of empress Wende, and after many years after his death, Emperor Taizong took pity on him and refused to let him go out of the cabinet." It can be verified in "New Book of Tang. The Biography of Princess Jinyang".

That is to say, Li Shimin's intention to raise his young sons and daughters in person is obvious. Because he loves and spoils his mother, he raises his sons himself, and thinks of his mother with his sons, so as to comfort his depression and emptiness.At the same time, because of Li Shimin's mood, even after the death of Empress Changsun, the harem still has no children for many years.

Thinking of this, Li Ke also thought of the news that Xu Jingzong reported to him just now, saying that Li Shimin would have a banquet in the Taiji Hall after Li Zhi's full moon, expressing that he wanted to have fun with the people and pray for the prince.

"Hey! It seems that Li Zhi is really more precious than mother!" Li Ke sighed, but he was relieved after a moment of silence. He had nothing to be afraid of Li Zhi who was just a baby now.Since he was hunted down after the Xuanwumen coup in the ninth year of Wude until he was besieged and killed by Turkic cavalry in Turkic a month ago, after experiencing so many things, he finally understood a truth, that is, strength determines victory, as long as you work hard, Destiny can be changed as long as you do it.Moreover, the more he experiences and the more he understands, the more he realizes that he has a higher chance of winning the battle for the reserve position.At the beginning, he thought that there were three reasons why he could not ascend the throne:

One is that Li Ke was not a descendant, he was not born of a queen. There was a system in ancient feudal dynasties that the first choice for succession was the descendant.

The second is that Li Ke was born to Concubine Yang. Who is Concubine Yang? She is the daughter of Emperor Sui Yang, and he is also Emperor Sui Yang's nephew. Riding and shooting, it was impossible for him to become emperor at that time.Even if Li Shimin wanted to appoint him as the crown prince, the group of ministers who fought with Li Shimin to conquer the Tang Dynasty would desperately oppose it. It is impossible for the emperor to decide on such a major matter as the establishment of a crown prince.Therefore, he did not get the support of the gentry.

The third is the obstruction of the uncle, Changsun Wuji. Changsun Wuji is the elder brother of Empress Changsun. Of course, he hopes that the throne will be passed on to his nephew.In the later period of Emperor Taizong's reign, Changsun Wuji was extremely powerful among the courtiers. In order to maintain this situation after Taizong, Changsun Wuji hoped that the future emperor, that is, today's prince, should be a benevolent, filial and obedient nephew. Respected, power will be guaranteed.But Jin Wang Li Zhi was cowardly by nature, so he naturally became the object of his strong support.

However, now it seems that these three reasons may not be the real reasons why I cannot ascend to the throne of God.It's not that he can't change the fact that he was born in the first place, and he doesn't want to change it. He can only say that it is his biggest disadvantage in fighting for reserves.The second reason is that he is the nephew of Emperor Sui Yang. People are worried that the brutal Sui Dynasty will come back, but Li Ke thinks that this statement is untenable and too untenable.I have the blood of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, and I also have the blood of Li Shimin. I am a descendant of the Li family. How can I rashly say that the brutal Sui Dynasty will come back if I ascend the throne because of the relationship with the previous dynasty?Who would believe such a statement?If Li Shimin didn't believe it, the courtiers of Datang would certainly not believe it.

Therefore, Li Ke thinks that the reason why he cannot be the emperor is not just that simple.