Back to Tang Dynasty to be Emperor

In fact, as Qin Huaiyu said, Li Ke is now the King of the Tang Dynasty, and there are indeed many people who pay attention to him.While he was entertaining the officials in the mansion, Li Shimin and Empress Changsun were talking about him.

At that time, Li Shimin had finished handling the government affairs and came to the Lizheng Hall, the bedroom of Empress Changsun. Empress Changsun seemed to be full of worries. When she saw Li Shimin, she immediately said, "Your Majesty, Li Ke has moved to the Han Palace today. I don't know when you will let Qingque come What about Prince Wei's Mansion? There are other princes, so there must be some time."

Li Shimin looked at Empress Changsun, the woman who had gone through ups and downs with him, and sighed, "Why do I want them to leave the palace? It's just that it's a traditional rule for princes to become kings and move to the palace. Disobedience." As he spoke, he looked at the direction of King Han's Mansion outside the window, and said to himself: "Li Ke, I'm afraid I can't stand the constraints of the palace, and the mansion is the mansion of King Qin where I used to live, that's why I'm in such a hurry Too busy to leave."

Empress Changsun knew that Li Shimin liked this prince whose personality was similar to hers, so she didn't interrupt his thoughts.Li Shimin turned around and saw Empress Changsun meekly following behind him, he was emotionally moved, stretched out his hand to hold her in his arms, and explained: "Wugou, Qingque is still young, I have no intention of him leaving the palace and moving to the palace, if he doesn't want to move , let him continue to live in the palace."

Empress Changsun nodded lightly. She has always been used to accept Li Shimin's decisions because she believes in Li Shimin's ability to handle things as the king of a country.From marrying into the Li family at the age of 13 to now, more than ten years have passed, and the relationship between Empress Changsun and Li Shimin has grown deeper and deeper. They face dangers and bear difficulties together, like water and fish. The family relationship is closely linked.

After Empress Changsun became a queen, although Li Shimin, who is the emperor, had more beautiful concubines, Empress Changsun knew that she was always the woman Li Shimin loved the most. He is especially doted on, especially the eldest son Li Chengqian was appointed as the crown prince, and the second son Li Taiju is a prince, but he can still live in the palace.When Empress Changsun thought of this, she couldn't help feeling happy in her heart, and she naturally rested her head on Li Shimin's chest.

Li Shimin patted her on the shoulder caressingly, and said comfortingly: "Wugou, but please rest assured, I will not let the princes make the same mistakes I made." There is no need to favor Qingque, as this will easily create a estrangement among the princes." "Wugou is very true, I will follow what you say in the future." Li Shimin said solemnly.

Prince Li Chengqian, who also lived in the East Palace, was full of doubts and even a little uneasy when he heard that Li Ke moved to the Han Palace so quickly. Fortunately, his current East Palace is full of talents, so he hurriedly summoned a group of people to Cheng'en Palace. I would like to hear what everyone thinks about Li Ke's relocation.Li Chengqian looked at the people who were watching, and asked Zhang Xuansu first: "I don't know what the King of Han's move is, but I don't think it's because the father gave him the previous palace, so he couldn't wait to move out."

Zhang Xuansu was originally an old minister of the Sui Dynasty, and he was loyal and upright. When Dou Jiande captured him, he wanted to make him a secretary and servant of the imperial censor, but he regarded himself as a Sui minister and firmly refused.Later, the Tang Dynasty destroyed Dou Jiande, and Zhang Xuansu returned to the Tang Dynasty. He was highly valued by Li Yuan and entrusted him with a heavy responsibility.After the Xuanwumen coup, Li Shimin had heard Zhang Xuansu's name for a long time, and after he ascended the throne, he specially summoned him and asked him about the way of governing.Zhang Xuansu made a grand speech on the reasons for the demise of the Sui Dynasty. Li Shimin admired him very much and promoted him to serve as a censor. Later, seeing that he was talented, he was specially appointed as the prince Shaofu to teach Li Chengqian.It's a pity that Zhang Xuansu, as a teacher, really has nothing to be proud of. He taught two students who had good foundations and were both crown princes. It's useless for the teacher to do his part.

Like Zhang Xuansu, there is also Li Gang. Li Gang is also an old minister of the Sui Dynasty. He has assisted the princes of two dynasties and three generations. But he is definitely a "Prince Nemesis". The three princes he taught were all abolished and killed without exception, including Li Chengqian. Sometimes fate is really unacceptable.However, although Li Chengqian is knowledgeable and talented, he is not a god. He cannot predict the future. If he knew, he would never be a student of Zhang Xuansu and Li Gang.

Listening to Li Chengqian's words, Zhang Xuansu speculated on Li Ke's actions, and said: "Your Highness, there is no need to think too much. The King of Han is young, and the palace is the place where he used to live when he was young. It is normal for him to do this."

As soon as Zhang Xuansu finished speaking, Yu Zhining, who was the crown prince Zuo Shuzi, immediately retorted: "Young Fu's words are wrong. Although the King of Han is young, there are many people who give advice and advice around him, and the long history Chu Suiliang alone is not an ordinary person. So, we can't turn a blind eye to it, we still have to pay a little attention."

What Yu Zhining said made Li Chengqian start to pay attention to Li Ke's affairs. He knew that many of the arrangements made by the officials of Li Ke's palace seemed to be recommended by Feng Deyi. He took it lightly.Immediately, seeing so many talented people around him, Li Chengqian was full of confidence.

In the Tang Dynasty, there were six masters in the East Palace, which were called the three masters and three masters, namely, the prince's master, the prince's master, and the prince's master;The Grand Master and the Young Master are in charge of the affairs of the East Palace.The Taifu and the Shaofu make them know the way of the emperor and his subjects, father and son.The subordinate officials include the prince's doctor, the concubine, the first horse (or wash the horse), and the family; there is Zhan Shi who is in charge of the prince's family, set up a prime minister, and governs the prince's rate, the family order, servants, Zhongdun, Wei rate, cook, The stable chief; and the prince's guests praised the etiquette and taught mistakes, but they were not regarded as officials.There are three temples including the prince's guests, the Tongjialing of Zhan Shifu, and ten temples such as the left and right rates.Among the prince's left and right guards, the prince's left and right guards are in charge of the East Palace Bingzhang and Yiwei, and command the soldiers of Qin, Xun, Yi, Guang, and Ji.Prince Zuo and You Si Yu led: in charge of the East Palace's military battles and government decrees of Yiwei, and commanded the Luben Fanshang of the Outer Mansion.Prince Zuo and You Qing Dao led: in charge of the day and night patrols inside and outside the East Palace, and commanded the Zhidang Fans of the Outer Palace.

In order to express his favor to the veteran, Li Shimin specially appointed Xiao as the prince's grand teacher, Fang Xuanling as the prince's tutor, and Du Ruhui as the prince's protector. Among the three, except for Du Ruhui who is the Minister of the Ministry of War, so he is the director of the East Palace Bingma, the other two It's just an idle job, and it's just a favor.

And those who are really in charge of the affairs of the prince's east palace fall on the young teacher Li Gang, the young Fu Zhang Xuansu, the young Bao Liu Zhenghui and others.The rest were appointed to important positions, for example, Yu Zhining, a bachelor of literature, was the left concubine of the prince, Kong Yingda and Zhao Hongzhi were the right concubine, Linghude was the prince's guest, Wang Renbiao and Cui Zhiji were the prince's servants, and Du Zhenglun was the son of Shao Zhan. Note on daily life.Among these people, Zhang Xuansu is still waiting for the censor, and has an important position in his body; Kong Yingda holds an important post in the province under his family, and is in charge of refuting government orders, discussing gains and losses; Du Zhenglun is a daily note, and has a special status.

Among them, Wang Renbiao came from the Wang family in Taiyuan, and Cui Zhiji came from the Cui family in Boling.It can be seen that Li Shimin's training of Li Chengqian is well-intentioned.

Compared to the abundance of talents in the Eastern Palace, Li Tai, who also lives in the Imperial Palace, seems lonely.He still has no idea of ​​moving out of the palace.The royal official assigned to him has not yet arrived. After dinner, he still stayed alone in the study, and was deeply puzzled by Li Ke's actions. However, he was not as lucky as Li Chengqian, and he had counselors to discuss with. In his opinion, Li Ke's move was only because Li Shimin gave him the Qin Palace, and he moved out in a hurry because he was afraid of something bad happening.

And when Li Shimin gave Li Ke Qin Palace, Li Tai was very unhappy, after all, it was a kind of favor, a kind of honor.Even though the Prince Qi's Mansion given to him was equally magnificent and even more luxurious than the Prince Qin's Mansion, he still had a grudge in his heart.To him, it doesn't matter whether the palace is extravagant or not, what matters is the previous owner of the palace. As Li Shimin's old residence, Qin Palace is more noble than Qi Palace, but Li Shimin gave it to Li Ke. Li Tai had to think that Li Shimin valued Li Ke, and his disdain for Li Ke in the past somewhat weakened, replaced by a kind of vigilance.But what bothered Li Tai the most was the position of the crown prince of the Eastern Palace. Li Ke was nothing to be afraid of, the most important thing was Li Chengqian.Now, his East Palace is full of talents, and it is not easy to move to him.

The Tai Chi Palace at night looks resplendent under the candlelight, but there are still some places that are relatively dark; just like in the world, some people are doomed to be easily overlooked, but such people are often more likely to make great things.What Li Ke, Li Tai and Li Chengqian never expected was that the prince Li You was such a person.He was the fifth son of Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty. He was born to a concubine Yin.As a prince, Li You is not an ordinary person, he is smart and well-educated.

But Li You may be too clever, and he has become a little bit of a fool. According to historical records, after Li Chengqian's crown prince was withdrawn, the 17-year-old Li You seemed to see hope and ambitiously wanted to fight for the crown prince, but because Li You's mother was Concubine, under the strict hierarchy system, the crown prince is not his turn even if it is his turn.Li You failed to fight for the heir, relying on a few warriors and some generals raised in the mansion, he actually rebelled against him, but he was a little prince, how could he defeat the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty? After the defeat, Li You was arrested and Li Shimin In his wrath, he was given to die in introspection and demoted to a common man.The same party was also killed.

Because history is often written by the victors, Li You was written so unbearably, not only for his resourcefulness, but also for his ignorance.In fact, Li You at this moment is thinking about Li Ke's actions in his study, and has his own thoughts in his heart.He was thinking that since Li Ke had already left the palace and moved to the Han Palace, he should also live in the Chu Palace, so that he would be more free and could cultivate some of his own people.Although he doesn't have the status of a direct son like Li Chengqian and Li Tai, nor does he have the noble blood like Li Ke and the favor of Li Shimin.But he is also Li Shimin's son