Back to Tang Dynasty to be Emperor

Back at the palace, Yang En greeted him, "His Royal Highness is back. Dinner is ready, please have dinner."

"Well, I'm really hungry." Li Ke smiled, handed over the horse to the servants in the mansion, and came to the front hall of Juyi Hall.

A table of dishes has been arranged on the table, which is the standard after Li Ke proposed frugality.But even so, a table full of delicacies from mountains and seas is a luxury for Li Ke.After he sat down, he saw Chen Qi and Yang En beside him, "Mr. Yang, Chen Qi, you guys also cook, let's eat together."

"Your Highness, you use it, the old slave has already eaten dinner." Yang En declined.

"Your Highness, the last general will not eat until His Highness finishes his dinner." Chen Qi also declined.

Li Ke knew that Yang En didn't eat, because he knew that people in the mansion would not dare to eat without his permission.So, he got up and pushed Yang En down on the seat, "Old Yang, how can I eat so much food by myself, let's eat together."

Yang En had no choice but to follow Li Ke.Then, Li Ke ordered Chen Qi, "Chen Qi, sit down and eat."

"Your Highness, the last general..."

"This king told you to sit down and eat as soon as you eat, why are you talking so nonsense?" Li Ke showed displeasure.

Chen Qi had no choice but to sit down, but he didn't do it as smoothly as Yang En did, and only made two-thirds of the stool.Li Ke also ignored his actions, and started picking up his chopsticks, because he was really hungry.After eating a few chopsticks, Li Ke suddenly realized something and shouted: "Waiting Tiger, Meng Shan!"

Hou Hu and Meng Shan, who were guarding outside the door, heard Li Ke's summons, opened the door and came in, "What orders does Your Highness have?"

Li Ke pointed to the empty seat in front of him, "You two also sit down and have dinner with me."

The two were startled, and hurriedly refused. Li Ke was furious, "I told you to sit down and eat, why is there poison in my king's food?"

When Li Ke said this, the two of them didn't dare to refuse, and obediently did it.After all, the status of the two is humble, and they are rarely taken seriously. Today Li Ke suddenly ate at the same table, and the two seemed to be trembling.

Li Ke was amused, and felt that the two of them were too respectful to him!He added the chicken legs to their bowls, "You are all my king's tiger guards, how can you eat rice and not vegetables? Eat these two chicken legs."

The Tang Dynasty paid attention to aristocratic families, and the children of the gentry often had a smooth career and a smooth career.However, children from poor families are despised by children from aristocratic families, and they are not open enough in official career.And the lifelong dream of poor children like Hou Hu and Meng San is to be able to go to a small school to support their families.Now that Li Ke valued him so much, he was so moved that he didn't know what to say, and two or two seven-foot men almost shed tears.This is the first time they have been cared about and valued so much, and they are still the princes of the Tang Dynasty.

Then, seeing Chen Qi looking straight at him, Li Ke wondered what happened to Chen Qi, why he looked at him like this, and couldn't help saying, "Do you want me to give you a chicken leg too?"

"Ah? No, no, Your Highness, I will do it myself." Chen Qi was confused by Li Ke's words, and he didn't know what to say, which made everyone laugh, and the atmosphere suddenly became more active.

Seeing that Li Ke didn't speak, Chen Qi felt that he had picked up two chicken legs and put them in his bowl, for fear that Li Ke would ask him like he did just now.This made Yang En, who was sitting next to him, feel the cuteness of this man, "You don't have to be restrained, I have never seen you nervous after following His Highness all day, why are you so restrained when you have a meal with His Highness?"

The three of them also knew the relationship between Yang En and Li Ke, and nodded repeatedly.

Li Ke ignored the three of them, and said to Yang En with a smile, "Old Yang, this king may still trouble you."

Yang En cupped his hands, "Your Highness, please tell me, this old servant will do his best."

Li Ke glanced at Hou Hu and Meng Shan with his eyes, "Hou Hu and Meng Shan have good qualifications, and I hope that Mr. Yang can give them more advice."

As soon as Li Ke said that, the three people who were still eating with their heads covered suddenly looked at him in unison, especially Hou Hu and Meng Shan seemed to have tears in their eyes.

In the early Tang Dynasty, only the children of the aristocratic families were able to systematically learn to bow and shoot salvos. It was almost impossible for the children of poor families to get such an opportunity except for accumulating experience on the battlefield.Although Hou Hu and Meng San are good people in the army, who is Yang En?Li Ke's spear teacher asked him to give pointers, what does it mean?How could the two not know, so Li Ke didn't find it strange that they were so excited, "What are you two doing blankly? Why don't you thank Mr. Yang?"

When the two heard what Li Ke said, they quickly thanked Yang En. Yang En accepted it generously and said that he could give them advice.And Chen Qi just looked at Li Ke eagerly.Li Ke knew what he was thinking, and hoped to get Yang En's guidance.

"What are you looking at? You don't need Elder Yang's instructions for dinner, I will take good care of you." Li Ke said angrily, "Look at your worthless appearance."

Chen Qi was also excited, and hurriedly said, "His Royal Highness, the last general will eat, the last general will eat."

After dinner, Li Ke and Yang En came to the study. Li Ke asked Yang En to sit down, "Does Mr. Yang have any doubts about Ke's arrangement today?"

"This old slave really has such a meaning, please give your Highness advice." Yang En said.

"Mr. Yang will help Ke to see what this is first, and then we will talk about what happened just now." Li Ke said from his arms and took out a waist card he picked up on the official road where Chen Qi was fighting with the woman in black.

Yang En took a look at the waist card, and asked with a serious expression, "Your Highness, please tell the truth, where did you find this waist card?"

Seeing Yang En's serious expression, Li Ke knew that he was no stranger to such badges, so he told Yang En in detail about meeting the woman in black.After Yang En finished listening, he breathed a sigh of relief, "Did your Highness ever know that the emperor has two guards who are not part of the Tang Dynasty?"

"Please tell Mr. Yang to Ke." Li Ke said modestly.

"Before the emperor followed the Taishang Emperor Taiyuan, he secretly established a department in charge of intelligence." Yang En said, "Now this department has become Datang's secret investigation department for surrounding countries. Mowgli is in charge, known as 'Tang'"

Li Ke suddenly asked, "Old Yang said that this waist card belongs to this 'Tang' member?"

"That's right," Yang En said affirmatively, "And looking at the inscriptions and patterns on the waist badge, this person is of a very high rank."

Li Ke didn't expect that the woman in black was definitely a member of Datang's intelligence system, and she had something to do with Changsun Wuji.he said. "Then what Elder Yang said about the royal father still has a bodyguard?"

"Actually, they can't be regarded as guards. The real guards are the hundred cavalry around the emperor."

"Hundred riders?" Li Ke asked.

"Yes, it's a hundred cavalry, with less than five hundred cavalry." Yang En said, "The emperor formed a cavalry force of five thousand people, and it was invincible in the southern and northern wars. And the five thousand cavalry continued to fight in the war. It is death. After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there were only 500 people left. In order to commemorate those subordinates who died with him, the emperor took them as his own guards, and did not let any newcomers add them. It can be said that the number of people in the world is really true Baiqi is the king of the cavalry. Each of them has come out step by step in the war. Whether it is experience or hard work, it is beyond the reach of ordinary cavalry.”

Hearing what Yang En said, Li Ke had another understanding of Datang's strength.It turned out that Li Shimin did not have such two powerful forces.In fact, he knew very early on that Changsun Wuji was in charge of Datang's intelligence department.However, hearing what Yang En said today was beyond his expectation.He did not expect that the intelligence department 'Tang' under the control of Changsun Wuji was so powerful.

Seeing that Li Ke was silent, Yang En comforted him, "Actually, your Highness, don't worry, 'Tang' is mainly responsible for information about the surrounding Turkic Tuyuhun, etc., and Baiqi is only protecting the emperor."

However, what Li Ke is worried about is not this, but the eldest grandson Wuji who has mastered 'Tang'.He always felt that he was assassinated and that the murderer had something to do with Changsun Wuji, although he couldn't tell why he was involved.However, this was his intuition, and he would rather believe it than negligently cause his own life to be lost in the future.

"Old Yang, today I asked you to give advice to Hou Hu and Meng San so that we can build an intelligence system like 'Tang' in the future. Today, among so many people, only Chen Qi and the two of them are the most likely to be neglected like that. You can still find this waist card even under such circumstances, which shows that the two of them are cautious and careful about unfamiliar environments. Therefore, this king wants you to be able to teach you a thing or two about martial arts, so that you can be your own in the future."

"Don't worry, Your Highness, this old slave will live up to His Highness's trust." Yang En said, "However, His Highness hopes to act cautiously in setting up such a department that violates the imperial court system, so as not to be framed by others and say that you are plotting something wrong."

"What Mr. Yang taught me is that Ke thinks the same way, so I would like to ask Mr. Yang if he can take charge of this department." After speaking, Li Ke cupped his hands, "I hope Mr. Yang will not refuse."

Yang En saw Li Ke begging him so much, and thought that if he didn't agree, let him do it himself, for fear of accidentally causing trouble, after thinking about it for a while, he agreed to Li Ke's request, "The old slave will temporarily agree to His Highness's request." , but after His Highness finds a suitable candidate, don't let the old servant take on this important task again."

"Definitely." Seeing that Yang En agreed to his request, it doesn't matter whether he is in charge temporarily or permanently, and said happily.

Then, Li Ke told Yang En about his ideas and ideas about this department, and listened to Yang En's suggestion, and then let Yang En step down.