bastard seizes tang

Chapter 227 Arriving in Yangzhou
The famous capital of Huaizuo, the best place in Bamboo West.

Yangzhou, one of the upper states of the Tang Dynasty, has been the key to the southeast since the Han Dynasty, and the waterway is thorough. One compares.

Yangzhou has four counties under its jurisdiction: Jiangdu, Liuhe, Hailing, and Gaoyou. The annual tax paid by one county is as high as the sum of all counties in the lower prefecture. Yangzhou is rich and prosperous.

"Your Highness loves Yangzhou so much. Yesterday he still looked gloomy, but today Yangzhou is approaching, and he gradually smiled." In the temporary study room set up by Li Ke on the big ship, Wang Xuance entered and looked at Li Ke holding a book with his mouth full. Smiling, his face was much more relaxed than the two days when he just came out of the Shanyang County Government, so he smiled.

Although it is the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, those Tang poets who can be called the talents of the Tang Dynasty have not yet been born, and there are no quatrains such as "three points of the world are bright moon nights, and two points of rogues are Yangzhou" to speak out for Yangzhou, but ancient Yangzhou Li Ke has heard a lot about the name of prosperity in his past and present lives. How could Li Ke remain indifferent when Yangzhou is in front of him.

Seeing Wang Xuance entering, Li Ke put down the book in his hand, and pushed the porthole behind him. Looking at the beautiful scenery of Yangzhou on both sides of the canal, Li Ke said with a smile: "Sir, don't you hear that Chen Jun Yin Yun's waist is [-] guan, and he rides down to Yangzhou on a crane." In other words, Yangzhou is rich and beautiful, with the name of Jiangdu, and it is rumored that it is not under the two capitals. Now that this king is here, how can he be full of troublesome things and ignore the beauty of his eyes. What's more, this king has granted In Yangzhou, as far as this king is concerned, Yangzhou is half of his hometown, how can this king not show preference."

Li Ke became the king of Chu, and the fiefdom was in Yangzhou. If Li Ke became the king, and the country of his descendants would not be eliminated, Yangzhou would be regarded as half of the ancestral home of the latter, so Li Ke's words were somewhat reasonable.

Wang Xuance said: "When I was young, I traveled to the Jianghuai River and studied Yangzhou. Although ten years have passed, the old scene of Yangzhou is still vivid in my mind. Yangzhou is indeed the victory of the world."

When Li Ke heard this, he nodded, got up and opened the door, walked out of the cabin, took a deep breath, looked at the faintly visible figures moving back and forth on the pier in the distance, and said to Wang Xuance: "Yangzhou is a wonderful place, if it weren't for that, Emperor Yangdi will not go to Yangzhou three times, and he will not return to Chang'an if he wants to live here forever."

Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was first granted the title of King of Jin. He started from Yangzhou, and later won the favor of Emperor Wen because of his meritorious service.

Wang Xuance said: "Emperor Yang's kindness to Yangzhou is really extraordinary. The first time he went to Yangzhou was to return to his hometown, the second time he went to Yangzhou to tour the world, but the third time he went to Yangzhou he lost all his vigor, but he went south to avoid disaster, just deceiving himself and others."

Li Ke listened to Wang Xuance's words, looked at Wang Xuance's serious appearance, and already knew what Wang Xuance meant. Although what he said only mentioned Emperor Yang, he knew that Wang Xuance's words were mostly an excuse to persuade him to stick to his original intention. Don't be obsessed with the prosperity of Yangzhou and forget the original intention of going south.

Li Ke said: "Don't worry, sir, this king's trip to the south is just to avoid the edge of Chang'an City temporarily, and he will return to Beijing sooner or later. Although this Yangzhou is a gentle town, it is also a tomb of heroes. Li Ke will never dare to indulge in it."

Li Ke's words are already so, Wang Xuance has nothing to worry about as a minister, Wang Xuance listened to Li Ke's words, looked at Li Ke's star-like eyes, and laughed.

Wang Xuance turned to ask: "Your Highness, Yangzhou is approaching, but you should first order someone to go to the Yamen of Yangzhou to announce it, and order officials from Yingzhou County to come to meet you."

Official Li Ke paid homage to the governor of Yangzhou, the chief official of the sixteen states in the southeast. When Li Ke arrived in Yangzhou, they should greet him as usual. It is their superior, who is the real master of Yangzhou, this matter must not be sloppy.

But when Li Ke listened to Wang Xuance's words and was thinking about whether he should order someone to go to the city first to preach, the boat got closer to the pier.He raised his head and took a closer look, and found that the people on the pier were not porters carrying cargo, but officials from Yangzhou who had been waiting for a long time.

Li Ke pointed to the Yangzhou officials standing on the pier, and said to Wang Xuance, "You don't need to worry about it, sir, they have already arrived."

Li Ke has been practicing martial arts all year round, so he is naturally sharp in hearing and eyes, and he saw the scene on the pier from a distance.After listening to Li Ke's words, Wang Xuance looked in the direction Li Ke pointed, and sure enough, there were already many people standing on the pier, and the leader of them was wearing a purple official uniform, standing upright on the pier .

Although Yangzhou is an upper state, it can wear purple, and there are not many officials of the third rank and above. Apart from the princes and princes entrusted to Yangzhou, there is only He Xiu, the governor of Yangzhou.

"Your Highness is going south on a Jianxing trip this time. How did He Xiu know that His Highness will arrive in Yangzhou? He has already been waiting here." Wang Xuance looked at He Xiu who was already waiting at the pier, and asked with a slight frown.

Li Ke looked up at He Xiu whose vision was still blurred, and a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes.

Although Li Ke went south on a simple trip, there were quite a few people who knew the news of his going south. Shi Zhang Yuanyuan, Chief of Wei Wangfu, Fang An, Governor of Chuzhou, and others were quite familiar with his whereabouts.

Li Ke is the governor of Yangzhou, the chief official of Yangzhou, and even above the governor. If it is said that He Xiu sent someone to investigate his news, Li Ke would not be angry. After all, He Xiu was cautious when he knew that the summit was coming Some, it is also necessary to avoid being rude, but Li Ke is not worried about this. What he is worried about is whether the news of his going south was passed on to He Xiu from Wei Wangfu.

In the ninth year of Wude, Li Tai and Li Ke were crowned king together. At that time, Li Ke was the king of Shu, and Li Tai was the king of Yue.

Before Li Ke went south from the grassland and returned to Beijing, Li Tai also served as the governor of Yangzhou for four years. Is this He Xiu one of Li Tai's people?

If He Xiu is also Li Tai's person, with his familiarity with Yangzhou's connections, it may not be easy for Li Ke to make a big difference in a short period of time.

Li Ke asked Wang Xuance, "Do you know He Xiu?"

Before Li Ke announced it, He Xiu appeared here, and Wang Xuance naturally knew about Li Ke's concerns.

And since Wang Xuance knew that Li Ke was going south, as Li Ke's civil and military arm, Wang Xuance had already made preparations, and he had already figured out the officials and subordinates in Yangzhou and even the entire Huainan Road.

Wang Xuance replied to Li Ke: "He Xiu is from the He family in Guangping. He has been appointed as the county magistrate of Wuzhi County. He was promoted to the magistrate of Hailing County in Wudezhong. Later, he moved to the right to be the governor of Yangzhou. He was the governor of Yangzhou for only five years in Zhenguan. matter."

In the fifth year of Zhenguan, Li Ke had become the governor of Yangzhou, and Li Tai had already moved to Luoyang. It may not be because of Li Tai's help that He Xiu was promoted to the governor of Yangzhou.

When Li Ke first arrived in Yangzhou, he didn't want to make enemies prematurely, so he said to Wang Xuance: "He Xiu, he can be promoted several levels in a short period of ten years. He has his own merits in worshiping the governor of Yangzhou. How is this person? Enemy is friend, after this king arrives in Yangzhou, he will be the District Office, for now, let's deal with it first."

(End of this chapter)