Li Chengqian of the Tang Dynasty: Please say long live His Majesty

Chapter 628: Li Ke, You Still Have to Be a Solitary Minister (Part )
In early April, there were thunderous clouds.

Luoyang, Jiuzhou Pond.

Yaoguang Hall.

Li Chengqian stood on the golden steps in front of the hall, gazing at the center of Jiuzhou Pond in the distance.

Hundreds of old spears were densely packed and stuck upside down in the middle of the pool.

More than a dozen kites were flying in the air.

Extremely thin iron wires were connected to the forest of spears below.

Li Chengqian raised his eyes and looked at the dark clouds above his head.

Thunder kept moving in it, and lightning snakes suddenly appeared in the sky, but quickly disappeared.

Rumbling thunder came from the sky.

It will rain today, with heavy rain.

Li Chunfeng stood behind Li Chengqian, looking at the sky above his head with a serious expression.

The emperor had come to Jiuzhou Pool more than once before, but their experiments had failed several times.

"Don't worry!" Li Chengqian glanced at Li Chunfeng sideways and said calmly, "Thunder has always been uncontrollable, otherwise it wouldn't have become a powerful weapon of the gods. My dear, just think of it as peeping into the power of the gods. It's not that easy."

"Yes!" Li Chunfeng breathed a sigh of relief and said, "If I were not by your Majesty's side, I would not dare to act recklessly."

Li Chengqian couldn't help but smile. After all, Li Chunfeng was the most powerful astronomical master in the Tang Dynasty. His research on wind was so profound that few people could match him even after a thousand years.

He still cares about these things.

Of course, maybe he was worried about what people would say.

After all, matters of wind and thunder are the authority of heaven. It doesn't matter if the emperor touches them, but it is somewhat taboo for others to touch them.

Li Chengqian turned around again and looked up at the gloomy sky.

……

Dazzling lightning suddenly flashed across the sky.

The branch-like lightning struck the two kites fiercely. The next moment, the lightning had already flown along the iron wire and hit the iron spear in the Jiuzhou Pool fiercely.

Li Chengqian on the stone steps couldn't help but step forward and stare closely.

The thunder spread from the iron spear to the surface of the water, then spread out on the surface of the water, and then spread to other iron spears.

Amidst the rumbling thunder, the sky turned white and another bolt of lightning appeared in the sky.

It almost followed the heels of the previous thunder and slammed hard into another kite.

The next moment, thunder fell from mid-air and hit the water surface in an instant.

With a loud "boom", the water surface suddenly exploded.

As the thunder moved, more thunders came down from the air and hit the Jiuzhou Pool directly, and the entire surface of the pool suddenly exploded with countless splashes of water.

Amidst the splashing water, more thunder fell.

It was like a god who had finally discovered that someone was stealing his power and was furious.

"It's finally done!" Li Chunfeng's voice was suppressed to a very low level in the thunder.

Li Chengqian looked calm and indifferent.

……

A quarter of an hour later, it started to rain heavily.

In the Jiuzhou Pool, the thunder has completely disappeared.

The rain obscured the shadow of the old iron spear in the pool.

At this time, Li Chengqian stood slightly behind.

Before, when thunder and lightning were running rampant in the rain, he was not afraid at all. But now that the thunder and lightning are gone, he feels a little uneasy.

Turning around, Li Chengqian looked at Li Chunfeng standing beside him and said, "Send the news to Wei Hongji and tell him that the experiment in Chang'an has been successful."

"Yes!" Li Chunfeng bowed deeply, his demeanor showing great awe.

Li Chengqian was slightly stunned, then smiled lightly.

Thunder is the authority of the gods, and ordinary people are not allowed to touch it easily.

Although Li Chunfeng was the foremost master of astronomy in the Tang Dynasty, many of the civil and military officials in the court came from the end of the Sui Dynasty and had fought all the way, so their reverence for the will of heaven was not that strong.

So when Li Chengqian conducted similar experiments in Chang'an before, with so many people watching, no one showed any abnormal expression.

Li Chunfeng was the same, but now that everything was done, he showed a deep awe.

That is not reverence for destiny, that is reverence for power.

Li Chengqian turned around and looked at Jiuzhou Pond in the heavy rain.

The experiment just now, drawing lightning from the air, was something they had done before.

But it was the first time they succeeded in drawing more lightning from the air.

A single bolt of thunder is not very powerful and cannot be controlled.

Therefore, Li Chengqian designed this method of using a large number of kites and a large number of iron rods to attract lightning to form a thunder pool. Apart from anything else, it seems that they have indeed succeeded.

Once this kind of thunder hits the city wall, it is enough to destroy a section of the wall.

On the battlefield, the sight of Fuyuan's crossbow arrows nailed to the city walls was all too common.

As long as it is done on a rainy night and Goguryeo is unaware of it, the lightning can be brought down and it will be enough to destroy a section of the city wall.

How powerful it is is secondary, but this is destiny!
God wants to kill Gaisu Wen, and Li Chengqian believes that Li Ji has plenty of ways to make the people of Goguryeo think so.

After that, everything became convenient.

Of course, it is not so easy to successfully attract lightning. It requires heavy rain, and after attracting lightning once, it is necessary to quickly attract lightning a second time, so that the thunder can be guided to strike continuously.

Only in this way could their plan succeed. Li Chengqian calmed down.

The Thunder, after all, is just a cover.

It is hard to say whether thunder can break down the city walls, but it is feasible to detonate black gunpowder.

……

The imperial carriage slowly moved towards the Zhenguan Hall.

Li Chengqian's mind was still on the scene in the center of Jiuzhou Pool that he had just inspected.

Although none of the iron rods were broken, almost all of them were twisted beyond recognition.

Many places have melted directly.

This is the power of thunder.

Li Chengqian raised his head and sighed softly.

There are many things he can do easily, such as gravity experiments and atmospheric experiments. He can do all these things, but he doesn't dare.

Because once these things are studied in depth, what will be destroyed in the future will most likely be the foundation of his rule.

He is the emperor.

The emperor has the mandate of heaven.

He can control the power of thunder because he is the emperor, and no one can say anything about him controlling the power of thunder.

No one else could surpass him if they started to study the power of thunder.

Especially, the Thunder is impossible.

The power of thunder is too strong. If they really study it in depth, it is very likely to cause their own death.

Even after a thousand years, no one has successfully researched thunder, let alone now.

So Li Chengqian was not worried about other people studying thunder.

On the contrary, he was somewhat afraid of other things.

Before I knew it, the Zhenguan Hall was right in front of me.

After the red steps came down, Li Chengqian stepped into the Zhenguan Hall.

He glanced at Zhang Ananda and said, "Call Li Wu over."

Zhang Ananda was stunned for a moment, then he bowed solemnly and said, "Yes!"

In a moment, Li Wu appeared in the Zhenguan Hall and bowed to Li Chengqian, who was sitting on the imperial couch, and said, "Your Majesty!"

Li Chengqian nodded and asked, "How are your preparations going?"

"I have made great improvements here, but it is not easy to ignite, and it requires a lot of accumulation." Li Wu's expression became serious.

"That's all right!" Li Chengqian waved his hand and said, "Go to the Taedong River yourself and find Wei Hongji. He'll find a way to help you complete the preparations. As for the rest, it's up to fate. If one year doesn't work, then two years. Two years is my bottom line. I must take Pingrang City within two years!"

"I obey your order!" Li Wu bowed solemnly.

Li Chengqian waved his hand slightly, Li Wu bowed again, and then left silently.

Li Chengqian leaned back slightly. Although he told Li Ji that he could endure for four to five years, to be honest, after four to five years, even if Pingrang City was captured, the subsequent profits, minus the cost to the Tang Dynasty, would not be much.

In two years, as long as Li Ji can succeed once, Pingrang City will be captured.

A series of light footsteps were heard in the hall. A eunuch in blue stood by the hall door and bowed to Li Chengqian, saying, "Your Majesty, the King of Wu requests an audience."

"Prince Wu, why is he here?" Li Chengqian slapped his forehead and said, "Oh, right, he's just been transferred to Anzhou as the governor. Okay, summon Prince Wu to an audience."

"Yes!" The eunuch bowed, then turned around and left quickly.

Li Chengqian sighed softly. Li Ke was originally the governor of Liangzhou. According to the court's appointment of kings, the kings would be transferred to a different place every five years.

Compared with ordinary provincial governors, he has to serve one less term.

Now that his term as the governor of Liangzhou was about to expire, Li Chengqian decided to transfer him to the position of governor of Anzhou.

After the previous Anzhou governor Li Yuanjing, the chief official of Anzhou had not been transferred. Now, Li Chengqian chose Li Ke.

……

"Your Majesty, I, King Wu Ke, pay my respects to you. May your Majesty live forever." Li Ke stood in the hall and bowed solemnly to Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian nodded, looked to the side and said, "Sit down."

"Yes!" Li Ke bowed, then walked to the side and knelt down.

"In Chang'an, is the Concubine Dowager in good health?" Li Chengqian asked with concern.

"My mother is in good health. Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty." Li Ke bowed slightly.

"Hmm!" Li Chengqian turned to look at Li Ke and said, "After Sanlang arrives in the south, in addition to local government affairs, you should also pay more attention to the kings and their sons. If anyone acts recklessly, you can reprimand them directly."

Li Ke looked up in surprise.

Li Chengqian waved his hand and said, "After the incident with Prince Jing, the oldest member of my father's generation is now Prince Han. Prince Han has a dissolute temperament and has been causing trouble in Chang'an. Their generation can't be relied upon, so the management of the imperial clan still has to fall to you and me. Besides me, the head of the imperial clan will be the next in line."

"I am terrified!" Li Ke quickly bowed.

Li Chengqian shook his head and said, "I am serious. Although some of the things that Prince Jiang did in his fiefdom were secretive, some news still reached my ears... Prince Jiang is the elder. If he doesn't listen after a few words, you can write to me. As for the other princes of Prince Jiang and the other princes, I will give them a good beating if they deserve it."

Li Ke did not hesitate this time and said, "I obey your command."

Li Chengqian nodded and said, "As for Anzhou's political affairs, you must manage all officials, both big and small, including the military and county magistrates, more strictly. At the same time, you must also have them manage their subordinates more strictly. Anzhou is a major grain-producing province, and I am counting on a good harvest this year, with full granaries!"

"Your Majesty, I will faithfully follow your instructions." Li Ke bowed again. Seeing that Li Chengqian had no intention of saying anything further, he immediately stood up and walked to the center of the hall. He bowed and said, "With that, I will take my leave!"

Li Chengqian nodded calmly and said, "You are familiar with Anzhou. Pay more attention to the weather on weekdays. During the Mid-Autumn Festival and New Year, you can come to Luoyang, and then go to Chang'an to accompany the concubine."

Li Ke was slightly stunned, and then the corners of his mouth could not help but tremble slightly. He lowered his head, knelt down, and kowtowed, saying: "Your Majesty, thank you for your love and care."

Li Chengqian raised his head and looked at Li Ke: "Do you know about that matter?"

(End of this chapter)