Back to Tang Dynasty to be Emperor

In the morning sun, like water pouring down from the east, the night was a little bit diluted, and the morning light reflected into Li Ke's bedroom from the window. Under the hazy light, one can vaguely see that the interior decoration is extremely elegant.Li Ke turned over and woke up.The scene of last night's banquet, as if the lens was gradually zooming in, clearly flashed in front of my eyes.Li Shimin appointed Li Chengqian as the prince, and then pardoned the world to enjoy the joy with the people, which is enough to prove that he also has high expectations for Li Chengqian in his heart.This wiped away Li Ke's joy of being crowned King of Han, but he felt a little regret and a little worry.

"There is no perfect ending, only a perfect beginning." Li Ke shook his head comfortingly and sat up from the bed.Because of practicing swords and learning calligraphy in the past few days, he has gotten used to getting up early.

Today, he especially woke up a little earlier, because there is something more important than sword practice waiting for him, that is, to move to Hanwang Mansion.From now on, he will no longer be able to live in the palace.In fact, many princes in history were proud to live in the palace, because it was a privilege bestowed by the emperor.Those who can enjoy such treatment, the emperor will only favor his favorite son. This is an opportunity for the prince to directly approach Shengting, and it is very easy for the emperor to pay attention to him. , winning the Sacred Heart is easy.At the same time, this also shows that he is more favored among the princes, and he is fortunate to receive such an honor.

In the Tang Dynasty, Li Zhi was the luckiest. In the later period of Zhenguan, Li Shimin kept Li Zhi, who had become the prince, by his side. For this reason, the ministers wrote twice in the 18th year of Zhenguan and the 20th year of Zhenguan. The emperor asked the emperor to let the prince back to the East Palace, and finally the two parties compromised. Prince Li Zhi was in the East Palace on the 15th and stayed with his father on the 15th.Li Ke is now a prince, and it is only natural to move to the prince's mansion.Although Li Shimin didn't specifically order him to move out as soon as possible, he doesn't need to be so anxious, but he likes to move to his Hanwang Mansion as soon as possible.Especially, after seeing at last night's banquet that Li Chengqian had entered the East Palace, he didn't want to stay in the palace any longer.There are many people in the palace, and there are Li Shimin, Empress Changsun and many other people supervised, which is not conducive to his own actions.

After Li Ke practiced his sword and had a meal as usual, he went to the Qianqiu Hall to pay his respects to Concubine Yang, and then took Xiao Baozi out of the Chengtian Gate to Zongzheng Temple.

Zongzheng Temple is one of the nine central temples and five supervisors, and it is the direct organ that manages the affairs of the emperor's clan.The promotion of general officials is all assessed by the Ministry of Officials to produce official documents, and then the Ministry of Rites is responsible for the equipment such as seals and ribbons for official uniforms and mansions.As the emperor's family, the clan belongs to a privileged class and enjoys a high political and social status, so Zongzheng Temple, the clan's management agency, rarely interferes.Li Ke was made a prince and belonged to the Li family. The official department only issued official documents symbolically, and other matters were under the control of Zongzheng Temple.Zongzheng Temple generally has: one Qing, from the third rank; two Shaoqing, from the fourth rank.Qing is in charge of the sect's affiliation, and his closeness is determined by Bie Zhaomu, Shaoqing is the second, and the prime minister participates in leading it.Most of the chief officials are held by people with high morals and prestige in the royal family, or those with high seniority and status.

Therefore, those who can come to Zongzheng Temple are either royal relatives or relatives of the state.When the officer saw Li Ke, he hurriedly welcomed him into the inner room, served tea, fruit and snacks, and told him to wait for a while before reporting to the steward on duty.

Li Ke took a sip of tea and sat bored, while Xiao Baozi behind him stood carefully.Not long after, a man who was nearly forty years old and dressed in royal clothes came in, followed by the guard just now.Li Ke hurriedly asked Xiao Baozi in a low voice who was coming, and Xiao Baozi replied that it was Hejian Yuan Wang Li Xiaogong, his uncle. Li Ke didn't dare to neglect, so he hurriedly got up to greet him, stepped forward and saluted: "Li Ke I met Uncle Wang."

Li Xiaogong helped Li Ke up and said, "Your nephew doesn't need to perform such a grand ceremony, I wonder what's the matter of coming here today?"

Li Ke's mind turned quickly, and he searched out the information about Li Xiaogong in his memory. Li Xiaogong was one of the 24 heroes of Lingyan Pavilion in Zhenguan, with outstanding military exploits, and a rare handsome talent in the clan.Li Ke was puzzled for a while. Although the Minister of Zongzheng Temple was in charge of all affairs of the clan and had a high status, he had no real power and was idle. He mainly placed some royal families with outstanding military achievements in the clan. How could Li Xiaogong be the Minister of Zongzheng Temple?It's rare that Li Shimin already has a heart for him, but throughout the Zhenguan period, there were very few cases where so-called high-achieving masters were killed.It's still important to do business, Li Ke muttered for a while, not wanting to think too much, and said in a respectful tone: "Yesterday Ke was named King of Han, and he should move to the Palace of King Han. Therefore, today I come to Zongzheng Temple to go through the immigration procedures and receive the seal and ribbon."

Li Xiaogong didn't expect Li Ke to want to move out of the palace today after he was crowned King of Han yesterday, and wondered why he was so eager to move out of the palace.It's rare, but there is another hidden secret in the establishment of the crown prince?But he didn't ask after all, just said indifferently: "Nephew, wait a moment, I will let someone handle it for you." Then he gave a few instructions to the guard behind him, the guard nodded his head to express his understanding, and bowed to retreat.

Seeing that Li Xiaogong immediately sent someone to handle it, Li Ke quickly thanked him, "Thank you, Uncle Wang."

Li Xiaogong smiled softly and said: "Why should my nephew be so polite? It is my king's duty to manage the affairs of the clan." After speaking, Li Xiaogong sat down next to Li Ke, and continued: "My nephew has been named King of Han, Uncle Wang is here to congratulate you first gone."

Li Ke hurriedly thanked him, he was not very familiar with Li Xiaogong, and with the amnesia incident, he could be very careful when chatting with Li Xiaogong, and what he talked about was not too deep.After a while, the guard and an official in sixth-rank court uniform came in, holding a bunch of things in their hands, including official documents, seals and ribbons.After the sixth-rank officials saluted Li Xiaogong and Li Ke, they handed over the things to Li Xiaogong.

Li Xiaogong took it and handed it to Li Ke, with a deep smile on his face and said: "Nephew, all the formalities have been completed, and the Palace of the King of Han is in Pingkangfang. Your Majesty's arrangement, you will be satisfied." Immediately, a little dissatisfied She said embarrassingly: "It's just that the imperial decree was just issued yesterday, and the palace hasn't been cleaned up today, so you have to wait a few days before you can move in."

Li Ke knew that he was a little impatient, so he didn't mind and said: "Thank you, Uncle Wang, since the formalities have not been completed, Ke can stay in the palace for a few more days, and it's good to accompany father and mother, Ke has to do it first Take your leave, and come visit Uncle Wang when you have time."

Li Xiaogong knew that Li Ke was anxious to see the palace, so he didn't keep him and sent him out of Zongzheng Temple.

When Li Ke left Zongzheng Temple, a question that he had no time to think about came to his mind uninvited just now, how could Li Xiaogong be the minister of Zongzheng Temple?It is recorded in history that in the early years of Zhenguan, he served successively as Minister of the Ministry of Rites. He did not see him at the court meeting where the crown prince was appointed. Li Ke thought he was leading the army. Unexpectedly, he was in Chang'an and was also the chief official of Zongzheng Temple.This made him have a headache about whether history and reality are consistent, and also put him in a dilemma. Should he believe in history?I wonder if it should be done step by step according to history?Still, look at the right time and wait for the opportunity.

When the carriage stopped at Pingkangfang, Li Ke's heart beat faster, and he couldn't wait to get off the carriage, but when he saw the door plaque of King Han's Mansion, he was startled.What kind of Han Palace is this? Isn't this the Qin Palace? It was the palace of Li Shimin when he was still the King of Qin.His face darkened, and he said angrily to the guards around him: "You little officials dare to tease this king. This is clearly the Qin Palace, why do you call it the Han Palace? You are too courageous, how many brains do you have?" Let this king cut it?"

It's no wonder that Li Ke wanted to behead him because he was brought to the Prince Qin's residence by an officer. It's true that he came out of the Prince Qin's residence.However, when he came here during this period, he would inevitably be gossiped and impeached by the censor.As soon as he became a prince, he regarded Qin Wangfu as his Hanwangfu, and once it got out, it would not be as simple as a rumor.The officer was obviously frightened by Li Ke's words, and hurriedly knelt down and said, "Your Highness, please calm down. I did not lead you astray. This is indeed the Palace of the King of Han. It's just that the imperial decree issued by the emperor just yesterday has not been cleared up today. Replace the plaque, Your Highness." I just came to go through the formalities of the palace, that's why it happened."

Li Ke was slightly relieved after listening to the officer's words, no wonder Li Xiaogong said that he had a deep meaning on his face when he said that his Han Palace was in Pingkangfang, so it was so.However, another doubt followed. Why did Li Shimin give him his former palace as the Han Palace?Chang'an City was the capital of the previous dynasty, no matter how poor Li Shimin was, he could still afford one or two palaces, there was no need to send his palace out, there must be a deep meaning in it.Li Ke can only think of these now, maybe, only when he knows which palace Li Shimin bestowed on Li Tai, his problem just now will be resolved.Since the palace was given to him by Li Shimin, Li Ke couldn't think too much about it.

Because the palace hadn't been tidied up yet, and the gate of the mansion was closed, Li Ke took a look at the gate of the mansion and left Pingkangfang.Besides, even if the gate of the Wangfu was not closed, he didn't dare to go inside to see it.Although, he could come in and out freely before, but now he absolutely can't.After Li Ke asked the guards to leave on his own, he saw that it was not yet noon, so he did not rush back to the palace, but headed towards the West Market with Xiao Baozi.The king's title is sealed, and the palace is also available. What is lacking now is people.He wanted to take a look in the West Market to see if he could meet some talented Wang Zuozhi who lived in seclusion in the city.