Li You's Tang Dynasty

Chapter 665 Li Ke and Cen Wenwen
"See Your Highness!"

In front of Chang'an Mingde Gate, Cen Wenwen slightly bowed his body in front of a carriage with tears in his eyes. Soon, the curtain of the carriage was pulled open, and a jade-like young man came out from inside. This is Wu Wang Li Ke .

Li Ke jumped out of the carriage immediately after seeing Cen Wenwen bowing, supported Cen Wenwen and said, "Teacher, please get up!"

Following the teacher and students, they looked at each other, full of emotion.

As we all know, there were too many famous officials during the Zhenguan period. It was this group of people led by Li Shimin that made China usher in an unprecedentedly powerful period.

Compared with such dazzling names as Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, and Li Jing, Cen Wenwen is indeed not so well-known. It is recorded in the history books that he is not a talkative person, but his literary talent is very outstanding. Therefore, he got the attention of Li Shimin, and was arranged to draft various edicts by his side. Although the official position was not high, it was easy to get promoted because he was directly beside the emperor. After that, he was promoted again and again.

In addition to his outstanding literary talents, Cen Wenwen's love for the people and his noble character have become his highlights. Although he has become a high-ranking official, Cen Wenwen still lives a simple life and is very filial to his mother. Cen Wenwen, those old friends who were not so good, never treated them badly, and they were very considerate in every courtesy.

And as early as when he was still following Xiao Mian, he advised Xiao Mian to surrender to the Tang army in order to avoid casualties, and advised the Tang army's coach not to let the soldiers rob the people when the Tang army was about to plunder the people, so that the local people would not be in trouble.

At the same time, Cen Wenwen never flattered the rich and powerful. Even the beloved King Wei dared to speak out and accused him of being extravagant.

He is very upright and conscientious in dealing with affairs, so he was appreciated by Li Shimin. You must know that Zhongshu Shilang, although this official is not of high rank, is responsible for writing imperial edicts and following the emperor, so he is a good job. He was famous at the time. Yan Shigu, a descendant of the famous Confucianism, attached great importance to this position and hoped that it could be used, but Li Shimin personally promoted Cen Wen to be in charge of this position.

Cen Wenwen was no worse than Yan Shigu at all, and even surpassed Yan Shigu in machine transformation, so he was appreciated by Li Shimin, and was soon promoted to Zhongshu Ling.

Cen Wenwen has always been a loyal supporter of Li Ke. In order to help Li Ke ascend to the throne, he even put aside his dignity as a scholar to "follow the power" to gain the trust of King Wei, and deal him a fatal blow at the last moment. Ke so pay.

First of all, Cen Wenwen is Li Ke's teacher. He watched Li Ke grow up and devoted a lot of effort to Li Ke. In addition, Li Ke's mother Yang Fei and his mentor also entrusted him with the hope that he can take care of Li Ke. Moreover, both of them are descendants of the Sui Dynasty. From this point of view, their interests are common, unlike the old ministers of King Qin like Changsun Wuji at that time, they can only get together if they want to obtain more benefits.

Therefore, Cen Wenwen is very loyal to Li Ke, and he does not hesitate to sacrifice his reputation to join Li Tai to eliminate Li Tai's influence on Li Ke.

Another point is that Cen Wenwen believes that Li Ke is the emperor's material. Whether it is Wen Tao or Wu Lue, Li Ke is better than other princes, and Cen Wenwen also looks down on Li Zhi, thinking that Li Zhi is too indecisive.

Facts also proved that Li Zhi's character was too weak, which led to Wu Zetian's success in seizing power.

After killing Li Chengqian and exposing Li Tai, Cen Wenwen thought that Li Ke had a chance, but he didn't know that Li Shimin still set up the cowardly Li Zhi, which made Cen Wenwen extremely helpless.

Fortunately, there is another chance now. Li Ke has returned to Chang'an. Although it is only one year, it is enough. As long as Li Ke can get the approval of more ministers in one year, then everything still has a chance. After all Li Shimin is still in his prime, and the prince can still be replaced.

"Master Gecen, how are you!"

Just when Cen Wenwen and Li Ke looked at each other emotionally, another carriage came over, opened the curtain of his own carriage, and a man who was [-]% similar to Li Ke, but with a slightly frivolous face smiled and opened his eyes. hello.

"His Royal Highness King Shu...!" Cen Wenwen quickly bowed again when he saw the other party.

"Brother Yan...!" Li Ke also smiled.

"Haha. You two big men are really too spectacular. Okay, I won't bother you two. I'm going to Pingkangfang first. Hehe, I want to take a good look at the girls there. Ah, if I don't go, those girls don't know how much they miss me and my little Yiyi, hehe.!"

As he spoke, Li Yin yelled, "Go straight to Pingkangfang!"

Li Ke hurriedly tried to stop him from behind, but Cen Wenwen grabbed him and said, "Your Highness, don't bother about the King of Shu, let him make trouble, we'd better go back to the mansion first. Regarding the affairs in Ancheng, I will follow you into the palace to see the empress."

"But Brother Yin also wants to see Concubine Mother, or Concubine Mother will be worried!" Li Ke stepped forward again to stop Li Yin's carriage, but it was too late, Li Yin's carriage had already galloped away.

Looking at the carriage that had gone away, Li Ke frowned, but Cen Wenwen urged: "Let's go. He is like that. Your Highness, it's best to draw a clear line!"

It's just that what Cen Wenwen said was simple, but Li Ke couldn't let go of Li Yin, because Li Yin is Li Ke's younger brother!

At the same time in Dingzhou, Zhang Liang came to Dingzhou, and directly ordered Li You, Li Zhi, and Li Mingda to let the three of them go back to Chang'an together and stop staying in Dingzhou. Li Zhi returned to Chang'an to study with Fang Xuanling Government affairs, but after Li You returned to Chang'an, he immediately dismissed all his posts, thoroughly reflected on himself, and was not allowed to go to court again.

This is Li Shimin's punishment for Li You, because Li You killed too much in Lingnan and Dingzhou, so he must be punished.

This is the punishment for Li You. Li Zhi and Li Mingda hurriedly wanted to defend Li You, but they were stopped by Li You. Li You knelt on the ground sincerely, expressing that he would seriously reflect on himself and thank Li Shimin for his kindness. magnanimous.

Li You had already predicted this result a long time ago, so Li You did not resist too much, nor did he let his younger brother and sister argue too much, Li You knew that the current result was already the best.

As long as you can return to Chang'an, then everything is in Li You's plan, which is already very good, and because of this, one month later, it will be the November of Zhenguan Year, Li You, Li Zhi, Li Mingda returned to Chang'an, Fang Xuanling led a hundred officials to welcome him.

Of course, this was to welcome Prince Li Zhi, and it had nothing to do with Li You.

(End of this chapter)