Chapter 720 Li Ke served as the governor of Yingzhou

Changsun Wuji thought to himself: "This is what the emperor said, but it was not what I mentioned. I just hinted to you not long ago. However, since you have proposed it, I have to object and tell you that I don't like your son!"

Shaking his head, Changsun Wuji was like usual. Whenever others mentioned Li Ke’s name, he would have a serious expression and slight look. Even if he praised a few words, he would often add a few unpleasant words. Just like last time he said that Li Ke was sensible, he began to study the situation of the enemy country, and only praised a few words, and then said that Li Ke loved to watch Goguryeo's singing and dancing, which was just a plaything thing that was depressed.

This time he was no exception, shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, the King of Wu is a little promising, but he has a small promising. He has indeed studied the customs and customs of Goguryeo, but his ability to do things is too poor, so he can only build a canal in Qingzhou. Although sending people to repair Goguryeo is not a major military and national event, the old minister saw that he could not do it well. It would be possible for anyone to send this matter, so why did he have to send him there!"

Li Shimin knew that Changsun Wuji looked down on Li Ke. It was not a day or two that he had been talking bad about Li Ke. He had been used to listening to it for a long time. Li Shimin smiled, shook his head, and said, "Wuji, before I mentioned Ke'er just now, you said that you had to send someone who knew Goguryeo to do this. You were worried that no one in the court knew Goguryeo and didn't know who to do it. But when I said I wanted to send Ke'er, how did you become who you sent?"

Changsun Wuji frowned and said, "This, the King of Wu is the prince's prince, so you should not take risks. Yingzhou is very dangerous. It's better to send someone else. As a prince, the King of Wu should not take risks. Just stay in Qingzhou honestly."

Li Shimin sighed, disagreed. All fathers in the world are the same, and they all hope that their son will have a promising future. Even if a son is not his favorite, he still hopes that this son can take the lead. If he takes a step back, he cannot take the lead. It is okay to take the lead. Which father can hope that his son will become a playboy?

Seeing that Changsun Wuji repeatedly belittled Li Ke, Li Shimin felt a little unhappy. He said, "Wuji, no matter what, Ke'er is also your nephew. Why do you look down on him so much? I hope he can temper his efforts. On the Yingzhou matter, he comes to understand Goguryeo, and on the other hand, there is no substantial danger. You can take the opportunity to lead his troops and understand the military. Isn't this a good thing? Then, if you don't send him, who will you send?"

Changsun Wuji also pretended to be unhappy, and he said, "Since you need to train and understand the military, why not let the prince practice and understand it? This kind of opportunity is not always encountered. Why not send the prince but the King of Wu?"

The way he spoke was a bit protective of his calf. He wanted to scratch Li Zhi's body any good thing, but he didn't want to be cheaper.

Li Shimin said excitedly and said, "Wuji, you, how can I say you well, what do you think of me? The palms and backs of your hands are all flesh, so who will send you to differently? Okay, don't you need to say anything more, just send Ke'er to go there, give him more opportunities to mature and sophisticated, and after tempering, will he also be a good helper for Zhier in the future? Brothers in war, father and son soldiers in battle, as Zhier's wings, how can there be better than brothers!"

Changsun Wuji sighed and said, "If the emperor insists on doing this, the old minister can only agree, but... but... it is impossible to let the King of Wu lead the troops. Well, it is impossible not to lead the troops. Anyway, you can't lead the troops in the palace. Just bring the troops in the county. Let him recruit them on the spot!"

Li Shimin thought to himself: "Anyway, if you don't ask Ke'er for some problems, you will feel unhappy!" He smiled slightly and said: "Okay, then follow Wuji. We will not mobilize the military power of the prefecture soldiers for Ke'er, but only let him recruit county soldiers on the spot. In fact, there is no large number of prefecture soldiers in Yingzhou, only Youzhou has it. It doesn't matter whether he gives him the military power of the prefecture soldiers!"

Changsun Wuji said, "It would be better to say it clearly, so as not to take the chicken feathers as an arrow. If he can't handle the matter in Yingzhou well, he will ask Youzhou for the military, which will make the people think that they are going to fight a big war. Once the people's hearts are unstable, will it be a disaster?"

Li Shimin smiled and shook his head, saying, "Okay, I'll follow Wuji. Then, why not just write this edict, why not write it? Isn't that true?"

Changsun Wuji curled his lips and said, "It's better to let Shi Zhongchen write. The old minister's wrist hurts and he can't lift the pen!"

"It's true, it's all over the world, why are you still like a child!" Li Shimin couldn't laugh or cry. He was quite old and even played with a childish temper. It would be a joke!

He said again: "Wuji, what I mean is that you would like to comfort Ke'er in the edict, so that he would thank you too, thank you for giving him a chance to temper. In the future, when he returns to Beijing, your uncle and nephew will meet, so as not to feel like fighting a cock, and make me feel upset when I look at it!"

After hearing this, Changsun Wuji reluctantly said: "Okay, let's write it. However, the old minister thought that the King of Wu was not the best candidate, otherwise we would discuss and change someone!"

Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay, Wuji, please let me worry, write quickly!" As he said that, he closed his eyes and pretended to rest, expressing his unwillingness to argue with Changsun Wuji again.

Changsun Wuji still had a serious expression, but his heart was full of joy. OK, I have always opposed this matter. If one day, Li Ke's little bastard would be a demon, I would not be very surprised. When I repair him, I would not show mercy. Who made him let your sincere expectations be disappointed by the emperor!

When the little eunuch was asked to lay paper and grind the ink, Changsun Wuji picked up the pen, and in a moment, he wrote the edict in a flash. He said, "Your Majesty, the old minister has written it, do you want to read it?"

Li Shimin nodded and said, "You read it, I'm listening!"

Changsun Wuji read the edict again. After hearing this, Li Shimin opened his eyes and smiled and said, "Wuji, you are right to do this. I have always known that you are a general person and will not use such things as a joke!"

The edict written by Changsun Wuji was sincere and comforted Li Ke, encouraging him to handle Goguryeo well and not let down his father's expectations for him. In addition, he transferred Li Ke to Yingzhou, and was given a title to be the governor of Yingzhou. He could act cheaply for military and political affairs in Yingzhou!

Li Ke was playing an open conspiracy in hope of re-issue to Yingzhou, so that he could collect taxes on his own and turn Yingzhou into a semi-independent small kingdom. But how could Changsun Wuji really do this for him? He just gave him a rank of governors, which was a bit real, but it was limited.

But in Li Shimin's eyes, he believed that Changsun Wuji had made major concessions and that the relationship between his uncle and his nephew had been initially improved.

Changsun Wuji sealed the edict and sent a messenger to Yingzhou to announce the edict. Li Ke could go to Yingzhou.

After finishing this matter, Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief, leaned on the bed with his body slanted, and said with a smile: "Wuji, after this matter, Ke'er will definitely respect you more in the future. I hope that when you see him in the future, you will not be able to glare at him anymore. In fact, Ke'er is the child who looks like me the most. The better you treat him, the better he will treat you!"

Changsun Wuji did not appreciate this affection and said loudly: "Your Majesty, this is a bad word. The one who looks like you most is not the King of Wu, but the Crown Prince. You must not make this mistake!"

Li Shimin had no choice but to say, "Yes, you are right. Zhier looks like me the most, and he looks like me the most!" He sighed in his heart. He wanted to say who Zhier looks like, and he looks like his mother, but he looks like me... Alas, how could he look like me? If he looks like me, would I worry so much!

A few days later, Gyeongju.

Li Ke finally waited for the edict he had always dreamed of. He became the governor of Yingzhou. After receiving the order, he set off for Liaodong soon.

Li Ke was happy in his heart. He really didn't expect that this matter would go so smoothly. I wonder what Changsun Wuji used to make his father agree to go to Yingzhou. It was just a shortcoming and he was not renamed Yingzhou, but he just became a governor. But it didn't matter. The governor was also very good. He was in charge of the military and political power of a state, and he could also recruit county soldiers and cultivate his own army. This was the power he wanted most.

Li Ke took the imperial edict and showed it to Park Junnan, and said, "Brother Park, Chang'an's decree said that I want me to act cheaply. This means that I am afraid that the county soldiers recruited by my police station will go to Goguryeo to harass me? I didn't say it too specifically. I wonder if I am wrong?"

Park Junnan didn't quite understand and said, "It seems that yes, this kind of thing cannot be written into the imperial edict explicitly. Otherwise, if it is spread, wouldn't it damage the majesty of the superior country?"

Li Ke thought to himself: "The father could not know that I am interacting with the Goguryeo people now. Moreover, the imperial edict was written by Changsun Wuji, so it was probably the meaning of sending troops to harass Goguryeo. This trick is good to use. It can make Goguryeo tired and it doesn't cost much. It is a way to use war to support the war."

He said, "No matter what it means, in short, if I can go to Yingzhou, everything will be fine. I will say to Wang Ping'an, and then I will set off. I will not want to stay in this ghost place in Qingzhou for a moment."

Park Junnan doesn’t want to stay here too much. After all, this is the hinterland of the Central Plains, which is too dangerous. You can leave early and get along quickly. The closer you are to Goguryeo, the better!

Li Ke sent someone to find Wang Ping'an again. This time he was not afraid that Wang Ping'an would hide from him. Just hide. Anyway, it would be delayed. Wang Ping'an would be responsible for it himself. As long as he said he didn't find him, it would be done!

But this time he sent someone to find Wang Ping'an. As soon as Wang Ping'an got the news, he immediately rushed to Maling County. Not only did he come to see him off, he even delivered the travel expenses, a full 1,000 guan, saying that he was spending money on Li Ke on the road.

Li Ke collected the travel expenses, and simply said a few clichés to Wang Ping'an, and then sent Wang Ping'an away. He didn't need the officials of Qingzhou to send him off, just like a rabbit in a hurry to escape. The next morning, he left Qingzhou with the Goguryeo people, his aides and capable people.
Chapter completed!