Soon, Li Ke thought of Li Yuan again.
It was already the year of Zhenguan when Li Ke crossed over. He had met Li Yuan not just once, but most of his impressions were from when he had just crossed over. At that time, he was also full of curiosity about Li Yuan.
So Li Ke went to see Li Yuan.
In his impression, Li Yuan was a chubby old man. At least at that time, Li Ke, who had just traveled through time, still had a very vague concept of imperial power and had no awe at all. In his opinion, Li Yuan was just a chubby old man.
Yes, Li Yuan seemed to be just over sixty at that time, but he already looked quite old.
At that time, Li Ke called him grandpa according to the modern way of calling him.
He remembered clearly that Li Yuan was stunned for a moment, and then agreed with a smile, "Hey!" and then called him over.
Li Yuan was under house arrest. Nominally Li Shimin was not under house arrest, but Li Yuan himself never left the palace. In short, except for Li Ke, Li Yuan's other grandsons rarely visited him except for some major festivals.
On the contrary, in the two years since Li Ke just traveled through time, he would chat with Li Yuan whenever he had nothing to do. In his opinion, Li Yuan's attitude towards him was quite similar to that of his grandfather.
Three years after Zhenguan, there were fewer people coming to Li Ke. Firstly, it was Li Ke's own business, and secondly, Li Yuan didn't know if he was stimulated. At that time, he started to have fun every day, at least more than Li Ke had just come. When you are young, you have to be more wild.
Every time Li Ke went, he saw Li Yuan playing with some beautiful women. As a grandson, he was a little embarrassed. Later, Li Ke gradually went less and less.
In the year of Zhenguan, Li Yuan gave birth to many younger sisters to Li Shimin.
These are basically all his impressions of Li Yuan. The Shangyuan Festival in the ninth year of Zhenguan was the last time Li Ke saw Li Yuan. At that time, his spirit was not very good, and his hair was almost completely white. He did not expect that he would pass away so soon. , speaking of which, Li Ke did not know when Li Yuan died in history, nor did he know whether his arrival had any impact.
I don't think it will have much impact.
To be honest, it may be a little sad, but only a little, because he and Li Yuan do have some feelings, but not much.
In those two years when he was a child, Li Ke was a mature soul. He treated Li Yuan more as an old man passing by to chat with him.
What only made Li Ke feel a little emotional was that unknowingly, he had become more and more connected to the world.
"Your Highness, please forgive me." Li Jing said softly.
"Well, to be disrespectful, maybe it would be better for my grandpa Huang to leave." Li Ke sighed.
Li Jing and the others didn't feel anything about these "big disrespect" words. To others, these words were indeed "big disrespect". To His Highness the King of Qin, it was just a drop of rain. If anything more disrespectful than this, His Highness the King of Qin would not I don’t know how many times I have said this in front of His Majesty, but what does this mean?
In addition, they can all understand the meaning of Li Ke's words, and they all know what kind of state Li Yuan is in.
"Your Highness, that minister will set off tomorrow." Li Jing raised his hands to Li Ke and said.
"Okay, let's go when we are ready. I haven't read the imperial edict just now. Who will stay?" Li Ke asked. Li Shimin's edict stated that Li Jing, Hou Junji, and Qibi Heli should return to the court. Li Daozong, Brothers Xue Wanche and Xue Wanjun commanded 50,000 elite Tang troops to garrison Xizhou.
Li Jing was filled with emotion. It seemed that His Highness King Qin was calm, but in fact he was very sad inside. His Highness was also a benevolent and filial person. In such a sad mood, he did not even read His Majesty's imperial edict.
"Reply to Your Highness, I, Hou Junji and Qibi Heli will return to the court with their troops. Tomorrow I and Hou Junji will go first, and Qibi Heli will follow. Li Daozong, brothers Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche will lead the army to guard Xizhou and accompany Your Highness to deal with it. Xizhou matters." Li Jing said softly.
Li Ke looked back, then sighed and said: "You all have just come back. I wanted to help you with the wind and wash away the dust, but I never thought that there would be unforeseen circumstances, so I will not be able to help you generals. After I return to Chang'an another day, I will Let me invite you to drink again."
"Your Highness, I express my condolences. The whole world is grieving for such a national tragedy, and we have no such thoughts. However, please take care of yourself, Your Highness. Things in Xizhou have just started to go on the right track, and it is up to Your Highness to take charge of the overall situation." Li Jing looked serious. He spoke.
"I know." Li Ke nodded, "Don't worry, I won't delay the matter in Xizhou." This point has to talk about the relevant regulations of the Tang Dynasty. Although the Tang Dynasty was just established, Li Yuan was considered the first national mourner. However, Li Yuan set the rules as early as the founding of the Tang Dynasty. The funeral system of the Tang Dynasty was carried out in accordance with the "Rites of Zhou", which was very complicated and strict.
Of course, these are all for people with class and rights.
But in terms of external affairs, there are special regulations for foreign operations like Li Ke's and others, and everything is kept simple. In other aspects, the regulations formulated by Li Yuan had little impact on the people. For example, people were not allowed to marry within one month, and entertainment venues were not open for a hundred days. Public slaughter is not allowed within the forty-nine days, which means that cattle and sheep must be slaughtered in the room, and no blood is allowed to be seen in public places.
This is already considered to have a relatively small impact, at least for the current Datang Dynasty. Li Shimin should have begun mourning, and all current affairs of the Tang Dynasty will be handled by Prince Li Chengqian.
After sending Li Jing and others away, Li Ke returned to the camp and sent someone to get a piece of white silk, and then tied it on his forehead as a mourning garment.
After tying it on Li Ke, all the guards around Li Ke silently cut a piece of white silk and tied it on their forehead.
And following the actions of these guards, the news quickly spread to all directions.
Lu Hai and the others silently maintained the same behavior as Li Ke. In addition, Lu Hai also asked people to remove all things that were similar to red and other related bright colors. As the news continued to spread through Yuelai Trading Company, members of Yuelai Trading Company all over the Tang Dynasty began to silently perform the same behavior.
Outsiders didn't know it clearly, but Lu Hai and everyone knew that they were not because of the death of the Tang Dynasty Emperor, but because of His Highness's grief and grief.
His Highness's sorrow is their sorrow.
Yang Anning and the others arrived the next day. When they arrived, the carriage and their clothes had been changed into plain colors.
"Your Highness, my condolences."
"Well, you came just in time. I have a lot of things that need you to deal with." Li Ke nodded, with nothing visible on his face.
"Tomorrow, the King of Nuqiang Kingdom will come to see me, and your pomp will be bigger by then." Li Ke confessed, "You will go see Lu Hai later, and you two will communicate with each other. He knows some things."
"Yes! Your Highness! There is one more thing I want you to know, Your Highness." Yang Anning said softly.
"What's the matter?" Li Ke was a little strange.
