Li Ke's behavior, which even a married sister would think of, was definitely an anomaly in the Tang Dynasty.
Xiao Mansion, this is Xiangcheng Princess Mansion. As a married princess, she will actually have her own princess mansion. However, after Xiangcheng married Xiao Yu's son Xiao Rui, he did not want to move out for filial piety considerations, so Li Shimin It was ordered that Xiao Yu's Xiao Mansion be the princess's mansion, so Xiangcheng also lives in Xiao Mansion now.
Speaking of which, many relationships in the Tang Dynasty are actually quite confusing. Xiao Yu is the half-brother of Emperor Sui Yang’s Empress Xiao, and Li Ke’s mother, Concubine Yang, is the daughter of Emperor Sui Yang. Although she was not born to Empress Xiao, Xiao Yu can also be regarded as Concubine Yang's uncle, and to Li Ke, he is even more of an uncle-level figure.
As a result, Li Ke's sister married Xiao Rui, who was a generation older than Li Ke. This... relationship would probably give anyone else a headache in future generations.
However, this problem did not exist in the Tang Dynasty. Many previous relationships were not mentioned at all, such as the relationship between Concubine Yang and Empress Xiao. Everyone agreed that there was no such relationship.
Xiangcheng was a little stunned when she received the envelope from Li Ke, but when she read it, she was stunned.
"Third brother..." After a long time, tears flashed in Xiangcheng's eyes. Speaking of which, she is only a seventeen-year-old girl now. Even though she has been married for a long time and is a woman, Xiangcheng has experienced The family affection is not particularly large.
And a girl who gets married is like water thrown away. Unless the relationship has been deep since childhood, otherwise this kind of marriage will be more of a superficial family relationship.
But now her third brother still remembers her.
How could this not move Xiangcheng? She didn't have much interaction with Li Ke, but when she was still married, Li Ke was kind to her.
Unexpectedly, after so many years of marriage, her third brother still remembered her.
Xiangcheng hesitated for a long time. She wanted to refuse because the Xiao family was not short of money. Xiao Yu came from the Xiao family in Lanling. Xiao Yu was a minister during the Sui Dynasty, and he was still the minister in the Tang Dynasty. After being rescued from the Turkic grasslands, Queen Xiao presented the imperial seal, so she was considered to have obtained Li Shimin's favor. reward.
Even Xiao Yu has received a wave of rewards, so the Xiao family cannot be short of money.
As a princess, Xiangcheng naturally couldn't be short of money, but the third brother said in the letter that they were not allowed to refuse, so Xiangcheng finally wrote a letter of thanks.
After I have the opportunity to meet Third Brother, I will thank you personally.
Nanping and Sui'an, who had the same idea as Xiangcheng, also had the same idea. They were similar to Xiangcheng. They never expected that Li Ke would even think of them.
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Li Ke, who was sitting in the palace, was spinning a brush in his right hand. The brush was not stained with ink, so he didn't have to worry about the ink being thrown around. But looking at the movements of His Highness's hand, Chang Lin and the others were a little speechless. If this behavior was seen by some ministers, When we arrived, we had to say a few more words to Your Highness. Oh, it's just His Highness King Qin's words, so he probably just ignores it more.
This is like if an ordinary person suddenly tortures and kills a cat, countless people may say that he is cruel, but if a vicious murderer kills a cat, most people are probably happy after hearing about it. Fortunately, it is a cat.
Li Ke didn't know what Chang Lin and the others were thinking. In fact, from the beginning to the end, the clan of the Tang Dynasty was relatively useless compared to the clans of other dynasties... no matter in terms of harm or other aspects.
It may not be accurate to say this, but in any case, this is actually a force that is relatively easy to win over.
Moreover, there were capable people in the Tang Dynasty clan, but many people were limited in their talents.
Li Ke can now control most of the power in the court. Although the clan does not hold many positions, such as Li Yuanchang, they are not important positions, but they can still speak.
The other part is the generals, who are basically on Li Ke's side. Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling among the civil servants are not easy to handle. Xiangcheng's husband is Xiao Rui. It is not difficult to unite with his uncle Xiao Yu through Xiao Rui.
Nanping's husband was Wang Jingzhi, the son of Wang Gui. Wang Gui was from the Wang family in Taiyuan, but Nanping married the youngest son. Speaking of which, Nanping was also influenced by Li Ke. Historically, Nanping did not marry until the eleventh year of Zhenguan. However, because Li Ke made a big fuss about Li Lizhi's engagement, Nanping, who had just signed the engagement at that time, was directly killed by Li Shimin. Got married.
At that time, Li Ke didn't have the ability to interfere with something like a signed engagement, so he was helpless. But Sui'an got married earlier, because Sui'an was now her second husband, and her first husband was not in good health. At that time, no matter what the reason was, Sui'an got married earlier.
As a result, her first husband died, and Sui'an married Wang Dali, who was from the Xianbei tribe.
By uniting these people, Li Ke can influence a lot of people in the court, and some subsequent plans can be promoted more smoothly.
In other words, reform is really difficult to do. Li Ke can only strike first and bind a group of people first. Compared with future reforms, what he proposes now is just drizzle. .
"Your Highness, Your Majesty has invited you." Chang Lin received the message from a young eunuch and whispered.
"Oh. Let's go." Li Ke stood up and said directly.
Li Shimin was in the Lizheng Hall. Although Li Ke was said to be doing the work, he watched, but it turned out that Li Shimin had never seen it once since Li Ke had been supervising the country. He played mahjong with the concubines in the Lizheng Hall every day, and Li Ke wanted to show off to Duke Zheng. Reported.
You have to let Zheng Guogong issue a "pillar warning" to his father!
Entering the small courtyard of Li Zheng Hall, it was late January and the weather was getting warmer. Li Shimin was sitting on a deck chair in the courtyard to bask in the sun. Next to him was the stove and teapot that Li Ke had made before. Guy, Lao Li has learned all the things he enjoys, hum! Don’t learn well!
"Ah↑ha↓, who am I to say? Isn't this our His Highness the King of Qin?" Li Shimin heard Li Ke's movement, opened his eyes, and said with a smile.
Li Ke: "...Dad, can we talk properly?"
"Oh, His Highness the King of Qin has done a great job in controlling all the uncles and controlling the clan!" Li Shimin understands yin and yang.
"Your Majesty, if you do this, I will tell Duke Zheng that you are addicted to playing mahjong in the harem every day." Li Ke said speechlessly.
"When His Highness the King of Qin spoke, I believe that Duke Zheng would immediately ask to see me and then give me his advice. After all, Duke Zheng has always looked at His Highness the King of Qin in a different light." Li Shimin calmly picked up the tea cup and took a sip.
"Your Majesty, if you say so, it's time for you to come back and go to court. Your precious son is extremely unwell, very uncomfortable." Li Ke rolled his eyes wildly.
