Li Kuan stared at the word'Yun' intently. In his previous life, he had to spend money when he went out. Without money, he had to spend money even if he stayed at home. Now even if he doesn't have a lot of money, what he has learned so far is enough for him to grow up. Tang Zhenguan settled down at his age, these were given to him by his grandfather Li Yuan.
"Kuan'er, what do you think of this word?" Li Kuan nodded unequivocally, and Li Yuan smiled: "This word was taken for you by the emperor's grandfather. You are now sixteen years old, and you are half an adult. Don't be impulsive in case of trouble, you know?"
Li Kuan nodded and said that his biggest ambition is not to be happy, to be a layman with peace of mind, to live a life of worry-free food and clothing, and money is the most important thing. When Li Kuan talked with Li Yuan, he also said that being an emperor is far less comfortable than the people.
Li Yuan remembered in his heart, he flipped through the dictionary and finally found a word that fits Li Kuan's idea very well.'Yun' is both civil and military, and rich. Is this really what Li Kuan hoped? Ever since, the word Li Yuan was used as a symbol for Li Kuan when he was crowned as an adult. He knew that he couldn't see it, so that Li Shimin gave it to him at that time, and it was also a rainy day.
Li Shimin didn't understand why Li Yuan loved Li Kuan so much. Until now, when the two of them met, Li Kuan had been wearing a mask, never showing his true colors, and he did not ask the reason. Li Yuanshang had to pay attention to it.
Then, Li Yuan asked Li Kuan to go ahead with his own writing. Li Kuan bowed and bowed and left, holding the piece of paper in his hand, as if it were a celebrity calligraphy and painting. Although Li Yuan's personal writings were sold on the auction market of later generations, even a single word seemed to be an incredible price. Now Li Kuan doesn't think so, but because it was his grandfather who got the table word for himself and naturally cherished it.
"Shimin, do you still remember the three conditions I talked about back then?" Li Yuan suddenly mentioned the situation when Li Shimin forced the palace, which made Li Shimin's heart stunned, nodded and said: "Father, my son remembers that year. You have only mentioned two conditions, but there is still one that has not been mentioned."
Li Yuan smiled slightly and said: "The first condition allows you to lay down the butcher knife and bypass the children of Jiancheng and Yuanji. You did not live up to my expectations. Not only did you promise to do so, you also gave them posthumous titles; as for the second condition, let You ascended to the throne and proclaimed the emperor and issued an edict to ask real person Miaoying to come and treat Kuan'er. You also kept your promise and did it."
Li Shimin answered, "But father, you haven't mentioned the third condition, saying that it is not yet time!"
"Yes, then I ask you whether the third condition is counted?" Li Yuan nodded and asked Li Shimin, looking at him, Li Shimin immediately replied, "Naturally count!"
"Why?" Li Yuan was a little surprised. He thought that Li Shimin would think about it before answering. He also made Li Shimin's plan to deny the agreement back then. In fact, he was wrong this time. Li Shimin replied, "No matter what happened before. , You can never change the fact that you are my father and I am your son. Besides, a gentleman is hard to follow with a word. Since he has something to do with his father, the children will naturally keep their promise."
"Datang is right for you!" Li Yuan praised, Li Shimin was also taken aback by his father's praise, and waited quietly for his father's words, "This last condition is that if I die, Kuan'er needs to go to Jiangnan Road to serve as the governor of Jingzhou, but when he is crowned, he is summoned to Beijing. Your biological father will crown him and recognize the identity of the second prince. Can you agree?"
Faced with Li Yuan's last condition, Li Shimin was silent. It was not that he did not want Li Kuan to leave the capital to go to the governor of Jingzhou. The princes of the early Tang Dynasty had to leave their respective fiefs in front of Kyoto when they were old.
Even if Li Kuan left the capital and went to Jingzhou as the chief governor, he was just a vacant position and could not give real power. Li Shimin didn't care about this, but the real request that Li Yuan said later was to re-recognize his status as a prince, which was somewhat difficult for Li Shimin.
Because of the early death of Li Yuan's five son Li Zhiyun and adopted as heir Li Kuan, there are only a few people who really know the inside story, and basically no one in the third generation knows. If this matter is told to the public, Li Shimin is thinking about how to balance the power in the future.
"I know you will be embarrassed. When you disclose the identity of Kuan'er, you don't need to be another king. You can follow the king of Chu. If the ministers object, you can pour all the dirty water on me. For you to make a decision."
When everything was up to this point, Li Shimin really couldn't make sense after hesitating, he nodded helplessly and agreed. Li Yuan always comforted him. In fact, the publicity of Li Kuan's identity as Li Shimin's parent and child would not do any harm to Li Shimin, but instead fulfilled his reputation of benevolence and filial piety.
"Father, if he is appointed as the governor of Jingzhou, he does not have any real power. Do you know this?"
What Li Shimin meant was to ask if Li Yuan would let him give Li Kuan real power. If that was the case, it would be really difficult. No matter which prince went to the fief, he would not have any real power. Most of them were false positions. The real power is still in the hands of state governors and long historians.
This is because after Emperor Taizong Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty abolished the title of the country and changed it to the title of king, while the title of the Tang Dynasty has only one-character king and two-character king, the former is the prince, the latter is the heir, the king of the county, and the next title is the country. Public class. There is only a king title but no fief, making most kings mere false titles.
"It's vain job, don't have to start!" Li Yuan did not want to make an inch. Li Shimin was able to promise that he was already good, and he wanted to ask for real power. Don't even think about it, especially when Li Kuan is only sixteen years old. Saying is not necessarily a good thing, and naturally it will not be mandatory.
The Tang Dynasty practised the'Fuvenir System', and the supreme general was the governor. Although the governor held military power, the soldiers were in the hands of the court. On weekdays, there is no war to go to work in the field, the generals are the generals when the war breaks out, and the natural soldiers must be turned in when the war is over.
On weekdays, the governor is equivalent to the security management team of later generations. It is responsible for the logistics support of the army. The governor is also divided into upper, middle, and lower. The scope of the jurisdiction of the state and county is related to the population, and the corresponding state is also divided into the provincial governors. , Middle and lower three.
In nominal terms, the chief governor’s superior is the chief governor. In fact, the chief governor has almost no real power, and almost all of them are vacant posts. They are also held by the princes of the royal family. Sometimes they are also held by the ministers who are particularly dependent. All military and political powers are in the hands of the governor, and each state has a governor, and Changshi’s good-sounding is the deputy, and the unsatisfactory is the substitute of the governor, who specializes in helping to solve the duties within the governor of the governor.
Generally speaking, the post of the chief governor is to govern at least ten states and counties. The governor of Jingzhou has only seven states and counties under each state. Even if the chief governor has the same power, almost no one in the court is willing to go. As this post, and Jingzhou is the place corresponding to Li Kuan's title. Since the Qin Dynasty, the four titles of "Qin, Jin, Qi, and Chu" were the most noble among the past dynasties. Li Kuan, the king of Chu, did not go to the fief, and his title has always existed, leaving the governor of Jingzhou in a suspended state. Li Yuan Mention just filled the vacancy, Li Shimin naturally agreed. (End of this chapter)