When the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan died, he urged Li Shimin not to keep his filial piety for three years, because Li Shimin is the king of a country and he has everything to do. The emperor and officials keep filial piety for three years, which means nothing. Then why does the great Tang Dynasty continue? Except for this, the rest of the children and grandchildren are required to observe filial piety for three years. As the son of Li Yuan, Li Shimin is not allowed to marry during the filial piety period, nor to wear red and green. The palace prohibits all entertainments such as dancing and music.
Li Shimin presided over the burial of Li Yuan. After he was settled in the land, he immediately set about arranging for Li Kuan to be the governor of Jingzhou. In fact, Jingzhou was originally a governor, but there was no major governor, but Li Yuan had the first to say that Li Shimin had to re-appoint a major governor of Jingzhou.
At the same time, Li Shimin had already appointed the samurai Xun as the governor of Jingzhou, and this matter was actually worrying. If Li Kuan landed in Jingzhou by air, he would be slapped in the face; if Li Kuan was not allowed to go to Jingzhou, it would be against his father's order and annoy him.
At exactly this time, Li Shimin received news that the former Jingzhou captain warrior Xun died in Jingzhou from grief and illness after learning of the death of the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan. This news gave him mixed joys and sorrows. The samurai Xun was one of the founders of the country, and he was a rare talent to manage the governorship. The loss was the loss of Datang, but it solved Li Shimin's urgent need.
Therefore, Li Shimin ordered the state governor Li Ji to host the funeral. The coffin and funeral expenses were paid by the government. He transported the samurai Xun's spiritual hub to his hometown in Bingzhou for burial, and gave a posthumous posthumous title of "Ding". On the other side, Li Shimin ordered the provincial government to draft the edict and appointed Chu King Li Kuan as the governor of Jingzhou to replace the warrior Xu. Even the rewards were also written in the edict.
The edict was drafted and submitted to Li Shimin for review after it was approved. After a glance at the general content, he agreed to submit it to Shangshu Province for execution. The Ministry of Officials also compiled a register for the naturalization of Chu Wang Li Kuan. For the official uniforms, uniforms, slabs, etc., the Ministry of Industry immediately ordered people to prepare the mansion in Jingzhou, and the Ministry of War also included Li Kuan's name in the military register.
Since Li Kuan has been following the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan, he has no fixed residence in the capital and still lives in Da'an Palace. When the eunuch was passing the edict, it was found that Li Kuan was not in the Da'an Palace. This was so sad that the eunuch was ruining the eunuch. He asked everywhere that Li Kuan had not come back since the death of the emperor.
The eunuch had no choice but to return to the palace. Li Shimin was shocked when he heard the words. After thinking about it, Li Kuan was not familiar with the capital, and the only place to go was Da'an Palace. Since there is no Da'an Palace, it must be Xianling, saying: "You go to Xianling!"
The eunuch hurried to Xianling, where he finally found Li Kuan, the king of Chu. The eunuch did not dare to make trouble in front of the first emperor's tomb, nor did he dare to be disrespectful. Knocking this way, he got up and walked towards Li Kuan, and said in a low voice: "King Chu, the emperor has a purpose!"
Li Kuan glanced at Chuanji eunuch with both eyes blankly. There was no vitality in his hollow eyes. His eyes were bloodshot and his face was pale and bloodless. This made the Chuanji eunuch amazed. He didn't know that Li Kuan was in Li Yuan. After the burial, he stayed in Xian Mausoleum and kept the mausoleum for his grandfather.
For three whole days without sleep, dripping water, and nothing to say, Wang Huai, Zhao Qian, and Qian Wu felt pain in their hearts. No matter how they persuaded, Li Kuan always did this, which made them helpless. Since Li Yuan's death, the three of them did not choose to return to their hometown or stay in the palace. Instead, they stayed to guard the imperial tomb.
Seeing Li Kuan’s appearance, the eunuch was not very disturbed, so he had to turn to the prince for help. The prince also shook his head helplessly. Looking at other people, I don't know what to do.
If Li Kuan was unable to accept the order, he would not be able to return to the palace. He had to wait until Li Kuan was consciously willing to listen to him. As a last resort, he had to stay with Li Kuan to guard the imperial tomb. Seeing that the eunuch hadn't returned, Li Shimin hurriedly sent someone to Xianling to find out. After learning the situation, Li Shimin was silent for a while, then nodded and agreed, and again revised the time when Li Kuan went to Jingzhou to take up his post.
Originally, the time of appointment in the edict was three days later, but now this situation has to be postponed, and Li Shimin also asked the king of Chu to decide the time of appointment. It can be said that since the founding of Datang, no minister has received this special treatment.
Li Kuan didn’t eat or drink, and everyone was the same. The eunuch had to wait until he was so hungry that he was dizzy and struggling to prevent himself from falling. He prayed in his heart that Chu King Li Kuan would come back sooner. When he comes down, he is afraid that he will be really dead.
On the eighth day of his life, Li Kuan finally woke up from a state of despair. The lack of dripping for seven days made his physical condition not optimistic. He stood up and swayed, walked to the prepared food, and simply ate something. Pad it.
Seeing that Li Kuan finally got up and ate some food, Wang Gonggong and the others and the eunuch finally let go of their hanging heart. They also ate some food, and then Li Kuan looked at the eunuch who passed the decree, and asked straightforwardly: "Why are you looking for me?"
"King Chu, this is the edict given to you by the emperor!" The eunuch passed the decree finally ate some food, and then had the strength to hurriedly handed the edict to him. Li Kuan glanced at the contents of the edict and the original grandfather gave him. The difference was taken over.
The eunuch who passed the decree saw that Li Kuan, the king of Chu, had finally accepted the decree, and his task was considered complete. It was not the first time he passed the decree, but it was the first time he met such a master. Now that Li Kuan had accepted the decree, the eunuch who passed the decree also retired and respectfully saluted and got up and left.
"King Chu, when are you going to leave Beijing?" Wang Gonggong asked when he heard that the eunuch had left and the army guarding the imperial tomb was far away.
Li Kuan said solemnly: "Leave when the city gate opens!"
The grandfather and grandfather were silent. They knew that Li Kuan did not want to stay in the capital, but they did not want to go so hastily, as if they had been far away from the capital earlier. Since he had such a plan, the three of them would naturally not stop it. Besides, Li Yuan arranged for Li Kuan to go to Jingzhou.
"Before you leave Beijing, you have to go to the Tai Chi Palace to meet with the Holy Spirit Xie En!"
The prince said to remind Li Kuan not to forget this. Li Kuan is a one-character king and concurrently the governor of Jingzhou. The former is the official rank of the first rank, and the latter is the official rank of the second rank. No matter which one takes office, he must meet the emperor to show himself. Thank you.
Li Kuan was silent for a moment when he heard the words, but he was really unwilling to go to the palace to meet Li Shimin. But recalling the teachings of his grandfather Li Yuan when he died, he nodded and agreed. The prince was relieved when he saw his promise. He was worried that the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan was not there, and Li Kuan’s disregard of etiquette would not overflow him, and would even be squeezed out by officials, and even disgusted by the current sage, which would be detrimental to his career. .
Li Kuan didn't understand the reason for his grandfather Li Yuan's arrangement. They were all elderly people who followed the left and right, so naturally they knew the reason. (End of this chapter)