Datang: Dad, I really didn't want to rebel!

Chapter 101 The imperial decree from Chang'an City

Chapter 131 The imperial decree from Chang'an City

The treasure ship uses too much material, and it will definitely not be able to be built in a while. Now it is January 19 in Zhenguan. According to Li Chengqian's estimation, from the purchase of materials to the completion of construction, at least it will take until next year. Li Chengqian does not have this Energy to manage.

In Guangzhou, although Li Shimin's imperial decree stated that all government affairs should be handled by Li Chengqian himself and the court would not intervene, in fact, the affairs of the Dudu Mansion will still be regularly reported to Chang'an.

Li Chengqian also knew the reason. The Guangzhou Governor's Mansion is the seat of the entire Lingnan Province, and its status is very high. How could the court really entrust Guangzhou to him?
Even if Li Shimin agrees, the ministers will not agree. Cultivating a feudal official who cannot be controlled by the court is something only a fool would do. The monarchs and ministers are all smart.

Therefore, Li Chengqian, the governor of Guangzhou, is equivalent to a false title, just like Li Zhen, the governor of the Yue king, everything in the Guangzhou governor's mansion is ultimately decided by the court.

Li Chengqian has no objection to this, Qianzhou is enough to give him a headache, if he comes to Guangzhou again, won't he be exhausted?
It just so happened that Li Chengqian's help was not needed here in Guangzhou, and it would take nearly a year before the shipyard finished building the treasure ship, so after tidying up a little, he took his guards and prepared to go back to Qianzhou.

...

In March of the 19th year of Zhenguan, Li Chengqian returned to Qianzhou with a thousand white-robed troops.

In nearly half a year, the entire Qianzhou has changed drastically.

Except for the city gate, all the houses in Qianzhou have been turned into concrete houses. From the outside, it looks like a small modern city.

As for the city gate, construction is also in full swing.

At the same time, the Qianzhou defenders also expanded their recruitment to 2 people, and under Xue Rengui's training, they quickly got on the right track.

As soon as he returned to Qianzhou, Li Chengqian received the imperial edict!
The holy decree arrived a few days ago, and the content was unexpected. It actually asked Li Chengqian to return to Chang'an to report on his work.

Even Li Chengqian himself did not expect this imperial decree.

Although he was very successful, in essence, he was an exiled official.

Officials in exile and officials in frontiers are not allowed to enter Chang'an privately, because it is easy to violate taboos, and the impact on official career is second to none. It is entirely possible to worry about their lives.

Li Chengqian was a great official in the borderlands and also an exiled official. If the emperor hadn't summoned him, he might never have the chance to return to Chang'an in his life.

Of course, he didn't think that way either. It's good to stay in Qianzhou, and returning to Chang'an is not just looking for sins.

Moreover, there are no debriefing meetings these days, and there are generally only three situations when local officials enter Chang'an.

Either they were promoted or transferred, or they could only be accused of crimes in the past. It was only because of relatively big things that local officials were summoned to Chang'an.

But the emperor summoned, that is another situation.

It is clearly written in the imperial decree that Li Chengqian, the governor of Guangzhou, is to go to Chang'an to report on his duties, not the governor of Qianzhou!
After thinking about it for a while, Li Chengqian figured out the way to do it, and at the same time admired him, Li Shimin is really smart!

Li Chengqian, the governor of Qianzhou, was appointed as a sinner, so if he went to Chang'an with this identity, he would inevitably be stabbed in the back.

The governor of Guangzhou is different. It is because Li Chengqian has made great achievements in suppressing the rebels, so he was named the governor of Guangzhou.

Now Li Shimin asked Li Chengqian to go to Chang'an as the governor of Guangzhou. He is the same person, but his identity has changed.

Wearing the body of guilt suddenly became a hero, and the emperor summoned the hero, isn't it too much?

Thinking about it carefully, Li Chengqian felt that Li Shimin had already planned.

"Your Highness, Your Majesty suddenly called you back to Chang'an, is there something wrong?" Zhuge Liang frowned, waving the goose feather fan lightly in his hand.

Li Chengqian glanced at him, and the corner of his mouth twitched.

March in Qianzhou was still a bit chilly, and I don't know what Zhuge Liang's habit is, no matter it is winter or summer, he likes to fan himself.

In winter, his body would shake when he slapped it, but he still enjoyed it, and there was an extremely satisfied expression on his face after he slapped it.

To be honest, Li Chengqian suspected that he might have some special hobby.

Li Chengqian sighed, "No, it should be just an ordinary job report. His Majesty's campaign against Goguryeo is about to start. He probably wants to arrange everything first."

"If that's the case, His Highness can go. It's best to find a few more people who can talk in the court. It's not convenient for you to do things in the future, Your Highness!" Zhuge Liang said.

"Ok!"

Li Chengqian nodded, "You are right, there is no one in court, it is really troublesome!"

Major events in the world are decided in the court, so the right to speak in the court is very important.

This is also the reason why Li Shimin has always strengthened the imperial examination system. During the Wude period, the court halls were basically people with five surnames and seven Wangs. After Li Shimin came to power, he began to reuse Cheng Yaojin and others, forming a noble group.

At present, the Xungui Group and the Five Surnames and Seven Wangs have become a balance.

The Five Surnames and Seven Wangs have a high reputation among the common people, while the Xungui Group has a high reputation in the army. The two major forces do not interfere with each other, but they contain each other.

When Li Chengqian was the prince before, most people in the court could be regarded as his people. After his downfall, most of the officials were cleaned up, and the remaining officials began to choose to support the king of Wei.

This is very unfavorable to Li Chengqian.

Just like the previous court meeting, when Du Chuke and the others proposed to severely punish Li Chengqian, no one in the entire court stood up to speak for him, so that Li Shimin couldn't find a way to go down.

So sometimes, you still have to develop a few talents, if not for other reasons, just so that when you are in trouble, there will be fewer people to add insult to injury.

...

After making up his mind, Li Chengqian took Su Han and the [-] white-robed army headed by Xue Rengui to Chang'an.

A month later, Li Chengqian came to a familiar place again.

Yangzhou!

Li Chengqian passed by Yangzhou when he traveled from Chang'an to Qianzhou. Jiang Yan, the governor of Yangzhou at that time, wanted to show him off, but in the end he was punished by his "fart card" and "a thousand mile card".

At the gate of Yangzhou City, several defenders leaned against the city wall weakly, yawning from time to time.

"I heard that Governor Jiang will be promoted to Chang'an in a while, I'm really envious!" A guard said suddenly.

"What are you envious of!"

Another older guard curled his lips, "You don't know, two years ago, Governor Jiang had a nickname, 'Farting Governor'."

"Damn it, bro, tell me what's going on!" The young guard had a gossipy face.

"Hey, this matter has to start with..."

Just as the old guard was about to talk about the dark history of Governor Jiang's past, his eyes suddenly widened.

Because on the official road in the distance, there was a sudden sound of rumbling footsteps, and immediately after that, in the dark cloud of dust, there were countless figures.

When he saw those figures, the old guard smacked his lips, then took a closer look, then stared with horror on his face and shouted: "Quick, alarm, there is an enemy attack!"

In the distance, a burly man kept waving a big knife in his hand, and shouted loudly: "Brothers, go, take Yangzhou, so that you can have money and money, and women and women!"

Hearing the roar of the big man, the people behind him became even more imposing, rushing towards Yangzhou with strange screams from their mouths.

An inexplicable war has come to this small city of Yangzhou just like this...

(End of this chapter)