Li Shimin died in May, and after a hundred days of death, it has now entered the late autumn season, and the ginkgo trees in the Zhaoling Tomb are once again full of golden leaves, rendering the entire Zhaoling Tomb into a golden world.

But strange to say, just the night before the funeral procession arrived at Zhaoling, that is, the night when Li Xiu and they rested halfway, a strong north wind suddenly blew, and as a result, countless ginkgo leaves in Zhaoling were blown down, and the funeral procession stepped on these golden fallen leaves into Zhaoling.

After resting for one night, the next morning, Li Shimin's coffin was officially sent to the tomb and buried with the eldest grandson queen, and the infatuated Xu Hui and Xu Xian concubines were buried next to the coffins of Li Shimin and his wife, which can be regarded as fulfilling her deathbed wish.

After placing Li Shimin's coffin, the main tomb of Zhaoling also fell the broken dragon stone, and the entire tomb was sealed, although there will be other concubines buried here after death in the future, but they are all in another tomb, not connected to the main tomb, and with the tomb being sealed, it also symbolizes that no one can disturb Li Shimin's peace.

However, at the moment when the tomb was sealed, Li Zhi and Li Chengqian and other brothers and sisters also cried bitterly, and the civil and military officials also chanted "My Emperor" to send Li Shimin on the last journey, and after the tomb was sealed, Li Zhi held a grand sacrifice ceremony in the Zhaoling Tomb, and when the ceremony was over, the whole funeral was over.

After the funeral, it was late at this time, so everyone could only rest for one more night in the Zhaoling, the Zhaoling occupies a very large area, and the surface is a continuous palace group, and Li Zhi will hold a sacrifice here every year, so it is enough to accommodate the funeral procession to rest.

However, on this night, Li Zhi suddenly came to visit Li Xiu, which made him stunned, and then hurriedly went out to greet him, only to see that Li Zhi was alone, except for a few guards, there was no other person to accompany him, which made him even more surprised.

"Your Majesty has worked hard for two days, why didn't you rest early?" Li Xiu stepped forward and saluted, although Li Zhi was his student, but now the other party had ascended the throne as the emperor, so the etiquette between the monarch and the minister could not be sloppy.

"Sir doesn't have to be polite, and I can't sleep, so I want to come and talk to him!" I saw Li Zhi's brows tightly knit when he spoke, and it seemed that he had something on his mind.

At that moment, Li Xiu invited Li Zhi to his residence, and then Li Zhi also let the people around him retreat, and only their teachers and students were left in the room, and then Li Zhi spoke: "Sir, after today's funeral, I talked to my eldest brother for a few words, originally I thought that my eldest brother had suffered a lot after being demoted, so I wanted to crown him as the prince of the country, but the eldest brother refused me, and instead made a small request to me." ”

Li Xiu was also stunned when he heard this, because he knew what Li Chengqian and Li Zhi were talking about, and then hesitated for a moment and said, "Does Chengqian want to go to Jiaozhou?" ”

"Sir, do you know this?" Li Zhi couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise when he heard Li Xiu's words.

"Yes, I met your eldest brother in the Soul Stopping Temple two days ago, and he asked me what I thought about this matter, but although I understood him, I advised him to think carefully." Li Xiu sighed and confessed at this time.

"Sir, do you understand what Big Brother thinks?" Li Zhi couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard Li Xiu's words, "That's great, I just don't know what the eldest brother really thinks, after all, why don't you let a prince of the country do it, but go to the barbaric place of Jiaozhou, even if I make him the assassin of Jiaozhou, but although Jiaozhou is nominally under the jurisdiction of our Datang, it is actually more affected by Linyi State, after all, it is too far south, and our Datang rule there is very weak, plus Linyi State often rebels, and Jiaozhou is not very peaceful." ”

Jiaozhou and Guangzhou, Guizhou, Rongzhou, Yongzhou are collectively known as the five governors of Lingnan, which belongs to the southernmost territory of the Tang Dynasty, and Jiaozhou is the southernmost part of Lingnan, and the ruling range includes part of Guangdong and Guangxi in later generations, as well as the northern and central regions of Vietnam.

In the former Sui period, the general Liu Fang once invaded Linyi in the south based on Jiaozhou, and finally broke through the capital of Linyi and returned, for which Emperor Wen of Sui also set up a Linyi county, but after Liu Fang left, Linyi was soon restored.

Because Linyi borders Jiaozhou, it is greatly influenced by Linyi, and even the number of Han people in Jiaozhou is not very large, and the local natives and Linyi people are from the same source, so the rule of the Tang Dynasty in Jiaozhou is not stable, and Linyi has long coveted Jiaozhou and wants to annex there, but he is afraid of the Tang Dynasty's soldiers and does not dare to do it openly, but the secret actions are constant.

"Your eldest brother's idea is actually very simple, the northern border of the Tang Dynasty has been completely swept away by the emperor, but in addition to the north, the Tang Dynasty still has a very broad territory in the south, but because these lands are too far away from Chang'an, the rule of the Tang Dynasty there is not stable, not to mention anything else, taking Quzhou, where your eldest brother is located, for example, the imperial decrees sometimes cannot be conveyed there at all, such as sweet potatoes and corn have been promoted for so many years, but Quzhou has not been planted yet, which shows how weak the Tang Dynasty's rule over the south is."

"I also know these things, but what does this have to do with the eldest brother going to Jiaozhou?" Li Zhi asked even more puzzled when he heard this.

"Jiaozhou is the southernmost part of the Tang Dynasty, and the imperial court's rule over there is even weaker, and there are Linyi in the south of Jiaozhou, and there are local forces such as Zhenla and Liuzhao in the west, these forces have rebelled and have always threatened the security of the south, and your eldest brother has seen this, so he wants to do his best to stabilize the southern frontier for you." Li Xiu spoke again at this time.

"I see!" Li Zhi finally understood what Li Chengqian was thinking when he heard this, but then he also showed a hesitant expression, because Li Chengqian's identity is special and he is not suitable for being in power, if he is sent to Jiaozhou, I am afraid that it will cause criticism, after all, Li Chengqian and Li Ke are different, Li Ke can be in charge of Yangzhou's government affairs, but Li Chengqian cannot.

"Your Majesty, Cheng Qian just wants to contribute to the Tang Dynasty, but this matter is indeed very difficult for Your Majesty, and it may cause some other consequences in the future, so Your Majesty should also consider it carefully!" Li Xiu spoke again at this time, but he also kicked this matter to Li Zhi in his words, as for whether he agreed or not, it depended on his mind and courage.

However, just as Li Zhi was pondering, he suddenly saw a waiter running in in a panic and shouting: "Your Majesty is not good, something happened to the eldest princess of Jinyang!" ”