After leaving the palace, Li Ke came down to the most prosperous western market in Chang'an City under the guidance of Xiao Baozi.

The prosperity in front of us is at its peak. There are many shops on both sides of the street, and Hu merchants from the Western Regions come out to shout from time to time.

White tea horse gang walking on the street, men and women holding arms, leisurely overseas tourists, and employers bargaining in various accents.

Li Ke did feel that the historical description of Chang'an City was indeed true, and it was not an exaggeration to say that all nations came to the court.

However, seeing Li Ke’s thoughts were full of worries, he was obviously not at the bustling west Chang'an market in front of him.

In history, he wanted to be made the crown prince and eventually sat on the dragon throne.

There are two necessary conditions: one is to be recognized by the emperor, and the other is to be supported by civil and military ministers.

However, in addition to these two necessary conditions in the Tang Dynasty, there was another condition, which was to receive support from the aristocratic families.

The Li Tang Dynasty was established by three forces: one is the Guanlong Group, the other is the Shandong Group, and the other is the Jiangnan scholar.

The Guanlong Group is a military group composed of the Xianbei nobles of the Northern Wei Dynasty, including the Han people in Huhua and the Hu people in the Western Regions.

Most of the Guanlong Group are honorary relatives of the Li family, and some of them have made military achievements during the founding of the Li Tang Dynasty, such as Li Shentong, Li Daozong, Li Xiaogong and others.

The Shandong Group includes two parts: Shandong gentry and Shandong heroes.

The Shandong gentry has a long history, strong economic strength, and a strong clan village foundation, which has produced huge political energy. Advance can control the government and retreat can control the countryside.

Shandong heroes were poor landlord groups that rose up under the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty. In other words, they were local tyrants whose powers quickly rose in the great turmoil at the end of the Sui Dynasty.

The so-called Shandong heroes have improved their social status through violence, but to put it bluntly, they are clubs.

The scholars of Jiangnan were a family that had existed before the Sui Dynasty unified the south. On the one hand, they participated in the political system of the Tang Dynasty and formulated rules and regulations, and on the other hand, they continued to exert influence in the Jiangnan region.

These three forces played a great role in the establishment of the Tang Dynasty and the recovery and strengthening of national strength in the early stage.

Li Ke was thinking that if he wanted to become the crown prince and become the emperor of the future Tang Empire, he had to pay attention to these three forces.

However, paying attention is to paying attention, but to make these three forces recognize themselves and support them, this is not something that can be done in a short while, and it requires long-term planning.

In addition, the primary issue is to develop one's own strength.

It is impossible to do anything without anyone, and now Li Ke lacks the most is people. Now he has no one around him who trusts, let alone the kind of confidant who gives advice for him.

The bloody history made him understand one thing: a prince without power is a powerful minister who cannot fight against a powerful man without real power.

Therefore, if he competes for the throne with Li Chengqian and fights for the throne with Li Tai and Li Zhi, he must have rights.

Therefore, what he needs is a group that is loyal to himself, civil service group and military group.

Only with such a force can he have the ability to compete with them for the throne and be qualified to embark on the road of hegemony.

When it comes to civil servant group, the first thing he thinks of is Cen Wenben.

He remembered that in history, this man could compete with Changsun Wuji's existence and was a top power scheming.

A top power struggler, first of all, must be a talent. This is actually the rule of tens of millions of industries. Technology allows you to gain a foothold and deal with the world allows you to take steps.

And Cen Wenben is such a talented person. He is loyal to the Tang Dynasty and Li Shimin.

Therefore, even if Li Shimin knew what he did, he could not do anything to him.

In the top dialogue in the whole drama of Taizong notifying Cen Wenben of the appointment, Li Shimin opened his words: "In the past ten years, I have known that you are in Cao's camp and are in the Han Dynasty. I have given up all my wishes and endured unbearable humiliation. I really want to expose you, but I can't find any handle for you. Now, I can only give you this position, otherwise, the history books will definitely say that I can't use wise men."

During the Zhenguan period, because Li Shimin served as the Minister of the Secretariat when he was King of Qin, this position was vacant for more than ten years. In the end, the official title of the head of the prime minister was Cen Wenben.

It was Cen Wenben's loyalty and wisdom that he made Li Shimin give in so much.

Cen Wenben was born in a Jiangnan family. Through decades of hard work, he became the first Jiangnan scholar literati and led the entire Jiangnan scholar group in the late Zhenguan period.

Therefore, getting his support is equivalent to the support of Jiangnan scholars and families.

Li Ke is no longer the Li Ke in history.

Since he wanted to be Li Ke again, he would let Cen Wenben use all his strategies to let him see the day he entered the East Palace.

Thinking of this, Li Ke couldn't help but feel proud.

He suddenly left the palace today, nominally shopping, mainly because he wanted to go and see Cen Wenben and wanted to pull him into his camp in advance.

So, he asked Xiao Baozi, "Do you know where Mr. Cen lives?"

"Mr. Cen?"

Xiao Baozi asked in confusion: "Are you talking about that scholar?

The scholar who followed Lord Feng?"

"Yes, it's him."

Li Ke asked anxiously: "Do you know where he lives?"

"It seems to be in Yongxingfang."

"Take me there quickly."

Li Ke urged him to come to the Tao.

In Yongxingfang, Cen Wenben was reading a book in the study, and he was waiting for the appointment of the court.

Because of Yang Fei's love, he was recommended by Feng Deyi to be a historian as a writer.

Although Feng Deyi asked Cen Wenben at that time that he had two positions to recommend Cen Wenben, one was from the Ministry of Revenue Officer at the sixth rank, and the other was from the historian at the seventh rank, and asked him to choose one.

But he chose the historian because in his opinion, the Ministry of Revenue Secretary Wailang was a fat man from the sixth rank.

However, there are ministers, ministers, servants, and doctors in the Ministry of Revenue. If there is no one to take care of, it will be difficult to be promoted again.

But it is different in historians. What every emperor cares most about is what impact his actions will leave in history.

Li Shimin is no exception. This is a position that is easy to see the emperor. Even if he cannot see the emperor, he can also use his talents.

That is why we weigh the pros and cons and decided to become a historian as a composer.

It was here that he heard a scary report that the prince of Changsha was coming to visit.

He hurriedly got up and brought the housekeeper to greet him and said, "My de Cen Wenben pays homage to Your Highness."

Looking at the man in his thirties and dressed in a scholarly outfit, Li Ke secretly lamented his talent and loyalty.

Seeing that Cen Wenben gave him a bow, he hurriedly stepped forward and returned the bow a few steps, "Sir, how can Ke bear such a great gift?"

When Cen Wenben heard Li Ke call him a gentleman, he knew that Li Ke is now serving him as a disciple.

A little moved, he bowed to greet him, "Please, Your Highness."
Chapter completed!