Tang Qi Tan

Chapter 104
Because, the origin of the Xiao clan of Yu Fan, compared with the traditional military exploits, honors, and clan, was released to become an overseas sub-vassal, which is really different.Because the ancestor who made this family flourish was actually a humble son-in-law.

It is said that this man was originally surnamed Lin, and he was the third in his generation. His parents were exiled because of the famine very early on, and because of his handsome appearance and fluent writing skills, he was able to sell himself into Jinling City at that time. s home.

In the end, because he was too good at life and so on, he climbed up to the widowed Xiao's mistress; and then under her secret arrangement, he married the second daughter of Xiao's who was unmarried and pregnant. , so the surname was changed to Xiao.

Later, this son-in-law of Lin Sanlang/Xiao's family showed rare wit and ingenuity in the management of merchants and merchants; not only made Xiao's only remaining orphans and widows survive several turmoil and crises, Because of this, he took the route of palace envoys for internal procurement.

Therefore, when the Xiao family left their ancestral home in Jinling and came to Shangjing to buy a new property, they were already one of the few rich families in the area.And relying on the relationship of the big family, the son-in-law of the Xiao family once again married the eldest daughter of the Xiao family who was getting older and still waiting in the boudoir, which can be regarded as a counterattack against the guest.

However, this rather inspiring story of slavery over mastery has not ended, but just begun; because this middle-aged son-in-law of the Xiao family actually got caught up with a style of the time during a banquet. The bold and unrestrained widowed princess has become an inseparable guest at the scene.

Then, relying on the identity of the public lover and the actual property manager; this son-in-law of the Xiao family used the commander of the princess as a springboard to successfully intervene in the business of Zongzheng Temple and the Imperial Household Ministry, and defeated many competitions step by step who eventually became one of the imperial merchants named by the Tian Family.

But at this time, it was personally advocated and initiated by Mr. Liang, and it was the middle and late period of the century-old frontier era.The emperor protected by the Empress Dowager Ruiming has also reached the third generation; as the suppressed heroes grow old, there are signs of the rise of the three supporters.

Therefore, in the world and the sea, among the vassal vassals on all sides and nine barbarians, almost all the territories adjacent to the Tang Dynasty in China that can be explored and conquered have been divided and occupied.Under such circumstances, there are fewer and fewer opportunities to seal the land of Tubian Fan again.

However, at this time, the son-in-law of the Xiao family made another incredible decision.First, he joined the oldest family of the Xiao family in Lanling; then he directly paid a lot of money to worship under the same name of a certain Xiao family who had a title but had no heirs, and thus became a member of the national noble.

However, according to the usual practice, the vassals/speeches who can divide the Kyushu are basically the heroic families, expeditionary soldiers and their descendants who voluntarily serve as the Guoping Fan.There are also a small number of predecessors who were able to recruit volunteers to open up barbarians because of their meritorious service in the army and management.

Then there are some examples of clans who have been released from the past and ministers who have failed in political battles; even individual living princes, at the price of giving up their own lineage, took a group of courtiers and guards to go outside the territory to become a vassal; for example Today, the co-owner of the nine surnames of Zhaowu in Hezhong comes from the lineage of the former King of Hanzhong.

However, with the consolidation of the surrounding areas of the Tang Dynasty and successive vassals, such opportunities seem to be less and less; especially as the final process, it is necessary to obtain Liang, who is called "daimu Hainei (vassals), landless vassal" The family of Jingzhao, headed by the Lifan Academy, and the dual recognition of the local Guofan and Gongfan.

Therefore, according to the stereotypes followed in "Zhou Li Xin Yi" and "Taixing Da Li Yi", any newly added feudal vassals and fiefs are carefully and strictly tested; a lot of games of exchange and compromise are required in secret.As a result, when each generation of emperors is in power, there are only a handful of sub-vassals that can be added.

In contrast, it is relatively simple to open up the entry threshold for those areas outside the territory.In the foreign territory where there are many foreign barbarians, you can conquer a city and become the city lord (county magistrate), conquer a land and become the guard (inspector, prefect, general, guard, defense), and even seize the territory of the country in one fell swoop. .

That would be great; whether it is the previous city lord or the guard, they can only be pursued by the court to accept official positions, and use this as an opportunity to open up business and shipping routes, and ask for backup and product imports from the east; until An Wen has ruled for 20 years Or when it is passed on to the next generation, you can apply for the corresponding feudal title/Sky Lord of the imperial court.

However, if there are deeds attached to seizing the country and offering land, as long as the situation has been maintained for five to ten years; then you can directly apply for the imperial court to send envoys to come to confer feudal titles/sky titles.Of course, this kind of thing is quite a rare case.After all, there is no small country that is just weak enough to seize after the foreign domain is conquered.

If you just conquered a group of uncivilized native chiefs and claimed to be the founding of the country, it would only become a joke about the crown of the monkey.After all, this kind of thing may be hidden from the imperial court for a while, but it cannot be hidden from the seniors of the Tang clan and guards who have developed the outer domain for many years and have established a firm foothold.

Moreover, in this kind of matter, the price of trying to deceive the Eastern Celestial Dynasty by cheating is also extremely serious; it is so serious that it can be traced back to the origin of relatives and grandchildren, and the qualifications to be an official in the imperial examination; The army was driven to make atonement.

However, in this extremely prudent matter, the son-in-law of the Xiao family found a loophole and loophole, or he played a trick of the game.In his capacity as the Commander of the Princess Town and the Duke of the Kingdom, he privately launched a crowdfunding campaign to jointly expand the soil and establish a country in the outer domain.

And for this purpose, I collected an extremely detailed document from the Honglu Temple, the Hakka Provincial Envoy, and the Lifan Academy; as a demonstration of the possibility and basis for flattening a small country in Tianzhu in the five directions; Emperor Guangming, who was about to abdicate, expressed his approval in private.

Therefore, he used the amount of money contributed by crowdfunders as the standard, and promised a series of official positions, powers, and interests such as township head, city lord, governor, etc. after the corresponding success; financial resources.If this is a Ponzi scheme, it should explode at this time.

However, he really used the social connections and people of these crowdfunding/shareholders to buy equipment, food and grass in the South China Sea, buy boats and materials, hire volunteers of various ethnic groups and recruit followers of various families...There was such a huge momentum for this incident, and even the Nanhai office was alarmed.

In the end, after a series of inhuman twists and turns and right and wrong; in the second month after the new emperor Shun Ning ascended the throne and announced amnesty to the world, nearly [-] armed rebels, business groups, guards, and civilian husbands were fully loaded. A large fleet of exiled prisoners, exiled prisoners, and naturalized people of various ethnic groups sailed to the land of Tianzhu in five directions.

After going there for several years, during this period, there was a continuous stream of true and false news and experiences. Many of them were ambushed by the Tu people many times, or they were defeated and completely destroyed, or because they were not acclimatized to the environment and most of them contracted diseases, resulting in the failure of the trip.However, as the son-in-law of the Xiao family who owed huge debts to astronomy, he was at ease.

On the contrary, due to the mutual restraint of all parties, apart from being unable to leave the capital, they have been living happily with their wives, daughters and grandchildren.As a result, after a major court on Zhengdan Day, news finally came back; those who went to Tianzhu in the five directions finally won a small country named Nibo.

Although it is a small mountain country with only a dozen cities located in the upper reaches of the tributaries of the Ganges River, it has been passed down for hundreds of years, and it has been described in a few words in the Tang Dynasty Records of the Western Regions.Therefore, the government and the public were in an uproar, and even called the Lifan Academy and the Hakka Provincial Envoy to discuss the matter.

Although many people pointed out that this is obviously contrary to the "Zhou Li Xin Yi" and "Taixing Da Li Yi" system of internal vassal and foreign vassals;However, there are too many interests involved in all aspects of it, and obviously more people are citing scriptures and striving for it;
Among them, even the ancient legends of the rule of the Three Dynasties, as well as the examples of the Eastern and Western Zhou, Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods; have been moved out as their own proofs and arguments.In the end, Empress Dowager Ruizhen, who lived in seclusion in Bene in a disguised form, suddenly sent a message to Emperor Shunning to completely end the raging controversy.

Therefore, the son-in-law of the Xiao family got his wish and got the vassal/speech conferred by the imperial court——Yu (Yu) Marquis; but he also lost all power and benefits except his name and routine tribute.Because, in fact, it was Emperor Guangming's youngest son, Shunning Emperor's younger brother Ningping King Li Chen who actually won the kingdom;
And the ministers, generals, city lords, and even Xiaoyitou in the land of Nebone were all divided up by various sponsors; what Xiao could get was the state prime minister who had never taken office and could only lead from afar. name.It can be said that as a result of hard work, almost all of them have made wedding dresses for others.

In the end, the Empress Dowager Ruizhen, on the grounds that the wind could not grow long, but the rule of the country could not be shaken, added five hundred food towns to his name, so that he would not get nothing.However, he was born as a refugee who sold himself into slavery, and he was able to lead a family with a small surname, and became a double prince/speech, which was enough to be praised by the world for a long time.

But this is not the end. In order to preserve the double title of the lineage, he arranged for his son and Xiao's daughter to marry the adopted daughter (illegitimate daughter) of his old lover in his later years; thus completing the fusion of the two bloodlines; Xiao's marginal status as a new vassal among the princes.

Therefore, the current property under the name of Yufan Xiao's family also inherits the style of the ancestors; it is a hodgepodge of various backgrounds.In theory, as long as you pay a sum of money, you can become its most basic vassals and vassals, and then enjoy some edge-of-the-line convenience.

For example, when feudal vassals and vassals pay tribute and serve as lords, they have the priority of traveling and a certain amount of tax reduction, and they are not easily disturbed by local subordinates.Therefore, even if the Yu Fan Xiao family has no land, they can rely on the interests of the franchises and conventions of the past dynasties to keep their family from falling.

However, it has also caused considerable trouble and distress for the investigation of the current Jinwu Street Envoy and the Yushichayuan.Especially after checking the scene afterwards, it was found that the other party had cut his wrists to survive, and decisively discarded all traces.If you want to get more clues, you can even go far away from Gyeonggi, or even Guannai Road.

And this also involves the jurisdiction of the left and right street envoys, as well as the scope of authorization from Yushi Santai; as well as the feedback and decision-making among the upper echelons after this matter is fermented; at least it is impossible to have immediate results in a short period of time of.So, Jiang Tian, ​​who got the third expedient status, can finally go home and have a good sleep.

This time, on the way home, there were no surprises; instead, there were two more guards (guards) from Yizhonglang's mansion around Jinwu, who wore folded jerseys on their heads, black shirts with black crotches on their heads, and half-body black leather armor. ), peers around.Therefore, basically no one came forward to find trouble.

However, after Jiang Tian returned to Qingqi Garden and placed them in the foyer, he found that someone was already staying in Tingliu Xiaozhu, and he couldn't help but become vigilant.Because, no matter whether it is Da Keya who came to visit, or Lao Gu, the manager who was given an account, they would not break into it without authorization.

(End of this chapter)