Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 381 Welcome and see off (4000)

In the first year of Zhaode (548), on September [-]th, Gao Cheng came to Liyang City in person, not only to welcome Xiao Miaochun, but also to bid farewell to Xiao Yuanming.

Xiao Miao looked at the man who was holding hands with his cousin Xiao Yuanming to say goodbye from a distance, could this be her husband who was 16 years older than her?He was born with a good appearance, but the crying of a man is really annoying.

Gao Cheng couldn't care about what his 12-year-old daughter-in-law was thinking. Before parting, he wiped away his tears and said to Xiao Yuanming with emotion:
"Since I got acquainted with Zhenyang, I have known the people in the south of the Yangtze River. The defeat of Bagong Mountain was not caused by Zhenyang, but by cowardice in Xiahou."

Xiao Gao Wang is a kind man after all, seeing Xiao Yuanming bring him a victory in Bagong Mountain, he braved the arrows and patrolled the city defenses of various places in Huainan for him, and even now he has given him [-] pieces of cloth for his hard work No matter how inappropriate he is, he has to excuse Xiao Yuanming in front of Liang people.

Maybe this good brother of his own will have the chance to lead the army in the future, he dare not think about letting others go, but he is facing Bodhisattva Xiao who loves the clan, who can say it clearly.

Not only Gao Cheng, but all the generals of the Northern Qi Dynasty praised Xiao Yuanming. Peng Le even bluntly said that when discussing the army with the Marquis of Zhenyang, he mistakenly thought that Wei Rui was resurrected.

Don't worry about Peng Le's brains, he knows nothing about the art of war other than making rapid progress. Anyway, the generals of the Northern Qi Dynasty unanimously advocated that Xiao Yuanming was a famous general in the world.

According to their recollection, although the Liang army was ambushed at that time, Xiao Yuanming's command was firm and he did not panic. It was Xia Hou who abandoned the army and left to shake the army's morale. .

The reason why Peng Le was able to lead [-] cavalry to rush forward without anyone stopping him was naturally because Xia Houzhen led [-] cavalry to run away.

In short, the battle of Bagong Mountain was the fault of Xia Houju and the weakness of the soldiers of the Liang army. It had nothing to do with Xiao Yuanming. Although he was captured as a prisoner, he was able to subdue the Northern Qi monarchs and ministers with his own magnanimity and make them treat each other with courtesy. There is no doubt that it was a rare shining point in Nanliang during the Huainan War. Isn't this worth boasting about?
Why, Xiao Yuanming earned so much face for the country, should he be implicated and questioned because of such an innocent disaster as the defeat of Bagong Mountain?It's hard to justify not being rewarded, okay?

Those who knew the truth about the battlefield were only those people, including Xiao Yuanming, and the rest of the Liang generals would also put the blame on Xia Houzhen to save themselves from punishment: If this guy hadn't escaped, we would have won.

The generals of the Northern Qi Dynasty also agreed, and it can only be said that there are such subjects as there are kings, and under the influence of King Xiao Gao for many years, the acting skills of every civil and military officer in the Northern Qi Dynasty are above the line, which will scare everyone present including Xiao Miaochun I was taken aback for a while.

The people of Liang only knew that Xiao Yuanming was defeated in an ambush in Bagong Mountain, and they didn't know until today that Xiao Yuanming could turn defeat into victory, but there was a coward in his team.

This statement spread to Jiangnan, and criticisms against Xia Houju were rampant. No matter how much he tried to defend, it was useless. After all, he withdrew from the battlefield when the victory was still in the balance and led the cavalry to flee back to Jiangnan. It must be true.

You see, even the people of Qi are saying that Bagongshan is fortunate to have you, Xia Houju, and dare to say that this is not your fault?
The key point is that Xia Houju is a rough and dangerous person, and usually has a bad reputation.

As for the low-level soldiers knowing the truth, in ancient times, when these high-ranking nobles were willing to listen to their speeches, they were not even qualified to speak.

Besides, who is willing to speak for Xia Houlu who abandoned them on the battlefield and fled alone? Even the low-level soldiers have to dump the blame on Xia Houju for the sake of face: It’s really not us waste, we are no worse than Qi soldiers, it’s all because of Xiahou’s escape Only then did the situation become chaotic.

In the end, Xiao Yan transferred Xiahou Kui's eldest son Xiahou Zhuan from a civil position to a military position, and let him control Xiahou's private soldiers. Obviously, he also believed in the so-called statement that the failure of Bagongshan was the fault of Xiahou.

As for Xiao Yuanming, although he was defeated by Xiahou Yu, he was the main general in the army. The defeated general could not escape punishment, but considering that although he was captured, he could fight for the glory of the country, so that the people of Qi did not dare to fight. Underestimating the people in the south of the Yangtze River, the merits and demerits are equal. Xiao Yan even saw his nephew ruin his family and redeem himself, and rewarded him with a lot of goods in private, and still entrusted him with important use.

It's said, it's just rumored, I don't know if the news is true or not, Xiao Yuanming secretly enshrined Gao Cheng's longevity tablet at home.

However, what is certain is that after the incident, Xia Houzhen, whose official position was demoted again and again, made a straw man at home, stood in the courtyard, put a piece of paper on his head, and wrote Gao Cheng's name. Take a few whips.

Of course, these are all things to say later. The prisoners of war trade between Qi and Liang went smoothly. Although many low-level sergeants in Nanliang saw the treatment of the Qi army and hoped to settle down in Jiangbei, whoever called Xiao Gaowang always kept his promises. He sent them back all at once, in exchange for cloth.

More than [-] captured Liang soldiers crossed the river in batches, and more than [-] pieces of cloth were also brought in one after another. Gao Cheng looked at the carts of silk cloth and was almost dazzled. laughed:
"This is a reward for the soldiers, not your dowry."

Xiao Miaochun secretly gritted her teeth, wishing she could prick a few more holes in Gao Cheng's butt tonight.

The emissary to send the wedding, Xiao Miao's third elder brother Xiao Daqian heard the news and hurriedly delivered the dowry list, Master Yao stepped forward to take it and presented it to Gao Cheng.

After flipping through it, Gao Cheng said angrily:

"In the past, I honored Princess Feng Yi (Yuan Zhonghua), and ten rooms were filled with presents from all the officials. Duke Pingyang (Yuan Shanjian) married his sister, and he even gave ten thousand pieces of silk as a congratulatory gift. Today, I honor the princess of the Southern Dynasty, but it is only a mere one." Dowry, do the princes of the Jiankang court be shy in their pockets and unwilling to accompany the gift? Master Liang’s granddaughter is married, and as a grandfather, there is no congratulatory gift. Could it be that he has despised me! If I don’t get back this face, I will never be a teacher!"

Sending a large sum of money to the wedding, if you don’t want to rob you, whoever you want to rob, besides, Gao Cheng didn’t lie, when he married Yuan Zhonghua, he really received congratulatory gifts from hundreds of officials and ten houses, and married Yuan Shan. See ten thousand bolts of silk.

Xiao Daqian was so anxious that his forehead was sweating, he had never seen such a shameless person, didn't this Suolu have no bottom line in life?It's okay to force the marriage, look at this posture, if you don't give him [-] bolts of silk and a congratulatory gift of ten houses, he really won't leave.

When Xiao Miaochen heard Gao Cheng's blackmail, her flat chest was swollen with anger. She tore off the phoenix coronet, and said angrily:
"Although my imperial grandfather is the son of heaven, he loves people's clothing. A crown can be worn for three years, and a quilt can be covered for two years. There is a solar eclipse and one meal, and only vegetarian food. It is not as luxurious as yours. Tens of thousands of silks are used at every turn. A frugal family , it’s hard to be a good match for Master Qi, please release him!”

Gao Cheng raised his eyebrows when he heard the words: Hehe, it's still a little fierce horse.

Of course he is aware of Xiao Yan's frugality, but he is frugal and indulges the greed of the clan and gentry. This kind of practice cannot be learned by Gao Cheng, and he also despises it. In his opinion, Xiao Yan is better to be restrained than to treat himself harshly. Clan and gentry can benefit the people even more.

Of course he was too lazy to argue with Xiao Lie Ma, ignored Xiao Miaoyu's insistence on releasing her, ordered his cronies to send her to Liyang City, and then sent Xiao big money back to Jiankang, and told Xiao Yan that he asked for a congratulatory gift. As for the specification, Xiao Gaowang also said earlier, it has to follow Yuan Zhonghua's instructions.

The news spread back to Jiankang, and the rulers and ministers of Nanliang had a new understanding of the thick skin of the Northern Qi emperor. Of course, as long as it was related to actual benefits, Gao Cheng never cared about it.

Xiao Yan is so angry that Huainan was lost, all the local treasury was taken by Northern Qi, and now he paid more than [-] bolts of cloth to buy the captives, and even Gao Cheng forcibly took away his most beloved granddaughter, but that person is still not satisfied, If you have to give him the gifts of ten houses and [-] bolts of silk, no one can bear this kind of thing.

Xiao Yan is 84 years old, and his body is still strong. If he wants to change someone, at this age, maybe Nanliang will have to amnesty the world, and the whole country will be mourned.

At the critical moment, Zhu Yi, the favorite minister, stood up again and persuaded him: Give it to him, and send him away as soon as possible.

Zhu Yi even took the lead in preparing congratulatory gifts for Liyang Princess Xiao Miaoxuan. Even Zhu Yi, who was always greedy, spent money to avoid disaster in order to send Gao Cheng away.

Xiao Yan looked at Zhu Yi and fell in love with him more and more. Could he be reluctant to part with those ten thousand bolts of silk?He couldn't say that, the emperor of Nanliang asked all the officials to prepare a congratulatory gift for the emperor of Beiqi, and if it was spread, it would make future generations ridicule.

Ten thousand bolts of silk and congratulatory gifts enough to fill ten rooms were sent to Liyang. Zhu Yi’s home also had a lot of gold wares in his collection.
"If the Emperor Daqi is useful in the future, it will be different but follow orders."

Obviously wanting to treat this as a long-term business.

Cui Jishu, who was in charge of logistics with the army, was very dissatisfied with Zhu Yi's greed, but Gao Cheng laughed and said:

"It doesn't matter, the gold utensils are nothing more than dead things. In the future, the world will be clarified, and they can be returned to their original owners. They are just stored in Zhu Yi's house, so why should I be stingy."

After all, looking at the [-] bolts of silk that have been shipped one after another, and the congratulatory gifts that can fill ten rooms, his eyes are full of brilliance:

'This business is successful, do you want to marry a few neighboring princesses?Yuan Shan saw that when he married his sister, he gave me [-] bolts of silk, and later married two daughters to me, but he forgot about it. One daughter was worth [-] bolts of silk, and he owed me another [-] bolts of silk. Therefore, Cui Jishu and Gao Longzhi have to ask for this debt back, and at worst, they will repay it year by year with Fengguo Shiyi.

"Just adding the previous [-] bolts of cloth, even if Yuan Shanjian lived to Xiao Yan's age, it wouldn't be finished, but it didn't matter, at worst, letting his nephew Yuan Huairen return it later, it could be regarded as a kind of family friend to some extent. '

In Pingyang County, Jinzhou, Yuan Shanjian, who was taking the pulse of others, sneezed several times in a row. The eldest sister of the Gao family thought he had caught a cold, so she hurried to make ginger soup. I didn't know that at a young age, I would have to bear a huge debt for my father.

Gao Cheng sent his confidants to Jinzhou to monitor Yuan Shanjian's family. At the same time, he also strictly ordered the prefecture and county not to disturb their peaceful life, and did not even restrict their freedom. Human guards, lest wild beasts hurt them.

Xiao Gaowang exploits Yuan Shanjian financially, and has to take away most of their income from the town to pay off their debts every year, but he is not letting the outside world know that he will protect Yuan Shanjian's family, otherwise why bother him to pay off their debts every year? pay off debts.

In fact, Yuan Shanjian knew it too, so he lived in peace in Pingyang County, and never thought of adding trouble to Gao Cheng. After all, he had read about the fate of the subjugated king in the Southern Dynasties in the history books, and Gao Cheng treated him very well.

The Huainan battle report has already been spread all over the north, and Gao Cheng’s prestige has been further improved by taking all of Huainan. Yuan Shanjian has no intention of thinking about restoring the country. One side of the people.

"Husband, drink the ginger soup first, don't catch cold."

The eldest sister of the Gao family, dressed in a coarse cloth dress, brought ginger tea to the door.

In fact, Gao Cheng still left a lot of property for Yuan Shanjian's family, enough for them to live a prosperous life, but the elder sister of the Gao family took off the queen's crown and fell in love with the civilian woman's dress.

Wearing silk and satin, how can you go up the mountain with your husband to collect herbs?

A bowl of ginger tea was handed to Yuan Shanjian, and the eldest sister of the Gao family greeted again:

"Huai Ren, go in and drink a bowl of ginger tea before playing, the two younger sisters don't bother."

When Yuan Shanjian left the palace, he took away two concubines, who were the birth mothers of the two princesses married by Gao Cheng.

The two people making medicine in the yard heard the words, put down their work, and a family of five happily drank ginger soup in this small courtyard.

"Mr. Pingyang! My wife is sick, can you please help me take a look."

Someone was shouting outside the door, upon hearing this, Yuan Shan gulped down the remaining ginger soup in one gulp, and hurried out to see a doctor.

Since Yuan Shanjian followed the example of Emperor Xiandi of the Han Dynasty, he never charged a consultation fee. There was no fee for acupuncture, moxibustion, cupping, and scraping, including the herbs he picked from the mountains. Whether it's curiosity about the former emperor, or greed for petty gains, whenever someone is sick near Pingyang County, he always comes to ask him for medical treatment.

This also caused the rest of the doctors in Pingyang County to either change their profession or change places to make a living. After all, Yuan Shanjian has read so many medical books that he can even be called a famous doctor.

Gao Sizong, governor of Jinzhou, saw that Yuan Shanjian was getting more and more praise from the people of Pingyang, so he went to Gao Cheng to ask if it should be stopped, but Gao Cheng told his cousin not to interfere.

Yuan Shanjian took too many scapegoats for himself, so he must leave him with a good reputation in later generations. After all, he is also his brother-in-law, brother-in-law and father-in-law.

Seeing his father going out for medical treatment, Yuan Huairen secretly asked his mother:

"Mum, when can we go back to Luoyang to visit the two elder sisters? Last time I secretly wrote to my uncle, he said that I could go back anytime, why didn't grandpa allow it?"

The eldest sister of the Gao family caressed her son's head, her eyes were full of love, and she said softly:
"Since you wrote to ask, your uncle will naturally agree, but he was about to go south at that time. If you went to Luoyang, you would cause trouble for him. When your uncle returns to the court, you can visit my sister again."

After all, she cast a glance at the two concubines who looked sad because of the mention of her daughter, and the eldest sister of the Gao family added:

"Let your two aunts take you there."

Yuan Huairen was puzzled and said:
"Aren't mother and grandfather going?"

"Your grandfather prefers life in Pingyang County."

The elder sister of the Gao family replied.

　I fell asleep.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)