A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 17
Pingkang Square, Yongkang Mansion.

Under the verandah of the flower hall in the backyard, tall trees shaded the scorching sun, the mistress Zhang was entertaining guests, today Li Jing's fifth younger brother, Li Keshi's wife, Zhang Sun, brought the children to visit her sister-in-law.

"Congratulations to the third sister-in-law, Sanlang has been promoted again, and finally removed the word "inspection school" and became the governor of Anzhou." Changsun said with a smile.

Mrs. Zhang Chuchen, the wife of Duke Yongkang, made tea for her sister-in-law, using purple bamboo shoots from her hometown of Huzhou in the south of the Yangtze River. It is also a famous tribute tea in the world.

The tribute tea cakes, which are processed through seven processes of steaming, pounding, roasting and piercing the soil, are tight and straight, exuding bursts of tea fragrance. Zhang's slow fire cooks them, and the tea fragrance is overflowing.

"What do you want to add?"

Compared with the Zhang family, who was born in a water town in the south of the Yangtze River, the Changsun family was born as a serious military aristocrat in Guanlong. His father, Changsun Chi, came from a Guanlong family, the Changsun family of Henan. From the official to the Second Department of Criminal Households, Dongdu stayed behind.

The uncle of the Changsun family is the Changsun Sheng who killed two birds with one stone when he escorted the princess of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Turks, and is also the father of the current Princess Qin.

The eldest grandson's family was originally the clan of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and later the Northern Wei Dynasty sinicized the eldest grandsons. They were Xianbei people, but Xianbei took the initiative to Sinicize them.

"Add some salt, onion, ginger, jujube, and orange peel, then put some dogwood and mint, and if there is fresh milk, put some fresh milk."

Changsun's appearance has many Xianbei characteristics, long face and thin eyes, high nose and thin lips, and very fair skin, tall and long neck, and his appearance is still very online.

The eating habits are also full of Hu Feng. Drinking tea not only puts a lot of seasonings, but also adds milk.

Mrs. Zhang smiled and called her maid, and told her to go to the outer courtyard to fetch fresh milk. Famous noble families in Chang’an usually have livestock for milking. Li Jing is the county magistrate or Shangzhu Kingdom, and he is also a famous Guanlong family. Many cattle, sheep and camels that are fed with fresh milk drink and milk now, and can also be milked to make cheese and other food.

"Sanlang is on the front line alone blocking [-] Turkic cavalry. I am in trouble day and night. I heard that Wulang is going out too?" Zhang asked.

"Well, it's not that the situation is urgent now. Last year, the Turks invaded Bingzhou, and the official army was defeated in Taigu. Only Saburo's army won alone, which forced the Turks to retreat. This year, the court thought that the Turks were feigning to attack Lingwu, and actually attacked Bingzhou. Who knows This year the Turkic people really turned their heads and went to the northwest. They were defeated by Sanlang in the Xiashi battle. They couldn't win Lingzhou, so they went deep into the original Hui Erzhou and were blocked by Sanlang in Xiaoguan. They turned around and went to Longyou Lanliang Qin Weilong Even the Tuyuhun people in Qinghai feel uneasy, and Chai Shao is afraid that he will not be able to defend Longguan."

Jieli Khan's mother was the Murong clan of the royal family of Tuyuhun. The Turkic army could not attack Xiaoguan, so they turned their heads to the west, intending to detour to Longyou and enter Guanzhong along the Weihe River valley. .

The current situation of the imperial court is very critical. Originally, the Xuanwumen Mutiny did not happen. The emperor wanted to transfer Yuanji to be in command of Li Yi as his deputy, and sent troops to the north to break the siege of Wucheng.

As a result, this mutation disrupted everything and allowed the Turks to rush into Longyou.

Li Shimin urgently named Li Jing the governor of Anzhou. Last year, Li Jing was the governor of Yangzhou. When the Turks invaded, the imperial court transferred Li Jing to lead more than [-] troops to the north. After the Battle of Taigu, he was promoted to the governor of Anzhou. But this time, the word "inspection" was directly removed.

Anzhou is also Anlu, which is Li Yuan's second hometown. His father worked in Anlu when he was a child, and his teenagers also grew up in Anlu.

Li Jing is still the head of the march on Lingzhou Road, but the governor of Anzhou is his job, and the head of the march is only a wartime job.

Zhang Chuchen was not very happy, the battle was tense, and Li Jing had too few troops. At the beginning of the year, the court still judged that the Turks would attack the east of the river, so the court asked Li Shimin, the king of Qin, to serve as the governor of Puzhou, and mobilized all kinds of troops to Taigu, Bingzhou. Li Jing only took a small number of soldiers and horses to the direction of Lingzhou to assist Li Daozong, the governor of Lingzhou, in case of emergency.

Unexpectedly, the support has become the main force. Now that 10,000+ Turkic people have rushed into Shuofang Longyou, it is quite difficult for Li Jing to wait for reinforcements.

Back then, Li Duan, Li Jing’s eldest brother, was besieged during the war with the Turks with his uncle Han Hong. Although he managed to break out of the siege through false peace talks, most of them died in the battle, and he was finally impeached by Yang Su and demoted to the people. Li Jing was also implicated and demoted. Ji county magistrate.

Although Yang Su's failure to win over the Yang family and the Han family was behind the incident back then, and Li Jing abducted Yang Su's singing girl, the red Buddha girl Zhang Chuchen, but the Turks were indeed not easy to fight. If Li Jing was defeated, the consequences would be unpredictable.

"Wulang and Liulang have also received the order of King Qin, and they want to lead troops out of Beijing to reinforce Sanlang." Changsun revealed that his husband, Li Keshi, was the commander of the Qin Palace before, and he also participated in the operation on the fourth day of June. He is Li Shimin Li Shimin's brother-in-law, and Li Jing's younger brother, before the incident, Li Shimin also wrote to Li Jing to inquire about his attitude. Li Jing will be away and express that he cannot participate. The teacher's active participation is also a great contribution.

"Wu Lang was awarded the right inner deputy leader of the inspector prince and the deputy general of the Tianjie Army, and Liu Lang was awarded the governor of Yuanzhou."

Wulang is the eldest grandson's husband Li Keshi, and Liulang is Li Zhengming, Li Jing's sixth younger brother. Li Shimin not only promoted Li Jing's two brothers, but also sent them as the first batch of reinforcements to Li Jing's place in Xiaoguan.

Li Keshi used to be the soldier of Li Yi, the king of Yanjun, who joined the army. Now Li Yi, the general of Zuo Yiwei, is also the general of Tianjie and the governor of Jingchuan stationed in Jingzhou. He is Li Jiancheng's best friend. The generals who humiliated and beat Li Shimin, and now the Turks are invading, originally Li Yi was stationed in Jingzhou with elite soldiers, very close to Li Jing.

However, after the Xuanwumen Incident, Li Yi, the King of Yan County, remained silent, apparently unwilling to contribute, and was even very likely to collude with the Turks or start a rebellion. In this case, Li Shimin ordered that Li Yi, the King of Yan County, and Li Youliang, the King of Changle County of Liangzhou, be named as opening ceremonies Same as Sansi.

This is the highest rank of Tang Wensan official, starting from the first rank.

Li Youliang and Li Yi are both county kings, one is in Liangzhou and the other is in Jingzhou, and they both support the construction, so we can only stabilize them first at this time.

However, Li Shimin was not completely relieved of them. He gave Li Jing's younger brother, his brother-in-law, Li Yi's former soldier Cao Canjun, and Li Keshi, who had just made contributions in the Xuanwumen Incident, inspected the prince's right inner deputy leader and Tianjie army. Lieutenant general, let him go to reinforce, in fact, let him go to Li Yi's army, the intention is obvious, not only to proclaim the decree and seal appeasement, but also to supervise and urge, and may even use the secret decree to seize military power.

The servant woman brought the freshly milked milk.

"The old servant just heard that San Niang is back, but he also brought a young man in Jiang Gong's uniform. He heard that the one with star eyebrows and sword eyes is very fair and handsome, so he took her directly to the courtyard. Said that the two are still walking side by side, looking very cordial..."

Zhang Chuchen was stunned when he heard this.

She gave birth to two sons for Li Jing, but no daughter. Sanniang was the daughter of Li Xiuxing, the eldest son of Li Duan, Li Jing's brother. She ranked third in the family, but she was the eldest son. Because this girl's mother died when she was young, So basically Zhang Chuchen brought them up, and it hurts like his own daughter.

"Jiangyi Xiaolang? Isn't that just a foreign official? Maybe he doesn't even have any foreign products. He is just a miscellaneous official in the yamen. Nowadays, many small officials in the yamen in Chang'an also wear Jiangong uniforms. , Jiang Yuyi, big lady, you have to be careful, how can Sanniang marry a petty official?"

Since the Southern and Northern Dynasties, marriage has been based on family status and family status, and the right family should be matched.For example, five surnames and seven families can only intermarry with five surnames and seven families. Guanlong noble families generally only intermarry with Guanlong famous families. Powerful and powerful common families can only intermarry with powerful and powerful common families.

A concubine only marries a concubine, not a concubine.

If there is no suitable one, I would rather wait, and I will not marry easily when I wait until my [-]s or [-]s.

In the families of famous families, every family will have a genealogy, which records the branches of the Zong family very clearly. Before choosing a marriage, they must ask someone to compare them carefully.

Li Jing's family is a well-known Guanlong aristocrat, and their marriage is also very particular. For example, Li Jing's mother came from the same Guanlong aristocratic Han family, and Li Keshi's wife, the Changsun family, is from the Henan Changsun family.

Li Jing's abduction of Yang Su's geisha Zhang Chuchen back then was very out of the ordinary, and was ridiculed by many gentry.

Although Li Sanniang's grandfather was abolished as a commoner in the Sui Dynasty and passed away in the ninth year of Daye, the Tang Dynasty still gave him a posthumous gift to the governor of Zizhou, and his son Li Xiuzhi and Li Xiuxing are now four or five generals , The grandchildren also have seventh or eighth-rank military positions, and Li Sanniang has reached the age of engagement. Her husband and son-in-law should be Guanlong nobles, such as the grandson family of the head of Han, or even five surnames and seven families, and Kansai four surnames.

After all, the Li Jing family is not only a well-known noble family in Guanlong, they also belong to the Li family in Longxi, and they are the Danyang family among them.

Although the world says that there are five surnames and seven families, among them, the Li family in Longxi generally refers to the Li Bao branch who moved to the east of the Guandong as an official in the Northern Wei Dynasty, which is the later Guzangfang and Dunhuangfang. They are also Li Dingfang in Longxi. Five surnames and seven families intermarried with each other, and Longxi Li specifically referred to these two families of Li Bao's family.

However, Li Danyang Fang in Longxi is also one of the Guanlong clans. It is of the same clan as Guzang Fang and Dunhuang Fang, and even the same clan as the Li Tang royal family.

"When choosing a husband and son-in-law, the first choice is family status, followed by talent, and then appearance. Sanniang is young, so don't be confused." Although Changsun felt that it was not pleasant to say this in front of Zhang Chuchen, after all The Zhang family was not good enough for Li Jing back then. Li Jing was a guest at Yang Su's house when he was young. In the end, Zhang Chuchen came to Hong Fu and ran away at night, and the two eloped like this. The Chen and Zhang families have been reduced to being the kabukises of Yang Su's mansion, and they are not worthy of Li Jing.

Zhang's mood for making milk tea was gone.

"Sister-in-law San, we have to go quickly to see where the little official in crimson clothes came from. He dared to seduce Sanniang, so don't let him deceive Sanniang away."

Zhang nodded.

Although she and Li Jing came together and ran around at night, but now she doesn't want to see Sanniang, the jewel in her palm, being cheated away by some wild boy.

In case San Niangzi follows her example at that time, it's okay to come to San Niang to run at night.

The two hurriedly got up, and only brought a few close servants and maids to go quietly. The matter in the backyard of the mansion was still about the daughter of a daughter, so it had to be kept secret, and everyone knew what to do, otherwise, how Sanniang would marry in the future.

"Third sister-in-law, what do you say if the third lady is really seduced by that little white face? This young girl, once she is tempted, sometimes she can't be pulled back." Changsun suggested, " We must be steady when the time comes, or we can find him a ninth-rank official position, preferably as far away from Beijing as possible, and give him some land, money and silk, how about sending him away? As long as he is willing to take the initiative to sever Sanniang The relationship is good, this kind of thing, you can't just force it, it's better to let the man take the initiative to cut it off, so that the third lady can give up."

"Let's talk after seeing the person first." Zhang Chuchen was anxious and angry, and also a little curious, what kind of kid could charm Sanniang and bring him home openly?

(End of this chapter)