A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 202 Carrying Corn into the Palace
"Marry one concubine and three, and bring 24 dowry maids, aren't you happy?"

Yingguo Mansion, West Courtyard.

A group of princes were in the front hall, but Huaiyu came to see Fan Xuanfu under the pretext of changing clothes. Today, Fan Xianji is extraordinarily gentle, looking at Wu Huaiyu with a slack in her eyes.

"This, isn't it a surprise attack? I wasn't prepared at all."

"Be prepared, you have already taken several concubines, and you even hired other housewives outside. If I hadn't taken them back and let the official censor find out before impeaching you, you will regret it when you get demoted and resigned." No way." Fan Xuanfu took Wu Huaiyu's hand, "My three younger sisters are all very good, all of them are fifteen or sixteen years old."

Wu Huaiyu couldn't help but feel a little worried when thinking about Fan Xuanfu's explosive force value, adding three more Wuling barbarians to the backyard would be overwhelming.

"Do your sisters also learn to ride and shoot swords?"

"That's natural, it's a family tradition, we were born barbarians, both men and women are young martial arts practitioners, the younger sisters are also very good at martial arts, they are all superb at dancing knives and guns, and they are also proficient in riding and shooting... ···”

Huaiyu suddenly felt a toothache.

"Well, since the younger sisters are so versatile, it would be too wronged for them to marry as wives. Why not choose a better couple for them, wouldn't it be better to be a regular wife?"

Although there is a difference between a concubine and a concubine, they are only noble concubines, whose status in the family is much lower than that of a wife, and the children they have are also concubines, not ordinary wives.

"It's an ancient tradition that my nephew should marry first."

Looking at Fan Xuanfu with a smile on her lips, Wu Huaiyu felt that she could guess a little bit of her little thoughts. Marrying a cousin is not only a tradition, but it may not be a way for Fan Xuanfu to stabilize her status as a big lady after she gets married. means.

A hero has three gangs, and a headed wife has three concubines. My sister is definitely more reliable than other concubines.

He also directly occupied Wu Huaiyu's three concubine places.

The most surprising thing about this matter to the Fan family is that they didn't mention anything in advance. Some old nobles do have this tradition of marrying their nephews, but most nobles and wealthy families don't have this kind of tradition. The personal servant girl will be married as a dowry, and then a few servants will be brought along.

Now that they mentioned it, Huaiyu couldn't refuse.

There is no reason to refuse.

Fan Xuanfu said that her three younger sisters had just come to Beijing from Anlu.

People have already come, and they came with dowry. There are many people from the Anlu Fan family.

Marrying a daughter from Dazong's direct line, and marrying offspring from Xiaozong's offspring, this matter is still full of face for the Wu family, and ordinary people still can't enjoy it.

Wu Huaiyu could only accept it, but Fan Xuanfu would not allow him to refuse.

"Do you want to meet my younger sisters? I'll take you to meet them." Seeing that the matter was settled, Fan Xuanfu smiled all over his face.

Wu Huaiyu said: "It's better not to see each other yet, let's see each other on the wedding day."

Anyway, the date of welcoming the bride is set in ten days.

The two chatted for a long time in the west courtyard, and he didn't go back until Wu Shike was looking for him everywhere.

Fan Xuanfu clapped his hands, "Sisters, come out."

"How is it, how is Erlang, but you are still satisfied?"

Fan Xuanfu's three younger sisters came out of the room together, all smiling, but they all praised Wu Erlang for being young, handsome and considerate.

"It's so kind to my sister."

"My sister really found a good husband this time."

Fan Xuanfu felt elated, "He is also your husband."

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A group of people left Fan's mansion, Qin Qiong sat in the carriage and called Huaiyu to ride with him.

"After you get married, I will go to Sanyuan Bailuyuan to rest and recuperate at Zhuangzi," Qin Qiong leaned on the cushion, looking haggard and weak.

"Your Majesty won't agree with father-in-law to leave?"

"Your Majesty can understand me now." Qin Qiong had asked the emperor to resign several times. Yesterday Li Shimin paid a special visit to Qin Qiong's mansion, and the monarch and his ministers chatted for a long time.

Li Shimin finally agreed with the old man to go to Sanyuan to recuperate, but he was still allowed to serve as the general of the left guard and the post of the prince Zuo Wei.

This Qi Guogong, who has sealed [-] households, ranks fourth on the list of sealed names. When he is popular, he wants to resign and retire.

Wu Huaiyu felt that this was not only due to poor health, but also related to guilt towards Li Yuan and the fact that Xieli's entry into the customs could be related to his departure.

For Qin Qiong, these things accumulated and overwhelmed his body.

"I was originally a martial artist, but now that the Holy Emperor opened Taiping, there is no room for me to use my skills. I just happened to let my horse go to Nanshan and return to the fields."

Qin Qiong said that he recently practiced Vajra Kung Fu and Longevity Kung Fu, which felt good and calmed his mind a lot. He also felt that he had gained a lot from reading Taoist scriptures every day.

"I plan to cultivate in Bailuyuan while also studying Taoism and medicine,"

Qin Qiong's words surprised Huaiyu, "Doesn't foster father study the art of war and write a book on war?"

"Hahaha, I am very good at charging into battle, but when it comes to writing military books, I am not good at it. Back then, I just couldn't read books, so I learned martial arts and joined the army."

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Coming out of Irina's room in the morning, it was another day full of vigor.

"Good morning, Ah Lang." Niang Run waited there with some resentment.

"Mother Run, why don't you sleep more?"

"It's getting late, those who get up early have been busy for more than an hour."

Huaiyu chuckled, and hurried to wash up. Before the Fan family's large troops moved in, take the time to enjoy the passionate Orchid. I guess there won't be so many opportunities in the future.

Huaiyu couldn't help shivering at the thought of four sword girls holding horse-slaying swords, followed by 24 sword girls with bows and swords on their backs.

"Ah Lang, the weather is getting colder and colder, add more clothes so you don't catch a cold." Seeing this, Run Niang said with concern.

After hearing this, the Gao sisters over there brought Huaiyu's clothes in silence.

Huaiyu felt a little embarrassed, and had been ignoring them all this time, "Did you eat well recently, did you gain some weight?"

"Drink goat's milk every morning, eat chicken and steamed buns, and have a supper at night. My body has gained weight a lot." Gao Hui'an deliberately puffed out his chest.

Gao Yanzhi beside him also hurriedly said, "I just weighed it yesterday, and now it weighs ninety catties, and my sister weighs one catty more than me, and it will be one hundred catties soon."

Huaiyu laughed, "Persevere, four meals a day in the morning and evening, with a combination of meat and vegetables, remember to practice Baduanjin twice a day."

Not on duty today, Huaiyu led a few people to practice Baduanjin in the courtyard, checking and guiding their movements.

The Shouyanghou Mansion in Yongxingfang is very large, with several courtyards, which are relatively independent. Parents, older brothers, and older sisters each have their own courtyards, but they don't disturb each other, and it is convenient to communicate.

After practicing, Huaiyu went to the vegetable garden, and Runniang and the others followed.

Early winter in October.

Chang'an is already very cold in the morning and evening. Although the greenhouse has not yet lit a fire, the walls and roof have kept the inside warm. The winter vegetables grown outside the greenhouse grow greener in the cold wind.

They were weeding, loosening the soil, adding fertilizer and watering, talking and laughing, Mrs. Pei next door said hello through the wall, and Huaiyu went up to the wall with a smile, leaning against the wall to say hello to Mrs. Pei.

As a result, Wei Zheng raised his eyebrows and stared at him.

"Duke Wei is here too."

"Is it polite to pick off someone's wall?"

"That's what Wei Gong said. How about I ask someone to come over and build a platform on this wall tomorrow. When we meet while planting vegetables, we can have a cup of tea or a glass of wine and chat for a while."

Wei Zheng had no interest in this proposal, and now he hoped that Wu Huaiyu would return the house deed and the book to him as soon as possible.

"I'll pick some spinach for Wei Gong, it's fresh and tender."

A large handful of fresh spinach was given to Wei Zheng, but Mrs. Pei refused, but Wei Zheng accepted it, and even gave Huaiyu some leeks.

"Leeks are good. It's best for men to eat leeks. Thank you, Mrs. Pei."

When Wei Zheng heard this, he felt that Huaiyu was a little unscrupulous, and even wanted to tease his wife.

Mrs. Pei was the first to talk about the aftermath of the loan. They had already sent back the principal, but they didn't bother to talk about the interest.

"I have already concluded this matter before, and there is really no need to talk about it."

Wu Huaiyu didn't talk to them at all, just jumped off the wall with a leek and went back.

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"Erlang, there are people from the palace, His Majesty has summoned you."

Upon hearing this, Wu Huaiyu hurried to change clothes and enter the palace.

Before leaving, he looked at the corn hanging in the yard and picked up two ears.

In the East Palace, Wu Huaiyu checked his identity at the gate of the palace and entered the palace. He felt that Li Shimin was already the emperor, but he still lived in the East Palace, and the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan still lived in the Taiji Palace.

On the surface, this is Li Shimin's "filial piety", but in fact this situation is unreasonable. It is estimated that someone will write a letter to let Li Yuan move out of Taiji Palace and let Li Shimin move into Taiji Palace.

But Wu Huaiyu didn't intend to mention this matter.

It's not necessary, it's not necessary at all, at his current age, he's already a Marquis, and he's also a fifth-rank official, that's enough.

Following the servant into the palace, he was also thinking about what the emperor suddenly summoned him to do.

In the hall, Li Shimin was discussing matters with his confidantes.

"Your Majesty, Marquis of Shouyang Wu Huaiyu will meet you outside the hall."

"Xuan."

Wu Huaiyu entered the palace, Li Shimin waved to him, "Don't be too polite,"

There were only Gao Shilian, Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Zhou Shaofan, and Ma Zhou in the hall, "A few days ago, I asked officials to discuss the pros and cons of national policies. The memorial you wrote about merging provinces and counties and establishing ten departments, I thought it was pretty good after reading it, and I also showed it to Wuji and the others just now, and I was discussing it, so I called you over to tell everyone more specifics in person."

Hearing that he was only called here to talk about this, Wu Huaiyu heaved a sigh of relief.

"Your Majesty, take the former residence of Sanyuan County in Weibei as an example. In the fourth year of Wude, it was changed to Chiyang County, and in the fifth year, it was changed to Huachi County. Sanyuan County was relocated, and Quanzhou was added. Because there is another Quanzhou, so Also renamed North Quanzhou...
I went to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to check the files before, and found that in the eighth year of Wude in the Tang Dynasty, there were 220 nine states and 380 three counties more than in the fifth year of Daye.

At the beginning of the Republic of China, rebel armies from all over the country surged like clouds, Tang Xing, and Xiangshi came back. The emperor cut off prefectures and counties for them to favor them, and the number of prefectures and counties was twice that between Kaihuang and Daye.

In addition to a large number of prefectures and counties, the duplication of place names in prefectures and counties is also very serious. There are 49 prefectures with the same name, of which there are four in Yizhou, three of which are Yun, Wen, Ping, Long, Zhi, Nanping, Yong, and Jianzhou.
There are more than 40 names in the two states with the same name.

There are more counties with the same name. For example, Hangzhou, Deng, Heng, and Xizhou all have Xincheng County, and Quan, Heng, and Tongzhou all have Xinning County.
There are Pingchang County in Germany, Ci and Ya, and so on.

The imperial court had to make an explicit order to add the word Nan before the name of the place, but there are still two Nanping states, two Nanjin states, two Nanshi states, and two Xihui states.

The place names of the political districts are chaotic, and it is inevitable to change the old traditions and reform the new ones. The minister believes that if the unification is underway today, the prefectures and counties will be readjusted, and the merger of provinces, prefectures and counties is imminent. Many prefectures have less than five counties under their jurisdiction, ten sheep and nine shepherds... "

"Then how do you save mergers?"

"I take Sanyuan as an example. Sanyuan and Chiyang were originally one county, or they could be merged into one county. There is no need to keep Beiquanzhou. They will be cut off directly, and Sanyuan will be merged into Yongzhou.

In the Gyeonggi area, there are still many prefectures like North Quanzhou, as well as counties such as Huachi and Sanyuan, which can be merged. Now there are dozens of counties under Yongzhou Prefecture, which can be merged into [-] counties. Weinan and Weibei each retain nine county······

It can be completely restored to the prefectural and county divisions in Kaihuang years, and [-] prefectures and [-] counties were cut off.

It is relatively reasonable to keep [-] states and [-] counties in the whole country. It is relatively reasonable for a state to govern at least five counties.

Above the state, ten divisions are divided according to the geography of the world's mountains and rivers, just like the governor of the state in the Han Dynasty, officials were sent to monitor and inspect! "

(End of this chapter)