A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 231 The Future of the Family Wu Erniang

Zhou Guogong's mansion.

Huaiyu set up a charcoal stove in the courtyard, and while waiting for the charcoal fire to ignite, he processed the ingredients he brought.

Corn kernels are threaded on skewers, potato slices are threaded on skewers, sweet potatoes are wrapped in lotus leaves and pasted with yellow mud, and fresh beef and mutton are cut into small pieces and threaded on skewers...

"These golden grains are so beautiful, isn't this called corn, second brother?"

In Zhou Guogong's mansion, the second lady asked Huaiyu curiously.

"Well, this is corn, tender corn, grown in a greenhouse."

Er Niang also helped wear the corn, and secretly ate a grain, "It's so sweet."

"Steaming is also delicious, adding some cheese makes it more tender, but grilling it on skewers and sprinkling some seasonings also has a different flavor."

"I'll eat it all."

The samurai Xun changed into casual clothes and came over, followed by the two brothers Yuan Qing and Yuan Shuang.

"This is auspicious,"

"Fourth uncle came back, nephew made some specially for everyone to try."

It was sunny after the snow, and there was a barbecue in the snow in the courtyard. It was quite romantic, and even Mrs. Yang brought her third daughter to join in the fun.

When the charcoal fire was burning vigorously, Huaiyu began to put the skewered skewers on it for grilling.

There are quite a lot of ingredients prepared today, not only all kinds of mutton, but also venison and beef, as well as chicken and goose, etc., and a lot of vegetables. It is difficult for the people of Chang'an to eat other dishes except cabbage and radish in winter, but the nobles There is a greenhouse in our house, and there are endless green leafy vegetables.

For barbecue to be delicious, there must be good seasonings. Huaiyu is a person who likes to eat, and has already produced many exclusive and secret barbecue ingredients. Now when you go out, you can just take a few packs with you.

Some need to be marinated in advance, while some fresh meat does not even need to be marinated, it can be roasted directly.

"Wei Zheng is just a club, and the nobles in Chang'an know it well, just don't take him too seriously." Lao Wu said while knotting the soaked kelp.

"It depends on the owner to beat a dog. Wei Zheng is barking like crazy now, but his majesty is actually supporting him deliberately. The court needs such a person.

Wei Zheng is a man who hides the crown prince, a bereaved dog, and he has no foundation in the court. A person with such a background is a very good candidate for admonishing ministers, especially suitable for supervising the new emperor's Yuan Cong and old minions. These people are His Majesty's confidantes Yuan Cong is even a relative of the clan, some things are hard for His Majesty to say, but it is very convenient for Wei Zheng to say..."

"My nephew also knew it a long time ago, otherwise I wouldn't have tolerated him forever."

"You dug a big hole for Wei Zheng and made him fall into a big fight. If His Majesty didn't pay for him to pay off the debt, Wei Zheng would have to be subject to you everywhere in the future."

"It's because he dug a hole for himself and overestimated himself. I'm just pushing the boat with the flow."

The samurai Xun just chuckled, this is a person who can go from a businessman to a founding hero, how can he not see some problems in this matter.

"I heard that on the eve of the impeachment of you and Wei Zheng, Quan Zhirang suddenly received a secret letter,"

Huaiyu laughed.

The samurai said, "It's good to teach Wei Zheng a lesson, but don't think that no one knows about this matter, but I know about it. Do you think the palace doesn't know about it? There are probably many people who know about it, and now Wei Zheng's marriage is also unknown. I'll pay you a thousand coins plus a secret recipe for Wei Gongjiu, enough is enough."

"That kind of person, don't provoke him in the future, he's just a pile of shit, it's dirty if you look at it too much."

Samurai Xun's tenure as governor of Liangzhou went quite smoothly, with the support of Wuwei An's family, everything was fine there.

This time I came back to Beijing to come to Chaoji, and I will go back again after the next year.

He is very concerned about what happened in the court of Chang'an, and he also has his own unique views. Wu Huaiyu has transferred from Baiqi Zuoying to the current Prince Xima of the Sijing Bureau and the owner of the Chongwen Museum. He thinks this transfer is a good thing.

Become an important team member of Donggong early, and the future can be expected.

After all, the crown prince will one day become the son of heaven, and when the time comes for the emperor and his courtiers, the old ministers in the hidden residence will naturally become the new dignitaries of the court.

It's just that Wu Huaiyu always has a hurdle in his heart.

There is a voice in my heart saying that Chengqian will not be the emperor in the future, but there is another voice that keeps ringing, why not try to change your fate against the sky, if you can support Chengqian to inherit the throne, the benefits will naturally be greater.

But Huaiyu felt that it was difficult to change this matter based on his personal ability.

This made him very entangled now, and he deliberately didn't get close to the prince.

But in the eyes of others, Wu Huaiyu is now a proper member of the little prince's East Palace team.

"I've heard rumors that after Wuji brought a knife into the palace last time, and Yuchigong was fighting for merit in the palace, he still complained about the reward afterwards, which made His Majesty very dissatisfied.

Years later, there may be many upstarts from the former Prince Qin's Mansion who will be released from Beijing.

Cheng Yaojin may serve as the governor of Luzhou in Jiannan, Yu Chigong as the governor of Xiangzhou in Shannan, Huang Junhan as the governor of Kuizhou, Li Daliang as the governor of Jiaozhou, Guo Xiaoke as the governor of Zhaozhou,

Li Ji is still the governor of Bingzhou, Li Jing is still the governor of Anzhou, and Li Junxian is the governor of Lanzhou..."

Huaiyu did not doubt the authenticity of these personnel transfer news, but was surprised after hearing it.

All of the above were generals in the Prince Qin's Mansion, and many of them were meritorious officials, and they were sent out in large numbers. Although they held such important positions as the governor, it was surprising that so many people were released at the same time.

"Where is my husband?"

"He is probably transferred to the General of the Left Prison Guard, who is still in Beijing, Hou Jijun and the General of the Right Guard..."

Huaiyu took a bunch of kelp, "Does Fourth Uncle know about the six doors?"

"I've heard of it, why?"

"Zhang Liang is the leader of the six doors, and An Yuanshou is also the leader of the six doors. Fourth uncle remember to be careful."

The samurai Xun just laughed, "Actually, there is no need to worry about the six sects. We ministers are loyal to the saints and the Tang Dynasty. Are we afraid of supervision?"

"Be careful everywhere, hide and hide, then there are ghosts."

Huaiyu admired it, this old Jianghu is really different, ginger is still old and spicy.

"Actually, you don't have to worry. These six doors are mainly aimed at Jiancheng, Yuanji Yudang, those heroes who rebelled against the king at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and the bandits and horse bandits left in various places today.

If you really want to talk about surveillance, Wei Zheng's stick must be a more important surveillance target than you. "

"I have at least two six-door eyeliners in my family." Huaiyu said.

"You are very clever, you can see through two, don't worry about it," the warrior said.

"Your marriage with the Wang family is done beautifully. The brothers of the Wang family will go to the family study to guide our Wu family disciples during their ten-day break. I met them when I came back. They are very knowledgeable people,"

Although the samurai Xun married Hongnong Yang's daughter as his successor, he was also very happy to be married to the Taiyuan Wang family again.

A bunch of skewers are fragrant.

Huaiyu asked everyone to come and taste it, the three sisters of the Wu family chattered and applauded, Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang brothers also thought that this barbecue was very good, better than a cook's skill.

"Erlang will come to our family to grill more skewers in the future." Yuan Shuang said while eating the kebabs.

Samurai Xun looked at his two sons, then at Huaiyu who was not much older than them, and he couldn't help sighing secretly, no wonder the elder brother Shiling always said that there are so many clansmen in the Bingzhou Wu family, but Huaiyu is the one who is really outstanding among the younger generation Huaiyi brothers and Wu Xixuan.

In his two sons, he couldn't see the hard work of their generation, only the aristocratic and dandy atmosphere.

The craftsmanship of Huaiyu's grilled skewers is very good. Not only are the mutton skewers crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, but also the grilled vegetables. The three sisters of the Yang family and the Wu family also ate them and applauded.

Especially the corn kernel string, the three little girls like it the most.

Yang shi praised it again and again.

"What if we can't eat these when we return to Liangzhou?" Wu Erniang said.

"Second brother gave you some corn seeds. Then you can plant some yourself in the flower garden in Liangzhou's backyard. It's also very fun. You can pick them and eat them when they are ripe."

"Okay, okay." Wu Erniang was very happy, "Second brother has to give me some more of this barbecue seasoning,"

The warrior Xun looked at the happy faces of his daughters, and his eyes were full of doting, "If Erlang still has some seeds, then I really want to bring some back to Liangzhou to plant, and then I will grow auspiciousness in Hexi."

The family grilled in the snow, grilling while eating, and Huaiyu taught the girls to roast at the end, which was very enjoyable. After they were full, they had a pot of hot tea and admired the blooming winter plums in the backyard.

"Next year, troops are expected to be dispatched to deal with Liang Shidu in Shuofang and Yuan Junzhang in Yunzhong. Do you have any ideas?" Warrior Xun asked.

Huaiyu drank Yang's tea soup, feeling the rich taste.

But he shook his head.

"I took a trip to Longyou this year. The battlefield is cruel. If it wasn't for the imperial conscript, I don't want to ask myself to go into battle."

The samurai only thought that he still had some ideas about going to the mountains to practice Taoism in the past, but he didn't force it, "It's not bad for you to change to a civilian job and be the owner of the Eastern Palace.

When I was in Liangzhou, I read a lot of your poems. I heard that many poets now call you a master of the frontier poetry school and respect your frontier poems very much. "

Huaiyu no longer explains this anymore. Anyway, he explained before that he did not write it by himself, and no one believed it. Now that he has become the owner of the Chongwen Museum, a bachelor, and the prince Xima, he feels that there is a Sai poetry school here. The status of a master is actually quite easy to integrate into those bachelor civil servants.

"Do you think you can win these two battles next year?" Samurai Xun asked.

"I think the main thing is Liang Shidu, Yuan Junzhang is actually nothing to worry about."

Yuan Junzhang came from a powerful family. His father was the governor of Daizhou. After Liu Wuzhou raised his army, he married his younger sister to him and gave him the order of internal history. This man was brave and resourceful. After Liu Wuzhou was defeated, they fled to Turks.

The Turks killed Liu Wuzhou and let Yuan Junzhang lead his old troops to control Shuozhou and Yunzhou.Later, the Tang Dynasty recruited Gao Manzheng, and Yuan Junzhang was defeated and fled to the Turks alone.

In the sixth year of Wude, Yuan Junzhang led the Turkic army to attack Mayi and Yanmen several times. Guard Mayi, but retreat to Heng'an Town in the cloud.

Because Liu Wuzhou was killed by the Turks, Yuan Junzhang kept a distance from the Turks even though he was supported by the Turks.

Yuan Junzhang, who had retreated from Hengan, was mostly abandoned by his subordinates at this time. Datang still adopted a strategy of recruiting and surrendering to him. He hoped that he would be able to recruit him with iron coupons and officials like Gao Manzheng and Li Dayen, so that he would not be forced. He defected to the Turks.

Yuan Junzhang was afraid and agreed to vote for Tang, but he just received the Tang envoy and took the iron coupon given by Li Yuan, but was persecuted by the Turkic envoy, but sent the Tang envoy to Turkic again, and still attached to Turkic.

Even Yuan Junzhang's son was imprisoned by him because he wanted to vote for Tang.

This year's Jieli large-scale invasion, being repelled by Li Shimin, will surely wake up the remnants of Yuan Junzhang in Datong, and there is no future for continuing to hold the Turkic people.

What's more, they have few soldiers, are alone outside the fortress, lack food and armor, and it is difficult to maintain them for a long time in the cracks.

Belonging to Datang is the only way. As long as Datang adds more bargaining chips and shows more sincerity, Yuan Junzhang will definitely surrender, and Yunzhou will naturally recover at that time.

The warrior Xun said: "Since you think so, why don't you do something, such as submitting a letter to the emperor to offer advice, or going to Heng'an to persuade him to surrender, if things can be done, wouldn't it be a great achievement?"

"I know you're newlyweds, but young people must seize opportunities and not let them go. Such good opportunities don't come along often, and careers should be the most important thing."

"If you are willing, I will come to speak to His Majesty and recommend you to secretly go to Heng'an. Although you, the Marquis of Shouyang, have military merits, they are still not enough.

Besides, if you want to go further in the future, if you want to be named Duke, you must have enough military merits.I'm still young, so I should work harder to fight for it. We, the Wu family, will have to rely on you to lead us in the future. "

"If you don't have enough fame and rank, you can't protect yourself, so how can you talk about leading the family?"

(End of this chapter)