A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 264 Double Jing Double Festival
"Li Yi was born as a general. He is good at riding and shooting. He is brave in battle. He is well versed in the art of war. He is very strict in governing the army. You must be extremely careful."

In front of Xiande Hall.

Li Shimin was teaching the prince Chengqian to shoot arrows, and also let Huaiyu compete with the prince.

A target of sixty paces.

At a young age, Chengqian was trained by Li Gang, Kong Yingda and Lu Deming in reading, but he shot the arrow well.

But Huaiyu, at such a short distance, only hit six out of ten arrows, making Li Shimin shake his head.

The emperor reminded Huaiyu not to underestimate Li Yi.

"Under Li Yi's command, there is a Youzhou Tuqi. Although there are not many in number, they are very elite. Remember to be careful."

Youzhou Tuqi is famous. It first rose in Yan State. Later, the Han and Huns fought for a long time. In order to be able to fight against the Xiongnu cavalry, the Han Dynasty established a powerful cavalry force in the Liaohe area. At that time, Youzhou, which was on the northern frontier, was also at war. During the training, an elite cavalry force, Youzhou Tuqi, was trained.

Later, the three elite troops of Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty who founded the country were called Bingzhou Bingqi, Liangzhou Dama, and Youzhou Tuqi, and their fame shook the world.

Yanzhao has many heroes since ancient times.

Youzhou produced red horses and famous mink in ancient times, and Yanzhao heroes matched Youzhou red horses, so the Youzhou Tuqi, which can charge and break through the enemy's army, was created.

Later, at the end of the Han Dynasty, Gongsun Zan's Baima Yicong and others were all representatives.

Li Yi was in his twenties, and with his bravery and bravery, he worshiped Huben Zhonglang and led his troops to garrison Beiping.At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the world was in turmoil. Even Li Jing and Xue Shixiong, the generals in Youzhou, died successively from the bandits. Only Luo Yi kept attacking and defeated one after another. Luo Yi, however, went around suppressing the thieves' wealth.

He even often took the initiative to attack outside the Great Wall, and the Turkic, Xi Qi and other Hu people who he fought led their troops to move far away, and they didn't dare to approach them at all. Thieves chasing bandits are actually robbing horses and cattle.

Luo Yi is so good, in addition to being a soldier, it is also related to the Youzhou Tuqi under his command.

The Youzhou Tuqi under his command back then was extremely good, and there was even an armored cavalry among them.

With this ability and people, taking advantage of the chaos, Luo Yi later took control of Youzhou.

And Luo Yi was only in his twenties when he separatist Youzhou and claimed to be the manager. Now he is actually only 39 years old.

In terms of bravery alone, Qin Qiong, Yuchi Gong, Wang Junkuo and other fierce generals may not be as good as him.

It's a pity that there were too many heroes in Hebei at the end of the Sui Dynasty. Li Yuan had no choice but to take the initiative to submit to Chang'an.

Later, when Li Jiancheng was leveling with Liu Heitai, Luo Yi led his troops to assist him, and Jiancheng made great efforts to win him over, so Luo Yi also joined the East Palace, and then entered the court, was promoted to rank and then stayed in Guanzhong.

When Jiancheng was fighting Li Shimin the most, Luo Yi also secretly transferred three hundred Youzhou cavalry to Beijing for Jiancheng. This was also the trigger that forced Li Shimin to take the risk and launch the palace change. .

Luo Yi was on Li Shimin's blacklist in the morning, and his performance during the Turkic invasion last year made Li Shimin even more determined to kill him.

"After you destroy Li Yi, the soldiers and horses under his command will give you one thousand."

The emperor was very generous, "Youzhou Tuqi with armored cavalry, I will give you three hundred."

Both men and horses are armored cavalry armed to the teeth. Armored cavalry was once the most powerful combat force in the Northern and Southern Dynasties. The number is rare, and each one is the elite of the elite.

Three hundred riders is enough to change the outcome of a small battle.

The emperor made a special confession to Huaiyu that Li Yi must die, and he only needs to send his head to Chang'an.

It means not to capture alive, not to send the living back to Chang'an.

The emperor clapped his hands,

Zhang Anan came in, "What orders does Your Majesty have?"

"Go get the clapper knife in my collection."

Sumeru, the skinny chief executive Zhang Anan came in with an extra-long sword on his shoulder.

The knife is about ten feet long, and the blade is more than one meter long. It is thick and big, especially its shape, which is a relatively rare three-pointed and two-edged knife.

Just the artifact of Erlang God.

It's hard to imagine that the skinny Zhang Anan came in with such a big knife with ease, it was a bit like Song Jiang carrying a simple knife.

Li Shimin took it over, and the painting style changed immediately.

The tall and majestic emperor, with a long sword on his body, became murderous and awe-inspiring. The emperor in the bright yellow tuan dragon robe swung the long sword with vigor and power. The light of the sword was like snow, and silver light splashed everywhere.

Cheng Qian looked mesmerized, with a look of admiration.

Huaiyu was also a little dazed. He had heard that Li Shimin was a sharpshooter like Li Yuan, and he could shoot a very hard bow. He also heard that Li Shimin was better at using a sword than Li Yuanji was good at using a horse.

Watching him wielding a knife today is really pleasing to the eye.

Fan Xing and Fan Xuanfu are also good at wielding swords, but they are good at cutting horses and broadswords, which can also be called Mo Dao, which is more slender.

And this slap knife, the handle is longer, the blade is also long and wide, with three points and two blades, it is more murderous.

After finishing a set of saber techniques, Li Shimin didn't catch his breath.

"Do you know who the former owner of this knife is?"

Huaiyu shook his head, it couldn't be Erlang Shen.

"The former owner of this knife was owned by Kan Leng, the adopted son of Duke Wu Du Fuwei,"

Wu Guogong Du Fuwei, the largest anti-king in Jianghuai at the end of Sui Dynasty, Li Tang successively pacified Luoyang Wang Shichong, Hebei Dou Jiande, Dou Yubu Liu Heita and Shandong Xu Yuanlang, Tang Jun Chen Bing Du Fuwei border.

And Jiangbiao Lingnan was taken over by the Tang army long ago. Du Fuwei saw that the general situation had been settled, so he wrote a letter to Li Yuan requesting to enter the court. Li Zitong, the emperor of Wu, was also in Chang'an.

But in the seventh year of Wude, Du Fuwei's good brother Fu Gong Er rebelled, and then Du Fuwei died suddenly in Chang'an.The imperial court announced that Du Fuwei was obsessed with the way of longevity in Chang'an, and died of poisoning after taking the elixir.

Death by poisoning is certain, but it is not easy to be poisoned or poisoned by taking the wrong medicine.

After Du's death, his two adopted sons, Kan Leng and Wang Xiongdan, were originally known as the Jianghuai duo.

Kan Ling is tall and burly, with boundless strength, so someone specially made this long knife.Every time Kan Leng started a battle, his long sword passed by and his men and horses were destroyed.He was the governor of Yuezhou, and he was still a pioneer in seeking Pingfu.

But when he fought against the rebels on the front line, Li Xiaogong confiscated Kan Leng's family property in the rear. Kan Leng asked Li Xiaogong to question him angrily, but Li Xiaogong killed Kan Leng for treason, and then wrote a letter to Li Yuan, saying that Du Fuwei was behind the rebellion Mastermind.

So even though Du Fuwei died violently in Chang'an early, Li Yuan deprived Du Fuwei of his official title and lost his family, and his son was demoted to slavery.

After Li Shimin succeeded to the throne, he rehabilitated Du Fuwei and Kan Leng, posthumously presented Du Fuwei as Wu Guogong, made his son inherit the title, and granted the son of Kan Leng and Wang Xiongdan to inherit the title of Duke of the county.

However, Kan Leng's Zhangchang Pai Dao has become one of Li Shimin's collections.

"you try!"

Huaiyu took the saber, it was extremely heavy, watching from a close distance, he could feel the ferocity of the saber, the blade is both thick and sharp.

"Your Majesty, this knife should be considered a Mo knife, right?"

"It is much stronger than the standard Mo Dao in the army. If it is in the hands of a general with strong physical strength, people and horses are easy to fight. I heard that you are not good at horse spears. You used the Great Sword to Slay Horses on the Longyou Battlefield. This sword is better than the Great Sword to Slay Horses." .”

"Give it to you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"I will give you another sword."

The emperor turned around and took a sword, a very gorgeous sword, this is a jade sword, the sword head, sword frame, sword, and sword are all carved from the best jade.

A gentleman has no reason, and jade does not go away.

There are still dragon patterns on the jade.

This is the emperor's sword.

Li Shimin handed it to Huaiyu, "This sword is one of my swords, and I give it to you as a special reward. When you go out of Yanzhou, with this jade sword, you can kill civil and military generals in the state below the fifth rank, and I will give you Yanzhou has the privilege of entrusting the system, and the officials and generals of the state can directly reward and punish them."

Ministers do not directly entrust power, even the governors and governors generally have to report to the court according to the procedure, the same is true for promotion and dismissal.

But the emperor now emphasizes that the front line is special during wartime, and the rewards are not overdue. In order to strengthen the authority of the chief official, he specially granted this privilege of worship.

This kind of power is very special, and it is usually only granted temporarily. For example, Li Jingping Lingnan had this privilege back then.Chai Shao is in Longyou, so he also has this right.

When Li Shimin was still the king of Qin, he also obtained this power many times.

Now Huaiyu is only a governor, and the emperor gave him this privilege in Yanzhou.

In the future, Wu Huaiyu could directly reward and punish the officials of the prefectures and counties in Yanzhou, and the officers and soldiers of the prefectures and towns.

Wu Huaiyu, the governor, originally followed the practice since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and added a special envoy festival, which was originally given by the emperor to exercise local military power on behalf of the emperor.

Even in the past, there was a hierarchy, envoy Chijie was the top, Chijie was the second son, and Jiajie was the next. In the Jin Dynasty, the envoy Chijie had to kill less than two thousand stones, and the power was extremely great.

However, in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, envoy Chijie and Chijie were both empty titles. The governors routinely conferred envoys Chijie, and Chijie routinely conferred envoys Chijie.

This envoy no longer has its original function.

Now the emperor gave Huaiyu the jade sword and the privilege of inheriting the system, which is actually equivalent to restoring the original authority of the envoy.

Sure enough, after obtaining the privilege of succession and worship, the emperor bestowed Huaiyu Jingjie, which was dedicated to rewards and dedicated to killing. It has the same effect as the Wang Ming Banner.

As for the jade sword, it is naturally Shangfang's sword.

"Warrior scholars are so majestic. As a bachelor, as a governor, you can inherit the privilege of entrusting worship with the position of governor, and you can also get the festival and jade sword, which are not available to the general governors. The saint appreciates the bachelor. .”

Prince Chengqian, the acting emperor, sent Chengqian out of the Xiande Palace, and he admired this young Eastern Palace official. Wu Huaiyu had not been in the Eastern Palace for a long time, but unlike other Eastern Palace officials, he never scolded the Crown Prince with his face turned against him. Always tell him the truth.

Among those Eastern Palace officials, Cheng Qian also liked Pei Ju and Huaiyu, but it's a pity that such a good Eastern Palace official had to go out of Beijing.

"The greater the sage's trust, the greater the responsibility of the minister, and he must not disappoint His Majesty's expectations,"

"When will the bachelor come back? There aren't many interesting people in the Eastern Palace. People like Li Gang are too boring. Now that you're gone, it will be even more boring."

"When Liang Shidu is pacified, I will return to the East Palace."

Huaiyu also has nothing to say to the prince. You can't say that you should not take old guys like Li Gang seriously, and don't worry about taking their words as fart. If he dares to say such things, it will definitely be miserable if Li Shimin finds out.

"Your Highness, please stay, and I will leave!"

Chengqian reluctantly stood at the door to see him off. It was rare that there was an interesting East Palace official, but he left again.

Outside the gate of the palace, Zhang Anan waited for Huaiyu with his hands in cages.

"His Highness likes Marquis Wu very much."

Huaiyu chuckled, "Does Supervisor Zhang have anything to say?"

"Take you to meet someone."

(End of this chapter)