A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 269 Founding Duke
"Zhao Cihao, the Sima of Binzhou, made great contributions in quelling the chaos. He was promoted to governor of Bazhou, and promoted to Duke of Huaihua County."

"Yang Ji, commander of Binzhou, was promoted to governor of Binzhou, and promoted to Duke of Xinping County."

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The emperor was in a good mood, and rewarded him directly in the Golden Palace without any delay, and the reward was very generous. Zhao Cihao was promoted to governor by Sima. His father was the Duke of Huaihua County, and the title was originally inherited by his elder brother. The Duke of Kaihua County was demoted from him to Marquis of Huaihua. This time, he was promoted to the Duke of County for his achievements in suppressing chaos.

Yang Ji's commanding army was promoted to Changshi, from the command of the lower mansion from the fifth rank to the upper governor Shi from the fifth rank, the official was only promoted by one level, but the title was also promoted from the county marquis to the county magistrate.

Your Majesty.

Everyone knows that Zhao Cihao and Yang Ji's merits are far inferior to Wu Huaiyu who 'just happened to pass by', and now Wu Huaiyu who is also the county marquis, I don't know how to award him this time.

Sitting on the throne, the emperor stroked his delicate beard and laughed from time to time.

Thinking back when he begged Liu Heita, he also wooed Li Yi, the governor of Youzhou, but Li Yi did not accept his kindness from the King of Qin.Even after Li Yi entered the court, he openly beat Zhang Liang, Li Shimin's confidant, and ignored him at all.

Later, he secretly sent three hundred cavalry to Jiancheng. This has been a long-standing grievance.

Regardless of personal grievances, only public opinion, Li Yi, who was an anti-king at the end of the Sui Dynasty, would definitely take over power one after another by now. Li Yi refused to give up the post of governor of Jingzhou, and refused to hand over military power.

Whether public or private, he cannot be kept.

Li Yi was like a thorn in the flesh, making Li Shimin uncomfortable all the time, and now he finally felt comfortable.

"Wu Huaiyu went to Yanzhou, passed by Binzhou, and met a rebellion decisively, and he was able to clean up so cleanly. I am very satisfied, and a civil strife has been avoided.
great merit! "

"Honor, Tier, and Jue are all promoted to one level!"

Many people in the palace know that Wu Huaiyu is now bestowed with Zijin, and this rank is from the fifth rank to the doctor, and the guerrilla general Sanhao, from the fifth rank to the prince Xima and the fourth rank to the Yanzhou governor, and the upper rank Commander General.

All add one level, that is, from the fifth rank of the Jin Dynasty to invite the doctor rank, and the eleventh rank to the Xunzhu Kingdom, the county duke.

"Do you have any opinions on the rewards for the three main heroes who have put down the chaos?" the emperor asked.

None of the officials in the hall made a sound.

A county king's rebellion was put down, and three county lords were promoted to county princes because of their meritorious service.

Anyway, the county magistrate has neither land nor household, and no salary, so the court favors it without cost. But to the courtiers, the title of title represents a special honor after all, and a higher title can enjoy some higher etiquette standards. .

Even Wei Zheng didn't say a word today.

It wasn't because he owed Wu Huaiyu a lot of favors recently, and even intended to marry the Wu family, but Li Yi's rebellion was indeed sudden, and if Li Yi's ability could not be suppressed in time, it would be true that he occupied Jing and Bin states. It will bring great damage to the court.

But now he was wiped out by Wu Huaiyu as soon as he started the incident. This seems very simple, but the credit is indeed great.

It was so big that Wei Zheng felt that even if the emperor gave Wu Huaiyu a real title of one or two hundred households, and promoted the loose title to a real title, he would have no reason to object.

More people are secretly envious of Wu Huaiyu's good luck.

How could he go to Yanzhou to take up an appointment, and still pick up such amazing achievements halfway?
Better luck than shit luck.

It seems that the ancestral grave of the Wu family in Wenshui, Bingzhou is really smoking.

Such a good thing can happen to this young man, or is Zhongnan Yinxian Xiaoyaozi transformed into a fairy queen and has been secretly protecting this disciple?
"Does anyone have an opinion?" the emperor asked again.

Still no objection.

The real achievements are there, but they don't know that all this is not a coincidence, but the result of more than half a year of planning and layout between the emperor and the six doors.

They only thought that Wu Huaiyu was lucky and capable, that he happened to meet him, and he was able to take a quick and decisive shot to calm him down, and he did it neatly.

I even feel that this credit is only a promotion to the rank of Lord, which is a bit small.

"Xuanling, you drafted the edict of reward, and passed it on to Jingzhou to seal it."

Although Li Yi was punished, there were still many things to deal with.

"Take away Li Yiguo's surname, restore his original surname, take away the title of King Yan, and all official positions, cut off the fiefdom, confiscate all property, and lose the status of wives, concubines and children as slaves..."

Changsun Wuji came out, "Your Majesty, Luo Ni's younger brother Luo Shou is now the governor of Lizhou. Please issue an order to send someone to capture him and bring him to Beijing."

"Resign from the position of the governor of Luo Shouli Prefecture, and cut off all his officials and titles, and lose his family. Immediately arrest him and go to Beijing."

A person like Luo Yi who openly rebelled, even if he dies, he will not let his family go. Although he will not publicly say such things as exterminating the nine clans, his family will be punished for several generations, and his wife and daughter will also be slaves. .

Even the mother's family, wife's family, and even son-in-law and in-laws will be implicated and affected.

Luo Yi's family is also a general of Guanlong, this time at least this branch of the Luo family was uprooted.

And this is just the beginning.

As Luo Yi's rebellion was punished, the Luo family would be punished first, and then Luo Yi's old department, colleagues, relatives and friends would be implicated in the interrogation.

How far it will be involved in the end depends on the emperor's needs.

Sensitive ministers in the court have noticed that a storm is forming.

Some people are happy and some are worried. The people who had a good relationship with Luo Yi are already panicking, such as the Duke of Xiangwu County, General Zuo Xiaowei Liu Shili, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, and Liu Zhenghui, Duke of Xingguo. He is one of Li Yuan's 48 meritorious officials in Taiyuan Yuanmou, all of whom were awarded [-] meritorious officials last year.

But both of them have a close relationship with Li Yi, and they are even in-laws.

Luo Yi was punished for treason, and it was difficult for them to get rid of the relationship.

Zhongshu ordered Fang Xuanling to draft the imperial edict directly in the palace, not only Wu Huaiyu was granted the title of county magistrate, but others such as Su Lie and Niu Jinwu were also rewarded for their merits.

He wrote the edict and presented it to the emperor for viewing.

Li Shimin looked at Wu Huaiyu Jinnian Duke of Shouyang County above, thought for a while, picked up the ink brush, and added a few words on it.

The founding Duke of Shouyang County, he sealed hundreds of households.

When the emperor handed over the revised imperial edict to Fang Xuanling to rewrite it, the officials below became more and more envious.

Wu Huaiyu's achievements in calming the chaos can be either real or false. In the end, the emperor still granted real seals to hundreds of households, and became the No. 40 nine real seals of the Zhenguan Dynasty.

Some wanted to open their mouths to object, but after thinking about it, they shut up.

This is a great military achievement, suppressing a county king's rebellion, and quickly regaining two states, this merit is enough to be a knight.

You must know that last year Wang Junkuo rebelled against King Li Yuan of Pinglu River in Youzhou, and afterward, he got [-] households who were officially granted the title of Duke, and he was also named the General of the Left Army and the Governor of Youzhou, and he was promoted to the rank of Doctor Zuo Guanglu from the first rank. Give him the entire population of Li Yuan's family.

Li Yuan is also a king, but he is still a two-word king. In terms of ability, he is much worse than Li Yi.

It would be enough to give Wu Huaiyu the title of General of the Twelve Guards or Great General according to Wang Jun Kuo Ping Youzhou Lujiang Wang Li Yuan's example, and the real title of Duke or County Duke, and worship as the governor.

Now it is only the county government that has sealed a hundred households, and the scattered ranks have only been increased by one rank, and it is only from the fifth rank, how can I object?

This is not the pacification of a bandit or grassroots, but the pacification of King Yan Li Yi.

Fang Xuanling took a pen and re-drafted the imperial edict in the hall, and the pen flew away, all the officials watched silently.

The fourth Duke of the Wu family appeared. The Wu family is really prosperous.

Zhaocheng, the emperor nodded in satisfaction.

"Order Sun Wuji, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, to be the consolation ambassador of Jingzhou Road, and go to Jing and Bin to soothe the aftermath."

Changsun Wuji stopped by to drink some soup and do some aftermath work, but he was also considered to have participated in the suppression of Luo Yi's rebellion, and he would be regarded as having more qualifications in the future.

Of course, there are some aftermath matters that need to be dealt with by Changsun Wuji, his uncle and confidant, such as copying from Luo Yi's house the letters between him and some powerful officials in the court, the old Youzhou Ministry, secret merchants and rebellion, etc. If we want to be implicated and investigated at that time, we need a go-getter who can understand the emperor's mind and make decisions.

Changsun Wuji is naturally the most suitable.

Although Li Yi has fallen, there are still Li Xiaochang, Li Youliang, Jiancheng's confidantes who have not been cleaned up yet.

"Hang the heads of the rebel Luo Yi and his disciples and sons at the gate of Chang'an for public display."

"Distribute the servants of Luo Yi's family to Wu Huaiyu, Zhao Cihao, and Yang Ji, three meritorious officials."

All officials are envious.

They lamented Wu Huaiyu's good luck and skill.

Before arriving at Shuofang, he made a great contribution first.

Tong Shisheren received the decree, and under the escort of Baiqi guards, he hurried to Jingzhou to announce the decree and award.

Five hundred miles away, the fast horse will arrive in two days.

At this time, in Jingzhou City, everything has returned to calm, and it is not even visible that there is any change here.

However, there are still some changes. The rebellion of the former King Yan was killed, and the original Tianjie Commander's Mansion is now lived by Wu Huaiyu.

In front of the yamen, there is also a tree with double banners and double festivals specially bestowed by the emperor.

The angel Fengchen rushed over, and Wu Huaiyu led a group of officials to meet the imperial edict.

When the angel announced the decree, everyone was very happy, but Wu Huaiyu was a little surprised. He thought he was just a tool for this time to put down the chaos.

It wasn't too difficult, and Li Yi was dealt with in just one day.

Who knew that in the end, he could actually get the founding Duke of Shouyang County with a hundred households sealed off.

Zhao Cihao and Yang Ji were also promoted to be county princes, but they were only false titles, a bit worse than Huaiyu, but Zhao was promoted to governor of Bazhou, Yang was also promoted to Sima of Binzhou, and the three even divided up Luo Yi's servants, Wu Huaiyu got half of it , Zhao and Yang split in half.

It's a pity that it's just the servants of the Luo family, and only Luo Yi's family, his brothers and others are not counted, and the property such as fields and houses are not rewarded to them.

But even if Huaiyu only got half of Luo Yi's servants, it would still be a huge fortune.

Before Luo Yi's rebellion, he was Kaifuyi Tong Sansi, King Yan, and the general of the Twelve Guards. Before that, he was also the General Tianjie of the Twelfth Army. He was an extremely human minister.

There were thousands of servants in his family, and hundreds of concubines. Tong Shisheren told Huaiyu that he could get at least five or six hundred servants, maidservants and prostitutes.

"Congratulations to Lord Wu, you have been promoted to the founder of Shouyang County, and congratulations to the founding of the mansion,"

Shifeng Kaiguo County Gong Jiazhu Guoxun also took the fourth-rank position, Wu Huaiyu has been able to enjoy the special treatment of the Tang Dynasty, opened the mansion, and set up officials and subordinates!

(End of this chapter)