A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 278

East Palace.

In the emperor's bedroom, Li Shimin and his uncle slept on the same bed and talked all night long.

The two seem to have returned to the past years of war, when they often slept in the same tent like this, discussing things late into the night.

"I removed Liu Zhenghui from the position of Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment and let Li Jing take over. Does he have any complaints?"

Liu Zhenghui was one of the 17 meritorious officials of Yuanmou in Taiyuan, a confidant of the Emperor Taiyuan. He was the Sima of Yingyang Mansion in Taiyuan in his early years. At that time, Liu Wenjing, the magistrate of Jinyang County, and Pei Ji, the governor of Jinyang Palace, planned to raise troops with Li Yuan, who was left behind in Taiyuan.

He was born in the Liu family of Henan, from the Xiongnu, and belonged to Jihu, which was Sinicized in the Northern Wei Dynasty.

It's just that he and Luo Yi are in-laws and have close contacts.

The confidants of the Supreme Emperor and Luo Yi's in-laws, these relationships are enough to make Liu Zhenghui stand aside. The emperor dismissed him as Minister of the Ministry of Punishment and transferred him to Guanglu Temple Minister, which can be regarded as leaving him with some affection.

"Liu Zhenghui complained a lot, felt it was unfair, and even said that Luo Yi could not rebel." Changsun Wuji did not show any favoritism to this Taiyuan Yuanmou hero who had the iron certificate to avoid death, and a single sentence made him fall into a place of eternal doom.

The emperor snorted coldly.

"Since this is the case, then Guang Luqing should not do it anymore. Remove the name book and withdraw the seal, and order Yousi to investigate his relationship with Luo Yi."

"As for Liu Shili, someone reported that his surname Ying Fuzhen wanted to rebel. I asked him face to face. He said that he was only a sixth-rank official in the Sui Dynasty. Later, he saw the wrong person and served Wang Shichong as a personal guard general. Luoyang was pacified. He should have been arrested. It was I who praised him for his talents and pardoned him, and made him the left guard.

In June of last year, he followed Jingde, Junji and other nine generals to make meritorious service, and now he is granted the title of Duke of Qianhu and pays homage to General Zuo Xiaowei.

I also believed him, but I also reminded him to keep his contacts with Luo Yi, but now someone has reported that Liu Shili still has close contacts with Luo Yi, how can I trust him? "

"Fortunately, I asked him to examine General Youwuhou earlier,"

Liu Shili was originally one of the nine generals of the Xuanwu Sect and an important confidant of the emperor in plotting the palace coup, but now he is still entangled with Luo Yi, ignoring the emperor's warning.

In this regard, Li Shimin was very disappointed. Liu Shili was the fourth-ranked meritorious official before, and he was granted a thousand households together with Hou Junji and Zhang Gongjin.

Liu Zhenghui was in contact with Luo Yi, and he still reluctantly talked about it, Liu Shili really shouldn't.

"Remove Liu Shili's name registration, seize the title and dismiss him from office, let him reflect on himself at home."

The emperor also asked Liu Zhenghui to take back the death-free coupon, which was regarded as death.

"An Ye also has a lot of secret contacts with Luo Yi, do you know?" the emperor asked.

Changsun Wuji felt cold when he heard that, Changsun Anye was his third elder brother, of course the two had the same father and different mother, so the relationship was not good.When his father Changsun Sheng passed away, his brother and sister were still young, but the eldest grandson Anye drove their mother and son three out of the house.

Fortunately, uncle Gao Shilian took in their third mother at that time.

Although Gao Shilian was the son of King Anle in the Northern Qi Dynasty, his official career was not smooth during the Sui Dynasty. He was also convicted of being involved in political struggles and exiled to Jiaozhou. Help from time to time.

That period of difficult life also made Changsun Wuji and brother and sister mature early.

Now there are two brothers and sisters, one is the empress' mother country, the other is the minister's right servant who shoots and worships the prime minister. They are extremely wealthy, and the eldest grandson Anye is no more than the general of the right prison gate.

In fact, the relationship between the brothers has always been bad, but the empress Changsun came forward and often persuaded Wuji to be generous, so that the superficial harmony was barely maintained.

The eldest grandson Anye is a person who is not very stable, and he is also addicted to alcohol, but the five Wuji brothers, the elder eldest grandson Xingbu was the Han king Kuzhen in the Sui Dynasty. After the Han king rebelled, he refused the Han king to enter the city of Bingzhou. , Let his younger brother, the eldest grandson Heng'an, be the general of Yingyang Lang, but the second son who was appointed by this generation of brothers has no ability, and he was not in chaos in the Sui Dynasty.

The third son, An Ye, whose name is Wuxian, is An Ye, a well-known alcoholic rascal. As soon as his father died, he kicked out his father's continuation wife and her children. At that time, the younger siblings were driven away, and when the younger sister married Li Shimin, the Li family built the Tang Dynasty, and the eldest grandson Anye asked his younger sister for an official title every day.

Empress Changsun is relatively virtuous, but it is difficult to refuse this brother's rogue request, and she often asks Li Shimin to intercede for An Ye. With this relationship, he has become the general of the right prison gate all the way.

But the eldest grandson Anye didn't restrain himself, instead, relying on his status as the uncle of the country, he was unscrupulous.

That is, he dares to accept anyone's money, and dares to answer anyone's request.

Knowing that her brother-in-law is not on good terms with Luo Yi, she still keeps in touch with Luo Yi.

The eldest grandson Wuji hated this elder brother very much, but he has five brothers, and now except for one young brother Wuyi, this is the only remaining three elder brothers.

Li Shimin is also very aware of the scoundrel of the eldest grandson An Ye, and sighed, "You go back and have a long talk with An Ye. This time, I will not pursue him for the sake of your brothers and sisters. I hope he can take care of himself."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness,"

In fact, Changsun Wuji would also like to see the crime of the emperor's public security industry. It is best to exile this scoundrel to the frontier, but Changsun Anye is the elder brother of him and the queen, and he also represents the eldest grandson's family outside. It will inevitably affect their brothers and sisters.

It's best for this kind of rascal to die drunk one day, that's the best.

"Wu Huaiyu was assassinated in Lingzhou City. Dozens of Shanhu and Turkic assassins ambushed and assassinated in the street. There was even one assassin who was just given to Wu Huaiyu by Li Daozong. What do you think of this?"

Changsun Wuji has had a grudge with Li Daozong for a long time.

At that time, the two were under the command of the King of Qin, and later they were ordered to lead the army to attack together, but due to disagreements, the quarrel was very unpleasant. Li Daozong insisted on leading the army to attack regardless of his eldest grandson's objection, but his eldest grandson Wuji did not move, just did not attack, and Li Daozong was defeated. , almost died, and the grievances were forged.

Although the emperor also helped to resolve it, Li Daozong, who has always been good-tempered, refused to forgive Changsun Wuji.

But Changsun Wuji refused to admit his mistake. He felt that Li Daozong was reckless and attacked rashly. If he followed suit, the whole army would be gone. So even if Li Daozong died in battle, he would not regret it. He had to be responsible to King Qin.Li Daozong's defeat was his own responsibility, and he still had to participate in his book.

When Changsun Wuji saw the emperor asking about this matter, he hesitated for a while, and then said bluntly, "I think it is unlikely that the king of Rencheng would assassinate Wu Huaiyu.
These assassins were more likely sent by Liang Shidu or the Turks.

However, as the governor of Lingzhou, Ren Chengwang, who has been guarding Shuofang for five years, actually allowed the enemy to openly attack the new governor of Yanzhou in Lingzhou City. Moreover, there was an assassin who was just sent out by him as a servant girl. He was also seriously dereliction of duty. . "

Changsun Wuji also took the opportunity to read Li Daozong's book. For example, he occupied hundreds of hectares in Lingzhou, and he secretly smuggled Huiyi and so on.

"There are many problems in Shuofang. Many officials and generals are only focused on occupying land, smuggling, and even leading the imperial army to catch and trade slaves.

The consequences of going on like this are unimaginable. The attack on Wu Huaiyu this time also sounded the alarm to the court, and it can no longer be allowed to go on like this.

To change the current situation in Shuofang, it is best to change the governor first. "

Li Shimin lay on the couch, thinking carefully.

Last winter, Li Daozong had already been transferred to serve as Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, but in order to defeat Liang, Li Shimin finally chose to let Li Daozong of Jiuzhen Lingzhou go back to the governor, but now he can't help but waver a little.

"How about letting Duan Decao replace the governor of Lingzhou? Duan Decao was in Yanzhou for a long time before, and he has always fought against Liang Shidu, and he has a very good record."

"Your Majesty, no. Although Duan Decao is very good at fighting, the situation in Yanzhou Dudufu's Mansion is not much better than that of Lingzhou. Duan Decao's going to Lingzhou is just a change of soup. It is best to transfer people from outside Shuofang. .”

The better candidate is Li Jing, but Li Jing has just been transferred to the imperial court as Minister of the Ministry of Punishments and Prince Zuowei, not to mention that the emperor does not intend to let Li Jing leave the town.

"How about Hou Junji taking over as governor of Lingzhou?" the emperor asked again.

"Your Majesty, Hou Junji has always followed His Majesty. Although he was very brave in the charge, he has never had the experience of standing alone. He has never even been an assassin, let alone be the governor of Lingzhou in the current war."

Li Shimin couldn't help sighing that Hou Junji's loyalty is enough, but unfortunately his qualifications and experience are insufficient, and he can't afford this heavy burden, "If Shubao is in good health, I will be most at ease when he becomes the governor of Lingzhou. It's a pity .”

The emperor said again, "Originally, you are also good enough for this position."

"I am willing to go to Shuofang Governor to relieve His Majesty's worries."

"You are the right servant of Shangshu now, so there is no reason to be a governor again. Wouldn't that be relegation?"

Although the Lingzhou Governor's Mansion is only the Central Governor's Mansion, like the Liangzhou Dudu's Mansion, it is the most important military town in the northwest, especially at the moment.

You have to pick someone with enough ability and qualifications.

Li Shimin searched around in his confidantes, but there was no suitable one. Qin Qiong was ill, Yu Chigong went to Xiangzhou to be the governor, Cheng Yaojin was the governor of Luzhou, Zhang Gongjin was the governor of Daizhou, Qu Tutong was the governor of Luozhou .

Liu Shili, the inspector, the right Wuhou general, has just been dismissed by himself.

Fan Xing was the governor of Yanzhou, Li Daliang was the governor of Jiaozhou, Guo Xiaoke was the governor of Zhaozhou, and Huang Junhan was the governor of Kuizhou.

Li Daozong was originally trusted by Li Shimin, but now he has to consider replacing him, but he can't find a suitable candidate.

Li Xiaogong's qualifications, prestige and ability are enough, but Li Shimin can't rest assured that he will let him go out.

Other generals such as Liu Hongji, Changsun Shunde, and Tang Jian, as well as brothers-in-law Chai Shao, Duan Lun, and Yang Shidao, are actually sufficient regardless of their qualifications or abilities.

But for these few, Li Shimin was not at ease. They were either the Supreme Emperor's confidantes or the Supreme Emperor's son-in-law. It was too late for Li Shimin to deprive them of power, so he was not willing to give them important positions easily.

"How about asking Wu Huaiyu to inspect the governor of Lingzhou?" The emperor himself immediately vetoed it, "He is still too young and not qualified enough.
You said that Fan Xing, the governor of Yanzhou, should be the governor of Lingzhou, Duan De, the governor of Xiazhou, should be the governor of Gyeongju, and Duan Lun, the governor of Gyeongju, should be the governor of Yanzhou. "

Changsun Wuji thought about it, and felt that such a transfer was too big. Originally, the governor of the eight major governors was appointed years ago. Now that he has just taken office, it is not appropriate to overthrow it and start over.

The emperor also sighed and felt that it was really inappropriate.

"How about Xue Wanche, the governor of Longzhou, succeeding the governor and governor of Lingzhou, assigning Yanzhou to the governor's mansion of Lingzhou, and Wu Huaiyu as the governor of the governor's mansion of Lingzhou and the governor of Yanzhou, how about?"

The head of Lingzhou Governor's Mansion Shi is only a fifth-rank official, while the governor of Yanzhou is a lower-rank official. However, the emperor's arrangement is very meaningful. A governor of Lingzhou, Shi, can manage the military affairs of several states in Lingyan.

The Xiazhou Governor's Mansion moved away from Yanzhou, and the three states of Xia Suiyin were still in charge, the Gyeongju Governor's Mansion was in charge of Qingjing and Ningzhou, the Huizhou Governor was in charge of the original two states, and the Yanzhou Governor was in charge of Yan, Dan, Yan, and Yanzhou. Square four states.

However, Youzhou is actually a name but not a real one, so the Lingzhou Governor’s Mansion actually only has two Lingyan prefectures, the governor Xue Wanche and the governor of Lingzhou, and the long history of Wu Huaiyu and the governor of Yanzhou.

It can be seen that the emperor does not fully trust Xue Wanche who is not directly related.

The emperor trusted Xue Wanche's ability.

"Call Ren Chengwang back to the court, and pay homage to Hongluqing."

"Order Yousi to investigate the Lingzhou assassination case strictly, and we must investigate to get to the bottom of it."

Changsun Wuji was lying on the other side of the couch with a smile on his lips.

(End of this chapter)