A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 347 Savage Purple

Chang'an, East Palace.

The envoys of the court came to Beijing one after another, and the emperor became even busier. He had to find time every day to summon several governors and governors.

Since last year, the regional reform has been carried out, dividing into ten regions and merging prefectures and counties. However, there are still dozens of capitals and hundreds of prefectures in the world.

The governors and governors who entered the Beijing Chaoji also had to line up early, waiting for the arrangement of Dianzhong Province.

Wu Huaiyu, governor of Xiazhou, was an exception.

As soon as he arrived outside Chang'an City, the emperor's envoy had already greeted him in front of the city gate and declared him to enter the palace immediately.

There was no time to go home to take a shower and change clothes, so I brought it directly into the palace.

"Huaiyu, someone accused you of treason, how do you explain it?"

In the Lizheng Hall, Li Shimin was wearing a winged crown and a bright yellow dragon robe, pacing around the hall with his hands behind his back, slowly speaking words that would scare ordinary courtiers to pee.

Wu Huaiyu didn't panic after hearing this.

He just bowed his body and said slowly, "I'm only 19 years old this year."

"Um,"

"The minister only came down from the mountain in June last year,"

"Ah."

"My father is just the commander-in-chief of the imperial army who just retired from the army,"

"Ah."

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The monarch and his subjects sat kneeling one by one, and stood with their hands behind their backs. Wu Huaiyu said one sentence after another, and Li Shimin nodded from time to time.

Facing the accusation of treason, Wu Huaiyu remained calm, and the emperor was not angry at all. Huaiyu described his situation in detail. In a word, he was an ordinary young man who was appreciated by the Holy Son of Heaven. In a short period of time, he has risen to the top of the sky and won the current title of fame and title.

Everything is given by the Son of Heaven.

How could Wu Huaiyu rebel?

Why did he rebel?

In a corner of the hall, living resident Lang Chu Suiliang and Gao Jifu recorded words and deeds of the emperor and Wu Huaiyu.

Wu Huaiyu's calmness amazed the two emperor's close ministers. Ordinary officials, faced with accusations of treason, would have no reason not to panic in front of the emperor.

But Wu Huaiyu didn't panic at all, and didn't even explain too much, only said that he was appreciated by the emperor now, and didn't even mention his achievements.

This poise and composure is admirable, and it really deserves to be a 19-year-old crown prince.

Datang No. 40 nine real meritorious officials, not in vain.

Li Shimin pulled Wu Huaiyu up, "Hahaha, I don't know this, come, play chess with me."

The emperor pulled Wu Huaiyu onto the imperial couch and asked him to fetch a chessboard to play chess.

"Call Yan Liben and ask him to draw a picture for Zhen and Huaiyu."

The palace people brought the chess pieces, and burned incense and made tea beside them.

Li Shimin asked Huaiyu to take the lead.

Huaiyu's Go level is not much better than his backgammon, but the emperor's Go level is very strong. Fortunately, before Huaiyu used to play chess with Run Niang. Run Niang used to be called Siqi in the Li family. Guo Huaiyu used some tricks, but they were a bit bluffing.

The emperor didn't mention the fact that someone had reported him for treason, and he didn't even mention the matter of the Xiazhou Dudu's Mansion.

Instead, he asked about his wives, concubines and children.

Soon, Yan Liben came by order and began to paint in a corner.

"Yan Liben is an old man in Prince Qin's residence. It was Kuzhen of Prince Qin's residence a long time ago. By the way, Qiu Yingqi, who you had a conflict with outside the city today, is Yan Liben's nephew."

Yan Liben and Yan Lide brothers are both famous for Danqing, but they are also real military nobles in Guanlong. Their grandfather Yan Qing is Yu Wenhu's cousin. During the two dynasties, they were highly respected.

Because of his participation in eliminating Yuwen Hu, his second son, Yan Bi, also married Princess Qingdu.

This princess is the mother of brothers Yan Lide and wife of Qiu Shili.

In his early years, Yan Liben and his nephew Qiu Yingqi started a family together in Kuzhen, Prince Qin's Mansion. Now Qiu Yingqi is the commander of Longquan Mansion, and Yan Liben has become an official in the Ministry of Officials.

Of course, the emperor would not bring this up without reason.

It was obvious that he wanted to start a conversation, so that he could talk about the Qiu family.

Sure enough, Li Shimin was holding a white chess piece in his hand, but he didn't let it go. Instead, he recalled Sa Luzi, one of his six horses.

Emperor Li Shimin had six steeds, all of which were war horses that accompanied him on expeditions.

They are Saluzi, Quanmaoqian, Qingzhao, Shivachi, Tellerpiu, and Baihoowu.

After he became emperor, he specially asked Yan Liben's brother to make a picture of six steeds, and he also used bluestone reliefs, saying that he would put it in front of his mausoleum in the future.

"Take my picture of the six steeds."

The emperor stopped playing chess, and the servant brought the picture of the six steeds.

The six scrolls were spread out.

Six horses are displayed.

I have to say that Brother Yan Liben's painting skills are really good, but these six horses are really good at painting.

If you look closely, besides the six horses, there is one person in the picture of six horses.

But this person is not Li Shimin.

In the Sa Lu purple painting, there is a warrior drawing an arrow for a horse. Wu Huaiyu looked familiar at this man, with a big beard and a sword in iron armor.

Isn't this old Qiu Qiu Xinggong.

"In the third year of Wude, I led an army to attack Wang Shichong. At that time, the city was besieged for a long time. By February of the fourth year of Wude, Wang Shichong had only one Luoyang city left. Hebei Dou Jiande personally led 10 people to the south to rescue.

After Wang Shichong knew about it, his courage increased greatly, and he sent [-] elite troops out of the city to fight our army at Mount Mang. "

Speaking of the glorious years of gold and iron horses in the past, Li Shimin's eyes are still bright.

Li Shimin is a very good emperor on horseback. Not only did he fight most of the country by himself, he even likes to take risks. Every time he fights, he likes to bring a small group of cavalry to the front line or the enemy's rear for reconnaissance, and there have been many dangerous situations because of this.

At that time, Li Shimin, in order to test the truth of Zheng Jun, rode Sa Luzi with dozens of elite cavalry guards, and charged straight into the enemy's formation. Everyone is invincible.

However, due to the blocking of the long embankment, Li Shimin and his cavalry dispersed, leaving only Qiu Xinggong by his side.

"At that time, a group of Zheng Army cavalry rushed over, and their bows and arrows shot Sa Luzi's chest. At the critical moment, Qiu Xinggong turned his horse's head and returned. He shot all the Zheng Army cavalry off the horse one by one. , the cavalry behind were afraid of his bravery and did not dare to step forward for a while.

Qiu Xinggong jumped off his horse, pulled out the arrow that was shot by Sa Luzi, and gave his horse to the horse. Then he held a long knife in one hand, and led Sa Luzi in the other, and rushed forward on foot, shouting loudly, beheading continuously Surrounded by more than a dozen Zheng troops, Huzhen finally broke through the siege and returned to the camp. "

"It's a pity that although Sa Luzi was taken back to the camp, she fell to the ground and died after returning to the camp. Qiu Xinggong was also shot by more than ten arrows and almost turned into a hedgehog. Fortunately, he was wearing two layers of armor, but he bled a lot. ..."

Li Shimin kept patting his legs when he talked about this past event.

One can imagine what a magnificent scene it was at that time. Li Shimin led a team of fine cavalry and charged straight at Zheng Jun, killing the world upside down, but in the end he was also killed and left alone.

Seeing that it was about to go, Qiu Xinggong single-handedly protected the lord and rescued him, not only gave up his own horse to the lord, but even took out the lord's injured horse.

He just fought on foot and killed a bloody path.

Wu Huaiyu imagined the scene at that time. Although this kind of scene was not once or twice for Li Shimin, even Li Shimin, who claimed to be the emperor, was probably very critical at that time. He was also very grateful for Qiu Xinggong's loyalty.

That scene is probably something I will never forget in my lifetime.

Such a single-handed rescue scene is Qiu Xinggong's best gold medal for avoiding death.

It's no wonder that Qiu Xinggong was impeached many times before, but in the end the emperor always restored his official rank. This is a real "old brother" who was killed in the rain of swords and guns, especially for Li Shimin who has just been emperor for a short time. Xing Gong, Yu Chi Gong, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, Changsun Wuji, Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling, Gao Shilian, Zhou Shaofan, Hou Junji, Zhang Liang are the real confidantes.

No matter how many problems there are, as long as it is not a rebellion, it is nothing.

After all, for Li Shimin, the most important thing at this stage is to stabilize the imperial power first.

"When I saw Sa Luzi, I thought of Qiu Xinggong. He is good at riding and shooting, and he is extremely brave. After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, he has been by my side. This guy has many problems. people·····"

Wu Huaiyu listened quietly.

If possible, he would be willing to step on the Qiu family's feet so hard that the Qiu family could not turn over, so that he would not be able to threaten himself.

But listening to it now, the emperor still misses his brother's old love very much.

Today, there is actually an intention to make peace with him for the Qiu family.

"Before, Qiu Xinggong acted in Lingzhou, and I knew very well that it was really too nonsense, and I also pushed him to the end. Now that he has been reflecting at home for half a year, he also regrets it very much."

"Tan Guogong also pleaded guilty several times. Old General Qiu has made great contributions to the country at his age. I can't bear to see it."

"Wuji also mentioned it to me before, saying that when you return to Beijing, I will invite you and the Qiu family to have a meal, and some misunderstandings will be resolved."

Li Shimin wants to be a peacemaker himself.

He said that Qiu Xinggong had a very beautiful daughter, who was the same mother and sister of Changsun Wuji's concubine, who was to be the master and bestowed on Huaiyu as concubine.

Although Qiu Xinggong is Qiu He's concubine, he is also Emperor Yuan Cong's confidant after all. Moreover, he has many sons and daughters. One daughter married the eldest grandson Wuji as a concubine. Now the emperor wants Qiu Xinggong's daughter to Huaiyu as a concubine, which is equivalent to the state of Na The uncle's sister-in-law became a concubine.

From this relationship alone, this marriage is also worth marrying.

What's more, this is the emperor personally bestowing the marriage.

Wu Huaiyu didn't immediately agree.

This result surprised everyone in the hall.

Li Shimin was a little surprised.

Chu Suiliang and Gao Jifu, who recorded the daily life, were surprised, even Yan Liben, who was painting and listening carefully, was also surprised.

Yan Liben was Qiu Shili's brother-in-law, and was a close relative of the Qiu family.

Gao Jifu and Gao Shilian are family brothers, and Gao Zhan, the servant of Huangmen in the Northern Wei Dynasty, is the common ancestor of the seventh generation.And Gao Shilian accepted Guo Qiuhe's daughter as his concubine, so the Gaoqiu family was also relatives.

"Don't you want to?" Li Shimin asked with a smile.

On the way Wu Huaiyu entered Chang'an, she was still thinking about how to fight back against the Qiu family, but she didn't expect to turn around and become a relative, even Qiu Xinggong became her own cheap father-in-law?
Thinking of that guy roasting his heart and liver in the street, he felt a little sick to his stomach.

But the emperor asked like this, and it was obvious that he didn't really ask for his opinion.

"For this matter, General Qiu and Mrs. Qiu must agree. It can't be forced. General Qiu has some opinions on me."

Li Shimin waved his hand, "What is that, I'll ask you if you agree or not."

"The sage rewards, but the minister dare not resign."

The words were quite clear, and it was only accepted by the emperor, but the answer made the emperor very satisfied.It's normal for courtiers to have some conflicts, and it doesn't even matter if they make some mistakes, as long as they can be loyal to the emperor, everything else is secondary.

The emperor was so troubled, he was more nostalgic, the Qiu family had made great contributions to the country, and Qiu Xinggong was even more loyal to him, and now he did not want the Qiu family to lose both in the fight with Wu Huaiyu.

The emperor is very nostalgic and sympathetic to heroes. If it were Liu Bang, he might have taken the opportunity to kick the Qiu family out.

Wu Huaiyu also felt this kind of affection from the emperor. An emperor who is only in his thirties can still be so affectionate. Such an emperor can't be that bad.

(End of this chapter)