A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 358

Shangzhu State, Internal Attendant Supervisor, and Wenshui County Gong Zhang Anan personally took Wu Huaiyu to receive Wang Junkuo's family property.

Baiqi has already sealed up Wang Junkuo's mansion, money, population, etc., and recorded it. Wang Junkuo's mansion is in Xuanyangfang.

Xuanyangfang is to the west of Dongshi and south of Pingkangfang.

Peng Guogong's mansion is located in the northeast corner of Xuanyang Square. The big and small cross streets in the square divide the whole square into sixteen blocks.

The flying building in the mansion is condescending and you can see the east city across the street.

"Your brother-in-law Ma Zhou also lives in Xuanyang Fang?" Zhang Anan asked with a smile.

"Well, His Majesty paid more than two million yuan to buy a house as a gift."

"Ma Zhou's house is far worse than Wang Junkuo's."

Xuanyangfang has 650 steps from east to west and 350 steps from north to south, covering an area of ​​about 250 mu. Wang Junkuo's house covers an area of ​​about [-] mu.

Actually it is 230 seven acres.

The size of this house is a bit too much. One must know that Wu Huaiyu's first small house opposite Fan Xuanfu in Huaiyuan Fang was only a few acres. Later, the emperor gave Li Yuan to him in the other courtyard of Yongxing Fang. Eighteen acres.

Now Wang Junkuo's house actually has 230 mu, accounting for a quarter of a square.

You must know that Xuanyangfang was the top-level district in the east of the city in the Sui Dynasty and the early Tang Dynasty, and the most princes lived in Pingkangfang.

In Xuanyangfang, there is the mansion of Li Yuan's father-in-law, Dou Yi, as well as the mansions of two princesses, three princes of the state, several clan and county princes, and two ministers.

But even Dou Yi's mansion only occupies one-eighth of Xuanyangfang.

For the other princes, the ten or twenty mu of the family is considered very large.

Most ordinary people's homes do not have an acre.

"Why is Wang Junkuo's house so big?" Huaiyu was surprised. He remembered that Qin Qiong's mansion in Yongxing Fang seemed to only occupy one-eighth of the square. Why did Wang Junkuo occupy a quarter?

"In the beginning, when His Majesty rewarded Wang Junkuo, it was actually less than one-eighth, but these years, Wang Junkuo bought and sold and merged the land of his neighbors, and finally got this mansion. He spent a lot of money to buy land, The construction has not yet been completed, and there are many places beyond the control in the mansion, such as the flying building."

Many princes and nobles in Chang'an violated the regulations in many places, mainly because the management was not too strict at the beginning of the founding of the country.

Riding a horse all the way into Xuanyangfang, to the northeast corner, you can feel the luxury and magnificence of this house from a distance.

Generally, the mansions of officials of the third rank and above can open their doors facing the street. Because Wang Junkuo's house occupies a large enough area, his house opened doors on the north wall of the square facing Yongkang Square, and on the east wall of the square facing Dongshi.Facing the two sides of Shizi Street in the square, the door was also opened.

There are also many small doors and side doors, extending in all directions.

The mansion has a large population and numerous servants.

There are also many young and beautiful concubines, kabuki and dancers. Now, from Wang Junkuo's wives and daughters to concubines, to Buqu guest girls and slaves, they are all reduced to slaves, and they are all rewarded to Wang Junkuo along with Wang Junkuo's property. Wu Huaiyu.

Many Baiqi still surround the mansion.

Zhang Anan and Huaiyu appeared, the officers immediately stepped forward to salute, Zhang Anan proclaimed the sacred order, and the officers in charge here immediately brought the account books and handed them over.

Everyone in the mansion was driven into the courtyard.

The lady of the Gaoming Kingdom who was still aloof yesterday has become a lowly slave today, and those beauties who were originally covered in jewels and emeralds are also unkempt now. Without those silk and jewelry decorations, they also look very ordinary.

There are many people in Wang Junkuo's mansion, the house is big, and there is a lot of money. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, this guy separated one side, crossed the two wings of the Taihang, looted and accumulated a lot of property, and later brought a lot of people to the Tang Dynasty, and was also very popular.

Afterwards, he did a lot of meritorious deeds. When he was beating Wang Shichong, he took Thirteen Cavalry and accidentally encountered the enemy Wanqi. Instead of running away, this guy charged the opposite side. The frightened General Zheng thought that thousands of troops were ambushing behind him, so he turned around and ran away. , I was stunned by Wang Junkuo's 13 murders.

Later, he also made a lot of contributions in beheading Dou Jiande and Liu Heikai. When he guarded Youzhou and fought against the Turks, he also beheaded a thousand ranks and captured more than [-] horses.

Li Yuan rewarded Wang Junkuo many times, and even gave him a royal horse, allowing him to ride out of the Golden Palace.

And last June, after he murdered his in-law Li Yuan, the governor of Youzhou, King of Lujiang, Li Shimin rewarded him to appease him, and directly rewarded him with Li Yuan's wealth and population.

This guy is full of military exploits and upstarts. Although he comes from a scoundrel background, his family wealth can be ranked first in Chang'an.

Now Wang Junkuo and Li Yuan's property that he swallowed before have all fallen into Huaiyu's hands. [-] horses and [-] mu of land are compared, but in real terms, they are about the same.

According to the meager salaries of officials in the Tang Dynasty, even the salaries of the third-rank officials would not be so much in hundreds of years.

Sure enough, rewards are the fastest to come.

Zhang Anan flipped through the account book and said to Huaiyu with a smile, "Those who dealt with the business probably ate up to [-]% of it, I can make them spit it out."

Huaiyu smiled.

Zhang Anan said that they could spit it out instead of letting them spit it out directly. There is a lot of knowledge in it, and such things as confiscating property have always been very tricky. point.

This is also a hidden rule.

It is said that some officials have their homes ransacked, and they have to prepare in advance to bribe the person who comes to ransack their homes first, so that they can feel better, otherwise, even if they are ransacked, they will not be at peace.

"Forget it," Huaiyu didn't care, all he ate was floating money, such as gold, silver and jewelry. Wang Junkuo's mansion, other courtyards, villas, manors, farms, shops, and land were basically still there. .

There will not be much loss in population and livestock.

After all, those are rare, unlike money, silk, gold, silver and jewelry, which are easy to hold and easy to hide.

He took the account book handed over by Zhang Anan, and didn't accept it right away, but briefly looked through it, and then decided to give the remaining [-]% of the account book, and give half to the emperor as filial piety.

He took out a lot of villas, manors, and field servants.

"Since Your Majesty has given you a reward, you can keep it." Zhang Ah wondered.

"Too many." Huaiyu said.

"This year there was a severe drought in Shandong, and many people in the Kanto region were very difficult. Many people in Shandong had even fled to Guanzhong to beg for food. I heard that many people sold their children and sold their daughters, which is really pitiful.
His Majesty ordered the court to spend money to redeem their children, and even used internal funds to relieve the victims, which was also expensive. "

"Are you really willing?"

When Zhang Anan saw that Huaiyu was going to sacrifice, he estimated half of it.

In this way, one-third of Wang Junkuo's huge property was divided up and swallowed up by those who did not handle it, and the remaining two-thirds were divided into tribute to the emperor. He actually only kept one-third.

"It was originally a reward from His Majesty, so there is no need to part with it. I am content with getting such a large sum of money for nothing."

Even if only one third is left, in addition to the 200-odd acres of luxurious mansions, there are two houses in Chang'an. There are tens of thousands of acres of fertile land in Gyeonggi, not including Changping in Hedong, Hanoi, and Hebei and You in Henan. As for the farms in Zhouzhou and other places, even if only one-third of them are reserved, these add up to hundreds of hectares.

The number of slaves, servants, and concubines is also astonishing.

Wu Huaiyu's generosity made Zhang Anan a little surprised. Although it was a reward, but to be able to give up two-thirds of it so generously, especially such a large amount of money, ordinary people might not be able to do it.

You must know that even those who are actually named heroes, there are many people who have committed crimes such as corruption and have been reprimanded by the emperor, such as Changsun Shunde, Liu Hongji, Liu Zhenghui, Liu Shili, and even Zhang Shigui and Yu Chigong. The emperor reprimanded him several times.

The eldest Sun Shunde found out that the palace slaves were colluding to steal the treasures in the palace. He was supposed to be beheaded according to the law, but he accepted the silk gold and silver from these people, so he suppressed the matter, and let them go after taking the benefits, but was stabbed by Zhang Liang to the emperor,
Li Shimin directly announced this matter in the hall, but instead of punishing him directly, he was directly given dozens of pieces of silk in public in the hall, which was exactly the amount he accepted as a bribe.

The emperor deliberately gave a heavy road silk, and asked him to carry it back by himself.
The businessman used animals to carry the road silk, which was obviously mocking and humiliating, calling him animals.

Of course, the grandson Shunde, as the uncle of the queen and the prime minister, did not learn his lesson, accepted bribes and occupied the land as before, and then this time Li Xiaochang’s rebellion case, Liu Zhenghui, Liu Shili, who was originally implicated by Luo Yi, restored their official titles and appointed them as governors, etc.

However, the eldest grandson Shunde was deprived of his official position and the title of Shiyi, which made Wu Huaiyu move up another place on the list of confirmed seals.

In the Wude and Zhenguan dynasties, for the heroes and high-ranking officials, the punishment for corruption was not severe. What the emperor really cared about was their standing in line. Corruption and bribery were not very concerned. At most, it's just a suspension for a while.

Heroes also love money.

Even if a minister like Yu Chigong who made the most of his contribution by virtue of the palace change, received countless rewards afterwards and became a new rich man in Chang'an, he would still be greedy.

As for accepting the surrender of merchants, and recruiting common people out of their nationality as tenants, let alone.

This is the case in this era.

"Since you've made up your mind, then it's up to you." Zhang Anan smiled, "But there is someone, I want to take away."

"Who?"

"A Pipa girl."

The pipa girl named by Zhang Anan was originally the wife of a businessman. Like many businessmen, this businessman also looked for a backer, found Lujiang King Li Yuan, offered to surrender, and donated half of the dry shares of the property under his name to Li Yuan. in order to be blessed.

This is a common practice of many businessmen. As long as they can invest in a big backer, even if they donate most of their property, it is worthwhile. The business can be done bigger and more profitable.

The businessman did gain a lot by joining Li Yuan, but later Li Yuan found out that the businessman's wife was very beautiful and could play the pipa very well, so he asked for it, but the businessman refused. Give money to dry stocks, but how can you give it to your wife.

Although Li Yuan was incapable of fighting or anything, he was ruthless when dealing with a small businessman. He directly found an excuse to execute the businessman, and then forcibly took his wife as a concubine.

After Li Yuan was punished for treason, the emperor rewarded Wang Junkuo with all of Li Yuan's family, and the pipa beauty became Wang Junkuo's favorite concubine again.

Now, she was rewarded to Huaiyu again.

But the emperor asked Zhang Anan to bring the girl back to the palace by name.

"Your Majesty wants to call?"

"You don't want to?"

Huaiyu shook his head, he hadn't even seen anyone, how could he be reluctant, besides, she was just a pipa kabuki, he was just a little curious, how beautiful this woman is, how could so many people compete for it, even the emperor They all rushed to ask for it.

I sent someone to find this pipa girl, and I was really surprised when I saw it. Although I was a little embarrassed when I was dealing with a crime, it was still hard to hide her natural beauty.

Zhang Anan asked someone to give her a pipa and asked her to play a piece,
The big strings are noisy like torrential rain, and the small strings are like whispers
Cut the wrong bullets, and the big beads are falling into the jade plate.

Very beautiful melody.

Judging by her age, she is only around [-] years old. This pipa skill is already in the style of everyone. It is hard to imagine that this woman has experienced so much.

After listening to the song, Huaiyu was immersed in it.

"I took her away," Zhang Anan was very satisfied with the woman, Huaiyu got up to see her off, and even asked someone to find her the original clothes and jewelry of this woman named Pei Yunu, and asked him to serve her She bathed and dressed, and then sent to the palace in a carriage.

After people leave,

"Is Erlang reluctant?" Chen Sheng stood aside and asked with a smile.

"It doesn't belong to me, so there's nothing to be reluctant about."

"This woman plays the pipa really well, and she looks beautiful." The well-informed Chen Sheng couldn't help but marvel.

"So what, still ill-fated."

It is pitiful for a woman from a good family to be killed by Li Yuan and then reduced to a slave and now accepted into the palace by the emperor.

(End of this chapter)