A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 369 The Azure Dragon, the White Tiger and the Celestial Fairy

After seeing off grandson Wuji, Huaiyu came to the backyard, Fan Xuanfu was wearing a light yellow dress and a sable fur over it, playing with his son on the porch.

Yuan Bao, who was only a few months old, was hugged by the nanny and giggled amused by her.

Seeing Huaiyu come back, he smiled and said, "Uncle Guo left?"

"Ah."

"Ah Lang didn't sleep well last night. He looks haggard. The dark circles under his eyes are heavy, like an iron-eating beast." She laughed at her husband.

Huaiyu didn't come back last night, and he sent someone back to report.

"In the morning, Mrs. Pei from Xu Xueshi's family brought her children to Xuanyang Fangfu to pay their respects, and asked her two sons, Xu Ang and Xu Jing, to worship me as a teacher."

"Ms. Pei from Xu Xueshi's family is quite nice." Fan Xuanfu said, "Erlang is now well-known in Chang'an, and there are quite a few people who want to be apprentices. Did you agree so easily?"

"I have a good relationship with Xueshi Xu," Huaiyu said.

"More than that," Pei Xuanfu teased his son while teasing, "I heard that Mrs. Pei also gave Alang a beautiful maid, is it called Xingnu or Yunu?"

"Pei Xingnu, Pei Yunu is the pipa girl rewarded by His Majesty yesterday."

"Ah Lang has a good memory. The names of these two beauties are so similar, so I didn't remember them wrong."

"Is the lady jealous?"

The story of Lu's jealousy is well known throughout Chang'an, and Fan Xuanfu gave him a bad mouthful.

But he didn't look annoyed, "Why didn't you bring the family here, and settled in Xuanyang Fang?"

"Isn't this thinking that we will move there after the next year?"

"It's more convenient,"

Huaiyu smiled and took the son from the nurse. The little guy was not afraid of him and smiled at him.

He bowed his head and kissed his son's cheek, but the beard pierced him, and the boy immediately burst into tears, but his voice was loud.

Pei Xuanfu quickly took his son and patted him lightly, the boy stopped crying.

"What is Uncle Changsun Guo looking for? Why did you send so many gifts?"

Changsun Wuji didn't come empty-handed, but brought several carts of gifts, some of these gifts were the finishing touches for Huaiyu's portrait, and of course some were gifts for him to capture Master Duan and retrieve the Seven Treasure belt. Others are grateful to Wu Huaiyu for helping the prince's nephew today.

Courtesy is enough.

"Actually, it's nothing, it's just reciprocity," he stated lightly, a bit of an understatement. Fan Xuanfu was not very interested in these, so he hummed and didn't ask further.

"By the way, the Chang'an Polo League has been playing very lively recently. Our martial arts polo team has already entered the quarterfinals. Next, we will play against Yuchi's family. There will be seven matches to compete for the semifinals. The first match will start in a few days. Our home stadium, you have to find some time to watch."

"Maybe I don't have time, I'm very busy at the end of the year."

"Our team also put a lot of thought into it. It finally became the top eight and entered the playoffs."

There are so many Xungui families in Chang'an, and there are many strong teams. The Wu family can actually make it into the top eight this year.

The pressure is still great.

"Okay, I'll take a look at it when the time comes."

The polo league was created by him. Let the teams form such a league, a series of games, and even introduce the polo game market. To be honest, it is quite lively. He also did it before Lingzhou. But when the game started, it was assassinated, and it was poured with cold water. It was affected in the middle, and then it continued, but it was not as smooth as Chang'an's side.

"Why is the Yuchi family so strong?"

Huaiyu was a little bit dissatisfied that he was actually number one in Yuchi Laohei's team.

"Yuchi's family is rich. The players in his family are all poaching corners with a lot of money, and the rewards for winning money are huge, so the most aggressive style of play is to dare to fight and rob."

"Which eight teams are the top eight?"

"The first is the family of Yu Chigong, the second is the family of the eldest grandson Guojiu, the third is the family of the eldest grandson Shunde, the fourth is the family of Duke Dou of Shenwu County, the fifth is the family of Chai Consort Ma, the sixth is the family of Duke Dou Gui of the State of Feng, and the seventh is The adoptive father's family, the eighth is our Wu family."

Huaiyu was quite surprised by the top eight teams.

"Yongkang's mansion and Lu Guogong's mansion are not named?"

The emperor's confidants and generals, even Duan Lun and Yang Shidao's family.

Especially the old Cheng family should be quite powerful.

"Never made it to the quarterfinals,"

This year is the first season of the league, and many Wang Gongxun and Qi's family are not very familiar with the rules, coupled with Yu Chigong's frenzied poaching of corners, resulting in several originally good teams stopping in the quarterfinals.

But this is a polo match after all, and it's not a competition between the heads of the various families. It is normal for Yuchi Gong's team to eliminate Cheng Yaojin's team and crush Qin Qiong's team.

"Then has our family played against Yuchi's team?"

The eighth vs. the first, this seems to be a big gap.

Fan Xuanfu smiled and said that there is no need to worry. Fan Xing's family, Cheng Yaojin's family, Li Jing's family, Niu Jinda's family, even Duan Lun, Yang Shidao, Samurai Xun and many other powerful and powerful teams have already lost, so Fan Xuanfu has visited various families recently. Ma'am, temporarily loan their outstanding players to various teams to play in the playoffs.

"Every family has agreed to me. This time our martial arts team has a very luxurious team in the playoffs. The best players from each family have come here. There are several excellent substitutes for each position. Let's fight back in the same way. As a human being, I am sure to defeat Yuchi's family."

"Ma'am, you are proficient in using Sun Tzu's Art of War." Huaiyu praised with a smile.

Fan Xuanfu was a little proud, "That is, let him, Yu Chigong, poach the corner, and not allow our family to rent it?"

Wu Huaiyu feels that there are still some loopholes in this competition system. Players should be registered in the league first. Every year, player transfers and loans are only allowed to be completed before the start of the season. There should even be some restrictions. It's too outrageous.

Just like the Wu family entered the quarter-finals, but came last, but now they are borrowing players from a group of relatives and friends who were originally strong but not in the quarter-finals to play in the playoffs. The No.1 Yuchi Gong family may So roll over.

This is to become a dark horse.

Black eighth, referred to as black eight.

Seeing Fan Xuanfu being very excited about the polo league, it is estimated that she has put a lot of thought into it, Huaiyu thinks it is a good thing, one has to do something, at least it will not cause postpartum depression.

Fan Xuanfu, who has learned the art of war, is good at riding and shooting and saber-cutting saber, is also very good at polo, a woman who does not give in to a man, and now he is playing polo games among martial arts, he is indeed a very good instructor.

Both the eldest grandson and the Dou family have entered the quarterfinals, showing their strength.

"Is that Pei Yunu really good at playing the pipa?" She suddenly mentioned that again.

"Well, it's really skilled."

"Then why don't we let her bring our family music class to play to cheer for our team?"

Huaiyu didn't expect her to be quite avant-garde, and she knew how to form a band.

"Then I'll call the dancers. I'll just ask the orchids from Gaia Husi and Feresta Restaurant in Xishi to come and let them dance and perform during the middle of the game."

Huaiyu simply set up a cheerleading squad.

"That's a good idea."

Fan Xuanfu felt that this would greatly demonstrate the strength of the new aristocrat Yiguo's mansion.

Men earn fame and fame outside, while women not only manage the house at home, but also help to make connections and so on.

It is not that simple to be the wife of a real duke.

Fan Xuanfu was born as the daughter of the duke of the state. When she married Wu Huaiyu, he was only a county magistrate, but now that Huaiyu has been promoted to the duke of the state, she is not timid at all among the circle of wives and relatives. Blade has fish, she is outside, not only representing the Wu family of the Duke of Yi, but sometimes also representing the Fan family of the Duke of Ying.

Who made Fan Xing never remarry? The concubines in the family are not wives after all, so they cannot represent the Fan family outside.

Fan Xuanfu is very energetic in his work, and his interpersonal relationship is not bad. Although there were rumors of life and toughness in the past, but now he is so prosperous, so there has long been another rumor in the market, saying that she and Wu Huaiyu are white tigers and green dragons. Wu Huaiyu, on the contrary, will be very prosperous.

After the family had dinner in the evening, Fan Xuanfu ignored the expectant eyes of the other concubines, and very domineeringly invited Huaiyu to go to her place at night.

Wu Huaiyu smiled wryly.

After fighting hard for two nights in a row, he felt a little powerless tonight.

Today's Fan Xuanfu is a bit fatter than before, and his fighting power is also stronger. He even likes to take the initiative to attack aggressively. If he goes tonight, he will probably have to fight hard again.

"I have to find time in the evening to repaint the portrait of Uncle Guo," Huaiyu said, looking for a reason to avoid the battle.

Fan Xuanfu was a little disappointed.

She looked at the other concubines, "Everyone heard, A-Lang has business tonight, don't bother him,

Ah Lang, you should go to bed earlier, don't make it too late. "

With the warning of the big lady, no one dares to think carefully.

Huaiyu also had a quiet night.

When I woke up, I was really energetic.

If you really look like a bone-scraping knife, you have to be restrained even if you are young. No wonder the Chinese have been in China for thousands of years. Most of the emperors lived short lives and had to worry about state affairs. In the end, they had to deal with the six concubines. Deep in it, it is estimated that it is difficult to restrain that's it.

It seems that I have to learn to refuse in the future.

We can no longer keep adding people, and even if others send them, we can't accept them casually.

That's not the fairy cave, that's the coffin seam.

In late November, it was already very cold.

When I went out in the morning, the wind was blowing, and it felt like it was going to snow anytime.

In the leaky room in front of the palace gate, Huaiyu is eligible to come in and drink tea with the prime ministers, wait for the palace gate to open, and enter the palace early court when the palace gate opens,
After a simple court meeting, the former emperor decreed that Wu Huaiyu be granted the post of Supervisor of Da'an Palace.

This Da'an Palace is actually the Hongyi Palace of the Prince of Qin's residence where Li Shimin used to live. Now the Taishang Emperor has repeatedly asked to move to Hongyi Palace, saying that there are beautiful gardens, quieter, and not as hot and humid as Taiji Palace.

The emperor is filial, so he has no choice but to obey the emperor's wishes.

Now the palace renovation plan is started, Hongyi Palace will be renamed Daan Palace, and Wu Huaiyu will also serve as the supervisor, responsible for the repair and expansion work.

It happened to use the Kanto disaster victims in Gyeonggi to repair and expand with work relief.

The emperor's request was to complete the renovation and expansion within one year, so that the Supreme Emperor could spend the three years of Zhengdan in Zhenguan in Da'an Palace.

This is not a big deal.

Anyway, Wu Huaiyu is only a part-time job, and the general supervisor and the Ministry of Industry are really responsible for the repair and expansion, with the assistance of Taifu Temple and Shaofu Supervisor.

Now Huaiyu has quite a lot of part-time jobs. Yongzhou Zhizhong is also the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and the owner of the Chongxian Hall, the Prince Xima and the Prince's Right Guard, and now he is also the Supervisor of Da'an Palace.

There is also a secret Xun Xiansi doctor.

He holds several positions and is deeply favored.

Wu Huaiyu asked to use half of Wang Junkuo's house in Xuanyangfang, which was rewarded to him, to use it for the construction of Louguan Road and Longmen Temple, and the emperor officially approved it.

The emperor even allocated a sum of money to repair the Longmen Temple.

At that time, Qihui will send some Taoist priests from the Guantai Tower of Zhongnan Mountain to practice in Longmen Temple.

This will become the Royal Dojo.

At the end of the court meeting, Huaiyu went to find Zhang Liang.

Zhang Liang is now the Minister of Guanglu Temple. Guanglu Temple is one of the nine temples of the Tang Dynasty, but it is far inferior to the status of Dali Temple.

As for Guanglu Temple, in fact, it has almost become a royal internal affairs organization. Its responsibilities are in charge of sacrifices, court meetings, and banquets. To put it bluntly, it is the royal chef. , Neijiufang, Taiguan material warehouse, cattle and sheep department and other institutions are equivalent to the royal logistics organization, which is also in charge of royal sacrifices and catering for court meetings.

Taichang Temple is in charge of rites and music, while Guanglu Temple is in charge of diet.

But Guangluqing is the third rank, Xiao Jiuqing.

The Taipu Temple in charge of horses, the Weiwei Temple in charge of weapons, the Zongzheng Temple in charge of the clan, the Sinong Temple in charge of agriculture, and the Honglu Temple in charge of diplomacy are actually not important departments.

However, Zhang Liang seems to be very satisfied with this Qing Guanglu, because this solves his official rank of the third rank of Dr. Jinzi Guanglu.

When Wu Huaiyu found him, he was holding a pile of bills for purchasing pigs and sheep. This guy was born very good at logistics, and he is quite handy in his current job.

"Master Duan?"

Hearing that Wu Huaiyu wanted to take the thief Master Duan, Zhang Liang was stunned for a moment, "Master Duan has a very good relationship with Brother Chai, you know that?"

"I know, but now he has provoked someone who shouldn't be provoked, so he must take it."

"Could it be that he provoked you, Lord Yi?"

"He offended Uncle Guo."

"Mr. Zhao?"

"Are there still several uncles from the country?"

Zhang Liang took a breath, Changsun Wuji is very domineering, if you dare to provoke him, isn't that courting death?
(End of this chapter)