A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 373 Princess Lanling bestows on the Wu family

"Have you found the Seven Treasure Belt?"

"Where is Master Duan?"

In the Li main hall of the East Palace, Wu Huaiyu answered the emperor's questions while helping the emperor barbecue.He didn't stay long at Yongxing Fang Changsun's house before leaving, and went directly to the palace to face the saint.

The Emperor already knew about Changsun Wuji's Qibao belt being stolen by Mr. Duan and even being stabbed to the throat with a knife.Even Wu Huaiyu's joint raid on the ghost market last night with the Sanya was approved by the emperor in advance.

"Master Duan resisted arrest and stubbornly resisted, and was injured by the minister. After the operation was over, he was handed over to Duke Zhao for disposal. After interrogation, he died of excessive blood loss due to serious injuries."

Li Shimin scraped the red willow branches with a knife.

It is best to peel off the outer skin of fresh red willow branches, otherwise it will have a sour taste and affect the taste. The peeled red willow branches will flow out white pulp and sap. Putting mutton skewers on the charcoal fire will play a wonderful role. The meat is more delicious and even has a unique fragrance.

Even the charcoal of the barbecue is preferably red willow charcoal, which is a perfect match.

Fresh mutton does not need to be marinated. The fresh meat is skewered and grilled. You only need to put a little fat sheep tail oil in the middle of the meat, and it can be grilled on the outside and tender on the inside. Sprinkle with green salt, cumin, etc. The seasoning is delicious.

The emperor peeled off the red willow branches, while Prince Chengqian, Prince Chengqian, King Li Ke of Shu, King Li Tai of Wei, King Li You of Yan, and his younger brothers Yuan Jing, King of Jing, and Yuan Chang, King of Han, a group of eight, nine and ten-year-old princes, wore strings there.

Empress Changsun, Concubine Yang and other concubines chatted with the princess and the young princes.

Guangluqing Zhang Liang sent all kinds of fresh ingredients by order, and at this time he was also helping Huaiyu, preparing to fan the fire.

Wu Huaiyu reported to the emperor one by one what he found in the ghost market during the operation.

At the foot of the Son of Heaven, the most benevolent place, there is such a place where filth is hidden, even like a ghost cave in hell. Li Shimin was shocked when he heard it.

I can't even believe it,

But he trusted Wu Huaiyu, and even the actions of last night, in fact, the emperor had already known the situation in advance, but now Wu Huaiyu's detailed report, many of the details still deeply shocked the emperor.

Li Shimin can be regarded as the emperor on horseback who came out of the bloody rain on the mountain of corpses, but the cruel battlefield is completely different from the situation in the ghost city in the south of the city.

"These damned fellows,"

The emperor gritted his teeth.

"Your Majesty, I suggest that these lawbreakers in the ghost city cave should be severely punished, and that they should be severely punished and quickly killed some heinous scum and demons, and the law should be strictly enforced. The rest should not be lightly forgiven, and they should be distributed directly to the border lands. Garrison the fields and guard the border."

"The cave should be sealed and filled." Li Shimin sighed.

"The cave in the south of the city was caused by the collapse of the depression. After more than ten years of artificial excavation and expansion, it has now formed a very stable and huge underground cave, extending in all directions and being very vast.

I think that simple sealing may not have a good effect. After a long time, there will definitely be a resurgence, and some people will hide in it and continue to do evil. The base is designated as a restricted area,
The six doors can be used for working outside, and the inside can be used as prisons, warehouses, related workshops, etc. This place is very suitable for the use of the criminal justice department, and there is a criminal constitution department occupying the town, so there is no worry about being used by criminals. "

Wu Huaiyu suggested to the emperor by the way that the population of Chang'an has also started to grow again, and now the dozens of squares in the south of the city are not completely ghost towns anymore. If the population increases, the people in the south of the city will still have to go to the east and west cities for shopping, which is very far away and inconvenient.

He felt that the ghost market in the south of the city was indeed caused by demand, so it is better to set up a piece of land in the empty squares in the south of the city, and set up the South City or the Central City. The land allows the people to rush to the market and trade freely.

On this basis, Wu Huaiyu even suggested that now that Chang'an has been restored, the full implementation of the fangshi system will be restrictive, inconvenient for the common people, and there are many restrictions on business and industry. It may be considered appropriate to allow some markets to be opened in the fangs, and shops along the streets. House,

Some shops that facilitate the life of the residents in the square are allowed to open on the street in the square, such as some vegetable sellers, daily groceries, or some restaurants and teahouses, etc.

Dongxishi is mainly used as a commodity wholesale market.

In this way, the square market and the street market complement each other without delay.

The fang market is concentrated, easy to manage, and not easy to disturb the people, etc., but Chang'an City is so big, twenty miles from north to south, and more than ten miles from east to west, and both cities only open in the afternoon, and they are open for half a day a day. Everyone buys things. West is really inconvenient.

If some market shops are allowed to be opened in the square to sell some daily necessities, it will undoubtedly make the market more active and bring convenience to the people.

Buying grain and vegetables, buying salt, buying oil, buying tea, even buying some clothes, shoes and socks, or ordering cups and dishes, or treating guests for a meal and tea, or seeing a doctor and getting medicine, all must be done. It's not always convenient to go to Dongxishi.

In the final analysis, in fact, the Fangshi system, like the one hundred and one hundred squares of Chang'an City, is a relatively conservative product with military thinking, or the Fangshi economy actually belongs to the government and aristocratic economy.

Not open and active enough.

The Dongxi market is only that big. As Chang'an becomes more and more prosperous, there is no room for more merchants and goods. Therefore, the promotion of the market is also the general trend. Even sooner or later, the walls and doors of this square will be pushed down by the people. It is too restrictive for people's lives.

"The South City Market has been in existence for more than ten years, and it is a real need. If it is simply banned now, it will be very inconvenient for the people. It is better to set up a formal South City. It is not only convenient for the people, but also strengthens management. Prevent Nanshi from becoming a ghost market, a place where filth is hidden, where stolen goods are sold and counterfeit goods are sold.”

Li Shimin was a little surprised by Huaiyu's suggestions, but after serious thinking, he felt that it was indeed reasonable.

Just like Pingkangfang, because there are prostitutes and musicians from the Jiaofang Division, it is a very special workshop in Chang'an, which is extremely lively and lively.

For example, the several squares around Guozijian are also much more lively than other squares because of the large number of scholars and others renting them.

"You are the governor of Yongzhou, and these are also within your responsibilities. You make a plan and submit it, and then the court will discuss it with the prime ministers and ministers to make a decision."

Regarding the earthquake in the ghost city in the south of the city caused by Duan Shizi, not only were all kinds of ghosts and monsters exposed, but also many noble families were involved.

Although the ghost market is dirty, it also has many benefits. Where there are benefits, there are always those noble families. No matter how stolen the money is, they will not dislike it. They even divided the land shares in private.

Many nobles were involved in the ghost market this time, and the two brothers Chai Da and Chai were the first to bear the brunt, because Master Duan was an old friend of their brothers, and even half of Chai Er's apprentice. Production is also related to the Chai family.

Another one that has been deeply involved is Doulu's family.

This is something Wu Huaiyu did not expect.

Rui Guogong, General of the Zhenjun, Doulu Kuan, Minister of Rites, and Doulu's family are actually deeply involved with the Guishi Haobang, involving many people.

Selling money and casting utensils, casting private money, lending usury, underground gambling houses, buying and selling stolen goods, underground grain markets, and even illegal human trafficking, etc., their family is actually involved in a lot of things.

Amazing.

Although it is not Doulu Kuan, nor his sons Doulu Renye, Doulu Huairang, and Doulu Chengji brothers who are really in charge of these things,
In charge of these is a bastard son of Douluda, Doulukuan's brother.

Dou Luda worked as a prisoner under Wang Shichong back then, and later defected to Li Yuan, was granted the title of county magistrate, and had a good official career.

Doulu Kwan Dou Luda brothers are the sons of Dou Lutong, who is the son-in-law of Princess Changle, the younger sister of Yang Jian, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty.

Dou Lukuan also married his wife Hongnong Yang, and Dou Lukuan's sister married Dou Kang, Prime Minister of Wude.

Now Dou Lukuan's second son, Dou Lu Huairang, is also Princess Wanchun, the sixth daughter of Emperor Wude.

The Doulu family is an old aristocratic family since the Northern Wei Dynasty. His family is a military family, but what is even more powerful is that the Doulu family has married all over the court and the public. It has deep marriages with the royal families of the Sui and Tang dynasties, and has also married a large number of other nobles.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Dou Lukuan was Li Yuan's prison supervisor, his younger brother Dou Luda was Wang Shichong's palace supervisor, and their father was Yang Jian's nephew. Anyway, at the end of the Sui Dynasty, there were several powerful anti-king families, including the Doulu family. The effectiveness of the children, multiple bets.

Finally, seeing that Li Yuan was about to succeed, they all gathered in Chang'an again.

It's hard to imagine that such a wealthy family as the Doulu family is trapped in the ghost city in the south of the city. Even if only one of Douluda's servants and bastards is responsible, Li Shimin is still very angry.

Because Doulu's family is not only having contacts, but actually participating, especially many of the bad things they have participated in are crimes that can be punished by death, such as privately coining coins.

While eating Huaiyu's skewers, Li Shimin punished Doulu's family.

Dou Luda lost his title and dismissed his title as a citizen. His concubine son was executed, and Dou Luda's illegal gains were also confiscated.

Li Shimin didn't even spare his sister, Princess Wanchun, because the Princess Mansion was also implicated and participated in some of the illegal acts.

The emperor directly confiscated the Yankangfang mansion that Li Yuan had bestowed on Princess Wanchun, and bestowed it on Wei Wang Li Tai, removing Doulu Huairang from the post of governor of Lingzhou and governor of Yanzhou.

The residence of Princess Wanchun in Yankangfang was once the residence of Yang Su, the Duke of Chu in the Sui Dynasty. It occupies a quarter of Yankangfang and is very luxurious.

Now Li Shimin directly ordered to take back his sister's house and give it to his son. This is already the most serious warning to Princess Wanchun and Doulu Huairang.

Chai Shao was also reprimanded by decree, and was even dismissed. Bilong Chai Er even took back his title, was directly expelled as a citizen, and was punished with copper.

The emperor was very satisfied with Wu Huaiyu's barbecue, and even more satisfied with his thunderous action yesterday.

While eating barbecue, Wu Huaiyu was promoted to Yongzhou Biejia, from the third rank.

The emperor transferred Shi Qingping County Gong Li Hongjie, governor of the prefecture, as the new governor of Yongzhou, and he was the fourth rank.Li Hongjie and Wu Huaiyu were not familiar with this one, but the emperor reminded him.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Li Hongjie was a general of Xu Shao's army. Of course, he also had another identity, Li Weijie's clan brother, and Li Weijie was Li Jing's uncle.

At the beginning Li Jing was sent by Li Yuan to Xu Shao to perform crimes and meritorious deeds, but there was no result for a long time. Li Yuan asked Xu Shao to kill Li Jing. It was Li Hongjie who begged the old leader to protect Li Jing. Xu Shao wrote to Li Yuan as an old classmate, begging the emperor to give Li Jing another chance .

This allowed Li Jing to save his life, and then Li Jing really shined brightly, assisting Xu Shao and Li Xiaogong to settle down Lingnan, Li Hongjie also followed Li Jing to Lingnan, and became the governor of Guizhou. It is Li Ji's second assistant.

Wu Huaiyu is Li Jing's protégé, Li Hongjie is Li Jing's clan uncle, the two of them are partners, this arrangement is quite interesting, but Li Hongjie is quite capable, defeated the barbarians in Badi, accompanied Xiao Xiao, and was the governor of Guizhou , guarding the frontier, and then went north to Bingzhou to become the governor of the governor's office. Every time he did a good job.

From the governor of Guizhou to the governor of Bingzhou, to the governor of Yongzhou, Li Hongjie actually moved towards the center every step of the way and steadily improved.

It's like Wu Huaiyu's transition from the governor of Xiazhou to the administration of Yongzhou. It seems that the rank of his office has been lowered, but in fact he has more power.

It is said that Li Hongjie, Li Jing, and Li Xiaogong encircled and suppressed every corner of Shannan Road, pacified the barbarians in the nineteen states, and asked every conquered barbarian tribe to hand over a group of children to join the Tang army. Later, he went to Guizhou to be the governor, and he did the same.

As a long history in Bingzhou, he also used this trick to deal with the local Jihu and other tribes.

Now let him be the governor of Yongzhou, and assist Wu Huaiyu in this case, it is estimated that the emperor also fancy his methods and governance skills.

Two skewers of mutton treasures had just been roasted, and the emperor gave Huaiyu a bunch, and said casually, "I heard that the auxiliary machine married you?"

Nothing can be hidden from the emperor.

"Thanks to Zhao Guogong's love, I am deeply honored to offer the seventh daughter to our second son, Chengye."

Li Shimin chewed on the sheep treasure, "It's good, the queen will give birth next summer, if she gives birth to a princess, then we will also be in-laws."

Huaiyu chuckled, but she was more and more certain in her heart that the empress would definitely give birth to Ninth Prince Li Zhi next summer.

I don't know if it's a good thing or a pity.

The boss has no chance to be the princess.

Li Shimin glanced at him, "If the empress gives birth to a prince, then I will choose another princess to marry and inherit. Here is the daughter-in-law's family, and I am married to you."

Li Shimin chewed the sheep treasure, and announced domineeringly.

Wu Huaiyu was stunned.

Why did the emperor suddenly become so domineering? Did he already know that the empress might be pregnant with a prince?

Wu Huaiyu could only laugh at this sudden change.

The emperor took the initiative to marry his sons and daughters, so what right do you have to object?
Even if the princess is not generally given to the eldest son of the courtiers, it is not uncommon. Xiao Rui is Xiao Yu's eldest son, and Li Shimin bestowed his eldest daughter, Princess Xiangcheng, in marriage.

Xiao Yu had many sons, and Li Shimin chose his eldest son, Xiao Rui, who was a dignified prime minister, and neither refused nor dared to refuse.

Wu Huaiyu is really not willing to let her eldest son become the princess.

Li Shimin's daughters don't seem to have many fuel-efficient lamps. If they are elected to Gaoyang, they will die?
"Now these daughters have already made husbands and sons-in-law, your family has no share, and we can only wait for the birth of the nineteenth emperor daughter,"

Li Shimin had many children, but he also died a lot. The daughter of his aunt Gao Huitong was Li Shimin's No. 11 daughter, who had been married to Cheng Chuliang, the second son of Cheng Yaojin.

Now there are several palace people in the harem who are pregnant, and the earliest one will give birth after one year. If it is a daughter, it will be the nineteenth daughter of the emperor, and if it is a son, it will be the ninth son of the emperor.

Li Shimin smiled and said, "I forgot, you are a genius doctor, and it happens that the queen and Yang Jieyu are also there, you can give them a pulse to see if they are pregnant with a boy or a girl."

Another concubine who will be born in the next year is the third daughter of Yang Gongren's younger brother Yang Gongdao, named Jieyu, and she is still a relative of the Wu family.

Huaiyu had no choice but to feel the pulse of the empress and Yang Jieyu. Empress Changsun was already several months pregnant, and Yang Jieyu was about to give birth.

Li Shimin didn't ask Wu Huaiyu to perform difficult movements such as hanging the thread to feel the pulse, so Wu Huaiyu was very sure that Empress Changsun was pregnant with a boy and Yang Jieyu was pregnant with a girl.

Whispering the result to the emperor, Li Shimin showed no surprise on his face, obviously the imperial doctor in the palace told him the result long ago.

Li Shimin smiled and told Yang Jieyu that Huaiyu was also a princess when she took her pulse.

"Today, I will give the emperor's nineteenth daughter a name in advance, named Li Shu, and I have already thought about the title. In the future, I will bestow the title of Princess Lanling, and I will give her marriage to Duke Yi's eldest son, Wu Chengsi."

Yang Jieyu, who had a belly of more than eight months, smiled at this, and it was not bad that her unborn daughter was assigned to the son of Duke Yi.

Wu Huaiyu was relieved when Li Shimin said that he had already thought about the title as Princess Lanling, and it would have been better if it hadn't been Princess Gaoyang.

(End of this chapter)