A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 497 Alliance Convincing People with Virtue
"Can you go ashore and go to the city to rest tonight?"

Fatty Wu looked forward to it.

"How long have you been on the boat before you can't carry it anymore?"

"I can't bear it, I really can't bear it. I vomited all the way. I thought I would get used to it, but I can't vomit anything. It's still uncomfortable. It really feels like I'm going to vomit all my bile. Now I want to Stepping on solid ground, the boat is too wobbly to bear."

Cao Qing cast a contemptuous look.

"We can't live up to the kindness of the double governor, right?" the fat man said.

Wu Huaiyu nodded, passing by the Shuangshiluo site, people came to greet him, this is the face to be given.

Shuangshiluo is the governor of Xiangzhou, and the governors are Xiang, Wei, Li, Wei, Ming, Xing, and Bei. There were seven governors in the Hebei area of ​​the Tang Dynasty, and the governors of Xiangzhou are very important.

In the fifth year of Wude, there were five Metropolitan Governor's Mansions in the country at that time. They were Mingjingjiao and You, and Hebei occupied two. In the center of the city, after Liu Heita's two rebellions were put down, the imperial court abolished the Mingzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and changed it to Xiangzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion.

The first governor of Mingzhou was Li Yuan, and later he became the governor of Youzhou after the abolition of Mingfu.

Shuang Shiluo is a general of the Qin Palace. The second right guard of the Qin Palace was born. After Pingdou Jiande, Li Shimin placed three confidant generals of the Qin Palace to stay in Hebei. The second right guard Shuang Shiluo served as the governor of Dingzhou. Then he served as the governor of Jizhou, and Tian Liu'an, the fourth right army, served as the governor of Weizhou.

Shuang Shiluo is a general of the Prince of Qin's mansion, he has won the trust of Li Shimin, is also loyal, and can fight well. He has stayed in Hebei for many years, from the general manager of Dingzhou, to the general manager of Mingzhou, and then to the governor of Dingzhou, and then back to the governor of Xiangzhou. , the long-term governor of the area east of the Taihang Mountains.

The titles ranged from the Duke of Wudu County to the Duke of Lu Guogong, and he was added the title of General Youwuwei.

He has guarded Hebei for seven years. At the beginning, Dingzhou was just an ordinary governor's mansion. Later, Li Yuan was transferred from Mingzhou to Youzhou, and he was promoted to be the chief governor of Mingzhou. After that, Dingzhou and Mingzhou abolished the general manager's mansion and relocated the Xiangzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and he was transferred to the Xiangzhou Metropolitan Governor's Office.

But now You and Xiang have also been reduced to the central capital governor's mansion. In the whole Tang Dynasty, only four capital governor's mansions in Jingyang and Yi were retained. In addition, only 24 capital governor's mansions were retained in the mainland, and there were 24 capital governor's mansions along the border.

There are a total of 48 middle and lower capitals and four upper capitals.

In the past, there were seven Dudu’s Mansions in Hebei in the last years of Wude, and there were even three Dadu’s Mansions, Youming (Phase) Ding, but now Youzhou Dudu’s Mansion and Yingzhou Dudu’s Mansion are border mansions.
Jizhou Dudufu and Dezhou Dudufu were abolished, leaving only Dingzhou and Xiangzhou Dudufu.

The entire Hebei Road area is actually two sides, two interiors and four governors' mansions.

Shuangshiluo, the Governor of Xiangzhou, General Youwuwei, and Lu Guogong, is actually on the same level as Wu Huaiyu, the governor of Youzhou, General Wei of the Right Leader, and Duke Yi.

From the general manager of Mingxing Qizhou, to the governor of the eight states of Dingheng, and then to the governor of the six states, guarding this place that once caused the Tang Dynasty the most headaches for seven years requires not only enough trust, but also superb skills.

The ship entered Xiangzhou and stopped the ship.

Shuangshiluo has been waiting for a long time.

The surname Shuang is rare. Wei Xiaojie told Huaiyu that Shuangshiluo was born in Yi people. Although there are many Hu generals in the Tang Dynasty and a large number of Xianbei people who integrated into the Han nationality, there are still few Yi people generals.

The barbarians mentioned by the Tang people generally refer to the southwestern barbarians.

The ancestors of Fan Xuanfu's family belonged to the Wuling barbarians, and also belonged to the barbarians. However, although his family's ancestors rebelled repeatedly during the Han Dynasty, they had long since integrated into the Han nationality.

Shuangshiluo can be said to be of barbarian origin, and it is estimated that his family is still barbarians in recent generations, at most they are considered barbarians.With such a background, it is indeed even more remarkable to be able to reach the current position.

"Welcome Wu Shaobao."

Shuangshiluo is not tall, but he is quite strong, and when he comes up, he hugs him very kindly.

"In the past, when I went to Chang'an Chaoji, I didn't have the opportunity to get close to Shaobao. Now that Shaobao passes by me, I, the landlord, must treat him well."

"Is your husband, Fan Manzi, okay?"

"Still serving as governor of Suizhou,"

One sentence, Fan Manzi, brought us closer. According to Shuang Shiluo, he and Fan Manzi were very close in Qin Palace before.

Because both of them were from barbarians, they walked relatively close. The two famous barbarian generals in the Qin Palace were able to fight and dare to fight. Now one is Ying Guogong and the other is Lu Guogong.

However, Shuang Shiluo is a round older than Fan Xing, and he and Fan Fang were called brothers back then, and Fan Xing had to respectfully call Shuang Shiluo an uncle.

According to this generation, Wu Huaiyu should be called Grandpa Shuangshiluo.

"Shubao and I are also called brothers, old buddies who have fought side by side for many years, you are his adopted son, you can call me Shibo, and grandpa will take advantage of you, hahaha."

People who love to laugh always make people feel kind.

Although Wu Huaiyu's official rank is higher than that of Shuangshiluo, but on this occasion, the argument of personal friendship will bring them closer.

Shuangshiluo had already prepared a banquet to welcome the wind, which was very rich.

Fatty Wu Junyawu got off the boat and lay down on the ground. After walking two steps, he felt his world spinning, and he couldn't go on the road, so he just lay down and took a deep breath.

Although Shuangshiluo is not tall, he is definitely a dwarf even among generals.

But he has a good capacity for alcohol, even though he is nearly fifty years old, but he drinks quite aggressively, and what he likes to drink is the Erguotou brewed by Wujia Bingyutang.

He doesn't like green plum and white plum wine with rock sugar and red bayberry, but he likes Erguotou with a strong taste. He doesn't even like to drink what is stored in the cellar, but he likes to drink the old Erguotou that is freshly brewed with fire.

"The shochu from Bingyutang of the Wu family is really strong, especially the sweet potato shochu, which is my favorite."

Samurai shochu has many kinds of raw materials to make different shochu, such as barley, sorghum, wheat, glutinous rice, pears, persimmons, sweet potatoes, and even distiller's grains, bagasse, and corn. There are many raw materials for brewing, and they can even be combined with each other.

The flavors of the brewed shochu are also different. Some of them are brewed and then added with spices or rock sugar, and then soaked in medicinal herbs and fruits.

However, the best thing in Shuangshiluo is actually the ordinary sweet potato roast.

"Sweet potatoes are cool and mellow in nature, sweet, soft, soft, clean, and fragrant. It's pretty good." Wu Huaiyu said with a smile, but in fact sweet potatoes are burned in Bingyutang's shochu, which belongs to low-grade shochu, which is consumed by the public, and even mainly Sell ​​it to hard laborers.

The advantage is that it is cheap, satisfying hunger and drinking spicy food.

The brewing of this wine is also simple, and the cost is also low. Now more and more sweet potatoes are grown, and fresh potatoes are very cheap to buy from the production area, which is much cheaper than wheat sorghum glutinous rice.

Wu Huaiyu clinked glasses with Shuang Shiluo and took a sip, and found that this sweet potato roast was not the ordinary one, but a refined brew in sweet potato roast. Unlike ordinary sweet potatoes, this one is made of high-quality wheat, barley, Coarse grains such as corn and sorghum are used as raw materials, blended with natural fermentation technology and advanced distillation technology. After adding sweet potatoes for post-fermentation and fine blending, this wine presents a unique sweet potato aroma, and the taste is more mellow than ordinary. , with a long aftertaste.

No wonder Shuangshiluo praised it so much, it turned out that what he drank belonged to Tegong Sweet Potato Burn.

"I like wine, I can drink it here and there, and your sweet potato roast is the best."

Huai Yuxin said that what you are drinking is not ordinary sweet potato burnt, it is much more expensive than ordinary wine, Xinfeng fine wine, Jiannan Shaochun and other famous wines are not as good as this.

"Shibo is really a famous wine maker. This sweet potato roast is mixed with five kinds of grains. It is also known as Wuliangye. It can relieve summer heat, quench thirst and relieve fatigue. , hemorrhoids and other patients,
During the Dragon Boat Festival, it can also be used as a medicine primer, and with realgar, it becomes realgar wine, which can detoxify and remove pests. "

After a few cups of sweet potatoes were cooked, the relationship between the two became much closer.

Shuangshiluo finally brought up the matter.

"Erlang is not a good prime minister. He came to Youzhou to be the governor. This is to prepare for the attack on the Turks next year, and to seize the opportunity?"

"Fighting the Turks will be next year, and it's not clear yet."

"Don't lie to me. I have a close relationship with your adoptive father, Shubao, and your father-in-law, Fan Manzi. We are all on our own. I don't have anything to ask for. When the fight starts next year, we will be sure when the time comes. It is the East Route Army, you are naturally the chief of a march, and I can be a deputy general at that time."

When he said this, he didn't even look at Wei Xiaojie.

Although Wei Xiaojie is a bit older than him, now he is going to Youzhou with Wu Huaiyu, and he is the governor of the governor's office and the governor of Tanzhou. .

"Let's work together to build meritorious deeds, you can ask for anything you need, whether it's money and food for soldiers or auxiliary soldiers and equipment, and whatever I have, feel free to mention it."

The war will start next year, and all six forces will advance together. Wu Huaiyu's side is the East Route Army. The Ministry of War's strategy is mainly to coordinate. Of course, Wu Huaiyu also has his own plans. Who doesn't want to try if they have the opportunity.

There are more than 2 elite soldiers in the six routes in the plan. Wu Huaiyu's side is probably a full-scale main army with [-] horses, [-] soldiers, [-] auxiliary soldiers, and [-] reorganizations.

There are seven armies under the jurisdiction of the soldiers, four thousand in the middle army, two thousand and eight each in the left and right Marquis Yu, and two thousand and six in each of the front, rear, left and right quarters.

This field army will definitely have to recruit elite soldiers from the whole of Hebei, and even from Henan and Shandong. The Tongjun Mansion in Guangyou Prefecture does not have so many elite soldiers.

Although Shuangshiluo now only has six prefectures including the governor and guard, the area under its jurisdiction is no less important than Youzhou.

The famous Weibo Town in the late Tang Dynasty is located here.

"If I can serve as the chief of a march next year, I will definitely recommend Shi Bo as the deputy general,"

Shuang Shiluo laughed, "Have fun, do it!"

Now that the promise was made, Wu Huaiyu began to make demands unceremoniously.

"I plan to train troops in advance to prepare for the battle. Normally, a main army has 2 soldiers, [-] auxiliary soldiers, and [-] soldiers. I plan to have [-] soldiers and [-] auxiliary soldiers.

The extra two thousand soldiers planned to form a special Modao army.

There are 250 troops in the middle, 2000 armies of Marquis Yu on the left and [-] on the left, and [-] Modao soldiers on the front, rear, left, and four sides, totaling [-] people. "

The Mo Dao is very powerful. A 2000-member Mo Dao army can imagine their combat effectiveness. Shuangshiluo is also very happy, "I will find a way to mobilize the Mo Dao you need, and the Mo Dao hands will be mobilized for you. As long as the imperial court can pass, it can be in place at any time."

"I also plan to form two thousand Youzhou sudden cavalry heavy armor on the basis of the original four thousand cavalry,"

Now Shuangshiluo was a little surprised.

"Two thousand armored riders? Your appetite is a little too big. Even the entire Hebei Province and the commanding army mansions, I am afraid that there will not be so many troops and horses in the armored treasury."

"I can ask His Majesty for the armor of the horse and horse, but the heavy cavalry with armored cavalry needs more elites. In this regard, I need the uncle to help select some supplements."

"As long as you can get heavy armor, I will definitely be able to help you select a group of elite knights for you. There is no shortage of brave knights in Hebei Road!"

"However, even if the order is obtained, it will cost a lot to recruit and train troops in advance, especially for this cavalry. The food and grass can reach five steps, and the heavy cavalry will cost even more."

"I'm not worried about money and food." Huaiyu was confident.

"Isn't Erlang planning to find his family to solve it again?" It seems that Huaiyu likes to find monks for money, and it has spread even in Hebei.

"I think that although Hebei has been in war for many years, it also has many favorable conditions, such as salt drying along the coast, trade with Tibet along the border, and our Hebei Plain is rich in products. As long as we grasp it well, we don't have to worry about the cost of raising and training troops."

Shuang Shiluo nodded, but still reminded Huaiyu that what he said was actually being done by someone long ago, and it was basically in the hands of powerful families of the gentry, especially the powerful families represented by five surnames and seven families. Hebei is deeply rooted.

What Wu Huaiyu wanted to do was to grab meat from their bowls.

"Dou Jiande, Liu Heitai, Xu Yuanlang and others were also very powerful, but what happened in the end? Now that the whole country is unified, this Jiangshan's surname is Li," Wu Huaiyu said with a smile, "If I gather [-] elites, I will be afraid of them. I really can't think of coming to touch it, then my [-] elites just have the goal of practicing hands."

Shuang Shiluo, who has been guarding Hebei for seven years, was a little surprised, "Erlang, don't be impatient and cautious. In the face of sudden attacks, there will be no civil strife in Hebei."

"Don't worry, they don't dare, besides, I'm not the kind of unreasonable person, everything must be reasonable,"

"We convince people with virtue," Huaiyu said.

But Shuang Shiluo always felt that Wu Huaiyu's words were full of murderous intent. He couldn't help guessing wildly in his heart. Could it be that Wu Huaiyu came to Youzhou this time not to plan to attack the Turks next year, but to deal with the Shandong gentry first?
Is the emperor trying to eliminate some possible instability in advance, so as to prevent someone from holding back when the time comes?

The more I think about it, the more I feel that this is the case. Otherwise, a young man like Wu Huaiyu, even if he was once a prime minister, has resigned as a prime minister and is only the governor of Youzhou. How can he have the confidence to look down on five surnames and seven families like this?
Whether it was Li Yuan or Li Shentong who were guarding Hebei, they had never been like this.

Even if people like Dou Jiande and Liu Heita once dominated Hebei, they dare not say that they don't take the five surnames and seven families into consideration.

"Hahaha, what Erlang is going to do, tell the old man, we two are shoulder to shoulder,"

Wu Huaiyu was still very satisfied with his answer, You Xiang and the two houses advanced and retreated together, so the bargaining power with the five surnames and seven families would be even stronger.

The Cui family of Qinghe is under the Dudu's Mansion of Xiangzhou, while Fan Yanglu is under the Dudu's Mansion of Youzhou, Zhaojun Li is under the Dudu's Mansion of Dingzhou between the two mansions, five surnames and seven families with three surnames have their headquarters in Hebei, two of them rule.

There are 44 families with five surnames and seven sects, spreading branches and leaves. It can be said that they are all over Hebei. It may not be an exaggeration to say that in this area of ​​Hebei, if you want to do anything big, you may have to touch them. , I can't even hide, but Wu Huaiyu didn't plan to hide.

(End of this chapter)