A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 501

Juyongguan.

Autumn is crisp and colorful with colorful leaves.

Standing on the Great Wall of Juyongguan, Wu Huaiyu looks at the vast expanse of forests in the distance. The leaves are all over the sky, and the forests are all dyed, which is especially beautiful against the blue sky.

"Erlang, Tudiji has chased him to Junduguan, don't you see him?" Su Lie went up to the top of the wall, took off his cloak, and asked with a smile.

"This one is really anxious."

Wei Xiaojie said on the side, "Tudiji has made great achievements in our Central Plains. He has always been loyal to the imperial court. Shaobao should see him, so as not to chill their hearts."

"Wei Zhangshi and Tu Diji should know each other, right?"

"Well, during the reign of Emperor Kaihuang, Mohe, a branch of millet water Mohe, was invincible against Goguryeo. Tudiji and his brother Modu led Jueji, Hucilai, Kutushi, Yuejimeng, Yueyu, and Buhulai. , Poxi, Bubukuoli Eight Divisions, and Fuyu Mohe Division, with thousands of people, went south from the northwest of Fuyu City to request the inclusion of the Sui Dynasty.

Emperor Wen resettled them in Yingzhou. At that time, my father was in charge of resettling them. When Emperor Yangdi arrived, Mandu died.

Sui Dong conquered Goguryeo, and Tudiji also followed the expedition loyally and led his troops. He made meritorious deeds in each battle and was rewarded generously.After that, the imperial court set up Liaoxi County, specially granted Tudiji the prefect of Liaoxi, and named him Marquis of Fuyu.

Goguryeo was conquered three times, and Tudiji all led the troops to conquer.

In the 11th year of Daye, Emperor Yangdi was besieged by Turkic Shibi Khan in Yanmen. Tudiji served as King Qin, and then followed him on a tour of Jiangdu, Yuwenhua and King Killing. Tudiji led his troops to flee and returned. There were more than ten battles before and after, and the damage was serious. When he reached Gaoyang, he was lost to Wang Xuba. Soon, he fled to Luo Yi, the general manager of Youzhou. "

Wei Wensheng had a good relationship with Tudiji back then, and they fought together many times.

Wei Xiaojie also fought side by side with Tudiji many times. When he returned to Tudiji in Youzhou, he was seriously injured and attached to Luo Yi. Later, he sent an envoy to Chang'an to pay tribute. State Superintendent.

When Liu Heikai rebelled, Tudiji led his troops to Dingzhou to assist in suppressing the rebellion. After the war, he was awarded the Duke of Yarrow with meritorious service. Afterwards, the court moved his tribe to the Changping area of ​​Youzhou, probably near Huairou, north of Shunyi in later generations. The Peach Valley is located in Yanzhou, and it is ruled in the western city of Liaoxi.

When Gao Kaidao led the Turks to attack Youzhou, Tudiji led his troops to break through Gao Kaidao. It can be said that he was indeed loyal.

Such a Mohe alien race, experienced the four emperors of the Sui and Tang dynasties, remained loyal, no matter whether it was fighting internal strife or defending against foreign enemies, it was always at the forefront, which is very rare.

His tribe also moved westward from Sumoshui, to the west of Liaoxi, and then to Changping. Today's Yanzhou actually has only one city, which is sandwiched between You, Tan, and Beiyan, all because of his contribution , is specially reserved.

Li Shimin also admired Tudiji very much. This time Huaiyu came, in fact, he brought the emperor's reward for him.

The emperor wanted to add Tudiji as the right guard general, and also gave the country the surname Li.

But Wu Huaiyu didn't see him when he came to Youzhou.

This person has been attached to the Central Plains Dynasty for 30 years, and he is indeed very loyal, but Wu Huaiyu still intends to observe it first, and there are many Hu people in the Tang Dynasty in history. , Qibi Heli, An Lushan, and a group of Ashina Turkic generals.

Most of them are loyal, and of course there are traitors like An Lushan who almost overthrew Datang.

In the late Tang Dynasty, there were more Hu generals, such as Shatuo Li Keyong, Dangxiang Tuoba Sigong, etc., and they all ended up on the separatist side.

Tudiji has been attached for 30 years, and the population of its eight tribes has not increased much, or even decreased. It has suffered dozens of battles in the Central Plains and suffered a lot of losses, especially when it was intercepted by Wagang.

"Since you know Tudiji so well, you should know that he is so eager to see me, what is his request?"

"I met Tudiji yesterday, and when he talked about the past, he was very homesick. He said that he wanted to go back to Buyeo when he was old."

Huaiyu chuckled.

It is true that Tudiji is old, but it is impossible to say that he wants to return to Buyeo, because Buyeo is an important city for Goguryeo's frontier defense in Liaodong, so how could it be possible for them to go back, unless they are willing to go to Goguryeo.

Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, it has always adopted a policy of appeasement towards the enemy of the Sui Dynasty, Goguryeo. Although Gao Jianwu, the Rongliu Wang of Goguryeo, withstood several attacks by the Sui Dynasty, he was also seriously injured.

The goodwill they showed to the Tang Dynasty was to immediately accept the canonization, send envoys to pay tribute, establish the suzerain-vassal relationship, and change their previous unruly attitude towards the Sui Dynasty.

During the reign of Wude, he paid tribute every year and was very respectful.

The two countries basically take the Liaohe River as the boundary and do not invade each other.

However, in the seventh year of Wude, after the Tang Dynasty conferred the kings of the three kingdoms of Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla as county kings and governors, subtle changes occurred.

Goguryeo began to block Baekje and Silla's tribute roads to the Tang Dynasty and began to attack them.Silla Baekje asked Datang for help, and the imperial court sent envoys to reconcile. This aroused Goguryeo's dissatisfaction with Datang's meddling. They had long regarded the peninsula as their own backyard, and the relationship between the two sides has cooled down in recent years.

But basically the security of the border can be maintained.

At this time, Tudiji did not so much want to return to the roots of fallen leaves and lead his troops back to Fuyu, it is better that he wanted to test the attitude of the court, he wanted to go back to western Liaoning.

At this time in western Liaoning, the imperial court established Yingzhou.

During the Sui Dynasty, Tudiji used to be the prefect of Liaoxi County, but this Liaoxi County is actually not big, not the entire Liaoxi area.

Yang Guang once established Liucheng County, Yan County, and Liaodong County successively in the western Liaoning area, and later set up Liaoxi County under Yan County, which was where the Tudiji Department was placed.

The approximate location is in the Linghai area to the east of Jinzhou. At that time, Yan County was located in Yi County, Jinzhou was Luhe Town, and Liucheng County was located in Chaoyang.

Later, the Tang Dynasty changed Yan County into Yanzhou, Yan County and Liaoxi merged, and Tu Diji was granted as the general manager, but later they moved to Guanzhong and resettled them in the Changping area of ​​Youzhou.

Yanzhou here in Changping has limited space. Tudiji wanted to go back to the west of the Liaohe River and the east bank of the Bailangshui. Naturally, he was interested in the stability of this place for many years. This place is bigger and more conducive to the development of their tribe.

Here in Taoshan, to be honest, everything is supervised and the territory is limited. It is difficult to have any long-term development, or even to stay here. They, the Sumoshui tribe, may be completely assimilated.

It is very possible that one day the imperial court will directly cancel Yanzhou and merge them into Youzhou, and they will also be registered as Qimin by the imperial court.
In the ninth year of Wude, Li Yuan had already appointed Wang Mi as governor of Yanzhou to replace Tudiji. Letting Tudiji become an official did not mean that they would be hereditary, but later Wang Mi was involved in Li Ai's rebellion and was killed. Li Shimin then appointed Tudiji as Yanzhou Governor.

This kind of result is not what Tudiji and the others want. What they want more is tribal autonomy, and even a real territory of their own.

"My Tang Dynasty has not had time to pay attention to Goguryeo these years. They have recuperated for more than ten years, and now they are a little ready to make a move. Not only are they making a big move against Silla and Baekje, but they are also constantly building mountain cities, fortresses and stationing troops on the east bank of the Liao River.

Lord Yarrow has made many contributions to our Tang Dynasty and is loyal. Now that he is old, he should spend his old age in Yanzhou. I'm afraid there will be no safe days. "

Wei Xiaojie said bluntly, "Why doesn't Shaobao directly explain these things out of the blue?"

Wu Huaiyu said in his heart that of course I would tell him clearly, but he was still figuring out Diji's old background. There were thousands of households in Sumoshui Eight Departments attached back then, how many people are there now?
How many soldiers and horses are there, and how many armored men are there?
These are things that need to be figured out first, even if the emperor has a decree to bestow a surname, since Wu Huaiyu is the governor of Youzhou, he has to figure out all these first.

Originally, I wanted to hang it out for a while, but now that Tudiji has come here and Wei Xiaojie helped to speak, it is not easy to hang it up.

"Tonight I will prepare a banquet for the Duke of Yarrow."

"People are in the pass, why don't you come up and have a chat directly, you don't need to be so polite." Wei Xiaojie said with a smile.

"Well, there is the history of the chief of labor and health."

When Wei Xiaojie went down, Fatty Wu asked, "Did Wei Changshi take money from Tudiji?"

Su Lie smiled, "As far as I know, Wei Xiaojie's father once took the sister of the brothers Tudiji and Mandu as his concubine, so Wei Xiaojie had to call Tudiji "uncle" .”

Huaiyu asked Su Lie, "What do you think of Tudiji?"

Su Lie is from Hebei, and he is no stranger to Tudiji. He has heard many rumors about him. Even when Dou Jiande dominated Hebei, he attacked Luo Yi's Youzhou several times, but failed to defeat him. Luo Yi's defenders Here, there is Tudiji and his Mohe army.

"Tudiji is very brave, but he only likes wine. This person has no fancy, he is very loyal and keeps his promises. He never stabs a knife in the back. He has a good reputation."

It seems that a person who can be praised by his former opponents should indeed be good.

After a while, Wei Xiaojie brought in a tall man who was a few years younger than him.

"Yanzhou Inspector Tudiji pays homage to Wu Shaobao!"

The men nodded when they met.

Tudiji is about fifty years old, with braids hanging down, wild boar teeth, pheasant feathers on the top of the head for decoration, and pearls and gems tied at the end of the braids.

At first glance, I thought it was Manchuria with wild boar skin.

However, the Mohe tribe, called Sushen in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and Yilou in the Warring States period, were originally the ancestors of Manchuria.

At this time, there were seven major tribes in Mohe, which were distributed between the Baishan and Black Rivers. Sumo Mohe was one of the seven tribes. It lived next to Goguryeo and lived in the Sumo River Basin (Songhua River). Many Sumo Mohe were conquered by Goguryeo. At that time, the tribes of Tudiji refused to accept Goguryeo, and they moved westward to the Central Plains if they couldn't beat them.

Although it has been attached to the Central Plains for more than [-] years, Tudiji's attire still retains a lot of traditions.

Behind Tudiji was an eight or nine-year-old boy.

When he came up, he just knelt down, "Duh, my lord!"

Wu Huaiyu was taken aback by this young man with a braid behind his head. The Tang Dynasty did not refer to officials as adults, and adults generally meant father.

He thought this young man didn't understand, but suddenly he said, "This is the youngest son of a certain old man. He is quite sensible. If Shaobao doesn't dislike him, he will be adopted as a foster son and let him go on the saddle from now on. Waiter."

I really want to recognize my father.

Mandou kowtowed a few times on the ground, and shouted, "Yeah, don't look at me as young, but I can hit a big eagle flying in the sky with one arrow, and I can also ride a horse for hundreds of miles without stopping."

This kid is not tall, but he is quite good at bragging.

Over there, Tudiji sent a gift list.

"One hundred taels of gold, one hundred slaves, one hundred good horses, one hundred cattle, and one hundred sheep."

Wu Huaiyu was startled by his attack.

"Shaobao, don't dislike it." Du Diji seemed to think that the salute was too light.

Wei Xiaojie said from the side at this time, "This is the patriarch's wish, and Wu Shaobao accepts it with a smile. You don't have to be embarrassed, the patriarch has a lot of money, with several cattle and sheep, and thousands of children and servants."

The cattle and sheep are counted according to the valley, and the servants are several thousand. This is indeed not ordinary financial strength.

Wu Huaiyu was not greedy for this little money, even though it was not a small sum, in the end he refused a few times, the young man suggested to his father that it would be better to donate it to the Governor's Mansion of Youzhou.

"Then I'll add a thousand stones of grain and a thousand horses of silk." Tu Diji was very proud.

This time Wu Huaiyu accepted it with a blunt smile, it was the public treasury and not his personal pocket.

Wu Huaiyu liked that kid a little bit.

"Please invite the governor of Yanzhou and Duke Tudiji to welcome the imperial decree!"

The atmosphere was good, so Wu Huaiyu simply invited out the imperial decree to read it out, conferred the title of Tudiji as the General of the Right Guard, and gave the country the surname Li, who will be called Li Tudiji from now on, and gave him a golden belt.

Tudiji knelt down on the ground with his son, respectfully received the order, and said long live.

After receiving the order, Su Diji blushed very excitedly, and he asked Wu Huaiyu to give his son a Chinese name.

"Please Wu Shaobao give him a name."

Wu Huaiyu didn't want to admit this righteous son at first, but Tudiji and his son were very enthusiastic. In the end, because of the big gift they just donated to the Dudu's Mansion in Youzhou, Wu Huaiyu finally accepted it. Really clever.

"I'll give you a name, be careful, and the words can be used."

Be careful what you do, be careful what you say,

Use restraint, restraint in action.

Both Tudiji and his father were very happy. Tudiji asked Li Jinxing to serve Wu Huaiyu from now on. This is his youngest son, ranked No.13. He still likes this youngest son very much. When he came to visit Wu Huaiyu, he only brought Not only did she keep the youngest son by her side, but she also specially asked him to worship under Wu Huaiyu's family as a foster son.

Wu Huaiyu didn't care too much about adding a beard around her.

(End of this chapter)