A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 503 Old Fox

Yanzhou, in the mansion of the Duke of Yarrow,

Tudiji's eldest son Miago looked at his father in puzzlement,

"Why are you so weak, is your father old?"

Tu Diji was making tea, and Emperor Xin Wu Shaobao gave him the tea cake, which was different from the cake tea they drank in the past.

Hearing this, he chuckled twice.

"I'm old, but I'm not crazy,"

Wu Huaiyu was a little aggressive, especially since he had been refusing to see him since he came to Youzhou, he was a little pretentious.But Tudiji was not only not angry, but kept chasing after him to see him, not only gave a generous gift, but also asked his youngest son to worship Wu Huaiyu as his adoptive father.

Now, he also smiled and agreed to the many requests made by the governor of Youzhou that seemed to be too much in the eyes of his sons.

"Father just intends to agree on the surface?"

"No, do it all."

"Father?"

Tudiji shook his head, smelling the fragrance of tea in front of him, and watching the tea leaves blooming like flowers in the crystal cup, "Do you know what kind of situation we were facing when my brother took us inside? ?”

Miago is also in his 40s and is a well-known warrior in the tribe. When he moved westward, he was only in his early ten years. Although many things happened a long time ago, his parents and uncles kept telling him about the tribe’s hometown from the westward journey to the Central Plains. thing.

At that time, their tribe was not willing to be driven by Goguryeo, and resisted the Sui Dynasty of the Central Plains for Goguryeo. So the tribe fought against Goguryeo, but they were defeated in consecutive battles. In the end, when the whole tribe was about to be wiped out and became slaves of Goguryeo, they finally moved westward. .

The war between Goguryeo and the Sumo people has a long history.

During the Northern Wei Dynasty, Mohe was called Wuji by the Central Plains. At that time, many Wuji tribes called themselves the country and sent envoys to pay tribute to the Northern Wei Dynasty. The Sumo tribe once sent Yilizhi to pay tribute to the Northern Wei Dynasty. At that time, he claimed that his country had broken Goguryeo. Planning to join forces with Baekje to attack Goguryeo from waterways.

The Sui Dynasty also recorded that the Mohe Sumo invaded Goguryeo every time.

From the Northern Wei Dynasty to the Sui Dynasty, Goguryeo had been at war with the Mohesu Mobu for years.

Since the state of Fuyu weakened, the tribes of Mohe took the opportunity to move westward, and after the Goguryeo Kingdom, which originated from Buyeo, gained a firm foothold on both sides of the Yalu River, it not only began to expand to the Liaohe River and the Korean Peninsula, but also began to go north to compete for the old land of Buyeo.

Thus began the Hundred Years' War.

By the time of Kaihuang, most of the Sumo Mohe tribe had been conquered and controlled by the Goguryeo people, and they were even conscripted with them to invade western Liaoning.

In the 18th year of Kaihuang, Goguryeo invaded Yingzhou, attracting 30 troops from the Sui Dynasty to conquest by land and water. Although in the end, many ships sank due to storms at sea, and the road was muddy due to heavy rain, and food and grass were not available. Then the army retreated due to the plague, and only marched to Liaohe,

But precisely because of this dispatch of troops, the Sui Dynasty still sent some envoys secretly to Liaodong and Sumoshui to instigate rebellion and appease some Mohe tribes.

At that time, the Tudiji tribe was forced to move to the Fuyu area, and life was very difficult. After receiving the promise of the Sui Dynasty, the Tudiji brothers decided to fight. Cooperate with the Sui army to kill the Goguryeo people.

As a result, the Sui army withdrew as soon as they reached Liaohe. The battle was not over, but Tudiji and the others could not go back, so they were first resettled in Yingzhou, and then moved to Yan County near Liaohe during the Daye period. Set up Liaoxi County.

At that time, there were a total of twelve tribes in the Sumo Tribe, and eight tribes were attached to it, and the Wusugu Tribe in Moheli, Fuyu, also moved westward, but some people from each tribe remained.

The Wugugu tribe in Fuyu Mohe was originally under the command of the Tudiji brothers in Liaoxi County, but at the beginning of Wude, the Tang Dynasty separated the two parts, and put the eight tribes of Sumo in Tudiji in Yanzhou, and Fuyu Mohe's The Usugu tribe set up Shenzhou, which was subordinate to Yingzhou, and later moved to Youzhou.

Yanzhou is located in Changping area, while Shenzhou is located in Zhuoxian area.

At that time, nine departments were attached, and now they are all placed near the north and south of Youzhou.

drink up,
Tudiji poured another cup of tea for himself and his son, "You look very angry, why?"

This sentence sounded very calm, but Miago was very angry, "Father, we refused to be enslaved by the Goguryeo people before we moved westward to the Central Plains, but in the past 30 years, how many battles have we fought for the Central Plains and how many people have died? At the beginning, thousands of families moved here, what about now?"

At the beginning, there were thousands of households attached to the Ninth Ministry. More than 30 years have passed. Now Yanzhou has [-] household registrations in Mohe, and Shenzhou has [-] registered households.

A total of eight hundred households.

Of course, the [-] households are not what they appear to be. At the beginning, thousands of households moved here, and there were thousands of victorious soldiers. During these years of fighting for the Sui and Tang dynasties in the Central Plains, many Mohe people did die, but they did not lose as much as [-]% or [-]%.

Now there are only 30 households in Yanzhou, but in fact each household is a big family. Over the past [-] years, each family has added children and imported them, and they are still counted as one household.

In fact, their population is not much different from when they moved inland. This is only the Mohe tribe. If slaves and tribes are included, then their population is several times that of when they first came.

However, Miago, who is in his 40s, is very dissatisfied with the current stable life. Many people in the younger generation think like him. They feel that their tribe has been reduced to the dogs of the Central Plains Dynasty, and they are not free. They might as well go back to their hometown.

It's a pity that Tudiji has a completely different idea from the older generation.

"Do you think it would be better to be a dog for the Goguryeo people? Wrong, the Sumo Sanbu and those who were left behind by our Babu, who has had a better life these years?

I heard that there are now two people named Qiqi Zhongxiang and Qisi Biyu in Su Moshui. I heard that they have some skills, and they even gave themselves a surname. I heard that they are very brave. He made a lot of contributions, and also took in [-] cows and [-] camels each, and [-] horses in exchange for a relic title. "

When it comes to the two Sumo clansmen who gave him a surname, Tudiji is very disdainful. Most Mohe people have no concept of surnames, and there are tribes and clans.

The leaders of these two tribes were young and brave, and fought for the Goguryeo people, but they did not get enough respect from the Goguryeo people.

The title of relic is the title of chiefs and nobles among the Mohe people. Turks and Khitans also have it. They fought for the Goguryeo people. As a result, their own titles were conferred by the Goguryeo people, and they also had to accept cattle and horses.

In contrast, although Tudiji voted for the Central Plains more than 30 years ago, the emperor of the Central Plains treated him much better than the Goguryeo people. In the past, they built mountains and forts for the Goguryeo people in Fuyu, cultivated land, grazing and hunting. Not hungry.

And since the Central Plains was attached to the Central Plains, although they also wanted to fight for the Central Plains, they were allocated a place to resettle and basically let them self-govern. Although many people have been lost in many years of fighting, their lives are much better than before.

For example, he used to live in Fuyu in Tudiji, even if he was the chief’s son or the chief’s younger brother, he had a hard time, but now there are thousands of hectares of fertile land, cattle and horses are full of mountains and valleys, and there are princes of the country, and they are also engaged in border trade, etc. The treasury is full of gold and silver.

There are thousands of boy servants.

Da Qiqi Zhong like them compared to themselves?

Young people always think too highly of themselves.

Tudiji reminded the eldest son to face up to his own strength and not to be short-sighted. If he stayed in Taogu Mountain every day, he really thought that they had a few thousand tribal soldiers.

"Since the Sui Dynasty, there have been endless wars, and you have been fighting with me. From Yingzhou to Luoyang to Jiangdu, and then to Youzhou, don't you know how strong the Central Plains are?
Thinking of Luo Yi who ruled Youzhou in the past, we all have to bow our heads and listen to each other, let alone the Tang Dynasty who rules the world now?Have you forgotten the scene when Emperor Daye conquered Goguryeo and sent more than one million troops? "

"Drink tea!"

Miago took the crystal teacup, took a sip and put it down.

"Not used to it?"

"Too bland and tasteless."

"You, there is a saying in the Central Plains that wild boars can't be called chaff, so that's what you are doing. In the future, my family business and our tribe will have to be taken over by your thirteenth brother."

Many tribes have the tradition of the youngest son keeping the business, which is not the system of the eldest son inheriting the family business in the Central Plains.

Miago was not dissatisfied when he heard this, as is the tradition.

"Don't think that Wu Shaobao is much younger than you, even younger than your eldest son, but this person is not simple. I arranged for people in Chang'an to collect and report my news. He is one of the most trusted ministers of Emperor Zhenguan today, and He is also a very capable person, and he is still a disciple of the gods."

Even when Tudiji faced Li Yuan and Wang Junkuo, he was not as polite and cautious as he is now with Wu Huaiyu, because this old Jianghu knows that this person is more powerful.

"Don't judge a book by its cover."

"Wang Junkuo died at his hands."

Miago used to be very afraid of Wang Junkuo and even a little in awe of Wang Junkuo, but now he is a little stunned.

"Father, can't we go back to western Liaoning?"

"Isn't this Liaoxi County?"

"My son is talking about the west bank of the Liao River, the former land of Yan County."

"I can't go back for the time being."

"Then, can my father write a letter to the emperor of the Tang Dynasty to request that our Yan and Shen states move to Beiyan state outside the military capital, which is outside the Great Wall, and the place is wider and less restrictive?"

Suddenly laughed.

"You, you young people are very brave in fighting, but can't you study hard after all these years? Why did Emperor Wude move us from Yingzhou to Youzhou in Guannei?

Why split it into two prefectures for resettlement, and put them under the eyes of Youzhou, one south and one north? "

Miago bluntly said, "The Tang people don't believe us."

"That's natural. We are Mohe people and Hu people. Even if we have been attached to it for 30 years, we are still different, so we have to put it under our noses.

Why do you think Emperor Zhenguan agreed to relocate us outside the Great Wall, or in such an important place as Northern Yanzhou? "

"Is Youzhou not important?"

"Youzhou is of course important, but we are not in Youzhou City. Just our small town, this small number of people, are always being watched. Even if there is any change, it will be put down immediately. But if we are resettled in Beiyanzhou outside the Great Wall, But it’s easy to run wild like a wild horse.”

Tudiji suddenly let out a long sigh.

Holding his teacup, he looked at his eldest son who was still wearing the traditional wild boar leather jacket of the tribe, "Go back and change it, don't wear these again in the future, since the Central Plains is attached to it, and it has been so many years, then stay in the Central Plains with peace of mind, and you have to take the initiative." You can also go to Youzhou to ask a gentleman to change all your sons’ Chinese names.”

"We people, don't think about going back, let alone remember those old customs, learn from the Xianbei people, who all ruled the Central Plains back then, occupying half of the world, and didn't take the initiative to Sinicize.

Back then, there were still eight major surnames in the royal family of the Northern Wei Dynasty, such as Changsun, etc., but now they are all Han Chinese?
They can, why can't we?

The Central Plains Celestial Dynasty nobles are wrong, why do they always want to go back to the wilderness and be a savage? "

Agumi looked at his father in a daze for a long time. "Can we also become Han Chinese?"

"Remember, I'm old, but I'm not crazy. Just pack up these few days, bring your wives, concubines and children, and move to Chang'an together. I bought you a big house in Chang'an,"

"Why go to Chang'an?"

"Settling down in Chang'an, becoming an official in the court, everything has been arranged for you. First, go to Chang'an to be a general of the imperial army. The older of your boys will work as an errand, and the younger one will go to the Imperial College to study. The outskirts of Chang'an will be prepared for you." A manor, you can feel at ease in Chang'an..."

After a long time, Miago came back to his senses, "Father is asking me to go to Chang'an as a hostage?"

"Don't say it so ugly, Chang'an Tianxia Center, what a rare opportunity to go to Chang'an to serve the emperor. Chang'an is a hundred times more prosperous than Youzhou. You are going to enjoy the blessings,"

He looked at this tall and burly son, who was only 12 years old when he moved to the west, and has been with him for more than [-] years. Their father and son have fought side by side for many years. This is a brave young man, but unfortunately he lacks a little wisdom. Riding and shooting battles, I have no time to study.

"Your brother was named Jinxing by Wu Shaobao, so I will change your name to Li Jinnuo and keep your promise."

"Let the other brothers go?"

"Father, it's all for your own good. If you stay here, I'm afraid you will cause trouble. Go to Chang'an, stay there, and keep your wealth for the rest of your life. Your children and grandchildren will have a better future in the future."

"Don't worry, your other brothers will definitely come to Beijing one after another in the future."

"In two years, maybe I will go to Chang'an, and after I die, maybe I will be buried in Zhongnan Mountain."

Miago was greatly impacted. She never thought that her father would have such an arrangement, and she didn't recover for a while.

(End of this chapter)