A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 518
early morning.

There was a commotion in the camp, and the soldiers of all armies performed their duties, preparing for the camp.

After a night's rest, Wu Huaiyu was full of energy, but Gao Shier and Lu 35 who came to bring him breakfast looked a little haggard, as if they didn't sleep well last night.

"This ancient building is very well made, and it is full of color and fragrance."

"We personally made this for Mr. Xianggong earlier in the morning." Gao Twelve said.

Eating mutton pie Huaiyu is not too greasy, Lu Chengye came over and asked the girl for two, looking at the monolith protruding in front of the ancient pass, "The governor's frontier poems are famous all over the world, why don't you leave a poem here?" , engraved on a stone?"

Leaving stones as steles seems to be the most romantic thing for ancient generals to go out to fight.

This stone stands abruptly here, but it has also witnessed the construction and destruction of the Great Wall of Yan and the Great Wall of the Northern Wei Dynasty. Now there are only some ruins left in the ancient pass, but this huge stone is still there.

Huaiyu thought for a while, "Let's erect a monument next to it. I'll write a poem, and Lu Canjun will write an article. I'll also record our army's outing to patrol the border."

"Listen to Shaobao's new poem!"

"In the Qin Dynasty, the moon was bright and the Han Dynasty was at the Pass, and the people who marched thousands of miles have not yet returned.

But let the flying generals of Dragon City stay, and don't teach Huma to go to Yinshan. "

As soon as this poem came out, Lu Chengye was amazed. He is also very talented and famous in the history of poetry, calligraphy and painting, but when this poem came out, he still admired it.

"Good poetry, good poetry."

On the contrary, Lu 35 said somewhat directly, "The first sentence of Xianggong's poem is really wonderful, but in the following few sentences, although Xianggong cares for the people, why does he have the meaning of lamenting the country's unscrupulous generals?"

Lu Chengye hurriedly said to his younger sister, "My sister is wrong. The beginning of this poem, this place is Hanguan, in the Mingyue Qin Dynasty, lamenting the change of history, but the meaning of the war is not over. Then write that the conscripts have not been returned. How many men died in the battle and left behind?" how sad,

The last sentence does not mean that the country has no good generals, but what is written is the common expectation of countless people for thousands of years, hoping that there will be dragon city flying generals guarding the border from generation to generation, quelling chaos, and stabilizing the border defense.

Look at Shaobao's poem, with ordinary words, but it expresses a vigorous and open-minded mind, with a smooth momentum and a coherent flow, the chanting is amazing.

But from what I read, this poem was written by Shaobao, but it also has the ideal momentum of being willing to be a parachutist, guarding the frontier for the Tang Dynasty and the people, and not teaching Huma to go to the Yinshan Mountains.

You see, isn't Shaobao now the one who appeases the back of the mountain, and then leads an army of [-] out of the fortress? "

Wu Huaiyu looked at Lu Chengye with admiration.

People should read more books, otherwise, when they flatter, they will only know that the governor is mighty and the husband is brilliant, wow, that's amazing.

Look at Lu Chengwulang, he is indeed a famous scholar in Hebei, a gifted scholar with five surnames, Wu Huaiyu recites a poem, and he can immediately analyze and praise it in such a comprehensive way. If he goes to the college entrance examination, he will definitely get extra points.

If this guy goes to test Mingjing, he will definitely pass the test in one fell swoop.

Huaiyu asked Lu Chengye to write a fu, "Out of Sai", and wrote about the fact that after they left Youzhou and Anfu Mountain, they went to the north of the Sai to meet Tuli Khan and Xi and Qi chiefs.

Fu has a fixed format, and it is also a test of literary talent.

But Lu Chengye also wrote as soon as he picked up a pen, and it was done in one go.

One thousand and eight poems of Wu Dudu's departure from the fortress are full of gorgeous and romantic words. It not only describes the story of the incident, but also highlights the majesty of Wu Huaiyu and the elite soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.

It is worthy of the white robe Goro.

"Captain, this frontier is a fortress, and the terrain is dangerous. Why don't you raise money and food, recruit civilians, and restore the old Great Wall?"

Lu Chengye is a native of Youzhou. It is said that his ancestors also assisted in building the Great Wall of the Northern Wei Dynasty during the Northern Wei Dynasty, and a section extended to this point.

He also proposed a specific route for building this section of the Great Wall, starting from Dajianshan in North Yanzhou in the west, which is the north of Suoyang Pass at the junction of the three counties of Xuanhua, Chongli and Chicheng in later generations, going southeast to Dukou, along the Heihe River and The watershed of the Baihe River passes through Zhen'anbao and Longmen in later generations to Ma Daoliang in Houcheng, enters Yanqing Yongning Four Seas and connects with the Badaling section, with a total length of 460 miles.

This section of the Great Wall basically covers most of the newly established Chicheng County.

However, the Heihe River Basin was not encircled, let alone the Tanghe area that was previously vacated by the Xi tribe in the Tanghe River Basin for fear of being affected.

This section of the Great Wall was repaired by the Yan State, the Northern Wei Dynasty, and later the Northern Qi Dynasty, but it is still a big project to rebuild it now.

Wu Huaiyu shook his head directly.

"Offense is the best defense. Now that the world has just been unified, a thousand wastes are waiting to be rebuilt, and people's livelihood is dying, but there is no spare power to recruit civilians to build the Great Wall on a large scale. Even if it is more than four hundred miles, it is still a big project."

"Just repair a few forts,"

Wu Huaiyu called Kangpo Duan Shen and the others, and pointed to the Dushikou pass in front of him, "Let's calculate and plan, first make a budget, Chi Castle, Baiyun Castle, Dushi Castle, and the Half Wall Castle, Pine Castle, and more. There are fortresses such as Zhen'an, Zhenning, Jing'an, Yongning, Chang'an Lingbao, Diaowobao, etc., all of which should be planned and budgeted to see how much labor, money, food, time, etc. will be required for restoration and renovation."

"Let's live within our means, how much money we have, how much food we have, and how many things we can do. First, we must pay close attention to the urgent repairs. The Monolith Fortress has to be at the top of the list. Repair this gate first, and then the rest of the forts will come one by one."

Instead of building the Great Wall, it is better to build a fortress, which connects the valleys and roads in the mountains, and the fortresses form a chain, so that the Great Wall is no longer laborious. Although the Great Wall does have many important functions, the cost is very high.

With sufficient strength, fortress tactics are still good and more active.

Wu Huaiyu even pointed at the map very bluntly. In the past, the watershed between the Baihe River and the Heihe River was traditionally used as the boundary, from the Baihe River to the Red River Basin in the west, to the original Great Wall in the west. People and land.

Heihe, Tanghe, etc. all belong to Xibu.

Wu Huaiyu now points to the watershed between Tanghe and Chaohe on the map, and draws a line, "There is no Xi tribe to the west of this watershed, so this is the boundary line between Tang and Xi, Tanghe, Heihe, and Baihe to the east of the watershed , Honghe, all belong to my Datang,
To the north it reaches the steppe border. "

"You take people to explore the boundaries, draw maps, and set up more boundary markers on the watershed. This time I will meet with Tuli, and the chiefs of the Xi and Khitan tribes will also come. I will make an agreement with them. boundary."

With one word from Wu Huaiyu, Xi Ren's large territory was enclosed.

Li Tang, who has not yet ruled the world, has been invaded again and again by the Turks, just as casually as entering his own backyard, while Xi and Qi have always acted as vassals and thugs of the Turks, including the Tiele people who are now self-reliant in Mobei is also like this,
So when Datang became strong, it was only natural for them to take away some of their territory. They also had to be grateful that Datang only wanted a little bit of the valley they gave up, instead of asking the teacher to blame and destroy their clan.

A team of craftsmen were left behind to make inscriptions on the monolithic monument, and Kang Po Duan Shen and the others led a group of scribes to measure and plan the reconstruction plan of their own monolithic castle. Wu Huaiyu and the others led the army to continue northward.

The scenery outside the Great Wall is very good.

It's just that after leaving the mountains and arriving at the grassland, it became much colder and the wind howled.

Fortunately, the road is flat.

Tuli also sent his younger brother Ashina to lead a group of Baiqi to drive a lot of cattle and sheep to meet him, and then sent them to Jinlianchuan.

Jieshishe is an old friend of Huaiyu.

In the ninth year of Wude's Turkic invasion, this guy acted as the emissary's weak bodyguard, and ended up being arrogant in the Forbidden Garden. After meeting Wu Huaiyu, he was very enthusiastic.

It was because when Huaiyu was the head of Lingzhou Governor's Mansion, he started a mutual market trade with Tuli. This guy came to Shuofang several times on behalf of Tuli, and the business between the two parties was very good.

This guy is still wearing the title of General of the Great Tang Dynasty, and came to see Wu Huaiyu, and changed into a scarlet robe on purpose.

"How is your brother recently?"

"It's not good, that old dog Jieli bullies people too much. He persecutes my brother again and again. If my brother hadn't been patient again and again, the fight would have started long ago." The association bluntly said.

"I can't bear it anymore, I don't need to bear it anymore. People can't be oppressed forever. Buddhas fight for a stick of incense, and people fight for breath." Huaiyu said with a smile.

"Xieli is a great Khan after all, and his soldiers are strong and his horses are strong. My brother can't do anything about it."

"Back then, your grandfather Qimin Khan was just a little Tuli Khan, but when he was repeatedly oppressed by Dulan Khan, he didn't choose to be a coward for the rest of his life. Instead, he stood up and resisted. In the end, with the support of my Central Plains court, won’t I finally defeat Du Lan and become the Great Khan of the Grassland?”

Wu Huaiyu knew this guy very well, he didn't have any great skills, but he was a bit arrogant and conceited. He was in his early twenties, and he thought that the children of the wolf family were crazy.

Although he wasn't even good at setting up, he was also the one who disliked Jie Li Da Khan the most.

Because Xieli often finds fault with them, he sends people to tax them and ask them to pay tribute. Although Tuli has not listened to the propaganda, he dare not tear his face directly, so he can only pay tribute to Xieli frequently. Livestock goods, but there is also a share of the association rate, of course he is dissatisfied.

Wu Huaiyu calmly gave the association rate and said something to let their brothers start a business.

Anyway, it doesn’t matter if it’s useful or not, just inculcate more.

"With my full support from Datang, could it be that Tuli Khan is not as good as your grandfather? If this is the case, then Tuli Khan has disappointed the saint too much.

Maybe I, Datang, should find another person with ambition and courage to support me. "

As he spoke, he deliberately looked at the association rate.

His heart pounded when he saw the rate of association, what the hell, is it really a good thing?
Back then, his grandfather Xiaotuli Khan was dyed dry, and Dulan Khan was the son of Sabolo Khan. In the seventh year of the reign, Sabolo Khan became seriously ill. He was young, so he ordered his younger brother Chu Luohou to inherit the Khan throne on his deathbed.

Chu Luohou succeeded to the throne, named Ye Hu Khan. In fact, Ye Hu Khan was jealous of his elder brother earlier, and he had long been close to Sun Sheng, the chief envoy of the Sui Dynasty, and secretly attached himself to the Sui Dynasty. Succeeding to the throne would definitely end badly, so he had no choice but to let this rebellious brother succeed him.

Ye Hu Khan was more ambitious, but unfortunately his life was not long. After he came to the throne, he went west and captured Abo Khan alive. However, when he attacked Persia, he died under the poisonous arrows of the Persian army. He reigned for only one year, and everyone supported Ye Huyong Yu Lu was the Great Khan, Dulan Khan, and after succeeding to the throne, he appointed his younger brother as Tuli Khan.

Because Du Lan adopted Ke Dun, the princess of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and believed that the princess was hostile to the Sui Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty turned to support Tuli Khan Rangan. In the end, Dulan was defeated and Rangan became the Great Khan.

During this period of history, the association rate of Rangan's grandson is of course very clear.

It can be said that Yehu Khan and Qimin Khan were able to become Khans all because of the support of the Sui Dynasty in the Central Plains, and those Khans such as Sabolo, Abo, Datou, and Dulan who fought against the Sui Dynasty, They were also defeated due to their rebellion against the Sui Dynasty.

Today's Datang is no longer the one that was oppressed by the Turks.

The association rate is young, and it has no status in the Turks. If it cannot be established, it will not have the right to establish a tooth and feudal vassal, let alone be a small khan, second khan, Ye Hu, or a big khan.

Now suddenly there is such an opportunity in front of him, it would be a lie not to be moved.

He swallowed his parched throat, "What does Mr. Wu think of me?"

(End of this chapter)