A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 557

Chang'an,

Xuanyangfang, Yiguo Gongfu.

Angels come to announce the decree,

The middle door is wide open.

Fan Xuanfu, the wife of Yiguo, led everyone in the mansion to welcome the imperial edict and set up a table to burn incense.

The person who came to proclaim the decree was Zhang Anan's righteous grandson, and he had to call Fan Xuanfu a righteous sister. Yichao confiscated the property and rewarded Wu Huaiyu.

In addition, Wu Huaiyu's father, Wu Shike, was honored by his son as the Earl of Shouyang, and [-] households in Shiyi were falsely granted the title.

Wu Huaiyu's eldest son Wu Chengsi, the quasi-consort of the emperor's nineteenth daughter, Princess Lanling, was promoted to the Viscount of Sanyuan County by the male of Sanyuan County, and [-] households in Shiyi were falsely entrusted.

The second son, Wu Chengye, who was engaged to the eldest son Wuji's concubine, was also granted the title of male from Chiyang County in recognition of his father's special merits.

Although this title is all false, it is still very precious. It is because Wu Huaiyu has made a great contribution this time. He is already a duke of the country, and he has only added [-] real titles. ,

This is also a practice since the Wei and Jin Dynasties. For example, during the Northern Qi Dynasty, even one person could have several titles, and he could also give other titles to his mother, brother, nephew, etc.

Since the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, people have been more and more cautious in granting titles. They would not easily grant famous national treasures, especially when it came to actual titles, they were even more cautious.

False titles are not easily granted now.

"Congratulations, sister." Eunuch Zhang Chaoen said with a smile,
Fan Xuanfu is not very familiar with this adopted brother, Zhang Anan is her godfather, but Zhang Anan has a high status in the palace, there are many adopted sons, and these adopted sons have adopted many adopted sons, she really takes it seriously not many,

"Thank you for your hard work." Fan Xuanfu asked Runniang to get a gold book for him. It was ten taels of gold, which was very generous. "In the future, I will come to my house more often when I have time."

Zhang Chaoen is very young, and his status in the palace is not high. This time, he was able to come to the Wu family to preach the decree. It was his adoptive father Zhang Guozhong who helped him win it. It was not because of the generous rewards of the Wu family, but because the Wu family is also a famous dignitary in the court. The new valve, if he can get in touch, then this kid also has strong foreign aid, and the future will be easier.

Zhang Chaoen thanked him and accepted the gold book. He had to accept this gift because it was for Lady Fan's sake.

"The property of Luo Yi bestowed by the sage is on this booklet," he explained to Fan Xuanfu in a low voice, saying that it was Luo Yi's family wealth, but in fact, not much was handed out. Luo Yi did have a lot of property before, but Wu Huaiyu beheaded Luo Yi in Binzhou After the art, the imperial court had already rewarded Wu Huaiyu with part of Luo Yi's property once.

Then many of Luo Yi's fields, houses, money, silk slaves, etc. were confiscated. This time, the reward was actually to take out one of Luo Yi's original Chang'an houses and two villas in the suburbs of Beijing, one in Lishan and one in Lishan. Zhongnan Mountain,

In addition, a hundred former slaves of the Luo family were plucked out, and there were another hundred hectares of land, and the rest was gone.

"After receiving the will of the sage, all divisions immediately implemented it, but Luo Yi's property has been confiscated for a long time," Zhang Chaoen explained. Many properties, such as money, silk, gold and silver, or livestock slaves, and fields, have actually been given to officials by the imperial court long ago. The courtiers either sold it or used it.

Now these are still specially requested by the emperor for allocation.

"The one hundred hectares of land are all in the Youyi area of ​​Hebei,"

Fan Xuanfu has no objection to the reward given by the emperor. No matter how much it is, it is a reward from the emperor. A ten-acre house in Chang'an is not too small, and the two manors on the outskirts of Beijing are also worth a lot, and even more Not to mention there are a hundred slaves and Youyi's ten thousand acres of land.

Regardless of whether these places are good or bad, this number alone is not a lot.

What's more, his son Siye was promoted to Viscount of Sanyuan County. He hugged his one-year-old son to express his gratitude.

This is a festive day, the only regret is that the head of the family, Wu Huaiyu, is still far away in Youzhou, and he will not come back this year for Chinese New Year.

After the angel left, the Wu family became lively.

The samurai Ke, with a red face, was very happy to hear the servants respectfully call him Shouyang Bo,
"reward!"

The old man asked the hunchback Wu Cheng to prepare a lot of rewards, a small string of ten coins.

The servants were very satisfied with the fact that they could get ten cents by saying "Shouyang Bo".

Even the Wuliu family, who are used to frugality, didn't care about Lao Wu's behavior of throwing money today. They usually live in Yongxingfang, but today they came to Xuanyangfang specially.

The boss Huaiyi also brought his wife, Cheng Shi, who had been the governor of Shaozhou for a year, returned to Beijing Chaoji, and received an award.

Wu Huaiyu gave him advice. After he arrived in Shaozhou, he first built Meiling Road, opened up the passage between the south of the Yangtze River and the east of Lingnan, and then attracted investment, opened mines and smelted, and the Dan Copper Factory made Shaozhou the largest copper factory in the Tang Dynasty. , a large amount of pig iron enters Lingnan from the Pearl River system, and even Jiangnan from the Ganjiang and Xiangjiang Rivers, gathers in Shaozhou, and is processed into copper.

Shaozhou also built a new coin minting bureau, where a large number of copper coins were minted.
With mines, industries, business routes, and support from the court dignitaries, Wu Huaiyi's governorship went smoothly, and even the local tyrants were very obedient, because following the governor of Wuhuai, there is meat to eat,

With very impressive political achievements in hand, attending the imperial court in Beijing will naturally be a reward.

Although he was still the Viscount of Daling County, he was personally summoned and rewarded by the emperor, and he was rewarded with a royal horse and a set of books.

The third son, Huailiang, is studying in the Wu Family Academy and is on winter vacation. Today, he brought Wu Sansi and Hou Sansheng with him. The little fat man has changed quite a lot now. Although the elder brothers are too radiant and dazzling, he also ordered The daughter of Wang Xueshi in Taiyuan, who is also studying with the three brothers Wang Xueshi, has already won the starting line of most people.

For such a great event for the Wu family, the eldest sister Yu'e and brother-in-law Ma Zhou naturally also came. Ma Zhou is still very much appreciated by the emperor as a curator and censor, but he is getting more and more busy.

The other two sisters and brother-in-law also came, and they are now transferred to the Yamen of the Twelve Guards in Beijing. Yuan Cong, the second generation of father and son of the Forbidden Army, may not be able to achieve this position after more than ten years of mixing.

These two brother-in-laws don't have lofty ideals and ambitions, and are quite satisfied with the life of the small military officer in the capital. The two-acre small house in Chang'an, the relatively leisurely errands in the Wei Ya, can accompany their wives and children every day, and life is stress-free.

In fact, it was more the second and third sisters who restrained them. They didn't want their husbands to go to the frontier battlefield to seek fame, and they were afraid of what might happen.

After all, before the eldest sister Yu'e met Ma Zhou, three of her husbands died, all of whom died in battle.

In this regard, in fact, the warrior Ke often criticized his two daughters and felt that they were ignorant. However, Wu Liu, Yu'e, and even Fan Xuanfu and sister-in-law Cheng all supported the two sisters Yu Chanyuan. Even the little girl Mei Yuwan also thinks her sisters are right.

Huaiyi and Ma Zhouze did not interfere with their ideas. Everyone had their own ambitions and pursuits. Some were bent on gaining fame and wealth, while others were content with being ordinary.

"Erlang is not at home, and I always feel that it is not lively enough."

"Yeah, think about how lively we were together a few years ago, especially when we were in that small courtyard in Huaiyuanfang."

"Now they're all going their separate ways, and they're all busy."

Zhao Xin is still in Shuofang, Chen Xing is back in Longyou, Chen Sheng is in Liumen in Beijing, and Zhao Yi is in Luoyang to run the Wu family's business.
Hou San was in Qinzhou, but Fatty Wu followed Huaiyu to Youzhou.
Cheng Chumo was still the governor of Yinzhou, and Niu Jianwu was the Sima of Yanzhou.

An Yuanshou went back to Liangzhou to keep filial piety for his mother and Ding You.

Of the two brothers of the Xu family, the second fool was in Hebei with Huaiyu, and the second pole was in the imperial army.

The group of people in Huaiyuanfang Xiaoyuan are actually doing well now. For example, Huaiyi is now the governor of Shaozhou, and Huaiyu is the governor of Youzhou.

Even Chen Xing, who was just Li Jing's slave back then, is now Sima of Yanjing Town, and Zhao Xin, a lowly businessman who used to run intermediaries in Dongxi City, is now a special general in Xiazhou.

Everyone has had children, started their own families, and now has a career, but it is rare for them to get together.

Ma Zhou, the down-and-out scholar, was Huaiyu's accountant in the small courtyard, but now he is the deputy chief of Yushitai, with a purple robe and jade belt.

And Wu Huaiyi, who succeeded his father in the imperial army in the ninth year of Wude, is now also the governor of Shaozhou, and he is bestowed with purple gold.

"Fourth Uncle will be transferred to be the governor of Luozhou after the next year. Will you visit me later?"

"Okay." Ma Zhou nodded.

The warrior Yu was moved from the Grand Governor of Jingzhou to the Governor of Luozhou. This was considered a normal transfer. After all, Wu Huaiyu was promoted to the Grand Governor. The Wu family could not only occupy two of the five major governors.

The samurai Xun was transferred from the governor of Jingzhou to the governor of Luozhou, but the emperor also named him a special advancer, and even sealed a hundred households, still without losing his holy family.

"Yu'e told me a few days ago that Shunniang, the eldest daughter of my uncle's family, is very virtuous and wants to marry Ma Zai,"

Wu Shun, the eldest daughter born to the samurai Xun and the Yang family, the three sisters of the Wu family born to the Yang family are all very virtuous, especially in the past two years, the Wu family has been very popular, and his mother Yang, so they are also known as the three golds of the Wu family. flower.

Although he is still young, he doesn't know how many people want to propose marriage.

Ma Zhou's eldest son, Ma Zai, who was born to his deceased spouse, is now studying in Beijing High School, but he is about the same age as Wu Shun.

Although Wu Shun was the cousin of Ma Zai's stepmother, this was nothing to the people of Tang.

Wu Yu'e brought this matter up on her own initiative, and felt that the marriage was a good one, and Ma Zhou was willing to do so. The family background of the Wu family, even Wu Shun, he had met, was indeed a good one.

"I'll visit Fourth Uncle's house later, and I'll ask Fourth Uncle and Lady Yang."

"If it can happen, it will be a real kiss."

Princess Shang Lanling, the eldest son of Wu Huaiyu, whose mother is Yang Jieyu, the daughter of Hongnong Yang, is the daughter of Yang Gongdao.Yang Gongdao was the cousin of the warrior Yu's wife Yang.

Huaiyu's eldest son inherited the business, from the Wu family, the warrior's wife, Yang, should be called the samurai's wife, Yang's uncle, and if the fiancee Princess Lanling is on the side, it is the wife's aunt and grandmother.

If Wu Shun marries Ma Zai, the relationship will be even more complicated.

The two men chatted there for a while, and the warrior Ke came in with a red face, but he talked about the New Year's ancestor worship. The family temple of the Wu family was built by Wu Huaiyu, and the right to worship was Wu Huaiyu. As the eldest son, Wu Huaiyi even It can only be a sacrifice.

Huaiyu is not in Chang'an this year, so for the Wu family temple in the south of the city, it is Huaiyu's eldest son Wu Chengsi's turn to be the main sacrificer, but he is only over a year old.

"When the time comes, Huaiyi will hold your nephew to officiate," Lao Wu arranged.

In fact, according to the orthodox etiquette, to set up a family temple, not only the third-rank official is required, but also the three-year mourning system must be completed, and the establishment must be approved by the Ministry of Rites.

But at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the ritual system was relatively chaotic. When the emperor gave Wu Huaiyu to build a family temple, his parents were still alive, and his eldest brother was also there. However, in the Tang Dynasty, officials and nobles were promoted. The most important thing for establishing a family temple was to meet the conditions for official titles.
Even a concubine, as long as he is a third-rank official or above, and a fourth- or fifth-rank official in the capital, he is eligible to establish a family temple. If the eldest son does not reach the rank, he is not qualified to establish a temple. When offering sacrifices in the family temple, he must also be a bastard. The concubine presides over the sacrifice, and the eldest son attends the sacrifice. This situation is actually not in line with the patriarchal etiquette.

But this is also the court system, and if it is violated, it will be impeached by officials.

The temple built by Wu Huaiyu can only be the officiant of his branch. In the future, if Wu Huaiyi's official title is high enough, he can also ask for another temple to be established, but he cannot take away the right of the officiant of Huaiyu's branch.

Wu Huaiyi is now the governor of Xiazhou who is at the fourth rank, one step away from the third rank.

However, he was quite open-minded about the matter of accompanying sacrifices in the family temple. The imperial system was such that he readily agreed to it.

There are only two of the Wu family in Bingzhou who have family temples, one is the warrior Xun and the other is Wu Huaiyu.

Samurai Leng and Samurai Yi are actually all officials of the third rank and Juexian Duke, and they are qualified to establish a temple, but they did not set up a separate family temple, and they have always accompanied the family temple set up by the warrior Xun. This is also a manifestation of family unity. There are brothers and sisters Stand up first, the people behind can stand up or not.

Established, it means that the branch is separated and a separate door is established.

In the past, Warrior Ke was also the family temple where Warrior Yu was worshiped, but now that Wu Huaiyu has established a separate family temple, their branch is officially separated from Warrior Yu and his family.
However, the relationship between the two remains close.

Ma Zhou has not yet reached the qualifications to establish a family temple. He is currently only a fifth-rank official in charge of writing and serving as a censor. He is considered a general noble. There is still a long way to go before he is a third-rank official. Although he has been awarded gold and purple, he has not entered the imperial family after all. Third grade.

For Ma Zhou of the poor family, he is very eager to achieve the qualifications of being a halberd in the door and asking for a family temple. If the family temple is erected, then Qinghe Ma Zhou can create a nobleman.

"I heard that your father-in-law wants to go to Youzhou?" Ma Zhou asked.

Huaiyi smiled, "My old father-in-law is simply a torturer. He has been the governor of Luzhou, and he has not been idle for the past two years. He has suppressed the barbarians, opened Nanzhong, and conducted business, but he still hates being with the southern barbarians. It's no fun for us to play,
I am not going back to Chang'an Chaoji this time, just in time to catch up with Erlang Yehuling's great victory. After listening to the battle report, I was scratching my head and felt uncomfortable. I kept shouting that I was going to Youzhou.

A few days ago Fei was pestering Wei Xiaojie every day, saying that he would exchange the governor of Luzhou with him for the governor of Youzhou. Are you saying this is not a joke? How can state official positions be exchanged in private?

Then the imperial court newly established the Anton Governor's Mansion, and after hearing this, he wrote to His Majesty, saying that Erlang, the Youzhou Governor's Mansion, had just been promoted to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and he wanted to supervise the military forces of the ten prefectures. He expressed his willingness to share the worries of the imperial court and some of the burdens for Erlang, and he will be the guardian of Anton. "

Wu Huaiyi was really convinced by this old man, all kinds of nonsense,

"Let me tell you news, Duke Lu is really going to Youzhou."

"what?"

"It's not a leak. It's already been decided. Duke Lu will go to Youzhou to serve as the deputy governor of Andong and the governor of Yingzhou. Well, he will also be the deputy chief of the Heng'an Road Marching, and turn left to lead the general." Ma Zhou told him.

Huaiyi was quite surprised when he heard that, "The imperial court really did what he wanted? I don't know what my father-in-law is doing. He was not the governor of Luzhou, so he became the governor of Yingzhou."

Yingzhou was originally the Governor's Mansion, but now it has been reduced to a prefecture and is under the jurisdiction of the Youzhou Governor's Mansion. Not only is Cheng Yaojin the governor, he is also Anton's deputy governor and Heng'an Road deputy chief of the army.

"Lu Guogong is still very shrewd. He knows that there are no battles to be fought in Luzhou, and there is no military merit to be made. Now he has seen the opportunity to make meritorious service in the north, and he also likes Erlang's ability, so he insists on going to Youying. Deputy Chief of the Protectorate, but as long as he can get on the chariot to destroy the Turks, will he lose a piece of military merit then?" Ma Zhou thought Cheng Yaojin was a thief.

Huaiyi thought it was true when he heard it, "I really want to go to Youzhou Erlang, but I know there is no chance."

Ma Zhou nodded, "Why don't I want to go to Youzhou too?"

(End of this chapter)