A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 574 The Decree
Hot summer.

The Rehe Fort of Chengtian Zhide is actually a good summer resort, but Wu Huaiyu knew that he was going back to Chang'an.

Yang Muyun bought a lot of land in the Luanhe River Valley. After extensive plowing this year, she sowed some seeds. She also built a manor villa on the bank of the Wulie River, which was decorated very exquisitely.

"There has been no movement in Chang'an. In fact, it is the best result. You don't have to worry too much,"

Yang comforted Huaiyu while massaging him.

It is said that female juniors hold gold bricks, and Huaiyu holds two gold bricks. Her massage techniques are getting better and better. "You should come back to Youzhou with me. Your belly is getting bigger. After all, there are still some problems here." Not too reassured,"

Yang smiled, "Now the Luan River is the safest place. You have slaughtered all the Xihu in the Beishan River. Not to mention the ones on the south bank of the Luan River, even the Shanxi on the north bank have been plowed several times by you. Now Not to mention south of the Luan River, even on the north bank, there are no Xihu within a hundred miles, and they have all moved northward."

Along the Luanhe River, the Andong Protectorate stationed troops from the Lightning River and Jinlianchuan areas on the uppermost reaches, and then all the way to the southeast. Along this line, large and small troops guarded the town of Zhubaozha and guard the beacon forts. start,
Fengning, Luanping, Chengde, Pingquan, and Kuancheng, these fortresses will be built into a solid new frontier defense in northern Xinjiang. Although it is not the Great Wall, it is better than the Great Wall.

Now even King Xi's Yazhang, where Raole Dudufu is stationed, and Anton Dufufu are stationed, and they have begun to build a fortress there. The fort is named Daning Fort, right next to Keduzhe's Yazhang.

There are [-] troops stationed in Daning Fort, and [-] Xihu troops are stationed in the city.

These people are directly under the command of the Andong Governor's Mansion and Zhang Wende, Sima of the Raole Governor's Mansion. They can be mobilized in emergencies, but no matter how urgent it is, Li Kedu has no right to mobilize them.

In Chifeng on the border of Xiqi, the Duhufu was still building Dading Fort and stationed Dading troops.

"I think the conditions are better in Youzhou. I will feel more at ease with you after I go to Chang'an."

"Aren't you going to take me to Chang'an?" Yang said with a smile.

"The two or three thousand miles have been too bumpy."

"Are you afraid of Lady Fan from Chang'an?"

"Didn't Xuan Fu specially send you some supplements from Chang'an? There are also some small clothes that Dalang wore."

"The madam is interested. I really want to go to Chang'an to say hello to her," she asked, "You should come back, right?"

"Will definitely be back."

"Then I won't go to Chang'an,"

"It's getting late, let's take a rest early,"

"I serve Erlang."

"It's been a few months for you, so bear with it."

"Just be gentle."

"Never mind."

"Then you go to Xiao Ningzhu's place to rest, or should I ask Jianyi to come?"

"We have to go on a journey tomorrow morning, so rest up."

Early the next morning, Wu Huaiyu returned to Youzhou with the Yang family, Xiao family and Li family. Cheng Yaojin, Su Lie and others came to see them off. The walls of Chengde City on the Luan River and Rehe Fort on the Wulie River had already been erected.

Bidding farewell to everyone, we walked upstream along the Luanhe River. On both sides of the river valley, large tracts of farmland have now been opened up. Although this year most of them are extensively cultivated and not intensively cultivated, in midsummer, the land is also lush and full of life.

Cutting down trees and clearing weeds, burning wasteland to collect stones, plowing with cattle and horses,
Reclamation of wasteland and farming continues,

Many of those who worked under the leadership of the stewards and village heads were Beishan Xihunnu. After one hundred thousand were annihilated, tens of thousands were still left, but they were all turned into slaves and sold to these people who were reclaiming wasteland and farming. Powerful families may be directly assigned to the armies under the Anton Governor's Mansion as military slaves.

Wu Huaiyu was riding a horse, Yang and others were riding in Xi chariots, and the guards were on horseback. Along the way, the border troops, common people, and merchants all paid tribute to the governor and governor to see him off.

The Xi slaves even knelt on the ground after seeing Wu Huaiyu's flag, not daring to raise their heads.

For more than a hundred days, hundreds of thousands were killed,

Beishan Xihu was completely defeated and frightened. Wu Huaiyu's name could already stop the child from crying.

Chengde returned to Youzhou, and two post roads have been established, one is from Tanzhou via Beikou, and the other is from Pingzhou to Lulongsai.Wu Huaiyu took Beikou Yi Road.

Go north out of Chengde, pass by the Tribal Posthouse, then enter Luanping County, go over Moduoling Ridge to the Wofo Posthouse, pass through Pianqiang Ridge to Xinguan, cross Zhaixing Ridge and arrive at Beikou Pavilion.

Further south is Beikou Shouchou.

This post road is relatively convenient. There are several post houses along the way, and there are also military stations and forts on the post road. Next to each post house, there are also newly built villages.
Although there are not many people there now and everything is rough, this post road is very busy.

After Beikou Post Road reaches Chengde, you can also go south and connect with Lulongsai Post Road, or you can continue to go northeast to Daning City of Raole Dudu Mansion and Dading City of Songmo Dudu Mansion.

It is 180 miles from Chengde to the north entrance, which is actually not that far, but there are many mountains and the roads are difficult to navigate. Many mountains must be climbed to connect various valleys.

After six stops at the posthouse, Wu Huaiyu walked for six days. Anyway, he stopped and stopped, one stop a day, and one stop was exactly thirty miles.

Beikou Guard captured Youzhou City, 240 miles away, with eight stops left.Entering Tanzhou, Wu Huaiyu went to the garrison of Weiwu Army and Zhenyuan Army. The main forces of the two armies were wiped out, the generals died in battle, and the military flag was lost. Wu Huaiyu directly removed the feudal title, Weiwu Army was demoted to Weiwu Town, and Zhenyuan Army became Zhenyuan Town. ,
In the Battle of Dashigou, three thousand of the main forces of the two armies were killed, and many of their subordinates were also wiped out. For the families of the two armies in Tanzhou, it was like the sky had fallen. Even though more than three months had passed, here There is also an atmosphere of heavy sadness.

Compared with the more than 3000 soldiers who died in Yehuling, the five thousand soldiers who were wiped out in Dashigou were somewhat different.

Because Dugu Yanyun disobeyed military orders and attacked without authorization, resulting in the annihilation of the entire army, this defeat was cast into another layer of guilt.

I spent a few days touring the two armies that had been demoted to towns, and visited the families of those who died in the battle.

I returned to Youzhou with a heavy heart, and a few days later the envoy from Chang'an arrived.

The person who came to announce the decree was Secretary Lang Chang Sun Chong, the eldest son of Chang Sun Wuji and the fiancé of Princess Changle, the eldest daughter of Li Shimin.
Although the queen's nephew and future son-in-law is very young, he has a smooth official career. He is promoted every year, and he has to go up a few levels a year. The year before last, he was at the eighth rank, last year he was the seventh rank, and this year he has been promoted from the sixth rank. According to this momentum Next year it will be level five.

When Princess Shang gets married in three or four years, she will probably be at least a fourth-rank young minister.

"My nephew pays respects to my uncle."

Changsun Chong was only a few years younger than Wu Huaiyu, but he was still very polite when they met. Wu Huaiyu's son was engaged to his sister, so it would be appropriate for him to call him Uncle Wu Huaiyu.

"How are you doing, Mr. Zhao Guo?"

"My father used his uncle's recipe. Now he is taking care of himself at home and his health is getting better and better."

After the greetings, the eldest grandson rushed to Wu Huaiyu to declare the decree. What he declared was the emperor's oral edict, not the explicit decree issued by the disciples in the classics.

The emperor's oral decree only announced that he would come to Beijing to meet the saint, and did not say much else.

"In the matter of Dugu Gong, no one actually thought that the sage has now raised his eldest son Dugu Mou in the palace," said the eldest grandson.

Princess Ankang and Princess Gaoyang were both born this year. Li Shimin specially married Princess Ankang to his cousin Dugu Yanyun's son Dugu Mou, and then sent him to Youzhou to serve as the deputy governor of Andong and the governor of Tanzhou.

Who would have expected that he would die in battle within a month after arriving in Youzhou. He still ignored the general's orders and went out without authorization. He even issued thirteen military orders to call him back, but he did not return and died in an ambush. He also pulled five thousand soldiers. Li Shimin couldn't believe it when word of the fact that soldiers were buried together reached Chang'an.

So I kept suppressing it and waited until more and more reports came to Chang'an. All aspects proved that it was indeed Dugu Yanyun's fault that led to this defeat.

The emperor was shocked and sad.

This is his cousin. Although his family is not really from the Dugu family, he has been playing with him since he was a child. He has been by his side for many years. He was one of the nine loyal and brave generals during the Xuanwu Sect.

He had just promised his daughter to his son and arranged for him to go to Youzhou with high hopes, but he died like this.

Li Shimin even felt shameless to deal with it.

Has been shelved.

After Chang'an learned the details of Dashigou's defeat, many people impeached Wu Huaiyu, but most of them impeached Dugu Yanyun who humiliated the country by bereaved.

Amid the flood of impeachments, Li Shimin decreed that Dugumou would be adopted into the palace, which was considered a statement of some kind.

The formal disposition of Dugu Yanyun has not yet been announced, and the posthumous title, gifts, etc. have not yet been arranged.
"In this northern expedition to Shanxi, I beheaded [-] people, captured tens of thousands, captured more than [-] cattle, sheep and livestock, and expanded [-] miles of land. I have made great contributions to the country. The saint must have rewarded me for calling my uncle back to the capital."

Wu Huaiyu smiled.

The Dugu family was a member of the Guanlong military aristocracy that passed through the Western Wei, Northern Zhou, Sui, and Tang dynasties. Even his family had been generals for generations in the Northern Wei Dynasty. Although they became Dugu's retainers and converted to Dugu, it did not affect their family's current status in the country. status in the Tang Dynasty.

It is true that no one else is to blame for Dugu Yanyun's death, but he suddenly parachuted into Youzhou and died suddenly in battle. It is impossible to say that the emperor had no doubts. It is estimated that there has been no movement for so long. The emperor must have sent out troops such as Six Gates and Hundreds. The secret service agencies of the knights are secretly investigating.

Wu Huaiyu is not afraid of investigation.

He is not afraid that the Dugu family will blame him. He was the one who was implicated and harmed by Dugu Yanyun in this matter.

It can only be said that Dugu Yanyun was unlucky. Who would have thought that he would be overturned in the hands of Beishan Xi Zahu.

Without Dugu Yanyun's defeat, the entire campaign against Beishan Xihu would have been perfect, with fruitful results and a land expansion of three hundred miles to the north.

Moreover, after killing 10,000+ Beishan Xihu, the Xi clan, which was once the stronghold of Yanbei, was also severely damaged. After this battle, the Xi people could not recover their vitality for 30 to [-] years, and they no longer threatened the Tang Dynasty.

It's a pity, it's a pity that Dugu Yanyun died and five thousand soldiers were wiped out.

This is like Wu Huaiyu preparing countless rare ingredients and carefully cooking a table of delicious dishes. However, Dugu Yanyun drank too much wine and vomited all over the floor, spilling several dishes.
Although the other dishes were fine, no one could ignore the vomit.

"Who will hand over the affairs of the Youzhou Governor's Mansion and the Anton Governor's Mansion to?" Huaiyu asked.

The emperor did not ask Wu Huaiyu to take over the affairs in Youzhou. He just asked him to return to Chang'an as soon as possible. However, the imperial court had already appointed General You Xiaowei, the Duke of Wushui County to Shangzhu State, and Li Meng, who had sealed four hundred households. Chang came to take over Anton's deputy governor and governor of Tanzhou.

Li Mengchang was born in the Li family of Zhao County. However, during the Sui Dynasty, his family was in ruins and he became a hungry citizen. Later, he became a thief in Taixing and became a subordinate of Wang Junkuo. After joining the court, he has been serving under Li Shimin. He is also one of the nine generals of Xuanwu Sect. .

This is a very young, but very fierce fighter.

Dugu Yanyun, one of the nine generals of the Xuanwu Sect, died in the battle at Shanbei. Li Mengchang came to take over, and Wu Huaiyu was thoughtful.

(End of this chapter)