A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 611 Hateful, hateful
mid-autumn festival,

Wu Huaiyu and his entourage rode into Luoyang. The last time they came was in the spring of the second year of Zhenguan. At that time, Luoyang was desolate and lifeless. However, when they came again this time, Luoyang City was already very lively.

Warrior Xun, the governor of Luozhou, was quite capable in the economic field.

In the Governor's Mansion, the warrior Xun prepared a banquet to entertain his nephew's arrival.

"I think back then, my father gave up half of his family fortune to get the position of Luoyang County Magistrate..."

After three rounds of drinking, the samurai Yu brought up old memories.The Wu family used to be princes for generations, but after the Northern Qi Dynasty was destroyed, the Wu family also declined. His grandfather Wu Jian served as an official in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and only proposed to join the army for King Yongchang.

Wuhua Daye first took up the post of Luoyang County Magistrate. Warrior Tong was 27 or [-] years old at that time. He had already accumulated a lot of experience and skills by working hard in the shopping mall. He took the opportunity to participate in the construction of Dongdu and started a timber supply business, which was indeed profitable. Quite a few.

"It has been almost 30 years, and now I am also serving as an official in Luoyang."

"My uncle, the governor of Luoyang, made this place very lively,"

Warrior Xun smiled and said, "I'm going to follow your rules and relax, and I'll naturally be more active."

"Fourth uncle, I was careless about Er Niang and ended up in this situation now,"

"You did the right thing. I have thought about it carefully. Even though I am the governor of Luozhou now, I have been trusted by the saints for the past three years. But after all, I am the Supreme Emperor Yuanmou. What's more, my Taiyuan martial arts family is indeed not as good as the martial arts Su Although the prince appreciates it,..."

The warrior Xun was a very smart and visionary person, otherwise he would not have achieved what he has today. Although his first pot of gold was due to his father's relationship as Luoyang County Magistrate, he made a fortune in the timber business for building the Eastern Capital. However, he later offended Luoyang. Yang Su was forced to return to his hometown in Hedong,

In the last years of Daye, he was able to decisively become a commander of Yingyang's army, and he was able to give up his family fortune to support Li Yuan. Finally, he entered the pass from the dragon, and even became a hero of Li Yuan's Yuanmou. This is very extraordinary.

If it were anyone else, the prince would have fallen in love with his own daughter and wanted to marry her as the crown princess. He would have been so happy that he would not have thought about other things, let alone refuse.

But the warrior Yu was very cautious.

"I didn't expect that kid Yang Sijing," Huaiyu said.

"This matter is definitely not decided by Yang Sijing. It must be decided by his father Yang Yan, and even brothers Yang Gongren and Yang Shidao." Warrior Xun didn't complain about the behavior of his brothers from Xuxian's wife's mother's family.

Even if they are in-laws, at critical times, the interests of the family must still come first.

"After the prince knew that there was no engagement, he still wanted to accept Erniang as the prince's concubine. I refused him on my own initiative and persuaded him to refuse the matter to the emperor."

"you are right,"

The warrior stroked his beard and said, "It's really inappropriate."

Although the warrior Xun has been holding important positions in recent years, when the Xuanwumen palace changed in June of the [-]th year of Takeori, he was the governor of the Yangzhou Dudufu, Shi Dai, in charge of the affairs of the Dudufu. After the palace change, he was called into the court and served as Huangmen Shilang, and then He also served as the governor of Yongzhou, then the governor of Liangzhou, then the governor of Jingzhou, promoted to the governor, and then the governor of Luozhou. From Ying Guogong to Zhou Guogong, he was also one of the meritorious officials of Zhenguan.

But in the final analysis, he has never been able to enter Li Shimin's inner circle. It can only be said that compared to many martial arts veterans, Warrior Xun is pretty good now. Like him, the rich man in Hedong, Li Yuan's money bag Liu Shilong, has fallen behind. The consequences of confiscating homes, seizing positions, and being exiled to Lingnan.
Even Liu Hongji’s eldest son Shunde and Liu Zhenghui stood aside, not to mention that Li Sixing, Zhang Pinggao, Li Gaoqian, etc. had all been removed from their posts long ago.

And Pei Ji, the Emperor's best confidant, is now having his house confiscated and exiled to Jingzhou.

With his status, how could his daughter become the Crown Princess or Crown Prince Liangdi? If he didn't understand current affairs, he would end up in an embarrassing situation.

"You did a good job in this matter, and His Majesty also appreciates it very much." The appreciation of the warrior Yu refers to the fact that the emperor accepted Li Jing's niece as his adopted sister, conferred the title of county lord, and conferred upon him the title of nun.

"It's just that after this incident, the second mother was also affected. Now the Yang family doesn't want to get married anymore. What are the fourth uncle's plans?"

"There's no rush. Second mother is still young. It's not too late to consider marriage in a few years."

As long as the Wu family continues to maintain the current momentum and passes this trend, maybe the Hongnong Yang family will come to their door again and take the initiative to get married.

Don't mention it,

The uncle and nephew were drinking wine and chatting about Luoyang.

Luoyang was built as the eastern capital in the first year of Daye. It used to cost the whole country. However, at the end of the Sui Dynasty, Wang Shichong and Li Mi fought fiercely for several years as the site of the Four Battles. Later, Li Tang came out and besieged it again.

When the Tang Dynasty occupied Luoyang, Luoyang was devastated by war and hunger and was almost in ruins.After that, Luoyang became Li Shimin's base camp. Qu Tutong remained in charge, and later Yang Gongren took over the town. Although both of them were outstanding, their basic concepts of governing Luoyang were still somewhat conservative.
After the warrior Xun came, he also received the emperor's decree to revitalize industry and commerce and develop the economy. He was relatively experienced in this aspect. In addition, Huaiyu also gave many useful suggestions. Now, in less than two years, Luoyang industry and commerce is active again. coming,
After all, this is the center of the world, and it is blessed by the Yellow River and the Grand Canal. As long as there is policy support, it still has many natural advantages.

"Luoyang Fengdu City has now restored 120 lines and more than 3000 stores,"

"There are more than [-] restaurants in the three cities of Luoyang, and there is a lot of goods."

In addition to the restoration of the three cities in Luoyang, the warrior Yu has made great progress. All the square walls in Luoyang have been demolished. This is the first city in the Tang Dynasty that has completely lost its square walls.
In addition to renovating the market, the demolition square even allowed stalls to be set up along the street, and the night market was also opened. The market was not closed at night, and Luoyang became more and more smoky.

Relying on its geographical advantages and convenient transportation, Luoyang is now building a commercial distribution center, a warehousing center, and recruiting a large number of workshops to build. With various tax exemptions and exemptions, as well as strict restrictions on officials and subordinates,

As a result, Luoyang's current industrial and commercial environment is very good. Although it has surpassed its heyday during the Daye period, its vitality has not diminished since then, and it even has the momentum to catch up from behind.

Luoyang not only vigorously develops government-run handicraft workshops, but also the private handicraft industry is more active.

The three industries of Luoyang, including ironware, silk weaving and porcelain, are currently being supported and developed by Samurai Yun. Their scale is very large and their momentum is strong.

These industries themselves also require scale. Once the scale increases, the industrial chain will be more complete and competition in all aspects will be more advantageous.

Wu Huaiyu was also very fond of Luoyang's potential and began to invest in Luoyang early. Not only was the Wu family actively involved in the trade of bulk commodities such as grain and silk cloth, the Wu family was also involved in many handicrafts here, and even settled a lot in Luoyang city. Land.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival in Luoyang, Huaiyu stayed for a few more days. Accompanied by the warrior Xun, he took a good tour of Luoyang City. He summoned the stewards and shopkeepers of the Wu family's workshops, shops, and trading firms in Luoyang, and issued a letter. Mid-Autumn Festival reward money,

Then I did some business development planning guidance, bought a lot of land while the land price in Luoyang was not high, and also undertook the renovation projects of several street shops.

Now that Luoyang is developing so well and has unlimited potential, you can earn it if you get it.

A few days later, Wu Huaiyu left Luoyang and continued northward.

By the time we arrived in Youzhou, it was already September.

Entering Youzhou City, washing away the dust on the road, everything is fine in Youzhou.

Among the concubines who stayed here, several pregnant women were about to give birth.

"The doctor said I'm going to give birth in the next few days." Yang Muyun said with a big belly.

Over there, Lu Sanwu and Gao Twelve are also about to give birth. “The three of us have about the same time,”

As a result, just halfway through dinner, Yang Muyun felt pain. Soon her amniotic fluid broke. She quickly took a shower and sent her to the room to give birth.

Fortunately, everything was prepared in advance,

Yang screamed in pain, and the pain lasted for an hour, but there was no sign of giving birth.

As a result, Ms. Lu 35 over there also complained of stomachache, and then her water broke, so she was quickly sent to get ready.

Another hour later, with a cry, Mr. Lu gave birth to a fat boy weighing six pounds and four ounces, which was as heavy as Fan Xuanfu's eldest son.

When Wu Huaiyu came in, the boy was already nursing.

"This kid is very smart,"

Although Lu 35 gave birth quickly, she was also very weak after giving birth. However, she carefully held her little baby in her arms and breastfed her, but her face was full of joy.

Before she could say a few words, the maid shouted from outside, "It's time to give birth. Madam Yang has given birth. It's a boy."

Yang Muyun was born more than two hours ago.

Wu Huaiyu rushed over. She was covered in sweat and her face was pale. Fortunately, mother and child were safe.

One night, two sons were born.

Huaiyu named Lu Niang’s son Chengyun, the fifteenth son, and Yang’s child Chengxing, the sixteenth son.

The two brothers slept soundly after eating. Wu Huaiyu looked at the two guys with a smile on his face.

Gao Twelve had a big belly, but there was no movement at all. She looked at the little man and said, "Alang is really accurate. When I said they were pregnant with a son, it was indeed true."

She caressed her belly. Huaiyu had said before that she had a daughter in her belly. Seeing other people giving birth to sons, she felt a little envious.

"You are born with a good destiny. Before I was born, Alang had already chosen a girl with the fifth surname for them to be engaged to."

The fifteenth son, Wu Chengyun, is betrothed to the granddaughter of Li Xuandao, the eldest son of Li Guzang in Longxi. The sixteenth son, Wu Chengxing, is betrothed to the daughter of Cui Chengfu, the second son of Boling Cui. Cui Chengfu and Cui Dunli are cousins. Yang Sijing was previously married to Li Shimin When Princess Anping was given in marriage, another royal sister, Princess Zhending, was given in marriage to Cui Dunli's younger brother Cui Gongli.

"Who as a father or mother doesn't want to pave the way for their children, but whether they can be successful in the future depends on themselves."

Huaiyu sent someone to notify the Lu family in Lulongfang, telling them that Mother Lu had given birth to a big fat boy.

Yang has no relatives in Youzhou, and she looks a little envious. Although her father Yang Qing, the Duke of Xi, is still there, she has no relationship with him.

"Please help me send someone to tell Princess Cui of Fuping. She often comes to see me, and she also said that she must tell her when she gives birth." Yang Muyun said, this old princess is a rare friend she has made in Youzhou.

"Um,"

Princess Cui of Fuping was not only the matchmaker for the brothers Fifteenth Lang and Sixteenth Lang to get engaged to Cui and Li, but Princess Fuping was also the aunt of Cui Chengfu, the future father-in-law of Sixteenth Lang Chengxing, and the great-grandmother of Chengxing's wife.Of course, she is also the wife-uncle-great-grandmother of the fifteenth Lang Chengyun.

In the backyard of the Governor's Mansion, a group of servants and maids lined up to congratulate them.

The happy Wu Huaiyu was naturally rewarded by everyone.

Everyone said compliments and envied these two young masters Wu, who were born to marry women with the fifth surname and who were also the legitimate daughters of the first surname Fang.

After a long time of commotion, a group of staff and guests from the Wu Huaiyu shogunate who were working in the front office also came to congratulate them. Most of these shogunate guests were young talents, but most of them came from poor families. Even if they were talented, they had to enter the shogunate to seek advancement.

But the young man of Wu Shaobao's family was already betrothed to his legitimate daughter with the fifth surname before he was born.
"I wish I couldn't be promoted as a Jinshi, and I wish I couldn't marry a girl with the fifth surname. It's hateful!"

A group of young staff, all claiming to be full of talents, came to Youzhou to join the Yi Kingdom. They were appreciated and reused. However, looking at the newborn baby of the Wu family, they could not help but sigh. It is true that others have already been born as soon as they were born. It is a height that they can never reach in their lifetime.

Without a family background, he would not be recommended by the powerful, and it would be difficult to pass the imperial examination, let alone marry a girl with the fifth surname.

"Do your best, everyone. Didn't Duke Yi Guo tell us a long time ago that as long as he has real talent and works hard, he will recommend those who want to take Mingjing and Jinshi exams to the chief examiner. He will also recommend those who want to directly join the officialdom. We can get into Yi. The Duke and Shogunate are already very lucky.”

"Yeah, let's work hard. When the Northern Expedition is successful, don't we also have a lot of qualifications that we can use."

Others laughed and said, "Maybe next year we will take the imperial examination in Beijing, be named on the gold list, and become a high school Jinshi. By then, we will also be favored by seven families with five surnames. If we come to the list to catch a son-in-law, we will marry a girl with a fifth surname."

Some older court guests laughed and said, "Then we can only envy you for being young and unmarried. We cannot catch up with such a good opportunity."

In the past two years, after the imperial examination results were released every spring in Chang'an, it has become a good story to catch a son-in-law under the list. Not only the noble relatives and upstarts in Chang'an will come to catch a son-in-law, but also seven families with five surnames have begun to catch a son-in-law.

Of course, those captured are young Jinshi, Mingjing scholars, and young talents.

In fact, everyone knows that catching a son-in-law under the official list is actually just a show for outsiders. The real thing is to choose a son-in-law in Baochuang. Often, each family has already selected it before the imperial examination. There are few conditions, and if the scholar and talent can accept it, then the marriage contract will be signed, but usually it will not be made public first.

Once they are engaged, those noble families will really make an effort to help the recommendation operation and help them get their names on the gold list.

Waiting until the day when the results are released, there will be a lively event to catch the son-in-law under the list. It is so lively and joyful. In fact, everything has been arranged.

Catching your son-in-law is not really catching you.
Not even able to rob.

No regrets will be allowed.

Wu Huaiyu has many people in the shogunate, and he is also very good to the shogunate. Although the candidates must be carefully selected, as long as they have real talent and hard work, he will support them after they perform well, whether it is directly recruiting officials or recommending officials. He was very generous when it came to selections for the ministry or recommending candidates for the imperial examination.

Even for some young talents, Wu Huaiyu would introduce women or relatives to them as wives, and would also give them his maids and domestic skills as concubines.

As for things like donating money and horses, let alone things like giving away money and horses, Duke Yi has always been generous, which is why many talented people are willing to come to Duke Yi's shogunate.

(End of this chapter)