A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 699 My Big Son

The emperor was not afraid of a mere wild boar.

At first, he thought Tang Jian was too nervous, but when he said it in public, Li Shimin realized that Cheng Qian was indeed in danger just now.

Cheng Qian is only 11 years old, and it's not like he learned riding and shooting since he was a child.

But the more this happened, the more Li Shimin felt that the prince was brave and filial just now, and could immediately ignore his own safety and raise his sword to block the wild boar.
My son is so big.

"What Duke Ju Guo said makes sense, but I was careless just now,"

The emperor rubbed his nose, then pointed at the five wild boars,
One head was given to Tang Jian, one to Qin Qiong, one to Wu Huaiyu, one to the prince, and the remaining one belonged to the emperor.

Because Tang Jian was able to stand up and remonstrate, Li Shimin also said that Tang Jian was loyal and good, so he gave Tang Jianjin the title of second-rank Youguanglu doctor, concurrently as the crown prince Shaozhanshi, and gave him a hundred pieces of silk.

Wu Huaiyu Jin was granted a hundred pieces of silk by Dr. Zuo Guanglu of the first rank.

Qin Qiong gave him a hundred pieces of silk and added him to the crown prince's protection.

The emperor also announced in public that he would marry Qin Qiong and marry a princess to Qin Qiong's second son, Qin Li, Qin Huaidao, and give him the title of Duke of Licheng County.This Qin Huaidao was actually Qin Qiong's fourth son. However, when he defected to the Tang Dynasty, his wife, concubines, and children in Luoyang were all killed by Wang Shichong. Later, Li Yuan gave his niece Tangxing County Lord in marriage to Qin Qiong, and the two gave birth to Yandao. , Huai Dao's two legitimate sons, and his concubine also gave birth to Shan Dao, etc.
It was also Li Shimin's habit to resort to Princess Shang, the second son of the hero.

Six-year-old Qin Huaidao was lucky. He was given the title of Duke of a county immediately after being married to Princess Shang. Although he was a false title of county Duke, he was still a county Duke after all. He would not have to worry about wealth in this life.

Several people thanked each other.

Many people looked at Tang Jian and admired this guy. They felt that this guy was very good at seizing opportunities. He rushed forward and drew his sword to stop the wild boar. In fact, was he really needed to fight the wild boar? With so many guards and generals, even the emperor could do it. Kill this wild boy,

But this performance is indeed eye-catching, especially when he comes to remonstrate so much afterwards, it is incredible.

Originally he was the Emperor's servant, but now he not only admonished the Emperor but also defended the Crown Prince, so the Emperor rewarded him as a matter of course, and also made him serve as the Crown Prince's Young Master, and asked him to work part-time to assist the Crown Prince.
Good guy,
He is worthy of being a hero of Yuanmou, he is awesome.

Of course, Qin Qiong's shot was also very amazing. It is true that the spear is still young and still as majestic as ever.

The majesty of the top general of Tiance Mansion was still the same, and he was worthy of being a figure who allowed the imperial court to regard the big iron spear he used as a national ritual weapon.

Now, with the power of a single shot, the emperor took advantage of the situation and added the title of a crown prince to this military boss, giving Cheng Qian an amazing teacher.

As for Wu Huaiyu's special promotion to Dr. Zuo Guanglu, he was promoted to the first rank, which is the highest rank along with Kaifu Yi and the third division.

Now there are only two Kaifu Yitong and Sansi in the Tang Dynasty. One is Changsun Wuji and the other is Qin Qiong. Both of them have served as prime ministers and are the emperor's top confidants.

Wu Huaiyu can now be promoted to the first rank. Although he is the second-level doctor Zuo Guanglu, this is a public demonstration of the emperor's appreciation for him.

Of course, this seal was not obtained by shooting a wild boar. It was obviously a reward for Wu Huaiyu's successful implementation of the new two-tax law in Sanyuan, and even the substitute service law that the prince had just offered for him.

After such an episode,

The hunt continues,

But then Xu Luoren and other generals did not dare to be careless. The emperor was surrounded by generals and guards, which made Li Shimin feel a little boring.
Although he later shot several wild boars, pheasants, hares, and even two deer,
It's a pity that I didn't meet the white deer.
After the emperor shot a pot of arrows empty, he asked the other princes to hunt. Chengqian also mounted his horse, stretched out his bow and arrows, and shot a wild boar, a deer, and a pheasant.
This archery skill made Li Shimin very satisfied.
Wu Huaiyu didn't mean to compete for the limelight. His archery skills were not bad and he often practiced archery. Now it was actually quite easy to shoot the prey that were gathering around him.

He only shot one wild boar, and although he had the opportunity to shoot several deer, he deliberately missed none.

It doesn't feel good to shoot a deer in front of the emperor and prince.

at night,

The emperor lived in Qinqiong Bailu Manor in Chang'ao.

The conditions in Qin Qiong's manor are still good.

The prey hunted during the day is slaughtered and cooked,
At this time, Wu Huaiyu had to act as a cook again and prepare some private side dishes for the emperor.

Wild boar stewed with radish, braised deer loin in sauce, wolfberry whip flower, braised deer brain with ginseng, stewed deer tendon with deer trotters, spicy stir-fried deer shreds, Feilong soup made with pheasant, spicy diced rabbit stir-fried with hare...
Let’s have some deer blood wine mixed with fresh deer blood.
Li Shimin is very happy today,

He likes hunting, hunting makes him happy, and he had a good harvest today.

Of course, the happiest thing was the prince's performance today. He was so moved by his loyalty and filial piety when he rushed to the horse and defended his father with his sword.

Li Shimin himself failed to handle the relationship with his father and brothers. Although the Xuanwumen incident was forced, it was a shadow that he could not erase in his life.
It can even be said to be a burden in this life.

The more this stain in his life cannot be erased, the more he emphasizes the kindness of father and filial piety to sons, and the more he emphasizes the need to govern the world with filial piety.

Emphasize whatever is lacking,
Just like the poor people among the people, they most like to name their sons Fugui, Dagui, Dafu, Afa, and Awang, but the nobles from aristocratic families like to name their sons benevolence, justice, etiquette, wisdom, filial piety, and heirs and ancestors.

The dishes cooked by Huaiyu are very good.

It is not the prime minister who can share the delicious food at the same table with the emperor, but it is also extremely noble. Among the three high-ranking officials of the prime minister, Fang Xuanling, Wen Yanbo and Wei Zheng, Li Shimin did not bring him.

Firstly, the central affairs of Chang'an cannot be separated from people. Secondly, Li Shimin is also a little annoyed by Wei Zheng and Wen Yanbo who like to give advice.

Every time Li Shimin goes hunting, they always give him all kinds of advice, which is annoying.

Sometimes Li Shimin would be bored in the palace for a long time, so he would shoot the rabbits raised by the people in the harem. When Wei Zheng found out about it, he would come to remonstrate with him.

If you take a few of them with you, you won't even be able to hunt happily.

Changsun Wuji drank Feilong soup. The pheasant ate mostly pine nuts, and the stewed soup was also extremely sweet and not greasy at all. For a fat man, unfortunately, like Ma Zhou, he suffered from diabetes and even high blood pressure. For my uncle, just drink some soup.

Wu Huaiyu was eating radish and stewed wild boar.
Compared to domestic pigs, wild boar meat is more woody.

Especially that layer of skin, not only is it difficult to remove the hair, there are many hair roots, but the skin is very tough. It is difficult to stir-fry directly. Stewing is more suitable. Just put two large radishes in it, simmer over low heat until cooked, then Cut the radish into pieces,

It can remove the pungent smell of wild boar and make the hard wild boar meat soft and elastic.
The wild boar he stewed today was good. It had two completely different flavors from domestic pork, each with its own characteristics. Even the emperor praised it after eating it with chopsticks.However, the emperor's favorite was venison, especially whip flower and deer loin.

Huaiyu couldn't help but wonder. Could it be that the emperor was busy with everything, overworked, and had a weak kidney?
The emperor has given birth to quite a lot of children in recent years, so this shouldn't be a problem, but what man doesn't want to be more aggressive?

Be fiercer, fiercer,
Li Jing and Ma Zhou also stayed in the capital and did not come.

Qin Qiong and Huaiyu sat together, and they were enjoying themselves.

Qin Qiong is not too excited about today's appointment of the crown prince and Taibao. Anyway, he is not even willing to be a prime minister. He no longer cares about official titles. In the peaceful years when there are no wars, he prefers to stay away from the disputes in the court.
It doesn't matter whether it's Kaifu Yi, Tong Sansi or the crown prince's Taibao.

In contrast, Changsun Wuji, who was sitting opposite and drinking Feilong Soup, was a little absent-minded. Ever since Hou Junji was driven out of Chang'an, this Changsun Gong had been active for a while.

He still wants to come back,
But after being busy for a while, the emperor did not respond at all, so the disappointed Changsun Wuji now began to plan for his uncle Gao Shilian to return to the court.
It is said that this matter has already begun to take shape.

Gao Shilian may be able to return to Beijing after the new year, and it is very likely that he will pay homage to the prime minister again.

The biggest opponents of this matter seem to be Fang Xuanling and Wang Gui. When Gao Shilian dismissed the prime minister, it was because Wang Gui asked Gao Shilian to forward a memorial to the emperor. However, he read it privately and pressed it, and then he dismissed the prime minister. , although the real reason for the specific dismissal is not this,
But now that Gao Shilian wants to return to the court, he still has to face the obstruction of Wang Gui, the Huangmen minister, and Fang Xuanling is the most important opposition.

There have always been many factions in the Zhenguan Dynasty.
There are various ways of classification, such as the Long military aristocratic faction, the Dongshi clan faction, the Yuanmou veteran faction of the Supreme Emperor, and the Qin royal family faction of Li Shimin.

The people in Prince Qin's palace were also divided into several factions.

There are many various factions. Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling are from the same faction in some divisions, but in fact they are now leaders of two distinct factions in the court.

Wu Huaiyu had no intention of participating in this kind of overt and covert struggle.

In fact, in the eyes of the government and the public, Wu Huaiyu has now become the leader of a faction.

Wu Huaiyu's mountain labels are actually mainly the military nouveau riche faction and the Donggong Party. The former is the Qin Prince's Palace Clan, Shandong Sect, and the military nouveau riche group headed by Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, etc., and the other is around Cheng Qian, which has not yet been officially stabilized. An East Palace Party.

But Wu Huaiyu was also regarded as one of the Guanlong nobles, and could even become the core.

Changsun Wuji and Hou Junji actually had a good relationship. This time Hou Junji was suddenly overthrown by Wu Huaiyu and went to Lingnan. For Changsun Wuji, it was a bit caught off guard and even secretly dissatisfied.

On the other hand, Hou Junji and Wei Zheng were both teachers and students, as well as allies. Hou Junji was convicted and demoted, and Wei Zheng was also implicated a lot.

But Wu Huaiyu, the prime minister, was away from the central government for a long time, so the central government was fighting openly and secretly, but Wu Huaiyu was able to be more detached.

"Uncle Bao, under the new government policy of the imperial court, it is a good idea to exempt all bureaus, guest women, peasant households, and miscellaneous households. Do not set up household registration. What is the attitude of the bureau guest women in your manor towards this?"

"I have asked the family to take charge of the affairs and cooperate with the Yamen in registration, naturalization and household registration," Qin Qiong replied. It is obvious that Qin Qiong's guests and other guests are actually not very willing to do this.
It is obviously much better to be a guest girl in Qin Qiong's family than to go out and set up a separate family by yourself.

These days, freedom is not the first priority, survival is the first priority.No one will ever shout slogans such as life is precious and love is more valuable. If it is for the sake of freedom, both can be discarded. If you say it, you will feel either stupid or crazy.

Li Shimin heard it immediately.

"It seems that being a slave girl is a big burden when you become a good woman. Huaiyu and the prince mentioned that the method of folding cloth and working as a servant in the fields and never adding any tax seems to be formulated and implemented as soon as possible."

There were official and private slaves in the Tang Dynasty. Official slaves and maidservants were classified as official households once they were exempted, also called fan households or fan households. Their household registration was under the name of the government. If they were exempted again, they would be miscellaneous households. If they were exempted again, they would be regarded as good people.

Once a private slave is exempted from being a servant or a guest girl, once she is exempted from it, she becomes a beloved person.

Official households are all untouchables. Although official households can be granted land at half the rate, it is actually very difficult for them to have land. Moreover, they have to work for three months a year for free, and the official only provides food and clothing during the labor.

The miscellaneous households have a higher status and are subordinate to the prefecture and county. They serve five times in two years, which is equivalent to 75 days of service in one year.

In contrast, Buqu guest women are private individuals and have a higher status than official households and miscellaneous households. They are not required to perform state labor. Of course, Buqu are seriously dependent on their masters and cannot leave the prescribed scope of activities without permission. , and the wife and husband must be appointed by the master, and they are untouchables and cannot divide the land.

Officials and private households have different rights and responsibilities. Official households and miscellaneous households are still untouchables, but they are eligible to be allocated and granted land, but they also have to serve from ninety days to 75 days.

Private tribesmen could not divide their land, but they did not need to serve.

Now the imperial court wants to free all the untouchables with these statuses and make them good people. In the future, there will be no such classes. Except for slaves and maids, they are good people.

Becoming a husband naturally entails the same rights and obligations as a husband. There are 20 days of regular service a year. For officials and miscellaneous households, the burden is lightened, but for the servant girls, the burden is increased.

If Wu Huaiyu's current proposal of working on behalf of the farmers can be implemented, it will indeed reduce another burden on ordinary people in the future. This burden will be transferred to the fields. The court will collect the money for working on behalf of the people, and then hire the people.
For ordinary people, even if they work as slaves, they used to work for free, but now they earn wages.

"Uncle Bao, do you think it is a good policy to exempt all the women from official households, miscellaneous households, and servants?"

Li Shimin also knew that there were indeed many tribes under the names of powerful families who were unwilling to leave. In the final analysis, it was still a relationship between power and obligation.

Being a good man for the imperial court is not as good as being a servant in a powerful family.

This made Li Shimin feel a little heavy. He knew the reason for this. After all, the Li family used to be a noble family with many servants and servants.

"Your Majesty, this is true benevolent government,"

"But most people are unwilling to change their humble status into good ones. Even now, there are still many good people who have deregistered and fled."

If these phenomena cannot be changed, then Li Shimin feels that the court is not doing a good enough job.

But how to do it well is difficult.

"Your Majesty, the people's biggest wish is just food and clothing. They are satisfied if their family and their children can have two meals a day, and have clothing and clothing to keep them warm all year round. As for whether they are good friends, servants, or even slaves, It’s very important, but it’s not more than the food and clothing we need.”

Li Shimin nodded, understanding.

(End of this chapter)