A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 719
Prime Minister Wu was delighted to receive a daughter of gold, and many people came to congratulate him uninvited.

Although Wu Liuniang was just a concubine born from a concubine, she was also the daughter of the prime minister.What's more, many people came, but they just took advantage of this opportunity to come.

In particular, it is generally inconvenient for many of Zi Fei's civil servants and generals to come.

Feng Zhidai and Pang Xiaotai came together, as did Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu.Huaiyu was a little surprised. Li Yifu and Xu Jingzong were now together. It seemed that the two had a good relationship.

"Congratulations." Feng Zhidai said with a smile and handed over the gift list.The King of Lingnan of the Feng family, who had been in Beijing for several years and was also a third-rank man, naturally spent a lot of money. He gave him a pearl necklace, a pair of pearl earrings, and a pair of gold and emerald rings with pearls.
Several items are very beautiful, especially the pair of rings. A six-claw gold setting is inlaid with a big bead, and a jadeite and ruby ​​carved into a bat shape are inlaid on both sides. The three jewels complement each other and shine together.

The pair of earrings are also very distinctive. They are called jade-embedded bee pattern earrings. They are made of jade, semi-circular, half green, half white, green and white are distinct. There is a golden bee and a long curved needle on the green end, and the bee is warm and inlaid with pink. Colored bead seal, the wings are composed of two sets of rice beads, the rest are dotted with green, and the two long whiskers are decorated with pearls, which is both precious and special.

There are a total of five pieces of pearl jewelry, all made of Hepu pearls from Beibu Gulf. These are world-famous sea pearls, also known as southern pearls.
I remember that during the Wude period, Qinzhou Ning Changzhen paid tribute to the Hepu Dazhu, but Li Yuan refused to accept it, which caused uneasiness among the Feng family of the Ning family in Lingnan. They guessed that the court was dissatisfied with the separatist rule of the Lingnan chiefs and their small tribute. , but wants to truly organize households and equalize the people, collect taxes,

So in the end, Ning Changzhen, Feng Xuan, Tan Dian, including Pang Xiaotai and many other Lingnan chiefs rebelled against the Tang Dynasty. The war lasted for several years, and in the end it was Feng An, Chen Longshu and other Lingnan chiefs who fought for the court. pacify them.

The Nanzhu of Hepu is still a tribute, but the Qinzhou Governor's Mansion was destroyed. Ning's hereditary position as Qinzhou Governor was also lost, and Ning Changzhen was defeated and died.

"General Feng, you are asking me to make a mistake."

Feng Zhidai smiled and said, "Prime Minister Wu, it's just a few small pieces of jewelry. Nanzhu is a native product of our Lingnan. What kind of mistake is this?"

Xu Jingzong laughed there and said that although Gaoliang did not produce southern pearls, the Feng family did not lack southern pearls, let alone gold and silver.

There are many gold and silver mines in Lingnan, and many Hu merchants came to trade from the sea, which also brought a lot of gold and silver. There is a long tradition of using gold and silver to trade. A long time ago, the Central Plains Dynasty often banned copper coins from passing through the Five Ridges.

There is no tradition of using copper coins in Lingnan. They have no inflow of copper coins. This is just like in the Song Dynasty. Due to the money shortage and inconvenient transportation, Sichuan had no copper coins to use and had to use iron coins, forming an iron coin area.

As for Lingnan, since the Qin and Han Dynasties, gold and silver have been the main product, supplemented by grain and cloth.

The Feng family of Lingnan Wang was both powerful and wealthy.

The five pieces of jewelry were all valuable, but to Wu Huaiyu and the Feng family, they were indeed nothing, so Wu Huaiyu accepted them.

In the relationship between the Wu and Feng families, it is worthwhile to make a few mistakes, which can enhance the relationship.

Xu Jingzong also gave gifts. He gave a gold and silver hairpin.

The background pattern of the hairpin is a curly grass pattern. Kalingpinga with a human head and a bird's body holds a flower basket in both hands, with his wings spread like flying. On the other side are flower leaves and flower branches. The lines of the entire hairpin are smooth, and the surface movements are chiseled and smooth. The hollowing process creates a three-dimensional effect.

A very exquisite hairpin.

Kalingbinga is a sacred bird in Buddhism. Because of its beautiful and melodious voice, it is also known as the Lady of Wonderful Sound. Since the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Buddhism has become popular. There are many Buddhist elements in the gold and silver jewelry of the Tang Dynasty.

What Li Yifu gave him was a jade comb with floral patterns.

Pang Xiaotai gave a pair of rings, one was a gold ring with rubies and the other was a gold ring with sapphires.

Although they are all gold, silver and precious stones, the jewelry given by these four people are all very well made and very exquisite. The craftsmanship can be said to increase the value of the material itself a lot.

Wu Huaiyu took them to the small flower hall for tea.

"I, Aye, have already left for Beijing to make a pilgrimage." Feng Zhidai said as soon as he sat down.

He sent people eight hundred miles away to rush back to Lingnan and told Lao Feng what Wu Huaiyu told him. After careful consideration, Lao Feng decided to come to Chang'an.

Although his son said in his letter that Wu Huaiyu might want to stay in Chang'an for a few years, the more he thought about it, the less he dared not come.

"Okay, let's go to Baqiao to meet Duke Geng."

The results of the discussions between the prime ministers and the emperor in the palace were not announced.

Feng Zhidai and his son didn't know that the imperial court was really going to take action against Lingnan, and they didn't know that Feng Ang really couldn't go back this time.

I don't know if Feng Zhidai will be allowed to go back and be the governor.

Huaiyu personally made tea for several people.
"When Duke Geng comes to Chang'an, after the New Year, General Feng will return to Lingnan and take over the post of governor of Gaozhou." Huaiyu revealed this news.

Feng Zhidai was a little surprised and a little pleasantly surprised.

"Really?"

Huaiyu nodded and told him that the imperial court would expand the current four states of Gaozhou Governor's Palace to eight states. Feng An's sons and nephews would be appointed as governors of these eight states, such as Feng Shihui, who was Feng Xuan's son. Feng Zhidai's cousin.At the end of the Sui Dynasty, he served as the governor of Gangzhou. After Feng Xuan died, he took over as the governor of Luozhou. Now that the imperial court has assigned Baizhou to Rongfu and changed Nanfuzhou to Douzhou and assigned it to Gaofu, Feng Shihui will be transferred to the position of governor of Douzhou. .

Douzhou was originally the sphere of influence of the Chen family in Longzhou, but now the barbarians in Luodoudong are dissatisfied. The position of governor of Luozhou was handed over to Feng Ang's son.

This is obviously biased towards the Feng An family and weakens Feng Xuan's team. This is of course good for Feng An and his son. The internal battles among the wealthy families are also very fierce. When Feng Xuan and Feng An competed for the position of family heir, it was also bloody. , let Feng Ang replace Feng Xuan to rescue Guangzhou, and from the time they killed Chen Fozhi, the two brothers had been at odds with each other, and they fought countless times.

At the end of Wu De's reign, Feng Xuan's alliance against the Tang Dynasty failed because of Feng Xuan's troops.

After Feng Xuan's defeat, he was moved from the position of governor of Gaozhou to the governor of Luozhou. The imperial court not only appeased him, but also intended to use him to contain Feng Ang. Now, at the suggestion of Wu Huaiyu, Feng Xuan's son was transferred to Douzhou.

The Nine Prefectures in Lingnan became the current Six Prefectures.

This year, the imperial court increased the number of ten roads in the world to fifteen. Shannan Road and Jiangnan Road were divided into east and west roads. Gyeonggi Road was added to Guannai Road, Duji Road was added to Henan Road, and Central Guizhou Road was added.There is no separate road in Nanzhong area.
Lingnan has not yet been divided into Lingnan East and West and Annan Road, but Lingnan is originally three major regions, Jiao, Gui, and Guang.

Now the six governor's offices in the east of Lingnan are Guangfu and Gaofu.
In the west, there are Guifu, Rongfu and Yongfu.

The east and west are bounded by the Yunkai Mountains. The Nanyin Prefecture Dudu's Palace is canceled in the west, and the Rongzhou and Yongzhou Dudu's Prefectures are added. The Rongzhou Dudu's Prefecture governs Rong, Bian, Bai, Lao, Qin, Yu, Yu, Tang, and Gu prefectures. .

Although there are now three governor's mansions in the west of Lingnan, the more developed areas are actually in the current Guifu and Rongfu. As for Yongfu in the Youjiang River Basin, it is actually basically a barbaric land that was developed by Hou Junji. .

As for Jiaozhou, there used to be Jiaofu and Nandefu. Now that Nandefu has been removed, there is only one Dudufu.

Feng An had thirty sons and was very fertile.

Feng Zhidai is the eldest son, not the eldest son, but he is also the most capable of fighting.

He became the governor of Gaozhou, and his name was justifiable, and no one among his brothers, uncles and cousins ​​would dare to disobey him.

"Where is Yazhou Island?" Feng Zhidai asked.

"The governor's office in Yazhou has been withdrawn. The four states on the island, like Yuezhou and Shaozhou in Hepu, are directly subordinate to the central government and are no longer under the jurisdiction of the governor's office."

The four states on Hainan Island are basically the forces of the Feng Xian family. They went to the island to wage war with the indigenous raccoon people, established cities and towns in the coastal plains, reclaimed wasteland for planting, and established states and counties.

The Yazhou Governor's Mansion was previously established and was also subordinate to the Gao Mansion, but now it has been withdrawn.

Yuezhou was Hepu County in the Sui Dynasty. Later it was changed to Yuezhou. It was also divided into Lianzhou, Jiangzhou, Shanzhou, etc. It was once an important core area of ​​the Ning family. Now that the Ning family is weak, the court also directly When Yuezhou was separated, it was not subordinated to Rongfu, but directly subordinated to the central government.
The main reason is that the Beihai Port here is very important, and it is called the Pearl Sea. The Hepu Pearl is produced here. Just as the imperial court is now interested in Danquan copper smelting in Shaozhou, as well as the copper, lead, gold and silver mines there, and the plum blossoms. It's the same as the Guan Dao leading to Jiangxi.
The imperial court designated Yuezhou and Shaozhou separately.

The four prefectures of Hainan Island have few registered households and are very backward. The imperial court no longer assigns them to Gaofu, mainly to reduce the power of the Feng family.

Feng Zhidai did not ask any further questions.
Whether the imperial court takes away the Feng family's Baizhou and gives them Douzhou, or removes the four Yadao states, the Feng family cannot refuse now.

Just like they couldn't refuse to let Feng Ang come to Beijing.

The general trend.

The Feng family now seems to be the only one in Lingnan, but the more this happens, the less Feng An and his son dare to be frivolous, because their every move is now watched by the court.

The sky is falling, but the tall ones are holding on. They are now the tallest ones in Lingnan.

If something happens, you will be the first to be affected.

Drinking tea and chatting,
Wu Huaiyu was more optimistic about the Feng family, mainly because Feng Ang was capable, but he was not the kind of frog in the well. He had stayed in the Central Plains for a long time and had conquered Goguryeo. He was self-aware and never opposed the central government.

Whether it was when he was a boy, he was ordered by his grandmother to reinforce Guangzhou in the crusade against Chen Fozhi, or later he went to Beijing to meet the Sui Emperor, or he accepted the Sui Dynasty's arrangement to serve as a prefect in the mainland, or he selected the elite of his army to stay with him in Luoyang, or even It was from Eastern Goguryeo, and he never refused.

Feng An's ability to become the largest chieftain in Lingnan step by step is inseparable from his close attention to the Central Plains court. He never fought against the Central Plains court, but instead took advantage of the Central Plains court's power.

This is a very smart man. How many people have persuaded Feng An to proclaim himself king and emperor, just like when Zhao Tuo took advantage of the chaos in the Qin Dynasty to block the Five Ridges and establish a country and proclaim himself emperor.

But Feng An never agreed. Even if his brother Feng Xuan raised troops to rebel against the Tang Dynasty, he would kill his relatives. Even if his in-laws such as Xian Baoche and Xian Zhichen rebelled, he would also fight against them.

Feng Angken's entry into the court at this time showed that he was aware of current affairs, and Li Shimin was naturally willing to be open-minded to such cooperative chiefs.

"Erlang, I have a good thing here."

Xu Jingzong said with a smile.

"Oh?"

Xu Jingzong said that he wanted to be a matchmaker for the Feng and Wu families. After Feng Zhidai came to Beijing, he also gave birth to many children in Chang'an, among which his first wife also gave birth to a son and a daughter. Xu Jingzong wanted to be a matchmaker for Feng Zhidai. Feng Zhidai's legitimate son asked to marry Wu Huaiyu's newly born sixteenth mother.

Xu Jingzong himself had a daughter, who was betrothed to Feng Ang for a son.

Huaiyu smiled and said, "Then Brother Xu and I won't be the same generation apart from now on?"

Sanlang Chengzhi, the son of Wu Huaiyu and Run Niang, was engaged to Xu Jingzong's legitimate daughter, so Huaiyu and Feng An were considered half relatives. Wu Huaiyu was also the teacher of Xu Jingzong's two legitimate sons. Now Huaiyu's daughter is married to Feng Zhidai's son.

"What's the matter? It's up to everyone," Xu Jingzong said with a smile.

Feng Zhidai said from the side, "It would be a great honor if I could get Prime Minister Wu's daughter for Quan Zi. I am a barbarian, and it doesn't matter if the Prime Minister dislikes me."

Wu Huaiyu thought about it and felt that this marriage was okay, so he agreed immediately.

Although Xu Jingzong originally promised his daughter to Feng An's son, many nobles ridiculed him, saying that he was selling his daughter because he liked the money of the Southern Barbarian King, which was very disdainful.

"Who is he?" Huaiyu asked Feng Zhidai.

"Can I have my eldest son?" Unexpectedly, Feng Zhidai did not arrange for a son to be born in Chang'an, but instead pushed his eldest son out.

"Okay." Huaiyu agreed.

(End of this chapter)