A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 722

Sword Master Zhang Anan took Wu Huaiyu to the east of the city.
The emperor rewarded Feng Ang with a large house, which used to be Prince Wu's Mansion.

"Prince Wu's Mansion?"

Feng Zhidai was a little surprised when he saw this house. He had only been in Chang'an for four years, and he was half familiar with Chang'an, so he recognized this place at a glance.

Lao Feng was a little confused.

Feng Zhidai's face didn't look good. He whispered next to his father,

Zhang Ananda, who was leading the way, knew what they were talking about.
But Wu Huaiyu was a little confused.

Zhang Ananda smiled without deliberately lowering his voice, "Captain Feng is right, this used to be Prince Wu's Mansion."

"Which King Wu?" Wu Huaiyu asked.

"King Wu Li Fuwei."

Wu Huaiyu was a little confused at first, but he soon realized that he was Du Fuwei, the king of Jianghuai. The famous rebel king of Jianghuai in the late Sui Dynasty was also a great hero. Originally, his hometown was Qijun, Qin Qiong's hometown. Later, When Daye was only ten years old, he became a hungry man and went south with another young man, Fu Gonger, to survive.

Later, the hungry people became refugees, the refugees became homeless thieves, and then they became rebel thieves.

Although the 16-year-old Du Fuwei was young and was just a pawn when he first joined, he was very brave. He was at the front when he was out and behind when he was in. He quickly gained everyone's respect and trust and was elected as the leader of this small rebel army.
Later, he gradually became the king of Jianghuai, but when Du Fuwei defeated Li Zitong, Shen Faxing, etc., subdued Wang Hua, Wenren Sui'an, etc., and finally unified the Jianghuai land, he had already reached the fifth year of Wude.

At this time, Li Shimin had already put down Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande, and even defeated Dou Jiande's remaining troops Xu Yuanlang and Liu Heitai.

Li Shimin took advantage of the momentum of defeating Xu Yuanlang and established troops and Yaowu on the Jianghuai border.
At this time, all the rebel kings in the late Sui Dynasty had basically been defeated by Li Tang. Even Li Shimin defeated Xu Yuanlang in Shandong, and Li Jing had already pacified Jingxiang, and then went down the Xiangjiang River into Guilin to directly recruit the tribes in Lingnan.

Du Fuwei of Jianghuai faced a very embarrassing and dangerous situation. Although he eliminated and conquered all the rebel kings in Jianghuai, he was also surrounded by Li Tang.

Due to the situation, Du Fuwei wrote to Li Yuan, requesting to enter the court. After handing over his troops to his brothers and adopted son, he went to Chang'an.

Li Yuan was very happy with Du Fuwei, and named him King of Wu, Crown Prince, Taibao, gave him the surname Li, and listed him in the royal family, ranking him above King Yuanji of Qi.

Du Fuwei's Prince Wu's Mansion in Chang'an is the mansion in front of him.

The King of Wu did not end well. The Emperor of Wu, Li Zitong, who had been defeated by Du Fuwei, entered the Guan and joined the Tang Dynasty earlier than him after being defeated by Du Fuwei, but he was not reused in Chang'an just like Li Mi.

When he saw Du Fuwei entering Beijing, he expected that there would be chaos in Jianghuai and there would be an opportunity to take advantage of it, so he wanted to sneak back to Jianghuai and raise another army. However, he was caught up in Lantian and killed by Li Yuan.

After Li Yuan killed Li Zitong, he also did not trust Du Fuwei. Fu Gong'er, who happened to be staying in Jianghuai, was unwilling to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, so he rebelled against the Tang Dynasty in Jianghuai and claimed to be emperor. His country was named Song.

News spread back to Chang'an that Wu King Li Fuwei died suddenly. It was said that he died from accidentally taking mica, but everyone knew that he was poisoned by Li Yuan.

After Li Fuwei died, Li Yuan did not let him go. He took back his surname, deprived him of his official title, and even demoted his wife, daughter and children to slaves.

Later, in the first year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin rehabilitated Du Fuwei and was buried with the ceremony of Duke Wu. His son inherited the country and inherited the family.

However, this Prince Wu's Mansion did not return to his son's hands.

Feng An's face turned very ugly when he learned about the history of this mansion.

When Feng Ang first surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, he was granted the title of Duke of Wu, but was changed to Duke of Geng in the year of Zhenguan. Moreover, Du Fuwei and he joined the Tang Dynasty in the same year, and both were once powerful men in the area. Although Feng Ang did not become the king, he was also the king. Claiming to be in charge of separatist rule.

When he came to Chang'an now, Li Shimin rewarded him with Du Fuwei's former mansion.

If this was a coincidence, he would never believe it.

Obviously, it was intentional,
Even Feng An knew the reason, it was a warning.

The fate of the King of Jianghuai is here to learn from the past.
Now that the King of Lingnan has come to Chang'an, he should honestly stop having any inappropriate thoughts.
Emperor Wu Li Zitong surrendered to the Tang Dynasty and tried to escape, but was caught and executed in Lantian. King Wu Du Fuwei surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, but his old troops rebelled against the Tang Dynasty. In the end, he was poisoned and died.

This threat is too direct.

Feng Ang almost couldn't bear it anymore, but the old fox was very tolerant and finally managed to hold it back.

"Your Majesty's great kindness, Feng An will never forget it."

Feng Ang accepted the title,
I can't have any complaints, and I don't dare to have any.

Who knows if this is the emperor deliberately testing him?
It must be a test.

Since he came to Chang'an, he had actually expected these things, and he had even thought about it. If Li Shimin did not uphold martial ethics and integrity, it would be possible to find an opportunity to kill him in Chang'an, although the possibility was very low.

But Feng Ang came anyway. He was betting that Li Shimin was not that kind of person.

If the current emperor was still Li Yuan, then Feng Ang would never dare to leave Lingnan for even half a step, because although Li Yuan had made many heroes kings with different surnames, he was not trustworthy. Li Mi, Li Zitong, Du Fuwei, Dou Jiande, Li Gui and other anti-kings , all died at the hands of Li Yuan and died in Chang'an.

Went into Prince Wu's Mansion and walked around.
It's big and nice inside.

After Du Fuwei's death, the house belonged to Li Yuanji, and then fell into the hands of Yuchi Jingde.

Yuchi Jingde also served as the Duke of Wu for a period of time, but later he became too arrogant and openly fought for the throne in front of the emperor. He beat the county king Li Daozong and angered Li Shimin, who demoted him and seized the title. The house was also taken back.

Later, Yuchi Gong's title was changed to E Guogong.

This house has always been empty, but now it is given to Geng Guogong Feng An.

Just bring your bags and check in.

Feng An was very satisfied and thanked Zhang Ananda again and again.

After walking around for a while, Feng Ang said that he wanted to invite Wu Huaiyu to visit Chang'an City together.

Wu Huaiyu didn't refuse, so he acted as a guide and walked around Chang'an City together.Feng Ang walked around Chang'an, and his mood gradually recovered. The more he walked around, the more surprised and amazed he was. The East and West markets were still lively. Although the walls were demolished and markets and shops were opened, the East and West markets were still Chang'an, and even the entire Guanlong city. The largest market in the region,

With countless markets, this is the largest commodity market in the entire Guanlong region, and even a distribution center.

Even though there are so many street shops in Chang'an, the two markets are becoming more and more prosperous. Outside there are just miscellaneous shops and snacks, while the east and west markets are the big markets and the ones doing wholesale.

The goods there are more complete and more diverse, but now some sales have been scattered to various shops in Chang'an.

There are fewer workshops and warehouses in the market, and wholesale is the main business.

This is a prosperity that Lingnan cannot see at all.

After walking around, Feng An said he wanted to visit the Wu family.

Huaiyu took him home and sat there.
"I heard that there is a zoo at Wu Xiang's house? Chang'an is famous. I want to go and have a look."

Now the Wu Family Zoo is indeed very famous throughout Chang'an. There are many kinds of animals in it, and many of them are species that were not found in the Tang Dynasty.
The Wu family is now open for visits regularly every month.
There are free days and there are admission days.
The rest of the time is not open to the public. Of course, if you are a guest of the Wu family, you can of course look at it casually.

Lions, tigers and elephants are not uncommon here.
Giant pandas are also common here.

Not to mention peacocks, pythons, crocodiles, ostriches and giraffes are found here.

Feng An was very interested in visiting and was amazed by what he saw.

This King of Lingnan doesn't look like a King of Lingnan at all at this time. He looks like a rich man from the countryside who came to the city. Who would have thought that this guy controls half of the Lingnan East Road and has [-] private soldiers in his hands.

His family has more than 2 slaves.

Not counting the raccoons and barbarians who obeyed the orders of the Feng Xian family, even the entire Hainan Island belonged to his family.

Don't look at the twelve states under his control now. The registered population is pitifully small. Each state has only a few hundred or a thousand households. But in fact, these are all to fool the imperial court.
The twelve states under Feng Ang's control have more than one million registered households.

If this guy really wanted to be the King of Baiyue or the Emperor of Nanyue, he would have become it a long time ago.

It will be late.

After seeing those animals, Wu Huaiyu invited Feng An and his son to have dinner at home.

I already ordered the kitchen,
I heard that the banquet could be served, so I passed on several special dishes.

Bungara snake stewed mountain turtle, three snakes, dragon and tiger fight, five-spice dog meat pot, braised bamboo rat, blood-activating snake rice porridge, sizzling frog...

They are all very raw dishes.

The stewed turtle uses the highly venomous bungara snake. The three-snake dragon-tiger fight uses three venomous snakes, and then adds civets. If an old cat is added to this dish, it will become three snakes. Dragon, tiger and phoenix conference.

The blood-activating snake rice porridge is a kind of porridge made by decoction of viper and pangolin Xianzhao in water, and the juice is boiled together with washed japonica rice.

Future generations will not be able to eat these.

Feng Angyi smiled happily when he saw these dishes.

People from Lingnan, even if the Feng family came from the north of Yan to the south, have settled in Lingnan for 200 years, they are not much different from the local raccoon dogs, and they also like to eat these.

Feng Ang didn't expect that the first meal he had in Chang'an City would be the taste of his hometown.

The Lingnan game meal made by the Wu family is even more authentic than the one in Guangzhou.

He was a little curious.

"My brother has been the governor of Shaozhou for two years and was promoted to the governor of Guangzhou not long ago. He returned to Beijing at the end of the year and brought back a lot of Lingnan game for me. He also gave me some slaves brought from Lingnan, including a few One is a cook, and his skills are said to be very good. What do you think of his skills, Mr. Geng?"

"It's really good. Where did they cook before?"

"At the residence of Ning Changzhen, the governor of Qinzhou."

Feng Ang snorted and nodded.

The Ning family of Qinzhou, one of the three major wealthy families in Lingnan, also moved south to the Han ethnic group, a little later than the Feng family. During the reign of Emperor Wu of Liang Dynasty, Ning Kui established a foothold in Qinzhou. From then on, the Ning family of Qinzhou gradually became a powerful chieftain. They claimed that their ancestors came from Linzi, Shandong Province. ,

Ning Changzhen succeeded his father Ning Mengli as the prefect of Ningyue. He once led the navy to accompany the Sui army and returned victoriously from the Linyi expedition. Later, he also led his troops to accompany Yang Guang in the Liaodong expedition and was granted the title of Hongluqing.

In the fifth year of Wude's reign, he returned to Tang Dynasty and was awarded the title of General Manager of Qinzhou.

In the eighth year of Wude's reign, he rebelled against the Tang Dynasty, but was defeated and died in the rebellion.

The game prepared by his chef is of course authentic.

Feng Ang looked at the dishes on the table and thought that maybe Wu Huaiyu did this on purpose.

Ning Changzhen used to have the same status as him in Lingnan, but he died for rebelling against the Tang Dynasty. After his death, the Ning family was even more depressed. Although his son is still allowed to ascend the throne, the Qinzhou Governor's Mansion is gone.

Most of the Ning family's children were transferred to other places to serve, and they basically lost their hereditary positions. Their strength in Qinzhou, Yuezhou and other places was still there, but they couldn't even hold on to the governor and governor. Naturally, the family business was getting worse day by day.

Wu Huaiyu wanted to use Ning Chang to remind him?
"My brother is now the governor of Guangzhou, adjacent to Gaofu. I hope Feng can help me more in the future."

Feng Ang nodded, "Mr. Wu said the opposite. In the future, our Feng family will have to take more care of Governor Wu. Tomorrow, before Zhidai leaves the capital, I will go with him to see him at Governor Wu's mansion."

"You don't have to be so polite. I'll call my brother back tomorrow and we'll have two more drinks together. Today I'm treating Mr. Feng to a meal from his hometown, and tomorrow he'll try our Guanzhong cuisine."

Feng Ang promised.

(End of this chapter)