A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 726 The Restless General

The political hall has two basic tasks:

The first is to handle affairs according to the emperor's edict, and the second is to provide suggestions on government affairs.

Wei Zheng stood up and glared at Wu Huaiyu, "You are doing harm to the country. Can't you just rest and recuperate so that the world can live in peace for a few days?"

While Wu Huaiyu was sorting out the meeting minutes, he said to Wei Zheng rudely, "Prime Minister Wei, do we want to leave these things to future generations? If we don't solve them now that we have the ability, we have to drag them into trouble for our henchmen?"

Wei Zheng sighed, "Those who cannot be in a hurry run a big country like cooking small dishes, rushing for quick success and quick benefits, but causing endless disasters. Have you forgotten Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty? His dream of a great cause was so quick and easy, and how did he let the former Sui Dynasty succeed? After the emperor's prosperity, the second generation died?"

Each has its own reason.

Wei Zheng was very scared, fearing that the peace that had finally been restored would become chaotic again.So he would rather walk slower and more steadily. He even made a request, "Erlang, don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry. Today is only thirty years old. Spring and Autumn are at their peak. There is still a lot of time. Slow down." ,"

Wu Huaiyu shook his head.

"Prime Minister Wei, this is not a matter of haste or haste, but something that must be done. The time is actually completely ripe for the imperial court to take action in Lingnan affairs. This is an attitude, not anything else."

Lingnan, Nanzhong, Central Guizhou, the Western Regions, and Liaodong must be solved step by step.
These places are even different from the Mobei Grassland.

Wen Yanbo put away the recorded notes in front of him with an expressionless expression. Although he and Wei Zheng had completely different political opinions on how to resettle the Turks at the beginning, they also had conflicts later.

But this time, they all stood on one side and believed that it was inappropriate for the imperial court to carry out a large-scale attack on Lingnan.

It is good to maintain the original stability of Lingnan, but why should we risk the chaos of Lingnan and station troops? It will cost military expenses and is not good.

He looked at Fang Xuanling. This Fang Mou only had a smile on his face. This guy was the most trusted by the emperor, but Wen Yanbo looked down on him. He felt that he never seemed to have his own opinions and was just the emperor's yes-man. 's great butler,

Everything must be arranged by the emperor. As long as the emperor arranges it, he will handle it in full accordance with his will.

"We will not agree to this matter."

Wei Zheng said and left.

Wu Huaiyu just smiled at the other prime ministers and then went out.

It doesn't really matter whether Wei Zhengtong disagrees, or whether Wen Yanbo disagrees. Although one of them is Zhongshu Ling and the other is Shizhong,

But the existence of the political hall has actually deprived many of the rights of the three provinces.

What is the significance of the establishment of the Political Hall?
It is to bring together the three provinces that were originally separated, not only to make suggestions, but the most important thing is to put the two parts of drafting edicts and deliberation together.

Of course Wen Yanbo could reject the imperial edict, and Wei Zheng could also reject it.
But the Political Affairs Hall is a joint working meeting of prime ministers. The emperor can attend when necessary. If an edict is not passed, the emperor can ask the prime ministers to gather for further discussion.

There must be sufficient reasons for the objection.

Wu Huaiyu had his own office in the Menxia Provincial Political Affairs Hall, but he did not stay here much after the meeting. He currently has no ministry in the three provinces.

After leaving the palace, he went straight to the East Palace, first to see the prince. Speaking of his current positions, the prince's young master, the director of the East Palace Soldiers and Horses, the leader of the Chongxian Palace, and the bachelor of the Chongxian Palace were actually all East Palace post.

He also holds the title of concurrent major in national history.

After chatting with the prince for a while, he went to Zuowei's Mansion in Yanxi Gate of the Imperial City opposite the East Palace.

In the yamen of Zuo Wei's mansion, there is his public room, which is the office of the director of the East Palace Bingma, and he is even assigned with subordinates.

He came here just for a walk, drank a cup of tea, met with the military attachés from the Sixth and Fourth Prefectures of the East Palace and the Third and Fifth Prefectures of the Inner Palace, said hello and left.

In fact, there are currently three guards and five palaces in the six-level palace in the East Palace, and most of the military attachés work part-time.For example, Li Daliang, who came back from Liangzhou, Su Lie, who was about to go to Nanzhong, and Cheng Chumo, who was still in Youzhou, all held the leadership of the East Palace.

Although they only had a face-to-face meeting, the military attaches on duty in the East Palace today were still very excited. These guys were also well-informed and knew that the imperial court was planning to make a big move in Lingnan, even bigger than in Nanzhong.

So everyone wants to go to Lingnan.

At this time, it would be best if the external position can be raised by one and a half levels. You are not afraid of leveling it out. The key is that Lingnan has a chance.

Now Jie Li is drinking and dancing in Chang'an, and the generals have no chance to fight and perform meritorious service.
However, in the eyes of the Chang'an nobles, the Lingnan barbarians were not worth mentioning at all. Going to Lingnan was just to gain credit.

What's more, I heard that Lingnan's sea trade has been good in recent years. The sea trade in Guangzhou and Jiaozhou is becoming more and more prosperous. There are also mining and slave hunting. It seems that there is gold and silver everywhere.

Wu Huaiyu now seems to be the representative of the military's young faction,

Although he is young, the achievements he has made along the way are there. He became famous in the first battle of the Longyou Hospital Camp. He went north to Shuofang to defeat the Luo Yi rebellion. In Shuofang, he single-handedly destroyed the capital of Liang. When he arrived in Youzhou, he not only defeated Beishan Xi also defeated the Turks twice.
Since the Zhenguan Dynasty, these illustrious military exploits have been as brilliant as Li Jing's.

To many military generals, Li Jingna is already an older generation, just like Qin Qiong is an older generation. Now the military generals regard Wu Huaiyu as a role model.Wu Huaiyu smiled and comforted these eager East Palace generals. Although he did not agree, he did not reject them completely.

In addition to many of the military attachés in the East Palace working part-time, there are also many who are the sons of famous princes and nobles. Their positions in the East Palace are also gold-plated.

Just like when Doulu Huairang was Sima led by the right guard of the East Palace.

These children from well-known families have noble family backgrounds, and they are even good at riding and shooting. They may even talk about various military strategies with open mouths.

They are young and full of passion, but most of them lack experience. They are the ones who are most eager to go to the battlefield and make contributions. Of course, there are also some children from famous families who shout, but in fact they dare not go to the battlefield to fight, just like Dou Lu Huairang shrank back when he heard about the war.

But even these people also want to go to Lingnan. Firstly, they feel that the Lingnan barbarians are not worthy of the imperial court. Secondly, because of the family backgrounds of many of them, they want to go to Lingnan to take the opportunity to gain promotion, or even go there to pick peaches to gain credit. , but they may not necessarily need to play if they really fight to the death, they have plenty of ways.

Wu Huaiyu despises such people in his heart, but he doesn't dislike them on his face. Anyway, in any era, there are such a group of chickens everywhere. Maybe they usually call loudest and think they are eagles, but they are actually chickens.But their willingness to go to Lingnan is not entirely a bad thing.

Moreover, for many little chickens, their fathers, brothers, and even grandfathers and uncles may actually be eagles and wolves.
In fact, most of the generals in the Zhenguan court were the result of hundreds of battles during the founding of the country. They are true battlefield veterans. These guys are naturally hawks, and they are able to fight and dare to fight.

Wu Huaiyu left the imperial city and returned to his home in Xuanyangfang.

As a result, the generals from Chang'an rushed to visit.
They don't even care about avoiding taboos anymore,

The military generals came to visit Prime Minister Wu one after another, and each one of them was straight to the point. When he sat down, he said that Feng An was cowarded and Lingnan had to be dealt with.
Mr. Wu, I am a dignified third-grade general. I am willing to go to Lingnan to be a military envoy.

The one who said that I also came from the Prince of Qin's Palace, and now I am also the commander of the army, I am willing to be the first batch to go south to Lingnan, whether it is a military envoy or the commander of the army.

The more generals came, the louder their voices became.

Some people even clamored, why should we be polite to those Lingnan barbarians? If we want to come, we will come in a big way, mobilize 10 troops, divide the troops into three groups, two by land, and one by sea, kill them at the same time, and plow the entire Lingnan completely.
When the plow is deep, all the insects hiding in the ground will be plowed out.

After we have wiped them all out, we will then garrison troops. Whether we set up military towns, military mansions, or prefectures and counties to organize households and integrate the people, it will not all depend on our arrangements.

Many people say that it is right, it has to be like this, you can conquer ten levels with one effort, and the mountain will be overwhelming.

The Turkic Khanate on the grassland has hundreds of thousands of horses, which we can wipe out with one blow. What do we have to fear about those raccoon barbarians in Lingnan?

We couldn't spare any time before.
Can they really be allowed to remain emperors of the land?
More and more generals are coming,

These guys really regarded Wu Huaiyu as a military representative and the Wu family as a military salon.

These guys have been sitting around in the yamen of the various guards in Chang'an for a long time. When they see an opportunity, their eyes light up and they don't even care about the distance between the military ministers and the prime ministers.
If you just want to get a place from Wu Huaiyu to go south, or if you don't have the chance to go yourself, then you can let the children of the clan or the old disciples go.

No one went to Li Jing,
Although Li Jing is now the top boss in the military, Li Jing has always been cautious in his actions, even less so after he became prime minister. He rarely speaks in the political hall. When he returns home after leaving office, he will either accompany his big tiger or accompany him Whisper girl,

It is impossible for ordinary people to enter the gate of Dai Guogong Li Jing.
Although many people think that Wu Huaiyu is a civil servant,

However, the military generals all believed that Wu Huaiyu was one of their own. Among the [-]th-rank casual generals established in the [-]th year of Takeru, Wu Huaiyu now also has the title of Zhenjun General, which is the second-ranked rank among the [-]th rank.

Nowadays, among the casual officials in the imperial court, they all have Wen San official rank, and there is no Wu San official rank. Wu Huaiyu has the rank of Dr. Zuo Guanglu.

The living room of the Wu family was very lively.
Wu Huaiyu simply held a cold dinner and cocktail party. Everyone chatted while eating, and told the public that Wu Shibalang had just been born and the guests came to congratulate him.

"Prime Minister Wu, Lingnan is so big. Each of the six governor's offices only has a military town of 5000 people. Isn't it too small?"

"Yes, why do we need to choose half of the troops from Lingnan? Just pull them over from the mainland of the Central Plains. If we pull them all over, there will be 3 people."

Some people also suggested that three naval forces and three coastal patrols would not be so troublesome, as there would be no sea enemies in the navy.

Simply put, there are six governor's offices, and each governor's office plus a military town. Each town has 6 people. Twelve towns only have [-] people.

Twelve Tongjun Mansion is too few and should be doubled.

Others say that rural regiments should not be established in Lingnan. The local chiefs in Lingnan must be asked to disband all their private soldiers and confiscate their armored crossbows, otherwise chaos will not occur.

Some people also say that the state and county soldiers still have to leave some for them, one thousand and two for the upper state, one thousand for the middle state, [-] for the lower state, [-] for the large counties, and [-] for the small counties.

Some people say that these state and county soldiers, commanded by Sima in the state and led by county captains in the county, should be uniformly selected and dispatched by Chang'an and cannot be left to the local Nanmanzi.

You talk to me, it's so lively.

Some people are even talking about dividing the territory, from the governor's office to the prefectures and counties, from official positions to trade, mines, etc., these guys are discussing and fighting loudly,

Wu Huaiyu watched all this happily,
Well, these generals are greedy, but isn't it this kind of greed that is the driving force for outward expansion? Lingnan must be driven by such a force.

(End of this chapter)