A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 821 A good son-in-law

"Wow haha, virtuous son-in-law!"

"My virtuous son-in-law, where are you?"

Wu Huaiyu was drinking tea under the verandah. Today, he took some time out of his busy schedule to meet Wei Shanjun and Ye Jingneng, the veteran practitioners of Longmen Temple.

His two disciples, Yin Wenchao and Ye Fashan, are now well-known in Chang'an. They are not only good in Taoism, but also have excellent medical skills, but today they are acting as tea boys honestly.

Since Wei Shanjun met and befriended Wu Huaiyu, he is now practicing Taoism in Longmen Monastery, but he is also restless. He is worthy of being one of the three major medicine kings today, and he is even more dedicated to medicine.

"I went to Zhongnan Mountain a few days ago to find the old immortals and discussed some issues about the Compendium of Materia Medica, and I learned a lot," Wei Shanjun said, stroking his long beard. "I didn't expect that Qingyang would come back when I returned to Chang'an."

Wei Shanjun is currently working on the Compendium of Materia Medica with many famous doctors, and this pharmacopoeia is led by Wu Huaiyu, who also has the name of chief editor. The famous doctors exchange and learn from each other, and they have indeed gained a lot.

In contrast, Ye Jinneng, who is also proficient in medical skills, puts more energy into seal writing and alchemy. This old master is obsessed with alchemy. He even got poisoned after eating his own elixir before, but Wei Shanjun helped him. heal.

This shocked Ye Jingneng very much. Today's meeting and chatting were a little tiring, unlike before when she met Huaiyu and always had to ask for help and discuss alchemy matters.

Wu Huaiyu specially invited these four people here today.

In fact, he also has his own plan. He wants to invite them to Lingnan to open a branch of Longmen Temple in Lingnan. The barbarians in Lingnan believe in more witches and ghosts. Huaiyu wants to conquer the barbarians and build a school there. While promoting Chinese culture, we also built some Taoist temples and temples.

Although the imperial court is now very strict about Buddhism and Taoism, it is still worthwhile to promote it appropriately in the Lingnan area and use Buddhism and Taoism to guide people to do good.

When this matter was brought up, Ye Jingneng and Wei Shanjun both nodded in agreement. They were also willing to follow Huaiyu to Lingnan to preach the Dharma.

As for the two young men, Ye Fashan and Yin Wenchao, they naturally followed the teacher's arrangements.

They chatted while drinking tea, and the conversation was good. Wu Huaiyu said that when they arrived in Lingnan, the envoy's government would support them, give them ultimatums, give them land, and even allocate some money and land to them appropriately.

Just chatting,

I heard the familiar loud voice of my father-in-law Fan Xing.

"A worthy son-in-law!"

Wu Huaiyu quickly got up to greet him.

"When did your father-in-law return to Beijing?"

"I just came back," said Fan Xing, who was not yet forty. He was in the prime of life, tall and strong. He came with a sun on his head, and his purple shirt was soaked with sweat, giving off a strong smell of sweat.

"My dear son-in-law, I heard that you want to take Xuan Fu and the others to Lingnan? You should think about this again. What's so good about Lingnan? It's a barren and misty land.

She also has three children, and they are pregnant again. Aren't you taking them to suffer hardship? Chang'an is so nice, bustling and lively, why do you have to go to Lingnan? "

Although Fan Xing called him a good son-in-law, he started questioning him when they met.

Huaiyu asked Fan Xing to sit on the porch first and serve him hot tea.

"It's so hot, why would you want to drink hot tea? I'll bring you some iced watermelon, or a cup of iced sour plum soup, and some ice cubes to chew on to cool down."

"There are mung bean popsicles and ice cream at the house. I'll ask someone to deliver them."

Fan Xing was not surprised to see two old, two young and four Taoist priests there. He even immediately recognized Master Ye Jinneng and Medicine King Wei Shanjun.

Smiling and coming up to say hello,

"Why did Alang suddenly return to Beijing?"

"Took the order,"

Fan Xing was originally the governor of Suizhou, but not long ago the emperor established a new governor's office of Yanzhou, which included Yifang, Danyansui and other states.

The Suizhou Governor's Office was naturally cancelled.

"Alang has a new appointment? Will he return to the court to serve?"

Fan Xing wiped the sweat from his face and said, "I have been transferred to the governor of Liangzhou. After receiving the order, I will go back to Chang'an to complete the formalities, and then go to Qizhou to meet the emperor, and then go to Wuwei of Liangzhou to take office."

Fan Xing's official career has been pretty good in recent years, from General Youjianmen to Governor of Suizhou, then to Governor of Liangzhou and General Zuo Xiaowei. As the Duke of Yingguo with a seal of 400 households, he is also among the nobles. There is a number one.

Perhaps because his daughter got some glory by marrying Wu Huaiyu, Fan Xing's career was stronger than in history. According to original history, Fan Xing was not only implicated in his father's rebellion in the fourth year of Wude, but also reduced his official position and seized the title. Later, although Li Shimin made meritorious service during the conquest and was awarded the title of Lord Ying, he made a mistake soon after and was deprived of his title.

After that, if he tried to atone for his sins, he could only get back to being a county official.

But in the past few years, Fan Xing's official career has been smooth sailing. Now he is not only the general of Zuo Xiaowei, but also the governor of Liangzhou.

He is the governor of Liangzhou, but ranks first among the central governors.

"Alang, I will be stationed in Lingnan for a long time in the future. I really can't bear to be separated from Xuanfu for a long time. I also miss my children, so I thought of taking them to my post.

Please rest assured, Alang. Lingnan is actually not that scary. It’s just that the summer is hotter and there are more mosquitoes. I will place them in Guangzhou. Guangzhou is also very lively and safe now."

Fan Xing was still dissatisfied.

In his eyes, Lingnan is a barbaric wilderness. You must know that Fan Xing's ancestors were Wuling barbarians, but they settled in Anlu very early. But even so, the Fan family was still called Nanmanzi by generations.

Lingnan is thousands of miles more remote than Anlu.

He couldn't bear to let his precious daughter suffer.    This is not prejudice, let alone discrimination.

But today’s people’s general understanding of Lingnan is that Lingnan is a wilderness. Who wants to go to Lingnan?

Just like Xiao Yu has been admonishing the princes to enfeoff the country and build a country, Wu Huaiyu followed Shang Shu. He supported the enfeoffment but requested that the enfeoffment should be in the four surrounding areas.

As a result, Wu Huaiyu, who had always been appreciated by the emperor, did not appreciate this suggestion because the emperor felt that it was not called enfeoffment to enfeoff the emperor's younger brothers and princes to the four corners of the country, especially to places such as Nanzhong, Qianzhong, Lingnan, and Annan. , that’s called exile.

Whether it is the emperor's younger brother or the prince, the palms and backs of his hands are all flesh and blood is connected. How can they be exiled for no reason?

Wu Huaiyu took the initiative to resign and was willing to stay in Lingnan. The emperor was very moved. Even the central ministers were very happy to let the warrior Xun enter the political hall. They also felt that they owed Wu Huaiyu a lot.

He is so young, so capable, has done great service to the court and is loyal to the emperor, but now he is forced to live in a barbaric land like Lingnan.

In the past, it has always been a place of demotion and exile.

Huaiyu said that he would take his wife, concubines, and children to Lingnan and settle them in Guangzhou. He said that Guangzhou was very prosperous and safe, but Fan Xing didn't believe it at all.

"Xuanfu and I are a young couple. We really can't bear to be separated for a long time," Huaiyu could only plead with Fan Xing.

Although this is Wu Huaiyu's family matter, Fan Xing has always doted on his daughter. This is not an unwarranted interference, but just care for his daughter.

The slave brought iced sour plum soup and ice cubes.

Fan Xing grabbed the ice cube and stuffed it into her mouth, crunching and chewing it as if she was chewing on the guy who was going to take her daughter to the wilderness to suffer.

"If Alang is worried, it is better to let the three brothers Xiuyi, Xiuwu and Xiuwen go to Lingnan together and work in Guangzhou so that they can take care of him at any time." Huaiyu said with a smile.

His three brothers-in-law are now also serving as officials. However, these three brothers are a bit dandy. Their silver-like wax spear heads are shiny and have no real skills. They didn't learn much ink while studying in the Imperial College. They only know how to wield knives, use swords and beat horses. ball,

Now the eldest brother, Xiu Yi, actually entered the Wei Palace to join the army for Cao Cao, the second brother Xiu Wu joined the army for Cao Cao in Jing Palace, and the third brother joined the army for Cao Wei in the right guard palace.

Wu Huaiyu didn't know how Fan Xiuyi entered the Wei Palace.

Fan Xing looked at the son-in-law and said, "Well, let the eldest son go to Guangzhou, the second son will follow me to Liangzhou, and the third son will stay in Chang'an for another two years."

The eldest, Cao Shenjun, a soldier of the King of Wei, is an eighth-grade official. It can be seen that this may have been deliberately arranged by some people. Fan Xing did not know about it beforehand. Of course, he did not want others to think that he was on the side of the King of Wei, let alone him. The eldest son was therefore involved in these disputes.

No matter if he goes to Guangzhou with him, his brother-in-law will always take good care of his brother-in-law, and Xiu Yi can also take care of his sister.

"Alang, do you think Dalang is going to the Qing Navy in Guangzhou or the Governor's Palace in Guangzhou?"

"It's up to you,"

"Then the Qing navy soldier Cao joins the army?"

Fan Xing didn't care. His son-in-law wouldn't treat his son badly anyway. Fan Xing chewed ice cubes and talked about another thing, "I heard that you have engaged Shishiro to the daughter of the Wang family of Taiyuan. Is this true?"

"It's true. We just made an appointment this time when we came back. She is the eldest daughter of Wang Renyou, the new Jinshi Scholar this year. He is also the nephew of the eldest princess of Tong'an,"

"I know him, but I didn't expect you to arrange this marriage for Shiba Lang. Good, very good. She is the legitimate daughter of the fifth surname." The father-in-law gave a thumbs up to his son-in-law.

Then he asked again, "I also heard that you acted as a matchmaker for Wei Zheng's son, and arranged a marriage for the eldest granddaughter of Princess Tong'an to enter the Wei family?"

"Well, we just agreed."

Fan Xing suddenly looked a little unhappy, his eyes widened, and Wu Huaiyu didn't know why his father-in-law suddenly became angry.

"My good son-in-law, I have waited for you for a long time. When you were just a young ninth-level soldier joining the army, I promised you my beloved daughter.

You said that you are indeed capable now that you are successful, but can't you remember to be kind to me? "

Huaiyu looked at his father-in-law blankly, "Alang, if you have anything to say, speak directly."

"You said that since you have the leisure to help others secure matchmaking and propose marriages for girls with five surnames, why don't you know how to think about your brothers-in-law?"

"Brothers Xiu Yi, Xiu Wu and Xiu Wen are all old enough to marry each other. Can't you, the brother-in-law, be interested in finding a good match for them?

Don't we, the Fan family, deserve to marry a girl with the fifth surname? "

Fan Xing was a little confused by Wu Huaiyu, but he soon came to his senses. His father-in-law turned out to be jealous. Wu Huaiyu had engaged his son to a girl with the fifth surname. She had been married to several families with the fifth surname, and now she was helping Wei Zheng. The son also said that the matchmaker was engaged to a girl with the fifth surname.

He was envious and jealous. He also wanted to marry into seven families with five surnames, and also wanted to marry a daughter with five surnames for his son.

Fan Xing's request is not excessive.

It can't be said that the Fan brothers are just toads who want to eat swan meat. Who wouldn't want to try it if they have the chance.

"What do you think of the Li family in Longxi?"

"Longxi Li family, is it the Guzang room or the Pushe room or the Dunhuang room?" Fan Xing was indeed interested.

"Where is Danyangfang? My teacher Dai Guogong belongs to Danyangfang. I am familiar with Danyangfang. It should be no problem to arrange marriage for Da Lang from Danyangfang."

Fan Xing thought for a while, although Danyangfang was not as good as Guzangfang and Pushefang, it still bore the name of the Li family in Longxi, but Shandong gentry generally only recognized Li Bao's descendants as one of the five surnames.

"It would be good if Da Lang could talk about Li Jing's granddaughter," Fan Xing said while chewing ice cubes. Danyang Fang is not as good as Guzang Fang and Pushe Fang, but Li Jing's name is very resounding.

Huaiyu felt helpless, but Fan Xing started to provoke him.

"I can try it first!"

(End of this chapter)