A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 836 Where is my confidant?

"We welcome all friends who come to Guangzhou Port to trade, but they must abide by the rules."

My rules are rules.

There are many yamen in Yacheng, Guangzhou. In addition to the Guangzhou Dudu's Office, there is also the Guangzhou Shipping Department, and there is also the Lingnan Observation and Disposal Office.

As well as the Lingnan branch envoy's office and the Lingnan transfer envoy's office,

In addition, the two county offices of Panyu and Nanhai are also located in Guangzhou city.

Guangzhou also has Qing Navy Town, Guangzhou Navy, Guangzhou Inspection Camp, Nanhai Tongjun Mansion and other military mansions.

These many yamen are very complicated. The Governor of Guangzhou cannot control the Municipal Shipping Department, nor can he control the branch offices and transfer envoy offices. Even the Qing navy, navy, inspection camp, unified military office, etc. are not completely under the jurisdiction of the governor's office. .

Among all these yamen, the person who really controlled them was Wu Huaiyu. He was the imperial envoy, the Lingnan observation and disposal envoy, the training envoy of the capital regiment, the economic envoy, and even had the titles of field envoy and salt and iron envoy.

He doesn't care about Lingnan's military, government, finance, taxation and justice.

"Tomorrow, make an appointment with all the officials from various government offices in Guangzhou to meet and discuss things together," Huaiyu said.

Wu Huaiyi naturally nodded. When Huaiyu was away, he, the governor of Guangzhou, encountered many things and needed the cooperation of other yamen. However, he was not a human boss, so he could not avoid shirk and delay.

Some things are just not easy to handle.

There are even some things that the governor's office cannot handle on its own and must cooperate with other offices. For example, Huai Yugang mentioned that the management of the barbarians who come to Guangzhou Port to trade and settle down is very much needed by the Guangzhou City. The cooperation of the ship company,

Even if it requires the assistance of the transfer envoy and the branch envoy, it also needs the support of several garrison troops.

But Wu Huaiyi's face may not be given that way.

It's different if it's Wu Huaiyu, he has a lot of face.

For example, Zhang Fuguo, the ambassador to Guangzhou, was the adopted son of Zhang Anan, who was also the adopted grandfather of Huaiyu’s wife Fan Xuanfu.

The transfer envoy is Li Ji's younger brother Li Bi, and the branch envoy Wu Junya...

They are all people who are close to Wu Huaiyu.

Early the next morning,

Sure enough, all the heads of government offices in Guangzhou came to Yacheng to discuss matters, and each of them even brought gifts.

Li Bi hugged him as soon as he came up, as if they were really familiar with each other. In fact, although Wu Huaiyu had a good relationship with the Wagang clique, the closest ones were Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin and others in Wagang, Li Ji, Guo Xiaoke, Zhang Liang and others. On the contrary, it is not too close.

"I thought Erlang would never come back after going to Chang'an, but I finally look forward to having you back." Li Bi was only in his early thirties, but his father was the elder brother and the Duke of the country. He also had a sweet mouth and was good at talking, and he was able to ride with swords and spears. He's also good at shooting.

He came to Lingnan as a transfer envoy and was recommended by Wu Huaiyu. Originally, this position was reserved for Changsun Chong, but Changsun Wuji directly asked his son to be the governor of Qinzhou.

Li Bi, the Lingnan Road transshipment envoy, was of a high rank, and his errands were not heavy. He was mainly responsible for the transshipment of taxes, money and grain, setting up warehouses along the Lingnan Road, and transporting grain, salt, copper, iron, and sea trade from Lingnan. Spices, ivory, pearls and other light goods were transshipped to Beijing.

This was also a lucrative position, and Li Bi preferred Wu Huaiyu's recommendation, not to mention that Wu Huaiyu, the Lingnan imperial envoy, could take care of him.

After Fatty Wu arrived, he also gave Huaiyu a bear hug, "Is my old man okay?"

"I've given you three more brothers this year."

Fatty Wu is also in his fifties. He is almost sixty, and his hair has turned a lot white. "I really admire the old man's ability. Sooner or later, he will die on my concubine's belly."

Huaiyu nodded, "Indeed, the old patriarch is now as thin as a handful of bones. It's probably not more than two years."

These words made Wu Junya, the governor of Lingnan Road, stunned, "Is it really that serious?"

"Well, the oil is almost running out. I guess the old patriarch also understands it, so at this clan meeting, he gave up the position of clan leader to me, Aye,"

Fatty Wu smiled bitterly, "I, Aye, am seventy-seven this year. If I can carry on for another three years, I will be eighty, which will be a great perfection."

In fact, in three years' time, Fatty Wu will be sixty years old.

Perhaps for Fatty Wu, he had already prepared himself for when his father would die. He might even have been preparing for a long time.

For him, it doesn't matter when the old man passes away. He is already at this age and has been serving his father Ding You for three years. When the mourning is over, he will actually be old enough to become an official. He will inherit his father's title of Duke of Xuancheng County and stay at home. Enjoy a few years of happiness.

Zhang Fuguo, the envoy of Guangzhou, arrived wearing a scarlet robe and a beard on his lips. If you didn't know the details, you wouldn't know that he was an eunuch. It is said that before the Ming and Qing Dynasties, eunuch castration only cut off the balls. If they were castrated from a young age, their development would have stopped. However, some of them were castrated by themselves as adults and then entered the palace. These are often not complete, or even incomplete. There are some functions,

Therefore, there will be extremely rare situations that may cause trouble in the palace.

It is said that Zhang Fuguo is an older eunuch, so he looks tall and burly in appearance. He also practiced martial arts and swordsmanship with Zhang Ananda. With the fake beard on, he looks really manly.

Perhaps this is also the reason why Zhang Fuguo left the palace and went abroad?

After all, he was so unlike a eunuch.

In terms of seniority, Huaiyu still has to call others his righteous uncle.

This burly eunuch served as the merchant envoy in Guangzhou. He actually had great power. He was not only responsible for the merchant trade. He was actually the emperor's important informant in Guangzhou. He had secret supervisors under his command and could directly report matters to the emperor. .

He is independent from the Governor's Mansion, has money, a ship, and a team of men.

"Alang is discussing Fanfang and Hu Shang in today's discussion? You just tell us how to do it. The Shipping Department will fully cooperate with you."

Zhang Fuguo was very straightforward and made his attitude clear when he arrived. No matter what you do, he and the Guangzhou Shipping Department will fully support it.

He would not say this to Wu Huaiyi, but he had no reservations about Wu Huaiyu.

Huaiyi was actually a little envious watching from the side, but he also knew that he could not envy this kind of trust.

After everyone has arrived,

Huaiyu stood up and said, "Let me announce a few new appointments to the court first, mainly some adjustments to the Lingnan generals."

"Jia Runfu was appointed as the Qing Navy's garrison envoy,"

"Dai Yi is the commander of the Guangzhou Navy."

"Wu Shisheng is the commander of the Guangzhou Inspection Battalion."

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Generals Jia Dai and Wu came forward to accept the new transfer orders. They were all promoted.

"Congratulations to everyone on their promotions,"

"The general will do his best and will never let down the high expectations of the imperial court and the military commander."

The original generals of these three groups were also promoted to other places, either to be promoted to governor or to the governor's office.

Both Jia Runfu and Wu Shisheng were from the Wagang clan. Jia Runfu's father, Jia Wuben, was once the deputy general of Zhang Xutuo and his old boss of Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin and Pei Xingyan. Later, he and Pei Renji went to Wagang to join Li Mi. Jia Runfu became Li Mi's adviser.

After Li Mi returned to the Tang Dynasty, he rebelled against the Tang Dynasty, but Jia Li refused to listen. Li Mi did not listen and eventually died, but Jia Runfu escaped.

Wu Shisheng's father, Wu Guang and Wu Heita, was a cavalry commander who served under Qin Qiong in Wagang. Wu Guang is now the general of the Youwu Guard in the imperial court. Wu Shisheng followed Wu Huaiyu to Lingnan and also made great contributions. Huaiyu took advantage of the situation and recommended him to command the third inspection battalion. Thousands of people.

Only Dai Yi was Du Fuwei's old subordinate. He later followed Du Fuwei to Chang'an and returned to the Tang Dynasty. After Du Fuwei was violently killed in Chang'an, he was falsely accused of participating in rebellion, deprived of his official title, and no family members. After Du's death, Dai Yi was the only one. Collect and bury him. After Li Shimin succeeded to the throne, Dai Yi also wrote a letter to vindicate Du Fuwei, and he was buried with the ceremony of Duke Wu, so that his son Du Dejun could inherit the title. Because he was young, he was also the guardian of Dai Yi, and his loyalty was praised by the world.

He was a special general who had traveled across the Yangtze and Huaihe rivers and was good at water warfare. Wu Huaiyu promoted him to the commander of the Guangzhou water camp. He also knew people and made good use of them.

Of course, he also valued Dai Yi's loyalty.

Guangzhou is the most important town in Lingnan. Wu Huaiyu needs to have sufficient control over Guangzhou. The several troops in Guangzhou are also top priority and must be replaced by his own talents.

Jia Runfu, the envoy of the Qing Navy, commanded five thousand garrison troops of the Qing Navy. Dai Yitong commanded 3,000 Guangzhou naval forces, Wu Shisheng commanded 3,000 patrolling battalions,

In addition, the leading troops of the two prefectures in Guangzhou Prefecture were already members of his group.

The more than 10,000 regular troops in Guangzhou are basically under his control.

(End of this chapter)