A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 847 Feudal relatives and sages follow each other from generation to generation

In the seventh year of Zhenguan,

Zhengdan.

In Chang'an, the emperor returned from a tour of Jiucheng Palace. He held a grand Zhengdan dynasty meeting in Taiji Palace, received congratulations from envoys from all over, and held a palace banquet later.

Emperor Li Shimin was very happy at the banquet. He invited the prince to be by his side. He was very satisfied with his performance in staying in the country for half a year and praised him in front of everyone at home and abroad.

The emperor who rarely drank alcohol made an exception today and drank a few more drinks. Taking advantage of the alcohol, the emperor with a rosy face issued an edict.

Divide the kings and reward the meritorious officials.

The emperor held up the rhinoceros horn agate cup and stood in the palace and said loudly, "The descendants of the Zhou Dynasty have been granted the title of lord. For more than 800 years, the Qin Dynasty dismissed the princes and destroyed the second generation. Empress Lu wanted to endanger the Liu family, but in the end she relied on the clan to be safe. The feudal relatives and virtuous people should be This is the way for generations to come.”

"Today I have made a custom order for twenty-four people, including my sons, the governor of Jingzhou, Jing Wang Yuanjing, and the governor of Anzhou, Wu Wangke. I also have the meritorious prince Taishi Zhaozhou governor Changsun Wuji, Shangshu Zuopushe Songzhou governor Fang Xuanling, and the crown prince Taifu Qizhou governor. Qin Qiong, Prince Taibao, Jiangzhou Governor Wu Huaiyu and other twenty-four people are hereditary governors."

As soon as these words came out, the palace was shocked.

The emperor wants to enfeoff the world, and he made a big move last year. There are many ministers who know the inside story. They even know that the emperor wants to encircle meritorious officials.

But they all thought it was still early, or that it was just a matter of thunder and small rain.

Unexpectedly, an edict was issued suddenly.

And it is different from the previous rumors. For example, it was previously rumored that King Jing and other emperor's younger brothers would be enfeoffed to the central and southern areas of Guizhou, while Li Ke and other princes were also enfeoffed to places such as Bashu and Lingnan.

I heard that there were originally only twelve people who served as the governor of Shifeng.

For example, Qin Qiong was originally granted the title of Yingzhou, and it was also said that he was granted the title of Xuzhou, but this time he was granted the title of governor of Qizhou. Moreover, the number of meritorious officials in the world reached 24.

Basically, the meritorious officials who had received the real title of Shiqiu, except for King Pei Ji, Kuo Luoyi and others who were executed or expelled due to conspiracy and rebellion, were all included in the world title this time.

The twenty-four emperor's younger brothers and princes were appointed as governors and regarded the state as the country.

Twenty-four meritorious officials were appointed as governors and inherited by their descendants.

Many ministers in the palace changed their expressions after hearing this. They felt that the emperor's enfeoffment was too sudden and unacceptable. Li Baiyao, the Minister of Rites, immediately stood up and wanted to remonstrate.

As a result, the emperor waved his hand directly,

"Today is the New Year's Day palace banquet. Have fun, eat wine and dance, don't talk about other things,"

"Keep playing music, keep dancing!"

The palace music sounded again, and the dancers in the temple continued to dance. A censor from the palace came over and asked Li Baiyao to sit down.

That night, the emperor was drunk and returned happily.

When Li Baiyao returned to his house, he immediately studied ink, picked up his pen, and wrote memorials and remonstrances.

"I have heard that the state protects the people. It is the rule of the king. It is the generosity of human kindness to honor the Lord.

Thinking about elucidating the rules of governance, in order to carry forward the long-term career, it will not be easy through the ages, and the same result will be achieved after hundreds of considerations. However, there are differences in credit promotion in fortune-telling, and there are differences in the management of chaos in states and families. I will review and record the records in detail. Xianyun Zhou has passed through countless times, but Qin has not been able to catch up. The key to survival lies in the prefectures and states..."

Li Baiyao took up his pen and wrote thousands of words of advice eloquently, hoping that the emperor would not reverse the course of history and enfeoff the emperor, especially not ennoble the heroes as hereditary governors...

Many people in Chang'an City were sleepless that night.

Even Changsun Wuji, who was ranked first among the world's governors, couldn't sleep. He sat in the study and talked with his confidants and disciples all night long.

Changsun Wuji was very unhappy, even a little uneasy.

"I have to go through thorns to serve Your Majesty. Now there is peace in the sea. But abandoning other states is no different from migrating!"

The uncle sighed deeply. When the emperor ascended the throne, he was the first in merit. However, after briefly serving as prime minister in the early days of Zhenguan, he no longer had the actual position. He led the 3rd Division of Kaifu Yitong and the fictitious title of Prince and Grand Master. Until now, at least he is still in Chang'an, and at least he can often accompany him and provide advice.

But now the emperor has appointed him as the governor of Zhaozhou. Although it is hereditary, Changsun Wuji's focus is on the governor of Zhaozhou.

Could it be that the emperor wanted to abandon him to another state in disguise and drive him out of the center of power?

Completely fed up with him?

Zhaozhou is in Hebei, which is also an important place in the Central Plains. Although it experienced wars at the end of the Sui Dynasty, it has recovered quickly, and its descendants have been granted the title of governor of Zhaozhou. This does not look bad.

But Changsun Wuji always felt that there was something wrong with this.

"We have to find a way to persuade His Majesty."

"How to persuade?"

Changsun Wuji Zhenguan first ascended to heaven and became the prime minister. He was so powerful that Empress Changsun repeatedly persuaded the emperor that she did not want her brother to be the prime minister because she wanted her family to be prosperous and avoid decline from prosperity.

This is indeed a fact. Even after these few years, the Changsun family is still very powerful in Chang'an and in the court. Especially with the return of Gao Shilian, the power of the Changsun family has risen again.

If the emperor really takes this opportunity to move the eldest grandson family to another place because the eldest grandson's family is too powerful to prevent his relatives from becoming more powerful in the future, and then eldest grandson Wuji opposes the world-renowned hero, that would be very bad.

"Find a suitable reason."

Changsun Wuji thought about it a lot, and a retainer came up with an excuse, "I'm afraid that the descendants will be unworthy and mismanage the Zhao land, and they will be punished by the court. At the least, they will die, and at worst, they will cut off the sacrifices. This is not the original intention of the court to treat heroes well." ah."

When Changsun Wuji heard this, he thought it was very good and took retreat as an opportunity to advance.

"Alang, I thought that Alang could find an opportunity to talk to the emperor face to face about this matter," playing the emotional card and talking about old friendships.

"It would be best to ask the Princess of Changle County to find an opportunity to speak to the Queen and the Emperor."

Changle is the eldest daughter of the emperor, the niece of eldest son Wuji, and the future eldest daughter-in-law. With her status, she can say a lot, and she can even directly tell the emperor that this is an injustice done by the emperor to the hero and to eldest son Wuji. .

Moreover, Princess Changle will marry into the eldest grandson's family soon. The princess can tell the emperor that she does not want to leave the prosperous place of Chang'an in the future and does not want to be separated from her parents.

That night, Changsun Wuji talked with his confidants and disciples all night.

Changsun Wuji, the governor of Zhaozhou, really didn't care about him. He just wanted to be the prime minister.

Pingkangfang,

That night, Li Jing and his wife played chess for a long time, chatting while playing chess. Li Jing was also among the people who were granted this title. The title of governor of Puzhou was changed to the title of Duke of Wei.

Li Jing is willing to accept the title of Shifengshishi. This right servant is now somewhat retired. He has always been cautious.

As I get older, I want more and more stability. Of the two sons, the eldest, Deyu, is not very capable. Although Chang'an is prosperous, it is also a arena for power. Those without skills can easily be besieged and torn to pieces.

Maybe it would be a good thing if we could actually go somewhere.

Especially the boss Deyu, without Li Jing's protection, he would easily get into trouble. If he goes somewhere, he might be safe.

"I heard that Huaiyu has always been against the imperial governor?" Zhang Chuchen asked his husband, holding the chess pieces in his hands.

"Well, he considered it from the perspective of the imperial court. Huaiyu has always been a statist,"

"But I heard that Huaiyu also supports enfeoffment,"

"His enfeoffment is completely different from Xiao Yu's enfeoffment. In fact, under the guise of enfeoffment, it is actually the centralization of power, enfeoffing the kings to the frontiers, and even those places where they are restrained. That is not enfeoffment at all. It is really a bit of exile. The taste is gone,

By enfeoffing the kings to those border areas, they will be doing the dirty work for the court and guarding the door. This will prevent them from making trouble in the capital, let alone endangering the prince. The politics of the capital will be much clearer."

"Then Huaiyu's opposition to Shi Feng's meritorious governor was actually considered from the perspective of centralization of power in the imperial court?" Zhang Chuchen thought thoughtfully.

"That's exactly what it is,"

"Then Alang thinks that His Majesty has already issued an edict this time. Will there be any changes in this matter?"

"It's hard to say, but I estimate that it will be difficult to implement the enfeoffment this time. Maybe it won't be long before an edict will be issued to stop the enfeoffment. After all, your majesty's enfeoffment law has not received much support. If you suddenly issue an edict, you will be opposed. There are many people, and His Majesty is not the kind of person who really insists on going his own way."

Zhang Chuchen sighed, "Then Alang's happiness will be in vain."

"It really doesn't work. In a few years, I'll find a way to move both Da Lang and Erlang to other places. How about letting Da Lang go to Lingnan?"

"Are you really willing to give it up? Dalang is not the kind of person who can endure hardships, and you also know his abilities. He has great ambitions but little talent, and has high vision but low abilities. Even if you find him a governor, he may not do well. It is better to get one in the capital. A sinecure is easy,"

"Chang'an is not a good place. There are whirlpools everywhere. If you accidentally get caught in it, I'm afraid Dalang won't be able to carry it."

The couple is silent.

The couple was also worried about this big man. Sometimes they felt that it was fine if he had no ambition or ability, but sometimes they worried that he would not be able to establish a firm foothold in the future and lead the Li family.

East Palace.

Now that the emperor is back, Cheng Qian no longer needs to supervise the country, and his burden has been relieved a lot. However, after the experience of staying behind to supervise the country for half a year, he has also grown a lot.

Think about things from a higher perspective and consider things more comprehensively.

Just like today, my father suddenly announced an imperial edict and ordered the enfeoffment of 24 princes as hereditary governors and 24 meritorious officials as hereditary governors.

Not all of the twenty-four actual meritorious officials have different surnames. The two clans of Hejian King Li Xiaogong and Jiangxia King Li Daozong are also among them.

One person goes up to the west building alone,

There is no bright moon in the night sky on the first day of the new year,

The night is dark and stars are sparse,

The cold wind bites,

In the independent west building of Chengqian, the cold wind makes people feel more awake.

Regarding the sudden enfeoffment edict, Cheng Qian thought about it, but he was opposed to it. He felt that it would be good if he could enfeoff according to the method of his teacher Huaiyu.

The emperor's current enfeoffment method is actually Xiao Yu's enfeoffment of kings, plus the emperor's enfeoffment of meritorious officials. The kings and meritorious officials are all enfeoffed in the mainland of the Central Plains.

For example, King Yuanjing of Jing was enfeoffed as the governor of Jingzhou, and his descendants inherited the position of governor of Jingzhou and made Jingzhou the country.

Another example is the third brother Wu King Li Ke, who was granted the title of Governor of Anzhou. His descendants inherited Anzhou as the governor and made Anzhou the country.

Forty-eight states were enfeoffed at once, and their descendants became hereditary governors.

There are more than 300 Zhengzhous in the world, and one-sixth of them are gone. Cheng Qian feels that sooner or later this will be a hidden danger.

But what should he do if the emperor's decree is not followed?

(End of this chapter)