A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 860 The traitor

Jiangzhou, Xunyang.

Xu Jingzong stood at the dock beside the Xunyang River, feeling emotional.

"Aye, is this the Jiangzhou that Teacher Pipa wrote about?" asked Xu Ang, the eldest son of the Xu family.

Xu Jingzong glanced at his son, "This is also the Jiangzhou where you, Aye, once demoted to Xunyang County Prime Minister."

"When will the teacher arrive? Will there be any delays on the way? It's already afternoon and we've been waiting for a long time."

Xu Jingzong wanted to kick his eldest son into the river to take a bath. He was such a smart man, but his son was stupid. This guy also studied under Wu Qingyang. He was one of his direct disciples. He was good at writing and calligraphy. Not bad, but why do you sound like you're not very smart when you speak?

Or is this guy's brain not only used for reading and writing articles, but also for stealing his concubines and maids? When my wife married the girl Pei, the boy had something wrong with his eyes. Later, the wife gave Pei to Wu Huaiyu, but the boy was still evil. In the past few years, he has taken a liking to several beautiful maids around the couple.

The wife found one and sent the other away,

Recently, this boy has set his sights on the maidservant Yu. Xu Jingzong also likes this maidservant. She is young and beautiful. She was once a lady of an official family. She knows all about music, chess, calligraphy and painting. Xu Jingzong likes her. The red sleeves add fragrance and so on. She is the most romantic.

But not only did this bastard fall in love with her, she even dared to hold her and chew her while he wasn't paying attention. Her wife happened to catch her and she was very annoyed. It's normal for a man to like girls when he grows up, but you can't always like the people around your parents.

Especially the maidservant Yu, who has been taken over by Xu Jingzong. How can such a big boy steal his father's people?

"Da Lang, this time your teacher Mr. Qingyang came to Jiangzhou and was granted a title. He will soon return to Lingnan. His Majesty has entrusted him with guarding Lingnan. He may not be able to return to Beijing in the next few years. You have learned a lot from Mr. Qingyang. Okay, Mr. Qingyang also likes you, but now you are in Chang'an and he is in Lingnan. They are always thousands of miles apart and it is not a problem to rely on letters to teach and solve doubts.

I have made an arrangement with your mother this time to bring you to Jiangzhou to meet Mr. Qingyang, and then you will follow him back to Lingnan. "

"Mr. Qingyang has opened a new Huangpu Academy in Guangzhou, which is a branch of Qujiang Academy. Most of the teachers there are invited from Chang'an, and many are famous Confucian scholars from Jiangnan. You can study there with peace of mind. After completing your studies, the academy will recommend you to return to Beijing to take the imperial examination and become a Jinshi. Don't lose the reputation of my Xu family in Gaoyang."

Young Master Xu was stunned.

All he was thinking about at the moment was Maid Yu, so beautiful, so tempting, so lovable. He felt that it was pitiful for Maid Yu to fall into his father's hands. Every time he saw her, he had the urge to rescue her. The urge to love her,

And not long ago, he finally plucked up the courage to express his feelings to her. She cried and trembled in his arms, crying out her misfortune,

This broke the young man's heart.

Teenagers are in their prime of life.

"Aye, I, I, I'm used to it in Chang'an,"

"Although Chang'an is good, how can a good man be attached to the prosperity and covet enjoyment? What you have to do now is to study hard and pass the imperial examination in the future. Although you have a famous teacher and are brothers of the same school as the prince, your father and I are now You have some status in the court, and our Xu family in Gaoyang can be considered a famous family in the world, but these are not reasons for you to stop moving forward.

On the contrary, it gives you motivation to work harder.

You have to work hard and make your ancestors proud..."

Xu Jingzong talked a lot, but Master Xu Ang could only think of the poor maidservant Yu who was sobbing softly in his arms.

No matter what his father said, he would bow his head and refuse to agree.

For a long time.

A fleet is coming,

"Alang, Mr. Wu's ship has arrived and is about to dock at the dock." A steward came to inform him. Xu Jingzong took a deep look at the traitor and said,

What a sin,

How could he, Xu Jingzong, have such a thing? At such a young age, all he could think about all day long was about male thieves and female prostitutes.

Looking at the sailboat sailing towards the dock, he made up his mind to hand over the traitor to Wu Huaiyu and take him back to Lingnan no matter what.

never hesitate,

If you fail to study, you are not allowed to return to Beijing.

Maid Yu, he should have sold Maid Yu's hair to avoid this evil obstacle, but when he thought of Hong Xiu, whom I still felt pity for, he couldn't bear to part with her.

Just send the son to Lingnan, keep the maidservant Yu, and give him a status to promote him. In this way, the maidservant Yu becomes his concubine, and the status is established, and the rebellious son Xu Ang does not dare to mess around.

Pier, ship docked,

Wu Huaiyu took the hand of his son Dalang Wu Chengsi and got off the boat.

The seven-year-old Mr. Wu looked left and right. He just came south from here last year, but he didn't have much impression when he came back.

"I feel like I've been here before, but it didn't seem so lively when I came here last year. There were a lot of boats."

There are countless large and small merchant ships at the pier, and there are even many ships that serve merchant ships. There are wine sellers, vegetable sellers, and flower sellers. There are also flower boats and boats full of girls, and there are also small boats carrying only one girl. The girls Most of them sang songs with their pipa in their hands. When the guests on the merchant ship asked for songs, they would go on the ship's side to sing. There were also some who played the lute and sang directly on the boat.

Since Wu Huaiyu's pipa became popular all over the world, countless pipa girls have appeared on the Xunyang Pier in Jiangzhou. Merchants traveling from south to north really like to order a pipa girl to listen to a song.

This seems to have become a scene in Xunyang and a feature of Xunyang Pier. It is quite popular.

"This season coincides with the maritime merchants coming to Tang Dynasty to dock in Jiangzhou, which is now an important water and land terminal from the Central Plains and Jiangnan to Guangzhou Port. At this time of year, there are naturally more people, more ships, more goods," Huaiyu explained to his son.

Xu Jingzong pulled his rebellious son Xu Ang Xiao Paozi to Wu Huaiyu.

Looking at the man with strong opinions, Xu Jingzong smiled from the bottom of his heart.

"Prime Minister Wu, you have worked hard all the way. I have prepared a banquet in Jiangzhou City."

Huaiyu stood there, looking at Xu Jingzong with a smile. This talented man from the Xu family in Gaoyang, after more than ten years of ups and downs, has finally entered a smooth career. He is the deputy inspector of Huangmen and the right concubine.

"Congratulations to Mr. Xu for becoming the Huangmen Minister, half of the Prime Minister."

"Isn't this a slap in the face for the Prime Minister? I'm just acting as the inspector of the Huangmen Chamber of Commerce." Huangmen Shilang can barely be regarded as half of the prime minister, but he, the Huangmen Minister, has an inspector in front of him, and there is another inspector before him. generation,

Then he is just a temporary agent of Huangmen Shilang,

It's still in the trial stage.

Of course, Xu Jingzong didn't have any dissatisfaction when he said this. He was also the deputy minister of Huangmen for the time being. From the eighteenth bachelor of the Prince of Qin's mansion during the Wude period, to the general secretary in the early Zhenguan period, and later to the young military supervisor , the Prime Minister of Xunyang County, who also studied national history during his work, and up to the current acting inspector Huangmen Shilang and the prince's right concubine also studied national history.

He is very aware of his current importance in the court, and also knows how he came about.

Wu Huaiyu is his nobleman,

He is not only his children's in-laws, but also the teacher of his two legitimate sons, and also his benefactor and nobleman.

Huaiyu took the initiative to hold his hand, then pulled him into his arms and gave him a hug.

Many people say that Xu Jingzong is a traitor, but Wu Huaiyu has always gotten along very well with him. They are the kind of close friends, not just political allies like Changsun Wuji.

The two of them talked and laughed as they entered the city. All the local officials, gentry and powerful businessmen in Jiangzhou were ignored.

Entered the city,

Go straight to the governor's office.

The former governor has resigned, and the printed envelope is kept in the Yamen.

"Hongzhou Governor Xie Shufang also promised that he would come to Jiangzhou today and come to watch the ceremony and be crowned the Prime Minister."

Xie Shufang is an old acquaintance. He was a palace general during the Xuanwu Gate Incident. He and Feng Li, Xue Wanche and others almost allowed him to take Xuanwu Gate and attack the Qin Palace. Later, he surrendered to plead guilty and was pardoned by Li Shimin. When the Turkic troops came to the Weishui River, Xie Shufang and Feng Li were there. Qin Qiong's command fought against the Turks in Xianyang, Weiqiao, and defeated the Turks. He was seriously injured.

Li Shimin awarded several people awards, Feng Li was granted the title of Governor of Guangzhou, and Xie Shufang was granted the title of Governor of Hongzhou, and left Chang'an. This was not only to reward them for their merits, but also to transfer these palace generals out at the critical moment when the Turks invaded, so as to avoid any accidents.

But all of them performed well in the Zhenguan Dynasty. Xie Shufang served as the governor of Hongzhou for four years, and later went to Yiwu to serve as the governor, and now he has returned to Hongzhou to serve as the governor.

After becoming Xie Xuan, it is really rare that Jiancheng's confidant can still be reused. Uncle Xie Fang is loyal, and Li Shimin is not a very rare and tolerant sage.

Few other emperors could do this. Even if they were awarded Gao Houjue at that time, they would still not find a chance to deal with it later?

"Then I will send someone to the dock to wait for Governor Xie."

Hongzhou was Nanchang in later generations, and Huaiyu was the governor of Jiangzhou. Jiangzhou was also under the jurisdiction of the Hongzhou Dudufu. The Hongzhou Dudufu supervised the six states of Yuan, Ji, Qian, Fu, Rao, and Jiang.

The Jiangxi part of Jiangnan West Road is basically under the Hongzhou Governor's Mansion. To the east, there are only Xuanzhou in Anhui and Wuyuan under Shezhou that are not included.

Xie Shufang also arrived soon.

In the governor's office of Jiangzhou,

All the officials from Jiangzhou arrived.

The head of the Yamen is Wu Huaiyu, then on the left is Xu Jingzong, the deputy inspector of Huangmen, who is the double envoy of the emperor and the prince of the supervising state, and on the right is Xie Shufang, the governor of Hongzhou Yinqing Guanglu.

Xu Jingzong read out the imperial edict and the order to supervise the crown prince to everyone.

Then Xie Shufang handed the seal of Jiangzhou Governor to Wu Huaiyu,

After getting the seal, he officially became the governor of Jiangzhou. Of course, he was only the governor of Jiangzhou. Moreover, he was also the Lingnan observer envoy. He also served as the Lingnan economic and strategic envoy, the capital training envoy, the farming envoy, the salt and iron envoy, etc. ,

Therefore, the Jiangzhou governor was actually only a distant leader.

Jiangzhou affairs will be presided over by the governor of Jiangzhou.

This long history who was in charge of Jiangzhou affairs did not use the original long history. The court appointed a new one.

"Prime Minister Wu, Governor of Jiangzhou, the sage asked the prince to choose the governor, and His Highness chose Shangguan Yi."

Huaiyu was a little surprised.

Shangguan Yi is his student, he was a Jinshi in the Imperial Examination, and his official career has been very smooth in recent years. After all, he became a disciple of Wu Huaiyu, and then he was favored by the Yang family of Hongnong.

But the governor of Jiangzhou is in the sixth rank.

"Shangguanyi comes from my family, is this appropriate?"

Xu Jingzong smiled and said, "It is precisely because Shangguan Yi comes from the family of Wu Xiang that the prince specially appointed him to be the governor of Jiangzhou and to take charge of Jiangzhou affairs on his behalf. Shangguan Yi's ability is quite outstanding. He has become famous in the court. A rising star, like Li Yifu Just as famous,"

Because Wu Huaiyu was the governor from afar, it was quite appropriate to let his students take charge of affairs and become the governor. It was not the case that both teachers and students were appointed officials at the same time.

Moreover, Shangguan Yi is also from the East Palace. The prince will definitely promote his own people when he has the opportunity. Shangguan Yi takes this opportunity to leave the capital to serve as the governor of the state and preside over state affairs. This is a good opportunity for experience. If he performs well, , the next step is to go to a remote state to be a governor, and then return to the court, it will be a matter of course, this is a shortcut to the south.

"Shangguanyi still has some procedures to go through in Chang'an and will arrive later."

"The Prince of the Supervisory State consulted the saints and received the oracles. When the Prime Minister came to Jiangzhou to be granted the title of Empress, he could personally observe the officials of Jiangzhou, large and small, and eliminate the capable ones, the mediocre ones, and the inferior ones. If the Prime Minister Wu had suitable talents, he could also recommend and remove them. ·······”

"Starting from the second half of this year, one share of Jiangzhou's taxes will go to the vassals and prime ministers, one share will go to the governor's office, and one share will go to the national treasury."

Xu Jingzong said a lot in one breath,

The faces of the Jiangzhou officials in the governor's office had changed several times. They all understood that although Prime Minister Wu was also the governor of Jiangzhou, although he would not be in Jiangzhou in the future, his student would come to Ren Changshi to take charge of affairs. At the same time, Mr. Wu now has the power to reward, appoint and dismiss officials of Jiangzhou.

There are so many officials in Jiangzhou, one prefecture and three counties. Except for the two sixth-rank officials Chang Shi and Sima who are appointed by the court, all the other officials are below the sixth rank, so they can be appointed and removed by Wu Huaiyu on his own initiative.

Jiangzhou has really become the Jiangzhou of the Wu family.

(End of this chapter)