A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 879 The annoying King Qi

Qizhou,

Licheng,

Huaiyu diagnosed his adoptive father Qin Qiong's pulse.

"My lord, you have worked too hard during this period. You should pay more attention to your recuperation," Qin Qiong said. Ten thousand people were against powerful generals. In his early years, the battlefield was in the direction of Phi Si. Removing the head of an admiral among thousands of troops was like trying to retrieve an object from a bag, but the blood that flowed was measured by fighting. He was left with injuries.

Although I have been recuperating and recuperating in the past few years, I have been in a huge deficit after all. I came to Shandong Province to provide disaster relief, worked day and night, and even went to the embankment to prevent floods. I was exhausted.

Huaiyu picked up his pen, prescribed a few warming prescriptions, and gave instructions carefully.

You can't make up for it randomly. Qin Qiong had a serious injury at the beginning.

"The next matter of providing disaster relief and appeasing the people, please just leave it to the local officials. Don't worry about everything anymore."

Qin Qiong smiled and said, "I can't just let go of the errands that the saint has given me. Besides, I can't bear to see so many victims. It's cold today, and there are still so many people homeless."

"My lord has come through troubled times. You should know that although we are suffering from great disasters, our lives are still guaranteed. Compared with the great cause years, it is many times better."

Speaking of this, Qin Qiong nodded with approval. Speaking of the Central Plains in the last years of Daye, it was really a war and thieves everywhere. Back then, Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin followed Zhang Xutuo to suppress thieves everywhere. However, the more they suppressed, the more thousands of people were killed. Tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of thieves,

After all, they are all decent people, they just can't survive.

I think back when there was a major local disaster, local officials were not allowed to open granaries to release grain, because they had to report to the higher levels for instructions first, and then the higher-ups might not grant permission, because the grain in the official granaries was not something local officials could open if they wanted to, and even if there was grain, they could not open it. It is necessary to feed the people.

"It has been decided that the Shifeng Governor will change his position. The Di newspaper I just received this morning contains His Majesty's edict."

Shifeng Cishi was changed to Shifeng Biejia.

It seemed that it was just a change in worldly positions, but in fact Qin Qiong also knew that under the advice of Wu Huaiyu, the eldest grandson, Wuji, Li Baiyao, Ma Zhou, Wei Zheng and other important ministers in the Manchu Dynasty, Li Shimin finally took back his enfeoffments of the same surname but different surnames, and the virtuous relatives The original intention of praising the virtuous and meritorious deeds,

Today's Shifeng Biejia is actually completely different from before.

In the early days of the emperor, he was granted the title of clan king and meritorious governor, but he followed the path of enfeoffment in the Western Han Dynasty and the Western Jin Dynasty, using states as the country, giving military power, taxes, and government officials. It was completely a vassal state with great independence.

The great country has three military palaces, as well as wedding palaces and tent palaces, with more than 4,000 soldiers and horses.

The land was enfeoffed and the princes came to the people.

But the current adjusted Shifeng Biejia is different. First of all, Biejia has no real power at all and is a respected sinecure.

Furthermore, there are no soldiers and horses directly under the princes such as the Guarding Army Mansion.

Then the fiscal revenue was reduced from one-third to one-ninth of the state tax.

In fact, the issue of self-appointed officials has also been changed. The chief officials of prefectures and counties and their superiors, that is, Shi Sima, the governor, and the county magistrates, prime ministers, and county lieutenants are still appointed and removed by the Ministry of Personnel. The rest of the officials in the prefecture can be appointed by the Ministry of Personnel. Biejia recommends officials to be selected by the Ministry of Finance, while those from prefectures and counties are employed as miscellaneous officials. These officials are selected by Biejia together with the governor, county magistrate and other officials.

Biejia also has the power to supervise state and county officials.

But compared with the original power of appointing officials completely, it is much smaller.

Moreover, in future generations, the feudal lords will not have to settle down in the fiefdom, nor will they need to return to the fiefdom after becoming officials.

The so-called worldly title has really become an honorary title now. It is another worldly grant for a meritorious official after his actual title. It has no real power, but there are many real tax benefits.

Qin Qiong is now granted the title of Dengzhou.

"When I finish working here, I plan to live in Penglai,"

"The winter in Dengzhou is very cold. If I don't want to stay in Chang'an, I can rest in Luoyang."

Chang'an and Luoyang represent power,

The relatives tried their best to stay in the center of Chang'an. Didn't you see that after Pei Ji was ousted by Li Shimin in the early days of Zhenguan, he still refused to go back to his hometown in Puzhou and asked to stay in Chang'an.

When the powerful people lost power, they had no choice but to retreat to Luoyang. After all, Luoyang was also close to Chang'an. They could immediately know of any trouble and be ready to return to Chang'an at any time.

Only when he is completely defeated will he think of returning to his hometown to become a country squire.

Of course, those who were relegated to the frontier, or even exiled to the wilderness, were those who were almost completely defeated. For example, Pei Ji was exiled to Jingzhou, and later Changsun Wuji and others were also exiled to the remote areas.

Dengzhou is really not a good place.

At least this was the case in the early Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty had only been founded for more than ten years, and Dengzhou had already been abolished several times.

The new state governs Penglai. Although it has always been a natural harbor, it was only this time that Dengzhou was reestablished and Penglai Town was upgraded to Penglai County and even became a new state.

Not far from Penglai Port in the Bohai Sea, Shamen Island in the Miaodao Islands was a famous place of exile throughout the ages.

It is as famous as Dunhuang, Lingnan and Fangzhou.

"I walked around there, and I really like the seaside. What you mentioned before about the opening of ports in Zhifu Bay and Qingdao Bay, I think it makes sense. I heard from the locals that Zhifu Bay and Qingdao Bay are really It never freezes all year round, which is incomparable to Penglai Port."

The reason why the imperial court relocated Dengzhou now and moved from Wendeng and Muping to Penglai was because of Penglai's location. Not only was it close to the mouth of the Yellow River, but the northbound trade route of the Goguryeo Sea Road was also becoming more and more popular in recent years. important,

Not only trade, but also related to Li Shimin's military plan to conquer Goguryeo sooner or later. The location of Penglai Port is very important, facing the Liaodong Peninsula far away, and there happens to be the Miaodao Islands in the middle like a chain, surrounding the Bohai Sea.

So Penglai was originally a town, not a township, but a military town, with land and water officers and soldiers stationed for garrison.

Now it is upgraded to state governance, established as a county, and opened as a port. The plan is very long-term.

Qin Qiong's hometown is Licheng, Qizhou, not far from Dengzhou, and he served as a soldier under Lai Hu'er in his early years. In his early years, Lai Hu'er was a general stationed in Donglai to train the navy. Later, he led the navy to the sea several times. Attack Pyongyang directly.

"If you come back again, you will be old."

Twenty or thirty years have passed in the blink of an eye,

"My lord is still very young,"

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A servant of Qin Qiong came in and said, "The King of Qi is here to visit the Duke of Qi and the Duke of Jin."

Qin Qiong frowned when she heard the prince's name.

"Your Excellency, you don't like this king?" Huaiyu asked.

Qin Qiong sighed, "Actually, I think your Majesty really doesn't need to let the kings establish vassal states at such a young age."

The King of Qi has just turned thirteen this year, and is now said to be fourteen. However, at this age, it is a bit of a joke to be appointed as the governor of Qi Qingzi, Milaiden, the military affairs of the six states, and the governor of Qizhou, and to officially come to Qizhou to serve as a vassal.

"You said that this time the saint resigned and was appointed governor, will our Highness, King Qi, continue to be the governor?" Qin Qiong asked.

Huaiyu nodded.

Although the governors of the six states of Qi and Qing were also the governors of Qizhou, under the previous policy of being granted the title of governor, the kings were granted the title of governor, but they were also the governors of their prefectures, but this governor was not hereditary.

Now the hereditary governorship has been changed to the hereditary one.

But for these clan kings, their governors and governors are still the same as before.

"Thirteen or fourteen-year-old boys, or even twelve-year-old boys, do you think they can really shoulder the burden of the governor-general even if they leave the capital and join the feudal clan?"

Qin Qiong felt that since the world was granted a special title, it would be better to give the kings a part-time job and help supervise the local officials.

It's nonsense to be the governor-general at such a young age. Even as an adult prince, he should choose someone with talent and experience to be promoted step by step, rather than just becoming a governor-general or something like that right away.

Seeing Qin Qiong say this, Huaiyu guessed that King Qi was really unreliable, otherwise Qin Qiong wouldn't have such a big opinion.

"What did this king do to make you so unhappy?"

"At a young age, he is uneducated and has no skills. He likes hunting and makes friends with evil people." At this point, Qin Qiong lowered his voice and said to his adopted son, "You should know that the biological mother of King Qi is a concubine."

Concubine Yin, the daughter of Yin Shishi, the general Zuo Yiwei who stayed in Chang'an in the Sui Dynasty, was quite beautiful. She gave birth to Li Shimin's fifth son and was named Concubine Yin De. I heard that she was quite favored.

However, there was a blood feud between the Yin family and the Li family. In the 13th year of Daye, Yin Shishi prevented Li Yuan from marching into Guanzhong, so he not only captured Li Yuan's son Li Zhiyun and harmed him, but also excavated the Li family's ancestral graves.

After Li Yuan invaded Chang'an, he beheaded Yin Shishi and banished the female family members of the Yin family to Yeting. Later, the Yin family, Yang family and others were assigned to Li Shimin's mansion, and they were favored and made concubines.

"Yes." Huaiyu nodded, indicating that he understood this.

"Concubine Yin had a younger brother, Yin Hongzhi, who is now the minister of the school inspection and official affairs department, and is also responsible for the affairs of the Prince of Qi." Qin Qiong frowned again when talking about this man, "This man was lucky enough not to die back then, and he also relied on his sister's favor to become an official. "Gaosheng, but this person's moral character is not good,"

Qin Qiong will not falsely accuse someone of innocence.

Li You was still young and came to Qizhou to join the feudal vassal. Yin Hongzhi secretly asked him to recruit dead soldiers for self-defense. He also specially recommended his brother-in-law, Yan Hongxin, to plan for him and recruit dead soldiers, and Li You was hired as Sima.

Yin Hongzhi also recommended Xue Dading as the chief historian of the Qi Palace.

Zan Junmo and Liang Mengbiao were also arrested because they were good at riding and shooting.

"This time the Yellow River floods have affected many counties and villages in the six states of Qi and Qing, but the King of Qi is still busy hunting all day long, and even takes people to sail out to sea to hunt whales.

Xue Dading, Yan Hongxin and others not only failed to fulfill their duties, but took advantage of the disaster, under the banner of the palace, to make a lot of money from the disaster, lending money at usury, half-buying and half-grabbing land at low prices, and even human trafficking, food and medicinal materials at high prices, etc.

These people were even bold enough to steal government food for disaster relief. "

As a former prime minister and now the provincial consolation ambassador, Qin Qiong knew a little about their activities.

"Now that you know about these moths, you will kill every one you find."

Wu Huaiyu said bluntly that there was no need to target the King of Qi directly, as he was the emperor's son. Instead, he should first target the King of Qi's uncle, uncle's brother-in-law, and the confidants he had recruited to die.

Killing chickens to scare monkeys,

Speaking of which, Li You is still half a disciple of Wu Huaiyu.

It's just that Wu Huaiyu has never liked this guy. Some people look older when they are three years old and seven years old. He has already seen Li You's temperament.

What's more, in history, this man dared to openly rebel in his fiefdom, and was then killed by his own father, Li Shimin.

So even though he was only thirteen years old, Wu Huaiyu believed everything Qin Qiong said.

(End of this chapter)