A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 885 I would like to be a guide

Dengzhou Pier.

I thought it was just an ordinary dock fight between merchants from the four countries of Haidong, but unexpectedly, something unexpected happened.

Governor Shi and Sima of Deng also came after hearing the news.

"First, let me make a detailed registration for everyone. Where is their home, why they were kidnapped, and their parents' names. It is best to ask them if they remember their father's identity in the Sui army, and where his hometown is in the Central Plains... ··”

Huaiyu explained to Changshi Chun Yufeng,

"Your Majesty, I'll take care of it immediately."

"Remember to ask everyone to be polite, register them, place them first, and arrange for some women to take care of them..."

Chun Yufeng nodded one by one. This Chunyu Changshi was the nephew of Chun Yunan, the governor of Dengzhou in the original separatist regime. His hometown was here. Penglai originally belonged to Huang County. Chunyu's family was a powerful person in Huang County and also engaged in business.

Chunyu's family used to buy tussah silkworms, as well as dried fish, dried shrimps, dried shrimps, etc. from Wendeng. There are many mountains in Wendeng and there are quince trees everywhere. Silkworm breeding is well developed, and it is located along the coast, and various seafood products are also abundant.

It is said that Huang County has a set of tricks, which means that people in Huang County go out to do business in one set after another, which is very powerful.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the world was in chaos. The Chun Yunan brothers led their children to raise troops. Although they only occupied Dengzhou, they managed to keep the country safe and the people safe for eleven years.

Later, Dengzhou was withdrawn and it was difficult for Chunyu to enter Beijing, but Chunyu's family was still relatively famous and powerful in Denglai.

The imperial court established Dengzhou again, and after Qin Qiong was granted the title of governor of Dengzhou, the imperial court specially selected Chun Yunan's nephew Chun Yufeng to serve as the governor of Dengzhou.

Now that the imperial court has changed the title of governor to the title of farewell, the Dengzhou governor is vacant.

When the governor was vacant, Biejia was originally the agent, but now Biejia Qin Qiong is the pacifier of Henan, and also temporarily acts as the governor and governor of Qi. Naturally, the affairs of ascending the state will be temporarily presided over by Chang Shi Chun Yunan, with the help of Dade Sima Fang.

It seems that Fang Dade also has a background. His father was the magistrate of Wendeng County in the late Sui Dynasty. He was a well-educated official and an honest official, and he admired Chun Yunan.

"We have the Goguryeo people on that pirate ship under control and will interrogate them separately immediately," Sima Fang Dade said. Such a thing happened so suddenly that he was actually caught off guard.

What happened happened in front of Wu Huaiyu. Originally, Wu Huaiyu was not an official in Dengzhou or Henan, but he had such a great reputation after all. He was the former prime minister, Emperor Yuan Cong's confidant, the prince's teacher, and Qin Qiong's adopted son, etc.

Now that he has encountered it, if he wants to intervene, everyone must cooperate, and even find ways to show off, so as not to take the blame.

"Are the other Goguryeo people going to be put on trial?"

The matter was so important that neither Chun Yufeng nor Fang Dade dared to make their own decisions.

Huaiyu looked at the pier and the girls,

"Not only the Goguryeo people on the pirate ship will be interrogated, but all the Goguryeo people currently in Dengzhou Port will be interrogated, and their ships will be searched.

Hu merchants from other countries will also be investigated, including their ships and their people, for a thorough investigation. "

The pier was busy and noisy.

Many maritime merchants protested,

But with Wu Huaiyu's orders, no one paid attention to them.

Whether it was Chun Yufeng or Fang Dade, they carried out the orders without hesitation. Penglai Military Town, Dongbian Shouqiao, Dengzhou regiment training, and prefecture and county government officials all moved into action.

The chicken fly dog ​​jumps,

Dong Sang held a cup of hot tea in his hand and put a thin blanket on his shoulders. He sat there in a daze, feeling warm in his heart, his eyes were red, and he felt sore.

The feeling of being unable to control,

"Thank you Mr. Wu."

Dong Sang looked at this young man with a red face. He was wearing a white shirt. He was so young and heroic, but he turned out to be of such noble status.

He is actually an important minister of the emperor and the prince’s teacher,

Huaiyu sighed, "It should be us who want to say sorry to you,"

If we don’t count Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty’s conquest of Liao, and only count Yang Guang’s three conquests of Goguryeo, from the eighth to the tenth year of Daye, it has been more than 20 years.

The Central Plains had forgotten them.

No one mentioned them, but there are indeed many people there in Liaodong, forgotten in a foreign country.

There are even many people who have died of old age and illness and become lonely ghosts.

There are many more who died in war in other places.

Even the bones were used by the Goguryeo people to build a temple in Beijing, and they were never able to rest in peace.

For more than twenty years,

The war and turmoil in the Central Plains ended and they gradually became stronger again, but those people were forgotten.

At that time, there was a conscription order from the imperial court. They carried their clothes and food and embarked on the journey. There were also countless young and strong people who were also ordered to transport food to Liaodong.

How many people have left and never come back.

The parents, wives and children in their hometown have never waited for their return. Many parents still miss them before they die...

"Your father told you the details of his hometown, and you remember it clearly. After registering you here, he will immediately contact Puzhou.

Your hometown, Hedong County, Aye, is now Puzhou. We will help you find your hometown and contact your relatives."

Dong Sang hummed, "When I left Hedong to conquer Liao, I was in my thirties and was the captain of Yingyang Mansion. He had a wife, two concubines, and seven children in his hometown. Originally, he had nine. , but two died in infancy,

Calculating, if my eldest brother is still here, he should be as old as Aye and I were when he left. I don’t know what is going on now." Dong Teng has always missed home in Goguryeo. When he left, he was eight years old, and then the Central Plains There was great chaos and dynasty changes. He had no communication with the Central Plains in Goguryeo and had no idea about the situation in his hometown of Sangquan County, Hedong County. He did not know whether the family had survived in these troubled times and how many of his relatives were still there.

Will the wives, concubines, and children be okay after losing their backbone?

"Aye once thought about escaping back to the Central Plains, but he couldn't find the opportunity. Although these Liao and Sui soldiers were settled in Goguryeo and even married and had children, the Goguryeo people were very strict with them and they were unable to leave their villages. In twenty miles, even the villages of the Sui soldiers were mixed with the Goguryeo people, and the Sui soldiers only accounted for 10 to 20% of the villages."

Dong Teng was a good man in Goguryeo, but it was difficult to escape, and it was even difficult to find out any news about the Central Plains.

The sea breeze carries the salty breath across my face,

Dong Sang suddenly knelt down to Huaiyu and kowtowed.

"Get up quickly."

"Asang knew that Mr. Wu was an important minister of the imperial court and a great minister of the Tang Emperor. Asang knelt down and begged Mr. Wu to write to His Majesty, telling the saint that there were many forgotten people like my father in Liaodong.

But they have never forgotten their hometown and they want to go home. "

"Even if many people have died before this day, they still long for one day to return to their hometown and bury their bodies in their hometown, hoping that their children and grandchildren can return to their hometown."

"Military Prime Minister,

Save them. "

Asang kowtowed heavily, Wu Huaiyu also felt her heart heavy and reached out to help her up.

"I promise you."

"Really?"

"Well, I, Wu Huaiyu, solemnly promise you here that I will write to the saint and report this matter soon,"

Ah Sang was so happy that he couldn't help but ask again, "Can the Prime Minister rescue me, Aye? He is just under Bisha City, not far from Qingnipu Port. It was very close here..."

Halfway through her words, she seemed to feel that this was a bit excessive.

The Tang Dynasty and Goguryeo had been at peace with each other for more than ten years, so how could they suddenly take action? If the Tang army crossed the sea to snatch people from Beisha City, it would undoubtedly be a war.

Wu Huaiyu did not refuse directly.

He pondered for a while,

"Since you, Aye, have always wanted to come back, I think you can find a way to help him."

At this time, Asang was stunned. How could he help? He really wanted to send troops.

Huaiyu looked at her eyes and smiled, "I will definitely not send troops directly. Although the debt with the Goguryeo people will be settled sooner or later, now is not the time to take action.

Of course, we can't come openly, but we can come secretly. "

Since Dong Teng's family is right next to Qingni Port, he still has a chance. He has even had several plans flashing through his mind.

For example, the Goguryeo pirate ship at the dock sent some elite soldiers to disguise themselves as pirates, and then found an opportunity to land secretly at night near Qingnipo, and then led by the guide to the Dong Teng family village.

Just like pirates raiding coastal villages to rob, Datang could also pretend to be pirates.

The large and small mountain cities of the Goguryeo people are easy to defend and difficult to attack, but generally speaking, those mountain cities are for defense against the Tang army. In fact, most Goguryeo people are still scattered in the countryside, just like the Central Plains, with some simple village fences.

Even the Goguryeo people had some plain cities under their mountain cities, which were more convenient for living and trading. Only when war came, would they retreat to the mountain cities.

Many mountain cities are actually very simple. They surround a valley or a hillside. They have good defensive properties, but are very inconvenient to live in.

The village where Dong Teng and the others were located, Asang said, was on the plains, not far from the sea. There were more than a hundred households, including about thirty households of Sui soldiers. , and there are many homeless slaves,

Some of the remaining tribesmen were also equipped with weapons, similar to the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.

But more villagers are actually ordinary people who mainly produce and cultivate crops, and many are even slaves.

As long as there is a small team and a night attack is launched, the success rate is very high.

Especially the nearly 30 families of Sui soldiers in the village. Although they have lived there for more than ten or twenty years, they have always been discriminated against and oppressed, and they always cherish their hometown. If the Tang army attacked the village, they would definitely help after knowing about it.

The more Asang talked, the more excited he became.

"Mr. Wu, I am willing to lead the way. I am familiar with Qingnipu..."

Wu Huaiyu also felt that this plan should be feasible.

Even he was not satisfied with just rescuing Dong Teng. He felt that it was inconvenient for the court to take action against Goguryeo for the time being, so he pulled out a group of fake pirates, under the banner of pirates, and sailed a boat to sneak attack on the villages with Sui soldiers along the coast. It's a good plan.

The identity of the pirates is concealed, and even pirate tactics are used to find out where the Sui soldiers are, and rescue them bit by bit. The coastal ones are rescued first. As for the inland ones, there is nothing that can be done for the time being.

However, this plan must be reported to the emperor secretly. Of course, the most important thing is to implement it. Wu Huaiyu cannot stay in Dengzhou forever. It seems that he can entrust his adoptive father Qin Qiong to secretly host it.

I think Qin Qiong also conquered Liaodong back then. He was also a member of the Sui army, and those people in Liaodong were also his lords.

"You are so willing to be the guide. This is quite risky."

"I'm not afraid, I must go."

"Okay, then let's discuss the route plan and prepare for a few days. I will personally lead a team to rescue you, Aye, and you will be your guide."

Now it was Asang's turn to be shocked. How could a person of Wu Huaiyu's status take such a risk.

But Huaiyu has decided to go there in person.

(End of this chapter)