A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 921 Fenghuo Family Letter

The Six Thousand Island Barbarians came in force, and they were all captured in the blink of an eye.

In the late first month of the first month, the weather in southern Liuqiu was not cold, but the wind on the beach was still quite strong. The captives did not have to worry about the cold, because Tang Fengyi was very considerate of them and arranged for all the captives to build the city.

The simple market that used to trade with Dao barbarians and the former military camp will now be upgraded to Liuzhou Prefecture, which is also the county seat of Anping.

Thousands of prisoners were digging ditches and carrying soil in full swing, but it was still cold.

The two thousand victorious soldiers were not idle either.

Except for Wu Huaiyu's three hundred tooth soldiers who stayed behind, the rest of the soldiers divided into several groups and quickly raided the villages where only the old, weak, women and children were left.

These are the punishments that must be meted out.

There are about 7,000 to 8,000 people left in the 21 villages, and this time they will be served in one go.

Brother Seng had just been awarded the title of Military Cavalry Lieutenant, and was directly promoted to the rank of adjutant of the team from the ninth rank down. When walking in the team, he looked majestic and high-spirited.

In this battle, many soldiers received medals, but although most soldiers received medals for their merits, it did not mean they could be promoted.

The house walls are made of wood or bamboo, and the roofs of thatch or bark are very simple.

Free-range livestock such as pigs, dogs, chickens, and ducks are wandering around the village. Children, barefoot and covered with animal skins, are playing, all dirty.

The team deputy is a less likable role in the team, but it is very important.

The team leaders and corps leaders below are not considered officials.

As usual, honorary officers who do not have actual duties have to take turns to serve as guards in the Ministry of War and other prefectures. After four years as a rank below the Shangzhu Kingdom and five years below the rank of a Xiaoqiwei, they can participate in the selection of the Ministry of War. If they pass, they will get the corresponding dismissal. Rank, and with the San rank, you can be selected to be released as an official after reaching the required rank.

Lieutenant of the team guarding the formation and serving as military judge,

That Mo knife is extremely sharp, but during the battle, it is used to monitor the entire team and enforce military law. Anyone who dares to retreat will be killed with this knife.

Soldiers of any origin can win medals if they work hard on the battlefield and are lucky. However, if you want to become an official after receiving medals, you have to go through several levels of hurdles. First, you have to be in the military for at least five years before you have the opportunity to participate in the selection of the Ministry of War. After passing the medal, you only have to Dismissal officials.

They marched all the way to the first target village,

There are stilted buildings everywhere in the village. This kind of building called a gantry is common in the south. The bottom is suspended in the air. Pigs can be fed below but firewood and debris are piled. People live on the second floor, which is not only moisture-proof but also snake-proof.

For someone like Brother Seng, who had just received a first-level medal, he was directly awarded the actual position of team deputy from the ninth rank down. That was indeed an exception.

Then the soldiers lined up in five rows with numbers of seven, eight, nine, ten, and eleven.

And this is also the lowest level of military rank among the soldiers.

If it was a minor violation of military law, one might have to cut off an ear, or cut off a piece of flesh from the ear to mark it, giving him a chance to atone for his crimes. If he behaved well, he would not be held accountable after the war.

The armor on his body has been upgraded to a higher level, with large round guards on the chest, front and back. His spear has also been replaced with a Mo Dao, and the horizontal sword on his waist has been replaced with a Baiyang Steel.

But now, when people are selected to enter Beijing every year, only some of them can be selected, and most of them are unsuccessful and have to continue to be candidates.

According to the army's camp tactics, the leader of a fifty-man team must be at the front.

The last row is the team deputy.

Brother Seng’s steps were light and he felt full of strength.

After being promoted to the rank of ninth-rank deputy, he also received thirty acres of land. The number of fields under his name reached two hundred and thirty acres.

Nowadays, it is more and more difficult to become an official than it was in the early days of the Republic of China.

Nowadays, there is a shortage of officials, so if you get a casual official, you still have to wait for several years before you can be selected.

Immediately following the second row are the flag bearer and two flag bearers, one of whom is also the scribe.

It might take an average person ten or eight years to go from being a Cavalry Lieutenant to a team deputy, but Brother Seng only spent one battle.

After being unsuccessful in the military department selection for the honorary officer class, you can participate in the military department selection again after the second period is completed.

The elderly and women are also busy with their own affairs.

There were several disabled old men gathered around, chatting about when the warriors who were going on an expedition would be able to return home with their full load.

Tang Jun suddenly appeared,

Since all the young people in the village had left, there wasn't even enough warning.

When the Tang army arrived, they started shouting in panic. Everything was too late.

The village was surrounded,

Brother Seng and the others filed into the village, and after beheading the disabled old men who wanted to resist, the situation was immediately under control.

The old men, women and children seemed to be very calm in the face of this disaster.

Brother Seng stood in front of his team and loudly reiterated military discipline. No burning, killing, looting, or raping of women. Seized items should be handed over and registered before being distributed according to regulations. No private possession is allowed...

Every time a person is kidnapped and an animal is captured, everything valuable and useful is moved out of the wooden house.

Animal skins, rice, dried meat...

All kinds of things were piled in the open space in the village.

In the end, a bunch of heads were confiscated.

They were all heads hunted by the barbarians, brewed and kept at home. Looking at these frightening things, the captain who led the team looked disgusted, "Can these things be eaten, used, or exchanged for money?" Whatever you do with it, just throw it away, it’s bad luck.”

In one day, Brother Seng and the others captured three villages without using any weapons and no soldiers were injured.

At night, the school captain ordered pigs and chickens to be slaughtered.

In the empty field, the meat was stewed in a large pot and the rice was boiled.

Piles of bonfires bring light and warmth.

Brother Seng sat next to the flag bearer and calligrapher. This man used to be a clerk in a business. He had also been selected as the Liuzhou Guardsman because of his outstanding performance in the defense of Ludao. Because he could write and do math, he was specially promoted to be the flag guard. Also a calligrapher.

"Brother, how about you write a letter to the Feng family for me?" Brother Seng gave him a few pieces of meat in the bowl.

Brother Seng's wife Chun Sansanniang and the others should still be in Houtun of Ludao Bay at this time, preparing to move. Although they will cross the sea soon, Brother Seng can't wait to share his luck and good news. Tell them.

The military cavalry captain of the seventh rank, thirty acres of land, and the lieutenant of the ninth rank were directly awarded, and they were awarded by Wu Xianggong himself.

Entered the official position,

His brother monk has become an official.

If you can give Chun Sanniang and others a better life in the future, come to Liuqiu. It will be better here than in Lugang. There are still 230 acres of land here.

Hurry up and bring the two Shanyue slaves over here, hurry up with the spring plowing, and don't miss the opportunity.

Of course, Sin Qi was very polite to this teammate who was favored by Prime Minister Wu. This was not only his boss, but also someone who caught the eye of Prime Minister Wu.

At that moment, I didn’t even care about eating the meat, so I took out a pen and paper, and then quickly wrote a letter to the Feng family based on Brother Seng’s words, and even polished it specially.

After writing it, I read it to Brother Seng. Brother Seng was very satisfied and thanked him profusely.

"Brother, eat the meat quickly. It will get cold in a while. I will get you some broth."

at night,

Brother Seng was lying on the second-story wooden floor of the stilt, covered with a blanket, but he was still too excited to fall asleep.

He took out the bamboo tube from his arms, and there were two personal complaints rolled inside, one from his armed cavalry captain, and the other from his deputy.

Originally, the awarding of honors and officers was extremely strict and formal. After the war, special personnel would be sent to the army to record the military merits. Then the supervising censor at the Yushitai would verify the authenticity of the military merits. The Lieutenant General of the Ministry of Civil Affairs would check whether the awarding of honors was consistent with the military merits. consistent.

After review and approval by the emperor, the Ministry of War will issue a formal complaint.

When a person is sued, starting from the prime minister, all the officials who examine it step by step, and even the scribes, must sign and stamp the person, and affix the special official seal of the Shangshu and Libu, which is extremely solemn and formal.

But Brother Seng’s confession is different.

Because when Wu Huaiyu came to Lingnan, the emperor gave him the privilege of conferring titles. For convenience, the court directly gave Wu Huaiyu a large number of blanks to fill in and issue at any time, without the need for such a complicated and complete process.

Although this petition has not gone through those procedures, from the paper to the seal on it, it is a complete petition that is guaranteed to be fake.

After Wu Huaiyu issued the complaint, he would also report it to the court for backup.

Brother Seng carefully held the two pieces of personal information, cherishing them very much.

After the child in the thirty-year-old mother's womb is born, she also becomes a pinzi. Not only can she have the opportunity to study at the state and county official school, but she can even serve as a county or township official in the future by virtue of her status as a pinzi.

Although subordinate officials are not in the mainstream, in the eyes of ordinary people, this group of people is enviable and even feared. They are the official family and eat the official meal.

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Wu Huaiyu is still in exile and is in no hurry to return to Lingnan.

The chaos in Gongzhou, Lingnan, seems to be very loud, but it is just like that. Today is not the Wude Dynasty, nor is it the beginning of Zhenguan, Lingnan now is different from the past.

When the east-west barbarians rebelled, Li Xizhi, the governor of Guizhou, immediately mobilized the Jingjiang Army and the Guifu Guarding Camp to dispatch troops. At the same time, he sent official documents to Rongfu, Yongfu, and Guangfu, requesting the three neighboring prefectures for support. There is no need for the three prefectures to send troops to Gongzhou, they only need to station some troops in nearby Gongzhou.

As Wu Huaiyu expected, Li Xinzhi's reputation in Guizhou for so many years was not in vain, and the Jingjiang army also happened to be holding a tiger at this time.

The Jingjiang military envoy Zhang Shigui was the new military envoy who just arrived after the year. This was a famous general from the beginning of the Tang Dynasty. He was good at riding and shooting, and had strong physical strength. He could bend a bow of 150 kilograms and shoot left and right without any miss. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, he pulled up a group of men and horses. Later, he attached himself to Li Yuan and followed Li Shimin in four major battles, becoming the hussar general of the Prince of Qin's Palace.

Later, he participated in the Xuanwumen Incident and took charge of the Imperial Guard with meritorious service. However, for some unknown reason a year ago, Zhang Shigui was impeached on many charges, such as his family occupying local people's fields and lending usury to harm the people. One of them even involved the Yellow River flood last year. The family took advantage of the disaster to make a fortune.

The emperor still loved this confidant of Qiandi very much, and in the end he was only demoted to the rank of Military Envoy of Guizhou Jingjiang, but he was not relieved of his duties as General Youtunwei.

When such a fierce man arrived in Guizhou, he happened to catch up with the Gongzhou rebellion. Li Xizhi also directly petitioned the court to let Zhang Shigui take command of the crusade. Li Shimin ordered Zhang Shigui to inspect the Gongzhou Road Marching Superintendent.

Zhang Shigui led his troops to go on an expedition. Once they entered Gongzhou, they were victorious in three battles. The barbarians and feral beasts fled, and they were defeated in every battle. They had no choice but to surrender to General Manager Zhang, who had bravely taken the lead and risked his own life.

The good news reached Chang'an, and the emperor defeated the thieves through exhausting battles, moved to the left to lead the army as a general, was promoted to Duke of Guo, and was inspected as the governor of Guizhou.

Li Xizhi, the Duke of Shi'an County, entered the court and was appointed Dr. Guanglu.

Through the Gongzhou Rebellion, the emperor not only allowed his close generals to redeem themselves, but also took the opportunity to recall Li Xinzhi, who had only been in charge of Guizhou for twenty-eight years, and replaced him with his close confidant Zhang Shigui.

It has to be said that the emperor's skills have always been so clever.

Wu Huaiyu was silently paying attention to this in Liuqiu. Everything was as expected. Zhang Shigui was the governor of Guizhou, which could be regarded as the emperor's first intervention in Lingnan, but it would come sooner or later.

(End of this chapter)