A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 964 Named a loyal martyr
The medicine is very bitter.

The emperor drank it without even frowning.
Prince Chengqian quickly brought warm honey water, but the emperor waved his hand.

"Good medicine is bitter, and this bitter taste reminds me of the mistake I made."

The emperor sighed and said to Cheng Qian, "Prince, you must remember my lesson."

Wu Huaiyu stepped forward and inspected the emperor.

Li Shimin looked at him with expectant eyes, "Qingyang, how is the situation?" Wu Huaiyu prescribed medicine for him, and the emperor took it for half a month.

He himself felt much better, but he still couldn't see the way he used to when he lifted up every morning.

"The toxin is being eliminated, but it will still take some time. Next, I will help Your Majesty adjust the lower position and warm it up while removing it."

Hearing this, not only the emperor breathed a sigh of relief, but the queen and prince also breathed a long sigh of relief.

"I told you earlier, don't worry, you can go out,"

The emperor could only sigh helplessly. For the emperor, this was a huge blow.

Li Shimin hesitated for a while, but finally said, "I, can I still regain my glory?"

This time Hu Seng Yao also caused some irreversible damage to the emperor's body, but he was still young after all.

When Wen Yanbo met the emperor earlier, he mentioned something to the emperor, saying that the Han Dynasty often selected some outstanding and good-looking women to serve as concubines in the harem every August. This practice should not be imitated by future generations.

Wu Huaiyu reminded the emperor that in the past two or three years, it was better to quit womanizing and take good care of his body.

Li Shimin then mentioned this matter when discussing with Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and other prime ministers.
As a result, this matter received unanimous support from the prime ministers. Even Wei Zheng, who always liked to criticize him, said, "Your Majesty is wise. There are countless examples in history of national power declining or even falling due to concubines. It is very necessary for Your Majesty to choose the harem carefully." ”

The thirty-eight-year-old emperor must not be willing to give up.

He is quite angry with Wen Yanbo now.

The emperor's women came in, and they were also rushing to choose the emperor's concubines.

But now there are too many women from lowly slave backgrounds serving as concubines in the emperor's harem. It is really not suitable for these women to raise a prince. Therefore, it is still necessary to follow the rules of the Han Dynasty and select concubines from good families outside the palace.

Because Wen Yanbo mentioned this matter several times,

Ever since, this was the next draft.

Which man in his prime can say no, let alone an emperor who is only thirty-eight years old.

Find the symptoms and prescribe the right medicine.
After the toxins are removed, it is time to repair the damage. After all, the emperor is the emperor soon, and he is still young. Even if he is in his fifties or sixties, his life can be saved, but the physical damage will be difficult to recover.

The selection standards for this draft are very high. All the girls selected are from famous families, such as the five surnames of Guanlong and the six surnames of Jiangnan Chinese from Shandong. For example, the Zheng family from the Zheng family in Xingyang and the Xiao family from the Xiao family in Lanling were selected in one go. After several awards, in the end they were all directly awarded titles such as Beauty and Talent.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, you will recover soon,"

The emperor asked the queen, prince, and others to leave, leaving only the monarch and his ministers.

As Li Shimin became emperor, they became noble concubines as their mothers were valued more than their children.

Later, Li Shimin also felt that it made sense. For example, the Yang family, Yin family, Wei family, etc. in his palace were actually mostly in the category of supporting servants. Therefore, such as Wei Guifei and Wei Zhaoyi, they had all married before, and Wei Concubine was still alive. Have children. Concubine Yin's father even dug up the Li family's ancestral graves back then.

These are equivalent to the concubines taken by the emperor, and they are not ordinary maids.

They were all snatched away during the struggle for world hegemony and were not worthy of the palace.

This batch of beauties was indeed in line with the emperor's wishes, and Empress Changsun even personally acted as the final screener before entering the palace.
Not only are they young and beautiful, but they also have good moral character. They all come from famous families and noble families.

So many beauties came into the palace at once, and the emperor liked them all. However, after getting sick, he couldn't do what he wanted, so he resorted to external help. As a result, he fell into the trap of Monk Hu and almost embarked on a road of no return.

"From now on, the matter of drafting girls will be suspended."

Even in the last batch, there were still a few who were too late to be lucky. Li Shimin even wanted to send them away.

It's just that these are not palace people after all, but the emperor's harem, and their status lies there.

I can only wrong them. At such a young age, they can only stay in the cold palace alone.

Choosing these girls from famous families to enter the palace originally had the intention of wooing and appeasing the old and new nobles, but who knew that now they would have to be left alone in the palace, which can only be said to be helpless.

"I think it is normal for your Majesty to choose two or three women once every three years after his health recovers, or one or two women a year. In the homes of ordinary people, when the landowners have good years, they still have to take a concubine. Woolen cloth,"

Li Shimin laughed and felt a little more relaxed.
Wu Huaiyu said that he would get better, so he believed him. He just hated himself for believing the Indian monk in the first place.

"Forget it, I will rest in peace and recuperate. The military and political affairs of the court will be left to the prince to supervise the country." Having said this, Li Shimin was quite pleased. The prince grew up and performed better and better. These days Responsible for staying behind and supervising the country for most of every year,
His performance was becoming more and more satisfactory to him. Although the emperor still made the decision on major matters, the prince could reach this point without causing any trouble, so he was already a middle-class person.

"Nuo Hebo has arrived in Chang'an," Li Shimin said as he got down to business.

This young King Tuyuhun was only eleven years old this year. His father killed King Tianzhu and established himself as Khan, and then joined the Tang Dynasty. However, the Khan was killed by his men within a few days.

A group of Tuyuhun nobles were constantly fighting among themselves, fighting for power and profit, and did not pay attention to him at all.

Nuohebo had no choice.

Either completely surrender to the Tang Dynasty, or even stay in Chang'an and become the Prince Consort, at least to ensure wealth for the rest of his life. And if he stays in Tuyuhun and is even manipulated by those noble princes, he will not only be a puppet, but he may be slaughtered at any time.

Eleven-year-old children on the grassland can already ride strong horses and bend bows, and understand the fierceness and cruelty of battles. "In the Tuyuhun Khan Court, King Xuan has now seized power and appointed himself prime minister. He firmly opposed Nuohebo's entry into the court and wanted to kidnap him and retreat to Jishi Mountain. Hou Junji and Duan Zhixuan acted quickly and took him out."

Now Tuyuhun is in complete chaos,
Fu Yun died, Murong Shun died again, and then the former prime minister King Tianzhu also died. In addition, many famous kings died in battle and were captured numerous times.
That's a mess.

They are all fighting for territory.
"It is better to directly abolish the Tuyuhun Kingdom, just like the DTZ Khanate was abolished after capturing Jieli, and establish the Qinghai Governor's Palace, still with Murong Nuohebo as the Governor, and then divide the tribes in their hometown into prefectures and counties. The chiefs were appointed as governors, county magistrates, etc.

But one thing is that the imperial court will station troops in its royal city, Fuqi City, and build beacons and forts on the Qinghai Road, the Silk Road. The imperial court will station troops there to guard the border, not only to maintain the Silk Road trade routes, but also to monitor the Tuyuhun tribe. "

When Fu Yun was killed to destroy Tuyuhun, and Murong Shun was allowed to retain the Khanate, he also considered dividing up the Tuyuhun people and reducing their resistance, so that the Khanate was still retained.

But now that the chaos is like this and these Tuyuhun people are not cooperating, then we might as well just abandon it.

This way of handling Qinghai affairs is justifiable.
Especially to facilitate the subsequent dealing with the Tubo people.

Of course, the Tuyuhun Khanate was abolished, but the Zhengzhou was not established for the time being, but the Jisuzhou was established. The tribal leaders would still serve as governors, governors, etc., and they would have their own officials, and they would not even have to pay taxes.

However, as a place under the control of the imperial court, the imperial court would also send some adjutants to the governor's mansion and prefectures, and even directly station some troops there.

In terms of diplomacy and military affairs, Datang must have the final say. Internal affairs, finance and taxation are still autonomous for them.

There are ready-made templates for this. The governor's mansions set up by the imperial court outside the Great Wall in the homeland of the Turks were like this, and even the two governor's mansions of Songmo and Raole in Xi and Qi were like this.

The essence of restraint rule is to put a halter on you to facilitate control.

Li Shimin thought carefully.

On the same day,

Li Shimin specially summoned Nuo Hebo.

This young man from Tuyuhun is very tall and actually speaks fluent Chinese, even in Mandarin. When asked, he replied that it was his father who taught him. His father had been with Yang Guang for a long time in the Sui Dynasty. His grandmother was a princess of the Sui Dynasty, so she was naturally proficient in Chinese.
Murong Shun also invited Han people to teach his son how to read, write and speak since he was a child.

"I will give you the national surname and the name Zhonglie,"

Li Shimin was very satisfied with this 'son-in-law' and gave him a national surname and a given name.

From now on, this person will be called Li Zhonglie.

After chatting for a while, Wu Huaiyu revealed on behalf of the emperor that he wanted to abolish the Tuyuhun Khanate and establish a governor's palace. As a result, the young man was very cooperative and claimed that he was willing to cooperate fully.

This made Li Shimin even more satisfied.

As a result, the young man was immediately conferred the title of Prince of Heyuan County, Governor of Qinghai, and Commander-in-Chief of Prince Consort by the emperor. He was also granted the titles of General Zuo Xiaowei and Shangzhu Kingdom.

at lunch,
Wu Huaiyu personally took action and cooked a table of vegetarian dishes.

During the meal, in addition to the emperor, Wu Huaiyu and Li Zhonglie, there were also the queen, the prince, Huaiyang King Li Daoming and Princess Honghua.

Only then did Wu Huaiyu know that the princess who claimed to be the emperor's daughter to the Tyuhun people was actually the daughter of Huaiyang King Li Daoming.
Li Daoming and Wu Huaiyu were also related. His sister, the head of Tangxing County, was married to Qin Qiong, and then the head of Tangxing County was the matchmaker. Wu Huaiyu had previously married Li Daoming, and Qiu Derou's bastard Wu Liulang Cheng'an was married to Li Daoming. The second daughter of a concubine is engaged.

Princess Honghua is Li Daoming’s eldest daughter.

She was originally the daughter of a county prince and was granted the title of county lord. She was selected by Li Shimin to marry Tuyuhun and was canonized as a princess and became the 'emperor's daughter'.
It's just that when the marriage was negotiated, Fuyun was still Khan, but now Tuyuhun is gone.

The princess is about the same age as Wu Chengsi, she is still a little girl.

Nuo Hebo liked this fiancée princess very much and was very respectful and polite. I don't know if he knew that she was a fake princess.

Of course, it is possible that they knew about it, but it was also common for foreign marriages to be made with a clan daughter as a princess. In the early days of Wude, Li Yuan even used a singing prostitute as a clan daughter to marry the Turks.

The family dinner was quite enjoyable. Li Zhonglie was willing to stay in Chang'an after the new year and marry the princess in Beijing in a few years. He promised not to go back until the situation in Qinghai was stabilized.

The Qinghai Governor's Mansion was first presided over by Hou Junji.

The emperor gave Li Zhonglie the first building in Chang'an, as well as Fanchuan Manor and Lishan Villa, so that the Heyuan prince could live in Beijing peacefully.

After dinner, Li Daoming followed Wu Huaiyu out of the palace.

This county prince is now serving as the third rank of General Zuo Xiaowei in Beijing. However, unlike his brave brother Li Daoxuan, this county prince is just an idle and wealthy prince, with neither great abilities nor great pursuits.

Wu Huaiyu initially agreed to get married with his family, firstly because of the respect of his sister Tangxing County Lord, the adoptive mother, and secondly because he was a leisurely prince who did not cause trouble. If he was really ambitious, he would definitely not get married.

"This son-in-law is not bad."

Li Daoming smiled on the way.

"Prince, be careful what you say."

Princess Honghua is now the daughter of the emperor and has nothing to do with Li Daoming. You still said that Li Zhonglie is your son-in-law. If this matter is leaked, it will be a serious crime if it is really pursued. After the eight discussions, it will be enough to be exiled.

"Look at my mouth," Li Daoming chuckled, "It's rare to see Duke Wu. I wonder if I can invite Duke Wu to sit in my house."

Although Wu Huaiyu and he were relatives, it was not easy for them to have much contact with each other. After all, Li Daoming was the king of the clan and he was an important official in the court, so it was taboo.

"It's nothing. Even you know that my heirs are in some difficulty. I have taken many concubines over the years, but I don't have any daughters. I don't have many sons, and I haven't raised them yet. I would like to ask Duke Wu to help me take a look."

Wu Huaiyu couldn't refuse, so he had to agree to sit in the palace. Who made the Wu family famous for its prosperity? Wu Huaiyu already had twenty-one sons. The most enviable thing is that so far, not one of them has died in infancy and has not given birth to a boy. They are all healthy, who wouldn’t envy them.

(End of this chapter)