A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 986 Never approve of marriage
After the Dragon Boat Festival, the weather got hotter.

The couches were replaced with straw mats. Early in the morning Runniang held Huaiyu in her arms and reluctantly let go, "I want to go back to Lingnan with Alang."

"The child you gave up?"

Runniang's arms around his waist tightened, "But I can't bear to leave Alang even more."

"Then think about it for yourself. If you want to go back to Lingnan, you can take your child back. If you want to stay in Chang'an, you can."

"Would Madam agree?" Runniang rubbed her face against his back, and could feel that her face was quite tender and smooth.

"She certainly won't object,"

The matter was settled like this, and Runniang still planned to follow him south.

"You are just pregnant, are you feeling the physical pain from traveling thousands of miles?"

"I have been taught the Baduanjin by Lian Alang over the years, and my body is strong. Besides, most of the journey is by boat, so there are no bumps."

The emperor summoned him at the Manlu Hall, which was also the emperor's permanent residence.

The current situation in Lingnan is indeed very good.

The Battle of Songzhou is the biggest challenge for the imperial court this year.

If you can get pregnant, give birth. If you don't, it doesn't matter.

Li Shimin was very confident, but did not want to make any mistakes. This was why the emperor finally followed Wu Huaiyu's suggestion and chose Fan Xing instead of insisting on using Hou Junji as the commander.

"It's just that Runniang was a little reluctant to leave. We talked for a while in the evening. By the way, Runniang said in the morning that she wanted to follow her back to Guangzhou. I have already promised her,"

Former local emperors like Feng An were forced to death in Chang'an by the emperor, while Chen Longshu, Ning Chun and other Lingnan tycoons are now obedient.

It is indeed a waste to keep Wu Huaiyu in Lingnan at this time.

Furthermore, considering that the children are growing up, I feel that Chang'an is better than Guangzhou after all.

Huaiyu took one steamed dumpling at a time and said, "After I return to Lingnan, I will arrange for a few more of the concubines there to come back."

I got up late today,

After breakfast, Wu Huaiyu entered the palace again.

Now, since all the wives and concubines have more or less given birth to children, Wu Huaiyu doesn't work so hard.

"Will you leave Beijing tomorrow?"

The three sisters of the Fan family, as well as Princess Xi, Princess Khitan, and Lu Sanwu Niang, can all make arrangements to return to Beijing.

Li Qing was pruning a peony. After hearing this, he stopped what he was doing. He almost wanted to go back to Lingnan, but in the end he hesitated and decided to stay in Chang'an.

I felt a little regretful that Runniang, who I had the best relationship with, was leaving.

Whatever happens,

Fan Xuanfu didn't mind, "Run Niang was the first to follow A Lang, and she has a deep relationship with A Lang. If she wants to follow A Lang, then that's up to her, but she's also pregnant, so she has to be more careful on the way to Lingnan."

"Well, both the minister and Governor Liu want to rush back to Lingnan as soon as possible to stabilize the situation."

In Lingnan, Wu Huaiyu helped the imperial court complete the important task of regaining the military, administrative and financial power of the chiefs. He also achieved remarkable results by attacking the barbarians first and then pacifying the people.

By the same token, Li Jing was originally a suitable commander, but the emperor did not choose Li Jing for the same reason.

The two tax laws were successfully implemented and Lingnan's maritime trade was booming.
The annexation of prefectures and counties in Lingnan last year can be said to have allowed the imperial court to truly control Lingnan. Although the influence of powerful chiefs such as Feng Chenning is still there, it is no longer the same as before.

Wu Huaiyu drank mutton soup. He didn't care so much about having children now. Unlike when he first started marrying wives and taking concubines, he kept in mind the old patriarch's words to contribute to the family, bring in more children, and count them every time. to arrange the ovulation period.

But the wives and concubines actually still want to have more children, especially Fan Xuanfu is the most active in this regard. Also, relying on her status as a legitimate wife, she will calculate the dates by herself. When those days come, she will be the only one to be favored, and therefore have children. She gave birth to three sons and one daughter, and was pregnant with another child.

"Run Niang is pregnant not long ago, so Alang must be careful not to move the fetus," Xuan Fu reminded him with a smile, "We have girls who are married to each other in our house, and they are all pretty good-looking, so you can stay here for the time being. Let them serve you first. If you don't like it, there are still servants in the house, and even those maids and maids are not bad. "

Li Shimin was still very confident about Wu Huaiyu's abilities and didn't have much to explain. "I still really want you to preside over the battle with Tubo. Otherwise, Lingnan will let Liu Dewei take care of it."

Firstly, I was pregnant and worried about the baby, so I didn’t want to travel around. Secondly, when I stayed in Beijing, I could often go back to the Palace of the Duke of Wei to visit my uncles and aunts. Although my father and elder brothers at home were working abroad, after all, my sister-in-law, nephews, etc. were also in Beijing.

Lingnan is now on the right track. Not only can it be self-sufficient, it can also pay a large amount of taxes to the court every year, and even pay extra tribute every year.

When Huaiyu washed up and went to have breakfast, Fan Xuanfu was arranging flowers with Sanniang, Yunniang and Zheng.

The only person Runniang was reluctant to part with was Li Qing. She was chosen to be Sanniang's personal maid since she was a child. The two of them were like sisters.

By the way, I said goodbye to my three sons and one daughter in the palace.

Today I am going to the palace to give my speech.

Even now, from Yunkai Mountain to Youxi River, from Guiliu to Dunijiang River, all the barbarian tribes have surrendered.

Wu Huaiyu ordered a bowl of millet porridge, a basket of steamed dumplings, and a portion of mutton soup.

Yang Muyun smiled and said, "Alang will come back after getting them pregnant."

Among the four generals, Liu Lancheng, Li Junxian, Fan Xing, and Niu Jinda, Li Shimin finally chose Fan Xing, the oldest and most accomplished governor of Lizhou.

Wu Huaiyu was so sensible and had no intention of taking charge of the expedition. This made Li Shimin feel relieved but also felt a little complicated.

Hou Junji's performance in Tuyuhun was indeed average this year.
On the contrary, after Fan Xing and others were demoted to Jiannan, several governors were actually able to proactively prepare for war. Tubo advanced rapidly this time, and many tribes such as Bailan, Dangxiang, and Tuyuhun were ordered to surrender. However, Jiannan still relied on their advance. Prepare,
Guard the border like an iron wall,
The Tubo people didn't take any advantage.

In fact, Li Shimin's best choice was Wu Huaiyu, but the emperor was still a little hesitant.
He knew that Wu Huaiyu would definitely win this battle if he took action, but the emperor did not want Wu Huaiyu to make such a great contribution again.

Fan Xuanfu laughed, "Yun Niang said it well. Whoever gets pregnant will be sent back to the capital. If she doesn't get pregnant, she won't be allowed to come back, haha."

"Your Majesty, as long as you face Tibet squarely and don't underestimate the enemy, they are actually nothing to be afraid of. The imperial court is deliberately holding on to hold on, just to reap the greatest fruits of victory. I believe that Fan Gong can win this battle, and win beautifully."

Li Shimin nodded, "I selected General Youlongwu Qibi Heli and General Youlongwu Zhihusili to lead Beiya's five thousand elite cavalry to Songzhou for reinforcements and serve as deputy general Fan Xing and vanguard to assist in the fight against this enemy." battle."

The two Hu generals were also meritorious generals when they defeated Tuyuhun, especially Qibi Helina, who pursued them all the way to the Western Regions to kill Khan Fuyun.

Qibi Heli's current rank was higher than that of Fan Xing, but the emperor still used Fan Xing as his commander.

"Of the tens of thousands of garrison soldiers who have been transferred back from Lingnan, I plan to transfer 15,000 to Songmao to participate in the war."

Wu Huaiyu was not too worried about this battle. Historically, the Tang Dynasty was caught off guard by the Tubo people. Han Wei, the governor of Songzhou, underestimated the enemy and went to the battle, but was defeated. Many Qiang tribes were sentenced to return to the Tubo, but even so, the Tubo people In July, the governor of Songzhou was defeated. When Niu Jinda, the vanguard of Tang's reinforcements, arrived in September, Songzhou was still not captured.
Niu Jinda concealed his unpreparedness and immediately launched an attack, beheading more than a thousand people.

Later, Tubo withdrew when it saw that the situation was not going well.

But now because of Wu Huaiyu’s previous explanation to Liu Lancheng and the others,

Several governor's offices have been actively preparing for war. In the strategic location of Gansong Ridge in Songzhou, they have even built more fortresses and beacons, and stationed more troops and horses. The Tubo people are currently only stationing troops in the western border of Songzhou, and are blocked at the foot of Gansong Ridge. In fact, they have not really set foot in the territory of the Tang Dynasty. The place where they are currently stationed is on the border of Hequ Dangxiang Jisizhou under the jurisdiction of the Songzhou Governor's Office in the Tang Dynasty.

Even among the Dangxiang Qiang, there are only two Jisi Prefecture governors and the Tuoba Tribe who have been sentenced to return to Tubo. Most of the other tribes still regard the Tang Dynasty as their leader. Although they did not attack the Tibetan army for the Tang Dynasty, this is not the case. Still good news.

This battle,
The Tang Dynasty has long been in an invincible position.
A Gansong Ridge alone makes the Tubo people sigh with admiration. No matter how wild and loud they shout, it will only make it difficult for them to get off the tiger.
And hesitation leads to defeat,
They will let these 200,000 people spend half a year here. When their morale is exhausted and food and supplies are hard to come by, the Tang army will attack, and it will be the tigers descending from the mountain.
The imperial court's goal this time was not to repel the Tibetans. If it were just this small goal, it would not be worth the effort.

What Li Shimin wanted was to capture the young Tubo Zanpu alive.

I want him to come to Chang'an to dance and drink with me,

The emperor also wanted to annihilate the main Tibetan forces in Hequ and move the captives to the interior for grazing and farming.

The emperor also wanted to take advantage of the situation and push back to capture Songwai Dangxiang, Bai Lan, and Duomi, and then deal with those in Tuyuhun who disobeyed Wang Hua.

We need to successfully resolve the western Jiannan, Longyou and Qinghai areas once and for all in one battle.
Of course, it would be better if Su Pi and Tubo Yangtong could also be included in the vassals of Jisi of the Tang Dynasty.

Just because the emperor had a big appetite, this time the emperor sent two more powerful Hu generals in addition to the four generals in Jiannan, plus the two from Longyou in Qinghai,

Eight-member general, with such a bright star, he still couldn't beat the shit out of that frivolous nineteen-year-old Zamp.

"I heard that after Tubo Songtsen Gampo put down the civil strife in Tubo, he sent troops to attack Yangtong. After defeating Yangtong, he made his sister and his own brother Yangtong the king, successfully turning enemies into friends. This time, Tubo used the banner of welcoming the princess. Come, his brother-in-law, the sheep, is also coming to help with his troops."

"If Songtsen Gampo cannot be captured alive this time, then the court can consider marrying a princess and marrying Tibet."

Wu Huaiyu frowned when he heard this.

"Your Majesty, I believe that this battle will be won. However, it is hard to say whether Songtsen Gampo can be captured alive. But regardless of whether he can be captured alive, I will never support peace with Tibet."

"Unless Tubo is defeated, surrenders, pays tribute and cedes the territory, and sends the princess to Tang Dynasty for marriage, then I can barely accept it. But marrying the princess to Tubo, I will never support it."

Li Shimin didn't think it was too difficult to accept the marriage. From a political point of view, the marriage was a good method. As for the princess, the court can completely consecrate the princess as a clan daughter and send it for marriage, but there is no need to actually marry the daughter.

The emperor waved his hand, "Don't mention the marriage in advance."

"Come here, bring the three young masters and daughters of the Duke of Jin."

When the four children of the Wu family were brought, Li Shimin took Huaiyu and followed him to Lingyan Pavilion not far from Ganlu Hall.

This three-story loft,
There are portraits of heroes of the Tang Dynasty hanging inside.

"I have been coming to this pavilion often recently,"

Among the portraits of heroes, some have died, but most are still alive.

"A king is one who drives talented people and treats people with sincerity."

I selected twenty-four heroes from these portraits, and also displayed eighteen bachelors.

All the portraits face north, and to the north is the Sanqing Hall.

The innermost layer depicts ministers with the highest merit, the middle layer depicts ministers with high merit, and the outermost layer depicts other meritorious officials.

Li Shimin took Huaiyu and the four children of the Wu family into Lingyan Pavilion to see his newly appointed twenty-four Lingyan Pavilion heroes and eighteen bachelors.

These twenty-four meritorious officials were selected on the basis of the original meritorious officials.

Ranking is based on official title.

The first one is Situ and Zhao Guogong’s eldest son, Sun Wuji.

Wu Huaiyu was not surprised. After the Xuanwu Sect Incident, Changsun Wuji was the number one in meritorious service. Although he had not held any actual position in recent years, he had also served as prime minister, and later he was granted the title of Sikong of the Three Lords, and then Situ. This was normal. First grade, a truly supreme minister.

At that time, Li Shimin's top generals were still under these three princes.

"Chengsi, do you know who the second hero of Lingyan Pavilion is?" Li Shimin pointed to the second portrait and asked with a smile.

"Your Majesty, the second one is me, Aye."

"That's right, the second one on the Lingyan Pavilion's list of heroes is Sikong and Jin Guogong Wu Huaiyu."

"Your Majesty, I am only acting on behalf of Sikong." Wu Huaiyu said from the side.

"No, from today on, you will be in the company of the three companies."

Followed closely by Sikong and Lai Guochenggong Du Ruhui. Du Ruhui's Sikong was given posthumously, but he was still Sikong.

The first three are Sun Wuji, Wu Huaiyu, and Du Ruhui.

Compared with Zhenguan's real meritorious officials, the biggest difference is that the eldest brother on the list is no longer Pei Ji.

As an old associate of the Supreme Emperor, Pei Ji had been the leading figure in the Wude and Zhenguan dynasties. He was a mountain that could not be bypassed.

But now it is the tenth year of Zhenguan. The emperor has already left for the west, and Pei Ji died first on the way to the imperial court.

Li Shimin's Twenty-Four Heroes of Lingyan Pavilion can also be seen as his denial and revision of many things since the founding of the Tang Dynasty.

Immediately afterwards came the former prime minister Samurai Xun who presented the book to Sikong.

The fourth place is Sikong and Zhou Guogong warrior Xun.

Ranked fifth is Qin Qiong, who ranks last in history.

Prince Taishi, Qi Guogong Qin Qiong
Historically, Qin Qiong recovered from illness early during the Zhenguan Dynasty and died early. His official rank was not very high, so he was at the bottom among the heroes.

In today's time and space, Qin Qiong once served as the prime minister. His official rank was Kaifu Yitong Sansi, and he was the crown prince and grand master. This was the first rank, second only to General Sangong Tiance of the Third Division.

The third division of Kaifu Yitong and the Crown Prince Liang Guogong Fang Xuanling ranked sixth, and the Crown Prince Taibao and Wei Guogong Li Jing ranked seventh.
Kaifu Yitong's Third Division, Hejian County Prince Li Xiaogong ranked eighth, Kaifu Yitong's Third Division, Officials Secretary, and Shen Guogong Gao Shilian ranked ninth.

Te Jin, Prince Shaoshi, Minister of Civil Affairs Song Guogong Xiao Yu ranked tenth, Te Jin, Zheng Guogong Wei Zheng ranked eleventh.

Chi Gong, the general of the auxiliary state and the Duke of E state, ranked twelfth.

Behind them are Duan Zhixuan, Liu Hongji, Qu Tutong, Yin Kaishan, Chai Shao, Changsun Shunde, Hou Junji, Zhang Gongjin, Cheng Yaojin, Fan Xing, Tang Jian and Li Ji.

Shi, the governor-general of Bingzhou, Prince Youneili, Doctor Zijin Guanglu, and British Duke Li Ji were the last.

Compared with the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion in Wu Huaiyu's memory, Yu Shinan, Liu Zhenghui, and Zhang Liang are missing, and Wu Huaiyu, Samurai Xun, and Fan Xing are added.

Qin Qiong also moved from last place to fifth place.

Looking at the portraits of heroes, these life-size portraits were all produced by Wu Huaiyu. They looked familiar yet a little strange.

(End of this chapter)