First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 362
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That night, when Gao Junya returned home from the government affairs hall, Gao Chong went out to greet her with Xiaobao in his arms.

Seeing this scene, Gao Junya felt at ease. With a son like this, what can a husband ask for? Gao Junya highly appreciated Gao Chong's achievements during this trip.

Conquering Deng Shiluo of Jinzhou and Ran Zhaoze of Kaizhou, conquering Xiaoliang, recruiting 96 Lingnan states, and solving hidden dangers in central Guizhou without bloodshed...

Each of these is a feat that ordinary people can hardly achieve, but Gao Chong completed it so perfectly in just a few months.

The barbarians in the two prefectures of Jinkai completely surrendered, and they were extremely respectful to the government, and they came to offer tribute every now and then;
Xiao Liang has been destroyed, and the loss of the army is very small, Xiao Liang's former minister Cen Wenwen and others actively entered the official position;

All 96 prefectures in south of the Five Ridges belonged to the court, and Feng An, Li Guanglue, Ning Chun, Lu Deyong and others were completely convinced by the imperial court;
Tian Zongxian in central Guizhou brought his grandson Tian Yangming into the imperial court, and he took the initiative to ask for an official post. What shocked the courtiers even more was that Tian Zongxian analyzed the situation in central Guizhou in the table above, and suggested that Li Yuan select officials and propose strategies, which could not only appease the barbarians in central Guizhou, but also prevent the family dominance.

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After reviewing it in detail, each of the four major meritorious services was flawless and completed satisfactorily.

"You have made such great achievements this time, even the duke of the country deserves it, but you are young after all, and the saint will not reward you heavily out of complete consideration. You should be the duke of the county. You need to calm down, don't Feeling resentful," Gao Junya urged carefully.

Gao Chong responded, "Don't worry, Aye, I will save these things, and it will be a long time in the future, duke of the country, sooner or later."

Gao Junya nodded and smiled, "It's good to have this kind of spirit, but don't be obsessed with being an official. My family's wealth is already endless. You are now a father, so you should care about the younger generation."

Gao Chong responded one by one, grinning, "I didn't expect that my mother would be happy, the Gao family is about to spread its branches and leaves, by the way, Aye, you can give Xiaobao a name."

"It's specially reserved for you to pick it up," Gao Junya shook his head and smiled.

Branches and leaves scattered... Thinking of this, Gao Junya felt quite emotional in his heart.

In fact, his lineage originated from Gao Bin, the Duke of Qi in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, that is, Gao Junya's grandfather, Gao Ji'an, Gao Bin's father, was an official worshiping governor of Yanzhou, and Gao Ji'an's father was an official worshiping prefect of Anding.

Before Gao Bin, this lineage was not known as the Bohai Gao family, but because Gao Huan of the Northern Wei Dynasty did not like Gao Bin. Gao Bin was afraid of being killed and fled to the Western Wei Dynasty, which later became the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Since then, he has been called the Bohai Gao family.

It's really far-fetched, and it's suspected of clinging to pretending to be false, but Gao Bin and Gao Chiong's father and son are very powerful, and no one has refuted it. Therefore, Gao Bin's lineage is still small in number.

Hearing Gao Junya's question, Gao Chong felt a little embarrassed. He scratched his head and said hesitantly, "It's just that I'm a little dissatisfied with the names I chose, A Niang and Liu Niang...".

Gao Junya frowned, as if she had a premonition, "What did you take?"

"clever……".

"It's really clever," Gao Junya said with a smile, "Then I'll do it."

After thinking about it for a while, he pondered and said: "Yanzhe is talented and talented; Xingzhe is prosperous and prosperous. How about calling Gao Yanxing? Talented and learning can also prosper the family."

"Gao Yanxing?" Gao Chong was taken aback, the name was quite arrogant, he inexplicably thought of the famous generals of the Five Dynasties hundreds of years later, Gao Xingzhou, Wang Yanzhang, Fu Yanqing...the styles were somewhat similar, "Very good, then call it Gao Yanxing up".

"You shouldn't stay in Beijing for long this time, and you will definitely be released to the prefectures and counties. In the next few days, you should make good arrangements and move more when you need to move around," Gao Junya warned.

Gao Chong was also prepared for this, "Can I bring Xiaobao?" Gao Chong asked with some reluctance.

"Confused, if it's not bad, your governor of Jingzhou should officially take office this time. It's a long way to go to Jingzhou, and it's dangerous to travel with a baby of several months," Gao Junya reprimanded with a frown Well, he couldn't bear to have his great grandson travel long distances when he was only a few months old.

"That's true, I don't have to worry too much," Gao Chong hurriedly responded.

Carriages in this era are not comfortable. Traveling thousands of miles is extremely difficult for adults, let alone babies who are only a few months old.

"Jingzhou is close to Jianghuai, and Jianghuai has just descended. When you go to Jingzhou, you must be careful. The gang of arrogant soldiers under King Wu are dishonest. As for the imperial court, you don't need to worry, everything will be taken care of by your father," Gao Junya continued exhorted.

Regarding Gao Chong's appointment to Jingzhou, Gao Junya actually had some concerns, and that concern was the Jianghuai forces.

Du Fuwei, the king of Wu who ruled Jianghuai, had already descended to the Tang Dynasty in the second year of Wude. Two months ago, after Li Shimin, the king of Qin, defeated Liu Heitao, Chen Bing Jianghuai border, Du Fuwei was frightened, so he took the initiative to submit a request to join North Korea, to show loyalty.

Li Yuan was overjoyed, and immediately named Du Fuwei as Prince Taibao, who was above Qi Wang Li Yuanji and had a high status.

Du Fuwei also had careful thoughts in his heart, and before leaving, he handed over the Jianghuai Army to his sworn brother Fu Gong Er.

For this sworn brother, Du Fuwei was also a little jealous, so he appointed his adopted son Wang Xiongdan as the right general to restrain the assistant Gong Er, and then only led his adopted son left general Kan Leng and more than ten people to pay homage to the court.

In Gao Junya's view, sooner or later there will be chaos in Jianghuai. Although Du Fuwei has entered the dynasty, the land of Jianghuai is still in a semi-independent state, and even under the banner of the Jianghuai army. Maybe Du Fuwei has no self-reliance ambition, but With more than [-] troops occupying the Jianghuai River and the Huaihe River, it is difficult to issue government orders, and it is easy to create another anti-king.

If there is a change in Jianghuai, Jingzhou will bear the brunt.

The father and son had been discussing the issue of Jianghuai in Jingzhou until late into the night, but Gao Chong had a faint idea in his mind, as if a great achievement was waiting for him ahead.

The next day, Li Yuan issued an order to summon Gao Chong, and Gao Chong changed into an official robe to meet with Tian Zongxian and others.

Li Yuan first praised Tian Zongxian greatly, praised him as a model of loyalty to the emperor and love for the people, and gave him the same case to eat. Tian Zongxian was very grateful and apprehensive.

Then Gao Chong became the focus of attention of all the ministers. Li Yuan became more and more satisfied with this son-in-law, and immediately decreed that he should count meritorious deeds and reward him. , dresses, carriage frames, jade jade, gold and silver.

When the imperial decree was issued, the entire hall was in an uproar. At only 23 years old, he was appointed as the Duke of the county, and the official worshiped the governor.

But after thinking about it, since the rise of the army in Jinyang, Gao Chong has conquered Xue Ju, Liu Wuzhou, Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande, destroyed Xiaoliang in the south, recruited south of Lingnan and Guizhou, and made great achievements in battle. Ranked third.

For this award, all the ministers were convinced, looking at Gao Junya who was smiling with a twisted beard, all the ministers were extremely envious in their hearts, what more could a husband ask for if he had a son like this.

(End of this chapter)