First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 487 Wanchun County

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The existence of Weifengwei made the task of inspecting the states extremely simple.

Long before leaving Beijing, Li Shimin, Gao Chong, and Xue Shou had already discussed in secret, and the situation in each state was fully under control.

Seeing the excitement in Li Shimin's eyes at that time, Gao Chong's heart skipped a beat. He was very worried that Weifengwei would become Jinyiwei later.

If the existence of Weifengwei is not like Li Shimin and Xue Shou, who are masters and ministers, it will be a double-edged sword and difficult to control.

This is why Gao Chong has always emphasized that Weifengwei's duty is to patrol and investigate, and he has not arrested and interrogated this duty.

Once Jinyiwei Town Fusi has the existence of arrests, interrogations and prisons, the power of Weifengwei will be magnified a hundred times.

In Gao Chong's view, the duty of patrol and investigation is enough. As for the arrest and review, it is the responsibility of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Dali Temple and Yushitai, and the three law departments, and their powers must be clearly defined.

After Gao Chong and others crossed the river from Pujin Ferry, they entered the boundary of Puzhou. According to the normal route, they followed the Laishui River to the northeast and went straight to Zhengping, the governor of Jiangzhou.

But after crossing the river and coming to Puban, the seat of Puzhou, Gao Chong did not go directly to Zhengping, but went north to Wanchun County, Puzhou.

Wanchun County is now part of Puzhou. In the 17th year of Zhenguan, Wanchun County was merged into Longmen County and changed to Jiangzhou. Longmen County of Jiangzhou, which is now Wanchun County of Puzhou, has a southern ancestral house of the Xue family in Hedong. branch.

The Xue family in Hedong is the descendant of Xue Yong, the prefect of Shu County in the Shu Han Dynasty. Xue Qi, the son of Xue Yong, moved to Fenyin, Hedong after the fall of the Shu Han.

Xue Diao's fourth grandson is Xue Andu, King of Hedong in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and Xue Andu's descendants have always lived in Hedong County.

The descendants of Xue Andu, the king of Hedong, have lived in Hedong for six generations. The fourth grandson is named Xue Yan, and the official worships the prefect of Zhengping in the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

Zanzhi was the assistant official of the prefect, and later changed to Juncheng, the fifth rank of the upper county, the fifth rank of the middle county, and the sixth rank of the lower county.

Xiangcheng County was set up in Xiangcheng County as early as the Qin Dynasty, and later belonged to Ruzhou. Daye three years after the county was abolished and the county was established, it belonged to Yingchuan County. In the first year of Wude, Ruzhou was established.

According to the evaluation standards at that time, Xiangcheng County was located in the Central Plains, with a dense population, and belonged to Zhongjun. Xue Gui was an official from the fifth rank, and his rank was not low.

It's a pity that Xue Guiying died young, just in the troubled times at the end of the Sui Dynasty, leaving only orphans and widows struggling to survive.

Xue Gui's son, named Li, named Rengui, was Xue Rengui, the Duke of Pingyang County in history.

The reason why Gao Chong stopped by Wanchun County was because Weifengwei came to report that the Xue family in Xiu Village, Wanchun County, who had been told to pay attention to it earlier, had an accident.

Now Gao Chong has seen countless famous ministers and good generals, and he has no different feelings about the future famous general Xue Rengui.

It's just that he vaguely remembered that Xue Rengui had many disasters and disasters when he was a child, and it happened that his mother, the Xue family, also came from the Xue family in Hedong, so Gao Chong ordered people to pay extra attention when patrolling in Hedong.

According to a report from Weifengwei, Xue Rengui is now 13 years old, and his mother is seriously ill. Xue Rengui, who is only 13 years old, is selling his ancestral house to seek medical treatment.

It's a different matter if you don't know the situation, but now Gao Chong already knows the specific situation, and the distance is not far away, if you know that Xue Rengui's family is in trouble and don't help, this is not in line with Gao Chong's habit of forming a good relationship.

Even if he helps, Gao Chong will not completely change Xue Rengui's life, but from the perspective of his mother Xue, he will help the family in distress.

The clan at this time paid great attention to these things, which is why Zheng Shanguo's mother Cui asked Zheng Shanguo to donate his salary to the widows, widows and lonely members of the clan.

Even now, the father and son Gao Junya and Gao Chong donate a lot of money and food to the Bohai Gao family every year. If they are prosperous, but they don't help the clansmen, they will be stabbed in the back.

Of course, Gao Chong would only aid Xue Rengui in the name of his mother, Xue Shi, so that he would not cause people to hate him.

As for why Xue Rengui's family was in decline but sold his house and land, while the Xue family in Hedong ignored it, Gao Chong had some vague guesses, but this was someone else's family matter, so he couldn't comment on it.

"Your Majesty, the magistrate of Wanchun County and the princess's family order are waiting in front of you," the guard rode back to report.

Gao Chong was startled, then slapped his head, "This is the princess's Tang Muyi."

Kaohsiung next to him was a little speechless, and hurriedly reminded in a low voice: "My lord, don't be rude in front of the princess's order."

"Why?" Gao Chong glanced, "Does he think that I, the son-in-law, will be easy to deal with? I'll see if he knows the trick first."

The prince has the palace, and the princess has the princess palace, which is called the Yisi. The princess has a commander, who ranks under the seventh rank, and a prime minister, who ranks under the eighth rank.

The princess's family order manages the princess's Tang Muyi (fiefdom), manages assets such as money, warehouses, fields, manors, etc., and entrusts the rent and supervision department, and the entry and exit of goods.

Li Xiuwan was titled Princess Wanchun. After she got married, she did not build a princess mansion in Chang'an City, but lived in the Duke of Yan's mansion like an ordinary family, so the princess's family order had to come to the fiefdom to serve.

"New Book of Tang Baiguan Zhi" records: "Queens, kings, and princesses all have households." That is, according to the system, princesses have the right to be sealed and enjoy food.

Li Yuan initially granted the princess a total of [-] households. Later, because Gao Chong made great achievements, he gradually increased the households of Princess Wanchun Li Xiuwan to [-] households, and it was a real seal.

Among all the princesses, only Li Xiuning, the late Pingyang Zhao Princess, had a higher household count of [-] households than Li Xiuwan.

Without stopping, he saw dozens of people waiting in front of the pavilion, and when they saw Gao Chong coming, they immediately went out of the pavilion and came to him.

"Xue Yuan, the county magistrate of Wanchun County, has met Gao Siqing," said a short-bearded official in a seventh-grade green robe.

"Xue Mingfu is polite." Gao Chong got off his horse and crossed his arms in return.

The county magistrates of the Sui and Tang Dynasties had great powers. Even the magistrates of Xiaxian County were from the seventh rank, which was not low in rank, and had the right to go directly to Tianting.

"Xiaguan Princess Yisi Jialing Xue Yuanchang has met Gao Siqing", another person also dressed in a green official robe bowed after Gao Chong finished speaking.

"Huh?" Gao Chong frowned, "Is this Xue Mingfu and Xue Jialing?"

"Cousin of the same clan", Xue Yuanzhang nodded with a smile.

"It's really destined." Gao Chong's doubts flashed in his eyes, and he laughed loudly: "Xue Jialing is polite. The princess and I have never been in a fief. It's all up to you to maintain it. It's hard work."

Xue Yuanchang looked quite simple and honest, but when he heard this, he just smiled and said: "The job of a subordinate official is neither hard work nor hard work."

"The county government has prepared a banquet, Gao Siqing invites you," Xue Yuanjiang stretched out his hand to extend his invitation.

"There is no rush for the banquet, I need to ask Xue Ming's mansion for something, and please find the best doctor in the county to accompany me to Xiucun."

Gao Chong waved his hand and said that he was not interested in having a banquet with these local bureaucrats, after all, Mother Xue was waiting for help.

(End of this chapter)