Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 465 The Change of Xuanwu Gate (3)

A symphony of life resounded in Chang'an City. At dawn, it stopped suddenly, leaving only the lingering sound, scattered from Chang'an.

Yuchi Jingde, Gongsun Wuda died in battle, Zhang Gongjin fled with his troops to Zhongnanshan, Liu Shili led his troops northward, Zheng Rentai and Du Junchuo disappeared, and Li Mengchang hanged himself after being captured.Changsun Wuji was captured alive, but placed under house arrest.There are more than a dozen ministers belonging to King Qin's forces in the court who were invited to talk in the court. Those who persuaded Li Shimin to rebel were dealt with one by one, or dismissed, or sent home, and those who remained relatively neutral or had opposed it. , has been reused again.

The properties of these families in Chang'an were also poured into the national treasury one by one, and they were transported for three days and three nights, enough to maintain the operation of the court and the army for eight years.Of course, among them, it is not Xu Qing's character to be pocketed by Xu Qing and not make a fortune.Some of King Qin's dark forces, taking advantage of the fact that the top leaders of King Qin's forces were wiped out, Xu Qing secretly let the dark river attack.This attack is not to wipe out, but to use the money to subdue some people into his own hands.

Xu Qing's power in Chang'an City was also growing. In the long edict of reward, Xu Qing heard that he seemed to have the title of Minister of the Ministry of War and some sort of governor of Qinzhou.Anyway, Xu Qing didn't understand, it's just useful when writing self-introduction in the future.

However, Li Yuan was quite affordable, and directly gave Xu Qing a few official positions that were really lacking.Xu Qing asked Niu to eat grass and Wang Shan was also promoted to military officer, and there were three other civil servants who seemed to be able to give to Shangguanyi, and a friend Jin Ling knew.The other one was given to the magistrate of Luonan County.This can be regarded as Xu Qing's gratitude.

As for Xu Qing himself, it's better to wait for a while, at least Xu Qing feels that if old man Li is not dead, he will not be promoted as an official.One is because Xu Qing has to guard at Xuanwu Gate, and the other is because Old Man Li's power is too great for Xu Qing to squeeze in.

It's just that this time, the clan in Longxi regained its position of victory, and the clan in Shandong, without the support of the court, was gradually on the verge of death under the attack of the Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce.The Jiangnan family, the Sichuan-Shu family, the Central Plains family and other families have each benefited from this turmoil.

Thunder, rain and dew are all the grace of the emperor, and the grace of the emperor is so great that the forces of King Qin in the local area also have the opportunity to change their banners. Those who did not seize this opportunity will be annihilated in the long river of history.

Both Zhang Gongjin and Liu Shili brought their troops and horses, one went south and the other went north, and the one who went south went to Zhongnan Mountain, but disappeared.

Thanks to Li Shimin's quick mutiny, Xiaoyue and the others didn't stay outside for a few days before they were picked up by Xu Qing.Before the baby was born, Xu Qing picked her up again.In the Xuanwu Gate, Xu Qing added soldiers again to replace those who jumped backwards.

The Shence Army is led by Cheng Yaojin, Qin Qiong and several other veterans of the Shence Army. However, most of the elite among them have been transferred, and their status has almost dropped to the point of sixteen guards.

In this matter, the most wronged person is Xu Shiji.When he learned that Xu Zhen was dead, he straddled his horse with a gun and killed Yu Chigong's house.Perhaps it was God's will, before Xu Qing ransacked Yu Chigong's house, Xu Shiji had already massacred him.But after this time, Xu Shiji became seriously ill and became old.

After more than half a month, the forces in Chang'an City have been exchanged, and the government began to operate normally.Soon there was news that Zhang Gongjin, who fled to Zhongnan Mountain, was captured by a governor because his subordinates launched a rebellion. Although he was pacified, he no longer had the strength to survive on the mountain.And his family is still in Chang'an, in order to save his life, Zhang Gong would like to go out of the mountain and surrender.The county magistrate who caught Zhang Gongjin was like picking up a pie that fell from the sky.

And the most important person in this matter, Qin Wang Li Shimin, heard that he was imprisoned in another cold garden in the palace.Xu Qing went to see it. It is true that the garden is cold, but it has not lost its royal dignity. It is the same as King Qin said before, except that he has become an idle king.There are subordinate servants, and they are all chosen by him. Those servants inform Li Shimin of the affairs of the court every day, but Li Shimin only listens but does not speak.

Every day Li Chengqian and the Changsun family could go in to visit, and Li Shimin would also be invited to attend various court meetings, but there were always a few dragon guards following them.Xu Qing also visited Li Shimin's place twice, but when Li Shimin saw Xu Qing, he didn't say a word, just looked at Xu Qing.

Xu Qing is also helpless, this emperor through the ages seems to be ruined by himself.However, Xu Qing couldn't be blamed for this incident. If Li Shimin killed him in Xuanfumen, then Xu Qing would be hopeless with all his abilities.But for some reason, Li Shimin still had to take great pains to arrange the final murder place at Xuanwu Gate.

Li Yuanji led the troops northward as usual, but this time his purpose was much simpler, just to strengthen the defense of the border to prevent the Turkic people from taking advantage of this opportunity to go southward.

When Xu Qing looked at Li Yuan again, it seemed that when he experienced such an incident, he suddenly aged a few years and had more gray hair.At the end of July, the autumn harvest season is approaching, and in a flash, more than a month has passed, and the outside of Chang'an City is golden.Shantianzhuang is also surrounded by this golden ocean.

A cry came from Xu Qing's house:

"My lord, my lord, my wife is born, my wife is born!"

"Really?" Xu Qing let out a long breath. Xiaoyue has only been pregnant for nine months, not full term. Xu Qing is worried about what will happen.But now it seems that Shi Xiaowa'er is growing fast.He looked eagerly at the announcer and asked, "How is Xiaoyue?"

"Congratulations to Master Nongwa, mother and daughter are safe!"

Xu Qing heard that he immediately gave all the money in his arms to the announcer and said: "Go and inform the whole family, and hold a banquet, Daqing!"

The person who announced the good news held the heavy silver in his hand and was puzzled. Didn't he say that the master must be disappointed?Could it be that the master doesn't dislike being a girl?

Of course Xu Qing didn't dislike it.

After Wen Po tidied up the inside, Xu Qing promised to let them go to the housekeeper to receive the reward, 20 taels per person.Under the unbelievable eyes of the Wen women, Xu Qing walked into the room.

Xiaoyue was lying quietly on the bed, and a nurse stood beside her, feeding the newborn child with her mouth open.Seeing Xu Qing coming, she did not avoid it, at least she bowed a little.Xu Qing motioned for her to bring the baby over, and the wet nurse accepted Dabai and put the baby in Xu Qing's hands.

When Xu Wen was born, Xu Qing saw it for the first time and almost threw it out in fright.The newborn children were all fluffy and ugly, but Xu Qing took a closer look at the daughter born to Xiaoyue in his arms.She has no eyebrows yet, her nose is small, and her eyes are squinted, as if she still can't feel her father's presence.

Xiaoyue noticed Xu Qing, and called softly: "Master..."

Xu Qing glanced at the nurse, let her go out, and then sat on the bed with her daughter in her arms.I saw Xiaoyue said: "Young master, Xiaoyue is sorry for you... woohoo, Xiaoyue is useless if you don't have a boy, young master, you should divorce me..."

Xu Qing couldn't help laughing at Xiaoyue. Women in ancient times had a very important function, which was to carry on the family line.It was indeed a pity that Xiaoyue failed to give birth to a boy, but Xu Qing didn't have any particularly strong views on men and women, especially after growing up in the social environment where "women are superior to men" in later generations, Xu Qing even felt that giving birth to a girl was still a shame. good point.At least you don't have to buy a car or a house, do you?

He didn't explain much to Xiaoyue, he just kissed Xiaoyue's lips and said: "Xiaoyue, my wife, you are great."

Xiaoyue looked at Xu Qing like this, and knew that Xu Qing didn't care at all, so she said, "Master, let Xiaoyue see her..."
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Cangzhou
Zhan Zeng returned to Cangzhou with a letter of appointment from Chang'an, and announced that Yan Ku would take over as the governor of Cangzhou.He told Zhao Lu and Qin Shi all Xu Qing's intentions, and then went to the businessman Jizhou Governor.Seeing that, as soon as the term of governor of Jizhou expires, he can be promoted to an official in Jinan Road, not necessarily the top leader, at least the third leader.

Even now, Zhan Zeng took office and became the governor of Jizhou, he has not been idle. When the Xuanwu Gate changed, he was not very far from Chang'an. He knew that King Qin had fallen, and the Shandong family had become a mess without the support of the court. mud.Therefore, as soon as he took office, he eliminated all those officials who were not needed in the name of eliminating redundant staff.Most of those officials belonged to the aristocratic clans. This time, the aristocratic clans were also hit locally.

The benefits that the Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce gave to the local officials were obviously greater than those of the aristocratic clans. Gradually, the local government also stabbed the aristocratic clans openly and secretly.The Qinghe Chamber of Commerce was originally not making money, and the promised dividends were not honored. Instead, they swallowed the goods and principal of the merchants, and made some small landlords who were already poor completely bankrupt.In this way, the Qinghe Chamber of Commerce was almost banned by the government.

However, the Qinghe Chamber of Commerce has done some good things.He widely applied the extraction method of Cangzhou's commercial tax to the entire southern Jinan Road, and achieved great results.At first, Cangzhou, a state near the sea, used this method, but did not get much response.After all, Cangzhou is too small, and other taxation measures are implemented around it. Don’t just know that Cangzhou’s taxation is good, and you will never go to other places if you can go to Cangzhou.But now, this kind of tax has been implemented in the whole of southern Hebei, which directly stimulates businessmen, and they are willing to sell their goods without waiting for huge profits.

Goods and coins circulated.In the Central Plains, a thing called the Luoyang Chamber of Commerce was established, and its big east was seated by Luonan Yang Wen.

With Xu Qing's consent, the Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce contacted the Liaodong Bohai State to contribute money and people together, targeting Dongying, codenamed Landlord.Cangzhou can't build large warships here, but Bohai is far away from the Central Plains, and the news will generally not come in, which is conducive to ensuring the smooth and secret progress of the landlord.

(End of this chapter)