Wentang

Chapter 441 Ning Chun
Hundreds of officials gathered in the court, and Li Shimin sat on a dragon chair and looked down at the officials.Yue Shan stretched his neck and stared at the door, and after a while, he saw an old man in his fifties with gray beard and gray hair scurrying into the hall.

This is Ning Chun?Yue Shan was very curious.He is more than five feet tall, with a strong body like a young man, with dark skin, and a face that does not resemble a Central Plains person, which is really conspicuous.

Ning Chun entered Beijing the day before yesterday, and many people wanted to visit this slut governor who became famous all over the world because of Yue Shan's praise, but it was a pity that he was directly taken to the palace by the emperor to have a long talk.

Today is the first time he went to court and also the first time he appeared in the Great Tang Dynasty Hall.

I saw Ning Chun came to the hall and bowed down: "Ning Chun, governor of Hezhou, pays homage to the saint."

Li Shimin stood up from the dragon chair, went to the steps to help him up personally, and said: "I have heard about Ning Aiqing's loyalty for a long time, and I have been looking forward to seeing my minister of the Tang Dynasty with my own eyes. See you."

Ning Chun didn't expect the emperor to pay so much attention to him. Tears welled up in his eyes, and he choked up and said, "My... minister... my trivial achievements are not worthy of the saint's praise. I am incompetent. I can't eliminate those rebels to relieve the saint's worries. Let the saint punish the sin."

Yue Shan has seen this kind of situation several times, but the first few times he felt that it was very awkward, and the pretense was too much.Right now, it feels so sincere.

"Where is Ning Aiqing? I'm not a foolish king. How can I not be able to tell who is loyal and who is evil? If there is no Qing, Lingnan will not be restored to the imperial court." Li Shimin said sincerely:

"Qing Shuihou once told me that I, Tang Dynasty, should not let meritorious people shed blood and tears, and should be rewarded and punished. I deeply agree. Ning Aiqing's merits should be rewarded heavily."

Speaking of this, Li Shimin raised his voice and said, "Ning Chun listens to Feng."

Ning Chun was stunned for a moment, then immediately knelt down and said, "The minister is here."

"Ning Chun has meritorious deeds in guarding the land and at the same time educates the common people...Conferred the title of Li Guogong, sealed seven hundred households, shaded the two sons...rewarded a thousand pieces of silk and satin, and ten catties of gold..."

Ning Chun was sobbing so hard that he hadn't finished the reward, so he could only kowtow to express his excitement.

The rest of the important ministers also looked sideways, they didn't expect the emperor to treat the governor who was born as a slut so courteously.

But no one despises him because of his status as a bureaucrat. The Tang Dynasty can be regarded as the most inclusive dynasty in Chinese history, with hundreds of clans standing side by side in the court.

Turkic people, Hu people, barbarians, Xianbei people, Shatuo people, Huns... as long as they have talents, they can become officials of the Tang Dynasty and appear in the court.

Everyone is surprised that the reward is so heavy, it can be said to be a step up to the sky.

The Feng family descended to the Tang Dynasty with a few states in the south of the Lingnan and was made a Duke. Unexpectedly, Ning Chun, a governor, was made a Duke, and his two sons were returned to Enyin.

This reward was also beyond Yue Shan's expectation, he thought it would be a good idea to be a Marquis, but he didn't expect Li Shimin to be so generous.But he can also understand Li Shimin's plan and set an example.

You people in Lingnan have seen it clearly. If you follow me in the Tang Dynasty, you will be able to make a marquis, a general and a wife, Yinzi. What are you waiting for, hurry up and pledge your allegiance.

Ning Chun herself is also worthy of this award.He is a great talent with both civil and military skills, and he is very outstanding in both civil and martial arts in Lingnan.

Moreover, the Ning family also belonged to a large family in Lingnan, and his father was the prefect of Hepu, so it would be beneficial for the imperial court to rule in Lingnan if the Ning family was win over.

In addition to the reward, he was also promoted to the official position of Guangzhou Governor.

This post was established by Li Jingping when he destroyed Xiao Xian. At first it was named Guangzhou General Manager's Mansion, and later it was changed to Guangzhou Governor.

Although its name is the governor of Guangzhou, its actual power is very powerful, and it governs all soldiers and horses in Lingnan.It can be said that Ning Chun has jumped from a governor to the commander-in-chief of a military region.

It can be said that with this position, Ning Chun can mobilize the troops of the entire Lingnan area.At the beginning, he was able to contend against several rebel kings with a single state army, but now anyone who dares to rebel again will be embarrassed.

Of course, he was not Li Shimin's confidant after all, and the court sent many deputies there.The meaning is obvious, it's okay to say that you are loyal, but if you have a different heart, you will not be able to mobilize a soldier, and you will be killed instead.

In addition to Ning Chun's governor of Guangzhou, Li Shimin also directly appointed Shangshu Youcheng Yuwenjie as the governor of Lingnan Road, in charge of Lingnan government affairs and presiding over the large-scale development work.

During the Zhenguan period, the "Tao" only inspected the area and did not set up administrative officials, but only inspectors, governors and other supervisory officials.

The governor of Yuwenjie is different from the governors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Later generations were the big officials of the frontier, and he was just a patrol envoy, supervising the place on behalf of the emperor.

However, Li Shimin specially added authority to him. He was in charge of Lingnan government affairs and presided over the large-scale development, which allowed him to have the functions of a great official in Xinjiang.

As for Yu Wenjie, he is known for his ability in handling affairs, magnanimity, integrity and loyalty, and has won the trust of Li Shimin.Letting him preside over the development of Lingnan is both unexpected and reasonable.

So far, the military and political leaders of Lingnan Road have been formally determined, with Yuwenjie in charge of the government and Ning Chun in charge of the army.Subsequent adjustments to governors and governors of various states have also been confirmed one after another, so I won’t go into details here.

The imperial court happily divided the cake here, but there was a group of people who were not very happy, and that was Feng Zhidai and his party.

The two top positions in administration and military affairs are fine if they don't have the share of Feng's family. The key is that Ning Chun has become the governor of Guangzhou.

You know, the Feng family and Ning Chun have enmity.Feng Xuan rebelled, and later Feng An threatened Ning Chun to not let him send troops at the frontier...anyone would be angry.

What I can hope now is that Ning Chun will not avenge her private revenge publicly.

In the original history, Li Shimin attached great importance to the Feng family, and also rewarded and reused the Feng family, but because of a certain butterfly in this world, he didn't have much affection for the Feng family who bet on the two.

Coupled with the growing national power, there are other candidates in the Lingnan area who can replace the Feng family, so naturally they don't pay much attention to them.

Of course, not paying attention is only a relative term. In fact, Li Shimin is also very clear that if the Tang Dynasty wants to successfully take over the Lingnan area and complete the political transition, it must rely heavily on the Feng family and even most of the powerful families in Lingnan.

It's just that he didn't reward Feng An and others directly, but posthumously rewarded Mrs. Xian and his wife.

It is a great honor for any family to pursue ancestors, so even though the Feng family was very worried about the future, they did not rebel.

After retiring from the court, Li Shimin once again hosted a banquet in honor of Ning Chun, and Yue Shan was able to accompany him as a confidant. Of course, Yu Wenjie, the governor of Lingnan, was also present.

In addition, Yu Wenshiji, Gao Shilian, Wei Zheng and other important officials in the inner circle were also present.

So this banquet is actually not just for eating, but for communicating with each other to determine the implementation method of Lingnan Development.

Everyone's mind was not on eating, they just moved a few chopsticks hastily to fill their stomachs, and then they went to the side hall to discuss business.

First, Yuwenshi and his prime minister expounded in detail the imperial court's governance plan and goals for Lingnan, and all the ministers also gave speeches to express their views.

As the proposer of Lingnan Development Strategy, Yue Shan naturally also made a speech.

For Yue Shan's age, others have long been accustomed to it, only Ning Chun is very surprised, he is too young.

Such a big kid...well, while many 14-year-olds are married, most are still in school.This one, however, has already been honored as the Marquis of Qingshui and has become an important minister of the imperial court.

And he was a little more grateful to Yue Shan, he knew very well that he was suddenly valued by the court because of this young man who was too clear.

If he hadn't been showing merit for himself in front of the saints, he would probably be the governor of Hezhou in this life in his own capacity.Don't even think about the governor of Guangzhou or the Duke of Li.

Ning Chun is a person with clear grievances and grievances, and he is very grateful to Yue Shan.So after the meeting ended, I took the initiative to find Yue Shan to express my gratitude, and came to visit early the next morning with a gift.

(End of this chapter)