Chastity Layman

  Chapter 510 The Heart of a Samurai

  It was very late, and the samurai Xun returned to Lizhou Miantu City.

   "Shu Bao is really a stubborn guy." The warrior Xun took off his official hat and threw it on the table, took a gulp of cold tea, and didn't know if it was a blessing or a curse to meet a father-in-law like Qin Qiong.

  But luck or misfortune cannot be avoided. At the beginning, he was demoted from the governor of Yangzhou to the governor of Lizhou. The court urged him to take up his post immediately, and he was not even allowed to return to Beijing. When he was still on the road, the prefects and magistrates of the prefectures and counties along the way had already made him feel the coldness of the world, and even the small officials in the post stations were very indifferent to this former Taiyuan Yuancong hero.

  Fancy sedan chairs are carried by people, there are many icing on the cake, but few give charcoal in the snow.

   While he was still lamenting on the road, his wife Yang took the initiative to find Qin Qiong and his son in the capital, and brought up the oral marriage contract between him and Qin Qiong.

  The father and son of the Qin family readily agreed, and formally invited the big matchmaker to give a gift.

  When this happy event reached his ears, he had been in Lizhou for a while, and he was a newcomer and received cold reception everywhere. In addition, Li Xiaochang, the governor of Lizhou, was killed in the previous conspiracy in Beijing, and his remaining old troops in Lizhou were very disturbed. They were always on guard against the new samurai, and they were extremely uncooperative.

   There are even some of Li Xiaochang's best friends, who are afraid of guilt, flee to the rivers and lakes, and gather in the mountains and forests, making the situation in Lizhou tense.

  Samurai Xun has been unable to get the support of local officials and powerful families in Lizhou for a long time, and he has been unable to open the situation. At this time, news came from Beijing that Qin Qiong was engaged for his six sons to the third daughter of the warrior Yu.

  The situation suddenly changed drastically.

  First, several captains of Zhechong Mansion stationed in Lizhou took the initiative to visit the new governor, and then offered to deploy troops to cooperate with the elimination of Li Xiaochang's remaining forces and appease the local area.

  After the military was the first to express its position, other forces also began to adapt to the wind, and they all respected him as the governor.

  For a while, the samurai Xun recruited rebels in Lizhou, cared for the old and the weak, relieved their deficiencies, and drove them down. Not long ago, the county was peaceful.

  The huge contrast between before and after, the samurai Xun doesn't understand that this is caused by the relationship between Qin Qiong and his son, who are now popular in court and purple.

   In addition to being grateful, I was also ashamed.

At the banquet at the Supreme Emperor's court, I drank a few more glasses for a while, because I was excluded and despised by the nobles of Guanlong and the nobles of Shandong, so I chatted with the upstart Qin Qiong for a while, and under the drunkenness, I booked a doll's house with Qin Qiong . But after drinking sober up, he told his wife Yang Shi that Yang Shi looked down on Qin Qiong's family background and thought he was just an upstart martial artist.

  Samurai Xun hesitated afterwards, and the marriage was delayed like this. After that, he never mentioned it again, and neither did Qin Qiong.

  But when he was a confidant of the Supreme Emperor, he was in an embarrassing situation in the Zhenguan New Dynasty, and after being relegated, Qin Qiong could still give him a hand, regardless of previous suspicions, which was very rare and made him very ashamed.

   As a businessman, Samurai Xun is very successful in business, and has a good eye for speculation. In the early years, he saw that Yang Guang was very happy, liked Daxin civil engineering, and building palaces, so he invested in the timber business and opened up official relations. He became one of the main suppliers of timber for Luoyang palaces and made a fortune.

But later, he saw that Yang Guang was acting innocent, so he quickly used money to clear up the relationship, and found a military position in the Taiyuan Army, in order to have the ability to protect himself when the troubled times came, instead of becoming a slaughtered man. fat pig.

  When Li Yuan went to Taiyuan to take office, the samurai Xun who was originally the confidant of Wang Wei who stayed behind in Taiyuan, quickly took the initiative to catch up with Li Yuan, and made a big deal with a wealthy family, which attracted Li Yuan's liking. When Wang Wei suspected that Li Yuan recruited troops to rebel, Wu stabilized Wang Wei, and at the same time informed Li Yuan immediately, so that Li Yuan got rid of Wang Wei first and cleared the obstacles to the army.

   When Li Yuan officially raised his army, the warrior Xun even spent all his wealth to help the army.

It is also because of this bold investment that after the Jinyang army was raised, General Li Yuan established the mansion as the administrative center. The warrior Xun was just a mansion officer, and Li Yuan was immediately awarded the important position of General Mansion Cao Cao to join the army. After Li Yuan conquered Chang'an together, he was granted the title of Founding Duke of Shouyang County. Since then, he successively held important positions such as Doctor Guanglu, Minister of Rites, and Minister of Huangmen.

Li Yuan proclaimed himself emperor and established the Tang Dynasty, and he was granted the title of Founding Duke of Yiyuan County. In August of the first year of Wude, he was named one of the 17 meritorious officials of Taiyuan Yuanmou along with Pei Ji, Liu Wenjing, Li Shimin, Liu Hongji, and Changsun Shunde. , to avoid death once.

The samurai Xun was quite favored in the Wude Dynasty. After Xiangli died of illness, Li Yuan personally proposed to the five surnames and seven sects for him. point, but she is also a noble daughter of the Sui Dynasty clan, and the Hongnong Yang family is originally the top gentry in Kansai.

  This marriage was also a noble girl from a famous family that Li Yuan begged for his courtiers to marry in order to bring down the face of the emperor.

During the Wude Dynasty, although the warrior Xun was despised by many people as a businessman, his favor was also enviable, but it is a pity that after the Xuanwu Gate change, he was not the warrior Xun of the Qin Palace, because he was the confidant of the Supreme Emperor. Naturally, he was suppressed and relegated.

  Nephew Wu Junya stood aside and said, "Uncle, are we really going to rescue Qin Qiong in Songzhou? There is no imperial order to command soldiers? It is a big crime to privately transfer troops and horses."

  Wu Junya is the eldest son of the elder brother of the samurai Yi, the elder brother of the samurai. His elder brother used to devote himself to farming at home. Later, after he made a fortune, his elder brother became a landlord.

  The eldest brother is neither good at economics nor good at war, so he became an agricultural official with peace of mind. Before the change of Xuanwumen, the eldest brother had already achieved the very good position of the Shaoqing of Sinong Temple, and he was also granted the title of Duke of Xuancheng County.

  Compared to the honesty of his elder brother, Wu Junya is undoubtedly more ambitious. He will not be willing to be a landlord or a farm official. This kid wants to be a general.

  The samurai Xun married Qin Qiong, and after turning over again, he borrowed Qin Lang's relationship to bring this nephew to Lizhou, and arranged for an officer in the military to work with him.

"Doing extraordinary things at an extraordinary time. Songzhou encountered a Qiang rebellion. Our Lizhou is located between the Shannan East Road, Jiannan Road, and Longyou Road. It is also close to Guanzhong. Since the Western Wei Dynasty, we have set up a general management office here. , My Tang Dynasty also established the Dudu Mansion before, so this place has always been a hub, and there are many soldiers and horses stationed there. There are police around, and they can mobilize support at any time."

  He could see what his nephew was worried about.

Qin Qiong refused to evacuate Songzhou, facing the danger of being surrounded and wiped out by the Qiang people. Although Lizhou had a lot of soldiers, after the former Lizhou governor Li Xiaochang rebelled, the imperial court withdrew the Lizhou governor's mansion and was reduced to an ordinary governor. state. The samurai Xun, the governor, lost his right to command soldiers.

   He couldn't mobilize and command the government soldiers and frontier troops in the territory.

  Of course, as the samurai Xun said, in special circumstances, such as rebellion, he may still do cheap things.

   But this is also taking the initiative, or a dangerous matter, Qin Qiong can't protect himself, why does the Wu family have to intervene?

  In case I get involved, it's too worthless.

  The sky is getting darker.

  The samurai lit a candle, his nephew was not stupid, on the contrary he was a little too smart, he only saw the danger of sending troops to rescue Songzhou at this time, but he couldn't see that the samurai had to do it.

  If he sees death and refuses to save him, there will be two consequences. One is that Qin Qiong is strong enough to survive until the reinforcements rescue him. Or Qin Qiong was out of luck and died in battle after being surrounded. No matter which result, it is impossible for the Wu family to stay out of the matter.

If Qin Qiong survived, the Qin family would definitely hold grudges against the Wu family's reluctance to save the Wu family, and now the samurai Xun, a confidant of martial arts, can stabilize his position by relying on the support of the Qin family. If the Qin family abandons the Wu family, then The Wu family has no future.

   And if Qin Qiong died in battle, the Qin family would hate the warrior Xun even more. After Qin Qiong died, his son Qin Lang was still the prime minister and the prince's teacher. It would not be difficult to clean up the Wu family. The most important thing is that if Qin Qiong dies and he refuses to save him, the emperor will probably use this to liquidate him, the confidant of the Supreme Emperor, thoroughly.

  So no matter what the result is, if the Wu family dares not save them, the Wu family will be finished.

   On the contrary, sending troops to rescue may not be a real problem.

  Samurai Xun is not a general who leads troops to fight. When he followed the Supreme Emperor, he was only in charge of logistics, transportation, food, etc., but he was a hero who founded the country after all, and he still had some understanding of war.

  Qin Qiong was able to take 500 people directly to take Songzhou down, and he will tidy up the Libu submissively, which shows that Qin Qiong is indeed a young sword, and the Qiang people are indeed a mob.

   Even if there are many people, it may not be possible to capture Songzhou guarded by Qin Qiong in a short time.

   What's more, Qin Qiong's son Qin Lang is in Chang'an, he is also a hard stubble, although he is young, he has made great military achievements in several shots. Before going south to the fiefdom of Wu'an Prefecture, he even cleaned up a group of Lingnan barbarians honestly.

  Qin Qiong's family general Lao Tieqiang has gone to Chang'an to find Qin Lang for help, and I believe Qin Sanlang will come to rescue his father soon.

  The samurai went to the washstand and wet his face with the water in the basin to make himself more comfortable.

  My nephew is sixteen years old, which is still too young.

  Think about things without thinking about the long term.

   "Go and invite those Captains Zhechong and Captain Guoyi to come," Samurai Xun said to his nephew, "Emergency is like putting out a fire. Don't delay for a moment."

"Uncle, it's not too late to wait for the order to be issued first, or to wait for Qin Sanlang to come and then act. When Qin Lang comes, we will obey his orders, whether it is to send troops or not to send troops, we will listen to this Qin Lang." Young Master."

"By that time, the daylily will be cold." The warrior Xun waved his hand, "Don't hesitate to wait and see when doing things, and don't be on the fence as a person. If you see it right, you will take action. If you wait for Qin Sanlang to come, then we will do it later." Any more, it's useless."

  If you want to send troops, you have to send troops before Qin Lang from Chang'an goes south.

  Take a little risk, but in terms of the relationship with the Qin family, it is very worthwhile.

   "Go and gather all our guards and servants. Also, take out all the money in your hand and recruit chivalrous and righteous heroes. Let them go to rescue Songzhou with this governor! Rescue Qin Situ!"

  (end of this chapter)