Chastity Layman

  Chapter 851 Qin Fan

   Gaoping Fort.

  Looking at this iron barrel-like fortress, Qin Lang felt a little bit reluctant. How much effort was spent, how much money was invested, how many people were organized, and finally developed here, but the emperor came to pick peaches.

  Seeing that Qin Lang was silent.

All the retainers of the Qin family in the hall were also a little bit aggrieved, and Zhang Chao was unrestrained, opening his mouth and said, "It must be because there are treacherous officials in the court who slandered His Majesty. Barbaric. If you leave Yongzhou in the west, you will be barbaric. And once you pass Zuozhou, it will be barren."

"The main stream of Zuoxi didn't start until the Pinger River and Shuikou River converged, but we all know that in the past, Zuoximan was said to be Zuoximan, but it only reached Tanzhou, and the west of Tanzhou went all the way to Pinger River in Longzhou. The estuary of the river is called Lijiang, and then there are several major tributaries upstream, Heishui River, Pinger River, Ming River, and Siling River, not to mention, they are not Zuoxi Man at all."

"When we first came to the fiefdom, which of the Yang family in Shuikouzhai, the Nong family in Jinlongdong, etc., paid attention to the court? As for Guangyuan Gaoping... Now it's good, we have worked hard , defeated all these rebellious savages, spent several years in Gaoping, and now I have some results, come to pick peaches?"

  Qin Lang said calmly, "Don't yell nonsense, Your Majesty has considerations for His Majesty. Besides, the fiefdom of Wu'an Prefecture had been demarcated long ago, and Gao Ping was not within the boundaries at all."

Zhang Chao gritted his teeth and said, "But how much effort we have spent these years to put down these barbarians, Gaoping, Beijiang, Wu'e and other places are not the territory of the imperial court, they were fought by us desperately, shouldn't they belong to us? ? The wasteland reclaimed by the common people, isn’t there an example of who opens and who returns?”

   "Wenyuan!"

"Sanlang, what are we afraid of? Do we have to be wronged if we are justified? This opening cannot be opened, otherwise Gao Ping will be taken away today, Beijiang will be taken away tomorrow, and Hongji will be taken away the day after tomorrow? "

Qin Yong, the fief elder on one side, said slowly, "There is a new news that just came from Chang'an. Your Majesty conferred the title of Congxiong brother Li Boyi as the King of Longxi County, the feudal domain of Annan, and the title of Governor of Xin'an Prefecture. It is bounded by the Beilun River in the east and the Bajie River in the east of Hongji Mountain in the west. It was formed by merging the former Xin’an Prefecture and Su Maozhou.”

   "Longxi County King?"

  When they heard this title, everyone was stunned for a moment, and there was no such title. The royal family of the Tang Dynasty, Li, named himself the Li family of Longxi. At the beginning of the army, Li Yuan proclaimed himself a general, and his eldest son, Jian Jiancheng, was named the Duke of Longxi County, and was appointed the commander of the left leader. Li Shimin, the second son of the direct line, was granted the title of Duke of Dunhuang County and the governor of the right leader.

  The title of Duke of Longxi County is almost the same as the titles of King Qin before Li Shimin succeeded to the throne, and the titles of Duke of Tang and King Tang before Li Yuan became emperor, and they all have special meaning to the Li family.

  Who is this Li Boyi, and how did he get this title?

   "Li Boyi is the emperor's nephew."

   Nephew, much closer than Li Xiaogong and Li Daozong, because Li Boyi is the son of Li Yuan's half-brother Li Zhan. Both Li Zhan and Li Yuan are the sons of Li Zhan. Because Li Zhan is a bastard, he is the same as the other two bastards. The eight-year-old fourth son Li Yuan inherited because he was the only legitimate son.

Li Zhansheng had two brothers, Li Boyi and Li Fengci. The two brothers were also accustomed to fine clothes and fine food since they were young. They were about the same age as Jiancheng. Li Boyi was one year older than Jiancheng, so they played together since childhood. Ci is about the same age and has a good relationship.

  At that time in Daxing City, Li Boyi, Jiancheng, Chai Shao and the others took Li Shimin, Feng Ci, etc. to play around every day, and then Li Yuan went to Taiyuan to work, and the two brothers left Daxing City.

   When they met again, the two brothers followed Li Yuan back to Daxing City and robbed the Yang family.

  The two brothers Li Boyi were also named kings, Li Boyi was named King of Longxi County, and Li Fengci was named King of Bohai County. In fact, these two have no merits. Compared with Li Shentong, Li Daozong, Li Daoxuan, Li Xiaogong, Li Youliang and other clans, they are really blessed.

  But the relationship between the two brothers and Li Yuan's family is not normal. They not only called Li Yuan's uncle, but also because their father died very early, so when the two brothers were very young, they were actually raised by Li Yuan.

   On the other hand, their grandfather Li Yan also died early, when Li Yuan was only eight years old, so Li Yuan was brought up by his elder brother Li Zhan and the others. In this respect, the relationship between the two families is naturally closer.

  Li Zhan is somewhat like Li Yuan's father, and Li Yuan and Li Boyi seem to be brothers, and also like father and son.

  Based on this relationship, the two brothers have no credit or ability, and no one objected to being kings.

It's just that after Li Shimin killed his brother and imprisoned his father and seized the throne, he was dissatisfied with the clan kings that Li Yuanfeng had granted him, and cut down the nobles of the clan. In the end, only six of them were left, all of whom were of high merit, and those who did not have enough merit were demoted to the rank of Duke of the State. Even county magistrates and marquises, those who were too young even took back their titles directly.

At that time, Li Boyi and his brothers were both useless and incompetent. They arranged for them to take several official posts, but they were all messed up. In the end, Li Shimin had to let the two brothers hang around in idle jobs. It's also very free and easy, you can cut it as soon as you cut it, and I will cut it first.

  So the two brothers changed from the king of the county to the prince of the county.

  In the city of Chang'an, he is the prince of the rich and prosperous Xiaoyao County. He never participates in government affairs, let alone meddles in other affairs. His only hobby is wine and beauties, mansions and villas. Both brothers have thousands of hectares of land and hundreds of concubines.

  Playing polo with an eagle and a bird, he is a middle-level expert, and I heard that he is also a mahjong master.

  Li Boyi used to be Da Zongzheng, but he was more confused than Dou Dan, but after all, he had a good relationship with the Supreme Emperor and the current emperor, not to mention that Li Boyi also had the status of the eldest grandson of Li Zongshu.

   "The governor of Sinanju?"

   After Qin Yong, son of the big hammer, circled the boundary of Sinanju on the map, Zhang Chao immediately scolded, "Isn't this our boundary?"

   "Before, the area along the coast south of the mountains in the south of Su Maozhou was all our land. Why is it now a Sinan state?"

   "Like Gao Ping and Wu E again, did you pick peaches?"

"If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense. Xin'an Prefecture originally existed, but it was Jimiman Prefecture, part of which belonged to Guangnan, and part of it was formerly controlled by the Ning family in Qinzhou, Guangxi. Wanda Mountain and Beilun River are the southeast boundary, and Sinanju belongs to Guangnan Province..." Qin Lang pointed to the map and explained Taiping Prefecture and other newly merged states.

   Zhang Chao and many other people looked at Sinanju, and the more they looked at it, the more they didn't like it.

Wu'an Prefecture was originally bordered by Guangxi Road, from the sea in the south to Zhennanguan in the north, but now a new Xin'an Prefecture has been created, rubbed into the eyes like a grain of sand, and it is sandwiched between Wu'an Prefecture, Qinzhou, and Taiping Prefecture , Cage state.

  Originally, if there was no Xin'an Prefecture, then Wu'an Prefecture would directly border with Taiping Prefecture, Qinzhou, and Longzhou in Guangxi Province, but now it only borders Taiping Prefecture.

  Sinanju is composed of Sinanju, which was originally close to the sea, and Somaoju, which is in the mountainous area to the north. Somaoju is a mountainous area, but Sinanju is coastal after all.

   There are also a large number of archipelagos.

"Don't think too much about the established facts." Qin Lang also had dissatisfaction in his heart, but he couldn't show it in front of his retainers. The emperor made a quick move, fast, steady and ruthless. He also confirmed Beijiang to Qin Lang, and clarified the ownership of Gaoping, Wu'e, and Xin'an Prefecture, which were originally developed by the Qin family.

  There is nothing that can be blamed for what the emperor did, after all, those places were not within the fiefdom of Wu'an Prefecture.

  It’s good that the imperial court didn’t investigate your crime of crossing the border. Now that you’ve been given two areas, Qixi and Beijiang, you’re still grateful to Xie En and dare to complain?

  If this matter is put on the table, if the Qin family is dissatisfied at all, then others will think that the Qin family is dissatisfied with their desires and will not accuse the emperor of being wrong.

  Since this matter cannot be supported by more people, and if you don't have the strength and ideas to turn the table, then don't get too entangled in him.

"Your Majesty only determined the four borders, merged and abolished some barbarian states, and changed the land to the people. Whether it is Guangyuan, or Wu'e, Xin'an, we have previously reclaimed fields, mines, and even our own land. Villages and workshops are also recognized and protected by the imperial court, and we only need to pay taxes according to the law and obey the government's control in the future."

  Zhang Chao and other retainers were not satisfied with this.

Those are just economic interests. The fields, mines, manors, and workshops belong to them, and they originally opened up the land from the barbarians, and they own more than these. In fact, occupying land is king.

   became a lord who is not a lord.

Immigrants there reclaimed wasteland, opened mines, built workshops, and even built watchtowers and fortresses. They completely got over the feudal fiefdoms in Wu'an Prefecture. According to the rules of Wu'an Prefecture, they sent their brothers, nephews, and nephews to manage the manor land. Settle down slaves, train militiamen to fight against barbarians, and collect taxes.

  All the output on the territory will be taxed and shared with the Qin family according to the rules of Wu'an Prefecture.

   Now that the imperial court has designated those places as Zhengzhou, it means that there will be officials appointed to manage them. Apart from retaining their economic rights and interests, they will lose all their governance and judicial power.

  They are just landlords on those lands, but they are no longer lords. Even the imperial court will definitely not allow them to build castles and militias like they did in Wu'an Prefecture.

   Sinanju and others are no longer unclaimed lands, no longer owned by whoever grabs them, no longer whoever has the ability to grab them, just go and occupy them.

"Everyone may wish to think about this matter in a different way. We also took advantage of the convenience of being close to the water and getting the moon first. We took advantage of it a few years in advance and encircled a lot of land and minerals. The benefits are not small, so don't be greedy and dissatisfied. .”

Qin Lang comforted everyone and gave a compensation plan, "Your Majesty assigned Qixi and Beijiang to us this time. From now on, these two counties will officially be the boundaries of our Wu'an Prefecture. Let's discuss later and divide the land of these two counties Give one point, each family has a share, you can send brothers and nephews to build fief manors!"

  Beijiang and Qixi had already been occupied by the Qin family in the past. What Qin Lang said now is just an opportunity to give everyone a formal title of knight lord.

   "I won't talk about Xinanzhou and Wu'ezhou, but it is really not easy to operate Gaopingbao. This is a transportation hub. With time, it will definitely develop very rapidly. Are we really giving up?"

  Qin Lang smiled helplessly.

   It is precisely because Gao Ping is so important that the emperor will not assign Gao Ping to Qin Lang. It is impossible to think about it, so let's die early.

Qin Yong said in a low voice, "To tell you the truth, our actions were too violent. If Judingman hadn't been beaten to death with a stick this time, Zuoxi wouldn't be able to change his ways. Gaoping, Xin'an, Wu Eh, the status quo will not change, we have used too much force this time, and have been sloppy!"

Qin Lang smiled, the reasoning is indeed so, but in fact, even if Judingman and Zuoximan hadn't been defeated so quickly, the court couldn't really just watch the Qin family flex their muscles in Annan and annex them everywhere, I'm afraid Then there will be more ruthless measures.

   After all, today is not an ordinary emperor. Although this emperor is far away in Chang'an, he has a clear mind.

  (end of this chapter)