Chastity Layman

  Chapter 963 The illegitimate son

May.

  Lingnan has completely entered summer, the sun is scorching, and the heat is steaming.

   At noon, the streets were not as lively as in the morning, and there were not many people, like an empty city.

  As the chief of Lingnan, Qin Lang specially built a swimming pool in the backyard of the Jinglue Envoy's government office.

  The swimming pool is surrounded by high walls so that no one can spy on it.

   "Congratulations to Saburo for having another son. I don't know if Sanlang has a good name for him?"

   "Woo."

Zhang Chao, who just came back from Linyi, was lying on a deck chair by the pool, and said the name, "You, are you blessed by God? The name is good, and you never thought of meeting your Liulang? He looks just like you It’s very similar, it can even be said to be carved out of the same mold, it’s definitely your seed, and it’s as good as the fake.”

  Qin Lang turned over in the water, switched to a backstroke position, and floated on the water with almost no effort. For the sixth son born to him by Fan Lin who was far away in the Lion City of Linyi, Qin Lang could only send such a blessed name.

  It is impossible for him to go to Linyi to see his son now, and even this son is not destined to be born with the surname of Qin, but his surname is Fan.

  The queen asked Qin Lang to give the child a name.

  He took the word You for this child, and hoped that God would bless him, so that his life would be safe and sound.

  The queen liked this name very much, so she sent an envoy to Luoyang to ask the emperor to canonize Fan You as the Prince of Linyi. Li Shimin obviously knew the origin of this child, and this matter still caused a lot of heated discussions in Beijing. Some officials even impeached Qin Lang for this.

  But Li Shimin just laughed, thinking that it was nothing for his son-in-law to hook up with Princess Linyi to have a child.

  Facing the Queen of Linyi’s request, he generously decreed that Fan You was conferred the crown prince of Linyi, the third-rank Huaihua general of the Tang Dynasty, the Duke of Xiangjun, and the golden seal of the turtle button...

  The current situation in Linyi is in the interests of Datang.

  The queen of Linyi returned to her country and succeeded in rebellion and restoration. She regained the capital, captured the kingslayer, and executed him Ling Chi. Then the queen quickly defeated the rebels in other places and restored the rule of Linyi.

  After the queen successfully restored the country, she declared that she would become a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, and began to actively promote Sinicization. The country fully followed the example of the Tang Dynasty to carry out political reforms.

  In the middle of the court, three provinces, six ministries and twelve guards were set up, the government military system was established, the land equalization order was promoted, the sea trade was liberalized, and business was attracted. With the great momentum of suppressing the rebels and the support of the Tang Dynasty, the queen's reforms were carried out vigorously.

  The Tang City Concession promised to Datang has also been allocated to Datang. In addition, Da Nang in the north has also been leased to Datang as the military port base of the Nanyang Navy Fleet.

Even in terms of tariffs, they have reached an agreement with Datang that both parties will use the same tariffs, and Linyi also directly handed over the newly established Shibo Department to Datang, and Datang will collect tariffs on their behalf. Half of it is used to directly deduct the loan from Datang, and the remaining half is handed over to the Linyi treasury.

  The queen also recruited some of the Tang mercenaries who helped him restore the country, and used them as the backbone to form the Royal Guard of the Linyi Kingdom, the Habayashi Army.

   Also started to form a forest division navy.

  Linyi's army was rebuilt and recruited. The queen placed many orders for ordnance, warships, horses, etc. from Datang.

  Lin Yiguo is now fully committed to the embrace of Datang, and even actively invites the Nanyang Navy of Datang to station in it, and is close to Datang in terms of culture and politics.

For Datang, this is a good thing that has both face and sympathy. It has been less than a year since the Queen returned to the country, but Datang's trade volume with Linyi has surged, and it has increased several times, let alone after obtaining a trade tariff agreement. , Datang returned them a lot of loans and sold a lot of arms. These transactions were very profitable.

  Of course, Li Shimin is also very fond of Linyi's sinicization reform. The cultural output of the Tang Dynasty is the representative of the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.

  So although the queen of Linyi named the emperor's son-in-law, the prime minister of Datang, as the regent of Linyi, respected him as the great guardian of Linyi, and even gave birth to an illegitimate child, Li Shimin didn't pursue it.

  These do not affect the huge benefits brought by Lin Yi's embrace of Datang.

Nowadays, countless hot money from the Central Plains are pouring into Linyi Kingdom, where they mine, build workshops, even open commercial villages to build plantations, or directly invest money in the construction of wharves and ports, etc. Countless Central Plains merchants, followed by Tang ships Influx into Linyi, in exchange for countless Linyi raw materials, gold, silver, copper, iron and so on.

  Linyi has now become an important sales place for Datang merchants, and also an important supplier of raw materials for Datang. Li Shimin still understands some economics now, and knows that Datang has taken a lot of advantage in it.

This is shearing the wool of Linyi. Datang sells handmade goods with high added value, while the people of Linyi mainly sell raw materials with low added value. Datang merchants buy and transport these raw materials from Linyi to Datang Tang, after being processed and produced, a lot of them returned to Linyi after a round trip, earning a lot of money.

  During the process of trade, processing, and circulation, the Tang court not only earned taxes, but also promoted opportunities for common people and merchants to make money. Li Shimin couldn't wish for such a good thing.

  The queen has to rely on Datang to hold her thigh and strengthen her dominion over Linyi, so she actively chooses to cooperate with Datang, and Datang endorses Linyi station, and what she gets is a huge double harvest of culture and benefits.

   Take what you need.

  Qin Lang became an important link between the two.

   "Have you ever visited Hengshan? How is it going over there? What is the attitude of the Queen and Lin Yichaozhong towards Hengshan?"

  Qin Lang asked.

  Zhang Chao held a coconut and took a few sips leisurely.

"I don't know if I don't go, I'm shocked when I go, do you know how much those animals are too much? Originally, the plan you and Li Daliang made before was to use the Queen of Linyi as an excuse to send troops south and cross Hengshan. Take Bijing and Zhuwu, advance 300 li to the south, and take the Zhuwu River as the boundary."

"But I only found out this time that these animals not only occupied Bijing and Zhuwu, but also crossed the Zhuwu River a long time ago, all the way to the north for 800 miles. Now, not to mention Lu Rongshui, even Shoulengshui has passed, directly occupying the Western Jin Dynasty Lu Rong and Xiang Lin were established at that time."

  Qin Lang quickly went through the map of Linyi in his mind, and compared these place names, he immediately had a sober impression.

   Jiude is the Rongshi of later generations, and Yueshang is Hejing, both of which were controlled areas in Tang Dynasty before.

  The Bijing and Zhuwu that he asked to take the opportunity to go south to occupy are the Guangxi and Donghai of the later generations, and the Zhuwushui is the Rili River of the later generations.

   Being able to occupy this area is already a big mouthful of fat.

  But he really didn't expect that the soldiers sent out would be so courageous, going all the way south, crossing the Lijiang River without stopping, and occupying Xianglin all the way.

  Where is Xianglin?

   That is the Hue of later generations.

   Further south is Da Nang.

  The reason why the animals stopped was mainly because after passing through Hue, it was no longer the coastal plain area of ​​Yimapingchuan. To the south, the remnants of the Hengshan Mountains blocked the road going south, all the way to the sea.

  The continuous mountains and deep ridges separate Hue from Da Nang. If you want to go further south, it is inconvenient to go by land, especially for transporting supplies.

   In addition, after Niu Jianhu took Qin Lang's teaching and asked the queen to rent Da Nang as a military port, those guys finally stopped in Hue.

This coastal plain and hilly area is about 600 miles long and 100 miles wide, with Hengshan Mountains to the west and the sea to the right, a piece of fertile fertile soil. The local soldiers insisted all the way to the south, and they were all occupied.

   And those guys did such a great job, but they didn't dare to report it. They only said that they had completed the task and occupied Bijing Zhuwu.

"Linyi Chaozhong is very dissatisfied now. I went to Shizipu this time. Although the queen didn't say anything on the surface, I can also see that the queen is actually not very happy. We are too cruel. In the name of helping the rebellion, It took up 800 miles of land in one fell swoop."

   "It's actually about six hundred miles!" Qin Lang corrected.

"Six hundred miles? People in Linyi said it was eight hundred miles. I guess they included the area in Da Nang. In short, they were very upset. They agreed to help fight against the rebels, so they were also active at the beginning. Cooperate, send people to contact the powerful clans in the local area and even the barbarian Dongzhai and other parties, let them lead the way for our Tang army, some people will send people, those who have money will send money, and those who have food will send food, so we can easily defeat the Tang army. captured the Kingslayer's men."

"They were still waiting to take over these places from us, but the captain who led the troops insisted on refusing, and an official from Linyi was a little tougher, but this guy tied them up and cut them down, saying that he attacked Datang? Isn’t that unfair, he didn’t bring a knife, he just came here to question him and asked for his land, and he killed him because he wasn’t polite, that’s too much.”

This is not the only thing that is too much. Killing a person can be said to be a misunderstanding, but he refused to hand over the 600 miles of land. Not to mention, the captain still summoned the Sifang Linyi natives in Hue City and let them go west. A message was sent in the Mianshan Mountains, asking all the people from the Linyi in the mountains to come and pay a visit to him, saying that now this place has completely belonged to the Tang Dynasty, and the rule of the Han family has been restored.

"That guy also said that since ancient times, this Hue has been owned by China, and that Hue in Linyi used to be called Xianglin, and it was owned by my Han family in the Han and Jin Dynasties, so now it is restored to Han, not to take advantage of the danger. The snatching, you see, isn't this full of nonsense, I can't stand it anymore."

  Qin Lang couldn't help laughing while lying on the water, he couldn't control it well and almost choked on the water, after a while he regained control of his balance and continued to float on the water.

"The lieutenant is indeed a bit bold, but this kid is also smart enough, no matter whether he really expected Lin Yi's need for Datang and did not dare to turn his face, or he was just greedy for merit, in short, the current situation is actually quite good. Don’t feel embarrassed or anything, just take advantage of it.”

  Zhang Chao was stunned for a moment, "Sanlang, you are really shameless."

"In the face of national interests, what face do you want? Besides, what the school lieutenant said is correct. Since ancient times, when there was no Linyi Kingdom, everything to the north of Linyi belonged to my Huaxia Han family. Now there is a rebellion in Linyi. , I lost those lands myself, and it is reasonable for our Tang Dynasty to send troops to take them back, and we did not rob Lin Yiguo, we took back the old territory of my Han family from those rebels."

   Zhang Chao was speechless.

   "Are you really going to swallow it?"

"There is no reason to spit out what you eat? Isn't it delicious for six hundred miles? Such an opportunity is once in a thousand years. At the end of the Han Dynasty, the Zhan people took the opportunity to separate themselves, and the territory we have ruled for hundreds of years is like this. I lost it, and now I finally got it back, do I have to send it back again?"

   "Anyway, it's impossible for me, Qin Lang."

   "But Lin Yiguo is not willing."

   "Give them some compensation and appease them."

   "Not necessarily yes."

   "Will you follow him, but the result will not change." Qin Lang said domineeringly.

  Zhang Chao directly gave a thumbs up, "I now deeply suspect that the captain definitely got the opportunity from you, Qin Sanlang, otherwise he is a mere sixth-rank captain, how could he have such courage?"

   "You don't dare to talk nonsense without evidence, be careful I'll beat you!" Qin Lang heheed twice, refusing to admit Zhang Chao's accusation.

   "This must be the case, this is your style at all."

  (end of this chapter)