Chastity Layman

  Chapter 986 Zhennanping

Qin Lang was wearing a purple official gown with a round collar and a hakama, a black soft-footed headband on his head, a jade belt with nine rings around his waist, a goldfish bag and other seven things were tied to it, a pair of deerskin boots on his feet, and a pair of buckskin boots on his shoulders. Wearing a scarlet cloak.

  He stepped into Dong Xie's village hall with a smile on his face.

  Eastern Xieman King Xie Yuanshen and all the important family members who stayed in Yingzhou Dushang Village came today and stood up to greet them respectfully.

  Everyone stood up and saluted.

  Qin Lang smiled back one by one.

Qin Lang was followed by Qin Cunxiao, the commander of the Jinglue Yajun, and Liu Rengui, Qin Lang's secretary in charge. Qin Cunxiao had a serious face and was wearing a bright armor, holding in his hand Qin Lang's great sword, which was bestowed by the emperor. .

  Liu Rengui was smiling all over his face, smiling and nodding to everyone.

  In addition to the elders of the Xie family, Jia Wuben, Yuan Zhulin, Feng Zhidai and other governor generals who accompanied the western tour were also present in the hall.

  The grandmother of Xie's family held a rhinoceros stick in her hand, and specially invited Qin Lang to sit in the first place.

   This is Xie Yuanshen's grandmother, from the Si family in Qianzhou. Mrs. Si's father was the leader of the Si family in Qianzhou, and now his brother's grandson is the leader.

  The marriage of the old lady to Dongxie is also a political marriage of two powerful families who have taken root in central Guizhou since the Han Dynasty. One is in the northwest and the other is in the southeast.

  Can support each other without direct conflict of interest.

  Mrs. Sitai married into Dushang Dongxie’s family. At that time, her husband was only the young master. Decades passed, and his husband had passed away decades earlier. Her son and grandson successively inherited the Dongxie family. Xie Yuanshen, the current leader of Dongxie, is her eldest grandson.

  Mrs. Sitai is over eighty years old, but she is still in good spirits and has a strong body. Although her head is full of white hair without a single black hair, she still has all her teeth, especially the old lady with sharp legs and feet. It is said that he is still at Dong Xie's house.

  After coming to contact this time, I found that the old lady is indeed very energetic and her mind is still very active, especially for her accurate grasp of the outside situation.

  During the Sui Dynasty, she persuaded her husband to visit the chief executive sent to the southwest by the Sui Dynasty. In the third year of Zhenguan, Xie Yuan made a deep pilgrimage to see the emperor, which is said to be the insistence of this wife.

  Xie Yuanshen didn't really want to go to Chang'an at first, thinking that the sky was high and the emperor was far away, so he would be happy here.

  Now Xie Yuanshen is leading the army outside, and Qin Langdong is here.

The old lady made the decision to welcome Qin Lang into the village. She even arranged for two young maids in the village to serve Qin Lang first, and then personally arranged for the young granddaughter to go to Qin Lang. Refused, but the old lady did not show any dissatisfaction.

The Zhaiting of the Xie family is actually the chieftain building of the Xie family. Although there is no such title as chieftain at this time, after Zhenguan was conferred by the imperial court in the third year of Zhenguan, and its land was named Yingzhou, the Xie family also called it Yingzhou Xie. Shi.

   This Dushang Village also became Dushang City or Yingzhou City, and the big village where the Xie family lived together for hundreds of years became the Governor's Mansion.

  The Dazhai Hall in the center became the governor's office.

  The village building with several floors is still very grand. It is built entirely of wood, with several layers in front and back, and multiple layers up and down.

  Although the old lady was holding a rhinoceros stick in her hand, she walked steadily and didn't need it at all. The rhinoceros stick was more like an ornament. Qin Lang knew that this was also a treasure of great origin. It was said that this object was originally a gift from Chen in the Southern Dynasty.

When Dong Xie was in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Song, Qi, Liang, and Chen in the south of the Yangtze River were also respected as orthodox. From the Eastern Jin Dynasty to the Song, Qi, Liang, and Chen dynasties, they successively implemented a policy of restraint and win over these wealthy chieftains in the southern central plateau, conferring on them hereditary governors, generals, etc. Official positions, and even some items are often rewarded.

Correspondingly, these barbarian kings and commanders regarded the Jiangnan court as Zhengshuo, and they would pay tribute to some local products every year, and sometimes even listen to the conscripts and send some children to lead the army to fight against King Qin in the Central Plains. On the surface, the relationship is still good. From Lingnan to Nanzhong, everything is like this.

  The rhinoceros stick in Mrs. Si's hand is said to be the group that was specially bestowed by Chen Baxian to those influential barbarian kings in Lingnan and Nanzhong after he established the Southern Dynasty Chen.

  The most famous among the holders of the same batch is Mrs. Xian Tai from Lingnan, the former head of the Feng Xian family, who was later known as the Holy Mother of Lingnan, and was even named Mrs. Qiaojun by the court.

  Mrs. Si was the daughter of the Si family in Qianzhou and the wife of Dong Xie, so although she was still young, she also received such a rhinoceros stick from Chen Baxian.

  It has been more than 40 years since the Chen Dynasty perished, but the old lady still has this rhinoceros stick.

  In fact, not only the Southern Chen Dynasty, but from the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, no matter how the dynasties in the Central Plains changed, how the emperor changed, but in the hundreds of miles southeast of Guizhou, the Dongxie family has always been the local emperor.

   They control everything here.

  The Central Plains imperial court has no actual control over this place for hundreds of years. The imperial court wins over by granting official titles, titles, rewards, etc., and only wants to rule. As long as you can respect the imperial court as Zhengshuo, that's fine.

Although Dongxie was separated from Xixie, they have been happy to maintain this relationship for hundreds of years, and they have no ambition to become kings and emperors. In these hundreds of miles, to be a real Hereditary native officials are fine.

  As for whether they are called the general manager, the governor, or the general, they don't care too much.

  They need the Central Plains court to give them this kind of formal canonization and appointment, so as to reflect the legitimacy of the local rule, but they are not willing to let the court really intervene in their family affairs.

  Everyone recognizes each other, and it is good to be in harmony.

   Therefore, the change of dynasty has nothing to do with them. Whoever becomes the emperor is fine. If the emperor is changed, he will show his allegiance to the new emperor.

  For hundreds of years, this tacit understanding has been maintained very well.

  The old lady's hair is very neatly combed. Although her face is full of wrinkles, it is also clean and tidy. This is a very particular old lady.

  She must have waited for Qin Lang to sit down before sitting down on the left side, and all the members of the Xie family also sat down together, with strict hierarchy and full rules.

  In the past, this hall was the meeting place of the Xie family and the elders of the family, but today there are so many new faces in this hall, and even an outsider sat in the top seat.

   For the first time in hundreds of years.

  Holding the rhinoceros stick, the old lady knew in her heart that this was a major change unseen in hundreds of years. The times had changed, and the rules of the game had also changed.

   From a certain point of view, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty was not particular. He did not abide by the long-standing tradition and broke the rules of the game.

  Tang Jun had already accepted Dong Xie's surrender and tribute before, and also returned a formal canonization. This was originally a situation where everyone was happy.

   But within a few years, the Tang people began to go deeper into the southeast of Guizhou, and now they not only want to reform the land, but also garrison and emigrate.

  The old lady was stunned when she heard the plans that Qin Lang personally proposed when she came to visit yesterday.

  The old lady in her eighties has experienced several generations of Xie family heads, and even witnessed the rise and fall of several dynasties in the Central Plains Dynasty. He never thought that this young man would come up with such a crazy plan.

When Yingzhou was promoted to the Dudu Mansion, in addition to Dudu Yingzhou, he would also be the governor of several other states in southeast Guizhou. The point is that the young Wei Guogong will invite the court to send a royal family to come to the world as the Dudu. A general will be the governor of the governor's office, and Xie Yuanshen will continue to be the governor of Yingzhou.

  After the establishment of the Governor’s Mansion, the Pingnan Army will also be established, and three post roads will be built along the three rivers including the Jianjiang River, and three commercial roads will be opened up.

  The young Duke of Wei was very polite, and he specially prepared a very precious gift when he visited.

  But the plans he mentioned were cut like knives at Dong Xie's family.

  The old lady did not turn her face on the spot. She is in her eighties, has a deep family background, and has a good temper control.

   "Duke Wei wants to set up the Governor's Mansion in Yingzhou, set up the Pingnan Army, build post roads, relocate people, and build villages. These ideas are very good, but the key to these lies in the water transportation and navigation plan of the three rivers including the Laolongtou River."

The old lady spoke slowly, "The plan is a good plan. Once it really succeeds, I can imagine how lively Yingzhou will be in the future. It's just that we have been here for hundreds of years, and no one is better than us. Familiar with the plants and trees here, the three rivers do flow down, merge into larger rivers, and even flow east into the sea, but within the territory of Yingzhou, it is very difficult for these three rivers to navigate... ·”

  The old ladies mentioned a lot of difficulties, such as many dangerous shoals and shallow rivers...

  Qin Lang sat there with a smile on his face, quietly listening to her rambling.

  After a while, I talked about the remoteness of Yingzhou, few households and poor people. Such a large project will definitely waste money and money, and hurt the people...

Jia Wuben was sitting on Qin Lang's right hand, and he seemed impatient with the old woman's nonsense, turned his head and whispered to Qin Lang, "I heard that the Crown Prince has gone to Longyou, and followed Hou Junji to Qinghai Ping Rebellion? Isn't this bullshit? No one can take care of it, and if something really happens, it's too late to cry, right?"

"The sage is probably very helpless. Our highness the crown prince sneaked out of Xijing. What can the sage do? He can't tell the world that the prince is so foolish, right? He has to do something for the prince. After all, it is the crown prince of my Tang Dynasty." , it’s Prince Chu.”

   "Are you really not afraid of accidents?" Jia Wuben asked.

   "I'm afraid, who can't be afraid, but my son is still young, and he is reckless at the moment, and the father has to help clean up the mess." Qin Lang sighed, and he was actually worried.

  He was in Guizhou, but he was staring at Longyou all day long.

  He is really worried about what Chengqian is doing now. It’s okay to do it in Chang’an, but if you do it in Qinghai, people will not spoil you.

  On the battlefield, swords and guns have no eyes, and if there are any troubles, no one can afford it.

   "This matter is getting more and more troublesome, so I have to take care of it."

  Qin Lang thought to himself, of course he should take care of it, but the question is how to take care of it now?

  (end of this chapter)