Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 346 Xingyang Zheng Family (6000)

On March 541th in the tenth year of Taichang ([-]), King Gaocheng of Qi led [-] Hu soldiers of the Gyeonggi Army, and supervised generals Peng Le, Xue Guyan, Modolo Daiwen, Murongyan, Yuan Jing'an, Chilieping, and Bu Dahan Sa, Bao Xian, Pi Jinghe, Qi Lianmeng and other family members from the Qi Palace left Luoyang.

The plan is to go through Henan first, cross the river from Jeju to inspect Hebei, and then go to Hedong via the Taihang Mountain Road, then retake the old road of the Western Expedition, enter Guanlong from Puban, and finally leave Lantian Pass and Wuguan Pass, and return to Luoyang through the land of Shangyu for [-] miles. .

Among the accompanying governors, the youngest one was Pi Jinghe, who was the same age as Gao Cheng. He was under 21, but Gao Huan was the last governor of Kuzhi, that is, the trusted governor. He is courageous, good at riding and shooting.

When Gao Huan conquered Jihu, he sent Pi Jinghe led six cavalry to explore the road in the mountains. Pi Jinghe went deep into the mountain and encountered more than a hundred enemies. He was 14 years old at the time, so he was deeply loved by Gao Huan, and he was promoted many times.

Now that Gao Cheng succeeded the Gao family, he also transferred Pi Jinghe to the Gyeonggi army as the governor, and he was favored and trusted no less than Gao Huan.

King Qi drove in the car, and Gao Xiaozhang and Gao Xiaoyu, who were about to turn five years old in one month, were sitting on the left and right of Gao Cheng. In fact, since Gao Huan's death, the two brothers were taken to Luoyang and raised by their biological mother, and they never stopped imitating their father Gao Cheng in dealing with others.

Even though Xiao Gaowang is not yet 21 years old, the competition for some things has already started in secret.

The two brothers were raised by Gao Huan in Jinyang since they were young, and they were favored by him. Even if they were only bastards, they were qualified to participate in future power struggles.

Gao Cheng was dissatisfied with this, but there was nothing he could do. He was an experienced person himself, and he knew that no matter how hard he taught them to make them brothers love each other, when they got older, they would still fight each other for power.

However, he doesn't have Gao Huan's broad-mindedness, and he can share power with his son. At most, he sent the princes to the governor under the background of the separation of the local military and government, and arranged government staff for them. Learn and exercise.

The army must not be allowed to intervene, such as Gao Huan asked Gao Cheng to form his own direct army, it would not even think about it, even if a crown prince is appointed in the future, the crown prince Donggongwei rate will have to be firmly limited in number.

Since ascension to the throne, Gao Cheng has cherished his body more and more, not only eating healthy and regular, but also exercising regularly, and he no longer works as diligently as he did when he was a prince.

Overtime work is not allowed. It is impossible to work overtime in this life. I only work eight hours a day. Unless it is a military matter, don't even think about bothering Xiao Gaowang after he returns to the mansion.

After all, people's physiques are not the same, such as Zhu Yuanzhang's self-abuse and diligence, there are very few people who can live to 71 years old.

For example, after Yongzheng got sick, he was still in the liver, and he didn’t even hit 13, so he left. He worked hard for [-] years, took only three days off every year, and slept only five hours a day. He saved up his belongings, but the old man Shiquan defeated them all.

Xiao Gao Wang sees this very thoroughly, health preservation is to maintain health, men should love themselves more.

If it is said that Gao Cheng, as the eldest son, has a strong desire for power and holds all the government affairs power under his control, then Gao Cheng, who has become the king of Qi, has consciously begun to transfer part of the government affairs to his confidants for disposal.

Before leaving Luo, Gao Cheng resigned as Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and was replaced by Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Cui Xian. In addition, Gao Cheng was no longer associated with the Minister of Ministers in terms of his position.

The Zhongshu Province made the decision, the Menxia Province reviewed it, and the Shangshu Province implemented it on its behalf. In other words, Gao Cheng no longer personally made specific arrangements for the implementation level. He had to wait for something to go wrong before he sent someone to investigate and hold him accountable.

Of course, this transfer of power is also the reason why he trusted Shang Shu Ling Gao Longzhi, as well as the ability and loyalty of his left and right servants Sun Teng and Yang Min.

Needless to say, Gao Longzhi and Yang Min, Sun Teng has brought many matchmakers for Little Gao Wang.

Not only Shangshusheng, Gao Cheng also gave up his position as a servant and no longer participated in the affairs of the province. Since he left Luo this time, Sima Ziru, the secretary of the Zhongshu, was in charge of the secretary, so Gao Cheng increased the number of servants to four , in addition to Shang Shu Zuo Pu shooting Sun Teng, there are also Feng Longzhi, Li Yuanzhong, and Dou Tai from Jinyang.

Although Dou Tai is a Xianbei military general, he is fierce, but he is not a brainless warrior. In the original time and space, before Gao Cheng entered Ye, it was Dou Tai who was in charge of Ye City. Officials fear. '

The common sense means that all government affairs are handled by him, but in this time and space, because Gao Cheng showed his edge too early, there is no room for Dou Tai to use his skills in government affairs.

Among the three provinces, Gao Cheng no longer interferes with Menxia Province and Shangshu Province because Dou Tai, Sun Teng, Feng Longzhi, and Li Yuanzhong, who are the chief officials of Menxia Province, will not reject his decision in the review, but preside over Shangshu Province. Gao Longzhi, Sun Teng, and Yang Min will also faithfully implement his decrees.

In this way, compared with the busyness of one person serving as the head of the three provinces in the early years, after Gao Cheng inherited the power, it was indeed much easier.

As for the original intention of expanding the number of servants to four, giving high positions to reward Dou Tai, Feng Longzhi, and Li Yuanzhong was second. He left Luoyang by himself, and it was impossible to return in a short time.

Although arrangements have been made for various government affairs, if an accident occurs, in an emergency, it is difficult to wait for his own instructions to be sent back, so Sima Ziru, who is temporarily taking the post of Zhongshu Ling, can only make the decision. decision making.

Among the four servants of the Menxia Province is the key to determining whether Sima Ziru's decree can be passed. If more than half of it is not agreed, the decree cannot be issued to the Minister of Ministers.

In an emergency, after the review of the four servants, there is no possibility of intentional embarrassment if there are no major mistakes in the decision-making.

Especially Feng Longzhi and Li Yuanzhong, as the representatives of Hebei clan, among the nobles of Xianbei, they should unite closely with Gao Cheng.

Gao Cheng not only delegated power to the original government affairs, but after taking over the military power from Gao Huan, he also learned from his father Gao Huan.

Without these thoughtful arrangements, Gao Cheng would not have dared to leave Luoyang to inspect various places.

This inspection is more to inform the local officials, especially the careerists everywhere, that although He Liuhun is dead, Gao Cheng is still alive, even if he sits in Luoyang all the year round, he still has the support of the soldiers of the Six Towns, so don't think badly about it , What kind of crooked idea did you make.

Hearing is believing, seeing is believing, nothing is more awe-inspiring than taking [-] Hu soldiers to various places.

For this reason, even if there is some economic loss, it is worth it. After all, if someone really wants to rebel, not to mention the damage to the place, the cost of countering the rebellion will be much higher than this inspection.

After all, King Xiao Gao was not Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty. Although he brought a lot of people, the ostentation was not luxurious. He only asked for rice and grain from all over the place. Even if the [-] Hu soldiers stayed in Luoyang, they would still have to eat.

Although the national treasury has been exhausted due to the Western Expedition, the treasuries of local prefectures and counties have not been exhausted. For example, the Changping warehouse built by Gao Cheng in various places has a lot of rice.

This tour can also be seen as relieving the pressure on the treasury and taking the army to the locals to eat big families.

Not only the local government treasury, but those big families should also bring out some food, the big deal is to buy it, my little Gao Wang has made a hard trip, let you sell it at a cost price that is not too much.

Of course, if someone is thinking about the difficulties of the country and is willing to give food for free, Gao Cheng will also think about it, and will not let them suffer. According to the amount of food given, the corresponding tax will be reduced in installments in the future.

This decree arrived in various places before Gao Cheng, and all the aristocratic families put the hoarded grains in the courtyard, waiting for Xiao Gaowang's car to drive.

There are many reasons for this situation. One is that Gao Cheng made a promise that there is no need to worry about his repudiation. He Liuhun may do this kind of thing, but it will never happen to Gao Cheng.

The second is that they were all scared by Gao Cheng. In the early years, Gao Cheng boiled frogs in warm water and let all kinds of bloodletting. Uprising-like feat.

After all, the biggest difference between the Gao family and the Erzhu family is that they have won the support of the people at the bottom.

The gentry in the north do not live as comfortably as their counterparts in the south. They also know that the life of the imperial court is tight, and they are always trembling, for fear that King Gao will come to kill him again. Think about what he has done to Buddhism, even the Buddha statues It's almost melted.

Now it is equivalent to selling grain to Gao Cheng at the cost price, and paying in installments.

Gao Cheng is not exempted from tax for a few years, but exempts part of the fixed amount of tax every year. Not to mention the further extension of the payment period, he is clearly planning carefully to prevent himself from under-collecting taxes.

But compared to being forced to expropriate, the aristocratic families can accept it. After all, even if it is the cost price, they have not lost money. Although the payment period is prolonged, these families are not only for a few years, more than ten years.

What's more important is to make Gao Cheng think of this love, so that he doesn't always have nothing to do to trouble them in the future.

Back then, before Gao Cheng came to power, there were countless farms, hidden households, and servants. As a result, Gao Cheng hacked down three times, investigated the fields, extorted hidden households, and used poll tax to force the clans to release most of the servants. Not only did they accumulate a lot of wealth for the country, It even cut the strength of the gentry again and again.

Gao Cheng did not intend to continue suppressing the gentry now. After all, rabbits will turn red-eyed when they are in a hurry. This time around, appeasing the gentry is also the main task. For these gentry, they should be slapped and rubbed three times.

The first to be rubbed by Gao Cheng was the Zheng family of Xingyang in Liangzhou.

The days of the Zheng family in Xingyang can be said to be in decline. From the original four surnames of the Han people with the Lu family of Fanyang, the Cui family of Qinghe, and the Wang family of Taiyuan, they have now fallen behind the four surnames and five clans of Hebei, and have become a second-rate family. It can only be said that they are on the wrong team.

When Emperor Xiaozhuang killed Er Zhurong, the Zheng family, who was deeply favored by the Yuan and Wei Dynasties, naturally chose to follow Emperor Wei. He was the governor of Yuzhou at that time. , that is, he did not open the door to He Basheng who came to help him, which led to He Basheng's defeat and surrender to Erzhu Zhongyuan.

Zheng Xianhu himself was not much better. After his followers fled, they surrendered to Nanliang, and were lured back to the north by Er Zhu Tianguang to kill him.

After Yuan Ziyou was captured, the Zheng family in Xingyang was also liquidated by the Er Zhu family, but fortunately, they did not directly participate in the killing of Er Zhurong like the Hongnong Yang family, and they also escaped the scourge of extermination.

Perhaps it was intimidated by the tragic end of the Hongnong Yang family. The Zheng family of Xingyang did not participate in the construction of the Gao family's Xindu. Under Zhu's soldiers.

Missing this outlet, how can the Zheng family in Xingyang compare to the big family in Hebei who risked losing their heads and started a business together with the Gao family.

After Gao Cheng obtained the right to appoint and remove officials, the first thing he did was to appoint Duan Shao as the Governor of Western Yanzhou at that time, so as to guard against the Zheng family in Xingyang, which shows how he was on guard.

King Xiao Gao's defensiveness was not without reason. The Zheng family of Xingyang also contributed to the process of the Western Wei Dynasty going east in the original time and space.

Zheng Wei, the son of Zheng Xianhu, and Zheng Rongye, the same ancestor, once gathered tens of thousands of people in Chenliu to rebel, conquered Liangzhou, and captured the governor of Liangzhou in the Eastern Wei Dynasty and the governor of Chenliu alive.

After all, Gao Huan did not catch up with the start of his business, and he was in the hinterland of Henan. Seeing Gao Huan's defeat in Shayuan, it was also in the family's interest to bet on both ends.

However, at this time and space, Gao Cheng did not give the Xingyang Zheng family a chance to step on two boats. Even Zheng Wei, who was supposed to follow Dugu Xin to Kansai, and then performed brilliantly in the wars with the Eastern Wei and Northern Qi, was also because of Gao Cheng. Blocked Yu Wentai's way out of the east, and he was not treated by Gao Cheng, so he was depressed at home.

Who told him to shout in another time and space:
"The current successor (Yuwentai) Zhongxing Dingye has Wei and Letter.The Duke of Hanoi (Dugu Xin) personally led the army, conquered Chen and Luo, and led the territory, who would not wait for the wind.Kuang Wu and others have been favored by the He Dynasty, and the family has passed on loyalty and righteousness. It is sincerely appropriate to use this time to act as a courtier and become a rich man.How can you do nothing for cowards! '

It's too deafening, just because of the sentence "Kuang Wu waited for the world to pay homage to the family, and the loyalty of the family is passed down, and it is advisable to use this time to emulate the festival of the courtiers", Xiao Gao Wang didn't want to use this person either.

He was just a general who rushed into the battle. There were many generals like this under his command, and all of them were loyal. How could he care about Zheng Wei, the general of the Western Wei Dynasty who had supervised the military affairs of the fifteen prefectures in history.

But no one knew Gao Cheng's inner thoughts. Zheng Wei was just waiting for Qi Wang's frame to come to Xingyang with all his heart, hoping that he could contribute a little to Wang Ye.

It’s fine if he’s a mediocre person. Zheng Wei is 26 years old now. He has developed a lot of skills and is full of ambitions. How can he be willing to spend his life in a mediocre life? The opportunity should not be missed anyway.

"Zizhi, don't worry, everything has been arranged."

Seeing Zheng Wei, who has always been rough and mighty, fidgeting, his fellow clan Zheng Ding comforted him.

Zheng Wei hummed, he didn't arrange for someone to assassinate Gao Cheng, in fact, the so-called "Shihe Chaoen, family loyalty, sincerity should be used as a courtier's festival at this time" is just a demagogue during the uprising .

If he was really a foolish and loyal person, how could he be an important minister of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

This time, it was just according to Gao Cheng's preference, preparing to sacrifice a widow for him.

The widow was also from the Zheng family in Xingyang, she was married to Li Huai, a hussar general, and stayed at home as a widow after Li Huai's death.

The only shortcoming is that he is a little older, already 31 years old.

However, Zheng Wei heard that Yuan Mingyue is 33 years old and is still honored and favored, so he also thinks that this clan sister who is five years older than himself still has the hope of being favored by King Qi, after all, her appearance and figure are there.

Gao Cheng's trip to Xingyang this time is naturally aimed at the Zheng family in Xingyang. Even though the prestige of this family has declined compared to before, the emaciated camel is bigger than a horse, and now only four surnames and five clans can suppress it one head.

Of course, Xiao Gaowang didn't come here for trouble, but for marriage.

Historically, there were not a few women from the Zheng family in Xingyang who married into the Gao family, such as Zheng Liangdi from Gao Yin, Princess Lanling from Gao Changgong, and so on.

Gao Yin is only one year old now, and Gao Changgong has not even seen his shadow, so naturally it is impossible to choose a wife for them.

This time on the tour, Gao Cheng had already planned to arrange child marriages for a group of brothers, including his cousin Gao Rui.

Gao Cheng also asked Yuan Jiyan to accompany him on the grounds of finding a suitable family for Gao Rui, and Zheng Dache was also driving with him. She was temporarily picked up from Yaoguang Temple to go home to visit her relatives.

The Zheng family has lost its former glory, but it does not mean that there is no one in the court. Zheng Shuzu is one of the leaders. Of course, he is a leader, but he is just a general among dwarfs.

No matter how much you pay, how much you get back, the Zheng family in Xingyang, who never participated in Xindu Jianyi, is now the closest relative to the Gao family.

It sounds like a high position and weight, but in the context of Gao Huan and Gao Cheng's division of military power, how much power can the so-called prime minister and right long history have.

After Gao Huan's death, Zheng Shuzu continued to be appointed as the right chief of the country, but compared with the military team left by Gao Huan, Jinyang's administrative team did not receive much attention. After all, King Gao has presided over the government for many years and has his own A set of administrative team.

Therefore, this tour is not only the original Jinyang generals, but also Jinyang civil servants such as Zheng Shuzu, except Li Yuanzhong, Feng Longzhi and other important people, the rest are all accompanying.

The car was driving twenty miles outside Xingyang City, when there was a sudden commotion ahead.

Gao Cheng told Hexi Shele, who was guarding the car to the left and right:

"Let's go ahead and see what's going on!"

Before Hexi Shele rode his horse to ask, a trusted aide rode over to tell Bing:

"Report to Your Majesty, there are people complaining in front of you."

Gao Cheng has always attached great importance to this kind of matter. After all, if there is no way to appeal, who would dare to risk the anger of the powerful and block the way to call for grievances.

He immediately said to Hexi Shele and the knight:

"Search the two of you carefully, and if you don't have a sharp knife, bring it to me."

After that, he remembered the defense between men and women again, and said to the knight:

"Is there a woman?"

The knight replied truthfully:
"The complainants are a couple."

Gao Cheng then assigned Yun Niang to follow her to search the woman.

Yunniang originally took care of the housework on behalf of Gao Cheng, but now that Gao Cheng is dragging his family, it is natural for her to accompany her and settle the family on his behalf along the way.

Soon Yunniang, Hexi Shele and the knight who reported the news brought a couple over.

Seeing that the couple's faces were bleeding profusely, Gao Cheng thought they had been beaten, and looked at the knight suspiciously.

Although the knight is also a member of the cronies, they are only peripheral personnel, and they are not comparable to the guards like Hexi Shele who are always around.

He still didn't understand what Gao Cheng meant, so Hexi Shele replied instead:
"Your Majesty, they kowtowed themselves and broke their heads."

Then added another sentence:
"I have searched inside and out, and there is no blade. Although there are calluses on my hands, they are not caused by practicing martial arts, but because I have been farming all year round."

Gao Cheng was very satisfied when he heard the words, Hexi Shele has been with him for so many years, and he has become more and more clever.

Before Gao Cheng could ask, the couple had already cried out their grievances.

It turned out that last month, Zheng Wei was hunting in the wild and ran a wild deer. At that time, a shepherd boy happened to pass by. Zheng Wei asked the shepherd boy, but the shepherd boy stuttered. Even though Zheng Wei was annoyed, he thought the shepherd boy was humiliating the same criminal. With a stutter, he shot the shepherd boy to death with one arrow.

And the shepherd boy is the son of the couple. They reported the case to the governor of Xingyang County, but even if the Zheng family fell, it was not something farmers like them could forcefully shake, but the governor of Xingyang County refused to accept the case.

Gao Cheng immediately ordered Hexi Shele and Xue Hu'er to lead people to bring the governor of Xingyang County first.

Another carriage was vacated, and the couple was allowed to ride first before starting again.

Stopping again on the way, Hexi Shele and Xue Hu'er brought the governor of Xingyang over. At that time, he was leading Xingyang officials and celebrities from the big clan to wait for Gao Cheng's chariot outside the city gate. It was Gao Cheng who summoned the sheriff and brought him here.

Gao Cheng summoned the sufferer and asked the governor of Xingyang sharply whether this matter was true or not.

When the governor of Xingyang saw the couple, he already knew that this matter could not be concealed, so he immediately quarreled with Gao Cheng and sat in Zheng's lair.

The reason why he didn't stand up for the couple was because he was afraid that if things got serious, the couple would be thrown down with money by Mrs. Zheng.

It's not like this kind of thing happened in the past, the victim was bribed and his confession was reversed, which made him not a human being inside and out. After all, not all officials are Gao Cheng's direct descendants. With Gao Cheng's backing, they can yell at the evil gentry without any scruples. kill.

Gao Cheng heard that although he was annoyed at this person's inaction, he still had a bit of conscience when he thought about it, and he didn't kill the couple to cover it up. That's right, the bottom line is so low these days.

The surviving conscience of the county guard spared the sufferer, and Gao Cheng did not intend to take his life, and even gave him a sum of money on the spot, asking him to hand over his seal and ribbon, and return to his hometown to retire.

The governor of Xingyang, who was only thirty years old, was forced to retire in this way. Although he received a modest pension, compared with his official position, the gain and loss also made him lose his mind.

Gao Cheng comforted the couple, saying:
"If I don't know about this matter, that's fine. Now that I know about it, I will definitely avenge you."

After thanking the couple for their gratitude, the wheels of the car started rolling again.

　There are a lot of things to do today, and I was delayed. I will post 6000 words first, and I will post another 6000 words before [-]:[-] in the morning, which will not be included in the goal for next month.

　　Thanks to Yu Ci777 and Wuhen for their rewards.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)