A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 129
East Palace, Neifang Bureau.

Huaiyu met a very special eunuch, Zhang Anan, the Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Neifang Commander of the Eastern Palace Neifang Bureau, a dry old man, but he was wearing a purple robe with a goose title and ribbon, and a goldfish bag.

White and beardless, with wrinkles all over his face.

Seeing Huaiyu being led in by the little yellow gate, she stood there with a smile on her face, but Huaiyu could feel that this person was not easy to mess with.

In fact, the little eunuch who led him just now had already specially reminded this young celebrity.

The eunuch in front of him is not only a third-rank official, but also a Marquis.

A marquis eunuch, to be precise, can't be called a eunuch now, because he is only a servant, not a servant, so he is not qualified to be called a eunuch.This dry old man, despite his old age, is now the head of the East Palace.

During the Renshou period of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, he had already served in the palace. Later, when Li Yuan was in charge of Taiyuan, Zhang Anan was in charge of Jinyang Palace. After entering the customs, he went to Li Shimin's Qin Palace to take charge of internal affairs.

An eunuch who has Shangzhu Guoxun, doctor Yinqing Guanglu from the third rank, and was also granted the title of Founding Marquis of Wenjiang County, and also a general of Youjianmen.

It's Li Longji's Gao Lishi.

The first eunuch in Li Shimin's palace is not the eunuch's eunuch.

"The next official pays homage to Eunuch Zhang."

"Warriors are polite."

A eunuch and an outsider, an old dry old man who seems to die at any time, and a young and proud new baron.

The two looked at each other, both curious about each other.

Huaiyu was curious that an eunuch could actually become a marquis, and what was even more amazing was that this old man obviously had the double trust of Li Yuan and Li Shimin's father and son.

After two dynasties and four generations of Yang Jian, Yang Guang, Li Yuan and Li Shimin, he can still have this status, this old man is very unusual.

Xun and Zhu Guo's eunuchs can see a few.

It is rumored that this old man is a master of swordsmanship, and the honor of Shangzhu Kingdom is not for nothing, but that he has killed many people with his sword, and guarded Li Yuan and Li Shimin many times with a sword.

"I heard that Wu Yuanwai and General Fan's daughter are going to have a good relationship?" The old man smiled, but he gave off a slightly underwhelming feeling.

"Ok?"

Huaiyu was surprised that the eunuch was so well informed.

"I worked together with General Fan in the Youjianmen Mansion, and I have been old acquaintances with General Fan in Taiyuan during the Daye period," Zhang Anan took the initiative to tell Huaiyu that Fan Xing and his father were Li Yuan's slaves back then. At that time, he was very familiar with Fan Fang, and Fan Xing even worshiped him to learn swordsmanship under his name, and even worshiped him as his adoptive father.

"My aunt's horse-slaying sword was also learned from me. This girl is so pitiful that she has no mother. When I was in Taiyuan, she was the closest to me. She is my granddaughter." The old man said of Fan Xuanfu Shi Shi finally showed a kind smile.

"I don't know that the eunuch has such a relationship with the aunt. I'm disrespectful, junior."

The old man waved his hand, "Back then, that girl was still young, and I was idle all day in Jinyang Palace. I was so happy to have this girl by my side every day. It's a pity that this girl's life is hard." He looked at Huaiyu, "I can't see through your boy's face, it always seems to be shrouded in a fog."

"If you don't dislike me as a bad old man, I am a disabled person, and I will be like that girl in the future. Call me A Weng."

"Treat that girl well." After Zhang Anan finished speaking, he slapped his chin, and a young eunuch brought two young palace servants, "His Royal Highness asked me to pick two palace maids for you to reward you, and I specially picked two for you. One, are you satisfied?"

Knowing that the old man was Fan Xing's adoptive father and master, and Fan Xuanfu's godfather, Huaiyu felt a little embarrassed to come to lead the palace.Over there, I asked Li Shimin for a marriage offer, but here I came to lead the maid.

"There's nothing to be ashamed of. A man is a real man. Having wives and concubines in groups is a sign of promise. As long as you don't favor concubines and kill your wives, it's not uncommon to have more concubines and maidservants."

The two court ladies stood there a little nervously.

They already knew that they would be rewarded by the crown prince to a young noble baron.

Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the palace people in the palace were mainly left over from the previous dynasty, and they had no daughters. These palace people either came from humble backgrounds, or they were from families of torture. There were not many people from good families. From a folk draft.

In the past few years, some courtiers have been rewarded to the meritorious soldiers, but at the beginning of the founding of the country, many criminals who rebelled against the king, their wives and daughters were also kept in the Yeting court, and some of them were taught in the Yeting court. of.

Those wives of sinners usually go to do chores and hard work. If the young sinner's daughter is not bad, she will do some lighter work of servants. If she is lucky, she can get the king's blessing and change her destiny. , becoming a low-grade harem.

Of course, it would be nice to be able to select rewards for meritorious soldiers.

"This is Gao Hui'an. He is 20 years old this year. He was born in the Gao family in Bohai. His father, Gao Shida, also turned against the king at the end of the previous dynasty."

Gao Shida rebelled based on Gaojibo at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and Dou Jiande also joined him. He called himself the Duke of Donghai, and later occupied Chuzhou, and was called the King of Wings. He was too arrogant and was defeated and killed.

"This one is also surnamed Gao, Gao Yanzhi, this year is Double Ten, also from the Bohai Gao family, his father Gao Kaidao, was originally a Yanhu family at the end of the previous dynasty, and later rebelled..."

Gao Kaidao and Wu Huaiyu knew about this, because this guy was capricious and one of the anti-kings of Hebei at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and was once conferred the title of King of Beiping by the Tang Dynasty.

He was born in Yanhu, but once captured Yuyang County and established Yan Kingdom.In three years of Wude, he failed Dou Jiande, Luo Yi, etc., and he was attached to the Tang Dynasty, and Li Yuan named him the king of Beiping County, the governor of Shangzhu Kingdom, and Weizhou.

As a result, this guy didn't really belong to him. In the second year, he slowed down and rebelled, claiming to be the king of Yan. Suicide.

Zhang Jinshu killed Gao Kaidao and surrendered to Tang Dynasty, sent Gao's daughter to the Tang Palace, and exchanged the head of his old boss for the title of governor of Northern Yanzhou.

Before Gao Kaidao died, he hanged many of his wives, concubines and children. Gao Yanzhi was also hanged. Later, he was rescued by Zhang Jinshu and survived, but he was sent to Tang Palace, where he had been in the palace for almost three years.

The old man said to the two uneasy palace maids: "This is Wu Erlang, the founding man of Daling County and enshrined in the house of the Special Commissioner, and he is about to marry our family's granddaughter, Mrs. Fan. You are also considered in the palace." Sensible and obedient, our family specially selected the two of you to leave the palace. This is the great kindness of His Royal Highness. From now on, follow Wu Erlang and remember to be honest.

If he dared to act recklessly, Wu Erlang would be directly executed with a stick and buried in a mass grave.

If you serve Wu Erlang and Lady Fan well, then you will have a chance to be lucky in the future, have children, and have no worries for the rest of your life. "

The old eunuch's words were cold and ruthless, and he severely warned the two Gao women.

Huaiyu didn't expect that these two people in the palace were actually the daughters of the two anti-kings.

He didn't know Zhang Anan's intention in picking these two people with complicated backgrounds to him, he just felt embarrassed, but he couldn't refuse, who knew what Li Shimin's intention was when he rewarded the palace man?
He doesn't quite believe in mere rewards.

Maybe the people in these two palaces still have a mission, and it is very likely that Li Shimin placed him by his side to monitor him?After all, he possesses such magical weapons as firearms, so it doesn't mean that Li Shimin just doesn't trust him, but it's normal operation to put someone to watch him.

Thinking about it this way, no matter what, the two Gaos had no choice but to accept them. The two Gaos came to visit Huaiyu, and they were very nervous. All good.

It is indeed quite difficult to live without serving in the palace for several years.

Huaiyu didn't know if there were institutions like Jinyiwei and Dongchang in the Tang Dynasty, but since the Han Dynasty had the Embroidered Clothes Envoy, the Song Dynasty had the Imperial City Division, and the Ming Dynasty had the Jinyiwei East Factory, then Li Shimin probably had such a secret institution in his hands.

Now that he is also a baron, and he is in charge of the Shenjifang and leads the Shenji Battalion, he can be regarded as entering the middle and high levels, and he should be able to enjoy this kind of 'special treatment'.

Zhang Anan had been observing Huaiyu's reaction, and saw that he was only slightly surprised when he heard the name of Gao Kaidao Gao Shida Erfan Wang, but he didn't respond to the two pretty maids in their twenties.

"Go back and meet that girl, and tell her that our family misses her. After running away to Longyou for so long, come and see us as soon as you come back." After the old eunuch finished speaking, he left with a smile.

Huaiyu led the two anxious maids to leave the East Palace.

From now on, they are no longer palace servants, they were rewarded to Wu Huaiyu, and they will be Wu Huaiyu's servants in the future, if Wu Huaiyu thinks highly of them, maybe they will be exempted, or even given the status of a concubine.

"Let's go."

Each of them carried a small quilt on their backs, and they changed their clothes, nothing else.

"Do you have any relatives?"

"There is a sister in the palace." Gao Hui'an said.

And Gao Yanzhi said that she has no relatives in the world, and her father hanged his wife, concubine and children before committing suicide, and she is the only survivor.

Huaiyu refrained from asking if they had a special mission, if they were sent by Zhang Anan to monitor him, he resisted the urge.

He took the two of them back to Huaiyuanfang, and they followed them on foot along the way, so he didn't ride a horse, so he led the horse on foot, chatting with them while walking.

The two followed closely in small steps, even curious about Chang'an Street, and left the red-walled deep palace. After the initial nervousness came over, they also relaxed their guard in Huaiyu's deliberate and friendly conversation.

"Let me rent a donkey for each of you. There are donkey rentals in front of every square."

Chang'an City is very large, from one end to the other, more than 20 miles, so there are always a large number of donkey renters active at the gates of Chang'an City, at the gates of each square, and in the east and west cities. This is the Didi of Datang Beating a donkey, if you want to go to a farther place, you can rent a donkey for a copper coin, and even let someone lead the donkey.

There are even long-distance donkeys, just pay a deposit.

The two women shook their heads, indicating that they could leave. Although Gao Kaidao and Gao Shida had rebelled and became kings at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and they were also members of the Bohai Gao clan, they both belonged to the offshoot of the Yuanzong. landlord.

If it hadn't been for some misfortune, and the best years had entered the deep palace, they would have gotten married and had children long ago.

"My father is the commander-in-chief of the Emperor Yuancong's old forbidden army. At the beginning of the founding of the country, His Majesty rewarded Yuancong's forbidden army as a palace man. The palace man Wang, who was born in the south of the Yangtze River, followed me and stayed with me for nearly ten years... ··”

Huaiyu mentioned that he also has an aunt who was born in a palace, and now she has a son and a daughter, and she is doing well in the Wu family, which made the two of the Gao family feel more at ease after hearing this.

(End of this chapter)