A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 142
"Erlang, let me introduce you. This is Shi Weisanlang, the newly transferred commander of Shenji Battalion." Fat Wu Junya blushed.

Ten years into the official career, he was still only the right guard cao from the eighth rank to join the army. Now, with the glory of Huaiyu, he has been promoted to three ranks in a row.

"Jing Zhaowei Qu Wei Siren, pay homage to the Shangguan!"

This Wei Changshi was wearing a dark green round-neck gown, but he wore a gold belt around his waist, which was not a sixth- or seventh-rank belt. He was very young, probably around twenty, with a dignified appearance and a rather refined temperament.

Huaiyu gets along a lot with those honorable relatives now, and at a glance, he can feel that this person has the unique temperament of a wealthy family, and he must be from an old wealthy family, not an upstart like Cheng Chumo.

"Hi Changshi Wei," Huaiyu nodded with a smile.

Fatty next to him continued to introduce this Wei Changshi, "Wei Changshi Jingzhao Wei's son, sister is now in the East Palace, he used to be the seventh-rank direct chief of the Provincial Clothing Bureau in the palace, this time the prince appointed him to the Shenji Camp."

There is enough information in just one sentence.

Jingzhao Wei, the most famous family in Guanzhong since the Northern Dynasties.

It is said that Wei Shiben, a descendant of the Yellow Emperor and a descendant of Peng Zu, once helped the Xia Dynasty restore the country, so he was entrusted with the establishment of the Pig Wei State Peng Dynasty, which is famous for raising pigs.Later, King Xia reappointed the Hog Wei State to Liu Lei, the Huanlong family who had made great contributions to raising the dragon. Later, Liu Lei failed to raise the dragon and escaped, and the Peng Dynasty was restored.

The Peng and Liu clans fought and killed each other, and the descendants of the Peng Dynasty later fled to the Fengshui area, took Wei as their clan, and established the Weibo Kingdom.The people of the Liu Dynasty fled to Shanxi and established the Tang State.When King Cheng of Zhou moved the monarchs and people of the Liu family of Tang State in Shanxi to Duqu near Fenghao, he established the State of Du.

After that, the two clans fought endlessly for thousands of years. Until the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Wei and Du clans began to marry and join hands, sharing weal and woe, and became the top clan with the best relationship in Guanzhong.

There is a saying that goes well, Weidu in the south of the city is five feet above the sky.

This Wei Changshi was very polite to Wu Huaiyu on the surface, but in that politeness was obviously keeping a distance and even hypocritical. Wu Huaiyu could clearly feel that the other party looked down on him.

Finding a spare moment, Huaiyu asked the fat man, "Brother, what is the origin of this Wei Siren?"

"His sister was once a princess."

When Huaiyu heard this, her eyes widened, "Isn't the Crown Princess surnamed Zheng?"

"It's not the concubine of Jiancheng, but the concubine of Wang Shichong of Luoyang."

Wei Siren's elder sister is called Wei Nizi. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Wang Shichong occupied Luoyang. In order to win over Webster, he married Wei Xiaokuan's great-granddaughter Wei Nizi for his prince Wang Xuanying.

Li Shimin later destroyed Luoyang and destroyed Wang Shichong, and Wei Nizi, the concubine of Zheng Guo, also became a prisoner. Like the princesses and clans of the former Sui Dynasty, the Li family also divided up these concubines from famous and powerful families in Zheng Guo's harem.

Wei Nizi and her cousin Wei Gui, two young widows, all entered Li Shimin Qin Palace.

The Wei Nizi sisters are also very favored by Li Shimin. Wei Gui's ranking in the palace is only below the eldest grandson's princess, and Wei Nizi is also ranked seventh.

The two widows of Wei's sisters can have this status in the palace. The most important reason is that their family is Jingzhao Wei, and their great-grandfather Wei Xiaokuan was a famous general in the Northern Dynasties. He experienced the Northern Wei, Western Wei and Northern Zhou.

Yang Jian even got Webster's support to replace Zhou Li Sui.In the Sui and Yi Dynasties, Wei's family was full of officials, and they were deeply married to the royal family. There were countless men who were princesses and women who were imperial concubines.

Webster's nine houses spread all over the government and the public.

Among Yun Gongfang and Wei Xiaokuan's six sons alone, there are two counties, two counties, and two counties, and even their daughters are crowned county princesses.

Wei Nizi's grandfather, Mr. Wei, died at the age of 29, leaving behind three sons and six daughters, two sons, one Duke of Yun and one Duke of Shu, one married Princess Fengning of Sui as his concubine, and all six daughters were married to powerful families.

His father Wei Kuangbo died in Jiangdu in the 13th year of Daye, leaving behind three sons and two daughters.

The three sons, Siyansiqi Siren, are all young, but they are all named princes by virtue of their status. The eldest is Siyan Shu Guogong, the second is Siqi Henan County Duke, and the third is Siren the Cucumber County Marquis.

"So our Wei Changshi is the Marquis of Cucumber? Can this dynasty inherit their family's title from the previous dynasty?" Huaiyu asked.

"Well, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty received Zen in the Sui Dynasty. As long as the nobles of the previous dynasty supported the current dynasty, His Majesty would retain their official titles, and even add them to the ranks. This title was not inherited, but was conferred the year before last, the Marquis of Cucumber was his father's title in his early years, and he later became Duke of Henan County and Duke of Shu."

It seems that the Wei family is really good, otherwise they wouldn't have been martial arts for seven years, and they would also confer titles on the three sons of Wei Kuangbo, who had passed away long ago.

Fuqiang County used to be called Cucumber County.

However, the Marquis of Cucumber County still sounds a little weird, and it doesn't quite match that very temperamental son.

"Don't underestimate Wei Shi, you must not offend him, Guanzhong gentry, headed by six surnames, Wei Pei Liu Xue Yang Du, among them Wei Shi is the first.

In the past few decades of the Sui Dynasty alone, Webster's Nine Households produced several princes. In other prefectures, counties, counties, counties, counties, counties, counties, etc., there were no more than thirty or fifty, and there were sixteen governors.In addition to the nine big houses, there are also five small houses, all of which are stronger than many wealthy families.

In those years when the Northern Zhou and Sui dynasties were strong, Wei Pei Liuxue called the four surnames of Guanlong together, and in terms of momentum, he was able to overwhelm the five surnames of Guandong. "

Huaiyu chuckled.

Of course he knows the strength of the five surnames in Guandong and the six surnames in Guanzhong. How can ordinary people compare to their accumulation of hundreds of years and thousands of years?
It's like the strongest place of the five Kanto surnames is not in the court, but they have always held the right to speak academically. While they are officials, they are passed down by scholars, and the second is the intricate marriage relationship, and even the teacher-friend relationship. It also allows them to control huge resources in land and economy.

Which gentry family is not full of manors and thousands of servants.

Mastering the means of production, mastering academics, etc., can truly have the right to speak. The Northern Zhou Dynasty destroyed Qi, and the Sui Dynasty ruled the world. The Kanto gentry did suffer a great political blow, but the academic power they held in their hands. The land and manors, and even the slaves and tenants in their hands, as well as the control over the local county and township grassroots, have not changed.

So don't say that Weidu and the others once overwhelmed the five Kanto surnames, that is all false.

As long as the turmoil in this world is over, these famous nobles will quickly stand up again.

Wu Huaiyu thought about it for a while, and felt that this Wei Siren was originally a seventh-rank Shangyi straight-length, who belonged to the servant, and now he came to Shenjiying, probably for gilding, just like Lu Huairang went to Longyou.

"Shenji Battalion Commander Shi Ben is a military officer, why did you let this son come?"

"Wedu in the south of the city, go to the sky five feet, where are we now? Isn't Qujiang the south of the city? This large area of ​​land, inside and outside the city, belongs to Weidu. We will station troops and make weapons here in the future. , it is necessary to deal with them frequently, and it would be convenient to arrange a concubine brother to come over, isn't it convenient?" said the fat man.

Huaiyu thought to himself, probably Li Shimin deliberately sent his brother-in-law here so as to keep an eye on what's going on here.

To put it bluntly, Li Shimin had already anticipated the practicality of the firearms in Shenjifang, but now Wu Huaiyu alone understands this thing. Fortunately, Wu Huaiyu did not hide it, and explained the application prospects of the firearms to the prince, and even took the initiative to He stated that he wanted the emperor to send craftsmen, and he gave them all he could.

Li Shimin's arrangement was very meaningful, and even gave his brother-in-law a chance to experience gold-plated experience. After all, the Shangyi Bureau is just an internal servant organization, and it can't achieve results.

But this young Wei Siren might not understand his brother-in-law's intentions, he only felt that the newly established Shenji Battalion was tasked with guarding an armory, and it was very difficult for him to be a deputy to a man from a poor family who was much younger than himself. unwilling.

"do not mind him,"

Huaiyu wanted to understand this, so he decided to ignore this guy.

Shenjiying and Shenjifang are two different units, one is responsible for manufacturing firearms, and the other is responsible for defending Shenjifang.

In the southeast of Qujiang River, Yanbo Island.

A large number of craftsmen are already in place, and many civilian workers are temporarily recruited, and they are rushing to build on Yanbo Island.

An official who will be in prison came to see Huaiyu and asked Huaiyu if he had any special plans.

"How do you plan to be a prisoner?"

"First build a pier on the island, and then build a wall around the island. The wall is four feet high and the top is one foot wide..."

The more Huaiyu heard it, the more surprised he became, "This island needs to build a city wall, which is four feet high and one foot wide? Is it necessary? The walls in Chang'an are not so high. This is an island. Simply build a wall. The wall will do, or even not repaired."

"No, it has to be repaired, and the height of the wall is four feet high, which was appointed by His Royal Highness." This supervisor from the left school office of the general supervisor is just an outsider, and he is very polite to Huaiyu.

"Don't build bridges?"

Yanbo Island is only about ten zhang away from the shore, so building a bridge is obviously convenient, but the other party wants to build a pier.

"For the sake of safety, Yanbo Island does not build a bridge, but only builds two piers, one for entering the island and one for leaving the island, which are strictly separated.

Not only did we not build bridges, but we also sent people to dredge and dig deep around the island, and buried tree stumps, leaving only one waterway for boats to enter and exit. "

The Yanbo Island workshop is completely built according to the prison.

As for the workshops on the island, they were completely built according to Jiafang Nufang, etc. Workshops, warehouses, dormitories, canteens, and yamen halls are all available.

"I have no objection, let's fix it like this."

In addition to building workshops on the island, the general will also be responsible for building barracks and warehouses on the shore, and building several villages on the water outside the island for the garrison of troops to guard.

Retire the supervisor who was the supervisor, and arrange the construction by himself.

Another official from the Shaofu Supervisor came over, and he was ordered to send a group of craftsmen. The Military Weapons Supervision was merged into the Shaofu Supervisor before, but now it is re-established, and the craftsmen will also be transferred from there.

A large number of craftsmen were transferred, basically all of them were official slaves and households who had been pardoned once.

Xiao Huangmen, a servant of the Eastern Palace, also came with him. He also brought a group of craftsmen, but they were royal slaves. Erlang learned the secret method of making firearms."

Huaiyu wrote a secret recipe for gunpowder preparation to Li Shimin before, and Li Shimin cherished it, but he couldn't make it himself, and handed the secret recipe to the craftsman to prepare it. It would definitely be better to send the craftsman to learn from Wu Huaiyu.

The little yellow gate sent these ten royal slave craftsmen, including their wives and children, and they will live and eat on Yanbo Island from now on, and they may not be able to leave the island for a lifetime.

Huaiyu looked at these old craftsmen with gray beards and sighed for them.

Once you enter Yanbo Island, you will never be free!

But considering that they were royal slaves in the first place, there was nothing to lose, and maybe they could be more comfortable here.

(End of this chapter)