A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 568
In mid-February of the third year of Zhenguan.

Youzhou was still very cold, Cheng Yaojin and Wei Xiaojie went to Youzhou together, accompanied by a huge Chang'an business group.

Wu Huaiyu personally went to the countryside twenty miles to greet her, and prepared many words of comfort to comfort 'Uncle Cheng' whose wife had just died.

Who knew that there was no trace of sadness on Lao Cheng's face, and he seemed to be in a pretty happy mood.

"She was ill for several years, and it was very painful to stay in bed for the last two years. She was relieved when she left,"

Old Cheng Yuan was married to the Sun family. When he married him, he was the three daughters of the county magistrate's family. At that time, Lao Cheng was not developed yet, and the local tyrants in the village. The Sun family followed him through the most turbulent days at the end of the Sui Dynasty. After ten years of stable life, the wife of the State Duke had been in office for five or six years, but she died of illness at the age of 30.

According to the law, a wife has to mourn for her husband for three years, but a husband only mourns for his wife for one year.

Originally, Lao Cheng had to stay at home to mourn his wife. During this period, he could not marry, take concubines, be an official, or even drink, entertain, and have children.

But Lao Cheng still told the emperor that the state affairs were the most important thing when he met Sheng Sheng, and his order to come to Youzhou had already been issued before his wife died, and he was willing to win back his love.

The Dingyou system is often not used on the battlefield, and is called Mo Liao's joining the army. It is also called not avoiding the affairs of the Jin Dynasty, and being loyal to others despite filial piety.

Therefore, military generals can deprive the country of their filial piety, but they do not have to leave their posts, and they work in plain clothes and do not participate in auspicious ceremonies.

Li Shimin considered the major events in Youzhou this year, and thought of Lao Cheng's loyalty, so he turned his back on him. He was impeached by the censors for this matter, thinking that Lao Cheng's handling of affairs was inappropriate.

In particular, there are rumors that as soon as Lao Cheng's wife died, just after the first seven days, he discussed with the Cui family about remarrying the 36-year-old Widow Cui.

"Your Majesty has approved the use of troops against Beishanxi, and you, Erlang, will be in command."

When Lao Cheng came to Youzhou, his posture was very upright. He didn't regard himself as an elder, and he didn't feel that he had senior qualifications. He accepted Wu Huaiyu as his immediate boss.

He didn't talk much about his dead wife.

The dead are long gone, and the living are always mourning,

As the head of the family, Cheng Yaojin still has to work hard for the family. He is really anxious to marry the Cui family. Although the other party is a 36-year-old widow, the Cheng family desperately wants to marry the Cui family of Qinghe.

He couldn't miss the battle in Youzhou, so he told Cheng Chumo to take his brothers to observe mourning at home, and he immediately came to Youzhou with Wei Xiaojie, but he didn't want to miss the upcoming battle of Beishanxi.

He has been fighting abroad for these years, and now he only has five sons. He and Sun have two sons, Chu Mo and Chu Liang, and only three sons. The eldest son, Chu Mo, is also lucky. A lot of meritorious deeds have already been appointed to the governor of Yinzhou, and now they have to stay at home for three years.

The second child was favored by his family and was chosen as his son-in-law by the emperor. He was also given the title of Duke of Dong'e County.

It's a pity that his wife suddenly died of illness, and Chu Mo and Dingyou resigned, so he didn't have the chance to participate in this year's Northern Expedition. As the governor of Yinzhou, how could he become a pioneer or sub-general in the Northern Expedition?
Cheng Yaojin, who was dressed in plain clothes, couldn't wait to lead his troops to the battlefield, to overthrow those Beishan Xi, and to express the suffocation he had been holding in his heart recently.

On the way back to the city, my father and I walked side by side.

"I was a little worried about you on the way here, but now it seems that Erlang is quite indifferent."

What Lao Cheng was worried about was that after Cui Dunli's investigation report came to Beijing, under the careful guidance of Hou Junji, it caused a stir in Beijing.
Hou Junji was the imperial censor. Under his instruction, some imperial censors began to impeach Wu Huaiyu on some issues. Many people were impeached and there were many impeachments.

Although it was not a big deal, the public opinion was raging. When Lao Cheng was in Chang'an, he felt that the momentum was very strong, and he was worried about Wu Huaiyu. Who knew that when he came to Youzhou, he found out that it was calm here.

"They are all working for the saints, each performing his duties, understand." Huaiyu laughed.

"Some people are really noisy and annoying,"

Lao Cheng also deeply learned the skills of those officials.

Entering the city, Wu Huaiyu prepares a welcome banquet.

Although Cui Dunli's report came to Beijing, there are still many doubts about the battle of Yehuling, but it basically confirmed the achievements of the battle of Yehuling. Xun, implement the reward.

The official rewards for military exploits have already come down, such as honorary officers, casual ranks, official positions, or money and silk, fields, etc., the emperor's rewards this time are relatively generous.

Wu Huaiyu's reward had already come down ahead of time, and this time the emperor also gave him gold cups and silver bottles.

"Li Xuandao's second son also came to Youzhou with me. Erlang is amazing. He was able to marry all the big house of the Li family in Longxi. The child is still in the belly of Teng's concubine. This has already given him five surnames. I'm a daughter-in-law."

Lao Cheng's words were full of envy. He wanted to get married to the fifth surname, but it took a lot of effort. First, he personally went out to pursue the 30-year-old Widow Cui of Qinghe. When he was appointed as the governor of Luzhou, he was very active. Lead Qinghe Cui's family to develop and make money there, and also recommend and recruit Qinghe Cui's children to help them in their official career.

After so much hard work, they ordered a daughter from the Qinghe Cui family for their eldest son, Chumo. This family still favors Cheng Chumo, who is in his twenties and has reached the position of governor, and thinks that he is extraordinary.

Wu Huaiyu laughed.

For the child in Mrs. Lu's womb, he proposed to Mrs. Cui to be engaged to the pro-daughter of Cui's second house in Boling or Ligu's Tibetan house or Pushe's house in Longxi. Cui hesitated for a long time.

Wu Huaiyu was not in a hurry.
In the end, after some discussion between the Li Cui family and the Li Cui family, they finally agreed to the marriage. They chose the daughter of the second son of Li Xuandao, a direct descendant of Li Guzang's family in Longxi.

The reason is her,
It is mainly related to Li Xuandao. Li Xuandao used to be a bachelor of Qin Wangfu, and later served as the governor of Youzhou Governor's Mansion. However, he was implicated in Wang Junkuo's rebellion and was demoted to Xichang.

He is also Fang Xuanling's cousin, and he also married Fan Yang's Lu's daughter, and later married Taiyuan's Wang's daughter as his successor, and he is also related to Wang Xueshi.

After he was demoted, Fang Xuanling couldn't come forward directly, so he asked the Li family to ask Xueshi Wang to come forward and ask Wu Huaiyu, who was the prime minister at the time, to help him. .

This is also a good relationship,

Li Xuandao also fell silent for a period of time after returning to Beijing. Now he has been reused again as the chief historian of the Prince Jing's Palace and the Sima of the Governor's Palace of Jingzhou, the emperor's younger brother.
His eldest son, Li Zhengji, and his second son, Li Yunjiang, both had good official careers, and Li Yunjiang is now also the general official of the East Palace Prince.

Wu Huaiyu wanted to marry the elders of Ligu Zangfang or Pushefang in Longxi. The Li family was hesitant. In the end, Li Xuandao offered to let his second son's second daughter betrothed to the Wu family. I owed Wu Huaiyu a favor before.

This is also considered humane.

"Xueshi Li was in Prince Qin's Mansion back then, but he was honored as the clan's uncle by His Royal Highness. The Guzangfang is the most prestigious family of the Li family in Longxi, and Li Xuandao is the great lineage of the Guzangfang." Cheng Yaojin was very envious , the son of the concubine is still in the belly, and she can marry the first daughter of the five surnames.Don't look at Li Xuandao as if his official rank is not high, but his family has a high reputation. Li Shimin wanted to call him uncle at the beginning, but he was actually a hard-on. .

As far as the current royal family is concerned, they are actually very close to the four houses and six families of Longxi Li Guzang's house servant Shefang, and they are all from Xiliang Kingdom Emperor Li Hao.

The Guzang Dafang came from Li Hao's sixth son Li Fan. After the Xiliang Kingdom was destroyed, he fled to Dunhuang. Later, his son Li Bao fled to Yiwu with his uncle and surrendered to Rouran. He later established the Later Xiliang Kingdom, but in the end He still sent an envoy to the Northern Wei Dynasty and was named the captain of the Xirong School, the Mu of Shazhou, and the Duke of Dunhuang. Later he entered the dynasty and moved his family eastward.

Li Bao's eldest son, Li Cheng, was the ancestor of the Guzang house, his second son, Li Mao, was the ancestor of the Dunhuang house, and his youngest son, Li Chong, was the ancestor of the Pushe house. At the time of Li Chong, the Han gentry was originally headed by the four surnames of King Cuilu and Zheng. Li Chong made the Li clan of Longxi also squeezed into the ranks of the leaders of the gentry, and there were five surnames.

Longxi Li in the seven families of the five surnames in the Kanto region refers specifically to the descendants of Li Bao who lived in the Kanto region.

Guzangfang started from Li Cheng, then passed through Li Shao and others, and it was also very prosperous. However, after the fall of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Guzangfang also weakened. The envoy of Dushui, when he arrived at Li Xuandao, he recovered slightly. He first served in the Sui and Qi palaces, and later became Li Mi's secretary.

After Wang Shichong defeated Li Mi, he was captured again by Wang Shichong. Because of his five surnames, he was awarded the title of Writer. After Li Shimin conquered Luoyang, he treated him as a clan uncle and was called the chief secretary of the Prince of Qin's Palace and a bachelor of the literature hall. In the early days of Zhenguan, he was moved to Shishi. Among them, he was granted the title of Guzang County man. After Li Yuan was executed, he was granted the title of Chief Historian of the Governor's Office of Youzhou.

The two sons were also elected to the East Palace as officials.

Li Xuandao's career experience was very complicated, but his official position was not high before, and it was only after he entered the Tang Dynasty that he began to rise to prominence. In the final analysis, it was his identity as the head of Li Guzang's eldest house in Longxi that helped him. He was not only a relative of the royal family, but also the cousin of Prime Minister Fang Xuanling. Uncle, the emperor intends to win over people with five surnames.

His two wives were the Wang family of Taiyuan and the Lu family of Fanyang. The Lu family was also the cousin of Fang Xuanling's wife.

General Li Yun was born of the Lu family. He married his wife, the Cui family of Boling. The eldest daughter was already married to the Zheng family of Xingyang. The second daughter was promised to Wu Huaiyu and Lu 35niang's unborn son.

Lao Cheng has two concubines and three concubines. Now the eldest son is engaged to Qinghe Cui, the second son is Princess Shang, and the other three concubines have not yet found suitable ones.

Looking at Huaiyu, he couldn't help but said, "How about our two families getting married too?"

"Okay." Wu Huaiyu did not refuse and agreed.

Old Cheng smiled and said, "You have the final say on how to end up with Erlang."

Huaiyu thought for a while, "Why don't I and Chu Mo be in-laws?"

Cheng Chumo hasn't married a wife yet, so Ding You may have to delay for another three years, but he also took a concubine early and gave birth to several children.

"Okay, after waiting for Chu to marry Cui's family silently, he gave birth to a son and married with your family."

Huaiyu thought for a while, "Miss Fan has given birth to a second child named Chengzong, another boy, and the seventh child in the family, so that's him."

"Okay," Lao Cheng was very happy, the second son of the Wu family, and that is also a direct descendant. "Then the eldest daughter will be married to Wu Qilang of your family."

Lao Cheng laughed and was very happy.

Because of the Sun family, this matter was agreed verbally and no ceremony could be held for the time being.

Although Lao Cheng had married his eldest daughter to Wu Huaiyi, well, Lao Cheng still liked Wu Huaiyu more. Unfortunately, he was a little slow to start back then, and Fan Manzi's daughter took the lead, so he failed to become Wu Huaiyu's father-in-law. Now It is not bad to let the granddaughter marry Wu Huaiyu's son.

"By the way, where is General Li Yun?"

Only then did Wu Huaiyu remember that his in-laws, Brother Yun, hadn't seen it.

"Li Yun will be a son of the fifth surname. His literary talent is not bad, but his body bones are a bit weak after all. He caught cold and fell ill on the road, so he stayed in Taiyuan to recuperate and will arrive later."

General Li Yun came to Andong Duhu Mansion as a recorder to join the army. This is a seventh-rank post, which is a step up from his original post of the seventh-rank lower prince Tongshi Sheren.

The crown prince is young, and this crown prince knows how to be a family member. He is actually incomparable with the military recorder of Anton Duhufu, especially his second daughter promised to Wu Huaiyu's concubine son. With this relationship, he came to You The state, in fact, came to be gilded,

Of course, this was Wu Huaiyu's return to the Li family after the marriage between the two families. Although Fang Xuanling had arranged this matter, it finally came to fruition. If Li Yun would be gilded, Wu Huaiyu had to.

Lao Cheng suddenly moved closer, lowered his voice, and wentssiped with a bit of curiosity, "Chang'an is now spreading rumors about your affair with Princess Yang of Huainan, tell uncle, Yang is really in your account by Tuli. , or when you were in Jinlianchuan, you touched someone in Kehe Dun's tent in the middle of the night?
Is she really pregnant in Youzhou City now? "

Seeing his gossip, Huaiyu said helplessly, "The night at Jinlianchuan was actually a misunderstanding. I thought that Tuli had sent a servant to attend, but who knew it would be Ke He Dun. Actually, nothing happened that night."

Old Cheng chuckled, "Uncle understands, uncle understands everything, and uncle is also someone who has been there, anyway, the saint doesn't care about it, and asked you to take good care of Yang,

Are you really pregnant? "

"Well, I'm pregnant, and it's still a boy. I plan to make an engagement for this child to the Boling Cui family,"

Lao Cheng took a deep breath.

"You cow, do you really think that Boling Cui is not a dry food? Anyway, there are five surnames, and even Boling Cui is the best among the five surnames nowadays."

"Because they get along well, I plan to marry them. I also plan to marry their second wife, so I choose the direct line of Cui Zhongfang's family."

Old Cheng directly gave a thumbs up,

"But the Yang family has no status right now. At most, it can be regarded as a housewife outside the house, and the child she gave birth to is also an illegitimate child. How could Bo Lingcui accept it? Or are you planning to give the Yang family a title?"

"This is definitely necessary. She is already pregnant with my child. Naturally, I have to give her a title. I have already written to the sage, requesting to give her a confession,"

Wu Huaiyu now has seven concubines, and just so happens to have another concubine.

"Ms. Yang is the princess of the former court, and she is originally Tu Li Ke He Dun. Let the court agree to be your concubine?"

"Lady Yang has already reconciled with Tuli, and there is a formal reconciliation letter. We are happy with each other, why not?"

Cheng Yaojin laughed, "Hey, I feel old, really." Cheng Yaojin, who is only 40 years old, feels that he really can't keep up with the ideas of today's young people.

(End of this chapter)