In the history of the Tang Dynasty, there was a Taoist priest who lived for 107 years, experienced five emperors, and was named the Duke of Yue. After his death, he was given the title of Governor of Yuezhou. This was Guanye Fashan of Xuandu, who was born in the Daye Dynasty of the Sui Dynasty and died in the Kaiyuan Dynasty.
prosperous times.
Wu Huaiyu was a Taoist priest who came down from Zhongnan Mountain. The abbot of the Louguan Sect’s Holy Temple, Jin Ziguanglu, the doctor Qihui, reported that Wu Huaiyu, the son of Qingyang, was his uncle.
Wei Zheng, who had just been named the son of Julu County by the Jin Dynasty, had also been a Taoist priest in his early years, but he was not a Taoist priest with famous mountains and grand views, he was just a wandering wild Taoist.
Now, Wei Zheng stood up against Wu Huaiyu's title of earl.
The eyes of the officials in the palace swept over the two former Taoists, with an interest in watching a good show. These two former Taoists had been at each other's throats recently, and Wei Zheng had been looking for trouble with Wu Huaiyu.
It is not unusual at all for a false Earl to be granted the title of Count in the palace today. Among all the princes in the palace, Wei Zheng only seeks out Wu Huaiyu. This obviously has some personal grudges.
Wu Huaiyu narrowed his eyes slightly, and he began to think about how to fight back hard to deal with this dog slave.
Li Shimin frowned on the throne.
"Wei Zheng, today's promotion is to reward meritorious deeds and reward based on merit."
"I think that although Wu Huaiyu has meritorious service, it is not enough to make him an earl."
"I think Wu Huaiyu's merits are enough to make him an earl." Li Shimin's voice rose a bit.
“Where is the merit?”
"Where are Wu Huai's merits? His Longyou beheading force wiped out thousands of Turks, Wu's victory in the two battles of Shanchuan, Xingxing and Sichuan, Weizhou's restoration of Yanjing Village, Xianyang's night attack with me to kill the enemy and the captives, Sanyuan's Longqiao with Yu Chigong
It is a meritorious service to annihilate the enemy, and it is a meritorious service to refine the palm thunder and build the Shenji Workshop.
He also contributed medicine for my treatment, meritoriously cured our general Qin Qiong, and inspected the school and conducted medical work for meritorious service.
Ma Zhou has made great contributions to recommending great talents to the country..."
Li Shimin spoke louder and louder, "Because of Wu Huaiyu's merits, he should have been granted a real title. Since I am still young, I will only arrange for him to be dismissed this time. If he is not young, even a county prince would be enough."
Although the emperor had expected that the palace would not be peaceful today, Wei Zheng ignored Wu Huaiyu and kept an eye on Wu Huaiyu in today's scene, which made him very dissatisfied.
Li Shimin was so angry that he wanted to kick Yu An over and walk away, but in the end he suppressed his anger.
"Chen Shuda, add Wu Huaiyu's name to the list of seals, grant the title of Marquis of the Founding of Shouyang County, and grant seals to 300 households!"
"Remove Wei Zheng's reward of Viscount of Julu County!"
As soon as these words came out, Wei Zheng's face turned very ugly.
Upon seeing this, Wu Huaiyu hurriedly left his job and came forward. He took a ride and granted a Sanbo title. He reluctantly said that it would be too much to actually grant him the title of Marquis of Kaiguo County. Many people today were dissatisfied with the reward. Wouldn't this be the target of public criticism?
"Your Majesty, your Majesty, Wu Huaiyu does not dare to accept this title. Please take back the title."
Wei Zheng also stepped forward with a livid face, "I, Wei Zheng, have no merit and will not be rewarded. I obey the decree."
All the officials in the palace were really excited when they saw this scene.
Qin Qiong, who was dragging his sick body to the court today, stood up and hoped that the emperor would calm down his anger, "Your Majesty, Wu Huaiyu's contribution to the founding of the country is too great. Such a reward is not a good thing for young Wu Huaiyu. I hope your majesty will take care of him."
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Cheng Yaojin was also out of office. He clearly said that he should not be granted the title of Marquis of the Founding of the State, but he did not say that he should not be granted the title of earl.
"Wu Huaiyu,"
"I'm here."
"Do you really want to refuse the title of Marquis of Founding County? As long as you are willing, no one can stop you from becoming a Marquis."
"Your Majesty, although I have made some small achievements, it is not enough to receive this great title. I am grateful for your Majesty's reward, but I cannot accept it."
Li Shimin looked at Wu Huaiyu and then at Wei Zheng. Comparing their attitudes, it became clear that Wu Huaiyu was sensible and Wei Zheng was ignorant of current affairs.
"Wu Huaiyu was granted the title of Marquis Sanjue of Shouyang County and was rewarded with a pair of silver bottles."
"Wei Zheng, retain the title of baron in Julu County."
The emperor could no longer tolerate any objections. He tossed his sleeves, stood up and left, thus ending the court meeting early.
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When Huaiyu walked out of the hall, countless eyes looked at him.
Originally, Wu Huaiyu was not special at all today, he was just a small false prince. Not to mention the many princes, county princes, and county princes who were actually crowned princes, even the false princes, county princes, and county princes could not be counted.
But what Wei Zheng did made Wu Erlang the center of attention again, and the limelight even overshadowed Li Shentong and Yu Chigong, who were competing for the credit today.
After all, the two of them fought for credit and were blamed, but Wu Huaiyu was the only one whose title was promoted instead of being demoted.
It's not unusual to be granted the title of marquis, but it's unusual to be so favored by the emperor.
There was envy and jealousy in those eyes.
Fan Xing walked towards him.
"Hello, Duke Yingguo!" Huaiyu said hello quickly. He had just discovered that he had met his father-in-law Fan Xing before. He said he was a military attaché of the Imperial Army. What was his last name? This guy turned out to be Aunt Fan's.
Dad, it's still a little awkward to meet in front of the palace now.
Fan Xing was ranked eighth in the list of meritorious officials today, and was granted 400 households. Rongguo Gong was changed to Yingguo Gong.
"Earlier, I saw that Erlang was not a thing in the pond, but now he has really soared into the sky."
Huaiyu's flattering smile.
"When will you come to propose marriage?" Fan Xing was straightforward and asked proactively. As he said this, he stretched out his big hand and patted Wu Huaiyu's shoulder heavily.
Huaiyu was a little embarrassed because Fan Xing was too young.
Thirty-year-old father-in-law.
Whichever way they go, they look more like brothers.
But think about what Fan Xuanfu said before, that his father went into battle to kill people at the age of twelve, gave birth to her at the age of fourteen, and was granted the title of Duke at the age of twenty, which is really awesome.
"Go right away."
"Who is the big media?"
Qin Qiong came over at this time and said, "Fan Dayan, I am the great matchmaker."
"And here's my old Cheng." Cheng Yaojin also came over, "Congratulations, Fan Manzi, originally Wu Erlang was my favorite son-in-law. Who knew that the Qian family's aunt was so good that she snatched it away from my Cheng family?
Oh, I'm still not reconciled to it."
Fan Xing, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin and the others have worked together under Li Shimin for several years, and they are quite familiar with each other. "There is nothing I can do about it. Who said my daughter is so powerful?"
After saying that, he turned around and patted Huaiyu on the shoulder, "Let's do it tomorrow. Tomorrow is a good and auspicious day. Hurry up and hug Dayan to propose marriage."
Qin Qiong, who had just been renamed Duke of Qi, smiled and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely be there."
Originally, Huaiyu had been seriously ill recently and planned to ask Cheng Yaojin to be the matchmaker instead, but Qin Qiong insisted on being the matchmaker for him, and Lao Cheng agreed, so now Huaiyu has two big matchmakers.
Fan Xing didn't think there was anything wrong with this. He just hoped that Wu Huaiyu would come to propose marriage as soon as possible.
He was very optimistic about Wu Erlang, not to mention that when he was still in Binzhou, his daughter kept urging him to return to Beijing one after another, and couldn't wait to get married.
Now that he's back, he can't delay any longer, otherwise his daughter will kill him with a beheading horse.
"Fan Manzi, I, Old Cheng, envy you." Cheng Yaojin sighed. Today he changed his title to Lu Guogong, with the sixth level of real title. He was several ranks behind Qin Qiong, with 600 fewer households, but Lao Cheng did not.
I don't feel sorry to complain, but I feel really unhappy and very regretful that Wu Huaiyu was snatched away from him as his son-in-law by Fan Xing.
In front of the palace gate, Huaiyi, Samurai Ke, Samurai Leng, and Wu Junya were waiting for him. They were not in the palace just now, but standing in the square, they also heard the emperor conferring the title of San Bo and then San Hou on Wu Huaiyu.
"What's going on?" the warrior was puzzled.
"Good thing." Qin Qiong smiled and said briefly to Lao Wu.
The clan leader, Warrior Leng, also congratulated Huaiyu. He is still the Duke of the County. This time, he is not in the list of titles and awards, but his rank has been increased by one level.
But the fourth scholar, Xun, was actually included in the list of real seals this time. He was changed to Zhou Guogong by Ying Guogong, and 600 households were sealed. This fully shows that the Wu family has successfully gained the trust of the new emperor.
The two Huaiyu brothers also received titles this time, one was Shouyang Marquis and the other was Dalingnan. It didn't matter whether they were in vain or not. What was important was that this showed that they had weight in the emperor's mind.
"I said at the beginning that you two brothers are the most promising among the younger generation of our Wu family, and now it turns out to be true."
Huaiyi's face flushed with excitement, and he even wanted to shout with excitement. Compared with Huaiyu's calmness when facing Shouyang Marquis, Huaiyi, a man from Daling County, was extremely excited in his heart.
I saw some colleagues of the Imperial Guard at the door. An Yuanshou was granted the title of Weiwu Bo, Xu Luoren was promoted to be the Duke of Jiangxia, his brother Xu Xu was granted the title of the Duke of Zhending, and the two brothers were granted the title of Duke.
I also saw Xue Wanche. Of the seven brothers in this family, five are now officials in the court, one is the Duke of the country, two is the Duke of the county, and the other is the Duke of the county.
Along the way out of the palace, I met countless princes and princes.
The princes also met many princes and princes. There were many princes and princes in the clan. Back then, Li Yuan sealed countless princes and princes in the clan at one time, and later he successively sealed many more princes. Although Li Shimin killed ten princes and nephews at one time, Li Yuan had rebelled and was killed again.
But there are still many clan kings.
Moreover, the sons of some clan kings were granted titles regardless of their size. For example, Li Shentong, the king of Huai'an who is vying for merit in the palace today, was himself a county king. As a result, all of his nine sons, including seven adult sons before him, were also crowned.
He was granted the title of county prince, and the remaining two young ones were also granted the title of county prince.
His younger brother Li Shenfu is also a county king, and Li Shenfu's seven sons are also county kings.
In this great award, only Li Xiaogong received a real title from the clan, and then there were Li Yi, Li Zi and Shi Feng who were listed in the clan's surname.
Others such as Shentong, Daozong, Shenfu, Youliang, Xiaochang, etc. were not granted real titles, but were only promoted or given money and land.
Li Shimin's sons are still young, but the emperor has revealed some thoughts and is dissatisfied with the original enfeoffment system of these clans.
I don't know how many officials there are until I get to the capital.
If a brick fell from the top of the city, it would probably kill several princes.
Seeing so many royal princes and ministers conferring titles, Huaiyu felt that things must be reversed. This large reward, coupled with the titles passed down from previous dynasties that Li Yuan had acknowledged before, were simply too many.
Even if it is a false title, after all, the title has many other privileges. Li Shimin probably won't be able to bear it. Today's great title will inevitably be greatly reduced in the future.
I don’t know how long I can last as Marquis of Shouyang.
The spring breeze was so good that my horse's hoofs were broken, so I visited Chang'an flowers one day.
Huaiyu was sitting on Qin Qiong's carriage, and there were warriors Ke and Cheng Yaojin on board. The four of them were discussing together the matters of going to the Fan family to propose marriage tomorrow, what gifts should be prepared and what etiquette should be followed.
Although Fan Xing has agreed to the marriage, he must not lose his etiquette.
The sky is bright and the sky is blue.
The autumn sun is shining brightly, it is a wonderful day.
Qin Qiong leaned on the carriage and looked at Wu Huaiyu in a daze. He thought of those years and his son Huaiyu and the others.
Looking at Huaiyu now, he always felt in a daze that this was his son Qin Huaiyu.
Returning to Yongxingfang, as soon as I got home, the palace messenger came.
He issued the official edict of making a marquis, as well as the pair of silver vases. At the same time, the emperor promoted Wu Huaiyu to the commander of the army in the lower suburbs of the city under the command of Prince Zuo Zongwei.
The military soldiers led by the left and right Zongwei led the government, also known as the Prince's Brigade Army. The left and right Zongwei led the government imitated the left and right Xiaowei from the four palaces of the Twelve Guards, and the left and right Xiaowei had the military number Leopard Cavalry.
Jiaocheng Mansion belongs to the Lower Tong Army Mansion under the leadership of Zuo Zongwei. There are 800 people. Its military commander is a junior general of the fifth rank. Wu Huaiyu's original hospital town general was an upper town general of the sixth rank. This time he was finally promoted to the rank of general.
The fifth-grade position is no longer a matter of inspection and probation.
However, he still did not have to take up a post in the suburbs. Instead, he took the post of North Gate Commander and Su Wei, and actually commanded the left camp of hundreds of cavalry. This is the same as Zhou Shaofan actually commanded the North Gate camp as the general of the Zuo Guard.
After accepting the imperial edict, Huaiyu sent a thank you gift. Although the title and position had changed, the actual errands remained the same, so it had little impact.
He was now more focused on coming to propose marriage tomorrow. He looked up at Fan Xuanfu, who was arranging for people to buy wild geese, red silk, etc. with Runniang. Huaiyu couldn't help but smile. This girl was really impatient.
She got married, and Fan Xing went back to tell her that she had agreed that Huaiyu would propose marriage tomorrow, but she couldn't sit still for a long time, so she ran from Huaiyuanfang to Yongxingfang to personally prepare the things for tomorrow's marriage proposal.
