Chapter 533 It’s sunny and sunny at the beginning of heavy snow
Chapter 533 The heavy snow begins and the sun shines for half a day
2023-08-20 Author: Muzi Blue
Chapter 533 The heavy snow begins and the sun shines for half a day
Winter, the second year of Zhenguan.
It was snowing at the beginning of the day and it was sunny. It was midnight, and the eaves stream was not dripping with plum blossoms.
"Today is such a great day, go and greet the new couple."
Yang Muyun looked at the beautiful weather with clear snow and clear clouds and said with a smile, "But don't forget about the old one when the new one takes over the door."
The Lu family of Fan Yang and the Gao family of Shanhou married their daughters into the governor's mansion together today, which is also a beautiful event in Youzhou.
Especially the Fan Yanglu family, who wanted to do great things. Although she was a concubine born from a concubine, her standards were no lower than those of a married woman.
Lu Chengqing was in Beijing and could not come back, so everything was still handled by Wu Lang Lu Chengye.
Today, Lu Sanwu is not getting married in the Lu Mansion of Lulongfang, Luocheng, Youzhou, but from his hometown Fanyang, which is a hundred miles away. In comparison, Diaowo is three hundred miles away from Youzhou, so the Gao family can only
Send off relatives from Jiningfang in the east of Luocheng, Youzhou.
Fortunately, Mrs. Lu did not really intend to ask Huaiyu to go to Fanyang, more than a hundred miles away, to pick up the bride, otherwise it would have taken several days on the road.
They had delivered all their dowries to the Lu family's manor by the canal outside the city in advance. They had packed up their dowries a few days in advance, dressed in red and colorful and played all the way north. Everyone knew about the commotion.
Lu Sanwu also arrived at Lu's Manor three days ago. It is still ten miles away from Youzhou City.
Today I will have another Shili Hongzhuang.
Wu Huaiyu went on horseback to meet his bride in the afternoon.
It has to be said that the Lu family held this event with great grandeur. It was really more lively than the wedding of the eldest daughter of the eldest daughter of the clan. Not only the six noble families of Youzhou were invited, but even the five and seven families of Guandong were also invited.
This scene is scary.
Wu Huaiyu also knew the Lu family's thoughts very well. Giving a concubine as a concubine but paying him millions in dowry, not to mention making such a fuss, really gave Wu Huaiyu face. This was actually a declaration to the outside world.
The Lu family, who lives in Youzhou, has now formed a close alliance with Wu Xianggong, who is out of Youzhou, and even shows the Lu family's obedience and cooperation to the imperial court.
Of course Wu Huaiyu had to take Lu's face seriously.
North of Luocheng, Youzhou.
This is Youzhou North City, a concentrated commercial and handicraft area. It used to be open in the morning and closed at night.
After Wu Huaiyu came, he also started to demolish the walls. First, the walls were demolished in the north gate to build Tanzhou Commercial Street.
Tanzhou Commercial Street was built very quickly. Wu Huaiyu personally attracted business, and many merchants from Chang'an and Shuofang came. Now Tanzhou Street has many shops and industries, and a variety of goods.
Just for rice, there are white rice shops, rice shops, and japonica rice shops. For silk and silk cloth, there are big silk shops, new silk shops, small silk shops, colorful silk shops, silk brocades and colorful silk shops, small colorful shops, and futou shops.
, cloth line, etc.
Silk weaving, silver smelting, porcelain, wine making, calligraphy, printing and dyeing, leather, felt, medicinal materials, etc. have significantly improved.
Not only is industry and commerce more prosperous, but catering, entertainment and leisure are also on the rise.
There are many restaurants, teahouses and even brothels on Tanzhou Street.
The Shuofang Guild Hall is located on Tanzhou Street, close to Bei City. This guild hall is not an ordinary shop or restaurant. It was built by Shuofang merchants Tang Fengxiao, Peng Qizi and other Shuofang merchants. It is convenient for Shuofang merchants and tourists to stay here. This is because they are from the same hometown.
Organization is also a liaison between industry and commerce.
Shuofang's officials, family members, businessmen, and scholars in Youzhou came to the guild hall to stay temporarily, meet relatives and guests, entertain guests, take care of fellow villagers, maintain friendship with fellow villagers, exchange business information, negotiate business, etc.
Since its establishment, the Shuofang Guild Hall has quickly gathered a large number of Shuofang merchants who were summoned by Prime Minister Wu. There are also some officials, merchants, and scholars who are originally from Shuofang in Youyou. They often come to the gathering, forming a Shuofang Gang.
Compared with ordinary guilds in the same industry, this new style of guild hall has stronger cohesion, and it is not limited to a certain industry of industry and commerce.
Wu Huaiyu took the daughters of Fan Yang Lu and Shanhou Gao as his concubines today. Tang Fengxiao and Peng Zizi, the talkers at Shuofang Guild Hall, had spoken early to prepare some gifts to congratulate Duke Wu.
Everyone is very active. Although Wu Huaiyu is not from Shuofang and has not been in Shuofang for a long time, the annihilation of Liangshidu and the rectification of Shuofang have a great impact on everyone. Many of you here have benefited from Wu Huaiyu, so also
Only then will they come upon hearing the call.
"This Fan Yanglu family is really shameless. She is obviously a concubine, but she behaves like the eldest daughter of their family's surnamed Fang."
"Everyone has given out tens of millions of dollars in dowry. Isn't it appropriate to have some pomp and ceremony?"
Kunlun Nu and Peng Zizi were sitting upstairs in the guild hall, drinking tea and chatting.
"Is it true that a dowry worth tens of millions of dollars was paid?"
"That can still be false. This is what Fan Yang Lu said herself. I have inquired about it. The sum of all kinds of dowries is indeed worth tens of millions. Not to mention all kinds of gold, silver, jewelry, silk, brocade, fur, silk, etc., they have ivory and pearls.
There are many light goods such as jade and spices,
Not to mention farm slaves, cattle and horses, etc., there are also many houses, shops, and workshops. This is indeed a big deal.
Anyway, when the current Prime Minister Fang Xuanling married Mrs. Lu, Mrs. Lu did not have such pomp and dowry."
Fang Xuanling's wife, Lu, was also born in the Lu family of Fanyang. When she was young, she was elegant in nature and graceful in appearance. She was a real lady from a famous family. Later, she married Fang Xuanling, Lu's in-law, Fang Xuanling of the Fang family in Qinghe.
The Fang family in Qinghe can be traced back to Sikong Fangzhi of the Eastern Han Dynasty. When Fang Zhan, the eighth ancestor of Fang Xuanling, was appointed as the Taiwei of Houyan, he followed Murong Den to the south of Qingqi.
For hundreds of years, the Fang family has been serving as officials and politics. Fang Xuanling's great-grandfather, great-grandfather, and other generations were all eunuchs. Fang Xuanling's father, Fang Yanqian, was once the chief secretary of King Guangning of the Northern Qi Dynasty and his confidant. After the fall of the Northern Qi Dynasty,
, also planned to reunite with relatives and friends to regain the Northern Qi Dynasty, but failed, and did not serve in the Northern Zhou Dynasty again. It was not until the Sui Dynasty that he became the governor of the Sili Dynasty and moved his family to Chang'an.
Fang Yanqian married the Li family of Longxi. Although he became the governor of Qi County when he was eighteen years old, he was only appointed as the censor and was even demoted to the county magistrate later. However, Fang Yanqian was a famous person at that time.
A talented man, famous all over the world.
The Lu family of Fan Yang married their daughter to Fang Yanqian's son, which was a normal marriage. There was no such thing as a second marriage. Moreover, Mrs. Lu was not from a direct lineage with the surname Fang.
"But no matter what, although Mrs. Lu's family is not a direct descendant, she is also a legitimate daughter. No matter how much Lu Sanwu is favored by her brothers at home, her biological mother is just Mrs. Xiao's concubine cousin. After all, she is a descendant of the Northern Ancestor.
Being a concubine and a concubine, and making such a big show, Mrs. Lu really doesn't care about her face."
Kunlun slave Tang Fengxiao laughed.
"Did Mrs. Fan Yang Lu know that Wu Xianggong was so powerful that she would lower her profile like this? Wu Xianggong's concubine is something that ordinary people can do?
Look at whose family all Xianggong Wu’s concubines came from?
The adopted granddaughters of Li Jing, Duke of Yongkang, the Minister of War, the nieces of Fan Xing, the governor of Suizhou, the grandnieces of Duan Decao, the general of Zuowuwei, the two granddaughters of Tan Guogong Qiu He, and the third granddaughter of Guide County Gongyun Dingxing.
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The rest, such as the Cao family, the Tang family, the Han family, the Pei family, the Gao family, etc., were at least the daughters of one powerful family. Even the two Gao families who once served as sweepers in the palace, their fathers were once rebel kings in the late Sui Dynasty.
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"Even if Mr. Wu has an outer room in his villa, that's very impressive. Banu is far away in Chang'an, and his father is now the Persian emperor. There is also Madam Yang in Youzhou, who was the princess of Huainan in the Sui Dynasty and was Tuli.
Khan’s Ketun…”
Tang Fengxiao's own niece was also Wu Huaiyu's concubine. His brother Tang Fengyi was originally the governor of Yuezhou. He was demoted to the governor of Guangzhou because of his early regicide.
Tang Fengyi now writes letters to his son-in-law Wu Huaiyu to express greetings and send gifts during every year and festival. He offers all kinds of flattery, but Wu Huaiyu is too lazy to pay attention to him and has never even met him.
After all, Tang Fengyi was one of the six major families in Lingzhou. He once paid homage to the governor of Yuezhou in Wude, and he was also granted a title. Wu Huaiyu took his daughter as a concubine, but did not give him any face, even before he was demoted.
"So, regardless of our Xianggong Wu's ordinary background, the Wu family of Taiyuan can be considered a second-rate noble family at best, but now that he is in the limelight, even the Fan Yanglu family has to fawn over him."
"I don't think it's entirely because Mr. Wu is favored and powerful, but because Mr. Wu is capable, both talented and capable. The Fan Yang Lu family is not stupid either. The Lu family can develop by following Wu Xianggong."
"Hahaha, that's true, but not everyone in Youzhou is as aware of current affairs as the Lu family, and there are always some people who are a little bit open-minded."
"Are you talking about the Xi people or the Khitan people?"
"Or maybe the Sogdians?"
"It's all the same. There are still a lot of frogs in the well sitting in the well and looking at the sky. However, it's not the Xi people who have been causing trouble recently. What do you think of the Xi people in the Chaohe River, Tanghe River, Puhe River, Liuhe River and Qingshui River that were newly added to our territory of the Tang Dynasty?
, are they making such a fuss, are those small tribes unwilling to leave, or is it because King Xi secretly gave them instructions?"
Peng Zizi sneered twice, "What's the difference? Anyway, Mr. Wu has already reached an alliance with King Xi. He not only swore an alliance in Jinlianchuan and agreed on the boundary, but also put the alliance on paper. The alliance between Jinlianchuan and Tang Xi was a joke.
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During this period of time, the Tang Dynasty sent many troops to set up boundary stakes and monuments on the new border in vain?"
"Anyway, Mr. Wu has given them a time limit to move out of Tang Dynasty before the end of the year. By the beginning of the third year of Zhenguan, all the Xi people who are still in Tang Dynasty will be deemed to have chosen to join the Tang Dynasty. At that time, they will be registered and have to pay taxes.
If you dare to resist if you serve, it will be regarded as a separatist rebellion.
It’s enough to send troops to wipe them out. Are we still afraid of these ridiculing people and dissatisfied that we will capture too many slaves?"
Tang Fengxiao felt that this might be the work of King Xi Kedu behind the scenes. He did not dare to refuse Wu Huaiyu's demarcation in person, but secretly he was so obedient and uncooperative, instigating the small border tribes to cause trouble and resist.
"These small tribes don't need to worry. They are afraid that when we send out troops, Kedu will use this to make excuses and start a war."
"Even if Kedu calls on the five tribes of Xi to send troops to fight against the Tang Dynasty, do you think that the Wu Prime Minister Association is afraid and at worst they will fight together? Then it will be the same as in the Northern Wei or Northern Qi Dynasties. They will attack King Xi's tent at the Huzhen River and capture 100,000 of him.
He captured hundreds of thousands of his livestock and returned to Youzhou. Then he would make a fortune. How many years of rent adjustment, household tax, and free warehouse grain would be levied in the eight states of Youzhou Prefecture to collect so much?
We might even destroy the Xi tribe and set up a governor's office or five Ji Mi states in its territory."
"Let's make a fuss. The bigger the fuss, the better. This is how you become famous."
"But now that the weather is cold, we will definitely have to wait for Mr. Wu to be the bridegroom, or even spend the New Year in Youzhou City before sending out troops."
"Let's go, we can't be late for Mr. Wu's concubine banquet. The six surnames of Youzhou and the five surnames of Guandong are all here. We can't lose our etiquette."
Peng Zizi smiled and said that he didn't pay any attention to the ignorant Xi tribes on the newly expanded border. The valleys acquired by the new expansion are quite a lot of territory. Wu Xianggong had already announced the military plan.
The total planned settlement plan is 300 settlements, totaling 1.5 million acres. Although it will not be cultivated all at once, can the Xi people still occupy the land that has been listed on the paper?
What's more, some of the land in these river valleys has been sold to the powerful noble families such as the Fan Yang Lu family at a low price. The interests of these local snakes in Youzhou are consistent with the imperial court. On this matter, everyone can unanimously communicate with the outside world.
