Wu Huaiyu woke up in Gao Twelve's room. When he opened his eyes, he saw Gao Twelve's mother leaning sideways with her face on her hands and staring at him.
"You woke up early and I was snoring in my sleep?"
"No, it's just that you are going to Lingnan again soon and I want to see you more." Gao Twelve said with a smile, "You slept soundly."
She liked to watch him sleeping soundly, quiet and beautiful.
Although I have been married to Huaiyu for more than two years, I still feel that I have not seen enough of each other. Perhaps it is because I have less time to spend alone together.
Wu Huaiyu sat up with a smile, hugged her over and kissed her twice, which made her face flush. She was still not used to him being so passionate.
"You come south with me."
"But I can't bear to leave Shiliu Lang." Gao Ruyi nestled in his arms, loving this warm embrace. Youyan's famous swordsman Gao Shiliu was like a little civet cat at this moment.
She really wanted to go to Lingnan with her, but the child was too young.
Moreover, the imperial court has its own system. Officials from outside are not allowed to bring relatives and guests to their posts, nor are they allowed to occupy fields and houses, build mills, and compete with the people for profit.
In the first year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin issued an order to relax some conditions, allowing children under the age of nineteen to follow their father and brother's official position.
The parents of foreign officials cannot be left alone, nor can their children over the age of nineteen, not even their wives. Moreover, even if they serve in other places, these children are subject to many restrictions.
"Don't worry, your brother is coming with me too."
The cousins Gao Rong and Gao Ning were also transferred to Lingnan by Wu Huaiyu this time, not only to take advantage of the opportunity to get promoted, but also to make themselves more trustworthy.
"Thank you Alang." Gao Twelve hugged him and nodded his head in his arms,
Gao Rong and Gao Ning were also famous for their bravery behind the mountains, and they also made great contributions in the Northern Expedition to the Turks. However, after all, they had only returned to the Tang Dynasty for a short time, and both of them only held sixth-rank official positions.
This time Wu Huaiyu also promoted the virtuous to the lower ranks of the fifth rank. He summoned his two cousins to Chang'an and took them to Lingnan.
Taking advantage of this east wind, I changed my scarlet robe in one fell swoop.
"Will anyone say anything?" Gao Twelve was a little worried.
"Don't worry, there are more people going to Guanlong and Lingnan this time. There are six governors and ninety-six prefectures. There are only one hundred and two ministers in charge of history.
It was too easy for Wu Huaiyu to arrange two people from the fifth rank to Gao Rong.
Besides, these two brothers were capable of fighting and had made meritorious service in the Northern Expedition. As soon as Wu Huaiyu wrote the transfer list, the Political Affairs Hall approved it directly, and there was no objection from the emperor.
Not to mention these two brothers, Wu Huaiyu wanted to send the kite to Gaowei and go south, but they didn't have any objection.
Gao Twelve hugged Wu Huaiyu and couldn't bear to let go.
As a result, the two of them became affectionate again. By the time they went out, it was already late. The maids in Gao Twelve's outer room all looked at the two of them with smiles on their faces, making Gao Twelve's face blush.
After Wu Huaiyu washed up, he practiced the Vajra Kung Fu first as usual.
Eating breakfast and reading the newspaper.
The Beijing News, jointly produced by the Chongxian Hall of the East Palace and the Bureau of Economic Affairs, is now getting better and better, and its influence is growing. It has even been changed from the original issue of every five days to one every other day.
Today's front page, as expected, is about Wu Huaiyu and Tong Zhongshu's subordinate Ping Zhangshi, who paid a visit to Lingnan Road to observe and interview the deposed ambassador, and undertook the conferment on the matter.
There were a series of appointments later, such as Hou Junji as the governor of Yongzhou, Chen Longshu as the governor of Rongzhou, Changchong as the governor of Sun Qinzhou, Cheng Chumo as the governor of Lianzhou, etc.
Watch while eating.
The front page was not interesting to Wu Huaiyu. It was all content that he had known for a long time. The sections at the back were more interesting. The Beijing News was talking about hot topics. There was also a Lingnan column at the back, from Lingnan geography to humanities.
For example, the Lingnan indigenous people, Li Liao, are actually two very different types of natives. The Li people are mainly natives living in the plains at the foot of the mountains. They and the Liao people come from the same place as Luoyue-Wuhu, Xiou, and Nanyue people.
It's a Baiyue branch.
The Liao people live close to the mountains, mainly in mountainous areas.
The Li people live in river valleys and plains, and are good at fishing in boats and living by water.
The Liao people lived close to the mountains and cultivated slash-and-burn farming. They hunted in the mountains and ate all kinds of insects.
One is fishing and farming, the other is farming and hunting.
After the Yongjia Rebellion in the Central Plains, there was a great southward migration of the Han people for more than 300 years. In the south of the Five Ridges, Han people continued to pour in. The Li people who lived in the plains had long been in close contact with the Han people who moved south, and were greatly affected.
So now, the slang and liao people have gradually differentiated. The slang people can also be called familiar barbarians, and the li people are called raw barbarians.
For example, the Xian family, who have been married to the Feng family for generations, are Li people. In recent years, the Xian family has led the Li people to develop the Leizhou Peninsula and Qiongzhou Island with the Feng family, and they have continued to move south.
The Xidian barbarians in the mountains of Luodou states, also known as the Xue people, echoed and merged with the Wuling barbarians who came south from Hunan and Jiangxi.
The Central Plains people despise the Lingnan natives and do not call them slang, but raccoon dogs.
The Han Dynasty even said that the people of Luo Yue were no different from livestock and were not worthy of being established in counties and counties.
Since the Qin and Han dynasties, western Guangdong has basically been the hereditary territory of the leaders of the shoguns. The officials sent by the imperial court are also unable to give orders. Therefore, the policy has always been to establish their chiefs, subdue them, and use the barbarians to rule the barbarians.
Wei Zheng was also a supporter of this policy. He believed that Lingnan, except for the Guangjiao and Guangxi areas, was simply barbaric, and the court did not need to exert effort to rule it. Those unruly raccoon barbarians would rebel if you restrain them a little.
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It's better to guard Guangzhou and other key towns, and slowly plan for them to influence and penetrate slowly. It's too hasty to try to accomplish it all at once.
Huaiyu continued to read the newspaper,
There was actually someone advertising to sell Jibei cloth, and the price was not cheap. He knew what this Jibei cloth was at a glance. It was actually made of kapok.
Kapok is not the Gaochang cotton grown by the Wu family today. The Gaochang cotton grown by the Wu family belongs to African cotton, which is the kind of cotton grown in later generations, with longer fibers.
Kapok, also called Panzhihua or Hero Tree, is a tall tree with fibers inside its fruit, but its cotton fibers are very short.
There are many kapok trees in Lingnan. The local people have mastered the technology of weaving with kapok very early. They just wet it first, so that the fibers of the kapok expand and become stronger. They can be spun like silk and dyed into patchy cloth. The local people call the kapok tree
For Gu Zhongteng,
There are many Jibei cloths for sale in Guizhou, and they are quite famous.
Gui cloth is as white as snow, Wu cotton is as soft as clouds, the cloth is heavy and thick, and the fur has residual warmth.
By the Song Dynasty, the hand-woven brocade they woven from kapok was called Tongjin, and it became one of the four famous brocades in the world, with more than 20 patterns.
At this time, Jibeibuli already had many brocade patterns.
Now that Lingnan is so popular, some businessmen with a keen sense of smell have begun to speculate on Guibu, hoping to sell it at a high price in Chang'an.
It just so happened that the cotton fabrics of the Wu family were very popular right now. Even the emperor, prince, and queen all wore cotton clothes. Naturally, all the civil and military nobles in the dynasty followed suit.
Guibu was thicker and thicker than Wujia cotton, so they also changed the name of Guzhongteng to kapok, and Jibei cloth was also called kapok.
Huaiyu smiled,
I don’t think this is a bad thing, and kapok cloth and Wu family cotton cloth are actually two different things, so there won’t be any competition.
"Ms. Duke, Duke Ping of Song Dynasty is here to visit."
Duke Songping is the new governor of Rongzhou, Chen Longshu. The title of Duke Songping is a hereditary title in their family and has been passed down for three generations.
"Invite him to the flower hall. I'll go there after eating."
Wu Huaiyu continued to have breakfast and read the newspaper, and found that the Beijing News also had some introductions about Chen Longshu, the governor of Rongzhou.
The Longzhou Chen family went to Lingnan later than the Feng Jianing family.
Chen Longshu's grandfather, Chen Fanian, was originally from Yanling in the Central Plains, that is, Yingchuan, Henan. He was an important minister and consort of Emperor Wu of Liang in the Southern Dynasties. He later came to western Guangdong to serve as the governor of Xinshi Erzhou and lived in Longzhou. His territory included the junction of Guangdong and Guangxi on the south bank of the middle reaches of the Xijiang River. most areas of.
He controlled Fuxidong and won the support of local officials. He was also named Songping County Duke for his meritorious service. Therefore, the Chen family of Longzhou, the Feng family of Gaoliang, and the Ning family of Qinzhou became the three chiefs of Lingnan.
During the Liang Dynasty, the entire western Guangdong region was ruled by the Chen family of Yingchuan. In addition to Chen Fanian of Longzhou, there were also Gaoyao Chen Baxian, Cangwu Chen Tan, and Chen Fanian's son Chen Fuzhi also served as the governor of Luozhou.
They controlled the entire middle reaches of the Xijiang River Basin.
Chen Fanian and Chen Baxian were both from the Chen family, so they had a close friendship. When Li Ben rebelled in Jiaozhou, Chen Fanian followed Chen Baxian to put down the rebellion. Chen Baxian was from a humble background, and he was very attracted to the Chen family of Longzhou, who was born in the Chen family of Yingchuan.
After Chen Baxian established the Chen Dynasty, Chen Fanian died. Chen Baxian let his son Chen Fozhi inherit the title and official position, and later made Chen Fozhi the prefect of Nanjing.
During the Chen dynasty, the Chen family of Longzhou also entered its peak period, receiving courtesy from the Chen dynasty, and its reputation, prestige, and power continued to increase, and it became the largest wealthy family in the middle reaches of the Xijiang River. The Chen family of Longzhou was naturally grateful to the Chen dynasty.
When the Sui Dynasty destroyed Nanchen, Wei Guang became the general manager of Guangzhou. Mrs. Xian Tai, the head of the Feng family, returned to the Sui Dynasty and sent her grandson to lead an army to welcome the Sui army into Guangzhou.
Chen Fozhi joined forces with Wang Zhongxuan to rebel against the Sui Dynasty and besieged Guangzhou, triggering a civil war among the three powerful families. Chen Fozhi died in the battle. His son Chen Longshu was supported by Chief Tandian and sent to Ning Mengli in Qinzhou. Ning Mengli was the same year as Empress Chen. Born in the same month and on the same day, he believed that he had noble appearance and deserved to be the emperor. He did not want to serve the Sui Dynasty.
Chen Longshu also persuaded him to send troops to attack the Feng family, but in the end Ning Mengli surrendered to the Sui Dynasty.
The Longzhou Chen family fell into a low ebb in the Sui Dynasty. It was not until the Tang Dynasty destroyed the Sui Dynasty and Chen Longshu and Ning Mengli's son Ning Changzhen returned to the Tang Dynasty that the Longzhou Chen family began to return to their hometown of Longzhou.
However, Tan Dian, the leader of Li Xie there, was no longer willing to be led by the Chen family. Chen Longshu had no choice but to be loyal to the imperial court and use the power of the Tang Dynasty to start a war with the barbarians in Luodoudong. He opened five counties in Douzhou and established Nanfuzhou. However,
Soon he was driven out by the Li barbarians. In the second year of Zhenguan, he teamed up with Li Guangdu, the governor of Nanyin Prefecture, to recapture Nanyin Prefecture again, but the Li barbarians still refused to accept it.
Wu Huaiyu looked at the content in the Beijing News and combined it with the information he knew.
We came to the conclusion that although the Chen family of Longzhou was once the most powerful family in Lingnan, it has long been defeated. Now the most powerful family is the Feng family.
After the fall of Nanchen, the Feng family knew the current affairs and returned to the Sui Dynasty. Taking advantage of the Chen family's decline in Longzhou, they also quickly seized the Chen family's territory, such as Luozhou, Liangde and other places.
Chen Longshu returned to the Tang Dynasty ten years ago and returned to his hometown for many years, but the Chen family in Longzhou failed to revitalize. He could not even control Tandian, Fusan and others who were Chen's former subordinates.
Now the imperial court issued an edict to let Chen Longshu go to Rongzhou as the governor, and to change the name of Nanfuzhou to Douzhou and add it to the Gaozhou Governor's Mansion. In fact, it was assigned to the Feng family.
Chen Longshu is definitely not willing to give in, but so what.
Even if he was promoted to the governor of Rongzhou, Chen Longshu would be transferred away from the Longzhou base camp.
Just like Ning Chang, Zhen Ning Daoming, who died after their rebellion was defeated, although their titles were still inherited by their sons, and they were also given the post of governor, they were transferred away from the Ning clan's strongholds such as Qinzhou and Nanyue Prefecture.
There are so many chiefs in the ninety-six prefectures in Lingnan. Once they are transferred to other places, regardless of their position, they have actually lost their real power.
After eating, rinse your mouth.
Wu Huaiyu came to the living room.
The three people in the hall stood up to greet them.
"The lower official Chen Longshu and his dog Puguang came to Jiyuan to pay homage to Mr. Wu."
