The old city of Chongzhou was destroyed by war in the 10th year of Chongguan. After Lin Fu took control of Chongzhou, he built a new city at the northeastern foot of Zilang Mountain.
The old city, which could not be re-cultivated, was abandoned for two years. Later, the number of people migrating south increased greatly, and the old city became a place to resettle the people migrating south.
Huaidong didn't have much money to renovate the old city, so they just repaired it on the original site. Compared with the renovated new city, the old city was like a slum, crowded and dirty.
Last year, King Lu changed the title of King Hailing to vassal Chongzhou, so Jiangning allocated two thousand taels of silver to establish the vassal state. The land in Chongzhou was already very tight, and five thousand taels of silver simply could not build a magnificent palace. Lin
Fu Suoxing circled an abandoned house from the old city, renovated it slightly, and allocated it to be used as the residence of Prince Hailing.
Later, Lin Fu set up an inspection department in the old city, and then he decided to formally renovate the old city.
The chaotic and crowded people were relocated to other places, the city roads were rebuilt, dead old trees were dug up, many new willows were transplanted from outside the city, and the burned-out houses were gradually renovated and bricks and tiles were replaced.
Only then did the old city gradually regain its old appearance.
The new city is conducive to shipping, and boat travel is convenient. However, as far as Chongzhou County is concerned, the old city is in the center of the county and is the intersection of four townships and eight pavilions. The new city is still nearly twenty miles away from the old city. At that time, county residents came to the city
Going to the market mostly relies on walking or riding a cart or an ox, and it takes half a day to walk for twenty miles. As soon as the old city regained its old appearance, many business travelers gathered, revitalized and became an important town in the north of Chongcheng.
The Hailing Palace occupies the northeast corner of the old city and looks very large. This is mainly because the old city of Chongzhou is too small, with the entire city being less than 250 steps square.
Counting carefully in the Hailing Prince's Mansion, only twelve or three entered the courtyard, which is not even as good as the local wealthy gentry and wealthy households with some power. Only ten people entered the courtyard, and the Huaidong Military Division only sent people to repair it hastily.
It can barely accommodate people and just ignores other things. In fact, it is very simple and dilapidated.
A phoenix that has shed its feathers is not as good as a chicken. Although Prince Yuan Jianhai of Hailing and the Queen Mother of Liang enjoy enough luxurious houses and mansions, as for the vassal affairs, they are under the jurisdiction of the imperial clan and they cannot put forward higher demands on the Huaidong Military Division.
In addition, the Empress Dowager Liang and King Hailing escaped from Yanjing and did not have much belongings with them. After that, they followed Lin Fu directly from Qingzhou to settle in Chongzhou - except for some money donated by the Yongchang Houfu, they had no other source of income.
It was a very embarrassing time.
Moreover, living under someone else’s roof, one’s heart is uncertain, anxious, and has no intention of cleaning up the place. Although the Hailing Palace occupies a corner of the old city, it does not have the grandeur of a palace, and looks like a run-down family that was once wealthy.
Lin Fu made an impromptu decision to go over to pay his respects to the Empress Dowager Liang last night. Yuan returned to power. As soon as Yuan Jinsheng and his son returned, there were many more cavalry in the old city to strengthen security along the streets. After dawn, a group of guards entered the palace directly.
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Seeing the guards of the Huaidong Military Division passing through the hall without explanation and setting up lookouts at the four corners of the courtyard wall, Zuo Guitang was so angry that he complained: "He is a shitty Marquis of Huaidong, but he is showing off
If you suspect that there is an assassin hiding in this house, whoever is willing to serve you will serve him!" Then he excused himself and hid in the house.
Miao Shuo pulled him and said: "Lie yourself under someone else's fence and you will be gone in a moment! If you and I are hiding, who will come to support the Queen Mother and the prince?" He lowered his voice and said, "Can we count on that dog Gao Qiang?"
Miao Shuo was originally the eunuch in charge of Yudong Palace Village. When Yudong evacuated the village and established a county, Miao Shuo could have returned to his hometown for retirement. In the end, he chose to go to Hailing to serve the Liang family, and he also brought the little things he had finally brought out from Yudong.
It was a rare act of loyalty for him to use his private money to support the daily expenses of the palace. Together with Zuo Guitang, he and Zuo Guitang took care of the daily life of the palace.
Huaidong set up an inspection department in the old city and stationed a guard. In addition to taking care of the guard work outside the palace, it did not care about the internal affairs of the palace - the internal affairs of the palace. The real people in power were not Miao Shuo or Zuo Guitang.
, not even King Hailing or the Queen Mother of Liang, but Shi Gaoqiang, the head of the palace sent by Jiangning after King Hailing took over Chongzhou.
The guard arrived early, but Lin Fu arrived late only after the sun had risen.
Surrounded by a group of cavalry, Lin Fu came on horseback and got off his horse in front of the palace. He saw the palace chief Shi Gaoqiang and Miao Shuo, and Zuo Guitang waiting outside the palace gate. Yuan Guizheng and his son were not seen, and he was heartbroken.
I am afraid that the father and son came to Chongzhou secretly, but they could not hide it from Gao Qiang.
Since the founding of the country by Emperor Gaozu, the long history system of the vassal king has been implemented, and its purpose is to use the long history to restrain the vassal king. On Gao Qiang's side, the authority of the long history is naturally more important, and almost every matter in the palace must have his approval.
It works.
After the Yingli Incident, Lin Fu hesitated again and again before sending King Hailing and the Queen Mother of Liang to settle in Hailing in order to obtain the land of Yudong, so that they could temporarily avoid the political whirlpool in Jiangning. However, Lin Fu did not want to do so according to his own wishes.
The new emperor felt that Huaidong was suspected of taking advantage of King Lu's self-respect; Jiangning sent Ren Changshi to the Hailing Palace to monitor the daily lives of Yuan Jianhai, the Empress Dowager Liang and others, and Lin Fu naturally would not hinder it.
Just because he did not want any armed forces outside the jurisdiction of the Huaidong Army to appear in Chongzhou, Lin Fucai set up an inspection department in the old city to be responsible for the security work outside the palace, but he had no interest in the internal affairs and guards of the palace.
When Gao Qiang went to Chongzhou to take up his post, Lin Fu met him and had no special impression of him. He only knew that he was a Jinshi scholar. He offended someone and was kicked out of the Jiangning household department and sat on the bench for several years. Gao Qiang went to Chongzhou to take up his post.
Later, Lin Fu also heard some rumors that he was too mean to everyone in the palace.
It's no wonder when you think about it. It took a long time for Jiangning to be designated as the new capital. Almost all Jiangning officials who had been sitting on the bench for many years were vacated and got official positions that could make a lot of money. Gao Qiang was kicked out to build the Hailing Palace.
Chang Shi, why don’t you complain?
Life in Prince Hailing's palace was already in embarrassment. Apart from the two thousand taels of silver allocated by Jiang Ning every year, there was no other income, and Gao Qiang naturally had no money to make money. Moreover, Prince Hailing was jealous of the new emperor, and the palace's long history was natural.
He was always on tenterhooks, fearing that some witch would come out during his tenure and risk his life and fortune. How could Gao Qiang not complain in his heart?
It is said that Jiang Ning allocated two thousand taels of silver, which was put into Gao Qiang's pocket, and very little was spit out. Even the Empress Dowager Liang often sent her maids to exchange some of the soft goods they brought with them in exchange for silver to support the nearly 100 people in the palace.
daily expenses.
Lin Fu didn't want to interfere in this matter, and according to the law, it was not his turn to control the internal affairs of Prince Hailing's palace, so he pretended to be deaf and dumb and pretended that he had never heard it.
Although the Empress Dowager Liang and King Hailing were no longer in power, Lin Fu still followed the rules and asked Miao Shuo to go in first to announce that he was waiting for "summoning" in the hanging flower hall - Miao Shuo suffered a year, but his strong
His body was not thin yet, and it was autumn weather. When the sun came up, the weather was hot. Miao Shuo ran around the yard, beads of sweat already appeared on his forehead, and shouted in a high voice: "The Queen Mother has an edict.
The Marquis of Huaidong, Lin Fujin, met..."
"We all obey the Queen Mother's decree." Lin Fu sang Nuo'er and Miao Shuo, Zuo Guitang, and Gao Qiang walked in.
The palace occupies a large area, but the courtyard is very shabby, and there are many weeds growing in the corners that have not been cleaned up.
The Queen Mother stayed in the Prince's Mansion at Hailing and had the third courtyard at the east end exclusively. She kept it tidy a little. Lin Fu walked through the corridor and unexpectedly bumped into a young girl in a cloth shirt holding a spinning hammer from the side.
"Ah!" When the guard behind him saw someone bumping into him unexpectedly, he pulled out his knife and was about to step forward to cut him off.
However, Lin Fu saw clearly that this girl was Princess Yuan Yan of Yangxin whom he had not seen for a long time. He quickly stopped the guards who were about to act violently and saluted Yuan Yan with fists in his hands: "Lin Fu was reckless and bumped into Her Royal Highness Princess Yuan Yan..." His eyes were filled with surprise.
Looking at Yuan Yan, she was wearing a batik coarse cloth dress and dozens of spinning hammers scattered on the floor. If her beautiful appearance had not changed, it would be difficult to associate her with a pampered clan girl.
"It was Yuan Yan who bumped into the Marquis. Please don't blame the Marquis..." Yuan Yan bowed her head and returned the greeting, then nervously leaned over to pick up the spinning hammer that had fallen to the ground.
"I'm here to help you..." Lin Fu knelt down, picked up a few yarn hammers scattered at his feet, and handed them to Yuan Yan's hands. He saw calluses on her originally delicate hands.
The coarse cloth dress on her body could be temporarily worn for acting, but the calluses on the palms of her hands were genuine. Lin Fu thought of the innocent little girl at the top of Yangxin City, and felt a pain in his heart - Yuan Yan left with the yarn hammer in her hands, and came to the corner of the corridor.
, turned his head and glanced at Lin Fu, with a faint smile hidden at the corner of his mouth that made Lin Fu feel very bright.
Lin Fu looked back calmly, only Gao Qiang's face was tense, feeling furious at Yuan Yan who suddenly came over.
Lin Fu narrowed his eyes and asked Miao Shuo with a smile. Zuo Guitang said: "The Hailing Palace is so embarrassed that it wants Princess Yuanyan to spin yarn in exchange for money to subsidize it?"
Gao Qiang's face became increasingly ugly, while Miao Shuo and Zuo Guitang were all smiling. They did not expect Lin Fu to make the decision for them, but exposing the matter made them feel better.
Gao Qiang forced a smile and said: "The national situation is difficult. Princess Yangxin knows the general principles and righteousness. She and her maid are spinning yarn to save money and help the country when it is in trouble. I am about to write a letter to the court..."
"Princess Yuan Yan encountered national calamity when she was young, and she and I fought against the enemy in Yangxin City, which is why she got the title of Yangxin. When such things are spread, it is always against the state. From my point of view, it is better not to be alarmed.
It’s better for the court.” Lin Fu said.
"What the Marquis said is true." When Gao Qiang saw Lin Fu gently touching him, he got off the slope.
No matter how much power the King of Lu and his family lost, no matter how depressed they were, they were still the clan kings, and Yuan Yan was still the princess canonized by the clan. Even though Emperor Yongxing had a grudge against King Lu and the Queen Mother of Liang, he ostensibly asked the clan government to allocate two thousand taels of silver every year.
I paid for it here because I didn't want to live a miserable life here and lose the face of the clan - Gao Qiang knew that if the news spread, even if it didn't do any harm to him, it would definitely not do any good.