Chastity Layman

In the western suburbs of Chang'an, Xiwei Bridge, also known as Bianqiao.

When it was built in the Han Dynasty, it was called the Bian Bridge because it was opposite to the Bianmen Gate of Chang'an City in the Han Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, it was commonly called Xianyang Bridge by the people.

Suddenly, the two armies faced each other across a Wei Bridge that was more than one mile long.

Qin Qiong camp.

Qin Lang led Xu Jingzong, Wei Chang, Ah Huang and others to come to announce the decree.

"Under the door, the system said: The capital is Yinfu, and the secrets are kept secret. The police and patrols are suppressed, and the duties are particularly important... Xuanfeng is a herdsman, and relatives and virtuous people are sent. General Zuowei envoys Chijieliang Gangua Shansu, Huilan River, Kyushu, the military governor of Liangzhou, the governor of Shangzhu State, Qi State Duke Qiong, served as Weixin, and made contributions to Ernan, Dian Rong Fuhua, and his achievements are prepared."

"It is appropriate to take pictures of the nine gates, and to be in charge of the eight schools. It can be the governor of Yongzhou, the general of the town army, and the general of the left guard, the envoy of Chijie Lianggangua, Shansu, Huilan River, Kyushu, the military governor of Liangzhou, the governor of Shangzhu State, Qi Guogong, as before. "

It is a rare honor for a son to declare the decree to his father himself, or to seal the decree.

After Qin Lang finished reading, Qin Qiong accepted the order.

After the decree was handed over, Qin Lang quickly switched directions with Qin Qiong, and crossed his hands to congratulate Qin Lang, "Congratulations, my lord!"

The decree just now was a very careful wording of praise, to the effect that Yongzhou Mu, as the governor of Gyeonggi, has a very important position, and he must choose capable and loyal ministers. As for Qin Qiong, he has a high prestige in the army and a good record, so now the emperor specially worships Qin Qiong as the important post of Yongzhou Mu, and also adds a level of loose official to Qin Qiong.

It turned out that Qin Qiong was a martial rank of the third-rank champion general, and now he was officially promoted to the second-rank martial rank of the town army general.

In addition, Qin Qiong is still allowed to continue to serve as the governor of Liangzhou.

Yongzhou pastor and Liangzhou governor were formerly held by Li Shimin. After that, Yang Gongren presided over the Yongzhou Yamen, and Li Youliang took over Liangzhou. However, when Yang Gongren presided over Yongzhou, he was only presided over by the second official who was engaged in governance.

After Yang Gongren, Gao Shilian took this position, and then Li Daozong took over. Now that Li Daozong was injured, Li Shimin asked Qin Qiong to take over, but it was not Yongzhou Biejia or Zhizhong who was an adjutant, but directly gave the post of Yongzhou Mu. And still concurrently served as the governor of Liangzhou Metropolis.

This trust is unparalleled.

Qin Qiong was surprised to hear that.

"Yongzhou Shepherd has a special position. How dare I, a foreign minister with a different surname, take up the position? I shall resign to Your Majesty!"

"Grandpa, in fact, His Majesty's will is very obvious. King Jiang Xia was originally chosen by His Majesty to command the Chang'an defense battle, but he was injured in an accident, and now he can't continue to take care of things, so he can only use someone else. Now it is the Ministry of War. Shangshu Duke Du is acting as the presiding officer, but Duke Du is a civil servant after all."

After all, Qin Qiong was the number one general under Li Shimin's command when he dived into the dragon. He cannot be faulted in terms of ability or loyalty. Hejian King Li Xiaogong, such as Liu Hongji, Changsun Shunde, and Li Yi, Li Jing, and Li Shiji, all had military prestige and seniority no worse than Qin Qiong.

But these people are not caring enough or trustworthy enough for Li Shimin.

So who can replace Li Daozong, you can rest assured that the one who presides over Chang'an Changfang is Qin Qiong who has come to King Qin and won a big victory.

"Grandpa might as well take over first, and it won't be too late to resign after the Turks are defeated."

The position of Yongzhou Mu is indeed too important. For example, the Kaifeng Governor in the Northern Song Dynasty, this kind of important position is usually held by the prince, and the prince is often held by the prince. In fact, an important minister is appointed as the deputy to actually preside over it.

Historically, at the beginning of Zhenguan, Yang Gongren did serve as the shepherd of Yongzhou for several years after he was dismissed, but in the end he was transferred to the governor of Yangzhou, and finally transferred to the governor of Luozhou. In the middle and late stages of Zhenguan, the governor of Yongzhou, the governor of the capital, or the governors of the capital later, were no longer easily awarded to foreign ministers.

However, if Li Shimin wants to use Qin Qiong as the commander of the Chang'an Defense War, it is indeed appropriate to let him take up the post of Yongzhou Shepherd for the time being, so that he can suppress Li Xiaogong, Liu Hongji, Sun Shunde and other senior generals. Before the battle, Qin Qiong was given another level of martial arts, and he was directly promoted to the general of the town army.

This is the second rank of martial arts, whether it is Liu Hongji or Changsun Shunde, they are all third ranks and third ranks.

Regardless of the second-rank martial rank, this is equivalent to the title of general awarded by the founding of the later generations in the Tang Dynasty. After all, although there are higher generals of hussars and generals of the auxiliary country, they have not been awarded to anyone now.

Qin Qiong simply tidied up, and asked the family to bring the old iron gun and his own soldiers to escort Wu Meichuo to wait for the captives to return to Chang'an.

The father and son, one wearing a scarlet cloak of dark gold armor, and the other embroidered brocade gown with a thousand bull knife, walked side by side.

"I missed the enthronement ceremony of His Majesty this time, otherwise I would definitely ask His Majesty not to reward you so highly."

From Qin Qiong's point of view, although Qin Lang has made some contributions to the emperor, he is young after all. At this age, he has sealed 1,000 households, ranking eighth in the list of meritorious officials, which is too conspicuous.

"Aye, aren't the An brothers also enshrined as dukes?"

"That's different!"

Qin Qiong, who had just returned from Liangzhou, was very clear about the inside story of the An's brothers being able to become the duke of the state. The An's family was originally a powerful family in Hexi for generations. Since the Northern Wei Dynasty, the An family has lived in Liangzhou for generations, and has gradually become a local rich and famous family.

In the early years of Wude, An Xinggui lived in Chang'an, while An Xiuren was in Liangzhou. One was Li Yuan and the other was Li Gui. Later, An Xinggui asked Li Yuan to go to Hexi to persuade Li Gui to join him, and Li Yuan believed him tentatively, so An Xinggui went to Hexi alone without a single soldier.

Later, An Xinggui lived up to Li Yuan's expectations. Through his brother An Xiuren under Li Gui, he finally succeeded in killing Li Gui, the emperor of Xiliang, and persuaded the entire Xiliang force to surrender to Li Yuan in Chang'an. For this reason, the An brothers And seal the country, all of them are sealed.

And even if the An brothers all entered Chang'an as officials and served as generals, in fact, at this time, in the land of Hexi, the An family had a huge influence. Still big.

The influence of the An brothers in Hexi is the same as Li Yi's influence in Youzhou and Li Shiji's influence in Shandong.

Generally speaking, the An brothers are actually the representatives of the Hexi local tyrants in the court. In order to control the Hexi area, Li Yuan was extremely polite to the An brothers and these two representatives.

This is like Li Yuan's treatment of Li Yi, Li Shiji, Feng An of Lingnan and other powerful chieftains.

But in the final analysis, these people were suspected and guarded by the court, just like Du Fuwei was killed not long after he entered the court, and he would be killed if he found an opportunity. These people will always become people trusted by the emperor.

This is true for Li Yuan as emperor, and it is the same for Li Shimin as emperor.

Qin Qiong and his son are different, Qin Qiong is Li Shimin's confidant.

"Your Uncle Cheng only sealed seven hundred households."

Qin Lang smiled, "This time the meritorious officials are not simply judged by their merits. If they really want to be judged by their merits, then I say that Li Jing has made great contributions to the country, and at least he should be awarded one thousand five thousand three thousand , but actually, there are only three hundred households.”

Hou Junji was originally just a small officer of the fifth rank, but because he controlled Li Yuan that day, he directly ranked first in terms of merit this time. There is also Zhang Liang, who is also a small officer in the Qin Palace, and he is also the Duke of the State. As for Gongsun Wuda, Li Mengchang and others, they were originally only Li Shimin's bodyguards, and they all had to be sealed. Isn't it because they followed Li Shimin's bloody mutiny to seize the throne that day?

In this way, Qin Lang's achievements are not less than Hou Junji, and of course much higher than Gongsun Wuda and others.

As for people like Pei Ji and Li Yi, it was just to appease them.

"You are still young, so there is no need to stare at these things closely. Your Majesty is a merciful and compassionate person. If you follow his brother, you will not treat him badly. You could have given it up properly."

Qin Qiong always believed that it would be better for Qin Lang to be in the mid-back position among the forty-six heroes.

Qin Lang felt that I earned all of this with my own ability, even with my life. There is no need to push it, it would be hypocritical. After all, not to mention the Xuanwu Sect, but Li Yuan, the king of Pingyouzhou, that is also a great achievement. In history, Wang Junkuo sealed 1,300 households with this merit.

Qin Lang looked at his son who was becoming more and more heroic and confident immediately, and couldn't help but said, "It's easy to break just now."

"It's okay. I'm the emperor's son-in-law now. With this kind of relationship, I'm no longer an ordinary foreign minister. Don't you understand, grandpa?"

Qin Qiong shook her head and smiled wryly, "Oh, yes."

"That Zheng Shisanniang is still in your house? How do you plan to arrange her?" Qin Qiong thought of another thing.

"Do you want to send it to Qinrenfang?"

Qin Qiong was taken aback, "What are you sending me there for?"

"Zheng Shisanniang is very good-looking and talented. I think it's better to let her go to Qinrenfang to teach the younger sisters etiquette and be a lady."

The tutoring of Zheng's family in Xingyang is very strict. The girl has been trained in various talents and rules since she was a child. Qin Lang thought it would be good for her to be the tutor of Qin's family.

"Grandpa, you are often not at home, and Mrs. Cui has to take care of the whole house alone. There must be some places where you can't take good care of your younger sisters. It's better to ask Shisanniang Zheng to help."

Qin Qiong looked at Qin Lang, "You were so taboo and risky before and wanted to take in Zheng's daughter. I thought you had a crush on her."

Qin Lang just chuckled, "I'm serious, Zheng Shisanniang is really good at tutoring younger sisters."

"Are you really willing?"

"There's nothing to be reluctant about."

Qin Qiong smiled and said, "In fact, since your majesty has given her to you, it means that your majesty has actually put her at your disposal, including you taking her as a concubine. The daughter of the Zheng family is also very pitiful. You and her are so tied up. It can be regarded as some fate, it is better to accept it."

Qin Lang admits that he is greedy and lustful, and that Zheng Shisanniang is the best choice in all aspects, but right now, the relationship between the two is a bit complicated, and he doesn't want to do something like that overlord.

Just like Yu Xiao, Lang has affection and concubines, which is in line with his temperament.

Even if she is lustful, there is a bottom line. It is too scumbag to lure and coerce with money and power.

Qin Qiong admits that he can't understand his son anymore, and he still does things in his own way, even reckless, but many things seem to be quite reasonable after he said so. After these recklessness, he seems to hide something deliberately. And for it.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help doubting his guess, his son was only sixteen, shouldn't impulsiveness and recklessness be the behavior he should have at his age? If he is wily and calculating, it would be terrible if he is too rational, right?

I'm afraid even the emperor would prefer to see the impulsive and reckless Qin Lang, right?