"What? Someone in the Zu clan is already in Luoyang?" Shao Zhang was very surprised when he heard the news, because he didn't know.
Although it is normal not to know, after all, you are just the chief of the Zuo Jinwu Guard. You have just been named King of Qi, and the royal palace has not been established and have not entered the core confidential circle. But "
"Who is it?" he asked.
He glanced at him, and didn't want to say more.
"Don't worry, your uncle has bought a house in Luoyang, and you can live there in the future." Gai Hou looked at Zu Daozhong and said, "Your brother-in-law will come to see you at that time."
He said he was his brother-in-law, but he hadn't gotten married yet. He just gave the betrothal gift and Zu also agreed.
The "uncle" here was the grandfather invited his third brother Zu Ying. He was originally a consultant for the general's mansion. He was 66 years old and was in poor health. He had prepared a new dynasty important position for him, but he refused.
He was re-appointed as the attendant of the Sanqi, and finally accepted it.
This position is a recent position that the emperor asked. If he had no specific position, he was actually an advisor.
The emperor should not be able to give priority to the ancestors.
So most of the time he rested in Luoyang at home, ignored state affairs and contacted him specifically. He said that the family affairs of the Zu family were all at this moment, which was actually state affairs.
Zu Ying's youngest daughter is 18 years old. She had originally intended to marry into Jizhou, but now there have been changes. She will marry Shao next year and become the Princess of Chu.
Their family is a bit like a pie from the sky and comes from behind. But after careful consideration, the three brothers from the south who invited the three brothers to make a name for themselves and have the value of united front.
The person who went to contact was Xu Liu, the wife's brother-in-law of Zu Miao, who had been following Zu Miao as an aide.
After Zu Xun's death, he had no official position and was relatively free, so he secretly came to Luoyang.
The Xu brothers and sisters were born in Gaoyang Xu.
The eldest brother Xu Xia was originally a minister of the Jin Dynasty. He was forced to go to Guanzhong by Shao Xun, and finally "died in fear" in Lantian.
The second brother Xu Shi was "open-minded and generous", took the initiative to surrender, and made contributions when he attacked Hebei. He is now the Minister of the Yellow Sect (the fourth rank).
The third brother is this Xu Liu.
The three brothers, one who joined Emperor Jin Sima Chi, the other who joined Shao Xun, and the other who followed his brother-in-law Zu Miao to the south, was extremely standardized.
After hearing Gaihou's words, Zu Daozhong nodded.
Everyone around him told him that he was from Youzhou and should be close to Youzhou and Jizhou people, but he was born in Wu and had no impression of Hebei.
My uncle said that other brothers have official positions and keep a close eye on them. He was a young concubine living in a manor away from the city. No one cared about it. It would be better to come to Luoyang first. If there is something wrong in the future, his father would not be able to keep his children.
The truth is this truth, he vaguely understands it, but he doesn't understand what "if something happens".
But no one told him now. The King of Qi in front of him was staring at him, which made him slightly unnatural.
Xu Liu frowned, took two steps forward, protected Zu Dao behind him, gave a deep tribute, and said, "Gaoyang Xu Liu has seen the wise king."
Shao Zhang replied with a bow and said, "Since it is my second brother's personal book, I am my own family. You can do it yourself."
"The weather is not good, and it may be snowing again. It's best to leave today." Gaihou looked up at the sky and said.
"What the general said is very much." Xu Liu looked at the more than ten followers behind him, including Zu Daozhong, and said, "Pack up your bags and set off immediately."
Except for two or three people, the remaining ten people were all sharp-looking. They were all child servants during Zu Miao's lifetime. Most of them came from Youzhou, and there were even people with high noses and deep eyes. A few were strong refugees who went south to Jiangdong.
After hearing the order, they remained silent and began to organize their cars, pack horses, water and equipment.
Shao Zhang looked at it for a long time and secretly compared it with his elite soldiers in Nanyang. He found that it was comparable and he was a little surprised.
The soldiers my uncle gave were all in Nanyang and Guyang for many years. It seems that the Zu child servant had also been in battle many times, so he didn't give in too much.
Something interesting.
*******
After leaving Bianliang, the group headed to Xingyang.
On the way, Gai Hou greeted several people from the Zu family's child servants. It seemed that they had known each other before, which impressed Zu Daozhong very deeply.
I also realized that he might be really a native of the North, and his family's foundation is in Youzhou.
"The King of Chu has 10,000 households, but he doesn't know where the town is and how many guests can support?" Xu Liu asked on the back of the horse, his eyes rolled.
In this era, it is normal to talk about fiefs, diners, and private soldiers, and there is no need to avoid others. Because even the emperor requires his ministers to bring private soldiers to fight for him, why should he cover up?
However, the thickness of the cover is relatively cautious, and only said: "It is reported that it is at the junction of the two counties of Nanyang Tuanshui, Nanyang and Shunyang, and the area of ​​Xinye Northwest County."
Xu Liu felt relieved and asked again: "There are tens of thousands of households in the city, but how many are there?"
If there are 10,000 households in food, there are really only 10,000 households in each household, but there are only 10,000 households? No, this has not happened since ancient times.
The former Jin Dynasty was granted the title of the land, and the second kingdom was 65 miles in radius, and the great kingdom was 60 miles in radius. Pei Xiu was granted the title of the Marquis of Jichuan, and the second kingdom was marquis. Jichuanxu, Gaoyuan County, was the marquis of the Marquis. This place was only 60 miles in radius, which was the standard of the great kingdom. However, the Jichuanxu happened to be so large. In fact, it was impossible to split other complete areas for you. If you suffer some losses, just do it.
Of course, sometimes you may take advantage of it. Anyway, it’s just a big difference, so there’s no good one.
This is still the size of the region. There are other factors in reality, such as the size of the land, the number of disasters, the inconvenience of transportation, etc. The actual income of "ten thousand households" may vary greatly. This is the transition from real seal to virtual seal. When it comes to later dynasties in history, it is not certain. For example, the Qing Dynasty was completely monetized, which means that the court will pay salary according to your title level. The title is just a title, which has no connection with its corresponding area, and there is even no title, so there is only a level.
The King of Chu's fief was on the west bank of Tuoshui, which flowed through Nanyang and Xinye County. Like the King of Qi in Shaozhang, he enjoyed rent and had no actual jurisdiction.
At most, officials from the royal palace will be sent to coordinate with local officials to collect taxes.
"There are still five or six thousand households." Gai Hou said, "The natives of Jingzhou and half of the refugees in Guanxi are each."
"Is this the Nanyang Kingdom in the past?" Xu Liu asked.
"At most, Sany." Gai Hou said, "It's actually not easy to do. The owner of Kansai Dou Fort is still very fierce, and the natives of Nanyang are also mixed up.
What should you do if you are unwilling to pay food when you are in a war this year?"
Xu Liu felt a chill when he heard this.
In his opinion, local tyrants are just one of them, and they have not considered the behemoth of the Nanyang Le family.
What if someone secretly instructs him to stumbling over the King of Chu?
This king looks like he is poor, is it necessary to vote over?
Xu Liu was worried and planned to meet his brother first after going to Luoyang and listen to his opinions.
Around the Chinese New Year, you should have the opportunity to visit the King of Chu and see how he is.
If you have outstanding temperament, you can be outstanding, and even if it is more difficult in the early stage, it is worthy of effectiveness.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Gai Hou stopped talking and led thirty cavalry to escort the road. The group rushed to the east suburbs of Luoyang on the La Day and moved into Zu Ying's house.
*******
There was more than a copper stove in Zu Ying's study, which was very warm, and Xu Liu even felt a little hot in his cotton clothes.
However, Zu Ying was still tightly wrapped in a thick fur, looking weak.
After Gaihou finished the ceremony, he sighed secretly.
Zu Shining was also glorious back then and was elected as a scholar in Youzhou, but he disdained him and refused to be an official, so he continued to study at home to manage the industry.
But in the end, it is impossible to withstand the ruthless years. The current ancestors are still old and are about to die.
But you must survive this winter!
After waking up, I could live another year, and I just happened to get the marriage of King Chu.
"Yizu, what's wrong with Jiangnan?" Zu Ying asked everyone to sit down and asked.
"Not very good." Xu Liu sighed, "After my brother-in-law (invited by the ancestor), General Shi Shao (invited by the ancestor) temporarily led his troops, and only more than 30,000 people were scattered in the two states of Xu and Yang, and no order could be gathered. Jianye probably wanted to seize the military power of the Zu family."
"This is a inevitable thing." Zu Ying sighed, "Shi Zhi has been in charge of the army for many years, and the people of Jianye must be worried. Even if I am in Jianye, I will submit a memorial to do this. How many people can the scholar master?"
"At most half." Xu Liu said, "He is not his brother-in-law after all."
"Half is already a lot." Zu Ying said, "What is Shi Yan (Zuna) doing recently?"
"Intoxicated in Go is called "forget about worries." Xu Liu said sarcastically.
Zu Ying sighed.
Among the six brothers in the Zu family, he is the third, Zuna's fourth, Zuxun's fifth, and Zuoyou's sixth.
Zu Miao and Zu Yi were both mothers and brothers, and Zu Na was not the same mother as them.
Among the three brothers, Zu Xun and Zu Yue were very close and had a bad relationship with Zuna.
Zu Yi may also focus on maintaining friendship in the family, but Zu Yue is not so particular, and he has a very poor relationship with Zuna.
Even Sima Rui and Wang Dao knew about the three brothers. After finding that they were really difficult to reconcile, they chose Zu Miao and Zu Ao, and abandoned Zu Na. So Zu Na "lived in leisure, but just talked about it and was just about reading literature and history."
"The family is like this." Zu said in a tone of regret, "Shi Zhi is also responsible for this matter. He is too indulgent to be too arrogant."
Xu Liu was inconvenient to talk about the family affairs of the Zu family, so he just listened to it.
"How did Director Wang plan to deal with Shi Shao?" Zu Yingwen asked,
"Liu Kun has crossed the river to Guangling. It seems that Director Wang doesn't want to see Major General Shi still stationed in the north of the Yangtze River." Xu Liu said, "This place is too dangerous."
Who said no!
If Zu Yue rebelled, he would cross the river and arrive in Jianye. Who could bear it?
Of course, this does not mean that the people of Jianye really think that Zu Yue has the opposite intention. In fact, this is a normal restriction.
This army was founded by Zu Miao in Huaiyin. After fighting for so many years, the whole army has respected Zu Miao very much.
Zu Yue also entered the army very early and had a certain prestige for his brother.
If you were Sima Rui, you didn’t want to restrict it? The position of the army commander is still the same. Is it true?
However, they were also very clear about the actual situation and were worried about forcing Zuyi to rebel, so they did not force it. Instead, they used softer means to send Liu Kun across the river first, using his fame and prestige to differentiate and win over some generals.
Next, I guess I would change Zuyue’s troops to another place and leave Xuzhou’s old nest so as not to respond when I really rebel.
In the end, he probably summoned his ancestors to join Jianye as an official, offered high positions and completely seized his military power.
The whole process takes a long time and takes more effort. It also requires a lot of benefits and rewards, but it is more secure. If you change someone, such as Liangzi, he may not do this, but will do it directly in one step——””
"What does Master Shi say?" Zu Ying looked at Xu Liu and asked.
"Major General Shi said that Sima Rui is not kind, don't blame him for being unrighteous. This is his brother's foundation and he will never give it to others. If the emperor of Daliang dares to accept it, he will dare to surrender." Xu Liu said, "I will be the pioneer and attack Jianye directly."
"Meng Lang." Zu Ying said, "As far as I know, Your Majesty still wants to solve Xiliang first. Jiangbei is not just a military army. If he rebels now and no one can respond, his fate will be worrying."
"What should I do?" Xu Liu became anxious when he heard this.
"I'm Sima Rui, and Director Wang will have no time to cook for a while." Zu Ying shook his head and said, "He only needs to fight Liu Kun now."
Xu Liuruo had some insights.
The Zen period of Jin and Liang dynasties has been dozens of days, and the people of Jianye should have known that such major events have not spread slowly.
In this way, what will they do?
Obviously, when the members of the group of officials persuaded him to advance, Sima Rui, who had long been "in charge of the country" for many years, ascended the throne and became emperor.
Chapter completed!