Chapter Sixty-Nine: King Wu
"Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said, the prince Yang Yun, talented, intelligent, talented, sent an envoy to Liuyi, rejuvenated with wonderful hands, healed the queen mother, persuaded the king of Khan, signed an alliance, so that the people of the two countries will not be destroyed. The whole dynasty is up and down, praising its merits, and now the prince Yang Yun is the king of Wu, and the fief of Wu County ......" In the palace of the thirteen princes, an elderly eunuch read out the holy decree in a sharp voice.
After reading the decree and thanking Yang Yun, he immediately stood up and stuffed a gold ingot into the eunuch who announced the decree. Although he is the crown prince, he also knows that although these eunuchs in the palace have no authority, they cannot be offended at will.
"Wu County!" Yang Yun muttered the name in his mouth, but he didn't have the slightest impression of this place.
After sending off the eunuch and his party, Yang Yun had the opportunity to gather the people he trusted the most to discuss the issue of this fiefdom.
Ju Yuanguang took out a thumbnail map of Dafu's terrain and pointed out the location of Wu County to Yang Yun, seeing this location, and listening to the introduction of this location by a few people, Yang Yun couldn't help but be confused, is this to give himself a fiefdom, or to distribute himself?
Is this fiefdom big? Big, not only big, it is also the largest county in Dafu. But at the same time, it is also the county town with the smallest number of people in Dafu.
Wu County is located in Yunzhou, is the northwestern direction of Dafu a county, it is located in Dafu and Zhengguo, Chu and Yue three countries of the junction, the county's terrain is mainly unclimbable mountains, suitable for human habitation of the area is only the whole county in the land area of one percent.
Due to its location in a mountainous area, there is very little land suitable for farming, and transportation is extremely inconvenient. Of the 100,000 people here, nearly half of them have never even left Wu County in their lives. Such geographical conditions have led to the fact that this place is very poor, and the feudal superstition is extremely serious. Successive county commanders of Wu County, several of them simply resigned from the official position, and did not want to be an official here.
These are still not the most serious, due to poverty, coupled with the exploitation of the gods and the government, many people are forced to go up the mountain to become bandits, and this situation is getting more and more serious, resulting in several bandits here. The power of these bandits is no less than that of the local government, which has no strength to suppress bandits at all, and there is even a phenomenon that the county order pays money and grain to the bandits, so that the bandits can guarantee their safety.
When Ju Yuanguang told these members of Yang Yun's forces about these situations in Wu County, everyone fell into silence, and the conditions were too bad. How could this place be used as a fief, it seems that some people in the court don't want Yang Yun to have a good time, and I don't know what considerations Emperor Fu has for sending his son to such a place.
"Young master, can you think of a way to dredge it up and change a fief?" Tie Feng said.
"Of course this is impossible, this fiefdom must be deliberately done by all the forces of the DPRK and China, and it is impossible for them to make concessions." Zhong Wenrui said lightly.
"Actually, it's not that unbearable, this fief still has some benefits. For example, the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, and it is not easy to be affected by some major changes in the court. Also, although this Wu County borders the State of Chu and Zheng and the State of Yue, in addition to the fact that the State of Yue can be directly reached, the border with the State of Zheng and Chu is a high mountain, and I have never heard of anyone crossing the border from here. And Yue is a weak and small country, which has always relied on Da Fu to survive, and resolutely did not dare to send troops to Da Fu, so this has become the rear of several countries in the confrontation. As soon as Longo, who doesn't like to talk, said this, several people next to him were quite intelligent characters, and they all felt that it made sense.
"What Long Ye said is very reasonable, and there are some advantages. It's a very remote place, and there are many high mountains, so there must be an abundance of products in it. Also, there are many bandits in the fiefdom, and the emperor will definitely agree to the young master's request to expand the garrison, and he definitely doesn't want his son to die there! Ju Yuanguang said with a smile.
"No matter what the conditions are, since we have given me this fief, we must go, otherwise it will be a rebellion, but fortunately there are still three months to prepare, and we can summon some skilled craftsmen in all aspects. And recruit some private soldiers, the court stipulates that the prince can have 500 private soldiers, and the queen can have 2,000 private soldiers, but the silver taels we have earned with great difficulty in the past two years may be spent again. Yang Yun said.
In the evening, news came from several channels that the reason why Yang Yun was sealed to Wu County this time was because of the power group to which the prince belonged.
Yang Yun thinks that he is still very low-key and never provokes others, but this prince targets himself again and again. It seems that he has to fight back appropriately, otherwise this prince really thinks he is muddy.
He found Yan Feifei and asked her and Zheng Xiaoqi to pay more attention to the situation of the prince's forces during this time, and strive to give his eldest brother an unforgettable "gift" before leaving for the fiefdom.
Yang Yun and his subordinates were in full swing to prepare for going to Wu County, and during this period, another major event happened in the court. Liuyi sent envoys to Xijing, and they also brought many gifts to apologize for the attack on the Dafu mission by some of the Liuyi. At the same time, they proposed that in order to consolidate the alliance between the two countries, they were willing to marry Dafu.
And the marriage launched by Liuyi is Yang Yun's sworn brother, the fourth prince of Liuyi, Tuoba Du. After some discussion, King Fu decided to marry the ninth princess Yang Ying to the fourth prince of Liuyi.
In the end, the two sides agreed that the fourth prince of Liuyi, Tuoba Du, went to Xijing in person to marry the ninth princess of Dafu.
Hearing this news, Yang Yun couldn't help but secretly laugh, Tuoba Du actually wanted to become a pair with Yang Ying. According to the personalities of the two, after getting married, his second brother will be eaten to death by Yang Ying, who has a pungent personality.
"Old Thirteen, you said that the alliance between these two countries will use us women as bargaining chips, what is this, who is willing to marry into the barbarian place of Liuyi, I went to find my father and fifth brother, and they didn't want to help me. You've been to Liuyi, you should have seen the fourth prince of Liuyi, what is that person like? If my character is not good, I will not marry if I die, and then I will flee to your fiefdom, where the mountains are high and the roads are far away, and they have nothing to do with me. When Yang Ying came to find Yang Yun, her eyes were red and she seemed to have cried.
The status of women in this era is very low, even Yang Ying is a princess, and her mother is still the favorite concubine of Emperor Fu, and her marriage cannot be decided by herself. Thinking of this, Yang Yun couldn't help but feel sad for these women.
"I not only know the fourth prince Tuobada, but also have a very good relationship, he is the person I can talk to the most in Liuyi, this guy likes to practice martial arts, and he is righteous and ......." Concerning the lifelong events of his brother-in-law, Yang Yun of course praised Tuoba Du fiercely, but he also felt from the bottom of his heart that with Tuoba Du's personality, Yang Ying should be very happy to marry him.
"Is this guy really that good?" Yang Ying was a little skeptical, but she felt much better. Born in the royal family, in fact, she also knows in her heart that there is no way to shirk this matter, and she just hopes to marry a husband who is better to her.
"Old Thirteen, this is what you said, if you see someone and it's not as good as you say, I'll say bad things about you at Chi Li's girl and make your things yellow." Yang Ying put down this sentence and turned to leave, leaving Yang Yun with a helpless face.
The matter of the prince finally has a little eyebrows, but it is Zheng Xiaoqi, who is in charge of the news in the middle and lower nine streams of Xijing City, who got the news. Zheng Xiaoqi's Sanxiong Gang had a daughter who helped the neighbors and was taken into the mansion by the son of Taifu Shaoqing, but a corpse was sent the next day.
The neighbor went around complaining, but was rejected by several yamen on the grounds that there was "no witness evidence". And this Taifu Shaoqing is the protégé of Taishi Ji Xiangran, a loyal supporter of the prince, and these officials of the yamen obviously dare not offend the prince.
It didn't take much effort for the people of the Flying Eagle Department to find the witnesses and evidence of that day, and they helped the sufferer contact the people of the Xiangwang. There is an opportunity to make the prince deflated, of course King Xiang will not let it go, this time, not only let the son of Taifu Shaoqing go to prison, but also let a few princely officials who were shielded lose their officials. This time, the prince was furious, and scolded the young secretary of the Taifu Dynasty, accusing him of not being strict with his godson.
All these things made Yang Yun, who was in the mood of watching the excitement, very happy, and finally calculated a sigh of grievance.