Chapter VII Yongzhou Pastoral

At the beginning of the second year after the death of Emperor Taishang, Li Shimin startled the princes of the Tang Dynasty.

Almost all the princely titles have come to a major adjustment.

Not only these brothers of the emperor, but also the titles of the two sons were changed, and the title of King Wei was finally transferred from Li Lingkui's side to Li Tai's head; And Li Ke's title has finally become the King of Wu that Li Yuanjia is familiar with, and it seems that everything has returned to what he remembers.

Of course, Li Yuanjia, as a science student, didn't know that his younger brother Li Lingkui's title did not become King Yan as in history, but inherited his King Yu......

Li Yuanjia just knew that behind the major adjustment of the title, it would be the rotation of the princes' fiefdoms!

"Where will I go if I leave Luzhou?"

Since receiving the news yesterday, Li Yuanjia has been in a nervous mood, just like after filling in the college entrance examination volunteer back then. It's just that after the college entrance examination, it is decided which university he will enter, and where the next fief is will be decided where Li Yuanjia will spend his life!

If not for a lifetime, I'm afraid I'll have to stay for many years.

So the next morning, Li Yuanjia didn't have the heart to continue writing, but took a rough map of the Tang Dynasty to write and draw there - if it was in Shaanxi and Henan, it would be the best, Shanxi and Shandong seemed to be okay, and no matter how bad it was, the generation of Sichuan, Hubei, Jiangsu and Zhejiang would also make a living, and the most afraid thing was to go further south, which would be miserable......

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A few days later, Daxing Palace.

"Your Majesty, the minister has something to say."

Standing a step forward, the eldest grandson Wuji said in a deep voice: "It stands to reason that Your Majesty has already set a new fief for your kings, and the ministers should not say much, but ...... With King Han assuming the position of Yongzhou pastor, should His Majesty think about it again? Although King Han is very smart, he is still young after all, so if he rashly gives him a heavy responsibility......"

After listening to Eldest Sun Wuji's words, the others all quieted down.

It stands to reason that the title and fief of the Prince of the Tang Dynasty are royal affairs, and since the emperor has drawn up a plan and list, everyone just takes a look and goes through the motions. But none of the important ministers present today expected that Li Shimin would hand over the position of Yongzhou Mu to Li Yuanjia, that is, the current King of Han!

Except for Fang Xuanling, everyone else was shocked.

The so-called Yongzhou is one of the nine states in China, which was originally the collective name of the northwest area. Then by the time of the Sui and Tang dynasties, the area represented by the word Yongzhou had completely changed. And when it comes to the first year of Tang Xuanzong's first year, Yongzhou will change a name that will be more familiar to future generations - Jingzhao Mansion!

Therefore, Yongzhou, which has been in Zhenguan for ten years, is the collective name of Chang'an and its surrounding areas.

The so-called pastoral is an official position.

The meaning of pastoral is to manage, and in ancient times, when it was divided into Kyushu, the chief of a state was the pastor, and the state pastor was the meaning of the chief of a state. During the Han Dynasty, there were also state pastors, and when Emperor Ling of the Eastern Han Dynasty suppressed the peasant uprising, he set up a state pastor to control the military and political power of a state, for example, Liu Biao was the pastor of Jingzhou, Yuan Shao was the pastor of Jizhou, etc., and the power was very great, almost the meaning of the pattern of the feudal town.

Although the Tang Dynasty divided the world into more than 300 states, it no longer placed pastors, but replaced them with thorns.

Previously, Li Yuanjia served as the assassin of Luzhou, which means the governor of a state.

However, there are only three exceptions, that is, Chang'an, the capital of Beijing, Luoyang, the eastern capital, and Taiyuan, the northern capital, which are antique and pastoral, and all of them are served by the prince. And the previous Yongzhou Mu was Li Yuanjia's sixth brother, and the current Jing King Li Yuanjing!

So when they heard that Li Shimin planned to let Shiyi Lang serve as the pastor of Yongzhou, everyone was so surprised.

Just listened to the words of the eldest grandson Wuji, but Li Shimin was noncommittal, just smiled and looked at the other person: "Xuanling, what do you think of what Wuji said?" ”

Shangshu's left servant shoots Fang Qiao, the word Xuanling.

And when he heard the emperor go to ask Fang Xianggong, the eldest grandson Wuji's brows couldn't help frowning slightly, and he sighed secretly in his heart: How can he, who is exquisite in the court, not know the relationship between Li Yuanjia and Fang Xuanling? The emperor is now going to ask Fang Xianggong's opinion, how much does this mean?

Sure enough, Fang Xuanling bowed slightly, and said: "Your Majesty, although King Han is young, he is steady, smart and studious, and he even made a Quyuan plow before...... This is a great contribution to my Datang! Moreover, the pastor of Yongzhou has always been idle, and he does not need to manage the actual government affairs, so the minister thinks that this matter is not unavoidable. ”

“……”

As soon as Fang Xuanling's voice fell, not only the eyes of the eldest grandson Wuji sank, but Wei Zheng and the others next to him also rolled their eyelids, and secretly gave Fang Xuanling a look of contempt.

The Yongzhou pastor of the Tang Dynasty is naturally incomparable with the state pastor at the end of the Han Dynasty.

And, in fact, the post of state chaplain was either vacant or held by the princes, and most of the time it was a decoration, that is, nothing. In the original history, after Li Yuanjing stepped down as the pastor of Yongzhou, he would be succeeded by Li Tai, the king of Wei, who was two years younger than Li Yuanjia, and basically never really performed the duties of a state pastor.

So Fang Xuanling's words are actually not wrong.

It's just that everyone knows the relationship between him and Li Yuanjia, and they also know that King Han will be the son-in-law of the Duke of Wei in the future, so many people secretly despise Fang Xuanling's words without changing his color. It's just that there are opinions in my heart, and what the emperor and Fang Xianggong said is also reasonable, and everyone really can't find fault.

Anyway, Yongzhou Mu is served by the prince, and he has no real power, why can't he choose the king of Han?

It's just that while everyone else was silent, secretly pondering the true intention of the emperor's move, Fang Xuanling secretly shook his head in his heart and smiled bitterly.

If possible, he would never want his future son-in-law to stay in Chang'an City.

Although he still doesn't know what the emperor thinks, there is no doubt that if a nobleman like Li Yuanjia can endure loneliness, he will definitely be a hundred times stronger in the local area than staying in Chang'an!

Chang'an, the center of the Tang Dynasty, is a place of right and wrong.

And as a prince, it is destined that Li Yuanjia will not be able to make political or military achievements in his life, even if he stays in this whirlpool and rolls, in addition to being able to enjoy the prosperity of Chang'an City, how can he compare to the lord of the state in other aspects?

It's just that the emperor's will is not allowed to be violated by Fang Xuanling.

In the final analysis, Fang Xuanling is not Wei Zheng who wants to survive by making blunt advice, and he knows more about the emperor than Wei Zheng, knowing that Li Shimin has made a decision this time, and it is not something that others can change at all......

Sure enough, after listening to Fang Xuanling's words, Li Shimin's face suddenly showed a look of satisfaction.

Next, the emperor didn't even give others a chance to speak, and directly waved his hand and said: "Then that's it, the other kings will change their fiefs according to what Fang Cai said, and Li Yuanjia, the king of Han, will be transferred back to Chang'an to serve as the ...... of Yongzhou."