Chapter 445: Qinghe Family

This Qinghe is a county, which is under the jurisdiction of the state of Bei. Beizhou has jurisdiction over seven counties: Qinghe, Wucheng, Zhangnan, Liting, Qingyang, Juan and Xiajin, and the state administration is in Qinghe County.

If Chang'an is the political, economic and cultural center of the Tang Dynasty, then Qinghe County is the center of the entire Shandong scholar family.

There are five prosperous families such as the Cui family, the Zhang family, and the Song family, as well as some scholars who have declined. The Boling Cui clan and some scholars in the south also moved out from Qinghe.

Li Shimin chose to cross the Qing River after conquering Goryeo, and the purpose of this is clear to everyone. This is clearly a demonstration to the Shandong scholars. These nobles were extremely prestigious among the people, even greater than the royal family. Especially in the birthplace of these families, the grandeur of their counties is amazing. In these places, the words spoken by the officials appointed by the imperial court were not even as useful as those of the patriarchs of the family.

This victory came to Qinghe to improve the prestige of the imperial court and the royal family in these places.

The sun was past noon. There was no sun in the sky, only clouds. In the whistling autumn wind, at the Shili Pavilion outside Qinghe County, a group of people were looking forward to the north.

The pavilion of this ten-mile pavilion is not large, and it can accommodate seven or eight people at most. At this time, there were five old men sitting in the pavilion, and the rest of them were all standing neatly outside the pavilion, respectfully looking to the north.

The five old men in the pavilion are the five patriarchs of the Qinghe Fifth Family.

The Qinghe family mentioned here does not refer to Qinghe County, but to Qinghe County. In the Han Dynasty, Qinghe County was placed under the jurisdiction of this place. And in the Northern and Southern Dynasties and the Sui Dynasty, it was still like this. During the Wude period, it was only then that Beizhou was placed under the jurisdiction of this place.

Among the Qinghe families, the Cui family and the Zhang family are the families of Qinghe County, while the Song family is from Qingyang County, the Sun family is from Wucheng County, and the Li family is from Liting County. In addition to these five families, there are more than ten third-rate families, these families are only small officials such as county magistrates in their ancestors, and now, there are sons and nephews who serve as small officials in the local area, so they have not declined. In addition, there are not a few families in the decline of Qinghe. Among them, their ancestors were officials, and since then, they have been unemployed, guarding a few acres of thin fields at home, living hard, or simply becoming prodigals, messing around in various counties.

Third-rate families and those from declining families are simply not qualified to sit in this pavilion.

"Hehe, Brother Cui, tell me why His Majesty hasn't arrived yet?" An old man sitting on the south side of the pavilion looked up at the sky and said to the old man opposite.

This old surname is Cui, and he must be the patriarch of the Cui family. I only heard him say slowly with a smile on his face: "Brother Song, if you ask this, how does the old man know?" Your Majesty's visit to Qinghe is a blessing for Qinghe, and I am waiting for you here! ”

When the patriarch of the Song family heard this, he even claimed that it was.

At this time, the patriarch of the Zhang family, who was sitting next to the patriarch of the Cui family, said: "Your Majesty's conquest of Goryeo, success in one fell swoop, the destruction of Goryeo and the placement of Liao and Fuyu Prefectures, the world is said to be Your Majesty's merits, comparable to the Qin Emperor and Han Wu." Now that His Majesty has returned victoriously, he has made a special trip to my Qinghe, which is indeed my luck to Qinghe! ”

When the patriarch of the Zhao family of the Sun family heard this, he immediately smiled and agreed.

After saying this, there was silence in the pavilion again. The autumn wind passed through this pavilion, bringing a hint of coolness, and couldn't help but make the five old men shrink a little.

At this time, I saw a black spot in the north gradually rushing towards me, but a knight wearing bright light armor and a horizontal sword hanging from his waist rushed over.

As soon as he arrived outside the Ten Mile Pavilion, the knight turned over and dismounted, and the action was really like walking with a cloud of water, without the slightest sense of stagnation. After dismounting, the knight saluted everyone present, and said loudly: "Your Majesty's car is still ten miles away from here, and you will be ready to drive to all the villagers!" ”

When they heard this, the five chiefs stood up and came to the knight on crutches.

"Dare to ask the little brother, how many people are there with Your Majesty, and how many carriages and horses are there, I can prepare to meet Your Majesty!" The patriarch of the Zhang family asked.

The knight smiled: "Your Majesty has a total of forty-two ministers of civil and military affairs, and three hundred soldiers!" ”

"Oh!" The patriarch of the family said with a smile: "The old man looks at the little brother's posture and is extraordinary, he must have a high position!" ”

The knight smiled embarrassedly: "The kid is His Majesty's personal guard, and he has no position to speak of!" As he spoke, the knight's face turned pale, "Fellow villagers, the boy can't stay here for long, he has to go back to his life!" Say goodbye first! ”

So saying, he turned over his horse, raised his whip, and galloped north.

Looking at the distant figure of the knight, the Cui family patriarch smiled and said, "Your Majesty's personal guard? Could it be the 'Hundred Riders'? This was selected by a general named Zhang Yunwen at the beginning, and when I saw it today, this riding skill alone was amazing! Saying that, the patriarch of the Cui family seemed to remember something, and said to the patriarch of the Zhang family beside him, "I said Brother Zhang, where is the origin of Zhang Yunwen, should it be someone from the outer branch of your Zhang family!" ”

The patriarch of the Zhang family shook his head: "I heard that General Zhang is from Luoyang, but the old man doesn't remember any side branches in Luoyang!" ”

This side was waiting for a long time, and Li Shimin over there also walked slowly south with hundreds of civil and military officials and soldiers.

After reorganizing the army in Youzhou, Li Shimin asked several generals to lead the soldiers back to Guanzhong, while he took the eldest grandson Wuji, Li Ji and other civil and military officials to Qinghe.

In addition to Li Shimin's 100 cavalry, they were accompanied by 200 scouts led by Zhang Yunwen.

Without the shackles of the large army, these hundreds of people would have marched much faster.

When Li Shimin traveled to Cangzhou, there was once again a scene of Cangzhou's fathers and elders greeting Li Shimin on the post road outside the city. But this time they came to thank Li Shimin.

More than 500 wagons pulled more than 700,000 bones back to Cangzhou. Most of the bones only had a hollow head, and even if there were some other bones, it was not clear whose they belonged to, so they had to be scattered into the boxes containing the heads.

Presumably, these heroic spirits won't care. How can he say that he has no clothes, and is with his son?

The bones have been delivered to Cangzhou in advance.

When Li Shimin and the others arrived in Cangzhou, the bones had been reburied. They are buried with the soil of the Central Plains.

After Cangzhou, he went straight to Beizhou.

The families of Qinghe County who got the news gathered in Shili Pavilion in the north of Qinghe City, waiting for Li Shimin's arrival.

"It's coming, it's coming!" The children of the family who were in charge of watching the wind standing in the northernmost part had just seen a flag fluttering in the wind, so they hurriedly withdrew, and when they were still a hundred steps away from the Shili Pavilion, they began to shout.

The five patriarchs glanced at each other, and at the same time picked up their crutches, walked out of the pavilion, and stood in front of everyone, greeting the arrival of Li Shimin's car.

It wasn't long before they saw two large flags fluttering in the wind on the horizon, and then they saw a knight appear in front of everyone. As the knights continued to pour out, not a single driver was seen. Could it be that Li Shimin came on horseback?

While everyone was in doubt, the three hundred knights slowly came to the Ten Mile Pavilion.

The five patriarchs hurriedly saluted in unison and said, "See Your Majesty!" The children of the family behind them also hurriedly followed suit.

Although I didn't see Li Shimin, it was always good to bow like this.

Before the five patriarchs finished their salutes, they heard a voice say, "Five old men, excuse me!" ”

When the five elders looked at it, they saw a knight wearing a black cloak and gold armor standing in front of him, slowly saying that he was not polite.

When the five elders saw this person's appearance, they couldn't help but be shocked, it was really Your Majesty! But why did Your Majesty dress like this, and why didn't those honor guards come from?

Li Shimin and the others turned over and dismounted, and while walking towards the Shili Pavilion, Li Shimin said: "If you really don't guess wrong, the five old people are the five patriarchs of Qinghe!" ”

The fifth elder said with a smile: "It's really ashamed that the grass people and others are listed as the head of the family!" ”

"Okay, don't be restrained, come, the five patriarchs, please take a seat!" Li Shimin was anti-guest, but greeted the five elders.

The five of them smiled and sat down in the pavilion.

After the five people sat down, the ministers of the court also stepped into the pavilion, but found that the pavilion was too small, and could accommodate two people at most, and if there were any more, it would be crowded, and no one entered the pavilion at the moment.

After Li Shimin and the five patriarchs exchanged pleasantries for a while, the five patriarchs got up and said, "Your Majesty, this place is narrow and difficult to entertain all the soldiers, so please move your Majesty to the city!" ”

Li Shimin stood up: "Okay! I'm just a little tired! Let's take a break in Qinghe City! ”

"Your Majesty, please!" The patriarch of the Cui family, who was one step behind Li Shimin, made a gesture of please.