Things went more smoothly than Gao Xianzhi imagined, and three days later, the news that His Majesty had canonized Yu Lang as Quy Nhon came over, and Quy Nhon Kingdom rewarded Yu Lang as a fief, and ordered Yu Lang to take charge of the military and political power.

Smoothly makes people feel a little scared, the princes of the Tang Dynasty are just nominal food, and they are in charge of military and political power, which can be called the feudal territory of the territory, how could Emperor Xuanzong give me a big piece of pie? Yu Lang was obviously suspicious of this reward.

Gao Xianzhi read a few secret letters one after another, and seemed to have some eyebrows on this matter.

"Yu Lang, do you remember that Princess Zhuoma?"

"Remember, how could this matter have anything to do with her?" Yu Lang was puzzled.

Gao Xianzhi couldn't tell whether he was worried or happy on his face: "Since Xiao Bolu has been destroyed, Tubo Zampu wants to marry this princess to you." It should be that His Majesty has reached some kind of agreement with Tubo Zampu, as long as you take the position of this Gui Dehou, and then marry the Tubo princess, they will not fight the idea of this territory, after all, this place is much closer to Tubo than Datang, even if my Datang garrison here, it is difficult to occupy it for a long time, but if you and Tubo Zampu are good for Qin and Jin, this matter will become more than half. ”

Yu Lang suddenly said: "It turns out that Your Majesty wants me to be a general who guards the city and steadily defend this land for Datang." ”

But Yu Lang is no longer the ignorant young man in Yangzhou City back then, and it is expected that someone in the court will add fuel to the fire.

Hehe, you don't want me to go back to Chang'an.

The territory of Quy Nhon is coveted, although this place is barren, the area is small but not too small, but due to the backward productivity of the local people resulting in a sparse population, if Yu Lang himself governs the country, he is fully confident that the population will be more than ten times more than doubled, with the knowledge of the previous life, this small country in his hands can be said to have unlimited growth possibilities.

But he didn't have much interest in the prodigal Tubo princess, there was still Li Qing waiting for him in Chang'an City, and even Ning Xiaoyu from Tianshimen, and Qingqing from Chaozhou Zhishui Nunnery. Although he didn't have a heart, Yu Lang unconsciously became a scumbag, these three romantic debts have not been settled, Qingqing has grown up with him and experienced life and death together, Ning Xiaoyu is Yu Lang's guide and the woman he was most obsessed with in his previous life, and Li Qing is the girl who really makes his heart move.

"Your Majesty clearly promised me that on the day of my triumph, he would marry me and Li Qing, how can I ......?"

Gao Xianzhi smiled: "You don't know Your Majesty, he often doesn't count what he says to people in private, but if he says it in front of all the ministers, even if he is wrong, he will honor it." ”

"You don't have to worry now, after a while, you will go to Beijing with me to accept the reward, and when you get to Chang'an, maybe things will take a turn for the better."

Yu Lang nodded: "Thank you for your advice, things must be done step by step, and it is safer to make some arrangements for Quy Nhon Kingdom at the moment." ”

The first thing to do was sinicization, Yu Lang selected well-educated non-commissioned officers from the army, personally arranged for them to serve as the lords of each city, vigorously promoted sinicization, and promoted Hanfu, customs, and language. Before educating the people, in order to gather people's hearts, Yu Lang personally led his troops to take the nests of dozens of squire bullies, returned the vast land they occupied to the people, and at the same time cultivated fertile land, dredged rivers, and introduced a large number of crops suitable for planting in plateau areas, so as to further let the cultivators have their own fields.

Since ancient times, the most fierce contradiction in the change of dynasties came from the land, and at the end of the dynasty, there were often extremely serious land annexations, which led to the rise of the people in poverty and completely overthrew the ruler's regime. The new ruler would try to divide the land among the people, and then as the dynasty became corrupt, the annexation intensified, and the cycle continued. Although Yu Lang did not study history in his previous life, he liked to study history and understood these basic laws, so the first step was to let the people have their own land and win the hearts of the people, and then a series of reform moves would be fully supported.

One of the most confusing things about Yu Lang when reading history is that the most simple truths are written in history books, so why would the ruler make almost the same mistake? But if the ruling class has a little brain, knows how to accept what is good, and does not overly oppress the poor, it will be able to achieve long-term peace and stability, but it will repeat the mistakes of the past again and again. Even in the modern era where Yu Lang once lived, although farming is no longer a contention for the powerful, the occupation of high-priced houses to collect rents is essentially the same as the ancient tenant farming system, which will still make the rich richer and the poor poorer, and the rich as vested interests are also constantly speculating on housing prices and hoarding, and the elite who seem to have accepted Marxism still do not realize this simple and simple truth, and do their best to squeeze the productivity of the emerging working class.

And in the end, things must be reversed.

But after all, those have nothing to do with Yu Lang, don't people live to be stable in this world, which is also the tragic root of the eternal aria of "posterity mourns but does not learn from it, and also makes posterity mourn posterity (Afang Gongfu)".

With the help of the manpower and material resources of the Western Expeditionary Army, Yu Lang built schools, martial arts halls, and art halls in various places, so that Quy Nhon teenagers no longer wander around all day long, and those who have the talent to read go to the academy to study, those who have the talent to practice martial arts go to the martial arts hall to practice martial arts, and those who are skillful go to the art hall to learn a skill.

Chen Wuning learned of Yu Lang's measures in Quy Nhon and even personally sent a team of people to Quy Nhon to open a branch of the Moon Washing Academy. Yu Lang was quite happy to see the former teachers and brothers, and wanted to spend more money to build the Moon Washing Academy more decently, but unexpectedly, the teachers had already been ordered by Chen Wuning to bring enough silver taels over.

The people of Quy Nhon were extremely supportive of the new lord and affectionately called him the "Holy King".

Diplomatically, due to the complete defeat of Xiao Bolu by the Western Expeditionary Army, the prestige shocked the countries of the Western Regions, and the seventy-two countries of Zhuhu have declared themselves to the Tang Dynasty, and the Quy Nhon State as the face of the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions, these small countries are also extremely flattering, and while paying tribute to the Central Plains, they will also send a small portion to the Quy Nhon State to express their awe of the lord of Quy Nhon State.

Everything is proceeding in an orderly manner, and the matter of reform must not be too hasty.

Xue Wenyang and Gao Bufan became Yu Lang's right-hand men in Quy Nhon Kingdom, Xiao Ting, Ma Yue and others were in charge of the military affairs of Quy Nhon Kingdom, and the young non-commissioned officers who followed Yu Lang in the Xiao Cavalry Battalion were all important and willing to stay in Quy Nhon Kingdom.

Under Gao Xianzhi's arrangement, the soldiers of the 2,000 Xiao cavalry battalion stayed in Quy Nhon Kingdom, and in addition, 3,000 infantry of the Western Expeditionary Army were also left to assist in defending the territory.

When the army returned to the Tang Dynasty, Yu Lang was still the deputy general of the Western Expeditionary Army at this time, and he had to return with the army first, and he had to wait until he returned to Chang'an City to accept the reward before he could really return to Quy Nhon to serve as the lord of the country.

Gao Xianzhi and Yu Lang rode horses at the forefront of the army: "How is it, with a piece of your own chassis, has there been some changes in your mood?" ”

Yu Lang nodded and said: "That's true, in the past, one person fed the whole family and was not hungry, but at this time, I also had some inexplicable concerns about the people of Quy Nhon Kingdom. Actually, I have one more wish. ”

"What wish?"

"I want to settle you, Li Qing, and all the friends and elders I care about here in the future, and build a paradise away from all disturbances, where everyone gathers all day long and never parted."

Gao Xianzhi laughed: "You kid, your heart and eyes are good, but you have to remember that the paradise can't be saved, and if you want to keep this land, you have to have enough strength to support it." Now that the Tang Dynasty is in full swing, you can show this thriving posture in this Guiren country, otherwise those docile little sheep around you will show their fangs and want to eat you in one bite. ”

"Well, the father's teachings are remembered." Yu Lang remembered the majesty of Hongye fighting alone in the Western Expeditionary Army that day, such a king of the Apocalypse Realm could not hold the land, and he still had a long way to go.

The way back was a lot smoother, first, the surrounding small countries surrendered to the Tang Dynasty and bothered to greet them all the way, and second, the soldiers of the Western Expeditionary Army had the experience of long-distance travel, and their mentality had also improved greatly compared with before. Thousands of miles home, over the mountains and mountains, talking and laughing will pass.

When he returned to Qiuzi City, a grand celebration banquet was held for the soldiers of the Western Expeditionary Army, and Gao Xianzhi gave the first batch of rewards to the meritorious soldiers according to the battle merit book provided by Yu Lang. These people will also follow Gao Xianzhi into Beijing, and then accept the reward from His Majesty the Emperor.

Cen Shen was also quite popular in Anxi during this time, although he governed the army strictly, he was different from the military generals who were not close to people, and several major matters in the army were also handled quite properly, and he did not live up to the duties of the secretary of the Anxi shogunate. He also heard about Yu Lang's great exploits in the defeat of Xiao Bolu, and he couldn't help but feel a little sympathetic while congratulating: "The lord of Xiao Bolu can also be regarded as a death festival for the country, just for a few five-colored stones to lead to the death of the country and the destruction of the country, which is sad and lamentable." Greed ends. ”

I don't know if the greed he said refers to Hongye or Xuanzong of Chang'an.

At this point, Yu Lang separated from the army first, counting the days, his three-year appointment with Wukong's predecessors has arrived, and at this time the grinding stone knife is also in Yu Lang's hands, he has to fulfill this promise first, and then go to Chang'an City. Expecting that he would be much faster than the army when he went on the road alone, even if he made some detours, Gao Xianzhi allowed him to leave the team temporarily.

After three years, Yu Lang once again stepped into the desert alone to find the Fantian seal that suppressed Wukong.

The desert is vast and uninhabited, if it was placed three years ago, Yu Lang really didn't know how to find it, and now a pair of Dao seals have entered the phaseless, and the divine consciousness can cover hundreds of miles in the desert, and in an instant, he found the oasis where a pair of Tang ancestors and grandchildren lived that day.

Yu Lang is also a nostalgic person, and it is inevitable to revisit the old place to see if the old people are doing well.

The passage of time seemed to have lost its meaning here, the oasis was still the same as it had been three years ago, and the dust on the tents was neither more nor less.

Xiao Nan Nan has grown a little taller, and she is quite a bit of the delicate of a woman in the water town of Jiangnan, she is struggling to blow the charcoal fire, as if she is boiling herbs, and the strong smell goes straight to Yu Lang's nostrils.