In addition to condolences to the soldiers, Zhang Xuan's visit to Wei County this time also had another very important reason, that is, to actually investigate whether Anyang County could replace Yidu County and become the new residence of the Qi Wangfu.

Although this matter was handed over to Lu Qingyuan a month ago, the stakes are very important at this time, and Zhang Xuan must come to see it in person.

Although Yedu, the capital of Northern Qi, had been burned to white land by Emperor Wen of Sui, Yang Jian, in order to accommodate hundreds of thousands of civilians who moved out of Yedu, Anyang County also carried out a large-scale expansion of the city, expanding from the original Zhongxian County with a circumference of 20 miles to Xiongxian County with a circumference of 45 li, becoming one of the two Xiongcheng cities in Hebei and Jixian alongside.

After decades of development, the population of Anyang County has reached 500,000, commercial prosperity, social tranquility, many civilians have gradually regarded Anyang County as the continuation of Yedu, but this is only limited to the number of population and the size of the city, in many other aspects Anyang County is far from being compared with Yedu, such as palaces and official offices, Ye has a huge palace group and official office group, but Anyang only has one county and one county office.

Zhang Xuan, accompanied by Wang Biao, the commander of Wei County, toured the entire city, and they walked slowly north along a wide avenue fifty paces wide, paved with large green bricks, lined with trees, and dotted with luxurious mansions, surrounded by high walls.

"This is the most famous Guye Street in Anyang County, and it is also the central axis of the entire city, with the mansions of the former ministers of the Northern Qi Dynasty on both sides."

Speaking of this, Wang Wei said with disdain: "You can still see the shadow of Northern Qi everywhere here, although Yedu was burned to the ground, but the people are still there, they basically imitate Yedu and rebuild Anyang City." ”

Zhang Xuan just smiled and didn't say anything, if he chose Anyang County, he would have to accept the history of Anyang County. Forced change can only make him lose the most basic support.

As for the mansions of the hundred officials, if there is really no spare land in the city, he is ready to build a sub-city outside the west city to build official residences, after all, Anyang County has too many people, and it is no longer realistic to find too much spare land.

"The mansion!"

Wang Wei pointed to a large mansion that covered an extremely large area. "That's the Gao royal family's family house, but they never lived in it after it was built."

"Why?"

"It's too big, it's easy to break the ban! Of course, they were not afraid of breaking the ban, but they were afraid of attracting the attention of the imperial court, and the Northern Qi royal family lived in the manor, so no one paid attention to them there. ”

Zhang Xuan's gaze became solemn, this is an extremely vast mansion, covering an area of at least three hundred acres. Surrounded by tall walls, the houses are layered on top of each other, hidden in the tall and dense canopy, and the Douliang Hall is faintly visible inside.

"Does the marshal want to use this place as the Qi Palace?" Wang Wei guessed Zhang Xuan's thoughts.

Zhang Xuan did not deny it, and said with a faint smile: "If we move to Anyang County, we are crowded in the county office, it is not suitable!" ”

Wang Wei smiled slightly, "Marshal, please come with me!" ”

Wang Wei took Zhang Xuan and walked hundreds of steps, and an empty and flat land of about 2,000 acres suddenly appeared in front of Zhang Xuan's eyes. Zhang Xuan couldn't help but be stunned, there was such a large open space at the top of the most prosperous central axis. What's going on? Could it be that this is a barracks?

But Zhang Xuan knew that this was not a military camp, and that the military camp was in another open space to the south, and he asked puzzledly, "Whose land is this?" ”

"This land was bought by the Bohai Society ten years ago, it was originally a temple of the Society, and the marshal couldn't have imagined its use, it was the land that Gao Lie was going to use to build the palace."

"Build a palace?" Jaung Hyun really couldn't think of it.

"We found detailed drawings and plans for the construction of the palace in the Golem Villa. It is planned to build a palace here that is half smaller than the Tiancheng Palace of the Northern Qi Dynasty. ”

Zhang Xuan looked at it carefully for a while, and said with a smile: "Such a good land is too extravagant to build a palace, I think it is most suitable to be used to build an official office." ”

Just when Zhang Xuan was inspecting the establishment of the Qi Palace's Mansion in Anyang County, hundreds of officials lived in the VIP Post and Zhaoxian Hall in Yidu County, Beihai County, all of whom were civil and military officials rescued by Zhang Xuan from Yu Wenhua and his hands.

Although not every official is willing to work for Jang Hyun. There are also many who are ready to go to Chang'an to defect to Li Yuan, but at least one thing is certain, every official is full of gratitude to Zhang Xuan.

Su Wei currently lives in the VIP station, he and Pei Ju live in the best courtyard, as the two elders of the imperial court, Zhang Xuan specially told Wei Yunqi to treat them specially, and these two must be retained.

In the evening, Pei Ju appeared at the door of Su Wei's room with a bottle of wine, and said with a smile: "I hope I can still catch dinner, I'm not late!" ”

Su Wei also laughed, "I find that you always come on time, every time I am ready to eat, you show up, come and come!" Why did you only take a bottle of wine, a dish? ”

Pei Ju was angry and funny, "I've never seen such a host, not only do you want the guests to bring wine, but also let the guests bring food, or I'll treat you." ”

Su Wei smiled and narrowed his eyes, "It's okay if you don't bring vegetables, don't take it as an example, please come in!" ”

Pei Ju was not polite, he sat down directly at the table, he put the wine bottle on the table, "This is the good wine that the eldest grandson Xiaojing gave me, called Han's wine, it is a must in Beihai County, it is said that only fifty jars are brewed a year, and it needs to be booked a year in advance, and it cannot be drunk in the best wine shop." ”

Although Su Wei is not a drunkard, he is also a good wine person, he heard that only fifty jars are brewed a year, so he quickly reached out and took the wine bottle, unscrewed the lid and sniffed deeply, and immediately praised: "Good wine!" Wine! ”

Su Wei immediately smiled and asked, "To be honest, your grandson will give you a few bottles in total." ”

"I gave a total of three bottles, this is his entire inventory, one bottle was forcibly taken away by Li Gang yesterday, today we drink a bottle, I only have one bottle left, first declare, I will not give anyone that bottle of wine."

"It's really stingy, it's just a bottle of wine, and it's not as good as our friendship for many years."

Su Wei put a big hat on Pei Ju's head, poured himself a glass of wine first, drank it all, and tasted the mellow taste, which was a little intoxicated.

Only then did he fill the wine glasses of himself and Pei Ju, and said with a smile: "Come on!" Let's have a toast in order to be able to taste good wine in other places. ”

The two drank it all, and at this time, a maid served them five or six dishes, and Pei Ju filled the wine glasses of the two of them, and said with a faint smile: "I'm afraid that there will not be many opportunities for us to drink this kind of Han's good wine in the future." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Su Wei looked at Pei Ju puzzled.

"Haven't you heard of it? I'm afraid that the Qi Wangfu will be moved to Wei County. ”

"Oh! I also know a little about this matter, but I have heard that there is resistance, and it is said that many soldiers are reluctant to leave their hometowns. ”

Pei Ju shook his head, "It's useless to resist, King Qi has made up his mind, to be honest, I also persuaded him to move the General's Mansion to Wei County, Beihai County is only suitable for a corner of peace, if you want to compete in the world, there is only the city of Dingdu Tianxia, Chang'an or Luoyang, Yedi is just secondary, but it is also the most suitable place at present, although Youzhou is not bad, but it is too far away from Jianghuai, a major grain producing land." ”

Su Wei knows Pei Ju very well, he has always been on the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, and when he comes to drink with himself, there must be something profound.

Su Wei didn't say much, he smiled, took a sip of his glass.

At this time, Pei Ju asked, "Did Elder Ge go to see the Queen Mother recently?" ”

Su Wei shook his head, "I haven't seen the Queen Mother since I came to Yizhou, how is she doing now?" ”

"I heard that she is temporarily living in the palace of the king of Qi, and the princess of Qi will take care of her, but I think those of us who are courtiers should go to meet the queen mother collectively."

"What's the reason?"

Su Wei had already vaguely guessed what Pei Ju meant, I was afraid that Pei Ju had something to do with the Queen Mother.

"If Pei Gong has anything, just say it!"

Pei Ju smiled bitterly, "Actually, I came to find the elder of the pavilion to discuss the status of the king of Qi with the elder of the pavilion, the country cannot be without a king for a day, although the king of Qi has the support of the queen mother, but after all, I want to recognize a monarch, is it Yang Tong of Luoyang or Yang Yu of Chang'an?" Or do we set up a royal family as the monarch ourselves, what does Su Ge Lao mean? ”

Su Wei smiled, "Of course it's impossible to admit Yang Tong, I think we can admit Yang Tong." ”

"But if that's the case, what do we do? All the important ministers in Luoyang are occupied, and we can't let hundreds of people be the staff of King Qi! ”

Pei Ju's true intentions were revealed, how to arrange their hundreds of officials, of course, this is not his personal interest, everyone is very concerned, Pei Ju is especially worried, if Zhang Xuan does not handle this matter well, I am afraid that more than half of the officials will go to Li Yuan.

Su Wei groaned and said: "I don't think we should overstep the line in this matter, or wait for King Qi to come back, if Pei Gong is really worried, you might as well go and talk to Wei Changshi, I think Wei Changshi should know King Qi's true thoughts." (To be continued.) )