Chapter 5 Journey to Yizhou (2)

Tan Duocai thought for a while and said: "This person has a selfless title in officialdom, and has a strong ability to manage the affairs of the county, more than ten years ago, Acropolis County was at the bottom of the fifteen counties in Yizhou, but now it can be ranked among the top three." This person lives in seclusion, and his general affairs are handled by the officials below, and he is rarely seen. However, this person seems to love horses for ten minutes. ”

"Horses?" Fang Ling's heart moved when he heard this, there are many plains and rivers in the east, so the soldiers are divided into two kinds, one is good at water warfare, the other is good at plain warfare, and the most indispensable thing in plain warfare is horses.

Tan Duocai said: "In fact, even the king of Yizhou is very fond of horses, and many officials in the territory who are valued are said to be masters of distinguishing horses and raising horses, and even he has made the horsemen in the house official, so all officials in the state are also very fond of horses." ”

Fang Ling smiled deeply: "Okay, then let's go to Yizhou." ”

Lu Bei and the others did not have an easy look, if the disappearance of Rong Guogong was really related to the king of Yizhou, then this trip can be described as a trip to the tiger's den in Longtan, if Rong Guogong did not die that year, but was taken away by Jiang Wenshan, then why did he not contact the king of Shicheng? And why did the king of Yizhou take Rong Guogong away back then? This matter seems to be strange from the beginning.

Originally, Tan Duocai also wanted to follow, but Fang Ling considered that he was the identity of the Acropolis County Lord Bo, and someone would definitely know him in the past, but it was easy to attract unnecessary suspicion, so he insisted on asking Meng Zhiyuan to send someone to send him, Sun Xiaoxiao, and Tan Sanshi to the fief.

Then, Fang Ling and his party went to Lucheng County in two ways, Meng Zhiyuan, Hao Tieniu and others took the first step, taking the opportunity of opening a silk and satin village branch to find out the news, and Fang Ling and Song Ying'er and Lu Bei acted independently.

Since the founding of the state of Chu, there has been a law for the princes to grant the emperor land, in order to use the benefits of the royal bloodline to let these princes help guard the Quartet.

However, the fief did not exist permanently, because the royal family considered that the local power might be inflated as a result, so a very important rule was added to this law, so the fief system had another name - the three generations of kingship.

The so-called three generations of kingship, that is, all the throne on the fief can be passed down to three generations, after three generations, the emperor has the right to take back the fief, and at the same time, the descendants of the fief king will go to the imperial city, and the emperor will make another reward according to his three generations of merits, although no longer give the fief, but can let him enjoy the glory and wealth for life.

The fifteen counties under the jurisdiction of Yizhou were given by the former emperor during the period, and the one who was named the king of Yizhou was the brother of the former emperor, Fang Zongao, who is now more than sixty years old, but he did not pass on the throne to his son, and he is still firmly on the throne of Yizhou, that is to say, the land of Yizhou is still in the period of the first king.

Under the rule of King Yizhou for more than 40 years, the fifteen counties of Yizhou are now one of the strongest local forces in the East, and like the northern land, the eastern land is also very strong because it guards the border area between the northern Cai State and the Eastern Wu State.