Chapter 135 Town Army General
In the western suburbs of Chang'an, Xiwei Bridge, also known as Bianqiao.
When it was built in the Han Dynasty, it was called the Bian Bridge because it was opposite to the Bianmen Gate of Chang’an City in the Han Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, the people commonly called it Xianyang Bridge.
The two armies confronted each other across a Wei Bridge that was more than one mile long.
Qin Qiong camp.
Qin Lang led Xu Jingzong, Wei Chang, Ah Huang, etc. to come to announce the decree.
"Under the door, the system says: The capital is Yinfu, and the officials are strict and secret, and the police patrols are suppressed. The army of Kyushu, the governor of Liangzhou, the governor of Shangzhu State, Qi State Duke Qiong, Ren Weixin, made contributions to Ernan, Dian Rong Fuhua, and his achievements are prepared."
"It is appropriate to take pictures of the nine gates, the eight schools in charge of the head office, the general of the army of Yongzhou, the general of the town army, and the general of the left guard, the envoy of Chijie Lianggan melon, Shansu Huilan River Kuo, the military governor of Liangzhou, the governor of Shangzhu State, Qi Guogong, as before. "
It is a rare honor for the son to declare the decree to his father himself, or to add the decree to the father.
After Qin Lang finished reading, Qin Qiong accepted the order.
After the decree was handed over, Qin Lang quickly switched directions with Qin Qiong, and crossed his hands to congratulate Qin Lang, "Congratulations, my lord!"
The decree just now was a very careful wording of praise, to the effect that Yongzhou Mu, as the governor of Gyeonggi, has a very important position, and he must choose capable and loyal ministers. As for Qin Qiong, he has high prestige in the army and a good record, so now the emperor specially worships Qin Qiong as the important post of Yongzhou Mu, and also adds a first-level casual official to Qin Qiong.
It turned out that Qin Qiong was a martial rank of the third-rank champion general, and now he was officially promoted to the town army general, which was from the second-rank martial rank.
In addition, Qin Qiong is still allowed to continue to serve as the governor of Liangzhou.
Yongzhou shepherd and Liangzhou manager, Li Shimin used to hold the position. After that, Yang Gongren presided over the Yongzhou Yamen, and Li Youliang took over Liangzhou. However, when Yang Gongren presided over Yongzhou, he was only presided over by the second official who was engaged in governance.
After Yang Gongren, Gao Shilian took this position, and then Li Daozong took over. Now that Li Daozong was injured, Li Shimin asked Qin Qiong to take over, but it was not Yongzhou Biejia or Zhizhong who was an adjutant, but directly gave the post of Yongzhou Mu. And still concurrently served as the governor of Liangzhou Metropolis.
This trust is unparalleled.
Qin Qiong was surprised.
"Yongzhou Shepherd has a special position. How dare I be a foreign minister with a different surname? I should resign to Your Majesty!"
"Grandpa, in fact, His Majesty's will is very obvious. King Jiang Xia was originally chosen by His Majesty to command the Chang'an defense battle, but he was injured in an accident, and now he can't continue to take care of things, so he can only use someone else. Now it is the Ministry of War. Shangshu Duke Du is acting as the presiding officer, but Duke Du is a civil servant after all."
After all, Qin Qiong was the number one general under Li Shimin's command when he dived into the dragon. He cannot be faulted in terms of ability or loyalty. Hejian King Li Xiaogong, such as Liu Hongji, Changsun Shunde, and Li Yi, Li Jing, and Li Shiji, all had military prestige and seniority no worse than Qin Qiong.
But these people are not caring enough or trustworthy enough for Li Shimin.
So he can replace Li Daozong, you can rest assured that the one who presides over Chang'an Changfang is Qin Qiong who has come to King Qin and won a big victory.
"Grandfather, why don't you take over first, and it's not too late to resign after the Turks are defeated."
Yongzhou Shepherd's position is indeed too important, just like Kaifeng Governor in the Northern Song Dynasty, this kind of important position is usually held by the prince, and often the prince takes it from afar, and actually sends an important minister as the deputy to actually preside over it.
Historically, at the beginning of Zhenguan, Yang Gongren did serve as the shepherd of Yongzhou for several years after he was dismissed, but in the end he was transferred to the governor of Yangzhou, and finally transferred to the governor of Luozhou. In the middle and late stages of Zhenguan, the governor of Yongzhou, the governor of the capital, or the governors of the capital later, were no longer easily awarded to foreign ministers.
However, if Li Shimin wants to use Qin Qiong as the commander of the Chang'an Defense War, it is indeed appropriate to let him take up the post of Yongzhou Shepherd for the time being, so that he can suppress Li Xiaogong, Liu Hongji, Sun Shunde and other senior generals. Before the battle, Qin Qiong was given another level of martial arts, and he was directly promoted to the general of the town army.
This is the second rank of martial arts, whether it is Liu Hongji or Changsun Shunde, etc., they are all third ranks and third ranks.
Don’t look at it as a second-rank martial rank. In the Tang Dynasty, it is equivalent to the title of general awarded by later generations who founded the country. After all, although there are higher generals of hussars and generals of the auxiliary country, they have not been awarded to anyone now.
Qin Qiong simply cleaned up, and asked his family to bring the old iron gun and his own soldiers to **** Wu Meichuo to wait for the captives to return to Chang'an.
Father and son, one wearing a dark gold armor and a scarlet cloak, the other embroidered brocade robe and sword, walked side by side.
"I missed the enthronement ceremony of His Majesty this time, otherwise I would definitely ask His Majesty not to award you so high."
In Qin Qiong's view, although Qin Lang has made some contributions to the emperor, he is young after all. Now that he has sealed 1,000 households at this age, he ranks eighth among the meritorious officials, which is too prominent.
"Aye, aren't the An brothers also enshrined as dukes?"
"That's different!"
Qin Qiong, who had just returned from Liangzhou, was very clear about the fact that the An brothers were able to become the duke of the state. The An family was originally a powerful Hexi generation. Since the Northern Wei Dynasty, the An family has lived in Liangzhou for generations, and has gradually become a local rich and famous family.
Later, An Xinggui lived up to Li Yuan's expectations. Through his brother An Xiuren under Li Gui, he finally succeeded in killing Li Gui, the emperor of Xiliang, and persuaded the entire Xiliang force to surrender to Li Yuan in Chang'an. For this reason, the An brothers And seal the country, all of them are sealed.
And even if the An brothers all entered Chang'an as officials and served as generals, in fact, at this time, in the land of Hexi, the An family had a huge influence. Still big.
The influence of the An brothers in Hexi is the same as that of Li Yi in Youzhou and Li Shiji in Shandong.
In general, the An brothers are actually the representatives of the Hexi local tycoons in the court. In order to control the Hexi area, Li Yuan was extremely polite to the An brothers and these two representatives.
This is like how Li Yuan treated Li Yi, Li Shiji, Feng An from Lingnan and other powerful chieftains.
But in the final analysis, these people were suspected and guarded by the court, just like Du Fuwei was killed not long after he entered the court, and he would be killed if he found an opportunity. These people will always become people trusted by the emperor.
Li Yuan was the emperor, and Li Shimin was the emperor.
Qin Qiong and his son are different, Qin Qiong is Li Shimin's confidant.
"Your Uncle Cheng only sealed 700 households."
Qin Lang smiled, "This time the meritorious officials are not simply judged by their merits. If they really want to be judged by their merits, then I say that Li Jing has made great contributions to the country, and at least he should be awarded one thousand five thousand three thousand , but actually, there are only three hundred households.”
Hou Junji was originally just a junior military officer of the fifth rank, but because he controlled Li Yuan that day, he directly ranked first in terms of merit this time. There is also Zhang Liang, who is also a small officer in the Qin Palace, and he is also the Duke of the State. As for Gongsun Wuda, Li Mengchang and others, they were originally only Li Shimin's bodyguards, and they all had to be sealed. Isn't it because they followed Li Shimin's **** mutiny to seize the throne that day?
In this way, Qin Lang's achievements are not less than Hou Junji, and of course much higher than Gongsun Wuda and others.
As for people like Pei Ji and Li Yi, it was just to appease them.
"You are still young, so there is no need to stare at these things closely. Your Majesty is a benevolent and compassionate person. If you follow his brother, you will not treat him badly. You could have given way appropriately."
Qin Qiong always believed that it would be better for Qin Lang to be in the mid-to-back position among the forty-six heroes.
Qin Lang felt that I earned all of this with my ability, even with my life. There is no need to push it, it would be hypocritical. After all, not to mention the Xuanwu Sect, but Li Yuan, the king of Pingyouzhou, that is also a great achievement. In history, Wang Junkuo sealed 1,300 households with this merit.
Qin Lang looked at his son who was becoming more and more heroic and confident immediately, and couldn't help saying, "It's easy to break just now."
"It's okay, I'm the emperor's son-in-law now. With this kind of relationship, I'm no longer an ordinary foreign minister. Don't you understand, grandpa?"
Qin Qiong shook her head and smiled wryly, "Oh, yes."
"That Zheng Shisanniang is still in your house? How do you plan to arrange her?" Qin Qiong thought of another thing.
"Do you want to send it to Qinrenfang?"
Qin Qiong was taken aback, "What are you sending me there for?"
"Zheng Shisanniang is very good-looking and talented. I think it's better to let her go to Qinrenfang to teach her sisters etiquette and be a lady."
The tutoring of the Zheng family in Xingyang is very strict. The girl has been trained in various talents and rules since she was a child. Qin Lang thought it would be good for her to be the tutor of the Qin family.
"Grandpa, you are often not at home, and Mrs. Cui has to take care of the whole house alone. There must be some places where the younger sisters are not well taken care of. Why don't you ask Zheng Shisanniang to help."
Qin Qiong looked at Qin Lang, "You were so taboo and risky before and you still want to take in Zheng's daughter. I thought you had a crush on her."
Qin Lang just chuckled, "I'm serious, Zheng Shisanniang is really good at tutoring younger sisters."
"Are you really willing?"
"Is there anything I can't bear to part with."
Qin Qiong smiled and said, "In fact, since your majesty has given her to you, it means that your majesty has actually put her at your disposal, including you taking her as a concubine. The daughter of the Zheng family is also very pitiful. You and her are so tied up. It can be regarded as some fate, it is better to accept it."
Qin Lang admits that he is greedy and lustful, and Zheng Shisanniang is the best choice in all aspects, but right now, the relationship between the two is a bit complicated, and he doesn't want to do something like that overlord.
Like Yu Xiao, Lang has concubines and concubines, which is in line with his temperament.
Even if you are lustful, there is a bottom line. It is too scumbag to lure and coerce with money and power.
Qin Qiong admits that he can't understand his son anymore, and he still does things in his own way, even reckless, but many things seem to be quite reasonable after he said so. After these recklessness, he seems to hide something deliberately. And for it.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help doubting his own guess, his son was only sixteen, shouldn't impulsiveness and recklessness be the behavior he should have at his age? If he is wily and calculating, it would be terrible if he is too rational, right?
I'm afraid that even the emperor would prefer to see the impulsive and reckless Qin Lang, right?
(end of this chapter)