Chapter 434 Knowing current affairs is a hero
"Will Tan Dian come?"
"Will Chen Longshu come?"
Xunzhou, in the city of Guiping, the mid-autumn festival is about to happen in August, but it is still very hot in south of the Five Ridges, and a thin shirt is too much, so it will cool down a little in the morning and evening.
Qin Lang couldn't stay, so he issued a letter to the two barbarian chieftains to come, but everyone was deeply suspicious of this.
One official document can summon two barbarian kings?
Qin Lang put on the bait, and re-cast the rod.
"Although the Chen family used to be one of the three powerful local kings in Lingnan, Chen Fanian and Chen Fozhi were called heroes of the generation. Unfortunately, in Chen Longshu's generation, it is no longer possible. Back then, Chen Fozhi underestimated the enemy's arrogant soldiers, but was beheaded by Feng An, who was just showing his strength. Dismount. Longzhou, the territory run by the Feng family for several generations, was lost, and Chen Longshu was also forced to live in Qinzhou under the Ning family's fence for many years. Although he belonged to our court and returned to Longzhou, it took twenty years. , but things are different, even the Chen family’s most reliable master, Tan Dian, has long since replaced the Chen family to control the streams in Longzhou and other mountainous areas, and refuses to follow his orders.”
It is said that Tan Dian and Chen Longshu used to be partners. They have followed Chen Longshu since they were young. They have a brotherly relationship. Ang's Suoren quietly escorted him to Ning's house in Qinzhou.
Speaking of which, the love back then was indeed worthy of being a childhood friend.
It's only been twenty years, and Chen Longshu didn't return to Ning's house in Qinzhou. It was Tan Dian who resisted Feng An's attack on Luezhou. It was he who united the various streams little by little, allowing the barbarians to gain a firm foothold in the mountainous area again. , and even expanded the territory, being able to talk to the Feng An brothers who have hundreds of thousands of soldiers.
Chen Longshu is back, saying that Longzhou is the old place of the Chen family, and the caves of Duanxi and Luodou originally belonged to the Chen family. He wants to get back everything he lost. Who would be willing?
Tan Dian, the hot-blooded young man back then, already has a look of vicissitudes on his face, how would he want to hand over the territory he had spent half his life fighting for?
No compromise, friends become enemies.
Chen Longshu wanted to go back to his hometown, but Tan Dian refused.
So Chen Longshu, who was the governor of the imperial court, took the initiative to report to the imperial court to implement the policy of registering households for naturalization, opening states and establishing counties. He newly established Nanfuzhou, with Huaide, Dexin and Tan'e counties under it, and Teliang and Fulai counties after that. of.
That was originally the actual site of Tan Dian, but Chen Longshu forcibly set up one prefecture and five counties, and it was getting out of hand.
So later when Ning Chang Zhen Tan Dian and others rebelled against the Tang Dynasty, Chen Longshu would stand in the crusade camp, not because he was so loyal to the court, but because he wanted to fight against the rebellious Tan Dian and regain his own territory.
In the days when Chen Longshu was defeated and returned to Longzhou, the five counties of Nanfu Prefecture became the territory that Feng An and Tan Dian competed with each other. Tan Dian occupied two counties, Feng Xuan occupied one county, but Chen Longshu, the former governor of Nanfu Prefecture, lost one county.
Even in Longzhou, there are not many territories that Chen Longshu can really effectively control.
Qin Lang wanted to adjust Chen Longshu's position at this time because he was weak, and because he was in Longzhou, which made the situation in Longzhou always uneasy.
Several red-eyed cows are locked together, and they will fight when they meet, and they can't be pulled apart, so for the sake of peace, they must be separated.
"Hooked!"
Qin Lang smiled and lifted the rod. Sure enough, a big fish took the bait. Although the fish was struggling desperately, it was exhausted after a while, so Qin Lang had to lift it ashore.
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A few days later, Chen Longshu arrived at Xunzhou first.
"Inspector Chen came sooner than I expected!" Qin Lang greeted him in the Yamen with a smile.
The gray-haired Chen Longshu has dark skin and thin skin, but his eyes are bright. He is also a ruthless person who has worked hard all his life.
"Xiaguan started from Yongning City, Longzhou, and took the water route, first from Jianshui to Yujiang, and then took a boat all the way to Guiping, which is very convenient and fast."
Chen Longshu is a fighter.
It's just that this fighter's life has not been very smooth.
His father died in battle when he was young, and the family land of Longzhou was lost. He was forced to leave his hometown and live under the Ning clan. He finally returned to his hometown, but his former partner became an enemy. In order to regain his hometown, he jointly killed his father and his enemies as allies In the end, he was stabbed in the back, losing troops and losing ground. Up to now, he is still in a difficult situation.
The Feng family in Gaoliang County is becoming more and more prosperous now, and Feng An, who killed his father and enemy, has become half of the sky in southern Lingnan, and he, Chen Longshu, is wandering here and there, but he doesn't even have a foothold.
Qin Lang summoned him, but he dared not refuse to come, and Qin Lang wanted to transfer him away, but he dared not refuse. Because he does not have Feng An's strength, the only thing he can rely on now is the imperial court. If he offends the imperial court, then Chen Longshu really has no place in Lingnan.
"Can Mr. Chen understand?"
Dang Renhong has already arrived in Guilin, accompanied by 3,000 soldiers recruited from Jiangxi Province. These soldiers will be stationed in Longzhou, Pingfan Guangzhou, and deter Gaoliang.
Although Chen Longshu was angry, what could he do?
In the final analysis, he has a shallow foundation and no influence, so he can only go wherever the court wants to transfer him. If he had Feng An's 100,000 troops, how dare Qin Lang speak to him like this?
"I completely obey the court's order."
"The seven prefectures of Long, Yi, Kang, Dou, Yu, Rong, and Qin will be merged into Longzhou, and General Dang Hongren will be the governor."
"En and Chunzhou are merged into Enzhou."
"Xinzhou, Duanzhou and Xinzhou."
"Gangzhou merged into Guangzhou!"
"Your Majesty is deeply moved by Chen Gongzhi's loyalty. The founding man of Poyang County was exceptionally promoted to the title of Duke of Songping Kaiguo County. He was promoted to the third grade Jin Ziguanglu doctor's Wensan class. He built a family temple of Chen's family and sent a grandson to him. He studied in the Chongxian Hall. In Hengzhou, Huaize County was specially granted the title of Yinzhou, and Chen Longshu was given the title of governor of Yinzhou, and his descendants inherited it."
The title of Duke of Song Ping County used to be the hereditary title of the Chen family in Longzhou. Unexpectedly, the emperor granted it to the Chen family again. Chen Longshu suddenly felt that his tears could not be stopped.
He failed to restore the old place of the Chen family, and now the emperor has returned the dukedom of Songping County.
"Thank you Your Majesty, thank you Xuanxiang!"
The old man suddenly felt tired. After working hard for half his life, he suddenly lost his fighting spirit.
It seems to be enough to get back the family title. What's more, it was accidentally awarded a secular state. Although Yinzhou used to be only a county, a relatively remote and backward county, and belonged to Wuchang, it was also a secular state after all.
This is the third feudal state awarded by the emperor, and the third secular governor. Chen Longshu, after Qin Lang and Feng An, also won the feudal title. Shi Feng was not able to be in Longzhou, and it was far inferior to Feng An Shifeng Gaozhou, but it was already a surprise.
"My thanks to God, my minister Chen Longshu is willing to go through fire and water for the court and His Majesty, and I will die!"
Looking at the old man kneeling on the ground, shedding tears, Qin Lang felt a little complicated. The Chen family was one of the three barbarian kings in the south of the Five Ridges back then, and now they are in this state, which makes people sigh. But Chen Longshu is not bad, compared to his friend Ning Chang, he really ended up much better.
Ning Chang really ended up being assassinated, at least he got a title and a world feudal state.
"I am willing to go through fire and water for the imperial court!" Chen Longshu kowtowed to thank him all the time.
Times have changed and things have changed. It is impossible for Datang to give the Chen family the possibility of separatist Longzhou in the past. The current strategy of the imperial court is not to abolish the barbarian king directly, but to cut the flesh slowly. Whenever there is a chance, it will reform the land and abolish the separatist regime.
For someone like Chen Longshu, although he wholeheartedly wants to restore the past, how could the court give him a chance. Whether he is loyal or conscientious, he can be given a title and land, but it is impossible to restore his former territory.
A small Huaize County was originally a barbarian county with no registered household population. Now it is changed to Yinzhou and Chen Longshu is granted the title, which is much better than the whole Longzhou being controlled by the Chen family.
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Chen Longshu withdrew.
Xu Jingzong came in, "I didn't expect this Chen Longshu to be so eloquent? Wei Gong made him agree to be transferred to the governor of Hengzhou with a few words?"
"Chen Longshu is an old man, he is also smart, or he has seen the general trend, which is good. His father refused to follow the general trend and insisted on rebelling against the Sui Dynasty, but he was defeated and died. Otherwise, the Chen family would not It would be so desolate. Now Chen Longshu obeys the general trend and obeys the will. It seems that he has suffered a loss, but in fact it is not a loss. A piece of fief land bestowed by His Majesty is much more valuable than the land occupied by those barbarian kings now. Sooner or later, the barbarian king's land will be piece by piece It can be taken back, but this fiefdom has been given out, and it will not be taken back easily. With this Yinzhou fiefdom, the Chen family's wealth and honor for two or three hundred years is indispensable."
Qin Lang was very satisfied with Chen Longshu's understanding of current affairs.
Before there was Li Xizhi, now there is Chen Longshu, plus Feng An, who is as clever as a fox, if everyone is like this, there will be no chaos in Lingnan.
"By the way, I'm here to tell Duke Wei that Tan Dian is here, and he also took the same waterway. From Rongzhou, he took the Beiliu River into the Yongjiang River, and then went back to Guiping. He has already arrived in Pingnan, and he will soon go to Yongjiang River. state."
Tan Dian was not slow in coming. Although the people had not arrived yet, a fleet from Rongzhou arrived first, loaded with three thousand shi of grain.
"There are still several thousand stones of grain following Tan Dian in Pingnan, and some of them are about to ship from Rongzhou. This Tan Dian is very sincere." Xu Jingzong said.
"The imperial court and I are more sincere. In order to appease him, I specifically asked the emperor to grant him the title of governor of Hengzhou, and asked him for a title of Duke of the county, plus a title of governor for the world. Is it not enough sincerity to set up an ad hoc capital of Anzhou and give it to him in the world?"
Qin Lang asked with a smile.
(end of this chapter)