Chapter 807 Bastard Alliance
Feng Zhidai crossed his hands and saluted Qin Lang respectfully after entering the door.
"Come, have tea, just made chicken cakes and radish cakes, do you want wonton or rice rolls?" Qin Lang smiled and beckoned him to sit down. Feng Zhidai had been a hostage for the Feng family in Beijing for several years, and after Feng An's eldest son went to Beijing to pay homage to the general, Feng Zhidai returned to Lingnan to be the governor.
When he first entered Beijing, it was really not easy for a barbarian from Lingnan to be in Chang'an. He was looked down upon by the nobles in Beijing. Later, he asked his wife to be the nurse for Qin Lang's eldest son, and got close to the popular minister Qin Lang. some.
After returning to Lingnan, Feng Zhidai has never lost contact with the Qin family. During the holidays, he must send people from thousands of miles away to deliver various gifts. Every year when lychees are on the market, they even send special people all the way to Chang'an. Just to give Qin Lang delicious fresh lychees.
After sitting down, Feng Zhidai felt a little wronged.
"Mr. Wei, our Feng and Qin families are in-laws, and we have a lot of contacts and cooperation in Lingnan. My Feng family has taken good care of Wu'an Prefecture. Why is Duke Wei dealing with Feng's family like this now?"
"Eat something first." Qin Lang liked some Cantonese dim sum very much. The Central Plains people who went south lived in the hot Lingnan and improved many delicacies. Some famous delicacies in later generations have already appeared or have some prototypes at this time.
Feng Zhidai couldn't eat it.
"Isn't it good for Gaochun and Gaozhou to be your home? These two states are connected, especially there is Gaozhou Dagang."
Feng was silent.
Feng An's family represents the largest aboriginal force in Lingnan. Feng's family is the representative of the powerful Han people who went south from Lingnan, and formed a powerful force through generational marriages with the handsome Xian family. It can be said that during the most powerful period of Mrs. Xian Tai, the Feng family controlled most of the Lingnan East Road to the east of Yunkai Mountain.
The west is bounded by Yunkai Mountain and the Xining family in Lingnan, the north is bounded by the Xijiang River, the east has reached the border of Guangzhou, the south reaches the sea, and even Hainan Island is within the sphere of influence of the Feng family.
Only since the end of the Sui Dynasty, the Feng and Xian families have been fighting among themselves, and even the Feng family has split.
Qin Lang ate a piece of carrot cake and smiled.
"Look at my sand table."
"Although I only give you the two prefectures of Gaochun now, in fact, these two prefectures include the original eight prefectures of Chun, En, Gao, Luo, Xin, Qin, Pan, and Dou. You must know that there were originally eight prefectures. Xian Baoche and Feng Xuan's sites, I will exchange them for you now, and let them be Gaochun Prefectures, wouldn't it be better?"
"Let's talk about Gaozhou Port, but it is blessed with a superior geographical location."
Feng Zhidai looked at the very detailed sand table of mountains, rivers and seas, secretly surprised, but through this detailed sand table, he could also see at a glance that the two prefectures of his family were in the east of Guangzhou and west of Yunkai Mountain. The mountains are next to the sea, which is not a good place.
This is the place where the Feng family went south to manage for generations, and it is worse than the Bianhualei Zhuzhou that the Feng family later developed.
Even Gaozhou Port has a better location and better conditions than Leizhou Port.
"Liulang, although my son's engagement is not your daughter as his fiancée, but the daughter of your second brother Zhidai. But you should know that our relationship has always been good. Your son's engagement to Xu Jingzong's daughter, this matter It’s still my insurance company, right?”
"Your second brother is now serving as the inspector general Zuo Wuwei. I plan to tell His Majesty that you will be the governor of Gaozhou, change Chunzhou to Enzhou, and let your elder brother Feng Zhichen be the governor of Enzhou."
Feng Zhidai froze for a moment.
His father, Feng An, had thirteen sons and more than twenty daughters. Zhizhen was the eldest son of the concubine, and he was also the half-brother of Feng Zhidai, Feng Laoliu.
The second child, Feng Zhidai, is the eldest son of General Zuo Wuwei, who is currently inspecting the school in Chang'an.
Zhiyu and Zhishi are the second and third, and they both served as governors before.
Qin Lang now wants to let Zhizhen, who had briefly acted as the governor of Gaozhou, be the governor of Enzhou, and let him, the sixth son, be the governor of Gaozhou.
"Liulang, to be honest, I don't really have a deep relationship with your father, Yue Guogong, but we have been together for a long time, and the relationship is still good. I don't know much about your brothers, and the situation in Lingnan is more complicated now. , The saint hopes that Lingnan will settle down as soon as possible, so I hope you can take more burdens for me, your eldest brother is your mother and brother, and I will reuse it together."
"Then my grandfather?" Feng Zhidai was stunned for a moment.
I thought that the Feng family only had two states left, so among the original three governors, he, the governor of Yazhou, would definitely be dismissed.
"Your grandfather may stay in the capital to serve. If he returns to Lingnan, at least he will be the governor of the Guangzhou Metropolitan Government. As for your second brother, he is now the inspector Zuo Wuwei General, and his official career is going well. How can he come back easily."
As he said that, Qin Lang picked up a piece of radish cake for Zhidai, "Try it, it tastes good. Liulang, I have great expectations for you. When the opportunity comes, you must seize it and don't miss it. You I was born as a maidservant and concubine, so we have to work **** our own. I hope you will be loyal to the sage and the court, and lead the Feng family on the right path."
"The saint will reward loyalty, if you work hard, I will also ask for credit for you."
"How is Jun Heng doing recently, are you still used to leaving Chang'an and returning to Lingnan?"
Feng Junheng is Feng Zhidai's son, and also the milk brother of Qin Langshu's eldest son, Qin Jun. Qin Lang acted as a matchmaker to marry Xu Jingzong for him, and betrothed Xu Jingzong's daughter as his fiancée.
Qin Lang said, "Your Feng family is also a well-known family in the Central Plains, not a native of Lingnan. Your family moved to the south, and your son's generation is only the sixth generation. In fact, it has only been two hundred years."
In two hundred years, the six generations of the Feng family, in fact, only took five generations to establish a world in Lingnan. This is actually what Qin Lang envied and yearned for, and it was also the direction he hoped for the Qin family in Wu'an Prefecture in the future.
Qin Lang's new arrangement is actually not good for the entire Feng family. If the two brothers Feng An and Feng Xuan further split, they will completely become two families in the future, and it is impossible to reunite.
And now Qin Lang is deliberately promoting Feng An's two sons and suppressing his two sons. This is also deliberately creating internal conflicts among the new generation of Feng's family.
On the surface, the governor of Gao En Erzhou is still Feng An's son, but in fact there is still a big difference.
Of course, for Feng Zhidai, the person concerned, this change is good for him. Which child doesn't want to be the master of the house?
Feng An was only Feng Pu's youngest son back then. Originally, the elder Feng Hun died early, and the eldest grandson was still young. It was the turn of the second son Feng Xuan to inherit the family business, but in the end Feng An seized the opportunity to seize the second son's inheritance .
Now Qin Lang has drawn a clear path for him. The eldest son Feng Zhidai is a general in Beijing. In fact, he is the hostage of the Feng family in the emperor's house. He can't easily return to Lingnan, at least not before Feng An dies.
Now that Qin Lang does not allow Feng An to be in Gao En Renzhou, he intends to let him stay in Chang'an, or if he returns to Lingnan, he will be held in Guangzhou. Then in the Feng family headquarters, if Qin Lang supports Feng Zhidai as governor of Gaozhou, let his siblings If the elder brother is the governor of Enzhou, their branch will suppress the brothers descended from the Xian family.
People are selfish.
This is the weakness of human nature.
Feng Zhidai pondered for a long time, "Can Duke Wei protect the Feng family?"
"As long as the Feng family doesn't cause chaos, you can at least keep a prince's position."
Feng Zhidai finally nodded and made up his mind.
"As long as my grandfather agrees, I will follow Duke Wei's arrangement."
"Your father, you may lose your temper, you may be very upset, but you will agree to my plan in the end, because the saint will support me, so your grandfather can only agree in the end." Qin Lang said.
"You go and call your elder brother, I will chat with him, I want to hear his attitude."
"Don't worry Saburo, my elder brother is absolutely reliable, and his ability will not be a problem."
After Feng Zhichen had a long talk with Qin Lang, he really readily agreed to cooperate. He has less psychological burden than his brother, perhaps because during the chaotic war at the end of the Sui Dynasty, when his father took Zhidai out to fight, Let him act as governor of Gaozhou, but as soon as the battle was over, he immediately accepted his post and asked other brothers to be governor of Gaozhou. This is what he has always been dissatisfied with.
Zhizhen knew that his brother Zhidai had a closer relationship with Qin Lang, so he was not dissatisfied with being the governor of Enzhou while his brother was the governor of Gaozhou.
If it wasn't for the relationship between his brother and Qin Lang, he probably wouldn't have had the chance to serve as governor of Naen Prefecture.
"I will show you two brothers to serve as the Governor of Gao En Erzhou, and I will fully support you in the future. Whoever dares to refuse to accept, I will support you. But you govern the Erzhou, and you have to support the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion."
"Don't worry, Mr. Wei!" The two brothers promised, patted their chests.
Since it is cooperation, it must be mutual support.
Qin Lang supported the two brothers in the Feng family, and they wanted to support Qin Lang's New Deal in Lingnan.
The specific points of the New Deal are to further promote the establishment of registered households, implement the two tax laws of the imperial court, crack down on smuggling at sea, ban private soldiers, organize and train united soldiers, pay taxes and taxes, and so on.
Measuring fields and land, checking household registration, setting up counties and townships, establishing Baojia, building schools, etc.
In fact, it is to transform the land of the Feng family, which was equivalent to the self-government of Jimi, into the Zhengzhou of the imperial court, abolishing the expropriation, sending officials and so on.
These all need the support of the governor.
In the past, Feng An was always yin and yang, and when he was in a hurry, he always had a way to stir up a rebellion by the Liao people first. When this chaos happened, the court had to postpone it.
Now Qin Lang is not going to play this trick with Feng An, let his sons be the masters of the house, and cooperate with them to support Lao Feng.
Although Lao Feng is the head of the family, although his prestige is strong, Feng An's sons also have their own interests and demands. As long as this point is identified, they can cooperate.
Qin Lang promised that after Feng's family's private soldiers were dismissed, each of the two prefectures would allow 5,000 people to be organized and trained, and each would be divided into five battalions: front, back, middle, left, and right. They will command the united forces in their respective states.
Qin Lang even promised to provide part of the military equipment and food for their united soldiers, and even send a coach to their united battalion to train the soldiers.
The three of them chatted more and more tacitly, and finally they looked at each other and smiled treacherously.
(end of this chapter)