Chapter 099, Empress Wu was reorganized in the court, Mei Xiaolang divorced his wife by orders

Mei Zhenyi had to smile bitterly: "Yes, I am a mortal after all, and I am not a golden immortal like you. It is difficult to not have any thoughts. I couldn't help but have this idea just now."

Qingfeng: "Of course I won't be like you, but immortals will also have thoughts. The Tianxing Thunder Tribulation is not only once, and the situation that triggers Tianxing is not only when ascending. For example, as long as you enter and exit the fairy world, you will encounter the Tianxing Thunder Tribulation, which can be big or small, and everything depends on the opportunity."

Mei Zhenyi said unexpectedly: "Is there such a thing? Then there are too many things that are entangled in the world in the world. Isn't it a little trouble when I go back?"

Qingfeng: "It's not just a bit troublesome. The worldly Dharma is just superb. If you create karma too deeply, you can't go back. Therefore, some golden immortals have to cut off some things by incarnating in the lower realm and then cut off this incarnation from then on."

Mei Zhenyi asked: "Is there any heavenly tribulation above the realm of immortals?"

Qingfeng: "Yes, but the mystery is not the same as the practice of the world. It is too early to talk to you about these things, and it is useless to talk about them. When you can ascend to become an immortal one day, you can verify it yourself... Let's not talk about these things, today I have caused you a big trouble. Think about it, and there is one thing I want to tell you."

Mei Zhenyi: "What is it, good or bad? If you speak good things, you won't talk about bad things."

Qingfeng: "I don't know whether it's good or bad, it should be a good thing for you... In fact, there are many cleverness, many mystery, and many choices when ascend to the tribulation. You will understand it when the time comes... This game of chess has not been finished yet, so just finish it."

Mei Zhenyi reached out and pulled the chessboard: "I can't get it anymore, I'll lose!"

Qingfeng stood up and said, "Then let's go. Mei Yi's affairs are over and Xue Zhang's affairs are over. Then Mr. Sui should have left Wuzhou, so I can be quiet for a while."

Mei Zhenyi: "You want to be quiet. I'm afraid you may not be able to do it."

Qingfeng glanced at him: "Don't talk nonsense!"

Mei Zhenyi: "I'm talking about Qingfeng, what a fairy boy, why have I never seen you laugh before?"

Qingfeng: "Is there anything funny about the things in the sky and underground?" After saying that, he waved his sleeves, and flew away with Mei Zhenyi and the chess game. The sun had just risen, and the sun shone on the ridges, and it was quiet around it. It seemed that nothing had happened here.

The rebellion of Xu Jingye was not large, only between the Jianghuai River and Huai River. It took a short time, but it was a great turmoil that shocked the government and the people. The smart Empress Wu took this opportunity to purify the court. That year, the Yuan Dynasty changed the Yuan Dynasty to Guangzhai, and issued an edict to change the Shangshu Province to Wenchangtai, and the left and right servants were renamed to the left and right ministers. The six ministries of official, household, ritual, military, punishment, and work were renamed to Heaven, Earth, Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter.

Menxia Province was renamed Luantai, Central Province was renamed Fengge, and Censorate Tai was renamed Zuosuzhengtai. For example, the official positions of prime ministers such as Shizhong and Zhongshuling are now renamed Luantai Nayan, and Fengge officials sound like ducks in modern nightclubs. Perhaps Empress Wu would have the same tune.

Not only that, Empress Wu officially established Luoyang as the capital of God. In the Tang Dynasty, the capital was in Chang'an, and Luoyang was only a capital of the capital. However, Empress Wu liked Luoyang and wanted to establish an imperial career here. Luoyang's status once surpassed Chang'an. Empress Wu also did one thing, which was to chase his ancestors on a large scale.

Wu Keji, the ancestor of the Wu family, was posthumously named Duke of Wu, Emperor Wu Juchang, was posthumously named Prince of Beiping, Great-grandfather Wu Jian, was posthumously named Prince of Jincheng, Grandfather Wu Hua, was posthumously named Prince of Taiyuan, and his father Wu Shihu was posthumously named Prince of Wei. Xiang Shang was posthumously named Prince of Wu. It was usually the founding emperor who did it. Wu Zetian had not yet been called emperor, so he could only sign his ancestors as kings, but this also sent a strong signal to the court and the people--spoken she wanted to do the work of the emperor as the empress dowager.

The change of the era was of course to reward and promote some new officials, and at the same time, to take down a group of stubborn forces in the court that resisted her ascendance to the throne. Pei Yan was the first to be a ghost under the knife. Pei Yan was the prime minister for many years and had a deep root. There were many party members inside and outside the court. In the name of thorough investigation of Xu Jingye's rebellion, Wu later made a great purge. Cheng Wuting, the ambassador of the Shanyu Dao who led the army to guard the border, was first implicated.

Cheng Wuting made great contributions with Pei Yan in the court coup where Li Zhe was abolished and Li Dan. Later, he led his troops north to guard the northern border. The reason for this was related to the Turkic rebellion. The previous article mentioned that the Turkic rebellion was wiped out, and Che Bu himself was shot to death by Mei Xiaolang with an arrow. Only Yuanzhen led more than 20,000 people to escape. At the same time, a shaman witch, the great priest of the grassland priest Gu Dulu.

Yuan Zhen still had some tricks and strategies. The first thing he did after he escaped was to gather the Turkic tribes scattered all over the grassland. All the strong men in these tribes participated in the Chebu army, and it was difficult for the remaining elderly, weak, women and children to survive alone in a difficult environment.

Yuanzhen found these tribes one by one, took away cattle, sheep and horses, young and strong women and healthy children, and left behind the sick and weak people. In this way, the power of his tribe became larger and larger like a snowball, forming the only Turkic tribe that could continue to roam on the grassland. In this process, Gu Dulu and Yuanzhen formed an alliance, and as the priest priest, he called on the remaining Turkic tribes to surrender to Yuanzhen, which helped him a lot.

Gu Dulu had a rift between him and Yuanzhen, so why did he suddenly wear another pair of pants? It was just that he could use each other. Gu Dulu needed the continued worship of the grassland tribe, and Yuanzhen also needed the spiritual power of the gods to call for restraints. The two people gathered together and migrated eastward with the tribe to the north of the Mo area. In two or three years, they also recovered a little energy, often went south to plunder and harass, but did not dare to go deep into the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

This also made the court a headache. Yuanzhen and Gu Duluo always touched each other. Once a large army of the court came to attack, they would immediately flee far away from Mobei, which was difficult to pursue. Pei Yan recommended Cheng Wuting to station troops and guard the border. Cheng Wuting was good at using troops and was known as bravery. When the Turks heard that Cheng Wuting was coming, they dared not invade again. This happened in the same year as Xu Jingye's rebellion.

Cheng Wuting was originally a peer of Pei Yan, and he had recommended to the court that Tang Zhiqi and Du Qiuren, the rebels of Xu Jingye, were the main leaders of the rebels and had always had close contact with Cheng Wuting. After Pei Yan was imprisoned, Cheng Wuting wrote a letter to protect Pei Yan. Empress Wu was very dissatisfied, and was afraid that Cheng Wuting might change when holding heavy troops in the frontier, so she sent general Pei Shaoye to the army to announce the imperial edict. She asked the crime of colluding with the rebels on the spot.

Cheng Wuting and Pei Yan formed a clique and gave Mei Xiaolang a lot of shoes to wear during this period, but Mei Xiaolang also felt that it was a pity that this man was brave enough to die, but he could not protect Cheng Wu and survive. Cheng Wuting Mei Xiaolang could not protect Mei Xiaolang but protected another person, that general Wang Fangyi.

Wang Fangyi was a relative of the former Queen Wang and was not favored by Empress Wu. At this time, the Censor of Suzheng participated in Wang Fangyi's book, and Wang Fangyi was taken to prison. What did Wang Fangyi do? It starts with the rebellion of Chepu back then.

Thinking about Mei Xiaolang led his army to quell the rebellion. In the Rehai victory, he was rushed back to Beijing before he had time to deal with the rest of the matter. The rest of the matter was left to Wang Fangyi. This battle annihilated the main force of the Turks, leaving the remnants of the Turks no longer in large-scale chaos. The tens of thousands of Turkic cavalry except for the escaped areas and those who died in battle, the rest became prisoners, with a total of more than 30,000 people.

These more than 30,000 people are not easy to deal with. Of course, it is not enough to be released. Raising is too expensive. According to the Tang Dynasty's always pacification policy, as long as these people are willing to surrender and pay tribute, they will generally be returned to their hometown, but their tribe has been swallowed by Yuan Zhen and will not exist again. If they can't go back, can't they have to give land to support these people? Even if they are raising them, who can guarantee that these people will not become new root causes of disaster in the future?

General Lang is worthy of being General Lang. He did something that shocked everyone. He sold all the more than 30,000 people and sold them to foreign countries! He sold them to Persia, Kucha and other places as slaves, earning a lot of money, and used this money to rebuild the Heisha City Fortress and additional pensions for the families of the fallen soldiers. At that time, he was in power in the army, and he wrote the war report. Without reporting such a group of prisoners, the matter was hidden. Unexpectedly, the fire could not be kept in the paper. After all, someone reported it to him.

Mei Xiaolang heard the news and wrote a letter to Wang Fangyi for mercy. He said this - although Wang Fangyi's move was reckless and incompatible with the rules, it was also a rough and detailed plan. Tens of thousands of surrendered people were not easy to kill, and they were difficult to settle. If it was divided into places and lived in a place, it would be difficult to restrain. Such capricious tribes would inevitably cause trouble in the future. Wang Fangyi could not slaughter the surrendered people, spend money and food, and leave no trouble to deal with the matter. There was also a reason for the crime.

Because of Mei Xiaolang's plea, Wang Fangyi was released from prison and exiled to Yazhou. Mei Xiaolang could protect his people and could not protect his local officials, but another person involved was protected by the people and officials. It was Cheng Xuanhu. Cheng Xuanhu was reinvigorated by the Sima of Haozhou back then, and there was Pei Yan, and Cheng Wuting recommended him. He himself was Cheng Wuting's nephew and could not be uninvolved.

But this time it was very simple to talk to Cheng Xuanhu. He himself led his troops to fight the rebels, and he could not implicate this matter. The court neither punished nor rewarded Cheng Xuanhu, so Cheng Xuanhu escaped.

Of course, a thorough investigation of Xu Jingye’s rebellion cannot be just a punishment. The military merits of the rebellion must be rewarded. There are many people who are rewarded with horns. Beside Mei Zhenyi, the one who takes the most advantage is Jiang Hua, the governor of Wuzhou.

This governor Jiang did nothing, but delegated power to Mei Yi, and instead achieved great achievements, because he was nominally the military and political chief of Wuzhou after all. Jiang Hua was promoted to the Assistant Minister of the Qiu Guan and went to Beijing to take office. The reason why he was able to enter Beijing was not entirely because of military merits, but there was another thing that made Empress Wu happy.

Last year, he reported to the court that Luxue showed his spirit on Jingting Mountain and flew into Wuzhou overnight. Empress Wu was very happy at that time, but the court was in trouble and had no time to take care of this matter. This time, he saw the war report of Wuzhou again and remembered the past when he reported to him. Feng Yan Yiyue transferred him to the capital, which was particularly kind.

Of course, the so-called reward is not necessarily decided by Empress Wu himself. The trivial matters are drawn up by the officials below. Empress Wu added a few opinions and sent them back before sending them back. Therefore, many details of the reward land were drafted by relevant personnel, and at this time, it was seen that a person's connections were found in the officialdom.

For example, Mei Zhenyi's uncle, Liu Zhi, the Cangmai Gangmai of Ningguo County, was awarded the honor of Yunqiwei, but his position was still the Cangmai Gangmai. According to the current saying, it is similar to a section-level position and enjoys department-level treatment. What is the point here? Don't forget that Wuzhou is a wealthy place. Although the Cangmai Gangmai is not a big official, he is in charge of the money and grain reserves of a county. The Cangmai Gangmai also also in charge of the procurement of military ordnances of the court, which is a rare lack of fat.

Liu Zhi was doing business in Wuzhou and also served as the Ganggu Governor of Ningguo County. There were a lot of money among them. Therefore, when the staff planned the reward land for him, they only gave him the honorary official and did not change his position. This was also a face to the Mei family. Zhang Guo and a group of civilians who had made contributions to defending the city and local garrison soldiers all had corresponding rewards.

Mei Yi was the most credited person. He was appointed as General Dingyuan and temporarily as the governor of Wuzhou. This reward is also interesting. It would be fine if he was appointed as General Dingyuan, but he actually let him take charge of Wuzhou Prefecture for the time being. Wuzhou Governor Jiang Hua was transferred to the position of Jingzhong, and Mei Yi was temporarily in charge of the governor. This was not to ask him to be the governor, but to let him handle the post-war appeasement before the new governor took office. This was also a big fat man. He was also specially giving face to the Mei family that he had such an arrangement.

How do you say it is a fat man? After the war, you have to settle the accounts. How many brave people have been recruited, how much casualties should be paid, how much money should be distributed, how much materials should be consumed, and what additional procurement needs to be supplemented? - Mei Yi has the final say. To give the simplest example, isn't the land used to defend the city of Wuzhou? How many bamboos are used in total? Whose land is it? How much does it cost?

Mei Yi was a general at the moment, so how could he care about these things? He simply called Zhang Guo and even gave the governor's seal to Zhang Guo. He asked him to deal with it. Zhang Guo has always been very kind to the people of Wuzhou this time. He would never miss the money and grain that should be distributed. Open the warehouse and distribute it out. Everyone was very happy.

Although Mei Zhenyi didn't care about it, how could Zhang Guo be stingy with his family? The Mei family's land account was particularly wide. Not only did it contain bamboo guns and other supplies, but the cost of receiving Princess Yuzhen should have been responsible for Wuzhou Prefecture, but the Mei family was asked to pay in advance due to the war. The fee according to the specifications was not low. He took the opportunity to make a fortune.

Zhang Guo can make money. There is another person who can make money more than him, that is Liu Zhi. The weapons and materials used to fight this time, except for bamboo guns, were all moved from the Ningguo County Armory Depot. This batch of things was originally to be tributed to the court, and the amount of losses must be supplemented and purchased neatly. So how much loss was there in the battle? These numbers are all money, and they are huge funds!

This matter should have been counted by Mei Yi. Mei Yi asked Zhang Guo to do it, but Zhang Guo simply called Liu Zhi to do it himself. Liu Zhi was originally a businessman. He would be embarrassed to be polite at this time. Naturally, he made a fortune. Zhang Guo and Liu Zhi almost emptied most of the money and grain warehouses in Wuzhou Prefecture. But no one said anything. On the one hand, Zhang Guo was equally generous to the villagers' defenders, and on the other hand, he made money ruthlessly but he was clear about the calculations.

It was the end of the year. The Chinese New Year was almost over. Every household in Wuzhou Prefecture had lanterns and decorations. Everyone who should be rewarded was awarded, but one of the most important people had not been awarded by the court for a long time, that was Princess Yuzhen, who lived in Wuzhou.

Princess Yuzhen made great contributions this time. Her deeds of "climbing the city and retreating thousands of troops, secretly beheading the dedicated work" were compiled into jokes, and the storytellers talked about in the Jiangnan area. Why did the imperial court's rewards not be heard yet? When the imperial court issued an edict to transfer Jiang Hua to Beijing, a sage edict came down, ordering Princess Yuzhen to "temporarily live in the Mei family in Wuzhou and wait for the court's edict."

This sage is also very strange. It neither invites Princess Yuzhen to come to Beijing nor allows her to return to Bazhou, but allows her to stay in Wuzhou for a while. It would be fine if she stayed in Wuzhou. An unmarried princess should live in an inn or a separate underworld courtyard. How could she temporarily stay in Mei's family?

Princess Yuzhen's heart was thumping when she received this sage. She understood something better than Mei Zhenyi. As a princess, there was nothing more than rewarding money and land. If she hadn't gotten married, she would "reward" a good husband. Let her stay in the Mei family for a while. Could it be that Empress Wu wants to give a marriage? When she thinks of giving a marriage, she would marry Mei Zhenyi. The huge sense of happiness was overflowing and surrounded Yuzhen.

Mei Zhenyi didn't know what Princess Yuzhen was thinking at this time. He understood what the princess thought about him, and he also pity Princess Yuzhen, but he didn't have that much thought, just pity and love. After receiving the imperial edict, the Mei family respectfully and arranged her to Qiyunguan according to the princess' own wishes.

Princess Yuzhen was full of joy in Wuzhou, waiting for the happiest New Year in her life. Mei Xiaolang, who was far away in Luoyang, was frowning in her study at this moment. Empress Wu had just summoned him, and after talking about the government, she told another private matter - he was ordered to divorce his wife!
Chapter completed!