Tibet

Today, an important guest came to Dugulie's mansion. Yu Xiulie, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, came to visit with his grandson Yu Ao.

Yu Xiulie is a descendant of Yu Jin, the Taishi of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. He is an authentic descendant of the Eight Pillar Kingdom of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Among the factions of the Guanlong nobles, the Yu family belongs to the Yuan family and has a close relationship with the Yuan family.

Of course, the Yu family and the Dugu family have a good relationship, but they don't have many in-depth interactions, such as marriage, etc. for the time being.

Dugu Lie invited Yu Xiulie to the living room. Yu Xilie was almost seventy years old and had a higher seniority than Dugu. Dugu Lie had to call him Uncle Shi.

The two sat down separately, with grandson Yu Ao sitting at the bottom. Yu Ao passed the imperial examination last year and is currently serving as the chief registrar of Taichang Temple. He wanted to be transferred to another local government as an official, but his grandfather Yu Xiulie had other ideas.

Yu Xiulie got straight to the point and said: "It's a bit abrupt to come to the door today, please don't blame me, Master!"

Dugu Lie leaned over and said with a smile: "Uncle Shi, you are too polite. Just say whatever you have to say?"

"I heard a piece of news two days ago that Yuan Xiao is serving as an official in Longyou? Is it true?"

Yuan Xiao is the eldest grandson of Yuan Yuan. Everyone always thought that he was an official in Hedong Road. However, in the past two days, news came out among the Guanlong family that Yuan Xiao was actually an official in Longyou and served as the judge of Shanzhou Dudu Mansion.

This news suddenly caused an uproar in the Guanlong family. You must know that the Yuan family is one of the leaders of the Guanlong family, and King Qi is the son-in-law of the Dugu family. It is enough that the Dugu family is fully biased towards Longyou, and Yuan Yuan actually gave away his direct grandson. After going to Longyou, everyone suddenly realized the importance of taking sides, especially the eldest grandson family who moved to Longyou, which made the Guanlong family feel a sense of urgency that time cannot wait for us.

Everyone couldn't sit still and were thinking of ways to get in touch with Long You.

Dugu Lie smiled and said: "That happened two or three years ago. When Yuan Xiao first went there, he was a soldier and joined the military. Now he has been promoted to the governor of Shanzhou. He is very capable, hardworking and hard-working. He is the one who will rebuild Shibao City." It’s not easy to lead hundreds of craftsmen to complete it!”

Yu Xiulie pointed to his grandson Yu Ao and said: "My grandson is currently serving as the chief registrar of Taichang Temple. It is very boring. He wants to serve in Longyouzhou County. Can you please recommend it to the head of the family?"

Dugu Lie glanced at Yu Ao and said with a smile: "Lingsun was born as a Jinshi. Of course he can go to Longyou if he wants to, but the conditions in Longyou are more difficult. There are many bitter and cold places in the mountainous areas, but they are not as comfortable as Guanzhong or the Central Plains."

Yu Xiulie said to his grandson: "Express your own stance!"

Yu Ao shook his head, "The children of the Yu family are not afraid of hardship!"

"well said!"

Dugu Lie praised: "Based on your words, I will definitely recommend you, but you must first resign from the Ministry of Civil Affairs."

"Junior will resign tomorrow!"

Yu Xiulie winked at his grandson, and Yu Ao stood up and left.

At this time, Yu Xiulie said slowly to Dugu Lie: "I heard that the Yuan family, the Dou family, and the Hou Mochen family all invested a lot of money in Longyou. I am also a little interested. Can the head of the Dugu family introduce it to you?"

Dugu Lie nodded, "Uncle Shi said there are two ways to invest money. One is to support food, which is directly donated to the Helong Army. Currently, there are five families participating, donating 300,000 shi of food to the Helong Army every year. Among them, the Dugu family alone donates 150,000 shi of food every year, and the other four families share the remaining half, which is also 150,000 shi of food.

There is also a way to lend money to Helong Jiedu Mansion. We have set up a money association under Baoji Cabinet. Now seven families have joined this money association and have invested a total of two million yuan. This is a loan, and we will all join together in the future. Wang Hui returned the money, but without interest, and mainly paid military salaries to the soldiers. "

"How does it work? Can you tell me in detail?"

After all, a large amount of money is required to be invested, and Yu Xiulie certainly has to care about how to operate it.

Dugulie smiled and said: "Baoji Cabinet Shop has branches in all the important counties in Longyou. Each soldier has a page of account cards in the cabinet shop. Military salary is paid every month. Our stewards will record it in the soldier's account." A sum will be recorded on the card, and a sum will be recorded on the card. If the soldier does not come to collect the money, the account card will be empty and there will be no money.

If the soldiers come to collect money, we will give the money to the soldiers, and the money will be spent from the Qianhui, and then Helong Jiedu Mansion will owe us a sum of money, which is probably what it means. "

Yu Xiulie nodded and asked again: "I understand, how much money did the Dou family and Hou Mochen family invest in the money meeting?"

"The Dou family and the Hou Mochen family each invested 200,000 yuan. The Zhao family and the Doulu family will also participate soon. The Yang family, the Li family, and the Sima family are also interested."

Yu Xiulie immediately said: "The Yu family also invested 200,000 gu in money and donated 30,000 dan in food every year."

Dugu Lie smiled and said: "Of course you are welcome. For specific operations, Uncle Shi can arrange for his confidants to find my brother Dugu Ming. He will be responsible for this matter."

Yu Xiulie said happily: "I understand, I need to ask the head of the family for help with the letter of recommendation."

Dugu Lie nodded and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Uncle Shi! I will write a letter of recommendation tonight, and I will send someone to send it to the Yu Mansion early tomorrow morning. When the time comes, Sun will first go to Helong Jiedu Mansion to enter the Memorial Hall to get the letter of recommendation. You need to register there, and with the letter of recommendation for entering the Academy and my letter of recommendation, you can go to Jincheng County, Longyou."

Yu Xiulie stood up and said goodbye.

Dugu Lie sighed. He had written several letters of recommendation these days, and the following effect of the Changsun family's westward migration began to show.

This time, not only the eldest grandson Quanxu was appointed governor of the eldest son's family, several grandsons of the eldest grandson Nanfang also joined the Helong Tang Army, and many descendants of the Guanlong family who were brave in martial arts also followed suit.

In fact, this is when the Guanlong family began to officially support Li Ye, just like they supported Li Yuan to seize the Sui Dynasty. Back then, they mainly provided full support in terms of money and food, so that Li Yuan had money and food to feed the army. In the later period, a large number of Guanlong nobles joined. Tang Jun.

The Guanlong aristocracy flourished during the reign of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, but began to be suppressed by the time of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty. This was mainly reflected in the loss of power by Changsun Wuji. After Wu Zetian moved the capital to Luoyang, he began to suppress them in an all-round way. The Guanlong aristocracy collapsed politically, leaving only wealth.

Later, the Guanlong nobles supported Li Longji's coup, and Li Longji moved the capital back to Chang'an. This was actually a reward for the Guanlong nobles.

But after Li Longji was firmly on the throne, he also began to suppress the Guanlong nobles. The Guanlong nobles became the Guanlong gentry, and further degenerated into the Guanlong family.

Although they were completely overturned politically, they were still extremely wealthy in terms of wealth. In order to rise again, the Guanlong family bet on the king of Qi, Li Ye.

On that day, outsiders would not know this secret. On this issue, the Guanlong family kept tacitly secretive. In fact, only the core figures of each family knew it. When Yu Xiulie talked about this issue just now, he specifically asked his grandson to speak first. When he went out, he didn't want his grandson to know about it.

Dugu Lie immediately wrote a letter of recommendation, strongly recommending Yu Ao to Li Ye, and wrote about the fact that the Yu family began to support the Helong Army.

A few days ago, Hou Mo Chen Zai and Zhao Kuan also went to Longyou with Dugu Lie's recommendation letter, and both joined the Helong Tang Army. Hou Mo Chen Zai was appointed by Li Ye as General Ying Yang Lang and Commander of the Ning Sai Army. He led three thousand troops to garrison Kuozhou, while Zhao Kuan went to Yanzhou and served as Yanzhou's military envoy to protect the oil wells.

The Guanlong family began to fully embrace Qi King Li Ye from three key aspects: people, wealth, and materials.