Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

Of course, Guo Ye also repeatedly told Guan Jiujiu, don't be greedy for salt, tax and silver, don't stretch out your hand, you will be caught if you stretch out your hand!

Yangzhou salt tax is the main way to fill the national treasury. Although Guo Ye loves money, he doesn't want to put it in his personal pocket, because the richer the Yangzhou salt tax is, the more people are staring at the court. .As long as Guan Jiujiu reaches out his hand, he will definitely be caught.

Among them, only Chen Jitao was the most difficult to arrange.

To be honest, he very much wanted Chen Jitao to succeed him as governor of Yangzhou and continue to guard the three-acre land in Yangzhou for him.

However, Chen Jitao's qualifications are too far away from that of a governor. He is neither a student of the Jinshi Emperor, nor has he served as a county magistrate in a local county government. Officials, county magistrates and county magistrates, assistant officials of the Sixth Division of the state capital, and then Yangzhou prefecture magistrates, climbed up step by step with difficulty.

In other words, the qualifications and background are too low, not to mention the governor of Yangzhou, even a remote and barren state capital can hardly succeed.

Moreover, Guo Ye also heard from His Majesty Li Er's imperial decree that the imperial court intends to re-appoint a new governor to take over.

Therefore, although Chen Jitao was capable, he did not have the life of the governor after all.

However, if Guo Ye wanted to leave Yangzhou, he wanted to firmly control Yangzhou's one acre and three lands, and he couldn't do without Chen Jitao sitting in the governor's mansion to watch for him.

Not only to keep an eye on the new governor, but also to coordinate the team of Guan Jiujiu, Chen Lang, and Liu Zhenxuan for him, and at the same time to help him stabilize the hearts of the county magistrates in Yangzhou.

Therefore, the existence of such a central link as Chen Jitao is really indispensable.

After thinking about it, he can only help Chen Jitao, let him go one step further from the position of the county magistrate, attack Yangzhou, and make him the veritable second in command of Yangzhou.

He once promised Chen Jitao to straighten him, and Kong Yingda, Minister of the Ministry of Officials who was in charge of the world's official hats, also said hello, which is not difficult to do.

He weighed his left and right, and after ten days of deliberation, he finally settled the situation.

Then after he leaves, another small circle will be formed in Yangzhou official circles, this circle will be centered on Chen Jitao, the military will be controlled by Liu Zhenxuan and Chen Lang, the salt tax will be controlled by Guan Jiujiu, and the local counties will turn to him The county magistrates.

Of course, the core of this circle is always inseparable from him. He is not only the backbone of these people, but also the reliance of these people's bright future.

From now on, once this circle is formed, he can accuse him from far away in Chang'an, and he can sit back and relax.

At that time, no matter how prominent the new governor's background is, or how he is a student of the emperor, he will not be able to take away the plate he has won in Yangzhou, nor will he be able to shake his right to speak in Yangzhou.

After all, under the busy operation of Guo Ye, everyone finally sought benevolence and gained benevolence. After nearly twenty days, everything was settled.

The moon sets and the stars sink, the sun rises in the east, the cycle of reincarnation changes, and time passes slowly day after day.

The buffer period left by His Majesty Li Er to Guo Ye is almost over, and he will leave Yangzhou soon.

On the third day of leaving Yangzhou, the new governor appointed by the imperial court to Yangzhou finally arrived.

It's not that friends don't get together, the new governor of Yangzhou, Guo Ye, also knows him, and he is actually Changsun Wuji's eldest son, Changsun Chong.

Guo Ye was secretly amused. It seemed that Changsun Wuji still didn't give up on the land of Yangzhou. To be precise, it should be because he didn't give up on Yangzhou's salt tax and didn't want to hand it over to the Shilin Qingliu Department.

This time, he paid such a huge amount of money that he even sent his most proud eldest son down.

However, Guo Ye did not make it difficult for the eldest grandson Chong to take office. On the contrary, he handed over matters to the other party in an amicable and smooth manner.

First, he thought that the other party was Chang Sun Yumo's elder brother; second, he had a friendship with Chang Sun Chong, especially when he was drunk and composing poems in Wei Wangfu, the other party even copied poems for himself.

Bridges return to bridges, and roads return to roads. The conflict between him and Changsun Wuji was always just a matter of political disagreement, and Changsun Chong had never had a relationship with him.

Although he knew very well that the other party went to Yangzhou this time just to regain the land and take the salt tax back into the hands of the Guanlong family, Guo Ye still hosted a banquet in honor of the other party as the host, and handed over to him smoothly.

Chang Sun Chong did not expect Guo Ye's courteous treatment, and Guo Ye's treatment and handover went so smoothly, on the contrary, Chang Sun Chong felt a little ashamed.

Of course, the reason why Guo Ye is so generous is his last reliance, that is, during the buffer period of resignation, he has already made proper arrangements and plans.

As long as there is a small circle of Chen Jitao and others in Yangzhou, what fear is there even if Chang Sun Chong takes over smoothly?The iron-clad governor of Yingpan Liushui, as long as Chang Sun Chong surpassed him a little, he would always be isolated in Yangzhou.

No matter how strong the general is, no matter how well he strategizes, it is useless if he has no soldiers in his hands.

The three-day handover, including the inventory of the treasury treasurer and the transfer of personnel, has been successfully completed.

The grace period for resignation is coming to an end.

Guo Ye knew that it was time to leave.

Early the next morning, he did not notify everyone who stayed in Yangzhou, but quietly left the city with his wife Wu Xiuxiu, Wang Bajin, Zhang Jiujin and nearly forty or fifty personal guards of Yizhou Marquis Mansion.

The last time he came to Yangzhou to take office, he kept a low profile. This time when he left Yangzhou, he also chose to keep a low profile and continue to leave.

Whether it's beautiful or ostentatious, or low-key and obscure, it's all secondary to him.On the contrary, he felt at ease when he left Yangzhou, which he thought was the best.

A group of people walked five miles out of the city, and arrived at the ferry of Dongmen Wharf. They boarded a boat and boarded a boat to go north to Cangzhou Prefecture.

"It's windy... let's go..."

The boatman on the boat raised his voice, and the helmsman and oarsmen got out of the cabin one after another, and got up to perform their duties.

Guo Ye and Wu Xiuxiu stepped onto the bow of the ship, came to the deck, felt the breeze on their faces, and listened to the rustling of their clothes...

The couple stared at the ferry wharf that was slowly leaving the shore, and looked at the city of Yangzhou that was gradually moving away.

Starting off, the next stop——

The imperial capital Chang'an!

Chapter 849 Bringing His Wife Back to Chang'an

Eight or nine days later, Guo Ye and his party arrived in Chang'an smoothly.

It is the end of April and the beginning of May.

Outside Chang'an City, the wind blows weeping willows to play with their waists, and the branches are green and green, just like a scene of spring flowers blooming.

Entering the city, a group of people with cars and horses walked on Suzaku Street. Because of the warmer weather, the street scene of Suzaku and the shops on both sides were bustling, causing Wu Xiuxiu in the car to lift the curtains from time to time and poke her head out to enjoy the reading. .

This is the first time she has come to Chang'an, and naturally it is also the first time she has seen the atmosphere of this imperial capital.

Guo Ye looked at his wife's excited appearance of a curious baby, thought of her life experience for no reason, and couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart. Xiuxiu was born in the imperial capital's wealthy family's son-in-law's mansion, but it was the first time after so many years that she set foot on the land of the imperial capital of Chang'an. Fate really plays tricks on people.

He secretly thought about it, since now that Xiuxiu already knew her background, and Huo Guogong Chai Shaoye returned to Chang'an as a teacher, and Empress Changsun stepped in again, why not take advantage of this time to return to Chang'an Let's settle the matter of Xiuxiu together.

If Chai Shao is willing to lower his stance, and Xiuxiu has no troubles in his heart, let their father and daughter recognize each other, and let Xiuxiu recognize her ancestors and return to her clan.

If Chai Shao still has a pretentious face, hmph, then don't blame me, Guo Ye, for not giving me face. Even if Empress Changsun comes to lobby in person, it won't work.

He thought about it all the way, and after Wu Xiuxiu's admiration all the way, he still couldn't get enough, and the carriage and the retinue brigade also slowly drove into Taipingfang and stopped in front of Yizhou Hou's Mansion.

Guo Ye jumped out of the carriage first, then pulled Wu Xiuxiu out of the carriage, stood in front of the mansion, pointed at the magnificent gate of the Hou Mansion, and said with a smile, "Madam, this is the Yizhou Marquis Mansion, and it will be our residence in Chang'an from now on." home."

At this time, there were already servants and maidservants standing on both sides of the gate. They lined up from the gate to the bottom of the steps. There were about twenty people on both sides, and they bowed and shouted at Guo Ye and Wu Xiuxiu in unison. : "Welcome Lord Hou back to the mansion, welcome Madam back home!"

Wu Xiuxiu was in Longxi and had seen the world in Yangzhou, but when she came to Chang'an for the first time, she couldn't help being slightly surprised when she saw the majestic Yizhou Marquis Mansion in front of her.She didn't expect her husband to have such a large family property under the long resettlement.