Northern Dynasties

Chapter 171
A noisy banquet lasted until late at night, and when the one hundred horses of gambling money was gone, Yu Wentai got up to announce the end of the banquet, ordered his own soldiers to escort the generals back to the camp, and asked Director Yu Wen to preside over tomorrow's grand parade .

Li Tai was placed in Yuwentai's personal barracks. Director Yuwen personally sent him to the camp. Li Tai also endured it for a while, before asking Brother Bodhisattva, do you think I look like your uncle in this dress?

Early the next morning, Li Tai was still asleep when he was awakened by the sound of drums and horns on the school field.Listening to the sound of drums and horns that made his blood pumping, he didn't feel sleepy at all. He got up in his clothes and walked around the camp. No one said anything about the next arrangement, just let him wait in the camp. .

In this way, it was not until the morning that the visitor entered the camp and called him into the big tent.

The big tent was not as lively as last night, except for some courtiers and subordinates, only Yu Wentai, Yu Jin and Yi Feng were sitting in the banquet.

Seeing Li Taixing coming in, Yu Wentai smiled kindly on his face, looked at him and said: "I have paid homage to His Highness the Crown Prince this morning, and I have decided on your official reward, let's listen to the reward first."

Li Tai was overjoyed when he heard the words, and hurriedly came down to worship, and some visitors came forward and announced his new official rank: son of Luochuan County, five hundred households in Shiyi, general of Zhenyuan, fourth rank, former Daxingtai, Zhonglang, Dushui envoys and other ministries are still held, and the title of governor is added.

Hearing the end, Li Tai couldn't help being amused, as expected, he still has to keep up with the boss at all times!

He also expected that after this, he should be given an actual military position. Kaifu, Yitong and the like are naturally just fantasies. He is already very satisfied with the title of commander-in-chief, but he didn't expect to come directly A big governor!

In today's military system of the Western Wei Dynasty, Kaifu is the highest-ranking general. He needs to have outstanding military exploits and many parts. Kaifu manages affairs and recruits his own assistants. Xingtai has great military and political autonomy.

Yitong's full name is the Third Division of Yitong, and the guard of honor is analogous to the Sangong, and it is more about showing honor and favor, and it is political treatment.At present, when the organizational structure of Fubing has not yet been fully formed, Yitong cannot represent the specific power.

Kaifu and Yitong are relatively special existences, and the governor can be said to be the highest rank in the regular military ranks.Some governors of Dazhou who also led the township soldiers were only awarded the title of chief governor, and more were only handsome governors or even governors.

This year, the Overlord's Mansion has stepped up its recruitment of powerful local soldiers, making a series of titles such as the governor even more elevated.

Mangshan was defeated last year, and the court of the Western Wei Dynasty was in a hurry in all aspects, and directly took out the post of governor as the content of the reward, so that some county and township tyrants actively donated and won the title of governor, which greatly eased the urgent need of the hegemony.

But this year, the situation is no longer as severe as last year, and the recruitment of township regiments has expanded a lot, and the title of governor will no longer be lightly awarded.Instead, the previous titles of army leader and army commander were incorporated into the township regiment system.

As a result, today's township organizations have formed a series of titles such as military leader, commanding army, governor, commander-in-chief, and major governor.The titles of governors who were indiscriminately awarded last year also rose or fell according to their performance in the past year.

The good times of last year, when one county could donate or lose several governors, are gone forever. This year, most of the titles awarded by the township regiment are concentrated among the commanding army and other generals. The existence of climbing is no longer taught lightly.

If Li Tai, the governor of the metropolis, is released to the prefectures and counties, judging from the growth trend of the township armed forces, he may be able to directly command nearly ten thousand people in the near future. Of course, the premise is that so many can be recruited.

Of course, the establishment of the army was not smooth sailing and without twists and turns. Now it is just a period of expansion that is somewhat disordered, and the base of soldiers is expanded as much as possible without distinguishing between good and bad, so it seems that the authority is overweight.

When this situation stabilizes, screening and elimination will inevitably be carried out, selecting the best from the best, reducing the size of the standing armed forces, and letting the armor out of farming, so as to achieve a scale balance between military armed forces and farming production.

But in any case, Li Tai's ability to be awarded the Grand Governor is definitely a kind of super-relocation award.Apart from the visible military achievements, it should be mainly due to his pledge of allegiance yesterday when he presented the captives at the Grand Parade. In front of the prince of the Western Wei Dynasty and in front of the soldiers inside and outside, he really gave Yu Wentai a great deal of face.

His title was only promoted from a county man to a county son, and the number of food towns was just a simple number, but there was a leap from scratch in his title, which can also reflect Yu Wentai and the prince of the Western Wei Dynasty. This is the different attitude of Weng and son-in-law towards themselves.

If he obeyed the prince of the Western Wei Dynasty and cooperated with his performance yesterday, there might be a huge jump in the title, even a few ranks.But it's hard to say in terms of titles, not to mention the chief governor, the sub-duper may not even be able to turn.

Compared with such illusory titles as knighthood, Li Tai certainly prefers the actual promotion of power, and he can't even help fantasizing in his heart, if he ran outside the prince's camp and yelled at him now, could he just set up a house?
Seeing that Li Tai's happy expression was a little out of control, Yu Wentai was amused again, and then he put on a serious face and said: "The imperial court employs people and distributes power, not just to let you dominate the world. Although Luoshui is an inland river, But there are also long streams, thieves and bandits on the top, and people waiting to feed on the bottom, if the people are out of control, they will suffer deeply!"

"I will keep in mind the Lord's teachings, do my best to govern carefully, and do not owe my superiors or harm my subordinates!"

Li Tai hurriedly bowed his hands again, and replied firmly.

Seeing his respectful and upright attitude, Yu Wentai also secretly felt that compared with those famous ministers and generals who have worked with him for many years, he is actually more willing to reward these backward people.

There is a clear distinction between each other's status, rewards should be rewarded, training should be punished, grace and power are all from me, and I am fully in control. When communicating with those barbarian officials, it is inevitable that there will be many concerns and cannot be arbitrary.

"We are discussing the issue of Hu troubles in Beizhou together with the two of you. You are new to the war, and you have returned with great achievements. You are also involved in your job. Come and discuss it."

Yu Wentai pointed to the empty seats in the tent again, motioning for Li Tai to go and sit down.

Hustle in the north is a long-standing problem. I didn't have enough energy before, so I could only deal with it indifferently and let it go.Li Tai made such a move in northern Shaanxi to bring this issue back into the public eye.

Li Tai's seizure of Liuzhen Qiang's talisman to sue means that Gao Huan of the Eastern Dynasty has never given up his attempt to infiltrate northern Shaanxi.This time it was luck, and the disturbance was nipped in the bud, and in the long run, it had to be guarded against.

The fact that the prince engaged in such a scene during the grand parade also shows that the Yuan and Wei royal families had the intention to make a fuss about it.In the sixth year of Datong's reign, Rouran committed a crime in the south, and there were many voices in the court accusing the Bafu of having too many loopholes in its defense in the north.

So this is no longer a simple harassment, but a complex and complex issue of internal and external troubles.If we cannot face it positively and deal with it properly, it may become a bigger disturbance.

Yu Jinjiu served as Yuwentai's governor of Xiazhou, and led troops to suppress the Jihu rebellion. Yifeng also participated in the suppression of Liu Pingfu as the governor of Xiazhou.Both of them were considered to be familiar with the northern frontier affairs, so they were summoned to discuss this matter.

But seeing that Yu Wentai only summoned these two people and did not brainstorm to discuss this issue, Li Tai could also guess that Yu Wentai's mood at the moment should be quite entangled.

On the one hand, the Western Wei Dynasty has not yet fully emerged from the shadow of the Battle of Mangshan, and the national power is still suffering a huge loss. On the other hand, the core area of ​​Guanzhong still needs to continue to digest in depth, and there is not much power to release the frontier.

At first glance, the territory of northern Shaanxi is just a problem of rampant Jihu, but if you look at it as a whole, you need to bear the double pressure of the Jinyang Bafu in the east and Rouran in the north.How much investment is needed to be fully prepared, Yu Wentai is also beating drums in his heart, so he dare not let go of the discussion.

After Li Tai sat down, he was not in a hurry to speak, but listened to the arguments held by the three people.

Yifeng's proposition is to strengthen the restraint of the Hu tribes who are friendly to the imperial court after all, and appoint those Hu tribe chiefs as Zuozhou officials.The so-called Zuozhou, which is different from the official state and county structure, is Jimizhou. An area is designated as the territory of the Hu tribe for generations. In name, it is controlled by the imperial court, but in reality, it goes its own way.

Liu Pingfu's former governor of Dongxia Prefecture belonged to the governor of Zuozhou.Although he raised his troops to rebel, it was only a special case after all.Most of the time, those Hu chiefs are more willing to accept court officials.

In the case of insufficient national power itself, such a detention policy can be regarded as a low-cost and effective method.

Yu Jin's proposition goes a step further. In addition to increasing military investment, he also proposes to unite with some newly rising Hu tribes in Mobei, such as Tiele and Turkic tribes that have gradually stopped submitting to Rouran. A defensive alliance in a large area, with the level of national power of the Western Wei Dynasty, is still unable to make long-distance and short-range attacks.

These two ideas are not new. In the final analysis, they still cooperate with Yuwentai’s idea of ​​Guanzhong standard. They just postpone the processing of existing problems and strive for a time for self-development.

After listening to the discussion of the two, Yu Wentai pondered for a while, and he basically acquiesced to these two propositions in his heart. He turned his eyes and glanced at Li Tai who had been sitting in the table and had not spoken, and then asked casually: "What's Boshan's opinion on this, feel free to say it."

"I do have a foolish plan, please the Lord and the two of you open the house to rectify it."

After Li Tai heard the words, he stood up and said: "The former did not enter Beizhou, only the road was barren. But after entering the country for a walk, he discovered that the geography of Beizhou is not empty. There are many people who are rich in water and grass, suitable for farming and herding. If We can set up an army and set up a village in that township, and we can defend the township without spending money from the treasury."

Hearing this, the three people in the tent showed a slight smile on their faces. Although they didn't say it clearly, they obviously felt that Li Tai's thinking was too simple.

The problem facing the imperial court now is that there is a shortage of soldiers and supplies, and there is not much manpower to invest in northern Shaanxi. Moreover, when it comes to farming and reclamation conditions, northern Shaanxi is much worse than Guanzhong.Even if the Tyrant Mansion organizes manpower to go to the reclamation, how many people are willing to go?

Of course, Li Tai's thoughts didn't stop there, and he continued: "The fertile land in Guanzhong can be nostalgic, but there are also things in Beizhou that are also attractive. May I ask how the Taiwan Government's Salt Administration is? If the Salt Administration and Tun Shi are combined One, there must be a lot to do!"

　I don't know exactly what kind of organizational form the Fubing was in the early stage. The article is just a summary based on some historical materials. . .

　　
　
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