Northern Dynasties

Chapter 203 Yanchi Governor
In the turmoil initiated by the Changsun family in the Chang'an court, not everyone involved is as confident as Li Tai, and has the mood to plan his own life.

Liu Min has been very anxious recently, when he went to visit Li Tai in the countryside today, he followed hundreds of people, and most of them carried bows and knives, obviously worried that he would be attacked and killed by the eldest grandson's family on the way.

Qianzhuang was crowded with people, and Li Tai didn't go out to meet them, but just stood at the entrance of the valley and waited.As Liu Min walked here, the pair of brothers and sisters couldn't help but sigh at each other.

Li Tai still had a deliberate air of taking care of Liu Min's emotions, while Liu Min was really worried, with a messy beard and hair and no manners at all, when he saw Li Tai, he sighed without saying a word.

"The current situation is unusual. If something happens to Liu Langzhong, just report to someone. There is really no need to take risks."

Hearing what Li Tai said, Liu Min sighed again, and then said with a bitter smile: "I have already been deprived of my previous position because of my poor morals and unworthy appointment as a Langguan. You should change your name, Boshan. Can."

While speaking, he pulled out a six or seven-year-old, a little timid child from behind, bowed to Li Tai with a stern face, and introduced to Li Tai that this was his youngest son named Liu Ang.

Walking into the valley, Liu Min couldn't help but a hint of envy flashed in his eyes when he saw Daxingtai stationed here to protect Li Tai's Inner Armor, but he didn't say much.

When he came to the villa hall, Li Tai raised his hand and called Ji Feng and Li Ya, who were playing in the yard, and asked the two boys to take the little Liu Ang to play elsewhere, while he invited Liu Min to sit down in the hall.

"My family's Taiwei Gong was also dismissed, and this wave of revenge from the Changsun family is really turbulent and frightening. I am now confined by the Lord to the village, and it is difficult to respond to my brother's affairs. I am really sorry."

The only thing that can comfort a person in adversity is to tell him that you are not the most unlucky. It is indeed unfortunate that Liu Min's official position was taken away, but compared with Gao Zhongmi's loss of the position of Taiwei, it is not the worst. pitiful.

Sure enough, after Liu Min heard this, she restrained her sorrow a little, turned to comfort Li Tai, and then said: "I came to see you this time, and I bid farewell to you, Boshan. I have neglected my duty in the past, and I will let you go." Disturbances have been brought into the Taiwan government, fortunately the Lord still has mercy, and let me return to my hometown to serve and make up for my mistakes."

Speaking of this, he said with some shame: "If I hadn't come to ask for the previous matter, Bo Shan would not have been involved in the matter at all. The matter happened because of me, but now I have to run away. I am really ashamed to meet Bo Shan again. See you, but thinking that this trip may not be possible later, so I have the audacity to come here and say goodbye in person."

Li Tai didn't feel that Liu Min was involved in this matter, on the contrary, he felt that Liu Min was leading him to get this opportunity to enrich himself and make a fortune.Although Liu Min led people to attack the temple of Changsun's family, it was also Li Tai's instigation.

Now that Liu Min has been deprived of his official position and sent back to his hometown, Li Tai is still cheerfully counting his harvest in the village. He is already very sad and happy. Hearing Liu Min say this again, he can't help but feel a little embarrassed for a while.

"Life is hard to avoid. Brother Liu, you are a brave warrior who forges ahead in adversity. This life is no longer the old time when two or three Xunmen decided the general trend. Keep this loyalty to Xu Guozhi, and the storm will always pass."

Seeing Liu Min's dejected expression, Li Tai spoke to comfort him again.

It would be a good choice for Liu Min to go back to Hedong Township and temporarily avoid Changsun's edge.Even Li Tai himself, his cousin Cui Qian suggested that he avoid disasters in the village, but only because he understood Daxingtai's intentions, he made a more favorable choice.

The Liu family has been a famous family in Hedong for generations. When it comes to the strength of the local power, it is beyond Li Tai's comparison.Even if Liu Min retires to the countryside, there is still a lot to do.Unless the Eastern Wei fully occupies Hedong, recovery is only a matter of time.What Li Tai said was not empty talk.

"Boshan, your courageous and fearless feelings are really enviable. I also had similar feelings and ambitions in the past, but after going through setbacks and vicissitudes, my original aspirations gradually faded away... Well, anyway, thank you for your support Auspicious words, I hope the situation will turn around in the coming year."

Liu Min is not as optimistic as Li Tai, in addition to worries, he also has a sense of frustration and pessimism about the overall future of their Hedong family.

The relationship between Pei Liuxue and other families in Hedong and the Western Wei Dynasty is relatively delicate.

Because of the geographical location of the countryside, they happened to be located in the center of the war between the Eastern and Western Dynasties, and because of the considerable local resources and influence, they had a certain detached status.

The reason why these people took refuge in the Western Wei Dynasty, of course, has little to do with the Beizhen Group led by Yu Wentai.To put it nicely, it is because Xiaowu moved westward and returned to the legal system, but in fact, it is also because the Western Wei Dynasty is weak and they can gain more autonomy here, and they even become the other party who can influence the general trend of the court and the pattern of the world. The fantasy of political power.

But in reality, the development of these Hedong families to the Western Wei court was extremely difficult, and there was hardly a senior official who established the dynasty.The nobles of Luoyang who followed Xiaowu to the west, Yuwentai's overlord, including Su Chuo and other people from Kansai, all intentionally or unintentionally excluded them from entering the court.

There are local forces but no political resources, which means that these Hedong people cannot independently speak out and safeguard their own interests in this Western Wei regime, and can only be reduced to a vassal of a certain party.

Just like Liu Min was dismissed this time, it is true that he was the first to flirt, but it is also enough to show that the Hedong family is weak and difficult to speak out in the court. Traditional political forces such as the Changsun family do not treat each other seriously at all. .Without Daxingtai's protection, Liu Min would have even suffered suppression of his hometown.

It can be reflected from this incident that it is almost impossible for the Hedong family to cross the Overlord's Mansion and directly talk to the court, at least for now, so there is no need to expect to become a person who is free from the Imperial Court and the Overlord's Mansion. third party political forces.

Leaving aside his own circumstances, such a situation also made Liu Min feel discouraged.The Hedong people and the Beizhen warriors are two forces that don't have much to do with each other, but because of the arrogance of the imperial court, if they want to gain channels for advancement and maintain their local power, they can only strengthen their dependence and obedience to the overlord.

Liu Min cleared up his mood a bit, then turned to Li Tai and said: "This time when I return home, in addition to rectifying the township barracks, I will also serve as the governor of Yanchi and rectify the salt affairs. I remember that you, Boshan, spoke to Daxingtai before , I’m here today, besides saying goodbye in person, I also want to ask for the details.”

After Li Tai heard this, he was taken aback for a moment, and then became a little embarrassed. After all, this matter itself touched the interests of the Hedong family. He was somewhat embarrassed to be questioned face to face by the person involved.

But soon he felt emotional again, after all, it was still Yuwen Taisao.

Originally, he thought that Yuwentai was just using this to attack the political prestige of the eldest grandson's family, but he did not expect that the Hedong family was also included in it. He wanted to take advantage of the pressure exerted by the eldest grandson's family in the court to implement the salt introduction system in Hedong.

Killing and punishing one's heart is nothing more than that!Liu Min just helped you clean up the temples in Guanzhong, and before you had time to spend the money and goods you got, he took advantage of his being targeted and forced him to attack the countryside.

"In this matter, I do have advice and suggestions. The salt administration is related to people's livelihood, but since the imperial court established the rule, it has been lack of control..."

Li Tai said a lot of routine first, and then talked about his specific ideas.

The salt introduction system is a typical planned economy, which carries out integrated and standardized management from the production to sales of salt.

In the short term, it does not directly harm the interests of these salt producers, and even because of the regulations on the sale of salt, the power of the Bafu can be used to sell salt more conveniently and safely.

But in the long run, it means that the right to distribute benefits is handed over to the hegemony, and the production scale, sales routes, and product pricing power are no longer owned by the local rich.

Liu Min is indeed a very suitable choice for carrying out this kind of fundamental reform of norms.

First of all, he was born in a famous family in Hedong, with great local power and prestige, and he presided over the reform, which can avoid the conflict and opposition of the people of Hedong to the greatest extent.Secondly, as a senior practitioner, he can understand the details and loopholes better than others.In the end, Liu Min's own situation is worrying, and his attachment to the Overlord's Mansion is strengthened, so he is bound to be more attentive to things.

Although this incident put a shackle on the entire Hedong Salt Industry, it was not short-sighted. The strengthening!
To be honest, Li Tai envied Liu Min very much, it was a blessing in disguise that he got this appointment, at least if the Bafu entrusted this matter to him, he would never refuse.It's a pity that he is not from Hedong, so this good job will never fall on his head anyway.

Liu Min originally thought that Daxingtai's reform of the salt administration was a zero-sum game to take the salt benefits from the Hedong family to the Taiwan government. Therefore, when he was appointed, he was also worried, worried that if he did not do well, he would be evil to the Taiwan government. , too much force and intolerance to the local land, may end up in the end of being unflattering to both sides and destroying both the name and the name.

But after listening to Li Tai's explanation, he also breathed a long sigh of relief, his face swept away, and he clasped his fists and said with emotion in the direction of the Taifu: "The former envoy's dereliction of duty caused even more trouble to me, I thought it was ugly It's difficult to use, but I didn't expect that Daxingtai would take on such a heavy responsibility, it really made me panic and ashamed!"

He turned to Li Tai again and said, "It's even more rare for you, Boshan, to come to Daxingtai to introduce this good plan of benefiting the country and benefiting the public. I will use your merits to speak out and get this advice. , never disappoint Bo Shan, your wisdom and benevolence!"

So after all, people still have to learn to understand themselves. Li Tai felt that Liu Min should be able to see the far-reaching plots in Yanyin's reform, but he never mentioned it. He just praised him a lot. After he deceived himself, he betrayed the psychology of local resources. The burden will be much smaller.

Naturally, he would not expose Liu Min's self-comfort. After knowing that Liu Min was appointed as the head of the salt administration to carry out reforms, he felt that the cooperation between the two could be strengthened, so he smiled and said: "Brother, if you are not in a hurry, go later In the future, I will have a meeting with fellow villagers, and I invite you to attend to strengthen me."

(End of this chapter)