Northern Dynasties

Chapter 322
When Li Tai saw Holland walking towards him, he couldn't help but smile. He got off his horse and strode towards him. He clasped his fists and said with a smile: "Meeting an old friend in a foreign country is really a great joy in the world. This trip to Long is afraid of being unfamiliar with people and things. I don't know anything, but unexpectedly I ran into Brother He Lan just after passing through Longshan Mountain, which greatly comforted the panic of passers-by, and in this situation, you must have a drink of music!"

"Your envoy, please don't worry, the scenery here may not be as close and familiar as Guanzhong, but it is also warm and hospitable. There are all kinds of wine and food, and you will have a good time with your humble rank!"

Holland responded with a smile, and he was also very happy when he heard Li Tai say that. After all, they only knew each other but did not have a deep friendship. Li Tai was undoubtedly giving him face in front of the county people. He also became more attentive and respectful to Li Tai, and introduced to him one by one the people who came to greet him.

Li Tai also responded to the greetings from the county people one by one, but he couldn't help muttering in his heart.

According to Holland's introduction, some of these dozen or so people were county officials, and some were representatives of local powerful families, but most of them were not Han Chinese, and most of them were Diqiang chieftains who had lived here for generations.Coupled with the county guard Holland, who is from Xianbei, this is the first time Li Tai has seen such a thorough county government.

However, the clothes and speech of these Hu chiefs are not much different from that of the Han people. Some of them are even more dignified and polite than the powerful Han people in Guanzhong. It can be seen that they are deeply influenced by Sinicization.

In fact, if we really want to talk about the level of civilization, the Diqiang tribe in Longyou is no worse than the Xianbei people, and even far better than the Beizhen warriors who are in power in the north today.

Di Qiang had frequent interactions with the Han people as early as in the Han Dynasty. In the last years of the Western Jin Dynasty, when China was in disarray, a large number of people from the Central Plains fled to Longyou Hexi to avoid wars and military disasters. This place once became the cultural heritage of the Han people, even surpassing Pian’an Jiangdong. The small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

The Di and Qiang tribes living here have naturally fully absorbed the social organization, living habits, ethics and morals of the Han people. Many of them have even transformed from the Hu tribe chieftains to local local tyrants, and their history of absorbing Han culture is far behind. It surpassed Xianbei in the Northern Wei Dynasty, which was not sinicized until the Taihe period.

After some courtesies and greetings, everyone invited Li Tai into the post pavilion and sat down in order according to their status, and soon there were servants serving wine and food.

Li Tai was hungry, thirsty and tired after a long journey, so he observed the types of food on the food table with great interest.

There is no obvious difference between the eating habits of Longyou and Guanzhong. Most of the meat is grilled, and the vegetables are mostly raw and mixed. The only thing that is commendable is that the condiments such as pepper, ginger and osmanthus are used in greater amounts and are more cooked.

Especially the hot and spicy pepper wine, the first time you drink it, you will feel a little uncomfortable, but after a long time, it will have a unique flavor.

In addition to food and entertainment, when the banquet was halfway through, a county official who was present at the banquet left the table, walked out of the post pavilion, and returned after a short while, followed by several musicians in two figures. Slender dancers in colored skirts, as the music sounded, the two dancers danced lightly.

Li Tai didn't expect Holland to have such an arrangement. After seeing this, he put down his cup and chopsticks and began to appreciate it carefully, of course from the perspective of art appreciation.I saw that the waist bones of the two dancers were flexible, their gestures were full of coquettishness, and their eyebrows and eyes were extremely provocative, which aroused the strength of the wine they drank before, making people hot and unbearable.

After a dance, everyone in the hall showed unfinished expressions, and Holland also looked at Li Tai with pleading eyes, Li Tai raised his hand and waved to signal the dancers to step back for now, but he couldn't help it in his heart. Slandering these Lueyang people with bad intentions, don't you know my relationship with the boss here?Use this to test the cadres!

When he was full of wine and food, Holland asked Li Tai for instructions: "It is still a few hours away from the county city. If we leave now, we will arrive in the evening. May I ask whether the envoy will go to the county city to stay temporarily?" rest?"

Li Tai didn't answer this question directly, but looked at the crowd thoughtfully, and then asked Holland: "I didn't get to see the Sima of the county, is it because the county is busy with military affairs and has no time to leave?"

In his trip to Long this time, in addition to serving as the governor of Dugu Xin Erfu and the governor of Tianshui County, he also served as the commander-in-chief of the five counties. These five counties are Tianshui, Lueyang, Hanyang, Qingshui and Heyang.

Although Holland served as the governor of Lueyang, he did not have the title of governor, so he could not govern the affairs of the people and horses in the territory. According to the usual practice, the commander of the county should manage the military.In this way, Sima of Lueyang County is Li Tai's real subordinate, and he has to accept the jurisdiction of him, the governor.

But now the county guard Holland and the county officials all came to welcome him, but the county Sima was missing.Li Tai didn't feel offended by being left out in the cold, but wanted to know a little bit about his personnel affairs, whether this county magistrate was too busy to get away, or didn't come to see him on purpose.

Hearing Li Tai's question, Holland's expression became a little unnatural, and the two county people sitting here even avoided the seats, and knelt down in front of Li Tai's seats with a plop, and after kowtowing repeatedly, they said in a sad tone: " Yang Ling, the Sima of the current county, counts on the strength of the soldiers, insults the villagers, is arrogant and lawless, and commits evil repeatedly, I implore the king to uphold justice for the people of Lueyang and punish the villains!"

Li Tai was slightly taken aback when he heard this, then his face darkened after a while, and he said angrily, "Lueyang is a barren land outside of Wanghua, where the imperial court established counties and appointed officials. The purpose is to spread the rule of law to the people, enforce the law and punish evil. If the county people have grievances, they must first sue the officials. If the county government cannot solve the matter, the state government will judge for the public.

I have just entered this place, and the situation is unknown. You are eager to seek justice here, are you trying to deceive me into being ignorant and tempting me to listen?Now that the prefect of Helan is in the hall, even if I want to look down on the situation here, I will ask the prefect, if the description is not complete, I will visit the villagers!You wait to quit quickly, don't leave this to disturb the audiovisual! "

As he went up against the crime, Zhang Shinu and other personal guards also drew their sabers one after another, and without explanation, they drove out the two people who kowtowed and shouted for grievances and all the other people in the hall, leaving only Holland in the hall .

"what happened?"

Li Taiyu was still angry, looked at Holland and asked in a deep voice.Since he is not the censor of law enforcement who inspects the administration of state and county officials, he naturally does not get deeply involved in the disputes between these local tyrants, but the county people here have already complained in front of him, and the complaint is still the county under his authority. Sima, of course, has to ask to find out.

"I really don't know how humble they are, how dare they do it in front of the envoy..."

This incident also seemed to be beyond Holland's expectations, and he looked quite uneasy at the moment, and repeatedly apologized to Li Tai, and after sorting out his thoughts, he explained: "The name of the county commander here is Yang Ling, who was born in Nanqin. Zhou Qiuchi Di Chief. In the old days, Qingshui Di Chief Li Shuren gathered people to cause chaos, Hanoi Duke Dugu opened the mansion and dispatched troops from Longbian states..."

After listening to Holland's narration, Li Tai finally understood the whole story. Although the two county people cried out for their grievances, it was nothing more than a local snake who failed to deal with the immigrant Qianglong.

This county's Sima Yang Ling, just hearing the name Li Tai thought he had finally heard a Han county magistrate, but unexpectedly he was actually a Di man.He was born in the Chouchi Yang family, and he was of the same family as Yang Shao, the prefect of Fucheng and Yang Xiong's father that Li Tai knew before, but because he was naturalized late, he was far less prosperous than the Yang family.

This Yang Ling was originally a subordinate of Yu Wenqiu, the governor of Southern Qinzhou, and Yu Wenqiu was also a member of He Basheng's family. He followed Dugu Xin out of Jingzhou, and now he is still guarding Longyou as Dugu Xin's subordinate.

In the ninth year of Datong, Qingshui Di Chieftain Li Shuren gathered a crowd to cause chaos because of the defeat of the Western Wei Dynasty in the Battle of Mangshan. Duguxin dispatched troops from Longyou to encircle and suppress the chaos, including Qiuchi Di Chief Yang Ling and his troops.

Li Shuren relied on the land and the interest rates to occupy the southern foot of Qiantun Mountain. Duguxin was unable to attack. It took nearly half a year before the Huazhou Bafu sent Zhao Chang to recruit the Di people who surrendered and resolved the rebellion. The tribe went to Washington State.

Although the rebellion was resolved, Duguxin's face was somewhat dull, and he probably secretly hated the Diqiang tribes here for following in the rebellion, so he did not follow the previous habit of appointing the local powerful Hu Chieftain as the military officer of the county, but directly general Yang Ling's team stayed in Lueyang County.

"When I entered the country from a humble position, the two parties were already fighting a lot, and the situation was at the same level. With me alone, even with the help of the county government officials, it was really difficult to quell the dispute. I played a few times in the state capital, but none of them responded. Only two comforts , I hope you can calm down."

When Holland talked about this, he also had a sad expression on his face. He thought that being the prefect of any county this time would be an opportunity for him to advance in his career, but he didn't expect to jump into a pit of fire.

Both sides of the fight are powerful chieftains with their own tribes, but he, the prefect, doesn't even have the power to control the county and township regiments, and he will only get slapped in the face if he gets together.It can be said that it has been a tear of bitterness to be the prefect for the past two years.

This time, when he learned that Li Tai was going to Long, Holland felt sad and looked forward to it.

The sad thing is that when they first met, he was already a high-ranking chief of the Situ Mansion, and Li Tai was just a young man who was still white after entering the customs, but now he is still suffering in the county office. However, Li Tai has become the number two person in Longyou after Duguxin!
But regardless of the difference in potential between the two, it was finally an acquaintance. Holland also hoped to use Li Tai's momentum to make the county personnel respect him, so he invited the county people to come and greet him.

Although the County Sima Yang Ling did not come with him, the other invited county people basically came, and the scene was quite harmonious, but Holland did not expect that these people were not out to save face, but to take the opportunity Complain to Li Tai.

Although Li Tai managed to maintain his own face and directly drove out the complaining county people before questioning himself, but he couldn't hide his current embarrassment at work, all of which were exposed in front of Li Tai, and he couldn't help feeling ashamed for a while.

After listening to Holland's narration, Li Tai was very happy. Before that, he didn't know much about the situation in Longbian, but he just took it for granted that Duguxin had been in Longyou for several years. Come on, his old man seems to be a bit incapable.

Lueyang is the gateway connecting Guanzhong and Longyou, and its geographical location is not unimportant.

But in today's environment, there is a turmoil between the locals and the guests. Although Dugu Xin is deliberately conniving, it also shows that Dugu Xin does not have an unambiguous authority here, otherwise why would the two parties continue to quarrel.

Reminiscent of the Di Chieftain's rebellion here before, Duguxin was uncertain about how many attacks, Yuwentai only sent an envoy to persuade him to surrender, and even obediently moved to Huazhou.

Of course it was because the envoy Zhao Chang was indeed capable at that time, but it also seemed to mean that the Huazhou Bafu was more efficient in negotiating with Hu Qing here than the Qinzhou Governor's Mansion, which was close at hand.To put it bluntly, Yu Wentai was not worried that Lueyang, a regional portal, could allow Dugu Xin to come and go.

Thinking of this, Li Tai gave Holland a sympathetic look. It involved the secret fighting of two top bosses. The situation here is so torn, and I really don't blame you for squatting in this pit. Over the past two years, it can be seen that Holland's endurance is also extraordinary. If it were Li Tai himself, even if he couldn't lift the table, he would have to find a way to saw the legs of the table. I can't be the only one who is sad and depressed.

After knowing these inside facts, Li Tai would not openly contradict his father-in-law and take the initiative to sanction the county Sima Yangling. Although he was upset that this guy didn't come to welcome him, there is no need to be too demanding with such a nostalgic situation.

As for the local rich chieftains in Lueyang who complained about their grievances, they may not be able to live in a miserable state. I don't know what kind of sinister tricks they have in their hearts. I'm afraid they think he is young and aggressive and want to use him as a weapon , of course he will not obey his wishes.

But although his idea here is quite correct, he can't prevent some people from playing tricks on their own.Originally, he was just listening to Holland's grievances as an outsider, but soon Li Tai himself realized how serious the situation and disputes that made Holland feel so tormented.

He was waiting to comfort Holland when he suddenly heard the roars of people and horses from outside the post pavilion. Before he could ask what happened, Zhang Shinu, the captain of the guard outside the hall, had already stepped into the hall and shouted: " Lord Lang, there are hundreds of cavalry in the south of Lueyangchuan Valley, coming straight to the post here!"

Li Tai frowned immediately when he heard the words, and first got a pair of light armor to put on his body, and then walked out of the hall. A noble chieftain in the county who was kicked out of the hall for calling for injustice before said with anger and panic: " It's Yang Ling, it's Yang Ling! This villain is really a coward. He usually just bullies the villagers by force. Today, when the envoy passes through the border and the crowd comes out to welcome him, he doesn't pay homage to him. ..."

Li Tai took another look at this person, and remembered his appearance in his heart. I am not familiar with you, but you danced happily. When I find out the strangeness behind it, I will have to wipe your wool clean You fade fast!
An angry thought arose in his mind, and the entourage had already quickly assembled and surrounded the post pavilion for defense.

At the same time, the team coming from the river valley road in the south was gradually approaching, and soon came to the post pavilion, stopped a stone's throw away, and a short and sturdy middle-aged general Hu Here he shouted loudly: "Is Li Sanqi from Chang'an here?

A certain person joined the army under the tent of Dugu Kaifu, General Jianwei, Sima of Lueyang County, and Governor Yang Ling. I am afraid that my blindness will offend me, so I ask Li Sanqi to come and sue.The people here have not changed, and thieves are infested, if you don't go with me, I'm afraid it will be hard to keep safe! "

"Yang Ling, you are so bold! Here are all the sages from the village, and the envoy of Helan, the county, is also here. What gangsters dare to disturb? On the contrary, you are the one who lured people here without informing. Do you want to take advantage of envoy Li? If you don't have a firm foothold, you will be tyrannical and intimidating!"

The county people here often fight with Yang Ling, and the enemies are extremely jealous when they meet each other, and because Li Tai is also standing here, they feel a little confident, pointing at Yang Ling and yelling and cursing loudly.

Not to be outdone, Yang Linggong and his trilogy immediately cursed back, and what's more, they directly drew their bows and shot at the post pavilion, without any scruples about whether they might scare and hurt Li Tai by mistake. As for Holland And colleagues in other counties are even more despised.

Seeing this scene, Li Tai was speechless for a while.

Just looking at the unscrupulous appearance of Yang Linggong and his subordinates, it can be seen that although they have not yet subdued all the local tyrants in Lueyang, they are probably relying on the backing behind them to suppress the output of Lueyang tycoons on weekdays.

But the problem is, you're all playing tricks on me. Didn't you force me to clean up your bastard?Being so unscrupulous and arrogant in front of me, do you really think that Lao Tzu is just a good-for-nothing son-in-law relying on Dugu's reputation?
Since Holland and the Lueyang chieftains came to welcome Li Tai, they didn't bring too many weapons, armor and sticks, but Li Tai's trilogy had all kinds of bows, knives, armor and horses.

As Yang Ling's men shot towards this with their bows and arrows, Li Tai's men also drew their swords and stood by.

Although Li Tai didn't want to get involved in the disputes between the natives in Lueyang, it didn't mean that he had to resign himself to being slapped in the face by the other party.It must be known that there are more complicated personnel disputes waiting for him in Qinzhou, and he should also let these Qinzhou people experience and understand his own style of conduct.

So he first ordered those people who were still arguing with Yang Ling's trilogy to be expelled into the post and guarded, and they were not allowed to go out to stir up troubles. By the way, he also showed that his next behavior had nothing to do with these people.

Then he ordered someone to fetch his lance and mount, got on the horse, pointed at the opposite side, and ordered loudly: "Beat the drum, after the three-way drum order, anyone who still does not dismount and abandon the weapon will be killed!"

After hearing this, Yang Ling on the opposite side suddenly changed his face. Seeing that Li Tai's trilogy had gathered and he seemed to be quite different from the people he had brought this time, he felt a little uncertain, so he glared and shouted: "Don't worry about that, young general!" To be blunt, I came here to greet and guide Li Sanqi as a gift, just for fear that he would be deceived by the treacherous villains in the village..."

The sound of the drum order sounded, covering all the shouting behind Yang Ling. He interrupted with several gestures but still did not see the intention of the drum sound to stop. Among the forces, how can you allow a distant guest to show off his power! No matter what your origin is, I will teach you how to be a man today!"

(End of this chapter)