Northern Dynasties

Chapter 389 Please Appreciate
On the way into the city, Li Licheng took the initiative to tell Li Tai that when he sent Yang Kuan back to Beijing, Yang Kuan became more interested in his personal problems. Xiao Li introduced someone who was Yang Wenli's younger sister.

Yang Wenli's name is Yang Ji, and he is the son of Yang Xuan from Hongnong's Yang family. His elder brother, Yang Yuan, was the best man at the wedding of the second child with Li Tai before. The two brothers also have a common identity, that is, Yang Yuan, the power minister of the Sui Dynasty. Su's uncle.

Li Tai is not surprised by this, the Kansai clan is already weak, if you don't want to lose your kind in marriage, there are not many targets to choose from.

However, as an old senior, Yang Kuan didn't have much contact with each other before, and he rushed to get married after only meeting Li Licheng, which is somewhat surprising.

This probably also shows that in the eyes of Yang Kuan, an old man of the world, their Longxi Li family is expected to rise in Kansai, so they are happy to bet in advance.

"A boy should marry when he is a college girl, and you should be married if you are a girl. You are at the right age. It is a good thing to have someone visit you. Besides, Hongnong Yang's elites, Kansai writers, and Hua Shangong are all worthy people in the world. Filial piety can be obtained." I am also honored to be favored by him."

After listening to Li Licheng's narration, Li Tai said with a smile, and then looked at him narrowly and said: "Xiaoxie, have you seen that lady from the Yang family, is her manner worthy of being my bride?"

After hearing this, Li Licheng's face became even more ashamed, and he waved his hands again and again and said, "Why is this so embarrassing? It's just that my aunt and my cousin Zhengmen went to visit together, and when they came back, they told me that the lady was just young, quiet and virtuous... ..."

"Then Xiaoxie, what do you think?"

Seeing his appearance, Li Tai couldn't help but asked with a smile.

"What do I think, ah, in the past, I used to be proud of my family background, but after seeing you, Boshan, I deeply felt that people should strive for self-improvement. Although the shade of the door can protect you for a while, if you don't know how to make progress, the ancestral family reputation will be ruined." You will fall down because of this. So I think, if the husband has no merit, what should the family do?"

When Li Tai heard what Li Licheng said, he couldn't help but want to persuade him, but before he could speak, Li Licheng continued: "But I'm not as smart and brave as you, Boshan, and I want to make achievements in a short time. I am afraid it is also difficult.

In the past, I relied on your support to invite famous kings. If you are still stuck in a narrow plan and do not make progress for a long time, it will inevitably drag you down even more.Right now, the help I can give you in major matters is really limited, and I can only develop more in human relationships.

Although you are a newcomer in things, there are good times and bad times. When things are going well, everything is fine, but once we encounter adversity, we are still a little lonely and weak.The Hongnong Yang family is a famous local sect in Kansai. If you can accept their ethnic groups and display them in your shogunate, they can be said to complement each other. In this way, I can also count as my own contribution to the revival of the family. Let Boshan work alone. "

After listening to Li Licheng's words, Li Tai couldn't help but feel admiration for him.Because of his own experience, Li Licheng is far more precocious than his peers, and Li Tai knows this.

But everything is easier to know than to do. Some people open their mouths to understand the truth, but when it is their turn to make a choice, they are often unclear. Not everyone is willing to be responsible for their words and deeds.

Li Licheng's attitude towards this matter is very real and correct. Marriage with an indigenous family like the Hongnong Yang family can indeed greatly make up for the weakness of their cousins. meaning.

In fact, sometimes Li Tai felt that some aspects of the concept of marriage in the Middle Ages were a bit more advanced than those of later generations. It’s not that the concept of family status must be the same, but that he has a different approach to marriage. The concept of needs and mutual achievement.

In the Middle Ages, especially during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the living environment was harsh due to the long-term social turmoil.

If a family wants to survive, men need to actively participate in the social division of labor, assume their social responsibilities, or serve in the army or farm to gain family living space.Women should respect Wenggu, educate their children, be responsible for the maintenance of the family, and improve the quality of their family.

These two aspects are equally important, the former is the premise of the latter, and the latter is the meaning of the former.No family exists without enough living space.If there is no ethical tutoring, even the existence of the Emperor's House is just a joke.

"Xiaoxie, you can have such an opinion, which is really gratifying to relatives and friends. Since both parties have such intentions, it must be a good match."

Li Tai thought for a while and then said: "It's just that I'm going to Beizhou again, so I'm afraid I won't have time to stay in Chang'an to help with the happy event. In short, the personnel in Chang'an are at your disposal. Although my family's personnel in Kansai is not very prosperous, it is also I will never be mean to my in-laws, so before we leave, I will pay you a visit at the residence."

Li Licheng was overjoyed and moved when he heard this.He knows that the interpersonal treatment he enjoys today is not just because he is from the Li family in Longxi. Before and after meeting with his cousin Li Tai, the people in Beijing and China treat him differently, even if they don't have two faces. very big.

When Yang Ji, who was traveling with him, heard that Li Tai planned to visit his home, he immediately smiled, and hurriedly ordered his servants to go home to inform, while shouting to the fellow travelers: "Li Kai's mansion is busy with military affairs, and we are busy in normal seasons." I am afraid that it will be difficult to see you when you go to visit, but today I am honored to be with you, and I have invited Kaifu to come in as a guest, everyone who is willing to travel, my family will definitely have a table to entertain you!"

After hearing this, everyone clapped their hands and applauded. These rich and powerful children in Beijing love to join in the fun, and they have seen Li Tai's power with their own eyes. convenient.

Li Tai watched the cheers from the crowd, as if he would not let him go, so he agreed, and was waiting for the officials to go to Gao Zhongmi's mansion to pick up a gift, but Li Licheng stopped him by raising his hand, expressing the matter He can handle it.Gao Zhongmi didn't live in the capital for a long time, and now he is in charge of some personnel and business exchanges under the help of King Guangling, and he has become more and more sophisticated in personnel affairs, so there is no need to bother Li Tai to explain such trivial matters.

So a group of people entered the city in a noisy manner, and after walking not far in Luli, they turned to the northeast direction of the city, and after a while, they came to Luli where Yang's family lived.The entire area is populated by members of the Hongnong Yang clan, and this residential area even extends from the city to the outside, with hundreds of households, large and small.

Nowadays, most of the big clans live in large groups. One is for safety, there are many people, and no one dares to be bullied. The other is to flaunt the ethics of benevolence and increase cohesion. High or low.

When the group arrived here, many members of the Yang clan had already greeted them here. After meeting each other, they exchanged pleasantries before being welcomed into the mansion.

The most prominent Hongnong Yang clan was originally the branch of Yang Bo, but because Yang Bo's son Yang Kan participated in Emperor Xiaozhuang's plot to kill Er Zhurong, all of his clan was revenged and massacred by the Erzhu clan.

As for Yang Kuan and his family, they belonged to the lineage of Yang Jun, the former general of Huaishuo Town, and they were not involved much. After Emperor Xiaowu went west, they returned to Chang'an one after another, integrated the remaining clan relatives in Kansai, and gradually became prosperous again. stand up.

From this point of view, the Yang family also saw Li Licheng as a predestined relationship. Li Licheng's father Li Yuna was also one of the masterminds who killed Er Zhurong, and they had a profound revolutionary friendship with each other.

Li Licheng's future father-in-law, Yang Xuan, has passed away, but his sons are still young, and now the eldest son Yang Fu is in charge of the household. He used to be the commander-in-chief and served as the commander-in-chief of the prefecture. He was awarded a military post in the Sixth Army, and now he is teaching his son to play at home. His eldest son is Yang Su, who was born in the tenth year of Datong, and is now a toddler.

Yang Fu was also very enthusiastic about Li Tai's arrival. After saying hello, he couldn't help but ask about Xianyang Dayue. No matter how precocious and smart, he is not reconciled to nursing the child at home.

When he learned that Li Tai was going to lead an army to Beizhou to sit in town, Yang Fu couldn't help showing envy.He is older than Li Tai, and he also has the advantage of being a native of Kansai. He started his official career earlier than Li Tai. When Fumo Cao joined the army, Li Tai was still messing around in Hebei Township.

But now his official career has been left far behind by Li Tai, he has been stripped of the title of a township commander and governor, and Li Tai seems to have started a government.Such a situation is not because of poor ability, but because Daxingtai is still wary of these Kansai clans directly controlling the military power, and would rather select some not-so-known local tyrants than appoint them.

Li Tai also exchanged some views on the current situation with Yang Fu. Although he didn't have any amazing views, he was able to discuss the facts and have solid arguments. It can be seen that he is a person who cares about the current situation and is good at it, so he thought So he came up with the idea of ​​soliciting.

Although there are government officials recruited by Zhao Yan and others from Longyou in his current mansion, these people mainly help him with military affairs, and will soon go to Muzhi Prefecture in northern Shaanxi, so of course the important officials in the mansion also need higher staff ability.

Yang Fu's official career is a bit unsatisfactory at the moment. The only uncle in the family who is still in power, Yang Kuan, has also been relieved of the governor of Hezhou and is idle in the capital. After Tai's intention of soliciting, he immediately became more enthusiastic.

The young people here just like to be lively, but they are not very interested in the current affairs and common affairs they are talking about.Only Li Licheng saw that Li Tai had originally come to discuss marriage as a member of his clan, but his future brother-in-law first frantically catered to Li Tai, so he couldn't help but be a little bit dumbfounded.

Because of Yang Fu's enthusiasm to stay, the two simply stayed at his home that night.Seeing that it was getting late and other guests were leaving one after another, Yang Fu was holding the personnel records made by an unknown relative when he was an official in northern Shaanxi, and pulled Li Tai to another hall to continue talking until the night was very dark Still not tired.

Although most of these records are outdated and useless, Li Tai is still satisfied with Yang Fu's attitude, and after thinking about it, he directly proposes that Yang Fu be the Sima of his mansion.

After Yang Fu heard the words, he nodded and agreed without thinking, and even got up excitedly to see him.

Li Tai didn't think too much, he avoided the table and pulled Yang Fu back to the table.

Although his current status is much higher than Yang Fu's, but his qualifications are still low, it is still a bit reluctant to recruit such a famous head of the family like Yang Fu, that is to say, Yu Wentai doesn't need to let these children of the family with both names and realities be idle. As soon as Li Tai offered an olive branch, Yang Fu hurriedly accepted it.

Yang Fu, who was already quite intoxicated, was even more excited when he thought that he would be able to follow Li Tai to the north to show his talents and make great achievements. Lai talked about the plan in the room.

Li Tai was also drunk and confused, and casually mentioned that he was more optimistic about his son Yang Su. Yang Fu became more excited when he heard this, and rushed directly to the backyard to bring his sleeping son here, and placed it on the table in front of Li Tai. .

As a result, this kid was probably too naughty during the day, and slept soundly at night. After being tossed like this, he lay on the table in a daze, yawned and continued to sleep soundly.

Yang Fu was not happy when he saw this, he raised his palm and slapped the child's buttocks, the poor child woke up startled, first he stared around, then kicked his legs and grinned loudly.

"Please let you appreciate it!"

Hearing his son's loud cry, Yang Fu smiled with relief, and raised his hand to show Li Tai, to see if my son can cry and scream.

Li Tai was speechless for a while looking at this cheating son Xiong Laozi. Seeing that Yang Su cried and urinated a lot on the case, he waved his hands again and again to say that he didn't need to read it anymore, let's not take your son out of curiosity Frightened into hysteria.

The maid who had been following carefully all this time came forward, hastily picked up her young man, and ran away like a gust of wind.

But Yang Fu still babbled and refused to leave, Li Tai simply climbed onto the couch and lay on his side, half asleep and half awake, listening to his words.When he woke up the next morning, his head was still aching from a hangover, and when he looked down, Yang Fu was lying on the couch, still asleep.

When he got up to go out, the brothers Yang Yuan and Yang Ji outside the door apologized to him on behalf of his elder brother again and again with embarrassing faces, Li Tai didn't care about this, and chatted with them and went to the front hall.Li Licheng was also sitting in the hall, and his verbal interaction with the Yang brothers became more intimate.

After a while, Yang Fu came into the room after freshening up. He was no longer as presumptuous as last night, but he was also a little ashamed to mention the past. They sat together and had breakfast silently. After getting up to leave, he hurriedly said again: "May I ask when the envoy will leave? I will try my best to arrange the family affairs in a few days."

"About ten days."

After Li Tai heard the words, he replied, but after thinking about it, he pointed to Li Licheng and said, "If brother Wen Yan goes together, will the schedule of this happy event between the two families be affected?"

"National affairs can't be idle, and the rest can be left behind!"

After Yang Fu heard this, he quickly expressed his opinion, and after a pause, he said: "There is still an elder brother in the household who will preside over the affairs on his behalf, and it will not be too late to return on the day of the big wedding."

Only then did Li Tai heave a sigh of relief, but don't look at the little watering can and lose sight of his eldest brother's wife.

(End of this chapter)