Northern Dynasties

Chapter 440 Rare Jade
If Li Tai understands correctly, this incident is tantamount to turning Kulichuan into his own private domain, and letting him mess around here.

This may sound unbelievable, but in fact, it is a routine operation in this era, especially in some Diqiang and various Hu tribes. He was not used to accepting the rule of the government, so he granted the chieftains and commanders of the Hu chieftains the left officials to let them manage autonomously.

Similar situations do not only exist in Bianzhou, but also in the core areas of Guanzhong.

For example, the Di tribe who moved from Longyou to Huazhou in the ninth year of Datong still lives in a small area near Shayuan. They do not communicate frequently with the outside world and do not accept the control of the local government. Labor and military service tasks issued by the government.

If there is a similar existence in Xihe County, which is located overseas, it is undoubtedly great news for Li Tai.

First of all, he re-opened and built it from a wasteland, and he has great hopes and expectations in his heart. If he can't hand it over to the person he chooses to continue the operation, he really can't rest assured.

Secondly, he now has more and more personnel in his hands. If there is no stable distribution center to operate, the scheduling efficiency will become very low, and it will be difficult to exert the energy efficiency it should have.

The last and most important point is that as a powerful military leader, he doesn't even have a stable base. The grade is too low, and even the basic training of troops and horses is a problem. How can we continue to grow and develop?
Of course, Li Tai is still different from the general tycoons and marshals.

Although these people have strong independence, their power and influence are firmly locked in their own tribe. Once they leave their own tribe, their deterrence will drop sharply.

Li Tai was not the case. He was already a vassal of the domineering mansion, and he came from a famous family. He had considerable connections and influence in the court and in the wild.If they can obtain a relatively independent development site, then the personnel response will be much stronger than that of ordinary chieftains.

The military system of the Western Wei Dynasty was different from that of the Eastern Wei Dynasty. Except for a few generals with relatively special identities such as Duguxin and Li Hu, other generals seldom stayed in a certain area for a long time to form a local force.After all, they are guests in Kansai, and even after the war, the trilogy personnel also suffered heavy losses.

Li Tai was able to get a stable land for cultivation and production, as well as to train armored soldiers. Although this kind of treatment is not unique, it can definitely be regarded as one of the few.

The reason why Yuwentai made this arrangement is probably mainly because of Duguxin's face.After all, no matter how much you appreciate Li Tai, there must be a measure. If you want to allocate a piece of land to him because you think a guy is good, then the entire territory of the Western Wei Dynasty is not enough.

Duguxin has been operating in Longyou for many years, and there is a faint tendency to divide Shaanxi with the Bafu. If he can't show enough sincerity, Duguxin will certainly not accept it easily.

In the original history, Yu Wentai used Hou Jinglai of the Eastern Wei Dynasty as an excuse to recall Dugu Xin from Longyou, and then replaced Dugu Xin with Yuwen Dao.And because Rouran invaded, Duguxin was ordered to return to Heyang City in Longyou to guard against Rouran.

The details of this process are not clearly recorded, but it should not be too pleasant, and it will inevitably be accompanied by various frictions, collisions and compromises.

Duguxin, as the first person to be promoted from the Six Pillars Kingdom after Yu Wentai, may be one of the contents of the transaction, but he did not expect that so many Pillars Kingdoms would appear in a very short time.But it's useless to regret it any more, because the situation has evolved to the point where Li Yuan will be hacked to death if he dares to beep beep blindly.

Today, Yuwentai launched earlier than in history, and there is no strong collision between them, because there is Li Tai, a medium that both sides accept.

As far as Yu Wentai is concerned, if he can get rid of the status quo of Dugu Xin's autocracy in Longyou, he doesn't mind adding some power to Li Tai.After all, the situation in northern Shaanxi was originally created by Li Tai, and it is still unknown whether the Tyrant Mansion can be effectively operated even if it is taken back.

Li Tai's qualifications are much shallower than Duguxin's, and Jinyang and his party have proved that he is capable of causing harm to the Eastern Wei Dynasty based in northern Shaanxi, and the impact of northern Shaanxi on the situation in Guanzhong is far less profound than that in Longyou. Moreover, assigning Li Tai's forces in northern Shaanxi is also conducive to real-time monitoring of the development of his personnel.

For Dugu Xin, the situation is much more helpless.Daxingtai could no longer tolerate him continuing to control Longyou, but he was not allowed to return to the court to manage personnel affairs, and wanted to keep him in Longyou, watching Yuwen Dao take over everything he had managed in the past few years, even Still need to help.

Even if he wants to struggle and resist, it is just to make his face look better, but it will not change the essence of the matter, unless he can make up his mind to completely break with Daxingtai.

But today, Daxingtai is willing to lenient and donate part of the power and authority he lost in Longyou to Li Tai, so that his son-in-law's situation will become more calm and his power will be more powerful. A human consolation.

Thinking of this, Li Tai couldn't help sighing, now this Guanzhong is really the home field of these Beizhen veterans, if he hadn't been deeply involved in the top-level power disputes and distribution of these town soldiers, even if he worked harder than now Several times, and several times more meritorious service, it is impossible to get such treatment!
Thinking that the father-in-law, Longyou, had been running the business for several years, and in the end it was only replaced by an overseas county and handed over to him, Li Tai had mixed feelings in his heart, and felt that this dowry was indeed a bit heavy.

He must also do his best to maximize the value of this Qiao County, greatly promote the development of his own power, and ensure that the old man's previous efforts will not be wasted.

Although Yuwentai allocated only a long and narrow area of ​​the Kulichuan River Basin centered on Heishuifang City, for Li Tai, who is well aware of the situation in northern Shaanxi and has already planned a lot, as long as he can control this area , then the vast northern Shaanxi and even the Hetao area, including Sanxia Prefecture, will be under control.

Although this area is vast and sparsely populated, its strategic value and natural resources are very considerable. It was the basic foundation of the Hu Xia regime back then. Compared with the current Western Wei regime, it can also be regarded as half of the country.

Of course, Li Tai does not need to actually control all these places, but as long as he can firmly control the safety and lifelines in the area, then no matter what time it is, it will be a powerful political bargaining chip in his hands. People who want to tease him have to think about whether they can bear the price of angering him.

Li Tai was fascinated by his thoughts for a while, and he didn't bother to meet the little lady in the back hall. He handed him a pen and paper and began to write and draw in the hall. Through various ideas and plans, he strengthened the importance of Heishuifang City as a regional center. , Unknowingly, most of the day has passed.

Because he was so fascinated, Li Tai didn't even notice the passage of time.In the evening, Duguxin, who had been in a coma for a long time, woke up and heard that Li Tai was still in the mansion. Thinking back to his drunken state in the morning, he still felt a little shy, so he secretly made some psychological preparations before heading to the central hall.

When he walked into the middle hall, he saw Li Tai was staring at the scrolls full of papers, so he didn't bother him, and walked forward slowly, curiously picked up the scrolls scattered on the ground, and looked at them for a long time Still don't know why.

He didn't know that in order to avoid unknowingly revealing some information that shouldn't be revealed to others, Li Tai had already developed the habit of encrypting his daily writing and drawing, and he didn't need much advanced encryption skills. Substitution, reference of code words, and even the use of some stem words can make people confused.

He only woke up when he heard the sound next to him, turned around and saw Dugu Xin, stood up hastily and asked, "When will the father-in-law enter the hall?"

"Just came here."

Dugu Xin was still a little embarrassed when facing Li Tai, he waved his hand to signal him to sit down, and seemed to remember something, then he took a leather bag from the servant behind him and threw it on the desk in front of Li Tai, saying: "I sent a letter to Yang Because, the way is that after the new year, when the wedding is approaching, you will have time to come back to congratulate, so I will send you a congratulatory gift first. It is not a treasure, but it is also very interesting."

Li Tai heard that there was a sound of gold and jade colliding with the bag on the table, he touched it lightly, but when he took out the contents, he saw that it was pitch black and unattractive, he weighed it in his hand, and suddenly said to his heart: "Is this jet?"

"I do have some insight."

After Dugu Xin heard the words, he said with a smile: "This kind of thing is not often seen in the world. The huge mine in Xi'an Prefecture only produces a dozen catties of rough material. It can be polished and carved to make jewelry symbols. It is hard, light, and durable."

It’s not durable, it’s still there after you’ve lost it, and it’s become a national treasure.

Li Tai had planned to carve a seal that was even more powerful than his father-in-law, but Yang Zhong had already sent the materials before the official rank was higher than that. Kaifu is really too polite, and when I return to Huazhou, I will definitely visit his family."

If he remembers correctly, his brother-in-law Yang Jian is still being raised in a nunnery at the moment, so he has to take a look at it sometime.

Dugu restrained his embarrassment a little in his confidence, and immediately said to Li Tai: "What do you think about the Xihe County incident you mentioned earlier? If you don't want to stay behind, do you have any ideas for reference?"

Li Tai nodded after hearing the words, and immediately said: "The attack on Jinyang this time can prove that Beizhou's management has been quite good in the past few years. It would be a pity if people ran out of politics. If Heishui Fangcheng can be The fulcrum, the continuation of the old personnel plan will be of great benefit to the country and the family. I also weighed it and think that Gao Bingao Sima can be the choice of the county governor."

(End of this chapter)