Northern Dynasties

Chapter 443
The Governor's Mansion of the Rear Army is located in a military city in the north of Huazhou City. The distance is not too far, and it can be reached in more than a quarter of an hour.

Right now it is noon, and the gates of Bingcheng City are quite lively. Apart from the guards stationed on guard, there are also many people coming in and out.Most of these people are family members of soldiers, and they live in Bingcheng on weekdays.

The Northern Wei Dynasty implemented the policy of separating soldiers and civilians, and the citizens living in the city were soldiers and their families, including today's soldiers.

The military city is the main place for their daily life. When they need to gather for training and specific combat tasks, they will gather in the barracks outside the city and go to the battlefield, while they live in the city at ordinary times.

As for their family members, farming and animal husbandry are used to maintain their daily livelihood, but they do not need to bear the burden of rent transfer and labor of ordinary households.The main way to obtain family wealth is the rewards and spoils obtained by soldiers in battle.

Because Bingcheng itself was not heavily guarded, and the arrival of Li Tai and his party did not attract much attention, but when they entered the city, the soldiers guarding the city saw them in fresh clothes, angry horses, and sharp swords and sticks, so they stopped them for questioning origin.

As early as when he was in Taifu, Li Tai had received his military talisman official seal and other tokens, so he asked an attendant to go in and show them.

However, since the governor's mansions of the various armies were newly established not long ago, and the internal personnel operations still need to be adjusted, the commander who guarded the city gate could not confirm the authenticity of Li Tai's seal, but he was not sure when he heard his official title. He dared to be negligent, and went to the city to ask for instructions in person after pleading guilty in a hurry.

Li Tai originally wanted to make good use of his power and prestige, but he was blocked outside the gate of the military city and was not allowed to enter. It was really unexpected.

But he didn't bother to care about these city guards, after all, they were fulfilling their duties. What really upset him was the officials under the governor. Didn't they know that the new officials took office?

Even if the government is busy with military affairs, they don't have time to come to the city gate and wait to be greeted in person, at least they have to explain to the soldiers guarding the city and let them pay attention to the relevant personnel affairs!

Li Tai was still slandering himself, and there was a rush of horseshoes in the city gate, and dozens of knights quickly arrived at the city gate, and immediately got off their horses and hurried out of the city, and when they saw them, they were still riding on horseback Li Taishi, who was standing by the side of the city gate, hurried forward again, clasped his fists and said respectfully: "I don't know that the governor is coming, and the lowly ranks are welcome, please forgive me!"

Li Tai looked down, and found that the leader was a well-known middle-aged general in his early forties, named Hou Zhi.Li Tai and Hou Zhi had never worked together before, but last year when Duguxin went to Liangzhou, Hou Zhi also went with the army, and now he is serving in the Bafu Central Army, and it seems that he has just taken up the post.

Only then did he get off his horse, walked up to Hou Zhi and said with a smile, "General He Tun, we meet again. The former met in a hurry on Longshang, and now we meet here again. Are you all right?"

Hou Zhi was given the surname He Tun because of his contribution to the conquest of Liangzhou. After hearing Li Tai's words, he quickly bowed and said, "The former followed the bandits in Gongxi, Hanoi. Unfortunately, he was unable to work with the governor of Dadu. Today, my wish has been fulfilled, I am really glad!"

While speaking, he turned his body slightly to one side, and introduced the members behind him to Li Tai. The first person in his 30s with a rather handsome appearance was the current chief of the military governor's office, and his name was Lu Teng.

This Lu Teng was not a Han from the Lu family in Wu County, but from the Bu Liugu family, a nobleman with the surname of Xianbei, that is, the family of Luo Chao's wife Lu Lingxuan.But just from the outside, this Lu Teng can't see much nonsense, and he claims to be no different from the Han family.

When this Lu Teng stepped forward to introduce himself, Li Tai found out that he was in the same year as himself and had joined the Western Wei camp during the Battle of Mangshan.The difference is that Li Tai followed Gao Zhongmi to take the initiative to vote, while Lu Teng was the defender of the Eastern Wei Dynasty. He was captured because of the city's destruction and was forced to surrender.

Hearing that Lu Teng has such a background, Li Tai also has a good impression of him, after all, it can be regarded as a different kind of same year.Moreover, this Lu Teng Datong was captured and entered the customs for nine years, and now he has become an important member of the army of the Overlord Mansion. Although he is not as good as himself, who doesn't talk about martial arts, he is already extremely outstanding.

Except for these two people, most of the other people who came out together were general staff in the mansion, obviously not all the staff members of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion.But right now there are too many people in front of the city gate, and Li Tai can't ask too many questions, so the group entered the city first.

This city is also newly built, and the outer wall is still intact, but the city is very messy, the space planning in the city is messy, the buildings are scattered, and there are many temporary tents in it, and sand, wood, stone and other building materials are piled up everywhere. Except for the two avenues that are still intact, the ground is also full of potholes and unevenness.

Seeing this scene, Li Tai's expression darkened, and Hou Zhi and Lu Teng, who were following behind him, couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed seeing his expression.

"The construction of this city started in the 11th year of Datong, and it stagnated for a period of time due to lack of materials. At that time, the cities were overcrowded, and some of the soldiers had to be arranged here, so building houses, digging ditches, etc. were not built all at once. The front and back of the city There are many disputes among the people..."

In order to prevent Li Tai from misunderstood that his long history was negligent, Lu Teng quickly opened his mouth to explain.

The Governor's Mansion of the Rear Army was originally expanded on the basis of the original Sixth Army, but before that, some soldiers had settled in the city, occupying the high terrain in the city and the land close to the city gate and streets. And the later ones didn't like living in low-lying and cramped places, which in turn caused the city management to be messy and difficult.

After Li Tai heard the words, he didn't say much. He didn't even smooth out the basic personnel affairs of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, so naturally he wouldn't talk about specific military and political issues.Although he arrived not long ago, he already felt that the post-military commander-in-chief was estimated to be in deeper water than the Cao Caos of the Taifu.

Although the construction in the city is in a mess, the Metropolitan Government's Mansion is still a grand place.Nowadays, there is no such thing as an official who does not repair the government office. Officials also have a lot of requirements for the place where they work and live. Some second-generation and rich second-generation officials who do not want to endure hardship but have superb taste even advance their own funds to repair the government office.

The entire Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is no less than a shrunken castle, occupying about a quarter of the city's space. When entering, there is a front hall and more than ten corridors and verandahs on both sides. Do it here.

The middle hall has a larger space, except for a magnificent straight hall, the arsenal is on the left, and a barracks is on the right, which is connected with the stables and the school yard behind.This Metropolitan Government House alone can accommodate thousands of people for activities.

After sitting down in the straight hall, Li Tai raised his hand and asked Commander Shi Luteng to submit the personnel list of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and asked casually, "Did the other incumbent governors go to the camp to inspect the camp?"

Hearing this question, everyone in the hall showed embarrassment. After a moment of silence, Hou Zhi bravely stood up and said: "Zhongshan Gong Yuwen Kaifu has also been awarded the position of supervisor of the Chinese army. Invite the generals..."

Li Tai was taken aback when he heard this. He saw Yu Wenhu in Taifu this morning, but he didn't hear him mention it.However, Yu Wentai quickly promoted his rank, and of course it was also to strengthen the influence and voice of his relatives in the middle army of the Overlord's Mansion. Such an arrangement was justified.

"Then where does Sun Yat-sen work?"

He asked casually again, guessing in his heart that Yu Wenhu obviously couldn't reach the level of the governor of the four sides, because he was ashamed of being inferior to himself, so he didn't tell him at all.

But when this question was asked, there was silence in the back hall, and Li Tai looked down again, seeing that several people in the hall were avoiding his eyes intentionally or unintentionally, his heart was moved, and he asked again immediately: "Mr. Zhongshan also wants to join this mansion?"

Seeing a few people nodding silently, Li Tai sneered in his heart. Are you going to put eye drops on yourself?

He is already the commander-in-chief of the rear army appointed by the Overlord's Mansion, so when Yu Wenhu enters the mansion, he will naturally be under him, but now all the generals in the mansion go to Yuwen Hu's mansion to drink wedding wine, but they don't stay here to wait for him to enter the mansion , This is clearly not giving yourself face!
Although he was already very upset, he didn't explode immediately, so he looked through the personnel book carefully.

The main general of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion has six people under him, namely, the Grand Governor of Fangcheng who is his deputy, and four generals who are in charge of an army, and the remaining one is a military judge. lower class.

Yu Wenhu will serve as the governor of Fangcheng here, and the four generals in charge of the military are Hou Zhi in front of him, and the four generals She Dichang, Liang Tai and Tian Hong, and the name of the military supervisor is Chi Lie Fugui, another identity is Yu Wenhu's brother-in-law.

Today Hou Zhi stayed in Zhidu's mansion, Tian Hong was on duty in the barracks outside Zhicheng, and the remaining governors went to his brother-in-law's house for a drink with Chilie Fugui.

After learning about this, Li Tai stood up and walked directly outside the mansion.After seeing this, Hou Zhi and the others hurriedly followed up, crossed their hands and asked for instructions: "Where is the governor going?"

"Go to the barracks outside the city."

Li Tai replied casually, then got on his horse.

(End of this chapter)