Northern Dynasties

Chapter 468
After receiving the letter from the Taiwan government, even though Li Taidang ended his marriage leave, he returned to the city immediately.

When he returned to the Taifu, he noticed that the atmosphere was much more dignified than before. The most obvious thing was that the number of guards in the Taifu more than doubled than before.

The guards in the Taifu are from the Chinese army, and of course also include the military mansion of the rear army controlled by Li Tai.The Fourth Army Mansion of the Chinese Army will supply three to five thousand soldiers to the Chinese Army Metropolitan Governor's Mansion in each guard cycle, and then the arrangement of these soldiers' guards will be arranged by Daxingtai through the Chinese Army Metropolitan Governor's Mansion.

Although Li Tai was not in the military mansion during this period of time because of his marriage, someone in the military mansion reported his daily affairs in time.

Now it has just entered April, and there is still one month before the next guard change, and the military mansions have not sent new Chinese soldiers to the Taifu, so these increased guards can only be originally distributed in various places. Concentrate on Taifu.

It can be seen from this point that in the current situation of confrontation between the East and the West, the Western Wei Dynasty is actually still in a strategically passive situation.

During this period of time, the situation in the Western Wei Dynasty did not undergo any new changes. Daxingtai Yuwentai did not propose new ideas and plans for a series of issues such as whether and how to interfere in the chaos in Henan. On the one hand, a military operation, the military affairs of Huazhou Bafu, which is the core of the regime, has undergone a very large adjustment.

However, where this adjustment is directed and what is its significance, even generals like Li Tai, who are already at the core, do not know. This shows that the Western Wei regime still does not have a clear understanding of the opportunities represented by the current chaos in Henan. , still in a state of dazed stress, endless intracranial orgasms but actually still confused.

Of course, this is no wonder to the civil and military ministers of Yuwen Taixi Wei, after all, even Gao Cheng of the Eastern Wei Dynasty must still be buzzing now, suffering from a sense of bewilderment in the face of internal and external troubles.

When Li Tai returned to Taifu, it was at the time when Daxingtai called the important officials in the government to discuss internal affairs. Li Bi, Shuo Hui and other Chinese and foreign military governors were still waiting in the outer hall.

When he came in to say hello to several people, Li Bi apologized to him for not being able to go to Chang'an to celebrate his wedding in person, and said that he would visit his new home in the city later.

Several other people also joked about the newlywed Li Tai in a relaxed manner, without the slightest sense of urgency that the war is coming, but this atmosphere of tightness on the outside and looseness on the inside can be regarded as a warm-up for the next change in the situation.

Before Li Tai could sit down here, Prince Zhi, a subordinate of the Taifu, hurried into the room and looked at him and said, "The lord has ordered you to come and see him as soon as you return to the mansion after opening the mansion."

Hearing this, Li Tai didn't look for a seat anymore, bowed his hands to the few people here, and then walked out with Wang Zizhi, heading for Zhitang.

"Although Duke Xihe is a young man, he is very talented and is also in charge of military administration. In another 20 years, I am afraid that the generals and I will be punished by him!"

Seeing the back of Li Tai leaving, Da Xiwu, who was sitting in the room, sighed.

Right now, what is going on in the straight hall is the government affairs meeting of the Taiwan government. Although these veterans have made great achievements, they are also isolated, including Li Bi, the leader of the Chinese army, who is no exception.

Among the generals in charge of the army, only Yu Jin, the governor of Taifu and the governor of Huazhou, attended the meeting. Besides, Li Tai was also the minister of Daxingtai, and now the Taifu is raising material reserves in Zhuzhou counties. Government orders are mainly in charge of him.

What Da Xiwu said was not to express any dissatisfaction, to stir up conflicts between the old and the newcomers, he had just blackmailed Li Tai and got quite a lot of money, and he was very willing to get close to this rich man in his heart, so it was just pure emotion.

But the speaker didn't mean it, but the listener meant it. Da Xiwu's emotion still caused a slight change in the expressions of the people in the room. Perhaps each of them was already imagining the scene of being ordered under him in their hearts, and they were more or less uncomfortable.

A few Hui in the other seat laughed and said: "Those who are capable work harder, isn't that good? Ah Liu Ba Rong is not incompetent, and he has been in the front line for a long time. .

But with a talented person like Deboshan working together, there is no need to care about punishment from top to bottom. He is a capable person who works hard and does everything at the same time, while I specialize in attacking and killing to make achievements.If he is ashamed to be under the younger class and enters the house to disturb his father-in-law, he will be summoned at the banquet, and this disciple will also serve wine and food at the next banquet! "

Ah Liuba is Han Guo, after he followed Li Tai to attack Jinyang, he also received the honors of Hussar, Kaifu and Duke a few years ago.He used to enter the customs from Hebayue to fight the rebellion, and then turned to serve in Daxingtai. He participated in all kinds of battles in the East and West and performed well. However, he still became a senior general in the Western Dynasty by working with Li Tai in this campaign. in the sequence.

Live examples are the most convincing. Although the generals present do not need Li Tai to support them, they have to admit that working with Li Tai, who has outstanding military and political talents, is at least more difficult than working with Li Tai. It is much more reassuring to work with mediocrity and timidity.

As for the issue of official rank and rank, it is indeed as what some Hui said, no matter how prominent Li Boshan's official position is, but because of Hanoi Gong Dugu's trust, he is still a junior in front of them.

Not to mention the conversation here, when Li Taixing entered the straight hall, the meeting here had been going on for a while, and there were thick books piled up on everyone's case.

When Yu Wentai saw Li Tai walking in, he waved his hand to signal him not to be too polite, and pointed to his seat, signaling to get ready to play.

Nowadays, for the Bafu, how to deal with changes in external conditions is still secondary. The key is to strengthen its own strength, especially the most basic money and food reserves. This is also the most important work content of the Bafu administration this year.

Especially since the time when Hou Jing surrendered, Yu Wentai was like an old man who took a coquettish concubine and poured all kinds of tonics into his stomach. As long as his subordinates started a project that could make money, he would immediately implement it.

Now it is playing a special campaign hosted by Lieutenant Yu Shi, which is to strictly investigate the activities of digging caves and statues in various states in the territory, and examine whether it is illegal.

As we all know, digging caves and statues is a popular Buddhist activity among the people, and because it consumes a lot of manpower and material resources, it can be done by local powerful families.

However, this activity is called worshiping the Buddha, but it is actually the creation and maintenance of rural order, which is naturally accompanied by the phenomenon of bullying the weak and oppressing the poor.Especially those evil monks relying on their religious status, even the local tyrants have to endure their exploitation and oppression, let alone ordinary people.

Li Tai used Liu Shifo as an excuse before and said that Daxingtai built a Buddhist temple in the territory. It can be said that this is the most enjoyable time since Yuwen Tai ruled Kansai. The successful reorganization of the current Bafu Central Army has a lot to do with it. To a certain extent, they all benefited from this action.

People will inevitably have an aftertaste after eating a delicious meal, and the more hungry they are, the more they will miss it.

Although Yu Wentai also knew that Samana’s money was not easy to move, he couldn’t bear to be poor. In addition, the success of the previous operation made him realize that as long as there is a legitimate and appropriate reason, even if the Samana is moved, it will affect the society as a whole. The turbulence caused is also limited and within the controllable range.

So this time he naturally turned his attention to Samana again, and pointed directly at the cave-dug statue, which has a high degree of overlap and conflict with the use of manpower and material resources for the whole army preparation, to put a layer of supervision on this matter.

Of course, it is inappropriate to directly prohibit this kind of thing or make it illegal. The content of the current work is to inspect the origins, officials, etc. of the owners of the caves and monuments. False officials, then the relevant temples and village households will be severely punished.

In the atmosphere of worshiping Buddha in today's world, for believers, digging caves and making statues is definitely a matter of honor and glory for the ancestors, and it is worth boasting about the village. Therefore, if the family members have any social honors, they will try their best to list them for them. People of the time and future generations came to pay their respects.

It has been so many years since the series of rebellions in Kansai, but the Taiwan government has brought up the old case again. This is undoubtedly an act of hooliganism, but it is indeed a small number of targets drawn from the masses.

You said you have money to eat and drink, isn't it good?You dug cave statues here to show off your wealth, but in the end, thieves missed it, so who is to blame?
In short, through this policy, the Taiwan government first establishes the legitimacy of this kind of behavior, and then expands the scope little by little. It can not only directly obtain income from investigating crimes and punishing stolen goods, but also slightly curb the folk digging statues. The saved manpower and material resources will flow back into the society and be invested in other things of practical value.

It's just that this initial goal was set too tricky, and because of the age, it has not yet obtained considerable benefits.

Then there are several divisions taking turns to play things, all of which are related to making money, and the methods are also varied. Generally speaking, there are some effects, but the effects are not too great. It is not big.

Soon it was Li Tai's department's turn to report, and Li Tai took this time to browse through the data collected by his subordinates and memorize them by heart.In fact, it doesn't matter if you don't read it. After all, he has two books, one for the Taiwan government and one for the family. By comparing these two books, he can figure out which one has ghosts.

"Recently, the divisions led by the minister have inspected the rent-seeking matters of the Zhuzhou counties, mountains, Zejindai, and the officials, such as animal husbandry and smelting. Yongzhou, Huazhou, Beiyong... all seventeen prefectures have villagers who should rent, The six official properties of He 320 have been obtained, and the required money, food and materials have also been received one after another. From then on to mid-May, Zhuzhou counties can transport more than 320 million stones of materials and materials and food to the government..."

Li Tai has already mastered all the data by heart, and now he gets up to play in detail.

However, when he got to this point, Yu Wentai, who was sitting at the table and listening carefully, stood up suddenly and said in a surprised tone: "How much? Is it more than 300 million stones?"

Hearing Yu Wentai's questioning tone, Li Tai's self-confidence became less certain, and he quickly lowered his head to browse the data, and then raised his head and replied: "It's more than three million stones, but the distance between Zhuzhou The consumption of far and near, land and water is not the same, and the final income is still subject to storage, but the total should not be less than 300 million stones."

"Okay, it's really great! With such a huge sum of money coming into the house, no matter how you plan to do things in the future, you will have no worries about food and fodder!"

After getting this definite answer, Yu Wentai raised his fist and slammed it on the case again, his excitement was beyond words. More than 300 million stones and grains are considered a considerable income for the current Bafu, especially in Henan It is not an exaggeration to say that there will be great events available at the moment.With such an unexpected income, no matter what plans are made for the situation in Henan, it will be much more calm.

He looked down at Li Tai and said with a big smile: "Before Bo Shan was still getting married at home, but he didn't neglect his duties because of the burden of family affairs. He did his best to raise such a huge sum of money for the Taiwan government! But everyone can do the same." , why worry that the giant bandits will be hard to get rid of, and the general rule will not prosper!"

As soon as these words came out, the subordinates of the Taifu in Zaitang were certainly envious of the praise Li Tai had received, but the faces of those who performed the work before were more or less uncomfortable, whether it was the comparison of each other's performance or Daxingtai's attitude, They all seem to indicate that their stay here is redundant.

After Li Tai heard the praise, he quickly bowed and said: "I made this timing before, and I didn't expect it to be so effective in a short period of time. The contribution is indispensable. If there were no such people who spared no effort to promote it to the people, the people would not know it.

More than three million stones and grains, behind the grains are the hearts of the people of Shangyi. The Lord proclaimed to rule the country, and the governors of the states and counties educated the territory. Only then can the officials and the people be harmonious and create grand plans together.Taking advantage of this, I dare not receive such praise from the Lord alone. "

Now he is not afraid of trees that stand tall in the forest and wind that will destroy them, but the key thing is not as simple as it seems on the surface. The government property sold by the state and the county and the goods received by the tyrant are basically in his hands. Ups and downs.

Everyone is happy in the current situation, but if Yu Wentai blames other officials for being incompetent and provokes those officials who have been punished to continue to review, I am afraid that some problems will be exposed.So it is good for Li Tai to get benefits, but the honor should be shared with everyone.

Yu Wentai was already in a good mood because of the large amount of goods in the warehouse, and Li Tai's comments and praises on politics and people's hearts were even more in his heart, and he immediately smiled even more, and said in class: "This The words are indeed pertinent and appropriate, because the state has good governance, and the adjustment is appropriate, so the state has abundant reserves and stores wealth for the people. Now that the country is in need, it is really good to send money from all directions! When I enter the court at the end of the year, I will definitely ask your majesty to praise good governance , those who are involved in internal and external affairs will be rewarded with rank and reward!"

When everyone in the hall heard this, they all agreed with each other. Yu Wentai, who had all kinds of rainbow farts, was even more cheerful, and almost lost himself. Only Li Tai smiled, but felt quite emotional in his heart.

If it is said that all these money and food were collected from the people, it really shows that the people of Kansai have full confidence in the politics and national destiny of the Western Wei Dynasty.But the problem is, most of them come from Li Tai's own granary.

Last year he began to absorb grain in the whole of Guanzhong. At the peak, he accumulated more than [-] million shi. Although the subsequent consumption and circulation have reduced a lot, the amount imported to Taifu is still less than half of what he owns.

He really wants to take the opportunity to sell more to the Taiwan government, but there are only so many high-quality assets in the Guanzhou states. If he wants to keep all of them in his pocket, the financial situation of subsequent states and counties will continue to weaken. This is naturally not in line with common development. In particular, the Western Wei Dynasty was notoriously violent and not particular, so enough should be done in moderation, and everyone should have a mouthful of soup for me to eat meat.

As for the remaining several million shi of grain, there is no need to worry about the sales price.

Food is the cornerstone of social stability, and the survival of the people is at stake. Although Guanzhong will still be in Daren for the next few years, the subsequent Hou Jing Rebellion will stir up unrest in the world, and accumulating grain to prepare for chaos will also be a mainstream trend of thought. Li Tai thinks again With so much food in hand, even money can't buy it.

Of course, Yu Wentai didn't know that Li Tai, a rich man, was taking care of him secretly, or even though he knew that Li Tai had quite a lot of assets, he never thought that Li Tai would be able to master so many resources in just a few years.Therefore, the implementation of this policy has been so successful, which makes him very happy.

With such a huge amount of income, he was naturally impatient to listen to the political achievements of the other subordinates. Even if he called off the internal affairs meeting, dismissed all the subordinates of the Taiwan government, and would have been waiting here early in the morning Several generals from the army were called in, and of course Li Tai, the military governor, was also among them.

Several generals strode up to the hall, and when they looked up, they saw Daxingtai was smiling and looking good, and they must be in a good mood, the only thing is that the eyes looking at Li Boshan are sticky, especially intimate, and they can't figure it out. I'm afraid I still think that Li Boshan married his daughter before.

Next, Yu Wentai used his wealth and wealth to the extreme, and dropped a blockbuster as soon as the generals were seated, ordering that within ten days from now on, the fourth government of the Chinese Army in the Overlord Mansion will exclude those who participated in the river defense from among the campers. Other than that, the others were all on standby in the camp.

As soon as this remark came out, not only the generals were astonished, but even Li Tai, the leader of the overbearing mansion, was greatly surprised: What are you trying to do!
The number of soldiers registered in the four prefectures under the Chinese Army is basically between [-] and [-], but most of the time the battalion will not be fully staffed, and basically only maintain a quarter to a third of the scale, and the rest is part of the river defense , and then recuperate part of the city.

This is not only for the sake of combining work and rest, but also to reduce the pressure of raising the army. If the soldiers are not in the camp, the Overlord's Mansion does not need to provide the full amount of food, or half of it, or not at all.After all, only when you know you are hungry and where there is food can you be obedient and obey orders.

But today Daxingtai wants to gather all the Chinese troops in the battalion except for the river defense soldiers, there are as many as [-] to [-] soldiers, and if the supporting civilian labor force is added, the number will undoubtedly be even larger.With so many people gathered together, not to mention any large-scale military operations, the consumption of just eating horses and chewing horses for one day is already amazing.

Before all the 300 million stone resources were put into the warehouse, Yu Wentai looked like he couldn't help but want to make a big event. This guy was already poor and arrogant, but now the poor are getting rich, and his old opponent Gao Huan has already sung After finishing the Chile song, no matter how you look at it, you look like you are about to die!
Just when Li Tai, the big brother on the list, was thinking in his heart that it was too late to carry the bucket and run away, Yu Wentai really lived up to everyone's expectations and proposed his next goal, that is, Heyang City, an important military town set up by the Eastern Wei Dynasty in Hanoi !

After hearing this, Li Tai couldn't help gasping. This f*cking 300 million shi of grain was thrown in, and the matter seemed to be completely messed up. Yu Wentai couldn't get away from Henan anymore. This guy was watching After the old friend's curtain call performance, he actually wanted to build a happy city for himself!

(End of this chapter)