Northern Dynasties

Chapter 520
During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the ears of grain in the fields are like waves, and the vines and trees are full of melons and fruits, all of which show that this year is another bumper harvest year.

On Longshouyuan Village, the villagers had finished the autumn harvest of various crops a few days ago, and plowed the land for the next season's planting.The slack period after the harvest is undoubtedly the happiest time of the year. Just as the owner of the farm, Li Taijin, came to Beijing to return to the village, he rewarded the villagers with rich food and wine, and the whole manor was immersed in laughter.

People in the village gathered in the outer village, and the nave inside the village was also full of guests. Relatives such as Gao Zhongmi, Cui Qian brothers, Lu Rou, Li Licheng and their respective families sat together happily. All the faces of men, women, old and young were filled with joyful smiles.

The arrival of these relatives was not to celebrate the harvest, but to congratulate the Li Tai brothers on their new ranks.

A few days ago, Li Tai entered the court with Daxingtai to perform military affairs. Although the war on the Heluo side ended in defeat as a whole, Li Tai's outstanding achievements in the process are obvious to all, so he became one of the few heroes who was rewarded by the court.

His current official status has reached a peak. If there is any substantial improvement, he will have to go straight to the Sangong position, or the Western Wei Dynasty will carry out in-depth official system reforms to break the current upper limit of official titles.

Neither scenario is clearly impossible at the moment.No matter how impressive his feats are, there are still so many experienced seniors queuing up ahead, and this kind of vanity and superiority will only increase the envy of others.

Therefore, in terms of merit, Li Tai only added [-] households, and added the honorary title of Prince Shaobao.The Shiyi of the Western Wei Dynasty was originally granted in vain, and it is impossible for him to actually serve as an official of the Eastern Palace, so this award is also very watery.

However, the imperial court was embarrassed to let it go to the end, so they forwarded Li Tai's military exploits to his relatives and subordinates to share.

First of all, his wife Dugu Miaoyin was granted the title of the first-class Junjun among the wives. Although it was only a false name, it also made this little lady very excited.Today's county titles are not given according to the husband's official title, and many high-ranking officials and their wives and daughters do not have this honor.Miaoyin didn't care about the honor represented by this title, but she was secretly happy that she had this title, which was more suitable for her husband.

As for Li Chao who defected from Heqiao, it fully shows that it is better to come early than coincidentally. After entering the court with Li Tai, he was granted the title of Kaiguo County Marquis in a blink of an eye, and directly joined the fourth-rank guerrilla general and Zhongsan. The title of doctor, and wants to let his prince wash the horse's real official.

Although he is his own brother, after seeing Li Chao enjoying such treatment, Li Tai felt very unbalanced.Thinking back to when he first entered the court, he was only dismissed as a county man and a casual rider outside the staff, which is very different from the treatment Li Chao receives today.

Two brothers of the same mother, what is the difference between him?It's nothing more than the loss of a handsome and outstanding elder brother...Although he was very happy, Li Tai resigned Li Chao from the official position of Prince Xima, and did not intend to let him enter the officialdom of the Western Wei Dynasty for the time being.

In addition to these two close relatives, the imperial court also awarded awards to the heroes recommended by him, and all the disciples, generals, and officials have also stepped up to a higher level, which can be described as a joyous experience.

In today's banquet, although Li Tai is the owner of the manor, he is not the protagonist.The real protagonist was Li Chao who had just arrived in Kansai. Cui Qian and others gathered around this little cousin, wanting to find out how the family members who stayed in Kanto were doing.

The relatives are far apart, of course it is inevitable to miss them.Especially seeing that Li Tai brought back a younger brother, and also brought back Mrs. Lu Rou's uncle Yuan Xiaoyou to Kansai, he missed his relatives who were still in Kanto all the more.

However, Li Chao was not lively at first, and his father and brother never returned. In recent years, he just studied behind closed doors, not letting his mother worry about it.Growing up so big, the first time I traveled far was when I was moved to Jinyang last year, and then I went to Heqiao and followed my elder brother to Kansai.

Therefore, he didn't know much about the current situation of those relatives in Kanto, and he racked his brains to think of something and said it quickly, which made Cui Qian and others very excited.

Li Tai took this scene into his eyes, and secretly calculated it in his heart.

In the past, he had limited power and few contacts, so he could only accept the fact that his relatives stayed in Kanto.Although Heqiao's meeting with Chen Yuankang did not affect his situation in junior high school, it also reminded him that if possible, he should try his best to bring his mother and other relatives to Kansai.

Although he communicated with Chen Yuankang and his cousin Li Qianzhi also said that he would do his best to keep his family safe, Li Tai was still a little worried.In the future, he will of course still have to fight on the front line of the war against the Eastern Wei and Northern Qi, and his relatives who are stranded in the Kanto will inevitably be implicated.

Today's Gao Cheng is troubled both internally and externally, and is devastated. It should be because he has no intention of cleaning up his family for the time being.After all, the Kanto family is also an important part of the Eastern Wei regime. Whether it is to maintain stability now or to usurp the dynasty in the future, Gao Cheng must rely on a part of the power of the Kanto family.

But wait until Gao Yang came to power, especially the few years when Gao Yang started going crazy.Who knows if this guy will remember that when Li Taidang attacked Jinyang, he was so scared that he peed his pants, so he would wantonly retaliate against the clansmen of the Longxi Li family who stayed in Kandong.

If possible, Li Tai naturally didn't want to take the risk.Now that he also has certain abilities, he thought about trying to bring his mother and others over.

Seeing that Li Tai was silent, the others couldn't help being curious, Gao Zhongmi pointed at him and said with a smile: "Is it possible that Ah Pan is still disappointed because Heqiao failed to complete the work?"

Li Tai shook his head after hearing the words, he didn't want too many people to know about this matter, he got up and motioned for a few people to go to the inner room to sit down, and then he talked about his thoughts.

Gao Zhongmi's family suffered many misfortunes, and the remaining brothers Gao Jishi and other clansmen obviously would not give up the good life in the Eastern Dynasty and come to Kansai, so they have little interest in this.

But the Cui family brothers and Lu Rou followed He Basheng to many places and finally came to Kansai. There are still many tribesmen who stayed in Kanto, and they can't help but worry about it. Hearing Li Tai's idea, each of them showed a lot interest of.

"Although the Eastern Dynasty is currently in chaos, Heluo can still be regained. I think it has not yet collapsed. And it is not known whether the relatives of the Guandong are willing to come to Kansai. Apan must be cautious in implementing this plan!"

Cui Qian was mature and prudent. Although he was looking forward to it in his heart, he still said calmly.

Li Tai nodded after hearing the words. Although it is good for relatives to reunite, Kansai is by no means a good place in the eyes of the world, especially if relatives in Kanto give up their lives and official positions there and defect to come here. Come on, I'm afraid they are no different from the Burmese fraud gang.

So even if you want to pick up your relatives, you must be someone who has deep feelings and blood, at least not secretly complaining and reporting self-proving innocence.

"I'm afraid I won't return to Beizhou in a short time today. I have already asked Daxingtai to dismiss Suizhou Governor. Daxingtai asked me to recommend a successor. I would like to ask my cousin if he is willing?"

Before that, Li Tai was still the governor of Suizhou, but even though Heluo was defeated, Yuwentai still did not give up trying to take advantage of Hou Jing's chaos to seek benefits. Of course, Li Tai, a general, would not let Beizhou idle. Stay here until you go.

Cui Xi used to be the governor of Beihua Prefecture, and he was dismissed in the middle of the year and returned to Beijing. He is currently out of work. After hearing what Li Tai said, he pondered for a while and nodded: "I know that you put a lot of heart into Beizhou, Apan. I keep it, and of course I have no reason to refuse."

Hearing that Cui Cong agreed, Li Tai explained to him the personnel affairs there again.

Although Suizhou is a newly established state, its personnel foundation is not weak. In addition to the military and political affairs in the state, there are also the Tuntian of Xihe County on the line of Kulichuan below, and the Jihu forces on the other side of the Yellow River. Among the states with the most authority, even the Sanxia Prefecture is inferior.

Li Tai's harassment of Yitong last year had already dealt a severe blow to the development of various affairs in Jinyang, including the Silk Road trade.Now the Longyou trade road has also been opened up. Although the various industries in Kansai are not enough to compete with the areas controlled by the Eastern Dynasty in the short term, the geographical location is more convenient, which is bound to affect the Monan trade road.

Therefore, Li Tai intends to organize a team of Hu merchants to transfer the goods from the Western Regions that flowed from Longyou to Jinyang. Come.

Suizhou is the basis of this plan, and Li Tai has concentrated a lot of hard work here, so of course he still prefers to control it in his own hands.

In addition to Li Yantou and Yang Fu who are still in Suizhou to assist Cui Yu to take over the state affairs as soon as possible, Li Tai is also planning to arrange for his grandson Li Yunxin, who used to go in and out of the Beishan Great Wall to go with Cui Yu, and let Li Yunxin control the situation in the enemy's territory. trade and espionage.

Hearing that Li Tai had such a comprehensive plan, Cui Qian and the others had nothing to add.Although Li Tai was much younger than them and came to Kansai later than them, his current position and personnel resources were far behind them.Seeing that Cui Xi was able to take up the new post with just one word, Li Tai is already a well-deserved leader of the Kanto family.

After making arrangements for Cui Xi, Li Tai looked at Cui Qian again and said with a smile: "Cousin, you have been in Gyeonggi for a long time, are you still thinking about moving?"

　A new volume, a new situation. . .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)