Northern Dynasties

Chapter 529
After receiving the appointment from the Taifu, Li Tai ignored the greetings with those Taifu assistants who had heard the news and came to congratulate him, and immediately returned home and then went straight to the inner hall.

In the inner hall, Mrs. Miaoyin was sitting behind the table in a pomegranate red skirt, writing and drawing on the paper with a brush in her hand. When she heard Li Taixing's footsteps, she just looked up and then lowered her head to write. When he got up, he looked very focused and serious.

Li Tai sat lightly on the side seat, peeking at the calm and serene expression on the pretty face of this little lady, he felt relieved at first, and then felt a little uncomfortable.

He put the appointment document he had just received from the Taifu and put it on the case in front of him, and then he sighed softly, but seeing the little lady just glanced at him without asking, he couldn't help but speak Said: "Didn't the lady go to the front hall yesterday and this morning to listen to the family's discussion?"

When Mrs. Miaoyin heard this, she paused for a while, and said after a while: "I still have business to do today, and I will talk about it with my husband later."

Hearing this, Li Tai felt even more upset. It seems that this little lady didn't know that she was about to go to Jingzhou, but she was still indifferent in the end.

He was worried that his wife would be sad when she found out about this, so he kept it secret. He hoped that he would be happy to live with his wife for a period of time before he was appointed, and he rushed back to comfort her as soon as possible after receiving the appointment. , Now it seems that I am a little worried?

He still had a bit of a taste here, and sat in the table for a while, when he turned his head to look again, he didn't know when the little lady had put down the pen in her hand, and she was resting her arms on the table and resting her chin with one hand. with him.

"Is this done? Let's see what's going on!"

Li Tai walked forward half awkwardly, half annoyed, and the little lady also rolled up the paper that was already written on the desk with both hands and handed it to Li Tai, and said expectantly: "Fu Lang sees it." What am I planning?"

Li Tai took the piece of paper absent-mindedly, glanced at it casually, and found that most of the names were written on it. After a closer look, he found that the names of the people involved were all his subordinates, and they were listed behind each name. The address of the residence and the situation of the people in the household, I was suddenly surprised: "What are you doing, my lady?"

"My husband is going to go out of the town, and I don't know when he will return. The members of the family will follow him, and the people of these families will be different because of this. The concubine knows that the husband is focused on work and is determined to make contributions, but human interest , Situations are different, not everyone can understand and understand, maybe they have to complain that the master is greedy for merit, and he doesn't care about recruiting people."

Mrs. Miaoyin put on a serious face and said: "When my husband was away on an expedition, my concubine visited several families of my colleagues. I saw that the situation of each family is different, so I can't generalize it. This time my husband is going to an expedition again, so my concubine I want to invite the family members of the colleagues and colleagues to come to the house as guests, and each of them will share their worries and money, and help if they can, so that the husbands of their families can concentrate on their work and have no worries when they follow their husbands. "

Li Tai was quite touched when he heard the intention of the lady, especially when he saw that nearly a hundred of his subordinates were listed on the paper, and their respective family situations were also clearly stated, which shows that the lady was truthful when she did this background check. With all his heart, Li Tai himself knew far less about the family situations of his subordinates.

"To find out these things, the lady has spent all her time, right?"

At this moment, the resentment in his heart had long since disappeared, he hugged the little lady in his arms, looked at the densely packed writing on the paper and asked with a smile.

The little lady pressed her face against Li Tai's chest, and she said proudly after hearing the words: "The concubine is very hardworking to be able to make this, especially these people don't live in one place, there are many places in Huazhou and Chang'an. Some hometowns are too far away, and it is difficult for concubines to visit them, so I just inspected them carefully and collected them for the time being..."

Li Tai didn't expect that he just said it casually before the last expedition. This little lady has been carefully remembering and doing so much, and she couldn't help but sighed again: "Although I am outside ordering the disciples, but I can really fight against you." It's my wife who takes people's hearts for my use. If you get a wife like this, what more can a husband ask for?"

"My husband's compliment, I can indeed deserve some points. Although my concubine is not a shrewd and thoughtful person, she can take time off and think about what she can do for my family and for my husband. When visiting the Zhu family I have also seen that the headed lady of other families is more dignified than a concubine, but there are also some who are more inferior than a concubine. My husband is a great talent in the world, and of course he must match an excellent woman in the world! Although the concubine may not be called excellent, she is also Still working hard..."

Hearing Fulang's praise, Lady Miaoyin replied with a serious face, but her tone turned low immediately: "Last night when Li Tun came to see me, I knew that Fulang was going to travel again. Fulang told me sooner. , I think I'm afraid my concubine will feel sad. Is it because of this that I hurried back today?
The concubine is not a child who doesn't know the right and wrong, she is already a housewife, how can she abuse her evil nature and prevent my husband from making meritorious deeds?It's just that if there is such a thing in the future, Fu Lang must inform him in advance, don't let the concubine know the news suddenly, regret that he was too entangled before, and didn't let Fu Lang rest at home more! "

Speaking of this, the little lady's tone suddenly choked up, and she buried her pretty face in his chest, and kept pounding her fists: "Bad, bad husband, why didn't you tell me earlier? Leaving home, secretly planning to go to the mountains to hunt pheasants and gather feathers in a few days, and weave them into feathers to show off to others...the feathers are gone, and I, I am not beautiful either!"

Hearing the woman's sobs, Li Tai couldn't laugh or cry for a moment. He patted her on the shoulder and comforted her: "The colorful pheasants in the mountains are born every year. If you don't hunt this year, there will be next year. Besides, my wife is born beautiful. The bridesmaid only sees the glory, but the lady will never lose her luster. I have heard that there are more rare birds in the Southern Continent. If I go to Jingxiang, if I don’t find a few gorgeous feathers for the lady, how can I go home?"

"Go home, I want Fulang, not Yuyi!"

Hearing this, the little lady quickly embraced Li Tai with both arms, and continued to sob, "I, I want to cry for a while, and I'll be fine...pretend to be dignified, it's so hard to endure!"

Li Tai was well prepared before, but now there is no important matter to deal with before his departure, so he simply spared most of the day to gossip with his wife in the inner hall.

The little lady did not break her promise, and after crying heartily for a while, she gradually controlled her emotions.Although she is not very old, she was born in the general family after all, and she is used to such things. Although she is still sad, she is not addicted to it and makes people worry.

While Li Tai was gossiping about parting with his wife, he was thinking about it in his heart.In the future, he will inevitably have to stay in the town for a long time, and he can't always live apart as husband and wife.

Although the court of the Western Wei Dynasty did not forcefully restrict and forbid Fang Bo, the local governor, to bring his family members to the post, but generally the whole family would not be brought to the post if the number was a bit tight.Even those local tyrants who are shepherds in this state often have to send their clansmen to serve in the imperial court and Taiwan government, that is, as hostages.

Li Taijin's most important relatives in Kansai are his wife and his second brother Li Chao who just came to Kansai with him, and it is inconvenient for both of them to accompany him to the post.Li Chao was arranged by him to stay in Chang'an. While continuing to study with his cousin Lu Rou and others, he followed Li Licheng to get familiar with Kansai personnel.

If you want to bring your wife to the post, then you have to replace it with a more important hostage, so you have to step up your search and bring your parents to Kansai as soon as possible.

When Miaoyin's mood returned to normal, the husband and wife discussed together to entertain the subordinates' families at the suburban manor later.

Inspired by Daxingtai before, Li Tai has always had the idea of ​​buying people's hearts, but he never thought of starting with his family.After being reminded by his wife, he also felt that this was a good idea.

After all, he is not as powerful as Yu Wentai, who can justifiably control the famous weapon of the country, and gather people's hearts through the conferment of officials and titles.If it is just blindly bribery with money and goods, the love may be like honey in a short period of time, but it cannot stand the difficult test, so other ways must be used to further sublimate the relationship between each other.

As for what troubles his wife said each family had, try to help solve them as much as possible, Li Tai thinks it depends on the situation.After all, it is difficult for an honest official to decide on housework. If it is a lack of money and power, he may be able to help a group, but if it is a conflict within the family, rashly intervening will only make the help more chaotic.

Miaoyin also listened carefully to what Fu Lang said about the taboos in interpersonal communication. Of course it is good to be warm, friendly and helpful, but everything is too much.In the final analysis, it is still up to oneself and others. If you don't want to be known or pointed out by others, try not to point others. The sense of proportion should be paid attention to at all times.

Miaoyin's nearly [-] subordinates who have done background checks are mainly the disciples who posted the entry and the subordinates of Li Tai's several duties, including some trilogy supervisors.But it's not all, after all, she doesn't know Li Tai's military status.

Some of the family members of these subordinates live in the counties in Jinei, and there are also some as far away as Longyou.Li Tai carefully screened and invited the whole family of some of the tribes whose families are nearby, and those who are too far away to invite only himself, each sent an invitation card and agreed to have a banquet in Shangyuan Village in a few days, and gave each family a special invitation. Prepare a timeless gift.

On the day of the banquet, various families came to Shangyuan one after another. Although there were many guests, the manor could fully accommodate them.The female guests and children went to the inner courtyard by themselves, while the generals and the young and strong children of each family feasted and played in the outer village.

Today's Shangyuan Manor is no longer the manor of the seventeen hectares of land in the original West, and the original Dong Dugu Xin Manor was also brought by Mrs. Miaoyin as a dowry.The two villages are grouped into one village, which directly occupies more than half of the area of ​​Shangyuan. If there is a chance to transfer the original Beiyu Jin's manor over, then Shangyuan can officially change its name to Li Yuan.

The original west is a variety of rural industries, and the original east is the owner's living and leisure area.There are all kinds of martial arts venues, such as the neatly built stables and the magnificent archery hall, where the generals will enjoy themselves.

In addition to the disciples and generals that Li Tai had planned to take to Jingzhou, today's banquet also added several new members, namely Dou Chi, uncle and nephew Dou Yi, Hou Zhi, the governor of the military mansion, and Yu Wengui's His son Yu Wenshan, and Liang Rui, whom Yu Wentai entrusted to him before.

After all, Jingzhou is a big frontier defense town, no matter what, Yu Wentai can't let Li Tai's disciples fill the shogunate, he has to send him some other members, otherwise what is the difference between this and the division of land?
The Dou family is also a wealthy Xianbei family, and Dou Chi is a representative of the members of his family who entered the customs. This time he went south to serve as the governor of Nanyongzhou and the governor of Fangcheng in Rangcheng. He was regarded as Li Tai's deputy.Hou Zhi served as the governor of East Jingzhou, left the town of Biyang, and was still Li Tai's general.The others also took up their posts in Jingzhen Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, not deliberately monitoring and balancing, but just enriching the members of the shogunate.

Compared with Li Tai, Dou Chi is a well-deserved veteran among all people, tall and burly, with a beautiful beard and awe-inspiring power, and his looks are full of majesty.

When he led his nephew to the manor, the banquet that had already started in the manor and had a good atmosphere was a bit quiet for a while, and all the generals could not help restraining their words and deeds when they faced Dou Chi with his eyes full of power, not daring to do what they did before arbitrary.

When Li Tai first saw Dou Chi's unsmiling expression, he couldn't help but wonder if this guy was messing things up?

But when he stood up and raised his glass to signal to Dou Chi, Dou Chi avoided the seat, first danced and danced to thank him, then raised his glass and drank it all in one gulp, then he leaned over and clasped his fists and said to Li Tai: "And This cup is to congratulate the envoy, and I hope that a certain group of people can make contributions to the envoy and become famous in the north and south!"

The dance ceremony popular in the Sui and Tang Dynasties was influenced by the customs of the Northern Dynasties. Although it has not yet developed into a formal etiquette, it is generally used as a social occasion for the inferior to express respect and gratitude to the superior.

Dou Chi proved with practical actions that he is not a person who is self-reliant and pretentious, and also restores the somewhat depressed atmosphere of the banquet because of his arrival.

Li Tai was also very happy to see that Dou Chi was doing himself a favor, and knowing that he was a superb archer, he ordered his servants to bring him an excellent war bow that he looted from Jinyang Palace before, and presented it to him.Seeing that the atmosphere at the banquet was just right, he simply took out more than a dozen bows, knives, guns and other famous utensils, and let the crowd compete to win them.

Although Li Tai hadn't officially set off yet, the news that he was going to be the governor of Jingzhou had already spread south along Danshui, and had some influence in the enemy's territory.

On the road to the embankment outside Xiangyang City on the south bank of the Han River, a middle-aged Confucian scholar rode a gray donkey, followed by a servant at the front and rear, and walked towards the embankment among pedestrians.

On the long embankment on the south bank of the Han River, many conscripts and soldiers were busy dredging the river and building fences and water villages, and the atmosphere seemed a little tense.And some Jindu wharves are also closed, and people are not allowed to cross Hebei again, so many people who need it are blocked outside the river embankment.

After the Confucian scholar arrived here riding a donkey, he was also a little curious when he saw this scene, so he even asked a follower to come forward and ask what happened.But soon a group of armored soldiers rushed out on the road ahead, waving sticks to drive away the people who stopped here.

Pushed and shoved by the crowd, the middle-aged man stumbled and fell to the side of the road, and when his servant hurried over with the frightened gray donkey, the crowd had already dispersed, so he rushed in to help him, which was already covered in mud. the owner.

"Brother Renlue, why are you in such a mess?"

A green-clothed ox cart passed by, and when the passengers saw the master and servant beside the road, they stopped the cart, looked at the middle-aged man and asked.

"Oh, Cai Canjun laughed at being pushed and fell into the mud."

The middle-aged man's name is Li Renlue, and he is a scholar from the north who lives in Xiangyang, while the passenger on the bullock cart is named Cai Dabao, who is the Governor of Yongzhou and the Yueyang Prince's mansion here to consult and join the army.

Cai Dabao didn't dislike Li Renlue's muddy body, so he sent someone to take a spare cloak from the car and hand it to Li Renlue, and then invited him to return to the city with the ox cart, and said to Li Renlue in the car: " Brother Renlue no longer needs to come to the pier to visit visitors from Beixiang today. After Hou Jing’s rebellion, Wang Sizheng from the West invaded Henan, and all visitors from Hebei from the Eastern Dynasty were blocked. Brother Renlue, you want to know the letter from Xiangxiang, but I’m afraid you will have to go back Been waiting for a while."

After Li Renlue heard this, he immediately sighed: "Oh, I don't know when the world will stop! Yes, I saw that the front line of the river embankment was tensely deployed. May I ask Cai Canjun, is it possible that there will be military disturbances here in Xiangyang? "

This time it was Cai Dabao who sighed and sighed: "Well, there is no military incident at the moment, but it may not be far away. Jingzhou, a westerner from the northern border, has replaced a newcomer. This newcomer is not unusual. It is Renlue from before. Brother, you have visited the thief general Li Boshan.

This beast is a new star of the captive court, with ferocious flames growing. The former bandits captured Jinyang Palace and attacked the important town of Heyang, all of which are powerful deeds.Now that the Xilu generals are stationed in Jingzhou, their intentions must not be good. Now, let's repair the Jiang defense, so we will be prepared for any danger. "

"Li, Li Boshan, he actually served as the governor of Jingzhou? He is still young, and he actually used a big town... How can Prime Minister Yuwen in the west feel relieved to let him be a young man? Cai Canjun, could it be that King Yueyang actually has the heart to provoke and bully the young? Provocation, this is..."

When Li Renlue heard Cai Dabao's words, his eyes widened immediately, with an expression of disbelief and worry.

　Let’s update the chapter today, the weather is hot, everyone pay attention to heatstroke prevention. . .There are already so many words, Dad is finally no longer the background board, he made his first appearance, and the father and son will be reunited immediately. . .

　　
　
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