Northern Dynasties

Chapter 72 This is a great talent (please subscribe!)
In the twelfth lunar month of winter, several heavy snowfalls fell, and the world was covered with silver.

A group of knights galloped into the city from the east of Huazhou City, and entered Daxingtai Mansion smoothly all the way.

Changing out of his military uniform covered with snow and frost, Yu Wentai washed off the antifreeze grease on his hands and face with warm water in a copper basin, and drank a large bowl full of warm buttermilk served by the waiter. Let out a long breath comfortably.

After the Liyang Grand Parade, he led his troops to the bank of the Yellow River to dispatch troops, inspect defenses, and even secretly crossed the Yellow River to inspect Yubi City in Hedong in person.

Mangshan was defeated in the first half of the year, and when the Eastern Dynasty will launch another offensive in Kansai has always been a heavy question on Yu Wentai's mind.

This string has been stretched in his heart for more than half a year, and for fear that his subordinates will also feel frightened by it, he dare not even reveal it in front of others.Even when he was in Liyang Dayue, he had been paying close attention to the personnel dynamics east of the Yellow River.

The victory of the Eastern Dynasty was not easy, especially Gao Zhongmi, who was the representative of Hebei's tyrants, defected to Xitou, which plunged the Eastern Dynasty's personnel into a period of chaos.

After winter, although the borders of Hedong were not very peaceful, the Jihu small groups scattered in Fenbei were mainly running around, wanting to take advantage of the fire to rob. Although it also brought some disturbance to some counties and counties established by the imperial court in Hedong, it was not considered what a big trouble.

As for the Eastern Dynasty itself, there is no sign of large-scale personnel dispatch.

However, Yuwentai still personally guarded the banks of the Yellow River. It was not until several heavy snowfalls fell one after another that the weather was no longer suitable for the dispatch of the army. Yuwentai finally breathed a sigh of relief, but he still ordered his troops to cut through the solid ice of the Yellow River along the bank to ensure that the East Dynasty The army could not step on the ice and cross the river to invade the invaders, so he returned to the city with peace of mind.

After resting for a while, Yu Wentai rubbed his face again to dispel sleepiness, then summoned the waiter and asked, "Is Su Shangshu at the residence? Call him to see him."

Not long after, Su Chuo, who also looked tired, was ushered into the hall.

Seeing that Daxingtai was dozing off at the desk, Su Chuo ignored the waiter's gesture of shaking his head and waving his hands to signal him to keep quiet, and went straight in and placed several volumes of heavy documents on Yuwentai's desk.

Yu Wentai was startled when he heard the sound, looked at Su Chuo who was worshiping before the case, and said with some embarrassment: "It's not long since I returned home, I'm tired from the journey, and I'm sorry for my negligence."

"I haven't slept for a few days, and I know what it's like. Since the Lord has time, please review a few piles in advance."

Su Chuo stared at a pair of bloodshot eyes, didn't say any polite compliments, just pointed to the file on the case and said to Yu Wentai, and picked up one of the most important ones and read it to himself.

Yu Wentai didn't care about these vain rituals, he pressed his hands on his knees to make himself more sober, and after hearing Su Chuo's report, he asked Su Chuo's opinion on the matter again, and then wrote a pen to criticize.

Getting along with each other can be regarded as a tacit understanding. Several official affairs are reported and handed over quickly, and there are other officials waiting outside the hall.

After more than an hour, most of the documents on the desk were processed, but soon Su Chuo waved to the outside of the hall again.

Seeing the two officials carrying a whole box of documents into the hall again, Yu Wentai finally couldn't stand it anymore, the corners of his mouth trembled uncontrollably, and seeing that Su Chuo was obviously much thinner than when we parted a month ago, he quickly raised his hand Said: "Shangshu is very tired, let's take a rest first!"

Su Chuo was not impressed by Daxingtai's thoughtfulness. He pointed to the box of documents and said, "This box of criminal documents urgently needs to be reviewed and approved by the Lord. During the review a month ago, the multi-state township group invaded the township, the bandits, The crime of looting is outrageous, if the people's grievances cannot be resolved years ago, I fear that the grievances will grow even deeper!"

When Yu Wentai heard this, he suddenly felt a pain in his head, he grabbed a few volumes and browsed for a while, his face suddenly became a little ugly.

Most of these dossiers record evidence of crimes infringing on the villages when the states consulted with the village groups.The lighter ones just snatched some rations to eat, and the heavier ones even killed people.

Although the content seemed a bit shocking, after Yu Wentai read it, he was shocked and also full of helplessness.

"Zhuzhou township groups donated their lives for reference. They have considerable willpower and loyalty. When the country's fortunes are difficult, even if their performance is poor, the court should be lenient and use their skills. Don't chill morale!"

After Yu Wentai flipped through several volumes, he saw that the contents were almost the same, so he stopped reading and just said to Su Chuo in a discussing tone.

"For meritorious deeds, you will be rewarded, and for crimes, you will be punished. If the master confuses the two for his own purposes, I have nothing to say. However, the state and county will be affected by more than a thousand families. I don't know how to say it."

Su Chuo arched his hands, bowed his head and sat down in the seat, obviously dissatisfied with Yu Wentai's behavior of He Xini.

After hearing the words, Yu Wentai also showed embarrassment, and said after a while: "I tell the prefectures and counties that all those who hurt people and things because of the crossing of the township regiment will not add miscellaneous lessons in the coming year except for the transfer. The township regiment, the army leader cut off the first rank of officials as a punishment!"

He didn't want to indulge in military discipline like this, but if this matter was discussed in depth, he couldn't completely blame the village regiment for disorderly discipline.

This year's Dayue was a little hasty and reluctant from the establishment to the preparations. After the township groups were united, the prefectures and counties could not allocate enough food and fodder, so that many township groups went on the road without enough food.If you don't look for food along the way, I'm afraid that the army will collapse before reaching Liyang.

He wants to recruit a large number of powerful soldiers to fill the army, but the reserves for travel and expenses are really weak and difficult.If we rashly and severely punished the public, then this year's grand parade will be held in vain, and it will also expose the fact that the country's fate is difficult.

Su Chuo was not completely unreasonable. Seeing that Daxingtai was silent after finishing the disposal plan, he was obviously in a heavy heart, so he talked about other things: "The matter of accounting and registering in Jinzhou in Guannei is gradually coming to an end. , there are a few states and counties that have achieved gratifying results in expanding households, would you like to hear about it?"

"So fast? Then you really have to listen carefully!"

Yu Wentai, a hero of the world, will not let his mood be occupied by negative emotions for a long time. After hearing the words, he quickly cheered up and said with a smile.

The increase of registered household population is the most direct improvement of the national power of the imperial court, and it is also the basis of administration and military use. Yu Wentai is naturally very concerned about this.

In the past, the lack of official resources in the prefectures and counties often had to be postponed until the end of the year, and under the urging of several orders from Daxingtai, the states and counties would submit them one after another. After completing the task report, this is naturally good news.

Seeing this, Su Chuo held the scroll and began to recite: "Qizhou compiled [-] households..."

"Zheng Daoyong is worthy of being a famous man and a minister of the country. How many households were registered in Qizhou last year? Thirty-two thousand households. Only one year has passed, and the number of registered households has increased by more than [-] households. Why don't you worry about not being able to enrich the country and the people?"

Hearing this first report, Yu Wentai raised his eyebrows and smiled. Although he didn't like Zheng Daoyong's cumbersome and conceited style, he had to admit that this person was indeed shrewd and capable. So a small state with only [-] households was reorganized into a large state with tens of thousands of households.

However, what Su Chuo reported next surprised Yu Wentai even more: "Jingzhao County registered [-] households..."

"Wait a minute! Did you mispronounce Ling Chuo, or did I mishear? How much is Jingzhao's registration? How much was it last year?"

When Yu Wentai heard the number, he was a little uneasy. Before Su Chuo could answer, he jumped up from the table, grabbed the official document and checked it carefully. After a while, he couldn't hide his surprise and said: "It's weird, it's... …Quickly call Cui Shiyue into the mansion, no matter how late it is, I will wait for him in the mansion! In the past, although he was tough, he was also sincere, if he boasted because of greed for position, I will be justified!"

Cui Cong only became Jing Zhaoyin at the beginning of the year, and it has been less than a year since then, but he directly expanded his household to more than [-] households.This is very unreasonable in Yu Wentai's view, and he has already decided that Cui Xi is a fraud.

"A month ago, the minister called Cui Shiyue into the government to confront him. What he said was true, but there was indeed something hidden in it."

Su Chuo took out a stack of documents from his side, and offered them with both hands with a face full of treasure. He had been carrying this document with him for several days, and every time he took it out to appreciate it, he would always be so amazed that his fatigue would be reduced a lot.

"The situation in Jingzhao is complicated. I really appointed Cui Shiyue because he is strong and straight. I hope he can quickly solve the chaos. But even if he has such a strong backbone, it will never be difficult..."

Yu Wentai was still sighing and annoyed, but when his eyes fell on the top of the document handed by Su Chuo, his voice stopped abruptly, holding the document in his hand and muttering to himself: "This style..."

"This style of writing is novel, and I have seen it before. Although the brushwork is still scattered, the way of writing ink is deeply in everyone's way."

After Su Chuo heard the words, he couldn't help but praise the beauty of the font, and then he said hastily: "But that's not the point. Please read the text carefully, and you can understand why Cui Shiyue expanded his household rapidly."

After hearing the words, Yu Wentai flipped through the next page, paused again, and then flipped faster and faster, with more and more surprise on his face: "Is this book copied by a special person? That's not right, The letter spacing is exactly the same, could it be that Cui Shi invited him, could it be that he was a group of Dongzhou ethnic groups to move to Guanyou, to help him..."

Yu Wentai was not shrewd, but his limited knowledge prevented him from guessing the key point for a while, and even gave birth to the guess or fantasy that the entire Cui family in Boling moved to Guanzhong to help Cui Cong in official affairs.

"It is true that Cui Shiyue's relatives from Dongzhou entered the pass, but he was not a member of the whole family, just one person. This member was named Li Boshan, and he returned to justice with Gao Taiwei. During the year, I also watched his calligraphy in several generals' mansions , the memory is still fresh."

Su Chuo couldn't help feeling distressed when he looked at the messy documents that Yu Wentai was flipping through. To others, these documents might seem boring, but in his eyes they were works of art full of beauty.

"Li Boshan? I know this son, but what does he have to do with this?"

No matter how busy Yu Wentai is, he will not be forgetful. Hearing this name one after another in a very short period of time, it is difficult to ignore it.Hearing Su Chuo's words, subconsciously appeared in the mind of the handsome young general on Jingyuan who shot the fleeing hare to death with one arrow.

"My lord, this son is a great talent! Seeing how simple his fortune is, I am too ashamed to match it."

Su Chuo first explained the printed document, then picked up a document scattered on the ground and smoothed it carefully, and said with emotion.

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