Northern Dynasties Imperial Industry

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the waves of grain in the fields and the abundance of fruits on the vines all indicate that this year is another bumper harvest year.

At Longshouyuan Village, the villagers had finished the autumn harvest of various crops a few days ago and were plowing the land in preparation for planting in the next season. The slack time after the harvest is undoubtedly the most pleasant time of the year. When the owner of the farm, Li Taijin, comes to Beijing to return to the farm, he rewards the villagers with sumptuous food and wine, and the entire farm is immersed in laughter and laughter.

The people of the village were having fun outside the village, and the central hall inside the village was also full of guests. Gao Zhongmi, brothers Cui Qian, Lu Rou, Li Licheng and other relatives and their respective families were sitting together happily. The faces of men, women, old and young were all filled with happy smiles.

The arrival of these relatives was not to celebrate the harvest, but to congratulate Brother Li Tai on his new official title.

A few days ago, Li Tai went to the court with Daxingtai to perform military affairs. Although the war in Heluo ended in defeat as a whole, Li Tai's outstanding achievements in the process were obvious to all, so he became one of the few meritorious officials to be rewarded by the imperial court.

His current official title has reached an extreme point. If he makes further substantial progress, he will have to go straight to the title of Three Dukes, or the Western Wei Dynasty will carry out in-depth official reform and break the current upper limit of official title.

At the moment, both scenarios are clearly impossible. No matter how impressive his achievements are, there are still so many senior senior people lining up in front of him, and this kind of vanity and extraordinary award will only increase the jealousy of others.

Therefore, in terms of merit, Li Tai only increased the number of households by 2,000 households, and added the honorary title of Prince Shaobao. The food towns in the Western Wei Dynasty were originally fictitious, and it was impossible for him to actually serve as an official in the East Palace. Therefore, this grant was very vain.

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

First of all, his wife, Dugu Miaoyin, was awarded the title of the first-class county monarch among women. Although it was just a false name, it also made this young lady very excited. Today's title of county monarch is not based on the husband's official title. Many high-ranking officials and their wives do not have this honor. Miaoyin didn't care about the honor represented by this title, but she was secretly happy that having this title made her more suitable for her husband.

As for Li Chao who defected from Heqiao, it fully shows that arriving early is worse than arriving by chance. After following Li Tai into the court, in a blink of an eye, he was appointed as the Kaiguo County Marquis from a white body, and was directly promoted to a fourth-grade guerrilla general and Zhongsan He has the title of doctor and wants to appoint his prince as a real official.

Although he was his own brother, Li Tai felt very unbalanced after seeing Li Chao enjoying such treatment. I recall that when he first entered the imperial court, he was only given the title of county male and member of the imperial court and was dismissed as a regular attendant. The treatment that Li Chao receives today is completely different.

Two brothers from the same mother, how could he be different? It's just that he lost a handsome brother with outstanding merits... Although he felt happy, Li Tai resigned from Li Chao's official position as the prince's horse washer, 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 meritorious men he recommended, and the officials and titles of his disciples and generals were also promoted to a higher level, which can be said to be a joy.

Although Li Tai is the owner of the manor in today's banquet, he is not the protagonist. The real protagonist is Li Chao, who has just arrived in Kansai. Cui Qian and others gathered around this little cousin, wanting to know how the family members who stayed in Kanto are doing.

Relatives are far apart, so it is inevitable to miss them. Especially when I saw Li Tai bringing back a younger brother and Mrs. Lu Rou's uncle Yuan Xiaoyou back to Kansai, I missed my relatives who were still in Kanto even more.

However, Li Chao was not a lively person at first, and his father and brother never came back. In recent years, he just studied behind closed doors to not let his mother worry. Growing up to this age, the first time I traveled far away was when I was moved to Jinyang last year. Then I went to Heqiao and then followed my brother to Kansai.

Therefore, he didn't know much about the current situation of his relatives in Guandong. He racked his brains to think of some and quickly told them, which made Cui Qian and others excited.

Li Tai took this scene in his eyes and made secret calculations in his heart.

In the past, his power was limited and he did not have many connections. He could only accept the situation 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 try his best to keep his family safe, Li Tai was still a little worried. In the future, of course, he will still have to fight on the front line of the war with the Eastern Wei and Northern Qi, and his relatives stranded in Guandong will inevitably be implicated.

Nowadays, Gao Cheng is troubled internally and externally, and is very anxious. He probably has no intention of taking care of his family for the time being. After all, the Guandong family is also an important part of the Eastern Wei regime. Whether it is to maintain stability now or to usurp the throne in the future, Gao Cheng must rely on the power of some of the Guandong family.

But after Gao Yang came to power, especially the years when Gao Yang started to go crazy. Who knows if this guy will remember that Li Tai scared him to wet his pants when he attacked Jinyang at night, so he will take revenge on the clansmen of the Li family in Longxi who stayed in Guandong.

If possible, Li Tai naturally doesn't want to take this risk. Now that he also has certain abilities, he is thinking of ways to bring his mother and others over.

Seeing that Li Tai was just silent, the others couldn't help but be curious. Gao Zhongmi pointed at him and said with a smile, "Is it possible that Apan is still disappointed because Heqiao failed to achieve his goal?"

After hearing this, Li Tai shook his head. He didn't want too many people to know about this. He stood up and motioned for a few people to go to the inner room and sit down, and then spoke about his thoughts.

Gao Zhongmi's family suffered many misfortunes, and the remaining brother Gao Jishi and other clan members obviously would not give up the good life in the Eastern Dynasty and come to Kansai, so they had little interest in it.

However, the Cui brothers and Lu Rou both followed He Basheng around many places and finally came to Kansai. There were still many clansmen left in Kanto, so they could not help but feel worried about them. When they heard Li Tai's idea, they both expressed their feelings. interest of.

"Although the Eastern Dynasty is in chaos, it can still regain Heluo, and it is believed that it has not collapsed. Moreover, it is not known whether the relatives and disciples of Kantung are willing to come to Kansai. Apan's plan needs to be implemented with caution!"

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 this. Although it is good to reunite relatives, in the eyes of the world today, Kansai is by no means a good place, especially if relatives from Kanto should give up their lives and official positions and defect there. In the eyes of some tribesmen who do not have a deep sense of family ties, Come on, I'm afraid they are no different from the Myanmar fraud gangs.

Therefore, even if you want to attract relatives, you must have deep feelings and blood ties, and at least you will not secretly complain or report someone who proves your innocence.

"I'm afraid I won't be returning to Beizhou in the short term. I have already asked Daxingtai to dismiss Suizhou as governor. Daxingtai asked me to recommend his successor. I would like to ask my cousin if he is willing?"

Previously, Li Tai was still the governor of Suizhou, but although Heluo was defeated, Yuwentai still did not give up his attempt to seek benefits from Hou Jing's chaos. Of course, Li Tai, a general, would not let Beizhou idle. There was no better way. Stay here until you leave.

Cui Fan previously served as the governor of Beihua Prefecture. He was dismissed in the middle of the year and returned to Beijing. He was currently out of work. After hearing what Li Tai said, he pondered for a moment and nodded: "I know Apan, you have a lot of intentions in Beizhou. Since your intention is determined by I stand by it, and of course I have no reason to refuse.”

After hearing Cui Quan's agreement, Li Tai explained the personnel affairs there to him.

Although Suizhou is a newly established state, its personnel base is not weak. In addition to the military and political affairs in the state, there are also the tuntians of Xihe County on the Kuli River below, and the Jihu forces on the other side of the Yellow River, etc. It can be said that today's northern Shaanxi Among the states with the most power, even Sanxia Prefecture is not as powerful as them.

Li Tai's nuisance last year had a serious impact on the development of Jinyang's various affairs, including Silk Road trade. Now that the Longyou Commercial Road has been opened, 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 will inevitably affect the Monan Commercial Road.

Therefore, Li Tai planned to organize a team of Hu merchants to transfer the goods from the Western Regions flowing in from Longyou to Jinyang. On the one hand, he would become a second-rate dealer to earn the price difference. On the other hand, he would develop eyes and ears in Jinyang, arrange personnel, and wait for opportunities to attract relatives to the West. Come.

Suizhou is the basis of this plan, and Li Tai has put a lot of effort into it. Of course, he still tends to keep it in his own hands.

In addition to Li Yantou and Yang Fu who are still staying in Suizhou to assist Cui Quan to take over the state affairs as soon as possible, Li Tai also plans to arrange for his eldest grandson Li Yunxin, who has been on the Beishan Great Wall to cause trouble, to accompany Cui Quan, and also to let Li Yunxin control the enemy territory. trade and espionage power.

Hearing that Li Tai had such a thorough idea, Cui Qian and others had nothing to add. Although Li Tai is much younger than them and came to Kansai later than them, his current position and personnel resources are far inferior to them. It only took one word for Cui Tan to take up his new position. Li Tai was now the well-deserved leader of the Guandong clan.

After arranging Cui Qian, Li Tai looked at Cui Qian and said with a smile: "Cousin, you have been in Gyeonggi for a long time. Have you ever felt restless?"

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