Northern Dynasties Imperial Industry

A few days later, the team reporting victory in Beizhou finally arrived outside Huazhou City. The huge group of people immediately shocked everyone.

It's not that the people of Huazhou City haven't seen the world before, it's just that most people don't know that such a battle is happening. The few people who knew about this incident, even though they had not seen the briefing on the results of the battle, only thought that it was similar to the small-scale chaos on the border in previous years, and that the perpetrators were exaggerating the incident to show off their extraordinary achievements.

But when so many captives and trophies were actually presented before their eyes, everyone who knew about it or not was shocked for a moment.

Because the scale of the victory team was too large, it was impossible to put them all into the city, so they temporarily stationed themselves in Yibing City outside the city. The Taifu government sent subordinate officials to inspect the harvest of the troops and materials, and selected meritorious soldiers to follow Daxingtai to Chang'an at the New Year's Eve. Repay your merits and offer prisoners.

Although Daxingtai had already roughly understood the outcome of this war through a briefing, he still couldn't help but smile as cart after cart of loot after preliminary inspection was continuously delivered to Tai Mansion. Happy and happy.

It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. Yuwentai has certainly experienced the days of poverty, but with a large amount of windfall coming into the treasury before, he has spent a lot of money in various expenses in the past year, and many planned affairs have progressed. I speeded up greatly, and I couldn't help but feel so proud. I couldn't stand the previous years of living within my means and searching for everything.

But temporary generosity does not mean that it will become the norm. After all, you still need to be based on reality. Especially after the end of this year's great review, the financial situation of the Ba Mansion has become even worse, almost reaching an unsustainable level. Even the gifts from the generals who were rewarded for their outstanding performance in the previous great review are now no longer available. It's just a blank check that cannot be cashed.

No matter how troubled Yu Wentai was, he did not intend to treat these generals harshly. He even planned to withhold the tributes from various parties to the royal family and temporarily use them as rewards for the generals.

But if he really wants to do this, it will undoubtedly aggravate the conflict with the royal family. He has also beaten the officials of the Eastern Palace of the prince's line before. If he cuts back on the support to the royal family, he will inevitably appear a bit aggressive and may add to the situation. Many unpredictable variables.

Now that this batch of loot from Beizhou has entered the mansion, it can be said that the urgent need of spending money has been greatly alleviated. At least the next year will be very comfortable.

"Boshan really understands my thoughts, but it's a pity..."

When Yuwen Hu came to report that the arrangements for Zhao Yongren, Zhao Gui's son, had been arranged, Yu Wentai was not at all happy, and he couldn't help but sigh.

In his position, it is really difficult to say that you like someone emotionally. The occasional so-called true expressions of love are mostly based on the weighing of interests and benefits to win people's hearts. But for Li Tai, a young man, aside from this master-slave relationship, he really sincerely hoped to establish a relationship of friendship with him.

When Yuwen Hu saw that the matter had come to this, his uncle still looked regretful when he talked about it, and he couldn't help but secretly feel happy in his heart.

It’s not that he is jealous of talents and does not allow dissidents to share his uncle’s trust and reliance, but as Yuchi Jiong said before, if Li Boshan really came into the house and became their son-in-law, then before all the cousins ​​under his uncle’s knees grew up, they might really They all obeyed Li Boshan's orders.

The uncle and nephew had already had a conversation about this before, and Yu Wenhu did not dare to directly express his guard against Li Tai in front of his uncle. Looking at his expression, he still couldn't let go, so he said: "As the old saying goes, clothes are not as good as new." , People are not as good as before. Although Zhongshan Gong is not said to have noble moral character or outstanding talents, he is still an old friend who has known each other for a long time and shared weal and woe. Li Boshan is indeed an amazing talent, but if you judge it based on emotion, it is just a decoration. It’s just a colorful silk thread. My uncle’s power is increasing day by day. Talents like this will continue to come into the government to be used..."

When Yu Wentai heard this, his expression improved slightly, and he said with a slight smile on his face: "I hope so, but if people who can match Li Boshan's style can emerge in a steady stream, it is to underestimate the favor of God."

Yu Wenhu's mouth trembled again after hearing this. This is really hard to answer. Is it God's will or your own preference? Or is the so-called God's will your own will?

"Friendship in the world is not limited to kinship. When Boya met his son, a good man met Bole, and Li Boshan turned to his uncle, and it was a good chance that a good minister met his master. Since uncle appreciates this person, this is also a relationship worth lasting. maintain friendship.”

As long as he didn't become a relative in this family, Yu Wenhu had no prejudice against Li Tai. He even felt a little ashamed of Li Tai because he had secretly communicated with Zhao Gui and ruined his good relationship, so he said: "This time Beizhou has made a great contribution." , we also need to call him back to his home to be a general, why not let Boshan go to the capital on behalf of the soldiers there? How can he not be grateful for his superior rank and generous reward? "

"Recall him back to Beijing? But he just returned home before, but Li Xianqing has been away from home for a long time, and this time he has accumulated merits and performed outstandingly..."

Yu Wentai was a little hesitant after hearing this. This time the victory team arrived in Huazhou, they also brought a private letter from Li Mu to present to him. In addition to briefly talking about the various things that happened after entering the state, they also expressed a lot of feelings about the great people in every word. The feeling of longing for Xingtai also aroused Yu Wentai's longing for this close and beloved general, so he planned to call him back before the year to get together.

After hearing this, Yu Wenhu hurriedly said: "Before Boshan returned to his home, he was first busy with family affairs, and then busy with the parade. In the blink of an eye, the military situation in Beizhou was urgent, and he rushed to help. He came and went in a hurry, and there was no time to praise him. . The government owes a formal statement to both public and private affairs. As for Duke Wu An, it might as well be recalled together. After all, the war in Beizhou will not be disrupted in a short time, and there will be no war in Kuang Xiazhou. There are also Hua Zhenggong and others sitting in charge..."

Yu Wenhu so enthusiastically advised his uncle to recall Li Tai, of course, not because he felt guilty and wanted Li Tai to come back to have a stable New Year, but because he had other secret plans brewing.

With Zhao Gui's pretentiousness and affection forcing Yuwen Tai to decide to marry him, the possibility of Li Tai becoming the son-in-law of the Yuwen family is very slim, unless Li Tai is willing to refuse to start a family or marry a wife, and wait for several years or even more than ten years. In 2008, they waited until their Yuwen family had another woman of the right age to marry, but this was obviously impossible.

Yu Wentai's previous thoughts were often expressed almost explicitly, and Yu Wenhu believed that a shrewd and discerning person like Li Tai would be able to see it. But now that Zhao Gui and his son were suddenly blocking their marriage, it was certain that he was feeling depressed.

Although Yu Wenhu didn't want to see Li Tai move in as his son-in-law, he didn't object to a closer relationship with Li Tai. Therefore, he planned to take advantage of the period before and after Li Tai was in a low mood to see if he could help Li Tai. Settle this lifelong event and deepen your connection with each other.

Even if they are not forming a party for personal gain, it is very comfortable for Li Tai, a rising star who is highly valued by his uncle and has outstanding abilities, to be able to synchronize and understand with him on some things.

Yu Wentai didn't know what Yu Wenhu was thinking, but after listening to what he said, he felt that some things had to be said clearly in person. His various hints of expression before, if left unexplained, might turn into a knot between them.

So after pondering for a while, Yu Wentai nodded and said: "What you said is not unreasonable, so he recalled these two people together and went to the court with me to attend the Yuan Yuan Dynasty meeting. Since last year, Li Boshan has indeed It’s hard work and meritorious, and it should be commended.”

Li Tai has no way of knowing what happened here in Huazhou City in the short term. Although the war is over, many of the finishing tasks are even more heavy and busy than during the battle, and he is too busy to take care of anything else.

I would like to wish you all good luck in the new year and good fortune in the new year! ! !