Northern Dynasties Imperial Industry

On the way into the city, Li Licheng took the initiative to tell Li Tai that when he sent Yang Kuan back to the capital, Yang Kuan became more interested in his personal issues. When he learned that he had not married a wife and was not engaged, even though he said that he wanted to give her Xiao Li introduced someone to Yang Wenli's sister.

Yang Wen was named Yang Ji, the son of Yang Xuan of the Hongnong Yang family. His elder brother Yang Yuan had previously served as the best man at the wedding of his second son, Li Tai. The two brothers also had a common identity, that is, the powerful official Yang of the Sui Dynasty. Su's uncle.

Li Tai was not surprised by this. The Kansai clan was already weak. If they didn't want to get married and lose their kind, there weren't many targets to choose from.

However, as an old-timer, Yang Kuan had not had many interactions with each other before. It was still a bit surprising that he rushed to get married after only meeting Li Licheng once.

This probably also shows that in the eyes of Yang Kuan, an old man from this world, the Li family in Longxi has a good chance of rising in Guanxi, so he is happy to place a bet in advance.

"It's time for a man to get married and a woman to get married when she's young. Xiao Xie, you're of the right age, so it's a good thing to have someone visit you. Besides, the Yang family of Hongnong, the Guanxi tribe, and Hua Shanggong are all sages in the world, so Xiao Xie can get you." I am honored by his favor.”

After listening to Li Licheng's story, Li Tai said with a smile, and then looked at him and said mischievously: "Xiao Xie, have you seen that lady from the Yang family? Is her manners worthy of my bride?"

After hearing this, Li Licheng's face became even more ashamed. He waved his hands and said, "How can this be so embarrassing? It's just that my aunt and cousin Zheng Meng went to visit together and came back to tell me that the lady is of the right age, quiet and virtuous... …”

"What do you think about Xiaoxie?"

Li Tai looked at his appearance and couldn't help but asked with a smile.

"What do I think? In the past, I often thought that my family background was beautiful, but after meeting you, Boshan, I deeply realized that people should strive for self-improvement and forge ahead. Although the shadow of the gate can protect you for a while, if you don't know how to make progress, your ancestral style and family reputation will be ruined. I will fall because of this, so I feel that if my husband has no merit, why should he take care of the family?”

When Li Tai heard what Li Licheng said, he couldn't help but want to persuade him, but before he could speak, Li Licheng continued: "But I am not as wise and brave as Boshan, and I want to create great achievements in a short time. I'm afraid it's also difficult.

In the past, I relied on your help to invite famous kings. If I still rely on narrow plans to trap myself and do not make progress for a long time, it will inevitably hinder you even more. Right now, the help I can give you in major matters is really limited. I can only develop more in terms of human relationships.

Although you are considered a cutting-edge person in your work, things have its ups and downs, and everything is fine when times are good, but once we encounter adversity, you and I are still in a somewhat lonely position. The Hongnong Yang family is a well-known local clan in Guanxi. If you can collect their clans and display them in your shogunate, so that they can communicate with each other, they can be said to complement each other. In this way, I can also count as making some contribution to the revival of the family. Let Boshan work alone. "

After listening to Li Licheng's words, Li Tai couldn't help but feel impressed by him. Because of his own experience, Li Licheng is far more precocious than his peers, and Li Tai knows this.

But everything is easier said than done. Some people can tell the truth when they open their mouths, but when it is their turn to make a choice, they often cannot make it clear. Not everyone is willing to take responsibility for their words and deeds.

Li Licheng's attitude towards this matter is very real and upright. Marrying with an indigenous family like the Hongnong Yang family can indeed greatly make up for the shortcomings of their cousins, and it will be extraordinary for establishing a foothold in Kansai and long-term development. meaning.

In fact, sometimes Li Tai feels that some aspects of the medieval view of marriage are a bit more advanced than those of later generations. It does not mean that there must be a concept of well-matched family status, but that everyone has a take-what-you-get approach to marriage. The concept of need and mutual achievement.

In the Middle Ages, especially during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the living environment was harsh due to long-term social turmoil.

If a family wants to survive, men need to actively participate in the social division of labor and assume social responsibilities, either as soldiers or farming, to gain family living space. Women must respect the aunt, educate their children, be responsible for the maintenance of the family, and improve the quality of the family.

These two aspects are equally important, the former is the premise of the latter, and the latter is the meaning of the former. Without enough living space, families cease to exist. Without ethical tutoring, even the existence of an imperial family would be just a joke.

"Xiao Xie, you are really pleased to have such an opinion. Since both parties have such intentions, it must be a good match."

Li Tai thought for a while and then said: "It's just that I will go to Beizhou again, and I'm afraid I won't have time to stay in Chang'an to help with the wedding. In short, the personnel left in Chang'an are at your disposal. Although my family's personnel in Kansai are not prosperous, they are still there. I will never be mean to my in-laws, and I will pay you a courtesy visit before leaving."

When Li Licheng heard this, he was overjoyed and moved. He knew that the interpersonal treatment he enjoyed now was not just because he was born in the Li family of Longxi. Before and after he got together with Li Tai, his cousin, people in Beijing treated him differently even if they didn't have two faces. Very big.

When Yang Ji, who was traveling with him, heard that Li Tai planned to visit his home, he immediately smiled. While he hurriedly ordered his servants to go home and notify the people, he shouted loudly to the people traveling with him: "Li Kaifu is busy with military affairs, and he is usually diligent during the season." I'm afraid I won't be able to visit you, but I'm lucky enough to be with you today, and I've even invited you to visit me as a guest. If you are willing to come with us, I will certainly entertain you at my house!"

After hearing this, everyone clapped their hands and applauded. These powerful children in the capital love to join in the fun, and they have seen Li Tai's power with their own eyes. Even if they are not close friends and relatives, they can still talk to each other if they look familiar. convenient.

Li Tai saw the crowd roaring with joy and seemed unwilling to let him go, so he agreed and was waiting for the officials to go to Gao Zhongmi's house to pick up a gift, but Li Licheng raised his hand to stop him and expressed this. He can do it. Gao Zhongmi does not live in the capital for a long time. With the help and guidance of King Guangling, he is now responsible for part of the personnel communication and commercial transactions. He has become more and more experienced in personnel matters. He no longer needs to trouble Li Tai to explain this small matter.

So the group of people entered the city in a noisy manner. After walking a short distance from the village, they turned to the northeast of the city and soon arrived at the village where the Yang family lived. The entire village is inhabited by members of the Hongnong Yang clan. This residential area even spans from the city to the outside of the city, with hundreds of families of various sizes.

Nowadays, most of the big families live together in large groups. Firstly, it is for safety. There are many people and no one dares to bully them. Secondly, it is to flaunt the ethics of benevolence and increase cohesion. The clan members help each other and love each other, avoid any resentment, and share the family business. No matter high or low.

When the group of people arrived here, many members of the Yang clan were already here to greet them. After meeting each other, they exchanged pleasantries before being welcomed into the residence with courtesy.

The most prominent Yang family of Hongnong was originally Yang Bo's branch, but because Yang Bo's son Yang Kan participated in Emperor Xiaozhuang's plot to kill Er Zhurong, all his family members were retaliated and massacred by Er Zhu's family.

As for Yang Kuan and his family, they belong to the lineage of Yang Jun, the former general of Huaishuo Town, and were not greatly involved. After Emperor Xiaowu fled westward, they returned to Chang'an one after another, integrated the remaining clan relatives in Guanxi, and gradually became prosperous. stand up.

From this point of view, it is certain that Yang fell in love with Li Licheng. Li Licheng's father, Li Yuna, was also one of the masterminds of Er Zhurong's murder, and they had a profound revolutionary friendship.

Li Licheng and his future father-in-law Yang Xuan have passed away, but the disciples are still in their prime. Now the eldest son Yang Fu is the head of the household. He had previously served as the commander-in-chief and commanded the provincial and rural soldiers, but after the township regiments were incorporated into the Sixth Army, they did not He was awarded a military position in the Sixth Army, and now he is idle and teaching his son to play at home. His eldest son is Yang Su, who was born in the 10th year of Datong and is now a toddler.

Yang Fu was also very enthusiastic about Li Tai's arrival. After saying hello, he couldn't help but ask about some things about Xianyang Dayue. It can be seen that he is also a restless person and has great ambitions to create great achievements. After all, he is still in his prime, even if his son is no longer No matter how precocious and smart she is, she is not willing to just nurse her child at home.

When he learned that Li Tai was going to lead his army to Beizhou to take charge, Yang Fu couldn't help but look envious. He was older than Li Tai, and he also had the advantage of being a native of Kansai. He started his official career earlier than Li Tai. He entered the imperial court in the early years of the reign of Emperor Datong. Later, he was selected into the Bafu as a son of a famous family and served as the leader of the Tai Dynasty. When Fu Mo Cao joined the army, Li Taidu was still fooling around in Hebei Township.

But now his official career has been far away from Li Tai. The title of a rural military commander has been stripped away, and Li Tai seems to have opened a government to manage affairs. This situation was not due to poor ability. The root cause was that Daxingtai was still wary of these famous Kansai clans directly controlling military power. He would rather select some local powerful men who were not famous at the time than use them.

Li Tai also exchanged some views on current affairs with Yang Fu. Although he did not present any amazing views, he was able to discuss matters with solid arguments. It can be seen that he is a person who cares about the current situation and is well versed in current affairs. Then I came up with the idea of ​​recruiting.

Although he has Zhao Yan and other government officials recruited from Longyou under his current government, these people mainly help him handle military affairs. Soon they will go to northern Shaanxi to govern a state, so of course important officials in the government also need higher qualifications. ability.

At this time, Yang Fu's official career was somewhat unsatisfactory. His uncle Yang Kuan, the only one of his original clan who was still in the position, was dismissed as the governor of Hezhou and was left to live in the capital. He could only serve as a sinecure in the court, so when he realized that Li After Tai's solicitation, he immediately became more enthusiastic.

The young people here just like the excitement, but are not very interested in the current affairs and affairs they are talking about. Only Li Licheng was a little bit dumbfounded when he saw that Li Tai originally came to discuss marriage as a member of his clan, but his future brother-in-law first started to cater to Li Tai like crazy.

Because of Yang Fu's enthusiasm to stay, the two simply stayed at his home that night. Seeing that it was getting late and the other guests were leaving one after another, Yang Fu was holding the personnel records made by an unknown relative when he was an official in northern Shaanxi. He took Li Tai and went to the other hall to continue talking until the night was very dark. Still not tired.

Although most of these records were old and useless, Li Tai was still satisfied with Yang Fu's attitude. After thinking about it, he directly proposed that Yang Fu should be the Sima of his mansion.

After hearing the words, Yang Fu nodded and agreed without thinking. He was so excited that he even stood up to pay homage.

Li Tai didn't care much, he got up from the table and pulled Yang Fu back to the table.

Although his current position is much higher than that of Yang Fu, his qualifications are still relatively low. It is still a bit reluctant to recruit the heir of a famous family like Yang Fu. That is to say, Yu Wentai is wasting his energy by leaving these descendants of the family who are both in name and in reality idle. As soon as Li Tai extended an olive branch, Yang Fu accepted it hurriedly.

Yang Fu, who was already quite drunk, was even more excited when he thought that he could immediately follow Li Tai north to display his talents and create meritorious deeds. Lai talked about the plan in the room.

Li Tai was also drunk and a little confused. He casually mentioned that he was more optimistic about his son Yang Su. After hearing this, Yang Fu became even more enthusiastic and rushed directly into the backyard to bring his sleeping son here and place it on the table in front of Li Tai's banquet. .

It turned out that this kid was probably too naughty during the day and fell into a deep sleep at night. After being tortured like this, he lay on the desk in confusion, yawned and continued to sleep soundly.

Yang Fu was not happy when he saw this. He raised his palm and slapped the child on the buttocks. The poor child woke up with a start. He stared around at first, then kicked his legs and started crying loudly.

"Please appreciate it!"

Listening to his son's sonorous cries, Yang Fu smiled happily and raised his hand to show Li Tai that his son could cry and scream.

Li Tai looked at the old man Xiong who was cheating his son and was speechless for a moment. When he saw Yang Su again, he cried and peed on the table. He waved his hands repeatedly to say that he didn't need to look any further. Don't let your son get hurt just out of curiosity. Scared to the point of hysteria.

The maid who had been following cautiously came forward, hurriedly picked up her young man, and ran away like a gust of wind.

Yang Fu was still nagging and refused to leave, so Li Tai simply got on the couch and lay on his side, listening to his words while half asleep and half awake. When he woke up the next morning, his head was still hurting from a hangover. When he lowered his head, he saw Yang Fu lying across the bed, still asleep.

When he got up and left, brothers Yang Yuan and Yang Ji outside the door looked embarrassed and apologized to him on behalf of their elder brother. Li Tai didn't care about this and chatted with them before walking to the front hall. Li Licheng was also sitting in the hall, and his verbal interaction with the Yang brothers became even more intimate.

After a while, Yang Fu walked into the room after freshening up. He was no longer as unruly as he was last night, but he was also a little shy to mention the past. He sat with each other and had breakfast in silence, seeing that the two of them were about to have sex. After standing up to say goodbye, he hurriedly said: "Excuse me, when will the envoy leave? I will try my best to arrange the household affairs within a few days."

"About ten days."

After hearing this, Li Tai replied, but after a second thought, he pointed at Li Licheng and said, "If Brother Wen Yan goes together, will this happy event between the two families be affected?"

"How can state affairs be left idle and the rest can be left behind!"

After Yang Fu heard this, he quickly expressed his position. After a pause, he continued: "There are still elder brothers in the house who will take charge of the affairs on their behalf. It will not be too late to return on the big day."

Li Tai breathed a sigh of relief, but don't look at the little watering can and destroy his eldest brother's wife.