Northern Dynasties Imperial Industry

In mid-June, another group left Wuguan from Shiliu Nan and headed straight for Xiangyang.

"I humble myself to pay my respects to the king! I was really flattered by the conquest order, but I have no choice but to stay here because of the matter. Now I come to pay my respects. I sincerely ask for your forgiveness!"

After arriving in Xiangyang, Yang Fu and several others headed by this group immediately came to Taifu to pay homage to King Taiyuan. Yang Fu even bowed and apologized to Li Tai with a careful look on his face.

At the beginning of this year, when Li Tai obtained the position of Daxingtai in Shannan Province and began to arrange personnel for the various states and counties under the Tai government, he sent transfer requests and recruitment orders to the court and Yang Fu himself, hoping that Yang Funan would serve as the governor of Jingzhou. , it can also be regarded as fulfilling his previous agreement with Yang Kuan.

However, less than half a year after the relevant order was sent, Yang Fucai arrived belatedly. Although he wrote back several times to explain, he was still a little nervous and worried that Li Tai would be blamed. After all, Li Tai's current position and energy are completely different from those when he worked with Beizhou.

Li Tai didn't care about this. When he saw Yang Fu like this, he smiled and said: "Those who are capable work hard, and things are usually like this. When we got along in the old years, Wen Yan was very helpful to me. If I can get good officials to help me again, I will be more happy." It doesn’t matter if you stay for a while. The governor of your state has repeatedly written to complain about the difficulties. I can’t predict whether you will be held accountable after joining the state.”

Yang Fu, the governor of Jingzhou, will no longer be in office, so the relevant state affairs can naturally only be handled by the new general manager of Jingzhou, Li Pei. Li Tai pointed this out specifically and asked Yang Fu to pay attention to his relationship with his immediate superior.

Hearing that Li Tai did not blame him, Yang Fu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately nodded in response, saying that he would apologize to the manager again after entering the state.

In addition to Yang Fu, there were also several young men from Guanzhong such as Jingzhao Wei's Wei Xiaogu, Wei Guan's uncle and nephew, and Liu Min's son Liu Ang. Before Wei Xiaokuan left here, he expressed his hope to find several positions in Li Tai for his family. However, the atmosphere inside and outside was still relatively sensitive at the beginning of the year, so it took a few months to arrange for his children to come south.

After chatting with everyone for a while, Li Tai asked Yang Fu and others about the recent personnel changes in Guanzhong. Of course, he also has information channels to know everything, but the same thing will have different attitudes and different messages when said by different people.

Yang Fu did not deliberately delay his arrival. He went to northern Shaanxi under Li Tai's conquest last year and has been serving in northern Shaanxi in recent years. He had not been released before, and the reason was similar to Yu Wenyu's. It was all because of the border nuisance in northern Shaanxi and Hetao, which made the situation in all areas in northern Shaanxi relatively tense.

The root cause is naturally the rise and fall of the hegemony on the grassland. It is said that when a whale falls, all things are born. The destruction of Rouran not only fattened the Turks who followed. Many Hu tribes who were originally controlled by Rouran wanted to avoid the Turks' conquest. and annexation, and the activities in Monan were intensified, which put a lot of pressure on the border defense of the Western Wei Dynasty.

"At present, the imperial court does not have a complete defense system in Beizhou. The only thing that can still be relied on is the various personnel management made by the king in Beizhou last year. Some people in Beizhou are discussing among themselves. If it weren't for the king's work in Beizhou last year, The construction there will probably turn everything north of Beishan into a Huma pastoral area!"

Speaking of the troubles faced by the states in northern Shaanxi, Yang Fu couldn't help but sigh.

In the past, the imperial court lacked effective defense arrangements for northern Shaanxi, and even the Jihu tribes within the territory could not be effectively controlled. Hu shortages broke out almost every year. Even if there are strong soldiers and generals to conquer or guard, they can only solve a temporary trouble and prevent a local chaos. As for the interference from a powerful force like Rouran, there would be no effective means of resistance.

This situation did not change until Li Tai was operating in northern Shaanxi. He first used military, economic, religious and other means to systematically suppress and reorganize the Jihu tribes in the territory. In the years since then, there has been no large-scale chaos in Jihu in northern Shaanxi. Occasionally, some small riots have occurred, mostly due to conflicts caused by uneven distribution of stolen goods within Jihu.

The farming in northern Shaanxi has given the northern states a stable food supply. Now Xiazhou, Shuozhou, Yanzhou and other northern states almost all get their supplies from the farming bases such as Xihe County. The livestock products in Shuofang, the grains in Xihe, the salt in Hedong, etc. are all effectively connected, and in fact they have formed a material basis for the border defense forces to continue to advance to the north of the Hetao.

Yang Fuxin left from northern Shaanxi and knew the situation there very well. He talked endlessly when talking about relevant things: "The imperial court also looked down on the north, thinking that it would be safe to make friends with the Turks, but in fact This is a big mistake! Previously, the bandits from the east had suppressed the barbarians in the west river, which cut off the passage of crops between the two places in the past year. Fortunately, the king had already predicted that he could go down from Shuofang from the north of Suizhou.

But nowadays, the barbarians in Monan are becoming more and more chaotic, and the Wuchuan Baidao is gradually becoming difficult to travel. The Turks have already crossed the border to attack Tuyuhun, which shows that they are preparing to take control of Monan. If I cannot seize the opportunity to enter the Hetao, all the routes to Monan will be owned by the Turks, and all the troops in the army will have to wait and see.

And what kind of respectful and kind people are Turks? A few days ago, outside the Qingmen of Chang'an, the ferocity of the people was exposed. If I hadn't taken precautions earlier, the bloodshed today would still be the remnants of Rouran, and I'm afraid it would be me, the old man from Guanxi, in the future! Now when I, the disciples of Guanxi, talk about this matter, I often lament that Grand Master Yuwen will inevitably become lazy and no longer what he once was..."

When the other colleagues heard Yang Fu bluntly criticize Yu Wentai, they were not surprised. Instead, they all showed approval. It can be seen that this is not the first time I heard such an argument. It is estimated that similar topics are already part of their daily communication.

After Li Tai heard this, he couldn't help but sigh secretly.

The most direct reason why Yuwentai and other Beizhen tycoons were able to establish a foothold in Guanzhong and overpower the Kanxi tycoons was that their power was stronger, and they came to Guanxi to put down the rebellion in Guanlong, so their Face is a protector, not an intruder. When Xiaowu moved westward, he unified the laws of the Northern Wei Dynasty and brought them to Guanxi, giving them a justifiable name.

However, as Yuwentai's usurpation came to light and he repeatedly attacked the legal system of the Western Wei Dynasty, his so-called legitimacy has gradually been replaced by his personal prestige. Unfortunately, Yuwentai's personal prestige was lost to the out-of-control behavior of a rebellious boy. A heavy blow.

Although the killing outside Qingmen in Chang'an was a previous vendetta between Tujue and Rouran, it took place in Guanzhong Jinei. Would any competent regime allow such a thing to happen within its own territory?

Therefore, in the eyes of the people of Chang'an, there is probably a big question mark as to whether the Bafu regime headed by Yu Wentai can still assume and fulfill its previous responsibilities and protect the security of Guanzhong.

Of course, this is not the only killing and riot that occurred in Kinei, but everyone had no choice before!

The Yang family of Hongnong had just experienced a persecution. The representative of the family, Yang Kuan, was rioted by the imperial guards and beaten to death in the house. He did not receive any compensation or posthumous gifts afterwards, so he could only endure it all silently.

But not saying anything does not mean that he has no thoughts in his heart. Yang Fu used such a murderous incident that just happened in Chang'an to express his views. He was probably also expressing his willingness to raise troops and return to Guanzhong to challenge Yuwen Tai's dominance. Authority, at least the Hongnong Yang family is on this side.

Of course, Li Tai was also worried about the rapid rise of the Turks, and felt that it should be curbed a little, otherwise the Western Wei Dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty would soon become the two big ones in the south.

But this matter is indeed a bit difficult to handle. The Western Wei Dynasty has a weak foundation, and it has to face a powerful opponent like the Northern Qi Dynasty. Not to mention that Yuwentai has to beware of another backstab by his rebellious guy. Seven points of strength They may not be able to achieve three points, and if they take the Turks, the new overlord of the grassland, as their opponent, then they really don’t think they will live long.

Therefore, if you want to take any substantive action against the Turks, at least it must be done after Li Tai takes charge of Guanzhong.

Although they are still unable to compete with Northern Qi, the scheduling of personnel resources between regions will definitely be much more flexible and effective than that of Northern Qi. At that time, they can try to carry out local war confrontations.

Yang Fu's views on the Turks, whether mixed with too many personal emotions or not, are quite forward-looking.

But Li Tai also understood the urinary nature of these famous families, and dared to open a dyeing workshop if they were given only three cents of pigment. For example, Yang Kuan, who had made his own decisions and lost his life before, if Li Tai now showed some eagerness to return to Guanzhong to seize power, They dared to immediately write a slogan and embroider the battle flag for themselves, causing another disturbance in the domestic situation that is currently relatively stable.

Therefore, he did not continue to talk about this topic in depth. After understanding the thoughts of these famous people in Guanzhong, he changed the topic.

Leaving aside this matter, the most important personnel change in Guanzhong at the moment is that the military operation to send troops to conquer Qi has officially entered the preparatory stage, and the dispatch of personnel and materials has become more frequent. At the same time, defenses on Shannan Road have also been deepened.

The Bafu issued decrees, not only restricting personnel exchanges in Wuguan, but also blocking some of the passages from Hanzhong into Guanzhong. Some Guanzhong Shiliu who had previously invested in Mianbei were also panicked after realizing that the logistics channels were restricted. They came to Xiangyang one after another to ask for help, begging the Taiwan government to come forward to negotiate with the Chinese and foreign governments, hoping to relax the restrictions.

Li Tai did not receive any relevant written notice from the Chinese and Foreign Affairs Office, and he did not conduct a systematic investigation on this matter. After all, he had more personnel to manage at the moment, and he could not devote all his energy to these Mianbei workshop owners. They protect us.

So he handed over the matter to Yang Fu, who was about to take office. The Jingzhou Prefecture would first conduct management negotiations. If the matter made no progress, he would report it to the Tai Prefecture.