The banquet was noisy until late at night. When all the gambling money of one hundred pieces of silk was gone, Yu Wentai stood up and announced the end of the banquet, ordered his personal soldiers to escort the generals back to their camps, and asked Director Yu Wen to host tomorrow's parade on his behalf.
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Li Tai was placed in Yuwentai's personal camp. Director Yuwen personally sent him to the camp. Li Tai also endured it for a long time before asking Brother Bodhisattva, do you think I look like your uncle in this clothes?
Early the next morning, Li Tai was still asleep when he was awakened by the sound of drums and horns on the school field. Listening to the blood-thrilling sounds of drums and horns, he felt no sleepiness at all, so he got up and walked around the camp.
After walking around for a while, no one said anything about the next arrangements and just asked him to wait in the camp.
It was not until the morning that a visitor entered the camp and summoned him into the big tent.
The big tent was not as lively as last night. Apart from some courtiers and subordinates of the Taifu government, only Yu Wentai, Yu Jin and Yifeng were sitting at the table.
Seeing Li Taixing come in, Yu Wentai smiled kindly on his face and looked at him and said: "I will pay homage to His Highness the Crown Prince this morning. Your official reward has been decided. Please listen to your reward first."
Li Tai was overjoyed when he heard this and hurriedly bowed down. A visitor came forward and announced his new official title: son of Luochuan County, 500 households in the city, fourth-grade general Zhenyuan, formerly Zhonglang in Daxingtai.
He still held the duties of envoy to the capital, and was given the title of Grand Governor.
After hearing the end, Li Tai couldn't help but become happy. Sure enough, he still has to follow the boss's pace at all times!
He had expected that after this, he would be given an actual military position, such as opening a government office, being appointed as a military commander, etc. Of course it was just a fantasy. He was already very satisfied with being given the title of Commander-in-Chief, but he did not expect to come directly.
Got a great governor!
In today's military system of the Western Wei Dynasty, Kaifu is the highest-ranking general. He needs to have outstanding military exploits and numerous subordinates. Kaifu manages affairs and recruits his own troops. If Fang Bo is also appointed to guard the pastoral side, he is simply a trumpet.
It has great military and political autonomy.
The full name of Yitong is Yitong Sansi. The entry and exit of the ceremonial guard is similar to that of the Three Officials. It is more about showing honor and favor and political treatment. At present, when the organizational structure of the army has not been fully formed, Yitong cannot represent specific power.
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Kaifu and Yitong are both relatively special beings, and the Governor-General can be said to be the highest rank among regular military positions. Some provincial governors who also led rural soldiers were only given the title of Commander-in-Chief, while many others were only Commander-in-Chief.
Governor, even governor.
This year, Bafu has intensified its recruitment efforts for powerful rural soldiers, leading to a series of higher titles such as governor.
Last year, Mangshan was defeated, and the Western Wei Dynasty was in a hurry in all aspects. It directly used the post of governor as part of the reward for losing the reward, so that some county and village tycoons actively donated their losses and obtained the title of governor, which greatly alleviated the urgent needs of the hegemony.
But this year, the situation is no longer as severe as last year, and the scope of recruitment for rural regiments has been greatly expanded. The title of governor is no longer granted lightly. Instead, the previous titles of military commander, commander, etc. are merged into the township regiment system.
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As a result, today's township league organizations have formed a series of titles such as military leader, commander of the army, governor, commander-in-chief, and grand governor. The titles of governors that were indiscriminately awarded last year have also been promoted and demoted based on their performance in the past year.
Gone are the good times like last year when a county could confer several governors-general awards. This year, most of the titles conferred by the township regiments are concentrated among the commanders and generals. The governor-general has become an unreachable
The existence of climbing should no longer be taught lightly.
If Li Tai, the governor-general, were to be released to the prefectures and counties, judging from the growth trend of the rural regiment armed forces, it would not be long before he could directly command nearly 10,000 rural regiment armed forces. Of course, the premise is that so many could be recruited.
Of course, the creation of the army's establishment has not been smooth sailing, without any setbacks. It has just entered a somewhat disorderly expansion period, and people are trying to expand the base of soldiers as much as possible without distinguishing between good and bad, so it seems that the authority is too heavy.
When this situation stabilizes, we will inevitably carry out screening and elimination, select the best from the best, reduce the scale of standing armed forces, and focus on farming, so as to achieve a scale balance between military armed forces and farming production.
But no matter what, the fact that Li Tai was awarded the title of Commander-in-Chief is definitely a kind of extraordinary transfer. In addition to the obvious military merits, it should mainly be due to his declaration of allegiance when presenting prisoners in the parade yesterday. In front of the Crown Prince of the Western Wei Dynasty,
In the presence of both internal and external soldiers, it really gave Yu Wentai a great deal of face.
His title was only promoted from county boy to county son, and the number of his residence was just a simple number, but his title had a leap from scratch to super-transfer, which can also reflect Yuwentai and the prince of the Western Wei Dynasty.
The two father-in-laws have different attitudes towards themselves.
If he had obeyed the prince of the Western Wei Dynasty yesterday and cooperated with his performance, there might have been a huge jump in his title, possibly even several levels. But it’s hard to say in terms of title. Not to mention the Grand Governor, the Sub-Governor might not even get his turn.
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Compared with illusory honors such as titles, Li Tai certainly preferred a real increase in authority. He couldn't help but imagine that if he went to the prince's camp and yelled at him now, could he open a palace directly?
Seeing that Li Tai's happy expression was a little out of control, Yu Wentai was happy again, and then he straightened his face and said seriously: "The imperial court employs people and delegates power not just to make you dominate the world. Although Luoshui is an inland river,
But the Gulf Stream is also long, there are thieves up there, and there are people waiting to be fed below. If it is not managed properly, the consequences will be severe!"
"I will keep in mind the Lord's teachings and do my best to govern with care so as not to fail the kindness of the Lord and not harm the people!"
Li Tai hurriedly raised his hands in gesture and answered confidently.
Seeing his respectful and upright attitude, Yu Wentai also secretly felt that compared with the famous ministers and generals who had worked with him for many years, he was actually more willing to reward these underachievers.
We have clear names and positions among each other. We will reward when we should be rewarded and we will be disciplined when we should be punished. All grace and power come from me, and I have full control. When communicating with those powerful foreign ministers, it is inevitable to have many concerns and not to act arbitrarily.
"We are here to discuss the issue of the Hu infestation in Beizhou. You are newly at war with me. You have returned with great achievements and have been implicated in many matters within your position. Please come to discuss the matter."
Yu Wentai pointed to the empty seats in the tent and motioned for Li Tai to sit down.
The problem of beetles in northern Shaanxi has been a long-standing problem. Before, there was no spare energy, so we could only deal with it indifferently and let it go. Li Tai did something like this in northern Shaanxi, which brought this problem back into the public eye.
The Liu Zhen Qiang talisman seized by Li Tai was ordered to be prosecuted, which means that Gao Huan of the Eastern Dynasty has never given up his attempt to penetrate into northern Shaanxi. This time it was good luck and nipped the trouble in the bud. If things go on like this, he will have to guard against it.
The fact that the prince engaged in such a scene during the Grand Parade also shows that the Yuan and Wei royal families had the intention to make a fuss in this regard. In the sixth year of the reign of Emperor Datong, Rouran invaded the south, and there were many voices in the court criticizing the Bafu's defense in the north for too many loopholes.
, if we take this opportunity to cause trouble again, Bafu will become very passive.
Therefore, this is no longer a simple harassment, but a complex and comprehensive problem of internal and external troubles. If it cannot be actively faced and properly handled, it may brew into a bigger disturbance.
Yu Jinjiu once served as Yuwentai's governor of Xia and led troops to quell the Jihu rebellion. Yifeng also served as governor of Xiazhou and participated in the pacification of Liu Pingfu. Both of them were familiar with the northern border affairs, so they were called to discuss
this matter.
But seeing that Yuwentai only summoned these two people and did not brainstorm the issue, Li Tai could also guess that Yuwentai's current mood must be quite tangled.
On the one hand, the Western Wei Dynasty has not completely emerged from the shadow of the Battle of Mangshan, and its national power is still suffering huge losses. On the other hand, the core area of Guanzhong still needs to be further digested, and there is not much power to control the border areas.
At first glance, the territory of northern Shaanxi is just a problem of rampant Jihu, but if we look at it as a whole, it needs to withstand the dual pressure of Jinyang Bafu in the East and Rouran in the north. How much investment is needed to be fully prepared, Yu Wentai
I'm also beating a drum in my heart, so I don't dare to discuss it openly.
After Li Tai sat down, he was not in a hurry to speak, but listened to the arguments of each of the three people.
Yifeng's idea is to strengthen the supervision of Hu tribes who are friendly to the imperial court and appoint those Hu tribe chiefs as officials of Zuozhou. The so-called Zuozhou is a Jisuzhou that is different from the formal state and county structure. An area is demarcated as
This Hu tribe's territory for generations was nominally controlled by the imperial court, but in reality they all did their own thing.
Liu Pingfu, who previously served as the governor of Dongxia Prefecture, was an official of Zuozhou Prefecture. Although he raised troops to rebel, this was just a special case after all. Most of the time, those Hu chiefs were more willing to accept imperial titles.
When national strength itself is insufficient, such a restraint policy can be considered a low-cost and quite effective method.
Yu Jin's idea goes further. In addition to increasing military investment, he also proposes to unite some newly rising Hu tribe forces in Mobei, such as Tiele, Turks and other tribes that have gradually no longer surrendered to Rouran, but this is only
A large-area defensive alliance, with the level of national power of the Western Wei Dynasty, still could not achieve distant relations and close attacks.
These two ideas are not new. In the final analysis, they are still in line with Yuwentai's Guanzhong-based ideas. They just postpone the existing problems and gain time for self-development.
After Yu Wentai listened to the two people's arguments, he pondered for a while. He basically acquiesced in these two opinions. He turned his eyes and glanced at Li Tai, who had been sitting in the table without speaking, and asked casually:
"If Boshan has any opinions on this, feel free to tell me."
"I do have a stupid plan. Please ask your Majesty and the two of you to come and correct it."
After Li Tai heard this, he stood up and said: "The former did not enter Beizhou, only the road was deserted. But after actually entering Beizhou and walking around, he found that the geography of Beizhou is not useless, with abundant water and grass, and there are many people suitable for farming and herding. If
If we can set up military garrison in that township, we can jointly defend the township without spending any money from the treasury."
Hearing this, the three people in the tent all had a slight smile on their faces. Although they didn't say it explicitly, they obviously felt that Li Tai's thinking was too simple.
The problem facing the court now is that there are few soldiers and supplies, and there is not much manpower to invest in northern Shaanxi. Moreover, when it comes to farming conditions, northern Shaanxi is much worse than Guanzhong. Even if the Bafu organizes manpower to go to reclamation, how many people are willing to do so?
Heading to?
Of course, Li Tai's thoughts did not end there, and he continued: "The fertile land in Guanzhong is nostalgic, but Beizhou is also attractive. I would like to ask, how about the supervision of the Salt Administration in Taiwan? If the Salt Administration and Tunnel Affairs are merged in
If we are one, there will definitely be a lot to do!"