Li Tai has never been to Chang'an since he was driven to Beizhou by Daxingtai years ago.
There is nothing to regret about this. He has no special feelings or good memories of this Chang'an city. If he hadn't gone with his father-in-law to take over the arsenal stored at Li Hu's place this time, Li Hu would have
Tai still has no intention of coming.
Unlike the rapid development and changes in other places in Kansai, the Chang'an City in front of him has not changed significantly compared to Li Tai's memory. It is still a slightly dilapidated and messy city located in the depression on the south bank of the Weishui River, with intermittent traffic around the city.
The low fence looked more dilapidated than before.
No wonder in history Yang Jian quickly built a new capital shortly after he founded the Sui Dynasty. Although Chang'an City today was also the capital of the Western Wei Dynasty and the Northern Zhou Dynasty, these two dynasties combined spent more than half of their time in a state of hegemony. The emperors had
It would be nice to have tiles covering their heads. Uncle Yuwentai and his nephew would not care whether they lived well or not. On the contrary, Huazhou City, where the Bafu was located, built two palaces, Tongzhou Palace and Changchun Palace.
The city itself has not changed much, but the surrounding areas of the city are visibly more prosperous and lively than before. Even Li Tai's manor on Longshou Plain has a few more neighbors popping up around it, and he doesn't know who they are.
Buy a property here.
Li Tai has a very domineering idea of "not allowing others to snore on the side of the bed". He only wants to be a nail householder in Longshouyuan, but his influence in Jingzhao is really limited. Although he is a little unhappy, he does not dare to engage in violent demolition.
Due to Dugu Xin's travel schedule, he had no time to stay in Chang'an for a long time, so Li Tai did not go to Longshou Yuanzhuang to take a look first, but followed Dugu Xin into the city to visit Li Hu directly.
Li Hu's official position has not changed much. He still sits in Chang'an and is in charge of the troops around the capital. Since Dugu Xin had already prepared the summons before his visit, Li Hu deliberately took a day to wait at home.
Traveling day and night, the group entered the city at noon. Although Dugu Xin held a high position and had great authority, he was not accustomed to being pampered. Being up all night was not a big deal to him, and he was still in good spirits.
Not to mention Li Tai, when he thought about taking over a military factory with extremely impressive craftsmanship and production capacity, he was so excited that he couldn't even feel tired at all.
The two of them had just turned into the long street where Li Hu's family residence was located. Li Hu had already led his disciples' family members out of the house to greet them. It could be said that they were given a lot of face.
Of course, this face was not given to Li Tai. Even when Li Tai saw Li Tai riding his horse behind Dugu Xinma, his face suddenly dropped.
In front of this old Wuchuan guy, Dugu Xin didn't show any arrogance. He turned over and dismounted when they were still more than ten feet away from each other. At the same time, he turned back and nodded at Li Tai. Li Tai knew what he was doing and quickly dismounted and walked.
To show respect.
The two were walking towards each other, and the distance quickly closed. Dugu Xin first smiled and exchanged greetings with Li Hu, then suddenly his expression changed, he pointed at Li Tai and said in a deep voice: "Reckless boy, why don't you apologize to Li Kaifu quickly!"
After hearing this, Li Tai sighed in his heart, lowered his head and walked a few steps forward. He bowed deeply to Li Hu and said, "I was so arrogant and courageous years ago that I rashly caused trouble. Unexpectedly, I disturbed the uneasiness of Longxi Public Service. I'm really sorry."
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"If you apologize, the dead will come back to life? I never harmed you, but I was killed by the chaos you caused!"
Before Li Hu could reply, the two generals behind him had already pointed at Li Tai and shouted with anger and grief.
When Li Tai heard this roar of grief and anger, he was speechless for a moment. He had thought hard for a long time before and couldn't figure out why he had offended Li Hu again? He didn't know the inside story until Dugu Xin explained it.
The cause of the incident is still the incident he committed last winter, when the Xianyang Township regiment was guarding and stealing, and colluded with the monks and soldiers of Hongfa Temple to kidnap Liu Min's tribe and the property and materials he was responsible for escorting.
Li Tai led his own tribe to help Liu Min recover the lost property, confiscated the Buddhist temple and made a grudge against the eldest son's family. Later, Yu Wentai used this to launch a round of suppression against the eldest son's family, and Li Tai was driven to the north.
In Zhouzhou, I squatted for more than half a year.
This is roughly what Li Tai knows, but it is not all the troubles. At the very least, Li Tai does not know the outcome of the handling of the Xianyang Township troops who were guarding the thief.
This matter involved Li Hu. Li Hu dispatched most of the troops from Kinki, Western Weibei, including some of Xianyang's rural regiment armed forces.
Yu Wentai took advantage of this round of turmoil to greatly change the situation in Korea, and also carried out a round of purges of the Liufang Forbidden Army and the Kinki Armed Forces. Li Hu, who has been stationed in the capital all year round, was naturally not spared, and even several humerus generals were directly killed.
put to death.
Looking at the matter, Li Tai should not be blamed for this incident. The blame lies with Li Hu's subordinates who were not careful and clean enough. Yu Wentai used the topic to take advantage of the situation, and thus received harsh sanctions.
It's even Li Hu's fault. Zhao Gui is addicted to running around on the battlefield, and his subordinates may not all be as honest as water. Why is there no problem with him? Is there a problem with the interaction between you and Daxingtai?
Although Li Tai started the fire, the subsequent operations had no direct relationship with him. It would be unreasonable for Li Hu to blame Li Tai for this.
Li Hu raised his hand to stop the angry statements of the generals, but looked at Li Tai with a calm expression and said solemnly: "Captain Li, there is no need to apologize to me. Several of my disciples do have a way to die, even if they don't because of
If the incident involving Governor Li happens, it is inevitable that he will be led by others and punished."
After Li Tai heard this, his heartbeat eased, and he said again: "If Mr. Longxi thinks so, that's really..."
"However, although I don't blame you, Commander-in-Chief Li, for this, I can't help but feel resentful and cannot treat you politely. I don't have Li Boshan as a guest in this sect. I'm sorry."
Li Hu raised his hand to interrupt Li Tai's words. Although his tone was restrained, he could still hear the deep resentment. At the end of the sentence, he turned his attention to Dugu Xin: "If you wish to make a special trip to visit me before going to town, I will naturally
Treat each other with courtesy. But if you want to introduce disgust into my house, I will be disrespectful to you."
Duguxin can understand Li Hu's current mood. For example, if his own subordinate Yang Zhong died because of some personnel involvement, even if he really deserved it, he would probably not forgive the person who caused the trouble. After all, the emotional joy
Evil is not based on right and wrong.
But Li Hu said it so directly, which made Dugu Xin a little embarrassed. He gave Li Tai a somewhat unhappy look, but he still had to be patient and wipe the butt of his beloved son-in-law.
He signaled Li Taiqi to stand here first, while he took a step forward, took Li Hu's wrist and said: "Brother Wenbin, please lend me a step, let me share with you a few things that are on your mind. If you still don't agree with me, I will
Let's go to Boshan together and no longer cause trouble."
There was still some resistance between Li Hu's eyebrows, but after hesitating for a moment, he still gave Dugu Xin a face. He first invited him to sit down in the side hall of the house, and then dismissed the waiters and servants to start the conversation.
Li Tai stood outside the door of Li Hu's house, facing the glaring eyes of other generals and looking in. He was a little curious about what Dugu Xin wanted to discuss with Li Hu. He didn't care much whether he could get along well with Li Hu.
, anyway, Li Hu's son is destined to be ranked behind him in the future. What he is most concerned about now is whether the entrusted military factory can be fully recovered.
In the hall, the two talked for about half an hour. After Dugu Xin's repeated persuasion, Li Hu's expression softened. He raised his hand to summon a disciple and ordered Li Tai to come in.
Li Tai walked into the hall, and under Dugu Xin's eyes, he clasped his fists and apologized to Li Hu again. This time, Li Hu did not resist and avoid him. Although his expression was still stiff, he still said: "Let's not mention the past.
Governor Li, please take a seat."
Seeing the immediate effect of his father-in-law's lobbying, Li Tai suddenly became suspicious and became more and more curious about what Dugu Xin had said to Li Hu. Aren't you going to be a pair of kingmakers and elect me to fight against the Yuwen family? This is me.
Okay, from now on not only He Liuhun, but you Li Hu are also my big brother!
He still had some daydreams here. Li Hu had already said: "The smelting and foundry workshop is now moved to Xianyang for operation. Compared with the time when it was entrusted last year, there have been some personnel changes, but it is still maintained in general. Governor Li
Whenever I have free time, I will guide the staff and make handovers at any time."
Li Tai felt that the faster the better, but he didn't want to act too impatient, so he looked at Dugu Xin, who smiled and said: "Although I entrusted you with my words back then, privately I wanted to simply do it."
I gave it to Brother Wenbin. At that time, I didn’t expect that my son and daughter would be deeply in love with each other. Now I have the audacity to ask for it. I already feel ashamed. I can seize my son and deal with it at any time.”
Li Hu glanced at the couple and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "I forgot to congratulate you two for your good marriage and complementing each other!"
"Thank you, thank you very much, brother Wenbin, and I also wish that your order will be delivered quickly!"
After hearing this, Dugu Xin said with a smile. Soon after, the servants of Li Hu's house brought wine and food, and the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves while pushing cups and changing cups.
When he left Li Hu's house, Dugu Xin was already slightly drunk, but he was in a good mood. When Li Tai helped him get on the horse, he patted Li Tai on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Hurry up, hurry up, don't stay in the city!" Chao Shiruo
Knowing that I will return to the capital will cause more troubles!"
Although Dugu Xin had a house in Beijing, he didn't want to stay overnight, so Li Tai could only take him to the Longshou Plain outside the city to rest for a night.
He was still curious about how Dugu Xin persuaded Li Hu to accept him again, but Dugu Xin just shook his head and said nothing, but looked at Li Tai with a smile on his face, quite satisfied, and said to Li Tai: "Li Wenbin seems to be serious about his speech.
, it’s hard to get close to each other, but he is not a villain who likes conspiracy and sinister tricks. Getting along with such a person can save people a lot of effort, avoid suspicion, and never get tired of being together for a long time.”
It's just that life is a little short, Li Tai said in his heart.