In the wall of Shishi's Wound in Shangyuan, guests gathered together, and there was a lot of traffic. The congratulatory car and horse teams even filled the ravine between the terraces and the plateau for a while.
At the banquet in the middle hall of Wubi, Shi Gong, who was newly appointed as the governor of the county and township regiment, sat on the main seat with a proud look on his face. All the guests who came to toast were welcome.
"The countryside has been in turmoil for a long time. Although there were Daxing platforms in the past to provide support to the people, and many villagers lined up in formations to defend the country, there was no rural righteous leader, and military honors were always careless. Fortunately, today, Daxing
The Taicha conferred great righteousness and appreciated Shi Weng, so that our local righteousness and courage returned to the leadership of the envoy. From then on, the harmony of the countryside, the protection of the hometown to serve the country, and the feudal feudalism are all in my sight!"
Hearing this compliment from a guest, Shi Gong also stood up at the table and bowed deeply in the direction of Huazhou City. After standing up, he laughed and said: "Shi is not talented. He only lifts up and down, which makes me ambitious."
I raised my head to report to my father, and to caress my fellow villagers. From then on, it is my duty to advance and retreat with the fellow villagers, and to dominate the voice of my hometown!"
When all the guests in the hall heard this, they all applauded loudly.
Shi Jing, whose bruises on his head and face were not gone, also stood up from the table, holding a wine glass and grinning: "Today is indeed a happy occasion for my family, but it cannot be welcomed by the public, and it cannot be called joy. There are evil guests who have come to the country, and they have caused troubles."
The traitor in the countryside has made my fellow villagers restless. I am very happy today, so I asked the governor to lead his men to the countryside to catch him. This will not only congratulate the governor, but also settle a matter of concern for the fellow villagers!"
As soon as this statement came out, everyone present knew who was speaking, and their moods became complicated. They were not in a hurry to speak out, but just looked at the Shi brothers.
"In that case, then you go and tell that gentleman that I am not a narrow-minded person. If he sincerely comes to congratulate me, I will treat him well. If he still refuses to be amicable, there is no need to embarrass him. In the future, I will
As a township leader, there is always a time when he feels the righteousness of our hometown!"
Shi Gong waved his hands and smiled magnanimously, and then drank with others again.
It was a hard day for Shi Jing to wait. After his brother agreed, he laughed out of the hall, gathered dozens of servants in the wall of the dock, and headed all the way to Li Tai Manor.
In the manor, Li Taichou was sitting in the middle hall. When he heard that Shi Jing had come with a crowd and shouted at the door of the manor to come out quickly to greet him, he became even more irritable and waved his hands: "No! If he dares to make noise again,
Just kill him and get out!"
Not long after Zheng Man reported the news, Zhou Changming was also recruited to his hometown by the envoy from Daxingtai, presumably for consultation and transfer to another place. Fearing that the Shi brothers would come and provoke him, Zhou Changming arranged for the garrison soldiers to guard Li Tai here before leaving.
Naturally, Shi Jing was not afraid of being harassed at his door.
But this is obviously not a long-term solution. Since Shi Gong has taken office as the county governor, the armed forces of the rural regiments in the county, including Shangyang garrison, should also be under his rule.
The county magistrate is not as good as the current one. If he is disturbed every day, the life and production of Li Tai Manor will be greatly affected.
"That makes no sense! Why did Shi Gong become the county governor?"
In addition to being troubled, Li Tai was also very puzzled and couldn't figure out why things turned out like this.
The reason why he unequivocally supports Zhou Changming is not only because of their friendship with each other, but also because of his experience and understanding of the implementation of Yuwentai's policies.
When he was still in Tongguan, he wrote a letter about recruiting Guan Longhao to join the army. This was the policy that Yuwentai would implement next, but it was not appreciated and used by Yuwentai.
Afterwards, Li Tai thought about it based on Yu Wentai's step-by-step measures, and gradually realized that his proposal was still a bit radical.
Major national affairs are enshrined in Rong, and the army is the foundation on which the hegemonic government of the Western Wei Dynasty was established. Therefore, Yu Wentai will definitely be cautious about various reform measures related to the army.
Although the aggressive recruitment of Guan Longhao into the army has become a choice that has to be made as the situation develops, Yu Wentai still strives to take the initiative in his own hands and promote it step by step.
The specific steps and standards only depend on his will. Other than that, anyone else's advice or suggestions may seem to him to have ulterior motives.
Li Tai has also recently put himself into Yu Wentai's perspective and feels that this path is not easy to follow. A little carelessness may lead to catastrophe. Therefore, this process must be accompanied by various trade-offs and trials.
It is inevitable that there will be hesitation and hesitation, and when the situation is not good, he will stop immediately.
If you want to firmly grasp this initiative, you must strictly control the process of things.
First, attract some powerful people with rich assets but weak power to the ruling group, which is to implement the loss reward system.
As a result, the Western Wei Dynasty gained people and things, especially with a large amount of material reserves in hand, so it could orderly regulate prices and people's livelihood in Guanxi, raise prices to a certain extent, thereby increasing the cost of supporting the powerful and powerful tribes, and setting the stage for continued reorganization in the next step.
Lay a material foundation and reduce resistance.
If we follow this line of thinking, then the local tycoons who really have many tribes will not become the first batch of targets for promotion. Especially in the core areas controlled by the Bafu, we will not rashly let the powerful forces in the countryside take charge of elite personnel.
Shi Jia is a well-known local tycoon in Wuxiang County. He owns a lot of tribes and land. Once he controls the power of the rural soldiers, it will take more energy to control it.
Huazhou, as the base camp of Yu Wentai's domination, has more than one kind of armed forces. A large number of Beizhen military leaders have been given farmland here to support their troops. It is inevitable that there will be nostalgic friction with the local powerful. If the local powerful are allowed to lead
Township leagues will undoubtedly make conflicts more complicated.
This is not the case with Zhou Changming, who was chosen by Li Tai. He was not a wealthy family in the countryside. He had been the leader of the rural army for a long time and had considerable military qualities. Although he had a certain foundation in rural education, it was not deep and he still needed to draw on the influence of a major industry.
Only by conferring positions can one establish his authority and it is undoubtedly easier to control.
But something went wrong. Shi Gong was appointed as the county governor, but Zhou Changming had to take instructions elsewhere.
It is also a joke to say that Yuwentai needs to recruit rich people like Shi Jia to stabilize the nostalgia in the base camp.
A more reliable explanation should be that the business situation of the base camp in Huazhou is stable, and the position of the governor of a single county is not worthy of Yu Wentai's repeated evaluation, so he is issued according to routine.
Li Tai thought he could guess the deeper meaning of Yuwentai's order, but after all, he was not Yuwentai. What he faced was a battle of nostalgia within a hundred miles, while Yuwentai had to consider the entire Kansai.
A slight oversight in the details may not affect the overall situation for Yu Wentai, but it is enough to make Li Tai's plans come to nothing and make the family uneasy.
The miscalculation of this matter is not to be blamed on Li Tai's miscalculation. It is simply because he is unlucky and can't drink water through his teeth. His foundation in Kansai is still shallow, and his ability to resist risks is weak. Any unfavorable situation may happen.
Either flood or drought.
"Do you want to write another letter to remind me? Or pack up and run away?"
Li Tai couldn't help but feel emotional when he thought of how he had laughed at He Basheng's house a few days ago and talked about the intellectual shortcomings of these rich people, and did not want to face the dilemma today.
His past few months have not been in vain, and he will not run away frequently, but if things do not turn around, it will definitely not be practical to stay in Shangyuan.
In the past period of time, Governor Situ Shi Heland had already handled the naturalization matters for him. Now he is a serious member of Longshou Township, Bacheng County, Jingzhao County. As a rule, he should have dozens of acres of land in Longshou Plain.
But during this period, he was obsessed with rural fighting and could not extricate himself. He had not had time to handle land equalization matters.
If Shangyuan is not enough to live in, transferring to Longshouyuan is also an option. Before Zhou Changming left, he also expressed his position to him that if the place of transfer was too far away, he would resign and follow Li Tai.
But it was really not in line with Li Tai's style to leave in such a dejected manner. Although he didn't say it, in his heart he was dreaming of usurping Wei Dynasty and Zhou Dynasty. As a result, he was ruled by a local tyrant even though he had no ambitions.
Being obedient is really a joke!
After pondering for a while, Li Tai decided to work harder and let Yu Wentai see how harmful it would be to suddenly select a local tycoon as the commander of a rural regiment.
"Come here with my armour, bows and horses! If that Diao slave named Shi still doesn't leave, we will let them die here today!"
Although I had previously stated to He Basheng that I would not engage in any quarrels with others, there was no reason to tolerate being ridiculed by others.
Li Tai planned to chop off the heads of the Shi brothers and then go to Huazhou City to sue them. These rich brothers are unruly and against the law. Once they gain power, they will humiliate guests from other states. I have no choice but to kill them because they are the head of the North Town Army.
Let's get rid of this evil, otherwise your descendants will also be bullied by this local bandit in the coming year!
If Yu Wentai wants to punish him severely, then neither I nor my uncle will attend this autumn's parade. If you still want to see my big brother He Liuhun's jokes, look at your grandma!
With this calculation in mind, Li Tai rode his horse and rushed towards the gate of the manor. Just when he saw Shi Jing, who was short and thin and almost invisible on the horse, he still led his servants to entangle with the guards of the manor.
Ping Masha then rushed straight towards the opponent.
"Stop him, stop him! This kid is crazy..."
When Shi Jing saw this, he was immediately frightened. He turned his horse and fled to the rear, shouting at his servants to stop Li Tai and his entourage who were coming in a fierce manner.
The slaves of the Shi family came here just to show off their power and vent their anger. Who would have thought that Li Tai would dare to attack so brazenly? They were all panicked for a moment. Some of them tried to stop them, but they saw the bright sharp sword stabbing straight in front of them.
Suddenly everyone was in panic, fell off their horses, or turned around and ran for their lives.
There was a crowd of people in front of the manor, and when Li Tai got rid of the entanglement and rushed out, Shi Jing had already galloped for more than a mile. Naturally, he would not let the old boy go, and chased him wildly in the fields.
At this moment, another group of knights appeared on the country road ahead. It was Zhou Changming and his party who were returning from Huazhou City.
Li Quji followed Zhou Changming to Huazhou. When he saw Li Tai chasing Shi Jing aggressively, he immediately galloped forward. When the two horses passed each other, he lifted Shi Jing off his mount with a stretch of his long arms.
"Alang, what happened?"
Li Quji held Shi Jing, who was dancing and struggling, and rode his horse to meet Li Tai.
"Before stabbing this old boy to death!"
Li Tai raised his horse and was about to pierce Shi Jing. Next to him, Zhou Changming shouted with joy: "Mr. Lang, I'm so happy! Daxingtai has appointed me as the commander-in-chief of the county!"
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At the last moment, Li Tai's elbow sank, and Shi Jing's shoulder brushed past him. When he looked again, Shi Jing's hem was already soaked through, and his urine dripped along his robe into the field.
"Marquis Shi is so polite. If you are drowning, you will be drowned. Why bother to endure the fertile land for me to plow?"
Li Tai stood up and looked at Shi Jing, who was thrown away by Li Quji and was lying on the ground exhausted, and laughed.