If a regime wants to develop and grow, it needs to acquire as much territory and population as possible. But the key to its survival lies in whether it can effectively acquire resources on these lands and populations.
Since the Six Towns Mutiny, the northern land has been turbulent. There are many powerful military leaders who can separate one side or even take control of the center, but there are only a few who can maintain their power for a long time. Gao Huan and Yu Wentai are the best among them.
The reason why the two of them stand out is not because they have the most people, but because they make full use of their own historical opportunities and seize the opportunity to transform their power from destroyers to defenders of order, rather than blindly
Burning, killing, looting, depleting the lake and fishing.
Although Yu Wentai is a powerful official in the government, he cannot break some rules arbitrarily, because breaking the rules will shake the foundation of his rule.
Therefore, even though he was trapped by money and food, he also knew that Guanxi had been in great trouble for many years, and the local tycoons must have a large amount of food and supplies in their hands, but he did not dare to directly raise troops to plunder. Especially now that Guanlong's powerful tribes are flooding the Chinese and foreign armies.
During the war, the soldiers who recruited them and snatched their food were tantamount to playing with fire.
Not long after the Battle of Mangshan in the ninth year of Datong, Yu Wentai used a reward to collect the manpower and material resources controlled by the powerful people in Kansai.
It is true that he was somewhat desperate at that time and needed to replenish his strength, and the powerful people in Kansai had no other choice. It was rare for the eggs to be destroyed after the nest was overturned. If he was defeated and wiped out by Gao Huan, then these Guanxi heroes would not be able to survive.
Western tycoons will also generally suffer disaster.
Therefore, at that time, everyone had the same awareness and atmosphere of sharing the same hatred and overcoming the difficulties, and the situation was quickly brought back from the precarious state.
But now, with the victory of the Battle of Yubi, it means that the hard work and courage in the past few years have received a very considerable return. Although this result is gratifying, it also involves the redistribution of some rights and interests.
Under such circumstances, Yuwentai must be more careful in his administration, and try to avoid making these Guanlong powerful men feel the sense of deprivation and loss.
Therefore, although the strategy proposed by Li Tai is good, the key point is how to implement it. It is necessary to ensure that the masses will not be resentful, and to quickly gather a considerable amount of supplies in a short period of time. These three
Purpose is indispensable.
Of course, Wang Zizhi could not answer this question in Daxingtai. Before leaving, Li Tai just explained this idea to them and ordered them to sort out the relevant county documents and documents as a reference for the next step.
In other words, the matter itself was still unclear, so they did not report it. However, seeing Da Xingtai's irritable and unkind attitude, Wang Zizhi had no choice but to speak out to deal with the cross-examination in front of him.
Now that Yu Wentai knew this plan, he became more and more eager to find out how feasible it was. When the relevant documents of Xizhi Hall were sent here, he immediately ordered his subordinate officials to join in to help and take stock.
Let’s take a look at the surplus materials in the warehouses of the prefectures within the pass and how much of the mountains and rivers can be rented.
These matters are trivial and complicated, but fortunately, during Su Chuo's lifetime, the Taiwan government had already established a fairly strict and comprehensive management system for books and archives, which also greatly reduced the energy expended by officials in collecting relevant information.
with time.
Naturally, Yu Wentai did not need to bury his head in the papers. He first settled several other things on his desk, and then ordered Li Tai to be summoned back to the house immediately the next morning. Then he went to the inner room of the straight hall to rest on the couch.
As the morning bell rang, a new day arrived. After yesterday's martial arts competition and bonfire barbecue, the military camp was filled with a relaxed and joyful atmosphere today.
But relaxation does not mean indulgence. As the drums sounded from the Chinese army's tent, all the soldiers walked out of their tents and lined up neatly between the camps to go to the school field. They first did some morning exercises in the military formation and waited until three o'clock in the morning.
Then dismissed for dinner.
Although many mid-level and senior generals were absent from the drill today, order was still in order in the military camp today, and no disturbances occurred.
This point particularly satisfied Li Tai. The reason why he delayed taking the next step until today was to see how irreplaceable those governors and generals were in the army.
If the operations were in a mess without the orders and dispatches of the governors, then even if he felt unhappy, he would still have to hold his nose and invite people in. But now it seems that without Zhang Butcher, he will not eat mixed pigs, so what the hell
What are you afraid of?
Of course, the well-trained performance of these battalion soldiers has little to do with these generals. In the past, the Bafu Sixth Army was mainly led by Li Bi, Shuo Hui and other generals who were responsible for training and drills. Today, the Chinese and foreign military establishment is in
They were only formed in the second half of last year, and these generals entered the rear army only a few months earlier than Li Tai at most.
The conflicts between Han and Hu in the Western Wei Dynasty may not be as obvious and irreconcilable as those in the Eastern Wei Dynasty. However, few of these Xianbei generals will be kind to the new army, which is mainly composed of Guanxi disciples. They are often more intimidating and less gracious. Therefore, although they are better than those in the Eastern Wei Dynasty,
Li Tai had joined the army for several months, but he had not established a solid and close relationship with his subordinates.
Of course, there must be those generals in the army today. After Li Tai showed his kindness yesterday, he was ready to kill chickens and scare monkeys to establish his prestige. However, those generals are quite smart, and no one
Dare to be the one who disrupts order in the camp.
After visiting the school grounds to watch the morning exercises, Li Taizheng planned to go to the Taifu to file a complaint after breakfast. However, when he returned the account, he was informed that the Taifu's envoy had arrived outside the camp gate as early as dawn.
When he heard this, he couldn't help being a little dumbfounded. While ordering the envoys from the Taifu to come in quickly, he asked: "Why don't you bring people in first?"
"These Taiwanese emissaries don't know the passwords!"
Hearing this questioning voice, the soldier commander guarding the camp gate immediately replied plausibly.
After hearing this, Li Tai was speechless. He patted the captain's shoulder as a reward, then turned around and whispered to Zhang Shinu to never assign this guy to be responsible for the task of guarding the gate and greeting him.
Zhang Shinu was a little speechless when he heard this. It was clearly the Master Lang himself who asked for a person with strong principles and abiding by orders. Why is it that he is now using an inhumane person?
Not to mention their own plans, the Taifu envoy who had been blocked outside the camp gate for more than an hour was already sweating profusely and was finally released, taking three steps and two steps straight towards the camp.
He rushed in from the camp, and when he entered the tent and saw Li Tai who was about to have a meal, he hurriedly said: "Li Kaifu, please stop eating. There is a summons from Daxingtai. Please return to the city and see Daxing as soon as possible."
tower!"
Seeing the anxious look and tone of the envoy, Li Tai did not dare to neglect, hurriedly put down his cup and chopsticks, stood up, went into the account and changed into a new robe. Of course, he did not forget to bring with him the items confiscated from the Rear Army Governor's Mansion yesterday.
Those soldiers, under the repeated urging of the messenger, mounted their horses and left the camp, heading straight for Huazhou City.
As Li Tai rode out of the camp, Yu Wenhu had already arranged for the nearby eyes and ears to rush to the military city to report.
When Yu Wenhu learned of Li Tai's whereabouts, his face suddenly sank, and his tone became low and angry: "Although I was rude yesterday, it was because I didn't know. I will stay here all night, and I won't leave."
After showing his sincerity in apologizing, Li Boshan did not come to see me, but went straight into the city. It seems that he has no intention of being kind!"
When the governors and generals who accompanied Yu Wenhu and guarded here heard this, their faces fell again, and they said with concern: "Mr. Zhongshan, are you going to the Taifu to accuse us..."
Yu Wenhu was in an extremely bad mood at the moment, and he didn't bother to appease everyone. He only scolded Li Fugui and others and exchanged glances, and then said: "No matter where Li Boshan goes, things can't continue to be like this. I will
Return to the mansion first and report to your Majesty. I don’t know what is right or wrong in the matter. Your Majesty has the skills to control everyone. He will never listen to the words of Li Boshan alone and ignore the confessions of certain generals!"
Yu Wenhu felt that his indignation was unbearable. From the beginning to the end, he never wanted to get too serious with Li Tai. Even the banquet he gave to his colleagues on the day Li Tai took office seemed to him to be just a harmless little joke. But now Li Tai
He had already won a big prize and it had made him lose some face, but he still refused to give up.
Recalling what brother Yuchijiong said about Li Tai before, I didn't take it seriously at the time, and felt more and more angry in my heart. If this is the case, then we should be incompatible with each other in the governor's office of the rear army!
With this anger plan in mind, Yu Wenhu gave Chi Liefu Turtle another look, indicating that he would stay here to appease the hearts of the people. As long as they can speak in unison, right and wrong no longer matter.
So Yu Wenhu followed Li Tai and led a group of his followers to leave the military city and return to Tai Mansion.
After Li Tai arrived in front of the mansion, he was ushered into the mansion by his subordinates who had been waiting here. While on the way, he briefly explained what happened in Taifu yesterday.
Li Tai was surprised when he heard that it turned out that Qian Huang was the cause of the trouble, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. On the way back to the city, the envoy from the Taifu was also vague, and Li Tai thought that Yu Wentai knew about him and Yu Wen Huzhi.
There was a conflict between them, and I wanted to come forward to mediate it. But since I had to rely on myself for business, I would naturally feel less psychological burden when filing a complaint later.
He wasn't worried about whether doing so would leave a patronizing and arrogant impression. At least he was really serious about his work.
On the contrary, Yu Wenhu, a guy who came to power through the back door, started colluding to shake his prestige in the rear army when he first took office. Even if Yu Wentai asked him to do this, he really didn't know how to keep a low profile and acted too hastily.
With this calculation in his mind, Li Tai strode to Zhitang. He didn't think much about how to respond to the internal affairs issues that Yu Wentai was going to ask about next. Anyway, as long as this policy could be passed and implemented, there would be no one who would fund the takeover.