When he heard Chen Yuankang talk about the conditions given to him by Gao Cheng, Li Tai immediately cheered up. He didn't really want to return to the Eastern Wei Dynasty, but just wanted to hear how valuable he was in the eyes of this second generation of the Eastern Wei Dynasty.
The power, status and value of a person in the world requires a comprehensive judgment, and evaluations from enemies have great reference value.
After Chen Yuankang finished explaining the price of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, Li Tai couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. He secretly sighed in his heart that Gao Cheng was indeed one of the strongest second generations of the Later Three Kingdoms. He really understood this complicated situation, and his ideas were very bold.
The style is very radical.
To understand the sincerity and value of the conditions offered by Gao Cheng, we have to look at how the Eastern Wei Dynasty treated those who surrendered and those who needed to be recruited.
For example, Wan Qipu and his son were too old, but needless to say those who took the initiative to return to justice such as Zhu Hunyuan and Liu Feng. After all, the times were different and their reference value was not great. In recent years, people from the Western Wei Dynasty who had been lured to surrender by the Eastern Wei Dynasty were
Wang Sizheng, Wei Xiaokuan, etc. also took place in the Battle of Yubi.
In the eighth year of the reign of Emperor Datong, Gao Huan besieged Yubi for the first time. When he recruited Wang Sizheng to surrender, the condition he offered was to be the governor of Bingzhou, and he would be awarded the position at the core of the military and political hegemony. The treatment was not unreasonable.
In the 12th year of Datong, the second battle of Yubi failed to be conquered. Gao Huan tried to recruit Zu Jue to surrender to Wei Xiaokuan but failed, so he simply issued a reward to the people of the city: anyone who could kill Wei Xiaokuan and then surrendered would be worshiped as a Taiwei and granted the title of Duke of Kaiguo County.
And rewarded with thousands of pieces of silk.
This is certainly because Gao Huan was so angry that he treated a dead horse as a living doctor, but it also shows that this kind of reward was the highest standard for the Eastern Wei Dynasty to treat surrendered people.
Although there are slight differences in the official title system between the Eastern and Western Wei Dynasties, if Li Tai's current position in Kansai can be retained in the Eastern Wei system, he will definitely be treated as the highest-level dignitary.
Of course, the most favorable conditions are the latter ones, namely, being the governor of Northern Yuzhou, supervising the three cities of Heyang, and establishing the Xingtai.
Although two of the three cities in Heyang have now been lost, and northern Yuzhou has also become the occupied area of Hou Jing's rebellion, Gao Cheng's promise is a bit adapted to local conditions and drives away tigers and devoured wolves.
But having said that, if Li Tai couldn't even provide this value, why should Gao Cheng offer such a high-ranking official and generous salary? It should be noted that many Jinyang noble generals have struggled for most of their lives to get such powerful treatment.
This is the reason why Li Tai said that Gao Cheng understood.
When recruiting people to surrender, there is always a question of sincerity. There is a big difference in whether you are sincerely recruiting people for your own use, or whether you are simply trapped by the situation and have no choice but to do so.
For those who are ready to change jobs, even if the treatment they receive is slightly worse, they will probably choose the former. If they choose the latter, when times change, they will be beaten to death in minutes.
The series of conditions proposed by Gao Cheng were not only generous, but also sincere. Li Taiyouzhong could even understand that he was eager to change the basic military and political structure of the Eastern Wei Dynasty that his father had created during his lifetime.
Li Tai's identity is very diverse. He is not only the general of Fangzhen in the Western Wei Dynasty, but also a direct member of the Li family in Longxi. This latter identity was more effective in the Eastern Wei Dynasty. Most members of the Li family in Longxi, including
The other Kanto noble families basically stayed in Kanto.
The conditions that Gao Cheng offered to Li Tai could be said to be that the land must have territory, the land rights must have land rights, and the specifications must be standardized.
As long as he is willing to accept the conditions and join the Eastern Wei Dynasty, he can become the leader of a force in an instant, and not only a local force in the border areas, but also a profound impact on the overall political order of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, even more important than Hou Jing.
For ordinary powerful military leaders, if they develop their forces based on Heluo at this moment, they may have to face pressure from various forces such as the Western Wei Dynasty and Hou Jing. As a surrender, they may not be able to gain the trust and full assistance of the Eastern Wei Dynasty.
May face catastrophe.
But Li Tai is not an ordinary person. He is the most outstanding rising star in the Western Wei Dynasty in recent years. His existence represents the most outstanding achievement of the Western Wei Dynasty's military reform in the past few years after the Battle of Mangshan, and he is now Duguxin's son-in-law.
If he rebels, it will inevitably set off a series of bad reactions from top to bottom in the Western Wei Dynasty, directly negating the achievements of Yuwentai's military reforms over the past few years, and deepening the estrangement and intensifying conflicts among the elders of Zhubei Town. This alone
A little effort would make the Western Wei Dynasty unable to take care of itself, making it difficult for it to have greater strength to seek and take advantage of external development opportunities.
The Guandong clan was a considerable political force in the political structure of the Eastern Wei Dynasty. Gao Cheng had been courting and showing favor to this group since he took charge of Yedu, and Er Cui, whom he used highly, was one of the representatives.
However, this political force also has an obvious shortcoming, that is, it does not possess considerable military strength. Once faced with the threat of war, not only can it not provide reliable military support to Gao Cheng, but it will itself be in great danger.
For example, during the Hou Jing Rebellion, the nobles of Jinyang were not eager to put down the rebellion. Instead, they threatened Gao Cheng to kill Cui Siam. After all, Hou Jing was also one of the nobles of Jinyang or the powerful people of Beizhen.
Members of Hebei's aristocratic families like Cui Xian are the political enemies with sharp conflicts with each other.
If Li Tai joins the Eastern Wei Dynasty, the Guandong clans will immediately have a powerful military representative. Gao Cheng can also use this to adjust the situation of Jinyang's military dominance to make the balance of forces between the various parties more balanced.
At a young age, Li Tai has already defeated She Diqian, Hu Lujin and other senior figures in Jinyang. If he is recruited by Gao Cheng again, Gao Cheng will naturally communicate with these nobles in Jinyang in the future.
You will have a huge psychological advantage.
And Li Tai was not a source of water in the Eastern Wei Dynasty. As long as this flag was erected, he would be able to quickly unite a large number of members of the Hebei aristocratic families, and it would be much smoother for Gao Cheng to replace the Eastern Wei Dynasty.
In other words, Li Tai is still in the stage of ranking in terms of seniority in the Western Wei Dynasty, waiting for promotion. There is no need to think about the old guys in the Six Pillar Kingdom. It is still a little reluctant to be among the twelve generals.
However, as long as he can seize the city and surrender, it will be a great achievement of Gao Cheng's external personnel, and he will surely be attracted as a confidant and even a political ally. He will soon become a military and political boss and an important bargaining chip to balance the military and political structure of the Eastern Wei Dynasty.
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In the future, when the elders of Jinyang's nobles gradually take a back seat, Li Tai may become the military boss second only to Duan Shao in the Eastern Wei and Northern Qi Dynasties. But when it comes to their influence on the Jinyang court, these Jinyang nobles
All of them may not be able to compare with him.
With the military support provided by Li Tai, those who died in the Qianming coup in the future may be Duan Shao, Hu Luguang and other elite Jinyang nobles, and by the way, even Lou Zhaojun will be packed away.
Li Tai's thinking was divergent, and the more he thought about it, the more excited he became. From a purely profit perspective, it would really not be a loss if he could join the Eastern Wei Dynasty in this wave. Anyway, his dream was just a dream. Who can defeat him and not defeat him?
But the biggest question is, who would think that there is a future in working with a boss who can’t even control the cooks? Chen Yuankang? Damn, even a cook can take my job, and even a chef has to register and queue up!
What Li Tai imagined was from the most ideal perspective, but there were still a lot of problems, the most basic of which was the problem of getting along with the Kanto clan.
It is undeniable that members of the family, due to their family education, reputation, etc., are of extraordinary significance to the stability of a political power in the current troubled times of the Middle Ages. But at the same time, their monopoly on political resources and promotion channels has also reached a level of
To an astonishing degree.
To put it bluntly, these members of the family were the political barnacles of various regimes in the Middle Ages. As long as a hole was released, they could quickly breed a large colony, transforming the vitality of a regime into the nourishment of a family.
Li Tai believed that as long as he surrendered to the Eastern Wei Dynasty, a large number of Guandong aristocratic families would come to join him. This would greatly expand the manpower under his command and at the same time quickly reduce the space for him to recruit talents from other channels.
They were able to quickly establish themselves in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, but they also made his power quickly become rigid and completely reduced to a tool to fight against the nobles of Jinyang, without any more room for growth.
This is just based on the consideration of pros and cons. From an emotional point of view, Li Tai will naturally not choose the Eastern Wei Dynasty.
His beloved wife and friends are all in Kansai, and all the social relationships he has established in this world are also in Kansai. All of these have a great bond with him, and it is impossible to just throw them away and start over somewhere else.
Therefore, after thinking for a while, he looked at Chen Yuankang and replied: "It is just a expedition. I have no right to receive envoys. But after seeing the name of my dearest relative for many years, I really can't bear to refuse, so I
I take the liberty to welcome you here.
Boshan is an ordinary husband in the world. He is able to win the favor of the venerable due to some deeds. He is sincere and frightened and grateful. However, the reason for his status is probably due to his actions as a follower of the family. He has not heard any news for a long time, so he does not dare to leave privately.
Stay. Besides, Prime Minister Yu Wen has great kindness and kindness here. If we don’t abandon each other because we are orphans and children, it will benefit me a lot in virtue and work. The so-called kindness of rebuilding is like a close relative. If you abandon him, your virtue and justice will be greatly damaged.
Chen Youcheng sent my relatives to this gathering today. I am really grateful and I am very lucky to meet a famous person from Hebei. However, when we meet today, we are only talking about personal friendship. Please, Youcheng, please do not make any grand remarks based on this and damage my integrity."
As an important staff member of the Bafu of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, Chen Yuankang naturally understood the profound meaning of this condition issued by the Crown Prince, but he did not expect that Li Tai refused so simply and made it clear that he did not want to continue this topic. He was also stunned.
He was stunned, and then said after a moment of astonishment: "The general's open-mindedness and simple virtues are really touching. In troubled times, moral relationships are greatly damaged, and it is not easy for close relatives to reunite. Yuanyasu will no longer bother you, please stay away.
Let the generals and their close relatives gather together at a table."
He knew that no matter how attractive the conditions were, since he and Li Tai had just met for the first time, his persuasiveness was very limited. He still had to let his relatives who stayed in Hebei seriously persuade him to understand what this condition contained.
The meaning is huge.
Seeing that Chen Yuankang was so sensible, Li Tai took him to another hall to entertain him, leaving room for him and his relatives to talk. When Chen Yuankang had just been sent out, Li Zhongju, who had been patient for a long time, hurriedly stepped forward and said:
"Brother, my mother told me before she left that you are not allowed to return to Guandong under any circumstances! This, this is written in blood by my mother..."
As he spoke, Li Zhongju opened his robe, tore off the lining, took out a silk book and presented it to Li Tai. Li Qianzhi, who was traveling with him, was stunned when he saw this scene, obviously not knowing about it.