Chapter 529 The Rising Stars of the Imperial Court
After receiving the appointment from the Taifu Palace, Li Tai returned home immediately and went straight into the inner hall, regardless of greeting the Taifu officials who came to congratulate him upon hearing the news.
In the inner hall, Lady Miaoyin was sitting behind the desk in a pomegranate red skirt, writing and drawing on paper with a brush in her hand. When she heard Li Taixing's footsteps, she just looked up, and then lowered her head to write again.
He stood up looking very focused and serious.
Li Tai quietly sat on the side seat and took a peek at the calm and peaceful expression on this young lady's pretty face. He felt relieved at first, and then felt a little uncomfortable.
He placed the appointment documents and personal information he had just received from the Tai Mansion on the table in front of him. Then he sighed softly, but when he saw that the young lady just glanced at it without asking any questions, he couldn't help but speak.
He said: "Madam, you didn't go to the front hall yesterday morning to listen to the discussion of your family?"
When Lady Miaoyin heard this, she paused for a moment, and then said after a moment: "I have some serious things to do today, and I will discuss this matter with my husband later."
When Li Tai heard this, he felt even more unhappy. It seemed that this young lady didn't know that she was about to go to Jingzhou, but she still remained indifferent.
He was previously worried that his wife would be sad when she knew about it, so he kept it secret. He hoped that he could live happily with his wife for a period of time before getting the appointment. After receiving the appointment, he rushed back as soon as possible to comfort her.
, now it seems that I am a little worried?
He felt a little bit amused here, and sat in silence for a long time. When he turned around to look, he didn't know when the young lady had put down the pen in her hand, and was resting her arms on the desk, holding her chin with one hand and looking wildly.
Hold him.
"Are you done with your work? Let's see what's going on!"
Li Tai walked forward, half embarrassed and half angrily, and the young lady also picked up the paper with written words on the table and handed it to Li Tai with both hands, and said expectantly: "Husband, you can see
What am I planning?"
Li Tai took the piece of paper absentmindedly and glanced at it casually and found that most of the names were written on it. When he took a closer look, he found that the names involved were all his subordinates, and they were listed behind each name.
Looking at the residential address and the number of people in the household, I was immediately surprised: "What is the lady doing?"
"My husband is about to leave the town, and I don't know when he will return. His family members will surely follow him, and the people of these families will also look different because of this. I know that my husband is focused on things and is determined to make meritorious deeds, but people's interests
, each situation is different, and not everyone may be understanding and considerate of it, and may complain that the general is greedy for merit and not willing to recruit people."
Lady Miaoyin put on a serious face and said: "When my husband went on an expedition before, I visited several families who worked with me and saw that all the families were in different situations, so I couldn't generalize. This time my husband is going on an expedition again, so I will
I thought of inviting all the family members of my colleagues to visit me at home, and everyone would describe their worries and financial difficulties, and help them if they could. This would allow the husbands of each family to concentrate on their affairs without any worries.
"
Li Tai was quite moved when he heard the lady's intention, especially when he saw that nearly a hundred of his subordinates were listed on the paper, and their family situations were also clear, which showed that the lady was serious when doing this background check.
Although he was careful, Li Tai himself didn't know much about the family situations of his subordinates.
"It took a lot of effort to find out these things, right?"
At this moment, the anger in his heart had long disappeared, and he held the little lady in his arms, looking at the dense writing on the paper and asked with a smile.
The young lady pressed her face against Li Tai's chest. After hearing this, she said proudly: "I am very hard-working to be able to do this, especially since these families do not live together in one place. There are many places in Huazhou and Chang'an.
Some hometowns are too far away for me to visit, so I just made a careful inspection and collected them for the time being..."
Li Tai didn't expect that what he just said casually before the last expedition, this little lady has been carefully remembering and doing so much. She couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Although I am ordering the disciples outside, I can really control the situation."
But it is the wife who is accepted by people’s hearts for my use. What more can a husband ask for when he has such a wife?”
"I can indeed deserve your husband's praise. Although I am not a smart and thoughtful person, I can take advantage of my free time and think hard about what I can do for my family and my husband. When I visit various families,
, I have also seen that the wives of other families may be more dignified than concubines, but there are also some that are worse than concubines. My husband is a talented man in the world, and of course he must match the best women in the world! Although the concubine is not called the best, but he is also
Still working hard..."
After hearing her husband's compliment, Lady Miaoyin replied seriously, but her tone immediately turned low: "Last night, when Li Tun came to see me at home, I knew that my husband was going to travel far away again. Didn't he tell me earlier?
, I think I’m afraid that I’m feeling sad. I’m worried about this because I hurried back today, right?
I am not a child who does not know what is right and wrong. I am already the head of the house. How can I abuse my evil nature and prevent my husband from making meritorious deeds? But if something like this happens again in the future, my husband must inform me in advance and don’t let me suddenly
After hearing the news, I regret that I was too entangled before and did not let my husband rest more at home!"
At this point, the young lady's tone suddenly choked up with sobs, her pretty face buried in his chest, and her clenched pink fist kept smashing down: "Bad, bad husband, why didn't you tell me earlier? I also said you won't do it this autumn."
I left home, secretly planning to go into the mountains to hunt pheasants in a few days, collect feathers, and weave them into feathered clothes to show off to others... When the feathered clothes are gone, so will I, I will no longer be beautiful!"
When Li Tai heard the lady's sobs, he was a little confused about whether to laugh or cry for a moment. He just patted her shoulder and comforted her: "The colorful pheasants in the mountains are born every year. If you don't hunt this year, there will be next year. Besides, my lady is naturally beautiful.
The bridesmaid will only see the glory, but the lady will never be diminished by it. I have always heard that there are more rare birds in the southern continent. If I go to Jingxiang and don't find a few gorgeous feathers for the lady, what will I look like when I return home?"
"Go home when you should, I want a husband, not Yuyi!"
When the young lady heard this, she quickly hugged Li Tai with both hands and continued to sob: "I, I want to cry for a while, I'll be fine...it's so hard to bear it with a dignified look!"
Li Tai had been fully prepared before, but now there was nothing urgent that he had to deal with personally before leaving, so he simply took out most of the day to accompany his wife and chat in the inner hall.
This little lady didn't break her promise. She cried heartily for a while and then gradually controlled her emotions. Although she was not old, she came from a noble family and was used to such things. Although she was still sad, she was not
Being intoxicated and unable to extricate yourself is worrying.
While Li Tai was chatting goodbye with his wife, he was thinking about it in his mind. In the future, he would inevitably have to stay in the same place for a long time, and he couldn't live separately as husband and wife.
Although the Western Wei Dynasty did not impose restrictions and did not allow the local governor Fang Bo to bring his family members to take office, but generally those who were a bit forced would not bring their whole family to take office. Even those local powerful people who pastored the state often had to send their clansmen.
Going to serve in the imperial court and the Taiwanese government is to serve as a hostage.
Li Taijin's most important relatives in Kansai are his wife and his second brother Li Chao, who just came to Kansai with him. It is not convenient for them to accompany him to his post. Li Chao was arranged by him to stay in Chang'an while following his cousin.
Lu Rou and others continued their studies while following Li Licheng to get in touch with Kansai personnel.
If you want to take your wife with you to the post, you have to replace it with a more important hostage, so you have to step up the search and bring your parents to Kansai as soon as possible.
After Miaoyin's mood returned to normal, the couple discussed together how to entertain their subordinates' families at a suburban manor later.
Li Tai had been inspired by Daxingtai before, and he had always wanted to win people's hearts, but he never thought of starting with his family. After his wife reminded him, he felt that this was a good idea.
After all, he is not as powerful as Yu Wentai. He can legitimately control the country's famous weapons and unite people's hearts through official titles. If it is just a matter of money and goods, he may be as passionate as honey in a short period of time, but he will not be able to withstand it.
It is a difficult test, so we still have to find other ways to further sublimate our relationship.
As for what his wife said about helping each family solve their problems, Li Tai thinks it depends on the situation. After all, it is difficult for an upright official to handle household affairs. If it is a lack of money and power, he may be able to help, but if it is
Intervening in conflicts within a family will only lead to more chaos.
Miaoyin also listened attentively to what her husband said about the taboos in interpersonal communication. Of course it is good to be warm, friendly and helpful, but too much is worse than anything. In the final analysis, you have to judge others by yourself. She does not want to be known or pointed out by others.
Try not to give advice to others when it comes to matters that you have ordered. You should always pay attention to the sense of propriety.
The nearly one hundred subordinates whom Miaoyin had done background checks on were mainly the disciples who had been admitted to the academy and the subordinates of Li Tai who had served several times, including some military commanders. But that was not all of them. After all, she did not know Li Tai's military status.
Some of the family members of these subordinates live in the counties of Jinei, and some are as far away as Longyou. Li Tai carefully screened them and invited some of the subordinates who lived nearby with their whole families, while others who were too far away only invited themselves.
The invitation agreed to host a banquet for everyone at Shang Yuan Village in a few days, and prepare a seasonal gift for each family.
On the day of the banquet, families came to Shangyuan one after another. Although there were many guests, the manor could fully accommodate them. The female guests and children went to the inner courtyard, while the generals and young men from each family had a banquet in the outer manor.
game.
Today's Shangyuan Manor is no longer the seventeen-hectare manor in the west of the original area. The original Duguxin Manor in the east was also brought by Mrs. Miaoyin as a dowry. The two villages are combined into one, and they directly occupy most of Shangyuan's land.
If there is an opportunity to transfer the Yuanbei Yu Jinjia Manor to the area, then Shang Yuan can be officially renamed Li Yuan.
The west part of the original area is occupied by various rural affairs and industries, while the east part of the original area is the living and leisure area of the owner. There are neatly built maqi, a grand archery hall and other martial arts venues, where all the military generals can have a lot of fun.
In addition to the disciples and generals that Li Tai had previously planned to take to Jingzhou, today's banquet also added several new members, namely Dou Chi, Dou Yi's uncle and nephew, Hou Zhi, the military governor of the rear army, and Yu Wengui's
His son Yu Wenshan, and Liang Rui, whom Yu Wentai had entrusted to him before.
After all, Jingzhou is a big border town. No matter what, Yu Wentai cannot let Li Tai's disciples swarm the shogunate. He must send him some other members. Otherwise, what is the difference between this and separatist rule?
The Dou family is also a wealthy Xianbei family, and Dou Chi is the representative member of his family's entry into the customs. This time he went south to serve as the governor of Nanyong Prefecture and the governor of Rangcheng Fangcheng, and was regarded as Li Tai's deputy. Hou Zhi served as the governor of Dongjing Prefecture and went out to
Zhen Biyang still serves as Li Tai's general. Others have also taken up positions in the Jingzhen Metropolitan Governor's Office. It is not a deliberate surveillance and balance, but just to enrich the shogunate members.
Compared to Li Tai, Dou Chi is a well-deserved veteran among everyone. He is tall and burly, with a beautiful beard that is intimidating, and his gaze is full of majesty.
When he led his nephew to the manor, the banquet that was already going on in the manor and had a good atmosphere was a little quiet for a while. The generals couldn't help but restrain their words and deeds when facing the menacing Dou Chi, and they did not dare to do what they did before.
Arbitrarily.
When Li Taichu saw Dou Chi's serious expression, he couldn't help but wonder if this guy was causing trouble?
But when he stood up and raised his glass to signal Dou Chi, Dou Chi stood up from the table and danced to thank him first, then raised his glass and drank it all in one gulp, then leaned over and clasped his fists and said to Li Tai: "And
I take this cup as a congratulation to you, and I hope that some of the people who are engaged in it can make contributions to Jingxiang and become famous in the north and south!"
The popular dance ceremony in the Sui and Tang Dynasties was influenced by the customs of the Northern Dynasties. Although it has not yet developed into a formal etiquette, it is generally used as a social occasion for the lower-ranking person to express respect and gratitude to the higher-ranking person.
Dou Chi used practical actions to prove that he was not a conceited person, and he also restored the atmosphere of the banquet that was somewhat depressing due to his arrival to normal.
Li Tai was also very happy to see Dou Chiting giving him face. Knowing that Dou Chi was an excellent archer, he ordered his servants to get a fine war bow that he had looted from Jinyang Palace as a gift to him. Seeing the atmosphere at the banquet,
Just in time, he simply took out more than a dozen famous weapons such as bows, knives, guns, and others, and let the crowd compete to win them.
Although Li Tai has not yet officially set off, the news that he will serve as the governor of Jingzhou has spread rapidly southward along Danshui, and has had some impact on the enemy's territory.
On the road to the river embankment outside Xiangyang City on the south bank of the Han River, a middle-aged Confucian scholar rode a gray donkey, followed by a servant at the front and rear, and walked toward the river embankment among the pedestrians.
On the long embankment on the south bank of the Han River, many soldiers and soldiers were busy dredging the river and building fences and water forts. The atmosphere seemed a bit tense. Some Jindu wharves were also closed, preventing people from crossing the river north.
, so many people in need were blocked outside the river embankment.
After the Confucian scholar arrived here on a donkey, he was a little curious when he saw this scene. He immediately asked one of his followers to come in and ask what was going on. But soon a group of armored soldiers rushed out on the road ahead, waving sticks to drive away those who stopped here.
people.
The middle-aged man was pushed and pushed by the crowd, and he stumbled to the side of the road. When his servants hurriedly pulled the frightened gray donkey over, the crowd had already dispersed, and they hurriedly stepped forward to help him, who was already covered in mud.
The master of husband.
"Brother Renlue, why are you so embarrassed?"
An ox cart with a green cloth curtain passed by here. When the passengers in the car saw the master and servant on the side of the road, they asked someone to stop the car, looked at the middle-aged man and asked.
"Alas, being pushed and pushed into the mire made Cai Shenjun laugh."
The middle-aged man was named Li Renlue, a northern scholar who lived in Xiangyang, and the passenger who got off the oxcart was named Cai Dabao, who was the governor of Yongzhou here and was consulted by the Prince of Yueyang to join the army.
Cai Dabao did not dislike Li Renlue's muddy appearance, so he sent someone to take a spare cloak from the car and handed it to Li Renlue. Then he invited him to ride an ox cart back to the city, and said to Li Renlue in the car: "
Brother Renlue does not need to come to the dock to visit visitors from Beixiang today. After Hou Jing's rebellion, the Westerner Wang Sizheng invaded Henan, and all visitors from the east to Hebei were blocked. Brother Renlue, if you want to know the news from your hometown, I'm afraid you will have to visit again.
Been waiting for a while."
After Li Renlue heard this, he immediately sighed: "Oh, the war in the world will never end! Yes, I saw that the front line of the river embankment was tensely fortified. May I ask Cai Canjun, is there going to be military trouble in Xiangyang?
"
This time it was Cai Dabao who sighed: "Well, there is no military at present, but it may not be far away. Jingzhou, the western people in the north, has a new person in charge. This new person is unusual. He is the former Ren Lue
Brother, you have visited the thief general Li Boshan.
This beast is a new leader in the imperial court, and its ferocious flames are growing. The former Japanese invaders captured the Jinyang Palace, and then attacked the important town of Heyang, both of which were powerful deeds. Now that the western captives have stationed them in Jingzhou, their intentions must be bad. Now let's repair the river defense.
, and also be prepared for any trouble.”
"Li, Li Boshan actually served as the governor of Jingzhou? He was still young, but he actually used the big town... How could Prime Minister Yuwen of the West feel confident about appointing a young man? With Cai joining the army, could it be that the King of Yueyang actually wanted to provoke and bully the young man? He wanted to start a border war.
Provocation, this is..."
When Li Renlue heard Cai Dabao's words, his eyes widened immediately, looking unbelievable and worried.
Today I will update a chapter first. The weather is hot, everyone should pay attention to heatstroke prevention... So many words have passed. Dad is finally no longer the backdrop and appears for the first time. The father and son will soon be reunited...