Outside the city of Jingzhou, a line was lined up to welcome the triumphant army more than ten miles away, and the faces of the people were all filled with enthusiastic smiles, whether they were sincere or not.
"Come on, come on, Governor Li returns home victoriously!"
As the flags and ceremonial guards representing the generals appeared in sight, the crowd became more lively. People on both sides of the road clapped and cheered, and some people followed and cheered on both sides of the team.
Originally, the short time he entered the town was not enough for Li Tai to have such a big reputation among the people. However, in the past period, although he led his army on an expedition, the silk and gold cakes piled up on the high platform in the east of Rangcheng City were always there.
His absence shows his presence.
Among the people's word of mouth, the most mentioned thing was the loyalty and heroism of the new envoy. As for the original cause of the incident, it became unimportant.
As several groups of troops withdrew in advance, news of the great victory of this expedition also spread in Jingzhou.
For a time, the popularity of Li Tai, the new envoy, suddenly reached a new height. Although the vast majority of the people had never seen the new envoy, it did not prevent them from spreading word of mouth and telling each other about the new envoy.
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He is fair and generous at home and tough and powerful externally. For the people of Jingzhou who are located on the border and suffer from all kinds of chaos, such a person is naturally their most ideal leader.
Today's march to welcome the victorious troops is certainly due to the call and organization of the elders in the prefecture and county, but there are also people who sincerely welcome such a governor to govern the prefecture.
Li Tai was in the team and felt quite relieved when he heard the shouts and cheers from the people on both sides of the team.
One of the reasons why local tyrants are able to grow big and control the resources and order in the countryside is that they bully the superiors and neglect the inferiors, and deliberately block the transmission of information to seek benefits for themselves.
For example, when Li Tai first entered Kansai, he took advantage of the information gap to play futures, ruthlessly harvested a handful of powerful people in Wuxiang County, and earned himself the first pot of gold.
Therefore, every time he goes to a new place, he has to find ways to bypass the inherent local social structure and local order, gain enough attention, and then put forward his own ideas and plans, so as to gain the greatest recognition and support.
Nowadays, he wants money and soldiers. Even if he changes places and is the powerful Nanyang man here, he can't think of any way to fight against such an officer.
With the crowd cheering all the way, Li Tai entered the city surrounded by soldiers. After returning to the state capital, he briefly talked with Cui Qian and Dou Chi who stayed here to learn about the state affairs during his absence.
There is no backlog of affairs in the state that needs to be dealt with urgently. After all, the entire state capital was in a state of near standstill before his arrival. Now that his army has returned in triumph, there is something to do, such as distributing rewards to the warriors, Fancheng
resettlement of captured soldiers and civilians, etc.
In order to maintain this momentum, Li Tai thought for a while and decided to take a short rest first. After two days, he would reward the troops in the military camp outside the city and distribute rewards. He would try his best to have these state and county soldiers disband and return before the onset of winter.
Township.
As for the resettlement of the people who moved from Fancheng, it is of course the responsibility of Cui Qian and other state officials to come up with a feasible plan as soon as possible based on the current situation in the state.
After explaining this, Li Taicai had time to go visit his father who had arrived in Rangcheng a few days earlier. In order to avoid the embarrassment of father and son being alone, he roped in his cousin Cui Qian, who had just been assigned a task.
Li Xiao has a strong ability to adapt to the new environment. When Li Tai and Cui Qian arrived, he was leading a few servants to dig the soil in the gardens in the backyard of the state capital. When he saw the two walking, he did not stop.
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"Aye can just ask his servants to do these trivial matters. Why do you need to do it yourself?"
The backyard of the state capital did look a little deserted. Although the vegetation had withered, there were still many dead branches and roots left. When Li Tai saw his father's clothes stained with mud, he stepped forward and said with a smile.
"I am a idle person, so I should do some idle things. I can't just sit in the door and wait for others to feed me."
After hearing this, Li Xiao replied casually, then pointed to the yard with withered vegetation and said to Li Tai: "Since you were a child, you have disliked doing household chores, and you are more bothered by farming. Whenever farming is busy, you always have to wander outside.
Reluctant to return home. I thought things would change after I became an adult, but this mansion and courtyard are still like this."
Li Tai felt a little ashamed when he heard his father talk about his old days of idleness and indolence even though it was not his fault.
Cui Qian next to him said with a smile: "Uncle misunderstood A Pan. He is too lazy to deal with it. It's just that when I entered the state, the day was short and he led the army to go out in a hurry. He didn't even have time to enter Suzhou. A Pan is now better than when he was a boy.
He is much more diligent. He managed his family's fortune in Kansai and put us elders to shame."
When Li Xiao heard this, he paused while digging on the ground. After a while, he mocked himself again: "Up to this point in my life, I am just an old man living in the countryside. I don't know much about what my children are doing. When it comes to old things,
I just don’t know how to pick up the pieces and give advice at the moment. I hope he can do things well, but I am trapped in my own knowledge and my words cannot express my meaning.”
When Li Tai heard his father's self-deprecation, he couldn't help but feel deeply.
In fact, not only the relationship between father and son, but also the relationship between many fathers and sons in the world is a bit tense. As a father, he has a dignity in his heart that he wants to maintain, but he also has to face the reality of the change of the old and the new, and the reality that the son is strong and the father is declining. Gradually,
It is difficult to teach my son the truth.
Especially when the son is engaged in some extremely professional jobs, it is even more difficult to give guidance. Sometimes he will emphasize his majesty as a father by being picky about life, to cover up and avoid the fact that he is aging and gradually being eliminated.
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It's just that Li Tai's achievements are obvious to all. It is bound to be a bit difficult for Li Xiao to recall the majesty and feeling of being a father after the reunion.
"I'm usually afraid of being laughed at, so I always hide my laziness in front of others. But Aye knows that I am profound, and I can see through my bones at a glance. Fortunately, my cousin has decorated me with a little beauty, and Aye knows that I am not rude in front of others, so I should do the same.
How much forgiveness will you give me?"
While talking, Li Tai rolled up his sleeves and stepped forward to take the hoe from his father's hand, but was pushed away by his father.
"What position do you hold, what should you think about! I have Lin'er to take care of my family, and I can live in the fields, but you are responsible for the important responsibility of the family and the country, how can you waste your time doing such idle things! Go quickly, don't disturb me in my leisure time.
interest!"
Li Xiao scolded Li Tai with a smile, pushed Li Tai out of the garden, and signaled him to quickly go about his business.
Li Tai saw that this old comrade knew how to entertain himself, so he decided on his own initiative to have dinner with his father that night, and then went to the front hall of the state capital with Cui Qian.
Two days later, Li Tai personally hosted a grand reward meeting in the military camp outside the city. The soldiers who went on the expedition all received various rewards according to their merits.
Strictly speaking, there were not many real combat missions in this expedition, and the front-line combat was basically undertaken by the troops Li Tai brought from Guanzhong. As the main harvest, the soldiers of Xiaxie garrison and Fancheng were all defenders.
Taking the initiative to surrender naturally does not have any great achievements such as being the first to capture the enemy.
In order to make this reward conference seem more grand, Li Tai also specially formulated some merit titles and distributed rewards in various ways. In full view of the public, he distributed a considerable amount of silk rewards to those Jingzhou powerful men who accompanied the army, and many of them
It’s not just one time to receive rewards.
Of course, this is to continue to strengthen his generous and generous persona, and at the same time, it also tells these powerful people in Jingzhou that he will distribute the reward in excess without discount. If you don't get it, you have to think carefully about it.
Was it deducted by someone?
Even if these powerful men fairly distributed the rewards to their troops and solved Li Tai's obvious alienation plan, he would not suffer a loss. At least he could make these powerful men and their respective tribes understand who to follow and have a future.
After receiving the reward, all the soldiers were very happy, but those powerful men who did not respond to the call and led their troops to follow the battle couldn't help but regret it.
Nowadays, autumn is entering winter, and all kinds of production activities have come to a temporary halt. If they go on an expedition with the army, they will not only be able to get closer to the new envoy, but the rewards they will receive will also make their winter more comfortable.
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However, no matter how much they regretted it, it was already too late. After the reward conference, Li Tai's preliminary preparations had been basically completed, and the currency policy could come to an end. The next step was to cut off the water pipes and restore the flow of money.
After the attack on Xiangyang was successfully concluded, it was natural to start dealing with state affairs. And now there was a state matter that had been backlogged for many days that needed to be dealt with, that is, the disappearance of three powerful men.
When this incident just happened, Li Tai built an earthen platform outside the east gate of Rangcheng to offer a reward. Now that more than half a month has passed, the effect must be tested.
Because the incident caused quite a stir at the time, even Li Tai, the governor of the state, was under considerable suspicion, so he also summoned state and county officials and representatives of local townships to gather in the state capital to discuss and resolve this matter.
matter.
"The general will pay homage to the envoy!"
Huang Fuhu and other representatives of the three suffering families went to the hall to pay homage to Li Tai. They couldn't help but feel a little nervous when they saw the crowds in the hall.
Li Tai looked down at the three of them and said with a kind smile: "Previously, the state government funded a reward and ordered you to wait for the three companies to collect information. How have you gained now?"