Early the next morning, Li Tai led his troops to Shayuan Wanshou Palace, accompanied by Huangfu Mu, Liu Hui and other former members of Dugu Xin and Yu Wenyu, as well as Liu Qing and others who had contacted Dugu Xin when he returned to Guanzhong.
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In the Wanshou Palace, traces of the imperial army's previous entry and exit are still there, especially the ashes of the building occupied by Dugu Xin are even more shocking.
A middle-aged eunuch with a white face and no beard was leading a group of palace slaves to stand here. He hurriedly walked forward and greeted him from the left: "Zhao Yongguo, the humble envoy of Wanshou Palace Garden, and all the palace slaves, come to see the king!"
After Li Tai heard this, his thoughts were in a daze, and some personnel details from when he first entered Guanzhong emerged in his mind. He still remembered that Zhao Yongguo once led his slaves to ambush him in the countryside, but they soon met each other.
We didn't have any interactions, but we didn't expect to meet again here today.
Zhao Yongguo no longer had the arrogant attitude of previous years. He bent down and worshiped deeply on the palace road, his face almost buried in the dust, and he did not dare to raise his head to look directly at King Taiyuan.
After seeing this, Li Tai was not in the mood to make things difficult for him. He just waved his hand and said, "Excuse me. The ruined building here is where Da Sima was killed?"
"Your Majesty, this is where the thieves committed their crimes. I'm guilty of my crime, I'm... My father sent a message before, ordering me to come here to meet the Grand Sima and his party. On that day, I also mobilized the palace slaves to be on standby, but unexpectedly, a villain was born in my family.
, together with Duke Lueyang and others conspired to defraud..."
Although Li Tai had told him not to be polite, Zhao Yongguo still worshiped him deeply. First, he quickly told what happened, and then secretly saw that Li Tai was getting impatient, so he quickly said: "At that time, everyone was
Sima was guarded by loyal servants in the tower. Fearing that Duke Lueyang would persecute him, my father pretended to surrender and advised Duke Lueyang and others to leave here temporarily. Only those with low-level positions had the opportunity to enter the ruined building to bury Sima Lue...
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"Does the body of Da Sima still exist?"
Li Tai was quite surprised when he heard this, and quickly said: "Take me there quickly!"
Seeing Li Tai being so excited, Zhao Yongguo couldn't help but feel a hint of secret joy in his eyes, so he quickly led Li Tai and his entourage to the palace. In front of a palace room was a coffin, which contained Dugu Xin's body.
It was the twelfth lunar month of winter, and the weather was extremely cold. The body of Dugu Xin in the coffin was still well preserved. Li Tai lowered his head to look at it, and saw that his face was still recognizable. There were traces of fire on his beard and hair, and there were still burn scars on his shoulders and back. It should be
He was covered up with his body by the tribesmen, but in the end he inevitably died of depression.
Huangfu Mu and others all cried and worshiped around the coffin, while Zhao Yongguo whispered about how he kept Duguxin's body due to his position and used other burned corpses to deal with the demands from the Chinese and foreign governments.
The murder of Dugu Xin is indeed heartbreaking, but the body can still be preserved, which is somewhat of a comfort to the living. Hearing Zhao Yongguo's praise, Li Tai looked at him and nodded and said: "Zhao Yongguo, you are very good. Big
Sima Airong's dignity depends on you. There is no need to mention the former's old affairs again, there will be a heavy reward for this matter!"
After Zhao Yongguo heard this, he kowtowed again and again to thank him. In fact, this matter was not his father's advice. Ever since he was sent to the silkworm room, his father had been very indifferent to him and did not even allow him to use the surname "Yifu".
", he also took a lot of risks to operate this matter before, but now it seems that he won the bet.
Next, Li Tai immediately set out to prepare the secret weapon of Dongyuan and send it here, and then buried Dugu Xin's body in a grand manner and transported it back to Tongzhou City.
After Dugu Xin was killed, the Chinese Foreign Affairs Office sent people to Chang'an to capture his children and family members. After Li Mu sent someone to report the news, he was able to escape from the capital under the escort of his tribe, crossed the Qinling Mountains south to Hanzhong, and had to wait for a while before returning to the same place.
State. Before that, some related matters could only be handled by Li Tai, his son-in-law.
Regarding Dugu Xin's death, Li Tai's mood was also very complicated. In addition to sadness and anger, he also felt helpless. He had sent people to tell Dugu Xin more than once that it was better to stay still when the situation changed drastically.
It is better to wait for him to deal with the problem with a stronger external force than to take risks when he does not have an advantage internally.
But Dugu Xin's background and experience determine that even if he relies on and trusts Li Tai, he will never obey the advice of a junior. Because their generation of soldiers is seeking opportunities for advancement in constant turmoil.
It's like a gambler who keeps winning, and it's hard to convince someone to give up on a seemingly sure-win situation.
Therefore, Dugu Xin's end is largely due to his own character and experience. It is not uncommon for some old masters who think they are experienced to fall into the hands of young people who do not respect martial ethics. Li
Tai has won several times like this, but Yu Wenjue is more unreasonable and illogical than his foresight.
When Li Tai escorted Dugu Xin's body back to his former residence in Tongzhou City, Zhao Gui immediately came after hearing the news and took the initiative to ask Li Tai to be responsible for organizing Dugu Xin's funeral.
In the six-official system that was reformed and implemented this year, Zhao Gui was appointed as the eldest uncle, and he was in charge of the rites of the country. The funeral matters of ministers were also within his powers. Therefore, Zhao Gui's request was not purely a courtesy.
, itself belongs to the exercise of his authority.
However, things like the six-official system are originally far-fetched products, and from the beginning of its creation, it was not to reform the system to be more reasonable, but to demonstrate the authority of the hegemony in the name of advocating restoration of etiquette. Therefore, its own structure
There are many omissions and omissions.
For example, one of the reasons why Yuwen Jue was able to make such a fuss in the Chinese and Foreign Affairs Office this time was that Yu Wentai had hastily implemented the reform of the six-official system.
Even if there were some personnel inconsistencies caused by reforms in the Chinese and foreign government offices and the imperial court that were originally under his control, they could follow the inertia of past political traditions to cover up the past. However, Yu Wenjue's methods were rough, and Li Zhi and others had ulterior motives.
This resulted in the entire Chinese and Foreign Affairs Office becoming their one-man show, and other personnel structures were completely insufficient to form any restrictions and corrections for them.
Therefore, Li Tai did not even accept the appointment of Otsuka Zai before, and it was not out of modesty. If he did not do it, he would not let others do it. When the current chaos has a little clue, he will report to the court to abolish the six-official system. Of course, now
He will not follow the rules of the Six Officials System to arrange any personnel tasks, especially Zhao Gui, the eldest uncle, who has a false position. He knows nothing about etiquette!
Therefore, Li Tai directly rejected Zhao Gui's request and asked him to stay cool for now. Instead, he asked the emperor to temporarily appoint Lu Bian as Taichang Qing, responsible for managing the funerals of several ministers in the country.
Not only Yu Wentai and his son, Dugu Xin, but also generals such as Wang Xiong who died in Heluo, the court also needed to send ceremonial officials to assist each of their families in holding funerals, including appropriate posthumous honors and other matters that also needed to be discussed.
Although there were no more chaotic battles after Li Tai returned, the previous Chinese and Foreign Affairs Office was in an unusual state of chaos and came to a complete standstill. It was not easy to put these personnel chaos back in order.
Of course, Li Tai will not retain the original personnel structure of the Sino-Foreign Mansion, but before forming his own Bafu team, the first thing to solve is the issue of armament.
Previously, the Sino-Foreign Government reorganized the troops that could still be dispatched and controlled, and some of the soldiers who participated in river defense and the Chang'an Forbidden Army were reorganized together.
But this so-called reorganization only broke up the original organizational structure, and the new organization did not take into account various needs such as battles. There were even two or more generals in one camp and one team. Such
Fortunately for the reorganizers, they stayed in Tongzhou and did not move. If they really had to go out to fight, they would probably be disorganized within a few days of leaving the camp.
However, Li Tai does not intend to restore the original arrangement after such an arrangement, but to make more detailed and effective changes based on the existing arrangement.
Because he had no intention of retaining the Liufang Forbidden Army in the first place. The personnel relations within the Forbidden Army were complicated, and he had some experience. He had previously arranged for family generals such as Li Xiaoyong to enter the Forbidden Army system in order to develop other businesses around the capital.
The Forbidden Army system has become a trash can, and the combat effectiveness of the Six-Fang Forbidden Army is also very worrying. Relying on these people to carry out palace guarding and control the court, he might as well directly give the soldiers who have completed the land conferment in Xiangyang the duty of guarding
, directly establish a system where the soldiers of the government are sent to the guards.
In addition to this mixed and chaotic team, there is also a group of troops commanded by Hou Mo and Chen Chong in the Weinan area. Originally, Hou Mo and Chen Chong were only stationed in Weinan, but in the end, I don’t know how he was bewitched by the Chinese and Foreign Affairs Office.
, directly pushed the troops to Shangluo, and confronted the Xiangyang troops who entered Wuguan on the upper reaches of Danshui River.
It is precisely because of Hou Mo and Chen Chong's blockade that the team that Li Tai arranged previously failed to effectively deter the behavior of the Chinese and Foreign Affairs Office. Therefore, Hou Mo and Chen Chong also need to bear a certain degree of responsibility for the personnel chaos in the Chinese and Foreign Affairs Palace.
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Therefore, after a preliminary understanding of the relevant situation, Li Tai immediately ordered the former Sino-foreign Affairs Bureau Secretary Ma Daxi to inform Hou Mo and Chen Chong, asking him to abandon the army and return to the court quickly before the New Year to await sanctions, otherwise he would be punished as treason.
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In addition, the personnel chaos in the Chinese and Foreign Governments during the past period, coupled with the current transfer of power in the Overlord Government, will inevitably have a certain impact and influence on various states, counties and other local forces.
Therefore, after the internal situation became slightly stable, Li Tai, in the name of the commander-in-chief of the Chinese and foreign military forces, ordered the governors of various prefectures and counties to come to the court to report their duties. If it was inconvenient for them to come to the court due to the busy military and political affairs in the country, they would need to send the chief historian and other sergeants.
Enter the court on your behalf.
Suddenly rising from a prince to a ruling tycoon, and taking over a mess with chaotic personnel, it was also a big challenge for Li Tai.
But like all people with aspirations and ambitions, these numerous personnel challenges did not deter him, but made him full of high morale.
The military power here in Tongzhou was sorted out, and the soldiers of the various battalions were either disbanded and returned home, or transferred elsewhere. Then Li Tai led the civil and military officials back to Chang'an from the emperor. After the New Year, when the internal and external situation became more stable, he began to in-depth