Northern Dynasties Imperial Industry

Power is really moving!

After seeing off another visitor, Li Tai stood in the vestibule and glanced at Shiliu who was still waiting outside the door from a distance, and he couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart.

It has been a long time since he came to this world, and this is the first time he has encountered such treatment. It was quite enjoyable at first. After all, who doesn’t desire to be noticed and valued?

But soon he felt uninterested, even a little bored. These visitors seemed to take his previous kind words seriously and felt that they were here to help Li Tai solve the labor shortage, which made him a little unhappy.

When he started, he really wanted to unite the masses and share power. After all, those who have gained the right to help will be able to avoid the secret arrows and spears from behind.

But he doesn't need it now. With Daxingtai coming forward to support him, he only needs to focus on his affairs. Ordinary gossip and slander can't hurt him at all.

After all, in this matter, Yuwentai chose to harm the interests of the Beizhen Township Party to ensure the progress of the matter. If he gave up halfway in the end, it would also be a great harm to Yuwentai's own authority.

Before, I sincerely invited you to start a career together, but you ignored me, but now you see a clear opportunity with gold-plated qualifications and you all join in. Then I'm sorry, you have to follow my rules, it's just such a villain!

Now if you want to join his small group, you must first have enough ability. If you don't even have basic working abilities, I won't support idle people. Secondly, all those recommended must be their direct descendants.

If it is just about ability, Li Taida can choose and train them by himself.

The reason why we should accept the recommendation from the masses is out of a comprehensive consideration, including family background, political resources of relatives and local resources. There is an essential difference in the roles that the close relatives and distant concubines of the rich clan can play.

Although people are not judged by blood, you are already going through the back door. What kind of universal values ​​do I tell you about meritocracy?

What matters is your own comprehensive strength. It must be the kind of close relationship where you can't live happily as long as I am not good. Otherwise, why should I open a back door for you?

If someone really wants to mess with me one day, you have to consider whether you will be implicated. Even if you want to kill your relatives out of justice, you still have to feel a kind of heartbreaking pain!

These two conditions still filtered out a lot of visitors. These people either do not meet Li Tai's requirements themselves, or they have a mentality of joining in the fun, and they will do nothing if they have dates.

After several days of meeting guests in his residence, Li Tai finally selected eight candidates. In addition to Pei Han's cousin Pei Hong and a descendant of Li He who initially expressed his stance, there were six other people who were close relatives of Xingtai's ministers.

He doesn't plan to keep all of these six people. He still has to look at their talents and coordination with each other, and try to eliminate a few more. Even if he is given eye drops for offending the other party, it doesn't matter. By the way, Yu Wentai can brush up his image of being a fair and unbiased minister.

After confirming the candidates, Li Tai wrote letters to these families, asking their children to join him in his hometown in early August, and then left Huazhou and returned to Shangyuan.

It was still midsummer when I left my hometown, and it was already early autumn when I came back. The landscape of the countryside has changed a lot, and hardworking villagers can be seen everywhere in the fields.

Also because the villagers were busy harvesting the fields, even though Li Tai's status and power were greater than before when he returned home this time, the villagers had no time to put on a grand welcome scene, so Li Tai did not enjoy the joy of returning home in glory.

After entering the village, Li Tai first looked through the accumulated family records, and then explained the adjustments to his family affairs amidst congratulations from his family members.

Of course he has to lead a group of family members to participate in official affairs, but family affairs cannot just be neglected.

As the eldest member of the Xihang family, Li Zhusheng was the most reassuring to Li Tai in terms of loyalty and ability, so Li Tai allowed him to stay at home and concentrate on handling family matters.

Li Quji, the three most outstanding young men in the group, is still serving as a commander and assistant to Zhou Changming in the county and township regiment, and has not yet returned from garrisoning rivers. Li Xiaoyong was arranged to go to Longshouyuan to be responsible for the land reclamation and production of the manor there. He also visited various Buddhist temples and collected intelligence.

Li Yantou followed Li Tai on a daily basis, served as the captain of his family's troops, and learned some military strategies from Zhu Meng of He Basheng's old tribe.

Although Li Tai took over He Basheng's old department due to the new death of his lord, he did not carry out systematic reorganization and only selected a few members with specific skills to work.

Now that brother Heba Jingwei has settled things down, Li Tai also took this opportunity to sort out his personnel affairs.

When he first came into contact with the He Basheng Trilogy, there were more than 3,700 He Basheng soldiers.

But in addition to normal deaths from injuries and illnesses, when He Basheng was put under house arrest by his nephew at the beginning of the year, some of them were expelled. Although Li Tai later took him in, some of them were still dispersed.

During the time when He Basheng was recuperating in Shang Yuan, some of his generals who had already served as officers left and continued to serve the court personally, taking with them some of their elite soldiers.

After He Basheng's death, martyrdom, tomb guarding, and separation, etc., He Basheng's tribe has only about 2,000 people left, which has been reduced by nearly half.

There is nothing that can be done about this. After all, Li Tai is not He Basheng's legitimate heir, and the handover between them can only be based on morality. Li Tai will naturally be responsible for the lives and future of those who are willing to stay, but there is no way to blame those who leave.

Among them, He Baguan's suicide was the most heartbreaking for Li Tai. He respected this loyalty, but he did not approve of this behavior.

He Basheng was not only He Basheng's general, but also his adopted son. If he had not died, he would undoubtedly be able to command these old troops more firmly. He Ba Jingwei's brothers did not dare to intimidate Li Tai like that.

But everyone has passed away, and nothing more can be done. Fortunately, Zhu Meng, the general who had long served as the commander-in-chief of He Basheng's personal troops, was still there, and was now also the leader of He Basheng's remaining troops.

Regulating Luoshui is not just a simple civil affairs act, it will inevitably lead to friction with local powerful people, and the pastoral areas upstream must also be prepared for the outbreak of military conflicts.

Although Daxingtai did not mention it, Li Tai also wanted to ensure that he had a fighting army in his hands. The scale does not have to be too large, it must have at least five or six hundred troops.

He had already recruited a family general named Gao He from Gao Zhongmi, and together with Zhu Meng, he could be the commander of this team.

When he revealed his feelings to Zhu Meng, the general, who was still in mourning and observing etiquette, immediately nodded in agreement.

These generals of He Basheng were determined to avenge He Basheng for killing his son. However, the Heba Jingwei brothers obviously have little hope. If they want to realize this long-cherished wish, they can only rely on the advancement of Li Tai's power.

Seeing Zhu Meng's straightforward agreement, Li Tai felt a little embarrassed.

He is currently only a fourth-rank officer with a fifth-rank general, but Zhu Meng followed He Basheng in the battle and had a third-rank Longxiang general. Under normal circumstances, he would never compromise his subordinates and lead a mere five or six soldiers. There are hundreds of people, and there is no officially established team.

He Basheng also had subordinates such as Zhu Ziyong who followed him back to Guanxi from the Southern Dynasties. These people were not necessarily known for their martial prowess. However, although the scholars in the south of the Yangtze River were divided into common people, their culture and education were still inferior to those in the north. Even if they were born in a poor family, they could be aspiring to learn. , and can also accumulate a certain cultural level.

Li Tai selected a few of them, along with some of his family members who had been trained, to serve as Lingshi, Lingshi, etc. in the Dushui Official Office to build the basic administrative foundation first.

After adjusting the personnel at home, Li Tai ordered to notify the people in Qumeng and asked them to come to Shangyuan Village to meet each other.

"Congratulations to my husband, congratulations to my husband, I am honored to be moved to the river as an envoy, and my country is shining brightly!"

Party leader Shang Yuan Zhao and others rushed to the village immediately. When they saw Li Tai, they gave a series of compliments and congratulations.

After Li Tai heard this, he smiled and said: "The reason why Daxingtai is giving new tasks is because the villagers have indeed achieved great results in water control and canal construction. Now that I have stolen all the achievements, I feel uneasy and ashamed. Inviting you to see you is based on the past. , Looking to the future, I hope to promote the virtues of my hometown to the higher and lower levels, and I need you to continue to help me, so that my career will be promising! "

"Mr. Lang is humble. We all know what the old situation is in the village. If Lang Jun hadn't come to the village, called for justice and initiated the canal work, how could there be today's peaceful land and water? No matter in the countryside of Taiwan, all the people who talk about this, who can Deny Lang Jun’s first contribution?”

Wu Jingyi stood up and said with a serious face.

He originally served as the governor of the township regiment, and according to regulations, he should participate in river defense. However, he was worried that it would delay the affairs of the Qu League, so he took the initiative to take charge of staying behind. He already regarded the affairs of the Qu League as more important than the affairs of the township league.

Li Tai had gained the right to do so, and of course he had to take care of his colleagues and local tycoons like Qu Meng, but before that, he still asked how the affairs of Qu Meng were developing.

"Previously, the village received instructions from Lang Jun to continue to expand the personnel of Qumeng, so he went to the surrounding villages to interview one by one. Villagers in other areas were also very envious of the cause of this village, and he also introduced hundreds of people to Qumeng who were willing to work with him!"

Wu Jingyi, who was in charge of external relations, quickly stood up and said, and handed over a map of the Luoshui River Basin, which clearly marked the locations of rural households who joined the Qu League during this period.

To control floods, we first need to ensure the basis of public opinion. In this regard, the Qu Alliance formed by Li Tai has stronger statistical capabilities than Bafu and prefectures and counties. The expansion of the Qu Alliance means the gathering of local people.

"Well done, the main stream of Luoshui River is long, and water control also needs to be balanced. Dredging the canals and adding weirs and dams, both the court and the Taiwanese government, need to start from the urgent point of nostalgia. The voice of nostalgia inspired by the Qumeng is the Dushui The priority principle for establishing affairs!”

Li Tai took the map and took a look at it. He immediately added a layer of nostalgia and political involvement to the alliance. Then he looked at Wu Jingyi and said with a smile: "The Dushui Yamen Office is newly established and is in urgent need of officers and counselors. It's a pity for you, Governor Wu. There are still complicated affairs in the township league, otherwise I would like to introduce you to the government office. "

When Wu Jingyi heard this, he stood up with excitement and said: "My husband values ​​​​me so much, how dare I refuse arrogantly! There is no shortage of brave young men in the township league, and there are people who can take my place. Li Quji can do the job." I use!"