Northern Dynasties Imperial Industry

The banquet continued noisily late into the night. When all the gambling money of one hundred pieces of silk was gone, Yu Wentai stood up and announced the end of the banquet, ordered his personal soldiers to escort the generals back to their camps, and asked Director Yu Wen to host tomorrow's parade on his behalf. .

Li Tai was placed in Yuwentai's personal camp. Director Yuwen personally sent him to the camp. Li Tai also endured it for a while before asking Brother Bodhisattva, do you think I look like your uncle in this clothes?

Early the next morning, while Li Tai was still sleeping, he was awakened by the sound of drums and horns on the school field. Listening to the blood-thrilling sound of drums and horns, he felt no sleepiness at all. He got up and walked around the camp. No one said anything about the next arrangements and just asked him to wait in the camp. .

It was not until the morning that a visitor entered the camp and summoned him into the big tent.

The big tent was not as lively as last night. Apart from some courtiers and subordinates of the Taifu government, only Yu Wentai, Yu Jin and Yifeng were sitting at the table.

Seeing Li Taixing come in, Yu Wentai smiled kindly on his face, looked at him and said: "I will pay homage to His Highness the Crown Prince this morning. Your official reward has been decided. Please listen to your reward first."

Li Tai was overjoyed when he heard this and hurriedly bowed down. A visitor came forward and announced his new title: Son of Luochuan County, 500 households in the city, fourth-grade general Zhenyuan, former Daxingtai engaged in Zhonglang, He still held the duties of envoy to the capital, and was given the title of Grand Governor.

After hearing the end, Li Tai couldn't help but become happy. Sure enough, he still had to keep up with the boss at all times!

He had expected that after this, he would be given an actual military position. The post of Kaifu, Yitong, etc. was naturally just a fantasy. He was already satisfied with being given the title of Commander-in-Chief, but he did not expect to come directly. Got a great governor!

In today's military system of the Western Wei Dynasty, Kaifu is the highest-ranking general. He needs to have outstanding military exploits and numerous subordinates. Kaifu manages affairs and recruits his own staff. If Fang Bo is also appointed as the guardian of the army, he is simply a small-scale general. Xingtai has great military and political autonomy.

The full name of Yitong is Yitong Sansi. The entrance and exit ceremonial guard is similar to the Three Officials. It is more about showing honor and political treatment. At present, when the organizational structure of the Fubing has not yet been fully formed, Yitong cannot represent the specific power.

Kaifu and Yitong are both relatively special beings, while the Grand Governor can be said to be the highest rank among regular military positions. Some provincial governors who also led rural soldiers were only given the title of Grand Governor, while many others were only Marshal Governor or even Commander-in-Chief.

This year, Bafu has stepped up its recruitment efforts for powerful rural soldiers, leading to a series of higher titles such as governor.

Last year, Mangshan was defeated, and the Western Wei Dynasty was in a hurry in all aspects. It directly used the post of governor as part of the reward for losing, so that some county and village tycoons actively donated their losses and obtained the title of governor, which greatly alleviated the urgent needs of the hegemony.

But this year, the situation is no longer as severe as last year, and the scope of recruitment for rural regiments has been greatly expanded, so the title of governor is no longer granted lightly. Instead, the previous titles such as military commander and military commander were merged into the township regiment system.

As a result, today's township league organizations have formed a series of titles such as military leader, commander of the army, governor, commander-in-chief and chief governor. The captaincy titles that were indiscriminately awarded last year also increased or decreased according to their performance in the past year.

Gone are the good times like last year when a county could be awarded several governors-general by donation. This year, most of the titles conferred by the township corps are concentrated among the commanders and generals. The governor-general has become an unreachable The existence of climbing is no longer taught lightly.

If Li Tai, the governor-general, is released to the prefectures and counties, judging from the growth trend of the rural regiment armed forces, it will not be long before he can directly command nearly 10,000 rural regiment armed forces. Of course, the premise is that so many can be recruited.

Of course, the creation of the army's establishment has not been smooth sailing or without twists and turns. It has just entered a period of somewhat disorderly expansion, and people are trying to expand the base of soldiers as much as possible without distinguishing between good and bad. Therefore, it seems that there is a heavy emphasis on authority.

When this situation stabilizes, we will inevitably carry out screening and elimination, select the best from the best, reduce the scale of standing armed forces, and focus on farming, so as to achieve a scale balance between military armed forces and farming production.

But no matter what, if Li Tai can be awarded the title of Grand Governor, it is definitely a super transfer award. In addition to the obvious military merits, the main reason should be that he expressed his allegiance during the prisoner parade yesterday. In front of the prince of the Western Wei Dynasty and the soldiers at home and abroad, he really gave Yuwentai a great deal of face.

His title was only promoted from county male to county son, and the number of his residence was just a simple number, but his title had a leap from scratch to super-transfer, which can also reflect Yuwentai and the prince of the Western Wei Dynasty. The two father-in-laws have different attitudes towards themselves.

If he had obeyed the Crown Prince of Western Wei and cooperated with his performance yesterday, there might have been a huge jump in his title, possibly even several levels. But it's hard to say in terms of job title. Not to mention the Grand Governor, the Sub-Governor may not even get the turn.

Compared with illusory honors such as titles, Li Tai of course prefers a real increase in authority. He can't help but imagine that if he goes to the prince's camp and curses, can he open a mansion directly?

Seeing that Li Tai's happy expression was a little out of control, Yu Wentai was happy again, and then he straightened his face and said seriously: "The imperial court employs people and delegates power, not just to make you dominate the world. Although Luoshui is an inland river, But the Gulf Stream is also long, there are thieves on the top, and there are people waiting for support below. If it is not managed properly, the consequences will be serious!"

"I will keep in mind the Lord's teachings, do my best, govern with caution, live up to the kindness of my superiors, and do not harm the people!"

Li Tai hurriedly raised his hands to express his gratitude and answered confidently.

Seeing his respectful and upright attitude, Yu Wentai also secretly felt that compared with the famous ministers and generals who had worked with him for many years, he was actually more willing to reward these underachievers.

The names and positions of each other are clear, and I will be rewarded when I should be rewarded, and I will be disciplined when I should be disciplined. All grace and power come from me, and I am fully in control. When communicating with those powerful ministers who are waiting for the barbarians, there will inevitably be many concerns and they cannot be arbitrary.

"We are all here to discuss the issue of the Hu problem in Beizhou. You are newly at war with me and have returned with great achievements. You are also involved in many matters within your position. Please come to discuss the matter."

Yu Wentai pointed to the empty seats in the tent and motioned for Li Tai to sit down.

The problem of beetles in the northern border has been a long-standing problem. Before, there was no spare energy, so we could only deal with it indifferently and let it go. What Li Tai did in northern Shaanxi brought this issue back into the public eye.

The Liu Zhen Qiang talisman seized by Li Tai was ordered to surrender, which means that Gao Huan of the Eastern Dynasty has never given up his attempt to penetrate into northern Shaanxi. This time it was good luck, and the trouble was nipped in the bud, but in the long run, it will have to be guarded against.

The fact that the prince engaged in such a scene in the Great Reading also shows that the Yuan and Wei royal families had the intention to make a fuss in this regard. In the sixth year of Datong's reign, Rouran invaded the south. There were many voices in the court criticizing the Bafu's defensive loopholes in the north. If this was used to cause trouble again, the Bafu would become very passive.

Therefore, this is no longer a simple harassment, but a complex and comprehensive problem of internal and external troubles. If you fail to face it proactively and handle it properly, it may cause even greater trouble.

Yu Jinjiu served as Yuwentai's governor of Xia and led troops to put down the Jihu rebellion. Yifeng also served as governor of Xiazhou and participated in the quelling of Liu Pingfu. These two people were both familiar with the northern border affairs, so they were summoned to discuss the matter.

But seeing that Yuwentai only summoned these two people and did not discuss the issue brainstormingly, Li Tai could also guess that Yuwentai's current mood must be quite tangled.

On the one hand, the Western Wei Dynasty has not completely emerged from the shadow of the Battle of Mangshan, and its national power still suffers huge losses. On the other hand, the core area of ​​​​Guanzhong still needs to continue to be digested in depth, and there is not much power to let go of the frontiers.

At first glance, the territory of northern Shaanxi is just a problem of rampant Jihu, but if we look at it as a whole, it needs to withstand the dual pressure of Jinyang Bafu in the east and Rouran in the north. How much investment is needed to be fully prepared? Yu Wentai is also beating the drum in his heart, so he dare not discuss it openly.

After Li Tai sat down, he was not in a hurry to speak, but listened to the arguments of the three people.

Yifeng's idea was to strengthen the supervision of Hu tribes who were friendly to the imperial court and appoint those Hu tribe chiefs as officials of Zuozhou. The so-called Zuozhou is Jisuzhou, which is different from the formal state and county structure. An area is designated as the territory of the Hu tribe for generations. It is nominally subject to the control of the court, but in reality everyone does his own thing.

The governor of Dongxia Prefecture that Liu Pingfu served before was the governor of Zuo Prefecture. Although his people raised troops to rebel, this was just a special case after all. Most of the time, those Hu chiefs were more willing to accept imperial titles.

When national strength itself is insufficient, such a restraint policy can be considered a low-cost and quite effective method.

Yu Jin's proposal goes further. In addition to increasing military investment, he also proposes to unite some newly rising Hu tribes in Mobei, such as Tiele, Turks and other tribes that have gradually no longer surrendered to Rouran, but this is only A large-area defensive alliance, with the level of national power of the Western Wei Dynasty, still cannot achieve distant relations and close attacks.

These two ideas are not new. In the final analysis, they are still in line with Yuwentai's Guanzhong-based ideas. They just postpone the existing problems and gain time for self-development.

After Yu Wentai listened to the two people's arguments, he pondered for a while. He basically acquiesced in these two opinions. He turned his eyes and glanced at Li Tai, who had been sitting in the table without speaking, and asked casually: "If Boshan has any opinions on this, feel free to tell me."

"I do have a stupid plan. Please ask your Majesty and the two of you to correct it."

After Li Tai heard this, he stood up and said: "The former did not enter Beizhou, only to find it desolate. But after actually entering Beizhou and walking around, he discovered that the geography of Beizhou is not useless. There are many people with rich water and grass suitable for farming and herding. If If you can set up military garrison in that township, you can jointly defend the township without spending any money from the treasury.”

Hearing this, the three people in the tent all had a slight smile on their faces. Although they didn't say it explicitly, they obviously felt that Li Tai thought too simply.

The problem facing the court now is that there are few soldiers and supplies. There is not much manpower to invest in northern Shaanxi. Moreover, when it comes to farming conditions, northern Shaanxi is much worse than Guanzhong. Even if Bafu organizes manpower to go to reclamation, how many people are willing to go?

Of course, Li Tai's thoughts did not end there, and continued: "The fertile land in Guanzhong is nostalgic, but Beizhou is also attractive. I would like to ask, how about the salt administration of the Taiwan government? If the salt administration and the garrison affairs are combined in Together, there is bound to be great potential!”

I don’t know exactly what the organizational form of Fubing was in the early stage. The article is just a summary based on some historical data. . .