Chapter 310 Too drunk
After Mrs. Miaoyin entered the city, she temporarily stayed in He Basheng's former residence. If she were elsewhere, Li Tai would dare to play tricks like a night party beauties, but under the noses of the He Bas brothers, these little flirtations were avoided. Bar.
Shi Ning returned to Beijing to report on his work. After visiting Daxingtai, he also had a series of social arrangements to reminisce about the past, but Li Tai did not need to accompany him all day long.
It's not easy for Li Tai to act too idle. After all, he still has a level of promotion BUFF on him. As long as the Imperial Court Ceremony Department completes the acceptance of the Southern Suburbs Circle, the official rank will inevitably rise to another level.
Li Tai is not greedy and hopes that everything will be done in one step. He feels that this year he will be able to obtain the third division of Yitong and be promoted to the title of Sanhou. Of course, higher would be better, but at his age, it is a bit conspicuous and reckless.
Li Tai also visited the construction site in the southern suburbs several times. From his modern point of view, it was somewhat boring. He just picked an open area and piled up fine soil to build a large circular mound. Even the hardening of the road surface has not been done much.
Even if Li Tai didn't know the specific specifications and styles of the Heaven Sacrifice Circle, he could tell that the project was crude and perfunctory, which was in line with the current Western Wei emperor's strict authority.
The main work of the circular mound has been completed, only some details such as stone and wood decoration are still being worked on. They say they are rushing the work, but in fact it is more like working hard, delaying the construction deadline and refusing to deliver for acceptance.
To put it more bluntly, Yuwentai just doesn’t want this circle to be put into use this year. As early as the issue of building a circular mound, the decision was delayed until the winter solstice, in order to miss the winter solstice, the official day for worshiping the sky.
However, no matter how much this matter is delayed, it will only be delayed until the eve of the Lunar New Year at most. If we really have to cross the New Year, everyone will not look good.
In addition to working together on the construction site in the southern suburbs, Li Tai has recently become more and more aware that the skin of the Liufang Forbidden Army is really useful. Regardless of the current combat effectiveness, as long as you put on this military uniform, you will be able to get along in this Jingzhao area. open.
For example, although Li Hu is also a Wuchuan boss, he has not directly commanded the army and led the killings for several years, and he has not been Fang Mu for a long time, but his brand is still very strong among the current Beizhen group. In addition to his own power and qualifications, it is also because Li Hu has extremely high prestige and influence among the Forbidden Army.
At the beginning of Xiaowu's westward movement, there were not many people from Liufang who followed him into Guanzhong, and Guanzhong was already the headquarters of the Wuchuan Army. Even the emperor would inevitably be deposed or even killed. If they, the Liufang soldiers, wanted to gain a foothold, they would have to submit and bow their heads. Therefore, a considerable number of the Forbidden Army generals willingly surrendered themselves to become Li Hu's disciples.
Li Tai doesn't intend to build a mountain among the Forbidden Army. Today's Forbidden Army of the Western Wei Dynasty itself is a stinky and shallow bastard. When the government army system is formed and the government soldiers participate in the guard on a large scale, these Liufang people must be To be abandoned.
But for now, the Forbidden Army's skin is still useful around Chang'an. In line with the principle of staying there wherever he goes, Li Tai also plans to set up a free chess player within the Forbidden Army, not to cause any trouble, but to borrow the remaining power of the Forbidden Army and make it easier to move around Jingzhao.
His current official position is General of the Armed Guards. The only people above him in the entire Forbidden Army system are the leading general and the left and right guard generals. After Shuo Hui was dismissed and left the town, the leading general position has been idle, which is equivalent to missing another level of superior leadership. It can be said that he is a well-deserved high-ranking member of the Forbidden Army. It is relatively simple to make small moves.
So in the past few days, he had used his position to arrange many of his subordinates to serve as low-level military attachés in the Forbidden Army. Although it was quite enjoyable to earn an empty salary, he had to face a rather embarrassing problem next, that is, what would happen to these parts if he no longer served in the imperial guard system?
Once you join the military, it is difficult to get out of it. A bad person will be a military household for generations, and it will be difficult for descendants to escape this fate. It would be fine if there was a boss in the army to take care of him, but if he had no backing, he would become a real slave soldier and have to bear all the hard work. Once he escapes, it will be a serious crime of beheading.
Li Tai arranged for his subordinates to join the Forbidden Army just to steal the imperial court's money and pretend to be powerful. It was not really to provide soldiers and labor force for the imperial court. Of course, he had to find a way to protect his own people, at least to be a middle-level Forbidden Army general.
But it's okay for his official position to arrange some low-level military positions. After all, other Forbidden Army officers and soldiers have their own factions, and others are too lazy to serve as soldiers under his command. They are free to do whatever they want within their powers. However, the appointment and dismissal of middle-level generals was beyond his authority as a military guard general, and he had to at least report to the left and right guards.
General Li Tai, the military guard, was under the jurisdiction of General Youwei, and General Youwei was not a stranger, but Yuchi Jiong. There had been some dissatisfaction between them, but Yuchi Gang's attitude towards him had improved a lot this time after entering the capital. However, Li Tai was also a little unsure about whether Yuchi Jiong was willing to cooperate with him.
After weighing it up, he decided to go to the Wei Mansion to visit Yuchi Jiong. It would be best if he could settle the matter. If not, he would think of other ways. It should be noted that my father-in-law, Dugu Xin and several Hui, both served as the leading generals of the Supreme Commander of the Forbidden Army. Li Hu can also try there.
At the end of the day, you can use the Yuan Yuan Dynasty to reward the governor for his contribution to the construction of the circle to implore the court to transfer the title to the general. A living person will never die of urination. After living in Kansai for several years, Li Tai encountered a problem. There are so many choices when faced with it.
The Wei Mansion is located on the east side of the imperial city near the East Palace. In addition to serving as the right guard general, Yuchi Jiong also leads the prince's left guard.
In the current Western Wei regime, such a sensitive position is tailor-made for people like them. No matter how wild Li Tai's ideas are or how much he is admired by Yuwen Tai, he can only stay away from it and dare not even think about it.
Unlike the messy and untidy military camps in other yamen, the Right Guard Army Mansion is neat and orderly inside and outside, which shows that Yuchi Jiong did not rise to power just by nepotism, and his ability to govern is also not bad.
After learning of Li Tai's arrival through the personal soldiers, Yuchi Jiong came out of the hall to greet him. His enthusiastic attitude made Li Tai a little embarrassed. He, as a subordinate, should have greeted his superiors first, but it was the first time he came to the Guard Mansion since he took office, and it was not for official business. Thinking about it, he felt a little ashamed.
Although Yuchi Jiong was enthusiastic, they really had little common topic, so after a few meaningless greetings, Li Tai directly stated his purpose.
After hearing this, Yuchi Jiong laughed and said, "Boshan and I are both from the army, and we also understand that only by sending trusted people can we make the order go smoothly. You have just taken office and you want to recruit talents for the country. I can't wait to welcome you, but within my duty, I will do my best to help you make this happen!"
Hearing Yuchi Jiong so easy to talk to, Li Tai was relieved, but he couldn't help but be suspicious, thinking that the change in their brother's attitude was a bit strange.
Yuchi Jiong was not just talking. After expressing his attitude to Li Tai, he immediately ordered the officials to sort out the list of generals who were missing in the guard house and send it here.
Li Tai took the list and took a look. Wow, even the general of his level is still missing. By the way, I remembered that there seemed to be two positions for the general of the right guard. I have never heard of the other one besides Yuchi Jiong. If there is also a vacancy...
Even if there is a vacancy, he can't arrange it. He himself is not of a high enough level, let alone arranging a general of the troops. It's just to express Yuwen Tai's attitude of striving for excellence and preferring to have no one than to have something bad.
Yuchi Jiong was so enthusiastic to cooperate, so Li Tai also took out the family generals who needed to be arranged. He had to see what level he was at now before arranging a suitable position.
He wanted to arrange for his family member Li Xiaoyong. After enclosing a piece of land on Longshouyuan, Li Xiaoyong had been staying here to manage the manor and did not follow Li Tai to work.
But Li Tai did not completely leave him idle in the wild. He still arranged a position for him as a subordinate of a stone fortress defense and a garrison commander. After several meritorious service discussions, he was given the title of a general who slayed bandits. As for which garrison it was, if you don't want to investigate, then there is none. If you must investigate, then there is one.
Although Yuchi Jiong patted his chest to make a promise, he was also worried that Li Tai would ask for too much. But he was relieved to see that it was only a seventh-rank official. After weighing the pros and cons, he said, "The position of Rong Cong Pushe has been vacant for a long time. Boshan can bring your family general into the palace tomorrow. After the archery and horsemanship test is completed, you can be appointed before the New Year." Rong Cong Pushe is a sixth-rank official position. Together with the Huben Zhonglang Jiang and Yulin Jian, they are called the three generals. They are important middle-level generals of the imperial army. They command Zhizhai and guard the palace. If they want to launch a palace coup, they can even be said to be the backbone of success or failure. But now they can be appointed at will. This may be because the structure of the Western Wei Dynasty's guards has changed greatly compared to the Northern Wei Dynasty, but it also means that the imperial power of the imperial guards has declined to the extreme. Li Xiaoyong's official title is only the seventh rank, but his position is the sixth rank, which can be said to be a real high-ranking. But Li Tai didn't want to be so conspicuous, and the position of Rong Cong Pushe didn't quite meet his needs. After weighing the pros and cons, he chose the position of General Ji Nu. General Ji Nu was also a seventh-rank official, which matched Li Xiaoyong's rank. He did not need to directly participate in the imperial guards, but only needed to lead the imperial guards to accompany the emperor when he traveled.
The emperor did not go out many times a year, and the Ji Nu Camp led by General Ji Nu had a lot of room for operation, and could bring in all his own troops incorporated into the imperial guards. Since Li Tai did not want to infiltrate the core of the imperial guards, this relatively marginal position was the best choice. As long as there was no strict inspection and military review, it would not be a big deal for a Ji Nu Camp to have 3,000 to 5,000 soldiers.
As for the redundant servant, Yuchi Jiong only said that it could be done before the New Year, which showed that it was not something he could decide alone. But when he heard that Li Tai's request was only a seventh-rank General Ji Nu, Yuchi Jiong immediately wrote a letter of appointment and handed it to Li Tai.
Things were done so smoothly that Li Tai was a little overwhelmed for a while. He looked at the letter in his hand and felt incredible. He carefully glanced at Yuchi Jiong and couldn't help but feel nervous. You guys are not going to be my father-in-law because you think I have no hope of being your cousin's husband?
Li Tai knew that Yuchi Jiong's granddaughters were all pretty, but he didn't know whether they were big or small, beautiful or ugly. After all, their relationship was not good enough to allow them to go in and out of the inner hall without any scruples.
Although this idea was a bit absurd, Li Tai couldn't think of more possibilities for a while. Why did the two brothers' attitudes towards him improve so much?
Speaking of relationship background, Yuchi Jiong was both Yuwen Tai's nephew and Yuan Baoju's son-in-law. The two generations of Emperor Wen had a close relationship, so there was no need to worry about Li Tai.
Li Tai himself didn't know if he could become Emperor Wen in the future. Even if he could, he didn't plan to be Emperor Wen. Guanlong was born in the military, and the posthumous title of "Emperor Wen" would be detrimental to the country. Even as powerful as Emperor Taizong Wen, Li Shimin, could not avoid being usurped by Wu Zetian.
This is a bit far-fetched. The key point is that Li Tai really couldn't think of what else the two brothers of the Yuchi family could be jealous of except for him.
Regardless of all this, Yuchi Jiong finally did him a favor. Li Tai couldn't just pat his butt and leave, so he quickly expressed his gratitude and invited Yuchi Jiong to come as a guest some day and asked him to entertain him and thank him.
"It's just a small matter. You don't have to worry about it, Boshan. Because of some disputes in our hearts before, our friendship was somewhat alienated. This time you are loyal to your duties and recommended to the country. You can reconcile both public and private affairs, and you can also discuss it." No one can express my gratitude to anyone.”
After Yuchijiong heard this, he smiled and waved his hands and said, not that he felt that Li Tai owed him a favor.
After Li Tai heard this, he didn't say anything more. He planned to prepare some gifts to send to Yuchijiong's home after he returned home. He couldn't help but feel emotional. With such a good son-in-law looking after the home and nursing home, your father-in-law can sleep peacefully. It's really a hell.
After assigning Li Xiaoyong a job in the Imperial Guard, Li Tai put his worries aside and would have one more choice when encountering problems when he came to Chang'an later.
On this day, Yuwenhu suddenly sent a domestic servant to invite Li Tai to visit him. This was something Yuwenhu mentioned when Li Tai first entered Beijing. At first, Li Tai didn't doubt his presence. After all, it was normal for them to interact with each other and eat and drink. However, after experiencing the changes in the attitude of the Yuchi brothers one after another, he had some associations with it.
In order to find out whether the matter was really as he thought, and if so, solve it quickly, Li Tai led his entourage to the banquet. When he arrived at Yu Wenhu's home, he immediately noticed that the atmosphere was a little unusual. Yu Chijiong and other members of the dragon-slaying team were all there, and their families were also at the house.
In addition, there were several other guests from the Yuanwei clan, named Yuan Xiaoze, Yuan Xiaoju, etc. They also had another identity, that is, Yuwen Hu's wives and brothers.
Li Tai was not familiar with these Yuan family members, but he still received a warm welcome. Looking at the way they looked at him, he already understood what Yu Wenhu was thinking. This guy probably didn't like being his cousin-in-law, but he was happy to be his brother-in-law.
The banquet had already been arranged in the central hall of Yuwenhu Mansion, and Li Tai was placed as the guest of honor, with no curtains blocking the area. The left wing of the central hall that he faced was the banquet hall for women's guests. Although there were curtains between them, the occasional glances still made him feel uneasy.
Although Li Tai had many similar experiences, the embarrassment he felt at this moment was still fresh. Especially when the words Yu Wenhu and others used to persuade him to drink became more and more explicit, he felt even more headache. He just felt that being too handsome was a kind of Guilt, hoping in his heart that someone could rescue him from this scene.
But in reality, it is often more likely to add insult to injury than to provide help when it is timely. Just when Li Tai thought there should be nothing more embarrassing than this, he was soon slapped in the face.
Suddenly, a domestic servant hurriedly came to the hall and whispered a report to Yuwenhu. Yuwenhu stood up from the table and said with a smile: "Please stop drinking and serving, and join me to welcome the distinguished guests. Duke Dugu of Hanoi has just arrived in Beijing." I passed by the door and wanted to go into the hall to borrow a drink..."
There was a crunching sound, and Li Tai hurriedly swept away the cup that fell on his robe. When he saw everyone looking at him in surprise, he laughed dryly and said: "I'm actually a little drunk..."