Chapter 315 Entering the DPRK to run business

Chapter 315 Entering the DPRK to run business

Putting aside other things, Li Tai is facing a very urgent problem. His work relationship was pushed to Longyou by Yuwen Tai, so the personnel arrangements based on the Luoshui line, including Sanfangcheng, will be greatly affected.

He was foresighted before and did not put all the business arrangements on the official stage. Village community organizations such as Qumeng have a very solid foundation of public sentiment, and will not be greatly affected by Li Tai's departure.

He also transferred the resources controlled by the Dushui Administration to Qumeng in advance, and made a series of adjustments and arrangements around his family's industry. No matter who succeeds the Dushui Administration, they must respect the already formed rural sentiment order in order to live in peace, otherwise the Luoshui River will be cut off and the army will be out of food in a minute.

It should be noted that the public sentiment of Luoshui today, especially in the middle and lower reaches of Luoshui, is not the state of scattered areas and poor communication when Li Tai first served as the Dushui envoy. Under the continuous water conservancy construction of the Dushui Administration and the Qumeng, the local tyrants were fully united, and the interests between them were intertwined, which could be said to be a broken bone and a connected tendon.

Moreover, the local tyrants in this area are not just local tyrants. With the construction and development of the Fubing system, the children and troops of these tyrants have also joined them one after another, and now they have become real armed tyrants.

Some of these armed forces of tyrants formed Li Tai's direct troops, some followed Zhou Changming to join the Six Armies, and some stayed in the Shibao Defense and other local defenses. Although their strength was not enough to change the world, they were definitely local snakes that could fly and dive.

This kind of local power with people, food, land, guns and organization is the most troublesome. Except for Li Tai, the creator who pushed it, it would be difficult for others to completely control it.

Even including the Bafu, unless there is no longer a special water conservancy official to manage the Luoshui front line, as long as you still want to control the Luoshui water conservancy to a certain extent and obtain considerable benefits, you must also fully consider this local sentiment. The safest way is to select from within the channel alliance.

Li Tai does not need to worry too much about maintaining order within the local sentiment. However, communication with the outside world is still beyond the ability of the local tyrants at present.

For example, Li Tai organized the local tyrants to carry out large-scale textile production at the end of the tenth year of Datong. Based on the in-depth control of the Luoshui water conservancy and the ultra-high efficiency of the water conservancy spinning wheel, coupled with the vigorous mobilization of productivity by the local tyrants, the production of textiles in the lower reaches of the Luoshui around Shangyuan has increased sharply.

Although silk and cloth are currency in the current world, the money must be printed with sufficient commodity supply to generate real purchasing power and effectively improve the lives of the villagers.

Such a large-scale money and goods transaction is definitely not something that ordinary local tyrants can handle. They must have the ability to dispatch resources across regions and have sufficient strength to ensure the safety of long-distance transportation of goods.

In the past 11 years of Datong, Li Tai relied on the donations from the Hu tribe tyrants such as Liu of Diaoyin who had attached themselves to him, and was able to meet the trading needs of the villagers, so that all the families involved in this industry had a good year.

With tangible benefits, the scale of textile production in the village has increased again this year. Even since the second half of last year, the scale of mulberry gardens around Shangyuan has expanded by nearly one-third.

The county officials were happy to see this and reported it to the government as an achievement of encouraging farming and weaving, but they did not care whether the increased production of cloth could be exchanged for enough production materials.

In order to ensure the continued stability and orderly development of the rural sentiment order, Li Tai must find a digestion market for the newly increased production of cloth. No matter where he is in office, this is his responsibility that he cannot shirk.

There are also the three defense cities and the newly added northern defense city, which cannot be abandoned halfway. Therefore, no matter how the political struggle at the top is, and how Li Tai will be dealt with, he cannot just pat his butt and leave.

After all this, Li Tai felt a little overwhelmed, and his mood could not help but become angry. He felt that these old guys, including Yuwen Tai, only cared about their own power disputes and did not care about the stability of the country.

If there was no loyal minister like Laozi who put the overall situation first, the Western Wei court would have disbanded and divided the luggage long ago! Of course, Li Tai would not feel it was a pity even if they disbanded. Anyway, it would be over sooner or later, but the problem was that if they disbanded now, he would not get a large share of the luggage!

Originally, Li Licheng was arranged by Li Tai to enter the Taifu to replace him as the military officer of the armor department, and he did not have time to rush back to Chang'an during the Chinese New Year. Li Tai sent a letter to him specifically, asking him to come to Beijing as soon as possible, and take advantage of the time when he was still in Beijing to run for Li Licheng, strive to get a more powerful official position, and take care of the personnel and industry here.

When Li Licheng heard Li Tai's plan, he was immediately excited. He has a heart for achievement, otherwise he would not have followed Li Tai back to Huazhou last year.

This kid has a stronger family background than Li Tai, and he has relatives and friends who take care of him, but he is not as successful as Li Tai. The care of relatives and friends is mainly for his life, but the support and help they can provide for his future is very limited.

"Boshan, what kind of official position do you plan to let me take this time? Although I am not old enough to take on the heavy responsibility, as long as you arrange for me to do it, I will do my best and never let you down!"

Although Li Licheng has not spent much time with Li Tai, he admires Li Tai very much. Especially after seeing Shang Yuan's huge family business in Huazhou and arranging him to serve as an official in the government with just a few words, he thinks Li Tai is simply omnipotent.

Li Tai burst out laughing after hearing this. Hearing what this kid meant, he wouldn't doubt it even if he said he would arrange a position as a third official for him, but his current energy really betrayed Li Licheng's trust in him.

He didn't say how powerful he was before, but even the position of Li Mu, the governor of Dongxia Prefecture, was designated with one word, including Cui Quan's position as the governor of Beihua Prefecture. Although he was beaten by Da Xingtai, he was finally appointed. My wish came true.

But at that time, he was a new rich man in the hegemony and a confidant of Daxingtai. Naturally, he said what he said and everything was easy to discuss. But now he is inferior to a phoenix. He no longer has the same say as before, and he wants to make arrangements for Li Licheng. The new job is quite troublesome.

Although Li Licheng was older than Li Taiqian and entered the customs earlier, he did not have the talents and opportunities like Li Tai. He only became an official last year. He was awarded a literary scholar based on his family background and had no military or political appointment at all. resume.

If it were in previous years when the Western Wei Dynasty was still in chaos, it would not be difficult to arrange an official position with real power, as long as the power is strong enough and the relationship is strong enough.

However, with the issuance and implementation of the Six-Article Edict, the selection and award of official positions became more rigorous. Even though Yu Wentai wanted to create obstacles for Dugu Xin and Li Tai, Li Tai's official appointment was not arranged casually, but in line with Li Tai's meritorious resume.

Li Licheng's qualifications cannot be said to be meager, but rather non-existent. It is quite a headache to arrange an official position for him that can actually play a role. Especially when all the power is in the Bafu and he has completely lost power in the Bafu, it is even more difficult.

There is no need to think about the way to the Taifu side for the time being. Even if Li Tai still has some personal friendships, he is too embarrassed to trouble others now that Daxingtai is clearly targeting him. After all the friendships are exhausted, things may not be able to be resolved. Arranged.

A living person will not suffocate to death. Since the Bafu is blocked, there is still the imperial court. Although the imperial court has been almost completely abandoned at the moment, there are still three pounds of nails in the rotten ship. If you look carefully, you will always find something valuable.

When it comes to corruption, Li Tai is a professional. Before, he had little interest in the Chang'an court, so he had not paid much attention to it. But now the situation forced me to sort out the personnel structure of the imperial court, and I quickly found two places with considerable wealth and authority, namely Guang Luxun and Taifu.

In the Western Wei Dynasty, Guang Luxun was responsible for managing the offerings of royal meals and other materials and the management of royal gardens and palaces distributed in various places. The Taifu is the Shaofu, and is mainly responsible for the creation of various royal utensils. Various palace utensil workshops and Fangji craftsmen are under the management.

This may not be specific enough, but take the Wanshou Palace Supervisor that Zhao Gui's son will serve as an example.

When the emperor returned to Chang'an from Huazhou a few years ago, he built a Wanshou Palace in the north of Shayuan as a temporary residence. Later, it was gradually expanded into a large-scale palace garden.

In addition to being a temporary accommodation palace, the Wanshou Palace also housed many men and women who were not slaves. Naturally, these soldiers did not live in the palace with good food and drink, but were responsible for making various kinds of food. The utensils include daily necessities such as crowns, shoes, and hats, as well as military equipment such as bows, saddles, and saddles.

In addition, although the rent transfer in Kansai is generally used by Bafu Duzhi. But this is only a regular gift. In addition, local tribute items from other places are not allowed into Taifu. Local specialties such as Xinfeng pears and Jingzhao wax also require Guang Luxun and Taifu. Measure things for use, either directly as tribute or as raw materials for processing.

The Bafu mainly controls the military and political power, but these imperial affairs are not all under control and remain within the court.

Li Tai could see the benefits, and so could others. Therefore, these two parts of official affairs had already been divided up by the Yuan and Wei clans and some noble clans in Beijing, making it more difficult for outsiders to intervene.

But this was not a problem for Li Tai. He did not dare to pull out his teeth from Yuwen Tai's tiger's mouth, but he lacked any respect for these Yuan and Wei clans.

What's more, there is a ready breakthrough point, and that is Guangling Wang Yuanxin, who has been hanging out with Gao Zhong recently. Relationships don’t have to expire, but of course you have to step in quickly to get a share of the pie.