Chapter 769 The incident in Yihuo
Time always flies when people are busy. While Li Tai was still exchanging letters with Yu Wengui and discussing cooperation details, time had gradually come to the end of the year.
At the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, Li Tai's father-in-law Duguxin sent his former subordinate Huangfu Mu to Jingzhou and brought Li Tai a shocking news: Yuan Lie, the clan member of the Yuan and Wei Dynasties, failed to murder the grand master Yu Wentai, but was killed by Yu Wentai instead.
Li Tai was not too surprised by the news, but after hearing it, he suddenly felt that the situation in the junior high school had reached this point.
Since he came to Jingzhou, he has no longer paid as much attention to the personnel affairs in Guanzhong as before. Most of his energy has been spent on the governance and development of Jingzhou, and he has avoided these messy internal fights as much as possible. Occasionally I express my opinion as a spectator, but most of the time I don't really care.
After Duguxin was recalled to the DPRK, his right to speak on the current situation in Guanzhong was greatly reduced. Occasionally, some small actions were innocuous. Even if he had some thoughts in his mind, he rarely bothered Li Tai.
This time, he took the initiative to send Huangfu Mu Lai to inform Li Tai of the news. Obviously, this matter was of great significance to Dugu Xin. Even Li Tai, who was far away in Jingzhou, was probably affected a lot, so it was better to know in advance. .
Huangfu Mu told the story and details of the incident very clearly, including the number and types of equipment Yuan Lie stole from the arsenals. After listening to this, Li Tai couldn't help but secretly guess. His father-in-law cannot be said to be completely innocent in this matter.
This is not to say that Dugu Xin also conspired with Yuan Lie or the emperor behind it, Yuan Qin, but he must be suspected of not reporting the information or adding fuel to the flames.
This is not because Li Tai is messing around with conspiracy theories, but because Dugu Xin has such conditions and motives.
This incident occurred in the Liufang Forbidden Army, and Dugu Xin also served as the leading general. Although the time was not too long, when Dugu Xin was in the leading position, the then emperor Yuan Baoju and the various Yuan Wei clans also tried to win over the soldiers. To check and balance Yuwentai's needs, both parties went in both directions.
Another more important point is that Li Hu was stationed in Chang'an for a long time. When it comes to the impact on the armed forces in the capital, it is also very profound. Although Li Hu is gone now, it is normal for Duguxin, who has always interacted closely with him, to accept the human relations he left behind.
According to Huangfu Mu, Yuan Lie and the others did not steal the arsenal ordnance on a whim. It had been brewing for several months since Yu Wentai returned from Longyou, until they finally committed suicide and committed the theft. Important ordnance such as heavy armor was exposed.
For several months, although there was chaos in the personnel scheduling of the Forbidden Army, there must be people at key positions helping to cover it up, so that this matter could be kept secret for such a long time.
Duguxin has no motive to directly harm Yuwentai. After all, he is now in a high position among the pillars and has equal power. If he wants to challenge Yuwentai's authority, he will also have to face the hostility of several other pillars. The risk is too high. .
But if he accidentally learned about this but chose not to report it, or even provided some insignificant help in some difficult-to-distinguish areas, I guess he could do it.
Because regardless of whether Yuan Lie and others succeed in their plan, it can strengthen their sense of existence as pillar states.
If Yuan Lie and others really attacked and killed Yu Wentai, then it would not be the emperor and the Yuan and Wei clan who would take charge of the overall situation, but the pillar states like them. If the plan fails, as in the current situation, in order to avoid future troubles, Yu Wentai must also obtain the consent and support of these pillar countries before he can directly impose sanctions and retaliate against the people behind the scenes.
This was indeed the case. Just after the Chinese and Foreign Affairs Office ordered the execution of Yuan Lie, Yu Wentai invited all the Zhuguo to come to Huazhou to discuss the matter. Although Yu Wentai can make decisive decisions on daily military and political affairs, but when it rises to such a political level, he must unite with the other pillar countries and not dare to act arbitrarily.
"Today, Grand Sima is discussing the future plans with all the Zhuguo in Huazhou. He feels that it is necessary to inform Duke Taiyuan of this matter, so he sent a humble official to inform him."
While Huangfu Mu presented Dugu Xin's autographed letter to Li Tai, he continued: "The Grand Master Guan Yuwen's intention seems to be to do what Yihuo did. However, the late emperor has enjoyed the country for a long time, and the officials are grateful and grateful. Before it is exhausted, if you take risks and use force rashly, you may have unexpected disasters. Things still need to be carefully planned..."
Li Tai nodded after hearing this. Although the Yuan and Wei royal families had been puppets for a long time, it did not mean that they had no shadow to rely on.
Yuan Baoju has been the emperor for more than ten years, and Yuan Qin has been the prince for more than ten years. Not to mention living people, even if it is just a clay sculpture and wood carving tablet that has been worshiped for so many years, it has a good influence in people's hearts. Suddenly Destroying it will also have a huge impact on people's hearts.
Not to mention the Western Wei Dynasty, even Gaoyang in the east encountered opposition from many ministers when he finally wanted to usurp the throne after two generations of preparations from his father and brother. For Yu Wentai, you put on the yellow robe of the current emperor, and now you want to take it off again. There is no reason to convince everyone, which is equivalent to farting what you said yourself.
"The Grand Sima took his humble position and told the Duke of Taiyuan that, judging from the situation, there will be great disturbances in the country in the coming year. The Duke of Taiyuan is not an important official in the court, so he does not need to be involved in the issue of disobedience, but he can guard the borders for the country without any loss. Your integrity is intact! Therefore, if Duke Taiyuan wants to return home, there is no need to rush back."
Huangfu Mu looked at Li Tai again and whispered: "There is also a conspiracy in the humble heart. The Duke of Taiyuan has outstanding merits and is known to everyone in the world. There is no need to go through this to show his prestige and invite favors."
After hearing the words, Li Tai nodded and said: "Thank you very much, Huangfu Changshi, for your kind words. Since I have been appointed here, I should concentrate on this. There are many people in the country, and I am not able to take care of everything."
It was not that he cherished his reputation and was unwilling to participate in such a discussion to abolish the emperor, but as Huangfu Mu said, even if he participated in such a thing, it would not be of much significance to him. If this was really a good job, Yu Wentai would also call his two nephews back to the country to deal with it, and there was a high chance that it would not be his turn.
What's more, the previous affairs in Shuzhong had already made them a little unhappy. If Yu Wentai can successfully unite the opinions of the central government and successfully complete the dethronement this time, his prestige will definitely increase greatly.
If you didn't live in an ancient monarchy society, you really wouldn't have imagined how exciting it would be to depose an emperor. Even a man as unruly as Hou Jing had to build a ruin to re-establish his authority after he was defeated and fled back to Jiankang.
An abolition, even if it is just a replacement of a puppet, will mean that the subsequent situation and order will undergo huge changes. If Yu Wentai has any long-planned plans, he will definitely take advantage of this period of rising prestige to implement them.
So Li Tai also thought about staying away during this period and not wandering around in front of Yuwentai, so as not to irritate Yuwentai and give him some set meals in advance.
With the completion of this abolition, the trend of the transfer of the highest power of the Western Wei Dynasty to the Yuwen family became even more obvious. After all, among the emperors of the Western Wei Dynasty, Emperor Xiaowu was killed by everyone's cooperation, Yuan Baoju was elected by everyone after discussion, and Yuan Qin inherited it from his father, but the next emperor came to power only in full compliance with Yuwentai's wishes.
Although this matter has not yet been completed, seeing that Dugu Xin specially sent Huangfu Mu here to tell him to stay away and not to be bleeding all over, it can be seen that there is no strong resistance in the Western Wei Kingdom. The dignity of the Yuan and Wei royal families once again became a tool to demonstrate Yuwentai's authority.
Although Li Tai had known about such a trend for a long time, when the real thing came to pass, he couldn't help but feel sour in his heart. As expected, the boss drove a Land Rover and played XX under my hard work.
Huangfu Mu did not stay in Jingzhou for long, and went into the inner palace with Li Tai to say hello to Lady Miaoyin. He presented the gifts one by one and conveyed the message to her parents and family, and then said goodbye and left.
Miaoyin felt somewhat disappointed when she learned that she could not return to Guanzhong to visit her relatives for the New Year this year. Although Jingzhou is a good place, there are no relatives or friends to accompany her, and her husband is often busy with military and political affairs and has no time to pay her more attention, which inevitably makes this innocent and lively lady secretly resentful.
Li Tai saw this scene in his eyes, and deliberately concentrated some year-end affairs in the first ten days of the twelfth lunar month to finish them, and postponed some less important matters for the time being. He also arranged for Chief Shi Cuiqian to return to China to pay New Year's greetings, and spent the rest of the day Accompanying my wife, either staying in the house or going out for hunting and fun, I also gave myself a comfortable annual vacation.
However, some things cannot be avoided just by trying to avoid them, especially now that Li Taigong holds a high position and the Jingzhou General Manager's Office is so large and powerful, it is invisibly involved in all aspects, making it difficult to be independent.
Although this New Year passed comfortably, and he received good news from Wang Sengbian's envoy before the end of the year, which also made Li Tai feel a little happy, in short, he was happy when Northern Qi was unlucky.
It was just after the New Year that things started to go a little wrong. Nothing happened in Jingzhou yet, but Cui Qian, who returned to pay New Year's greetings, still didn't come around. In the late first month of the first lunar month, Yu Wenshen, who was originally serving as the special commander of Yongzhou, became the governor of Xizhou and came to Rangcheng to visit Li Tai.
Because Xizhou is located at the entrance and exit channel of Wuguan, although its jurisdiction is not vast, its location is very important. Previously, Cui You served as the governor of Xizhou. After he left office, due to the frequent flow of materials between Guanzhong and Mianbei, Li Tai asked the Chinese and Foreign Affairs Office for instructions to use Cui Qian, his chief minister, to conduct affairs in Xizhou, and obtained the approval of the Chinese and Foreign Affairs Office.
But now the Chinese and Foreign Affairs Office has appointed Yu Wenshen as the governor of Xizhou without communicating with Li Tai. This inevitably makes Li Tai wary. What is the Chinese and Foreign Affairs Office going to do?