Chapter 950 Newly awarded Tang Gong

Chapter 950 Newly awarded Tang Gong

In the next few days, people from various parties entered Beijing one after another. As the new leader of the Bafu, Li Tai also met and comforted these people who entered the capital.

In the previous Western Wei Dynasty under the rule of Yuwentai, most of the state and county officials were served by strong locals in Kansai, and being the governor of Honshu and the county became the standard treatment for these powerful military leaders. In order to obtain such political treatment, these powerful people need to organize local armed groups to be loyal to the overlords and achieve a mutually beneficial situation with each other.

Of course, in some places where military nature and border defense are of great significance, officials still need to be directly appointed by the Bafu, usually by military generals with outstanding military achievements and senior Bafu confidants.

For example, Longzhou is connected to Longyou, and the governor of Longzhou is Helianda who was born in Beizhen. The person who served as the governor of Nanqi Prefecture, adjacent to Hanzhong, was Yan Qing, who was related to the Yuwen family.

As the situation and power structure in the country changed, these people responded differently. Li Tai met with people entering the capital for several days and concluded a pattern, that is, basically the strong locals in Kansai who served as local shepherds rushed to Chang'an as soon as possible after receiving the imperial court's order.

As for other generals from Bafu, especially some Beizhen generals, they tended to wait and see, and did not rush to Chang'an immediately. Instead, they sent their respective officials to Chang'an, although they also expressed their respectful attitude towards the court. But they all still have certain reservations.

Cui Qian, who has been assisting Li Tai in dealing with relevant personnel matters recently, couldn't help but sigh: "The people of the old town moved westward and lived in Kansai. For some reason, Otsuka Zai and other outstanding people came together to ease the relationship, and they thought of settling down. Now. Now The old rule is gone, and although the king has made outstanding achievements and is well-known in the government and the public, these townspeople are also worried that they will no longer be considerate and become suspicious. "

After Li Tai heard this, he couldn't help but nodded and said: "Since the dawn of time, people in the world have talked about the general trend of the world, saying that the people in the town are tough and unruly, and the power is rampant. In fact, this is not the case. Although these types of things arise due to chaos, they are unruly and unruly. For a while, it was just the wind blowing with sand, and the wind stopped itself. If it was not allowed to be ground, it would be crushed into dust. Although He Liuhun in the east and Otsuka Zai in the west did different things, they also protected and selected the townspeople. It has its merits.”

In a specific historical scene, the Beizhen warriors can be regarded as the well-deserved protagonists of the era. The Beizhen warriors headed by Gao Huan and Yu Wentai contributed a very exciting story of mutual confrontation and attack between the three kingdoms.

However, throughout the long historical evolution process, the Beizhen warriors were in a relatively disadvantaged position. In the integration and progress of culture and history, they were a group that was assimilated and eliminated.

In the Western Wei and Northern Zhou Dynasties, due to the relatively weak base and power of the army, coupled with Yuwentai's strong and effective guidance, this assimilation process was relatively smooth. The military policy represented by the Fubing system made related internal conflicts not a problem.

As for Northern Qi, the process was much more difficult. Because the Xianbei armed group centered in Jinyang itself is backward, conservative and violent, they neither have the ability to assimilate and tolerate other political forces and cultural traditions, but also refuse to be assimilated and eliminate their overly strong characteristics. The breaking point of the conflict is It lies in the change of Qianming.

The Qianming Revolution can also be seen as the beginning of a systemic collapse within the Northern Qi Dynasty, although the more violent and powerful Jinyang Xungui prevailed. But subsequent developments have shown that opportunities given to you are useless. Jinyang Xungui’s success through violent coups did not have a mature political program and means to consolidate it. In the end, it was seized by luck. That is also A worthy death.

Yu Wentai had a natural status advantage in uniting and winning over the people of these towns, just as Li Tai was able to mix well among the Guandong clans. This sense of identity brought about by similar origins, the more turbulent the political environment, the more it can help people build trust and connections.

Nowadays, the hegemony in Guanzhong is facing a problem of the replacement of old and new. Whether Li Tai will continue to follow Yu Wentai's previous attitudes and practices has naturally become a concern of the people in these towns.

In fact, Li Tai also has strong attributes of a town citizen. He has close contacts and contacts with many town people, and even his wife comes from a town people family. But compared to the previous Yuwentai, he still seems less upright and popular. If Duguxin is still here, Li Tai's appeal among the town people will be greatly improved.

But everything has advantages and disadvantages. Sometimes a choice that seems to provide convenience may bury a more profound and troublesome hidden danger.

These townspeople do not have very good political skills, and sometimes they lack the skills to solve disputes in a roundabout way and seek common ground while reserving differences. It is a relatively normal method for them to act if they are not convinced.

If Dugu Xin or other powerful politicians provide them with a safe haven in this wave of changing situations, then more intense internal strife may break out in the foreseeable future, forcing Li Tai to engage in a second-house war. The fight is also unknown.

Change is bound to bring discomfort and sometimes even a heavy price. In this process, some will inevitably rise and some will fall. Li Tai's advantage is that he now enjoys absolute initiative and can decide what to include and what to discard. He did not pay too much attention to the wait-and-see views of these foreign governors and was eager to adapt to changes.

Of course, this is not a complete lack of attention. Some important areas, such as Longyou and Hedong, are areas that must be stabilized as soon as possible.

In Longyou, Yuwen Tai had set up the Longyou Xingtai before, but as Yuwen Yu led his troops into the pass and stayed behind and was harmed, the Longyou Xingtai has become a mere formality. Now those who preside over military and political affairs in Longyou include Shi Douluning, the former head of the Longyou Xingtai, Xin Wei, the governor of Hezhou, and Shi Ning, the governor of Liangzhou.

Douluning and Li Bi have a close relationship. Before entering the court, Li Tai asked Li Bi to write a letter. After arriving in Chang'an, he arranged for his brother Doulun Yongen to take the letter to Qinzhou to summon Douluning to the court.

Longyou is of great significance to the safety and development of Guanzhong. Li Tai will never allow any uncontrollable personnel risks to exist in Longyou. So if Douluning also wants to defend Qinzhou instead of entering the court, he does not rule out leading his army to Longyou to resolve the matter. Of course, this possibility is very small. Douluning's motivation and personnel foundation for defending Qinzhou are not great.

Shi Ning of Liangzhou was originally an old subordinate of Dugu Xin. In recent years, he has been effective in managing border affairs in Liangzhou. Li Tai is more confident in him and has no need to replace him for the time being. Therefore, he wrote a letter to Shi Ning in person, telling him to stay in Liangzhou and not to worry about domestic affairs.

The situation in Hedong is more complicated, because it is the front line of the confrontation with Northern Qi, and the Hedong clans are mostly in charge of salt and iron. In terms of actual power and significance to the border defense of Western Wei, they are even greater than the local tyrants in Guanzhong.

Li Tai has a good relationship with the Hedong clans. His subordinates Liu Min and Pei Hong are all representatives of the local current in Hedong, and Wei Xiaokuan, who is stationed in Yubi City in Hedong, can maintain a deep tacit understanding with him in politics and foreign attitudes.

However, these personnel alone are not enough to effectively control and restrict Hedong as a whole. Especially when it comes to the sense of identity with the main body of the regime, other methods and means are needed.

When Li Tai talked about this issue with Cui Qian, a suggestion made by Cui Qian made Li Tai's eyes light up: "Under the current situation, the king may not have time to personally inspect military and political affairs in Hedong in the near future. Moreover, Hedong has its own customs and order. Now the government has changed. If it is forced, it will complain, and if it is relaxed, it will be arrogant. It is better to follow the old rules for the time being, but use the title to show favor.

The king's old title of Taiyuan, although praised for the initial merit, is not the territory under his rule after all. The old one was righteous and powerful, and now he has returned to the court to govern, it is not a beautiful title for the hegemon. If the land of Hedong is divided into a new country, it can be said to be a great good!"

After listening to this suggestion, Li Tai nodded. He originally had the idea of ​​doing something with his title. Not only himself, but also the titles of Yuwen Tai and other members of the Yuan Wei clan, he planned to abolish them together.

It was indeed impressive to be crowned as a king before, but now he has become the actual boss of the hegemony. Let's not talk about Yuwen Tai for now. What level and achievements do the Yuan family members have to be crowned as kings with me?

Moreover, Yuwen Tai had already made great progress in this political attempt to replace the Western Wei Dynasty, but now that Li Tai has taken over this stall, at least he has no idea of ​​replacing Wei in the short term. Therefore, some of Yuwen Tai's personnel promotions before were a bit radical for him, and he needed to pull back according to the actual situation.

However, if some political arrangements were to step back, would it give a hint to the current, especially those Yuan Wei clan members, would they think that their Wei Dynasty was going well again, and thus think about it and do something fancy?

Therefore, before making some retreats, it is also necessary to first strike these Yuan Wei clan members, and removing their kingship is a better means. However, Li Tai was in power for the first time, and it was not easy to be too targeted, so he removed his own and Yuwen Tai's titles together.

After this plan, Li Tai hurriedly informed the court on New Year's Eve, asking to reduce his royal title to show the prestige of the court in this turbulent and eventful year. Under his example and clear instructions, coupled with the persuasion of Cui Qian and others, a group of Tuoba clan princes also wrote to request to reduce their titles, including Yuwen, who was still in mourning, and also reported to the court to follow the usual etiquette and grant mourning honors.

So all the kings in the court were demoted to the title of county duke, but Taiyuan Duke had made great contributions to the country and should be praised and rewarded to highlight his merits. Therefore, the ten states of Hedong Fen, Jiang and other ten states were regarded as the ancient Tang Yao country, and Taiyuan Duke was added as Tang Guogong.

Although the newly promoted Tang Gong Li Tai demoted himself by one level, he also ensured that there would be no more titles of the same level in the country, making himself a unique existence. After unsealing this new power name, he also restored the Yuan clan surname that was deprived of the Tuoba family by Yuwen Tai.