Chapter 1019 Taming the Husbands
Liu Kuzhen's posture was so eager and humble that even Tang Gong's personal guards on both sides felt a little numb after seeing it. However, for him, this was just a normal operation.
Although Li Tai didn't like flattery blindly, but when he saw this guy expressing his loyalty to him regardless of dignity and dignity in front of everyone, he didn't feel disgusted and disgusted. He raised his finger and pointed at Liu Kuzhen and said: "Forgive me. , If everything turns out to be true, I will inevitably give you a reward."
"Thank you Lord, thank you Lord for your grace!"
After hearing the words, Liu Kuzhen bowed again, and then he stood up happily. His head was covered with dust, and there were two tears stains hanging down under his eyes. It can be seen that he was not just howling blindly, but was really. The performance made me cry with joy.
After getting up, Liu Kuzhen walked forward again. When he saw that Li Tai did not stop him, he happily stepped forward to hold the reins and bridle for his master. Then he straightened his chest and walked towards the city gate with a look of a fox pretending to be a tiger. Go forward.
"You are here to welcome us. You only need three or five soldiers to accompany you. What kind of majesty are you going to show off with these thousands of soldiers harassing the city?"
Li Tai raised his finger again and pointed at the Jihu soldiers who were still in separate lines in front of the city gate, and scolded Liu Kuzhen lightly.
After Liu Kuzhen heard this, he hurriedly bowed his waist like a shrimp and said repeatedly: "My lord, forgive me, forgive me! I haven't seen your lord for many years, and I'm afraid that there are too many people in the Hu family who don't know me now." The majesty of the Lord is why they are gathered here so that they can have the opportunity to admire the majesty of the Lord, and also to express themselves to the Lord as slaves, obey the previous orders, and succeed in their mission..."
"Just this once, never happen again!"
Li Tai would not be easily fooled by Liu Kuzhen's various flattery performances. He would never relax his vigilance against the Hu chiefs who were appointed by them because of their attitude. Then he said in a deep voice: "So use Is it really because you are capable and decisive and can control the masses that you control the barbarians?
It's just that compared to Yu Zi, you are more respectful, measured, and loyal, so I trust you more. But if you lose your self-control because of this and frequently gather people to harass states and counties, then you are betraying your true heart and burying the past! "
"Slave, slave knows the crime, my lord, my lord..."
When Liu Kuzhen heard this tone, he was already a little stern, and he suddenly panicked again. He hurriedly knelt down and knelt down on the ground, saying "Ai Ai" and kowtowing repeatedly.
"Get up, diagnose and treat the disease from the superficial, and understand the subtle details. You gathered a crowd to welcome me, and your intention is also diligent. Just remember, if you can only do things willfully so that you can consciously and fully enjoy yourself, then it is not worth it."
Li Tai could tell that this guy was still complimenting him a lot, but looking at his physical appearance and appearance, it was obvious that he was a little arrogant, so he made a few remarks casually.
Liu Kuzhen knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly in response. After a while, he saw that his master had no intention of pursuing the matter any further, so he wiped the cold sweat from his forehead again, stood up, picked up the bridle and walked away, waiting for the Hu pawn he had brought. In front of the formation, he didn't dare to show off anymore, he just waved his hands to disperse the crowd, while he still bowed his head and was an honest groom leading the horse.
After entering the county government, all the civil and military people of Xihe County attended the hall to greet Mr. Tang. Today’s banquet was not too extravagant, but it was also very attentive. All the drinks, food and drinks were produced locally in Xihe County, and there were many varieties. Looking at It's very rich.
When each dish was served, Dugu Bin and others carefully explained the origin of these ingredients and their current scale of production. After hearing these familiar place names, Li Tai could not help but be reminded of his memories and began to talk about his experience of sweeping through this environment and defeating the barbarians.
"Back then, this town was severely desolate. I don't know how many people, such as the late generals, were persecuted by the barbarians and their families were destroyed. If it hadn't been for the Lord's benevolent and courageous relief, I don't know when this town would be able to be cured! In such a vast countryside, there is no place of peace and tranquility. To provide shelter for the people, I can’t even dream of a feast now..."
Lu Chuan, the handsome commander in charge of the rural soldiers in Xihe County, was an old soldier who followed Tang Gong in eradicating the gangsters. When he talked about this topic, he couldn't help but burst into tears. .
Hearing the stories of Jihu's cruelty told by the crowd, Liu Kuzhen, the powerful chieftain of Jihu in the audience, felt a little uneasy.
Before, he was beaten by Li Tailuo outside the city. After entering the city, Liu Kuzhen changed out of his previous gorgeous robes and now only wore an inconspicuous cloth robe. He drank two glasses of wine at the table and then got up. He left the banquet and knelt down in the hall, bowing to Li Tai and said: "Although I am not the thief who ravaged this town in the past, I have also gone astray. If the Lord had not saved me with kindness and righteousness, I don't know where the bones of the thief would have been buried. Township!
Among strangers but governors, who wouldn’t admire Beizhou’s current prosperity? The prosperous world does not come out of thin air. Without my Lord's grand plan, disasters will still spread in this town. The barbarians are not born ugly, and they can also be taught something. When a slave receives grace from his master, he is determined to spread this kindness to the barbarians. Those who comply will live, and those who resist will die! Even if the pack is as wild as wolves, they must be tamed into loyal dogs to guard the house against thieves for my Lord! "
"The words of Governor Liu are really majestic and pleasant to the ears. I'll give you some wine!"
Seeing Liu Kuzhen's generous and loyal expression, Li Tai pointed at him and said with a smile.
This Liu Kuzhen is not just a casual talk, but he really has this qualification.
The organized Jihu resistance in northern Shaanxi had basically been broken up by Li Tai's army. In addition to military strikes, they also cooperated with religious means such as the Shifo Temple, and also recruited most of the Hu tribes such as the Liu family of the United Front Diaoyin, which greatly alleviated the Hu problem in northern Shaanxi. In recent years, with the increase of local military and political forces in northern Shaanxi Development, even if there are still some sporadic and uncontrolled Jihu tribes, is no longer a concern.
However, Jihu are widely distributed in this area, not only in the Western Wei Dynasty, but also in the Northern Qi Dynasty. Before Gao Yang went crazy, he had led an army deep into Luliang Mountain to slay Jihu in Lishi, Shilou and other places.
But then Gao Yang did not choose to reorganize and control these Jihus on the spot. Instead, he chose to build the Great Wall along the Western Mountains to isolate the areas where these Jihus were traditionally distributed with the Great Wall to prevent Jihus from frequently invading the western border of Jinyang.
Such an approach is tantamount to abandoning the area between the west side of Luliang Mountain and the Yellow River. Although a certain number of troops are still maintained, these troops are mainly used to prevent and control the infiltration of the Western Wei Dynasty, and no more can be done in the area. to effective control.
Li Tai suppressed and pacified the barbarians in northern Shaanxi at the same time, while he adopted a policy of restraining and enslaving the barbarians in Northern Qi. When these Jihu were pursued and suppressed by the Northern Qi Dynasty and had no way to escape, they were provided with various reliefs to tide them over during the difficult period.
Liu Kuzhen is the current leader of Li Shihu, not only because of his bloodline, but also because of the support provided by Li Tai.
Although this guy has always groveled in front of Li Tai, he commanded tens of thousands of Lishi Hu people and indirectly controlled more than a dozen other Jihu tribes, large and small. His power among the Jihu tribes was almost as powerful as those who established an independent regime back then. Chief Hu Liu Lisheng. Even the descendants of Liu Lisheng in Yunyang Valley now rely on the material support Liu Kuzhen obtained in northern Shaanxi to maintain their power.
Of course, Liu Kuzhen is just a puppet on the table. The person who is really in charge of this part of the affairs is the Suizhou Governor's Office. Through the long-term support to these Jihus and the active cooperation of the leader Liu Kuzhen, the internal personnel of the Lishi Zhuhus gradually came under the control of the Suizhou Governor's Office.
Li Tai stayed in Xihe County for another two days, inspected the scale and current situation of official and civilian settlements in the territory, and formulated more detailed measures and steps to increase taxes on merchant settlements.
Once the profit margins of merchant villages are tightened, there will definitely be a certain amount of commotion and resistance. Some merchant villages may simply give up farming as a form of passive resistance. This situation was within Li Tai's expectation, and he could take the opportunity to recycle part of the Shangtun land and use it to build a new Huqi Mansion in northern Shaanxi.
As long as these Hussar soldiers take root here, they will soon become the defenders of the domestic order and responsible for the force, and at the same time they can also share a certain amount of border defense pressure. In this way, even if some merchant villages are withdrawn, it will not increase the pressure on the border defense here.
After leaving Xihe County, Li Tai did not return directly. Instead, accompanied by Liu Kuzhen and others, he continued to lead his troops northward and arrived in Suizhou.
Suizhou was founded by Li Tai, and later Cui Quan took over and guarded it for a long time, assuming the military support for Li Tai's various personnel operations in northern Shaanxi. Later, Cui Quan, Li Yantou and others were recalled to serve in the court, and Li Tai appointed Tian Hong to guard it.
Tian Hong was very excited about Duke Tang's arrival. After welcoming him into the mansion at the state border, he arranged the inspection route according to Duke Tang's instructions. Compared with the southern states and counties, the current situation of people's livelihood in Suizhou is not impressive, mainly due to a series of military arrangements.
In the old years, when Gao Huan went south to besiege Yubi City, Li Tai set out from Suizhou and entered the territory of the Eastern Wei Dynasty at that time. He raided the Lishi area and directly attacked Jinyang City and returned with a great victory.
Nowadays, it is difficult to repeat this feat. After that, the Eastern Wei Dynasty added many defense arrangements to its western mountains. Especially during the Northern Qi Dynasty, the Great Wall was overhauled, making Luliang Mountain even more difficult to climb.
However, as a bridgehead in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, Suizhou still has a certain deterrent effect on the Jinyang area of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and can restrain the deployment of part of Jinyang's troops. Moreover, Suizhou also controls and influences a large number of Jihu tribesmen. When action needs to be taken on this front in the future, these Jihu tribesmen will also be a very considerable force.
After inspecting Suizhou, Li Tai originally planned to cross the Yellow River and go to the other side to have a look, but then messengers came one after another with news from Guanzhong, which urgently needed Li Tai to return and deal with it, so he just had to Neng stopped this trip and led his troops back to Guanzhong.