At the beginning of December, a large-scale family banquet was held in the residence of King Yong of Chongrenfang to welcome Princess Lu's Dugu family into Beijing and congratulate the eldest son of Li Guangshun, the king of Han, on the joy of 100 days.

In the middle of the year, King Yong's family and relatives had completely evacuated the Shendu. It's just that Princess Lu just gave birth to a daughter at the beginning of the year, and she still needs to recuperate, so it is inconvenient to travel, and the Dugu family is also a family of Ding Powang, a noble in Guan Longxun, and it still needs some handling to completely withdraw from Nanya, so she temporarily stayed in Shendu.

However, with the release of King Yu from the Shendu Palace, Li Tong sent a message to his second brother Li Shouli to take his family out of Shendu City as soon as possible, in order to ensure that Li Shouli withdrew to the west of Tongguan in time before the situation deteriorated further, he could not even leave his family in Shaanzhou.

Aside from the consideration of the general trend of the court, the atmosphere of this family banquet can be regarded as happy. All relatives gathered in the royal residence to celebrate the reunion and add joy.

Li Tong drank a cup with relatives and friends in the banquet, recalling that when he just came to this world, the family can be described as thin and desolate, just a meal in the palace is quite rich, which can make the little sister Li Youniang remember and remember for a long time, and for a while, I can't help but sigh in my heart.

When he talked about this old incident in the banquet, Li Youniang, who was already a bride, was naturally very shy and coquettish.

The big licking dog Xue Chongxun couldn't help wiping his tears and sighed: "The lady still has such a sad past when she was young!" It's a pity that I was ignorant and ignorant back then, and I couldn't tell the bitter taste. But from now on, I will arrange everything about my family's catering, so that the lady can enjoy all the treasures in the world! ”

"When my brother was still young, it took a lot of money to support your wife. Now you have to take it easy, the delicious food can't be enjoyed behind closed doors, and you should pay back to the brothers! Since Xue Lang has such affectionate words, the food provided for this banquet today will be incorporated into your family's plan! ”

When Li Tong heard this, he laughed and said, he didn't have half of the psychological burden of blackmailing Xue Chongxun.

Although he has drifted away from his aunt in recent years, he has not been completely devoid of contacts. In the second half of the year, Guan Longxun's family went east, and the flying money business entered the Shendu, and the Shendu was handed over to Princess Taiping to preside.

In addition to learning from Chang'an's flying money business model, Li Tong's previous old plan to use the capital of the public party to operate flying money was officially implemented by his aunt from the pile of old papers.

Guan Longxun and the nobles moved, and Tongguan was under the control of Xingtai all the way, and in order to ensure the safety of property, most of them used flying money to transfer assets. Most of the real estate in the customs was taken over by Xingtai, and a considerable part of the assets realized were in the hands of Princess Taiping.

Since Gaozong and his wife came to power, they have been focusing on cracking down on the Guanlong clique, and although they have also been effective, they are still dead but not stiff. If the imperial court and Xingtai can maintain sincere cooperation, it can be said that since the establishment of Xingtai, Guan Longxungui's group has been played by their uncles and nephews and aunts and nephews in both politics, economy and military, and they are just waiting to close the net.

Xingtai has a strong military deterrent, and has recovered a considerable part of the local assets that Guan Longxungui has operated for nearly a hundred years, and his aunt, Princess Taiping, now has the economic lifeline of Guan Longxungui. But it's a pity that his fourth uncle overturned the car there.

Halfway through the family banquet, the ladies went to the inner hall to discuss the length of the family, and the men who stayed in the middle hall gradually became serious.

Li Shouli's father-in-law, Dugu Yuanjie, who had just arrived in Chang'an, was the first to speak: "This time, the imperial court invites King Yu to return to the ancestral tomb, I don't know what His Royal Highness King Yong thinks about this?" ”

Li Tong sighed after hearing this, and then spoke: "Xingtai is located in Shaanxi, but because the military and political affairs on the border are really difficult, and the situation in the court at that time is also unstable, there is no long-term plan to use this side. I was also ordered to be in danger, and I have been in the matter so far. For the major ceremonies of the imperial court, whether it is Xingtai or me, there has never been any obstruction, nor dare to obstruct it. If the king of Yu really returns to the west, I will welcome the army in Tongguan. If there are still twists and turns in the matter, then you can only keep your duty and wait for the order. ”

Since this news came from the Shendu Imperial Court, no matter in public or private places, there have been people who have either asked directly or knocked on the side, wanting to test Li Tong's attitude towards this.

For this, Li Tong can only sigh, fuck people do fuck things. What can I think? I don't even look at it.

Don't say that King Yu can't come back, even the emperor, he never said that he would block Tongguan and not let him come back, the key is that you don't dare to come back!

If it was last year, the imperial court suddenly made such a move, and the stage would still need to deal with it nervously. After all, at that time, everything had just been put on track, and even Li Tong himself had to return to Longshang to talk to Qinling at this time!

However, this year's situation, Xingtai is really qualified and strong to respond to all changes. In fact, not only the people from time to time, but even the imperial court had sent envoys to ask Li Tong before, and he was not a courtier, but a lieutenant envoy specially sent by his fourth uncle Li Dan to ask him what his attitude was.

Li Tong also did not respond to this, and before the envoy entered the city, he went straight to the west of Beijing to inspect military affairs, and slipped back halfway to nest in the private house of Longqingfang for several days. It was not until he was urged by the envoy's mandate that he became impatient and returned to the Shendu by himself that he returned to the platform.

The reason why we avoid seeing it is that it doesn't make sense to see it. Or that it is a foregone conclusion that his fourth uncle will be broken, and now his mentality has probably collapsed, so that people come to ask Li Tong's attitude, it is nothing more than looking for a target to be angry. No matter what kind of statement Li Tong makes, it will inevitably be interpreted negatively: It's not that Lao Tzu's means can't work, pure young people don't talk about martial arts!

Seeing that King Yong obviously didn't want to talk about this topic, Dugu Yuanjie asked again after a little silence: "Now that King Lu is still staying in Shaanzhou, will there be any danger to his person?" ”

Hearing this, Li Guangshun couldn't help but become nervous, and couldn't help but ask, "The situation in Shendu has become so critical?" ”

Dugu Yuanjie glanced at King Yong, who frowned slightly, and then said: "Previously, Wang Xianggong was ordered to rectify the military affairs of Nanya, and the results were not good. The military government of the world is half in the Guannei, but the military registration in the Guannai is in Xingtai...... Now the king is the prime minister of the governor's affairs, and he is in charge of the left guard, but in fact, the guards of the southern ya, all of them have been seriously damaged, only the Yifu still has a member, and the guards of the southern yafan were ordered again a month ago, and there were less than 20,000. There are no soldiers in the prefectures, but the west of Tongguan ......"

Speaking of this, Dugu Yuanjie paused, but the implication was already self-evident. The imperial court ruled the world, and when Xingtai wantonly collected armor soldiers and the soldiers gathered in Gyeonggi had reached 80,000, Nanya had collected less than 20,000 soldiers after such a long period of rectification. Such a comparison of strength is simply shocking.

Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, it has been emphasizing the inside over the outside, and nearly one-third of the number of Zhuzhichong Prefecture is distributed in the Guannai Prefectures. Now the Guannai is owned by Xingtai, making the imperial court guards useless.

However, after Li Tong heard this data, he couldn't help frowning and said, "Is there any obstacle?" ”

Although the old foundation of the government soldiers is to emphasize the inside of the customs and ignore the east of the country, the current government military system has long been a virtual reality and is no longer enough to rely on. In the past two years or so, Xingtai has not tried to repair the original government military system, but has established a new recruitment system, which is internal and external.

The Shendu Imperial Court did not have too much of a rich foundation for government soldiers, and the so-called rectification of the Nanya military, of course, could not only retrieve the old books, but only use this as a framework reference, and then send it to the prefectures and counties for new recruitment. This mobilization situation has been adopted since the late Gaozong period, and the Wu Zhou Dynasty mostly followed this old practice to levy and levy money, so as to maintain foreign military activities.

Although Li Tong led the army into the customs, Chang'an was in turmoil, the northern attack on the Turks and the Qinghai War, a series of events down, the establishment of Xingtai was already in the second year.

Although the Shendu court was also in turmoil, when Li Tong was still on the Qinghai front, Li Zhaode and others had already begun to rectify the military affairs of the Nanya, and when the Nanya military was at its most prosperous, it once reached more than 50,000 people.

Even if Li Zhaode and his courtiers were demoted from the court later, the political reckoning would not extend to the ranks. What's more, although Wang Xiaojie has a bit of a taste of success because of people, after all, he is also a general, and he rectifies the military affairs of Nanya as the prime minister, even if he can't expand it on the original basis, it won't shrink so seriously!

Hearing King Yong's question, a meaningful smile appeared on the corner of Dugu Yuanjie's mouth, and he stroked his knees and sighed: "Since July, the DPRK and China have been rewarding the award, and the expenditure of materials is particularly urgent. After the autumn, there were 30,000 soldiers in Zhuzhou who should enter the capital in time, but because of the consideration of the tribute of Zhuzhou, there are still a lot of delays on the way.

After the winter, the Xingtai armor soldiers gathered, and the imperial court forcibly urged the armor soldiers to march quickly, resulting in personnel chaos. The backlog of materials in many places is difficult to transport, and it is difficult to support the rewards of the feudal family, and their relatives and disciples participate in the two yasu guards, and each of them asks for the position of leader to enter the state in person to obtain ......"

Rao is Li Tong is well-informed, and when he heard what Dugu Yuanjie said, he couldn't help but be dumbfounded for a while, this kind of chaos is not fucking normal people can do it at all!

The soldiers of Zhuzhou entered the capital, and by the way, escorted tribute and other materials into the capital, which was the practice of the imperial court for many years, in order to facilitate the collection of two people. Li Tong presided over the reform of Cao Yun in Shendu, one of the contents of which was to untie people and things, and recruit guests along the canal to fill their feet and specialize in special purposes, so as to determine all kinds of chaotic and ineffective expenditures.

After all, it seems convenient to collect the characters, but there are various delays and waste problems in the implementation process. Once stationed in place and waiting, will it be discounted into the state and county material and labor expenses, or will it be dedicated to military expenditures? As a result, how should Nanya audit and arrange?

During the Zhenguan period, the Juntian system was still guaranteed, and the government military system was not unorganized, things could be gathered constantly, soldiers could be kept out, and each other could not lose cooperation. However, after Yonghui, as the empire's territory expanded more and more, the levy period and the levy became more and more frequent and serious, which was originally a matter of the two systems, and they were barely improvised, and the waste brought by it has far exceeded the original convenience.

Now, Li Tong's decree on the reform of the Cao Yun has long been destroyed, and the relevant matters have returned to their old ways of operating again.

According to the description of Dugu Yuanjie, the military threat brought by Xingtai increased sharply, and then the imperial court urged the soldiers to speed up the journey, which directly caused the accumulation of materials in the states. The recipients who had already poured into Nanya's post were worried that the rewards would not be paid in time, so they asked for orders to be sent abroad, so they diluted the already meager foundation of Nanya.