The Governor's Mansion of the Houjun Metropolitan is located in a military city in the north of Huazhou City, the distance is not too far, and it can be reached in more than a quarter of an hour.

It is now noon, and the front gate of the military city is quite lively, in addition to the guards stationed on guard, there is no shortage of people coming and going. Most of these people are military family members and live in the military city on weekdays.

The Northern Wei Dynasty implemented a policy of separating soldiers and civilians, and the people who lived in the cities were the soldiers and their families, including the current government soldiers.

The military city is the main place of their daily life, when it is necessary to assemble training and specific combat missions, they will gather in the military camp outside the city and rush to the battlefield, and in peacetime they live in the city.

As for their families, they are engaged in farming and animal husbandry to support their daily livelihoods, but they do not need to bear the burden of rent and labor for ordinary households. The main way to obtain family wealth was the rewards and spoils of war received by the soldiers.

Because the city itself was not heavily guarded, the arrival of Li Tai and his party did not attract much attention, only when they entered the city, the soldiers guarding the city saw that their group was dressed in fresh clothes, angry horses, and eye-catching swords and sticks, so they stopped them and interrogated them.

As early as when he was in Taifuzhong, Li Tai received his talisman official seal and other tokens, so he showed it to one of his attachés.

However, due to the fact that most of the military governor's mansions were newly established not long ago, the internal personnel operations still needed to be run-in, and the commander who guarded the city gate could not be sure of the authenticity of Li Tai's sigil, but he did not dare to slack off when he heard his official name, and after being busy confessing, he personally entered the city to ask for instructions.

Li Tai originally wanted to play a good role in the prestige of power, but he was actually blocked outside the gate of the military city and was not allowed to enter, which was really something he didn't expect.

However, he didn't bother to bother with these guards of the city, after all, they were also conscientious in their duties, and what really made him unhappy was the officials under the Metropolitan Governor here, didn't they know that the new officials had taken office?

Even if the military affairs in the palace are busy, they don't have time to come to the city gate in person to wait for them, at least they have to explain to the guards of the city and let them pay attention to the relevant personnel!

Li Tai was still slandering in his heart, there was a rush of horses' hooves in the city gate, and more than a dozen knights arrived at the city gate quickly, even if he turned over and dismounted, he galloped out of the city, and when he saw Li Tai who was still standing on the side of the city gate on horseback, he was busy and rushed forward, and he hugged his fists and said: "The unknown Metropolitan Governor is coming, and the lowly rank is far away, please forgive the Metropolitan Governor!" ”

Li Tai lowered his eyes and found that the first one he also knew, a middle-aged general in his early forties with a burly physique, his name was Hou Zhi. Li Tai and Hou Zhi have never worked together, but when Duguxin went to Liangzhou last year, Hou Zhi also went out with the army, and now he is serving in the Chinese army of Bafu, and he has just taken office.

Only then did he turn over and dismount, walk in front of Hou Zhi and smile: "General Hetun, we met again, the former met in a hurry, and now we will meet here again, don't come unharmed?" ”

Hou Zhi was given the surname Hetun because of his previous conquest of Liangzhou, and after hearing Li Tai say this, he hurriedly bowed down and said: "The former pursued the thieves from Hanoi Gongxi, and unfortunately failed to work with the governor of the capital, and now his wish has been fulfilled, I am really glad!" ”

As he spoke, he turned his body slightly to the side and introduced the people behind him to Li Tai, the first person in his thirties and quite handsome appearance was the current Governor of the Later Army, whose name was Lu Teng.

This Lu Teng is not a Han from the Lu clan of Wu County, but a noble Buliu Gu clan surnamed Xianbei, that is, Luo Chao's daughter-in-law Lu Lingxuan's family. However, judging from his appearance alone, this Lu Teng can't see much nonsense, and he claims that there is no difference between the style and the Han family.

When Lu Teng stepped forward to introduce himself, Li Tai realized that he was in the same year as himself, and they all joined the Western Wei camp in the Battle of Bishan. The difference is that Li Tai followed Gao Zhongmi to take the initiative to vote, while this Lu Teng was a defender of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, who was captured due to the destruction of the city and was forced to surrender.

Hearing that Lu Teng still has such a background background, Li Tai also has a good impression of him, after all, it can be regarded as an alternative year. Moreover, this Lu Teng was captured and imprisoned in the ninth year, and now he has become an important member of the army in the overlord's mansion, although it is not as good as himself, who does not speak of martial virtues, but it is already extremely good.

Except for these two people, most of the others were ordinary officials in the prefecture, and obviously not all the subordinates of the Metropolitan Governor's Office. However, there are many people in front of this city gate at the moment, and Li Tai is not good at asking too much, so the group entered the city first.

This city is also newly built not long ago, the outer city wall is still complete, but the city is very messy, the space planning in the city is messy, the buildings are scattered and distributed, there are also many temporary tents mixed in it, and there are building materials such as sand, earth, wood and stone piled up everywhere, except for the two avenues are still intact, the ground is also potholed and uneven.

Seeing this scene, Li Tai's face suddenly sank, and Hou Zhi and Lu Teng, who followed behind him, couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when they saw his expressions like this.

"It took 11 years for the city to be built, and it was stagnant for a period of time due to lack of materials. At that time, the cities were overcrowded, and some of the soldiers had to be arranged here, so the construction of houses, digging ditches and drainage, etc., were not built at once, and there were many disputes among the people of the city before and after...... "In order to avoid Li Tai misunderstanding that it was his dereliction of duty in this long history, Lu Teng hurriedly opened his mouth to explain.

The Governor's Mansion of the Later Army was originally expanded on the basis of the original Sixth Army, and before that, some soldiers had settled in this city, and the land in the city was high and cool and close to the city gate and streets, and the later ones did not like to live in low-lying and cramped places, which caused the city management to be chaotic and difficult.

Li Tai didn't say much after hearing this, he hadn't even sorted out the basic personnel of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion today, so naturally he wouldn't make a big deal about specific military and political issues. Although he had not arrived long ago, he had already felt that the Governor of the Later Army was estimated to be even deeper than that of Taifu Zhucao.

Although the construction in the city is chaotic, the location of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is still magnificent. Nowadays, there is no breaking rule for officials not to repair the government, and the officials also have quite requirements for the place where they work and live, and some of the second generation of officials who are unwilling to endure hardships and have superb taste even advance funds to repair the official office.

The entire Metropolitan Governor's Palace, which is no less than a shrunken castle, occupies about a quarter of the city's space, and enters with a front hall and more than a dozen corridors on both sides, where guests are greeted and general affairs are carried out.

The central hall is larger, except for a magnificent straight hall, with an arsenal on the left and a barracks on the right, which is connected to the stables and school yards at the rear. This Metropolitan Governor's Mansion alone can accommodate thousands of people.

After entering the straight hall and sitting down, Li Tai raised his hand and asked the chief Shi Lu Teng to submit the personnel list of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and asked casually: "Did the other incumbent governors go to the camp to inspect the camp?" ”

Hearing this question, several people in the hall showed embarrassment, and after a moment of silence, Hou Zhicai stood up and said: "Zhongshan Gongyu Wenkai Mansion has also been newly awarded the position of Governor of the Chinese Army, and today the generals will be invited to a banquet in the mansion ......."

Li Tai was stunned when he heard this, he still saw Yuwen Hu in Taifu this morning, but he didn't hear him mention it. However, Yuwentai quickly promoted his officials, of course, to strengthen the influence and voice of his relatives in the Chinese army of the overlord, and this arrangement is also a proper arrangement.

"Then what is the matter with the Duke of Zhongshan?"

He asked casually again, estimating in his heart that Yuwen Hu obviously couldn't reach the level of the Metropolitan Governor of the Four Sides, and because he was ashamed that his position was not as good as his own, he simply didn't tell him.

But when this question was asked, there was silence in the hall, Li Tai looked down again, and saw that several people in the hall were intentionally or unintentionally avoiding their eyes, and his heart moved, and then he asked again: "Duke Zhongshan is also going to enter this mansion?" ”

Seeing a few people nodding silently, Li Tai suddenly sneered in his heart, is this specially preparing to give himself eye medicine?

He is already the governor of the rear army appointed by the overlord, and Yuwen Hu will naturally be under him when he enters this mansion, but now all the generals in the mansion have gone to Yuwen Hu's mansion to drink happy wine but do not stay here and wait for him to enter the mansion, which clearly shows that he is not giving himself face!

Although he was already very unhappy in his heart, he did not have a seizure immediately, and first carefully looked through the personnel book.

There are six other main generals under him, namely the Metropolitan Governor of Fangcheng who serves as his deputy and the four Governors who take over the first army, and the remaining one is the military judge, and the other governors are even lower.

Yuwen Hu will be the governor of Fangcheng here, and the four military governors are Hou Zhi in front of him, as well as the four generals of Di Chang, Liang Tai and Tian Hong, and the name of the military governor is called Qi Lie Fu Turtle, and his person also has an identity as Yuwen Hu's brother-in-law.

Today, Hou Zhi stayed in the Dadu Governor's Mansion, Tian Hong was in the military camp outside Zhicheng, and the remaining generals went to his brother-in-law's house to drink with the turtle.

When Li Tai learned this, he stood up and walked directly to the outside of the house. Seeing this, Hou Zhi and the others hurriedly followed, and asked for instructions with their crossed hands: "Where is the Metropolitan Governor going?" ”

"Go to the barracks outside the city."

Li Tai replied casually, and then turned on his horse.

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