Li Tai rested at home for two days before returning to Taifu to see Daxingtai and by the way to give a look at his official affairs in the town for more than a year.

Of course, before that, the governors who returned with him had also reported the basic state affairs to the Taiwan government Yousi, and Liang Rui, a little ear and eye who followed Li Tai, would also report some things to Daxingtai first, so that Daxingtai already had a general understanding of the current situation in Jingzhou.

At the end of the year, it is the busiest time in Taiwan. In addition, this year, the military and political functions and powers have undergone profound changes, and more powers and decisions have been brought into the Taiwan government. Therefore, there are also a lot of internal and external officials who come to the Taiwan government to wait for the summons and announcements, and there is a long queue outside the straight hall, which makes people feel a headache when they look at it.

Li Tai didn't need to queue up here when he came to Taiwan to perform work very early, and even if he didn't have time to summon him for a while, he would be arranged to sit and wait in the living room of the side hall.

Therefore, in a power ecosystem, everyone will try their best to climb up, and each level corresponds to each level of privilege. Of course, a guest house used for temporary rest is nothing, but if this guest house is in the middle of the Taiwan Mansion or the Imperial Palace, then many people will not be able to enter it for the rest of their lives.

In fact, today's Li Tai still holds the title of a Taishang scholar, and theoretically speaking, he should also have his own office in the Taiwan government. However, as the Taiwanese government accumulates more and more personnel, the building of the Taiwanese government is gradually insufficient.

The last time Huazhou City was expanded as a whole was between the 10th and 11th years of Datong, when Yuwentai listened to Li Tai's suggestion and made a windfall by confiscating the temple assets under the pretext of banning the destruction of Liu Shifo in Guanzhong, and even invested in the construction of the city defense and army.

Now it is the end of the fourteenth year of the Great Unification, and the Taifu of Huazhou has become crowded again after a few years of spaciousness, and the expansion of the armies, the strengthening of the guards of the Taifu and the military government have occupied a certain area, and the personnel of the Taifu Zhucao have increased.

Of course, there is also Daxingtai's vigorous childbirth in recent years, and all the wives and concubines who have given birth to children for them always need a certain independent and private living space to be placed. And there are also Xinna's concubines, such as the Xiaoerzhu family brought back by Li Tai from Jinyang, because of their good status, Yuwentai also built a courtyard to settle them.

Such a twist and turn makes the Taiwan government more crowded and messy. However, because the scale of the building is already very large, if you want to start construction and expansion on this basis, you also need to consider the previous functions and layouts, and the investment required will naturally increase greatly.

Last year, due to Hou Jing's defection and Wang Sizheng's unauthorized actions, the overlord had no choice but to carry out a series of military operations, and the military funds needed were only made up by Li Tai under the auspices of selling various government properties. After that, the Battle of Heyang was defeated and lost, and all the food was vomited, and the Taiwan government naturally did not have spare money and grain to engage in any civil construction.

Li Tai waited in the side hall for about half an hour, during which Zhao Su, Wang Zizhi and other former Taiwanese subordinates came in to say hello, but they didn't have time to stay for a long time, and after a little greeting, he said goodbye and left, and then he was also summoned into the straight hall.

As soon as Li Tai entered the hall, Yu Wentai first applauded and laughed in the banquet: "Boshan has the best performance this year, and many old officials in Guanzhong are ashamed of themselves, and all colleagues in the Taiwan government have also felt deeply honored when they heard this recently!" Alas, if it weren't for your tiring work, I really wanted Boshan to pass on all the skills of the officials in the mansion! ”

When Li Tai heard this, he bowed and said with a smile: "Those who are trusted by the minister are favored and trusted by the Lord, so that the minister can let go of his actions, and everything that is beneficial to the rule is extremely beneficial." The lord's kindness is generous to the ministers, and the ministers spread the masses because of it, and the people of Jingzhou are all grateful to Dade, and they naturally prosper. ”

After hearing this, Yu Wentai also laughed, raised his hand to signal Li Tai to take a seat without courtesy, and sighed again: "Boshan, your words seem to be easy, but I do know that it is really difficult to govern the other country. Is the former incompetent? However, the situation in the other border state is tough, the people are light, if the treatment is light, treacherous breeding, if the treatment is serious, it will betray me and tend to the enemy, so for many years, I dare not use it deeply, but I will be hastily settled, and I will only be restrained and cared for.

Boshan, you are in the state of the Ming Zheng law, the arrangement of households to open up the wasteland, so that the number of households in the other realm is solid, the people's sentiment is clear, this merit, not inferior to the border! He entered the state in the autumn of last year, and now he has made quite a lot of achievements, which shows that whether he can be governed or not does not lie in the land, but in the people! There is no shortage of people in the world who are vain and rejoicing in great achievements, who are unwilling to embark on practical work, but take adventure as their ability to hurt themselves and others, what is it! ”

When Li Tai heard that there was something in this obvious statement, his eyes turned around the hall, but he didn't find Brother Sabao, and he couldn't help but feel a little pity, this guy should listen to this passage carefully. Although it is obviously not about him in vain, the other words are tailor-made.

After complaining fiercely about Wang Sizheng, Yuwentai focused on asking a few questions, mainly related to the livelihood of the people in the northern area, such as where these additional households come from, what kind of harvest can be achieved next year on these wastelands reclaimed this year, and whether next year can maintain the trend of increasing people and land like this year.

Li Tai also answered these questions one by one, of course, it is inevitable to give a broader account of the situation around the north of the country, after all, the Nanyang Basin is in the land of four wars, and the political direction of the state depends to a great extent on the surrounding situation.

Yu Wentai also listened to this very carefully, especially after hearing Li Taiyan and the impact of Hou Jing's chaotic army crossing the river on the Jianghan region, he couldn't help but ask again: "Hou Jing has really crossed the river?" I heard that he fled south in defeat, and the remnants of his department were only a few hundred, and he was able to break through the blockade of the Great River of Liang?

Even if you take advantage of the leakage in the river and sneak across the south of the Yangtze River, I am afraid that the danger caused will not be too great, right? There are many people in the north who send food to the south, if the husband of the Xiao family can't even restrain the remnants of this medie, how can he have the courage to recruit many heroes from the north? ”

Hearing Yu Wentai's repeated questions, the gossip was overflowing, and Li Tai couldn't help but be happy.

As Wang Sizheng was besieged in Yingchuan by the Eastern Wei army, and before that, the strongholds and forces around Heluo were attacked and swept away by the Eastern Wei Dynasty, so the channels for the Western Wei side to obtain information from the south were also very limited, and only the northern side could obtain it, and the lag in obtaining information was very serious.

From Yu Wentai's questioning, it can be seen that he is at least in the current position, and still does not regard Hou Jing's crossing of the river as a strategic opportunity worthy of attention.

After all, since the Six Towns Mutiny, all kinds of forces in the north have fallen into each other's struggles, serious internal friction, and directly split into two regimes, the east and west, on the other hand, the Southern Dynasty has been in a stable state for a long time, Xiao Bodhisattva has a tendency to get older and more spiritual, and there are many powerful military leaders and clans in the north to join them.

Therefore, the East and West both have a high view of the national strength of the Southern Liang, and the Eastern Wei Dynasty did not dare to underestimate the Southern Liang after the victory of Hanshanyan, and even launched peace talks at the first time.

Therefore, the curiosity and concern that Yuwentai has shown about this matter at the moment is more about wanting to know how far Nanliang has come.

Li Tai naturally can't say that all kinds of reinforcements from Southern Liang, hundreds of thousands of horses and horses watched Hou Jing attack Taicheng for several months, Hou Jing played with the Southern Liang monarchs and ministers like monkeys on the one hand, and on the other hand, he was always denied entry like a wild boar hitting the fence, and finally won the final victory in this grand competition.

Of course, even if he said it, Yuwentai had to drink the water of the Qinhuai River at the same time to believe that there would be such a funny and illogical thing in the world! The father and son of the monarch and the minister, the loyalty and righteousness of the people, in this Taicheng offensive and defensive battle, can be said to have been trampled clean and gone.

"From the courtier's point of view, the Xiao clan's vassals are deeply contradictory to each other, and they can be described as the same situation. When Hou Jing was not released, there were already many disputes in his Jing and Yong's mansions. Biyongzhou Assassin Shi Xiao Jinggui is the emperor's grandson, and the old mansion of the domain can not control the masses, and it is still necessary to rely on the ministers to use troops to help him eliminate the strong sect in the palace, which can be seen that the upper and lower are out of order. ”

Li Tai first gave a local example, and then continued: "This is still the case in its border towns, and the corruption of the rest of the feudal guards can be imagined. This poisonous place has already made Fang Zhen uneasy, if they suddenly gather in one place, how can they be at peace with each other?

Moreover, the forces gathered by Hou Jing in Huainan are not small, and now he takes advantage of the opportunity to cross the river, I am afraid that it is the hand of heaven to punish and fake scenes. Huaibei is defeated, the Chinese army of Liang State is gone, and once all the people and horses gather in their capitals, there will be a catastrophe! In the eyes of the ministers, it is advisable to re-establish the people in Jingzhen, so that when the Southern Liang changes and the Jianghan are uneasy, they can take it nearby. ”

Although Li Tai knows what will happen next, it is difficult to win the trust of others based on this, so he can only use this as his own speculation for reference. Although he has many troops in Jingzhou, the real core is only a few thousand, and if he really wants to carry out a large-scale advance, he still needs to rely on Guanzhong to transfer troops.

What's more, Wang Sizheng just happened last year in the Western Wei Dynasty, and Yuwentai took the prince to patrol the border this year, and he also had the intention of deterring the soldiers of the border towns to eliminate the adverse effects.

If Li Tai continues to engage in the first cut and then the prelude and rashly dispatch troops, no matter what kind of results will be achieved, just this spirit of committing crimes against the wind, if you don't gather the masses to hang him up and show the public, this team will really not be able to take it, so let's break up as soon as possible.