It is the middle of winter again, and the fields are covered with snow, but there is a sand bank with a width of more than ten miles in the east of Chang'an City, which extends from the city to the outside of the city.

There is no snow on this sand embankment road, and at the same time, pedestrians are prohibited from stepping on it, and there is careful maintenance every day, until the time enters the middle of the lunar month, and only then can Taichang, Honglu and other officials go out of the city to set up tents and put on a welcome ceremony.

Daxingtai Yuwentai has entered Beijing to worship as early as the beginning of the month, and these welcome etiquettes prepared by the Ministry of Rites are naturally not to welcome Daxingtai, but in addition, who is worthy of the imperial court to start preparations many days ago?

In the eastern suburbs of Chang'an City, more than 2,000 elite infantry soldiers surrounded a beautifully shaped four-looking car and marched towards Chang'an City, but the honor guard before and after the car was not the specifications of Chang'an magnates entering and leaving.

As this group appeared on the outskirts of Chang'an, the cavalry commanders who had been waiting for a long time rushed back and forth to report the news.

The view of the four-view car parade is indeed a wide field of vision, but there is really no good sense of experience in the cold winter wax moon, the wind is blowing on all sides, and the passengers on the car are cold in their hands and feet.

Li Tai saw that Chang'an City was already in sight, so he smiled at Xiao Jing, who was in the same car, and said: "Gyeonggi is approaching, please let me get out of the car and obey, so as not to be offended by the Gyeonggi masses participating in my disobedience." ”

Xiao Jing is no longer the King of Yueyang in Southern Liang, but the King of Liang canonized by the Chang'an Imperial Court, and he deliberately entered the court with Li Tai at the end of the year to thank him. At this time, he was wrapped in a thick fox fur, but his face was still red from the cold, as a southerner, he really couldn't stand the cold weather in Guanzhong, and when he heard Li Tai say this, he hurriedly raised his hand and grabbed him and said: "In this realm, people are unfamiliar, Boshan must not abandon me and him!" ”

Li Tai didn't know whether King Liang was frozen or nervous, but when he said this, he could only continue to accompany him on the journey in the car.

When the car drove on Shadi Avenue, it became stable and comfortable, and Li Tai couldn't help but smile and said: "Today, taking advantage of the king, I was able to walk on the Zun Road." ”

"Boshan is too modest, you have expanded the territory for the country for thousands of miles, made outstanding achievements, and were invincible in all battles before and after, which can be described as a powerful earthquake in China, if it is not for you to go together, Guanzhong Shiliu knows who I am?"

After hearing this, King Liang hurriedly said, if he had contact with Li Tai before, he still had a bit of self-esteem due to his identity, but now there is no arrogance at all in front of Li Tai, and he knows that even his current position as King Liang is all raised by Li Tai, and he is convinced from the inside out.

No matter who this sand bank is built for, the identity of King Liang is always here, and now he enters the country with the princes, and Li Tai accompanies him on a journey, and it is always not good to enter the court in the same car in a grand manner, so he got off the car in advance at the place where he was several miles away from the city and the official went out, and then took a horse to guide the way.

This time, because the king of Liang entered the dynasty and needed to be treated solemnly, there were no idle people inside and outside the city gate to stop and watch, only the ceremonial officials arched from the king of Qi to meet the king of Liang.

Yuan Kuo originally walked forward with a solemn expression under the guidance of the ceremonial official, but when he saw Li Tai in the team, he couldn't help but look at him and said loudly: "The Metropolitan Governor has made many great achievements this year, and he has promoted the prestige of our country with his own strength, and he is impressed by the United States!" ”

When Li Tai heard this, he bowed slightly in response, and saw that the other people in the court couldn't help but salute him, so he took two steps back and highlighted the current protagonist Liang Wang Xiao Jing.

After some courtesy questions and answers, the two kings boarded their respective carriages, and then went to the city under the arch of the honor guards, escorting King Liang to the royal palace not far from the imperial city.

Li Tai originally thought that King Liang would directly enter the court to see His Majesty the Emperor and Daxingtai, but he was stunned when he saw this. But it's better to let King Liang rest in the other garden first, this poor Nanwazi was almost unable to hang up after being blown by the cold wind after coming to Guanzhong.

He originally wanted to stay and explain to King Liang about the precautions of daily life in Guanzhong, but King Qi urged him to go to the imperial city together, so he knew that the court and the central government had a special banquet to welcome him today, so he had no time to arrange for King Liang to visit the court.

After learning of this, Li Tai was not easy to speak directly to King Liang, so he could only refuse his retention, leaving a few disciples here to listen to the envoy to take care of King Liang's living, and he left this villa with King Yuankuo of Qi.

After leaving the garden, Li Tai saw dozens of drummers standing in front of the door, and at the same time, the ceremonial officer stepped forward and said: "Xihe Gong has made great contributions to the country, and His Majesty has specially given him to advocate the prestige of the military before and after!" ”

In the front and rear of the Northern Wei Dynasty, he advocated only the ration of the three divisions, the two major and the three dukes, although Li Tai added the opening of the mansion, to some extent compared with the upper duke, but after all, there was still a difference, and the preaching of the guard of honor was not enjoyed by the opening of the mansion, and it could only be enjoyed by the special decree of the imperial court.

Li Tai was not surprised by this reward, which was nothing compared to the meritorious service he created this year. Listening to the musicians blowing and playing before and after, he felt fresh at the same time, and at the same time, he also wanted to ask whether these musicians received wages from the imperial court or supported themselves?

But when I thought about it, it would be redundant to ask this.,So he comforted himself in his heart to spend more.,After all, I'm also a real guy who can bring BGM when he appears from now on.。

With the sound of music before and after, the group came to the gate of the imperial city, and as far as the eye could see, it was already densely packed with the time-flowing courtiers who came to greet them, and everyone was full of enthusiastic smiles on their faces.

However, Li Tai did not stay here for long, and after dismounting, he was introduced into the imperial city even by the people who were waiting here, and then went straight to the court.

In the court, from His Majesty the Emperor downwards, Daxingtai, the prince and the pillars, as well as the clans, the princes are all listed, and after Li Tai enters the court, the ceremonial official will announce the latest conferral of Li Tai.

First of all, Li Tai's title was changed from the Duke of Xihe County to the Duke of Taiyuan County, and the explanation given in the edict was the beginning of Jiaqi's great achievements, which was his previous attack on Jinyang.

Li Tai heard this change and the reason given is also a pleasure, Taiyuan County Gong was originally Wang Sizheng knighted, Yingchuan City was broken before his people changed the title of Yingchuan County Duke, but this time Taiyuan County Gong was named to himself, I don't know if the court used this to imply that Wang Sizheng could not be full of the meaning.

Of course, the most important thing is the Eastern Wei side, which is naturally full of ridicule. Every time Li Tai's title is called, the story of the Eastern Wei Dynasty nest being copied will be recalled once!

This time, the imperial court did not increase Li Tai's food estate, because he had previously expressed his willingness to pass on his merits to relatives and friends. Because between August and September, Li Yunxin, who had been lurking in Jinyang for a long time, finally brought back his mother, younger brother, and cousins of the same ancestor and their respective families in one fell swoop.

Mother and younger brother came to Kansai naturally without a livelihood future, and the cousins came to Kansai with their families, and of course Li Tai could not let them have no assets to stand on their own in Kansai. At that time, he still had to sit in Jingzhou to pacify the newly acquired land, and he had no time to return to deal with these family affairs, so he used Shugong to ask the court for the seal of his relatives.

The imperial court was also quite bold about this, Li Tai's two younger brothers were all county dukes, and the five cousins were each named county marquis, each with a thousand euphemia.

Although the title of the Western Wei Dynasty is an honorary title, the brothers of the same clan are all ranked as princes within one day, and the effect of this honor is also directly full. And in addition to the title, Li Tai's five cousins all ruled the mansion, and Yuwentai did not leave any of them to the imperial court.

As for Li Yunxin, who rescued Li Tai's family this time, he had also accompanied Li Tai to Jinyang before, so he was directly awarded the title of Duke of Jinyang County, and together with his grandfather Li Tai, he became the two tool men of the Western Wei Dynasty to mock the Eastern Wei Dynasty.

In addition to the title change, the next most important addition is that Li Taide will increase the number of generals.

The Western Wei Dynasty originally had the title of a general, but it was originally the title of the two and three princes of the Great Sima and the Great General, like Nian Xian, Yu Jin, Wang Sizheng and so on have all increased the number of generals, all of which belong to the Second Congress.

However, the generals that Li Taijin increased belonged to the high-ranking positions among the twelve generals of the Six Pillars that later generations were familiar with. Because he is not the first person to increase the number of generals, in September this year, his father-in-law Dugu Xin returned to the court from the right expedition of Longzhou, and the director of Qinzhou assassin Shi Yu Wendao was added to the governor of Qinzhou, and the military governors of the states of Longyou were all governors, and the authority was the same as Li Tai's Jingzhou governor's office, and the number of generals was increased.

There is no doubt that Yuwentai made this appointment and urgently promoted Yuwendao, and the idea in his heart was nothing more than to let his nephew, who was the most valued and trusted nephew and the first person of the second generation of Yuwen's family, surpass Li Tai in the ranking.

To be honest, in terms of merit alone, Li Tai is not far behind some people in the Pillar Kingdom.

But before and after the merits for the Western Wei regime, for Yuwentai, the meaning is different after all, and it can even be said that the position of the Pillar State has been determined with the completion of the Yuwentai Mansion, no matter how good Li Tai, a rising star, is impossible to surpass these Pillar States, unless he even does Yuwentai do it together.

The most powerful person under the Pillar State is naturally the great general, and there is no need to even discuss who the twelve generals are, so that Li Tai is the head of the meritorious service. However, Yuwentai also obviously felt that Li Tai was really sharp, so he still made a time difference and made Yuwendao the first general to be appointed.

Although the generals are equal in power and there is no distinction between upper and lower, the time before and after their appointment can always represent the depth of seniority. Even if it was only a few months earlier, it can be said that Yuwendao was the first person in the next generation of the Western Wei regime and not Li Tai, although this second generation was only a few years younger than Yuwentai.

Li Tai knew that Yu Wendao couldn't suppress him, so he didn't care too much about it. And although Yuwen Dao was awarded the general earlier than himself, it is not the same when it comes to the personnel strength under his command.

With this year's series of battles alone, Li Tai's command of the hussars who were awarded the hussars to open the mansion included Cui Qian, Linghu Yanbao, Liang Shiyan, Zhao Gang, He Ruodun, and Li Qianzhe. In addition, there are more than ten people with the rider. and the new territories of Jianghan and the new expansion of the territory of the establishment of a total of 36 states, all of which were controlled by Li Tai.

In this way, Li Tai also felt that it would be abnormal if Yu Wentai didn't do some means to suppress himself, and this guy had to be the boss for himself and wanted to be his own father.

Today's Jingzhou Governor's Office is too powerful, far from being comparable to Yuwendao's Qinzhou Governor's Office, even if Yuwentai used public and private interests to assign Hanzhong to Qinzhou Governor's Office, it still can't shake the status of the first town of Jingzhou's Governor's Mansion.

What's more, this situation has to continue for a long time under Yuwentai's nose, because most of the sphere of influence of the Jingzhou Governor's Mansion was brought back by Li Tai himself, coupled with the brilliant record of attacking and killing Murong Shaozong, some people in Southern Liang respect him like a god, and as Hou Jing continues to toss, this prestige is estimated to be further raised.

So don't say that the rest of the Bafu now, even if Yu Wentai himself went out of Jingzhou in person, they didn't dare to say that they would definitely be able to do better than Li Tai. Unless Yu Wentai is willing to give up a large territory and interests between Jiang and Han, Li Tai, the governor of Jingzhou, will not be able to change him. Even if he wanted to give up, the other pillar countries might not be willing to agree.

In addition to changing the title of Taiyuan County Duke and Xinjia General, Li Tairong was renamed Prince Shaobao to Prince Taibao, and added Shangshu Zuo Servant Shot.

Becoming a high-ranking official of Shangshu at the age of a weak crown was originally an extremely amazing treatment, but because it was destined to be a remote leader, it was just an arrangement for the Taiwan government to take advantage of this to set aside Shangshu Province. Rao is like this, except for the two goods of the Gao family, there are not many people who have achieved such a position and honor at this age.

As for the rest of the giving and advocacy, Li Tai just listened to it casually and didn't take it to heart. In his opinion, as long as it is not for entering the court, praising and worshipping the name, and going to the temple with a sword, everything else is almost meaningless.

After the reward was over, after Li Tai thanked him, the emperor got up from the imperial bed again, and smiled and signaled the ministers to go to the other hall to congratulate the return of the heroes.

A group of people followed behind the emperor's steps, and after leaving the palace, Daxing Taiyu Wentai raised his hand to signal Li Tai to follow behind him, and Li Taifang waited to step forward, and was stopped by his father-in-law Dugu Xin raising his hand.

"It's cold in the middle of winter, and the clothes are still so simple, I don't know how to cherish myself for the people close to me!"

Dugu Xin saw that Li Tai's clothes were thin, so he frowned and reprimanded.

Li Tai was a little innocent when he heard this, he entered Beijing with King Liang, and was introduced into the palace before he had time to go home.

After Dugu Xin scolded a few words, he directly untied his mink coat outside his court clothes and put it on his son-in-law, pretending to ignore the laughter of the courtiers in the rear, just frowned and looked at Li Tai and said: "This year's achievements, I have heard a lot, and there are several dangerous moves, so I can't be brave and strong in the future, and cherish this body for the country and the family!" ”