This Liu Kuzhen's posture was so eager and humble that even the guards of Tang Gong on both sides felt a little unbearable after seeing it, but this was just a normal operation for others.

Although Li Tai is not a person who blindly likes flattery, he is not disgusted when he sees this guy expressing his loyalty to himself in full view of his dignity and dignity, and he raised his hand and pointed at Liu Kuzhen and said, "Excuse yourself, if it is as you say, you will inevitably be rewarded."

"Thank you, Lord, thank you for your grace!"

Liu Kuzhen bowed again after hearing this, and then stood up diligently, his face was covered with dust, and there were two tear stains under his eyes.

After getting up, Liu Kuzhen stepped forward again, and when he saw that Li Tai did not stop him, he stepped forward diligently to hold the reins for the lord, and then puffed up his chest and walked towards the city gate with a fox and a fake tiger look.

"You come to greet you today, three or five soldiers can follow you, and you can harass the city with these thousands of soldiers, and what kind of majesty do you want to show off!"

Li Tai raised his hand and pointed at the guards in front of the city gate who were still lining up clearly, and scolded Liu Kuzhen lightly.

When Liu Kuzhen heard this, he hurriedly bowed his waist like a shrimp, and said again and again: "Lord forgive sins, forgive sins! The slaves had not seen the Lord for many years, and they were afraid that many of the Hu Men did not know the majesty of the Lord, so they gathered here so that they could have the opportunity to admire the majesty of the Lord, and also to show themselves to the Lord that the slaves had been honored and that they would be successful in their work......

"This is just one time, not the next one!"

Li Tai would not be easily fooled by Liu Kuzhen's various sycophants, and he would never relax his vigilance because of the attitude of the other party, and then said in a deep voice: "So using you to restrain Zhuhu, is it really because you are capable and decisive and able to control the masses?

It's just that compared with Yu Zi, you are more awe-inspiring, measured, and more loyal, so trust more. But if you lose your self-control because of this, and frequently gather people to harass the state and county, you will be betraying your heart and burying the past!"

"Slaves, slaves are guilty, lords, lords are ......"

Liu Kuzhen was already a little stern when he heard this, and his heart suddenly panicked again, and he was busy and knelt on the ground, and he just kowtowed again and again.

"Get up, diagnose and treat the disease from the shallow, and realize the cause of the matter in a subtle way. You gathered the crowd to greet you, and your heart was also diligent. Just remember that if you can only be self-conscious in what you do, then you can do nothing."

Li Tai could see that this guy was admittedly still complimenting himself, but looking at his physique and such pomp, it could be seen that he was also a little floating, so he casually tapped a few words.

Liu Kuzhen knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, and after a while, seeing that the lord had no intention of continuing to investigate, he wiped the cold sweat on his forehead again, got up and walked with his bridle in front of the Hu pawn formation he brought, and did not dare to show off again, but waved his hand again and again to disperse the group, and he still hung his head and honestly acted as a horseman.

After entering the county government, the civil and military people of Xihe County all attended the hall to wash the dust for Tang Gong, and today's banquet banquet was not too extravagant, but it was also very attentive, and the wine and food were all produced locally in Xihe County, with a wide variety, and it was very rich to look at.

When each dish was served, Dugubin and others carefully explained the origin of these ingredients and the current scale of production. After hearing these familiar place names, Li Tai couldn't help but be reminded of his memories and began to talk about his experience of sweeping and breaking the crowd in this realm.

"This township was deeply desolate back then, and I don't know how many people who were persecuted by Hu and whose families were ruined and died, if it weren't for the benevolence and courage of the Lord back then, I don't know when this township would be cured! There is no place for the people to live in the vast countryside, and the feast is even more undreamable......

Lu Chuan, the commander of Xihe County, who was in charge of the township soldiers, was an old pawn who followed Tang Gong to sweep away the crowd, and he was embarrassed when he talked about this topic, and when he was emotional, he couldn't help but shed tears.

Hearing the crowd tell the story of Jihu's brutality, Liu Kuzhen, who was the chief of Jihu Hao, was a little restless.

Before being beaten by Li Tai outside the city, Liu Kuzhen replaced the previous outfit after entering the city

He drank two glasses of wine during the banquet, then got up and left the table and knelt in the hall, bowing to Li Tai and saying, "Although the slave is not the thief who ravaged this country in the past, he has also gone astray. If it weren't for the Lord's benevolence and righteousness, I would have been buried in a thief's bones!

Born but with a governor, who doesn't envy the prosperity of Beizhou today? The prosperity of the world does not come out of nowhere, and without the grand plan of our lord, this country will inevitably continue to be plagued. Qunhu is not born ugly, but also can be edified, slaves before receiving favor from the Lord, there is a determination to spread this kindness to the Qunhu, those who conform to live, those who resist die! If you are like a wolf, you must be tamed into a loyal dog, and guard your house against thieves for my lord!"

"Liu Dudu's words are really majestic and pleasant, give wine!"

Li Tai saw Liu Kuzhen's generous and loyal face, so he pointed at him again and laughed.

This Liu Ku is really not just talking casually, but really has this qualification.

The previous organized Jihu rebellion in northern Shaanxi had basically been dispersed by Li Tai's army. In addition to the military strikes, but also with the Buddha Temple and other religious means, and also to appease the United Front Diao Yin Liu such a large number of Ji Hu, so that the Hu in northern Shaanxi greatly alleviated, in recent years, with the development of local military and political forces in northern Shaanxi, even if there are some scattered uncontrolled Ji Hu tribes, there is no need to worry.

However, Jihu was widely distributed in this area, not only in the Western Wei Dynasty, but also in the Northern Qi Dynasty. When Gao Yang had not gone crazy before, he also led a large army into Luliang Mountain to exterminate Jihu in Lishi, Shilou and other places.

But then Gao Yang did not choose to organize and control these Jihu on the spot, but chose to build the Great Wall along the West Mountain, and isolated the areas where these Jihu were traditionally distributed by the Great Wall, so as to prevent the Jihu from frequently disturbing the western border of Jinyang.

This approach is tantamount to abandoning the area between the west side of Luliang Mountain and the Yellow River, although a certain garrison is still maintained, but these garrisons are more about preventing and controlling the infiltration of the Western Wei Dynasty, and can no longer effectively control the area.

Li Tai suppressed and appeased the Hu in northern Shaanxi, while he adopted a policy of restraint and entrapment against the Jihu in the Northern Qi Dynasty. When these Jihu were pursued by the Northern Qi and had no way to escape, they were given all kinds of relief to tide over the difficult times.

Liu Kuzhen is the current leader of Lishi Hu, not only because of his bloodline, but also because of the support provided by Li Tai.

Although this guy has always grovelled in front of Li Tai, he commands tens of thousands of Lishi Hu people, and indirectly controls more than a dozen other Jihu tribes, large and small, and is majestic among Jihu, almost not inferior to Liu Lisheng, the Hu chief who established an independent regime back then. Even the descendants of Liu Lisheng in Yunyang Valley now have to rely on the material support obtained by Liu Kuzhen in northern Shaanxi to maintain their power existence.

Of course, Liu Kuzhen is just a puppet on the table, and it is the Suizhou Thorn History Mansion that is really in charge of almost all the affairs of this part. Through the long-term support of these Jihu, coupled with the active cooperation of Liu Kuzhen, the leader, the internal personnel of Lishi Zhuhu gradually came under the control of the Suizhou Assassin Mansion.

Li Tai stayed in Xihe County for another two days, inspected the scale and current situation of the official and private settlements in the territory, and worked out more detailed measures and steps to increase the tax collection of commercial settlements.

Once the profit margins of Shangtun are tightened, it will inevitably cause a certain amount of commotion and resistance, and some Shangtun may simply give up farming in order to carry out passive resistance. And this situation was also expected by Li Tai, and it was just the right opportunity to reclaim part of the Shangtun land for the construction of a new hussar mansion in northern Shaanxi.

As long as these hussar soldiers take root here, they will soon become the defenders and armed forces of the local order in the territory, and at the same time, they can also share a certain amount of border defense pressure. In this way, even if some of the merchants are withdrawn, it will not cause a sudden increase in the pressure on border defense here.

After leaving Xihe County, Li Tai did not return directly, but continued to lead his troops northward accompanied by Liu Kuzhen and others, and arrived in Suizhou.

Suizhou was founded by Li Tai, and then Cui Ji took over and guarded it for a long time, undertaking the armed guarantee of Li Tai's personnel management in northern Shaanxi. After that, Cui Ji and Li Yantou were recalled to serve in the court, and Li Tai appointed Tian Hong to guard the town.

For the arrival of Tang Gong, Tian

Hongzi was excited, and after welcoming him into the state border, he arranged the route of the inspection according to Tang Gong's explanation. Compared with the southern prefectures and counties, the current situation of people's livelihood in Suizhou is very lacking, mainly in a series of military arrangements.

In the old year, when Li Tai took advantage of Gao Huan's southward siege of Yubi City, he set out from Suizhou to enter the territory of the Eastern Wei Dynasty at that time, swept through the Lishi area, and directly attacked Jinyang City, and returned with a great victory.

Now it is difficult to repeat this feat, after which the Eastern Wei Dynasty added a lot of defensive arrangements in the range of its western mountain, especially the Great Wall during the Northern Qi Dynasty, which made Luliang Mountain even more difficult to cross.

However, Suizhou, as a bridgehead in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, still has a certain deterrent effect on the Jinyang region of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and can contain the dispatch of some Jinyang troops. Moreover, Suizhou also controls and influences a large number of Jihu people, and when they need to make moves on this front in the future, these Jihu people are also a very considerable force.

After inspecting Suizhou, Li Tai originally planned to cross the Yellow River and take a look at the opposite side, but then there were messengers who passed the news from Guanzhong and urgently waited for Li Tai to return to deal with it, so he could only stop this trip and lead his troops back to Guanzhong.

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