Not everyone involved in this storm initiated by Changsun’s family in the Chang’an court was as fearless as Li Tai and was in a mood to plan their own life.
Liu Min has been very anxious recently. She went to the village to visit Li Tai this day, with hundreds of followers, and most of them carrying bows and swords. She was obviously worried that she would be attacked and killed by the Changsun family.
The Qianzhuang was crowded with people, and Li Tai did not go out to greet him, but just stood at the entrance of the valley to wait. As Liu Min marched here, the two brothers in distress couldn’t help but sigh.
Li Tai also had a bit of deliberate attitude to take care of Liu Min’s emotions, while Liu Min was really worried, with her hair and beards messed up and had no manners to speak. When she saw Li Tai, she sighed before she could speak. “The situation is unusual now. Doctor Liu just needs to sue him if he has something to do. There is really no need to commit a dangerous act.”
Hearing Li Tai say this, Liu Min sighed again, and then said with a bitter smile: “I have been seized from the previous position because of my poor morals and poor job as a man. Boshan, you have to change the title, just call it a name.”
As he spoke, he led a timid child from behind, and greeted Li Tai with a stern face, and introduced him to Li Tai that his youngest son was named Liu Ang.
When he entered the valley, when he saw the officers in the Taiwan office who were stationed here to protect Li Tai, Liu Min couldn’t help but feel a hint of envy flashed in his eyes, but he didn’t say much.
When he arrived at the villa hall, Li Tai raised his hand to summon several Feng and Li Ya who were playing in the yard, and asked the two boys to pull the little Liu Ang to play elsewhere, and he invited Liu Min into the hall to sit down.
“My Taiwei Duke was also tragically seized. The revenge of Changsun is really terrifying. I am now confined to the village by the lord, and I am really sorry to be unable to respond to my brother’s affairs.”
What can make people comforted in adversity is always to tell him that you are not the most unlucky. It is indeed unfortunate that Liu Min was taken away from his official position, but compared with Gao Zhongmi’s Taiwei position, it is not the most pitiful.
Sure enough, after hearing this, Liu Min also calmed her face and turned to comfort Li Tai for a few words, and then said, “I am here to see you this time. I am ruthless in the past, and I have brought trouble to the Taiwan government. Fortunately, I still have pity for the Lord, and I am asking me to return home and do my job and make up for my mistakes.”
Speaking of this, he said with some shame: “If I had not asked for the past, you would not have to be involved in Bo Shan. The matter started because of me, but now I am going to escape at the battle. I am really ashamed to meet Bo Shan again, but I think that there may not be a future later, so I come here and say goodbye to me.”
Li Tai did not feel that this matter was implicated by Liu Min, but he felt it very much, so he could get this opportunity to make a fortune. Although Liu Min took people to attack the Changsun Family Temple, it was also urged by Li Tai.
Now that Liu Min has been deprived of her official position and sent back to her hometown, Li Tai is still happily taking stock of her harvest in the village.I was already very sad and happy, and I couldn’t help feeling a little embarrassed when I heard Liu Min say this again.
“Difficult life is inevitable. Brother Liu, you are a warrior who is striving for adversity. This world is no longer the old time when the Second and Third Junmen Sects decide the general trend. Keeping this loyal ambition to the country, the storm will always pass.”
Seeing Liu Min’s depressed look, Li Tai comforted again.
Returning to Hedong Xiangli and temporarily avoiding Changsun’s edge is also a good choice for Liu Min. Even Li Tai himself, his cousin Cui Qian, suggested that he avoid disaster in the countryside, but because he understood the intention of the big business station, he made a more favorable choice.
The Liu family has been famous Hedong families for generations. When it comes to the strength of the local power, Li Tai can’t compare. Even if Liu Min retired to the countryside, she still has great potential. Unless the Eastern Wei occupied Hedong in full, it would be a matter of time before the resurgence. Li Tai said this, but it was not empty talk.
“Boshan’s feelings of bravery and fearlessness are really enviable. I also had similar feelings and ambitions in the past year, but after experiencing setbacks and vicissitudes, I gradually eroded my original intention and wish… Alas, thank you for your good words, I hope the situation will turn around in the coming year.”
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Liu Min is not as optimistic as Li Tai. In addition to worry, she also feels frustrated and pessimistic about their Hedong family’s overall future.
The relationship between Pei Liuxue and other families in Hedong and the Western Wei Dynasty was relatively subtle.
Because of the local geography, they happened to be in the most central area of the war between the East and West dynasties, and because of their considerable local resources and power, they have a certain transcendent position.
The reason why these families defected to the Western Wei Dynasty was of course not closely related to the Beizhen Group led by Yuwen Tai. To put it nicely, it is because Xiaowu moved westward and followed the legal system, but in fact there are also reasons why the Western Wei was weak and they were able to gain more autonomy here, and it even became the fantasy of the other party’s political forces that could influence the general trend of the court and the world’s pattern.
But in actual circumstances, these Hedong families developed extremely poorly to the Western Wei court, and there was almost no senior official who established the dynasty. The Luoyang nobles who followed Xiaowu to move westward, Yuwen Tai’s bastard, including Su Chuo and other people in Guanxi, were all intentionally or unintentionally rejecting them into the court.
Having local forces but no political resources means that these Hedong people cannot speak out independently in this Western Wei regime and safeguard their own interests, and can only become vassals of one side.
Just like this time Liu Min was taken away from his post, it was indeed because he was the one who flirted first, but it was enough to show that their Hedong family had a weak and difficult voice in the court. Traditional political forces such as the Changsun family were not treated directly at all. Without the protection of the big Taiwan, Liu Min would even be suppressed.
This can be reflected by themIt is at least impossible for the Dongren family to cross the Ba Mansion and directly talk to the court at present, so there is no need to expect to become a third-party political force that is free from the court and Ba Mansion.
Putting aside his own circumstances, this situation also made Liu Min feel discouraged. Their Hedong family and the Beizhen Wuren were two forces that did not have much connection, but due to the arrogance of the court, they wanted to gain channels for promotion and maintain their local power, so they could only strengthen their dependence and obedience to the Bafu.
Liu Min calmed down his mood and said to Li Tai: “This time he returned home, in addition to rectifying the township brigade, he also served as the governor of the Yanchi and rectified the salt affairs. I remember that you had made suggestions to Daxingtai before. Today, when you came to visit, in addition to saying goodbye to face, you also wanted to ask for details of the inside story.”
Li Tai was stunned at first, but became a little embarrassed when he heard this. After all, this matter itself touched the interests of the people in Hedong. He was somewhat embarrassed by the person involved in questioning face-to-face.
But soon he sighed again, Yuwen Taishao was still the only one who was so sexy after all.
Originally, he felt that Yuwen Tai was just using this to attack the political reputation of the Changsun family, but he did not expect that the Hedong family would be included. He wanted to take advantage of the pressure put in the court to implement the salt induction system in Hedong.
Killing someone to kill your heart is just like this! Liu Min just helped you sweep the temple in Guanzhong, and before you could spend the money and goods back, he took advantage of the target and forced him to attack the countryside.
“I did have some advice on this matter. The salt administration is related to people’s livelihood, but the court has been unable to control it since its establishment…”
Li Tai first said some clichés, and then talked about his specific ideas.
The salt induction system is a typical planned economy, with integrated standardized management from the production and sales of salt.
In the short term, the interests of these salt producers will not be directly harmed. Even due to the regulations on the sales channels, salt can be sold more conveniently and safely with the help of the Bafu.
But in the long run, the right to distribute the interests is to be handed over to Bafu, and the production scale, sales route and product pricing rights are no longer owned by local wealthy families.
Liu Min is indeed a very suitable choice to carry out this fundamental normative reform.
First of all, he was born in a famous family in Hedong and had great local power and prestige. He presided over the reforms, which could prevent the resistance and opposition of the Hedong people to the greatest extent. Secondly, as a senior practitioner, you can also know the details and loopholes more clearly than others. In the end, Liu Min’s situation is worrying, and his dependence on the Ba Mansion will inevitably be more attentive.
Although this incident puts a shackle on the entire Hedong Salt Industry, it is not a short-sighted way to extricate the waters. As the official in charge of the matter, Liu Min relies on the entire Taiwan Bafu to dispatch local forces.The distributed energy has also been enhanced like never before!
To be honest, Li Tai is very envious of Liu Min. It is a blessing in disguise that he can get this appointment. At least if the Ba Mansion handed over this matter to him, he would never refuse. It’s a pity that he is not from Hedong, and this beauty will never fall on him.
Liu Min originally thought that the major Taiwan reformed the salt administration in order to bring salt profits from Hedong to the zero-sum game of the Taiwan Prefecture. Therefore, when he was appointed, he was worried, worried that if he did not do well, he would be evil to the Taiwan Prefecture, and his strength was too strong and he would not tolerate the countryside. In the end, he might end up being unpleasant and ruining his name.
But after listening to Li Tai’s explanation, he breathed a sigh of relief, and he clasped his fists toward the direction of the Taiwan Mansion and sighed: “The previous man’s dereliction of duty is even more troublesome. I thought it was ugly and bad, but I didn’t expect that Daxingtai would be more responsible, which really made me feel panic and ashamed!”
He turned to Li Tai and said: “It’s even more rare that Boshan, you can enter the Daxingtai to benefit the country and the people. I will use your advice to give you this gift and I will do my best to implement it sincerely and strive to benefit both the officials and the people, and never let you down your wisdom and benevolent strategy!”
So people still have to learn to enlighten themselves after all. Li Tai thinks that Liu Min should be able to see the far-reaching plan of the Salt Initiative reform, but he never mentioned it, just praise it. After cheating himself, the psychological burden of selling local resources will be much smaller.
He naturally would not expose Liu Min’s self-comfort. After knowing that Liu Min was appointed as the chief official of the Salt Administration to implement the reform, he felt that they could strengthen cooperation with each other, so he smiled and said, “Brother, if you don’t rush to go, I will gather together with the village scholars in the future, and I will attend to strengthen my strength.” This storm initiated by Changsun’s family in the Chang’an court was not everyone like Li Tai, and they are in a hurry to plan their own life.