Li Tai was not a man of indiscriminate killing. In addition to the villagers who were defending the village he killed when he attacked the manor, he only killed the Lei family members and the villagers who had killed Dushui members after entering the village.
It's just that the Lei family was prosperous, and there were more than 20 members of the clan staying in the village, plus more than a dozen murderers who were recognized by the villagers, so the scene of this pile of corpses looked a bit cruel.
Li Tai no longer had the arrogance of standing on the wall and shouting. He saluted Yang Shaochang, and then said in a deep voice: "I didn't dare to publicize the crime in public before, because there was still a hidden secret behind the murder of my subordinates. Several people who had broken out of the encirclement had gone to the county government office to seek help.
, but was taken into custody by the county magistrate and killed.
There are witnesses to this matter, and I dare not ask for the details of the county personnel. However, the evil has not been eliminated, and my heart is still angry. I sincerely ask Yang Shijun to bring justice to this unjust death. We, all the people in the capital, will definitely remember it.
May you be kind!"
When Yang Shao heard this, his expression changed again, and he didn't bother to reprimand Li Tai for killing too much. He just said in a deep voice: "Quickly bring in witnesses! No, no need, I will interrogate you!"
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After Li Tai heard this, he cleaned out a free room in the village, invited Yang Shao to sit inside, and asked people to summon the people of the village.
Yang Shao summoned more than a dozen people from the village in succession, and after a while he came out with a heavy face, bowed to Li Taishen, and said in a deep voice: "Thank you Li Lang for giving me such a good reputation. The village thieves colluded with the county magistrates and tortured the villagers.
It is indeed extremely sinful! If Li Lang believes in me, please leave this matter to me and I will never let your subordinates die in vain!"
"If I didn't trust the envoy, I would not have entered the county lightly. I would have gone to Xingcheng to take advantage of the situation first. How could the local thieves be so arrogant? I also know that the envoy cannot be blamed for this matter. The situation in the village is complicated and hidden.
Inside and outside are covered, who can see clearly without being caught in this net?”
After hearing this, Li Tai added that he was shocked when he learned the news from the villagers.
Although he didn't intend to give up, he also knew that he could not attack the county magistrate directly.
Yang Shaoqing was not clear about it, and he didn't know it either, but after all, he was a county guard appointed by the imperial court, and he was also from a powerful family in Guanlong, so he would not collude with a local tycoon, so he decided to win over Yang Shao.
"Oh, I'm really ashamed. I've been living in the county for several years, but I didn't think of allowing evil to go so far!"
It is not a decent thing for subordinate officials to collude with powerful people, and it is not discovered until others report them. Yang Shao sighed again with a look of shame on his face: "There are indeed many difficulties in governing here. In addition to the evil in the countryside, there are still many obstacles.
Youji Hu frequently disturbed the territory. The soldiers were exhausted, and sometimes they had to rely on the villagers to assist in defense, so they did not dare to investigate."
He turned his eyes to the side and signaled Li Tai to go to a remote place, and then said: "This rural thief Lei is a Qiang who has lived here for a long time. There are other clan members living in Jingzhou. Xi'an Prefecture's Chang Envoy Jun Jiu
When he was governing Jingzhou, he recruited powerful Qiang people as his disciples.
Later, Chang Shijun transferred to the town of Wuyuan, where he organized troops and garrisoned in Yanchi. Many Qiang disciples followed him. Because the northern defense army was in urgent need, he sought funding from the wealthy families of Neizhou County. This Lei Mou was also introduced by his own clan and was listed as a regular.
He became a subordinate of the emperor. From then on, he donated supplies to help the army and became more and more unruly in the countryside..."
"Xi'an Prefecture is far to the north, but it can actually mobilize the material resources of North China Prefecture?"
After Li Tai heard this, he felt a little strange. Although Chang Shan was the founder of the government, you, Beihua Prefecture, did not tolerate him crossing the line?
After Yang Shao heard this, he sighed again: "Li Lang, you mostly live in ruling areas, so you may not know much about the chaos in the prefectures and counties here. All the prefectures and counties in the north are just rough names listed by superiors and subordinates. Wherever they are,
In terms of governance, except for the city defense, most of the territory is barren and there is no order at all.
If the sword points, the command can be reached, and the king's flag cannot be overthrown, it means turning outside. Wherever the government is, the households are hastily compiled, and the governors of the states and counties only raise troops to guard against thieves. The people's support has no reliable basis at all. The arms of the states are
None of them are prosperous. Only with the help of their surroundings can each of them survive independently..."
Li Tai's eyes widened when he heard this, and he couldn't help but ask: "How many envoys from Beihua Prefecture attacked Jihu and achieved victory last year?"
Yang Shao probably couldn't find anyone to talk to for a long time. When he heard Li Tai's question, he began to introduce the situation in detail.
The biggest problem currently plaguing the rule of northern Shaanxi is mainly Jihu.
There are many Jihu ethnic groups, widely distributed on the northern Shaanxi Plateau. Because they belong to the Zawu ethnic group, they are often named after the places where they live and move. Just around Fucheng County, there are Diaoyinhu and Heishui.
Hu, Beishan Hu and other Jihu tribes.
These Jihu tribes are widely distributed among the mountains, forests and ravines of the Northern Shaanxi Plateau. Small tribes consist of dozens or hundreds of people, while large tribes have tens of thousands of people. These Jihu tribes usually work half-farming and half-grazing, and are very good at hunting.
, and often plunder people and materials.
The core ruling area of the Western Wei Dynasty was only in the Guanzhong Plain, and because it often fought with the Eastern Wei Dynasty in the Heluo area, the main military forces were also deployed along this area. Therefore, the ruling power that could be invested in the northern plateau and mountainous areas was not large.
In addition, the Eastern Wei Dynasty failed to gain geographical advantage in the Hedong area, and Jinyang, the core of its rule, was close to the Hetao area in northern Shaanxi, so it often incited the Jihu tribe in the territory to rebel.
For example, Cao Ni, who invaded Lingzhou and rebelled in the early years of the reign of Emperor Tong, belonged to Jihu's Dongxi Cao Ercheng Hu. When Cao Ni rebelled for the first time, he was put down by Li Hu, but the Western Wei Dynasty did not kill him.
However, he still stayed in Lingzhou.
In the second year, Gao Huan of the Eastern Wei Dynasty sent troops to directly capture Xiazhou. Cao Ni also took the opportunity to rebel again and led his subordinates to surrender directly to the Eastern Wei Dynasty. The Eastern Wei Dynasty established prefectures and counties in its territory to accommodate these Jihu subordinates.
Xiazhou can be said to be the starting point of Yuwentai's hegemony. It was during his tenure as the governor of Xiazhou that he led his troops south to take over He Bayue's power and became the new overlord of Guanzhong.
As a result, the land of Longxing was once attacked by the Eastern Wei Dynasty, which shows how weak the Western Wei Dynasty was in the north. So he and Gao Huan were old enemies. He poked people's lungs in the east of Hedong, and Gao Huan beat him in northern Shaanxi.
Tianling cover.
It can be said that the Western Wei Dynasty's ruling area in northern Shaanxi only had some limited town defenses, and in the vast area outside these military strongholds, Jihu was the real master.
But fortunately, the Jihu tribes themselves do not have a strong unity and tend to only operate within their own regions. What Hui Hui attacked last year was part of the Diaoyinhu group that was active in the upper reaches of Luoshui River, but other Jihu tribes
It has not been significantly affected yet.
Although the Eastern Wei Dynasty attracted and incited some Jihu people in northern Shaanxi, the territory itself was not peaceful. There were also many Jihu tribes west of Fenshui River. Gao Huan never had the emperor's addiction in his life, but Jihu Liu Lisheng did ten jobs in Shanxi.
Emperor for many years.
Although the Jihu regime fell, Jihu's power still existed. Lishihu, Shilouhu, etc. on the west side of Luliang Mountain were all hostile forces operating under Gao Huan's nose.
Many people don't know what Gao Huan was doing after the Battle of Mangshan. He was fighting Jihu, and the Jihu in Luliang Mountain rebelled again. This problem had to be delayed until the Gaoyang period to be completely solved, and the Eastern Wei Dynasty was forced to
The Great Wall was built directly across Shanxi Province.
In short, Jihu, this dog-skin plaster, stubbornly persisted in the plateau mountains between the Eastern and Western Wei Dynasties, and even outlived the Northern Zhou and Northern Qi regimes.
Yuwentai and Gao Huan, the old enemies, basically apart from having fights near Heluo, they each took the time to fight Jihu and instigate the Jihu in the other side's territory.
After listening to Yang Shao's explanation, Li Tai also felt a little helpless. The more he learned about it, the more he felt that this Jihu was really a big trouble. Especially now that he is in charge of Luoshui, and half of the basin of Luoshui is full of
There are funny activities.
At the moment, he is just listening to the fun, but soon, this will be a problem that he needs to face directly.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but be glad that he had killed the Lei family so early. If he had waited until he had a deeper understanding of the situation in the north, although he would still kill, he would inevitably have entanglements. At least it felt good at the time.
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After all, if he wants to continue to develop in the upper reaches of Luoshui River, he must cooperate with the local garrison, and a considerable part of these garrison troops are subject to the control of Xi'an Prefecture's Chang Shan, and some are simply his troops.
Now that everyone has been killed and offended, there is no need to think about those boring issues anymore. It's best for Chang Shan to look away on his own. If I can't look away, I will deduct your military rations!
What's more, he has also reached a cooperation with Li He, a local tycoon in Xiazhou, so he doesn't have to worry about not having any support when he goes north. It's just that it's a bit difficult to extend his tentacles to the salt pond in Xi'an Prefecture.
But in addition, he is not afraid of retaliation from the other party. Chang Shan will not stay in Xi'an forever. When his power develops to the upper reaches, maybe the other party will be transferred early. After all, the boss will wipe his ass.
seriously.
"Will Li Lang continue to stay here, or will he return south?"
Yang Shao asked again, he really didn't want Li Tai to stay, otherwise if Chang Shan asked someone to ask, he would have to be caught in the middle and find it difficult to behave.
"I will lead my troops back to my post as soon as I meet up with my subordinates here. I'm really sorry for causing trouble to you."
Li Tai went north this time to avenge and save people. After his goal was achieved, he would not stay for long. However, the personnel affairs in the village still had to be finalized, so he added: "But the evidence of the personnel in the village is collected by the county government.
still……"
"Except for the certificates of the officials involved in the county affairs, Li Lang will issue all the rest! Not only did Lei disobey the order of the Capital Water Department, but he even dared to harm the envoys. The county will never protect this evildoer!"
Yang Shao quickly said again that since Li Tai did not expose his subordinates' collusion with local thieves, there was a tacit understanding between them. What's more, this Lei Mou was also a disciple of Changshan in Xi'an Prefecture, and he would be causing trouble by interfering in the punishment.
Li Tai didn't think this was a troublesome matter. His subordinates had just taken a rough inventory of the manor's treasures, and he knew that he had slaughtered a fat sheep. Now the official warehouse was so poor that the mice were in tears. Of course, he had to transport it back to replenish the warehouse.
After mutual agreement, Yang Shao did not stay for a long time. He left the manor and first captured Na Lei's soldier commander on the charge of being good at mobilizing rural regiments. Then he and Li Tai's subordinates went to Pushan Temple where the Dushui subordinates were trapped.
People lead out.
The subordinates left and returned, but told Li Tai that Mao Shijian had come to join him if it was inconvenient, because this guy had killed many monks in the temple in the past few days, and if the county government took over, there would be another setback.