A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 964: The Bai Clan changes its leadership to Wei Bozhu, the old and the new take over and refuse the title of king
February 6, the third year of Tianfu
The Bai family submitted the "Decision on the Change of Term of Office of the Bai Family Houses" after the Young Master discussed it and the Elders Council approved it.

It is planned that on the sixth day of the first lunar month in the fourth year of Tianfu, a new term of the Bai family will be held. The core will be young and capable, and no one will be stingy with either the direct or the collateral lineage.

The Bai family is a huge organization spread all over the world, and changing leadership is not as simple as changing people.

Elections for local halls must be held first, followed by elections for the six sects, and then elections for the central courts from among the many recommended candidates from each sect hall.

The first month of the fourth year of Tianfu
Weizhou, at this time the entire Weizhou army had been completely subdued by Bai Jian.

The arrogant soldiers who originally relied on their guards to arbitrarily replace the Jiedushi were also resolved by Bai Jianfen.

Bai Jian repeatedly introduced garrison troops from outside Weizhou into the Yabing, breaking the original marriage relationships between the Yabing, and repeatedly transferred prestigious members of the Yabing to other states to serve in the military.

By dispersing the guards and disrupting their shuffle, and cooperating with the strong soldiers and generals from Zhaoyi's old subordinates and Xuanwu for support, he finally took complete control of the Wei Bo army.

However, the price paid was that the combat effectiveness of the originally powerful guards dropped sharply, so that when the Liang army attacked, they lost Xiangzhou and Chanzhou one after another.

When fighting with Chengde's army, he lost Beizhou and Bozhou.

Up to now, only Weizhou is still struggling to support the city.

Fortunately, Li Sizhao of Jin State was fierce and recaptured Mingzhou from Luzhou, so he was able to quickly send troops to support Weizhou. The Xuanwu Army also continuously supplied soldiers, armor, money and food from the Yellow River, which prevented Weizhou from being taken.

In the military headquarters, Bai Jian, who was already 39 years old, was holding a family letter from Bianzhou, with infinite divine light flashing in his eyes.

Soon, the Wei Bo generals who received Bai Jian's order came to the conference hall and stood still.

Because after Bai Jian took office, he attached great importance to rules and etiquette, and he was not short of money and was an upright and reasonable person.

Therefore, those old soldiers who were dissatisfied with his division of the guards wanted to launch a rebellion many times, but they were all discovered and quelled by Bai Jian in advance.

Looking at the civil and military officials in the hall, these were the essences that he had developed over more than ten years of hard work on the land of Hebei.

The military officers included An Xianbin, Luo Hongxin, and Tian Chengbin, former generals of Wei Bo, Wang Cheng, Bai Shijin, Bai Ming, and Yuan Ziang, former generals of Zhaoyi, and Liu Zhanshan, Zhen Yuanfeng, and Bai Xiaohua, generals from Xuanwu.

On the civil service side, there were Han Heyi, the military officer of the military government, Cui Shaojie, the chief officer of Weizhou, and Zhang Nai, his own strategist.

Since he was arranged by his father to join the Zhaoyi Army, he gradually became the deputy envoy of the Zhaoyi Army, and then accepted the invitation of Wei Bo and took control of Weizhou.

Although there were ups and downs, I still managed to build this foundation over the past decade.

There were more than a dozen civil and military officials and an army of 23,000.

"Gentlemen, today, the Bian Prefecture sent me a letter."

Zhang Nai's eyes turned and he asked, "I wonder what instructions your father has for you."

Bai Jian's expression remained unchanged, and he said casually, "My father wrote that he was old and ready to retire, so he asked me to go to Bianfu to take over the Xuanwu Army."

For a moment, there was chaos in the hall, and everyone was shocked by the news.

Although I had known that Bai Jian would return to Bianzhou to inherit the family business, I didn't expect it to happen so soon.

Han Heyi was puzzled and said, "I heard that your father just turned sixty this year. The Bai family has always lived long lives, so he should have many years to helm the ship. I don't know why you are so anxious."

Although there were members of the Bai family among the people present, most of them were from the side branches, and only Bai Ming knew all the practices of the Bai family.

But now Bai Ming is old, and he resigned from the post of commander of the cavalry and became the commander of Bai Jian's personal army, a semi-insignificant position.

Therefore, I seldom communicate with others.

Bai Jian knew that those present were his trusted followers who would be in charge of the Xuanwu Army in the future, so he patiently explained:
"Our Bai family is different from other families. Our family consists of the head of the family, the young master, the son, and the grandson." "Generally speaking, because the head of the family is old, he often stays in the family land, suppresses the Bais in the world, and rarely participates in family affairs."

"The young master is slightly younger than the head of the family. He usually holds the power of the family and governs all the people."

"And the young master is young and strong, usually working outside on behalf of the family, and is the Bai family's walking outside."

"Gongsun is young and focuses on studying. He is generally not a family manager, but he is very important and represents the continuation of the family."

After a pause, looking at the people who seemed to have understood, Bai Jian continued to explain: "My grandfather is now over 80 years old and is basically unable to manage things. He also suffered from war a few years ago and became ill."

"Father has been promoted to Young Master. He should return to the clan as soon as possible and gradually take over the power of the head of the family to prevent any unexpected changes."

"When my father returned home, the position of Lord of Bianzhou became vacant. I was promoted to Prince of the Bai family and took over the Xuanwu Army. This was the ancestral system."

After listening to Bai Jian's explanation, Cui Shaojie said, "Since it is a foregone conclusion that the envoy will take charge of Bianzhou, I wonder who will take on the post of Wei Bo?"

Bai Jian thought for a moment and then said, "As you all know, my son, Bai Xi, has turned eighteen this year and is currently studying at the Bianliang Academy. He will graduate from the academy in two years."

"I intend to appoint my son as the governor of Weizhou after returning to Bianzhou, and send a general to Weizhou as a bridgehead for our future march north."

"As for you gentlemen." Bai Jian slowly looked at everyone and said, "Please come with me to Bianzhou and fight in the wider world."

The civil and military officials in the hall were also very excited after hearing this. They bowed and said, "Please give me your orders, sir. I dare not disobey you and die for you."

When everyone calmed down, Bai Ming, who had been silent, said, "Your Excellency, I will not go. Bianzhou is the stage for you young people. I will stay in Weizhou and protect this foundation for you, Your Excellency."

Bai Jian nodded and said, "Okay, then Weizhou will be handed over to uncle."

The fourth day of the first month of the fourth year of Tianfu
Bai Jian, Zhang Nai, Luo Hongxin and other civil and military officials, as well as more than 500 cavalrymen arrived in Bianzhou.

After meeting Bai Yi, his mother, and brothers and sisters who went to the backyard.

Bai Jian then began to visit the elders of the Bai family in Bianzhou City.

The sixth day of the first lunar month
The election for new leadership of the Bai family has officially begun.

Because Bai Yi's intention was not to replace all the old dean directors, but only two-thirds of them.

After all, for some things, the elderly have a lot more experience than the young.

The head of the courtyard, Bai Bao, was left behind because Bai Yi would be leaving for Baiyuan soon, and a clan member who could suppress the situation had to be left behind in Bianzhou.

The tenth day of the first lunar month
Bai Yi submitted a letter to resign from all official positions and titles, and stated that his son, Bai Jian, would take over all official positions.

Although the court was now completely controlled by Zhu Wen, he did not want to create any more trouble, so his memorial was quickly approved.

The sixteenth day of the first lunar month

The court sent an envoy to appoint Bai Jian as the acting grand marshal, concurrently the minister of the imperial court, the governor of Xuanwu Army, the Duke of Song, and the inspector and transport commissioner of 19 states including Bian and Song, and increased his fief by 3,000 households (for a total of 10,000 households).

Originally, Zhu Wen wanted to confer the title of King of Song on Bai Jian, but Bai Jian insisted on refusing, citing the Bai family's ancestral precepts that "the Bai family cannot be kings."

Helplessly, Zhu Wen turned to increase the city by 3,000 households.

The fief of Baijian alone has thousands more households than Bai Rui's fief of Duke Bai. Even the fiefs of many princes and titled kings are not as large as those of the Duke.

(End of this chapter)