Walking through the chaotic school field, Li Jie followed Mu Sheng to the barracks at the back, and the situation inside opened his eyes even more, these noble-born sons got together in groups of three or five, or gambling or drinking, anyway, none of them did anything serious.

In the end, the two came to the location of the conference hall, and as a result, they heard a "babbling" sound from the hall at the door, which seemed to be someone singing in it, and when the two entered, they saw that the wide hall really became a theater, and there were two actors singing on the high platform in the middle, and under the stage, a group of people followed the drama to coax, how could there be any army?

"They are so nonsense, and my uncle doesn't care?" Li Jie couldn't help but say when he saw the situation in the hall, although the Iron Book Army was not a regular army, but the situation in front of him was too outrageous, no wonder Mu Sheng said that these people were not as good as the two children in front.

"Your uncle?" Mu Sheng had a strange expression when he heard Li Jie's words, and then stretched out his hand and pointed at the crowd in the audience and said, "Brother Li, take a closer look!" ”

Li Jie turned his head to look, only to find that at the position closest to the stage, Liu Ying was holding a wine glass in one hand, and he was also looking at the performance on the stage with a little drunkenness on his face.

"Hey, cousin, you're here too!" At this moment, Liu Yi from the crowd also saw Li Jie and immediately stood up and shouted.

As soon as Liu Yi spoke, Liu Ying also saw Li Jie, and immediately stood up happily, and then pulled Li Jie to everyone and introduced loudly: "Everyone, let me introduce to you, this is my nephew Li Jie, I think you have all heard of his reputation!" ”

Hearing Li Jie's name, the noble princes who were busy enjoying themselves below were all stunned, and then they stood up one after another, even if they were unruly, they didn't dare to have the slightest contempt for Li Jie, not only because Li Jie was Zhu Biao's son-in-law, but also because Li Jie's own ability.

Li Shanchang was all over the house before, but Li Jie's family was not implicated in the slightest thing for the time being, let's just say that the latest incident, Jinyi Wei commanded Mao Xiang, but was called by Li Jie as a house slave, and asked him to send invitations to merchants door to door, this matter may not be known to others, but their group of nobles know it clearly.

You must know that now Jinyiwei is famous, and the nobles are most afraid of Jinyiwei's arrival, but Mao Xiang was severely humiliated by Li Jie, and he didn't even dare to let go of a fart afterwards, just this incident let the nobles know that this Li Jie is a person who must not be provoked, and these sons in front of him have also been advised by the elders in the family, so when they saw Li Jie, they also restrained their usual arrogance.

Liu Ying was also very happy to see Li Jie, and immediately introduced these sons in front of him to Li Jie, such as Xu Huizu's younger brother Xu Tianfu, Fu Youde's son Fu Rang, etc., compared to the two little children I had seen before, these people were at least adults.

After Li Jie and these people greeted each other one by one, Liu Ying also pulled Li Jie to watch the play with him, and did not pay attention to Mu Sheng who came with Li Jie, in fact, Xu Tianfu and others did not seem to have a good face towards Mu Sheng, it seems that Mu Sheng should have offended these people for the sake of practice in the past few days.

Li Jie was in no mood to watch the play, so he immediately pulled Liu Ying and whispered: "Uncle, let's go out for a while, I have something to say to you!" ”

Liu Ying looked at Mu Sheng next to him when he heard this, then thought about it for a while before nodding and said, "Okay, but you don't want to help others do anything thankless!" ”

After Liu Ying finished speaking, he stood up and walked to the back hall, Mu Sheng wanted to go with him, but he was persuaded by Li Jie, he wanted to talk to Liu Ying alone. Compared to the noise in the front, the back is quite quiet, at least we can discuss some things.

"Uncle, do you really plan to let the Iron Book Army go on like this?" As soon as he entered the back hall, Li Jie immediately asked.

"It's not that I want to let it go, Your Majesty let me be an idler as a commander, isn't this obvious?" Liu Ying no longer hid it in front of her nephew, and directly said what was in her heart.

"But after all, the Iron Book Army is under the banner of the army, uncle, if you continue to let it go like this, it will inevitably be caught in the future, and Your Majesty's character you know better than me, in case Your Majesty thinks of the Iron Book Army one day, the responsibility will still be on you!" When Li Jie said the end, he also lowered his voice.

Hearing Li Jie mention Lao Zhu's character, Liu Ying also showed a hesitant expression all of a sudden, Lao Zhu's current personality is becoming more and more capricious, and he likes to be angry with others, now he lets himself be in charge of the Iron Book Army, he may really not have any hope for the Iron Book Army, but in case Lao Zhu changes his mind one day, maybe he will be used as a scapegoat.

Seeing Liu Ying's contemplative expression, Li Jie also knew that his words had an effect, and immediately said again: "Uncle, even if the Iron Book Army is really rotten, it can't rot in your hands, at least the surface still has to be done!" ”

"You have a point!" Liu Ying finally nodded at this time, and then smiled helplessly, "Actually, the current situation of the Iron Book Army is not just the result of my connivance!" ”

"What do you mean?" Li Jie was stunned again when he heard this.

"You also saw those people just now, on the surface, these people are a bunch of willful fools, but in fact, after I got acquainted with them during this time, I found out that most of these people were told by the elders in the family before they came, and the current nonsense is actually only half-truths and half-truths, and most of them are still seen by outsiders!" Liu Ying also explained in a low voice at this time.

Li Jie also immediately understood when he heard this, it seems that Lao Zhu's butcher's knife has scared the nobles out of their hearts, so he deliberately let these noble sons mess around in the Iron Book Army, the more incompetent they are, the more they can reassure Lao Zhu.

"No, if Your Majesty really just wants to see a group of incompetent noble princes, just keep them in captivity, why bother under the banner of the Iron Book Army!" Li Jie pondered for a while, but then shook his head and said.

"What do you mean ......?"

"I think Your Majesty is also very conflicted in his heart, on the one hand, he doesn't want the nobles to threaten the stability of the imperial court, on the other hand, he hopes that the descendants of the nobles will not forget the martial virtues of their ancestors, so he deliberately set up the Iron Book Army, otherwise, wouldn't it be more worry-free and effort-saving to throw them directly into the country to study?" Li Jie patiently analyzed.

Zhu Yuanzhang is a very complex person, and sometimes he often makes some very contradictory actions, such as on the one hand, he requires officials to be honest and honest, and does not hesitate to use the torture of skinning to deter them, but on the other hand, he is extremely harsh on officials, calculating their fortunes to the extreme, almost only enough for officials to eat, and completely ignoring anything else, which is simply forcing officials to embezzle.

Liu Ying also nodded again and again when he heard Li Jie's analysis, with his understanding of Zhu Yuanzhang, Li Jie's analysis can be said to be quite accurate, no wonder his nephew is so valued by Lao Zhu, he almost saw Lao Zhu through.

"If Your Majesty really thinks so, what do you think I should do?" In the end, Liu Ying directly asked Li Jie's opinion.

"The soldiers still have to be trained, as for those noble princes, whether they are voluntary or acting, uncle, you don't have to be too disciplined with them, but you can let them hand over all the slave soldiers under them, and then let Mu Sheng preside over the drill, what should you do with those noble princes, in this way, no matter which side you can't catch your uncle!" Li Jie immediately suggested.

Originally, Li Jie didn't plan to take care of the affairs of the Iron Army, but seeing the situation of the Iron Army today, he had to take care of it, after all, his uncle and cousin were in the Iron Army, and if something really happened a day later, Liu Ying's father and son couldn't get out of it at all, so he had to intervene.

"Okay, just do as you say, you call Mu Sheng, I'll discuss it with him!" Liu Ying immediately said that he still believed his nephew's words very much, at least Li Jie would never cheat him.

Li Jie immediately went out of the back hall to the front hall, and then pulled Mu Sheng aside, and persuaded Liu Ying that he planned to hand over the slave soldiers in the Iron Book Army to Mu Sheng for training, of course, it was inconvenient for him and Liu Ying to discuss Lao Zhu's words before, not that he didn't believe Mu Sheng, but that this kind of thing must not be known to anyone except for his closest relatives.

"Great, if the commander hands over all the slave soldiers to me for training, I will be able to train an elite soldier in less than half a year!" Mu Sheng slapped his face very excitedly when he heard this, he was alone before, and the most important thing was that his boss Liu Ying didn't have the same heart as him, so he was also powerful and had nowhere to go, and now he finally got Liu Ying's support.

However, after the excitement, Mu Sheng looked at the noble princes in the hall who were looking for fun, and then said a little unwillingly: "But don't these people really care?" ”

"Brother Mu, why are you confused!" Li Jie smiled when he heard this, "People have the heart of conformity, and the influence of the environment on people can be said to be in the first place, for example, if most of the people in the army are practicing hard under the command of Brother Mu, even if the rest of the people don't want to work hard, they will inevitably be affected!" ”

"Is that true?" Mu Sheng heard this theory for the first time, and he was still a little skeptical for a while.

"You will know if it's really Brother Mu in the future, and even if someone is really hard-hearted and willing to fall, it's only a minority, Brother Mu, don't be too greedy!" Li Jie comforted again.

Mu Sheng nodded in agreement when he heard this, and immediately saluted Li Jie with his fists: "Thank you Brother Li for your enlightenment, I have written down these words, and this time thanks to Brother Li's help, if there is a need in the future, Mu will be rewarded!" ”

"Haha~, Brother Mu said that these are too outward, let's go in quickly, my uncle is still waiting inside!" Li Jie laughed loudly when he heard this, and pulled Mu Sheng into the back hall.