At Zhang Guigui's residence, Xue Rengui and Tian An accompanied Zhang Guigui to drink and chat.

Zhang Guigui asked: "What happened in Chang'an, why did Brother You come to Shengzhou?" ”

Xue Rengui and Tian An are both cautious people, but they are also clear about the relationship between Zhang Guigui and Li You, Tian An said: "Master Zhang, you are asking the point. The prince is a great talent, how many things are waiting for him in the court, and he left Chang'an for the sake of His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

Zhang Guigui glared and asked, "Brother You is single-minded towards him, what's wrong with him?" When he heard that Li You had left Chang'an for Li Chengqian, he was suddenly a little anxious.

Tian An said to Xue Rengui: "General Xue, let's talk about it." He was a little scared when he saw Zhang Guigui's appearance.

Xue Rengui said: "Zhang Gongzi, don't worry, things are like this......"

Li You really wholeheartedly supported Li Chengqian, and he not only gave Li Chengqian all the credit in the matter of military reform, but also pushed Li Chengqian to the front as much as possible in other matters.

However, Li You's light could not be hidden, and no matter how low-key Li You was, Li Chengqian still felt a lot of pressure. In the past, Li Chengqian was used to Li You's support for him and didn't care about Li You's talents, but as he grew up day by day, he began to feel pressure from Li You.

Li Chengqian also sincerely trusts Li You, but he is surrounded by a large number of people, and these people are worried that Li You's light will overshadow Li Chengqian, which will affect Li Chengqian's future, and it will also affect the future of these people, so they are a little afraid of Li You's performance as a master.

Li You's mind just wanted to be a comfortable foodie, and he was very cautious in dealing with his relationship with Li Chengqian, and he already felt a little uneasy, so he proposed to Li Shimin to go to Shengzhou and concentrate on dealing with things on the grassland. As a result, Li Shimin disagreed, and Li Chengqian also tried his best to keep him. Li You had no choice but to stay.

After the military reform began, the imperial court established a general staff, with Li Jing as the chief of the general staff, Hou Junji as the deputy chief of the general staff, Cheng Yanjin as the director of training, Li Shimin's cousin Li Xiaogong as the president of the Military Academy, and Li Daozong as the logistics minister subordinate to the General Staff. Liu Renliang was appointed Minister of the Navy, and Xue Rengui was appointed Chief of Staff Division 1 of the War Department.

The functions of the Ministry of War have changed, and it has ceased to directly manage the troops and has become a coordinating body.

After the establishment of the General Staff Headquarters, in addition to retaining the frontier guards, the Tang Army set up five major marching road governors, namely Chang'an, Youzhou, Yangzhou, Guangzhou, and Guizhou, with a total strength of 600,000 troops.

The navy was strengthened, renamed the Datang Navy, and organized into the North, East and South China Sea fleets. The inland water division was placed under the jurisdiction of the local governor's office of the major marching routes.

The special combat team made outstanding achievements, and Li Shimin gave it the name "Flying Tiger Army," which was expanded to 12,000 people in four armies, with Li Chengqian as the chief manager, Zhang Guigui as the deputy general manager, and Zhou Qing, Hou Cheng, Gao Tong, and Li Dezhi, the chief of the East Palace guard, as military envoys.

In order to consolidate Li Chengqian's position, Li You recommended Li Chengqian to take charge of the "Flying Tiger Army." Li Chengqian finally took direct control of the military power, and he was very happy and confidently took up his post.

However, herein lies the problem.

The Flying Tiger Army is stationed in Chang'an New Town, with good treatment and high welfare, and it is the descendant of His Royal Highness the Prince, so it is naturally a good place to go, so the sons and daughters of Chang'an sharpened their heads and drilled in, and the emperor's relatives, all kinds of nobles and civil and military ministers, have found Li Chengqian, and asked him to arrange his own sons and nephews, Zhang Xuansu and other staff members think that this is a good opportunity to buy people's hearts, so they suggested that Li Chengqian gave the green light to the people who intercede, so a large number of gentlemen entered the "Flying Tiger Army".

At the beginning, Li Chengqian maintained a lot of enthusiasm and went to the barracks every day, but he had too many things to do, and gradually he rarely went to the barracks.

At this time, Zhang Guigui, Hou Cheng and Qualcomm were not in the "Flying Tiger Army", and it was inconvenient for Li You to meddle in the affairs of the "Flying Tiger Army", and other officers, including Zhou Qing, could not manage those squishy children at all, so the barracks became a vegetable market and a miscellaneous courtyard, and the soldiers were listless during training, and usually drank, gambled, and fought in the barracks, which was chaotic.

After Li Chengqian heard about this, he went there several times, and the soldiers looked at His Royal Highness the Prince's face, and after being honest for a few days, they quickly returned to their original state. Later, even if Li Chengqian came, everyone fooled him, as long as he walked on the front foot, there was an uproar behind him.

On this day, Li Ke and Quan Wanji were wandering around the horse market and saw a person selling horses, this person he knew, was Chang Kuan, the son of Chang He, the general of Jin Wuwei.

Chang He was Li Shimin's entourage of the original Qin Palace, and when the Xuanwumen Incident occurred, it was he who opened the Xuanwu Gate and let Li Shimin and others go in to ambush, and blocked the back road of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, he was one of Li Shimin's henchmen and generals. Li Ke heard that Chang He's son Chang Kuan had entered the "Flying Tiger Army", and when he saw him selling horses here, he was immediately a little curious.

Li Ke motioned to Quan Wanji to quietly inquire about the news.

Soon, Quan Wanji came back, and he said angrily: "Your Highness, Chang Kuan is really too much, he actually stole and sold the war horse of the 'Flying Tiger Army'. He just went to see the war horse that Chang Kuan had sold, and it had the mark of "Flying Tiger Army" on it.

Li Ke said with some confusion: "The war horse has the mark of 'Flying Tiger Army', why does that person dare to buy it?" ”

Quan Wanji said: "Your Highness doesn't know, anyone who steals and sells military horses is very cheap, and when the horse buyer goes back, he will re-brand the marks on the military horses with a soldering iron to cover up the previous marks." ”

"I see, I really don't know how Li Chengqian managed the 'Flying Tiger Army'." Li Ke said.

"Your Highness, if you have a sentence that you don't know whether to say or not?" Kwon Wanji said.

Li Ke said: "But it doesn't hurt to talk about it. ”

Quan Wanji said: "His Royal Highness King Qi wholeheartedly assists His Royal Highness the Prince, but His Royal Highness the Prince's talent is really unbearable, and His Royal Highness the King of Qi has no intention of competing for that position, His Royal Highness still has a good chance." ”

For a long time, Li Ke saw that Li You vigorously supported Li Chengqian, and he was already disheartened about the position of the crown prince. At this moment, Quan Wanji's words made his heart pound, and he couldn't help but have the heart to win again.

He said, "Master Quan, how do you think this matter should be handled?" ”

Quan Wanji said: "Your Highness, leave this matter to the minister." ”

Soon after, Wei Zheng appeared in the barracks of the "Flying Tiger Army", and soon he found out the ins and outs of the matter.

It turned out that Chang Kuan was a good gambler, he lost all his military salary, and the money he took from his family also lost, and he owed a lot of debts. In order to repay his debts, he started the idea of the "Flying Tiger Army" military horses.

Wei Zheng was furious, so he sat in the barracks and sent someone to inform Li Chengqian to come and deal with the matter.