Huang Xiaoluan has a few words to talk to Li Mao alone, Li Mao has been in Chang'an for a few years, the political situation in Ziqing has changed a lot, it's not that people in the bureau can't figure out what happened, Huang Xiaoluan feels that he needs to remind Li Mao a few words.

Li Shigu's power reached its peak shortly after he pacified the Qing navy in the nineteenth year of the Zhenyuan Dynasty, but it has been declining in the past two years.

First of all, the four major families joined forces to force him to hand over the Ziqing Salt Administration, which cut off a huge economic source, and could only barely support the army and the huge bureaucratic system by relying on two taxes alone, but he could not expand abroad.

At this time, the Wang family, which dominated the horse trade in Ziqing, provoked trouble outside the country, worsening the relationship between Ziqing and its neighbors, making Li Shigu anxious, and Li Shigu, who was in his early twenties, was already full of gray hair and was old.

Just when Li Shigu was concentrating on easing external tensions, the copper tiger head achieved a thrilling jump with the full support of the four major families: from then on, they went from behind the scenes to the foreground, from a brainless walking corpse to a person with desires, opinions, and independence.

The power of Li Gon, the fictitious governor, skyrocketed, and his words could overshadow Li Shigu's orders, at least in Ziqing.

In the name of supporting Li Mao to expand Liaodong, they monopolized trade with Liaodong, Bohai, Silla, and Japan in one fell swoop.

The profits from overseas trade accounted for one-fifth of Ziqing's fiscal revenue, and since Ziqing's overseas trade was monopolized by the copper tiger, Li Shigu's waist was deflated by a large piece, and his waist pole was not stiff when he had no money to speak, which forced Li Shigu to rely more on the collection of two taxes, and local officials took the opportunity to levy and extort violently, which directly led to the rise of the people in Caozhou, Yizhou, Haizhou and other places, and the suppression of the displaced people caused a surge in military spending, and finally made Ziqing's finances fall into a bankrupt situation.

In the face of surging accusations from all sides, Li Shigu's main financial assistant Jia bluntly had to stand up and take the blame, as soon as the target was erected, he was immediately pointed out by thousands of people, and the report of Jia bluntly said that corruption was flying all over the sky like snowflakes, and it was only at this time that Li Shigu realized that his opponent's appetite was much greater than he imagined.

must die to protect Jia bluntly, Jia bluntly said that he is his confidant, if he does not save him when he sees death, he will definitely end up betraying his relatives.

Death Baojia bluntly said that it involved too much energy from Li Shigu, and finally gave the opponent a chance.

On a cold and snowy night, the conspirators succeeded in admonishing him, Li Shidao ascended to the throne, and Li Shigu became a puppet.

"Jieshuai has had a hard time in the past two years, Yunzhou is calm on the surface, but the actual torrent is undercurrent, Maohua, it is really a little unwise for you to return at this time."

When Huang Xiaoluo first left his post, he had a very bad mentality, and once wanted to return to his hometown without asking about political affairs, but now he has calmed down and looked at the problem from an outsider's perspective, but he saw it more clearly than ever.

"It's really inappropriate for me to be in charge of the Sword Raising Army when I'm old, and it's reasonable for you to come back with great success, but one thing you have to remember is that the Sword Raising Army is only one street away from the military government, and that's on the cusp."

Huang Xiaoluan's words have been said very bluntly, and it is inconvenient for Li Mao to ask further.

What is wrong with the Yang Dao Army, Huang Xiaoluan is clear in his heart, it is not that he has no way to revive his military prestige, but his identity is embarrassing and he is unable to do it.

Li Mao understood the root knot of the Yang Dao Army, and his heart was full of confidence, he has experienced a lot of things in the past year or so, looking at things, looking at people, and dealing with problems are very different than before.

The middle and lower-level officers and non-commissioned officers of the Yangdao Army are still too young, and they don't have much scheming at all, and they are all from well-off families, and they are used to smooth sailing, and they can't stand being wronged.

This is just like a donkey that is smooth and can't be reversed, as long as it follows their temperament, it won't be long before this proud pro-army can be powerful again.

Huang Xiaoluan said it well, the station of the Yangdao Army is only one step away from the military government, and it can catch the opponent off guard at any time.

After Li Mao became the envoy of soldiers and horses, he was not in a hurry to picket discipline, but soaked together with the two heads of the Yangdao Army, Hong Sa and Yang Qingguo, all day long.

The Yangdao Army is under the jurisdiction of the left and right compartments, the right compartment is actually the head of the copper tiger, just the name, the left compartment is not set up like an ordinary tooth army, but directly under the ten capitals, each of which is a hundred people, but the actual amount is often insufficient.

The status of the capital is equal, and although there are not many leaders, the status is not low.

Although Hong Sa and Yang Qingguo's two official positions are not big, they looked down on Li Mao at first, thinking that Li Mao's background was not correct, and he was a person from the right side. It's just that the boss took the initiative to show favor to the two and it was not easy to refuse, after a long time of contact, Fang felt that Li Mao could make friends, so he got close day by day, Li Mao abandoned the other eighteen heads, and as soon as he arrived in the army, he went to the two of them to train with them, and after the drill, he took a group of children of the tooth army to the street to drink.

Although the treatment of the Yangdao Army is rich, because it is an army of guards, there is not much power in their hands, and there is no additional income, Hong Sa and Yang Qingguo are both born in the Jiangmen, they are not good at financial management, and all the military salaries they get are not enough to drink, and they are in debt in a few years.

Li Mao has money in his hand, every time he drinks, he treats him, and pays off a lot of confused accounts for the two, the two of them see that Li Mao values it so much, they feel uneasy, one day while they are drunk, the two of them bow down in front of Li Mao and say:

"Because we are young and ignorant, we collided with the marshal, and the brothers were guilty of it, and made General Huang go away with hatred, General Meng values it so much, I will serve my life with all my might, and I will never dare to do anything wrong again, and violate the law and discipline."

Li Mao helped the two of them up: "The Yangdao Army is a guard army created by the commander of the festival, and it has always had high hopes, and the generations are all generals, and they should be the role models of the three armies. From tomorrow onwards, the two of you will help us to revive military discipline and reproduce the glory of our army. The top lives up to the expectations of the festival commander, and the bottom is worthy of the support of the brothers. ”

Everyone took the opportunity to ask, "Since it's tomorrow, the general is willing to get drunk with us tonight." Li Mao said: "Why not? "On that day, the people were drunk, and after being drunk, they roared about the streets, and the street guards were frightened.

A happy life, the next day Li Mao woke up, but found himself sleeping in the barracks, these days he mixed with the soldiers during the day, but at night he still went home for the night.

The soldiers were shocked to see the main general get up from the barracks in the morning, the Ziqing army was highly hierarchical, although the power of the tooth army was huge, but it was still under the strict control of the generals, and the generals in the army did not need to be like some military towns, the camps and the soldiers ate and lived together, and they were happy and happy, and they were tired of being familiar with each other, so as to save the lives of their families when the sergeants were violent.

In the afternoon of this day, a junior colonel in the army went out of the camp and walked into a wine shop on the street, walked through the hall, walked into a firewood room in the backyard, and reported to a one-eyed dragon who was sitting on chopping firewood: "Last night, he went out to drink with Hong Sa and Yang Qingguo, and he didn't return to the camp until the third watch. ”

The one-eyed dragon said: "He and Yang Qingguo are nothing." ”

Came to the human: "He is not good at this, the three of them are just friends with wine and meat." ”

"Got it, let's go back."

Less than an hour after the colonel returned to the camp, Li Shigu called Li Mao with Yu Hou, and Yu Hou often had no good things to do when he entered the barracks, and everyone immediately surrounded him. Li Mao said with a smile: "The festival marshal called me to explain something, you each go back to the camp to organize training, and don't gather here to make noise." And then the crowd was dispersed.

A month has passed, and the discipline of the Raising Sword Army has not changed in the slightest. Last night, Li Mao also personally took the lead in violating the ban and making noise, and some people took the opportunity to make suggestions to Li Shigu and slander Li Mao for being incompetent.

Li Shigu was furious when he heard this, he called Li Mao to the middle hall, showed him his face in public, did not give him a seat, did not give tea, and did not even look at one, Li Mao peeked at Gao Mu, Gao Mu lowered his eyebrows and made a contemplative appearance, looking at Li Gongdu, Li Gongdu shook his head slightly, indicating that he could not help. Several personal guards around Li Shigu were replaced with fresh faces, and Li Mao silently withdrew his gaze, waiting to be criticized.

After being silent for a while, Li Shigu opened his mouth and asked Li Mao: "I asked you to go to the Sword Army to clean up military discipline, not to let you go with them, what did you do when you went for a month?" How did I hear that I didn't do anything except eat, drink, fight, and fight, and what happened last night, and did you have your share in breaking the ban on beating people? ”

Li Mao said: "There is no major problem with the sword army, the root knot is that the soldiers have not been close to the marshal for a long time, and they are lost. ”

Li Shigu said: "It's that simple? ”

Li Mao said: "It's true. ”

Gao Mu said: "Having said that, the military discipline is so loose, and acting as the commander of the festival will not make people laugh off their big teeth, and once the warning is announced, it will not be able to protect the safety of the festival commander." Maohua, I think you still have to use more snacks and straighten out the discipline. ”

Li Mao looked at Li Shigu, Li Shigu picked up the tea bowl and drank tea, and did not respond a word.

Seeing that the two were deadlocked, Li Gongdu proposed a compromise solution, and he suggested that the sword army be transferred to the small pine forest outside the city to clear the field, so as to sit on the position of the sword army and make the guards pro-army.

This suggestion made Gao Mu unable to refuse, so he could only agree against his will.

When the news reached the small barracks, the generals were jubilant, and immediately opened the small pine forest outside the city, and searched carefully inside and out, not to mention people, and even two stray cats who trespassed on the forbidden land were caught and thrown out.

Li Shigu's anger calmed down a little when he heard this, and he ordered to send wine and meat to the barracks as a reward.

Three days later, Lu Zhen, the secretary of the Xuanfu Envoy, came to Yunzhou to read the holy decree and added the rank of Li Shigu to the school. The Yangdao Army reappeared in the world's field of vision as a guard of honor and was widely publicized by the military, government, civilian and business circles in Yunzhou.

During this period, Li Mao tried to get close to Li Shigu several times, but was blocked by the guards of the Inner Courtyard Army. (Dissertation College)