Li Chun's mother put on the incense, did not rush to leave after praying, he accompanied by the presiding monk and Li Mao in the Donglin Temple circle, there is nothing strange about the small temple in the countryside, after walking around, Li Chun went to the backyard meditation room with tea, the presiding monk avoided under the pretext of preparing fasting.

Li Chun took a sip of tea and asked Li Mao, "Do you remember that there was a person named Luo Lingze?" ”

Li Mao said: "Remember, he was originally a member of King Shu's disciples, and he was expelled from the capital at the beginning of the year for misconduct. ”

"This man is back now, still misbehaving. You don't know any of these things? ”

Li Mao was stunned, and said for a long time: "Since returning to Beijing, I have been training in the barracks, and I don't know what is going on outside. ”

Li Chun said: "To succeed, your ears and eyes must be well-informed, you used to do a good job in this regard, why do you become deaf and eye-piercing now." ”

Li Mao didn't answer, and listened to Li Chun go down.

"I know that these things are despised by the gentleman, saying that it is a rooster and a dog thief, and a person who steals a chicken and touches a dog cannot be put on the stage. Ziqing's copper tiger head, Wei Bo's Shannan Society, Xuanwu's Sun Bohu, none of these celebrities in the industry can stand on the stage, everyone has an upward heart, which may be the reason why you are reluctant to get involved. ”

Li Mao said: "It's not that the subordinates are unwilling, but the pros and cons of this matter are mixed, like a double-edged sword, if you are not careful, it is easy to hurt yourself." ”

Li Chun said: "I don't want you to be my sword, I want you to be my eyes, the eyes of the sky." If you are an eye, you can deceive yourself at most, how can you hurt yourself? ”

It is meaningful for anyone to have a pair of eyes that can see through the hearts of the world. Li Chun is now the crown prince, and it seems that he is only one step away from the supreme power of the Tang Dynasty, but this step is full of dangers on the way, and the slightest carelessness will end up in a tragic end.

One more eyes and ears is one more chance of winning, which is understandable.

What puzzled Li Mao was that there were many Eyes of the World that Li Chun could choose to use in the capital, why did he choose himself alone?

The main reason for the unpredictability of the so-called Sacred Heart is that the courtiers cannot speculate on the Sacred Will with disgust, otherwise it will be a great rebellion, and this unfair rule makes many people lose from the first step of starting their thoughts.

Li Mao does not have such moral baggage, he is not afraid to speculate on the Sacred Heart with disgust, but it is still impossible to guess what Li Chun is thinking.

This person's heart is buried deep behind many dark curtains, just like the depth of the sea, and the slight waves on the surface of the sea are not enough to reflect the whole picture of the sea, that is, just as Li Chun's words and deeds will not reflect his heart.

Li Mao gave up his unconscious speculation and listened intently to what he said.

"A widow will never learn the behavior of a villain, and treat his eyes badly."

After Li Chun dropped this sentence, he put down the tea bowl and walked out. This bowl of tea, which has been tested by the guards for three rounds, he drank it all.

Tu Tu Chengguang stuffed a bulging package into Li Mao's hand, patted it lightly with his hand, and before leaving, he looked at the Buddhist hall where Tian Ling was incense, leaving a meaningful smile.

Inside the package was a blank pile of officials stamped with the seals of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War.

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There are 3,000 soldiers and horses in the Youwei Yuan Army, most of whom are the old, weak, sick and disabled who are improvised patchwork, and less than one-third of the people who can be used.

After entering Beijing, the generals of various departments proposed to recruit new soldiers on the spot to enrich the team, but Li Mao vetoed it. The forbidden army in Beijing recruited more children in the market to strengthen their momentum, and Li Mao was not used to this kind of indiscriminate filling.

Although the soldiers in Caozhou are old, weak, sick and disabled, they are all from poor people, they have endured hardships, and they know how to cherish the hardships in front of them.

Li Mao convened the generals and agreed that Liu Wu, the deputy envoy, would concurrently serve as the training envoy, and the training hall would be in charge of the training of the whole army. According to Li Mao's assumption, the 3,000 military horses do not have to be trained into elite soldiers, and only one-tenth of them can be used.

One-tenth of the 3,000 people, that is, 300 people, gathered these 300 people in batches for high-standard and high-intensity closed training, and forged them into the backbone of the whole army.

Whether a person is strong or not does not depend entirely on whether there are two more or less muscles in the body, more fat and bloated body, but as long as the muscles and bones are strong, the internal organs are functioning well, the nervous system is healthy, and the response is sharp, he is still a strong person.

On the other hand, a bodybuilder with muscle bumps all over his body may become a vulnerable paper tiger if his organs fail, his muscles and bones are weak, his spirit is numb, and his reaction is slow.

The Youwei Yuan Army can accommodate the old, weak, sick and disabled, but as the core backbone, it must be strict and meet the elite standards.

When Li Mao planned the military headquarters of the Andong Army, there were seven functional organs: the staff office for the main staff and combat functions, the judgment office for the deployment of military administration and personnel, the military material institute for the deployment of logistics materials, the military protection court for military discipline enforcement, the military justice department for military trials, and the training hall for the battalion and military training for the production of ordnance.

The training department is in charge of military training for the whole army, and has two judges to advocate practice and supervise it by training envoys or deputy envoys, and the post of training envoy is generally concurrently held by senior officials such as military envoys and deputy envoys.

Before Liu Wu, Chang Mucang served as the deputy envoy, and Chang Mucang was in planning and staff officers, but he lacked practical experience and prestige in the army, and often had conflicts with the two judges, Zhang Shengru and Mei Lianqing.

Zhang Shengru and Mei Lianqing were Li Mao's right-hand men when he was the deputy chief instructor at the Yunzhou Military Government's Wutang Officers Training Center. After Li Mao's dismissal, he presided over the training of six team officers and had rich experience.

The Wutang Squad Officer Training Institute was founded by Li Mao with the consent of Li Shigu, and Zhang Shengru and Mei Lianqing were regarded as Li Mao's right-hand men, so as soon as Li Shigu died, after Li Mao left for another country, the career of the two began to go uphill.

When Li Mao erected a banner in Weizhou to recruit heroes from all over the world, the two abandoned their official positions and went to defect, and were entrusted with an important task by Li Mao to focus on military training in the army.

The system of the Youwei Yuan Army is modeled on the Beiya Forbidden Army, and the system of the Beiya Forbidden Army has both the shadow of the Sixteen Guards and the characteristics of the local feudal town army, which is very complicated.

Because the Youwei Yuan Army was a newly built army and was born out of the Anton Army, the system still followed the old system, and those institutions and posts that had to be set up according to the regulations were also cleverly emptied.

Liu Wu has a different background, he is destined to stand taller than other generals, and see far, the most important thing in the Right Weiyuan Army at the moment is not to expand the army, but to train the troops.

Training is correct at all times.

Under Liu Wu's supervision, the large-scale military training activities of the Youwei Yuan Army were carried out in full swing.

Before entering Beijing, he asked Xie Biao to give him a five-year talent development plan, Xie Biao asked him what the role of the Youwei Yuan Army would be in the future, and when the scale was maintained, Li Mao replied that the Son of Heaven forbade the army, one must protect the heart of the land and the safety of the royal family, and the other must have the ability to quell local rebellions, keep foreign enemies outside the country, and if necessary, they must also expedition to Huangsha to annihilate the enemy before they sprout.

As for the scale, it can be large or small, it can be large or small, it can be flexible and flexible.

To achieve such a goal, it is necessary to reserve a large number of talents, and more importantly, to cultivate hematopoietic function.

According to Xie Biao's calculations, the Youwei Yuan Army still lacks nearly 100 officers of various types.

The Son of Heaven forbids the army, with generous salaries and noble professions, and it is not easy to recruit talents, but at present, there is a torrent in Chang'an City, and every move will cause a lot of suspicion and misunderstanding, and it is better to be still.

Li Mao could only tell Xie Biao that he could only make a dojo in a snail shell at the moment, based on tapping his own potential, and looking inward.

Xie Biao understood what Li Mao meant, quietly restored the officer training center, and selected potential young people from the army to train reserves.

In fact, under Li Mao's instructions, Xie Biao is in accordance with Li Mao's goal of strengthening the army, and using the connections accumulated in the ministry for 20 years, to intensively look for talents for Li Mao to strengthen the army.

According to the military system of the Tang Dynasty, the selection and use of military officials was presided over by the Ministry of War, and Xie Biao's connections were mainly in the Ministry of Officials, and there were not many officers in contact.

"Most of the famous generals who have made great achievements in ancient and modern times are literati, and the talents I want are by no means simple warriors."

Li Mao encouraged Xie Biao to let go of the selection, and he talked to Xie Biao about his requirements for military command talents, a total of five: young, have fought (fight), low background, ambitious, must be literate.

According to this requirement, Xie Biao suddenly found that there are really not many people in his talent pool that meet this rule. Most of the officers who have been in battle for a long time are no longer young, and the young young man has not experienced the experience of blood, rain and fire; The literate and hyphenated scholars are more elegant and cowardly, and the street fighters who fight are often illiterate; If the young people who were born in the common people had ambitions and went to the border towns, many of them who stayed in the capital to ban the army and live without great ambitions.

This is a very challenging job, Xie Biao is full of passion, and he decided to show his hand well to prove that he has not been in the ministry for 20 years in vain.

It will take time for the Youwei Yuan Army to stand up, and Li Mao also has time, but the eye of the world that Li Chun asked must be opened and put into use immediately. There is no time to delay this moment.

Building a loyal and efficient secret and powerful organization requires great effort and cost.

Time waits for no one, and Li Mao is not allowed to build brick by brick, and the best way now is to dig up a mature organization and transform it in use.

Li Mao's chosen target was the organization of Tonghutou in Chang'an and the surrounding areas, that is, the entire organization under the general jurisdiction of Xijing.

Now that Li Shidao has obtained the imperial court festival and has become the commander of the twelve states of Ziqing, Li Jing's life must be very sad.

Zhang Jingjiu, the head of the copper tiger head Chang'an County, thanked Li Mao for his life-saving grace, after Li Mao left Beijing, he took care of Xiaoru a lot, Li Mao after careful investigation, felt that this person was loyal and righteous.

Zhang Jingjiu has been in Chang'an for many years, and he has long been accustomed to the life of Chang'an, but he is tired of the humility of being nameless and pointless, he is eager to get ahead, straighten his chest and be an upright person. (Dissertation College)