Late at night, outside the back hall of the Youzhou Jiedu Embassy, the security was heavy, and Shi Kong personally wore armor to patrol.

The curtain of the conference room in the back hall was lowered, the fire and candles in the hall were bright, and Li Mao, Zheng Xiaozhang, Wen Cheng, Chang Mucang, Xie Biao, Zhu Jiu, Wang Jian, Xia Ren, Qin Fengmian, Li Guotai, Wei Yong, Cai Wencai, Zeng Zhen and other thirteen people finally ended a marathon long meeting. This meeting aims to reshape the power structure of Youzhou, this kind of meeting can not be too many people, but they are all the top on the one hand, this meeting from the brewing to the preparation to the official convening of the year as long as a year, the formal meeting lasted a whole day and a night, motions, discussions, disputes, bargaining, compromises, although there are variables, but generally not out of Li Mao's original setting, can be described as a complete merit.

Reshaping the power structure involves all aspects, it is not an easy task, and a slight carelessness may even cause an uproar, which Li Mao knows very well, he is not looking for trouble, what is unusual, he is really forced by the situation, and has to take this dangerous step.

After the remodeling, the military power of Youzhou emphasized the two words of centralization, and all power was concentrated in the hands of Li Mao alone, and Zheng Xiaozhang's authority was established in addition to him as his doppelganger.

In the military aspect, the Generalissimo's Office was set up, and Li Mao personally served as the Generalissimo, and a one-man dictatorship was implemented. The Generalissimo's Office consists of three major systems: staff officers, logistics, and army protection. The General Staff Office has been upgraded to a half-level level and is an advisory organ for training, command, and major decision-making of the whole army; The Military Material Institute has been upgraded from a second-level organization of the system to a first-level organization of the system, which is in charge of logistics, weapons and material supply of the whole army; The Military Protection Academy, the Military Judge Advocate General's Department, and the Officer Training Institute were merged to form a new Military Protection Academy, which is in charge of personnel training, personnel transfer, and military discipline and military law throughout the army. The Magistrate's Office was established separately as an administrative body of the Generalissimo's Office.

The heads of the General Staff Office, the Military Material Academy, and the Military Protection Academy constitute the highest military staff organization.

The General Administration Office has been set up to coordinate all ministries and bureaus and local administrative and economic affairs. The General Administration of Political Affairs and the Military Headquarters jointly established the General Administration of Military and Political Mobilization, which is responsible for military mobilization and material procurement.

There is a chief intelligence officer to coordinate various intelligence units, integrate intelligence resources, and provide support to the highest decision-making body.

The heads of the General Administration of Military, Administration, Intelligence and Military-Political Mobilization constitute the highest decision-making advisory body.

Prepare for Youzhou Left-behind Mansion, Liaodong Left-behind Mansion and Yanbei Left-behind Mansion as the left-behind organs in the rear during the war.

In addition to the teams directly under the headquarters, each division has also set up a staff office, a military supply institute, and a military protection institute to assist the military chief in commanding the headquarters.

According to the plan, once the world is in turmoil, Chang'an, Luoyang and other hinterland areas have a major crisis, General Li Mao personally led the three armies to the south to quell the chaos, the rear is led by Zheng Xiaozhang, relying on the three major left-behind prefectures of Youzhou, Yanbei and Liaodong, and the prime minister has military and political affairs in the rear. Relying on the General Administration of Military and Political Mobilization, it organized soldiers and raised materials for the southward army.

This is a major surgery that hurts the muscles and bones, and it is not easy to do, so after the success, the surgeon has a double sense of achievement.

Li Mao opened the curtains, pushed open the wooden window, looked at the gray sky, turned back to the tired crowd and said: "The matter is so decided, Wen Cai and Zeng Zhen will take out the written things as soon as possible, and you will go back to your own house and ventilate below first." It's too late at night, so I won't leave you to eat. Everyone got up one after another and said goodbye to Li Mao.

Li Mao handed a thick linen paper signed with everyone's names to Zeng Zhen and Cai Wencai, and explained: "You guys should rest first, and it's not too late to tidy up tomorrow." ”

Returning to the back house of the palace with a tired body, Li Mao suddenly didn't know where to go, it was too deserted to go back to the study, and it didn't seem appropriate to disturb anyone so late at night, so he hesitated and returned to his study. After sitting for a while, he suddenly felt bored, so he asked Sui Hu to go to the kitchen to make two dishes, and took out a jar of treasured good wine to drink with Shikong.

Shi Kong knew that he couldn't sleep under the excitement, so he didn't persuade him.

"I finally went to a thought, but I don't know why my heart is empty and unsteady."

"You're worried about causing a shock below, in fact, it's nothing if you want me to say it, the layout of the plot has been started many years ago, and now it's a matter of course, and there won't be any wind and waves."

"I hope so. Alas, who fried this dish tonight, why didn't you put salt. ”

The guard who served in front of the case said embarrassedly: "Master Zhu is asleep, I'm afraid that you will be hungry...... It's ugly. ”

Shi Kong glared: "It's ugly, you're embarrassed now." Don't go and bring the salt shaker yet. ”

Li Mao said: "No need, it tastes different without salt, but remember to put some salt in the next stir-fry, and our family can't afford to eat salt." ”

Sent the guards out, Shi Kong blamed himself: "I was negligent, I let them serve the food without tasting it, it seems that there is a special person to taste the food, and there is no sloppiness in the slightest." Li Mao said: "The purpose of tasting food is to ensure safety, and the people who can poison my dishes are undoubtedly the people around me. ”

Shi Kong said: "Relying on people's hearts or not relying on it, I agree with Mrs. Tian's opinion, the security system around her must be greatly moved." ”

Tian Qian once suggested that Li Mao do a major operation on the security system around him and add one person to balance Shikong, her suggestion was out of good intentions and was not wrong, but Li Mao thought it was not necessary, so he ignored it. Shi Kong's initiative to bring it up will undoubtedly allow each other to avoid an embarrassment, which is also out of good intentions, but Li Mao still thinks it is not necessary. If even Shi Kong, who has been inseparable from him for more than ten years, is on guard, he really doesn't know who else to trust in this world.

Li Mao simply diverted the topic: "I heard that there was a military disaster in the south, and people in many places can no longer afford to eat salt. Shi Kong said: "Not only can't I afford to eat salt, but I can't drink porridge for a long time, so now I rely on digging wild vegetables, peeling bark, and digging grass roots to satisfy my hunger." Fortunately, the land in the south is warm, the grass and trees are lush, and if you change it to Youzhou or Liaodong, you can't even eat wild vegetables and tree bark. ”

Li Mao said: "Yes, so I'm in a hurry to straighten out my internal affairs, and I can't wait." Wang Shoucheng may not be able to survive this year, and once this person goes, the world will be in chaos. ”

As he was talking, Qin Fengmian asked to see him, his expression was a little frightened, and he didn't care about nonsense and said bluntly: "Something happened to the boat gang." ”

Li Mao was also taken aback, and hurriedly took the secret report and read it, and said: "I just said that Wang Shoucheng can survive this year but not next year, so I may not be able to survive this year, this is someone stabbing him in the back, the shot is steady and ruthless, and the style of a famous man." ”

In the afternoon, the right wing received a secret report from the Yanqiao branch that the grain and grass escorted by the boat gang docked at the Yanqiao wharf and was attacked by an unknown armed group, and six warehouses and 63 boats on the shore caught fire and were destroyed, and serious armed fights broke out between the two sides, and more than 100 people died.

Because Qin Fengmian had been attending a confidential meeting in the Jiedu Embassy, this secret report was delayed until late at night before it was delivered to Qin Fengmian, Qin Fengmian did not dare to delay at all, and immediately rushed to see Li Mao after taking over.

Li Mao slapped the secret report on the table and said with a smile: "It's expected, don't worry about him." ”

Let's say goodbye, let the guard add a pair of cups and chopsticks and leave Qin Fengmian for supper.

Meng Yingchun, Wang Shoucheng and Guangwang Li Chen received the secret report from the people below almost at the same time, and the reactions of the three were naturally different: Meng Yingchun immediately assigned Meng Lian to go to Yongqiao to sit in town, stabilize the situation, and deal with the aftermath.

Meng Lian is the only person with the same qualifications as her in the boat gang, and was her main competitor at the beginning of the boat gang's reconstruction, Meng Yingchun later got Xiang Zhongguo's guidance and disposed of Meng Lian with thunderbolts, but did not agree to kill him, but only went to his real power and left him as a hypocritical deputy gang leader. Meng Lian also knows each other, and he has kept to himself all these years and has not made any more trouble.

This time, Meng Yingchun promised to help Wang Shoucheng transfer the Jiangnan wealth into Guanzhong, but was strongly opposed by the conservative forces in the gang, Meng Lian saw the hope of turning over, and resolutely stepped forward, coerced the public opinion to be arrogant, and fought against Meng Yingchun.

However, Meng Yingchun's status was earned with countless feats and blood and sweat, and it was unbreakable, and everyone's dissatisfaction was right and not right, but being stirred up by Meng Lian turned into something wrong with people, which made Meng Yingchun very passive.

It just so happened that there was such a thing as Yongqiao at this juncture, which was a weapon given by God to Meng Lian and other oppositionists, and if they didn't take advantage of this to bring down Meng Yingchun, it would be a blessing from the sky.

Meng Yingchun also felt a lot of pressure after the Yongqiao incident, and was ready to go to Suzhou to deal with the aftermath, but at this time Xiang Zhongguo suggested that she send the deputy gang leader Meng Lian to go, Meng Yingchun was very puzzled by this, in her opinion, this was equivalent to putting the knife handle in Meng Lian's hands.

However, Xiang Guozhong was calculating, he must have his plan for such a suggestion, Meng Yingchun was in a situation, and he couldn't see the situation clearly for a while, so he followed the advice of the bystanders to Xiang Zhongguo.