Li Shigu used to practice yin and yang gymnastics in the afternoon when his yang energy was at its peak, and after sweating all over his body, he took the opportunity to take a nap, so that when he woke up, he would feel refreshed and refreshed, and he would not feel tired until late at night when he handled official business. When I woke up that day, I heard that Li Mao had arrived in Yunzhou, and asked Li Changshan beside the bed with a smile: "How many people did he bring?" Li Changshan replied: "I only brought him one." Li Shidao snorted, slid off the bed, took a sip of the warm boiled water handed by the concubine, rinsed his mouth and spit it in the copper basin, took a bowl of hot tea and took a sip, as if talking to himself: "He is not small." ”

Suddenly, he asked the Marquis of Duyu who was standing under the verandah: "That fat man, what should be the crime of the marching general who leaves the camp without a military order?" Li Shigu was accustomed to dealing with major military and political affairs immediately after waking up in the afternoon, and he believed that at this time he was the most sober-minded, quickest in thinking, and the most accurate in his judgment. Therefore, the heads of each shogunate had to wait outside the door to be summoned at any time. Yan Su relied on his seniority, and often had the cheekiness to wait outside the door of the inner courtyard with Gao Mu, Li Changshan and others, but in fact, Li Shigu had few opportunities to call him, and most of the time he acted as an air and messenger.

was called a fat man by Li Shigu, Yan Yan not only didn't mind, but was extremely excited, and hurriedly replied: "If you are guilty, you should be beheaded." Judge Gao Mu hurriedly interjected: "The **** has ended the day before yesterday, and the war in Gushan Town has ended, Li Mao is now regarded as a garrison general, and the garrison general should be beaten with eighty military sticks when he leaves the camp without authorization." Li Shigu said: "What the judge said is also reasonable, then pull him out and beat him with eighty military sticks, and beat him carefully, not perfunctory." ”

Yan Yan had a grudge with Li Mao because of the clerical affairs in the past, and he was overjoyed when he heard the words, and he went to the prison in person to answer the word. Li Mao was waiting outside the military palace gate, and suddenly saw a team of wolf-like armor soldiers rushing out, and couldn't help but say that he had taken him, and his heart was tight, but he expected that Li Shigu would not do anything to him, neither justifying nor struggling, until he saw Yan Yan who was sneering, he was shocked in his heart, and secretly cried bitterly: "Bad luck, how did you hit this enemy." "Yan Su is the Marquis of Du Yu, who enforces military law, the general of the garrison leaves the camp without authorization, and he should be beaten with eighty military sticks on the crime, this is Yan Kun's power, how can these eighty sticks go down and live, Li Mao secretly complained bitterly, and wanted to struggle, but he was already twisted by the guards and couldn't move.

Yan Yan was proud, leaned over and asked, "Li Zhonghou, I can't imagine it, you also have today." He coughed and shouted: "Listen left and right, Li Mao left the camp without authorization, and punished eighty military sticks according to the military regulations, and executed immediately." ”

A pawn quickly moved a stool, and the two sergeants were about to untie Li Mao's robe, when suddenly one shouted: "Wait." Everyone looked at it, but it was Jia Zhiyan, the deputy envoy of the branch. Ziqing Zhidu envoy is in charge of the finances of Ziqing and 12 states, for example, by the Jiedu envoy concurrently, because the Jiedu makes too many part-time jobs, so the real power of the shogunate is often in the hands of the deputy envoy or judge, as for whether the deputy envoy is powerful or the judge is powerful, it depends on who has more trust of the lord, Jia bluntly said that the status in the Zhidu Mansion is only under Li Shigu alone, second only to the deputy envoy of the Jiedu and the marching Sima in the Ziqing shogunate, and the two observation deputy envoys are on an equal footing, which is not comparable to Yan Xuan, who was nicknamed "that fat man" by Li Shigu.

Yan Su hurriedly stopped everyone and greeted him, Jia bluntly pointed at Li Mao and asked, "Why do you want to beat him?" Yan Su told the truth, and Jia bluntly smiled: "If the eighty army sticks go down, I'm afraid that his life will be gone." This time, the suppression of bandits in the three states cost hundreds of millions of military salaries, and it was not easy to build a great achievement, and the person who made the first contribution was killed before the reward, which is not very good. Jia bluntly said that he was promoted to the deputy envoy of the Duzhi because he had made great contributions in Caozhou, and Li Mao also started in Caozhou, Yan Yan speculated that he had something to do with Li Mao, and when he saw him intercede for Li Mao, he was a little unhappy, but he still had a smile on his face, and said in a cozy manner:

"Who says it's not, it's only to blame him for his own sins and can't live, and now that the handsome man has spoken, I can't do anything. Otherwise, Jia Gong went over to persuade the marshal to take back his life. Jia said bluntly: "Who is Jia, how dare he face the handsome?" Hehe, however, there is an ancient precedent that a general in the army can make up for his merits if he commits the crime of immortality in non-wartime, and Li Mao's great merits are not rewarded, so he can make up for his merits. ”

Yan Yan was stunned when he heard this, there is such an example in the army, and he can cite a lot of them casually, but he just uses them on Li Mao, this ...... That's too.

Seeing that Yan Su was embarrassed, Jia said bluntly: "I know that Li Maohua has collided with you in the past, thinking that he is young and ignorant, your brother has a lot of don't worry about him, if he can avoid death this time, how can he not miss your kindness?" I will let him come to your door and make amends to you. He also whispered: "I heard that Guo Liang of Guojiazhuang bribed him with fifteen carts of gold beads......

Yan Kun's eyes lit up, and Jia bluntly said that this person is resourceful, shrewd and capable, and has won Li Shigu's trust, but his notoriety for greedy money is also well-known, and he only heard it before, but now he heard it with his own ears. Thinking of Li Mao's humiliation of himself in the past, Yan Su couldn't wait to beat him to death with eighty sticks, but thinking about the fifteen carts of gold beads, he didn't feel a little moved, thinking about it, Yan Su bit his teeth: The gentleman takes revenge, ten years is not too late, there will be opportunities in the future, if this windfall is missed, it will be a pity.

He coughed and said to the left and right, "Suspend the execution." He bowed to Jia Zhiyan, and then went to the back hall to reply to Li Shigu.

Li Shigu heard that Li Mao was willing to fold the merits, but he didn't answer with a black face, Yan Su didn't know what to do, looked at Gao Mu, and Gao Mu said: "There is a precedent in ancient times, military generals who commit immortal crimes in non-war time can be meritorious, and civil officials can be folded by officials." Li Mao's request should have been granted, but he contradicted the previous section in public, but it was an unforgivable sin, and he begged the marshal to cut his talisman and only obey orders in the military palace. ”

Yan Yan heard that this idea was not bad, not only sold Jia Zhiyan's face, but also got benefits, Li Mao stayed in the Jiefu and he had the opportunity to avenge that arrow, and hurriedly echoed: "The judge is extremely right, please take away his military power and put him in an idle position to see the after-effects." ”

Li Shigu asked the staff officer Li Gongdu and the others again: "What do the public think?" Everyone said, "This is a good idea." ”

Only then did Li Shigu order Li Mao to be stripped of his post in Gushan Town, and he was retained in the military government with the rank of deputy envoy of the navy, and his achievements in suppressing bandits offset the crime of leaving the camp without authorization.

The rest of the meritorious soldiers were not implicated because of this, and they were all rewarded accordingly: Gushan Town's posthumous clerk Cheng was transferred to the Ziqing Yingtian Shogunate for his merits, and was stationed in Qingzhou to supervise the affairs of Yingtian. Li Yuhou, the Marquis of Sandu, was transferred to the Qizhou regiment training envoy, and Chen Wanchun was transferred to the Laizhou regiment training envoy. Li Yingtan, the Marquis of Duyu in Gushan Town, was promoted to the post of town commander, Xiao Chengli was promoted to the post of marching Sima, and Ma Hedong, Zhang Qi, Xia Chun, and Chen Lan were transferred to the rank of Pinglu generals, each promoted by one level. Zhang Xuan was transferred to the deputy general of Caozhou, Huang Renfan was transferred to the deputy envoy of the Haizhou regimental training, and veteran General Xue was transferred to the Qingshan Cave of the Navy in Laizhou Town as a patrol general.

Yin Zhi was transferred to the deputy envoy of Shuizhai in Leixize Town, Puzhou.

The Qing Navy supervised Zhou Hong and moved to Yunzhou.

Zhu Mazi of Youdashan was sent to Yunzhou to be beheaded for public display, and the Pei family brothers, Zhu Jiu, Guo Liang, Li Zhong and others who accepted Li Mao's appeasement were all placed accordingly, Pei Renyong was appointed as the county leader of Futang County, Mizhou, Pei Renjing was the chief secretary of Dengzhou Huang County, and Pei Renqu was the chief secretary of Shouguang County in Qingzhou. Zhu Jiuzheng was the Sihu Zuo of Jimo County, Laizhou, Li Zhongfu was the general of the Pinglu Army, and Guo Liang was the prison of Juye County, Yunzhou.

Qingmo, Mo Qi Shentong, Zheng Xiaozhang, Hu Nanxiang, Mao Taigong, Shi Kong, Shi Xiong, Chang Mucang and other generals were rewarded for their merits, and Shi Xiong was awarded the head of the team for his merits and was transferred to the Pinglu Army stationed in Dengzhou Gushan Town.