"A thousand armies are easy to obtain, a general is hard to find, I am a bitter and unscrupulous general at the moment, you have been in the army for a long time, you know military affairs, if you have the heart, I will hand over these dead soldiers to you. After the deed is accomplished, I will guarantee you as the envoy of the festival of a town. ”

Li Mao said: "My qualifications are enough to make a festival, and I will be satisfied if I can make a thorn history." ”

Li Jiedao: "Don't say any of this, my father really ascended the throne as the Son of Heaven, this world is ours, what official you want can't give to you?" ”

Li Mao said: "In this way, I will borrow the power of the king to make a big turnover." ”

The two agreed to disperse.

Li Mao went to the Ministry of Officials to receive a diploma, and on the second day, he entered the palace with the crowd to meet the Son of Heaven.

The Son of Heaven was seriously ill and had no intention of asking, Li Mao and the other six new officials kowtowed under the hall and retreated, the Son of Heaven did not say a word of advice, but the reward was really not thin, and one by one they happily left the palace with heavy brocade boxes.

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After returning from the palace meeting, Li Mao took the initiative to find Li Yacheng and asked to settle with Li Jing and Lin Ying as soon as possible. Li Yacheng didn't say much, and under his auspices, the Jingxi branch was successfully handed over.

Li Jing took over as the superintendent of Jingxi, and after handing over affairs to Li Mao, he began his first inspection, he did not want anyone to accompany him, only brought two entourages from Yunzhou, and disappeared into the white land of Guanzhong.

As for Lin Ying, he is already familiar with government affairs, and he can get started without Li Mao's special explanation.

He hired Jin Daoquan as the commander of the shogunate, Hu Nanxiang as the secretary, Qingmo as the inspector, and Mo Qi Shentong as the yarant. The shogunate team of the Keirsu Prefecture was initially established.

The next step is to recruit heroes from all over the world and contribute to the recovery of the lost territory in Liaodong.

Li Mao's momentum is very large, but there are very few applicants, and the down-and-out scholar would rather live in a temple and watch a temple, with coarse tea and light food, than go to a bitter place like Youzhou with him, a nominal Liaodong classic.

The Concert Academy advocated the New Year, and the judges Zhong Jian and Chen Ru learned that Li Mao's teacher was unfavorable, so they set up a banquet at Zhong Jian's house and invited Li Mao to the mansion for a banquet.

It is congratulatory to be directly used as a stab history from a cloth cloth, and it is sad to be a nominal economic envoy, not to mention, this nominal official has to go thousands of miles to the border Youzhou to take office.

After entering the table, Li Mao was not in high spirits, lowered his head, and drank wine in a daze.

Zhong Jian persuaded: "The Liaodong Economic Strategy is concurrently served by Lu Longshuai, and now he is the sole brother of Maohua, I don't think it is okay to simply not go to Youzhou, so as not to please the idleness, just control Liaodong remotely in the capital." ”

Li Mao said: "The country is so designed, it is intended to restore Liaodong, if I am far away in Xijing, how to recover the lost territory, I intend to recruit a few friends who know each other in the capital, and leave Jingdong in the spring." ”

Zhang Henian knew more about why Li Mao was transferred than others, so he said: "The country is thousands of miles away, where can't you find the marquis?" We still wish the scriptures to go to the grand plan, set Liaodong, and play a triumphant song early. ”

Li Mao was drunk that night.

Back at Zheng Zhuzhu's house, Li Mao drank a bowl of sobering soup to calm his spirit. When I came to the study, I searched the letters that had accumulated over the past few days, sorted them into categories, and disposed of those that should be burned and those that should be kept.

Got the Li Shigu Codex and Li Gon's Codex that made him happy and sad, Li Mao was full of emotion, Li Shigu's front hand also asked him to do a big thing, and in a blink of an eye, he transferred people away, leaving a gray space for him to operate, and the magic of using power was so good.

Li Mao smiled and re-read the two codexes, and was about to throw them into the brazier to burn them, when he suddenly struck a shock:

This doesn't make sense! He is Li Shigu's cronies, this is something that the entire Chang'an City knows, as long as he is still on Ziqing's plate, what is the difference between transferring himself and not transferring himself, the court wants to settle the account, after all, it still has to calculate its own account on Li Shigu's head!

The court can't settle accounts, so why bother to make such a ridiculous thing about being clever?

Is something wrong with Yunzhou?

Li Mao took Li Gon's codex and read it again, although it was a private codex, it was also cold official talk, can you see any problems from here.

Actually, there is a big problem!

Li Mao remembered that when he was promoted to the leader of the West Kyoto of Tonghutou, it was Li Shigu's codex, which had Li Gon's countersignature on it, but it was Li Gon's codex when he was transferred to Liaodong this time.

Although the effectiveness of the two is the same, but the intimacy is different, Li Shigu's handwriting and Li Gon's countersigned codex are obviously closer than Li Gon's codex.

I was innocent, I was suddenly dismissed, and I was sent to remote Liaodong, so I have to give an explanation, how can I send it away with a cold codex.

It's something wrong with Yunzhou, it must be something wrong with Yunzhou.

Li Mao called Qingmo, and was about to explain, but suddenly felt that it was inappropriate, and swallowed back the words to his mouth, Qingmo knew that Li Mao had been dismissed, and was about to ask what was going on, when he saw that he wanted to speak like this, he was anxious, and asked: "What happened, what are you doing?" Can't even believe me? ”

Li Mao smiled at him and said, "What are you anxious about?" ”

"Joke, can I not be in a hurry? When is it? ”

"Yes, it's all at this time......" Li Mao laughed, and his face was a little hideous, he waved his hand: "Pack up and leave Beijing tomorrow." ”

Qingmo's eyes widened and said, "Go, go to Liaodong?" Really go to Liaodong. So here'......"

Li Mao said: "Although Liang Yuan is good, it is not a place to live for a long time, this is not our home, let's go, don't drag the mud and water." ”

Saying goodbye, Li Mao took Xiaoru, Qingmo, and Mo Qi Shentong to leave Chang'an early on the morning of the second day. Out of the city to the east to the Qingni Station, it was reported that Li Yacheng set up wine in the post station to see him off.

Li Yacheng was dressed in a cocoon silk jacket often worn by wealthy businessmen, with a bone hairpin on his head, walking leisurely and laughing.

Li Mao dismounted and stepped forward to apologize.

Li Yacheng looked at the bulging luggage on the horse and asked Li Mao, "Are you leaving?" ”

Li Mao said: "The sea is up and down, and the four seas are scattered, but so, there is nothing to be nostalgic about." ”

Li Yacheng said: "It seems that you are full of confidence in recovering Liaodong, but you must know that the imperial court is beyond the reach of Liaodong, and Ziqing has little interest in Liaodong, in other words, if you go to Liaodong, you will be in a desperate situation." Are you sure you can overcome the lost ground on your own? ”

Li Mao said: "To be honest, I don't know the bottom in my heart, and I'm afraid of living up to the expectations of the marshal, but Li Mao is a courtier of the Tang Dynasty, and he doesn't want to see the land fall, so he is willing to take a risk." ”

Li Yacheng looked around, lowered his voice and said, "It's not the intention of the commander to let you go to Liaodong. ”

Li Mao wanted to ask him what he meant if he didn't mean Jieshuai, but he swallowed it forcefully, if Li Yacheng didn't want to say it, it would be useless to ask more.

Zhang Dashan, the post general of Qingniyi, walked over with a smile, and Li Yacheng immediately raised his voice: "You don't hesitate to be honored and disgraced, you have made great contributions to the festival marshal, you are loyal and brave, and the festival commander will not treat you badly, although you can't be reused now, there will be placement in the future." ”

Li Mao said: "I am willing to regain the lost ground for the Tang Dynasty and live up to the expectations of the marshal." ”

Hearing the two gossip, Zhang Dashan reported that the banquet was ready, Li Yacheng invited Zhang Dashan to join him, Zhang Dashan knew that his status was low, and hurriedly excused himself.

After drinking a glass of water and wine, Li Yacheng suddenly asked Li Mao, "Sure enough, on the day when Liaodong was restored, can you still remember Dashuai?"

Li Mao said: "I have today, all of them are cultivated by the festival handsome, how dare I be ungrateful?" Li Mao is willing to pledge his wife and daughter in Yunzhou to prove his loyalty. Li Yacheng laughed and said: "Why is Maohua like this, how can you not know your loyalty, how can you not know that the handsome man is as wise as a torch?" It doesn't have to be that way. ”

Qingmo, who was accompanying him at the same table, heard this, secretly spat on the ground, and muttered: "It's easy to say, if you don't pledge your wife and children in Yunzhou, are you willing to let people go?" ”

When Qingmo was muttering and complaining, Li Mao got up, took a deep look at Li Yacheng, and said: "Once I go, success or failure is unpredictable, if I have something, Neiko and the little girl will ask my brother to take care of it." ”

Li Yacheng got up and saluted back: "Entrusted by Maohua, you should obey your fate." (Dissertation College)