Since returning to Jinling, Li Yuan's large courtyard has finally become "prosperous".

As Li Yuan's stepmother, as soon as Liu entered the mansion, she was respectfully welcomed into the inner courtyard that had already been cleaned by a group of clever maidservants, and she couldn't keep her mouth shut. As for Liu Jiangsheng, Luo Erhu and Xu Kuangheng, who had just joined the team, they were placed in the front yard by Li Yuan, but because there was a large open space in the house, it was a miniature school field, which was not only convenient for the soldiers to assemble and practice, but also convenient for the brothers to go in and out to discuss major matters.

As for the Wang siblings, everyone has known it since they left Yangzhou. But after all, Wang Jingyao has not officially passed the door, so in order to avoid suspicion of the Liu family, he made the decision to let her accompany him in the inner courtyard, and Li Yuan was so happy. And Wang Jingguo, this kid, Xu was taught a lot by Li Yuan in Chuzhou, but now he has a hot fight with Liu Jiangsheng and Luo Erhu, and Li Yuan is just about to let go, and by the way, he instructed Xu Kuangheng to educate his rebellious brother-in-law more for himself when he is free.

And many indications show that Li Yuan's arrangements are extremely correct. Now Liu, as the only elder in the house, has been in charge of housework all his life, and it is more stable to deal with the big and small matters in the house, first selected a few from the maids and servants who can write and calculate, set up the treasury, and gathered everyone to set up family rules, and within half a month, the Li Mansion has been managed in an orderly manner. With this backbone in the house, the lives of Li Yuan and others are much more stable.

Soon the time came to the end of December, and Emperor Li Jing suddenly ordered the rectification of the forbidden army. Li Yuan deliberately got up early in the morning, dressed neatly and had breakfast, and hurried to the guards of the military division.

Today is the day when the generals of the forbidden army are counting. The so-called point Mao, Li Yuan has already been familiar with this month, and it is nothing more than to gather at various military offices, and then the officials will check the points and arrive at the shift according to the roster, which is not much different from the roll call and attendance of later generations. In the past, when he was in the palace direct army, after all, he was the Marquis of Duyu, except for Peng Shigao, the commander of the army, there was no higher military rank than him, so they were often perfunctory, Li Yuan and Peng Shigao sat there drinking tea and bragging.

But this time he was ordered to go to the guards and military divisions, and Li Yuan didn't dare to be so casual. In short, you, a "deputy commander", dare to indulge in the "Military Commission"?

Sure enough, when Li Yuan stepped into the office of the military department guarding with his left foot, he saw the chief and deputy commanders of the various armies and the Marquis of Du Yu, these men who were smuggling and shouting on weekdays, were like primary school students at this time, sitting honestly and in order, silent. Li Yuan only felt funny in his heart, it was really an official who crushed people to death, and even his temperament crushed you to death.

"Liu Dashuai, Your Majesty's intention is to teach us to send the elite of the guards to prepare for the war in the future. Now that you can't do it on the left and the one on the right, how many days will this reorganization matter be delayed? If you delay Your Majesty's plan, if you blame it, how can you and me be spared? ”

"The prime minister, it's not that the commander is deliberately delaying, this reorganization of the army is not easy! Just like the Black Cloud and the Second Army of Konghe in Jiangbei, most of these sergeants are father and son, how can they be forcibly demolished for a while? Make the minister, the so-called art industry has a specialization, you might as well sit in the court, these miscellaneous military affairs are still handed over to the commander to determine himself, and please make the minister not embarrassed! ”

"Okay, you Liu Yanzhen, do you mean that you don't know how to fight?! ......”

Although the generals in the hall were in charge of their own armies, they were still not of enough rank and could not enter the inner hall to discuss the proceedings, so they could only hold their breath and listen to the fierce quarrels coming from the inner hall, and they did not dare to leave the venue without permission, which one was not restless. Li Yuan has been listening carefully with his eyes closed, it is rare to come to guard the military divisions, there is no shortage of good generals in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and it is still a little beneficial to learn more experience in using soldiers in the future, and when he heard the voices of Chen Jue and Liu Yanzhen, he was speechless for a while, these two people were like singing in it, one knew nothing, and the other was indiscriminate, but they both said it.

After suffering for half an hour, Chen Jue took the lead in walking out, only to see that his face was already gloomy, but he stopped when he passed by Li Yuan's side.

Li Yuan hurriedly got up and saluted: "The last general will meet the envoy!" ”

When he opened his eyes and looked closely, Chen Jue was a little thinner than when he was in Chu two months ago, whether it was due to busy government affairs or depression, others did not know.

Chen Jue glanced at Li Yuan expressionlessly, and then said, "Li Yuhou, go with Benxiang." ”

Li Yuan swallowed his saliva, this Chen Jue said that he would turn his face, he had previously claimed that he would be his own family in the future, but this time he had this face in front of everyone. So after hugging his fists at several sympathetic colleagues beside him, he left with Chen Jue.

Chen Jue didn't go too far, Li Yuan followed him all the way to spare a few corners in the military department of the guards, and in a blink of an eye came to an empty public house, with only a long table and two chairs placed opposite each other.

Li Yuan thought to himself, is this Chen envoy going to interrogate me here? After closing the door, Chen Jue sat down first, and then invited Li Yuan to sit down, followed by an awkward cold scene, as if they were waiting for the other party to speak first. I have to say that in this claustrophobic environment, a cold-eyed boss, invisible pressure followed.

After being silent for a while, Li Yuan stared at Chen Jue's cold face, and decided to speak first: "Minister, there will be something to report at the end!" ”

Chen Jue crossed his arms, leaned lightly on the back of the chair, and said coldly, "Say." ”

Looking at each other, Li Yuan subconsciously lowered his head, after all, the one in front of him was the privy envoy of the current dynasty, his immediate boss, since the faces of both parties were not good-looking today, it meant that at this time it was a conversation between superiors and subordinates, and it could not be regarded as a so-called friendship.

Li Yuan's face suddenly turned red, and then he pursed the corners of his mouth and said: "Envoy, the last general went to Chuzhou to pick up the old lady last month, and on the way he suppressed a group of bandits, and the bandit leader Ma Liu is the main culprit in a case of smuggling salt......"

Chen Jue interrupted impatiently: "This matter has already been reported by the Yushitai. ”

Li Yuan then said in a hesitant manner: "Envoy, envoy, in this case, there is actually another hidden secret. ”

Sure enough, as soon as the words fell, Chen Jue beat a small drum in his heart, someone in the DPRK has already impeached you Li Yuan, saying that the rescue officials are fake, and the private deployment of troops is true, and it depends on how you can tell the difference.

"The prime minister, the last general happened to meet a judge in Chuzhou at that time, but he didn't ask his name, and when he saw that he was besieged by bandits, he saved him. The last general took the bandit leader to the official office for trial, thinking about receiving merit, but He Jingzhu, the assassin of Chuzhou, did not appreciate it, but blocked it in every possible way, and even found an excuse to retry the bandit leader at a later date. Seeing that the credit was taken away, the last general was angry, so he used some means, and the bandit leader was so frightened that he told the truth! ”

"What did you say?"

Li Yuan looked back, and then whispered mysteriously: "He said that his owner, that is, the mastermind behind the trafficking of illicit salt, is Zhang Shilang of the Ministry of Industry......"

Chen Jue shook his head helplessly and said: "I have also heard of this matter, and the case of Dali Temple has been closed, so it is slanderous words that should not be believed." In fact, he secretly scolded in his heart, if this Zhang Yi was not the care of the noble concubine and the Feng family brothers in the palace, how could this big deal fall on him! It's very enviable! Hateful!

Li Yuan hurriedly got up, took a few steps back, and said with a sincere sad face: "No, the minister, whether it is true or not, but the last general has inadvertently offended Zhang Shilang since then!" What kind of person is that Zhang Shilang, that is Feng Xiang's relative! Alas, the last general was terrified all day long, and heard that the envoy and Feng Xiang were on good terms. And so that the relative general has grace, in order to avoid a gap between you and Feng Xiang, so after the last general returned to Beijing, he has not dared to visit! For this reason, please forgive each other! ”

For a while, Chen Jue's face was quite exciting, sometimes gloomy and sometimes confused, and after a while, he sighed, seemed to ease up a lot, and then said calmly: "So that's the case!" If you hadn't told the truth today, you would have thought that you, Li Yuhou, had climbed the high branch of Zhou Zong, and would have forgotten your true appearance to the clouds! ”

Li Yuan replied very sincerely: "The last general will not dare!" As for the father-in-law, he is almost old, and he has retired to the court for many years, and he has not asked about political affairs for a long time. The last general has already climbed the Zhou family, how dare he use these political affairs to disturb his father-in-law's peace? The high branch mentioned by the prime minister, in the eyes of the last general, is just a great cause of the Zhou family. As the saying goes, a gentleman loves money—"

Chen Jue hurriedly raised his hand to stop it, looked at Li Yuan's face, inexplicably covered with a sense of wealth fan, and laughed out loud: "Okay, okay!" Isn't it just the money? Li Yuhou, as long as you treat your true nature sincerely and serve Your Majesty steadfastly, why worry about money? After that, he shook his head and said secretly in his heart, sure enough, the village is a wild horseman, lustful and greedy for money, and Liu Yanzhen is all the way! However, this kind of person is easy to deal with, and it is a lot more reassuring.

Li Yuan's heart was also gradually relieved at this time, and when Chen Jue asked about Zhou Zong, he was so nervous that he almost didn't react! After thinking about it, he could only choose to defile himself, but fortunately, this Chen Jue should believe it and no longer be aggressive.

Now that the relationship between the two sides has warmed up, Chen Jue quickly showed the deep smile he used to have: "Li Yuhou, have you heard of His Majesty's recent order to reorganize the forbidden army?" ”

"The last general is soft-spoken, not too clear. But do you want to continue to attack Chudi? ”

Chen Jue looked ashamed, touched a few strands of white hair on his sideburns, and said bitterly: "Exactly." Alas! At the beginning, I regretted that I shouldn't have listened to my mother, and taught Li Jingzhi, who was not successful, to go to Tanzhou, and finally ended up being dismissed and exiled, not to mention, and was reprimanded by His Majesty! ”

Li Yuan couldn't help but feel deeply amused, what are you pretending to be here? When he sent his brother-in-law to Tanzhou, wasn't he just to grab wealth for his own family? In any case, in the end, didn't the Ma brothers' family still fall into your Chen Minister's pocket?

Of course, Li Yuan couldn't be so outspoken, so he said in a deep voice: "Li Du's matter is not clear in the end. But the prime minister, you are an important minister of my court, Your Majesty's humerus, don't blame yourself for the mistakes of others! What's more, did the envoy offer His Majesty a plan to stabilize the land? Your Majesty has always had a grand desire to dominate the world, and in the end, Your Majesty still has to rely on you! ”

These words made Chen Jue quite comfortable, and then after tidying up his purple robe for a while, he twisted his long beard and said: "Your Majesty is gracious, our courtiers dare not obey!" After the year, His Majesty intends to send troops to Chudi again, and this time the Prime Minister is determined to lead the army himself! Your Majesty has also approved the request of my Privy Council to transfer the elite of the forbidden army, and Li Yuhou is willing to go on the expedition with the prime minister at that time? ”

Li Yuan was shocked when he heard this, it was a rare opportunity to have the opportunity to lead the army to fight and establish military merits! But why is Chen Jue, the military black hole, in command? If he commands indiscriminately, there is a high probability that he will return in vain.

But he can't refuse, Yu Gong, in history, it was because Bian Hao couldn't suppress the old generals of Chu State, and the Southern Tang Dynasty slacked the army, and finally Chu was lost, and the Southern Tang Dynasty was also greatly injured, which indirectly led to the situation that when Chai Rong's army went south, the Southern Tang Dynasty was surrounded by enemies.

Now the course of history seems to have shifted slightly due to its own arrival. Guo Wei of the Zhou State is still on the throne, is busy pacifying the sporadic civil strife in the Central Plains, and has no time to look south for the time being.

In private, he Li Yuanzheng needs an opportunity. Since coming to this era, he has thought more than once, what do he really want and what should he do? Now that he has his wife and brother by his side, he will soon marry Emperor Zhou E, and then admit Wang Jingyao to get started, these are the people he needs to protect.

In today's world, the Southern Tang Dynasty seems to be calm, but in fact, the waves are surging, and if there is no accident in the Zhou State in the north, it will go south in four years, and in another decade or two, the Southern Tang Dynasty will also perish. Everything that Li Yuan cherishes may also be trampled into powder by iron hooves!

You must have soldiers, money, and power in your hands! Li Yuan let out a strong cry in his heart, vowing to fight the wheel of fate with his body, after all, he had already died once in his previous life, so why not dream a big deal?

Thinking of this, Li Yuan was so excited that he suddenly got up and said, "Make a chance!" The rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband! The country has a war, and since the last general has received the great favor of His Majesty, how can he dare to live in peace and enjoy himself? The last general will live up to the expectations of the prime minister and calm the land for my Datang! ”

In any case, in Chen Jue's eyes, Li Yuan can be regarded as a general with good intentions, and he came up by himself, seeing this, Chen Jue nodded with satisfaction: "Okay!" Li Yuhou is really my good son of the Tang Dynasty! I hope that Li Yu will be recuperating in the near future, and he will be in the next year! ”

Li Yuan seriously arched his hand and said, "Obey!" ”