Li Yan was "demoted", this is something he can perceive, the only thing that is not clear is whether Li Zicheng intends to leave him alone, or just want to beat him.

On the issue of Gu Fuguang, after reflection, it was indeed inappropriate, although he was bookish, but in retrospect, he immediately realized the seriousness of the problem.

Fortunately, Gu Fuguang finally protected him, and when he was over, he sent someone to send Li Yan a piece of writing, which read, "Think twice before acting".

Looking at Gu Fuguang's words, Li Yan was silent for a long time, and from this moment on, he finally clearly realized what his relationship with Li Zicheng was, and this character would always accompany him in his future life.

From Li joining the army to Li Dujian, although it is a secret depreciation, but the level has not been lowered, the military leaders of the front battalion are all celebrating with their crowns, celebrating Li Yan, the plague god, and getting out, where is the back camp? Grain and grass are heavy, that's what the firehead soldiers do, and it's delusional to go to this kind of place and think about making meritorious contributions!

Li Zicheng still sent someone to appease Li Yan, although it was all official words, such as about what kind of battalion needs to be rectified by sophisticated and capable people, and then handed over the silver medal given, which also means that Li Yan was deprived of the right to act cheaply.

Of course, Li Yan is not a person who is tied down, since it is a secret descent, it means that Li Zicheng still takes into account his thoughts, so he simply got off the donkey and put forward two requirements to Li Zicheng.

The first point is that the rear camp is mixed, and he enters by an outsider, and the relationship is intertwined, and he needs capable subordinates to ensure the smooth rectification, so he asked Li Zicheng for ten shrewd and capable soldiers to drive.

The second point is that if he wants him to rectify the rear camp, Li Zicheng wants to give him enough power, so he applies to Li Zicheng for the right to arbitrarily be in the rear camp.

Li Zicheng directly followed the first condition, ten pro-soldiers, not a big problem, the second condition is not so easy, the right to arbitrary, that means a conflict with the commander of the rear battalion, so Li Zicheng changed the pen and changed it to the right of direct authority, directly reported to Li Zicheng, and Li Zicheng made the decision.

After Gu Fuguang's incident, Li Zicheng believed that Li Yan could somewhat restrain his temperament, especially since he had asked Gu Junen to send a painting to Li Yan in his own name, and I heard that now Li Yan has framed him.

Li Yan took office after leading ten personal soldiers, the second condition itself was opened for bargaining, and now that he got enough, he didn't stay too long, only to increase his disgust, anyway, he was already a capital prison, so let's do what a capital prison should do.

The management of grain and grass in the camp is not chaotic, at least it is a mess, and as a unit with prenatal education per capita, it is almost impossible to select talents who can carry out precise management.

Gu Junen is a talent, but unfortunately he is good at military strategy, and he can't properly manage the grain and straw, especially the mobile army, and the management of grain and grass is even more troublesome.

Before Li Yan took office, he had a full understanding of the grain and grass situation in the camp.

The current grain and grass manager is Li Zicheng's younger brother, Li Zijing, this person has no great talent, and he can't fight, Li Zicheng arranged him to be in charge of logistics, and the logistics affairs are already complicated, Li Zijing's ability is very limited, so it is naturally even more chaotic.

Most of the grain and grass of the army were obtained through looting, and the people in charge of looting were Gao Yigong and Li Jin, who pulled back the grain looted from the people and threw it directly to the rear camp, and then distributed it uniformly by the rear camp, with no records, no account books, and nothing, which was completely a "communist" society, distributed according to need.

The consequence of the distribution according to demand was that the front battalion could not get the food it needed at all, and those who came quickly often took more, and those who came slowly could only take less, and it slowly evolved into the fact that the inexhaustible food of this unit was dumped everywhere, and the hungry front chest and back of that unit were in great distress.

As a result, every time it was time to distribute the grain, there would even be a situation of fire in the front camp, and over time, many invading troops simply plundered the grain by themselves, forming an independent logistics independent of the intruding camp.

Li Yan went to the capital to supervise grain and grass this time, and has set his own goal, that is, to formalize the logistics system of the camp, do not underestimate the importance of grain and grass, most of the famous generals in history started from subjective grain and grass, such as Xiahou Yuan who was on the right side of Hubu Pass, Zhuge Liang who did his best, and Deng Ai who later died in Shu, and Sima Xuanwang who attacked Liaodong.

Figuring out the food problem is the basis for a commander in the true sense, and the chaotic logistics system of the Chuang Army obviously cannot build the Chuang Army into a regular army that can compete with the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

As soon as he arrived at the back camp, Li Yan bumped into the team that Li Zijing came to greet him.

Li Zijing had long heard that he was going to be a new official in charge of grain and grass, and it was said that Li Yan, who was in the limelight some time ago, instantly became alert, Li Yan was Li Zicheng's confidant, and now he was left in the back camp, could it be that his brother was dissatisfied with him?

He had always been afraid of Li Zicheng, and under the fright, he decided to test Li Yan's tone by catching the wind and washing the dust, so he personally led people to wait for Li Yan at the camp gate early.

Li Yan looked at the enthusiastic Li Zijing, and knew his abacus in his heart, this person looked seven or eight points similar to Li Zicheng, but he lacked Li Zicheng's arrogance and affinity, but there was a kind of shrewdness and cunning in it, but it was definitely not the kind of character with great wisdom.

Li Yan got off the donkey and greeted Li Zijing, and exchanged a few words of greeting, which was nothing more than how Li Zicheng's body was, how young Li Yan was, and of course Li Zijing also tentatively asked about the purpose of Li Yan's coming.

Li Yan didn't hide it, and directly told Li Zijing that he was ordered to come this time to rectify the chaos in the rear camp, and as soon as these words came out, Li Zijing still had a smile on his face, and the face of the rear camp behind him was ugly.

The banquet is very rich, different from Li Zicheng's frugality, Li Zijing is a person who likes to be extravagant, the table is full of chickens, ducks and fish, and he also killed a lamb to cook, and the vegetables, melons and fruits are also quite good products, it can be seen that Li Zijing has put some effort into it.

Li Yan looked at a table of delicacies, his face couldn't help but become quite unhappy, and he asked: "Director, now that the army is in Nanyang, it will enter Henan in a few days, and the soldiers need food every day, so extravagant, it's too extravagant." ”

Li Zijing laughed disapprovingly when he heard this, stared at Li Yan and explained: "Brother doesn't know something, now most of the armies are raising their own food and salary, and no one has come to take these things in our back camp, and it is bad to keep them, but it is better to take them out to entertain and entertain the younger brother, and it is not a waste." ”

Li Yan looked at the food in front of him when he heard this, and secretly thought to himself, this Houying is really living his life behind closed doors, and the small life is quite good, no wonder Li Zicheng has the intention to balance his younger brother.

"Brother, this time I came to the back camp to be my own brother, and I will stay in the back camp with peace of mind in the future, although this back camp has no credit to be gained, but it is also a quiet and comfortable place, and others are not happy to accept it if they want to come." Li Zijing laughed, picked up his wine glass and toasted to Li Yan.

"If you drink this cup, you will be your own brother!" Everyone raised their glasses in response, a happy scene.

Li Yan didn't move at all, but the old god was staring at the wine glass in front of him thoughtfully.

This embarrassed Li Zijing, the wine was already up, but Li Yan didn't move at all, what was going on? So he tentatively asked, "Eunuch Li?" ”

When Li Yan heard this, he slowly spoke: "Does the supervisor know what the word 'prison' means?" ”

Li Zijing was stunned, what do you understand?

Without waiting for him to speak, Li Yan said slowly: "Prisoner, Cha Ye, King Chuang asked me to come to the capital to supervise the grain and grass, that is, I have the idea of rectifying the grain, I have an order, but I dare not call you brothers." ”

Hearing this, the four of them were silent, and their faces became a little ugly, even Li Zijing's face turned a little dark, but everyone is a thousand-year-old fox, so naturally they are not decent.

So Li Zijing followed Li Yan's words again: "The supervisor is serious, everyone in this camp is a cautious master, where do you dare to have any favoritism?" Besides, now at the feast, and drink to your heart's content, if you really want to rectify any food, after today, I will personally accompany you to rectify it. ”

Li Yan didn't eat Li Zijing's set at all, just playfully played with the cup in his hand, and said slowly: "Before, I also had dinner at King Chuang's place. ”

Li Yan's acceptance of Li Zicheng is something that everyone knows, and at this moment, everyone is a little unclear why Li Yan brought it up.

"King Chuang is the commander of an army, he can't eat more than two dishes a day, and he doesn't have the pleasure of drinking, even if he is considered meat, it is only one meat for three days, and you, in the back camp, do not risk the arrow, and enjoy every day, twice as much as the front camp, so how should the front-line soldiers think?" Li Yan said slowly.

Now the disasters are rampant in all directions, the people are not rich, and the food that breaks into the camp is also looted and collected, but if the logistics are chaotic and they go their own way, I am afraid that there is nothing to scrape and nothing to rob.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the aftertaste of the imperial court was still there, and it was difficult to establish a base area, so it could only be fought in exile, and the most important thing in the wandering war was the people's will, if it lost the people's support, sooner or later it would be the fate of extermination.

Since Li Yan has put forward the banner of "exempting the land from taxation", it is impossible to condone the intrusive army to wantonly plunder the ordinary people, so it is nonsense to exempt the land from the tax, and if he does not rob the people, he is doomed to be in an emergency, and how to open up sources and reduce expenditure is an urgent problem.

Since Li Zicheng asked him to rectify the grain and grass, it was impossible for him to ignore it.

Hearing what Li Yan said, Li Zijing and the others' faces turned white and white, Li Yan was put over by Li Zicheng, whether this was said by Li Zicheng or Li Yan himself, it is not clear.

So Li Zijing hurriedly explained with a smile on his face: "The eunuch said that he laughed, didn't these people come to bring good wine and food to entertain us?" On weekdays, where would you dare to be so extravagant, I knew that the eunuch was such a person who understood righteousness, and we would not have put on such a banquet. ”

After saying the explanation, Li Zijing hurriedly waved his hand again, and ordered: "Quickly, withdraw all these things, now that the military situation is critical, how can you be so extravagant?" ”

A few guards immediately came in and removed all these luxurious dishes.

Li Yan looked at the dishes that were removed, and secretly laughed in his heart, these dishes were also thrown away, isn't it more extravagant and wasteful to do this? Thinking of the current situation of the Chuang Army, he has no appetite at all.

So he immediately got up and saluted: "Supervisor, it's not too early, I'm not hungry, this time I was ordered to come with a heavy responsibility, so I won't drink and talk with you, and ask the supervisor to take me to the back camp, so that I can find out the situation of my invasion of the army now." ”

Li Yan used to work for Li Jin and had a certain understanding of the rear camp, but after all, Li Jin's task was still a lot of military tasks, and there was no intersection between the heavy grain and grass, and the rear camp itself was a hodgepodge, with family members, grain and grass, wounded soldiers, etc. all placed in the rear camp.

Although Li Zijing has no military power in his hands, the authority of the rear camp is also not small, and now Li Zicheng sent Li Yan to the rear camp to be the capital supervisor, and he really has the idea of rectifying the rear camp, and he will enter Henan immediately, and many hard battles are about to begin, and it will not be a good thing for the rear camp to be chaotic again.

Li Yan naturally has already found out Li Zicheng's plans, so it is impossible to get too close to Li Zijing, he is a capital eunuch, but anyone with a prison word can't get close to the chief official, otherwise isn't this word "prison" just for nothing?

Looking at the back of Li Yan who was leaving, Li Zijing's face instantly became gloomy, and he smashed the wine bowl in his hand to the ground, and scolded angrily: "What is it! ”