Chapter 39: What Li Zicheng is afraid of

Of course, Li Zicheng wouldn't do anything with Li Yan, and he was even quite happy.

Compared with the last time Gu Junen was released without authorization, and he fell asleep with his head covered after the incident, this time Li Yan reported first, and then executed, even if he killed later, it was the result of Liu Xian's repeated provocations.

Liu Xian is his life-saving benefactor, but this does not mean that Li Zicheng wants to offer him up like his ancestors, Liu Xian's operation is digging Li Yan's foundation, but why not dig Li Zicheng's foundation?

Liu Xian didn't understand until he died, the reason why Li Yan was able to act so "recklessly" was because in the final analysis, this was what Li Zicheng meant.

Liu Xian never challenged Li Yan, but Li Zicheng, who could tolerate him to live until now, it was already Li Zicheng who remembered his old feelings, and now he was killed by Li Yan with a knife, but instead gave Li Zicheng a step down, so that he would not be burdened with the moral condemnation of killing his benefactor.

In this case, Li Zicheng is too late to be happy, how can he punish Li Yan?

Hearing Li Zicheng's words, the people in the military tent were stunned, in their opinion, Li Yan was inevitably going to be snubbed this time, why did it seem that Li Zicheng was still quite happy?

Only Gu Junen was still standing there, as if everything was in his expectation, in fact, even Gu Junen, who was like an old fox, also admired Li Yan's operation, but I was afraid that before killing Liu Xian, Li Yan figured out the key to it.

"Second brother......" Li Zijing saw that Li Zicheng wanted to let Li Yan go like this, and he was suddenly in a hurry and wanted to stop him.

"Shut up! In the barracks, how can it be called like home? Li Zicheng didn't wait for him to finish, and interrupted him directly, he was strict in governing the army, and Li Zijing had already committed a taboo by calling him like this.

Li Zijing was frightened, and then hurriedly changed his words: "King Chuang, you can't let Li Yan go so easily!" Killing the generals in the army, where are you putting King Chuang? What's more, if Li Yan is not punished this time, what face will I have to return to the back camp? ”

Li Zicheng looked at his younger brother with a crying voice playfully, to be honest, he was indeed harsh on Li Zijing, but more hated iron and steel, Li Zijing lacked his decisive bravery, but was even weaker, far inferior to his eldest brother's son Li Jin.

"What kind of general is Liu Xian?" Li Zicheng snorted coldly: "I have made trouble in the back camp several times, do you really think I don't know?" Even if I am in Li Yan's position, Liu Xian doesn't know how many times he has died! The last time he gave him sixty military sticks, he still couldn't learn a lesson, so he had to do it again. ”

"As for you" Li Zicheng stared at Li Zijing who was kneeling on the ground, thought for a while, and then said: "The back camp is a mess under your control, don't do it, go back and unload the errand, and then listen to the tune." ”

Li Zijing never expected that when he came to complain, he actually lost all the errands, and immediately regretted not doing it at the beginning, and hurriedly kowtowed: "King Chuang, I know that I am wrong, the back camp is where my hard work is......"

"That's it! The mess of the post-camp management is also the painstaking effort? Li Zicheng interrupted impatiently, he had given Li Zijing many chances, but Li Zijing never grasped it.

After Li Zicheng reprimanded Li Zijing, he looked at Li Yan with a smile and said, "This rear camp will be handed over to you for management in the future, are you willing?" ”

Although Li Yan knew that Li Zicheng would not do him again, he didn't expect that the power of the rear camp would be so easily delivered to his hands, and he hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "My subordinates will do the work of dogs and horses!" ”

"Mr. Liu, do you have any ideas?" Li Zicheng smiled and nodded at Li Yan, then turned his head to look at Liu Zongmin.

Liu Zongmin actually doesn't care about Liu Xian's life and death, as Li Yan said, it's just a matter of face and whether he can take advantage of the situation to bring down Li Yan, not to mention, although Liu Zongmin is brutal and lustful by nature, he is very strict in governing the army, and the rewards and punishments are never ambiguous, which is also the reason why Liu Xian was unwilling to flee to Liu Zongmin.

"The subordinates have no ideas!" Liu Zongmin hugged his fists and said, since Li Zicheng has no intention of touching Li Yan now, he naturally will not touch this moldy head, and the previous political stain has not been eliminated.

"Okay, there will be a march tomorrow, so I won't delay you, and each of you will go back and prepare for repair." Li Zicheng got up slowly, drawing an end to this military discussion.

The generals also came to see the excitement, and when they heard the rumors, they hugged their fists and retreated, only Gu Junen did not leave and stayed in Li Zicheng's military tent.

"Mr. Gu, is there still something wrong?" Li Zicheng saw that Gu Junen was not leaving, and looked at Gu Junen quite suspiciously.

Gu Junen saw that the generals had left, so he asked, "Does King Chuang really want to use Li Yan as the head of the rear camp?" ”

"Or else? Mr. Gu thinks it's inappropriate? Li Zicheng looked at Gu Junen with a smile and asked, "Wasn't it you, Mr. Gu, who had been speaking for Li Yan at the beginning?" ”

"The subordinates are only loyal to King Chuang, and Li Yan is a right-hand man, so I intend to cultivate it, but it doesn't mean that there is a sense of party affiliation," Gu Junen hurriedly explained.

"Mr. is too worried, I don't mean that" Li Zicheng waved his hand, signaling Gu Junen to be relieved.

"King Chuang, Li Yan is only twenty years old, even if his scheming methods are considered by me, I can't say that he will definitely be able to match them, coupled with his outstanding ability, such a person is now promoted to the head of the rear battalion, and he is at the same level as the eighth team officer and several general posts, and his subordinates are worried that the speed is too fast, and there will be nothing to seal in the future, which will cause disaster" Gu Junen expressed his worries.

Li Yan is too young, and his qualifications are too shallow, and he has actually been promoted to such a height in just a few months, even if he is Han Xin's general, it is nothing more than that.

Although the rear camp is recognized as a "penal colony", it is difficult to get ahead if you go, and the rank of the head of the rear camp is there.

Li Zicheng's front battalion is also called the "old eighth team", which is basically composed of eight management teams, and there are small management teams under the management team, as for Liu Zongmin's general outpost, it is almost at the same level as the management team, because the peasant army frequently joins forces, and the establishment after the joint operation is chaotic, so there are all kinds of names, such as leader, commander, management team, general outpost, governor, general, and so on.

And the head of the rear battalion is at the level of being able to keep up with the management team, and Li Yan is only twenty years old, and he has only been in the camp for less than a year, so he topped Li Zijing and became the head of the rear battalion, which is indeed a bit scary This speed, Gu Junen's joining the army or Li Yan's capital supervisor is not high in level, and it has no actual jurisdiction.

If Li Yan is the manager, then he will have real jurisdiction, which is why Gu Junen is blushing.

"Moreover, King Chuang can know that since Li Yan killed Liu Xian, the people in the back camp have all celebrated, and they all said 'Li Gongzi is virtuous', among which it is unknown whether Li Gongzi refers to King Chuang or Li Yan, at a young age, he can actually invite people to buy people's hearts so far, neither the blessing of King Chuang, nor the blessing of Li Yan! The subordinates said today, not for the sake of framing, I really don't want the monarch and the ministers to lose harmony in the future and end up with Han Gao Huaiyin," Gu Junen said solemnly.

When Li Zicheng heard this, his brows furrowed, Gu Junen's words couldn't be said to be unreasonable, Li Yan was promoted too quickly, this is really not a good thing, after all, there are a lot of veteran qualifications in the camp, if he makes meritorious contributions in the future, it will not be easy to put himself in a position.

Secondly, the people in the back camp all celebrated each other, which aroused Li Zicheng's vigilance, and he suddenly realized a problem, Li Zijing and Liu Xian formed a party in the back camp, wouldn't Li Yan form a party?

Characters like Li Zijing and Liu Xian are not meticulous, and they are not resourceful, and the level of party formation is very low, which can be seen at a glance, and Li Yan's role is difficult to see even if it is a party.

Thinking of this, a figure of a person gradually appeared in Li Zicheng's mind, and that was his personal soldier Zhang Hong.

He clearly remembered how much Zhang Hong hated Li Yan at the beginning, but he didn't expect that now this pro-soldier who dislikes Li Yan always speaks well for Li Yan in front of him, which is not a good thing.

Thinking of this, Li Zicheng frowned, and asked, "Then according to Mr., what should I do?" ”

"Set up another position and transfer frequently, which can not only use Li Yan's ability, but also not let him be promoted too quickly, the most critical point is that it is difficult for Li Yan to form his own henchmen by frequently rotating positions, so there is no need to worry about using it." Gu Junen said lightly.

"What is the office? Who should the camp be handed over? Li Zicheng asked Gu Junen.

"Liu Fangliang has the ability to govern the people, but he can be the main battalion, as for Li Yan, he should be the first army in the front camp of his prison!" Gu Junen arched his hand and said.

"You mean to let Li Yan take care of military affairs?" Li Zicheng asked thoughtfully.

Gu Junen arched his hand and said: "Li Yan was originally promoted from the front camp, and he is also familiar with military affairs. ”

Li Zicheng stroked his stubble, and carefully thought about Gu Junen's proposal, he couldn't trust the literati in charge of the army, unlike the Ming court, which particularly liked to use literati as the commander of the army, the civil and military forces of the army were clearly distinguished, and Li Zicheng didn't think that people who read every day could lead good soldiers, you must know that this kind of rebel army, if you want to suppress an army, then how many people do you have to be brave.

The difference between Li Yan is that he is not a scholar in the pure sense, he has also been a camp commander, and he has also fought on the battlefield, and it is obviously biased to define him as a scholar.

This is also Gu Junen's selfishness, for a long time, he has only joined the army, he has no influence in the military, and it is not a way to go on like this, Li Yan is left in the back camp, and it is meaningless to deal with grain and grass every day.

So a long time ago, Gu Junen had a bold idea, that is, to find a way to transfer Li Yan to the front camp to participate in military affairs, and strive to get some military power, so that according to his relationship with Li Yan, he would have a certain say in the army.

Otherwise, he Gu Junen is also a rootless duckweed, and as Li Zicheng's power grows, sooner or later there will be more clever characters than him, and he will be an abandoned stinky shoe at that time.

"Mr. Gu is reasonable, Li Yan is a capable person, if he is used in the front camp, he may have unexpected gains." Li Zicheng hesitated for a moment and agreed.

Of course, Li Zicheng can also see Gu Junen's little Jiujiu, but he doesn't care, doesn't he just want to have some influence in the army? It's not a big deal, he looks further, Gu Junen is right, Li Yan has been in the camp for a long time, it is easy to form a party attachment, especially what he is most afraid of is that Li Yan has taken away his prestige.

In that case, why wait for a last resort? It's better to throw it to the front camp, the army is pragmatic, not something that can be bought by some small favors, Li Yan goes, first, it can weaken his influence in the rear camp, and second, you can see if Li Yan can make any novel policies in the front camp to make the army transform.