Since returning to Jinling, Li Yuan's Dalian Courtyard has finally become "prosperous".

As Li Yuan's adopted mother, Liu was respectfully welcomed by a group of clever maids and servants to the cleaned inner courtyard, which had been carefully purged. As for Liu Jiangsheng, Luo Erhu and Xu Kuangheng, who had newly joined the team, were respectively placed in the front yard by Li Yuan. Therefore, there was a large open space in the mansion, which was regarded as a miniature schoolyard, which not only facilitated the gathering and training of personal soldiers, but also facilitated the brothers to discuss major events.

As for the Wang siblings, everyone knew it well since they left Yangzhou. But after all, Wang Jingyao had not officially passed the door, so in order to avoid suspicion, Liu made a decision to let her accompany him in the inner courtyard. Li Yuan was so happy. Wang Jingguo, perhaps because he had been taught a lot by Li Yuan in Chuzhou, but now he had a fierce fight with Liu Jiangsheng Luo Erhu. Li Yuan also happened to let go and instructed Xu Kuangheng to educate him more of the rebellious boy in his spare time.

Many signs show that Li Yuan's arrangements were extremely correct. Now, as the only elder in the mansion, Liu has been in charge of housework for the rest of his life and is more stable in handling matters of the mansion. First, he selected a few people from the maids and servants who could write and calculate, built the warehouse, and summoned everyone to establish family rules. Within half a month, the Li Mansion was managed in an orderly manner. With this backbone in the mansion, Li Yuan and others' lives were much more stable.

It was soon December, and Emperor Li Jing suddenly ordered the rectification of the affairs of the imperial guards. Li Yuan got up early in the morning, and after using breakfast in a straight dress, he hurried to the guards and military departments.

Today is the day when the generals of the Imperial Army are Dian Mao. The so-called Dian Mao, Li Yuan has already familiarized himself with the moon. He is nothing more than gathering at the various military offices, and then the officials follow the list to check the ranks, which is not much different from the later generations' name checks. In the past, when he was in the Dianzhi Army, he was Du Yuhou. Except for Peng Shigao, the military commander, the people present were no higher than his military vocation, so they often did things perfunctorily. Li Yuan and Peng Shigao were sitting there drinking tea and bragging.

But this time, he was ordered to go to the military commanders of the guards, so Li Yuan did not dare to be so casual. In short, do you, a "deputy army commander", dare to indulge in the "Military Commission"?

Sure enough, when Li Yuan stepped into the yamen of the guards' military departments with his left foot, he saw the commanders and deputy commanders of the army and the Du Yuhou, these men who were usually yelling casually, were sitting in sequence like primary school students, and remained silent. Li Yuan felt funny in his heart. It turned out that he was a senior official and even his temperament was suppressed to death.

"Mr. Liu, Your Majesty's intention is to teach us to draw elite troops of the guards to prepare for war after the New Year. Now you can't do one on the left and the other on the right. How long will it take to delay the reorganization? If your Majesty's plan is delayed, if you blame him, how can you spare me?"

"It is not because of the general's intentional delay. It is not easy to reorganize the troops! Just like the Heiyun and the two armies in Jiangbei, most of these soldiers are father and son. How can they be demolished for a while? The general's so-called specialty in arts, you might as well sit high in the court. You should leave these miscellaneous military affairs to me to decide for themselves. Please don't make things difficult for the Prime Minister!"

"Okay, Liu Yanzhen, are you saying that you don't know how to fight?!"

Although the generals in the lobby were in charge of the army, they were still not of sufficient level and could not enter the inner hall to discuss matters. They could only hold their breath and listen to the fierce quarrels coming from the inner hall, and they did not dare to leave without authorization. None of them were anxious. Li Yuan kept closing his eyes and listening carefully. It was rare to come to the guards and military commanders. There were many good generals in the Southern Tang Dynasty. It would be beneficial to the future battles to learn more about military experience. But when he heard the voices of Chen Jue and Liu Yanzhen, he felt speechless. The two of them seemed to be singing a play inside, one was half-understanding and the other was just a bit of a fucking score, but they were all very well-informed.

After suffering for half an hour, Chen Jue walked out first. He saw that his face was already gloomy, but he stopped when he passed by Li Yuan.

Li Yuan quickly stood up and bowed and said, "I will pay homage to the envoy!"

When I opened my eyes and looked closely, Chen Jue was a little thinner than when he was in Chu two months ago. It was because of busy government affairs or depression that others didn't know.

Chen Jue glanced at Li Yuan with an expressionless face, and then said, "Mr. Li Yu, come with me."

Li Yuan swallowed, and Chen Jue turned his back on his face. He had previously claimed that he would be his family in the future, but this time he had this face in front of everyone. So he hugged several colleagues who were sympathetic, and then left with Chen Jue.

Chen Jue did not go too far. Li Yuan followed him along the way and spared a few bends in the office of the Guards and Military Offices. In a blink of an eye, he came to an empty public house with only a long table and two seats placed opposite each other.

Li Yuan thought to himself, is this Chen Zhengxiong trying to interrogate me here? After closing the door, Chen Jue sat down first and asked Li Yuan to sit down. Then there was a hurried cold-hearted situation, as if he was waiting for the other party to speak first. It has to be said that in this claustrophobic environment, a cold-eyed boss, invisible pressure followed.

After a while of silence, Li Yuan stared at Chen Jue's cold face and decided to speak first: "Master, I will report something if I have something to do!"

Chen Jue's arms crossed, leaned gently on the back of the chair, and said coldly: "Say."

With eyes facing each other, Li Yuan subconsciously lowered his head. After all, the person in front of him was the Privy Councilor of the current dynasty and his immediate superior. Since both sides looked bad today, it means that the superiors and subordinates were talking to each other at this time, and they could not be judged as so-called friendship.

Li Yuan's face suddenly turned red, and then he curled his lips and said, "I will go to Chuzhou to pick me up last month. On the way, he suppressed a group of bandits. The bandit leader Ma Liu is the main culprit in a private salt case..."

Chen Jue interrupted impatiently: "This matter has been reported by the Censorate."

Li Yuan then said hesitantly: "There is actually another hidden truth in this case."

Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, Chen Jue started to play a drum in his heart. Someone in the court impeached you, Li Yuan, saying that the rescue officials were fake and the private transfer of troops was true. Let's see how you distinguish it.

"The Prime Minister, Mo Jiang happened to meet a judge in Chuzhou. He didn't ask about his name. Seeing that he was besieged by the bandits, he rescued him. Mo Jiang took the bandit leader to the government office for trial, thinking of receiving the merits, but the governor of Chuzhou He Jingzhu did not appreciate it. Instead, he stopped him in every possible way and even made excuses to retrieve the bandit leader at a time. Seeing that the merits were taken away, Mo Jiang was furious and used some means. The bandit leader was so scared that he told the truth!"

"What did you say?"

Li Yuan looked back and then pretended to be mysterious and whispered: "He said that his boss, the mastermind behind the trafficking of private salt, is Mr. Zhang of the Ministry of Works..."

Chen Jue shook his head helplessly and said, "I have heard of this matter. The case of Dali Temple has been closed. That is a slander. You should not believe it." In fact, he secretly scolded in his heart. If Zhang Yi had not been the care of the imperial concubine and the Feng brothers in the palace, how could this huge deal fall on him? It is very envious! It is hateful!

Li Yuan quickly stood up, took a few steps back, and said with a sincere face, "No, no matter whether it is true or false, I have accidentally offended Mr. Zhang from now on! Who is that Mr. Zhang? He is Feng's relative! Alas, I was frightened all day long, and I heard that Mr. Feng has good friends. In order to avoid having a rift between you and Feng Xiang, I dare not come to visit after returning to Beijing! Please forgive me for the reason!"

For a moment, Chen Jue's face was quite wonderful, sometimes gloomy and sometimes confused. After a moment, he sighed, as if he had eased a lot, and then said calmly: "So that's the case! If you hadn't told the truth today, I would have thought that you, Li Yuhou, had climbed up to the high branch of Zhou Zong, and would have forgotten me!"

Li Yuan replied sincerely: "My general dare not! I marry the Zhou family lady just for love. As for my father-in-law, he is nearly 70 years old and has retired to the court for many years. He has not been concerned about political affairs for a long time. Mo general has been a leader in the Zhou family, how dare he disturb his father-in-law's peace with these political affairs? In the eyes of Mo general, what the Zhou family said is just a great cause. As the saying goes, a gentleman loves money—"

Chen Jue hurriedly raised his hand to stop him, looked at Li Yuan's face inexplicably with a sense of confusion, and laughed out loud: "Okay, okay! Isn't that kind of money? Li Yuhou, as long as you treat your true nature sincerely and serve Your Majesty steadily, why worry about money?" After that, he shook his head and said in his heart, it was true that the village man was lustful and greedy for money, and he was a good guy with Liu Yanzhen! However, such people are easy to deal with, and they can feel much more at ease.

Li Yuan's heart was gradually relieved at this time. Just when Chen Jue asked about Zhou Zong, he almost didn't react nervously! After thinking about it, he could only choose to be self-deprecating. Fortunately, Chen Jue believed it and was no longer aggressive.

Since the relationship between the two sides has been warmed up, Chen Jue quickly showed the deep smile of the past: "Mr. Li Yu, have you heard of the recent order to reorganize the imperial guards?"

"I didn't know much about it. But I want to continue to attack Chu?"

Chen Jue looked ashamed, touched the gray hair on his temples, and said in pain: "That's right! He regretted not that he should have listened to my wife and taught that incompetent Li Jingzhi to Tanzhou. In the end, he was dismissed from his post and was also punished by His Majesty!"

Li Yuan couldn't help but feel deeply amused. What are you pretending to be here? Didn't you send your brother-in-law to Tanzhou just to grab wealth? In any case, the family of the Ma brothers still fell into your Chen Qixiang's pocket?

Of course, Li Yuan could not speak so bluntly, so he cooperated with a deep voice and said, "I will not know the matter of Li Du. But I am the important minister of my dynasty. Your Majesty should not blame yourself for the faults of others! What's more, did the Prime Minister give you a plan to stabilize the land of Chu? Your Majesty also has the ambition to unify the world. In the end, Your Majesty will still rely on you!"

These words made Chen Jue quite comfortable. After tidying up his purple robe for a while, he twisted his long beard and said, "Your Majesty is kind, my ministers dare not serve you! Your Majesty intends to send troops to Chu again after the New Year. This time, I decided to lead the army in person! Your Majesty has also approved the request of our Privy Council and draw elite imperial guards. Will Mr. Li Yu be willing to go to war with me?"

Li Yuan was frightened when he heard this. It was a rare opportunity to lead the army to fight and establish military merits! But why was Chen Jue the military black hole again? If he commanded randomly, he would probably return in vain.

But he could not refuse. In history, it was because Bian Hao could not control the old generals of Chu State, and the Southern Tang Dynasty was lazy and the Chu land was eventually lost. The Southern Tang Dynasty was also seriously injured, which indirectly led to the situation where the Southern Tang Dynasty was enemies when Chai Rong's army advanced south.

Nowadays, the historical route seems to have been slightly deviated due to its arrival. Guo Wei of Zhou State is still on the throne and is busy pacifying the sporadic civil strife in the Central Plains. He has no time to look south for the time being. If the Southern Tang can seize the opportunity and completely conquer Chu this time, the Yangtze River waterway will run through the front line from now on, and advance and retreat freely, and the situation may be much better in the future.

For personal gain, Li Yuan is in need of an opportunity. Since he came to this era, he has thought more than once about what he really wanted and what he should do. Now that he has my mother and brothers accompany him day and night, he will soon marry Zhou Ehuang and then take Wang Jingyao to get started. These are the people he needs to protect.

In today's world, the Southern Tang seems to be calm, but in fact the waves are undercurrent. If the Zhou Kingdom in the north is not surprised, it will go south in four years. In another ten or twenty years, after the Zhao family in the north come to power, the Southern Tang will also perish. Everything that Li Yuan cherishes may be trampled into powder by iron hooves!

You must have soldiers, money, and power! Li Yuan shouted strongly in his heart, vowing to fight the wheel of fate with his own body. After all, he had already died in his previous life. What's wrong with dreaming?

Thinking of this, Li Yuan was so excited that he suddenly stood up and bowed and said, "Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world! There are wars in the country. How dare you live and enjoy the great kindness of your Majesty? I will definitely live and live in peace and enjoy it. I will definitely live up to the wishes of the minister and pacify Chu for my Tang Dynasty!"

No matter what, in Chen Jue's eyes, Li Yuan was considered a general with a good mind, and he promoted it to him. Seeing this, Chen Jue nodded with satisfaction: "Okay! Mr. Li Yu is really a good man in the Tang Dynasty! I hope Mr. Li Yu will rest well in the near future, and I will be the general after the New Year!"

Li Yuan bowed seriously and said, "Abide by the order!"
Chapter completed!