Xiaoqi

However, for Li Li, this move also has advantages and disadvantages, and he must bear certain risks.Delegating military power to the hands of the leading generals will easily breed hills, and even encourage them to support their own self-respect, and they will not lose their tails.Li Li was mentally prepared for this and took precautions.He believes that the decentralization of military power is just an excellent opportunity to test the results of the previous large-scale reorganization of the entire army, and it is also a test for him to know and employ people.A person's loyalty, treachery, goodness and evil are usually difficult to see. It is not until the power is released and he is allowed to play freely that he can truly see his true colors.

At this time, the Xiliang Army was resting, and Li Li had time and patience to test the ability and loyalty of the generals under his command, to find out and solve problems.

Now is the most chaotic period in the states and counties of the world. No matter who it is, as long as it has 3 to [-] horses and captures a big city, it will be able to separate one side and become a prince of its own.This kind of situation is definitely very tempting for the generals of Xiliang who hold powerful soldiers.If anyone can't stand the temptation and joins the army to rebel, Li Li can wipe them out in a flash, so as to set an example to others.

Otherwise, when one of the generals in the army suddenly has a problem when they are competing in the Central Plains, it will definitely be a big blow to the Xiliang army, and it will even cause a devastating blow to the Xiliang army.

It is better to prevent problems before they happen, sooner rather than later.

After the military and political discussions were over, the generals drank happily in the side hall again, and the banquet did not end until sunset.

At the left rear of the main hall is Li Li's study.

Li Xuan, Jia Xu and Li Ru came hand in hand, and after being informed by Li Zhi, they entered the study.

"Hehehe!" Li Liwei laughed before hearing it, and waved his hands to signal the three of them to sit down casually without being formal.

After bowing and saluting, the three of Li Xuan were not polite and sat down.

Li Xuan took the lead in reporting: "My lord, I have a few urgent matters to ask my lord. First, my lord promised to build Chang'an Taixue and Wuwei Lecture Hall. Elder Cai Yong is very interested in this matter. , urging his subordinates to start building every day, and recruiting famous people from all over the world to teach. The subordinates have no clue about this matter, and do not know where to start. Second, the martyrs mentioned by the lord, the subordinates also have only a half-knowledge, and have not yet formed The decree has not been promulgated to the whole army. Thirdly, the relationship between the lord and Li Jue has been deadlocked. According to the lord, General Li Jue will take over the government affairs of all states in the world. However, many government affairs in the court are backlogged in the subordinate I don’t know how to deal with it for a while, so I ask my lord to clarify.”

"Hehehe!" Li Li said to Li Xuan with a smile: "The matter of preparing for the establishment of the Imperial Academy is actually very simple. The emperor is in Chang'an, and he can directly issue an edict to recruit famous scholars from all over the world to teach. It can be said that it is powerful. The establishment of Taixue is a great thing to leave a name in history. It is related to the prosperity of our Han Dynasty and directly affects the future of future generations. If those celebrities do not obey the edict, they can directly issue an edict to clarify their actions to the world. , demoted to common people, sent to serve corvée in the wild lands of the South China Sea. And once they come here under the imperial edict, we will have the final say. What knowledge should be taught must be taught according to the subjects we designate. I will write some bamboo slips in the near future, It is mainly the content that beginners and middle school students should learn, which will be used as teaching subjects for beginners and middle school students.

Under the imperial edict, Cai Yong was named the head of Taiyuan College, and he led the prince and Taifu, who was more senior than Sangong.Taixuefu will be divided into three stages, namely primary school, middle school and Taixue.The semester for beginners is variable, mainly for literacy and hyphenation; for middle schools, you can study various schools of thought without subject restrictions, but students must learn to be loyal, benevolent, righteous, and understand things. The semester lasts for four years.Taixue was taught by recruited celebrities for three years.There is no need to spend a lot of time building the colleges of Taixue. It is enough to repair Dong Xiangguo’s Taishi’s residence before his death, and then divide it into three colleges.

Wuwei Lecture Hall, I will personally preside over the initial affairs of the school. The school is tentatively scheduled to be located in Longxiang Li Mansion, and two simple schools will be built outside the city for training purposes. The commanders of each battalion in the army will serve as teachers.In addition, an edict was issued to recruit a group of well-known military generals and famous generals from various states and counties to come to teach, and the method is similar to that of Taixue.In addition, Tai students can transfer from middle school to lecture hall, and martial arts students can also enter Tai Xue, mutual benefit and exchange, and hope to cultivate a group of talents useful to our Xiliang Army in the future.

As for tuition fees and other related expenses, Yuan Zhong can set them as appropriate according to the current situation, and try to set them as high as possible, otherwise there is no practical significance for the orphans of martyrs to enroll for free.Don't worry about the lack of students. As our army grows stronger, many powerful gentry will naturally turn their attention to us and come uninvited, and there will be more and more students.I am convinced of this.

As for the martyrs proposed by Yuan Zhong, the definition I gave is: Anyone who sacrifices his life for the development, strength and prosperity of our Xiliang Army is a martyr.At present, the selection of martyrs is limited to the soldiers of the whole army. When we are truly strong, it will no longer be limited to the soldiers. Scholar and ordinary people can also become martyrs.

Finally, there is the problem between me and my uncle. The day after tomorrow, I invited my uncle to Longxiang Li's Mansion for a talk, and I had an in-depth talk with him face to face, hoping to resolve the depression in his heart.In addition, Yuan Zhong doesn't need to pay attention to the government affairs sent by the court at the moment, you just need to handle the government affairs of the two prefectures of Xiliang, other states and counties are not under our jurisdiction at all, so we don't need to worry about them. "

Li Li could easily answer the three difficult questions raised by Li Xuan, and finished in one breath without stopping.Obviously, he has considered these issues long ago, and it can be said that he has thought carefully and has a well-thought-out plan.

Chapter 337 Managing Chang'an

The night is getting darker and the stars are shining brightly.

The evening wind blows away the remaining heat of the scorching sun, and Chang'an City ushers in a cool summer night.

Zhengxi General Mansion.

Four lanterns, two big and two small, were lit in front of the gate of the mansion, hanging under the corridor, illuminating the "General Zhengxi's Mansion" in a golden light, which is really eye-catching.

There are lights in the main hall and inner mansion, in front of the court and behind the house.

Under the dim light of the fire, hundreds of mighty and majestic soldiers stood motionless on guard, heavily guarded.

Behind the main hall, in the study on the left.

After listening to Li Li's explanation, Li Xuan bowed and said happily: "Thank you, my lord, for clarifying my doubts. This subordinate is relieved, and then he can go to battle with ease and implement many long-delayed political affairs as soon as possible. However, this subordinate still has doubts in his heart. The establishment of Taixue and lecture halls is certainly a good thing for the present and future, but it does not seem to be of much benefit to our army. It would be a bit unfair to set up a school just to reward the soldiers for fighting the enemy without fear of life and death. It cost a lot of money to go to war. After all, the establishment of a school is not something that can be done overnight. It is not just as simple as building an academy and recruiting famous scholars to teach. It is also a considerable amount of money to maintain the normal operation of the school and distribute salaries. If there are not many students, but many celebrities from various states are recruited, and they enjoy extremely high salaries, it may become unsustainable after a long time.

In addition, the establishment of a school is quite beneficial to the emperor, so that it can demonstrate the majesty of the emperor and educate the people.But this move is of no benefit to the lord, on the contrary, it will cost a lot of money and food, the gain outweighs the loss!The subordinate is dull, please let the lord express it. "

Li Li smiled meaningfully: "Your Majesty is the lord of the Han Dynasty after all, and he always occupies the righteousness of the world. He is the orthodox of Kyushu, the real dragon emperor! It would be difficult to establish Taixue and Lecture Hall without the edict issued by His Majesty." It will be accomplished. It will not be recognized by scholars and common people in the world. Therefore, this matter must not be bypassed by His Majesty. In order to successfully establish two academies, we must use the name of the emperor to facilitate this matter. Since we want to use other people's titles, Naturally, there must be benefits, so it is inevitable that His Majesty will gain a good reputation.

However, the establishment of a school does not only require a group of well-educated people to teach, but also requires a strong management organization and security forces, and this is precisely the strength of our army, it is duty-bound!My people in Xiliang are martial arts.Scholars are extremely scarce, so it is no problem to mount a horse and fight, but governing counties, developing farming and taxation are not things that our generals can handle well.Military generals are used in war, and scribes are needed in governance.Since we don't have enough scribes to govern counties.And most of the literati in the world are concentrated in the Central Plains and Jiangnan, so we will cultivate them ourselves.He can also use the name of Taixue to attract and win over some literati to come to Xiliang to serve as officials.Such the best of both worlds.How can I miss it?

As for Emperor Liu Xie, don't worry about it for the time being. He is still young after all, and in two years he will only be a fifteen or sixteen-year-old child, so there is nothing to worry about.What's more, the situation in the world is changing rapidly, and when the two schools in Chang'an really flourish.Will His Majesty the Emperor think that Chang'an City is too small, and will he move to the Central Plains?Take one step at a time, hehehe! "

After listening to the words, Li Xuan seemed to realize something.He bowed, returned to his original position, and meditated secretly.

After Jia Xu and Li Ru heard Li Li's words, their minds were shocked, they looked at each other, and immediately they both nodded slightly knowingly.

After Li Xuan was seated, Jia Xu stood up and reported in a respectful voice: "My lord, I also have a few unresolved military reports here, which urgently need to be decided by the lord.

First, this time the imperial court awarded the lieutenant generals, and almost all the generals in our army accepted the awards, but the positions of several generals still need to be considered.The four generals Yang Qiu, Ma Wan, Cheng Yi, and Liang Xing, although they were born as feudal lords of Liangzhou, fought with our army many times, but since they defected to our army, they have been hard-working, devoted to their duties, and have made considerable military exploits.And they were school lieutenants when they defected to our army, and they have been serving as deputy commanders of each battalion. For more than a year, their performance is remarkable and they have never made a mistake.Therefore, the subordinates suggested that senior generals such as Yang Qiu and Ma Wan should be promoted to avoid resentment and troubles.

Second, the distribution of supplies and food and salaries of each battalion are currently in the hands of the commanders, and the commanders of each battalion directly appoint generals who are responsible for taking care of the supplies.The subordinates thought that this was inappropriate. If a certain commander was greedy for food, salary and supplies without authorization, outsiders would not know it at all.Therefore, the subordinates suggested that the lord personally appoint each battalion's military personnel, or directly dispatch the military personnel to take charge of each camp's food and supply, so as to ensure that everything is safe, at least the army generals can be restrained from stealing and wantonly squandering food and salary.

Thirdly, General Fan Yong, who raised his voice, has not shown up since the battle in the southern suburbs. Therefore, he has not been assigned a military position during the whole army.In the Battle of the Southern Suburbs, General Fan Yong violated military discipline and acted according to his will. His fault was obvious to all soldiers in the army.However, he had previously followed his lord in the South and North Wars, and had repeatedly made military exploits. He had very deep experience in the army and was quite prestigious.In this way, it is really difficult for the subordinates to decide the rewards and punishments for General Fan Yong's merits and demerits, so I ask the Lord to decide. "

After Jia Xu finished reporting, there was a sudden silence in the study, and the atmosphere was very depressing.The most important thing is that Li Li's face was gloomy, his brows were slightly wrinkled, and his eyes were serious.

"Ah!" After thinking for a long time, Li Li sighed softly, and said in a deep voice: "Fan Yong is my second brother, and I am the best friend of the general manager. He is not a real brother, but he is better than a real brother. Before Fan Chouming was stubborn, Falsely surrendering before the battle and raiding the rear of our army, causing tens of thousands of our soldiers to spill blood on the battlefield. However, Fan Chou has been punished as he deserved and was shot to death by random arrows. It’s his false son again, family love is hard to give up, and loyalty and filial piety are hard to balance. Now, he has escorted Fan Chou’s body back to Wuwei’s former residence, so there is no need to assign him any duties for the time being, let him be filial and keep his filial piety for three years!”

After a pause, Li Li continued: "Yang Qiu, Ma Wan, Cheng Yi, and Liang Xing, before joining our army, they were still the princes of Liangzhou, and they can be regarded as famous in the entire Xiliang territory. Since joining our army, they have indeed made a lot of contributions, have worked hard, have never lost a battle, and have made no mistakes. How about this, appoint Yang Qiu, Ma Wan, Cheng Yi, Liang Xing, Tie Xiao, Wang Fang and Ma Chao as seven people. General Pi, located under General Zhonglang. Wenhe then went to the palace to receive an imperial decree to formally appoint them to their posts. In addition, a hundred village chiefs or thousand commanders were drawn from the Longxiang Camp and Jinyiwei Camp and sent to each battalion Serve as a meritorious service officer and supply officer, and be in charge of the money, food and supplies of each battalion. After that, without the order of the general, the commanders of each battalion are not allowed to dismiss or appoint supply personnel, and those who violate the order will be severely punished according to military discipline!"

"No, this subordinate will take orders." Jia Xu bowed and responded.

After Jia Xu was seated, Li Li smiled and said to Li Ru: "Wen You, you insisted on refusing to accept the imperial conferment, and you didn't want any official position. But I still reserve a position for you, which is your original official position. Palace attendant. In the future, I will not be able to stay in Chang'an forever, so I entrust all matters in the palace to you. In addition, I intend to appoint you as the chief secretary of Zhengxi General's Mansion, Li Xuan as the history of the General's Mansion, Jia Xu served as a military adviser and general.

In addition, our army's intelligence and intelligence operations also need to be further enriched and strengthened. We will strive to allow our army's intelligence operations to penetrate into every state and county in the world, and even spread to all counties in the world within two years.In my opinion, form a detailed work team, the number of people is initially set at [-], and it will be called 'Nighthawk'.I will be the commander of Nighthawk, Wen You and Li Zhi are the deputy commanders, and Wen You will lead the specific matters.Li Zhi is in charge of training elite fighters with high martial arts skills, and can be a dead soldier or assassin when necessary, and is mainly responsible for obtaining confidential information.I don't know if Wen You is willing to take on this important task? "

"Thank you, my lord, for your trust. This subordinate will definitely go all out!" Li Ru stood up and replied respectfully.

"Okay! From now on, Wenyou will be the ears and eyes of our army, and also the leader of the nighthawk who can do anything. I will entrust you with the changes in the world situation and the safety of Chang'an City!" Li Li stood up and helped Li Ru, holding him over his shoulder, and said solemnly.

Li Ru, who was always cold and deep, looked quite excited at this moment, with crystal tears shining faintly in his eyes.

Indeed, this time Li Li valued him more than Dong Zhuo, more than anything.Not only let him serve as the master of the general's mansion, but also let him continue to serve as the general servant and supervise the palace.In addition, he also handed over the detailed operations of the entire army to him, and directly promised him [-] detailed operations teams, and gave him full power to take charge of them personally.

This is definitely an important position that can only be held by a confidant of the direct line, but Li Li entrusts him with such an important position to Li Ru.It can be seen from this that Li Li's trust in him is immeasurable, compared with Li Xuan and Jia Xu, it is not much better, or even worse.

"This subordinate swears allegiance to the lord to the death. If you violate this oath, you will be punished by heaven and earth, and you will die!" Li Ru clenched his teeth, raised his head slightly, locked tears in his eyes, and said with a sob.

"Hehehe!" Li Li laughed happily, helped Li Ru sit down, and said with a smile: "Xin'er, Yu'er and Wan'er are all pregnant now, and I, Li Li, have a successor! Wenyou, wait After Wan'er has a son, I will work harder. If I have another son and a half in the future, I will worship you as a foster father. You don't have to refuse. We are brothers-in-law and the same clan. Sharing weal and woe is a matter of course, so there is no need for polite words That's it, it's settled!"

"Congratulations, my lord, congratulations brother Wenyou!" Li Xuan and Jia Xu stood up with smiles and congratulated.

Li Ru seemed extremely excited and flattered, and was speechless for a while.

But Li Li said to Li Xuan with a smile: "Yuan Zhong, in terms of seniority, you are my uncle. Now that your younger sister is pregnant, shouldn't your elder brother get married too! How about it, tomorrow will be in the army Most of the main generals got married together in Meiwu, and I personally officiated for them. Taking advantage of this opportunity, I will also add another concubine to you, so as to continue the incense for you and spread the branches. In the future, you will be fancy If you are a lady from a famous family, I will protect you as a matchmaker, and I will definitely let you embrace the beauty! Hahaha"

Chapter 338

The next day, exactly as Li Li said, a grand marriage ceremony was held in Meiwu City.

More than half of the main generals of the former Wuwei Army married wives and concubines on the same day. Li Li personally officiated them and gave them a generous gift and a house.

The wives and concubines that these generals married or accepted were all concubines carefully selected by Li Li's six wives.Hundreds of young beauties are all maids and concubines that Huan Fei kidnapped from the inner courtyard of the palace before. They are all impeccable in terms of appearance, figure, character and temperament, and they are all beauties selected in a thousand.Although some of them bear the name of concubines, they are in name but not in reality, and they are still perfect bodies.

This is because the young emperor Liu Bian and the current emperor Liu Xiequan ascended the throne when they were young.When they ascended the throne, the eunuchs in the inner palace carefully selected a large number of concubines to enrich the inner palace, but the young emperor did not know human relations.Since then, although many concubines have a high status, they live alone in the cold palace, and they have always guarded themselves like jade.They have the title of concubine, but they have no real husband and wife, which is tantamount to widowhood.

Nowadays, although these court ladies and concubines were brought here by robbery, they were not humiliated and ravaged, and instead married the main generals in the Xiliang Army.Marrying these rude generals as wives or concubines is certainly not as prestigious as the inner palace, but compared to being a widow, it is still a good destination.What's more, the royal family's prestige is falling, and the little emperor Liu Xie has become a plaything for the princes to fight for. The fate of these concubines is like willow catkins in the wind, drifting with the wind, and being safe with the situation.

Therefore, these more than 100 palace concubines had no objection to the arrangement of the six wives including Li Xin, Cai Yan, and did not reject it at all. Instead, they readily obeyed and let them go.As a result, a group of Wuwei generals from reckless backgrounds took a big advantage, and most of the beautiful wives and concubines they married were ladies from rich families, and some were ladies from famous families in various counties in the Central Plains.