The night is getting darker and the stars are shining.

The evening breeze swept away the heat of the scorching sun, and Chang'an City ushered in a cool summer night.

The General's Mansion in the West.

Four lanterns were lit in front of the mansion, two large and two small, hanging under the corridor, illuminating the "Person of the West" with golden light, which was very eye-catching.

There are lights in the inner hall, in front of the courtyard and behind the house.

Under the dim fire, hundreds of mighty soldiers stood motionlessly guarding, guarding heavily.

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

After listening to Li Li's explanation, Li Xuan bowed and said happily: "Thank you, lord, for answering the doubts. My subordinates are relieved. Then they can go into battle lightly and implement many long-delayed political affairs as soon as possible. However, my subordinates still have doubts in their hearts. Establishing the Imperial Academy and the Martial Arts Hall is a good thing that will benefit the present and the future, but this move does not seem to be of much benefit to our army. If it is set up just to reward the soldiers without fear of life and death and fight for the enemy.

The school is a bit of a big fight and it costs a lot. After all, the establishment of a school is not a quick success overnight, nor is it just a simple matter of building a school and recruiting famous scholars to teach. In the future, maintaining the normal operation of the school and paying salary is also a considerable amount of money and grain. If there are not many students, but there are many famous scholars from various states recruited, and they enjoy extremely high salary, it will probably be difficult to sustain over time.

In addition, setting up an institution is quite beneficial to the emperor, which can demonstrate the mighty power of the emperor and educate the people. However, this move is of no benefit to the lord. Instead, it will cost a lot of money and food for it, which is not worth the loss! I am stupid, so please let the lord make it clear."

Li Li smiled meaningfully and said, "Your Majesty is the lord of the Han Dynasty after all, and he always occupies the great righteousness of the world. He is the orthodox emperor of the nine provinces. He is the true dragon emperor! If you have not issued an edict from Your Majesty, you will be very difficult to accomplish and will not be recognized by the scholars and the people of the world. Therefore, this matter is absolutely impossible to avoid Your Majesty. In order to successfully create two academies, we must be the name of the emperor to promote this matter. Since we have to use other people's titles, it is natural to have benefits. Therefore, it is inevitable that Your Majesty will gain a good reputation.

However, creating an institution does not only require a group of well-educated scholars to teach, but also requires a strong management agency and guardian force. This is precisely the strength of our army, and we are obliged to do it! The people of Xiliang, who are extremely scarce in martial arts, and there is no problem in starting a war. However, managing counties and developing farming and taxes is not something our army generals can do. Conquering wars and using military generals requires literati. Since we do not have enough literati to govern counties, and most of the literati in the world are concentrated in the Central Plains and Jiangnan. Then we can cultivate ourselves and attract and win over some literati to come to Xiliang to serve in office in the name of the Imperial Academy. How can we miss such a good thing?

As for the emperor Liu Xie, we don’t need to pay attention to it for the time being. After all, he is still young and will only be a half-year-old child in two years. It’s not worth worrying about. Moreover, the situation in the world is changing rapidly. When the two academic institutions of Chang'an really prosper, will our Emperor dislike Chang'an City being too small and will he move to the Central Plains? Take one step at a time, hahaha!"

After listening to the words, Li Xuan seemed to have some insight, bowed and retreated back to his original position, and began to ponder himself.

After hearing Li Li's words, Jia Xu and Li Ru were shocked and looked at each other. They nodded slightly tacitly.

After Li Xuan sat down, Jia Xu stood up and reported respectfully: "Lord, my subordinates also have several outstanding military reports here, and the lord urgently needs to decide.

First, the imperial court issued a lieutenant general this time. Almost all of our generals received rewards, but the positions of several generals still need to be considered. Yang Qiu, Ma Wan, Cheng Yi and Liang Xing, although they were from the princes of Liangzhou, and they fought with our army many times. However, after they joined our army, they had been working hard and loyal to their duties, and had great military achievements. When they joined our army, they were lieutenants and served as deputy commanders of each battalion. For more than a year, their performance was remarkable and never lost. Therefore, their subordinates suggested that they promote Yang Qiu, Ma Wan and other generals who had a deep qualification and had made many military achievements to avoid resentment and causing trouble.

Secondly, the distribution of supplies and food and money for each battalion is currently in the hands of the commander, and the commander of each battalion directly appoints the generals responsible for the care of the baggage. The subordinates think this is inappropriate, and if a commander grees for food and money for arbitrarily, outsiders will not know it. Therefore, the subordinates suggest that the lord personally appoint supplies and money for each battalion, or directly sending the money for the food and money for each battalion. In this way, we can ensure that there is no accident. At least we can restrain the generals in the army to steal and squander the food and money for arbitrarily.

Third, General Fan Yong, the powerful general, has not shown up since the Battle of the Southern Suburbs, so he has not arranged his military post this time. In the Battle of the Southern Suburbs, General Fan Yong violated military discipline and acted casually. His mistakes are obvious to all the soldiers of the entire army. However, he had followed his lord south and north to fight, and made many military achievements. He had a deep experience in the army and had a lot of prestige. In this way, it is difficult for his subordinates to decide on the merits and demerits of General Fan Yong, so he asked his lord to decide."

After Jia Xu finished reporting, the study room suddenly became silent and the atmosphere was very depressing. Most importantly, Li Li's face was gloomy, his sword eyebrows were slightly frowned, and a solemn expression appeared in his eyes.

"Oh!" After thinking for a while, Li Li sighed softly and pondered: "Fan Yong is my second brother, and he is even more acquainted with me. He is not a brother, but better than a brother. Before, Fan Chou was stubborn and surrendered in the face of the battle, raiding the rear of our army, causing tens of thousands of soldiers of our army to sprinkle blood on the battlefield. However, Fan Chou has received the punishment he deserves and was shot dead by arrows. The deceased has passed away, and the grudges have disappeared. Fan Yong is both Fan Chou's nephew and his fake son. He is hard to give up family affection and loyalty and filial piety. Now, he has escorted Fan Chou's body back to the former residence of Wuwei. There is no need to arrange any position for him for the time being, so that he can fulfill his filial piety and keep his filial piety for three years!"

After a brief tone, Li Li continued: "Yang Qiu, Ma Wan, Cheng Yi and Liang Xing, four of them, before they joined our army, they were still the princes of Liangzhou and were also famous throughout the entire Xiliang territory. Since joining our army, they have indeed made great contributions, worked hard and never lost, and have no faults. In this way, appoint seven other persons including Yang Qiu, Ma Wan, Cheng Yi, Liang Xing, Tie Xiao, Wang Fang and Ma Chao as deputy generals, located under the General of the Central Army. Wen He then went to the palace to receive an imperial edict and formally appointed their positions. In addition, 100 garrison commanders or thousand-man commanders were drawn from Longxiang Camp and Jinqiwei Camp, and sent them to each battalion to serve as Gongcao and the baggage Gongcao, and in charge of the money, grain and supplies of each battalion. After that, without the general's order, the commanders of each battalion shall not dismiss or appoint the baggage Gongcao without authorization. Those who violate the order shall be severely punished according to military discipline!"

"I hope, my subordinates will accept the order." Jia Xu bowed and responded when he heard this.

After Jia Xu sat down, Li Li smiled and said to Li Ru: "Wenyou, you insisted on accepting the imperial edicts of the court before and didn't want any official position. But I will still reserve a position for you, that is, your original official position, the permanent attendant in the inner palace. From now on, I will not be able to stay in Chang'an forever, so all matters in the palace will be entrusted to you. In addition, I intend to appoint you as the chief clerk of the General's Mansion, Li Xuan as the chief secretary of the General's Mansion, and Jia Xu as the general of the military advisor.

In addition, our army's intelligence and detailed works also need to be further enriched and strengthened, and strive to allow our army's detailed works to penetrate into all prefectures and counties in the world within two years, and even all counties in the world. I want to form a team of detailed works, with the initial number of people being 30,000, which is called "Nighthawk". The Nighthawk Commander is personally, and the deputy commander is Wen You and Li Zhi. The specific matters are led by Wen You. Li Zhi is responsible for training elite martial arts masters. If necessary, he can be a dead soldier or an assassin, and is mainly responsible for exploring confidential information. I wonder if Wen You is willing to take on this important task?"

"Thank you for your trust, I will do my best!" Li Ru stood up and responded respectfully.

"Okay! In the future, Wenyou will be the ears and eyes of our army, and the omnipotent Nighthawk leader. The changes in the world and the safety of Chang'an City will be entrusted to you!" Li Li stood up and helped Li Ru up, held his shoulder, and said solemnly.

Li Ru, who had always been cold and deep, looked quite excited at this moment, and there were crystal tears in his eyes.

Indeed, Li Li valued him even more than Dong Zhuo this time, even more so. Not only did he be the chief clerk of the General's Office, he also allowed him to serve as the Central Office and supervise the palace. In addition, he also handed over the detailed work of the entire army to him, directly promising him to have 30,000 detailed work teams, and gave him full authority to take charge of it himself.

This is definitely an important position that only the direct confidant can hold, but Li Li handed over such an important position to him Li Ru. From this, it can be seen that Li Li's trust in him is extremely unparalleled, and it is no less than Li Xuan and Jia Xu, and even more so.

"I swear to be loyal to my lord. If I violate this oath, I will be punished by heaven and earth, and I will not die well!" Li Ru gritted his teeth, raised his head slightly, locked his tears in his eyes, and said with a sob.

"Hahaha!" Li Li laughed with relief, helped Li Ru to 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, after Wan'er gave birth to a child, I will work harder. If there are more children and half of my daughters in the future, I will be the adoptive father. You don't have to refuse. We are brother-in-law and the same clan. It is natural to share weal and woe. There is no need to say polite words, just settle it!"

"Congratulations to lord, congratulations to Brother Wenyou!" Li Xuan and Jia Xu stood up with a smile and congratulated him.

Li Ru seemed extremely excited and flattered, and could not speak for a moment.

Li Li smiled and said to Li Xuan: "Yuanzhong, in terms of seniority, you are my elder brother-in-law. Now that your sister is pregnant, should you marry, your brother? Let's do this, most of the main generals in the tomorrow army get married together in Meiwu, and I personally take charge of the marriage for them. Taking this opportunity, I will also add another concubine to you, so as to continue the incense and spread branches and leaves. When you like a famous lady in the future, I will protect you from the media, so that you will definitely let the beauty be brought back! Hahaha---"

——————(To be continued)
Chapter completed!