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Chapter 255 Flying Tiger Army

In the evening, when Li Xia returned from the camp to the county government office, Han Chengxu was still sorting out the bills, looked up, and hurriedly handed Li Xia a fur coat to put on.

"Ah Lang led the soldiers to practice again, and he is sweating all over, so he is not afraid of catching cold."

"It's okay. It's rare that many wounded soldiers have healed up and returned to the camp, so they are free today." Li Xia said, "How is Yan Yunyun handling the salt sale?"

Han Chengxu said: "I took her to meet Du Zhixin at noon, and sent two accountants and two guards to her. I don't care anymore."

"So she's doing well?"

"Du Zhixin has sent people back to Lianzhou, and Wu Tong will send more people to fight with the salt merchants after the new year. Alang just needs to wait."

"A new year's festival will delay a lot of things. Wu Tong won't come, and Min Zhuang is not easy to recruit."

"The year is always coming, and these few days are not bad." Han Chengxu smiled, "By the way, County Magistrate Jiang didn't bother to investigate Tang Ergeng's case. He said that the murderer was Yu Dechen, an assassin from the north, and wanted to close the case early."

Li Xia said: "It's not impossible, but is there any evidence?"

"Is there any evidence? County magistrate Jiang doesn't want to disturb the celebration of the New Year, and he doesn't want the case to be delayed until next year, which will ruin his evaluation. All classes are also of this opinion."

"For the New Year, I don't even investigate the case..."

Li Xia never celebrates the New Year before, but now he feels that Song people attach great importance to festivals. Since the twelfth lunar month, the taste of the New Year has become more and more serious day by day.

People at that time had such spiritual needs, and Li Xia couldn't help it.Of course, it's not a few days away anyway.

He and Han Chengxu chatted about various topics again, as the sky was getting dark, the two turned to the rear office.

In the lobby of the Houya, Jiang Chun, Mou Zhu, Jiang Di, Han Qiaoer, and Jiang Cang were eating melon seeds and cakes around the stove.

It will be the new year in two days, and the county magistrate Jiang has already entered the state of celebrating the new year early, and he does not sit in the hall every day, only supervising small things such as holding the lantern festival.

"Feiyu came back and was looking for you. You and I live together, not a family is better than a family. How about doing the sacrifice together in the new year?"

"Listen to the county magistrate's arrangement."

Jiang Chun smiled all over his face and said, "Sit down, the food will be ready in a while. It's rare that our family can sit down."

He is usually quite rigid in front of his family, but Chinese New Year is different. Regardless of the family of the common people, they all pay attention to "sitting around the stove". Jiang Chun's New Year has passed for a long time, so he started this activity early.

In this atmosphere, Han Qiaoer, the adopted daughter, gradually became more cheerful. She moved a bit, let Li Xia and Han Chengxu sit beside her, and asked in a low voice, "Is Brother Li free tomorrow?"

"I'm free at noon."

"Wu Shisan's father's birthday banquet is going to be held tomorrow, and brother Li said that he will go there; Wang Shoufu and Ma Erwa want to dig a well for their family, and they said a few days ago that they will arrange people; the private school is almost finished ..."

What Han Qiaoer was talking about was the last wishes of some soldiers who died in battle, which belonged to the pension.

Li Xia has a notebook to write it down, but there are too many things, sometimes he himself forgets what he hasn't done yet, but Han Qiaoer can remember clearly, and she can remind Li Xia every night.

This little girl is someone who does things effortlessly, and she seems to be playing every day.But if there is anything to tell her, she never misses it.

Of course, she is still young, so she doesn't know what is the use of doing all kinds of things, she just remembers.

"Okay." Li Xia nodded after hearing her finish. It happened that Yan Yunyun was able to share in the matter of private salt, and he hadn't been able to find time a few days ago.

"Then brother Li, can you take me with you tomorrow?" Han Qiaoer asked again.

"Liu Jinsuo hasn't caught the assassin yet, you might be in danger if you go out with me..." Li Xia was halfway through speaking, seeing Han Qiaoer looking forward to it, said: "Then bring more people."

"Okay."

The two whispered a few words just as they sat down. Li Xia turned to Jiang Chun and said, "I heard that Mr. Zhan is planning to leave?"

"That's right." Jiang Chun said, "Bofu's family is in Fuzhou on Kuizhou Road, and now he's going back to celebrate the new year. He won't be under my curtain from now on, preparing for the next year's provincial exam."

Li Xia probably understood the state of the literati in the Song Dynasty. Zhan Gang served Jiang Chun as an aide to prepare for his future official career, and he could live a comfortable life if he passed the imperial examination.

Therefore, ordinary literati don't like to follow the rebellion.

It would be very difficult to rebel without the participation of literati, and Li Xia has recently felt deeply about this.

In addition, Jiang Chun's doing so is also a statement, saying that he is preparing to leave office and will delegate power to Li Xia.

Without the involvement of these powers, the two families live together, and their relationship has been quite good recently.

"Just now Di'er was still saying that Feiyu's experience as an official is similar to that of Lord Jiaxuan." Jiang Chun said.

This is not the first time Li Xia has heard such comments. He knows that "Jiaxuan Gong" refers to Xin Qiji, who once led fifty cavalry to charge an enemy camp of tens of thousands.

He hurriedly said, "I dare not compare myself with Duke Jiaxuan."

Jiang Di lowered his head and glanced at them, not understanding why Jiang Chun said these words, as if she was thinking about Li Xia behind her back.

Jiang Chun ate a melon seed and said with a smile: "It's okay for the family to chat, Feiyu doesn't have to be too modest. Both you and Jiaxuan made great achievements when you were young. After that, Feiyu, you created Jiang Xunmen, are you imitating Jia? How did Mr. Xuan create the 'Flying Tiger Army'?"

"Flying Tiger Army?" Li Xia was quite interested.

Seeing that he didn't know, Jiang Chun explained a few words.

"In the seventh year of Emperor Xiaozong's Chunxi reign, Lord Jiaxuan proposed to create the Flying Tiger Army. At that time, many people in the court said that this move was 'in the spirit of utilitarianism', and because of the huge cost, there were many obstacles. Lord Jiaxuan tried his best to mediate , and even hid the imperial gold plate.

The imperial court pays 42 guan annually, but the Flying Tiger Army spends [-] guan for just forming an army, and more than [-] guan annually thereafter.Mr. Jiaxuan also supported himself, managed his finances in various ways, set up wine classes, ran farms, had house debts, rent money, and operating money, and created it with all his strength.

The imperial court used 500 men as the quota, but Duke Jiaxuan was ambiguous, and finally recruited 2000 infantry and 500 horse troops, all with horses and armor.The army is successful, and it is the crown of all armies.

The following year, Mr. Jiaxuan was transferred from Huxiang, and the Flying Tiger Army was repeatedly transferred to the front lines of various parties in the following decades. It has a good reputation and is still the title of the Song Dynasty's strong army..."

Listening to Jiang Chun's words, Li Xia probably understood that he said that he was imitating Xin Qiji.

Xin Qiji put the liquor industry under official management, while he wanted to sell salt smuggledly.

The difference is that Xin Qiji served as the comfort envoy of Hunan back then, and Li Xia is now just a small county captain...

Jiang Chun said again: "I don't know if Yu Yu knows that after only a few dozen days after the Flying Tiger Army became an army, where did Lord Jiaxuan be transferred?"

"where?"

"Transferred to Jiangxi Anshi, and dismissed from office in November of the same year."

Li Xia squinted his eyes, already aware of what Jiang Chun was reminding himself.

Jiang Chun smiled again: "The family is chatting, and I will say a few heart-to-heart words... The river patrolmen are not considered an army now, at least not in name, and at most they are considered courageous. This time Feiyu made a great contribution and did a good job It's very smart to push more credit to Shi Zhizhou.

But what about the future?Next time Feiyu makes meritorious deeds again, won't someone in the court ask 'how did a group of village braves make such outstanding deeds repeatedly'?At that time, someone will always check how Feiyu raises the army, and it will inevitably be troublesome... Yes, I have seen Feiyu's actions in the past few days, and I want to continue to raise the army, isn't it true? "

Li Xia asked, "What does the magistrate mean?"

"It's still time to go to the imperial court to determine this name. Not to mention setting up an army like the Flying Tiger Army and recruiting two or 3000 people, it can also become a regular local army of [-]."

Li Xia said: "I'm afraid that if this matter is successful, I will also be dismissed from office?"

Jiang Chun licked the melon seeds, and said casually: "I can play it, the best of both worlds."

Li Xia smiled, completely understanding Jiang Chun's thoughts.

In this way, this small army was created by Jiang Chun in name, and Jiang Chun will be credited for all future contributions; and Li Xia can also appear to be less utilitarian.

Jiang Chun was going to be transferred anyway, and he didn't have a reputation, so he wasn't afraid of being jealous, what he lacked was credit; Li Xia was young and had little qualifications, so he couldn't get promoted in a serious way, but he was famous and easily suppressed, so he needed to deliberately reduce his influence.

It is indeed a proposal that is good for both parties.

This is the difference between Jiang Chun and Fang Yankai. They also saw Li Xia selling salt, and Fang Yankai wanted to stop it, while Jiang Chun lightly proposed a solution that would benefit both parties.

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After thinking about it, Li Xia shook his head and said, "Let's be brave, you don't need to be an army."

"Why?" Jiang Chun was very surprised, thought for a while, and said in a low voice: "If this can be done, you will be able to receive military expenses, and it will also prevent someone from impeaching you for training private soldiers in the future."

He originally thought that with Li Xia's cleverness, this matter could be accomplished as soon as he said it.

The reason why I brought my wife and children to sit around the stove and said it was to create a relaxed atmosphere on purpose.

Li Xia said: "I'm not afraid that someone will impeach me for training as a private soldier...but I'd like to ask the magistrate Xie."

He stretched out his hands to warm the fire, pondering the pros and cons of these things.

At the beginning of Xin Qiji's establishment, the Flying Tiger Army was a local army that belonged to the Sanya and the Privy Council, and was controlled by the commander-in-chief.

There is no element of private soldiers, so once Xin Qiji was transferred, the Flying Tiger Army had nothing to do with him.

Li Xia didn't want to be Yue Fei, nor did he want to be Xin Qiji.

The method Jiang Chun said was only a temporary method. If he really became a regular army, the court would still be able to transfer Li Xia over time.Instead of this, it is better to train private soldiers from the beginning.

"Feiyu is... more daring than Duke Jiaxuan." Jiang Chun sighed.

"The situation is different." Li Xia said: "If I had been born in the age of Duke Jiaxuan, I'm afraid I'm far from his courage to create a flying tiger army. But in the current situation, I can't help being 'utilitarian'..."

Jiang Chun also sighed, but picked up a handful of melon seeds, and said with a smile, "Let's not talk about it, let's talk about it after a good year."

He is a person who knows how to live, so it may not be that he doesn't know that the situation in Song Dynasty is not good, but he has no choice but to be too lazy to think about it.

He has the spirit of pleasure and despondency brought about by the many peace talks in the Song Dynasty...

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Li Xia was quite inspired by the night's chat, and realized that in the future, he must raise bandits and respect himself. For example, he could raise some bandits in Wumeng, and Gao Changshou was a very suitable candidate.

Of course, this matter is still early, and no one will impeach a small county captain Lian Xiangyong for the time being.

In addition, after learning the lessons of Xin Qiji, Li Xia is more determined to train private soldiers.

After returning to the house that night, he took out a pen and paper to write and draw again.

"Brother Li, what are you writing?" Han Qiaoer came over and asked.

Li Xia doesn't mind talking more with her, if he forgets about Han Qiaoer, he can write down some things for him.

"I'm going to reorganize the river cruisers. I won't be called river cruisers in the future. I can call them 'Qing Fujun' or anything else. Titles like 'team leader' can't give them a sense of honor, and they need to be called at the beginning To distinguish the military system from other Song armies, and it is not appropriate to learn from Mongolia too much, then use the titles of "shi general", "deputy general" and "bai general".

More importantly, we must use our own soldier symbols, badges, flag orders, and even the style of armor and military uniforms. Starting from the details, including the way of ordering and the system of promotion, we must be different from other places. Song Jun is different.Let others not easily command them..."

Li Xia talked for a while, Han Qiaoer wrote all these down, and said, "Brother Li, burn the paper after you finish writing it. If you forget it, just ask me."

"Okay, for example, this is the new token I drew, and we must start early so that the soldiers only recognize it."

Han Qiaoer tilted her head to look, and whispered, "The painting is so ugly..."

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That night, Jiang Chun didn't know that Li Xia was tirelessly rebelling, and he didn't know that his words had awakened Li Xia.

Sometimes literati can play a very important role in the rebellion, whether it is intentional or unintentional...

Jiang Di still felt a little annoyed. In fact, she only said one sentence, "I think Li Xianwei's experience is very similar to that of Jiaxuan Gong", but Jiang Chun said it in front of everyone.

Although no one else cares about this matter, she herself cares very much...

Jiang Cang felt a little excited, he liked that Jiang Chun brought his family to chat every New Year.

He had heard many stories about Xin Qiji today, and he felt even more what was hidden in the phrase "A gold and iron horse, swallowing thousands of miles like a tiger", and he kept thinking about it before falling asleep.

"What would it be like if Lord Jiaxuan could lead the Flying Tiger Army he created to fight against gold?"

(End of this chapter)