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After Li Chengliang held the meeting, several of his commanders also held a small meeting in private.

Strictly speaking, Li Chengliang still has very strong control over the new army under his command.

He was born in the army and knew how to lead troops in war. Almost all the generals of the new army were promoted by him.

Li Chengliang also served as the principal of the Beijing Normal University's martial arts hall, and the grassroots officers were basically his students.

It is actually very difficult for these commanders to completely regard the army as their own private soldiers, at least it is impossible while Li Chengliang is still alive.

So they were all afraid that Li Chengliang would release his military power over a glass of wine.

They, the soldiers, have no other ability except leading the army. In such an era, once they lose their military power, they will have nothing.

In these days, Shan Hao first wrote articles in newspapers, repeatedly boasting about the advantages of military concentration in the southeastern system, in order to build momentum for Li Chengliang's military centralization.

Although these commanders were not proficient in politics, after they entered the capital, they also recruited a group of scholars to serve as their advisers, and they soon understood Shanhao Xian's plan.

Understanding Shanhao Xian's plan, a single commander cannot fight against his old superiors. Only by uniting can we have hope.

Hence this secret gathering.

"As the saying goes, the slingshots and slingshots hide all the birds in the air. Now that the thieves in the southeast have not been wiped out, the general is thinking of killing the donkey?"

The speaker was Luo Ruoyu, the commander of the first town of the New Army. He was a direct descendant of Li Chengliang. His grandfather had been a member of the Li family's guard base.

With Luo Ruoyu taking the lead, everyone became more relaxed and began to talk about the unfair treatment they had suffered over the years.

Now in the capital, there are three Ming Ting towns. Among them, the first and second towns are the oldest Ming Ting new army brought out by Li Chengliang when he started to train the new army. They are also the best equipped and are among the direct lineage. direct lineage.

The Sixth Town is the new army that incorporated the Nine Borders New Army and reorganized it.

There is also a seventh town in the capital. Li Chengliang asked Shan Hao to recruit soldiers in the capital first and established a new army with officers from the Imperial College as the backbone. However, no one from the seventh town was invited to a meeting.

The Ming Ting New Army from the Third, Fourth and Fifth Towns in Shandong Province also sent representatives to Beijing secretly to discuss countermeasures.

"Let me tell you, the old commander was deceived by that wormwood first. What kind of traitor is he? When we were fighting through life and death, he didn't even pass the exam! He just relied on a few articles to promote the general. It’s important, and now it’s trying to drive a wedge between us!”

Everyone nodded. Shanhao was out of tune with the other generals. On the one hand, he had the aloofness of a scholar and looked down on these uncultured soldiers.

On the one hand, he also highly advocates authority and has been advocating the weakening of the power of the commander.

"My military advisor said that Shanhao is ambitious and wants to imitate Song Taizu. Why? Oh, that cup of wine releases military power!"

"What's wrong with learning! We must learn from the Great Song Dynasty! The Great Song Dynasty just listened to the nonsense of those scholars! That's why we end up emphasizing literature over martial arts! This wormwood has no good intentions in the first place!"

Everyone began to denounce Shanhao Xian.

Luo Ruoyu then waved his hand to stop everyone arguing and said:

"The key to the problem now is not Mr. Hao, but the old commander."

Everyone nodded quickly, Shanhao didn't have a single new army under his command, and everyone understood that he was not a real threat.

If military power is to be reduced, then only Li Chengliang can do it.

Only Li Chengliang has this prestige.

Luo Ruoyu said: "If the old commander really wants to dismiss us, there is nothing we can do."

When Luo Ruoyu said this, everyone felt depressed.

Luo Ruoyu said: "But my military advisor gave me a good idea."

After speaking, Luo Ruoyu clapped his hands and saw a young man wearing a scholar's uniform walking in.

It was Zou Yuanbiao who entered the door. He originally made an appointment with Zhao Nanxing to go south together, but because he was walking too slowly and had too much luggage in the car, he was stopped and blackmailed by the new army under Li Chengliang who entered the capital.

Originally Zou Yuanbiao thought he was dead, but Luo Ruoyu heard that he was a famous young scholar in the capital, so he forcibly kept Zou Yuanbiao by his side.

In addition to Zou Yuanbiao, many Yanguan censors who were dismissed by Li Chengliang, as well as famous young scholars in the Imperial College, also joined the ranks of these military leaders.

Including Zou Yuanbiao, these people were full of hatred for Shan Hao Xian, so when Shan Hao Xian published an article to spread the news, they immediately reminded Luo Ruoyu and other commanders.

Zou Yuanbiao bowed to everyone and then said:

"Generals, we can't change the old commander's thoughts now, and there is a traitor like Shanhao Xian fanning himself around the old commander. If we all resist, I'm afraid we will be in trouble."

Everyone nodded. In fact, these commanders also had plans in mind.

Although Li Chengliang was a tycoon, he was quite loyal to his generals and took good care of ordinary officers, so he had a high prestige in the army.

This is also the reason why he can replace Li Chunfang and control the capital.

Even the civil servants were looking forward to a political and military strongman to step forward and reverse the Ming court's increasingly declining situation.

Anyone who comes forward to oppose Li Chengliang at this time will definitely be severely punished, and after the person who comes forward is punished, Li Chengliang will also come forward to appease others.

Therefore, everyone present was unwilling to take the lead against Li Chengliang.

Zou Yuanbiao said: "If we want to reduce the military power of everyone, the general only needs to give the order. But everyone can hand over the military power. What should the young commander do?"

Everyone was stunned. The young marshal was Li Rusong.

Yes, speaking of military leaders, Li Rusong is the military leader. He is the Governor of Ji Liao who controls the entire Liaodong, and he has much more power than a commander like himself.

If the vassal was to be cut off, what would Li Rusong do?

Zou Yuanbiao added: "I heard that the relationship between the young marshal and the old marshal was subtle this year. The old marshal introduced his second son Li Rubai who stayed by his side to be the military commander of the capital, but this gave the young marshal a lot of ideas."

Li Chengliang has many sons. In the early years, only Li Rusong was an adult. They were all raised by him and had a close relationship with them.

But since Li Rusong went to Liaodong, there has been a distance between father and son, and they are no longer as close as before.

Now that his second son, Li Rubai, had grown up, Li Chengliang asked him to serve as the military governor of the capital, responsible for the defense of the capital and the security of the imperial city and the general's palace. This made Li Rusong, the eldest son, even more afraid.

If the feudal clan is cut off at this time, what about Li Rusong?

Everyone immediately said: "Sir, what you said is clear! It's not that we can't hand over military power, but there's no reason to slay the fly before the tiger!"