"There's no need to investigate further. Go and inform him now, have him pack up everything and return to Chang'an. Then write him a letter and have him report to the Ministry of Personnel."
Li Xiang was too lazy to beat around the bush with these people. Since there was already evidence, people like you could go back to wherever they came from. There was no room for a great god like you here.
After reporting the matter, Zhang Jiuli went out to do some work. Cheng Ying saw that the curtain of the tent had been lowered, so she came over from behind.
It is winter now. Although we are heading south, the temperature outside is only two or three degrees when we are not far from Chang'an City, and the braziers in the house are lit.
"You look better in women's clothes."
After Li Xiang finished dealing with these trivial matters, he suddenly looked up and saw Cheng Ying grinding ink for him. He didn't have the time to continue working at this moment. Anyway, he was surrounded by his own people, and the nearest tent was more than ten meters away.
"Your Highness's document..."
Now that there is a beautiful jade in front of him, if Li Xiang can continue to review the official documents, he will be truly calm. However, Li Xiang does not have such ability. He should hurry up and do his business. When he really arrives on the battlefield, he will not have the time to deal with this.
The girl Cheng Ying is also very good at dressing herself up. The clothes she wears are not very revealing, but they can still attract Li Xiang. In this military camp, she can attract Li Xiang even more. What's more, Cheng Ying's appearance is not bad either. The most important thing is that she can satisfy Li Xiang.
The person who delivered the dinner had been waiting at the door for a long time. Fortunately, there was a small kitchen next to your Highness's tent which could keep the food warm. If it were somewhere else, it would have probably been cold.
When the person who delivered the dinner left, Cheng Yingcai came out from the back. He really couldn't face people just now. Even if he put on men's clothes, how could he face people with his face flushed? These people could see it.
Li Xiang thought it was quite good to be able to eat four dishes and one soup in the military camp, so when he set out, he gave orders to his subordinates that each meal would consist of four dishes and one soup. If anyone dared to make exceptions for Li Xiang, they would be dragged out immediately and beaten with dozens of sticks.
Li Xiang cannot set a precedent in this matter. If someone gives Li Xiang some delicious food and praises him, then countless people will want to take this shortcut tomorrow. So Li Xiang has to block their idea before they have any plan.
The army is for fighting, not just for you to enjoy. Li Xiang and I can improve our conditions, but we can't go too far. If we do, will anyone still be willing to fight in the future? It will also breed all sorts of bad habits within the army, and it will be troublesome to change them later. It's better to kick them out before they spread.
In General Tiance's mansion, there are regulations on the number of dishes each lady has for each meal. Take Cheng Ying for example, she always eats with Cheng Luan, so there are a total of ten hot and cold dishes for each meal.
If she were to eat alone, she could only have four dishes and one soup. Now that she saw that Li Xiang also had the same standard, Cheng Ying felt a little distressed.
"Look at your dish, don't you think it's bad? It has meat, fish, and vegetables. It's already quite good. Ordinary people only have this table during the New Year. We can eat this dish every day, and there's no duplicate. How can this be called suffering?"
Seeing the tears in Cheng Ying's eyes, how could Li Xiang not understand?
"Your Highness is busy working for the country, and we are doing nothing at home, yet we eat and drink much better than Your Highness. I feel really sad."
What Cheng Ying said was true. He had seen Cheng Yaojin in the army before, and the food he ate there was much better than what Li Xiang ate. In fact, except for Li Xiang's army, other armies still had various bad habits, but Li Xiang had not yet rectified them.
After all, many of them are old generals who followed Li Shimin, and these people are very respected by Li Shimin. If Li Xiang rashly reorganizes them, it will inevitably hurt these people's face, so Li Xiang can only take it step by step.
Take the army coming out of the capital for example. Originally, even a lieutenant general had to have chicken and fish for meals. Now, following Li Xiang south, except for Li Xiang himself, everyone else can only eat in the army's main kitchen. No one, including the generals, can get any special treatment.
If Li Xiang hadn't brought Cheng Ying with him, he would have gone there to eat by himself. There was nothing special about that. But because Cheng Ying was a woman, if she went there to eat with Li Xiang, it would be okay to go there occasionally. If she went there too often, there would inevitably be too many rumors. That's why she came to eat in her own tent.
This was on the way from Chang'an to the battlefield. If they were on a real battlefield, Li Xiang would not bring so many people, including his own small kitchen, and all of them would be left in Nanzhao. When they reached the enemy's territory, Li Xiang and Cheng Ying would also eat together in a big pot. Only in this way could they understand the situation of the soldiers.
Li Xiang understood the importance of logistics very well. An army's battle is actually a battle of logistics. If the logistical support can keep up, then the morale of the soldiers will be fine. But if the logistical support cannot keep up, then the combat effectiveness of the army will drop significantly.
The logistics of the armies that were victorious in the past were okay at the beginning, but they would soon be dragged down by the Tang Dynasty. This was also one of Li Xiang's magic weapons for victory.
After listening to Li Xiang's explanation, Cheng Ying finally understood Li Xiang's good intentions, but he still put some good dishes in Li Xiang's bowl during the meal.
The two of them picked up food for each other and enjoyed the meal very much. When they were in the capital, because there were too many women around Li Xiang, he couldn't find the good qualities of any woman. After arriving at the military camp, Li Xiang discovered the good qualities of Cheng Ying.
Some advantages cannot be expressed in words and can only be felt through actual experience. When Li Xiang is with Cheng Ying, he always feels very comfortable and can also feel the occasional family affection.
Cheng Ying didn't deliberately say bad things about others, but just did what she should do, which made Li Xiang feel relaxed. With other women, there were all kinds of power struggles...
