Laizhou, Wei Province.

In front of the mansion, several military arches stand in front of the mansion.

Laizhou Wei is the most prominent family among the Shandong generals, not only because the ancestors of the Wei family were the hereditary commanders of Laizhou Wei at the beginning of the country, but also because the Ming generation produced two governors, five generals, and twenty generals.

Li Xin was ordered to come to Laizhou, and as soon as the ship arrived in Laizhou, he went directly to Weifu.

Although the Wei family is a general, as the head of the Wei family of this generation, Wei Kun, who is the hereditary commander of the Laizhou Guard, is a military general, but he often wears a military shirt, forms a literary meeting with Shandong scholars, and swims leisurely between the mountains and rivers, saying that he is a military general, but rather a scholar.

"Master, Li Xin, who joined the army in the Pingyu General's Mansion, asks to see you."

The servant presents a prayer post.

"People from the General's Mansion?"

Wei Kun thought for a moment, and then said casually:

"Let him wait."

Although he knew that the general of Pingyu was very domineering, it did not prevent him from joining the army in the other party's curtain for a while, after all, the Yamaguchi Wei family, that was a famous general in the Ming Dynasty.

And the other party just joined the army, maybe he still went out of Laizhou, but he just used the reputation of the lord to invite fame, and wanted to ask the Wei family to take care of it.

He has seen too many such people. Let him dry for a while, so that he knows the rules and it is not too late to meet again.

After waiting for half an hour, the tea was added three or four times, and Li Xin was summoned by Wei Kun.

"General Pingyu joined the army under the curtain Li Xin, see the commander!"

Li Xin, who had been hanging for half an hour, was calm, but he didn't seem to be impatient.

Wei Kun also looked amiable, and said with a smile:

"Li joins the army, please take a seat."

Li Xin did not sit down, but handed over a letter.

Taking the letter and looking at the signal of General Pingyu on the envelope, Wei Kun's face changed slightly.

"Li joined the army to send a letter to General Pingyu?"

Li Xin smiled.

"Yes, yes."

"Why don't you say it sooner,"

Wei Kun hurriedly said,

"Please be seated, and let me finish reading the letter."

After reading the letter for a long time, Wei Kun's brows became tighter the more he looked at it, but his face was always calm. After a long time, he sighed.

"The prince of the world is really fortunate for my father in Shandong to help the victims, since the prince of the world is in need now, calling on us to donate food to help the people, my Wei family is naturally unwilling!"

Li Xin asked: "The commander is benevolent and righteous, but I don't know how much the commander is going to donate?" ”

Wei Kun immediately became sloppy.

"Outsiders say that the Wei family in Laizhou is the first family in the military households in Shandong, but after the Wei family has been separated several times, it has long been inferior to the past, and today's drought, the Laizhou Weijun households always have to receive some relief when they run out of food, to be honest, at the moment, the Wei family has not much food left!"

Although he was hung out for half an hour, although he had already held back the fire in his heart, Li Xin still smiled and said:

"The command is benevolent and righteous, but this donation of grain to help the people is related to the safety of Shandong, the prince has already stated the pros and cons in the letter, this matter is also of great benefit to the Wei family, if the people run out of food, the bandits are everywhere, and the grain is robbed everywhere, I am afraid that the Wei family will not be spared!"

Li Xin said the facts. In fact, in the letter that the prince gave them, he also told the truth that if there was really a peasant uprising, these gentry would be the first to die.

It's just that no one likes to listen to such words, and loyalty is better than deeds. Everyone understands this truth, but how many people can accept it?

These words made Wei Kun very unhappy, and he immediately said with a cold face:

"Although the Wei family has been a poetry heirloom over the years, but the fight of the descendants on the battlefield with a knife and a gun is by no means the shadow of the ancestors, although Wei is old, but if the bandits are everywhere, they will definitely lead their families to swear to the death, how can they let them threaten my Ming Dynasty?"

In fact, he is really not afraid, the Wei family is not an ordinary gentry, their family is a general, and they will be afraid of those bandits!

If they dare to come, they will have to be killed and never returned, and it will be replaced by military merit!

Li Xin waved his hand.

"The commander is really loyal, even if it is a bandit, it was originally my good people, how can the prince bear to blindly use the strong, and now the prince intends to appease the homeless people and avoid them from becoming bandits, and call on the gentry of Shandong to donate grain, is the commander so refused?"

Wei Kundao:

"Of course I won't refuse, it's just that there is a big drought this year, and the Wei family really doesn't have much surplus food, although the prince is a general of Pingyu, but the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty is there, and he really doesn't dare to make friends with the clan, but the prince helps the people, how can Wei ignore it, well, please tell the prince that Wei is willing to take out a hundred stone of grain, or even others, Li joins the army, and please go back."

Suddenly, Li Xin laughed.

"If it weren't for the letter from the prince himself, I'm afraid that the commander might not even be willing to donate this hundred stones."

Wei Kun didn't speak, which was a tacit acquiescence.

Who knows who you are! Donate food? Just kidding!

Really!

In fact, Li Xin knew from the beginning that they were not necessarily willing to donate much food, and when he was first home, he also donated all the food in his family to help the victims in the face of displaced people. When he went to help the victims, he also asked the local squires for help, hoping that they would also donate food, but did they donate?

Donate!

Three stones, four stones, that's all. That's what they do!

Seeing that Wei Kun was so ignorant of current affairs, Li Xin, who was up with his sleeves, sneered and threatened:

"Five days! Please also ask the commander to give me an answer in five days, and I will wait for you in the Shunfeng Inn at Laiwu Wharf! ”

After saying that, he brushed his sleeves and left, not taking Wei Kun in his eyes at all.

"The dog fights the erection of human power! Outrageous! ”

After Li Xin left, Wei Kun scolded that he, as a dignified commander, was actually threatened by a small man.

If it weren't for the fact that he was a great general, he wouldn't even be able to get out of this door!

Five days, the reason why it takes five days is because ...... It will take five days for Zhu Guoqiang to come over in person, and Li Xin will pass first, of course, faster.

Five days later, of course, he didn't wait for any reply, after all, as the first general in Shandong, the Wei family had enough confidence to believe in General Pingyu, and they didn't dare to do anything about them.

In the early morning of the fifth day, six large ships finally approached the port of Laizhou, and Zhu Guoqiang not only came, but also brought a thousand musketeers.

"See the General!"

Li Xin said.

"Did he agree to donate food?"

"Agreed!"

"How much?"

"One hundred stones!"

"Good ......"

Nodding vigorously, Zhu Guoqiang sneered.

"What a hundred stones! Let's go, go ahead of the plan! ”

In fact, even if they don't donate a little, Zhu Guoqiang will not be so angry, these people donate such a little food, and donating food there is clearly a slap in the face.

Good!

Very good!

The sudden appearance of the musketeers made the officers and soldiers defending the city startled, and asked:

"Where are you waiting? Get away from the city gates! ”

Li Xin shouted:

"Li Xin, who joined the army in the curtain of the General Pingyu's Mansion, came with the General Pingyu to lead his troops to arrest the traitors! Hurry up! ”

"What is the basis of faith?"

The officers and soldiers defending the city asked.

Li Xin said loudly.

"General Pingyu is here, why do you need to rely on faith!"

The officers and soldiers defending the city could not call the shots, so they had to inform the commander-in-chief.

Zhou Lianggong, the prefect of Laizhou, hurried to the city tower, although he was a little hairy in his heart, he still shouted loudly.

"Even if the general is here, if it is not wartime, the soldiers are not allowed to enter the city to harass the people, if there is a traitor in the city, the official will bring someone to arrest him, and please forgive the general!"

Li Xin smiled and asked:

"Yamaguchi Wei's Tongju, do you dare to arrest someone?"

Hearing this, Zhou Lianggong immediately said:

"Laizhou Wei, a family with two governors, five general soldiers, and twenty generals, how could they do anything about captivity? Hugh is nonsense! ”

Although he refuted it on his lips, Zhou Lianggong, who was actually the local prefect, was extremely disgusted with the Wei family, and was willing to cooperate in his heart, and he was retaliatory to cooperate with the general Pingyu, he was repeatedly troubled by the local gentry led by the Wei family, and naturally pressed a fire in his heart.

"Do you have a certificate?"

Zhu Guoqiang, who was riding on a horse, sneered at the city:

"General Ben is here, does Governor Zhou still suspect that General Ben is not successful?"

Evidence?

Yes!

Does Dai Shan's confession count? Anyway, he has already descended and wants to get a confession...... Let him say nothing no!

The words of the city made Zhou Lianggong's heart tighten,

General Pinglu actually came in person. He had heard many rumors, and he dared to ask again, so he hurriedly asked the city gate to welcome the general.

"Governor Zhou, take me to raid my house, I'm worried that I don't have money and food to help the victims!"

Zhou Lianggong's back suddenly sweated, how could he raid his house at every turn, and there was no reason to directly embezzle the money from his house.

On what charges did you raid your home?

Capture!

The gentry and wealthy merchants of Laizhou may not be able to get through, but if there is one, there will be 100 percent of the ships passing through the Bohai Sea, and as long as you check it, there will definitely be a problem.

After Jiannu occupied Liaodong, according to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, they were not allowed to transport the slightest goods to Liaodong, let alone buy Liaodong goods, but in fact, the gentry and maritime merchants along the coast of Shandong may not betray state secrets and collude with Jiannu like the Jin merchants, but one thing is certain. They must have bought ginseng, fur and other goods from Liaodong, after all, these goods can be transported back to the territory of the Ming Dynasty to get several times the huge profits, but once the Jiangmen and the gentry's house do business, how can they regard the huge profits as nothing?

Zhu Guoqiang personally led the troops into Laizhou City, and directly sealed the Wei family's shop in the city, so that the Wei family, which produced two governors, five general soldiers, and twenty generals, became the chicken he "persuaded to donate", and the chicken that killed the chicken to show the monkey!

In fact, the Wei family seems to be prominent, but what is prominent is only the past, after all, the current Wei family has long since lost the glory of the past, even if there are still people in the army, but there are only two or three, and they are far away, and the official position is not very high.

Copying the Wei family, at least it won't cause a rebellion in the border region!