Li Shouhan's understanding of the situation in Shandong mostly comes from the correspondence with Li Huayu and his son, as well as various official reports in Shandong and Denglai, and from the figures and the situation reflected in them to get the current situation in Shandong. However, Li Peiting went on a trip by himself, and what he saw, heard, thought and thought, and the materials obtained from this personal experience are far from being comparable to those processed words and numbers in official documents and letters.

"Damn! Damn it! Li Shouhan scolded in his heart with some annoyance, he was a traverser, although he had not plagiarized the chairman's poems, why did he even throw away the most simple principles such as "no investigation and research, no right to speak", etc.?

Li Shouhan stared at Li Peiting for nearly half a minute, and then asked puzzledly: "On that day, Huayu cooperated with the Dragon Tiger Battalion to exterminate Abatai, didn't it implement Nanzhong's approach very well?" The Dragon and Tiger Battalion swept away the gentry and bandits, cleared the work team, and then our cadres from Nanzhong took over the vacated grassroots power. Although most areas could not bring political power to the villages, there were already officials in the towns and towns, and it didn't take long for problems to arise. ”

Li Peiting pondered for a while, and tried to use euphemistic words to say: "It's no wonder that the eldest prince is in this matter, our new policy that day was to reduce rent and interest and the gentry to pay grain in one piece, and the core purpose was to protect the small peasants, and then select cadres from the small peasants. These people have benefited and naturally support us. But now we are engaged in a big farm, and our relationship with the people of Shandong is the relationship between employers and partners, one side contributes money, one side contributes, and they are clear to each other, so although they support us, but because there is no direct stake, it is inevitable that things will be perfunctory. In addition, the eldest prince has recently expanded his territory, and our control area has penetrated deep into eastern Henan, and training cadres is not a day's work. Especially in the land of Qilu, where illiteracy is everywhere, there are some things that are really urgent. ”

Li Shouhan nodded when he heard this, and seeing that Li Shouhan accepted his statement, Li Peiting said, "My lord, you want me to say." Although the eldest prince is eloquent, he is not sophisticated enough after all. A few days ago, the eldest prince wrote a letter suggesting that we should mainly rely on schools in Shandong to train cadres, which I think is very inappropriate, and there are some advantages to training cadres on the spot, but after all, it is better to transfer them directly from Nanzhong to save time and effort, in my opinion, ......."

Li Shouhan didn't wait for Li Peiting to finish speaking, and said: "I think this thing is feasible, after all, there is a big difference between water and soil between Nanzhong and Shandong, and the grassroots work has been hard and hard for several years. There is also a long list of cadres who died on the mainland. Anyway, there is no war for the time being, and the Ming Dynasty's Jifu has Beijing camp guards, and if Sun Chuanting can be guaranteed out and trained 100,000 troops in Shandong, it will be even more foolproof. Just let this stinky boy toss it, anyway, even if he pokes a hole in the sky, there will be him and me. ”

Li Peiting's heart was shocked, and he hurriedly asked: "The lord cares about the old feelings." To protect Sun Chuanting, there is really the style of the ancients. However, Sun Chuanting has a strong temperament. If you can get out of the cage, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the official gentry of the Ming Dynasty. At any time, Sun Chuanting is the sword in the hands of the lord, and the lord will be like Zhou Ping's chaos and support the Ming Dynasty. I want to ask the lord. Is this what the lord wants? ”

Li Peiting's eyes looked directly at Li Shouhan, and there was no usual humility and respect in his eyes, but seriousness and seriousness. It's a pity that Li Shouhan didn't answer this question directly, but looked out the window. The tone was full of nostalgia: "When I was waiting for the river to sit in the quiet of the country, I used to occasionally go to the suburbs to play, and then pass by a farmer, where I had a meal. When I asked the man what he wanted, the man said, "Meat, wine and pretty." And when the man asked me what I wanted, I said, I eat every day, I eat a bowl of rice, a plate of meat and a plate of vegetables, and I hope that in the future, all the people of Li will live like this in my feudal territory. The ideals of the day will remain unchanged. Li Peiting solemnly bowed to Li Shouhan, and then Li Peiting said: "Lord, your wish is my wish, and I should fulfill it even if I die." However, the lord, Zhou Gong vomited and fed, and the world returned to his heart, but Zhou Gong almost died due to rumors; Huo Guang was dedicated to the Han and eventually perished. The lord's house is kind-hearted, but the court is ghostly and dangerous, and I am afraid that the lord's road will have many twists and turns. ”

Li Shouhan smiled disappreliantly, and said: "If I tell you that there is a person who has never been defeated with one blow to ten in his life, fled thousands of miles to the world, and defeated the overlord of the world with a country that has been in turmoil for a hundred years, can you believe it?" Li Peiting was confused when he listened, and hurriedly screened from the Chinese historical figures, but none of them completely matched, so he concluded that it was not a Chinese person, so Li Peiting said: "I think this person must be a Taixi hero, but Taixi has different customs and customs in China, I am afraid it is difficult to refer to the present." ”

Li Shouhan almost laughed out loud, and said in his heart that you Li Mou also has today, and the dignified Chinese are now recognized as Taixi Haojie. However, of course, Li Shouhan couldn't tell the glorious deeds of Li, so he had to say: "In short, someone has done this, and what he has to do is more difficult than mine, and if he can do it, I can do it." In addition, the journey of 10,000 miles begins with a single step, and our latest step is to find ways to keep Sun Chuanting from dying. ”

Keeping Sun Chuanting from dying? Do you want him to train another 100,000 troops in Shandong? The two Li Peilin brothers looked at each other very quickly, how can this be done?! If so, then what has become of the Li family and the Nanyue Army? The ATM of the Ming Imperial Court?!

"Lord, Shandong no longer has the ability to recruit 100,000 soldiers and horses, and it can't afford to raise this 100,000 army!" After pondering for a moment, Li Peilin resolutely threw out a fatal killer move!

As soon as these words came out, Li Shouhan was greatly surprised! In his impression, Shandong has always been a province with a large number of soldiers, not to mention 100,000 horses, even if it is several times more, it can also be recruited, how can it not be recruited? Can't afford to raise such a large army?

"My lord, the expansion of our Nanyue Army has always been to prepare officers at all levels in advance, if it is to expand the army in one town, it is from the command to the brigade commander, to the standard commander, from the battalion officer to the first commander, and some of the more technically important troops are drawn from other troops, and then the two will fill the vacancy system. This is true of the artillery corps, horse corps, etc. of each department. However, the eldest prince did the opposite in Shandong, taking the path of co-optation and commissioning. I ordered someone to take stock, and now there are two places in Denglai, Shandong, Denglai is better, and most of them are soldiers and horses in my Nanyue military system. Shandong, on the other hand, has tens of thousands of horses, which are the various units of the Ming army that the eldest prince has incorporated and added to various parts of Shandong, and the militia groups and other departments that have formed villages to protect themselves. These people. He received food and salary from my Nanzhong High School and accepted the command and dispatch of the eldest prince, but its internal personnel relations, organizational structure, and command level were all different from those of our Nanyue Army. And. Basically left untouched. These horses are already similar to the number of men and horses of our Nanyue Army in Shandong! ”

"Smack!" There was a crisp sound, startling the soldiers who were waiting in the long pavilion opposite, thinking that Li Shouhan threw the teacup to the ground, and then there was a low voice of consolation from Li Peilin and Li Peiting, and after a long time, I vaguely heard a long sigh from Li Shouhan.

"It's too big to be a big man!" Li Shouhan's heart was extremely sour. Originally, he just thought that Li Huayu only had different opinions with him on the building of political power, and he was unwilling to devote his main energy to the building of political power at all levels, but only buried himself in farming. Obtain a large amount of wheat and cotton, and recruit those who are physically strong and hard-working northern soldiers. But now it seems that the father and son have drifted apart.

"Brother Zong, Hua Yu is so unscrupulous, but he taught you to read jokes."

Out of thin air, tens of thousands of troops who listened to the tune and did not listen to the propaganda were raised by Li Huayu in Shandong, not to mention whether Li Huayu had any other ideas, just the supply and military salaries of these tens of thousands of people had already caused a lot of trouble for the transportation capacity of the Nanyue Army.

This is what Li Peilin said just now. Shandong can no longer afford to raise 100,000 troops. Displaced people are easy to recruit, as long as there is food and military salaries. Mo said that it was 100,000, and several times more could be recruited, but he couldn't afford it. What's more, is it for the imperial court?

"Brother Zong, you immediately ordered someone to draw up an order in the name of Lone. Order Liao Dongzhi, who is currently in Shandong, to control all the soldiers and horses in Shandong and Denglai! All the distribution, transfer, and establishment of soldiers and horses in Denglai, Shandong are all responsible for Liao Dongzhi! Send him another secret order. Let him immediately start reorganizing those ragtag weapons! ”

Li Shouhan's means are also thunderous, in this famine years, the power of food distribution is better than tens of thousands of troops, and the power of this financial expenditure is handed over to Liao Dongzhi, with Liao Dongzhi's background and means, he will put those miscellaneous armed people who want to die and climax constantly!

"Lord, there is no world or land here today, only the lord and his subordinates. Your Majesty has the courage to say a word to the lord. Li Peiting felt that after bending the horse for so long, it was better to go straight to the point.

"Brother Zong, why do you and my brother have to see each other like this? Isn't our friendship as good as that of Zhao Kuangyin's brothers and Zhao Pu? ”

The matter of Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Pu suddenly made Li Peilin's heart feel a lot more comfortable. This allusion comes from visiting Pupu on a snowy night. The earliest version of the story of "Visiting Pu on a Snowy Night" comes from the Northern Song Dynasty Shao Bowen's notebook "Shaw Brothers Wenjianlu" (also known as "Wenjian Record" and "Henan Shaw Clans Wenjianlu"), which is a great collection of gossip. Mr. Shao's statement on this matter is as follows: At the beginning of Taizu's accession to the throne, he counted the micro lines to spy on people's favors. Or pass through the home of the hero, unfathomable. Every time Zhao Pu retreated, he didn't dare to take off his clothes. One day of heavy snow to the night, the emperor will not come back. After hearing the knock on the door for a long time, it was poured out, and the emperor was in the snow. The emperor was terrified and greeted, and the emperor said: "I have made an appointment with the king of Jin." "It has been Taizong, and a total of people sit on the ground in the general hall, and burn the meat with charcoal. The wife of the general wife drank wine, and the emperor called her sister-in-law. Pu calmly asked: "The night is so cold, why did Your Majesty come out?" The emperor said: "I can't sleep, outside of a bed, it's all other people's homes!" So come to see Qing. Pu said: "Your Majesty is a small world?" The Southern Expedition and the Northern Expedition are now the time! I wish to hear what I want. The emperor said: "I want to go down to Taiyuan." After a long time, he said: "The non-minister knows it." The emperor asked why. Pu said: "Taiyuan is the northwest side, so that if you go down in one fell swoop, I will be the only one who deserves the trouble of the two sides." Why don't you stay and flatten the countries, then there will be no escape from the land of the sunspots. The emperor smiled and said: "That's what I mean, I will try Qing's ear." So the Jiangnan proposal was decided. The emperor said: "Wang Quanbin kills people in Pingshu, and I still think about it now, and it is not available." Pu then recommended Cao Bin as a general, and Pan Mei as his deputy.

"Since the lord regards his subordinate brothers as his subordinates, his subordinate brothers naturally repay the lord with the national scholar! Pei Ting dared to ask the lord to change his ways, abandon the idea of reviving the Ming Dynasty, and just start from the place where the world is reopened! ”

It seems to be an abrupt move, but it was calculated by the Li brothers. Sure enough, if Li Shouhan was a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty in his heart, he would have been furious when he heard Li Peiting's rebellious words, and ordered the soldiers who were waiting outside to come in and take down Li Peiting, a rebellious minister and thief.

However, Li Shouhan's face was cloudy, and he spoke in a dry voice for a while. "Brother Zong. Why do you have to be so pressuring? The Ming Dynasty is very upright, and there is no big mistake, what do we do to help the Ming Dynasty re-prosper? ”

His attitude was also in the pre-deduction of the Li brothers. No monarch, as long as he has a little political acumen, will not say it as soon as his subordinates persuade him to seek a dynasty and usurp the throne. "We've been waiting for this day for a long time! Why didn't you say it sooner?! "Instead, he hesitated to say that there was nothing immoral in the previous dynasty, and that the number of heavenly mandates was not exhausted. is the aforementioned Zhao Kuangyin, who also wanted to cry and cry in front of the widow and sister-in-law who worshiped the eldest brother, and said that I was forced by my soldiers to put on a yellow robe and ascend to the throne. If I don't agree, not only will I not survive, but you will also have to die even worse, so it is better for me to go to hell to carry this black cauldron and do the most bitter and tiring errand in this world!

"My lord. If it is said that the old Zhao family swept away 400 military states with a rod, ending the situation of separating feudal towns in the Central Plains since the end of the Tang Dynasty, and repeatedly raising troops to the north with the intention of recovering the sixteen states of Yanyun. Speaking of his righteousness in winning the country, he has made great contributions to the world and merits to the community, and his subordinates will never say a word, but the Zhu family's country is not so glorious! ”

Li Peiting's voice was high, and he was about to expose Zhu Yuanzhang's true face. For example, he sneaked up on the back of the anti-Yuan rebels from behind, and killed his fellow rebels. For the Mongol Tatar slaves in the capital, accepting the official position of the Yuan Dynasty, resisting the resolute Chen Youliang of the Yuan Dynasty, massacring the people who supported Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng in Huguangjiang, Zhejiang and other places, but seeing that Li Shouhan was already exposed with blue muscles on his face, and his eyes were about to burst into flames. When even the acquaintance closed his mouth.

Li Peilin, who was on the side, saw that Li Shouhan was a little angry, so he changed the topic when he opened his mouth.

"My lord, even if I don't plan to follow the example of Tang Gaozu Li Yuan in the short term, I will raise troops to quell the rebellion in all directions and solve the upside down of the common people in the world. is determined to learn from Zhou Gongyi Yin Huoguang, but there is nothing to do. It's just that. At present, if the lord wants to emulate his predecessors and sages, his strength is still insufficient. ”

Li Shouhan, who didn't read much, didn't hear the hidden meaning of Li Peilin's words at all. Zhou Gong? Yi Yin? Huo Guang? According to the records in the Bamboo Book Chronicle and the Han Book, the first two were both scolded as rebellious ministers and thieves, and Huo Guang himself, when he was alive, was powerful and could do things to abolish the establishment, but what about after he died? What's the end? Yi three clans! Even Zhou Gongdan, who left a good name through the ages, was scolded when he was alive, is it fun to spread rumors all over the world? Alas! It's really scary to be uneducated!

However, Li Peilin's opinion to strengthen his strength was listened to by Li Shouhan.

"Brother Zong's words are very reasonable. If it is from the perspective of the clan brother, where should it be strengthened? ”

When it comes to technical things, the three of them are even more unscrupulous and speak their minds. Whether you are Li Yuan or Huo Guang, if you don't have a gun, a money bag, a knife handle, or a rice bag in your hand, it is a choice that you don't die fast enough.

So, Li Peilin and Li Peiting began to analyze one by one with their fingers in front of Li Shouhan, if you want to prosper the Ming Dynasty, what aspects of the strength in your hands should be strengthened.

The first is to clean up the back road. Li Shouhan went north to King Qin three times, and as a result, there were major or minor changes in Nanzhong three times.

"My lord, now that Junma and Wu Liuqi are leading people to clean up all parts of Nanyang, in the eyes of his subordinates, the horizontal and vertical walls are also groundbreaking, so it is better to simply take this opportunity to clean up the heads of the Tuwang Sultan and the like in various parts of Nanyang. Under the rule of the lord, there are only counties and counties, and there can be no country within a country. The second son of Guangxi did the same. Completely wipe out the local officials everywhere! In this way, the lord of one will not worry about the risk of a back road when he goes north. Second, a large number of new troops that have been expanded by our Nanyue Army will also have the opportunity to conduct drills. ”

"Exactly! The newly formed army can be transferred," Li Shouhan silently calculated, "transfer two towns, and another five garrison brigades can be put into the activities of cleaning up the backyard." ”

"Then, my lord, your majesty asks, Burma and Siam are not within this range?" Li Peilin's words made Li Shouhan a little unexpected. For many years, Burma and Siam have been respectful and peaceful to the Southern Cantonese army. Now they have to make up their minds, which is inevitably unknown to some teachers.

"In this way, in the name of protecting the trade routes, send more military horses to the city to strengthen the protection of the royal family. As for Burma, the dozen or so soil kings in the country are staring at each other like black-eyed chickens at the moment, so you might as well let the people in the investigation room and you play around with the business room, and if you start fighting, the army stationed in Salian will have a chance! ”

This move made all parts of the South Seas, which had already been killed by Zheng Sen, who was known as the Great Demon King of the Sixth Heaven, once again fall into a sea of fire and blood. However, the Ottoman envoy Copluru, who traveled around the area, looked at it and saw a strange light in his eyes.

Rather than angry at the slaughter and enslavement of his Muslim brothers by the infidels, he was appreciative of Zheng Sen's methods and the results they received. Hundreds of thousands of Muslims have become slaves of the Nanyue Army in the blink of an eye, and a large area of land, mountains, forests and mines have become the source of wealth for the Nanyue Army.

Second, it is necessary to strengthen the training of local officials in various localities, speed up the relocation of government halls, and start teaching in Guangzhou as soon as possible, even if the school buildings cannot be completed immediately. Li Shouhan had already chosen a good place for him, a school for training local political cadres, that is, Huangpu Island on the Pearl River, thirty miles away from Guangzhou City!

"If the lord wants to prosper the Ming Dynasty, he is bound to change the shortcomings of the previous dynasty, and there are not a few officials needed in this place, so it is indispensable to train a large number of officials at all levels."

Third, it is necessary to continue to expand its presence in the Central Plains. In other words, it is to continue to grab the turf!

"If the lord allows, his subordinates can lead Zhang Xianzhong to Huguang, Gannan and other places. Recently, this guy has been invincible in the Jianghuai area. I wanted to be far away from Li Zicheng for development, but I was worried that it would be too far away from Jianghuai, and it would be difficult to handle ordnance and medicine. He sent personnel to Liudu several times to discuss with Long Sheng whether he could carry out the delivery of ordnance and medicine with him in Huguang or southern Gansu. As long as the Lord opens his mouth, then Huguang, Gannan and other places can enter under the banner of suppressing thieves! ”

This is clearly the trick that Li Yuan's father and son played when they raised troops in Taiyuan! (To be continued.) )