Liu Zongzhou received an edict from the imperial court in Dezhou, and his friends and disciples who came to visit him agreed that the villain Wen Tiren was playing tricks again, and drove the second-grade waiter who returned home from illness to do the work of learning from the fifth-grade, which is obviously a whole person! Liu Zongzhou didn't care, it was the responsibility of the scholars to spread the holy learning and educate the Quartet, although there were thousands of difficulties and dangers, there was no need to be afraid, the naturalized general soldier who was on the side of the division was lawless and reckless, and he could take this opportunity to teach him etiquette, righteousness and shame, and his old man turned around and rushed to Taiyuan without hesitation.

Liu Zongzhou's fame is too great, along the way the officials of the state capital, scholars heard that he passed by, have visited to seek advice, academies, schools also rushed to invite him to give lectures, all the way to stop and stop, in early December only arrived in Taiyuan, Shanxi governor Wu Xian persuaded him to go to naturalization after the beginning of spring, take advantage of this time can be in Taiyuan to lecture and preach the scriptures, Shanxi students also admired him for a long time, in addition to Liu Zongzhou introduced a person - Sun Qifeng of Fengzhou Academy also happened to be in Taiyuan, you can first find him to understand some naturalization situation. Liu Zongzhou was overjoyed, Sun Qifeng is a Confucian, although he has not met but has been friends for a long time, if he gets this person's help, he will get twice the result with half the effort.

Sun Qifeng rushed to Taiyuan with his disciples to participate in the township examination in April this year, among more than a dozen disciples, Li Yao and Zhang Zhiyao were promoted in the examination, and it was a gratifying thing for Fengzhou to raise people for the first time, but he was not happy, and he felt that his face was gloomy - the examiner whispered that if it wasn't for the greeting from above, he must let the naturalization be lifted, and his disciples are likely to fail the examination, and the court is also worried about the naturalization and naturalization! Sun Qifeng was furious, scolded his disciples one by one, usually didn't listen to the teachings and read miscellaneous books, and the articles he wrote were embarrassing, and he stayed in Taiyuan to study hard for a year, lest you go back and think nonsense.

Seeing Liu Zongzhou, Sun Qifeng seemed to have found a confidant, and poured a stomach of bitter water outward - Fengzhou must welcome the boss, but may not accept education, Guannei people study to serve the imperial court, and Fengzhou people study to eat a full stomach, and do not want to cultivate Qi Zhiping at all, Song Tongyin, Lu Shanji two predecessors and he painstakingly indoctrinated for many years, Fengzhou is becoming more and more nondescript, you look at these disciples, in Taiyuan for more than half a year, I didn't read much, but the fight is famous, the two disciples are still the leader, Their bullshit articles are embarrassed to show people, Sven sweeps the floor! He doesn't want to teach these uncompetitive guys, this year's Dongyu plundered, Lu Boshun's predecessors were martyred for the country in Dingxing, and Rongcheng's hometown was also lost for a time, he wanted to go home to see, and by the way, he gave the Lu seniors incense.

Of course, Liu Zongzhou will not let Sun Qifeng go, after patiently comforting him, he patted his chest and boasted that he went to Haikou, Fengzhou people can read for a full stomach It shows that human nature is still there, and the naturalized general soldier should also have a conscience according to what you said, the old man's "cautious independence" is the most suitable for them, you and I will be able to clean up the source, abandon heresy, and return the holy study to orthodoxy. Sun Qifeng was helpless, so he called all the disciples who were not angry, and accompanied Liu Zongzhou to return to Huahua - to be honest, it is a long-faced thing to get two meritorious names for Fengzhou, and he is reluctant to accept this honor, as for the quality of the article, it doesn't matter, anyway, those fools can't figure it out.

Sun Qifeng has created a miracle, Fengzhou's academic foundation is too bad, the students are participating in the township test for the first time, everyone has no hope for them, as long as they are not ashamed, even if there is an explanation, no one would have thought that these people would take back two people's fame, Fengzhou people rejoiced about it, I heard that their Wenqu star was back, they all went out of the house to take a look, and the welcoming crowd could be seen everywhere along the way, Sun Qifeng and Li Yao, Zhang Zhiyao were also invited to an open-top four-wheeled carriage, to accept the cheers of Fengzhou officials and people, The enthusiasm of the scene surprised Liu Zongzhou.

It took three days for Sun Qifeng and his entourage to arrive at naturalization, the common people beat gongs and drums to greet them, the teachers and students of the three major academies in Fengzhou - Fengzhou Academy, Fengzhou Industrial and Commercial Academy and Fengzhou Western Academy lined up in the naturalization square to greet each other, Governor Liu Zhilun boasted that Fengzhou's education had achieved initial results, and there will definitely be more people in the future, and Jinshi and the first are just around the corner, and then Namur announced on behalf of the Grand Consulate that Sun Qifeng and Li Yao and Zhang Zhiyao each recorded military merits once, On behalf of the Prime Minister's Office, Yun Rong announced the promotion of Sun Qifeng to the rank of fourth-level civil official (equivalent to the rank of deputy general), Li Yao and Zhang Zhiyao to the sixth-level lower-rank civil official (equivalent to the lower rank of guerrilla), and the Lama of Yuerji also awarded Sun Qifeng the plaque of "Fengzhou Virtuous Teacher", which made Sun Qifeng's face red, but Li Yao and Zhang Zhiyao were thick-skinned and waved around indifferently.

I relied on the Du family to raise people in the exam, Li Yao, this kid Baguwen is inferior to me, and he was on the list in the first township exam, which is a bit strange - Li Huai looked at his son and frowned, Liu Zhilun whispered a few words to him, Li Huai's face changed, he tidied up his clothes, and respectfully followed Liu Zhilun to Liu Zongzhou.

Naturalized people are really pitiful, the two of them are happy to be like this, the old man will teach a few jinshi in the future, wouldn't he be happy-Liu Zongzhou meditated, while watching coldly, he felt that one of the officials was more familiar, and the other guy who was hiding behind also seemed to know, he thought for a while and shouted: "Okay, Zhu Datou, it turned out to be you, hey, smiling tiger, you are also hiding here, I said that naturalization is so strange, it turns out that you two villains are making trouble." ”

"Boss, I didn't do anything, I'm very innocent, don't wronged a good person." Zhou was stunned and stood up and replied.

"In Xia Li Fugui, the word is abundant, and the boss accumulates virtue under his mouth." Li Fugui said and looked at Zhou in astonishment, and the two of them set up Liu Zongzhou to hide in a secluded place.

Liu Zongzhou scolded Li Fugui and Zhou Yi bitterly, and felt comfortable in his heart, so he agreed to let them go for the time being to see the after-effects. At this time, Liu Zhilun and Li Huai squeezed through the crowd and bowed down to salute, Liu Zongzhou snorted: "You guys did a good job, respecting teachers and valuing education should be like this, where is the naturalized general soldier?" He should show his face, too. ”

"Well, he's in the customs." Li Huai said hesitantly.

"After entering the customs, is he the chief soldier inside the customs or the chief soldier outside the customs? Your Excellency, what did you do with him? Liu Zongzhou glanced at Liu Zhilun very dissatisfied.

"This son is like this, wandering freely in the wild," Liu Zhilun was a jinshi in the first year of Chongzhen, and he could only be regarded as a junior in front of Liu Zongzhou, so he smiled helplessly and said respectfully, "The boss might as well go to the pavilion with me to rest, and he will send someone to call him back in his later life." ”

"I heard that the naturalized hundred households have set up schools in all schools, and the old man wants to go and have a look, so that the naturalized general soldier will come back soon, so he said that the old man wants to meet him." Liu Zongzhou waved his hand and left, and Liu Zhilun and Li Huai hurriedly followed.

Li Yu couldn't see Liu Zongzhou for a while, and he was still in the Tuntian army camp - Fengzhou used methods such as recruiting and discharging people to divert the people from the customs and distributing food to reduce the number of displaced people in Tuntian to 250,000, relying on the grain harvested after the autumn, as well as the 200,000 taels of silver bills raised by issuing bonds, barely letting the people eat half full, and there was nothing else that could be done, Gao He, who was in charge of the money and food, almost became a deserter again, but fortunately, he found it early and kept this talent.

After the arrival of the new governor, he called Bai Xianzhi to meet him, and clearly pointed out that it was bold and reckless for the naturalized general army to cross the border and return the occupied Weisuotian, but he praised Lao Bai, saying that he had the people in mind and governed well, and he would be reused by the imperial court in the future. Bai Xianzhi tasted the sweetness, and went to Yanghe every other day to report the situation, and the governor quickly noticed Lao Bai's bad intentions and scolded him and drove him back. Lao Bai didn't get much benefit, and he also had the impression of being greedy for money from Shangguan, and when he saw Li Yu, he poured bitter water, and persuaded Li Yu to hand over the Wei Suotian and the displaced people to the government, Fengzhou couldn't bear this burden for the Ming Kingdom.

Li Yu thought about it again and again, and found that he had to admit defeat, and he would go west in the spring of next year, which was a major event related to the future safety of Fengzhou, and he must not delay it any longer. When Li Yu was still hesitating, Lu Xiangsheng threw another heavy punch, and the Xuanda Governor's Office announced the ban on Fengzhou silver coins and silver banknotes, which hit the nail on the head, Li Yu couldn't sit still anymore, and wrote a letter to ask to see Lu Xiangsheng.

Lu Xiangsheng, the word Jiandou, Changzhou Yixing people's clan, the second year of the Apocalypse, once the right to participate in politics and deputy envoy responsible for the rectification of the Daimyo, Guangping, Shunde three prefectures of military equipment, recruiting troops to form the "Tianxiong Army", Chongzhen four years of northwest thieves into Shanxi, with Taihang Mountain as a base to wander around and rob, Zhili territory was also harassed, Lu Xiangsheng governed the army in a good way, repeatedly defeated the thieves and became famous in one fell swoop, and was regarded as a "soldier" by the courtiers. After the thieves entered the Central Plains in the south, Chongzhen ransacked the area of Huguang and Yunyang at the beginning of the seventh year, and entered Sichuan to capture Kuizhou, the world was shaken, Lu Xiangsheng was sent to control Yunyang, and the majesty was still undiminished, and the thieves were terrified. In August of the eighth year of Chongzhen, he was given the title of imperial envoy to the right deputy capital, replacing Chen Qiyu as the prime minister of Jiangbei, Huguang, Henan, Shandong, and Sichuan.

Lu Xiangsheng's fame is getting bigger and bigger, this time the Qing army entered and plundered Gyeonggi, the court immediately remembered this fierce general, and ordered him to lead the army to Qinwang, the emperor even intended to let him supervise the towns Qinwang army, but Lu Xiangsheng's army of thieves only arrived in mid-August, and stopped there, the emperor did not say a word of blame for this, and gave him the title of left waiter of the military department, and changed to the governor of Xuanda, but Lu Xiangsheng in accordance with the previous practice of the imperial court governor to go out of the town, the request to enter Beijing was refused, just urged him to take office quickly. Lu Xiangsheng was very helpless, he relied on Zu Dale, Zu Kuan, Li Chongzhen's thousands of Guanning iron horses, these guys were originally Zu Dashou's subordinates, and they were transferred to Guan to suppress thieves, and they were arrogant and domineering on weekdays, and the military discipline was corrupt, and the local people were especially thieves, but the thieves were very effective, almost invincible, and they couldn't fight without these people, they were afraid to move forward, and the other departments would never dare to get close to the Qing army, and Lu Xiangsheng had no way to be anxious.

Lu Xiang rose to Yanghe, finally got rid of Zu Kuan's group, and made up his mind to train a strong army, and the naturalized general soldier Li Yu naturally attracted his attention - this person has money and territory, and the iron cavalry in his hand has repeatedly defeated the Eastern Prisoners, and his strength is extraordinary, but he is also lawless, and has gradually become a party to divide the situation, and now he has put his hand into the pass, this kind of person is either used for his own use and becomes a good general of the Ming Dynasty, or he will be eradicated as soon as possible, otherwise it will be a disaster for the Ming Dynasty. Lu Xiangsheng could see that the lack of money was the Achilles heel of Fengzhou, and the pressure was pressed step by step to make Li Yu submit, Li Yu was really scared, and put on a posture of begging for mercy, but Lu Xiangsheng didn't eat this set - a small general soldier dared to be lawless, it was simply beyond his strength, just wait slowly in the pass, when to see you is up to the official, and then issued an order, the border wall gates to step up the inventory, strictly prohibit silver from leaving the country.

Li Yu will not wait stupidly, to be honest, Lu Xiangsheng's measures are indeed a threat to him, but it is far from his life, Fengzhou and Xuanda officials and gentry have long been tied together, Lu Xiangsheng's decree will be out of shape when the Governor's Mansion comes out, but take precautions, he still notified the Commander's Mansion and the Prime Minister's Office to make plans early, and the two governments of Fengzhou heard the news, and immediately transferred Zhang Guoji to Yanghe, Guo Xiu to Yanghekou, arranged a guard for Li Yu in advance, and also raised some food to send into the Guannei. Li Yu accompanied the people of Tuntian to spend a year when they could eat well, and waited until the tenth day of the first month to receive a notice summoned by the governor, and then led the Flying Tiger to Yanghe.

Xuanda Governor's Mansion, Lu Xiangsheng stared at Li Yu for a while, this young man is so tall, his black and thin face looks pure and kind, he can't see any evil spirit, he is also dressed very plainly, the leather boots on his feet are worn out, and the coarse cloth military uniform on his body is still patched, he is not like the head of the separatist side, but more like a brave soldier. Li Yu was also secretly observing this new governor, this person was tall, strong, his eyes were bright, and his gestures exuded a compelling momentum, he was not like an elegant minister, but more like a military general.

"Although this official is the first time to see Li Shuai, he has already heard of it, there are different opinions about your origins, some people say that you are loyal and good, some people say that you are a prisoner from the north outside the border, and some people say that you are a fugitive from the east, who are you?" Lu Xiangsheng finally spoke.

"The end of the general's brain is broken, I only remember that I once went to the grassland to do chores for people to earn food, fortunately, the Wula Mountain father took in and was not starved to death, the poor in the mountains all rely on farming and hunting to make a living, God does not give a way to live, encounter the spring cold and no rain can not grow crops, and there is a plague in the mountains, so I had to go into Liaodong to seek a way to live, but the Jin country is tyrannical, the last general can't stand it, and fled to Fengzhou Sichuan after staying for more than half a year. Li Yu honestly confessed his personal history.

"Li Shuai is a hard-working person, this official doesn't seem to have heard that you have lost a battle, have you ever learned the art of war?" You should be more tolerant of the poor worm with a bad brain, Lu Xiangsheng asked with a slightly soothing expression.

Li Yu shook his head and replied: "How can the last general know what art of war, in the Wula Mountain to compete for food, prey often fight with the savage tribe, that can only be regarded as a weapon fight, to the Jin country from the four beyle, that is, the current Qing Emperor learned some war fur, in fact, the last general to win the battle is forced out, if you don't work hard, there is no way to live." ”

"Nonsense, what kind of Qing emperor, it's just a chieftain in the east," Lu Xiangsheng scolded, then smiled and asked, "So, you are very familiar with Chief Jian, tell me what kind of person he is." ”

"Insidious, ruthless, and dis......own his relatives as soon as he turns his face" Li Yu still hated in his heart, and exposed the tyrannical things that happened in the Qing Kingdom to Lu Xiangsheng one by one, but his feelings for Sibeile were a little messy, and finally he added to the snake and said, "Sibeile is really amazing, eloquent, wise, and he also loves the people, never bullies the poor, and every time he confronts him, he is afraid of panic." ”

"Yi Di, beasts also, occasionally some small favors are just deception and stealing fame, you don't have to be confused by him," Lu Xiangsheng felt that Li Yu was confused about right and wrong, and he had to explain the reason to him, "China is right, the one who uses it, the Tao is also, Yi Di is evil, the one who uses it, the technique is also, since ancient times, the evil does not suppress the right, I China uses the Tao to control the technique, why not be afraid of the small skill of the chief carving insect, if he dares to come, this official will take you to face the battle." ”

Li Yu showed a little timidity, Lu Xiangsheng felt excited, stood up and talked about his strategy of using troops - when he was in charge of Yunyang, he was besieged by hundreds of thousands of thieves with less than 10,000 people, but as a general, he must not be in danger, the stronger the enemy, the more he can not show weakness, he and the soldiers share weal and woe, up and down, and break through each by attacking instead of defending, during which he also used cavalry to run long distances to smash the thieves' nests, so that the thieves have no place to stand, and finally had to flee in all directions, Lu Xiangsheng finally said: "The magic of using soldiers is in one heart, although Li Shuai is good at fighting, but clumsy in strategy, Therefore, it can only be a general, the official has been in war for a long time, especially knows how to make good use of people, such as Zu Kuan, Li Chongzhen arrogant and arrogant, military discipline is corrupt, but they are good at conquest, the official to convince people with virtue, patient persuasion, and finally make them bow down to obey the order, follow the official to serve the court, and now they have accumulated merit to do the general soldier, Li Shuai, you are less than thirty to do the general soldier, the qualification is far above these two, the official can teach you a body of knowledge, and your high-ranking officials will be indispensable in the future. ”

The more Li Yu listened, the cooler his heart became, he finally understood why Yang Guozhu said that the Xuanda army might be destroyed in the hands of Lu Xiangsheng, in the end, he was a literati, how could it be so complicated to fight, if the strength was strong, he would look for fighters to fight hard, and if he was weak, he would avoid the enemy and strengthen himself, and it was possible to gain temporary benefits by playing tricks, but it would never change the situation of the war, and he would also convince people with virtue, Li Yu was sure that Zu Kuan and Li Chongzhen were playing Lu Xiangsheng, and the people in the barracks who were mixed into the barracks fought by feeling, and the battles that could be cheapened would definitely be fought, and the battles that suffered losses and losses would definitely hide, If you can't hide, you can fool the officials, and those who are born as soldiers will do this, and the ghost will listen to Wenchen talk about the truth.

The Governor has played his cards, I am not a fool, I have already learned to bargain, anyway, I will not be on your ship-Li Yu thought, cheering up to deal with Lu Xiangsheng.