Chapter 173: Nanjing! Nanking!
Behind the cyan screen, a middle-aged man who couldn't see his face clearly sat upright with a dragon well placket.
It was this person who severely reprimanded Liu Zeqing, Liu Fu, the eunuch who is now the guard of Nanjing City, one of the most powerful people in the entire Nanjing City.
Liu Zeqing knew this person's ability and means, and when he saw him so stern for the first time, he stood still, and he secretly wondered.
"How can my godfather say this, how can I not come to this Ying Tianfu?"
Liu Fu put down the teacup and only heard the sound of 'clang'.
"In the past, it was not coming, but now it is not coming, don't you know? That Wang Zheng has spread the news of you and me, and now it has already spread in the north and south of Zhili and Shandong! ”
Hearing these words, Liu Zeqing looked stunned, his eyes widened in disbelief, and before he could say anything, he heard Liu Fu sigh and stuff a secret letter from under the screen.
"Look at it."
Liu Zeqing jumped up violently, grabbed the secret letter on the ground, and after reading it, he smashed it a few times, and suddenly scolded:
"What a bastard, Wang Zheng actually dared to report this matter to Yang Wenyue, this town should have killed him a long time ago!"
Seeing that Liu Zeqing's face was pale, and a few green tendons on his neck burst out, Liu Fu said with relief:
"Look at what you look like, it's not like there's no way to solve it, don't mess with yourself! Inspect the Yamen side - we have acquaintances in our family, and the secret letter was also submitted over there, they are already pressing this matter, our family has used some means, and it is impossible to spread it to Beizhili on the official road. “
Speaking of this, Liu Fu picked up another cup of Longjing, frowned and said:
"The only tricky thing at the moment is that this rumor is spreading all over the world, and it is spreading too quickly, I am afraid that Wang Zheng is secretly pushing it, but there are some means."
Liu Zeqing reacted, blushed, and said in a low voice:
"The lesson of the godfather is that when the child returns to Shandong, he will definitely take down the head of the killer!"
When Liu Fu heard this, he was about to reprimand, but suddenly reacted, what Liu Zeqing said just now may be the only way now.
The officialdom on the other side of Shandong will not be unsightly to preach, if Wang Zheng can be eliminated before the will of the capital comes down, it will be said that he raised troops to make a rebellion and disturb the behavior of the saints, and there should be a turnaround.
Since the governor's yamen had already handed over the matter of the writing to Liu Fu secretly, he would not risk offending Liu Zeqing.
After all, in Shandong, Liu Zeqing still has a lot of soldiers, black is white, white is white, as long as there are these soldiers in hand, no one will dare to touch the tiger's buttocks.
However, when it comes to getting rid of Wang Zheng, this matter was very easy before, but now it is not easy.
Liu Fu weighed the teacup in his hand and groaned.
Wang Chengen and Cao Huachun didn't know what to do with this king, but they secretly kept this kid, and when it came to it, he Liu Fu couldn't interfere in this matter.
After all, when it comes to power, Nan Zhili's celebrant is still not as good as the dragon chair of the Son of Heaven near the water, Wang Chengen is the emperor's old entourage when he was still believing in the king, and he is deeply trusted, and a casual word may kill him.
So in addition to Wang Zheng, Liu Zeqing is also needed.
In fact, Liu Fu also secretly laid out a way out, Liu Zeqing did it himself, even if he came to investigate, when the time came, he would push the responsibility cleanly, saying that it was a local military general who seized power, and he couldn't blame him on the head of Liu Fu, the eunuch who guarded Nanjing Town.
There must be a way out, but it is the next step.
Liu Fu thought that for Liu Zeqing, the Shandong general soldier who had been working for several years, it was not easy to deal with a new local deputy general soldier, and it was naturally best to retreat.
The Wendeng battalion can fight with only 2,000 people, and Liu Zeqing has a total army of more than 10,000 soldiers under his hands, even if it is a straw bag, he can swallow up the king.
"This time, godfather, I can only help you with this, as for the life and death ...... Wang Zheng" Liu Fu said this, glanced at Liu Zeqing meaningfully, picked up the teacup and took a sip.
Liu Fudu said this to the head, Liu Zeqing didn't understand it anymore, but it was stupid, and immediately patted his chest and said viciously:
"Godfather, don't worry, the child will return to Shandong and gather heavy troops to quell the chaos in Dengzhou Mansion!"
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Many people haven't understood yet, this Wang Zheng was only a general a few months ago, how did he become a deputy general in a blink of an eye, integrating the power of the capital and the coastal army.
This official position was promoted too quickly, from a small general to the high position of deputy chief soldier in three years, to say that there is no shadow behind it, it is impossible to be so smooth sailing.
Originally, after Liu Zeqing came out of Liu's mansion, he had to return to Shandong immediately as soon as possible, mobilize soldiers, and send troops to occupy Ninghai Prefecture City in the name of the general army, killing Wang Zheng, and firmly holding the military power of the Wendeng battalion in his own hands.
However, he changed his mind after walking on the long street of Nanjing, and Wang Zheng, who had only recently been promoted to deputy commander-in-chief, did not even have time to take office, and was now estimated to be celebrating in Ninghaizhou City.
It turned out that Wang Zheng was just a general of the guard, and he had a regular soldier of the Wendeng battalion at hand, and at most he had 2,000 people, how much salt could he have in a small local inspection department, and the military salary had to be filled with silver, and how much he could raise with Wang Zheng's several military exploits, it should be only three or four thousand people.
Now that he has suddenly improved, even if his subordinates expand the army, they will have to take office after taking office, and according to the current recruitment speed in other parts of Shandong, it will be impossible to form an army in less than half a year.
This number of people, compared with his own army of more than 10,000, is not a threat at all.
When the news reached Beizhili, it was impossible for the imperial court to pay too much attention to the rumors at first, and when it was taken seriously, it would be discussed with the court in successive days, Liu Zeqing understood the efficiency of the imperial court, and when the will was issued, he would have sent someone to take care of Wang Zheng.
There is still time to come, it is rare to come to Jiangnan once, and if you don't stay in the rich Nanjing City for a while, how can you return to Shandong willingly.
Liu Zeqing lingered in Nanjing, but Wang Zheng was already secretly preparing intensively. 、
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Time came to the beginning of April of the eleventh year of Chongzhen, outside Qixia City, dozens of miles away from Laiyang City, there were several guards on duty in the city, and it was not yet time to close the city gate, but there were few pedestrians.
Qixia City is located in the hinterland of Jiaodong Peninsula in Shandong Province, bordering Muping and Haiyang in the east, Zhaoyuan in the west, Laiyang in the south, and Penglai Fucheng in the north.
In the Ming Dynasty, outside the Beijing Division, it was divided into thirteen political envoys, Shandong East and West Road was the Shandong Political Envoy Division, and Qixia City belonged to Dengzhou Mansion and was subordinate to the Wadu Division.
After Wang Zheng was promoted to the deputy commander-in-chief of the Dengzhou Local Metropolitan Division, Qixia City was nominally under the jurisdiction of Wang Zheng.
However, this place in Shandong has always had a lot of soldiers, and the establishment is very chaotic, and it is not only Wang Zheng who is nominally in charge of Qixia, but also Wu Weizhong, the general soldier of Denglai, and Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of Shandong.
Since the news of Wang Zheng's promotion came, Wu Weizhong, the chief soldier of Denglai, took the initiative to withdraw his troops from the northern border of Dengzhou Prefecture and prepared to go to Ye County to garrison, and all the garrison soldiers in Qixia were withdrawn before January.
The overlapping jurisdiction of the two commanders-in-chief can only occur in Shandong, and in the past, there must be a fight, Wu Weizhong has always been friendly with Wang Zheng, and this time he is obviously ready to let Wang Zheng take care of it, just waiting for the handover.
However, Liu Zeqing didn't think so, the day after Wu Weizhong withdrew his troops, his group of about 700 people quickly took over Qixia City and changed the garrison.
Liu Zeqing's cheeky actions made Wu Weizhong and Wang Dahu, the deputy chief soldier of Laizhou, scold shamelessly.
But then again, Liu Zeqing was appointed by the imperial court and was a serious Shandong commander-in-chief, and he sent troops to take over his own territory, so there seems to be nothing wrong with saying it.