People hope to be rich and prosperous for a long time, and Li Meng is now doing the same career as the ground in Shandong, and many people have gained their own positions in the military, political, and business systems of the Jiaozhou battalion, and have gained many benefits.

Under the big tomorrow, how can there be so many opportunities for people to get ahead and make profits now, they have been monopolized by those who have been officials for generations, whose families are in Jiangnan, or whose ancestors are noble, and ordinary people, and even the children of small and medium-sized landlords, may not have any achievements in their struggles.

Shandong, which is sandwiched between the two Zhili, has nothing outstanding in the terrain of rich and poor talents, and naturally it is even more prosaic, and everyone feels that there is no way out, and as a result, cults and bandits are much more able to toss than other provinces in this desperate mood.

It can be said that from the founding of Taizu in the Ming Dynasty to the natural disasters in the year of Chongzhen, no matter what the year, Shandong has always been chaotic and chaotic, which also illustrates the mood of Shandong people in the Ming Dynasty from the side.

Li Mengjiao's sudden rise in the battalion, Xun grasped the power of this province, throughout the history of the Ming Dynasty, although such a brilliant figure is few, but not nothing, but after climbing to a high position, Xun became a member of the old system, just for him to personally seek the benefits of status, but the situation of others is still the same.

But this Li Meng is very different from others, he has his own set of teams outside the official system, the Jiaozhou battalion is completely his private soldiers, from military salaries to personnel appointments are completely a word, outsiders can't interfere at all, the governor and the supervisor are like two puppets, never say anything.

In the Tuntian Grange and the Jiaozhou Battalion's own shogunate, there were a large number of literati who served in them, and those who excelled were rewarded more generously than the normal officialdom.

Similarly, Shandong's salt industry center is not located in Jining Prefecture's salt transportation envoy Yamen, but in Jiaozhou's Salt Administration Inspection Department. The private salt trade and the merchants of the Lingshan Commercial House in various places, as well as the caravans that traveled to the provinces, gave the landlords and gentry who had only relied on the income from the fields to obtain higher incomes

In other words, Li Meng's Jiaozhou battalion had an army that was strong enough and loyal to him. It can protect the safety of Shandong.

He has the business of Tuntian Grange, Private Salt, Lingshan Commercial Bank and Sea Trade, has strong economic strength, and can also bring everyone to make money.

Li Meng, the commander-in-chief of Shandong, was in the army, in the shogunate, and in the civil administration. Among the firms, there are more than enough slots. It can give everyone the opportunity to come out and become famous.

With these articles, it is enough to exchange for Shandong's loyalty to him. Li Meng's group covers a wide enough range that all people in Shandong always consciously or unconsciously do things for the Jiaozhou battalion. The group already has its own centripetal force.

It's just that this kind of prosperity and unity in the heart, but there are also some hidden dangers in it, everyone is willing to be rich and noble for a long time, the common people of Shandong and all forces hope to get more benefits in the Jiaozhou camp system, at present, the way to get more benefits is that this group will last for thousands of generations, and it will never be extinguished.

Such a large group, a monster that combines military, civilian and business. At present, it is Li Mengzai who is in command. But after Li Meng, the so-called four generals have strong strength in their hands at this time. They are all in the prime of life.

In these years, a minor illness, a little injury will become a fatal injury, and the age of more than fifty years old is considered a high life, if Li Meng suddenly has no more, then who is the next commander of the Jiaozhou battalion system in a good situation, Ma Gang, Zhao Neng, Chen Liu, Wang Hai and other civil and military leaders, they are not very talented, and they are just Chinese people.

I'm afraid that if Li Meng didn't have it, the good Jiaozhou battalion would immediately be torn apart, and the current good situation would disappear, and if it didn't happen, there would be a worse situation, such as powerful generals being hostile to each other, or being bought and taken in by foreign forces.

In this era, such a big situation, no matter how poor the previous background was, I am afraid that there will be a high-level idea in such a high position, although Ma Gang, Zhao Neng and others are loyal, they may not have considered how they should deal with themselves if Li Meng is not there.

Li Meng is certainly eloquent, but what everyone sees is that only he can suppress this system, and can make this system continue to expand and grow, but the people behind may not have this talent and not say it, and they may not even have this name and righteousness.

This is actually the biggest instability in the stability of the Jiaozhou camp at present, and it is also the biggest hidden danger in the Jiaozhou camp seen by heroes from all walks of life.

But all this, as long as there are offspring, and after the male offspring, this hidden danger will be solved, and the inheritance of the eldest son of the direct blood relatives is acceptable to everyone.

In the past, there were no descendants, there were infinite possibilities, this time Li Meng had a son to inherit the family business, all possibilities are gone, the foundation of the Jiaozhou camp has his heir, everyone in this system to do their part, Jiaozhou camp is now the real surname Li.

What the old eunuch said, the foundation of the Jiaozhou camp is stable, is based on this.

The current Jiaozhou battalion is already a group that combines politics and military, and Li Meng has descendants, which is not his personal matter, but is already the official affair of the entire group.

The generals from all over the town are the most cronies and highest-ranking generals in their own army, and they are often the second-in-command stationed in various places, and the Lingshan Commercial Bank and the Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau are directly led by Hou Shan and Guo Dong, and Kong Sande also rushed to Jinan City by carriage and horse.

After Li Meng held a private banquet in the mansion, the current formal celebration could not be so hasty, so he simply let Luo Shan, Zhou Yang, and Ning Qiangui work together to receive guests from all over Shandong.

Since it is too late to celebrate the birthday, then the ceremony and procedure are set as the full moon ceremony for the child, the solemnity of the guest specifications and etiquette this time is much more solemn than when Li Meng held the wedding, but the number of people is a lot less, the reason is very simple, the landlords in Shandong have become fewer, a large number of land is concentrated in the hands of a few people, and the guests who are qualified to participate in the full moon wine are less than 30 people, but they are all extraordinarily large landlords.

There are also a lot fewer generals, and now there are no collateral generals in Shandong, all of them are generals of all sizes in the Jiaozhou battalion system, and there are only a dozen people who are qualified to have time to come here.

As for the friendly businessmen of Jiaozhou, they are qualified to come here. There are only Kong Sande of Wenru Commercial Bank, and Zheng Zhang, the shopkeeper of Bafu Commercial Bank, as for the representative of Yangzhou Fangjiadi, because the three sons of the Fang family are not here. Despite the heavy gifts, they are not eligible to participate in this full moon ceremony.

Almost at the end of July, this noisy full moon ceremony is over, and those who have identity strength in Shandong, or think they have identity strength, have come to express their congratulations. A big gift.

Relatively speaking, Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong, also sent some common things in exchange of courtesies. Although Li Meng wanted to invite him, he did not go to this banquet.

However, the two political envoys of Shandong Province who participated in the politics also expressed their respect and gifts to a greater or lesser extent according to the Yamen of Jinan Prefecture and the Yamen of various prefectures and counties.

As a rule, the governor's non-attendance was already an indication of a certain attitude. The civil officials in Shandong should have stood on the same line, but the yamen of various prefectures and counties in Shandong did not pay any attention to the attitude of the governor and paid tribute to the general army of Shandong. This kind of thing is very interesting in itself.

In other provinces, even a prefect can be honest with the general soldiers, but in Shandong, the civilian officials have expressed their closeness and friendship to the general of the general army, which is very interesting.

Jinan's July is unusually hot and dry, Yan Jizu in his own mansion to enjoy the cool, in the past, King De's ice cellar was secretly applied by the Lingshan Commercial Bank, and the nobles in Jinan City are used to buy some ice in the summer and put it in the house. Solve the unbearable heat of the summer.

Governor Yan Jizu once complained privately that day. This is really a passover act, the thing of the vassal king. How can it be so simple to take it out and use it, but Lingshan Commercial Bank has already sent ice to the door, so naturally it is inconvenient to refuse.

Late at night, the heat will go down, Yan Jizu sorted out his spirit, and prepared to write a letter to Jingshi to talk about the situation in Shandong.

After this incident, Yan Jizu no longer had any merit, and only wanted to finish his job as governor of Shandong, and then go home to retire.

However, Li Mengdezi, the chief soldier of Shandong, this attitude of Shandong made him feel quite frightened, and now in Shandong, he really doesn't know that there is a tomorrow, only that there is Li Zongbing, this kind of situation, if this situation is formed, I am afraid that even if he goes home to retire in the future, he will be arrested and beheaded.

The only way to shirk responsibility is to put one's judgment on the court in advance, or to keep it in the hands of an important minister, and in case something happens, you can take yourself out.

"Li Meng, this person, started from the end of the micro, operates a cheap business, has no loyalty, is like a tiger and wolf, and is now ...... Qilu"

This Yan Jizu put down his pen like flying, and after writing some words, he hesitated for a while, but he rubbed the paper and threw it into the paper basket on the side, sat there and sighed, after the year of Chongzhen, he had never heard that the imperial court had killed the generals who held military power, Yang Sichang set rewards and punishments, and the generals who were killed were all because there were no soldiers in the fight with the Tartars.

But Li Meng has 50,000 people in his hands, all of them are elite soldiers and strong generals, and the court can't move at all, if it moves, the Tartars beat the Ming soldiers and horses of Beizhili to the ground, and the Tartar army still suffered losses on Li Meng's side, and was beheaded nearly a thousand. In this way, the soldiers and horses of Li Meng, the general soldier of Shandong, faced the soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty in Beizhili......

Thinking of this, Yan Jizu suddenly shuddered, although he has no power now, but his life is much more comfortable than before, the grange outside the city, the businesses in the city, all have their own dividends, and there are general soldiers and adults to worry about, and they are also very idle, at least the wife and children are happy every day, but his second son sings and sings with the literati of the Lai Party every day, which is not a good thing.

After thinking about it for a long time, Yan Jizu, who originally had a dignified face, actually had some smiles on his face, and the sound of beating outside sounded, Yan Jizu suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly took out the paper from the paper basket and put it on the *** to completely burn it to ashes.

After thinking about it here, Yan Jizu was busy in the General Soldier's Mansion, but it was all Li Meng's own family members gathered together, thinking about naming the child.

The Yan prefect and his wife in Dongchang Mansion had already gone back yesterday, and according to normal operation, it would be almost half a year before the Yan Governor would become the right political envoy of Shandong, and it would be more convenient for the whole family to be together at that time.

In the house, Li Meng, Yan Ruoran, and Mu Yunyao and Gu Liu are two daughters. Elders like Liu Fulai are naturally next to him, and the child has just been full moon, so he was carried into the house by the nanny early to rest.

Li Mengxian's own love for his son is far inferior to that of several other people. Especially Liu Fulai, the old eunuch smiled on his face as soon as he talked about this child, he liked it very much, the so-called intergenerational relatives, it should be this. The old eunuch and the child are not related by blood, but they are still so happy. It shows that he does regard himself as the elder of the Li family.

"Husband, I have to set the name of Xiaolongdi tonight, the child has no name after the full moon, and it makes people laugh when they say it."

Yan Ruoran whispered. The people in the house all smiled when they heard Yan Ruoran's words, Xiaolong is the nickname of Li Meng's son, and they don't know why. Yan Ruoran gave her children such a cliché name, but the women in their house are all well-educated.

It's just that the name Xiaolong doesn't mean that in other people's ears, Governor Yan persuaded him a few times, but he couldn't resist his daughter's insistence, so he simply didn't care, just told him not to call it that way when he was in public.

Yan Ruoran was very inexplicable, because she really didn't feel that there was anything wrong with her name. It's just a mouthful.

The range of people who know this name is not wide. No one takes it seriously, it's just that someone thinks a lot.

It's really hard for Li Meng. This name is completely different from fighting and doing business, and I really don't know where to sigh when I think about it.

"Then let's call Li Hong, the macro of the grand cause."

He knew how to write this character in traditional Chinese, of course, the people in the room were much higher than his culture, Mu Yunyao was straightforward, and first said:

"There's nothing bad about the name, it's just not loud enough."

Now Mu Yunyao is much more cheerful than some time ago, firstly, the siege of Kaifeng was untied by Li Meng, and secondly, the king of Zhou sent someone to bring him a letter, and there were some delicate things, when he came to Li Meng's side that day, he thought that he would never be able to contact his parents again in this life, but who would have thought that it would be hung up again now.

Lingshan Commercial Bank has opened a branch in Kaifeng City, and the frequent correspondence can still be guaranteed, which can be regarded as a refreshing spirit for happy events.

Regarding Mu Yunyao's opinion, Gu Hengbo, Liu Ru and Yan Ruoran all agreed with each other, and the old eunuch sat on the side with a smile and said nothing. At home, Li Meng was not as cautious as outside, and when he heard a few girls come up with names, they were either a little literary or feminine, which was not suitable, so he couldn't help but stand up and say:

"Life in the world, it depends on the size of the ability, no matter how loud this name is, what is the use of this name, Lao Tzu gave him the wealth and glory, he just keeps it, now it is not to see whether his name is good or bad, but to see how much he Lao Tzu and I earn him."

Yan Ruoran listened to what Li Meng said, his eyes were full of tenderness, and Mu Yunyao showed a look of intoxication.

Li Hong, this not a loud name, was also set in this way.

Later in the night, the girls dispersed, but the lights in the study were still on, and the guards were ordered to scatter around the courtyard.

Listening to the introduction of the old eunuch, Li Meng's face gradually showed a solemn look, although the so-called handsomeness, Mount Tai collapsed and did not change color, but these things that Liu Fu said were still out of his expectations, and when the old eunuch finished speaking, Li Meng said in a deep voice:

"Uncle, this matter is too risky, in case of a mistake, the good foundation of the Jiaozhou camp will be damaged a lot."

After Li Meng finished speaking, he looked at the old eunuch's expression, there was nothing unusual, since Liu Fulai was taken to the house, it was indeed helpful in many things, and the civil affairs system of the Jiaozhou camp based on Tuntian Grange was gradually sorted out, and began to improve efficiency, and the system was also much more complete. Moreover, the old eunuch came out of the inner palace, and the inner house, which he had never worried about, began to be organized under the guidance of Liu Fulai, and the inner tent room of Mu Yunyao's three daughters became even more effective.

Everyone outside praised Li Dashuai for his good use of people, and after integrating the old eunuch into the mansion, it was equivalent to adding a person who was a butcher out of thin air, which was of great help.

Li Meng also sighed, could it be that this good man really has a good reward, and when he took the old eunuch into the mansion, he really didn't have any thoughts about official business. Who would have thought that there would be such help.

However, Liu Fulai did such a big thing when he was away, and Li Meng was indeed a little unpredictable in his heart, so he was quiet for a while. Li Meng opened his mouth again and said:

"The little nephew is just a general soldier of a province, and what he does is nothing more than to defend the land and train the army, what is the use of wanting the imperial court to commit crimes, then Sun Chuanting is the top figure in our Ming Dynasty, even if it is to me, a poor place in Shandong. And what can he do? ”

Li Meng said sentence by sentence, not so much to question as to explain to himself. After Liu Fulai heard it, he laughed a few times and said slowly:

"Our family accumulated virtue in the previous life, and I don't know what kind of blessing we have cultivated. actually met you, on that day, you and my uncle and nephew were commensurate. I thought it was just a central place to rely on each other, but now it seems that our family wants to be small, enter this yard, see the whole family happy, and die here, and be willing. ”

Having said something else, Li Meng didn't want to make the old man sad. Hurriedly said:

"Uncle's words. Although the two of us met in Pingshui, we can have today. Compared to the uncle and relatives of the in-law, he was sent there again, and the uncle didn't have to think about it, but this matter was too appalling, and the nephew had always been his duty......

When he was brought into the mansion, it was indeed out of compassion and filial piety, but now, this eunuch Liu is equivalent to the top adviser of the Jiaozhou camp, and it is not surprising that Li Mengneng has such a posture, besides, the old eunuch has such experience after all, and this move may have his own intentions.

It's just that Li Meng was a little flustered, what was the reason for the old eunuch to help do this, and I could hear some flavor from Liu Fulai's words, the old eunuch said that he was going to die in this mansion, which means that he would not have any dissent, and he was also wholeheartedly planning for the cause of the Jiaozhou camp.

But why did Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shaanxi the year before yesterday, the governor of Baoding the day before yesterday, the squire of the military department, and one of the top ministers of the Ming Dynasty who led the troops, come to Shandong.

And it was made out in prison, and this act itself is bold, and it can be charged with rebellion at any time.

"Our family started from the lowest position in the inner palace, and by chance became the eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch, and then went to Nanjing to be the town guard, and the words well-informed are still deserved, Li Meng, your Jiaozhou camp is already a first-class force in the world."

Li Meng laughed a few times and replied in a deep voice:

"My nephew is more dedicated to training than others, and his military horses have some self-confidence."

There is no need for him to be modest in front of Liu Fulai, the old eunuch is talking to him about this for the first time, Li Meng is also interested, and Liu Fulai continued:

"You are a good soldier, but the people in your hands are really average, and you have to do big things, but it's far from enough, Sun Chuanting was in that edict prison, and he was either killed in it, or he was pulled out and cut off his head, and the end of such a talent is really bad."

The old eunuch said this as if it was a small talk at home, but Li Meng trembled when he heard it, but he didn't panic, his expression was still normal, and he asked with a smile:

"My nephew's career is not small now, and there are all kinds of civil and military talents under his command, so if there is a shortage of people, you can recruit everywhere."

Regarding Li Meng's words, Liu Fulai didn't take it at all, and still said:

"Our family looks at your grange, salt administration, and those famous literati, our family has seen a lot, but the most outstanding is the talent of a prefect, although our family can help a little, but this identity is really sensitive, you can't get out of the house, your subordinates are in charge on the one hand, they can barely do it, the overall situation is really ......, and there is a lack of someone who can take charge!"

Li Meng laughed dryly, he really didn't know how to interface, now he is indeed working hard, and he has to worry about all aspects of things, the rules set by Li Meng, the methods formulated by Li Meng, the people below will indeed follow it meticulously, but it is extremely difficult to expect his subordinates to make breakthroughs and forge ahead. In the situation of the Jiaozhou battalion, Li Meng seems to be the brain, and the civil and military officials are his limbs, legs and feet, and every move of the limbs, legs and feet is in accordance with the instructions of the mind.

He really needs a person who can be in charge of him in his absence, or who can control a direction strategy, and Li Meng's subordinates are indeed growing up at present, but it will take a long time to reach this height.

Moreover, in the current Jiaozhou camp system, Li Meng and the civil and military people have all grown up at the same base point, and they have deep connections and relationships in this system, which is similar to the position of deputy. It is impossible to use these people to hold the position, and if it is adopted, it may cause trouble.

Li Meng believed that his subordinates were loyal, but if these people who were also influential and prestigious in the Jiaozhou camp sat in similar positions. It is tantamount to giving them the conditions to breed ambition, and there may be disaster.

In this way, a person who has never belonged to the Jiaozhou battalion system and has enough talent is the best candidate for this role.

Such a candidate. If it is in the center, it is a person such as the cabinet assistant and the six books, and if it is in the chaos of the army. is the second general or the military advisor who leads the troops.

At present, the system of the Jiaozhou battalion is that the military generals are several generals and towns, and the civilian staff is Zhou Yang, Ning Qiangui, Hou Shan and others who are busy with each other, and the internal security and intelligence systems are also monitoring each other. The relationship between these people and Li Meng may be distant and close, but they are all equal to each other. Li Meng is above these people, among Li Meng and these civil and military officers of the Jiaozhou battalion. There is no intermediate level, and the current Li Meng is an absolute lone husband.

Although the old eunuch Liu Fulai can play an auxiliary position, his identity and age are inconvenient, and others cannot stay in this position because of the above reasons.

Although this kind of thing is a bit heart-wrenching to say, it is really realistic, this is politics, and this is also thinking about one's own subordinates. Let them have less chance of falling into trouble. Heian I.

Liu Fu is reasonable, and Sun Chuanting is one of the most talented people in the world. When he was the governor of Shaanxi, he led the soldiers and horses of Shaanxi to fight fiercely with Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong for several years, winning more and losing less. At this time, the military generals are domineering, and if the leading soldiers and civil servants want to command, they often have to lower their posture to deal with them, and even plead.

But the generals under Sun Chuanting's command are all obedient and do not dare to disrespect orders, which also shows Sun Chuanting's ability to control.

Not to mention, Sun Chuanting, Hong Chengchou, and Lu Xiangsheng were all special cases of leading soldiers and ministers in the late Ming Dynasty, with strong bodies and martial arts, and pro-guards and horses under them.

And the Tartars entered the Kou, Lu Xiangsheng died in battle, and the emperor and the ministers of the court could think of the people who entered the north to rescue Zhili, that is, Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting. Yang Sichang, a cabinet scholar and current supervisor, is also quite jealous of Sun Chuanting, for fear that he will say all kinds of improper handling when the Tartars entered the prison, and has always prevented him from meeting the emperor, and even framed him, so that Sun Chuanting was sent to prison by the angry Chongzhen Emperor.

Whether it is positive or negative, it can show that if Li Meng recruits Sun Chuanting into his subordinates, he will definitely be of great help to the Jiaozhou battalion.

But how could such a person, the top person in the world, come to work under Li Meng, the identities of the two sides are far apart.

Li Meng suddenly reacted in contemplation, shook his head vigorously, and thought that he was really thinking too much, the other party was still in prison, and he had already figured out how to let the other party come over to serve.

The old eunuch on the other side seems to be saying another ordinary thing, the slave of the Son of Heaven, the master of ceremonies Bingbi, and the eunuch of Nanjing, but here he let himself rob the edict prison and bring the former minister of Yipin as his subordinate, but this form is really awkward.

After hesitating for a while, Li Mengcai said slowly:

"Are you sure about this?"

In the five miles of Jingshi, the carriage and horse shops going to Henan in Shandong are all gathered here, and Cheng Hai stood on the edge of the official road, watching the family in front of him say goodbye there.

But I didn't see any sad looks, and I heard Zhou Fanzi say excitedly:

"the child, take the child to Laizhou Mansion in Shandong Province with these brothers first, where to buy this house and land first, and I will arrive later!"

Zhou's wife and children surnamed Jinyiwei were very reluctant, and they cried and cried for a long time before they went on the road, seeing them go away, Zhou Fanzi turned around and walked towards Cheng Hai, and heard Cheng Hai say with a smile:

"Take these three thousand taels of silver to buy a family business in Shandong, that's not a small scene, and your brother will be called a foreigner in the future!"

Zhou Fanzi didn't say anything, and said lightly:

"I've already added medicine to him, and I'm going to ask Lang Zhong for treatment the day after tomorrow."