Chapter 434: The Fire Gets Another Son
You are good at attacking, you are good at fighting, and if the two are one, the world is invincible.
This is the evaluation of Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai by the people of the time, Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, is good at attacking cities, and Cao Cao and Luo Rucai are proficient in field warfare.
Of course, in the history without Li Meng's participation, this is indeed the case, even in this time and space, after Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai joined forces, they only lost to Li Meng's Shandong soldiers and horses on the whirlpool.
Such a combination is indeed invincible, but Li Zi became the king of Chuang, Luo Rucai was Cao Cao, in the eight camps of Henan that year, the two were on a par, and there was no subordination. The most taboo thing in the army is that military orders are not issued from one place, and in the homeless coalition army, the general direction and strategy can only be decided after consultation between the two sides, which always makes people feel quite awkward.
The Chuang army is now a behemoth of more than 800,000, and Cao Cao's army is only a hundred thousand now, but the quality of these hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses is very high.
Cao Cao and Luo Rucai's troops were good at field warfare, because there were a large number of Shanxi border soldiers in his troops, and at the beginning, they may have been collected in the army after defeat, and later because Luo Rucai's troops had a higher composition of Shanxi border soldiers, and later the Ming border soldiers also took refuge one after another.
Li Zicheng's backbone soldiers and horses were scattered several times, and then the eighteen cavalry re-pulled up the team, his main force relied on the veterans of the Ming Dynasty a lot, those homeless people want to train into a well-founded advance and retreat, brave and brave soldiers need a lot of time, now there is no time to train, everyone is to recruit the defeated Ming army into their subordinates, after a little training will be put into use.
It's also a joke to say, whether the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty fought against the Tartars or the outcasts, there was basically no victory. There are a lot of battles on the ground as soon as they reach the ground.
But after being recruited by the camp, he immediately became brave and daring, and regained many of the demeanor of the border soldiers. As for the traitors who surrendered to the Manchus, they were even more remarkable, originally sparse and useless soldiers and horses. It's actually a big Ming. Invincible, I don't know if that pig's tail has a power bonus, and it has the magical effect of enhancing the rage.
However, the actual situation is that the Ming army is like bandits, there are no rules, and the soldiers have no command when they fight, and they rush forward and retreat in a chaotic manner.
And the management of these soldiers by the exile army still has rules. It is completely in accordance with the regulations of military law, and as much as possible to keep them fed and not hungry to fight. As for the Manchu Tatars, in this era, the Manchu Tatars had the most complete military merit promotion system, as well as the most cruel military methods, which naturally aroused the will to fight.
The current problem is that whoever absorbs the more border soldiers will have stronger combat effectiveness on the spot, but most of the border soldiers who are invested in the army of displaced people are accepted by Luo Rucai. As a result, Luo Rucai has few soldiers. is getting stronger and stronger, and Li Zicheng has many soldiers. But there has never been any growth in strength.
Luo Rucai and Li Zicheng are tied again, and both sides are a generalissimo. A great general can't command each other's subordinates, and this contradiction naturally arises.
That's not all, seeing that the momentum of the homeless army is rising day by day, and the territory is increasing, the original incompatible Ming high-ranking officials are also taking refuge one after another, and they really have a share of the world! There is a share of the world, but there can only be one emperor in the world, who will be the emperor, then this person's subordinates will follow the rising tide, and the chicken and dog will ascend to heaven, if someone else becomes the emperor, then the benefit is much smaller.
Li Zicheng has Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance and other strategists and civil officials, Liu Zongmin, Tian Jianxiu, Liu Fangliang and other generals, Luo Rucai also has Xuan as a strategist, the Thirteenth Taibao as a general, and Yang Chengzu is known as the champion of the coalition army.
This is because after the power is expanded to a certain extent, the consortium will inevitably produce local contradictions, and the means to solve them will be either the division of the consortium, or the annexation of one party by the other.
The two sides are hostile to each other, and all kinds of old grudges naturally arise...
After the battle of Zhuxian Town, the exile coalition army went to besiege Kaifeng, and on the same day, Li Xianfeng, the governor of Henan, sent a dead soldier to the camp of the exiles with a letter, which was originally written to Luo Rucaidi, but deliberately let Li Zicheng's subordinates catch it and transfer the relationship between the two sides, in fact, this discord was very successful.
That night, Li Zicheng's troops and Luo Rucai's troops were separated from each other, and they were almost about to merge, if it weren't for Li Zicheng's consideration of the great enemy in Shandong watching on the side, I am afraid that the battle would have started that day.
In fact, this letter is just a fuse, before this, King Li Zi became a cultivator, plotting great things, treating people kindly, living a hard life, respecting scholars, and Luo Rucai reported the idea of living one day less and one day less, Lao Tzu earned, arrogant and lustful, and indulged in indulgence.
If you want to enjoy it, you need a large number of gold and silver women, and if you want to have these, you must wantonly rob the rich families, and Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, has always been extremely strict with the military discipline of his subordinates, and wants to rely on this to win the hearts of the people.
The strategist general who broke into the camp admonished Li Zicheng many times, saying that Luo Rucai and his subordinates had good wine and meat, and indulged in indulgence, which made many soldiers who broke into the camp greedy, and even wanted to switch to Cao Cao's camp.
Originally, the contradictions between the two sides deepened more and more in the absorption of border soldiers and officers and men, and now there is such a matter of taking refuge, which makes people even more jealous.
In this situation, after entering Xiangyang and stabilizing, Luo Rucai is still the same, and his behavior is even more indulgent, this lake is wide and Xiangyang, and it is also a rich place in the world, and this enjoyment is naturally magnified. But after Li Zicheng changed Xiangyang to Xiangjing, he already wanted to make an example for the people of the world.
Ming corruption and fraud, then Dashun must be honest and self-disciplined, Daming all things party struggle, Dashun must unite as one, Daming decline, Dashun must forge ahead.
Li Zicheng and his senior officials took the initiative to make friends with the scholars and officials in the city, but the various improvements and pretentiousness of the camp could not catch up with the destructiveness of Luo Rucai's bandit style, and Luo Rucai was there. People in the world still regard the army of homeless people as bandits.
Cao Cao's army, which was originally an important help in breaking into the camp, is now an important obstacle to weakening the Dashun army and dragging its feet.
There are such contradictions between the two sides, but Cao Cao's battalion is strong. Now it is only occupying the land of the two provinces, and if it is divided, it will definitely outweigh the losses. Even the ground and the situation laid in the early stage will be gone.
Before entering Xiangyang City. Li Zicheng still planned to tolerate Huairou, but the day after entering Xiangyang, the mastermind Niu Jinxing took a letter from the search to Li Zicheng's handsome tent.
This letter is not a major military event, nor is it a family letter, but a letterhead exchanged between Zuo Liangyu and Luo Rucai, what the letter says, Li Zicheng is quite familiar with, what it says above. If there are my Zuo Liangyu's soldiers and horses, and the blind man and Cao Cao have a great enemy, they can still coexist.
If my Zuo Liangyu's soldiers and horses are not there, I am afraid that King Chuang will have to deal with you Cao Cao, Cao Cao Luo Rucai is quite jealous of King Chuang, which is also a well-known thing, after all, the soldiers and horses on both sides are too different, and the name of King Chuang is far greater than Cao Cao.
This letter is indeed ridiculous, when Zhang Xianzhong was besieged by Zuo Liangyu on the mountain, he faced a desperate situation. relied on writing a letter to Zuo Liangyu. said that if I was exterminated by General Zuo, in the style of the Ming army. It is inevitable that the birds will hide their bows, and as a result, Zuo Liangyu will relax his defense.
A series of slackness followed. As a result, Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng escaped from the encirclement, and now the feng shui is turning, and Zuo Liangyu is going to write this letter.
This letter may explain some things, for example, why Luo Ru insisted on stationing in Qinyang and Tang County for a few days, and when attacking Fancheng, he also put his troops in the back and let Li Zicheng's troops come forward to attack.
Niu Jinxing's literati thought more, and he directly said that when Li Zicheng was trapped in Yubei Mountain, Zhang Xianzhong recruited an in Gucheng, and Luo Rucai was in Xingshan and Yuan'an, Yang Sichang, the governor of the Ming Dynasty, sent people to persuade Li Zicheng to surrender and was scolded by Li Zicheng to go back, and the world knows that Luo Rucai's six battalions of soldiers and horses have been hooking up with the supervisor Yang Sichang over there, and it is quite ambiguous whether to fight or surrender.
It was not until the situation became clear in the end that he made up his mind to fight with the officers and soldiers, and this kind of behavior all showed that he was a repeated, but not to mention that there were still people among the eighteen cavalry at that time who were thinking about going to the officers and soldiers to seek refuge in the officers and soldiers, trying to recruit a prosperous life.
Niu Jinxing's letter was sent, and it was only discussed in the Generalissimo's Mansion, who would have thought that Hao Shaoqi also sent someone to send a letter, and this letter was actually a correspondence between Luo Rucai and Zuo Liangyu.
It is true that Zuo Liangyu may also follow the story of Li Xianfeng, the governor of Henan, and also came to write a letter to sow discord, but now for Chuang Camp and Cao Cao's camp, it may also be necessary to sow discord and tear his face apart.
After these two letters, the situation in Xiangjing still looks very calm, but the "Generalissimo of Fengtian Advocate Righteousness and Civil Martial Arts" and "General Weide of Fumin on behalf of Tian" quarreled again in a private discussion, Li Zicheng's future strategy has been determined, that is, to use the land of Heluo as the foundation, accumulate strength, and plot the world, but Luo Rucai feels that he has 100,000 soldiers, and the Ming soldiers and horses are vulnerable.
This Huguang is a good place, and the land south of the Yangtze River is said to be better, Cao Cao laughed at this private discussion, saying that there are many women in the south of the Yangtze River, and Lao Luo has not yet enjoyed the gentleness of the southern country, what is the meaning of staying in this Huguang and Henan land for a lifetime, Luo Ru has the courage, strategy, and fighting troops, but he has no great ambitions.
The words of the private discussion finally made Li Zicheng angry, and King Chuang directly took the case, pointing at Luo Rucai and scolding him, he was really a drunkard and had no ambitions.
Both sides are already in such a position, of course Luo Rucai can't tolerate being scolded like this by King Chuang, and he also took the case, and scolded angrily, you and I are poor households in Shaanxi, and we took advantage of this chaos to take advantage of the situation.
This Luo Rucai really has no ambition, it is estimated that Fang Cai's words are also his true thoughts, and in the end, Luo Rucai sneered and said, "What about the wine-colored people, Gao Jie has never led our Hun family away", after saying this, Li Zicheng's face sank like water, but Li Shuangxi and the guards around him all drew out their swords, and the two Taibao led by Luo Rucai were also unceremoniously, pulling out their weapons and preparing to fight.
Gao Jie used to be a general under Li Zicheng. However, he had an affair with Li Zicheng's wife, Xing, and surrendered to the official army with Xing a few years ago, which led to a major defeat. At present, this Gao Jie is serving as the deputy chief soldier in Shaanxi, and he also has nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and he can be regarded as a powerful general in the official army.
was cuckolded by his subordinates. And at present, there is nothing to be done about the other party. This is Li Zicheng's great shame, naturally he doesn't want people to mention it, today this Luo Ru only mentioned it, this is to expose people's mistakes in person, and the most ruthless act.
In fact, the problem can be seen from the specifications of the private meeting between the two sides, since Henan was separated, the two sides are not allowed to meet in either party's camp. The number of escorts must be equal, and each time they meet, both sides have troops to mobilize, and they are wary of each other to such an extent.
Although there was tension in the private discussion this time, Li Zicheng still stopped the fight between the two sides, and Luo Rucai also excused himself for drinking too much and lost his words after drinking, and the matter was revealed.
However, after the two sides dispersed, Luo Rucai began to mobilize his troops and horses, not to start a war immediately. Instead, it is necessary to separate the garrison area of Cao Cao's army from the garrison area of the camp. It's easy to do on your own.
Luo Rucai is indeed a person with no ambitions, and he has no wariness of Li Zicheng. After he mobilized the troops and horses, he clearly proposed to Li Zicheng. He wanted to lead the troops to the Jiangxi area, show it on his own, and provide each other with Olympic aid. For example, when Dashun was established, Zhang Xianzhong, who occupied Wuchang, sent people to congratulate him, and Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong agreed that the two sides would help each other and echo each other.
Since Zhang Xianzhong can do this, Luo Rucai feels that he can also do this, his current strength is not weaker than Zhang Xianzhong, since Zhang Xianzhong can be unique, why can't he do it.
This request for him is equivalent to separating a part of the most effective troops from the current Dashun at once, how can Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, agree, and he has not replied to Luo Rucai's request.
Cao Cao and Luo Ru urged several times, but they couldn't get any clear answer, and gradually became impatient, and began to threaten that if there was no reply, then he would lead the troops and leave.
Anyway, back then, the army of homeless people from all walks of life was all over the world, and the battalions came and went with each other, sometimes allied, sometimes on their own, and it was also a common phenomenon to divide and merge, Luo Rucai thought very simply, since they can't go together now, then leave with the soldiers.
During this period of time, Luo Rucai was still singing night and night, drinking excessively, and his strategist Xuan reported several times that he was secretly dealing with several Taibao under him when he broke into the camp, and he didn't take it seriously, and the most severe punishment was just to call someone over and reprimand a few words.
Until this night, Li Zicheng came to the door with a gift, saying that since Brother Luo was leaving, Li couldn't force himself to stop him, this time he brought wine and meat, you and my brother will rest as soon as they get drunk, and we will see each other in the future.
The number of guards brought by King Chuang is still the usual scale, led by Li Shuangxi, his son of the land, and the number of guards in Luo Rucai's own house is far more, but there is nothing to worry about, Luo Rucai directly invited people in, saying that the two sides were ready to have a good drink.
The two sides talked and laughed together, entered the inner hall together, and then began to turn their faces, the slave in the room had just set up the banquet, and before the two sides were seated, Li Shuangxi had already drawn out his saber and slashed towards Luo Rucai.
A guard who followed Luo Rucai reacted quickly, shouted warnings, and pounced on him to block the knife for his master, but he rushed out only three steps before he was stabbed in the back with a dagger by a colleague behind him, but this shout still played a good role.
Although Luo Rucai was addicted to wine, he had been fighting on the battlefield for many years, and his foundation had not been dropped, when he heard this shout, he saw the frightened looks of the slaves in front of him, and he didn't care about anything for a while, and he rolled forward, but Li Shuangxi's knife only hung up, and did not cause any serious injuries. The battle between the inner hall and the entire Great General's Mansion was not as fierce as expected, and after this shout, most of Luo Rucai's loyal guards were killed by their own companions, and as for the remaining ones, they did not last long under the joint siege of their companions and the guards who broke into the camp.
The dozen or so personal guards around Luo Rucai did not organize an effective defense, and they were soon killed by these elite guards who broke into the camp.
Luo Rucai, who was covering the wound on his shoulder, looked at the inner hall that was still amiable in disbelief, the ground was full of corpses of his subordinates, and King Chuang Li Zicheng and a cadre of generals looked at him in disbelief, and beside King Chuang stood the Seventh Taibao and Eighth Taibao of the Thirteen Taibao of his core subordinates.
It's just that these two Taibao or military advisors have not reported to him, Luo Rucai only felt that at this moment, the whole person's popularity seemed to be about to explode, these Taibao. is commensurate with him as a father and son on weekdays, and they can have today because of their own support and reuse, but today they turned their faces ruthlessly.
After shouting, "Break into the blind." Why did you kill me!? After these useless words, Luo Ru covered his shoulders and looked coldly at the people in front of him.
The Eighth Taibao didn't dare to make eye contact with him, and shrank his head back. On the contrary, the Seventh Taibao plucked up the courage to speak:
"Lord Cao. Our brothers finally got to today's situation, and they don't want to be bandits and robbers who are wandering around, and they all want to follow the prince to earn a share of the wealth...... "Over there, Li Shuangxi has dropped the single knife in his hand, Cao Cao is brave, and there is no certainty that Li Shuangxi can win the battle head-on, but now there is no need to fight alone in such a situation, and a soldier on the side handed over a firearm, which is already loaded with ammunition. Hung up the fire rope.
Li Shuangxi sneered and raised the firearm, aimed at Luo Rucai, who was already inconvenient to move, pulled the trigger, and with a bang, these people don't often control firearms, and this shot is not accurate, Luo Rucai made a dodge action but couldn't dodge, was hit in the leg by a shot, and staggered a few steps.
But this Cao Cao really has a brave spirit, he didn't fall, and stood up with his sword again. Hateful glaring ahead. Endured the pain and shouted in a low voice:
"Break into the blind and kill your brothers. You will be struck by five thunderbolts from the sky, and you will not die well. Just you, a messenger back then, still thinking about being the emperor, you want to cut off your children and grandchildren......"
Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, looked at Luo Rucai, who was almost crazy there, there was no expression on his face, he just shook his head slowly, and did not continue to delay in this hall, turned around and went out of the door, and the guard leader Li Shuangxi picked up a simple knife in his hand again, and shouted:
"Cut Cao Cao!!"
The soldiers in the hall, whether it was Li Zicheng's personal guards or Luo Rucai's guards who had just turned against the water, all picked up their weapons and rushed towards Luo Rucai.
In Xiangyang City this night, the common people did not dare to go out, and the shouting and killing began to be born in the evening, and it lasted until the second half of the night, and I don't know what happened.
However, the scale of the battle in the interior of the city was smaller than these people expected, and the camp had already communicated with Luo Rucai's generals, and after Li Zicheng personally went to the General's Mansion to behead Luo Rucai, most of the rest of the turmoil was just to eliminate the small groups of men and horses who were unwilling to submit to King Chuang.
The real trouble was outside the city, although Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, and his civil and military officials had made a lot of preparations in advance, but Luo Rucai's troops had been led by him for many years, and they were loyal to Cao Cao, and the chaos in the city at night was chaotic, although the situation soon returned to calm.
But there was chaos in the city, in the early hours of the morning, the news was still spread out of the city, the south of Xiangyang City, the east of Cao Cao's military camps were in an uproar, Luo Rucai's officers and soldiers of each battalion came out of the camp one after another, lined up on guard, and prepared to fight to the death with Li Zicheng's soldiers and horses.
But the soldiers below are crazy, but it doesn't mean that the generals above will be like this, and when they reach such a high position, what they think and think about is not so simple.
In addition, some time ago, all kinds of people in the camp came to the door and said, making all kinds of promises, and now the leading Cao Cao Luo Rucai is dead, and Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, has such a good situation here.
Cao Cao's camp outside the city was in an uproar, but Li Zicheng in the city responded very quickly, and rushed out of the city to the battalions with the envoy of the king of Chuang's seal and the seal of the document to ensure that the leading army generals everywhere would not casually mobilize the commanders and subordinates of the various armies of Cao Cao's battalion, and the original person was still in charge of the original battalion head, and made a guarantee that after Luo Rucai's death, except for the military master Xuan who allocated the main contradiction between the two sides, the rest of the people would not be killed in vain.
After making this assurance, there were those generals who had already taken refuge in Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, and the riots that began in the early morning gradually quieted down in the evening.
Especially after Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, killed the military master Xuan outside the city, he set up a mourning hall for Luo Rucai in linen and filial piety, and accepted Luo Rucai's son as his righteous son, and transferred Luo Rucai's elite soldiers and horses outside the city into the city to guard himself.
There is only one exception. That is Yang Chengzu, one of the thirteen Taibao, known as the champion of the brave among the coalition forces, and he was stationed on the north bank of the Han River with soldiers and horses. Garrisoning Fancheng, this person is also the fierce general that Li Zicheng wants to collect under his command the most, but the news of Luo Rucai's killing spread to the north bank.
Yang Chengzudi's first reaction was to order his soldiers to prepare for the camp. and sent envoys to Xiangyang to agitate Luo Rucai's original subordinates. Join forces together to avenge Cao Cao. In the evening, the news from Xiangyang came back, and Yang Chengzu knew that things could not be done.
After killing the envoy sent by Li Zicheng to persuade him to surrender, Yang Chengzu led more than 20,000 soldiers and horses to go north along the old road from Qinyang to Huguang that day.
At the end of May of the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, Xiangyang was merged, Luo Rucai and his mastermind Xuan were beheaded, and the general Yang Chengzu led the army north to escape. There were no more than 3,000 dead and wounded in the city. The rest of Cao Cao's battalion soldiers and horses were all annexed by Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, so far only Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, was the main one in the Dashun army, and the army of nearly one million was integrated.
Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and millions of people in Dashun are all unified under one system, and there is no objection to who is the master above, and everyone is loyal to Li Zicheng.
After this war, the strength of the exile army has not been weakened, and it has become more efficient through integration and unified command. More powerful.
If it is said that Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai coexisted in the Dashun era. People all over the world still feel that this group has great worries and may collapse at any time. If you split the fire, you won't lose much after this fire. It would be more accurate to say that after the annexation, Dashun began to be taken seriously.
Those who were interested in the dragon began to think that this Dashun may be one of the greatest possibilities for world domination, and the most notable point is that since the coalition army entered Xiangyang, many scholars and officials fled to various places and villages, and when the fire merged with Luo Rucai, many people took the initiative to come and surrender their allegiance.
However, this matter also has a bad consequence, that is, Luo Rucai was beheaded by Li Zicheng with a trick, and swallowed up his soldiers and horses, and the displaced forces in the world are extremely terrified.
Many large forces who wanted to come over to join Li Zicheng were deterred, fearing that they would follow in the footsteps of Luo Rucai, and even Zhang Xianzhong, who was in Wuchang, was secretly on guard, and while he was busy setting up his own local government, he was actively sending troops out to find a new way out for himself as soon as possible.
There is no natural danger in Huguang, Zhang Xianzhong is in Wuchang, and there is no barrier between Li Zicheng in Xiangyang, although the two sides promise to help each other, but to such a point, who will take this agreement seriously, they are all superficially kind, secretly cautious vigilance.
Although the Dashun regime was established and all the forces were integrated under the command of Li Zicheng alone, it does not mean that you can enjoy peace in peace, there are still the territory of officers and soldiers all around, and everything is still possible repeatedly.
Liu Zongmin and Li Guo led their troops to attack Yunyang Mansion, the hub of the four provinces, as long as this place was opened, Henan, Shaanxi and Huguang were already completely connected to the Dashun army.
But the people of Yunyang Mansion are fierce, the terrain is complex, the Ming army there are all local village soldiers, the combat effectiveness is quite strong, it is easy to take it down, the two sides are a little war, but it is Liu Zongmin and Li Guo led by the so-called old battalion soldiers suffered a little loss, you know, now in this situation, the Dashun army has been a little light on the enemy In the Yunyang campaign of the Dashun army just moved, everyone in the Jiaozhou battalion had a new concern, everyone temporarily diverted their attention from the policy of military reform and recruiting scribes, and everyone focused on the Qi State Mansion in Jinan City, Mu Yunyao, the side concubine of the Duke of Qi, gave birth to a boy.
Because of the acceptance of scribes and local conscription some time ago, the entire Jinan City brought together many representatives of high-ranking families in Shandong to intercede and run the relationship.
This time Qi Guogong is happy to have a noble son, such a big happy event is a rare opportunity for everyone, Qi Guogong is thrifty and self-disciplined, no matter what the day of the year, it is a family behind closed doors, and the same is true for birthdays and the like, which makes the following people want to have a chance to give gifts can not be found.
Now Qi Guogong has another son. It must be overjoyed, so the big guy will not give anything to eat behind closed doors when he goes to give gifts, regardless of whether they can meet or not. As long as the gift is sent, according to the habits of the handsome, he will definitely look at the gift list. You can see our name on the gift list. Make an impression on the handsome side, everything will be inexhaustible in the future, and the whole family will follow suit.
This gift also has a share that everyone thinks of, but the reason is tacit, that is, the establishment of the Inventory Division, not to mention the gossip about the harem to interfere in politics, the functions and powers of this institution and the composition of personnel, the people of the Ming Dynasty can see at a glance what this Inventory Division does.
Daming Jinyiwei and Dongchang are arrogant. Everyone is looking at it, and now we also have this institution in Shandong, and it is controlled by a few ladies, so let's all hurry up and curry favor first, so as not to be troubled in the future.
Rosie, the housekeeper who had just been free, was busy again, and since that time he was rarely reprimanded by Li Meng for the gift list of Zheng Jiadi, he was now cautious about this gift.
Those wealthy families in Shandong and Lianghuai, in addition to giving gifts, according to the rules of the Ming officialdom, all gave this Luo housekeeper a big red envelope. But they were all pushed out by this Rosie. He now has a lot of shares in the Tuntian Grange. There are also members of the family in the salt fields on the side of Lingshan, don't look at being an errand boy in the Guogong Mansion. But when it comes to family property, it is also a real wealth.
Butler Rosie also knew that the handsome man was keeping a close eye on this aspect. Naturally, I don't want to lose the position of the housekeeper because of the small profits of these door bags.
Seeing Luo Xi's cold face and pushing the door and the ground, everyone in Shandong sighed, the prime minister's concierge is a seven-grade official, and it is really impossible to say how many grades the gatekeeper of this country is.
And these people are really eye-opening, the Fujian coastal defense chief soldier, the younger brother of the sea leader Zheng Zhilong, the Fujian coastal defense guerrilla Zheng Zhihu brought a jaw-dropping gift to the door of Qi Guogong to ask for a meeting, as soon as he saw the Zheng family's visitor, Rosie was angry.
The girls who sent them were really stunning, but these girls not only made him eat and hang, but also made him anxious, first of all, the place of placement is a problem, it is too close to the Guogong Mansion, the ladies are unwilling, but the distance is too far, and the ladies are afraid that the lord will think that they are jealous.
As a result, these stunning girls from other countries, up and down the Guogong Mansion came to him as a housekeeper, which made him very annoyed, and after seeing this Zheng Zhihu, Rosie directly handed the gift list back and ignored it at all. That Zheng Zhilong is as noble as a prince in Fujian, and the local officials are also respectful and respectful when they meet, when have they been so angry, I am afraid that they would have drawn a knife and killed people in the past, but now they can only ask the housekeeper Rossimo to be angry, please pass it on.
But with such a low attitude, the housekeeper Rosie still reciprocated with a cold face, and Zheng Zhihu didn't dare to come out no matter how big the anger in his stomach was.
Shandong southeast to the south of Zhili, north to Hejian Mansion, these land battles, Lingshan private port and Dengzhou port are heavily guarded, originally the Zheng family was quite strange, thinking why this Li Meng is so cautious and careful, luck is so good, when our Zheng family is preparing troops to attack, they are actually on guard.
When the battle in Hejian Mansion was over, the victory was confirmed by the imperial court, and the Zheng family was obviously given a cold reception in various ports in the north, the Zheng family showed up that they could not hand over the Manchu Qing Dynasty and plot against several ports in Shandong.
Qi Guogong, the land of the four provinces, more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, gold mines, private salt, sea trade, granges and so on to make money, this kind of all kinds of things show what kind of Shandong will be in the future, although the main strength of the Zheng family is at sea, but in the eyes of Zheng Zhilong, the foundation of the Zheng family is in Fujian.
For the Zheng family, who had never served the king, they had little reverence for the authority of the Ming court, and they could see better than most people that it would be stormy today.
So the Zheng family began to bet on the most likely forces to win the world in the future, before the war in Hejian Mansion, the Zheng family thought that the most likely was the Manchu Qing outside the Guan, but after the war, it was a sudden awakening, it turned out that this is the most likely, that is, in front of his own eyes, and he has long been friendly, but unfortunately he lost this opportunity, and now it is too late to regret it, to such a situation, the Zheng family has to make up for this relationship anyway, although Zheng Zhihu can be said to have lost face in Jinan City, But still gritting teeth here and waiting.
Compared with other people's festivities, the high-status Sun Chuanting prefers to have a few cups with Liu Fulai, an old eunuch with the same status, or drink tea and talk.
On the afternoon of the sixth day of the sixth month of June, in addition to Sun and Liu Erlao, Li Meng also joined in, when the three of them got together, for the pro-military camp guarding here, the level of the guard was the highest, according to Li Meng's orders, everyone, even including the female dependents of the inner house, must be notified in advance if they want to come in.
Because the three people in the house are not only noble, but also have many secrets, just the true identity of Sun Chuanting is still a secret.
Wang Hai, the commander of the pro-military camp, also had to stand ten steps away from the study, and sometimes Wang Hai was also thinking about what kind of military affairs were discussed and implemented in it, maybe the amazing thoughts and military strategies of the marshal came out like this.
However, Wang Hai also thought too mysteriously, and the things that the three of them talked about in the house, at least today, were family trivialities.
"Dashuai, is everything okay with the second son?"
The first to speak was Sun Chuanting, Li Meng took the teapot to fill the teacup for Liu Fulai beside him, and when he heard this question, his face was a little gloomy, and he sighed and replied:
"The doctor read it and said that his mother suffered a lot of cold when she was pregnant, and the child's body was also affected, and I am afraid that she will be weak when she grows up in the future."
Mu Yunyao gave birth to a boy, but this boy was not as strong as Li Hong, the baby was very thin, but Mu Yunyao and everyone were scared enough, and later found the doctor to diagnose it, saying that she must have suffered from the wind and cold when she was pregnant, and the physique of the mother and child was affected.
As for the wind chill, everyone can basically think that Li Meng returned to Shandong from Nanzhili on the same day, rushed to Beizhili, and went to fight with the Tartars.
Unexpectedly, the behavior at that time hurt the child, Mu Yunyao was always in a bad mood after giving birth, but fortunately, after the doctor saw it, he said that the child's body would be weak in the future, but there would be no symptoms or anything like that, Li Meng also accompanied Mu Yunyao more every day, and opened his mouth to comfort him.
Sun Chuanting picked up the teacup and smelled the tea, and said with a smile:
"Mother and child are safe, this is a good thing, and if you take care of it well in the future, there will definitely be no big problem."
He didn't say something in his heart, according to the current structure of the Jiaozhou camp, Li Hong is the heir of course, this second child is fine if it is a girl, but if it is a boy, it will be a little troublesome, according to Sun Chuanting's understanding, the second lady was the big housekeeper of the inner mansion back then, the founder of the inner tent, and the following generals are quite respectful to this second lady, that is to say, Mu Yunyao has more resources in the Jiaozhou camp system than his wife Yan Ruoran, and the heir fights for power, which is the biggest taboo and hidden danger of this group.
Fortunately, this child is weak, and he must be in a secondary position in the tradition of heavy martial arts in the Jiaozhou battalion, and it is not a bad thing to say that this body is weak.
Li Meng was obviously reluctant to talk more about this issue, nodded and said:
"Yesterday, a young man came to Jinan City with several family members to join the army, and he named him to join this pro-military camp, which is interesting......
The pro-military camp is not at all something that ordinary soldiers can join, and it is even more impossible for recruits, this young man is reckless, Sun and Liu were immediately aroused by Li Meng's interest, Li Meng smiled and said:
"The young man claimed that his surname was Chen Mingde, and his father was Chen Yongfu, a general soldier in Henan." I hope you all can take a look at it, thank you.