"If it weren't for Yang Sichang, the secretary of the Ministry of War, saying that the Tartar soldiers and horses would inevitably enter Shandong from Dezhou, and mobilize my Shandong soldiers and horses to concentrate in Dezhou to defend the palace, how could the Tartars take advantage of the loophole in Linqing!"

"If it weren't for the incompetence of the eunuchs of the prison army, tens of thousands of soldiers scattered overnight, and General Li waved his army north to meet the soldiers and horses of the Qin kings of the imperial court, and it was not impossible to annihilate the Tartars."

"If it weren't for the military department Shangshu mobilizing the surrounding soldiers and horses, how could the children of Qilu let the Tartars break Jinan City and kidnap the relatives and more than 100,000 people!"

"Even so, the soldiers of the Jiaozhou battalion are still in the starry night, fighting desperately, defeating most of the Tartar soldiers and horses, cutting more than 720, most of the Tartars retreated hundreds of miles, and escaped from our Shandong, although the area around Jinan City was seriously damaged, but the remaining five prefectures in Shandong were safe and sound."

Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong, and Liu Yuanbin, the eunuch of the supervising army, have already sketched a situation map in which the soldiers and horses from all over Shandong, under the planning of the governor and the supervising army, overcame the difficulties of the chaotic command of the imperial court, and forcefully maneuvered to expel the Tartars from Shandong.

In the end, the governor and the superintendent are the people who have been in the center for a long time, and this official article is extremely smooth to do, and the responsibility is basically shirked. In the end, it became a situation where although there were small mistakes, but there were great achievements, but the two of them were happy, but their heads were still sober, knowing that no matter how they planned, this matter still needed Li Meng's cooperation, and the credit was Li Meng's, and whether or not he was willing to share the credit was also Li Meng's own decision.

After saying a few words, the two turned their heads to look at Li Meng, hoping for a response from there, and Li Meng was drinking tea slowly at this time. But thinking about things that had nothing to do with what was in front of him, he lowered his head and was a little distracted, and after a while, he was awakened by the silence in the room, and when he looked up, he happened to be staring at the two of them.

Fortunately, Li Meng, the impassioned "commentary" of the governor and the supervising army, also listened to a lot, reacted quickly, and hesitated slightly. He opened his mouth and said with a smile:

"Ben Jiang was able to have such a great victory, and it was not thanks to the wise command of the governor Yan and the supervisor Liu Gonggong, and this matter must have been written in the recital that Ben Jiang wrote to the imperial court. Ben is really grateful! ”

Heard Li Meng say this. Although the two of them were not as ecstatic as they had just heard how many levels they had slashed, they still let out a long breath, and the two of them were foaming at the mouth. said elatedly, but without the empirical evidence and rank of the military general, everything is useless.

Ping Su looked at Li Meng as an incomparably powerful general, but he didn't expect to be so informed and interested in such a thing, and Governor Yan Jizu relaxed a lot. Lin Lei turned around and walked to his seat, and said with a smile:

"General Li has made such a great contribution this time, and this general rank should not be able to run."

Liu Yuanbin, who was on the side, laughed sharply and said:

"According to the rules of this dynasty, in addition to this general soldier, how can there be a title of Zuo Du Governor, and it may not be impossible to be knighted."

Li Meng heard this. He thanked again with a fist:

"The future of the last general is rich. It's really up to the two adults. ”

There was a sense of harmony in the hall, and the three of them looked at each other and smiled. This chief military officer, the title of Zuo Dudu, is not rare among the generals in Shandong, even Li Meng, I remember that there is a person who is this official position - that is, Liu Zeqing, the chief soldier of Caozhou, that Liu Zeqing took the lead in attacking Dengzhou City during the Kong Youde Rebellion, and was rewarded with this title by the imperial court.

In other words, if there was no recommendation from the governor and the supervising army, Li Meng, who was already a general, could also achieve such a position, and it would be even higher.

However, Li Meng did not break it, no one else could take away the military merits, the governor and the supervisor were just to share some of the credit for leading the army and monitoring, so as to reduce their own responsibility, after this matter was done, it was equivalent to having a handle in Li Meng's hands, if the governor and the eunuch of the prison army were preserved in the future, I am afraid that they would have to bow their heads to Li Meng for the rest of their lives, and the benefits of this would be better than coming to a newcomer who did not know the details as a governor in Shandong.

Governor Yan Jizu was indeed a little excited today, and Li Meng agreed to this matter, even if he pretended, he had to pretend not to treat Li Meng as an outsider, and directly gossiped:

"And now the news of the Jingshi has also come, and the officials are going towards the center like snowflakes, all of them are impeaching Yang Sichang for misleading the country, and Gao Qi sneaked into the battle to escape, this Yang Pavilion Department is really amazing, it is actually as stable as a mountain, and it can't be shaken, but Gao Qiqian was imprisoned!"

The eunuch Liu Yuanbin patted his thigh, as if he remembered something, and said:

"Our family sent people to Beijing to carry out activities, but someone sent a message back, saying that Yang Sichang killed two people in order to let the soldiers below say that Lu Xiangsheng was not dead, and the emperor did not blame him for anything, but Yang Sichang, the old man, said that Lu Xiangsheng attacked the enemy lightly and died of greed for merit."

Yan Jizu's face was also a little ugly, and he said without saying anything:

"The ...... of today If you believe anyone, you have to believe it to the end, even if we hand over the fold this time, if Yang Sichang speaks, he will definitely not believe us, our letter is about this, it's not ......"

Liu Yuanbin, the eunuch of the prison army, also sank, Li Meng's emotional changes about these two people, some of them can understand what they are talking about, and some of them are half-understood, but they also understand that they are talking about the current Chongzhen Emperor, which can be regarded as not treating themselves as outsiders, but these officialdom skills don't need to worry about themselves at the moment, and listening to how these two people solve it, maybe it is also a rare experience for themselves.

"Our family doesn't go through the six levels, and the prince of the ceremonial supervisor is also considered to be the mentor of our family, and the excerpt is handed over, and several familiar people of the Imperial Horse Supervisor helped Guan Shuoguan to say, it would be better for Lord Yan's excerpt to be a circumstantial evidence."

After being quiet for a while, the supervisor Liu Yuanbin said these words in a deep voice, but in Li Meng's eyes, the governor Yan Jizu seemed to have been waiting for these words for a long time, Yan Jizu has been in the center for many years, and the officials have given him a stupid position in the matter, how could he not understand these tricks, but Liu Yuanbin, the eunuch of the Jianjun Army, is not a fool, how can he be so obediently called as a gun, although the two are now sharing honor and disgrace.

Sure enough, the eunuch Liu Yuanbin spoke next:

"Say a thousand and ten thousand, you can't do things without money these years, how can this matter cost 20,000, our family sent people to Beijing some time ago to carry out activities, it has already cost a lot, this time it can only be 5,000 taels, and the rest will be raised by the governor!"

Li Meng was really a little dumbfounded, he never thought that in the end, it would be money, I thought that there would be many tricks in this political struggle, who would have thought that today he would also say two things, one is the relationship, the other is silver, this layer of window paper is really thin!

Hearing the number of fifteen thousand taels, Yan Jizu hesitated, then nodded and said:

"Without further ado, the money can be collected at any time, you and I will write out this document and the like first, so as not to be started first."

The eunuch Liu Yuanbin sneered and said:

"I'm afraid it's already been done, let's see if we can get it back."

It wasn't too interesting to look at it again, Li Meng stood up directly, hugged his fists and said:

"If there is nothing to do, the last general will retire first, if the two adults are in need, go directly to the last general to inform them, and the last general will do so, and then leave."

When the two people who were still there with low faces heard Li Meng say this, they both smiled and agreed:

Li Counsellor please take care of yourself, if you have something to do, you will naturally find your side, and ask Counsellor Li to respond more, Li Meng nodded and didn't say anything more, walked straight out, watched Li Meng walk down the lobby, Governor Yan Jizu has been staring, after Li Meng left the yamen, Yan Jizu hesitated and said:

"This official is also knowledgeable, and he has really seen a lot of generals, Li Meng is really the first, how do you feel like a martial artist of my Ming Dynasty, strange, strange......"

Liu Yuanbin below said impatiently:

"When is this coming, it's the right thing to write a fold and make up the money quickly, no matter what he does, then Li Meng is willing to help you and me, this is a great luck, what else does it matter."

As soon as Li Meng came out of the Zhizhou Yamen, his own soldiers directly led the horse over, and after Li Meng got on the horse, he asked in a deep voice:

"Where are Qiu Lei and his soldiers and horses stationed, have you already inquired about it?"

The soldiers under the horse whispered back:

"It's all been inquired clearly, just on the three streets north of the city, there were originally more than 2,000 people entering the city, and the city gate has been open for several hours every day in the past few days, and people have been fleeing, and now there are less than 1,500 people."

Li Meng nodded, opened his mouth and commanded:

"Let Chen Liu lead another 2,000 people into the city, and all the city gates must be garrisoned by the Jiaozhou battalion, I will use the Indian troops, wait for Chen Liu to enter the city, let him come to me, go and do it!"

The soldiers under the horse got the order, and hurriedly got on the horse and ran away, out of the city to mobilize the generals, Li Meng under the escort of the rest of the soldiers, returned to his house to rest and wait, after the Tartar soldiers crossed, the city could not retreat, and the Shandong general soldier Qiu Lei, who fled all the way, was extremely despised by the civilians in Dezhou City.

This kind of emotion, even with the Jiaozhou battalion is also treated coldly, fortunately, when stationed in Dezhou, the killing of the beasts that plagued Ci'an was very happy, this is a little kind, looking at the incompetence of the imperial court soldiers and horses, even the people are not afraid.

Speaking of which, this is still the first month of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, and it should be a time of jubilation, but the city can not see this "joy" at all, and in the afternoon of the same day, Chen Liu led two thousand soldiers of the Jiaozhou battalion into the city, which added a bit of slaughter.