"Dashuai, see you Kong Si, the prince of Qufu Yan's Holy Mansion!"

With the spread outside the door, Li Meng and Kong Sande, who were sitting in a house outside the manor outside Ningyang County, looked at each other, and after entering the territory of Yanzhou, from the territory of the government to Ningyang County, officials of all sizes in Yanzhou Mansion came to ask for a meeting, and the two sides were hypocritically polite......

To be treated politely by Li Meng, these Yanzhou magistrates who have been indifferent for a long time are already happy, although the Southern Expedition has the confidence of victory, but in the show off of force to calm the people's colleagues, these useless magistrates still have to deal with it, so as not to cause trouble when they get it.

When he was in Fujing, after finishing these polite scenes, Li Meng was already preparing to start resting his troops on the next journey and go all out to the south.

The weather in the north is cold, but the Jining section can still be used as a passage for the army, and the person in charge of the Yanzhou Army Zhangjiang and Lingshan Commercial Bank in Yanzhou Mansion has come to report almost three times a day on the preparation of ships in Jining Prefecture.

The movement of the soldiers and horses of the Jinan battalion put a lot of pressure on the Li and Luo coalition forces in Henan, and the news in the early stage had already made them dare not go too far to the east after they conquered Ruzhou, so they had to march south. However, the Fifth Battalion of the Revolutionary Left in Nanzhili and the officers and soldiers strangled each other, and this situation was not only Li Meng's heart, but even the army of displaced people felt that this was a good opportunity to go down in one go, but it was not a few days after observing the situation.

Li Meng personally led the army south, at present, although Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai are afraid of the Shandong soldiers and horses, they are not afraid, but at present, the army of displaced people and the Shandong soldiers and horses have their own active territory, and there is no need to die when they are strong.

At this time, seeing the movements of the Jiaozhou battalion, whether it was aimed at themselves or not, the Li and Luo coalition forces still avoided its sharpness. Turning to Nanyang Mansion, the current Li and Luo coalition army is no longer the rabble of those days, wandering around and looting, but wants to establish political power and build a country.

Several times wanted to besiege Kaifeng. In fact, they all want this big city to be the core of the capital and operate the Central Plains, but Kaifeng City is because of the Yellow River. It is always easy to get the assistance of Shandong soldiers and horses, and because of this attack on the opening of the seal, the Jiaozhou battalion has really suffered a big loss. In desperation, I can only give up.

The geographical location and scale of Luoyang City are not enough to be the capital, Ruzhou is also the location of Ruyang City, and the officers and soldiers are quite resolute in resisting here, although they are still defeated in the end, but they have caused great damage to the city, and they are not in the scope of consideration.

Go to Nanyang Mansion. But because there is still a choice there, known as Xiangyang City, the world's male city, whether it is from the scale of the city, or from the geographical location, Xiangyang is very suitable for the construction of the capital, and there is a good advantage at present, it is far away from Shandong, and it has avoided a lot of trouble.

After making this decision. The combined forces of Li and Luo began to turn to Nanyang Mansion, and after clearing that area, they prepared to go south to Huguang and take Xiangyang directly.

At this time, Zhang Xianzhong, the eighth king, also led his troops to rush left and right in Huguang, and the officers and soldiers could not resist, and they were very majestic, but. This Li Zicheng and Luo Ru came over. Zhang Xianzhong has no place to live again.

It's just that the actions of the exile army objectively made the Fifth Battalion of the Revolution in Fengyang Mansion in Nanzhili more and more determined. They have now become a lone army, whether it is the troops of Li and Luo or the troops of the Eight Kings Zhang Xianzhong, they are far away from the Shouzhou area, and now there is no other way out except to follow the Jiaozhou camp with all their hearts.

The Huaiyang Army's help to the 5th Battalion of the Revolution only made the twelve-pound general cannon show its side and blasted away Liu Liangzuo's fortifications, of course, this sudden powerful weapon, the surprise and psychological shock, still made the entire Liu Liangzuo Department collapse, and Huama Liu ran back to Shouzhou with less than a thousand people.

Such a big victory was achieved, but the Huaiyang army did not have any idea of expanding this victory by its own advantages, and in the subsequent battle, the Huaiyang army did not participate.

At this time, the 5th Battalion of the Left Revolution had already had an advantage over the officers and men of Nanzhili, but it was not a decisive advantage, and every day they rushed and attacked several cities around the officers and soldiers in the garrison, but the officers and men who were huddled at a few points were in a group, but the local resistance was strengthened.

In particular, Lu Jiude managed the army well, and Huang Degong was also a fierce general, and the Fifth Battalion of the Left Wing wanted to take down the other party in one go, but it still suffered a lot of losses, and no progress was made.

However, the urging of the Huaiyang army behind them was close, and for a while, the high-level leaders of the 5th Battalion of the Revolutionary Left knew about the surrender and thought that the Huaiyang army was going to drive them to fight with the officers and soldiers, and both sides would be defeated. However, the battle went on like this, but it was not what they thought now, and the Huaiyang army was always controlling the progress of the battle, often stopping and fighting.

The purpose is to make this battle stalemate, not to have a result so quickly, more precisely, not to end this battle before Li Meng arrives.

Turning back to Ningyang County, Shandong, the war machine of the Jiaozhou battalion is gradually increasing, and there are its own laws and supervisions everywhere, and there are really not many places that need Li Meng's attention, but there are some civil affairs things that need to be taken care of, such as the card collection of taxes on Caoyun.

Today's Kong Sande came to report this matter, the original Kong Sande and Li Mengna are friends of the same generation, talking and laughing with each other, and now there is a difference between superiors and subordinates, Li Meng often regrets that he has lost a friend, but Kong Sande is grateful for it.

"In the days when the marshal set off, several taxmen who were greedy for ink and gold had been beheaded to the public, which can be regarded as adding some blood to the marshal's expedition, auspicious omen, auspicious omen!!"

Kong Sande is very good at talking, although he has become Li Meng's subordinate, but he is relatively open, his subordinates are always the kind of people who do things with a straight face, and it is not good to have such a laughing and angry living treasure is also a pistachio, not to mention the previous friendship, Li Meng doesn't want to be too strict, just do things.

"Caoyun will be frozen in about half a month, Zhou Tongzhi and Master Ning will send someone to jointly check the accounts, you don't have to think about anything, this is a routine procedure."

Li Meng said with a smile, and the two sides said easily. However, in September and October, there were reports that some tax collectors in the Treasury Bureau had taken bribes and deliberately underestimated the value of passing ships to enrich their own pockets. After the leaders of the Jiaozhou battalion in Yanzhou Mansion summed up, they decided to confiscate the income from the greedy ink, and the dozens of sticks were over.

Every day, money comes in like flowing water. It is unlikely that you want to have unwet shoes by the river, and some small things, everyone is ready to turn a blind eye to the past. Who would have thought that the proclamation reported on Li Meng's side in Jinan, and the instructions given were "This wind cannot last, the crime is killed, and the family is a Tuntian household." Deal with it strictly. ”

Seeing this murderous proclamation, everyone in Yanzhou was in a cold sweat, but they didn't expect Li Meng to be so angry about such a thing.

For Li Meng, the income from collecting money from the Lijin Bureau is already very high, and this is enough. If you are not satisfied, then don't do it, if you want to be greedy for ink, waiting for them can only kill their heads and rob their homes.

Li Meng knew that giving a high salary and strictly punishing the system might have an effect in the short term, but in the long run. This greedy practice still can't be stopped.

However, the irreversible process does not mean that Li Meng's side will do nothing, he still has to do his best to keep the bureau as clean and efficient as possible.

Listening to Li Meng's understatement about the account check, although Kong Sande was grinning on his face, he saw sweat on his forehead, and he couldn't help but take out a handkerchief from his arms and wipe it. Li Meng glanced at him. asked indifferently:

"Sande, could it be that you are also involved in this?"

That's a question. Frightened, Kong Sande straightened up and waved his hand repeatedly, and said hurriedly:

"Da Shuai, you know the small family business, Da Shuai, your grace has made the small one do the supervision of this Li Jin Bureau, if the villain controls the northern section of this Caoyun, it will be inexhaustible to do some business, why bother reaching out to make such hot black money, it's just ......"

He spoke a little slurred, looked at Li Mengdi's expression, and simply gritted his teeth and said:

"Don't hide it from the marshal, many people are going to lose their heads again if they don't do well in this audit, and it's all because of the villain's poor supervision, so that there are so many leaks below."

Li Meng shook his head and said coldly:

"I'll say a word to you this time, and I won't say it again in the future, this money thing is the most devastating, and if you relax it in the slightest, it will become out of control in the end, especially in a place like the Lijin Bureau, where money is made out of thin air, if you don't strictly manage and investigate, and wait until it collapses in the future, then everything will be stopped. This time, Ben Shuai will give you a promise first, no matter what you find out below, as long as you are not involved, then you will be safe, next time...... But there's no next time. ”

Hearing Li Meng's words, Kong Sande's brain teaser was in a hurry, he swallowed and spit, and finally decided that he was not involved, hurriedly left his seat, knelt in front of Li Meng, and said:

"The villain thanks the grace of the marshal."

"Get up, these words are not aimed at you, I heard that you are working hard in the Lijin Bureau, and everyone has lost 20 catties, and I also see your hard work, this Lijin Bureau is not only to collect the silver, but also to manage your people well, which can be regarded as meritorious."

Kong Sande kowtowed a few times on the ground, thanked him again, and then returned to his seat. Fang Cai's words, Li Meng was soothing a few words, Kong Sande also got off the donkey, and quickly recovered his smiling face, but at this time, the atmosphere was not as active as just now.

Quietly, Kong Sande took out a box from his arms and said with a smile:

"The villain heard that the handsome family is going to add Dingkou, and he can't congratulate him in person, it's really rude to say, the villain has prepared a gift to give to the handsome, and also add some blessings to the future."

The blessing of Li Meng's unborn child was just the right amount of flattery, Li Meng also took the box with great interest, and when he opened it, it was a silver lock, and Kong Sande on the side said with a smile:

"This is the long-lived lock that Zhang Zhenren of Longhu Mountain has done the magic thing, it is very effective, it should have been engraved on the lock with the word "wealthy", but the villain thought about it, the handsome family, that will be rich and noble in the future, and it is best to enjoy a long life, and the rest must be indispensable, and it looks tacky to engrave it. Li Meng was very happy when he said this, and the slightly embarrassing atmosphere in the room because of Fang Cai's words became relaxed, but Kong Sande knew in his heart that Li Meng was not joking.

Li Meng looked at this silver lock over and over again, the style was very simple, but it was obviously made by a master craftsman, Kong Sande on the side added with a smile:

"Zhang Tianshi easily does not do such a ritual. Or the villain used to worship a lot of filial piety, this is through the layers of relationships to get such a one, but the eldest prince was delayed, so it was simply for the second lady. ”

Speaking of which, the Kong family pays attention to not talking about ghosts and gods, and this Heavenly Master is a master who pretends to be a god and a ghost. Kong Sande actually has such a deep relationship with the Zhang family in Longhu Mountain, which really makes people laugh and cry.

While the two were talking, someone outside was loudly transmitting. No one expected that it would be people from the Confucius Mansion in Qufu who came to visit, and Li Meng and Kong Sande were stunned there.

In addition to selling high-priced private salt to the Confucian government, the land boundary was cleared a few days ago. Almost from the land occupied by the Confucian Mansion, two percent were forcibly dug up, which is quite a huge amount, anyway, both sides have already torn their faces, since the Confucian Mansion has already done the work of instigating Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the military department, to deal with the soldiers and horses in Shandong. Then Li Meng's side doesn't have to worry about the inheritance of saints and the face of the Holy Mansion.

The Confucian Mansion suffered such a large loss, so it was natural to sue everywhere. I thought that with the influence of the Confucian Mansion, I could turn this matter around, but I didn't expect that this time the Jiaozhou battalion was a dead hand, although the elimination was too eye-catching, the blockade could still be done easily, and at the moment, the Confucian Mansion didn't want to send a letter out of Qufu.

And this situation is also very different from that year, these days, the world is full of chaos, all counting on the Jiaozhou battalion to extinguish the fire. Who would pay attention to the Yansheng Mansion, it was just a decoration in the Taiping period.

When the land boundary was cleared, the overall situation of the land was not basically determined this time, and the army marched south, but the local officials still stood firmly on the side of the Jiaozhou battalion, and the order to clean up the land boundary was handed down by the political envoy, and the standard procedure was followed. No one can find fault with it in legal theory.

High-priced salt peels. Cleaning up the land boundary and cutting meat, the Confucian Mansion was tossed very miserably by Li Meng's policies. It is said that the two sides are already in a mutually incompatible relationship, not to mention that the current Ming Emperor is still there, and orthodoxy is still in the Zhu family.

No matter how confused and mediocre Confucius is, he must draw a clear line, otherwise Confucius's spirit and righteousness will become a joke.

However, in the last days, morality is declining, and there are many bizarre things that Li Meng can't think of, and this Confucian Mansion is really the same as the magistrate, and he took the initiative to come to the door.

Kong Sili, the son of Yan Shenggong, this is the next generation of Yan Shenggong, the first heir of Confucius, let him come, this is tantamount to Confucius slamming his head on the ground and completely surrendering, Li Meng and Kong Sande were slightly stunned, Li Meng opened his mouth and said:

"Please let him in!!"

Kong Sande, who was sitting on the side, did not come back from the surprise, in his consistent understanding, Confucius has always regarded himself as extremely high, and does not bow to secular officials other than the emperor at all, and is not afraid of any change of dynasty, because the emperors of all dynasties need the support of scholars, and they must put Confucius Mansion as a symbol in a high position.

What's more, I don't know how much the Jiaozhou camp has done against Confucius during this time, it is all bloody means, according to Kong Sande's thoughts, Confucius must hate this Li Meng, he is still a little worried, thinking that this Confucius Mansion is always a signboard, according to Li Meng's exhibition, there will always be a day when Confucius will be needed in the future, and now the relationship is so stiff, it will be a little troublesome in the future.

Who would have thought that the Confucian Mansion would be completely shameless and go directly to the door to ask for a meeting......

This Kong heir ceremony is also tall and straight, dignified appearance, it is a first-class rich family, so many years of raising, there is indeed a kind of temperament of a handsome son, entering the house is immediately attracted people's attention to the past.

Kong Sande was not confused by the appearance and temperament of this Kong Sili, this Kong Sili is also a morally corrupt person in private, greedy for money and lustful, I don't know how many people have been ruined in the struggle in the Confucian Mansion, as for the article Jingyi, it is a mess, it is said that the clan will be written, and when there is a typo, the standard embroidered pillow, this Kong Sili's ability is in the drill camp conspiracy, those elders in the Confucian Mansion are coaxed by him to obey, those competitions are all knocked down, treat people and things externally, I don't know, I thought this Kong Sili was such an outstanding talent.

After entering the door, Kong Sili first nodded at Kong Sande, stood in front of Li Meng, hesitated slightly, but still knelt down on his knees, and said:

"The lower officials see the marshal. I wish the marshal a successful and victorious expedition. ”

The son of Yan Shenggong also has a knighthood, and it is said that in front of a military general of Li Meng's status, at most, he will meet each other in a peaceful manner, and there is no reason to kneel.

But this Kong Si Li was extremely respectful, and the etiquette used was no worse than those of those state and county officials. The posture was extremely low, and Kong Sande sat on the side, stunned. Completely confused.

"The son of the world has come from afar, sit down!"

Although the Jiaozhou battalion and Confucius are fighting fiercely with each other, they are now choking Confucius's neck. But all this is done in the name of the official, and the two sides have to smile and be polite when they meet, which is called politics.

Kong Sili still knelt there and said respectfully:

"In front of the marshal, there is a place where the lower officials sit...... The lower official came this time, but there was something to ask the marshal to answer! ”

This attitude is really completely servile, and it is said that Confucius is the holy land of Confucianism. The inheritance of Confucius's lineage, all dynasties and dynasties have to put him in a very high position, otherwise he is the enemy of the world, and the spiritual inheritance of thousands of years makes people feel that it is a sacred place and a sacred family.

However, in the inheritance of Confucius for so many years, it has long lost its spiritual and academic significance, and he is at best a pretense for an emperor. It's just a nobleman who has been inherited for a long time.

Such aristocrats are no different from the local wealthy families, and they are ready to bow to Qiang at any time for the sake of their family's inheritance.

Originally, Li Meng's Confucian Mansion was still a trouble for him, and he would have to use various means to solve it in the future, who would have thought that the other party would be so easy to be soft, since the other party was polite, Li Meng was not good at being too blunt. I had to smile and say:

"The Yansheng Mansion is so high. I don't know what else to let Ben Shuai do, I'm really flattered. Even if it is, Ben Shuai will try his best to help! ”

If you say this, you will definitely not be comfortable with a gun, but Kong Sili's face is as usual, and he said with a smile on the ground:

"Dashuai, the Confucian Mansion has a large population, and the consumption of salt is very expensive, I want to buy a batch with Dashuai at a higher price, and I hope that Dashuai will agree, and I am grateful to the whole house."

After saying this, everyone in the house was stunned, and now the unit price of salt land sold to Confucius is several times more expensive than other places in Shandong, because of this salt, Confucius died many domestic servants Dingkou, and for this salt, he also instigated Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the military department, to frame Shandong, in a sense, because of this salt, the matter of peace was leaked, and Chen Xinjia was imprisoned and died.

Who would have thought that today, but heard that the prince of Confucius Mansion came over and said that he was willing to buy it at a higher price, this is a naked surrender gesture, and it is really a Confucian Mansion Gaomen, who is so careful about proportionality in doing things, not saying that he is wrong, and is willing to bow his head, but in a different way, he is willing to buy high-priced salt.

Now the price of salt is increased again, the price is really incredible, but it shows a posture of Confucius, willing to obey the disposal of the marshal, the former contradictions, Confucius is willing to spend money to help pay, spend money to buy peace, buy a reconciliation.

The change of Confucius Mansion is not due to the fluctuating changes caused by Li Meng's appearance in this history, even in real history, Confucius Mansion has never been synonymous with loyalty.

Let's not talk about the change of the Han dynasty, from the Wuhu and Sixteen Kingdoms to the Jin State and the Mengyuan Dynasty, these alien barbarians lived in the Central Plains of China, and never saw any action from the Confucian Mansion.

And in the real history, the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs and then won the world, Confucius was obediently shaved and easy to serve, Confucius talked about the Huayi debate, Confucianism talked about sacrificing life for righteousness, and the way of loyalty and righteousness, no one mentioned it, what is righteousness, and it is true to keep the wealth inherited for thousands of years.

Kong Sili was there respectfully waiting for Li Meng's reply, but Li Meng suddenly felt bored and said indifferently:

"I promised to do this, and someone will ask you to handle it."

Kong Sili didn't expect things to be so easy, his face was full of joyful expressions, since the other party had received the money, he would naturally not continue to make trouble, and his own family could be safe, Kong Sili knew that everything had to be done slowly, and he didn't want to stay here to say more, and he had to go down after the salute.

When Kong Sili walked out of the room, Kong Sande, who had been sitting on the side, took a bite and muttered:

"The poor little one has been fooled for so many years, what the big man said is right, such a big shelf in the Confucian Mansion is just a paper tiger!"

As soon as he finished saying this, Kong Sili actually turned back to the hall, first confessed to Li Meng, and then said with a smile to Kong Sande, who was sitting there without knowing why:

"Third brother, you have made great achievements in running the Wenru Commercial Bank for so many years, and several elders in the Yansheng Gong and the clan have decided that it is more appropriate for you to run the business, and several stewards of the commercial bank are waiting in the third brother's mansion."

It was natural to finish the words calmly, and then he left again, Li Meng sat in the hall and smiled silently, but Kong Sande was stunned and didn't know what to say, after a long time, there was a burst of laughter from Kong Sande in the hall, and he didn't care about any rudeness.

"Dashuai, Sande has worked hard for nearly 20 years, and he is actually working for such an empty shelf, it is really, really ......"

There was a lot of sighing between the words, this Kong Sande was in the Confucian Mansion, and his eyes were already dazzled by this aura, thinking that this was a thousand-year-old immortal, extremely powerful sage mansion, and he was extremely confident in this, and when he was driven out by the Confucian Mansion, he was disheartened for a while, even if he was invited by Li Meng to come here to be the supervisor of the Lijin Bureau, but he always regretted this matter in his heart. Today, I saw this Kong Sili kneeling in front of him, but he was sitting upright, this Yansheng Gongzi, who had seen himself even unwilling to call anything on weekdays, spoke politely and with an honorific title. In an instant, something collapsed in Kong Sande's heart, and he only felt that he was quite worthless.

After a slight gaffe, Kong Sande got up from the chair, knelt on the ground again, and said solemnly:

"Da Shuai, the villain will go back to Jining Prefecture, re-sort out the top and bottom of the Li Jin Bureau, and be a good housekeeper for Da Shuai!"

Li Meng can see that Kong Sande's state of mind may have undergone some changes, the last trace of concern and knot for Confucius Mansion has disappeared, and the current Kong Sande is the person who has completely become the Jiaozhou camp.

In fact, although the income of the Li Jin Bureau is considerable, it is not absolute for Li Meng's income, and in Zhaoyuan County, Dengzhou Prefecture, the income growth of gold mines can be said to be jaw-dropping in terms of both absolute quantity and magnitude.

The reason why we are so concerned about the greed and efficiency of the gold bureau is because the peace in Shandong has gradually bred and various other shortcomings in the civil and official system, and we must use this reason to rectify it, so that this group can become clean and efficient again, and the Jiaozhou battalion is not qualified to make the same mistakes as the Ming officialdom.

On the border between Yanzhou and Jinan, and after Ningyang County received the eunuchs and magnates of Yanzhou Mansion, it was already October 29. The armed march of the Jiaozhou battalion army in Shandong can be regarded as coming to an end, and from the departure of the army to this time, it has given enough time to all the characters and forces in Shandong who have not yet judged and understood the situation.

There are several governors of the prefecture and county who have not indicated anything, and they are now under residential surveillance by armed salt ding.

"It's so weird, it's been cloudy for so many days, and I don't know what to hold if it doesn't rain or snow?"

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