Chapter 519: Response: Help you go up the coal mountain

Everything in Shandong in Layue is full of joy, if there is anything bad, it is that the old eunuch Liu Fulai was infected with a cold and fell ill.

Originally, he didn't interfere too much in Shandong's government affairs, but the army went out to Henan, and Linqingzhou made such a mess, the old eunuch is a person who has seen a big scene, and he also knows that at such a sensitive time, if he is not careful, it will be a tragedy of losing everything.

It was inevitable that Liu Fulai would be strong again, and he came out to rectify the detailed affairs of the Qingcha Division, picked up the experience of the yamen of Dongchang and Jinyiwei that he had seen in the palace in the past, and began to guard against and search for the rebellion of the cult.

The scale of the Jing sect master's troubles was not too large, that is, Linqingzhou tossed up, and the rest of the places were wiped out by the local armed forces when they were launched, but the old man's health was not good, and after doing this, there was news of a big victory in Henan.

The fatigue of affairs and the sudden relaxation made Liu Fulai's body a little unbearable, and the weather became cold, and he didn't know what, so he contracted the wind cold.

In the midst of the hustle and bustle, Li Meng wants to come to see it, the old eunuch Liu Fulai always sighs that he has accumulated virtue in his previous life, he is a blessed person, Li Meng has such a high position, and he has no blood relationship, but what he does is a little stronger than the children and nephews of ordinary people.

On the thirteenth day of the lunar month, Chen Liu's side of the Central Plains Army in Henan sent a military report, Xinye was occupied by Chen Liu without any suspense, and Li Meng's side allowed the Central Plains Army to recruit 15,000 troops after a good deal, and Li Xianfeng, the governor of Henan, was responsible for this matter, and the chaos in Henan quickly stabilized.

At present, the Shun army troops on the Huguang side are desperately pulling troops and horses from everywhere, and there is no movement for a while, and the main task of the Jiaozhou battalion in Henan is not to fight with the Shun army, but to those heroes who have been standing in the mountains for a long time, and they no longer understand how to distinguish the situation.

Some people also feel that they also have power in their hands, why should they let Shandong take it so easily, and protect their territory from being invaded by outsiders.

To deal with such a person, Chen Liu's methods were not soft or merciful, he directly sent troops to exterminate them, and after the blood of the killings flowed into a river, many people also understood the importance of the stakes and were able to see the situation very clearly.

The local Li people were originally quite afraid of the army from Shandong, thinking that these people would be like Zuo Liangyu's men and horses in the past, and the people were miserable and brutal compared to bandits.

However, after the arrival of the Jiaozhou battalion army, they will generally follow a group of officials to organize the people in the local area to prepare for next year's production and farming, and there are more or less relief materials and food.

The current battle between the Shun army and the Jiaozhou battalion did not cause much damage to the locality, and the military tun that was originally set up by the Shun army could be directly applied with a little transformation in Shandong, and the Shun army was originally in the control area of Henan to stabilize the people and maintain the people's livelihood, so it was not a broken situation and the Jiaozhou battalion was easy to transform.

What makes people speechless is the area from Tongguan to Ruzhou, that is, the area where the Ming army walked through from Tongguan into Henan, where it passed, it really seemed to be a razor, everything became scorched earth, and there was not even any youth and strength in the place, and it was completely destroyed.

In such a place, the personnel of the Tuntian system of the Jiaozhou battalion stomped their feet and scolded their mothers, and said in their hearts that you are still a soldier and horse of the imperial court, how to do such a desperate household, if you want to restore such a place, I am afraid that you can only immigrate from other places, after consulting Chen Liu and Li Xianfeng, do a good job of measuring in the local area, and help the old, weak, sick and disabled as much as possible, and wait for the next step of processing.

As long as the people's lives can be maintained, they will not risk their lives to make trouble, and the local area will slowly settle down.

However, Henan is vast, and now it is the time when the rivers are frozen, and a lot of relief materials cannot be transported in Kaifeng Mansion and Guide Mansion and the north of Nanzhili, and many old, weak, sick and disabled people still inevitably die of freezing and starvation, which is also a helpless thing, and I am afraid that I can only blame being born in this troubled world.

The news of Li Meng's victory gradually spread, and everyone in the world was silent, what this meant, everyone knew in their hearts, but this thing came too suddenly, and everyone wanted to decide where to go, and they might not be able to make a decision and make a statement in a short time.

Shandong's glorious victory, shocking the world, in Huguang and Jiangxi but there was a laughable war situation, the thief general Zuo Liangyu, the court has added his title to the Marquis of Ningnan, looking at this is not much power that the court can rely on, you know, in the history of Li Meng, Zuo Liangyu became the largest warlord in the Southern Ming Dynasty, and the title is just Ning Nanbo, with the tradition of the Ming court's stinginess and reward, this is already a rare high position.

Ningnan Hou Zuo Liangyu has more than 200,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, most of which are formed by the peasant army and bandits and scoundrels who have been recruited from all over the country, and they have no combat effectiveness at all.

His army must not be confined to Wuchang and Huangzhou, and he is also thinking about expanding his territory, trying to attack Xianning County in the middle of Wuchang Prefecture, because of the carelessness of the Shun army, it was captured by Wu Xueli, a general under Zuo Liangyu, according to the records of the Ming court, this is considered a recovery.

But in the local annals of Xianning County, the city was the most miserable moment since the establishment of Xianning County, Zuo Liangyubu burned and looted the whole city, rape and plunder, and a large number of people fled into the nearby villages and towns.

General Li Guo and General Gao Yigong stayed in Xiangyang to be responsible for the safety of the rear, and seeing Zuo Liangyu's reckless move, they also had to make a resolute counterattack.

De'an Mansion De'an garrison Zhang Nai in the Shun army after breaking through the De'an Mansion to lead the surrender of the city, was named General Guoyi, this time the Shun army is Zhang Nai's sent out, led 10,000 soldiers, Zhang Nai still has an official reputation in De'an Mansion, good discipline, after joining the Shun army, the soldiers and horses under his command are thousands more than before.

He led the troops to attack, Wu Xueli didn't take him seriously at all, everyone was born as a Ming general, and there would be no difference in combat effectiveness at all, it was won by the number of soldiers.

Unexpectedly, in the first battle between the two sides in front of the gate of Xianning County, Wu Xueli's troops were defeated and lost, and they didn't even have time to return to the city, so they fled in embarrassment.

The Shun army's Guoyi general Zhang Nai really had a bit of sharpness, led the army to pursue directly, Zuo Liangyu had a total of more than 60,000 soldiers and horses along the road, this Zhang Nai waved his troops straight forward, and these Zuo Liangyu's soldiers and horses were scattered, and even Zuo Liangyu in Wuchang was unstable, and all the belongings and soldiers and horses were moved and put on, ready to turn to Jiujiang at any time.

Ningnan Hou Zuo Liangyu has more than 200,000 soldiers and horses, and Zhang Nai's more than 10,000 soldiers are actually such a result, and the so-called reliance of the Ming court is extremely ridiculous.

With the news of Li Meng's victory, one positive and one negative is even more illustrative, Li Meng's victory is the first-class elite of the Shun army, and Zhang Nai's is just a second-rate army of the Shun army, and the Ming court also regards Zuo Liangyu as a first-class elite soldier, which compares with each other, but compares the strength and weakness.

In September and October, Sun Kewang broke through Changde, Liu Wenxiu broke through Baoqing, Zhang Xianzhong led his army to Changsha, and the local Ming army in Hunan and Jiangxi desperately resisted, and barely fought near Changsha.

At the beginning of November, the victory was great, and on the way back in November, the news began to spread all over the world, and around the tenth day of the lunar month, congratulatory letters from all over the country flew like snowflakes.

Relatively familiar forces, after Fang Yingren, the second elder of the Fang family, returned to Yangzhou from Xuzhou, he set off with a generous gift of more than 100,000 taels, and prepared to do the New Year's festival ceremony, and secondly, to congratulate the Jiaozhou camp on its victory, and this time he came to Jinan City, he has already handed over the position of Yangzhou Mansion Tongzhi, he is ready to stay in Jinan to see the style, if there is anything to do, just in it for his own family to fight for one or two.

His actions really coincided with the Zheng family, Zheng Zhilong's third brother Zheng Zhibao came with people and money again, this time he didn't come to be a hostage, but came over willingly, took the money and prepared to do the same thing as Fang Yingren.

It was more convenient for Yu Liu Qingyang, he directly asked his clan brother Liu Qingsong to congratulate him, and the silver naturally did not need to be said, and he also brought Li Meng some news from the grassland, Shanxi, and Jingshi.

Needless to say, the forces in all aspects of Shandong are to be respectfully blessed, and even the Yan Shenggong of Confucius plans to come to Jinan in person to tell the Duke of Qi about the change of the mandate of heaven, and another news is that the King of Lu in Rongyang City is said to have wanted to hang himself, but he was saved by his entourage.

Shanxi, Shaanxi, North Zhili, North Zhili, North Henan, Shandong, these places, the wealthy families naturally don't need to say, that is to express congratulations, and can send envoys to bring gifts over in an open and honest way, and the civil and military generals in some places are much more secretive.

According to the rules of officialdom, I always have to write a letter that is counted as a letter of nomination, which is counted as my own expression, but the one who does this is the governor of Shanxi, and there is no movement in Shaanxi.

In the prosperous place in the south of the Yangtze River, those wealthy businessmen in the world are also waiting and seeing, Shandong's private salt and trade, vaguely conflicting with them, now Li Meng is such a big force, seeing that the wealth is infinite, there will definitely be a greater impact, how to deal with this influence, it is really a problem.

The layout of the Inventory Division in the Beijing Division has always been in the top three of all intelligence collections, and any disturbances over there will be quickly transmitted.

More than 200,000 Beijing camps around the Beijing Division, now more than 1,000 people or even more are scattered every day, and this trend is getting bigger and bigger, although Shandong is still the same for the Beijing Division, but a large number of people in the Beijing Division flee out of the city every day, there are many rich people in the Beijing Division, many people move to Shandong with their family property, gold and silver, and many officials do not dare to stay in the eye of this typhoon and find a peaceful place to settle.

Now that the situation is clear, the next target of the Jiaozhou battalion must be the Jingshi, and the key question is whether Li Meng wants to use literature or force.

Compared with the hustle and bustle in the world, Li Meng is in his own house, guarding in front of the bed of the old eunuch Liu Fulai, this room has a fire kang and a fire wall, suitable for the old man's body, the air is filled with the fragrance of medicine, and a few little maids on the side are waiting before and after.

The old eunuch was covered with a velvet quilt and lay on the kang, Li Meng sat there talking with him, and several little maids were quite surprised in their hearts, they were all young women from the family of Chinese martial arts officials in the Jiaozhou battalion system, and they were selected after strict scrutiny. Although this matter was handled by Yan Ruoran, Li Meng insisted on it, and formed a rule in the Jiaozhou battalion, that is, the girl served in the Qi State Mansion similar to a soldier, and after three years, she would be released to her home, or the Guogong Mansion would be the master of the marriage for her.

For Li Meng, he felt that the current four wives were completely sufficient, and there was no need to ask for more like the emperor, delaying the youth of those girls.

The only thing that is not easy to consider is the female officials of the Inventory Division, the current Inventory Department presided over by Mu Yunyao, as well as the handling of some confidential matters by Li Meng, all rely on these female officers to assist, these female officers, with the continuous expansion of the Jiaozhou camp, are in urgent need of new blood replenishment.

But these female officials who have participated in a large number of secrets, it is not difficult to replenish new blood, but if they are released, there will be a lot of hidden dangers and troubles.

At present, I can't find any good solution, and I can only maintain it like this, for these girls who are elected to the Guogong Mansion, handsome is not a woman, and it is impossible to be selected by relying on appearance, but through continuous learning, I can gradually enter the circle of female officials, which can stay in the Guogong Mansion, become a member of the inner circle, and help my family.

These little maids saw Li Meng for the first time, in their impression, Qi Guogong was an unsmiling, cold killing god, although thinking of today's meeting, but just a gentle young man, but let these little maids a little shy, in and out of the house opportunity, but found that although Li Meng was laughing, but the power on his body unconsciously exuded, the oppressive crowd was nervously out of breath, this is the mind of those little children.

"Uncle, you are now infected with the cold, and it is important to recuperate well, why bother to worry about the official business outside, and consume your energy."

Liu Fulai is over 70 years old this year, in this era, this age is already considered a high life, the old man is weak, and after contracting the cold, he has not improved.

Seeing the genuine concern on Li Meng's face, Liu Fulai was full of relief, and said with a weak smile:

"It's all your own family, what do you do when you say so much, you do such a big business, our family looks at it from the side but can't help much, and I always feel awkward."

Li Meng sighed, and Liu Fulai took a sip of the ginseng tea brought by the maid next to him, and said:

"When our family was in the palace, their status was too low, and they didn't have much contact with Liu Yuanbin and Wang Chengen, and when they got to the celebrant supervisor, Liu Yuanbin was in Shandong as a supervisor, but the general trend of the world is already like this, our family wrote this letter, but it was just to match you ......"

Having said this, Liu Fulai didn't come up in one breath, he coughed there, Li Meng hurriedly beckoned Lang Zhong who was waiting outside to come in, and several little maids and mothers-in-law who were waiting also hurriedly came over to serve, the old eunuch stretched out his hand while coughing, and said intermittently:

"We don't have any ...... Big things, you still have important things to do, let's get busy first. ”

Li Meng nodded, ordered a few words to the people in the house, turned around and walked out, after walking out of the door, the smile on his face was gone, Liu Fulai's illness made him feel heavy in his heart, after all, the old man is already old, don't look at the wind and cold is a minor illness, it is a big trouble for the old man.

As soon as he went out, he saw Yuan Wenhong, the chief bookkeeper, waiting outside the door, bowed down and handed over a letter, lowered his voice and said:

"Dashuai, the words on the letter have already been tested, there is nothing wrong, they are all words and sentences to persuade Liu Yuanbin to understand current affairs."

"Ridiculous! My own uncle, will you still harm me, you ......"

Li Meng scolded a few words angrily, but his voice was very low, now this system is completely operating in accordance with the rules, even people who are very close to him are no exception, after receiving the letter, Li Meng originally wanted to read it, thought about it, and gave it back to Yuan Wenhong, and instructed as he walked:

"Hurry up and send it to Liu Yuanbin's hands, my father can promise him a rich man, doesn't he still have a nephew in Nanpi, and Shandong can be an official."

Eunuchs have no possibility of continuing their descendants, and often attach great importance to their own relatives, especially their sons and nephews, and the news found by the Inventory Division is also very accurate, Liu Yuanbin has made a lot of money openly and secretly over the years, if there is any big change, there will definitely not be a penny left, this nephew is the transmission of their Liu family's blood and blood, if there is anything good, their family will be extinct, Li Meng's two statements are a real threat.

"Let's do it!"

Li Meng instructed, Yuan Wenhong hurriedly went to handle the matter, Li Meng walked a few steps here, came to the inner study, greeted Sun Chuanting, and the two of them went to the side hall on the edge of the inner study together.

This side hall is a confidential space, the two sat down, and Li Meng said directly to the point:

"Mr. Sun, my uncle's letter, you wrote it on your own initiative."

Sun Chuanting had just taken off the iron mask on his face, and when he heard Li Meng's words, he smiled, clasped his fists and replied:

"The matter on the Jingshi's side is useless, and after a long time, I'm afraid there will be some other changes, so I went to talk to the old lady."

Li Meng opened his mouth to say something, but he still didn't say anything, just sighed, leaned back in the chair, and said with some anger:

"This Chongzhen Shengshang, his brain is really a little unclear, and he is still stupid in the Imperial City of Jingshi at the moment, is he waiting for some loyal minister Yizi cavalry King Qin to rescue him? The governor of Shanxi and the general army of Taiyuan have written me letterheads to take refuge, and Henan, Shandong, and Beizhili are all in my hands, what else does he want? ”

Now the news that comes back from Beijing every day is that Emperor Chongzhen is crying at the court meeting, or he is angry, or someone in the military department has been arrested and taken out of prison, Zhang Guowei, the secretary of the military department, has been directly locked up by Jinyiwei and thrown into prison, and Chen Yan, the first assistant of the cabinet, is reprimanded every day, and he doesn't know when he will be arrested and taken out of prison.

The reason why Chen Yan is still in his position is because no one wants to take over this position, Zhang Guowei's side is like this, after this military secretary was imprisoned, no one wanted to come over and take over, originally appointed a certain waiter in the military department, and this waiter was seriously ill the next day.

Then he was going to let a certain waiter in the household take over, but the next day, this waiter took his family and gold and silver, disguised himself as a common person, and ran away directly from the city, or Jinyiwei went to their house to check, only to find out that the whole family fled, and what is even more ridiculous is that this matter has become a fuse.

Several yamen who could make money for money, and officials of all sizes discovered the doorway, abandoned their official positions one after another, and ran to Shandong with their wealth and family members.

There have long been public and secret revelations, Jinan, Jiaozhou, Jining, Linqing under the control of Shandong, Yangzhou, Luzhou, Shanyang in Nanzhili and Kaifeng in Henan, these prosperous cities accept all people who move in from other places, and ensure the safety of their property, and there are rumors that as long as you take the silver to where you go, there are many industries that can be invested, and you will not lose money after all.

And in December, there were gradually rumors that Shandong had obtained a large number of plastered land in Henan, which had to be released for sale, and with these lands, it was the industry of our ancestors!

All kinds of conditions, attracting these rich and noble people in Beijing, there is no shortage of them in Shandong, and this person naturally ran over in large numbers.

Thinking about it, at present, the Ming court still has strength in the Jiangnan area, if Emperor Chongzhen wears makeup and passes through the Shandong control area and goes to Jiangnan to regroup, it can still support it for a while, but this Emperor Chongzhen stays in the imperial city every day, strange and weird, but does not move, is it really where to wait for death.

In the secret room, Li Meng didn't care much about what he said, and he said helplessly:

"No matter what Chongzhen does now, it's better than staying in the imperial city like this, whether he wants to go to Jiangnan and wants to reopen the situation, or he can't commit suicide, but now he is so frozen, but it is embarrassing."

Sun Chuanting rubbed his cheeks with both hands and said with a smile:

"In such a situation, there are some things that are inconvenient for the Lord Guogong to do, Liu Yuanbin has worked with the marshal in Shandong, and he knows the severity of the matter, which is also the reason why the lower officials have the courage to ask the old lady to write a letter."

In the history without Li Meng, in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng led the army into Beijing, and Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself on the coal mountain, but now, Emperor Chongzhen has a lot of choices.

After Li Meng said a few words, he was silent for a while, and said coldly:

"I didn't want to let my hands get bloody, but the matter outside the plug and outside the customs should be ended as soon as possible, if this letter doesn't work, then Ben Gong will take matters into his own hands and send Chongzhen Ye to the coal mountain to see the scenery."

Sun Chuanting on the other side was silent, not stunned by Li Meng's words of killing the king, but a little confused, I don't know why Li Meng specifically mentioned the coal mountain.

Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself on the coal mountain, which is the historical knowledge that Li Meng remembers very little......