"What the hell are you talking about with Shandong!?

Wu Sangui jumped like thunder in the inner hall, shouting angrily at Wu Muhuan who was standing there, Wu Sangui because he led his family to rescue his son Wu Xiang in the Tartar army array, and since then he has been on the rise, and he feels that he has earned this big business for the Wu family because of himself, and he is commanding at home on weekdays, and even Wu Xiang's account is not sold. (Provide a > for the latest chapter reading.)

Even though this Wu Muhuan is very close to him, his reprimand is like treating a house slave.

Wu Muhuan over there was also silent, he didn't dare to make a sound, he lowered his head, if it weren't for a few Wu Sangui's cronies and generals in the hall, I'm afraid he would have knelt down.

Ma Bao, the general standing aside, looked at Wu Sangui so angry, and couldn't help but explain:

"Dashuai, he Shandong Lion opened his mouth, let's ignore it, this is separated by a north Zhili and Shanhaiguan, how can he come over, let's stay here what we should do."

Sun Wenhuan, a guerrilla on the side, also echoed:

"The land of Daming outside the Guan, it has to be decided by the marshal, and he is just a general soldier with the rank of general in Shandong, why is he ashamed to speak out here, it is to scare people."

Wu Sangui, the chief soldier of the Ningyuan regiment, walked a few steps in the hall again, and wanted to tear off the letter paper in his hand with hatred, but after unfolding it, he hesitated, still didn't make a move, took a few breaths, and turned around and said:

"Wu Muhuan, what did you do wrong in Shandong, did you swallow a lot of those things in private, and only then did you turn a hexagram when you got hot over there, if this is really the case, tell Ben Shuai now, spare you a death, if you are found out by Ben Shuai in the future, I will pick your skin!"

Wu Muhuan, who heard this, could no longer care about the decency of the Wu family's family, and knelt on the ground with a thud. Kowtow again and again said:

"Great. Handsome. Wronged. Such a big deal. How could I be so blind. If you don't believe it. Please send someone to Shandong to inquire. If I were greedy for ink, I would have a penny. Willing to cut a thousand knives! ”

Wu Sangui sat on a chair. looked at Wu Muhuan on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly. I also knew in my heart that his cousin might not be able to do something so obvious. But Shandong began to propose those commercially mutually beneficial conditions. All of them were kept in the letter of the Second Coming. Not with these benefits. Liaozhen is also alive and well. There are these benefits. It's just the icing on the cake.

But Shandong demanded it in the second letter. The Liao soldiers faced the military pressure of the Tatar lands alone. It's too hard. Shandong is willing to help. Send 20,000 troops out of Shanhaiguan. All military supplies were handled by Shandong itself.

What does the power of the military generals come from? Nothing more than armies and turf. Although the territory from Shanhaiguan to Ningyuan is directly threatened by the Tatar army. But it is the foundation of Wu Sangui. He is a general soldier. There are also the land owned by the families of these soldiers and soldiers. It's all on this territory.

If there is a foreign military horse stationed in. Then he will take the land, and the land of these people will be crowded out. How did Wu Sangui, the commander of the Liao army, deal with himself. And where do you put yourself?

In Wu Sangui's opinion. Shandong's move is to grab land. He sent someone to make overtures to Shandong. It's not about giving up your own territory. It's nothing more than making friends in advance. Prepare for future interactions. It is not impossible to take refuge in Li Meng. However, at the same time, it is necessary to preserve the current foundation. Or Li Mengneng can give a larger land price code.

But now everything is not certain, and Shandong Juran blatantly sent a letter. Asking for troops to be stationed, what kind of bastard is this, from such a distance, I really don't take nearly 100,000 Liao soldiers in my eyes?

However, Wu Sangui can only be angry in Ning Yuan's marshal's mansion, and the Liao soldiers outside the entire pass are now shrunk into a ball, for fear that if there is any more move, the Tartar soldiers and horses will completely fight over, although the Tartar soldiers and horses are still quiet during this time, as if they are waiting for the news of Shengjing's election of the emperor.

Thinking about Shandong's total annihilation of 40,000 Tartar troops in Hejian Mansion, and thinking about his 5,000 soldiers and horses who were almost wiped out by the other party's army in Daxingbao, Wu Sangui couldn't raise it at all, the difference in strength and weakness was too great.

Sheng Jing elected the Manchu Emperor of Xindi - six-year-old Fulin, the generals of Liaozhen were still a little happy, thinking that a young emperor, according to the experience of the Ming Dynasty, the country must be infighting, maybe the Liaozhen soldiers can take a few breaths, but just out of April, Wu Sangui got the news from the sentinel.

said that the Manchu Qing Dynasty was gathering troops and horses in the Jinzhou area and preparing to attack Ningyuan City, this news really made Wu Sangui and Liaozhen soldiers and horses scattered.

According to the habit of the early Tartars, this kind of large-scale military offensive will generally be carried out in autumn and winter, why do you have to start it in the early spring when the farmers are busy!

In the middle of March of the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, the newly enthroned Manchu Emperor Fulin issued a decree that Dolgon, the prince of Fengrui, was the regent, with a higher status than the princes of the first rank, and the general leader of the state affairs.

This will, thinking of the various benefits of the young master, the princes suddenly realized, Concubine Zhuang's personal relationship with Dolgon is not in vain, this woman is everywhere, and her own son Fulin is put on the throne, and Dolgon, who is the closest to Concubine Zhuang, must make the most money.

There has long been a faint rumor in the Jingshi, and it is a rumor circulating at a very high level, that is, Dolgon and Concubine Zhuang have an affair, and this Fulin is their illegitimate son.

The nobles of the two red flags and the blue flags are secretly gritting their teeth, but there is no way, the power of the two white flags has an advantage over them, and Dolgon has an extra title of regent on his head, and he suppresses the princes in legal righteousness, and the young lord ascends the throne, whether public or private, it seems that Dolgon, who has two white flags, has made a big profit.

The regent and the commander-in-chief of the government, and the little emperor can't take care of things now, so naturally the regent Dolgon decides everything, and Dolgon also needs a big victory to raise his prestige, boost the morale of the Manchu Qing who have been declining due to the defeat, and also appease the dissident banners by plundering the spoils of war.

The new defeat in Guannai, no one wants to touch this mold again, there is nothing to loot on the North Korean side, then the only choice is Liaozhen.

The line from Shanhaiguan to Ningyuan, one day in the hands of the Ming army, no matter how weak the Ming army is, it is always a real threat to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, so it is better to take advantage of this time to completely defeat this land. Replenish the Liao soldiers and Liao people who lived on it to the population of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

With the combat effectiveness of the Ming army in Liaozhen, it will not pose any threat at all, and in that small battle in the first month, more than 1,000 defenders of Daxingbao defeated nearly 5,000 soldiers and horses of the other party, which is even more illustrative.

The regent Dolgon has also led his troops to fight many battles, so he will naturally choose his opponent, which is not resistant, and it is a fat target. Nature is the best choice.

Wu Sangui, the chief soldier of Ningyuan's regimental training, who got the news, immediately became an ant on a hot pot, and the Tartars really wanted to fight, but they really had no way at all, if they resisted, the strength that they had accumulated with great difficulty in their hands would probably disappear like this, and without the territory and strength, what else would they do.

Wu Sangui did not hesitate, and immediately ordered to withdraw from Ningyuan. Ningyuan is the second fortress outside the pass, and there are enough defenses and fortifications on the front guard of Guangning, and it is only a day's journey from Shanhaiguan, which is the natural choice to retreat.

It's just that I pity the ordinary people in Liaozhen who are honest and handover land, and they are about to sow seeds in spring, but because of the approaching military disaster. The Tartars are about to come and be caught by the Tartars. Men have become slaves, and women have been ruined, and it is really better to live than to die, so let's run away first.

It's a pity that the crops in that field are going to have another great famine this year......

The reaction of Wu Sangui, the chief soldier of Ningyuan's regimental training, and the movement of the soldiers and horses in Liaozhen, the various nobles in Shengjing knew about it even earlier than the Ming Jingshi or the governor of Jiliao. Wu Jiadi's soldiers and horses are moving like this. It really made the regent Dorgon full of ambition. This is not yet the battle, and the victory is in hand.

The officers and soldiers of Liaozhen were in April of the sixteenth year of Chongzhen. Before seeing the enemy, he had already abandoned the city and fortress and evacuated to Quang Ninh. At the forefront of the land, Ning Yuan just put some old and weak soldiers to deal with the matter.

When Wu Sangui led his troops to evacuate to Dongguanyi, he met the Wu envoy who had been driven out of Shanhaiguan, and this envoy brought the latest news from the imperial court.

On March 27, Emperor Chongzhen officially issued a decree, Zhendong General Zuo Du Governor of the town to guard Shandong General Officer to lead the aid of the two Huai military affairs Li Meng, the day before yesterday in Hejian Mansion to annihilate the East Capture Thief Army, beheaded more than 36,000, beheaded the Hao General Abatai, Yue Le under hundreds of enemy chieftains, hundreds of flags, for the dynasty in recent times unprecedented Heroic Honor, Tejiaen was awarded the hereditary Duke of Qi, specially awarded the commander of Shandong, Henan and the three provinces of Nanzhili, Huai, Yang, Lu and Xuzhou North Zhili Hejian Mansion, Yongping Mansion and other military affairs officers.

Wu Sangui, who heard the news at that time, was really stunned, thinking that no wonder the requirements of the second letter had become so harsh, it turned out that the territory controlled by Li Meng already had Yongping Mansion.

Controlled Yongping Mansion, that is, adjacent to Shanhaiguan, it is only a few miles away to get out of the customs, no wonder he wants to send troops to garrison outside the pass, Wu Sangui is a little angry and thinks, this side wants to garrison, and the Tartars are going to attack again, this Shandong soldiers and horses and Tartars are not colluding, and they want to attack from both sides.

After Wei Lequan, the squire of the military department, returned to Beijing with the request of Shandong, although Emperor Chongzhen had secretly sent the crown prince Zhu Ci to Nanjing City under the advice of Chen Yan, the assistant of the cabinet and Zhang Guowei, the secretary of the military department, and ordered the eunuch Lu Jiude, the eunuch of Nanjing, to shrink his troops and horses in the area south of the Yangtze River.

Seeing that he had already admitted the status quo and was ready to make concessions, but when Wei Lequan brought the request to him, Emperor Chongzhen still couldn't help but be angry.

The current Emperor Chongzhen doesn't even have the courage to move his ministers to the ground, because the order to send people to negotiate was also issued by him, and he couldn't shirk the responsibility.

In the end, Zhang Guowei said a few words, saying that Li Meng's power was great, and some things had to be done, and Li Meng's territory suddenly expanded more than twice, and if he wanted to keep these territories, he had to use more soldiers and horses to garrison and suppress them, spending more money and strength, which was equivalent to these territories to disperse the power of Shandong and buy more time for the imperial court.

The north and south are not to be said, just to say that Henan is a vast place, and it is chaotic, and it is very likely that his Shandong soldiers and horses are trapped in the quagmire and cannot extricate themselves.

Emperor Chongzhen was barely able to accept this statement, and this was the order made by covering his face, but after this incident, Wei Lequan, the squire of the military department, handed in his resignation, on the grounds that he came forward to discuss such an agreement with the local military generals. It's already sorry for the Ming Dynasty and the imperial court.

If it weren't for the fact that there were old parents at home, he would have died to repay the court, Wei Lequan spoke beautifully, and Emperor Chongzhen looked at him very unpleasantly, so he was simply accurate.

Wei Lequan, the former squire of the military department, resigned on the same day, and on the second day, he politely refused the banquet prepared for him by the minister of the DPRK and China, and simply cleaned up. Hurriedly left the capital with his family.

After leaving Beijing, he took the canal boat all the way south, not daring to stop, not because he had collusion with somewhere, but because he was worried that the moody Emperor Chongzhen would suddenly make a mistake and put him in prison.

As soon as this will come out. Immediately, the world shook, and everyone was shocked by the scope of such a large number of people guarding the place and the high position of the Duke of Qi, even if it was a full meritorious and loyal minister, he had to refrain from such a reward, because this was already a kind of transgression, but Li Meng, the general of Zhendong, accepted it unceremoniously.

According to the usual rules, Li Meng's attitude is a literati in the world. must be criticized and written, saying that this Li Meng is ambitious. It's a big rebellion. But after this decree was issued, the kind of public opinion offensive that the courtiers hoped for did not appear, but those who knew a little about the situation were watching in horror to see if this day was going to change.

Since Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne, the world has been plagued by disasters, thieves have swarmed, and the Tartars, who have been blocked out of the pass, have also begun to raise troops to enter the pass, no matter how you look at it, it is like the weather of the end times. Of course. These words were only occasionally remembered in the hearts of the people, but they did not dare to say them explicitly.

Since it is the end of the world. It was nothing more than a change of dynasty, or a barbarian invasion. Looking at the situation in the world, the most likely to be replaced, that is, Li Zicheng, the king of Henan in Huguang, has already taken refuge in Qing nobles such as patrols, which undoubtedly shows a problem.

Although the Tatars outside the Guanxi are strong, they are currently wreaking havoc in Beizhili and Shanxi and other places, and there is no possibility of going deeper.

Just when the eyes of the people in the world were focused on Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, Li Meng, the chief soldier in Shandong, suddenly appeared in front of everyone, with such a strong strength, the imperial court gave him such a high position, and the reward was so excessive, this Li Meng accepted it so calmly.

Everyone smelled a trace of an unusual smell, no matter from that point of view, this is not a normal reward, Li Mengdi did not shirk, and accepted it calmly, which made people think more. Compared with Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang who was born as a postman, although Li Meng's background is a military household selling smuggled salt, after all, he is a general of the imperial court, with a high status, and he is also an outstanding figure in the Ming system, which is more acceptable in any case.

The evaluation of this matter, Liu Zongzhou, the former imperial history of the right capital in Hangzhou, has a very incisive conclusion, when Liu Zongzhou was lecturing, a student from Jiangxi asked, Liu Zongzhou did not answer directly, but said with a smile:

"The day before yesterday, I went to the tea shop to sit idle, listened to the commentary on the Three Kingdoms, and said that Emperor Han Xian named Cao Cao as the Duke of Wei, and then crowned the King of Wei, and then added nine tins, there must be hundreds of officials, and the end is wonderful!"

This is really straightforward, of course everyone understands, their faces change color, they dare not say more, there is another strange phenomenon, people in the world do not scold Li Meng, do not scold the emperor, but scold the ministers in the court, saying that they are mediocre, saying that they have brought disaster to the country and the people.

After this will came down, Fang Yingren, the second elder of the Fang family, who was already famous, was awarded the status of Tongzhi of Yangzhou Mansion without even knowing it.

Yangzhou Mansion is also one of the largest mansions in the world, and it is not only necessary to use enough silver to achieve this position of Tongzhi, but also to have the support of ministers of considerable status in the court to sit on it, Fang Yingren's fame is just a layer of protective umbrella, and he does not expect to use this as an official, and he is already satisfied to be able to run such a large family business.

The old three members of the Fang family, Ying Xiao, were originally a seven-grade classic history in the Salt Administration Department of Haizhou, and they were already hand-eyed, and the Fang family was already satisfied, and they didn't want to be too demanding.

And the third elder of the Fang family often takes out a shelf at home, showing the difference between him as an official and a businessman, although Fang Yingren, the second eldest of the Fang family, is already the head of the Fang family, but he has suffered a lot.

This time he suddenly had the title of Yangzhou Mansion, which was really steep and expensive, not to mention the initiative of the salt merchants and rich men in Yangzhou Mansion, the third child of the Fang family, who had always been arrogant and arrogant, hurriedly ran back to congratulate. It really made the second child of the Fang family raise his eyebrows again.

The civil officials of Nanzhili and Jiangbei were shocked, Fang Yingren was awarded the title of Tongzhi of Yangzhou Prefecture, which was completely unconventional, and after communicating with each other, they knew that this was the attitude of Li Meng, the Duke of Qi, and many unclear things appeared in front of everyone in this appointment.

It is difficult for the imperial court to grant this Li Mengqi the title of Duke of the State and the Admiral of various military affairs, and he can also manage the appointment and dismissal of civil officials in various places. It's also incredible.

Surprised to surprised, the officials of the Jiangbei Prefecture in Nanzhili immediately understood who they should show kindness to now and who was in charge of their fate.

Among Li Meng's long titles, there is a place that has not been mentioned in the land of Nanzhili Jiangbei, that is, Fengyang Mansion, Fengyang is the central capital of the Ming Dynasty and the location of the imperial tomb. Naturally, it can't be handed over to a military general to guard, but Fengyang Mansion is surrounded by Henan, Shandong and Xuzhou in the south, and the jurisdiction here is guarded, except for Fengyang City, the rest are tacitly allowed Li Meng to guard it.

On the fourth day after receiving the decree in the city of Jinan, the urgent messenger carrying the news arrived at Yingshang, which is now the headquarters of Chen Liudi, a general of the Huaiyang army.

The 20,000 soldiers in his hands and the 25,000 soldiers in Ma Gang's hands are one east and one west. clamped the 120,000 troops of the 5th battalion of the left and made the other party dare not move. This also shows how strong the combat effectiveness of the Jiaozhou battalion is.

Chen Liu, who saw the will of the imperial court, immediately sent someone to inform the 5th Battalion of Gezuo who was waiting anxiously in Zhengyang Town, and on the second day, Chen Liu and Ma Gang, the generals stationed in Lianghuaidi, issued an official report, saying that the 5th Battalion of Gezuo had accepted the recruitment of the Huaiyang Army and the Qingzhou Army.

The magistrates in Fengyang Mansion and Luzhou Prefecture were quite sad and laughed at this result, because after the first month, most of the soldiers of the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo had already begun to settle in the area where they were stationed.

Most of this side is the property of the Imperial Village and the nobles. Land annexation is extremely serious. At that time, the 5th Battalion of the Left Revolution and Zhang Xianzhong's troops invaded, and the nobles did not flee to Nanjing. hid in Fengyang, and those peasants were basically coerced into rebels. Or flee to another place.

Naturally, a large amount of land was vacant and barren, and the Fifth Battalion of the Revolutionary Left began to cultivate the land in an organized manner in the first month.

If people from other places saw it, they might think that the men and horses of the fifth camp of Gezuo were preparing to be stationed here for a long time and to fight for a long time, but these officials knew that the blacksmith shops in the city were doing very well during that time, and these rebel soldiers who worked in the fields brought in their weapons and exchanged them for farm tools to do their work.

The subway craftsmen and related industries in this area have become very good, and countless weapons have been collected, all of which are spent in the iron furnace to forge farm tools, just imagine if you want to fight and be stationed for a long time, then how can you not need weapons.

Moreover, during this period of time, the local officials of Yingzhou, Yingshang, and Shouzhou all had some wealth, and some people promised them that the production of those cultivated and reclaimed land would belong to them in a certain proportion of the area under their jurisdiction, although this proportion was very small, but a little calculation, the absolute number was not small.

The cost of obtaining these was not significant, and it was only necessary to re-measure the land and re-issue the title deeds to prove that the land belonged to some wealthy merchants in Shandong.

If you want to make more money on this land, you need to invest more, for example, you can buy cattle and farming tools, and get more "terra nullius", so that you can earn more in these fields.

Local officials, usually eat the filial piety of the local big households, and then greedy for ink spots, relying on this wealth, people in this era are thinking that having land in their hands to eat rent and eat food is the right way to wealth, but the land around Fengyang Mansion is in the hands of Huangzhuang Xungui, and they can't share the profits.

Now someone has given them this opportunity, who can not be tempted, at that time were all anti-thieves and horses farming, foreign Shandong officers and soldiers promised to them, and it was not safe to look at, although the officials were tempted, but there were very few shots, and the land deeds were given out in stacks of stamps.

If there is a repetition, it is said that his side is being coerced and can shirk responsibility, but there is no further action, and everyone is waiting and seeing.

After the decree of the imperial court came down, the Shandong soldiers and horses stationed in Fengyang Mansion announced in a high-profile manner that they had surrendered the thief army of the fifth battalion of Gezuo, and all the situation was clear.

With some money in their hands, the local officials went to the people who had contacted them at the beginning, asking for more investment. Take a share of the land that has been reclaimed outside the city.

By now, everything has become clear, and there is nothing more well-informed in the local area than these officials, and they all know what rules are being implemented in the neighboring provinces of Huai'an and Shandong, and they all know what kind of system it is called Tuntian Grange, and they all enclose those displaced refugees to work in the fields.

The land is produced every year, except for those who are in the tun fields to make a living. The rest of the things are for the people related to the Jiaozhou camp, the tuntian households of these granges work diligently, the grange concentrates manpower to repair water conservancy and do farming, and the output of the fields is also higher than that of the general Zhuangzi, and there are not so many official and private, miscellaneous losses, this oil and water can be big!

And now in this troubled world, the fields are fertile again. No matter how good the business is, I am afraid that it will be disturbed because of this world, but this Li Meng, the prince of Qi State, is fighting in the east and west, and the Tartars and thieves are all falling in front of him. But investing in this grange is promising.

Making money is one thing. Not to mention that this investment in Qi Guogong's industry can show goodwill to the Lord Guogong, and it is also a very beneficial move politically.

These local officials in the southern part of Fengyang Prefecture, and even some wealthy people in the two Huai lands, rushed to start investing in the cultivation land of the fifth camp of the Revolution.

Large numbers of seeds, farm implements, and cattle entered the area through various means, and a large number of civilians who had fled the war also returned to their hometowns and were absorbed into the fields when they had nowhere else to go.

The Jiaozhou battalion's approach is really admired by everyone, and the process of recruiting and surrendering has made them a profitable business. Everyone's wealth. Everyone is happy.

The soldiers and horses of the 5th Battalion of the Revolution were scattered and became peasants because most of the troops were scattered. The strength of their real combat strength is more than 6,000 soldiers left, and these soldiers have been inspected by the Huaiyang Army and the Qingzhou Military and Local Officers. It is believed that it can meet the requirements of the soldiers of the Jiaozhou battalion.

Ma Shouying and Lin Chengcheng were really shocked by the results of this inspection, and a large number of strong soldiers of the Fifth Battalion of the Revolutionary Left were brushed down in the inspection, and there were more than 6,000 left, and the officers who were inspected were also quite dissatisfied, saying that it would take at least a year of training to catch up with the regular army.

They were not surprised by this result, because the old Hui Ma Shouying and the reincarnated Wang Lin Chengcheng were invited to watch the exercises and drills of the Jiaozhou battalion army, and their shock was incomparable, and they almost felt that what was in front of them was not the soldiers and horses of the world.

After the merger of the five camps of the Revolution, the remaining leaders, Ma Shouying and Lin Yangsheng, decided to continue to serve in the army, and after consulting Li Meng, both of them started from the battalion Qianzong, each commanding a battalion of about 2,000 people, and Ma Shouying and Lin Chengcheng's troops were subordinate to Chen Liu, the general of the Huaiyang Army.

Because the fifth battalion of Gezuo came from the south of Henan, the battle in the direction of Henan still relied on them, and the remaining 2,000 people were driven to Guide Mansion and assigned to Guide Mansion to garrison Yuan Shizhong, Yuan Shizhong stood in the right position in Guide when Li Mengbei conquered Hejian Mansion, and naturally got due reward.

Guide will establish the Northern Henan Army, which is directly responsible to Li Meng, and the commander of this army has been scheduled to be Yuan Shizhong, with a scale of 10,000 people.

The 5th Battalion of Gezuo became a historical term in April of the 16th year of Chongzhen, and Wei Xiaobei was different from the two brothers who wanted to continue to serve in the army, and after learning more about the policies of the Jiaozhou battalion, he decided to hand over all the troops in his hand and take the money he had saved to Yangzhou Mansion to become a rich man.

The so-called "100,000 yuan around the waist, riding a crane to Yangzhou", Wei Xiaobei has always had this idea, the arrangement given to him by the Jiaozhou camp even flattered him, the Fang family of the two Huaihao clans is ready to recruit him as a son-in-law, although it is a branch of the eldest lady, this is also an anomaly of glory, at least, he doesn't have to worry about anything.

From January to April, the military strength of the Jiaozhou battalion has maintained a state of petty fighting in Lianghuai, and the most frequent activities are the treasurers and representatives of the Lingshan Commercial Bank and the Shandong Salt Gang, who take out a contract and bargain with local officials, self-defending heroes and even green forest thieves.

Shandong has established a profitable business on the vast land of Fengyang Prefecture, and as long as there are powerful and high-ranking people, they can get a piece of the pie in the upcoming Tuntian Grange.

In the face of the strong and generous reward of the Jiaozhou camp, most of the people signed their names on the contract, and invested their savings and money, those who had soldiers and tenants in their hands, and also invested these manpower as capital, and those who did not sign this contract document. It was wiped out under the offensive of the army.

With common interests, it is natural to work hard to maintain the property and the manor, to maintain the land and the manor, but also to maintain the Jiaozhou camp behind the field and the manor, and to protect Li Meng, the Duke of Qi.

Because everyone has become an inseparable community of interests, one loses and one prospers.

Originally, according to the plan made by Zhou Yang and others, the land in the north of the South Zhili River would be completely carried out in accordance with the model of Shandong Tuntian Grange. It was completely controlled by the shogunate, and no one else was allowed to interfere in it, and the land and population were all the property of the Jiaozhou battalion, but Li Meng put forward his own opinion.

"There are many powerful clans in the north of the Yangtze River, and most of the officials are Jiangnan scholars, which are intertwined, and the circle is not damaged, if they are cleared together. The encirclement of land and manpower will inevitably provoke a lot of resistance, and the matter of going south will also be extremely troublesome and consume unnecessary energy. The second is to bring these wavering wealthy families under the banner of my Jiaozhou camp and serve me. ”

These words. After Zhou Yang, Yuan Wenhong and others heard it, they pondered for a while, and suddenly they were amazed, this was completely out of sincere admiration, and even Sun Chuanting, who drafted this plan, was amazed, the handsome man is really talented, such a superb strategy, how can it be a place that a military general can come up with, even if it is a few great sages and prime ministers since the Ming Dynasty. There will be no such thoughts.

Li Meng was also surprised that he could come up with this idea. In retrospect, there is nothing wrong with it. After thinking about it, I remembered the allusion that appeared in a certain gossip media.

When Japan invaded Taiwan, Taiwan's big businessmen and wealthy families such as the Koo family and the Cai family were all the objects of key unity. They have received a lot of preferential treatment and support, because they are the upper echelons of Taiwan, and although they are in the minority, by winning them over, we can ensure the stability and centripetal force of Taiwan, an occupied territory.

The strategy he put forward is similar to this, uniting the ruling class in the south and the north of the Yangtze River, uniting those officials, landlords, and wealthy families, and gathering them around him, so that he can maintain control over this territory, at least for now, without spending too much effort and capital to maintain this control.

As for those ordinary people, who lost their original land, and even lost their own freedom, and were enclosed in the tuntian grange to become semi-serfs, then no one will pay attention to it, and it will be tolerable if it is a success, and a little sacrifice and bloodshed will be tolerated, not to mention that Li Meng's current pursuit of land is not just the realm of "general".

The reorganization and training of the 5th Battalion of the Revolutionary Left had already begun, but Chen Liu and Ma Gang had already received Li Meng's order, and the Huaiyang Army and the Qingzhou Army each sent 10 battalions north to strengthen the strength of the base camp. And gave a clear requirement, these battalions must be veteran battalions, and Ma and Zhao were not dissatisfied.

Since Xuzhou, Huai'an, Yangzhou, Fengyang, and Luzhou have begun to plan for Tuntian Grange, it means that this side has become a territory controlled by the Jiaozhou battalion.

The people in Xuzhou and the northern part of Huai'an are fierce, and there are many thieves and officers and soldiers scattered among the people in Fengyang and Luzhou, which are good sources of soldiers.

And even if 20,000 people are dispatched to the north, leaving nearly 30,000 soldiers in the hands of Ma Gang and Zhao Neng, it may be difficult to maintain an offensive outside the country in the north of the South Zhili River, but it is completely enough to defend it.

Out of Shandong, go north along Hejian Mansion, enter Yongping Mansion, and then go out of Shanhaiguan to enter the boundary of Liaodong, speaking of which seems to be a thoroughfare on the road, unimpeded.

There are waterways, many plains, and official roads connecting the important areas of Gyeonggi, so there should be no difficulty in the movement of the army, but the Jiaozhou battalion marched from Shandong, and it was not the same thing as transportation.

The march is on the east side of Beizhili, although it is considered to be walking on the inner line, but Shandong is already so blatant, it is natural to worry that the flank will be harassed and attacked, after all, there are more than 200,000 officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, even if it is more than 200,000 pigs and sheep, it will take too much energy to rush over and rush out.

In fact, in the current situation, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was not the enemy, but Li Zicheng led the army and Wu Sangui in a stone battle, and halfway through the battle, the Tartar soldiers suddenly appeared, and then the Shun army was defeated like a mountain, and then the entire Han family Huaxia overturned, and the barbarians entered the Central Plains.

Then, there are the centuries-old Dark Ages that we are familiar with......

Every time he thinks of this, Li Meng feels a thorn in his back, he knows that at this time, it is a better choice to encroach on the Ming Empire step by step, or to eliminate the thieves, but he still puts the enemy on the Manchu barbarians, indeed, first weak and then strong, the Jiaozhou battalion is also relatively labor-saving, and he can gradually accumulate strength, use the strongest state, and fight a decisive battle with the Tartars without worries.

However, Li Meng still wanted to treat the Tartars as the first enemy to be eliminated, even though it was very risky to do so.

The old eunuch Liu Fulai, Sun Chuanting, and those who knew about the military all wanted to dissuade Li Meng's plan, but in the end, they all gave up the dissuasion, and instead tried their best to help plan.

Because they knew that even if they were persuaded Li Meng, they would not listen, and every time they decided to conquer the Manchu Dynasty, Li Dashuai, who had always been inclusive, would become extremely stubborn.

No one came to persuade him, and Li Meng did not state his determination to others, if he said that he eliminated the Tartars, and was copied by the Ming court or the army of displaced people behind him, or even the whole army was wiped out, it was also willing. Because no matter who wins the world, the two parties are the legal system of the Han family, and the meat is always rotten in their own pots.

The situation is difficult, and we must rise to the occasion, but we must not swagger and rush without scruples, and the necessary preparations must be made one by one.

In Hejian and Yongping, the construction of Tuntian Grange should be done, and Tuntian Grange is in the system of the Jiaozhou battalion, and it also has the function of a warehouse and a military station.

And now Wang Tao's garrison has just entered Hejian Mansion to station, everything is still in the draft, and there is still a lot to do, but there is an advantage that the Manchu Tartars broke into at the end of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, and the northern part of Hejian Mansion and the eastern part of Yongping Mansion were broken. The local officials and people either fled or were slaughtered, and the Jingshi Imperial Court is still strengthening the defense of the capital to this day, and no one can take care of these places at all, which is basically a vacuum, which is a little less local obstacle for Shandong to enter and rebuild. The value of the heavy gifts sent by the Zheng family in Fujian is indeed not low, all kinds of treasures and stunning beauties are heavy no matter where they are, after being sent to the general's mansion, the Zheng family who gave the gift knew that Li Dashuai had accepted the gift, but at the same time, he also knew that Li Dashuai had been receiving it because of his friendship with the Zheng family.

Steward Luo of the General's Mansion had a cold face, saying that it was because of your gift that I was reprimanded by the marshal, saying that your Zheng family saw the wind and made the rudder.

The housekeeper Luo Xi is Li Meng's subordinate, but he has a very high status for people from the outside department, and when he sees this housekeeper, everyone is respectful, and the representative of the Zheng family who came to give gifts was originally weak-hearted, and when he saw Luo Xi Huo, and relayed Li Meng's words, he immediately panicked.

Now with the status and strength of Li Meng, the Duke of Qi, it is not something that the Zheng family, a local wealthy family, can offend, and the Zheng family, who gave gifts, hurriedly hurried and sent messages to Nanjing, Hangzhou and Fujian, and told the big man in charge of the clan.

Zheng Zhilong's younger brother Zheng Zhihu, the number two person of the Zheng family, rushed from Hangzhou and had already passed Yangzhou, ready to come to Jinan to congratulate the marshal on his victory as the Duke of Qi, and at the same time explain some possible misunderstandings.

However, when several envoys of the Fujian Commercial Bank came to Jinan to arrange to report the matter, they were told that Qi Guogong was traveling.

The official news is not confidential, Qi Guogong went to Laiwu, please wait for a few days in charge of Zheng Er!

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