The house is not big, and after all the personal guards of Qiu Lei came out of the Jiaozhou battalion intelligence. Li Meng really entered alone.

The door to the main hall was wide open. Qiu Lei, the chief soldier of Shandong, stood respectfully by the door in the regular clothes of a military general. Needless to say, that look of trepidation was needless to say. This posture and the posture of greeting are clearly the posture of a junior military attache to greet a superior, of course. At the moment, everything is not as good as others, so I can only do this.

After seeing Li Meng walk into the courtyard, standing on the steps, Qiu Lei hurriedly took a few steps forward. The posture was about to kneel. However, thinking that he was the chief military officer and the other party was a general, and his identity was different, doing such a courtesy might make the other party misunderstand, so he quickly stopped his movements and was deeply moved.

"Mr. Qiu, I haven't seen you for almost a month!"

Li Meng said coldly. He didn't enter the house either, he spoke directly in the courtyard, and Qiu Lei heard Li Meng's tone. I couldn't help but shiver at my body, and I didn't know what to answer. Just nodded, Li Meng continued to maintain the same tone and said:

"I haven't seen you in January, and there are only so many soldiers and horses in General Qiu's soldiers. Could it be that he fought a big battle with the Tartars, and suffered heavy casualties?"

When he said this, it was no different from slapping someone in the face, Qiu Lei's face was pale and uncertain, and he hesitated for a long time without answering. Li Meng sneered a few times, stopped talking about this topic, and said:

"The last general heard that the chief soldier has a lot of fields in Jinan Mansion and Dongchang Mansion, and he also heard that the chief soldier boasted about it with others. It is said that I am the second in Shandong fields, although Confucius is the first. But that's hundreds of years of accumulation. If I do it, then I will be the general soldier year. This number one is definitely mine. ”

Qiu Lei didn't know what Li Meng's intention was when he said this, and all he did was to laugh at himself. "It's all a joke," he explained. Jokes, can't be real, can't be true!" Li Meng continued to take care of himself:

"General Qiu's troops have a large number of generals. but more than 6,000 people. I heard that there are still 600 people in Ye County, guarding your more than a dozen wives and children's property. Isn't it?"

Listening to Li Mengqing, he clearly put his own land. Dependents. The children all said it, and the face of the chief soldier Qiu Lei was already pale. I don't know what to answer, and I don't know what Li Meng is going to say next. But his body gradually began to tremble, and the rout all the way had already made him feel gall. Even that barbaric and domineering aura is drained cleanly.

"Mr. Qiu, cut yourself!"

Li Meng said this sentence in a very flat tone. Qiu Lei took a few steps back, but he didn't feel too nervous and scared, Li Meng's words of inquiry contained too many meanings, and Qiu Lei, a person who has been in the officialdom for a long time, naturally understands.

Seeing that the chief soldier Qiu Lei did not panic and made a mental breakdown, Li Meng nodded and continued:

"I know that Mr. Qiu took those grange title deeds with him and transferred them to me. A document of protection. said that you committed suicide in shame because of dragging down your Shandong fathers. He was willing to promote Li Meng, a staff general, as the commander-in-chief of Shandong. Defend the side. ”

Listen to Li Meng. This Qiu Lei rarely mustered up some courage and stared at Li Meng with hatred, but he didn't dare to have any reason to act rashly, although Li Meng entered the courtyard alone, but at the gate of the courtyard, the soldiers of the Jiaozhou battalion with various weapons were eyeing there. You have to make some moves yourself. I'm afraid that before it is implemented, it will be chopped into mash by people rushing in from outside. Qiu Lei also has no regrets.

If you don't agree to Li Meng coming in alone, look at today's posture. is afraid that the end will also be chopped into pulp, and the reaction on Qiu Lei's face has no deterrent for Li Meng. Instead, he continued:

"Mr. Qiu. If you cut yourself, your family can be rich for the rest of your life. If you don't want to, the ruler won't force it. It's also a good thing for the whole family to get together, and Ben will naturally be willing to ** beauty. ”

After Li Meng said these words leisurely, the last trace of courage on Qiu Lei's body also disappeared. I just felt that I didn't have any strength in my body. When the Tartar army entered Shandong. Qiu Lei hurriedly arranged for his cronies to send his family to Chengye County, the capital of Laizhou, which seemed to be safer.

It was an urgent day. I couldn't care about anything, and waited until the Tartar soldiers came out of Shandong. After Li Meng returned to Texas City, he reacted. Chengye County, the capital of Nalai Prefecture, was originally the territory of General Li Meng, and he actually took the initiative to send it to the door. It's really a sheep's mouth.

It's a matter of life and death. How could Qiu Lei make a decision so easily. A few peeks at each other. I wonder if there is a possibility of holding the other party hostage. But seeing the majesty of the other party, think about the hollowing out of his body by wine over the years. A little bit of courage is gone.

Li Meng looked at the other party and hesitated. He shouted to the outside:

"Has Mr. Qiu's master been invited?"

There was a commotion outside, and I watched a middle-aged man dressed as a staff literati being pushed in, this Qiu Lei master. When I was outside, I was already scared enough by the momentum, and my legs were weak when I entered the yard. Kneeling down. Li Meng smiled and said:

"Mr. Qiu. Your master often uses your handwriting. Stealing seals and doing some greedy things, in fact, there are some things that you can't do without you!"

Hear Li Mengdi's words. Qiu Lei's last glimmer of hope was also scattered, and he sat directly on the ground, and said weakly:

Qiu agreed. I just ask Master Li to be true to his word!"

"If the official agrees, he will naturally do it. Master Zhang, you and Mr. Qiu have done a good job of the land deed documents for those transfers. The deathbed confession suicide note must also be written, so that nothing goes wrong. Don't do anything. ”

The master kowtowed like pounding garlic and agreed, Li Meng walked out of the house directly, and naturally there were soldiers from the Jiaozhou camp and people from the Lingshan commercial house walking into the courtyard. The title deed of the transfer and the suicide note must be monitored by someone, and people will always do something that is not clear when they are dying.

In the aisle outside, there were no other people except the Jiaozhou battalion. After Li Meng walked out the door. I found a random roadside stone and sat down. Waiting for news from inside.

There was silence inside and outside. About half an hour later, several soldiers walked out of the courtyard with a stack of papers and papers, and when they came to Li Meng's side, they opened their mouths and said:

"My lord, Mr. Qiu fled because of the rout all the way. As a result, the soldiers and civilians of Shandong were poisoned by the Tatar land, and they blamed themselves every day. Finally, he decided to commit suicide and apologize, and just now his subordinates went in to check, and now General Qiu has already hanged himself, and his staff Mr. Zhang is loyal to the master. It is also to follow. ”

Li Meng nodded, and a Lingshan Commercial Bank tent on the side raised the title deed and transfer document in his hand and added:

"General Qiu decided to transfer all the land to the adults, let the adults rejuvenate the army in Tuntian, and then fight the Tartars. also recommended the adult as the next Shandong commander-in-chief in the suicide note. ”

Li Meng sighed. Said softly:

"General Qiu is also loyal to the country. Inform the division of this matter, and bury it!

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The man below nodded. They dispersed.

Governor Yan Jizu and supervisor Liu Yuanbin reported Li Mengdi's military exploits, and the court's praise will definitely not be less, and the title of general soldier is the first. The addition of officials to the governor of the left capital is a sure thing. But there is a difference between this general army and the general army, Liu Zeqing's Caozhou general army is a miscellaneous general. Qiu Lei's Shandong General Army is a dignified military attache of the imperial court, and there is a subordinate relationship between them.

Li Meng knew that he was not the kind of military general who had taken the right path for generations. For the sake of balance or seniority, the imperial court will not give itself the title of Shandong General Soldier, but it is very likely to be the title of Jiaozhou General Soldier or Denglai General Soldier. Then rearrange individual generals to come over on errands.

What you do is still subject to restraint. If the name is not correct, it is not good, and there is no name of the Shandong General Army. After all, it is not possible to determine its own place name in this Shandong.

But now the government and the opposition are suddenly in a situation, and the military generals have forced back the Tartar army. Let it be. Except for Lu Xiangsheng. There is no more typical example of loyally resisting the enemy. At this time, if there is news that the Shandong general army committed suicide in shame because of the disadvantage of resisting the enemy. It will inevitably be used as a model by the Ming Dynasty to publicize, so this loyal man will protect his military exploits. There must be no suspense about the attribution of the rank of Shandong's general soldier.

Zaiqiu Lei is known as the second largest landlord in Shandong, only in Confucius, and the grange in his hands is vast. And most of them are in the fertile land of Jinan and Dongchang. Although after the establishment of the Jiaozhou camp Tuntian Grange. Mr. Qiu should be the third largest landlord, but the absolute number of fields in his hands is still huge.

With these lands in hand, Jiaozhou Camp Tuntian Grange is connected to the whole of Shandong. It's not just a huge increase in income. The number of displaced people who can be sheltered has increased dramatically. The number of troops has increased substantially. Moreover, because of the strict organizational form of the Tuntian Grange and the Jiaozhou battalion behind it, the influence of the local gentry and landlords has also increased. It will attract these grassroots of the Ming ruling class to cling to. The benefits are numerous.

The Jiaozhou battalion worked hard to pursue the Tartars. But the so-called friendly troops are retreating all the way, not to mention helping, but adding to the chaos. Li Meng knew that he would definitely have to fight the Tartars outside the gate again, but this time his strength was not enough and his preparation was not enough. Then before the next battle comes, Li Meng must become stronger, integrate all the forces that can be controlled in his own hands, and Shandong will speak in a good way. Li Meng alone is enough.