Chapter 140: A Letter from the Jingshi

Nothing to say, just don't say it, Li Meng ate a few bites silently, and Zhu Yunyao, who was sitting on the side, suddenly screamed, but it startled Li Meng, turned his head to look over, but saw the girl covering her face, her face was full of panic, looked at Li Meng and asked:

"Brother Li, isn't it unsightly to have frostbite on your face, alas, what should I do?"

"It doesn't matter, it looks a little redder than usual!"

After saying this, the girl was even more panicked, and dropped a sentence I went back to the room to take a look, and ran out in a hurry, and I didn't know what to do.

Li Meng shook his head and smiled, thinking that the girl was really weird, inexplicably nervous, and didn't pay attention to him. Not long after, Zhu Yunyao ran back like a gust of wind, and cautiously asked Li Meng:

"Brother Li, am I ugly like this?"

In fact, his face was a little red from the cold, and he couldn't see anything unsightly at all, Li Meng was about to answer, but he saw that the girl's eyes were full of apprehension, and it felt like a prisoner waiting for a sentence of life and death, so he simply opened his mouth and said with a smile:

"It looks good, it's the same as usual."

Li Meng thought that he would be fine after answering, but from this meal to before going to bed on the first day of junior high school, Zhu Yunyao asked this sentence dozens of times, which made people tired of it.

Even so, this first year of junior high school made Li Meng feel extremely happy and relaxed, for him, time is too precious, and he will be busy in the second year of junior high school.

Li Meng now has 2,500 people in the Jiaozhou battalion, including 2,300 foot soldiers, 200 cavalry, and 2,200 newly recruited Yanding, as well as 1,000 relatives and children in the southern part of Laizhou Mansion and Dengzhou Mansion, but there are not too many generals available in their hands, Ma Gang, Zhao Neng, Chen Liu, and Wang Hai are still backbones, and the rest of the people can only do things according to the rules, and they have no identity as confidants.

Speaking of which, Tang Er in the cavalry is the only one who has grown up among all the latecomers, but it is not because of his resourcefulness and insight, but he is the one who abides by the military rules the most in every battle, and he is the most brave and first. But that's okay, Tang Er has a dead respect for Li Mengna, and with everyone in charge of the cavalry, Li Meng will also be very relieved.

In the sequence of the Jiaozhou battalion, the firecrackers are not treated as a separate unit, although when fighting, the combat steps and how to use the firecrackers are strictly regulated.

Li Meng is the garrison of the Jiaozhou battalion, according to the regulations, the number of troops in his hands should not exceed 2,000, but the current number of large and small people combined, nearly 6,000 people, but at present, it is still according to the division of the former Yanding team, Ma Gang and Zhao Neng are the captain, team deputy, squad, squad deputy and so on.

No matter what the current situation is, there are too many imperfections, at least a crime of not abiding by the rules can not run, and the people below are desperate, although the military salary is really paid, but everyone is desperate, not only to get a military salary, there must always be an official rank, otherwise the people's hearts are unstable!

But here Li Meng is also worried, the following people hang the title of the Yanding team, although the name is ugly, but it is Li Meng's system, if it is hung on the official title of the imperial court, it has virtually become the soldiers and horses under the jurisdiction of the Ming military department, the Ming Dynasty is already a soldier at this time, but the name is still extremely important, and the official title of the imperial court is set on the head, there will always be unstable factors, and there are always some loyal and patriotic roles.

For Li Meng, the subordinates he needs are only to listen to his own orders, and there can be no dissenting soldiers and generals, as long as it is handled in accordance with the laws of the imperial court, it is equivalent to taking the initiative to send the team to the imperial court, and let the sand on it come down, which is really unwilling.

Li Meng's worries were one thing, but on the seventh day of the new year, Kuaima set out from Fengmeng Town and sent the soldiers of the Jiaozhou battalion stationed in various places with their names and seals.

is similar to everyone's expectations, Ma Gang led 900 people, Zhao Neng led 900 people, all of them were Qianzong, Chen Liu and Wang Hai were the same as other former team vice-presidents, they were all generals, but Chen Liu and Wang Hai only needed to be responsible for Li Meng, and they each received 300 people. Tang Er was the general of the cavalry, leading 200 cavalry. Ma and Zhao's troops are half veterans, half Xinding, and the rest of the veterans are directly led by Li Meng.

In the report reported to Shangfeng, Ma Gang and Zhao Neng each received 400 people, and Li Meng received 1,700 people, and the extra people were counted according to the establishment of Yanding.

No matter how many salt Ding are recruited, there is no fixed number anyway, but there is also an advantage to doing so, the veterans in the team are soldiers, and the recruits are Yan Ding, and the grades are naturally separated, which can be regarded as a goal for newcomers to be motivated. Naturally, you will work harder in training.

This time the official position was rewarded, although Li Meng's side wanted to keep a low profile and try not to expand his influence, but whether it was a close or non-trusted officer, they were all ecstatic, according to Li Meng's understanding, many people were thanking Lord Li for praising the saint today.

Mr. Qian always put on a big banquet, whether it was local or green forest horses, they all congratulated and gave gifts, although Li Meng was very calm on the surface, but he was not happy in his heart.

Is the name and righteousness of the Ming court so important, he pulled them from poverty and whiteness to the point where they are now, but they are just a thousand presidents, and the general reward, and the order issued from their own hands, but these people are so grateful to the court.

"You are my Li Meng's soldiers, not the soldiers of the imperial court, it is my Li Meng who pays to support and train you, not the imperial court."

Li Meng wanted to send this sentence to everyone in the Jiaozhou camp, but now it was obviously not the time to say this, and he couldn't even say it to Zhu Yunyao.

For other people, winning the battle, being promoted and making a fortune, the first month of the ninth year of Chongzhen is really joyful, but Li Meng is a little unhappy in his heart, who would have thought that on the fourteenth day of the first month, this unhappiness is even more dramatic.

The Lantern Festival is one of the rare days without curfew in ancient times, whether it is a big city or a small town, it is sleepless all night, all kinds of lights are bright, it is a very important festival, Zhu Yunyao has obviously seen the prosperity and beauty of the Lantern Festival in Kaifeng City, and is excited to Li Meng to lead her to see it on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

Although Jiaozhou City also has its own atmosphere, it is far from a prosperous city like Kaifeng, and when Li Meng was talking, a person ran in out of breath.

The pro-soldier guards outside did not stop it, it must be someone who knows each other, and it is indeed Wu Tongzhi's housekeeper, and the two families have a lot of dealings with each other, and the people below are all recognized. After the butler ran into the courtyard, he first took a few breaths to calm down, then made small steps, kowtowed on the ground, and then said hurriedly:

"Lord Li, there is an urgent letter from the Jingshi, saying that it will not stop for a moment, and it cannot be delayed to be delivered to the adult, the messenger is outside, and the small one is bringing a report."

The New Year, what can be done in a hurry like this, the Jingshi side is naturally an urgent letter from Eunuch Liu, is it really a big deal, Li Meng asked people to come in quickly.

The messenger looked like he should be a soldier of a certain battalion, the frostbite scars on his face were very ugly, obviously he had suffered a lot of hard work along the way, after seeing Li Meng, the messenger had to check the seal before handing over the letter, Li Meng was also nervous, thinking what a big deal, it was so solemn.

After taking the letterhead, the messenger was naturally taken away to settle down and have a good rest, Li Meng cautiously withdrew the people around him, and arranged for people to guard everywhere, and then opened the letter.

The soldiers thought that something big had happened, and they were all guarded by 120,000 spirits, but after a while, they heard Li Meng roaring angrily in the house, and something was shattered.

The letter is a secret letter from Liu Fulai, the eunuch of the Beijing Division, but the content of the letter is rare with a tone of reprimand, you know, although the two sides are called uncles and nephews, but the actual relationship is that Li Meng is kind to him, and he has helped a lot, not to mention anything else, he still sent out a huge sum of 50,000 taels of silver a year ago.

Although Eunuch Liu is in a high position, he has always been very polite to Li Meng, and the two sides have worked hard to create an atmosphere of relatives coming and going, but today's words on this letter are very serious, and there is no politeness and cordiality at all.

But Li Meng's anger was not for the other party's tone, because Eunuch Liu's letterhead was completely for his good, and the content of the letter looked very ridiculous, but it made people unable to laugh at all.

For example, there is a sentence "Now the Ping Thief Governor Fu reported to the Central Military Department that the battle of the Great Victory, but the beheading of hundreds of levels, such a great victory is won by hundreds of thousands of soldiers, you have a small garrison, to step against the horse, a battle beheaded more than 300, almost a complete victory, who believes."

According to the procedure of reporting the victory and the military merits, after Li Meng's report of the victory was countersigned by the local magistrate, he sent people to the side of the general and governor of Denglai, Yang Sichang, Hong Chengchou and other supervisors, and led more than 100,000 troops to fight in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and the peasant army of the eight battalions.

The Jiaozhou garrison here exterminated the local thieves, and it was also a foot soldier fighting horse team, and it actually had such a brilliant record, who would believe the governor and the generals.