Chapter 437: Marshal's Mansion Kaifeng City

The world in June was unexpectedly calm, and some people in the court already thought so, and he was not so aggressive when he took a step back from the Li thief in Shandong. (Provide a > for the latest chapter reading.)

Li Zicheng, who was in Xiangyang, had just annexed Luo Rucai's hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, and although the situation had become very stable, it would take some time to digest this force.

Zhang Xianzhong, who occupied Wuchang, did not want to follow in the footsteps of Luo Rucai, looted in Wuchang, replenished supplies and personnel, and continued to march westward.

Zuo Liangyu, the general of the Ping Thief who retreated to Jiujiang, finally recovered some courage, began to set up cards on the river to collect taxes, and allowed the soldiers to plunder everywhere in Jiujiang.

This Jiangxi is a familiar place for Zuo Liangyu, a few years ago when he pursued Zhang Xianzhong, he traveled here, and the local people were like suffering a catastrophe.

Of course, the scourge of the common people was only slightly inferior, and the magistrates of Jiangxi sent a letter of folds to the Beijing Division, asking the court to restrain them.

How did the Ming court restrain it, and although Zuo Liangyu stayed in Jiujiang City, the slightest wind and grass was like a frightened bird, but the succession documents were still delivered to the court, and the north and south of the river were thousands of miles apart, and the emperors and ministers in the court did not know whether this good news was true or false, but it could only be a reward.

The Manchus were also recuperating, and the victories they achieved in the Liao town outside the Guanxi could only appease the panic after the defeat of the Eight Banners, and Dolgon, as the regent, wanted to achieve a truly dominant position in the Manchus. It will also take time.

In June of the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, although the Tuntian Grange was only built in Hejian Mansion, and the Shandong soldiers and horses of Yongping Mansion had not yet been involved, Wu Sangui's respect for Shandong made the Jiaozhou battalion work on the Manchu Qing Dynasty. For the first time, there was a lot of progress.

Although the Manchus and the Ming were enemy countries, the Manchu nobles needed no less luxury than the Ming Jingshi and Nanjing.

The Zheng family of Fujian, relying on their superior strength at sea, achieved a monopoly on trade with the Manchu Qing Dynasty one step ahead of the maritime merchants in the south of the Yangtze River. \ For the supply of all kinds of goods to the Manchu Dynasty, almost all of them were trafficked from all over the country by the Zheng family's sea ships, but the Zheng family's ships only docked at Jinzhouwei and the Korean side.

The Manchus preferred to expend their efforts on transporting on the 6th rather than allowing the Zheng family's fleet to penetrate deep into the hinterland, so that, although after April, the Shantung Yan Gang's fine work was already able to follow the Zheng family's sea ships to the ports of Jinzhouwei, Lushun, and Korea. But if you can't go deep into the interior of Liaodong, this is not of much significance.

However, Liaozhen was different, although the Manchu and Liaozhen fronts were on guard against each other, there were merchants from Shanxi who sold all kinds of goods to the Manchus through Liaozhen. It's funny to say. But in fact, in the face of silver, many people can't take care of the country's righteousness, with the current strength of Shandong. Since the wealthy businessmen in Shanxi can, why can't the merchants in Shandong. Wu Sangui and a cadre of officers and soldiers in Liaozhen also regarded Shandong as a role in getting into the eyes of money. There is nothing wrong with thinking so, after all, in terms of the requirements at the beginning, all the land mentioned by Shandong is related to making money.

And this Li Meng also has this reputation for accumulating wealth in the world, and he is already in such a high position, isn't he still holding on to cheap deals such as private salt?

For the caravans from Shandong to sell to the Manchus, this Liaozhen will definitely not stop it, and it may not be very believable that the Manchus have allowed the caravans of the Ming Dynasty.

Because for the Manchu Qing Dynasty, many of the materials of the Ming Dynasty were needed by them, and they also needed the transportation and replenishment of these caravans, and the Ming government of course forbade this. However, it was impossible to stop those Ming civil and military officials who were greedy for money, as well as businessmen from all walks of life who were hungry for profit.

The merchants of Shandong claimed to be from Hejian Province in Northern Zhili, and the Manchus were not very suspicious......

The news that came back to Shandong was not very good, because the Manchus had mobilized most of their forces to capture the tribe in the old forest, and the lost forces in Hejian Province were being quickly replenished.

This news was reported back to Shandong as a first-class priority, and the whole of Shandong became a little anxious after hearing this, and at the same time, they were also glad that the decision made by the marshal was so correct, if they did not concentrate on the outside of the border, let the Tartars recover calmly and quickly come out of failure, it would be really a big trouble.

Regarding the Manchu Qing Dynasty's capture of the so-called wild Jurchen outside the Guan, in addition to Liaozhen, Shandong in the Guannei is still the first time to know, in the past, it was said that the advantages and disadvantages of the Ming and the Tartars, said that the Ming soldiers were weak, but there were many people, the Manchu soldiers were strong, but there were few people, and the Ming Dynasty exchanged ten soldiers for one soldier, and if they fought for consumption, they could always let these Tartars die. \

After all, the two sides are not of the same race, and the Manchu Jurchen wants to recover from the death, and it is necessary to give birth to and raise a person, this time period can be long, and the time and advantage are naturally on the side with more people, of course, the actual situation is not so satisfactory.

With the victory of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, more and more Han Eight Banners and Mongolian Eight Banners were used, and the combat effectiveness of these servant armies was not bad at all, and the more the battle was fought, the more troublesome it became.

When I learned the news, it was even more shocking, the Jurchen Eight Banners, which were more and more powerful in combat, actually had such a way to supplement, and the intelligence brought back said that these tribes called "savages" and "Jurchens" were young and strong, and their combat effectiveness was even greater than that of the Jurchen Eight Banners.

Because the warriors of these tribes live by fishing and hunting, they have enough training and fighting qualities, and that semi-primitive state of life has not dragged away the wildness in their bodies.

Together, these factors are enough to make these people strong warriors, so the attitude of the nobles of the Eight Banners towards these people is almost described as a competition. Whoever has the most Jurchens under his command represents whose strength is the strongest.

Shandong was awe-inspiring, originally thought that the battle of Hejian Mansion had hurt the vitality of the other party, who would have thought that the Manchu Tartars would have such a way to recover, and the marshal was really far-sighted to set such a strategy.

If you don't say that this is the destiny of heaven, you don't know it. They certainly didn't expect that Li Meng did this only out of a deep-seated vigilance and hatred for the Manchu Tatars, and it was completely an act of emotion over reason.

With his knowledge of history. Or under modern history education, even non-history master's students may not know about this capture of the birth of the girl, and Li Meng is even more likely to know.

In the history of normal exhibitions. The three eastern provinces have always been operated as a reservation for the Jurchens, and Han immigrants were not allowed to move in, until the end of the Qing Dynasty, this situation was alleviated, and before and after the founding of New China, there were still Oroqen people who maintained a primitive tribal state in the deep mountains and old forests of Heilongjiang Province. \

But in fact, for the vast land of the three eastern provinces, from the time of the emergence of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Only most of Liaoning has been fully developed, and the rest of the places are original forests, wetlands and swamps, and there are a large number of tribes in the so-called white mountains and black waters.

Some of these tribes were uncivilized Jurchens. Those who have land are other peoples. The Jurchen Eight Banners of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were exhibited in the Jurchens of what is now Liaoning and Inner Mongolia, whether it was the Jianzhou Jurchen or the Yehe Jurchen. They are all Jurchen tribes with a high degree of civilization, sinicization or Mongolianization.

Most of these tribes in the deep mountains and old forests are still the primitive form of that clan society. The wild and untamed Jurchens and Tunguska tribes developed skills in combat and cooperation in their fishing and hunting activities. Almost born warriors, the capture of these people to supplement the army and the number of people has always been an important source of population growth in the Manchu Dynasty.

The Jurchens were directly incorporated into the Jurchen Eight Banners, and these savages of the Tunguska tribe were generally called Sauron, in the normal history of the exhibition, after entering the Central Plains, the combat effectiveness of the Manchu Jurchens degraded quickly, and most of the powerful cavalry they relied on were Han troops and Saurons.

Later, the Eight Banners became a complete waste, and Sauron actually became the main force, and the capture of these savage tribes even lasted until the Qianlong Dynasty, because the dependence was too heavy.

In this era, the capture of the Jurchen and Sauron has not been carried out on a large scale, because there has not been so much need, thinking that only the troops of the Eight Banners and the servant army can win all battles, and the defeat of Hejian Mansion can be regarded as stimulating the Manchu Eight Banners to find all possible ways to strengthen their strength.

As a result, the operation of searching the mountains and seas and capturing the wild men began much earlier than the normal history of the exhibition, and if you look at it this way, after the capture of the Manchu Eight Banners, it has even been strengthened.

This can be regarded as a kind of historical change, and Li Meng's huge variable has changed the history that should be normal in all aspects. When this news and similar judgments reached Shandong, the entire Shogunate of Qi became nervous, and an order was immediately arranged to be sent to Hejian Mansion as soon as possible, and Zhang Jiang and Wang Tao, who had already arrived there, were urged in a very stern tone, asking them to hurry up and carry out the construction of Tuntian Grange and deploy their troops to Yongping Mansion as soon as possible. \

The only person in the whole Shandong who is not in a hurry is Li Meng, after the news came, Sun Chuanting came directly to the Duke of Qi Mansion with the papers, hoping that Li Meng would come out with a charter.

Sun Chuanting's judgment of Li Meng was similar to the real situation, and he felt that Li Meng's strategy of focusing on the Tatars at the beginning was not necessarily expected, but a kind of paranoia and hatred, and this tendency can be seen from the previous actions of the Jiaozhou battalion since its establishment.

However, Li Meng may not have known about the Manchu Tatars' behavior of capturing savages to enrich their strength, that is to say, Li Meng, the Duke of Qi, may not have expected the other party to have such an act and make up for the population and strength.

Unexpectedly, after listening to Sun Chuanting's narration in the study, Li Meng said that he was only quite interested, as if he had heard some interesting news, indeed, this matter was an interesting anecdote for Li Meng at best, and he was not as surprised as them.

Sun Chuanting was anxious in his heart, and he thought deeper in his heart, after the big victory in Hejian Mansion, the marshal was already arrogant and proud, this is a big trouble, and he must speak out to advise.

It was Li Meng who spoke first, he looked at Sun Chuanting, who was rarely anxious, and said with a smile:

"The Tartars grabbed the savages to supplement their strength, and now it is beyond the reach of the Jiaozhou battalion, what we can do is to push it step by step to the front of Shanhaiguan, and then move."

"Kokuko-sama......"

"Mr. Sun doesn't have to take this matter too seriously, the most taboo thing for the Jiaozhou battalion to march and fight is to stay away from logistics and go deep alone. The places of Hejian Mansion, Yongping Mansion, and Shanhaiguan are not well-run places, and there are many hostile forces, if I send troops to the north, the back road of grain supply is unstable. How can you tell the soldiers below to fight with peace of mind, in case there is a mistake, it will really outweigh the losses. ”

The tactical feature of the Jiaozhou battalion was its reliance on firearms. The dependence of guns and artillery on logistics is very large, and the Jiaozhou battalion has always been full of food, and the remuneration of this kind of full food is also a means of maintaining morale, but this tactical characteristics and full food and salary, the importance of this grain supply is even more prominent. \

It is necessary to ensure that there is a stable rear, so that the troops of the Jiaozhou battalion can fully exert their combat power, and they must have a stable rear and supply base. But it's not enough to build a few warehouses to store military supplies.

According to Li Meng's words, this place must be managed thoroughly, and this thorough word means that Shandong can be completely controlled. Built up Tun Tian Grange. Then, through this tuntian grange, military stations, warehouses and temporary fortresses were set up to form a solid rear.

Sun Chuanting also understands this truth. At present, Hejian Mansion is still a grass creation, and Yongping Mansion has not yet been carried out. It would be too much of a delay to wait until Li Meng's "stability" was established. Sun Chuanting didn't know what to say for a while, and the handsome man couldn't say that he was arrogant and underestimated the enemy, but it seemed to be in a state of excessive prudence.

"Marshal, it is certainly a truth to be safe, but in the current situation, we should pay attention to a noble soldier and give a blow to the Tartars as soon as possible, so that they cannot recover so calmly outside the gate!"

Hearing Sun Chuanting's words, Li Meng was stunned for a moment, and then laughed out loud, he finally made it clear what this old gentleman thought, suppressed his laughter, Li Meng opened his mouth and asked calmly:

"Mr. Sun said that our army went deep into the land of Liaodong to attack the Tartars, and Mr. thought that our army would win or lose if it was so dangerous."

Li Meng asked cautiously, and Sun Chuanting also thought for a while before replying:

"Shandong soldiers and horses are now the strongest army in the world, although it is a light division attacking far away, but there is still eighty percent certainty that after the blow, the whole body will retreat!"

"Mr. has such confidence in the soldiers and horses of Shandong, which shows that my Jiaozhou battalion soldiers and horses are indeed a strong army, but now this situation, even if it is deep into Liaodong outside the Guan, after the great victory over the Tartars, it is still necessary to retreat to the Guannei, because after all, it is a lone army outside the Guan, and it is impossible to obtain provisions, and as soon as my lone army leaves, the Tartars still have to recover, it is still this cycle, and the lone army is far away, the cost is huge, and it is easy to be targeted by other enemies, Mr. Fang Cai is also said that eighty percent of the certainty, in case there is a mistake, it is really worth the loss!"

"Dashuai, the Tartars are calmly recovering outside, could it be that my Shandong soldiers and horses are sitting back like this, and let them sit down?"

Sun Chuanting has already said that he is a little anxious, he is the person who pays the most attention to this identity etiquette, Li Meng was named the Duke of the Kingdom, and he has always opened his mouth to call the Lord of the Kingdom, at this time, in a hurry, he has already changed the title of the Duke of the Kingdom to a more casual handsome, and he can't take care of it. \

"It's not to let it sit big, it's our side to accumulate strength to give it a decisive blow, Mr. Sun, you also have confidence in the strength of our Jiaozhou battalion, and Li's confidence is even stronger, rather than being defeated again and again, it is better to be completely annihilated in a big war, and now what we are doing in Shandong is this!"

When Li Meng said this, his eyes were bright, and his confidence was abnormal, and his confident and heroic words were extremely infectious, and Sun Chuanting was speechless for a while.

Li Meng was not afraid of such a recovery of the Tartars, what he planned was that after the Hejian Mansion and the Yongping Mansion ensured a stable passage, he would strike with all his strength to completely wipe out this barbarian tumor that plagued China.

Sun Chuanting took a big breath, Li Meng's plan was really unexpected, originally according to his understanding, it was carried out in the direction of Yongping Mansion and Shanhaiguan, but it was just to avoid the Tatars entering the customs when passing through the Central Plains.

But he didn't expect Li Meng's plan to be so big, and he went to Guanwai to destroy the country. Hearing this plan, Sun Chuanting was also a little agitated.

Since the three major expeditions of Wanli, the Ming Dynasty has failed everywhere in foreign conquests, and there has been no victory in the past 50 years. This kind of weakness in China has almost begun since the time of the Five Dynasties, and it has improved slightly since the time of Zhu Di of the Ming Dynasty, and it has gone downhill step by step by the time of Yingzong, the so-called Central Empire. The prestige of the Celestial Empire has long been gone, and Sun Chuanting occasionally thinks of the martial arts of the Han and Tang dynasties that dominated the world and destroyed the country at every turn. I couldn't help but sigh in my heart.

Who would have thought that in such a decadent and chaotic world, there would be a hero like Li Meng, who swept away the weak wind of China with the power of one person and established an incomparably powerful force.

Fang Cai was extremely arrogant to discuss with himself the plan to destroy the country, such a major event, such a heroic martial arts. How lucky I am to be able to participate in it.

Sun Chuanting thought a lot at this time, but he didn't know what to say for a while, for a character like Sun Chuanting. \ There are very few such gaffes in front of superiors. It can be seen how excited he is.

When he recovered, Li Meng was looking at him with a rather curious look. I couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed and cleared my throat. But I thought of something else, and I mentioned it this time. By the way, it was used to change the topic, Sun Chuanting calmed down a little and said:

"Lord Guogong, since I abandoned the name of General Zhendong and changed to the name of Qi Guogong to give orders, the lower officials feel that there is a hidden danger in it!"

Establish a stable logistics line in Hejian Mansion and Yongping Mansion, the final purpose is to enter Liaodong to destroy the Manchu Qing, this plan is indeed a bit shocking, at present, the Jiaozhou battalion is still thinking of establishing a defense line in Shanhaiguan or Liaozhen, beating the Tartars, so that they do not dare to attack, after all, the destruction of the country and the clan is too radical, few people can accept this idea, Li Meng is not willing to continue to talk deeply, and Sun Chuanting's words also aroused his interest.

"Mr. Sun, please talk in detail, my father-in-law will listen to you."

"The Mansion of the State of Qi is just a noble mansion, although there is a set of teams in the former land of Shandong, but the functions are close to the military, and the various departments and territories are all the governors, and there is no manpower preparation for the urgent affairs of the military. The peacetime is good, if it is really a large army mobilization, and it is changed in a hurry, it is to transfer personnel everywhere, and there are no certain rules, it will definitely delay important matters, and general affairs will also be disrupted, and it will cause a lot of panic. Now the military affairs are getting heavier and heavier, in the past, we were only based in Shandong and the like, and the operation was still considered to be a yuan turn, and in the future, the army will go on an expedition, and things will be complicated, so we must not be careful. The lower officials felt that at least the shogunate should be restored, and a leading center should be set up, with clear powers and responsibilities, instead of the current situation of leading the army with a single honor, and when the battle is approaching, there is no subordinate in all aspects. ”

Li Meng nodded while listening, and finally said approvingly:

"If there is no Mr. Sun, I am afraid that the Jiaozhou camp will still have many irregular details at this time, but now everything is complete, and Mr. has made great contributions!"

Fang Cai's words of destroying the country made Sun Chuanting's mood agitated, Li Mengdi's praise had actually praised him as Zaifu, no matter how steady Sun Chuanting was, he still stood up and thanked him respectfully. \

"Mr. Sun may have heard that this duke has been letting people read history in his spare time in recent years, and get some experience and suggestions from the history books, most of the system of the Qi State Mansion is modeled on the format of the Privy Council in the Song Dynasty, and the officials everywhere are all civil officials, but in wartime, they are ready to imitate the gold system, and directly establish the Marshal's Mansion, and the old camp is the marshal's direct camp, and the old battalion Quartermaster Department and the Lingshan Commercial Bank are combined into the army and the military quartermaster, and the officials at all levels of the pro-military camp are subordinate officials of the Marshal's Mansion, Mr. Sun is the long history, Yuan Wenhong is the main book, Zhou Yang is the record room, and the wartime system, The Shuai Mansion is ready to be established, and Mr. Sun does not have to worry about mistakes. ”

After Sun Chuanting listened, he pondered for a moment, but his face became more cautious, and he said:

"Everything is pre-planned, and if it is not pre-planned, it will be wasted, and the officials of the government can sit in Jinan Mansion, plan military aircraft, raise grain and straw, and transfer the army. However, if the army is thousands of miles away, tossing and turning day and night, lying on the ice and sleeping in the grass, and the attendant may be in charge of military discipline? When going out to fight, in the army, all that is needed are physically strong and capable, can these Shandong scholars in the marshal's mansion be competent? This is very different from sitting in Jinan and enjoying peace!? ”

It seems that Sun Chuanting has thought about this question for a long time, and he asked it solemnly, after all, Sun Chuanting led the Qin army to attack several provinces that day, pursuing the exile army, and he was quite clear about this system.

In the face of these direct questions, Li Meng did not hesitate, he also had a case for a long time, and said:

"Mr. Sun, do you remember that my father went out of the city every day to make rounds, and he was always accompanied by his staff and personal soldiers, and there were people and horses who were noisy, and there were old Confucian advices. It is said that this company is thrifty in everything, but he is too proud of this outing, although this handsome man praises the old Confucian, but he still does my thing?

Sun Chuanting nodded, and a smile appeared on Li Meng's face. Again, he explained:

"The person who accompanied him was the staff attachΓ© of my Marshal's Palace, the wartime system. They practice every day, if they can't keep up with school, they will be eliminated long ago and make up for newcomers, Mr. Sun, what do you think? ”

After hearing Li Meng's words, President Sun Chuan exhaled. Quite a feeling of sudden realization, shook his head and said with some emotion:

"No accumulation of steps, no thousands of miles, can have today's situation. \ How can it be accidental. Guogong's weekday behavior has long been prepared, think about these arrangements. However, there are some similarities with the strategy of hiding troops and people, and they operate on their own on weekdays. In wartime, they were all together, and the lower officials finally understood. Lingshan Commercial Bank is located in Jinan City, why is it used? ”

The two looked at each other and laughed together.

As mentioned earlier, among the various large institutions in Shandong, only the general number of Lingshan Commercial Bank is not in Jinan, but is set up in Jining Prefecture, but there is a second general number in Jinan City, the second general number of Jinan City does not accept private business, but only deals with the Jiaozhou Battalion Quartermaster Department and the Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau, the private trading of Jinan City, and the Jinan branch of Lingshan Commercial Bank, which is quite strange, and now Sun Chuanting is awakened, and in Shandong, there are really a lot of actions and arrangements like this, It seems that there is a deep meaning in it, and Sun Chuanting couldn't help but sigh for a long time.

In mid-June, the first major event in Shandong was the name of Li Wu, the second son of Li Mengdi, the Duke of Qi, which is extremely ordinary, but if you look at Shandong's household registration files, in the past three years, almost fifty percent of the newborn boys in Shandong have been named with the word "Wu".

This is also the Jiaozhou battalion in Shandong, the martial arts are outstanding, if you want to ask for fame and wealth, it is easier to obtain in the battle, there are countless people who participated in the Jiaozhou battalion, one step to the sky. It is precisely because I saw the benefits of being a soldier and practicing martial arts that this is the case.

However, the reason why Li Meng named his second son "Wu" was that he was physically weak, and hoped that he would be able to practice martial arts more in the future to make his body strong.

It is said that if a noble lord like Li Meng gets an heir, the court should issue a decree to reward him, and at least he must have a loose official title to add it, which can be regarded as a normal rule.

But now the court and the Duke of Qi are like fire and water, so what kind of reward can be talked about, originally when rewarding the Duke of Qi, Li Mengdi's eldest son Li Hong should have been rewarded, but the court did not mention it at all, and even other generals in Shandong ignored it.

The imperial court also knew that these soldiers and horses were all desperate for Li Meng, and the imperial court couldn't do anything to win them over, so they couldn't move around, so they simply didn't even use the means of controlling each other, so they didn't ask about it, and they didn't care. \

Although there is no gift from the imperial court, Li Wu, who is still in infancy, has been flattered by everyone, and he will definitely be rich and noble in the future, and he will live a long and healthy life. This flattery is also quite skillful, for example, when everyone praises Li Hong, they say that this Li Hong will be indescribably expensive in the future, and he will look like a dragon and a tiger.

The so-called one person attains the Tao, the chicken and the dog ascend to heaven, and now the people around Li Meng are the same, after Yan Ruoran gave birth to Li Hong, the more stable and unshakable his position in the Li Mansion became, and it was also the period when the Jiaozhou battalion was greatly expanded, which was amazing, originally Yan Zhifu was a person from Jiangnan.

Since becoming Li Meng's father-in-law, under Liu Fulai's arrangement, and for the safety of Yan Ruoran's family members, the Yan family members were all taken to live in Shandong.

The Yan family is just a small and medium-sized landlord in the south of the Yangtze River, it is just the kind of poetry and book heirloom Yin Shi family, when they came to Shandong, although they did not worry about food, clothing and flowers, but Shandong was far inferior to Jiangnan, so Yan Ruoran's relatives always complained about the Yan family's father and daughter.

But this kind of complaint quickly disappeared, and the wealthy merchants of Shandong and Lianghuai immediately held them to the sky, asking for anything, and not wanting anything in return, just hoping to show goodwill in front of the marshal, and be satisfied with a good word. The circumstances of life have changed so quickly, and the ordinary people who were small families some time ago have suddenly become characters like noble and high-ranking officials, which is really wonderful.

Next, the complaints against Yan Ruoran turned into flattery and flattery, after all, he received money from others, and he should always do things for others, but as a result, relatives of the Yan family visited the Li Mansion every day, which made Yan Ruoran tireless. To say that this PR ploy is still quite effective.

In desperation, Yan Ruoran still brought the words of his relatives to Li Meng, for these wealthy businessmen who tried to have a good relationship with him, as long as they did not do some illegal things that were not allowed by the Jiaozhou camp, he would not be stingy with his smiling face and kindness, and he could give some harmless convenience.

Li Mengdi's move made the wealthy businessmen and magnates below think that their public relations had had an effect. As a result, Yan Ruoran's relatives were even more arrogant, and some even committed illegal acts.

For such a situation, whether it is Yan Ruoran or the current Yan participating in politics. Their positions are very firm, that is, severe punishment, must not be tolerated, Yan Ruoran is naturally devoted to her husband, but Yan participates in politics but understands it, and now the Yan family has climbed a big tree, and it will be really rich and noble in the future. Don't let these relatives spoil a big thing.

As a result, these relatives of Yanjiadi were majestic for less than a year, and they were all beaten to Xuzhou by Li Meng, which is not a poor place, but it is surrounded by poor mountains and bad waters. In the city, military control is practiced. There is no need to worry about food and clothing, but if you want to do evil, there is no environment and conditions.

Wait until this Mu Yunyao has a son. There are also those who are new to the Jiaozhou camp system, but they don't know how to get close. are all ready to repeat the old tricks and take the lady's route. went to curry favor with the relatives of the second lady, and after all, it can be regarded as having a relationship with the handsome. And I heard that the second lady has been by the side of the handsome man for longer than Yan Ruoran, so she must be more effective in speaking.

With the expansion of property in the two Huai Shandong provinces, the ability has also become stronger, the social network is also intertwined, and the inquiry is also very strong, many people think that no matter how cautious and cautious the second lady is, let the family keep a low profile, if you want to inquire, you will always come out inquiring.

What I didn't expect was that these people went to the ground and racked their brains, but they really didn't find Mu Yunyao's family, and some of them went to Kaifeng, Henan Province well-informed, after all, the Yellow River in Henan is now under the control of the Jiaozhou battalion, so don't worry about any danger.

But even if you go to Kaifeng to investigate, you will find nothing, no matter how you look for it, you can't find any Miss Mujiadi, this is also a mystery that is not big or small, it is really incomprehensible, this gossip is always the favorite of the following.

Before this, there were many people who made all kinds of speculations about Mu Yunyao's origin, and after inquiring about his family, this speculation was even more varied, one of which even reached Li Meng's ears, saying that this Mu Yunyao was the daughter of Mu Tianbo, the Duke of Qianguo, and there was an almost legendary story back then, and the two came together.

Of course, no one would have thought that Mu Yunyao was the daughter of Zhu Gongqiao, the king of Zhou, and the dignified lord of Daming, but even if Li Meng took the initiative to tell others that Mu Yunyao was the lord of Daming, I am afraid no one would believe it.

After Mu Yunyao gave birth to Li Wu, all her thoughts were on this child, and her thoughts about Kaifeng City's parents were a little lighter, and because Kaifeng City was already in Li Meng's hands at this time, she didn't need to worry too much.

In late June of the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, the defense of the entire Kaifeng City was in the hands of Yuan Shizhong, the garrison of Guide Mansion, and there was an interesting rumor in the Kaifeng market, that is, Yuan Shizhong wore a guerrilla robe and armor, and when he rode a horse to lead the troops into the city, he cried with joy at the city gate.

The anti-thief of the day, the general of the current party, and the garrison of Kaifeng such a big city, Yuan Shizhong can be regarded as a positive result of cultivation, and the glory of the ancestors.

In such a big city as Kaifeng, Chen Yongfu used more than 9,000 people to mobilize young and strong people to defend it, and today Yuan Shizhong used three regiments, how could more than 6,000 people defend it.

But these 6,000 people are not only guarded steadily, even the places around Kaifeng City for dozens of miles are extremely peaceful, and the surrounding forces, large and small, are really a large team of tens of thousands of people, but anyone with long eyes can see the boats on the Yellow River that almost obscured the river in February and March.

If you can put so many supplies over, you can naturally put so many soldiers and horses here, and the Shandong army of Guide Mansion and Yanzhou Mansion is eyeing each other, so don't provoke such an unnecessary disaster.

But the three classes of officials in Kaifeng Mansion, as well as the governor's office and the political envoy of the Yamen, these people are all skilled snakes, they are talking privately these days, talking about the key points outside the city and the city wall, the approximate garrison is about 4,000 people, and the direct troops of the guerrilla Yuan Shizhong are stationed around the Zhou Wangfu, saying that this Qi Guogong is still a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, and the King of Zhou is still a first-class pro-vassal of the Ming Dynasty, so there is no need to be so anxious if you want to do it!

The more than 2,000 soldiers stationed outside the Zhou Wangfu are quite complicated, including the elite of the pro-military camp, the secret agents of the Shandong Salt Gang, the henchmen of Chen Yongfu, and the head snake of Kaifeng City, and the backbone of the Yanzhou army, but there is no one in Yuan Shizhong.

By the end of June, about 200 steps around the Zhou Wangfu, it had become a no-man's land with complete martial law......

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