Before Li Meng's victory in Hejian Mansion and his fame in the world, because the previous battles and actions were as low-key as possible, there were not many people in the world who knew about Li Meng, Shandong.

However, I don't know much, but it doesn't mean that I don't have a reputation, before this big victory, before Caoyun collected the money, Li Meng was scolded by the people of the world and considered him a shameless person.

This reason is not complicated, Li Meng's current two wives Gu Hengbo and Liu Ru is is the reason, these literati may not have any means to govern the country and benefit the people, but they are extremely keen on Qin Huai Fengyue, according to their ideas, how can these famous women and talented women marry talented literati is a good match.

In fact, this idea is not difficult to analyze, it is nothing more than that I think that a talented literati can marry, and I am also a literati, and I can also bring it into it, so I feel that I am marrying the same.

Of course, this is also one of the reasons why those talented and beautiful women are so popular, but that Shandong Li Meng, clinging to the eunuch party, relying on Liu Fulai, the eunuch of Nanjing, to forcibly occupy two weak women, really made the world's scholars angry and spurned.

They didn't understand that since ancient times, this beauty has to marry a powerful and rich person in order to be happy for life, otherwise marry a talented and poor person, and her beauty is coveted, and she doesn't know what tragedy will happen when the time comes, not to mention that this kind of laughing family, no matter how beautiful it is, when it comes to old age and decay, I am afraid that food and clothing may not be able to achieve it.

To put it mildly, it's really just to marry these powerful and powerful people so that they can be rich for a lifetime and be safe and sound, this is not romance. This is the reality.

Gu Hengbo and Liu Ru saw this very clearly. Although being trapped in Li Meng's house is much more boring than the Qinhuai River that was ushered in and sent back then, there is a sense of security here, and there is no need to force laughter for life.

Although the literati outside wrote articles and scolded Li Mengniu for chewing peonies, they did not understand the amorous feelings. ruined such a wonderful person, and some people lamented that Gu Hengbo and Liu Ru were despised, and the famous flowers withered, but Gu Hengbo and Liu Ru, who could be the parties. On the contrary, life is quite stable and happy.

Most of the famous women on the Qinhuai River can be described as bleak at night, and even those who marry into wealthy families will not end well.

In the history without Li Meng, the country was overturned. In the last days, those wealthy families are all in ashes, not to mention a few women who are attached to them.

Gu Hengbo and Liu Ru were by Li Meng's side, and under Li Meng's protection and support, they achieved true happiness in their lives.

I don't know what the person thinks about it, but the people of the world can't help but have such an impression, Li Mengwufu. Crude and fierce. Brave and fierce, but there are also the usual shortcomings of those generals. Greedy for money and lustful.

Needless to say, greedy for money, trafficking in illicit salt started. There are also commercial houses, granges, the business is as big as the sky, gold and silver are rolling in, this lustful reputation, naturally is to forcibly occupy the people's daughters, with the power of the eunuch party, forcibly kidnap Qin Huai's two daughters and return to Shandong, this is not lustful.

Since it is lustful, if you want to please this hot general, it is necessary to do what you like, if you want to give gold and silver treasures, I am afraid that you will not be able to take it in front of the other party, and the only thing that can tickle the itch is probably this beauty.

In today's world, there are famous beauties there, of course, in the land south of the Yangtze River, but it is really difficult to find stunning beauties that are not inferior to Gu Hengbo and Liu Ru.

Wu Muhuan said with a strange look that he wanted to give a gift, and the place he wanted to give was a beauty, except for this beauty, the rest of the gifts probably would not look so strange, he seemed to be smiling, he had to use this matter of sending a beautiful woman to meet Li Meng, but Yuan Wenhong, the chief bookkeeper, would not let him get his wish.

After careful interrogation, he finally asked for the answer, and he was a little ridiculous for a while, first settled the envoy sent by the Wu family, and then went to ask to see Li Meng.

On February 26, Wang Tao, the deputy general of the Dengzhou Army, who is currently the commander of the troops stationed in Hejian Province, resigned from Li Meng, and the reorganization of the Zhuang team and the armed Yanding into a regular army was very fast, and it did not take much time, not to mention that the weapons and equipment of Jinan Mansion were fully stored, and they could be replenished soon.

For the current Jiaozhou battalion, the land north of the river in Nanzhili is almost under their own control, and Lu Jiude, the eunuch of Nanjing, led the army to evacuate the battlefield in Shouzhou and returned to Nanjing by boat at Chaohu.

The Jiangbei part of Nanzhili, except for Fengyang City, is still in the hands of Ma Shiying, and the rest are almost Li Meng's soldiers and horses, and the next move is to recruit the fifth battalion of the left to achieve complete control, although these things have not been clarified, if the fifth battalion of the left is not surrendered, then the end is to be completely annihilated.

Li Meng's initial plan was to let Chen Liu be in charge of the Fengyang Mansion and Luzhou Mansion, while Ma Gang was in charge of the Huai'an Mansion and Yangzhou Mansion, although it was to divide the garrison according to the proposed Nanzhili, but Chen Liu and Ma Gang's task was not only to Nanzhili Jiangbeidi, Chen Liu was actually in charge of Henan and Huguang directions, and Ma Gang was in charge of Jiangnan direction.

The task given to Zhao Neng is Dengzhou, Laizhou, and Qingzhou, and Li Meng is directly in charge of the four prefectures of Jinan, Yanzhou, Guide, and Hejian Prefecture.

Although he was at home every day, Li Meng did not spend much time with his family, and he spent even more time with advisers, staff, and civil and military officials of the Jiaozhou battalion system.

On the question of whether or not to expand the army, everyone is quite cautious; with the training and combat methods of the Jiaozhou battalion, if the newly expanded troops are not trained in accordance with the Jiaozhou battalion, it will be of little use, and it will be difficult to integrate into this system, but if the training is carried out according to the standards of the Jiaozhou battalion, the cost is astonishing, not to mention, the current situation will squeeze the young and strong labor force in Shandong's production and manufacturing, and it will be very troublesome.

Li Meng transferred a few accountants from the Lingshan Commercial Bank, and every day in the side hall of the general army's yamen, he discussed a plan with the advisers' staff, and handed it over to these accounts to calculate the cost and use it, to see if Shandong's finances could meet the plan.

In the morning, I finished discussing with Sun Chuanting and Liu Fulai. In the afternoon, Yuan Wenhong asked to see him. It's only been less than a day, and it seems that Yuan Wenhong and Wu Sanguidi's relative have already talked about what the result is, and it's still really fast.

Yuan Wenhong, the main bookkeeper, is actually quite embarrassed, and the matter of sending a beautiful woman over sounds quite elegant and interesting, but the people who work in it may not think so.

As the head of the Jiaozhou camp, Yuan Wenhong certainly understands the significance of the inner account room, knows how powerful and useful this institution is in Shandong, and the people in charge of the inner account room are the ladies of the handsome land. This kind of thing helps Zhang Luo by himself, don't be regarded as being in it and being hated by a few ladies, then it will be too bad luck. It's going to be bad luck.

But if this matter is concealed, since the marshal has accepted Gu Hengbo and Liu Rus, maybe there is really a widow's disease, and if the matter he concealed and did not report is known by the marshal, he may also be blamed. is also unable to eat and walk around, weighing the severity, this Yuan Wenhong finally made up his mind, or tell Dashuai about it, as for what will happen, let Dashuai decide for himself.

Seeing the look on Yuan Wenhong's face, Li Meng was quite puzzled. Look at the appearance of Yuan Wenhong, who has always dared to speak out. But it made him so impatient, and he couldn't help but say:

"Mr. Yuan. We don't scold people in the Jiaozhou camp, just talk about it. What are you afraid of? ”

Hearing Li Meng say this, Yuan Wenhong felt quite embarrassed and said:

"The Wu family sent an envoy, saying that he had prepared a generous gift for the marshal, the ginseng, mink and pearls outside the customs were all first-class goods, and the guys from the Lingshan Commercial Bank were invited to see them, and they said that these were high-grade treasures that could not be seen in the customs, and they were great things."

Li Meng waved his hand boringly and said:

"These treasures are nothing more than making people eat better and wear more comfortably, and they are not of the slightest use in military affairs, so let Steward Luo accept them...... These things are all in the hands of the Manchu Tartars, and there are such things in the area of Ningyuan to Shanhaiguan, I'm afraid that this Wu Sangui is doing business with the Tartars!! ”

Halfway through, Li Meng thought of this trick, mink ginseng must be in the deep mountains and old forests to have the best quality, but Ning is far away to the front line of Shanhaiguan, what are the deep mountains and old forests, these territories outside the customs are in the hands of the Tartars, how could Wu Sangui find such good goods.

Presumably, there must be some inexplicable collusion with the Tartars to get these luxury materials that look usually precious but are actually contraband.

Of course, although Wu Sangui did not take it upon himself to use 5,000 people to attack Daxingbao and was defeated without land, it did not affect some bold merchants, and even the Wu family's own merchants and the Tartars to do business and communicate with each other, after all, the demand for luxury goods and various daily necessities in Shengjing is also very great.

After Li Meng thought of this joint, his dislike for the Wu family was even stronger, and he also felt a little inexplicable, this was just some ordinary goods, why was Yuan Wenhong so stumbling, and he had to make a special appointment to report.

After foreshadowing, this will have to be said sooner or later, Yuan Wenhong swallowed and spit, and said with difficulty:

"Report to the marshal, the Wu family also has a special gift, for this gift, the humble duty does not dare to make a decision without authorization, so I have come to report to the marshal to decide!?"

Hearing this, Li Meng's curiosity increased a little, and he nodded, and Yuan Wenhong said slowly:

"Dashuai, the Wu family sent a woman, saying that she was serving a pillow for Dashuai, that ......"

This was really beyond Li Meng's expectations, and he was also dumbfounded for a while, Li Meng had heard of this kind of behavior of treating women as gifts, but he was really born in himself, but he really couldn't accept it, although he also had a similar thing that day, Liu Fulai, the eunuch of Nanjing Town, gave Gu Hengbo and Liu Ru to Li Meng after redeeming them, and this behavior is quite awkward when I think about it so far.

Although Li Meng couldn't accept it, this matter was also common in this era, he smiled and calmed down, and asked again:

"The Wu family has a lot of crooked hearts, who is sending it?"

Seeing Li Meng smiling, Yuan Wenhong was able to relax, flatten his voice, and his face was wrenched, trying not to make Li Meng feel any playful look, and said solemnly:

"The woman sent by the Wu family is a girl from Suzhou, Chen Yuanyuan."

Yuan Wenhong carefully observed Li Mengdi's expression as he spoke, and the three words Chen Yuanyuan came out. It was obvious that Li Meng's expression had changed. Yuan Wenhong thought to himself, it seems that the "gift" given by the Wu family is really very handsome, and it is wonderful!

Of course, he didn't know that Li Meng, who came from modern times, learned about the late Ming Dynasty women through books and films, Gu Hengbo and Liu Ru didn't know the land at the beginning, but this Chen Yuanyuan is really famous.

Chong Guan was angry and became a red face, as well as those official histories, wild histories or something, who would not mention Chen Yuanyuan. No one can say that they are describing the late Ming Dynasty.

A woman who has a relationship with a politician can always get a big name, and this Chen Yuanyuan has been praised for a long time because he has an entanglement with Wu Sangui, who led the Qing army into the customs. But in this era, Chen Yuanyuan is just a so-called famous prostitute with both color and art, a young girl with infinite beauty in the hearts of Jiangnan scholars.

Before Yuan Wenhong could say anything, Li Meng suddenly burst out laughing, the guards in the house. Together with Yuan Wenhong, who was standing on the side, he was surprised, but he didn't dare to say too much.

Li Meng smiled very happily, and only stopped after a while, calmed his breath, and asked with a smile:

"Mr. Yuan, have you ever heard of this Chen Yuanyuan's name?"

Yuan Wenhong really hesitated, not knowing what his handsome man meant by asking. However, he replied solemnly:

"Returning to the handsome. When the students were in Jining, they also talked to people about the wind and snow. Miss Chen is a famous girl in Jiangnan, and she occasionally talks about it. This is also inevitable. ”

"Do you know why Chen Yuanyuan was sent by this Wu family?"

Hearing Li Meng's inquiry, Yuan Wenhong calmed down, looking at his coach's inquiry, it didn't seem to have any special meaning, and the laughter just now didn't look like a smug or sarcastic laugh, but vaguely a little sad and desolate, and there should be nothing to do with it.

Yuan Wenhong was relieved, thought about it for a while, and then said:

"Dashuai, Liangjing Jiangnan, there are many boring scribes, recording these anecdotes of the government and the opposition, and the affairs of Fengyue are naturally unavoidable, and the students read a lot of books, so they have come into contact with some, so they will explain the place and the handsome in detail."

Li Meng picked up the tea bowl beside him and nodded, sipping his saliva, Yuan Wenhong opened his mouth to tell that Chen Yuanyuan was originally a famous prostitute in Suzhou, and Emperor Chongzhen was worried about state affairs every day, and he was worried.

Tian Guifei's elder brother Tian Wan came forward to collect beauties, and Chen Yuanyuan brought it to Beijing in this way, according to the records of those notes, Tian Wan himself was fascinated by Chen Yuanyuan, so he left Chen Yuanyuan in his house and did not give it to the emperor.

Wu Sangui once went to Beijing two years ago, because he was a powerful military general in the field, and the nobles of Beijing were all vying to make friends, but Wu Sangui saw Chen Yuanyuan who was singing and dancing at the banquet in Tianfu.

originally wanted to ** outside the border and bring it to Ningyuan, but Wu Sangui's father Wu Xiang persuaded Wu Sangui not to act rashly, Chen Yuanyuan is different from ordinary women, too eye-catching, if you take it with you and garrison the border places, it will inevitably be criticized for participating in the performance, and as a result, Chen Yuanyuan stayed in the Governor's Mansion of the Chinese Army.

This time it must have been sent from the Jingshi, the Ming generation, the literati inquired about the gossip, and the habit of spreading gossip was extremely heavy, and even the emperor's gossip could be arranged, not to mention Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui, who were military generals in border towns, Chen Yuanyuan was a famous prostitute in the south of the Yangtze River, which was even more eye-catching.

All kinds of articles and notes, spread vigorously, people with a little heart can find out, Yuan Wenhong is also a celebrity, and occasionally has to represent Li Meng and Shandong Shilin to make friends, so naturally heard these gossip news.

But he didn't know that Li Meng's laughter just now was not for Chen Yuanyuan to come to the door, but for laughing at this generation, the late Ming era, it was really the atmosphere of the end of the world.

Famous ministers and martyrs, there is no one to spread at all, let alone preach, not even people worth preaching, and the people who are famous in the world are either treacherous villains, or famous prostitutes, there are no heroes at all in this last days, this era, perhaps as Gong Zizhen sighed in the late Qing Dynasty, "In today's era, there are no outstanding people even among the bandits, and the world is mediocre."

Such an era, such a decline, if there is no variable of oneself. What the hell is going to be like that. I can't imagine it!

The room was quiet for a while, and Li Meng said in a deep voice:

"A girl is sent here and there as a commodity, it's really pitiful to think about it, Mr. Yuan, take it."

Yuan Wenhong made a straight face, stood up and bowed to take the order. I breathed a sigh of relief in my heart, and finally had a result in this difficult errand, and just as I was about to retire, I heard Li Meng say:

"Ask her what she plans for the future. Let the inner tent room help with it. ”

Yuan Wenhong could guess one or two of this order, and was about to take the order to do it, but as soon as he turned around and took a step, he was stopped by Li Meng. Again, he commanded in a deep voice:

"Mr. Yuan, now inform Zhao Neng, Zhou Yang, Ning Qiangui, and Huang Ping to come to Ben Shuai's side, there is a matter of Liaodong to discuss, stay with the Wu family envoy for a few days, and let him bring a reply back."

That night, Yuan Wenhong went to the inn to say Li Meng's reply, and Wu Muhuan had a finished expression on his face. But wait until Chen Yuanyuan is invited out. Yuan Wenhong conveyed Li Meng's meaning to the girl through the screen, and Chen Yuanyuan, who was behind the screen, was silent for a while. After a while, I heard a soft sob.

Although Wu Muhuan had doubts in his heart, he had already sent it out. He was not qualified to say anything, so he had to listen from the side, and when the soft sobbing stopped, he heard Chen Yuanyuan say faintly behind the screen:

"Thank you for the great kindness and virtue of the handsome, the concubine has no intention of being nostalgic for the world, and is willing to become a nun, please fulfill it."

As soon as he heard this, Wu Muhuan's face suddenly changed color, and he finally chose a gift that could please the other party and send it over, but this "gift" was to become a nun, so what was the point, this Wu Muhuan was about to scold, but heard Yuan Wenhong over there say politely:

"Since the girl has made this request, then please wait in the inn for a few days, Shandong will arrange it by itself, don't be impatient."

After speaking, before Wu Muhuan opened his mouth, Yuan Wenhong brought the maid and mother-in-law to walk in and take Chen Yuanyuan to the place arranged by the Jiaozhou camp.

Unlike Gu Hengbo and Liu Ru, who have always been favored and have a high self-esteem, Chen Yuanyuan's fate in the past few years can be said to be ups and downs, and he was sent back and forth as an item.

Who would have thought that this Shandong would be reasonable, and directly let her choose a way out, anyone who is smart can understand something from Li Meng's words and arrangements.

I don't want to be included in the inner house, but I pity my life situation, so I simply take it in, what way out can a woman with a dead heart be able to continue to laugh, except for being a monk, there is no choice. The inner account room reacted very quickly to this matter, and Yuan Wenhong conveyed Li Meng's opinion to the past, and the two workers of the bank were all allocated that day.

It was decided to build a nunnery on the edge of the Zhendong General's Mansion to support Guanyin, so I invited this Chen Yuanyuan to preside, originally this Mu Yunyao was pregnant, and her emotions were fragile, so she couldn't be stimulated by anything, not to mention, the rest of the women thought very clearly, and they couldn't add opponents to themselves.

Wu Muhuan thought that his gift was scratched on the itch, but who would have thought that Shandong would deal with it like this, and he was extremely worried, but the next day, Shandong put forward several conditions.

This kind of efficiency made Wu Muhuan dumbfounded, this year's Ming official Zuo Yamen, which is not a gift first, and then a banquet is polite, the two sides are familiar with each other before they start to talk about business, when talking about business, they must pay attention to the rhythm of proportion, and they can't say it too clearly.

But this Shandong is not so particular at all, it is straight to the point, unceremoniously, but this is fine, after going back, you can directly report to the master, which is not worth it.

The conditions in Shandong are not complicated, and they are even inconsequential things, such as allowing Shandong Lingshan Commercial Bank to open branch offices on the Shanhaiguan and Ningyuan lines, and in the area controlled by Wu Sangui, looking for ports where ships can dock and conduct trade.

If conditions permit, Shandong can recruit ordinary people to go to Liao Town to cultivate in Beizhili, set up Tuntian Grange, and the income from Tuntian can be distributed to Liao Town as appropriate.

Liaodong is bitter cold, not suitable for drying salt, most of the salt goods used to eat are supplied by the Changlu salt field in Beizhili, and the conditions in Shandong are. If Liaodong boils himself in the salt land, things will stop. Shandong can supply more salt goods at low prices.

Wu Muhuan was stunned when he heard these conditions, thinking that this Shandong general soldier was too unproductive, and his head was full of thinking about how to make money.

Wu Muhuan also thought in his heart that it was worth the trip to get Shandong's response so quickly, and immediately said that he would go back to discuss. Farewell.

In all fairness, these requirements of Shandong seem to be beneficial and harmless to Liao Town outside the Guan, not to mention the bitter cold from Shanhaiguan to Ningyuan, it is still the forefront of the Ming and Qing wars. It is not a good place to kill each other, and if Shandong is willing to open a commercial bank, it is naturally convenient for both parties.

If the Tuntian Grange were elsewhere, I am afraid that it would clash with the local landlords and gentry. But in Liaodong, the only thing that is not lacking is land, and the most lacking is population.

Since Shandong is willing to gather the population to reclaim the land and hand over the grain harvest to Liaozhen, the officers and soldiers of Liaozhen really can't think of any place to refuse, and this is not harmful to them at all.

The establishment of a port to supply salt goods may have nothing to do with Liaozhen or something that Liaozhen urgently needs. Wu Muhuan was a little confused when he left. Originally, he came to Shandong this time to show goodwill. However, these conditions put forward by Shandong seem to be reversed.

Of course, the Wu family, who was born in the landlord Jiangmen, would not understand the intention of these conditions in the Jiaozhou camp. The Jiaozhou battalion did not expect these conditions to be happily agreed to by the other party, the two sides are still separated by a Yongping Mansion, and the Shandong soldiers and horses are still out of reach of Shanhaiguan and Liaozhen, and they are not in a hurry to negotiate the conditions slowly.

On the day of sending Wu Muhuan away, on the edge of the Zhendong General's Mansion, a nunnery was built on the same day, anyway, there are many vacant houses in Jinan City, and the power and efficiency of the inner tent room in Jinan City will be completed overnight.

As soon as the envoy of the Wu family left, a guest from Shandong who Li Meng had to come forward to receive in person, Wei Lequan, the squire of the local military department from Beijing.

This Wei Lequan is different from Na Luo Shilang, born in a poor scholar, and later married the daughter of a certain bigwig in the court, this is the soaring Huang Tengda, with these experiences, he naturally has to act and think much more thoughtfully, although he left the capital on the tenth day of the first month of February, Wei Lequan went very slowly.

On the one hand, it is to collect the news of the Beijing Division, and on the other hand, it is to collect the news of Shandong, Emperor Chongzhen's temper is clear in his heart, and the bottom line of the explanation given to him when he leaves Beijing, God knows if there will be changes halfway, if he can't know in time, it will be a great disaster.

Therefore, Wei Lequan, the waiter, waited for the relationship between his colleagues and his wife's family, the news and changes in the situation that were passed on every day, and if there was any change, he would rather stop and confirm with the Jingshi side than rush away. After coming all the way to the south, after arriving in Shandong, it was almost a month, and when Wei Lequan entered Shandong from Beizhili, he clearly saw the completely different styles of Beizhili and Shandong, and also saw the strength of the soldiers who came to protect him.

And Wei Lequan is very sober, he knows that he is coming to Shandong to negotiate with Li Meng, and he is here to bargain, so he must not regard himself as a messenger of the imperial court and show face.

After entering Jinan, the soldiers and horses who escorted him spread the news to the Zhendong General's Mansion, and it is said that such high-quality officials sent by the imperial court should also be received by the local government with a high standard, so as to be respectful and respectful, at least the local officials should take the initiative to go to the place where they live to say hello and say hello.

After the governor Yan Jizu and Zhou Yang discussed, he was not prepared to embarrass the court on this, and was ready to send someone to do enough about this meeting.

Unexpectedly, there was no action on the Shandong side, so Wei Lequan first handed the post to the Zhendong General's Mansion, saying that General Li had no time to meet him.

This attitude is very humble and polite to the extreme, Li Meng's side acts, and when it does not involve principles, it has always been the other party's politeness, and my side is also polite. What's more, Shandong has already overpriced the price, and it is time for the court to repay the money on the spot.

On the evening of Wei Lequan's post, Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong, led a group of officials to visit, which was considered to be a sufficient amount of etiquette, and Wei Lequan, the squire of the military department, showed a few more interesting things, for example, it is said that the local officials in Shandong should take the governor and the political envoy first, and the people who participated in politics and the yamen of the prefect of Jinan, etc., should be last, of course. The people of the Jinan prefect's yamen should not come to worship at this time.

There is nothing wrong with Governor Yan Jizu at the front. However, both local officials were only half a step behind them, and the governor was quite polite to both of them.

Reporting the official position, the name on the left is Yan Mou, the left is the political governor of Jinan, and the right is the Tongzhi Zhou of Jinan Prefecture, and the political envoy of Nabu and the prefect of Jinan are standing behind them.

Seeing this completely unruly appearance, Wei Lequan, the soldier from the Beijing Division, inevitably slandered. Thinking that this Shandong place is really every upper and lower body, no wonder there will be such a fierce military general as Li Meng, and when it was time to receive the banquet, Wei Lequan opened his eyes.

Shandong right to participate in politics Liu Qingsong. A middle-aged man who was fat and familiar with the rules of officialdom ignored Yan Jizu and the political envoy of Shandong, but put his mind on the left politician surnamed Yan, and the young Jinan Tongzhi. The flattering and flattering mind can even be described as explicit.

As for the governor and the political envoy, looking at that appearance, there is a vague injustice, but this injustice is not for the upside-down of the subordinates, looking vaguely because they can't insert a foot in this flattering and flattering move, and can't be so explicit flattery, and they are indignant.

Of course, Wei Lequan didn't know that one was Taishan, the father-in-law of General Zhendong. The other was a Xi Wenguan of the shogunate. In today's situation, how can we be lazy.

Nowadays, the officials of the imperial court can ignore it. But if it is related to General Li, you must curry favor. Since Li Meng became the position of the commander-in-chief, what he has done, even if it is a crime, Shandong's civil officials with more than five grades are almost enough to kill the head, but now the imperial court does not dare to move a person's official position, everyone is a Taiping official, and he is still holding dividends in the Grange Commercial Bank, all because of what, and it is not because of Li Meng, a god.

Wei Lequan recorded these observations in his notes, and they were made public a few years later, and this description was cited by many people, and it can be regarded as a classic inadvertently.

After the local officials in Shandong came to visit, the next morning, a personal soldier from the Yamen of the General Army sent the general to send an invitation sticker, saying that the marshal had set up a banquet and invited Wei Shilang to appreciate the light.

Shandong is really resolute in doing things, there is not even a process, send a post in the morning, and invite a banquet at noon, this Wei Lequan waiter can do anything in addition to a wry smile.

The Zhendong General's Mansion is not as magnificent as Wei Lequan imagined, and along the way, there have been rumors in Jingshi and Beizhili that this Shandong general soldier Li Meng is so poor and extravagant, how much he spends on eating and drinking, and how greedy and despicable martial arts this person is, but this is also the norm in the world.

This is actually not surprising, the concept given by martial artists is like this in this era, greedy and lustful, in fact, most of the military generals and soldiers do give this impression.

Shandong General Li Meng has done such a big business, of course, how extravagant and morally corrupt he is, but after Wei Lequan saw the mansion, it was now only a medium-sized mansion, except for being neat and clean, he could no longer see any wealth.

The soldiers who were guarding at the gate and patrolling around did not have the arrogant and casual appearance of the big families in Beijing, and their demeanor and actions had their own awe-inspiring appearance.

Wei Lequan, the squire of the military department, can see a lot from these things, this is not the army of the Ming Dynasty, this kind of soldiers with rules and regulations, not arrogant and impatient, it is impossible for them to exist in the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.

When he arrived in the living room, he saw Li Meng walking out in a blue cloth robe, greeting politely, and there was no arrogant and domineering behavior, and after sitting down, Wei Lequan saw that the food on the table was not a delicacy, but an ordinary meal that ordinary wealthy businessmen and officials could enjoy. When it was time to eat, Wei Lequan now had a normal attitude towards Li Meng, and the food was quite sweet, obviously not a shabby meal specially made for the sake of the Han Imperial Court.

Wei Lequan, the squire of the military department, looked at the layout in the living room of the general's mansion, and now all the utensils are ordinary, although they are rich and noble, but Wei Lequan, who is used to seeing a luxurious life, is serious, it is too ordinary. "My lord came from Beijing, Li couldn't respond far away, it was quite rude, so I made this cup of atonement first!!"

Li Meng smiled and raised his wine glass in greeting, seeing this local general in his early thirties smiling and raising his glass, from the expression and actions of this young general, Wei Lequan could not see a little of the legendary flying and domineering atmosphere.

Wei Lequan, a soldier from the Beijing Division, suddenly sighed, from the door of the house to this living room, everything he saw, heard, and observed made Wei Lequan sigh, this emotion was not admiration or spurning, but a kind of discouragement, a kind of frustration that bordered on despair.

If this military general is greedy and rude, arrogant and domineering, it is fine, but this military general behaves calmly, advances and retreats in a certain way, such a person makes such a great cause, Daming is really in trouble!

"Lord Wei, Li said straight to the point, now that the military affairs of the Ming Dynasty are withering, and there are foreign enemies pressing the border, Li has trained a team of soldiers and horses here, and he should share some troubles for the imperial court, North Zhili, Li does not want Shuntianfu, South Zhili Li does not want Nanjing, Shandong and Henan must be guarded by Li, and the civil and military officials in the territory must be appointed and dismissed by Li, what do you think?"

Li Meng looked calm and asked this sentence leisurely.

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