In the Ming Dynasty, except for the local vassal kings who had military and political power before and after the founding of the country, which was like a separation, the rest of the time, there was no feudal thing in the whole territory of the Ming Dynasty, and the only exception was the Mu family in Yunnan.

Zhu Yuanzhang's righteous son Mu Ying led the troops to lay a piece of the world in Yunnan, and was named the Duke of Qian, and his descendants Yongzhen Yunnan, although he is the Duke of Guo, but like the king of Yunnan, this feudal special case has a good effect, and in the end of the Ming Dynasty, Yunnan has not made any big trouble.

Correspondingly, Guizhou, with great chaos and small chaos, involved a lot of forces in the southwest and south of the Ming army, and the composition was more complicated, but Yunnan, which also had enemy countries on the periphery, was extremely stable.

But this stability and effect are good, that is a special case, Li Meng is in the heart of the Ming Dynasty, if he is allowed to come to Yongzhen Shandong, then how should the adjacent Nanjing and Jingshi deal with themselves.

What's more, today, a general army has made a great contribution, and it will be given to a province in Yongzhen, and the other chief military officers have also made great contributions, what should I do, there are less than 20 provinces in total, and the total number of soldiers is already hundreds.

As for the latter requirement, the military affairs of the four provinces of Zhili, Henan, and Shandong are all over, and such a requirement is almost the same as the nature of the nine tripods asked by the king of Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period.

This Taiping Luo knew that Li Mengbahu, the general soldier of Shandong, did not expect that Bahu would be like this, could it be that he had already been antipathetic, so wouldn't he come here to bring food to the other party.

Luo Shilang of the Jingshi didn't have much courage, and he began to tremble directly at the banquet, but Governor Yan Jizu also understood why the other party behaved like this, and hurriedly comforted him and said:

"Brother Luo, Yan is just talking to you about it. Specifically, I want General Li to talk to you, anyway, Brother Luo is also visiting relatives and friends this time, and it is not a matter of work. Don't worry too much. ”

To this sentence, Luo Shilang had nothing else to answer except for a dry smile.

That night, the waiter naturally did not fall asleep, and tossed and turned all night. Several times I wanted to escape at night, but from time to time there were patrolling soldiers outside. And the city gate has long been closed, and he can't escape if he wants to, and when he went to the Zhendong General's Mansion the next day, this Luo Shilang was already full of bloodshots. The face is sallow, and there is no rest.

The general soldiers who guard various places are generally titled by the squire of this military department. In accordance with the rules of the official venue. The court came to the land. It's half a level higher than this place. What's more, there are also rules for the noble and the martial.

If Li Meng knows the number of etiquette. It should be done in person. But yesterday's conversation had already scared this Luo Shilang out of his mind. I don't have much hope for that. Li Meng's side was really as he expected. The place where he came out to talk was actually a fellow acquaintance in Jinan Prefecture. looked quite young Zhou Yang.

Luo Shilang was angry in his heart. No matter how domineering it is. Nor should such low-grade officials be used to meet. It's also too contemptible.

Who would have thought that the Jinan Prefecture Tongzhi would not have a flattering expression. His face was also extremely indifferent. After meeting, it was just a polite fist hug. This is a courtesy not to say. And it's also a daily rule. This is already quite rude in officialdom. Luo Shilang hadn't made up his mind whether to endure or leave the ground. Zhou Yang is not polite. He simply opened his mouth and said:

"Lord Luo. This time I came to visit relatives and friends. In fact, I came to ask me about Shandong's attitude towards this military exploit. That's straight to the point! ”

So directly, it choked Luo Shilang again. This kind of political back and forth. It's a subtle measure. Everyone is polite. Test each other's bottom line. Who would have thought. This Shandong official didn't say anything polite at all. It was directly said to him.

Rude, rude, unruly, and arrogant in martial arts, Luo Shilang frowned and nodded, and Zhou Yang opened his mouth again:

"In the past 30 years, the Ming soldiers and horses have won such a big victory over the Tartars, not to mention the Tartars, even if they are fighting externally and internally, have they ever killed more than 30,000 people in one battle and completely annihilated the enemy?"

Even if Luo Shilang no longer understood official duties, he knew that such a great victory in Hejian Mansion was the biggest and most brilliant victory in the past thirty years, although he didn't want to admit it, he still nodded.

Zhou Yang saw Luo Shilang nodding, and then he continued to speak:

"Such a big victory, boosting the morale of the army and the people, why after the victory, until now, the imperial court has not taken out any reward regulations, and even our soldiers went to Beijing to offer victory, the imperial court ignored it and treated it indifferently!"

Zhou Yang didn't have the slightest consciousness of being a subordinate official, it was completely questioning, and it became more and more severe, Luo Shilang couldn't bear it, but he suddenly remembered that this was the territory of Li Meng, the general soldier of Shandong, and if he was a little careless, he was afraid that he would not be able to go back, so he swallowed his anger and said at the moment:

"The imperial court is also discussing how to reward Shandong, after all, this is also the first big victory, and if it is not handled properly, it will inevitably be sorry for the soldiers who are fighting, besides, this official came this time, isn't it just for this matter, and communicate with General Li to make a charter."

Seeing that the other party was so passive, Zhou Yang already had a rough idea in his heart, nodded, slowed down a little and said:

"Governor Yan must have already talked to the adults last night, I don't know what the adults think?"

Yan Jizu is really in the same group as Shandong, Luo Shilang first thought of this, but how can he accept those conditions, his face changed greatly, and he said in a panic:

"How do the conditions make it, of course the court will not agree, even if it is a soldier, it is not impossible, this brother, Luo Mou said in private, don't fight the world with the power of a province, and in the end be scolded by the people of the world, and the worse result is not impossible."

Hearing this seemingly "serious" advice, Zhou Yang sneered, and said again:

"Now it is not our Shandong that is scolded, but the court that makes the hard-fought soldiers of the world chill."

Luo Shilang was speechless again, Zhou Yang didn't say much, he touched a wooden box on the coffee table beside him, slowed down his tone and said There is nothing to talk about between you and me, this wooden box is the will of my family to the Holy Lord, please Your Majesty decide! ”

The wooden box is quite delicately made. Tightly fitted, a small lock is locked at the seams, and the few places that may be opened are painted with fire paint. Make sure you don't get opened and dismantled.

This is a discussion, it is clearly about preparing to give this wooden box over, Luo Shilang is angry in his heart, but he also knows that this is the best solution for him. Taking the wooden box back can be regarded as an explanation to the emperor and ministers of Jingshidi. You don't have to take any responsibility for yourself.

After thinking about it for a while, Luo Shilang just judged the stakes, hurriedly explained a few polite words, and left with the wooden box. According to this Luo Shilang's idea, after this errand is completed, I will go to Mount Tai to visit and see the world-famous Dongyue, but this errand is so difficult to do, so I still have the heart to play.

Gloomy left the Zhendong General's Mansion and returned to the inn. directly ordered his subordinates to leave. The fire turned back to the capital, and the civil and military generals on the ground in Shandong. There is no more loyalty in his eyes.

There was no delay on the return trip, and the soldiers of the Beijing camp who were escorted by the brocade guards were also surrounded and monitored by Shandong soldiers and horses. It was also in a state of fright, and when I heard that I was leaving, I immediately accelerated and did not dare to stay in the slightest.

Originally, when an official like Luo Shilang went out of Beijing, he paid attention to walking slowly, and he had to stop once he crossed a city, one was to visit the mountains and rivers, and the other was to collect filial piety along the way.

But this errand in Shandong is so dangerous, and there are military disasters along the way, so I don't have any mood to have fun, and I just want to go back to Beijing as soon as possible.

As a result, this trip had a rare high efficiency, thirteen days back and forth, and at the beginning of February, Luo Shilang had already returned to Beijing. Don't look at the work of the past ten days, the situation in Beijing has changed again, saying that the scribes in a certain place gather to drink and talk at the banquet, and the court is cold to Shandong.

Originally, everyone was talking about this matter, but when they were talking, the guest next door was a secret agent of Jinyiwei, and he immediately arrested the person and prepared to ask for the crime.

Who would have thought that the arrest into the Zhenfu Division has not had time to use the punishment, but these relatives of the scholars came to find it, but it turned out to be a relative of a certain eunuch in the imperial horse prison, the relationship between the inner court, but not Jinyiwei can offend, busy letting people go, and eating a lot of hanging, there is such a thing, Jinyiwei and Dongchang, including Shuntianfu, have a lot of softer hands, plus there is constantly news released in Shandong, and the people have no scruples, and public opinion is not conducive to the court.

Recently, some people even took advantage of the night to post a proclamation, saying that the thieves in the south of Huguang and Henan were blazing, and it was precisely at the time of employing people, if the imperial court did not reward the meritorious soldiers, wouldn't it be a free run of thieves and self-destruction of the world.

Even the wall of the minister's house was pasted with this thing, and the post was either the "Fei General Fu" or the article commenting on Yue Fei and Qin Hui, vaguely comparing the Shandong Li Meng to Yue Fei, and the princes of the court to the traitor Qin Hui, as for whether Emperor Chongzhen was Zhao Gou, no one dared to say.

But now in the daily court meeting, no one mentions Shandong, everyone is pretending to be calm to go busy with something else, for example, the Tartars have suffered heavy losses, according to everyone's estimates, at least this year or two will not enter the customs and plunder, then the more than 200,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Beizhili can be transferred to Henan and Huguang to deal with the bandits.

The military salary and various materials allocated to Wu Sangui, the chief soldier of the Ningyuan regiment training every year, can also be slightly reduced, and the bottomless pit is really too costly.

When discussing these, although everyone was also in high spirits, they were secretly absent-minded, because everyone was waiting for the news that Luo Shilang brought back from Shandong.

However, Luo Shilang was in a hurry, and when he arrived in Beijing much faster than everyone expected to return time, he disappointed most people, and they would not know what kind of conditions Shandong put forward for the time being.

There are so many bigwig officials in the DPRK and China, and it is such an important matter, how can he let him play it right in private, and the final result is that officials above the squire can participate.

The location is Emperor Chongzhen's inner study, scholars and scholars have been gathered together by other qualified bigwigs with apprehensive expressions, and some people have already scolded Luo Shilang in their hearts for making a mystery, and some people who are close to Luo Shilang have inquired in the past, but they didn't ask anything.

What the hell is this selling everyone watched Luo Shilang respectfully take out a wooden box from his arms, and at this time even the little eunuch who was waiting was kicked out, and Wang Chengen came over by himself. Looking back at Emperor Chongzhen, after obtaining Ken, he threw the wooden box on the ground.

Looking at the size of the wooden box, it can't fit that kind of folding. Wang Chengen should also be careful, the wooden box is not strong, and it is shattered when it is smashed like this, revealing a paper roll inside.

Wang Chengen bent down to pick it up and handed it to Emperor Chongzhen behind the bookcase. Chongzhen frowned and took the scroll of paper and unfolded it to watch. It's just a palm-sized piece of paper.

Emperor Chongzhen's eyes widened at first, his face quickly turned the color of pig's liver, his breathing was heavy and abnormal, and his body trembled violently. I was already so angry that I couldn't speak.

Liu Yuanbin, the eunuch of the Admiral Jingying, who was standing next to the bookcase, saw the emperor like this, for fear that he would faint directly at that time, so he hurriedly walked behind Emperor Chongzhen and patted him gently, which was a little relieved.

Emperor Chongzhen wanted to tear the note to pieces, hesitated, and slapped it heavily on the table. He took a few breaths before he said angrily:

"Traitor. Traitor, shameless martial artist. This world is the world of the Ming Dynasty, how can this killing have coveted it. He is not afraid of thunder and thunder, and the world will attack him!! ”

After a pause, Emperor Chongzhen shouted again: "Zhang Guowei, you go and arrange, mobilize soldiers and horses from the north and south to exterminate this lawless traitor, Luo Shunkai, you go to Shandong to talk, just talk about this!" All the dignity of the court has been lost by you!! ”

When Luo Shilang, who was kneeling below, heard this, he immediately understood that the emperor was going to anger someone who had nothing to do with him, and he couldn't care about any elegant demeanor in a hurry, so he knelt on the ground in a hurry and kowtowed and said:

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, that Li thief said that it was an imitation of Yunnan, Yongzhen Shandong, and also supervised the military affairs of the north and south, Shandong, and Henan, how dare Weichen agree to such a rebellious request, and immediately brushed his sleeves away, Li Thief's subordinates caught up with this wooden box, Weichen didn't know anything, didn't know anything!!"

Hearing this Luo Shilang's complaint, Emperor Chongzhen's face turned pale and uncertain, but in the end, he threw the note in front of the bookcase, stood up and said coldly:

"Today, you must come up with a result, report to me here tomorrow, I am a little tired, go back and rest first."

Emperor Chongzhen's anger has always been bigger than one wave, why did he suddenly lose his breath today, and all the ministers in the inner study looked at each other, not knowing what was wrong today.

But everyone is a well-known figure in the officialdom, of course, they don't show any doubts, and they are all there to respectfully bow their hands.

When Emperor Chongzhen left, Liu Yuanbin, the eunuch of the Beijing camp, pondered, lowered his head and picked up the paper scroll.

Seeing the content on the paper scroll, these first- and second-grade bigwigs who are full of self-cultivation on weekdays and are not angry and self-righteous can't control their emotions, and they all gasped, and Liu Yuanbin's hands couldn't stop trembling, there is indeed no decency and rules in this world.

There were only four words on the note: "King of Qi"

Since it is a note brought by the Jiaozhou battalion, then this must be the request of Li Meng, the general soldier of Shandong, to cut more than 30,000 and annihilate the army of Tartars captured into the Kou, which can indeed be called the first major achievement of Chongzhen, even if it is counted in the year of the Apocalypse, I am afraid that this is also a first-class merit.

The reward that can be asked for is really unreasonable, that Mu Ying led the troops to defeat the king of Liang of Mengyuan, and obtained the land of Yunnan, Yongzhen for generations, but his living title is only a marquis of Xiping, and he is posthumously crowned a prince after his death, but the family hereditary is only a marquis. The Mu family is in Yunnan and has been guarding for many years, and Mu Sheng also went to Annan to make meritorious contributions before he won the hereditary grace of the national prince.

In the Ming generation, the position of the living military generals was at most to the Duke of the Kingdom, and even the posthumous kings were only Xu Da, Chang Yuchun and other founding fathers. Most of the generals are also the princes of the country, and even the hereditary princes can only be obtained by the most noble. Yongle Jingjing, Zhang Yu and others also won a big reward, Yongle and pity Zhang Yu for dying in the king's affairs, and gave more tolerance to Zhang Yu's family, but Zhang Yu's son Zhang Fu also rose from the earl to the top one by one, and made supreme meritorious deeds before he was awarded the duke, and later he was the father of the two dynasties of the Baoding Dynasty.

Since then, there have been very few gifts to the marquis, and only relatives can have the opportunity to be crowned marquis relatively smoothly. Among the generals, there are people like Shi Heng, who will get the marquis by fate, but they don't end well. Wang Yue himself is the most top-notch figure in Wenchen, and he goes on a horse to fight thieves. Dismount Lubu, govern the army and manage the people, they are all rare talents in the Ming season, and as a civil servant, he has also achieved the rank of inspector and commander of the regimental camp, but he is dizzy. After getting the earl, he actually gave up the noble literature and changed to the class of lords. I wanted to desperately get a marquis, but in the end I didn't get my wish. Since Jiajing Wanli, it is even more difficult to get a knighthood, even if it is Li Chengliang. It's just an earl.

The system of the Ming Dynasty is different from that of previous dynasties, the title is very difficult to get, and it is easy for the high-grade Qingwang official rank to lack a mouth, the crown prince Taibao, Shaobao, Taibao and other honorary titles. All dynasties have attached great importance to it. The three princes of Taishi, Taifu and Taibao were placed in the Tang and Song dynasties. That is the prime minister of the prime minister, the prime minister of the elders, the patriarch of the elders. is eligible to get it before Zhishi, for example, Yao Chong, Song, Han Qi, Wen Yanbo and other figures, the prestige of the merit has reached the peak, and when it is time to return to the hometown, there can be this gift, and the young master and the young master and the prince's master Bao are also important ministers and ministers, and only after the return to the hometown, can there be land treatment; But the title of Tang and Song Dynasty is very easy, once Xuan Ma worships the prime minister, he can immediately be crowned the prince of the country, the so-called prime minister and the prime minister, which means that they are the prime minister and the prince of the country, those who have obtained the post of the master to protect the three princes, after death, nine out of nine will be posthumously awarded the title of king.

In the Ming Dynasty, it was reversed, Wenchen had no field merits, and he would never get the earl, but there were a lot of three dukes, and although it was difficult for the general military officer to take the master to protect the three dukes, there were basically several in each dynasty, and the three orphans were as many as cow hair, the three divisions of the prince, the three orphans of the prince and the like, and even the guerrillas of the generals had the young master of the prince.

So this time, there are also people in the court who want to make a big thing small, and directly give Li Mengfeng a Taibao to pull down, which is reasonable and reasonable, anyway, Shifu Bao himself is the pinnacle of the ministers, and there is nothing wrong with giving it, and he can even fool Li Meng, a martial artist who is unlearned, unskilled, vulgar and unliterate, and compares those names of previous dynasties with him, telling them that Wen Yanbo and the like would rather not have the title of Duke of the Kingdom, and must also want the honorary title of Shifu Bao.

Li Meng has such a big victory, according to the courtiers' estimates, the marquis is completely qualified, and he may be able to seal the country, but with Emperor Chongzhen's stingy habits, it is estimated that it is also an earl's title, and it cannot be hereditary.

But the stinginess of the court is the attitude of the court, but the lion in Shandong has opened his mouth, this is the king of one word, the most noble title of the Ming Dynasty, many members of the royal family are still two-word princes, and it is impossible to get a one-word king. You must know that the current one-word king, the relatives of the Ming Emperors of all dynasties are qualified, even if Xu Da often meets spring, after his death, he is just a two-character county king, does Li Meng feel that he is more noble than Zhongshan Kaiping?

Li Meng is just a martial artist who started selling salt, and he actually asked for a one-word king name, and he is also the king of Qi in the heartland, which is really crazy, and now even the ministers who feel that the court has not rewarded Li Meng for a long time have completely changed their minds and began to get angry.

"This ...... What else is there to be here!! ”

"In addition to the thieves and Tartars, there is actually this kind of demon in our Ming Dynasty!!"

"Such a person, what kind of reward, to come up with a punishment charter, there is such an example here, wouldn't the martial artists in the world be overturned!!"

The crowd was excited for a while, but Liu Yuanbin, who was holding the note, smiled bitterly there, Jin Yiwei commanded Luo Yangxing to stand on the side and did not interject, and the highest status at the moment was the cabinet scholar, auxiliary Chen Yan, he did not express his position, but observed the looks of the people around him there.

Luo Yangxing had a good relationship with him, otherwise he wouldn't have come out to sue Zhou Yanru in the Golden Palace, and after a deep groan, Chen Yan opened his mouth and asked:

"Commander Luo, there is a detailed work on the Zhenfu Division in Shandong, what is the situation over there?"

As soon as this question was asked, Luo Yangxing's face suddenly didn't look good, but he also knew that the other party was asking unintentionally, so he said a little embarrassed:

"Elder pavilions, my lords, I'll tell you the truth here, Jinyiwei is located in Jinan's Qianhu Office, and the monthly news has not been interrupted, but they all say good things about the Li thief, and there are always only people who have been sent over, and they haven't seen anyone who has come back, and their families have taken it over...... "In the past, hehe, I have to continue to ask for votes, thank you."