Soon, a large group of people poured into the hall, only to see Lord Chen and Feng Jian of Zhizhou accompanied by a slightly chubby middle-aged official wearing a black gauze hat, wearing a white pheasant regiment collar uniform, and a rhino horn belt around his waist into the hall.

This must be the minister of the imperial court, and the officials and gentry in the hall are more respectful.

Don't look at the other party's low official position, but the other party is from the feet of the Son of Heaven, and his identity is invisibly superior.

came to the hall to greet a little, Feng Jian said: "Lord Liu and Lord Chen, please sit, Lord Fang also sit, the three of you will drink tea and rest for the time being, and the official will go down to change his official uniform and come again."

Chen Suowen and Lord Liu smiled and sat down, and Fang Zengwei, the governor of the state, hurriedly bowed down and humbly said, "Lord Feng doesn't have to be polite, and the lower officials don't have to sit." ”

Chen Suowen smiled and said: "Lord Fang doesn't have to be humble, you are now temporarily taking the position of Pingdu Zhizhou, and you deserve a place here." ”

Feng Jian immediately said with a smile on his face: "Congratulations to Lord Fang, there are many places to rely on adults in the future, please sit down." In a word, Fang Zengwei, the governor of the state, smiled and sat down humbly.

Feng Jian said again: "This official has changed his official uniform and comes again, please send Lord Haihan." ”

Lord Qincha Liu had a kind face and said with a smile: "Lord Feng doesn't have to bother, it's not too late to wait for the official to finish reading the holy decree and then change his official uniform!" ”

Feng Jian thought for a while, and there was still a general's official uniform to wear later, knowing that this minister was well-intentioned, he said with a smile on his face: "Thank you Lord Liu, it is better to be respectful than to obey your orders." He turned and sat down in the seat on the right side of the other party.

The officials and gentry of Pingdu City next to him didn't know at first, so it was right for Lord Feng to greet the holy decree in official uniforms, why did Lord Liu, who announced the decree, stop it?

Many people speculate in their hearts. I heard that Dengzhou City is now occupied by the rebel army, so it could be that the Holy Decree came to dispatch Feng Garrison to break the enemy!

Some officials were surprised to find that Lord Chen of Zhizhou was actually wearing a four-grade Yunyan official uniform. Looking forward to it, there was a spring breeze in a proud state.

"Lord Chen, has he been promoted two levels in a row? Why didn't there be any wind beforehand? Most of the officials and gentry were puzzled.

There was no shortage of people in the hall who were active-minded, and they immediately thought that the proclamation had already gone to the official office to read the holy decree. This is a special trip to the Feng family to announce the decree, could it be that this Feng garrison is also going to be promoted!

I only heard this Qincha Lord Liu ask with a smile: "Lord Feng, looking at the posture of your mansion, is it not a happy event?" ”

Feng Jian bowed slightly and said, "I was really told by Lord Liu, today is the birthday of the dog." ”

Lord Qincha Liu's expression moved, and he said with a smile: "Then congratulations to Lord Feng, today is really a double happiness." ”

Suddenly hearing Lord Liu's last words, the officials and gentry of Pingdu City suddenly realized that Feng Shoubei was really going to be promoted again. The officials and gentry who were suspicious in the center of the hall suddenly realized, and many of them showed envious expressions on their faces.

Seeing that the incense case had been arranged, Lord Liu smiled and said, "Read the holy decree first and then talk to you." ”

Feng Jian hurriedly walked to the incense case and knelt down and kowtowed, and Chen Suowen and other people in the hall followed closely and knelt and kowtowed.

Lord Liu, who was standing on the side of the incense case, unfolded the holy decree, held the two ends of the holy decree with the black rhino horn as the axis with both hands, and read it aloud: "Fengtian carrier...... When Dengzhou City was captured by the rebels, Feng Jian, the garrison officer of the Pingdu Prefecture Flood Camp, overcame difficulties and broke through the ice of Shuicheng...... All the warships of the Dengzhou Navy Division survived, and they were really wise and brave, and now the imperial court is in need of personnel. After the cabinet and the ministers of the imperial court will recommend, that is, he will be awarded the rank of general, and he will be honored as a lieutenant of the capital army, and he will still be in charge of his original post. He is also in charge of the Dengzhou Sailor Battalion...... I hope that the member will serve with all his heart, so he will become the cadre of the country...... In addition, the area where the officer is located is in the midst of the rampant rebellion, and he can postpone his entry into the capital to face the saint. The decision will be made when the rebels are destroyed. Chin this! ”

At the end of Feng Jianwang's case, Lord Liu personally helped Feng Jian up. He took the seal letter and official uniform from the hands of the entourage behind him and handed them to Feng Jian one by one, and said with a smile: "General Feng can change his official uniform now!" ”

Get down to business. Lord Liu was more easy-going, and Feng Jian was wearing a fourth-grade military attache uniform to accept everyone's congratulations. At noon, a banquet was held in the garrison mansion to invite all those who came to congratulate him.

Lord Liu, the new Liaohai Haiphong Dao Chen Sowen, and the temporary Pingdu Zhizhou Fang Zengwei were personally accompanied by Feng Jian and had a separate seat in the flower hall of the garrison mansion.

Chen Suowen was promoted two levels in a row, and became the fourth grade of Liaohai Haiphong Dao with real power, and more than half of the credit was due to Feng Jian, because he had a lot of respect for his son-in-law.

During the banquet, Chen Suowen had a drink with Lord Qincha Liu, put down the wine glass and sighed: "Now Dengzhou is occupied by Kong Youde's rebel army, and the rebels will not shrink into the city, and the county governments near Dengzhou will definitely be looted, and I don't know when the imperial army will be able to come to encircle and suppress." ”

Lord Liu served in the military department of Wuxuanqing, and he was also a number one figure in the military department, so he naturally knew the mobilization of the imperial army.

Lord Liu shook his head and said: "Don't hide it from Lord Chen, since Chongzhen for four years, the Later Jin Army and Chahar Mongolia entered the pass from Xifengkou, looted many cities one after another, and directly threatened the Beijing Division when the soldiers passed through; Dalinghe City suffered from the siege, so far can not be relieved of the siege, the battle of Changshan lost the division, Ji, the Liao army and the towns and roads reinforcements continued to be broken, there is a sharp ambition of the general Zhao led the Jiao to die in Zunhua, the country will be the general of the Mangui war died in the suburbs of Beijing. In a short period of time, the imperial court was unable to mobilize a large army to encircle and suppress the Dengzhou rebels, so it faced the invasion of Kong Youde's rebel army, and could only rely on the local county government to defend itself. ”

Chen said anxiously: "If the Dengzhou rebellion is allowed to run rampant, it won't be long before all parts of Shandong will be ruined, and the harm is much greater than that of ordinary homeless thieves, can't the princes of the imperial court see it?" ”

Lord Liu sighed: "Don't hide it from Lord Chen, the court is now divided into two factions, with the first assistant Lord Zhou Yanru as the faction, they ignore the evil deeds committed by Kong Youde's chaotic soldiers burning, killing and looting, and advocate appeasement; However, many ministers such as the second assistant Lord Wen Tiren advocated resolutely exterminating Kong Youde's rebellious army, so as not to be followed by later generals. Therefore, he was unable to make a decision, and when he left Beijing, he heard that the emperor was preparing to implement the policy of appeasement. ”

Feng Jian knew very well that in history, there was a hesitation between appeasement and killing Kong Youde's rebels, and it took nine months from the capture of Dengzhou City by the rebels to the siege of the imperial court's mobilization of a large army.

"Hmph, unless Kong Youde's rebellious soldiers don't come, Pingdu is the place where they are buried!" Feng Jian's eyes flashed brightly.

Up to this moment, Pingdu City and its surroundings were completely controlled by the Zhenshan Battalion at this time, waiting for Kong Youde's rebels to come.

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On February 21, the fifth year of Chongzhen, in the back hall of the Yamen of the governor of Dengzhou City, Kong Youde and other leaders of the rebel army were holding a banquet, Kong Youde sat in the center, Geng Zhongming, Li Jiucheng, Chen Guangfu, Wang Bingzhong, Liu Chengzu, Cao Shaozhong, Li Yingyuan and other rebel generals sat on the left side, and Kong Youde sat on the right side of Guanglu Island deputy general Mao Chenglu and several henchmen.

Kong Youde picked up the wine glass and said to Mao Chenglu: "Brother Mao gave up the high-ranking officials of the court and led more than 1,000 people to Dengzhou to participate in the righteous act. ”

Feng Jian sent the Fushan Water Division to patrol the waters of Dengzhou, but after all, there were no loopholes, and the Guanglu Island guard evaded the inspection of the Fushan fleet and took refuge in Kong Youde.

It seems that Feng Jian's plan to cut off Kong Youde's back road is about to fail!

Mao Chenglu took a big sip of the liquor in the cup, smacked his lips and said: "Staying on the island where rabbits don't all day, and constantly accepting the exploitation of the dog official in Huanglong, Dongjiang Town, my brother has long had enough." Hearing that Marshal Du led the crowd to capture Dengzhou City this time really made our old brothers in Dongjiang Town raise their eyebrows, and I believe that Mao Shuai Jiuquan will also be amazed. The brother directly brought all the weapons of his soldiers on Guanglu Island to defect, hoping to reproduce the glory of Mao Shuai's period in Dengzhou. ”

Li Jiucheng's eyes were bloodshot, his eyes showed a cruel smile, and the table was full of Dongjiang's old brothers, it can be said that the initiators of the Dengzhou rebellion were Li Jiucheng and Li Yingyuan's father and son, and it was under the coercion of their father and son that Kong Youde led his troops to launch a rebellion.

Since the Wuqiao Mutiny, the father and son cooperated with Kong Youde to lead the rebels to break the city, and used Sun Yuanhua's eagerness to appease the mind to bring the people back to Dengzhou safely, and used Neiying to break the city, if it is not for the low prestige among the old brothers of the Dongjiang River, I am afraid that there is no Kong Youde The status of Marshal Today, this is how the father and son have also become a more important role in the Dongjiang generals.

Li Jiucheng put the wine glass on the table and said loudly: "According to Wang Hui of Shuicheng Haiphong Dao, the 100 warships of the Dengzhou Navy Division Battalion were secretly transferred by Feng Jian, the garrison of the Pingdu Prefecture Flood Battalion, which almost cut off the way back for our brothers, thanks to Brother Mao's coming from Guanglu Island to help, bringing more than 50 large and small warships, together with more than 100 large and small warships of the Tianjin Navy Division who were lured by the Tianjin Navy Division, our brothers and the imperial court have one more way to retreat. ”

Geng Zhongming smiled approvingly: "Thanks to Brother Jiucheng's clever trick to lure the Tianjin Navy Garrison and more than 100 sailor warships under it to Dengzhou Water City, my brothers and I killed them and captured the warships, and the brothers have one more way back, which is called the road of the sky." ”

Li Jiucheng snorted in his nose and said: "Because of this, we can occupy Dengzhou City for a long time, and we can attack and retreat, and from then on, the brothers will be at ease and will not be subject to the bird's spirit of the court officials." ”

Kong Youde put down his wine glass and muttered: "It seems that the brothers have the intention to live in Dengzhou for a long time, so this Dengzhou City must be managed well, and must not be wantonly killed and destroyed as before, and the captured governor Sun and all the officials should also be treated kindly. ”

Geng Zhongming grabbed the wine glass and drank it dry, and said with a smile: "Our Dongjiang brothers have easily got together and laid down a piece of their own territory, this is all the work of the marshal, and the brothers listen to the marshal for everything." ”！！ (To be continued......)