At the beginning of August, Mu Yanzi sent a letter from Beijing, originally scheduled to leave for Shandong this month, but because of a sudden serious illness delayed the trip, although there was no major problem, but could not bear the fatigue of the boat, so he could only raise in Beijing for a while, and the marriage date could only be postponed, and it was estimated that the time to arrive in Shandong was also in late autumn at the earliest.

Hearing the news of Mu Yanzi's illness, Zhu Ping'an's heart was also very worried, but Wang Chengen and Mu Yuling also wrote at the same time, telling Zhu Ping'an not to be overly worried. When Zhu Ping'an first arrived in Shandong, the situation had just stabilized, and he must not travel between Beijing and Shandong for this reason.

In this way, Zhu Ping'an could only settle down and stay in Dengzhou, but fortunately, his worries about Mu Yanzi and Mu Yuling's four years were temporarily diluted a lot in the complicated affairs.

The determination of the commanders of the guards quickly stabilized the hearts of the soldiers and soldiers, and Zhu Ping'an distributed the fields of the officers of the guards to the ordinary soldiers, which won the applause of the people and the soldiers. Although the killing of the officers of the guards made Zhu Ping'an control the military strength of the four guards in Dengzhou in a short period of time, he faced a huge sequelae, that is, the opposition between the indigenous heroes of Dengzhou.

As we all know, Lin Deyuan, the former commander of Jinghaiwei, Xu Qi, the commander of Chengshanwei, Mo Gao, the commander of Da Songwei, and most of the thousands and hundreds of households were hereditary military attachés, and their killing made the local heroes who were originally attached to them endanger themselves, and they still held a large number of fields that encroached on military households, and it was precisely because of this that these people had a deep sense of fear of Zhu Ping'an's resolute and resolute actions.

Liu Zeqing led the troops outside, and Cai Liansheng, the commander of the Shandong Metropolitan Division, was missing after leaving Dengzhou. But now, there is one more person that the local wealthy family can rely on, and that is Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, who is in Yanzhou.

Liu Zeqing and Zhu Yihai are the two people that Wang Chengen deliberately mentioned when Zhu Ping'an took office in Dengzhou. Since Sun Yuanhua hated Denglai, Shandong has been under the invisible control of these two people. The post of governor of Shandong was intertwined, and the civilian-official group gradually lost its ability to control in the actual sense in Shandong, and it was Liu Zeqing who replaced him. Although Zhu Yihai is a vassal king, he cannot interfere in the daily management of local officials, and the replacement of death cannot involve half a division of power. But he is now the richest man in Shandong, which is also the "fine tradition" of the Zhu Ming Dynasty since Yongle.

If you want to say that Zhu Yihai is on top, you have to "thank" the Qing army for joining the army. The news that the prince of De was taken away by the Qing army reached Yanzhou, and Zhu Shouyong, the king of Lu, was so frightened that he couldn't afford to fall ill, and he whimpered and mourned after a short time. As his fifth son, Zhu Yihai originally had no hope of inheriting the feudal throne, but the four brothers in front of him either died early or had no intention of taking the feudal throne, and the only one whose status and age were higher than Zhu Yihai's elder brother - Zhu Yipai, but when he was ordered to visit King De in Jinan, he was poisoned by the Qing soldiers, so in the end, he cheapened Zhu Yihai in vain.

After the Qing army retreated, Chongzhen learned of the death of Zhu Shouyong and Zhu Yipai, so he named Zhu Yihai as the king of Lu in March. Before Zhu Yihai inherited the throne, he was known as a virtuous person in the Shilin of Yanzhou Mansion, and he liked poetry, calligraphy and painting, and had a bold and hospitable temperament, which was highly respected by Shilin. After succeeding to the throne, there were hundreds of people who were raised in the house alone, drinking and feasting every day.

"He likes to appoint private people, especially the concubines and relatives of the servants around him, and he often takes on important responsibilities, so that even if these people are fish and meat people, even if they reach the ears of King Lu, they are just a smile. Moreover, he is so luxurious, especially fond of music. But this does not mean that he does not care about power, after succeeding to the throne of Lu, he is very jealous of his brothers and nephews, and strictly orders them not to contact the outside world, which is often punished. In addition, he has no opinion on other affairs, including various industries, which are handed over to a few of his henchmen to take care of ......."

Zhou Mian, who rushed to Dengzhou, specially introduced some things about Zhu Yihai and his people to Zhu Ping'an. It is the hottest time of the year, and Zhou Kui ordered Zhou Mian to come to Dengzhou at this time, just for the business plan in his heart.

In this way, Zhou Mian will be harmed a lot. After all, Shandong is not as prosperous and comfortable as Beijing, and Zhu Ping'an is a person who doesn't care much about his enjoyment. The entire house of the Dusi Yamen was exposed to the scorching sun, and as soon as you entered the house, it was like walking into a huge steamer, fortunately, it was not far from the sea, and from time to time there would be a sea breeze blowing.

When he was on the road, he had already heard about the bloody wind and rain in Dengzhou, Zhu Ping'an's actions this time made hundreds of heads fall to the ground, even Zhou Mian was speechless, but it was also because of this that the situation in Dengzhou quickly settled down. Along the way, I heard about the shock of King Lu's Mansion and Shandong Dusi Yamen, although he knew that this young master had his own power in the court, but Zhou Mian was still very worried, so as soon as he arrived in Shandong, he immediately explained to Zhu Ping'an the news about King Lu and Liu Zeqing, hoping that Zhu Ping'an could prepare as soon as possible.

"The benefits of Shandong are nothing more than three kinds, one is land, the second is salt industry, and the third is sea trade. These three kinds of Liu Zeqing and King Lu are all involved in it without exception, Liu Zeqing has soldiers in his hands, King Lu has wealth, the two sides are mutually beneficial, and they have cooperated very happily over the years. After Zhu Yihai inherited the throne, although his mind was narrow-minded, he also regarded wealth as his life, Liu Zeqing, as the general soldier of a town, held a heavy army, so he would naturally be more domineering, taking advantage of Zhu Shouyong's sudden illness and violent death, he embezzled a lot of business that should have belonged to Lu Wangfu, but Zhu Yihai endured it and never saw his move. ”

These news are not unfamiliar to Zhu Ping'an, Yin Shigang and Shen Mingxian quickly set up the military intelligence department, and the entire organization is operational, and it is not difficult to get this information. In Zhou Mian's mind, in view of Zhu Ping'an's development in Shandong, Liu Zeqing's threat is greater in comparison, after all, he is the general soldier of Shandong, and he has tens of thousands of people in his hands. Zhu Yihai is just a vassal king, and he has no name.

But Zhu Ping'an's point of view is the opposite, Liu Zeqing is not to worry about, he is just a military town that likes to be opportunistic, although there are many people under his command, his combat power and IQ are insufficient. But this Zhu Yihai has great worries in the future.

The dispute between the Tang Dynasty and the Lu King ran through most of the history of the Southern Ming Dynasty. It is precisely because of these meaningless title battles that the remaining forces of the Southern Ming Dynasty became the victims of the party struggle of the scholars, and in the end, the two factions reluctantly went to extinction, and also made the golden opportunity to rebuild the Ming Dynasty slip away in vain.

Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, is the banner pushed out by the forces of the two Zhejiang.

However, since Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, is now under Zhu Ping'an's nose, then he should not expect anything to do in the future. Facing his father Zhu Yujian, Zhu Ping'an will not give him the opportunity to compete for the world.

Now it is not only Zhou Mian who reminded him to be careful of Liu Zeqing and Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, but even the military intelligence department has also received news that the wealthy families in Dengzhou, such as the Xu family, the Mo family, the Lin family, and the Wang family, have sent people to Yanzhou and asked Zhu Yihai to ask him to go to the imperial court and thoroughly investigate the affairs of the four guards in Dengzhou, in order to recover the losses and regain the dominance of the Hao family in Dengzhou.

Comparatively speaking, it is necessary to be more careful in dealing with these people, after all, there are many people and they are widely implicated.

Zhu Ping'an was thinking about it, and his own soldiers came to report that five Western ships had sailed outside the port of Dengzhou, although there were artillery all over the place, but the people who came showed that there was no malicious intent, and asked to meet the new deputy chief of Dengzhou, Zhu Ping'an, and Tong Wanjun, the general of the naval division, had led the army to closely monitor outside the port, and asked the adults to go over and see the situation.

Zhu Ping'an smiled, turned his head and said to Zhou Mian: "I have just been in Dengzhou for less than a month, and there is business coming to the door, Brother Zhou might as well go to the dock with me to have a look!" ”

Outside the house, the sun was still blazing, and the group rode their horses at a gallop, which gave them a refreshing feeling. When he arrived at the harbor outside Penglai City, Zhou Mian couldn't help but be a little disappointed. The empty port wharf, except for the soldiers, there is no one else, and the coastal lines have been under the unified command of the Dengzhou Metropolitan Yamen, and silver has been allocated to strengthen the city defense and erect artillery, but in Zhou Mian's view, the port of Dengzhou is still closer to the configuration of the military port, and if you want to expand business with this, it is inevitable that there are some fly in the ointment.

The ships on the sea are mainly ships of sailors, but most of them are old, and other than that, fishing boats are very rare.

When they arrived at the wharf, Tong Wanjun had already landed with a group of Western-style fleets, and the soldiers on the shore were tense and vigilantly looking at this group of people. Many of them are sea men with naked upper bodies and bronze muscles, and they know at a glance that they are not good people, and a few are blonde and blue-eyed foreigners, who are surprisingly tall, pointing fingers one by one, and looking at the coast of Dengzhou in amazement.

Zhu Ping'an saw Lopez with brown curly hair in the middle surrounded by everyone at a glance, and couldn't help laughing, "Mr. Lopez, your news is very well-informed, I just arrived in Shandong to take up a job on my front foot, and you came over on your heels, do you have a big business to introduce to me?" ”

López also laughed a lot, and the two came to an affectionate hug under the jaw-dropping gaze of everyone, and the consequence was that Zhu Ping'an was almost so smoked by the body odor on López that he couldn't open his eyes. R1152