Li Mingrui couldn't help but smile secretly, he also thought that Liu Zeqing was bribing himself to get the news about His Majesty the Emperor Zhu Youzhen and His Majesty's true attitude towards him Liu Zeqing.

But Li Mingrui didn't expect that now Liu Zeqing just wants to change to a king, and his appetite is not small, and he wants to be the king of Yangzhou!

Li Mingrui was a little disdainful of this Liu Zeqing, as the chief military officer with 100,000 soldiers, he still only had the idea of being a rich man.

Li Mingrui couldn't help but think to himself, this person was only afraid that even if he didn't wait for His Majesty to make a move on him, when Jiannu went south, this person might also surrender.

However, Li Mingrui couldn't help but think that it would be better for the imperial court if Liu Zeqing had no ambitions, so it would be easier to deal with.

Hearing Liu Zeqing say that he didn't want to stay in Shandong, Li Mingrui couldn't help but slander:

"This Shandong realm has been harmed like this by you Liu Zeqing, so naturally you don't want to stay in Shandong."

In order to show the attitude of being in the same stream, Li Mingrui pulled the beautiful girl named Qiu Niang into his arms at once, and laughed while groping:

"But please rest assured, the lower official will definitely bring your words to His Majesty's ears, and for the sake of these silver and this beauty, I will probably persuade Your Majesty to let you stay in Yangzhou forever."

When Liu Zeqing saw that Li Mingrui was so upright, he despised this Li Mingrui in his heart, although he was righteous on the surface, but in fact he was just a hypocrite who couldn't escape the wine and wealth, he also regarded Li Mingrui as the same kind and had a closer relationship with Li Mingrui:

"If Li Zhongyun can make this happen, I, Liu, will be thanked."

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, in that case, please ask the prince to meet Your Majesty immediately, this courtesy of the monarch and the minister still has to be told, and it is not a secret, Your Majesty retreated south this time, bringing millions of silver, and did his best to come out, if the prince you go to ask for it in person, maybe more than one million military salaries will be allocated to you."

After Li Mingrui said with a smile, Liu Zeqing's eyes suddenly lit up.

Liu Zeqing, who had no resistance to money at all, immediately calculated in his heart how many troops he could recruit with these millions of taels of military salaries after listening to Li Mingrui's words.

"Wait!" Who knows, at this time, Yao Wenchang, the deputy general under Liu Zeqing, stood up.

And whispered in Liu Zeqing's ear: "Junmen, the prince has always been not lightly sealed, and now that Your Majesty has suddenly descended to Longen, will there be any fraud in it." ”

Liu Zeqing also has some truth when he hears it, although he Liu Zeqing is a martial artist who does not learn and does not know how to do it, but he does not know about the power of the generals.

Li Mingrui saw his hesitant expression, and saw that Yao Wenchang kept squinting at him, and guessed that this person must have said something to Liu Zeqing, and he was vaguely uneasy in his heart.

But Li Mingrui still pretended to smile indifferently: "Is the prince still worried?" To tell the truth, Your Majesty did not summon one of you, and now Your Majesty is suddenly going south at a time when the general is urgently needed to lead the party, Gao Jie, Liu Liangzuo, Huang Degong, Zuo Liangyu and Zou Lei of Denglai have all been knighted and given land by His Majesty, and they will be met immediately; Your Majesty has already said that whoever comes first will be relied upon, and the rest will be punished as traitors! ”

"Lord Wang, if you are one step late, the position of the favored minister of the Son of Heaven will not be yours, and millions of taels of military salaries will also fall into the hands of others, I have heard that Lord Wang, you have always been at odds with Gao Jie, Liu Liangzuo and others, if Your Majesty orders them to rob your territory, how should you deal with it?"

Li Mingrui then said again, the implication is obvious, Your Majesty does not rely on you Liu Zeqing alone, if you don't want to get benefits, don't go, anyway, there are several other chief military officers.

Liu Zeqing was a little anxious when he heard this, so he clapped his hands and said: "Your Majesty ordered me to bring troops to meet me, I don't think there will be any fraud, and I have an army of 100,000 under Liu's command, even if Your Majesty wants to kill me, I will have some scruples, and I will immediately gather the whole army and go to Jinan to meet you!" ”

"Military Gate!" Yao Wenchang wanted to persuade a few more words, but Liu Zeqing directly reprimanded: "No need to say it again, if Gao Jie and others control His Majesty first, we won't be able to get anything, and besides, call me the prince in the future, like Li Zhongyun, understand?" ”

Li Mingrui couldn't help laughing when he saw this, while flattering Liu Zeqing that he would be above ten thousand people under one person from now on, he put his hands up and down on the maid Qiu Niang, making a prodigal gesture, so that Liu Zeqing saw that he didn't suspect that Li Mingrui had other intentions.

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Zhu Youzhen's side is ready to wait for Liu Zeqing to come and confer the head.

Zhou Yuji's division of the First Guards Army has been secretly transferred to Lishan, while Liu Fangliang's division of the Third Guards Army is hidden in the Great Wall Ridge.

These two highlands are located in the south and north of Jinan City, according to the plan formulated by Zhu Youzhen and others.

Once Liu Zeqing led an army of 100,000 into the territory of Jinan City.

The 1st Guards Army and the 2nd Guards Army could attack from the north and south and force the landing of Liu Zeqing's headquarters.

The Second Guards Army, He Xin's Division, was stationed in Jinan City and was responsible for Liu Zeqing's actions.

Liu Zeqing has no sense of crisis, he only knows that His Majesty has withdrawn south, and he does not know how many troops the emperor has brought with him in the south.

He even took it for granted that His Majesty's trip to the south was a hasty trip, and most of the Ming army had been concentrated in the south, so there were not many soldiers and horses around the emperor today.

simply thinks that His Majesty the Emperor Zhu Youzhen has fallen into Pingyang and does not pose much of a threat, which is also one of the reasons why Liu Zeqing finally decided to come to Jinan to meet His Majesty the Emperor Zhu Youzhen.

Li Banghua, the secretary of the military department, was ordered to meet Liu Zeqing at the gate of the city.

Therefore, when Liu Zeqing rode to the gate of Jinan, Liu Zeqing saw that Li Banghua and a group of civil and military officials were waiting here.

"Ministers greet His Royal Highness King Dongchang!"

Seeing that the hundred officials treated him so politely, Liu Zeqing couldn't help but be proud, if it was in peacetime, a military attache like him would only bow down when he saw Li Banghua, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and other high-ranking officials of the Sixth Secretaries, and now when he saw Li Banghua, he didn't even bother to get off the horse, and asked Li Banghua arrogantly:

"Your Majesty, why don't you come out to greet this king?"

Li Banghua, the secretary of the Ministry of War, was already extremely angry when he heard Liu Zeqing's disrespectful words, but he knew that this was not the time to be angry, so he could only forcibly endure it and said with a smile:

"Your Majesty has been waiting for His Highness at the Yamen of the Political Envoy, and I ask Your Highness to come and meet him as soon as possible."

Zhu Youzhen was standing in the yamen of the political envoy at this time and listening to He Xin's report: "Back to Your Majesty, thirty-six sword and axe men have been ambushed, and seventy-two firearms men have also been hidden everywhere, as long as Liu Zeqing comes, he will definitely die!" ”

"I know, Liu Zeqing's personal soldiers are still relatively good at fighting, and you will personally go to the front hall to entertain them later, and this side will be commanded by Jinyi Wei to make Tongzhi Li Ruolian responsible, and Li Ruolian will act according to my eyes when the time comes!"

As soon as Zhu Youzhen finished speaking, He Xin and Li Ruolian said yes.

Not long after, Li Ruolian, who had already gone out, appeared in front of Zhu Youzhen again: "Your Majesty, Liu Zeqing has entered the city, and now he has arrived at the Yamen of the political envoy!" ”

"Go with me to greet you", Zhu Youzhen said, and then took the Jinyi Guard Commander and Envoy Li Ruolian to personally come to the Yamen of the political envoy.