Dongchang Mansion, Shandong.

Liu Zeqing was looking at the boxes of jewels brought in by the generals under his command.

Seeing the gold and jade jewelry that can almost flash blinding, flowers can bloom on Liu Zeqing's smiling face.

As the chief military officer of Shandong, he also knew that the situation was unfavorable, and there was a great atmosphere of changing the dynasty.

However, as a puppet, he can't see that far, and he doesn't even have the ambition to be the lord of the world.

Therefore, after occupying Shandong, Liu Zeqing just blindly collected money.

He did not obey the edicts of the imperial court, nor did he express his position on Li Zicheng's appeasement.

He just waited for the situation in the world to become clear, and he would surrender with the situation.

Now, I heard that His Majesty Zhu Youzhen has left the capital and headed south.

Liu Zeqing was even more unscrupulous in scavenging the people of Shandong.

The Ming Dynasty's hundreds of years of emphasis on literature and suppression of military force made it difficult for these sudden and noble warlords to have ambitions in the world when they were born in troubled times.

Even Liu Zeqing is just a person who sees small profits and forgets the righteousness.

After knowing that the Ming Emperor had escaped, he felt that the emperor would definitely rely more on himself, and unscrupulously plundered money in Shandong on the grounds of raising military salaries.

This made not only the common people but also the gentry complain.

This is also the reason why he was defeated and surrendered directly as soon as he encountered Jiannu going south in the original history.

Liu Zeqing, the commander-in-chief of Shandong, did not have the ambition to plot the world based on Shandong.

Naturally, they will not find a way to carry out construction in Shandong to appease the people.

Now that he heard that His Majesty Zhu Youzhen had gone south, his biggest thought was to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, as Zhu Youzhen expected!

He wanted to rely on Zhu Youzhen to blackmail Emperor Zhu Youzhen on his own ground, and even expand a larger territory by controlling His Majesty Zhu Youzhen.

Although Liu Zeqing was not interested in farming and construction, he was very interested in expanding the territory, and he even wanted Zhu Youzhen to give him Yangzhou.

Liu Zeqing never thought of building Shandong as his foundation.

Therefore, he wanted to rob frantically before the Ming Emperor came.

In this way, he can take enough wealth to follow His Majesty Zhu Youzhen to the south, and then go to the prosperous place in Jiangnan to become a big official.

This is something that Zhu Youzhen did not expect.

Zhu Youzhen would not have thought that Liu Zeqing would be so unambitious, in his opinion, once people in the world master the army and territory, they should have the ambition of the emperor, but as everyone knows, not everyone is so self-motivated.

Like Liu Zeqing, he originally wanted to take advantage of the fact that no one was in charge of the money and then break into the army and surrender the army, His Majesty came to continue to serve His Majesty, who sat in the world, he didn't care, he only cared if he could continue to live so decently and richly.

Li Mingrui came to Liu Zeqing with Zhu Youzhen's edict.

Along the way, Li Mingrui also saw the atrocities of Liu Zeqing's army in the area of Dongchang Mansion.

However, Li Mingrui also knew that he could not show his hatred for Liu Zeqing now, so he entered Liu Zeqing's temporary mansion with a smiling face.

Liu Zeqing heard that it was the Son of Heaven who came with the emperor's edict, and he was also busy welcoming him in person.

Liu Zeqing, who has always been in awe of civil officials, even if he becomes a big warlord, he does not dare to show contempt for a noble civil servant like Li Mingrui, not to mention that now he also knows that His Majesty the Ming Emperor has gone south, and he still wants to continue to be a Ming minister, so he must continue to respect the courtiers around the Son of Heaven.

"Li Zhongyun, please take a seat", Liu Zeqing personally beckoned Li Mingrui to sit down with his hand, and asked with a spring breeze: "I don't know what edict Li Zhongyun brought His Majesty, how to deal with me Liu Zeqing?" ”

Liu Zeqing actually had doubts in his heart, he knew that he had resisted and disobeyed the order because he was afraid of the thief's situation, so he was now afraid that the emperor would come to settle accounts after the autumn, although he didn't think that the Ming Emperor would dare to kill him, the chief military officer with 100,000 troops.

"Look at what Liu Zongbing said, how could Your Majesty ever want to dispose of you, you are the backbone of my Ming Dynasty, Your Majesty is too late to rely on you, how can you be willing to destroy the Great Wall?"

Li Mingrui said and took out the holy decree: "At the beginning, Liu Zongbing had to resist the decree because he accidentally fell to his death on a horse, Your Majesty is a magnanimous king, how can you account for such a trivial matter, and Your Majesty not only did not dispose of your intentions, but also asked the subordinate to bring a will to reward Liu Zongbing, Liu Zongbing, please accept the order." ”

When Liu Zeqing heard this, he hurriedly ordered people to put incense on the table, and personally led a cadre to kneel down to listen to the will.

Li Mingrui read out Zhu Youzhen's will to appoint him Liu Zeqing as the king of Dongchang and Yongzhen Shandong.

Then, Li Mingrui first endured his resentment towards Liu Zeqing, and said with a smile on his face: "Congratulations to General Liu for being named the king of Dongchang, in addition to the founding honor, this is the first time that my Ming Dynasty has been crowned as the king with a different surname before his death, such an honor is enough to show that His Majesty attaches great importance to you, and please follow Your Majesty's will to quickly lead troops to meet Xie En, without delay, if the other commanders of the three towns know, your prince is estimated to be unable to be sealed." ”

Liu Zeqing didn't move for a long time at this time, and only stood up and took over the will after a long time.

As a martial artist, to be able to reach his current position from a small soldier, Liu Zeqing mainly relies on his own grasp of officialdom, knowing that if he wants to be promoted and make a fortune, it is nothing more than to curry favor with civil officials at all levels and even curry favor with them, which is why Li Mingrui, a small six-grade official, will also personally greet him.

But Liu Zeqing didn't have the luxury of being a king, so Zhu Youzhen's will made him completely in a state of confusion.

Moreover, Zhu Youzhen's will not only made him a little confused but also a little disappointed, he originally wanted to follow Zhu Youzhen, the emperor, to the south of the Yangtze River, and then forced the emperor Zhu Youzhen to give him Yangzhou.

In this way, he can not only avoid the danger of facing the army of thieves in the future, but also make a windfall in Yangzhou.

Li Mingrui saw that Liu Zeqing did not speak, and thought that Liu Zeqing had seen through His Majesty's strategy, and began to suspect His Majesty Zhu Youzhen's intentions, so he deliberately remained silent to think of a reason to refuse to meet Zhu Youzhen.

For a while, Li Mingrui didn't know what to do, he didn't know if this Liu Zeqing would definitely go to Jinan to meet him as His Majesty said.

But Li Mingrui also knew that he couldn't say much now, because as long as he had one more mouth, Liu Zeqing would have a little more suspicion.

At this time, Liu Zeqing suddenly ordered: "Bring the jade-faced Buddha of the Han Dynasty that the general soldier got the day before yesterday, and go to another plate of gold ingots, and let Qiu Niang come here." ”

"Mr. Liu, what do you mean?"

Li Mingrui saw a plate of gold in front of him, as well as a crystal clear jade-faced Buddha and a charming beauty standing next to him, he couldn't help but pull down his face, and he couldn't figure out what Liu Zeqing meant, why he suddenly wanted to bribe himself.

"As long as Li Zhongyun fulfills the wishes of the contemptible, these are all yours", Liu Zeqing said frankly: "Can you tell Your Majesty that I will be crowned the king of Yangzhou, I am not used to this Shandong territory." ”