"Brother Hong entered Beijing this time, and he will have a bright future in the future, and the younger brother has congratulated me here."

"Brother Xian, although I don't know the details of Brother Xian's side, it is not difficult for Brother Xian to enter Beijing at this time, right? If you delay in this Shandong again, and when you choose the world's handsome people, you will be thought to be deliberate. ”

Hong Chengchou said this truthfully, the imperial court wants to implement a new law, and the young and handsome will be promoted, but everyone knows that when it comes to the selection of the super-selection, the selected must be the rich and noble children who have a backer and a family background, and when they enter Beijing, whether you have real talent or not, they will always be regarded as relying on relationships, and they will be looked at differently in the officialdom, and they will be proud for a while, but they can't last long, so the young people who were promoted and appointed before the formal super-selection are really going to be of great use.

This was a tacit act, and when he said it to his face, it also meant to show closeness, and smart people naturally understood this gesture, Zheng Chongjian rubbed the corners of his forehead, and said after a little hesitation: "Brother Hong's kindness, the younger brother understands, and he doesn't hide it from Brother Hong, and some people arrange for the younger brother to enter Beijing, but he was rejected by the younger brother." ”

Without waiting for Hong Chengchou to ask, Zheng Chongjian said directly: "Brother Hong is from Zhejiang Province, there should not be much to see and hear about this Xuzhou Zhao thief, the younger brother has been serving in Shandong for several years, but he knows a lot, more than ten provinces in the Ming Dynasty, with a population of hundreds of millions, millions of soldiers and horses, no more than one million grassland Mongols, Jianzhou Jurchen and the southwest Tusi can have 200,000, why are they defeated again and again?" ”

Hong Chengchou was stunned, he didn't mean Xuzhou, how did he talk about Mongolia and Jurchen, Zheng Chongjian continued: "Xuzhou has a population of more than 200,000, this is the capital of the Zhao thief, Xuzhou is the world's key rush, and it is a poor and desolate place, this Brother Hong must know, he relied on these tens of thousands of households, relying on this poor and desolate land, how did he achieve such a situation, there are a lot of rumors about him in Shandong, this Zhao thief since the beginning, all the battles are won with less, when there were 100,000 thieves, and the court These battles are also one as ten, If it is said that the barbarian Tartars have not retreated from their wildness, and they are ferocious and ferocious, then how can Xuzhou, which is also a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, be able to train such a strong soldier? ”

"Brother Wei came from Linqing, and I have also seen the soldiers and horses of the Xuzhou thieves, such a strong army, I have only seen it in my life, I don't know if the soldiers and horses of Xikou and Dongyu are like this" Hong Chengchou sighed with emotion.

"Brother Hong, it is said that to operate such elite soldiers, each soldier should be worthy of the first class of the Ming general's personal soldiers, what kind of scene is it to raise 20,000 personal soldiers, Li Chengliang was only like this when he was in the heyday of Liao, but it was the rich land of Liaodong and the central money and grain, he Zhao Jin was in his early twenties, relying on the land of a poor state, how to do it, Brother Hong went north this time, did he go to Xuzhou to see? What is the livelihood of the people there? ”

Although these words sounded jumpy, Hong Chengchou could understand it, stretched out his hand and stroked his thick beard, and said slowly: "This kind of living and working in peace and contentment, even Hangzhou is not seen." ”

"The younger brother once sent someone over there to see, and the report said, almost made the younger brother think it was a false report, and then after inquiring many people, he dared to confirm that he had trained such a strong army, laid out such a scene, but he could still be rich, even the sage book did not say, these days and Xuzhou came to hand over military affairs, I thought that the thieves were born in the reckless rivers and lakes, and they must not understand political affairs, the younger brother can use this to do some means, for the future preparations, I never thought that people from Xuzhou would do things meticulously, not only can not do the means, but also be singled out some things that I didn't think of before."

Speaking of this, Zheng Chongjian also realized that he was out of shape, so he quickly stopped and smiled apologetically.

"The sages and sages, historical classics, can't find out how Zhao Jin did it, some people say that it is the Qin law, but the Qin law only focuses on the cultivation war, and how can it be like Xuzhou as prosperous as industry and commerce, the younger brother began to be confused, but now it is more and more confused, but the younger brother thinks, Zhao Jin wants to seek to seize the world, the first thing to do is to rectify Shandong, and when rectifying Shandong, he will inevitably use the means of his prosperity, if he can learn this means, even if the Ming Dynasty loses Shandong and Nanzhi, there is a chance to cheer up, and maybe it can also be prosperous"

Hong Chengchou and Zheng Chongjian are both on the same list, both are in their early thirties, and they have already achieved the rank of the fourth grade, although they are young in the officialdom, they are young in the local officialdom to fight for this position, they are not idle people, and the cultivation of the city government is enough.

Perhaps because this Shandong is no longer the king's land, the yamen of the Shandong government office has only become an empty shelf, and the officials are being called by the Zhao family army in Xuzhou to assess, and the officials are panicked, and they can't take care of each other, so they will let go to talk, but it also ends here, and then the two sides just said some polite empty words.

Originally, Hong Chengchou came to Jinan Mansion City and had some other ideas, after seeing a similar situation with Jining and Linqing at the city gate and in the city, these ideas also disappeared, after sending the letter, he was not willing to delay even staying for one night, and he was going to rush north, Jinan Soldier Zheng Chongjian probably understood his thoughts, and after keeping a few words, he sent him out, and couldn't help laughing at himself.

"If in the past, Brother Hong was in such a hurry to leave, how could the younger brother have to stay until tomorrow, and arrange guards, otherwise there are too many bandits and thieves on the road, it is really dangerous, and now this Xuzhou thief comes, after slaughtering a few villages, the place is settled, and there is no need to worry so much."

"What? Shouldn't it be a time of thieves to swarm? ”

"The Xuzhou thieves are good at arranging, these bandits and local tyrants have long been pressed to obey, and those who are not convinced have long been rolled, the younger brother has a lot of mouths, if Brother Hong stays and only goes to the Yunshan Inn opened in Xuzhou, it is safe and worry-free, and the food and accommodation are very proper."

Speaking of which, both of them are a little embarrassed, this conversation is really subtle, when it comes to separation, Hong Chengchou is quite solemn and polite, and said solemnly: "Brother Zheng Xian, I will read the book of sages, and be loyal to the country, although the current state affairs are difficult, it is not impossible, Your Majesty repents and cheers up, and the next thing depends on the determination of our courtiers." ”

Zheng Chongjian also solemnly replied: "There are hundreds of millions of people in the Ming Dynasty and millions of scholars, as long as we have the heart to serve the country, how can we be afraid of the reckless Xuzhou thieves."

Now it seems that there is always trouble if the relationship with the government is too close, Zheng Chongjian should have been sent to the city gate, but at this time, he didn't care about so many courtesies, in front of the official office, Hong Chengchou and his party rode out of the city, and the Hong family thought that their master had a lot of feelings, but he never thought that he had been silent along the way.

It wasn't until he was about thirty miles away from the city that Hong Chengchou stopped his horse, looked back at Jinan City, and said in a muffled voice after a long time: "This world will not change!" ”

These words can be vaguely understood, so he didn't dare to ask funny questions, just waited respectfully beside him, Hong Chengchou sighed, but turned his horse and continued to move forward, just said casually: "Then the army of Xuzhou thieves should leave Linqing." ”

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On the third day after the Great Reading, the Zhao Jiajun began to evacuate Linqing City, but the second regiment of the first brigade and two knight companies were stationed in Linqing City, and Yunshanxing also began to prepare for the construction of camps on the side of Linqing City and plan the logistics of the grain road, because in the future, the first brigade will be stationed in Dongchang and Jinan, and the defense of Yanzhou Mansion is responsible for the local patrol regiment and the newly established regiments.

Ma Chonghao was transferred, and the Jining Patrol Regiment was changed to the Yanzhou Patrol Regiment, and Lei Cai concurrently served as the head of the Patrol Regiment, this order was issued internally, but most people inside only knew about this transfer, and the establishment of the Intelligence Department was extremely secretive, and only the regiment and above were qualified to know.

When Zhao Jiajun was in Linqing, he had to face the local gentry of the entire Shandong to show his strength, but after entering Yanzhou Mansion, there was no need to toss so much, he had already known the strength of Zhao Jiajun in Xuzhou, and he was killed over and over again, and the lesson of blood was the most profound, and now the most embarrassing thing was Qufuyan Shenggong Confucius Mansion, they really didn't know how to do it.

It is said that whoever wins the world, the Confucian Mansion will kowtow to whomever and call the other party, and decorate the orthodox façade for the other party, but now Zhao Jin has only won half of Shandong and Nanzhili, at best, the land of the two provinces, there are more than ten provinces in the Ming Dynasty, and it seems that the vitality is still there, not to mention that the title and wealth and family property of the Yansheng Mansion are all rewarded by the Ming court, this choice should be easy, but it is good to die, Qufu is in the territory of Yanzhou Mansion, on the territory of this Xuzhou thief, how to coordinate, how to protect yourself, it really makes the Confucian family embarrassed.

The contemporary Yan Sheng Gong sent his eldest son, that is, the next generation of Yan Sheng Gong to come to visit, the two heads of the bet are already obvious, this kind of behavior can not be hidden, the officials and scholars of Yanzhou Mansion spurned this, the scribes who read the sage book have not yet acted, your sage descendants are the first to bow their knees and kowtow, do you want to be embarrassed.

But Zhao Jin didn't see the son of the Yan Shenggong, which made Yanzhou Mansion and everywhere who knew the news dumbfounded, didn't this Zhao Baozheng know the meaning of the Kong family, although the descendants of this saint have no backbone, although they are extremely greedy, but they represent the righteous name, the recognition of the Kong family, and the recognition of the Confucian family, which means that all the scholars in the world have steps that can bow their heads and belong to them, you don't see it, do you have the heart to fight the country, do you want to sit on the country?

Zhao Jin didn't see the eldest son of the Confucian family, but he saw Kong Zhang, Kong Zhang's request to meet was also very interesting, please Zhao Jiajun to preside over justice for the Confucian family in Qufu, and clear the land for the Confucian family, when Zhao Jin took Shandong, all the rich and noble rules of the Ming Dynasty no longer existed, and the Confucian family in Qufu became a big fat meat, so many fields and industries, relying on your title of Yan Shenggong, relying on the protection of the government, now these are gone, so who cares about anything, local powerful figures are starting.

Of course, Zhao Jin agreed to Kong Zhang's request, because Kong Zhang made it very clear when they met that it was good to maintain the livelihood of Confucius in the retained fields, and the rest would be under the jurisdiction of Xuzhou

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