Shandong Province was pacified, and Su Yan also ushered in the recovery reward given by the system.

Maybe it was because he defeated Hong Chengchou, or maybe Shandong itself is a big province, this time the recovery rewards were richer, and the system directly rewarded him with a regiment of guards infantry (24 teams), four rocket artillery teams, ten teams of Rajpu Zaminda heavy armored cavalry, five fifth-class ships, five fourth-class ships and three mortar gunboats, as well as advanced bayonet drills and advanced naval facilities in military science and technology.

In addition, there is also a new class of troops that Su Yan did not expect, that is, four teams of Pakel machine guns.

The Pakel machine gun, almost the world's first machine gun, was a heavy smoothbore gun or small artillery gun equipped with a tripod base, with a rate of fire far exceeding that of other guns.

Just like the famous Gatling gun, the Packer machine gun is a rear-loading gun with a pre-loaded runner at the tail, which requires the soldier to turn the wheel to shoot the bullet, but because the technology is not yet mature, it cannot shoot an extremely terrifying and dense metal barrage like the younger generation, strangling enemies within range.

Its rate of fire is three times that of a well-trained rifleman, and although it is not as skilled as its juniors, it still has a bright future, and Su Yan is very confident about it.

Considering that he would fight against Wu Sangui's army in the future, Su Yan still decided to produce the Parker machine gun in Shandong and use it in the war, first to see how effective this early machine gun was.

In addition to the Pakel machine gun, rocket artillery, Rajipu Zaminda heavy cavalry and thirteen warships will also be recruited and produced in Shandong, the former two can strengthen the strength of the Ming army and provide help for the continuation of the Northern Expedition, while the latter, Su Yan is ready to control the sea dominance of the Bohai Sea and the East China Sea with warships, and even launch artillery bombardment on Liaodong if necessary to deter the Qing army.

Su Yan is not as anxious to attack the capital as Wu Sangui imagined, he is different from Wu Sangui, Wu Sangui needs to take the capital of the Ming Empire for hundreds of years as soon as possible to obtain the ethereal orthodoxy, he already has half of the country in his hands, Nanjing is the capital of the certainty, and the recovery of the Beijing division is only another addition to the progress of reorganizing the country.

In the next month, the Ming army stayed in Shandong to rectify the situation in Shandong, the war broke out mainly in Sichuan and Henan, Su Dingyuan and Zhang Mingzhen strategized, and Wu Sangui's soldiers and horses fought for the ultimate control of the two provinces, the two sides continued to see, but the discerning people could see that Wu Sangui's army was gradually defeated.

In order to maintain the existing prominent position of the Kong family, Kong Xingxie thought about it again and again, regardless of the opposition of the top and bottom of the house, decided to pay some of the gold, silver and jewelry accumulated in the treasury for several generations, bribed Su Yan in disguise, and personally went to Jinan to apologize.

After Kong Xingxie arrived in Jinan Mansion in person with several carts full of gold, silver and jewelry, he was not received by Su Yan, who asked Zhang Huangyan, the governor of Shandong, to meet on his behalf, and after the latter talked with Kong Xingxie with a cold attitude, he directly found an excuse to send him away.

Although this is the first time the two of them have met, but before this, Zhang Huangyan has already accumulated dissatisfaction with the Kong family, as early as last year, when Zhang Huangyan recovered Yanzhou Mansion, he once came to the door to place Kong Xingxie, hoping that he could set an example at this time and call on the people of the province to respond to Wang Shi.

But Kong Xingxie happened to go out with some friends that day, and he was not at home, and the housekeeper who received Zhang Huangyan was also accustomed to the respectful attitude of the officials who came to the door.

Zhang Huangyan saw that the other party was not welcome, and he thought that even the people who were just a few people dared to treat him like this to a second-class member of the imperial court, which more or less represented the Confucian family's attitude towards the imperial court, so he walked away directly, and the grudge was buried.

After being sent away by Zhang Huangyan, Kong Xingxie was extremely dissatisfied, as a dignified saint and a descendant of a saint, even if he was treated respectfully by the Hu people, how could this Zhang Huangyan dare to be so snub to himself?

However, dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction, in order to maintain his position, Kong Xingxie can only swallow his anger and return to the hotel where he stays, after dinner, he lies on the bed tossing and turning, constantly thinking about how to survive this catastrophe.

At this moment, with

The housekeeper who went out with him suddenly knocked on the door and asked softly if Kong Xingxie had fallen asleep, and when he saw that Kong Xingxie had not yet fallen asleep, he whispered again, "Master, there are two guests downstairs who want to see you, and they claim to be able to help you."

As soon as he heard that someone could help him, Kong Xingxie immediately sat up from the bed, he casually put on a thin coat for himself, opened the door, and said to the butler, "Bring those two up, and the old man will meet them here in person."

The housekeeper responded, then turned around and went downstairs, and it didn't take long for him to bring up two people dressed as literati, and when the two saw Kong Xingxie, they saluted and introduced themselves.

One of the two who looked older was surnamed Li, and the younger one was surnamed Wang, and the two did not reveal their names, and Kong Xingxie knew by listening to their accents that they were not native of Shandong, which was clearly from the south.

The people from the south said that they could help him, and Kong Xingxie had a question mark in his heart, and he was more wary of the two in front of him.

The literati surnamed Li saw his vigilance, he smiled slightly, and said, "Yan Shenggong doesn't need to be so vigilant, the contemptible people are here on the orders of His Royal Highness King Han, hoping to reach a cooperation with Yan Shenggong that will satisfy both you and me."

"King Han?" The look of vigilance on Kong Xingxie's face did not let go, and he asked suspiciously, "Why did King Han talk to Bengong about this so-called cooperation? And as far as I know, hasn't King Han been organizing a rebel army in the north before?"

"No, the current King of Han went south to eastern Sichuan in the sixth year of Yongli and was canonized by the imperial court, and after the imperial court incorporated the thirteen families of Kuidong, His Royal Highness also returned to Nanjing to live."

After the literati surnamed Li finished speaking, he paused and said: "Su Yan is not a clan relative surnamed Zhu, but he has encroached on the prison country, the previous Qin and Chu disputes, the clan relatives are scattered all over the place and are nowhere to be found, maybe it can be said to be an expedient measure, but now His Royal Highness has returned to Nanjing, but Su Yan has not returned the throne to the clan, but has been stealing the position of the prison country, and there have always been rumors among the people that Su Yan wants to seek the dynasty to usurp the throne, my Royal Highness the King of Han is a relative of the Ming Dynasty and a descendant of Taizu, how can I sit idly by?"

When the words fell, he coughed lightly again and said, "Yan Shenggong, Su Yan has killed countless people, and he is extremely hateful to Hu Ren and Han Nu, do you think he will let your Kong family go?" If you want to keep the Confucian family and status, there is only one way."

"What's the solution?"

Kong Xingxie seemed to vaguely guess his intentions.

The literati surnamed Li lowered his voice and said in a gloomy tone: "Assassinate Su Yan, as long as Su Yan dies, the imperial court will definitely fall into chaos, and no one will pursue the affairs of the Kong family at that time.

As soon as Su Yan died, His Royal Highness King Han would write a letter asking for a new emperor to be selected in the clan, and the heirs of the three feudal clans of Tang, Gui, and Lu were basically in trouble, and His Royal Highness the King of Han was a virtuous adult vassal king, but His Royal Highness the King Han was the most suitable candidate!"