Tang Mu has always been very clear that Li Zhaoji is very tolerant of his subordinates, but this tolerance is not connivance, when some things are out of line, he will use thunderous means and harsh military law to deal with them.

"Big shopkeeper, there's one more thing." Tang Mu waved his hand and let his entourage go out, and then said in a low voice: "You arranged for us to take the boat back, and the affairs around you will be handed over to Changshui to be responsible."

That's all there is to it, what are you going to do with Liu Li's matter? ”

When Li Zhaoji heard this name, his face immediately became gloomy.

Liu Li is Liu Mingde's nephew, and he was the first group of people to follow Li Zhaoji on the Dongfang, but he fell behind from the beginning. At the beginning, he did not have Chen Liuzi's loyalty or Liu Mingde's ability, and even his elder brother Liu Shun was appreciated by Li Zhaoji early because of his bravery, and now he is in charge of the Zuodu military alone.

As for Liu Li, who has been in charge of the affairs of the trading company in Macao for a long time, it was quite important at the beginning, but with the easing of the relationship between the trading company and the Guangdong government, he formed a community of interests with the Guangdong gentry. Macao's affairs have become dispensable, and Liu Li did not show superior ability during his tenure in Macau, but instead made false accounts and corruption.

It was Liu Mingde who took the initiative to beat him and begged Li Zhaoji to take him with him during the Northern Expedition.

Li Zhaoji agreed, let Liu Li take care of some early foreign affairs, which he did a good job, Liu Li is exquisite, quite capable in dealing with people, but narrow-minded and greedy, after landing in Liaodong, after the official battle, he is responsible for taking care of some business of the trading company in Liaoxi and Guannai.

From the very beginning, it was rumored that he used his power for personal gain, and used the power given by Li Zhaoji to do his own smuggling business. After Li Zhaoji heard the news, he didn't deal with it directly, because Liu Li is now assisting his younger brother Chen Liuzi, so Li Zhaoji just asked Chen Liuzi and got a slightly flawed and harmless evaluation, so Li Zhaoji didn't take it to heart.

But it is obvious that Chen Liuzi has too much trust in Liu Li, an old trading company.

It wasn't until the Manchu Qing Dynasty made peace with Ban Zhifu and the trading company that Li Zhaoji learned from Ban Zhifu's mouth that someone leaked secrets at the top of the trading company, and after a little investigation, this person was Liu Li. It's just that he couldn't catch direct evidence for a while, and Li Zhaoji just asked Tang Mu to investigate secretly.

"Is there any hard evidence?" Li Zhaoji asked.

Tang Mu said: "I had already bought off two of his entourage, and most of the people around him didn't know about Liu Li's private business, only three or four people participated, and a large number of people cooperated with local businessmen, or carried out in the name of local businessmen."

When I wanted to know more, these two relatives disappeared. ”

"Disappeared, and was found to be extinguished?" Li Zhaoji became vigilant. Liu Li's entourage was personally arranged by Liu Mingde, if Liu Li even dared to kill the people arranged by his uncle, it means that he has reached the point of madness, and it shows that his mistake is too big and irreparable.

Tang Mu shook his head slightly: "I can't be sure for the time being, one letter says to go to Jeju Island, and the other says to go to Jinan City." Whether it is extinguished or not, it will be clear after a month. ”

Li Zhaoji nodded slightly: "Then don't touch him for the time being." Although Changshui is young, he has a lot of eyes, so just leave this matter to him to pay attention to. When you go back to Tamsui, you have to tell Liu Mingde what you know secretly.

It's been a long time since I've had an internal surgery, and if Liu Li goes too far, he'll be killed and set an example.

His qualifications and connections are enough to deter others. ”

"The big shopkeeper, he is Lao Liu's nephew and Liu Shun's younger brother." Tang Mu said.

Li Zhaoji smiled: "Do you think that what I said about killing chickens and monkeys is to kill him?" You are wrong, I want to punish him well, make him feel pain, and make others feel afraid. As long as his life is left, neither Lao Liu nor Ah Shun dare to say anything. ”

Tang Mu nodded slightly, as long as Li Zhaoji didn't have murderous intentions, everything would be easy to say.

Beijing, Forbidden City.

"Well, you don't have to say it. Li Laiheng is not guilty, and neither is Guo Sheng! At the military aircraft meeting, Li Zicheng loudly stopped Li Guo's plea, he stood up, and said to the courtiers of the civil and military classes: "Lai Heng is only a half-grown child, and Guo Sheng is a loyal and honest general." These two people fell for Li Zhaoji's scheme, and it is normal that they can't fight Li Zhaoji.

Not to mention them, any of us dealing with him alone may not be an opponent. So we must unite, and no one will talk about the sins of Laiheng and Guo Sheng in Liaodong in the future, I don't want to hear this anymore.

They've done a good job, I'm not Chongzhen, I won't demand my courtiers to do things they can't, you understand? ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The crowd echoed in unison.

Li Zicheng nodded slightly, and said to Song Xiance: "Military advisor, tell me about the situation in the pass." ”

On the platter table in the center of the Qianqing Palace, there is also a map, on which are inserted one after another small flags, where Dashun uses gold as the positive color, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty is cyan.

A month ago, the battlefield of the Central Plains was densely packed with small cyan flags, as well as small cyan flags with white edges, the former was a city directly occupied, controlled, and slaughtered by the Manchus, and the latter was the city where a rebellion occurred, or colluded with the Manchu Dynasty, and now, there are fewer and fewer cyan flags on it, especially in the hinterland of the Central Plains, which are completely gone, and they are all gathered in the two state capitals east of the capital.

"Your Majesty, Ladies and Gentlemen.

The Qing army has retreated to Yongping and Jizhou, and the Central Plains has been calmed down. With the efforts of the generals, the remnants of the Qing army in various places have been purged or expelled, and Lord Niu has arranged for officials to take over the state capital and county, according to the emperor's will, during the period of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, if there is no gentry who killed my Dashun officials and the crime of generals, they will be exempted.

The gentry from all over the country rejoiced and greeted the king. ”

"These bastards, the Qing army is here to welcome the Qing army, and the Shun army is here to welcome the Shun army. In my opinion, those who shave their hair must be cut off at all. Liu Zongmin said angrily, unlike in the past when he was the head of the generals, now this position has been given to Zehou Tian Jianxiu.

Tian Jianxiu smiled: "Alas, you can't do this." Now it's not the past, we became emperors, and people used to be loyal to our Dashun. It stands to reason that the imperial court should protect people, and the Qing army entered the customs, and we didn't block it, which is our own loss. ”

Li Zicheng nodded slightly, he also had a similar simple opinion, he nodded slightly, and said: "Lord Niu, you have worked hard these days, the work you have done, all the big guys have seen it, and the past sins will be forgiven." ”

Prime Minister Niu Jinxing formed a party for personal gain after entering the capital, and he was corrupt and corrupt, and he was not corrupted with the Shun army, but took advantage of the fact that when the main force of the Shun army went out of Beijing to meet the Qing army, he ate alone in the rear, which caused the evil consequences of the front line being tight and the rear being tight, and Li Zicheng could only punish him.

But not long after the founding of Dashun, there was a shortage of talents, and Niu Jinxing, the prime minister, had to continue to use it.

Niu Jinxing hurriedly thanked him, he knelt on the ground, and said, "Weichen still wants to suggest ....... to the emperor." ”

"Lord Niu, get up and speak. Kneel down as soon as you play right, those of us who don't kneel, there are no rules. Tian Jianxiu quipped.

Li Zicheng also motioned for him to get up, and Niu Jinxing said: "What Marquis Ru said just now is that this time the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the Kou, and there were indeed many gentry who stooped down to serve the captives, and many of them became traitors and followed the Qing army out of the customs. There are also a lot of people who are reluctant to have a family business, tie their hair and scarves, and become our Shun people.

But there were also many gentry, when the Qing army entered the army, they formed a village to defend themselves against the Qing army and bandits. There are also people who are in Cao Ying's heart in Han, supporting the imperial court's money and grain, and providing news.

Of course, Weichen also knows that those who defend themselves against the Qing army also resist the royal division, and those who support the court's money and grain are also flattered by both sides.

But in the end, these people have merit to Dashun.

Although after entering Beijing, the emperor opened Enke, but our Dashun officials are still not enough, those Zhu Ming demoted officials, and a lot of them were selected, but they also enriched the various ministries in Beijing, and the place was still empty. Therefore, Weichen suggested that the emperor should open Enke again, or directly promote meritorious gentry and heroes to educate the people for the emperor. ”

"Well, that's a good offer." Li Zicheng nodded slightly, showing that he was very satisfied. He looked around and saw that there was no objection, so he said, "Prime Minister, you have made a list of meritorious people, and you need to carefully select them."

Enko has to open again, military advisor, you can handle this matter. Nowadays, if you don't have a reputation, you can't be a civil official, and if you break this rule, it will not be good to rule the world in the future. I thought that those gentry and heroes who had meritorious service to the imperial court, if they had no meritorious fame, I would open this Enke and give him a meritorious name.

If you can't even read words, then open a martial arts department and let the heroes enter the martial arts. ”

Everyone nodded, and the more the emperor became, the more he appeared, although he was exempted from Niu Jinxing's sin, but he still had a bowl of water, and let the military advisor Song Xiance govern him.

After Song Xiance responded, he continued to explain the situation, he said: "The news from the front has been summarized, and at present, the Qing army still occupies the two state capitals of Jizhou and Yongping, which seems to have the intention of sticking to it, so as to facilitate access to the border wall in the future.

However, the Qing army in the pass, the Manchurian Eight Banners became fewer and fewer, and they relied more and more on the green flag soldiers, and it seemed that the Qing army had been fighting in the pass for a long time and wanted to retreat to recuperate. ”

"As far as the military division can see, is it good to counterattack at this time?" Li Zicheng asked.

Song Xiance said: "As Wei Chen sees, it is best to wait for another month." ”

"How so?" Tian Jianxiu and other generals all asked.

Song Xiance said with a smile: "After the first battle of Yanggezhuang, our Dashun lost the initiative, why? It was because the Qing army took the lead in transferring the Mongolian Tatars outside the border wall, and as soon as more than 30,000 Mongolian cavalry entered the pass, the Qing army immediately occupied the advantage of soldiers and horses.

Although Zehou has brought reinforcements now, the strength of the two sides is almost the same, and the eastern part of Zhili is flat, and the Qing army, which still has a lot of cavalry, has the upper hand.

But now that it is winter, but the snow has not fallen for a long time, it is not yet known whether the more than 30,000 Mongolian soldiers from other foreign domains will return to the grassland or continue to fight, but within a month, the grassland will inevitably freeze, if they go back, they will return within a month, if they do not return within a month, then they will continue to fight.

Your Majesty, my lords, whether there are more than 30,000 Mongolian Tatars is not a way to play. ”

Everyone present has experienced battles, and they all nodded, more than 30,000 cavalry, and all the cavalry in Dashun add up to slightly more than this number, is there any, it is indeed not a way to play.

Tian Jianxiu also nodded slightly: "Your Majesty, the military advisor's words make sense."

The army fought fiercely for a long time, the infantry stayed in the trench for a summer and autumn, and the cavalry accompanied the Qing cavalry into and out of Shanxi countless times, and the people were tired and the horses were thin. It's time to take care of it, and this time the Central Plains was robbed by the Manchus, hundreds of people were slaughtered, and hundreds of thousands of Ding Zhuang were taken captive.

From April to the present, after the agricultural season, the place is a famine, if you don't appease and treat well, I am afraid that the Central Plains will be full of beacons and thieves after the year after the year.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have all starved, and we are so hungry that we can't do anything. ”

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