Chapter 197: Framed and unknown to the world

In August of the tenth year of Chongzhen, Li Meng received a letter from Nanjing. This letter was not the long-awaited document for defense, but a private message from Liu Fulai.

Liu Fulai, the eunuch in Nanjing, spoke in a gentle tone on the letter, but what he said was a very helpless fact. The central meaning of the letter was the words "The land of Chu is unstable, and the thieves are rampant, so wait a moment to plan for his nephew." After reading the letter, Li Meng was quite helpless.

Eunuch Liu had good intentions. The officers and soldiers in the world fought against the thieves, with fewer victories and more losses. The generals and generals had already died in double digits. The governor and the governor lost their heads. It was indeed a first-class danger. Eunuch Liu naturally was unwilling to send Li Meng to the dangerous place.

Li Meng was helpless. No matter how human relationships and worldly things were, he could not argue. He could not say that his nephew was invincible and could dominate the world. I hope my uncle would not worry and just mobilize my army. Li Meng was not very confident in his words.

Because I have never fought with any officers and soldiers for such a long time, that is, I am just a tyrant or a bandit. Is it possible to win when facing the rebel army?

The construction of fortifications in Lijia Manor in Fengmeng Town is still in progress. It is obviously not realistic to build a big city in such a place. Deep ditches and low walls are the premise for the construction of this fortification. In the hard work of a large number of laborers, the surrounding area of ​​Lijia Manor is completely surrounded by deep trenches, and it is not a circle.

The crisscrossing trenches, low stone walls, and suspension bridge levels ensure that the opponent can only enter and exit the designated roads, and the chest-high stone wall ensures the firing and cover of muskets and cannons.

There are no trenches in the direction of the connection between Lijia Manor and Lingshan Guard, but this gap happened to be blocked by the military camp. In such a small place, Li Meng must not be able to scatter himself in it, and he cannot be kept here.

In addition to the original Lijia Manor, the villagers who received high compensation happily built a new home on the other side of Fengmeng Town. The Lijia Manor expanded about twice as far as it was surrounded by high walls. This side was built with stones, imitating the method of building a city.

There is not enough stone, so I have to buy it from other prefectures. The Li family manor looks like a small town. Except for the two-entry courtyard of Li Meng, the rest of the houses inside were also built and renovated. It turned out that the places where the craftsmen and military families lived were moved to the periphery, and the inner circle was divided into many courtyards and houses according to the size of the mansion of the officials, and these were rebuilt.

It is worth mentioning that although this Li Family Manor is a small town, there are red cannons on the top of the city, which is more than many palaces.

Li Meng was building a large-scale construction. At the same time, in Huguang, Zhang Xianzhong led his men from Yunyang, went straight to Henan, and after capturing Xichuan, they besieged Nanyang Prefecture City. Unexpectedly, during the siege, they were suddenly attacked by Zuo Liangyu's tribe. They were caught off guard and had to withdraw to the place where Huguang and Shaanxi were handed over.

In the ninth year of Chongzhen and the tenth year of Chongzhen, Zuo Liangyu won many victories against Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong's rebellion army. He was immediately regarded as a pillar of the court by the emperor and the cabinet. He added the titles one by one like official positions and no money, so this person's arrogance and domineering behavior was nothing. For example, last year, he did not listen to the orders of the governor and plundered women's evil deeds, and no one paid attention to it.

Zuo Liangyu himself also became extremely confident. The Zuo Army said that "the thief fears me and flees far away when he hears the wind. These are all the powers of the Left Commander Tiger."

In the mid-September of the eighth year of Chongzhen, the left army patrol cavalry in Linying and Yancheng met a group of suspicious businessmen and immediately stepped forward to investigate. Who would have thought that the group of merchants immediately drew their swords toward each other. After the fierce battle between the two sides, the government army was still strong. After the group of merchants left a few bodies, they fled in a hurry.

As a result, when we saw this group of business and travel convoys, we were really shocked by the officers and soldiers. There were some supplies needed by the rebels, such as medicinal materials, weapons, armor, etc., and what was even more amazing was that some letter paper was found on the corpses.

Of course, when the cavalry under Zuo Liangyu saw this team of merchants, they fled in scattered and fierce battles were gone. No one could tell whether the corpse was killed or how it died. However, when the court reported the passage, the fierce battle was a necessary process to gain credit.

These medicinal materials, weapons and armor naturally fell into the hands of Zuo Liangyu's troops, but the letters found were indeed some problems. After Zuo Liangyu discussed with his aides, he still sent a messenger to the capital. The Shandong Governor's Office stationed in Jinan Prefecture City received instructions from the court around October. After receiving them, Shandong Governor Yan Jizu immediately called his aides and his master to discuss secretly.

Yan Jizu was a Qingjiao who had served as a minister of the Ministry of Personnel. He has always been known for his outstanding talents and dared to speak out in the court. He is generally considered a candidate for the cabinet in the future. He is very respected and is also a famous scholar today. From the young man to the imperial examination, he has been very smoothly. He sat upright in the middle and had a taste of suave style. However, the province's leader is far from being so romantic. Looking at the staff and the master who is doing business, Yan Jizu stroked his beard and said in a deep voice:

"The court turned over a letter from the court, saying that when Zuo Liangyu, Henan, seized letters from the thieves and officials when they were fighting with the thieves, including letters from the general of Caozhou, Liu Zeqing, who was the general of Caozhou, who had already thought that Liu Zeqing had realized recently and was not doing such a domineering act, but who would have thought that there was such an inside story."

He paused when he said this. Seeing that the staff didn't say anything, Yan Jizu was already very angry and said coldly:

"I eat the king's fortune, but I do such a rebellious thing that is without a king or a father. I want to post a document to punish Liu Zeqing so as not to harm the place."

The staff below could understand, thinking that if you, the governor, would like to post a message, why bother asking here and send someone to write and send it out. Since they were called for a secret discussion, they obviously need to listen to advice. Several staff members exchanged glances with each other, and an older person stood up and bowed and said:

"My lord relieves his anger. Although what Liu Zeqing did is not a rebellious act?"

Yan Jizu said "Oh" in surprise. When the aide saw the other party's reaction, he even confirmed his judgment and said loudly there:

"The master doesn't know that these martial artists are vulgar and do not know the righteousness of the court. They always think that if there are no thieves, where will I survive? Whenever there is a battle, they always leave three points of strength and refuse to kill them all. Of course, if the master urges the war, General Liu will not have any objection. Such documents are just a common rule."

"It's really ridiculous. The soldiers and thieves are incompatible. How can they do this nonsense!"

Yan Jizu's beard was so angry that he raised his beard, but the words were loosened a little. Another staff member stood up while the iron was hot and said:

"Liu Zeqing's troops are stationed in Dongchang and Yanzhou, and it is only a day away from Jinan Prefecture. If the man, tiger and wolf star are forced to force him tightly, he may be in trouble!"

After being given to several staff members, Yan Jizu finally calmed down and pondered there and said:

"The court sent this letter to me, that is, I asked my official to solve it. If I did nothing here, wouldn't it seem incompetent?"

"The court did not issue an order, but just transferred the letter. I guess he knew the key points. The adults didn't have to do anything big. He just needed to be prepared. Those who had soldiers and generals in the province were nothing more than the generals of the Eastern Army of Denglai, and the two generals of Li Meng, who were stationed in Laizhou. Li Meng and Liu Zeqing had old grudges, and the scope of responsibilities was stationed in Qingzhou. Adults could dispatch Li's troops to defend the area between Qingzhou and Yanzhou, and monitor Liu's troops nearby. If there was anything, it would be appropriate."

Yan Jizu nodded repeatedly and immediately sent a message to Li Meng, and issued an order to adjust the defense according to what the staff member said just now.

After receiving this order, Li Meng was puzzled. The reason why the Zuoliang Yu tribe in Henan was able to seize the letter from Liu Zeqing to the thief was naturally written by Li Meng. The forces behind the provision of green salt are increasingly dependent on the weapons and medicinal materials provided by Li Meng regularly, and naturally they try their best to satisfy his requirements.

In theory, this frame-up strategy was very exciting. It was intercepted at the junction of Nanyang Prefecture and Kaifeng Prefecture, which was hundreds of miles away from Yanzhou Prefecture and was incompatible with Liu Zeqing's garrison. The only connection was that when the rebel army entered Henan a few years ago, Liu Zeqing was ordered to fight and suppress the enemy.

But these things seem to have little to do with each other, but when they fall into the hands of those who are interested, they will definitely feel that there is a lot of connections. If you think about it a little bit, you will feel that this matter will not be false.

This is also the method of frame-up that Li Meng figured out. As long as the court confirms Liu Zeqing's crime and sends troops to confiscate him, he will definitely completely break up Liu Zeqing's troops. The troops of Liu's troops are really not worthy of combat effectiveness. What Li Meng lacks is nothing more than a reason to start a fight.

After the letter was taken away by the left official army, the forces there went through the inside line beside Zuo Liangyu to confirm that the letter had been sent to the capital, and quickly informed Li Meng.
Chapter completed!