Chapter 332: The wind ripples

Although the above commands are well arranged, it is difficult to achieve the word "size". Such a perfect scale, that is, the old servants who have accumulated a lot of time can grasp the three flavors.

Although Huang Ping was born in the Jinyiwei, he was not the kind of errands who were filial to the yamen. He also ran around the world all day long, not knowing the details of these services. As for other members of the Shandong Salt Gang and Zhang Jiang's new recruits, they were all men who had been in the world and in the army for a long time.

These people are good at fighting and killing, but it will be difficult for them to do any meticulous activities.

However, the people urging him this time were anxious, and Huang Ping didn't care about so many. These more than 280 people took big cars, rode horses, and walked, pretending to be unfamiliar with each other, and gathered at the edge of the second prince of the Confucius Mansion.

Jiningzhou, Ziyang City, and Qufu are almost the three most prosperous and prosperous places in Shandong. These three places are almost on a straight line. From the twelfth lunar month, the official roads are very lively, and many fine goods are transported here, including the rich people of Jiningzhou, the nobles and vassals of Ziyang City, and the Confucius Mansion in Qufu.

Such a lively situation certainly makes it easy for people like Huang Ping to lurk, but there are too many people coming and going, so you must beware of your whereabouts being seen by others, and as a result, your actions become more and more cautious.

As soon as the night came, the group of talents slowly gathered together and arrived at the door of the manor. The manor in Kong Mansion here was mainly used as land income, not the place where the family lived, so the defense was very simple. It was just a wall in the middle of the field, and there were people in charge of the business and wait. At night, the door was closed.

According to the guide sent by Kong Sande to lead the way, the village only had a few updaters walking around in the evening, and there were no guards.

When Huang Ping heard the other party's introduction, he knew that the only thing he was worried about was whether the dozens of Xuzhou Yanxiaodi were on guard. The main resistance force in the Zhuangzi was probably these people.

The only troublesome thing at the moment is that the guide knew about the situation a few days ago. Since the salt owls entered, I don’t know what was going on inside.

But it doesn't matter. The soldiers of Jiaozhou Camp are most afraid of fighting. There are only two doors in Zhuangzi. A few people were arranged to be on duty at the back door and other places. A group of people directly took down the wooden ladder on the ground and put them on the wall. Several people slowly climbed up with weapons in their hands.

Things were simpler than they thought. There were no guards behind the front door. Perhaps the people in the Kong Mansion had never thought that anyone would attack the Kong Mansion. This was the supreme place.

The man flipped in and opened the front door. After more than a dozen people entered, the famous revelator discovered that there was a strong man in the manor, but when he found out, the knife was already on his neck.

The refueler was drunk and slept soundly in the doorman. When he saw the knife on his neck, he didn't need Huang Ping and the others to ask, what he said.

Indeed, there were more than 60 people living in the north of the village, which was where the back door was located. It was said that the mansion had allocated silver, and the food and drink expenses of these more than 60 people were all responsible for the above.

And today is different from the past. The second young master brought a few servants to the farm and personally invited the dozens of people to drink. The people in the farm were all following the money and eating and drinking, and now they are almost sleeping and resting.

The news of the arrival of the second prince of the Confucius Mansion made Huang Ping hesitate for a moment and ordered to take action. When he knew where the other party was, there were many people and people who were still worried about it, he just surrounded him and arrested people.

The resistance made by these salt owls from Xuzhou was that when Huang Ping led the people into the courtyard of their residence, several people ran out with disheveled clothes. Before they could raise the sword, they were stabbed to death by Zhang Jiang's personal soldiers with short spears. The remaining people and cats refused to come out in the house.

The two sides were in a stalemate for a while. Huang Ping was also quick and straightforward. He ordered people to use a torch to prepare to burn the house. When the first fire started, the people in the house finally couldn't hold on anymore, so he obediently threw down his weapons and surrendered in the yard.

Huang Ping said it clearly. You sell salt, you are a canal ship, and an official document. You dozens of you will definitely not be able to do such a thing.

Trafficking in silence is a serious crime. You have killed people on the dock again. I understand that it is impossible to survive, but if you give me the words, you can give you some pleasure.

These salt owls were pulled out of their sleep. They originally thought they were protected by the Confucius Mansion and were safe no matter what. Who would have thought that the other party would come in while Ye Minghuo, and the last trace of support in his heart collapsed, so he had to give all the explanations dejectedly.

The content of the explanation surprised Huang Ping and others. These people who dared to sell private salt were actually soldiers in Xuzhou garrison.

Xuzhou is the hub of the world. The imperial court has always stationed large troops, but the military soldiers in the world are all suffering from the lack of wages. The same is true for the Xuzhou army. However, there have always been salt merchants in the two Huai Rivers. The salt merchants are richest in the world, but sometimes, someone needs to do some blood on their hands for them.

These imperial officers and soldiers in Xuzhou are naturally the best choice, and they live like this. However, in recent years, they have been having trouble in the years. First, they were beaten by pirates in Haizhou and lost a lot. Then, for no reason, Shandong soldiers began to enter Lianghuai, and the salt merchants were also realistic. The common examples of filial piety were given to the Shandong soldiers.

Despite several repetitions, for example, the officers and soldiers of Xuzhou deliberately relaxed their garrison and asked the horse thieves hired by the salt merchants to ambush the Shandong army through their defense zones, of course, the ending was a failure.

As the situation in Huguang and Henan became increasingly difficult, the Xuzhou army continued to draw troops to Fengyang Prefecture, Anqing and Luzhou's border garrison. These people in Xuzhou were all inferior or third-class soldiers who were not valued. It would be difficult for them to stay in Xuzhou.

But the Fang family in Yangzhou Prefecture, especially Fang Yingzhong, had always had contacts with these Xuzhou officers and soldiers. Almost a month and a half ago, Fang Yingzhong found the army stationed in Xuzhou City, saying that they wanted to do a joint business, and Fang Yingzhong provided salt. The Xuzhou army sent people to work together to sell salt to Shandong.

This is what happened today. For Xuzhou Army, private salt sales should be cautious, so the person who led the team was actually a thousand households, so I know more.

Seeing that he could not ask anything again, he just took it out to behead his head. These soldiers were not tough. Begging for mercy and crying were inevitable.

There are hundreds of families in this manor, and nearly a thousand young and strong, but none of them dare to move. After the matter was completed, Huang Ping's subordinates rode their horses and shouted in the village with their might:

"Looking for revenge on the green forest road, don't let the idle person stand up, otherwise you will wash your farm..."

After hearing this, no one of the Kong Mansion Villagers made a name for themselves. They were all staying in the house honestly. Everyone knew that this must be for those outsiders.

As for the second son of the Confucius Mansion, he was taken by several followers to hide in the cellar, and was so nervous that he did not dare to come out.

The manors in the Confucius Mansion are all good places. They are all convenient places with convenient transportation. The official road is not far away. It is late at night and there are no people on the official road.

Under Huang Ping's order, these Xuzhou salt owls who cried and begged for mercy were pressed and simply cut off their heads.

Huang Ping understood the above order, killing Yan Xiao, and trying not to alarm the Kong Mansion, then don’t kill people in the other party’s manor, just come out and chop off his head. Moreover, he did not kill anyone in the Kong Mansion, so he should have completed the above explanation successfully.

More than sixty corpses were placed next to the official road. Someone took a bag of salt from the cart and sprinkled them on the corpses of these people at will, and then a group of people left.

It was not until noon the next day that the second young master of the Confucius Mansion dared to crawl out of the cellar. There was nothing panic in the village. Anyway, it was not his own family who died. These outsiders were carrying them in the village, looking slick. Even their own female relatives were worried about going out. It would be better if they died, which means they were definitely not good people.

This Kong Side was so generous. He had never seen such a situation. When he crawled out of the cellar, his whole body was trembling. Although he was wearing a fox fur robe and the sky was clear, he still felt a chill. He found that the glory of the Kong family and the glory and wealth that had been passed down for thousands of years by the Kong family. He originally thought it was extremely strong armor, but he did not expect that it was so worth mentioning.

There are dozens of corpses on the official road outside, and it is also a major transportation road, which is very convenient for travel. Someone will definitely report to the officials. Next to the corpses, the only large-scale residential house is the village of the Confucius Mansion. I believe someone will come to ask.

For the manor, the highest position among the manors is Kong Side, the second son of the Confucius Mansion. The manor land naturally has to come over to ask the manor to make a judgment.

Kong Side, who was already scared, had no decision. He could only be taken outside by a few people with him. Because the murderer incident on the dock these days put a lot of pressure on the Jining Prefecture Yamen, the prefect also drove the yamen runners around.

When he heard something happened here, he immediately rushed over with the rare high efficiency of the Jining Prefecture Yamen, and the dispatched constables on horseback were dispatched.

Shandong Chengping has been around for almost ten years, so there are many idle people on this official road. After the constable arrived, the three floors inside and three floors inside and outside were all around to watch the fun. On one hand, he said that who was so cruel to attack, and on the other hand, he watched here with great enthusiasm.

Kong Side was also watching in the crowd with his personal companionship. After the constables dismounted, they began to disperse the crowd. However, seeing Kong Side was dressed in luxurious clothes and accompanied by his personal companionship, he knew that his status was noble, so he could watch there.

The corpses on the ground were still bragging with him yesterday, saying that this time he was caught by Jiaozhou Camp and would definitely not make the same mistake next time. Kong Side remembered that he had a glass of wine with the other party. Although he was the second son of the eldest son, after his brother inherited the title, the benefits others received were not too great. At best, there was a farm that allowed him to have enough food and clothing.

If you want to live a better life or have a good position in the Confucius Mansion, you still need to do something to prove your ability. The title of Confucius Mansion is not only a Yan Shenggong, but also a magistrate of Qufu, but also some powerful positions that are lacking. In addition to proof of their own abilities, you also have to spend money to exercise.

The children of the Confucius Mansion had little intention to go out to be officials. Some of the fat and flaws in the Confucius Mansion were controlled by the brothers from Yansheng Gongdi. Kong Side did a good job, at least the profit from the first time trafficking of private salt gave him the power to be the head of Wenru Trading Company, and he thought his life would be getting higher and higher in the future.

But unexpectedly, those people hid in their own farm, and were rushed in and pulled out by strong men at night, and they were killed by the village.

Kong Side felt a chill all over his limbs and bones, and he couldn't help trembling since the cellar came out. Looking at the corpses in front of him, he felt even more powerless.

The weather was cold and the corpses were not rotten. They were more or less sprinkled with some white powder. The yamen runners in Jining Prefecture circled around the corpses for a few years. These yamen runners were all old servants who had been in the field and were knowledgeable about these murders. When they saw the wounds of these corpses, they almost understood what was going on.

They didn't shy away from speaking, but they didn't expect that they would be heard clearly by Kong Side beside them.

"Looking at the severance, it should be that the soldiers were slashing. Well, look at this bondage. It's not a way to go. Lao Wu, hurry up, we just drew lots."

A worker bent down and endured his nausea. He stretched out his fingers and stained the white crystal there, put it in his mouth and licked it. He immediately spat a few times and shouted at the person next to him:

"It's salt!!"

The dozen yamen runners changed their faces and turned around without saying a word. A follower next to Kong Side quickly followed and grabbed a yamen runner. The yamen runner was about to scold him. The yamen runner smiled and stuffed a piece of silver into the servant's hand, and asked in a low voice:

"May I ask, this guy, someone just saw it was salt. Why did you guys leave without saying a word?"

The officer weighed the broken silver in his hand, and this time he leaned over and said in a low voice:

"Beheading the head and sprinkling salt is a means of punishment by Li Dashuai. Sometimes it is inconvenient to clear the law of justice. The salt dealer, the salt owl, directly chopped off his head and sprinkled salt on his body. Brother. It's better to avoid mixing this matter!!"

When Gong Side, the second son of Yan Shenggong, heard this news, his first reaction was not fear, but an irresistible anger. His Shandong general Li Meng was just a martial artist, and he dared to treat the descendants of the saints like this. After a thousand years of inheritance, the Duke who was named the priest in his lord acted like this.

Is there any other kingly law in this person's eyes, and does he take the Kong family seriously? Since Li Meng's power to Jinan and Yanzhou, he has always maintained a certain distance from the Kong Mansion and maintained respect as much as possible.

This attitude made the aristocratic families in the Confucius Mansion who only knew how to enjoy wealth in a small world thought that Li Meng was afraid of their family. These people were born with the halo of descendants of saints and were destined to be rich for the rest of their lives. Compared with other nobles, they were not affected by the change of dynasties.

Many of the children of the Kong family were born, old age, sickness and death in such a risk-free environment. More than ten generations and dozens of generations passed down, and their knowledge was extremely shallow. They were completely different from those of Kong Sande, who worked hard outside and had a wide range of knowledge.

Kong Sande was deprived of Wenru's position as the head of the business by the Confucius Mansion. He was really disheartened and simply moved his whole family to Jining to live in another business beside the canal.

When the Confucius Mansion made the decision this time, the fat man who did not have the side branch made a statement. After hearing Kong Side's statement, the Kong Mansion, from Yan Shenggong to several elders in charge of the clan, were extremely angry and determined to teach a lesson to the reckless warrior who was not in a sage.

Although the Kong family was furious, if you think about it carefully, there are very few ways to teach Li Meng, a martial artist. It is impossible to mobilize the young and strong servants of the Kong family to find the Jiaozhou camp of the general Li Meng, the east general, to fight. That would be to send his neck to someone else's knife and be slaughtered.

There was a Ming Dynasty, important officials in the court were proud to marry their daughters into the Confucius Mansion, or to marry their daughters. After all, this was the most peaceful and long-lasting place in the world.

Relying on this continuous marriage, although the Kong family enjoyed wealth and honor in Qufu, they also had their own network of relationships and influence in the court.

The person who recently made a marriage request to the Confucius Mansion was Chen Xinjia, the Minister of War, who was the minister who ruled the world for the emperor. Wouldn't it be just right to deal with the Shandong general Li Meng?

Yan Shenggong immediately wrote a letter to Chen Xinjia, the Minister of War, and at the same time agreed to Chen Xinjia's proposal. Anyway, he had many sons. It doesn't matter if he married Chen Xinjia's daughter.

The salt owls in Xuzhou actually had no interest in the Confucius Mansion, or had nothing to do with them at all. These people were beheaded, and the Confucius Mansion suffered no losses except that the second son of their land was frightened and the gate of the village was damaged several times.

But the reason why the people in the Confucius Mansion were so angry was to use the relationship between the court to move Shandong General Li Meng. In fact, they were attracted by the profits sold by private salt.

The wealth is moving, and it makes people forget that the situation is also money and interests. This time, the trafficking of private salt is just sold in the areas of Ziyang City and Qufu City, and also for home use. This is already a big fortune. If it can be sold in the entire Yanzhou Prefecture, how much money should be earned?

This money comes too easily and too quickly. Compared with the land layout planning and the use of tenant farmers to farm, it is much easier. I have never been exposed to this private salt sales before, so the Kong Mansion doesn't feel anything. After coming into contact with this wealth, although it only once, I really can't bear to let go.

Li Meng has always been generous and tolerant to the Confucius Mansion, and is too lazy to pay attention to it and gives him less trouble, but the Confucius Mansion is considered by the martial artists to be afraid and afraid of the Confucius Mansion. The Ming Dynasty's literary nobles and martial arts have been despised for hundreds of years. As the sect of scholars and literati, the Confucius Mansion naturally looks down on military generals even more.

After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, praised Confucian scholars, saying that the emperor and scholars and officials ruled the world together. As a result, when Emperor Jianwen was Emperor Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai and his pure Confucians controlled the government. As a result, Zhu Di, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, launched the Jingnan Campaign. The vassal kings in the world held military power but none of them sent troops to support the king.

From then until the current Chongzhen period, Confucian scholars and civil servants have steadily overcome military generals and eunuchs in the court. The Ming Dynasty has been emperors, from the emperor to the emperor and the scholars and officials who rule the world together. The current situation is almost the same as the scholars and officials who rule the world.

How to grasp the attitude and measure towards Lin Lin is really a test for Li Meng. At least in his attitude towards Qufu, his wealth and tolerance are regarded as awe. In this battle for interests, the Confucius Mansion was blinded by the interests that did not belong to him and began to provoke stupidly.

However, in this matter, the Confucius Mansion itself cannot launch public opinion and fight against Li Meng. The inheritance of sages will be used to traffic in private salt, which is simply a joke.

But some things are tacitly secreted in the officialdom. Since they have agreed to the marriage of Chen Xinjia, the Minister of War, then the Minister of War will naturally do something.

Having said that, if Li Meng had a reputation in Shandong, just like Zuo Liangyu in Henan or He Renlong in Shaanxi, he would probably not do anything to Li Meng, neither the Confucius Mansion nor the Minister of War Chen Xinjia. But now Li Meng's reputation in the world is "a mediocre person, who is gentle and humble, and does not know the common things in the officialdom." That is to say, he rarely does anything wrong, and is still respectful and obedient to the court, but he is very ignorant of some rules in the officialdom.

What's even more interesting is that Li Meng is now a humble family and started as a military householder who started his business with salt. Of course, this identity is despised. His current camp is still a loser. At present, he is a civil servant who is the autocratic power. Donglin is the first, and the military generals promoted by eunuchs must be looked down upon by the people of the world. However, the eunuch he relies on is still a loser. He is hostile to the eunuchs who are currently the most powerful eunuchs in the Sili Supervisory Supervisory and the eunuchs in Nanjing.

With several items added up, you can imagine the impression of Li Meng among the powerful class of the Ming Dynasty. Liu Zeqing just rushed into Dengzhou City first, and there was a left governor, the title of Caozhou General, and Li Meng's great achievements one by one. If he was promoted to the local area normally, he should have been awarded a title now.

Although the locals who have dealt with Li Meng and those who have seen Li Meng's military power know that the other party is powerful and dare not violate it, most senior officials generally believe that Li Meng will never be able to be in Shandong. Such a minor person who is neither from a general nor a senior official will not have any long-term support.

But since Li Meng started his business, he has never left Shandong very much. He has always been focusing on managing this small world and has never had any contact with the ministers in the central government. The ministers in the court knew him just because they saw it in memorials and newspapers of various departments, and there was nothing strange at all.

As for the Confucius Mansion, it belongs to the fool who is in Mount Lu, who cannot see clearly, and regards other people's tolerance as awe. There is never a shortage of such foolish people in the world.
To be continued...