Chapter 376: Si Zhong, Xuan Wu, a guest came to the north

"Zhang Pu died suddenly. None of the Donglin Party members who wrote articles and praised him for their praises to heaven dared to stand up. They were all wagging their tails with Zhou Yanru. It was me who came forward and ran thousands of miles and handled the funeral for him without any effort. These people were just happy during the day, full of loyalty, filial piety and righteousness, and full of heart!"

In the Governor's Office of the Zhongdu of Fengyang, Ma Shiying roared loudly in the hall. The confidants and several gangsters and guerrillas around him were silent and did not dare to speak out.

Ma Shiying was removed from his military residence because Ruan Dacheng and Zhang Pu conspired to help Zhou Yanru to regain prime minister, and Ruan Dacheng helped him get the prize. Unexpectedly, Zhang Pu turned around and was poisoned by Zhou Yanru. None of the scholars and ministers who had received several benefits from Zhang Pu dared to open their mouths, that is, Ma Shiying, who had never known each other, dared to risk Zhou Yanru's anger and ran to handle the funeral. After this incident, everyone looked at the sages of Jiangzuo, and they all thought that Ma Shiying was a fool. If they couldn't figure it out, it would be auspicious for everyone to avoid it.

The Fengyang Prefect, who was sitting next to him, saw Ma Shiying losing his composure, and couldn't help but persuade him:

"The Supervisor, Shandong soldiers came here to rescue the crisis in Shouzhou. Perhaps the Supervisor thought too much..."

Ma Shiying, the governor of the canal transportation, turned around suddenly, stared at him fiercely, and said coldly:

"Wu Fengming, do you believe this? Why did Li Meng try his best to station troops in Nanzhili over the years? This time, the Shouzhou was in chaos, and the court repeatedly asked him to send troops to quell the rebellion. He didn't come. When the Fifth Battalion of the Gleashu was about to go to Huguang and Henan, he blocked the disasters back!"

The prefect Fengyang was also a little dirty. She sat there and didn't say anything. Ma Shiying was already angry and continued to shout loudly:

"The guardian Eunuch Lu led the army to a stalemate with the Fifth Battalion of the Gezuo. It was a good time to gather and annihilate him. His troops were motionless behind him. But now the situation is corrupt and the power of the Fifth Battalion of the Gezuo has increased greatly. At this time, he is abnormal and goes south with all his might. What is this for!!"

After Ma Shiying's angrily questioned, everyone in the room did not speak and bowed their heads silently. In fact, Li Meng's actions were almost clear, but he was too lazy to point them out.

Everyone understood very well that if Li Chuang and Zhang Ni came over, he would not have any benefits. But if Li Meng came over, he would be at least able to maintain his wealth and wealth. Maybe he would have to stay in his original position. After all, Li Meng is also a general of the court. He also has to follow the rules of this system.

But Ma Shiying was still indignant and muttered:

"Treacherous ministers, treacherous heroes, he must be justified. He needs to go south before he can go south. He has a large army and wants to be famous. What exactly does he want to do? This is the largest treacherous minister in the dynasty in three hundred years!"

The Shandong army was going south in such a legitimate manner, and the last fertility of Nanzhili was already full of force. However, in Ma Shiying's eyes, Li Meng had always wanted to ask for a title for himself, and everything was mobilized according to the rules, which meant that he should pay attention to the remarks of the people of the world. If the Donglin Party members could attack them in groups like the previous party struggles, they might have restrained themselves.

After all, Donglin Fushe and Jiangnan Shilin almost represent the public opinion of the world. Li Meng is still very concerned because he has a bad reputation and many things cannot be implemented smoothly.

As long as Li Meng does not blatantly, he can gather strength from all over the country to slowly plan for it. Who would have thought that Li Meng's army began to move, and the scholars in the north and south were silent and no one spoke.

Everyone knows what Li Meng's trip south means, but everyone is unwilling to speak out to be the first to be a pioneer. Most people want to speculate and make a vote. It would be nice to have a background in the new dynasty!

Liu Zongzhou, the only right-level envoy in the court who dared to speak out in a blunt way, resigned from his post and returned home because he argued with Emperor Chongzhen about the policy of Dongchang and fighting against the Jurchens. He was not in his position at this time, so he naturally would not do anything.

What Ma Shiying didn't know was that since Li Meng's army set out from Jinan to the south, almost 90% of the officials in the fourth rank and above in the court sent people to send letters to Li Meng. Although the letter was vague, they all revealed the intention of getting married. At present, there are not less than dozens of famous families who are willing to be concubines of Li Meng, and there are almost a few children who are willing to be concubines of Li Hong.

The civil servants of various prefectures and counties in Shandong are the most boring official positions in Shandong, or the most boring official positions in the world. The salary is customized by the court to starve people, and they cannot do anything. What's more important is that they can't make any money and cannot use any prestige. But they were the imperial examinations and finally had such an opportunity after ten years of hard work. They were always unwilling to throw them away. They read the books of sages and became the disciple of the emperor who entered the emperor's hall. They were sent by the court to be civil servants. They were born with Li Meng, a military general. They got along with each other in awkward manner, allowing the minor officials inside and outside the yamen and the armed salt diary to manage the affairs.

They knew that they would be transferred as soon as their term expired. Even if they had a good relationship with Li Meng, there would be no benefit. Maybe they would be criticized, so they were all cold and cold.

But as soon as the army headed south, the officials of various prefectures along the way were extremely attentive. Even if they couldn't get to the ground, they would go to the local Jiaozhou camp forces to express their loyalty to defect. In everyone's eyes, the world is about to change, at least Shandong and Nanzhili will change in the future.

As for those Donglin Party members, some scholars from Jiangnan are thinking about writing articles of praise. The transportation of Jin was also for the country and the people, and the garrison of troops in the Lianghuai River in Nanzhili was also hardworking in the state. The Ming Dynasty had Li Meng, and the Ming Dynasty had Xu Da, and the Ming Dynasty's Dinghai magic needle.

The only hope that Ma Shiying hopes is that the people in the world can help Li Meng be more restrained and leave time and space for management for them. However, those who are righteous on weekdays are always shook their tails and pleased them, and they are extremely humble.

In the end of the world, although there are many loyal and brave people with integrity, these morally corrupt people must have a normal life, with a lot of morality degradation and loss of integrity. This is a sign of the end of the world.

"Send someone to Nanjing City and bring me a letter to Ruan Dahuzi..."

At the end of the roar, Ma Shiying could only sit in the chair helplessly and acted dejectedly.

The so-called speed is the most important thing. Jiaozhou Camp has always been proud of its momentum as thunder. Every time it goes to fight, it will kill to the battlefield when the enemy unexpectedly fails. However, this time, Li Meng's army goes south as fast as possible. Every time it passes through a prefecture and county, whatever is suitable for the army to stop, it will definitely stop and station.

In any case, the military farms in Jiaozhou-ying between Jinan and Jiningzhou were densely populated by various wealthy gentry. Moreover, before the army headed south, the transfer warehouses and military stations had been set up long ago, and it was normal to stop.

The army was moving slowly, and the journey that could be completed in ten days was originally possible. At present, it would take at least fifteen days. The purpose of this journey was to show off your power.

The officials and gentry along the way came to ask for a meeting when the army arrived. They were extremely servile. For example, before this expedition, the prefect of Jinan asked for a meeting. When they entered the hall, they knelt down and kowtowed to see Li Meng. After seeing the prince's etiquette, the prefect of Qingzhou rushed here quickly, and the etiquette was also extremely grand. Although there was no loess cushion, the officials kneeled and held a large umbrella, and drums and music were also extremely grand. At least, it was also the grand occasion of the Grand Secretary and the Supervisor, and the greatest pursuit of the prince. In the past, civil officials met military generals, even if they were a little magistrate, they all had nostrils facing the sky, so how could such a big occasion come from? These various things gave Li Meng a new understanding of the so-called literary character.

People who couldn't see the situation clearly during the day and were unwilling to place bets and speculate now seem to be clear. If they don't take action, they will probably become old and young people.

Li Meng was not worried about anything wrong in Nanzhili. Now he was "what the people wanted". He was supported by the local tyrants and the Qingzhou Army and the Huai Yang Army were easily leveled all the troops in Nanzhili. Whether it was the official army or the refugee army, the troops of the Fifth Battalion of the Grezuo are currently under remote control by Jiaozhou Camp.

Such a parade means that the low-key Jiaozhou Camp began to show off their powerful force to the world, so that those who saw this army knew that there was nothing wrong with joining this side, and that they had absolute confidence in the Shandong and Jiaozhou Camp groups.

The Shandong scholars along the way, not only local people along the way, but also from neighboring prefectures and counties, also came. Those who were qualified would go to see the generals of Jiaozhou camp. Those who were not qualified would go to watch the march and amazed. When they saw such troops, everyone felt at ease and everyone's hearts were settled.

Among the people who came to the country this time, there were quite a few local celebrities who dared to say frankly and ignore life and death. Because Shandong has been used to the peace and stability in recent years, and the years of the past two years have obviously improved and eased. Seeing that wealth and peace are right in front of them, they were ready to come and persuade General Li Meng, saying that it was a plan for peace in Shandong, and it would be better not to launch a slight war and destroy the peace and prosperity in Shandong at this time. However, after seeing such military power, everyone gave up their thoughts.

With such a force, we should conquer more territory. At that time, our Shandong children can follow the wealthy and wise men. What should we do?

However, some backbone literati of the Yan Party and Lai Party felt that things were not right and passed the news to Li Meng through various channels, saying that it was a major event for war, so they must be aware of it. The actions of the army should not be so frivolous and show off. Some people even vaguely pointed out an inappropriate metaphor. Wasn't it the same when Fu Jian of the Former Qin Dynasty fought in the southern expedition? Everyone knows what the final result was.

The crowd of people persuaded the general to wait until everything was settled, and it would not be too late to do these pomp. They must have never expected that the idea of ​​moving in this way was exactly what Sun Chuanting thought of.

According to Sun Chuanting, Shandong has been tolerant and low-key for so many years. Except for the princes and some enemies in the court who knew the power of Shandong, the rest of the people are ignorant. Even there are many places in Shandong who don’t know what kind of military general Li is and what kind of strength he has.

If you want to do a big thing, outsiders will inevitably feel unstable or dissatisfied when they see you without the corresponding strength. This will lead to those who should surrender and those who should surrender will not surrender, and those who should surrender will not surrender. Then you will have to fight many wars that should not be fought, which will consume extra energy.

It would be better to show off your military power as much as possible during this march, to show the strength of the Jinan Camp to the people of Shandong and to the people of Nanzhili, so that they can know what kind of group Shandong is like, so that they can understand in their hearts that surrendering to this group is what they should do, what kind of harm will there be to confront Jiaozhou Camp, and what benefits will be in this group.

In addition to the march, Zhou Yang, Ninggangui and Lingshan Trading Company launched the campaign together. The situation was full of fire and fame. For example, in the military farms, the cost of military farms began to be relaxed. The resettlement and relocation of military families in the military farms was underway, and there were the villages and people in the military farms. Every day, organizers recalled the bitterness and sweetness everywhere, thinking about the year of disaster, the whole family was on the verge of starvation. There was nowhere to go, who gave them food and clothing so that they could have such a good life.

The people will become the most terrifying mobs in troubled times, but most of the time they are still simple. They are originally in the farmlands and farms, and they truly feel the benefits of Li Meng giving them. Now they are constantly preached by these people, and everyone is very grateful.

In addition, the change of family members of the military farming family made the military farmer envious of those who had no children in the army. During the day, they thought that they would not fight to fight with swords and guns. Wouldn’t it be better to farm honestly for a lifetime? But now the gap is separated.

This shows one more thing. If you are loyal to the general, you will definitely get enough and generous rewards. Now you can only send your children to the patrol guard team, hoping to be blessed to join the army.

As for the local government, the Lai Party, which is mainly composed of minor officials and local literati in government offices at all levels, and the Yan Party, which is vaguely represented by Yuan Wenhong, mainly rich scholars who run various shops in Yanzhou Prefecture, have written articles to encourage praise.

It is said that in the world in troubled times, everyone is preserving their strength. The superiors do not know how to be loyal and serve the king, and the subordinates do not know how to appease the common people, but only know how to show off the remnants of the people. Now only General Zhendong Li Meng is a truly loyal and righteous man. There is a great chaos in the south, and only General Li Dashi went out to fight with his sacrificial forces and led our Shandong children to send troops to quell the rebellion. Shandong is so powerful that everyone in Qi and Lu children obey the orders, and the thieves in Shouzhou are just around the corner.

After the chaos in the south was pacified, where should the Shandong army go? Are there any bandits of Li Chuang and Cao Cao who were rampant in Henan? The eight kings Zhang Niliu who were rampant in Huguang? Since the officers and soldiers in other places had no choice, let us Shandong soldiers and horses pacify them with all our strength!

Some people also summarized the changes in the Jiaozhou camp from the Jiaozhou camp with more than 1,000 people to the current army of more than 100,000 people. As the scale of the Jiaozhou camp gradually expanded, the local areas of Shandong are becoming more and more prosperous and prosperous, and the people have gained so much benefit.

This leads to a truth, that is, the stronger the Jiaozhou Camp, the more benefits our Shandong people will get. Therefore, supporting Jiaozhou Camp and supporting Li Dashuai is to make plans for our ordinary people's own lives.

There were also a few reckless people who actually began to advocate the general Zhendong. Shandong General Li Meng was the destiny of heaven, and the hidden dragon was in the abyss. Some people even "rigorously" speculate from the Book of Changes and Tuibei that Shandong Damai was a saint who would have been a saint in the past five hundred years.

However, as soon as these reckless people wrote the articles, they talked about them in the literary club. Before they had time to compile and publish them, someone came to visit them in the evening. The next day, these reckless people did not mention a word of the articles they had written.

For the local literary association and poetry club, which is owned by Li Meng, who is in Jiaozhou, there are regular fees allocated. Moreover, Zhou Yang and Ning Gangui are also given priority to the selection of subordinates. Of course, when choosing the place, the place you look at is not the ability to write poetry and fu, but the practice is preferred.

This time they were promoting each other. At the beginning, several literati associations with great influence were instructed. After some people started, the rest naturally rushed forward.

Someone has sorted out excellent and inspiring articles and changed them into vernacular language that ordinary people can understand, and has vigorously preached in private schools and public schools everywhere.

The common people faced the loess and were facing the sky and could understand something, and they respected the scholars very much. They obeyed and believed in what they said, and the effect was much deepened.

Of course, not everyone is so arrogant and so corrupt. With millions of people in Shandong, there are always a few literati who are dizzy and hold the monarch and ministers to be righteous. They want to write articles that scold Li Meng for being rebellious. They even have extreme plans to hit Li Meng’s horse in front of him, so as to gain the name of loyalty and righteousness.

But people like them have long been on the blacklist of armed salt dicks. They can't even read the articles themselves. Armed salt dicks are searching regularly sooner or later. Moreover, people in the local area think that these people are not villagers at all, and they have a backbone behind them, so they have to do something against Li Dashuai. Isn't that causing trouble for the elders of my hometown? Everyone poked their backbone behind them, and their family members and young people were isolated on the streets. It was extremely uncomfortable to live such a life.

The Shandong Salt Gang and Lingshan Trading Company were not idle either. These two institutions have a greater influence on the civilian class and those green forests than scholars. Moreover, there are many people in Shandong now working on the salt farms and iron sites. The Shandong Salt Gang and Lingshan Trading Company have dark and bright. Inciting communication, the effect is better.

Moreover, the common people believe in grassroots rumors that are closer to them, and spontaneously spread and talk about them.

For example, in Jiaozhou City, I don’t know when there was such a rumor, saying that when Li Dashuai was born, the sky was burning with fire. There were holes in the thatched house in his home, and many magpies flew over and blocked the rain on the roof of the house.

There is something else that the next day, a general and a soldier walked together, and it happened to rain heavily, and then guarded the door of the thatched hut to shelter from the rain. When he heard someone gave birth to a child inside, he couldn't help but say in surprise, "This child will definitely be rich and noble in the future, otherwise how could we two civil and military guards guard the gate?" and so on.

If this news was reached by Zhao Neng's mother, she would be laughing at her teeth. When giving birth, it was obvious that several neighbors' wives gathered together to help, and the Li family's parents were waiting at the door. And it was sunny that day, so there were no so many random legends and rumors.

Li Dashuai has been a mentally retarded for more than ten years, and everyone knows about this. There are also rumors that when the salt administration inspector went to the Qianhukou District of Xuejia Island to investigate and smuggle salt, he did not hit Li Dashuai with a stick. As a result, after the tide rose, Li Dashuai was submerged in the sea.

It is said that someone was fishing nearby and saw stormy waves and faintly black shadows in the sea, like a giant dragon, heading towards the place where salt was boiling on the coast at lightning, indicating that our general was possessed by a real dragon.

All these things are recorded in the history books of all dynasties and dynasties. There are also some rural legends. You can definitely see countless similar legends. Didn’t Liu Bang just sleep in a wine shop and lying on the table, but the owner of the wine shop saw Yilong lying on Liu Bang’s back, thinking it was a strange phenomenon.

God knows if this is whether Liu Bang owed money for alcohol at that time, but the boss's wife failed to get a debt and was beaten up. When Liu Bang became the emperor, he made up this allusion to bluff people.

Of course, Li Meng's jokes are different from this, but there is no difference in essence.

Of course, Li Meng and Li Erlang were chivalrous and righteous, and went to Qilu with one blow, and eliminated violence and good deeds, and were also made up everywhere, just like later generations who joined Zhao Kuangyin to send Yingniang thousands of miles away.

Such things circulated among the people are completely different from those written by literati. They are very beneficial to Li Meng's reputation and the stability of his rule, so they let Huang Ping and Hou Shan do it. Anyway, these things are all rumors. Is this rumors? If he wants him to be true, he is false.

Although Li Meng is the general of Zhendong, he still follows the rules when doing things. For example, Shandong Governor Yan Jizu and military eunuch Chen Min are all led by each other and command and make decisions in the face of the battle.

The actual situation is that the eunuch Chen Min, the military supervisor, was firmly guarded by dozens of soldiers and had no personal freedom. Shandong Governor Yan Jizu Li Meng never agreed to let him retire and return home, but this time he let him go and said that he would return to his hometown after the southern expedition, and would never stop him again.

Yan Jizu was in his fifties and looked more than ten years older than he was. He heard that he was allowed to leave, but he felt much more relaxed. His residence was adjacent to Chen Min, but one person had freedom, and the other had no freedom. After dinner at night, Li Meng was receiving guests from all over the place.

The two idle people were in a similar mood and simply sat there and chatted. The sensational publicity and sensation outside were somehow known, such jokes as the two nobles who were born to guard the gate and fainted in the sea. They were both knowledgeable and sneered at them.

But when talking about the future, both of them were unwilling to say something more. After Li Meng ate Nanzhili, no one could control the Ming Dynasty. Whatever the situation could be achieved in the future depends on how far the thieves such as Li Zicheng could fight. The Ming Dynasty court is no longer qualified to play chess.

Anyway, it was just a chat. The two of them first sneered at the rumors of "noble people guarding the gate" and "true dragon possession". However, Chen Min remembered something. Although no one could hear it, she still lowered her voice and said in a low voice:

"Mr. Yan, we just remembered an allusion. I still remember that Li Chuang's traitor, the sorcerer Song Xiance once made a prophecy and divination statement for him, saying that "Eighteen Children are the main artifact". Everyone said that "Eighteen Children" is "Eighteen Children", and together it is the word "Li", which means that Li Chuang, but if you think about it carefully, this general Li Meng seems to be in the prophecy and divination statement!"

The eunuch Chen Min talked and Yan Jizu was a little impatient, but at the end of the story, he made him shudder directly. No need to think about it. This is clearly the word Li. Who knows whether it is Li Zicheng's Li or Li Meng's Li, and this is also a prophecy and divination inside the bandits. I believe that Li Chuang would not foolishly build momentum for officers, soldiers, and local generals. Moreover, when these prophecies and divination were expressed, Shandong soldiers and horses were not worthy of being dissipated.

Speaking of the people who fulfilled prophecies and divination, they are always quite bizarre. The first ones who got prophecies and divination were usually not dead. At that time, when Wang Mang, there was prophecies and divination "King Liu Xiu", but they were the ones who were in charge of the world's hope of Liu Xin. The people in the world also thought that he was the one who responded to the prophecy. At that time, the farmer of Nanyang, who was considered a coward, dared to have the same name as the master of the national master, actually said casually that he might not be the one who responded to the prophecy, and he was also made fun of by the people around him. As a result, everyone remembers Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, and few people remember the master of the national master.

In the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Yang of Sui dreamed of "Peach and Plums, and he won the world". He thought that the minister Li Hun was this person, and killed Li Hun's family. Who would have thought that when he looked at his growing up relative, Li Yuan and Li Zi replaced the Sui Dynasty. When he arrived at Li Shimin, he saw the "female protagonist, King Wu", and he was based on his confidant general Li Junxian's fief was Duke of Wulian County. His official position was General Wu Wu Guard. The guard was Xuanwu Gate, and he was also called Wu Niangzi. Obviously, the "female protagonist, King Wu" was him, so he killed the whole family with a charge. Of course, Li Shimin might have obsessive-compulsive disorder in Xuanwu Gate. He killed his brother, brother, and his father in Xuanwu Gate. He also felt a little uneasy, and he was always afraid that others would stab him in Xuanwu Gate.

At the end of the Five Dynasties, Chai Rong, the Later Zhou Shizong, was also a wise and powerful king, but he was also superstitious about prophecies and divination. He heard that the big ears would replace the Later Zhou, so when he saw the officers with such appearance in the imperial guards, he found a charge and missed the bravest, the most shaking in front of him, and later picked up the wooden sign of "Checking the Son of the Emperor". He was so scared that Zhang Yongde had his relatives and prestige that Zhang Yongde was removed from the position of the inspection, and promoted the brave, combative, simple and obedient person to the inspection, and finally fulfilled the saying "Checking the Son of the Emperor", while Zhang Yongde had been working hard and obedient, and was very obedient...

Could it be that the destiny is true in Li Meng? Yan Jizu and Chen Min were speechless for a while. The weather was cold, but the eunuch Chen Min felt cold sweat and was extremely panicked. He quickly claimed the crime and went back to his room to rest.

After Yan Jizu began to understand the prophecy and divination, his whole body became cold, but in a flash, it suddenly became hot again. The Ministry of Personnel gave the officials who were originally going to join the cabinet to become prime minister, but after being released from the Shandong Governor, one thing came out and there was no hope of making any progress.

When he was in Shandong, he felt that life was extremely dangerous everywhere, and he was full of thought of resigning and returning home to retire. Today, when he heard this prophecy, Yan Jizu felt suddenly enlightened. If he wanted to move forward, why bother to search for camp in the court? The world around him was infinitely vast. There were many people in Shandong who were not successful in the autumn wind, and there was no such a noble scholar with such an outstanding reputation. If...

In October, the grassland outside the pass is completely without the vitality of the green waves. When you see the eyes, you will feel desolate and yellow. Walking in it, people will not feel any pleasure. It is like a desert. When you walk in it, people will feel small fear and depression.

But the Mongolian tribes living on this grassland have lived in this boring scenery for thousands of years, and now it is the end of the winter when they are ready to eat grass.
To be continued...