Li Lutai said something was a little insincere. His father Li Yongfang married the granddaughter of Nurhaci, Taizu of the Qing Dynasty, and the daughter of Abatai, one of the four major benefactors. He himself married the daughter of Taizu Shurhaci. Now his nine brothers are, in addition to his grandson and governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, there is also a third brother Gangtai who served as the general of Xuanfu, and Bayan, the fifth brother of Gushan Ezhen of Ren Zhenglan Banner. The other brothers also hold important positions. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are prominent.

Besides, looking at the Eight Banners of the Han Army, which family can marry a woman from Aisin Jueluo family together? So if his Li family does not join the Eight Great Masters, which one dares to claim that his family is the Eight Great Masters!

Except for Hong Shiming, everyone in the hall was all under Li Lutai. Naturally, they would not complain about the humility of the Governor, but instead complimented the Li family's achievements.

Hong Shiming was also unavoidable. He said a few words to his father Hong Chengchou praise Li Jingtai in his usual manner, which immediately made Li Lutai feel more accomplished and very proud. It should be noted that there are not many people in this world who can get Hong Chengchou praise.

"No matter whether the court really wants to transfer me to Fujian and Zhejiang, as a minister, you must follow the order. There are also two pirate Zheng and the remnants of the King of Lu in Fujian and Zhejiang that harass the mainland. The public security is unstable and the people's livelihood is also declining. It is not as easy as Guangdong. I have a long way to go."

Li Shutai was moved and suddenly heard a military officer screaming in a bad mood. He quickly thought that everyone was waiting in the flower hall but he was afraid that he had not eaten, so he quickly ordered to go down and let the kitchen serve wine and food.

"The court has not yet made a formal order, so you don't have to worry too much. What if it is a false news?" Zuo Qing advised.

"There is no wind. If Mr. Hong can write to me a letter, it is probably not fake."

Li Lutai is now thinking about it. If the court really transfers him to Fujian and Zhejiang, he will go, why bother with it?

"I actually have nothing to worry about in Guangdong. Although the Ming army was occupied by Xinhui, Chen Qice was not Li Dingguo. If you want to use Xinhui to attack my Guangzhou city, I think it is harder than climbing the sky. Last year, the Ming army fought very poorly. The only regret is that I was ruined by my elite soldiers in Xinhui."

Thinking that the elite soldiers of the Green Camp whom he had finally reorganized and pulled out were destroyed by Shang Zhixin, Li Shutai felt so distressed that he hated Shang Zhixin's incompetence even more. If the Green Camp in Guangdong had not damaged so many backbone elite soldiers in Xinhui, how could the Taiping Army occupy Xiangshan and then capture Zengcheng in a blink of an eye?

Li Qifeng, the governor of Guangdong whom Zuo Qing was originally following, was forced to leave Guangdong by Shang Kexi, so he had no good feelings for Shang Kexi. In addition, he also knew that he, the governor, had no choice but to deal with the second vassals in Guangzhou, and was also sent by the court to monitor the second vassals. Therefore, there was no need to hide anything in front of him. So he said quietly: "The Prince of Pingnan claims to be a general, so it's better to suffer some setbacks."

Hong Shiming is an outsider. Although his father Hong Chengchou had a good relationship with Li Lutai, he also had a relationship with Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao. On the surface, Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao were still under the command of Hong Chengchou, so he was not good at saying anything to the Shang family.

The other military officers from the Green Camp were all pulled out by Li Rutai from the army, and they were also used by Li Rutai to compete with the generals under Jing's second vassals, so they naturally would not stand on Shang Kexi's side. Moreover, they were bullied by the generals under the second vassals on weekdays, so they heard Zuo Qing's words and immediately became sarcastic.

Li Guibao was speechless. Seeing that everyone was so excited, his master had no intention of stopping him, so he shouted: "What a general, I don't think he is as good as the boy of the Geng family."

Unexpectedly, his words made the master furious. Li Rutai slapped the table and shouted angrily: "Dog slave, don't talk nonsense!"

"I dare not!"

Li Guibao was awakened and understood that this was not something he could say.

Hong Shiming said he had never seen each other, and Zuo Qing and the others looked at each other, and they were all silent.

At this time, the servants were coming with the food and drinks. Li Rutai ordered the servants to arrange the food and avoid it, and raised his hand to signal everyone to have a meal. Although he had had a meal in Hahamu, today with Hong Chengchou's son, he also put down the governor's airs and talked with everyone while eating.

During the meal, everyone was tactful and did not mention what had just happened. They were all official matters. Zuo Qing complained to Li Rutai, saying that it was because of the construction of the city that caused the deficit of the vassal treasury. Now there was no silver in the tent. However, the Second Vanderals and the Eight Banners of Manzhou kept sending people to ask for silver from the vassal treasury, which made him so worried that he couldn't sleep these days.

"I understand the matter of the Fanku. You should deal with it first. I will explain this to the court and ask the court to allocate some money."

Li Rutai beat the board, but Zuo Qing didn't know what to say. Several military officers from the green camp also reported to Li Rutai about the affairs in the camp, and after discussing the time to meet half of the incense stick, they agreed one by one.

Hong Shiming kept waiting for Li Rutai's subordinates to report to him before he brought up the matter for the Guangdong provincial examination.

The opening of the imperial examination was the only way to recruit scholars in all dynasties. Since the Qing Dynasty occupied Guangzhou, it has always wanted to hold provincial examinations to accept Guangdong scholars to serve as officials, but it was delayed by Li Chengdong's second attack on Guangdong and Guangxi. After Li Rutai took office as the governor of Guangdong last year, he decided to handle the matter of Guangdong's admission of scholars in Guangdong on his own. For this reason, he submitted a memorial to the Qing court to hold the first provincial examination in Guangdong this year, and then sent the scholars to Beijing to participate in the elegy examination, to demonstrate the Qing Dynasty's preferential treatment and generous treatment for scholars in Guangdong, and to disintegrate the foundation of the Southern Ming's rule in Guangdong.

After receiving Li Rutai's memorial, the Qing court agreed to agree to the Guangdong Provincial Examination. Since the Ministry of Rites was responsible for the imperial examination, Shunzhi ordered the Ministry of Rites to send personnel to Guangzhou to negotiate with the localities for specific affairs. When discussing the candidates for going south, the Ministry of Rites selected Hong Shiming, who was the head of the Ministry of Rites last year. This was a disguised sale of Hong Chengchou, who was good at Hunan. As long as the Guangdong Provincial Examination was successfully held, Hong Shiming would definitely be able to get promoted to the next level after returning to Beijing.

Hong Shiming said in detail, Li Lutai also listened carefully, and asked from time to time what preparations Zuo Qing Governor had made. When he learned that everything was fine, Li Lutai was very happy. He eliminated the annoyance of someone in the court to move him to Fujian and Zhejiang, and refused everyone's advice to drink, and they all sipped it in one go, and the conversation was very lively.

When the wine was over, a military officer from the green camp talked about the Battle of Xinhui again, saying that if the commander of the army was not the Prince of Pingnan, but a good general, the Battle of Xinhui would never have been like that.
Chapter completed!