Chapter 149: One knife and two pieces

The richest people in the world have to talk about these vassal kings. Emperor Chongzhen in the capital is known for his simplicity, but the relatives and nobles of the vassal kings below are extremely luxurious. Judging from these boxes, it is true.

The four wooden boxes were filled with neatly-coded gold ingots, and there was a slightly smaller wooden box with some exquisite jewelry inside. A guard leader said:

"This is 2,500 taels of gold, and some jewelry commonly used by girls. This time they brought them together and accepted them to the adults. After all, it was the prince's intention."

It is equivalent to a common currency and silver, which is nearly 30,000 taels. If those jewelry are bought and sold in the prosperous places in Jiangnan, the price is probably amazing. Anyone who sees these things is a little dazzled, but Li Meng thought a little funny, could this gold and silver jewelry be the cost of the Zhou royal palace to support the princess.

After doing this, there was nothing more to say. Several guards said a few polite words and went out to the ferry to return to Henan under the escort of their personal soldiers.

Except for that box of jewelry, the remaining gold was moved to the silver treasury. Perhaps because he heard the movement outside, Zhu Yunyao knew that there was nothing wrong outside, so the girl jumped out, ran a few laps in the yard, walked to her jewelry box, and said in surprise:

"Oh, I brought it all to me."

After searching, he found a hairpin, inserted it on his head, raised his head and said with a smile to Li Meng:

"Brother Li, do you think this looks good?"

The girl's tears were not dry, and she was wearing a thumping green cloth folk skirt. She suddenly made this gesture. In addition, the ancient jewelry was very different from the modern aesthetics. In fact, the girl thought she was very beautiful at this time, which was quite ridiculous. Li Meng couldn't help laughing out loud.

The girl there took out a bronze mirror from the box and reflected in the mirror. She immediately knew why Li Meng was laughing. The girl rushed over with shame and annoyance.

The princess of the royal palace has solved such a big trouble today. She has obtained valuable gold and silver, and the girl's identity has also been solved. Speaking of which, she can be regarded as having picked up a beautiful beauty for nothing. Li Meng also relaxed a little, stretched out her hand to rub the girl's head for a few times, and smiled and said:

"Others say they are daughters, but you are worth ten thousand gold!"

Zhu Yunyao was obviously filled with happiness. Although she was quite lively in the past, she didn't dare to get along with Li Meng like this. Today, this incident is actually a disguised person to admit that she is Li Meng's person.

While he was just moving, he saw the water stain on Li Meng's chest and knew it was his own tears. The girl immediately blushed, but heard Li Meng say:

"Your surname is not suitable for Zhu now. Why not follow my surname and Li!"

Zhu Yunyao's head could not be raised immediately, but who would have thought that Li Meng would say the following words:

"I just recognized your sister, and I have another relative."

The girl's face suddenly became ugly.

Housework became easier, and because of the turnover of business everywhere, the fleet of Bamin Commercial Bank took away the first salt, but the green salt coming from western Henan was cut off several times, and the amount was also large and small.

However, Li Meng's business is still stable and growing rapidly. The economic tension caused by the withdrawal of 50,000 taels of silver was finally alleviated.

Wang Hai returned from the capital at the end of March. The reason why he walked so slowly on the road was mainly because the responsibility of escorting 50,000 taels of silver was too serious and he had to be cautious. He walked up to 30 to 35 miles during the day, and must live in towns and garrisons at night.

In this way, he entered the capital with three defenses. According to Wang Hai's words, the money was sent to Eunuch Liu's mansion. Eunuch Liu seemed to be raising other silver coins. I don't know what he was doing. Eunuch Liu and several leaders in the mansion were very busy, but he just sent a few subordinates to entertain him.

Of course, this hospitality was still very enthusiastic. It was all treated with the attitude of one's own people, and they were not seen each other. When Wang Hai left the capital, Eunuch Liu summoned each other and told them not to be impatient. As long as there is someone above, it is not impossible to be the general of a town in the future, and move forward steadily.

Li Meng couldn't figure out what the other party wanted money to do, but if he spent such political investment, it would be useless to think about it any more. He just praised Wang Hai for a few words and asked him to go home to rest for a few days, and then go to the military camp.

In April of the ninth year of Chongzhen, the false joyful atmosphere caused by the so-called victory at the beginning of the year was finally wiped out by bad news from all over the country. Shanxi was famine, people fed each other, Henan drought and locust plague, and King Youjian of Tang reported that it was a tragedy that a mother ate her daughter due to famine, and asked the court for relief. Miners in Yongning gathered to rebel and defeated the people suppressed by the court one after another.

Li Meng found that his ability to bear was indeed very strong. He could see such a miserable description without any discomfort. Moreover, after the local report was made, the court did respond in a timely manner. Emperor Chongzhen issued an edict to exempt several prefectures and counties at the junction of Shanxi and Henan, and issued 3,500 taels of silver to provide relief to the victims.

Three thousand five hundred taels? The imperial court and the imperial palace took out 3,500 taels of silver to provide relief. Local officials at all levels were routinely deducting some of them, and how many would they be left in the hands of the victims in the local area?

No wonder, the King of Chuang, General of Chuang, and the Eight Kings, hated the sky high. Cao Cao and other generals who failed were quite a few times, but they could revive in a flash. Why would the people not rebel if the court and the government acted like this?

Li Meng looked at all this numbly, as if he was watching a joke. He didn't know if history changed something because of his arrival, because the history mentioned in general education did not involve these places at all.

In fact, it is true. In normal historical time and space, Li Zicheng besieged Luoyang a few years later. Luoyang defenders owed military pay and had no morale at all. King Fu was also a very stingy person and could not bear to use money to help the military. Several officials of Luoyang Prefecture begged and finally allocated a batch of silver. However, after receiving the money, the first thing those officials did was to deduct a regular copy of themselves and their colleagues.

Moreover, the real wealthy families with silver, the princes and nobles, but the court strictly prohibited them from offering silver relief. Even if they had this kind heart and wanted to do something, they were worried that the princes would take the opportunity to rebel, so they strictly prohibited them. However, the Zhou king gave Li Meng a nearly 30,000 taels of silver to support his daughter and banned him at one time.

The world is one, and the famine in Henan and Shanxi was affected, Shandong and Zhili in the north were also affected, and the local area was very unstable, and Li Meng was also prepared, but there was no chaos in Jiaozhou because Li Meng was there.

In April, a strange thing happened in all parts of Denglai. Almost all the county and prefectures in Dengzhou Prefecture and Laizhou Prefecture were posted with posts and notices, and these notices were posted in the middle of the night.

The matter is mysterious, but the content on the notice is a traitor, shocking world, saying that the Ming Dynasty is approaching, and the disasters and monsters are all revealed, which is a sign of the end of the world. The dragon energy has moved northward, and the Khan of the Later Jin Dynasty, Huang Taiji followed the decree of Tianjing, and at the request of all the people in the world and the throne, respected Nurhaci as Taizu, and changed the name of the country to Qing.

In fact, this announcement and posting appeared in the prefectures and counties near Shandong, Zhili, and Shanhaiguan, but it was quickly banned from being destroyed by extremely nervous local officials. However, the news spread, and the Ming Dynasty's city walls were like sieves in front of the fine works of the Later Jin Dynasty.

Calling the emperor, establishing a country's name, and changing the official system is to organize one's own political system, and to establish one's reputation for one's righteousness and to indicate one's ambition to the world. Although the Ming Dynasty was angry, it was helpless. This is the real sad thing.

The posts and articles were destroyed in time, but people were panicked everywhere in Shandong. There were even rumors that Kong Youde was named queen and wanted to lead a large army to make a comeback and land in Dengzhou. As a result, many frightened people ran to Laizhou Prefecture. In any case, the public opinion offensive of Donglu was very successful.

In April, Li Meng arranged a messenger to send a private message to Liu Fulai, who was in the capital, just to talk about family matters. In the letter, Li Meng did not mention Princess Zhou, nor did he say that the 50,000 taels of silver. There is no need to publicize this kind of silver investment, and everyone can know it.

The governor and general of Shandong turned a blind eye to Li Meng. It was not that the riot offended someone, but that he didn't know how to use Li Meng.

Li Meng is now the Dusi, and he leads war soldiers who don’t farm for money. Any war should be mobilized. But there is an eunuch Liu behind him, and everyone is really indeterminate. What is Eunuch Liu’s attitude? For example, let his nephew go to the battlefield to gain military merits, or be a peace official in the rear, and be a steadily promoted.

Liu Fulai, the eunuch of Silijian, has never made any statement. It is difficult for these Shandong officials to make a decision. Fortunately, the troops accepted by Li Meng are only in just over 2,000. I believe that the army stationed in Dengzhou is really a fraction of the time. It is not much better to have him or not. Whether he is used or not will affect the overall situation. It is just in Laizhou.
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