Chapter 515 Returning, Banquet in Xuzhou, Linqing chaos

The urgent report sent by the prefect of the Dongchang during the war was not a big deal in the core department of Jiaozhou Camp. Li Meng and his group were on their boat to Dangshan and were about to arrive in Xuzhou. When they were about to arrive in Xuzhou, the detailed incidents of Linqing City, Dongchang Prefecture were sent over.

The ship was not slow, but Li Meng defeated the Shun Army and the news that the King of Chuang led the remnants to flee faster than the ship. Although the fleet was only replenishing supplies in a few big towns, the gentry and officials along the way all wanted to visit the Duke of Qi, and even if they were not good, they would have to help the army.

No matter what happens in the future, at least in the north, the situation where the Duke of Qi is dominant has been formed, and it is the dominant position with absolute advantages. With such great achievements, the Duke of Qi will be the King of Qi next, and maybe further...

In the past, I didn’t watch or expressed enough, but now I don’t go forward to do anything, and it will be troublesome in the future. It’s just a saying that the tree falls and the money is scattered. When the tree grows up, countless money is competing to move forward, but it is also the norm.

The Li Meng fleet on the river naturally could not have caused the hearts of the people all over the world. Most people were not qualified to see Li Meng, but Li Meng often waited for a certain number of people to find an open space on the shore, met together, and comforted a few words of politeness. This was a rare considerate love for these visitors.

The Jiaozhou Camp did not refuse those who sent the troops to work in the world, but directly took them down and recorded the names of the devotees, and then promised that they would definitely be seen by the commander.

Not to mention the fleet's slow journey, Li Meng and his fellow men were so exhausted. Such a meeting was completely false and polite. Along the way, they were basically controlled by Jiaozhouying. They had already made their choices when they leaned against Jiaozhouying or bet on the side.

Those who have just come here now are all people who are waiting and watching and watching, but these people are not a few. In the current situation, they should still be at ease.

As Duke of Qi, Li Meng was not only a pure military commander, but also had other identities. He had to participate in such etiquette political activities and could not complain about them.

This is much more tiring than fighting, and my face becomes sore every day. After passing Dangshan, it is Xuzhou. It is relatively easier to travel to Yanzhou through the canal transport in Xuzhou.

This is a completely controlled area of ​​Jiaozhou Camp. Every place where people can come to congratulate are customized. Everyone is happy and celebrating. And many things we encountered before can be said to be amused and laughed, such as too many ships sending military supplies on the river, which hindered the advance of the warships, etc.

After entering Xuzhou, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. The deputy general of the Xuzhou army, Gao Ke, now the deputy general of the Central Plains army, had rushed from Shouzhou to Xuzhou, where they mobilized the Xuzhou army's troops stationed in Fengyang Prefecture and Xuzhou, and were preparing to go to Henan to meet Chen Liu.

General Ma Gang, who had always been in Yangzhou Prefecture, also rushed to Xuzhou. He is now responsible for the garrison of Jiangbei, Nanzhili. This is almost a province, and it is much richer than Henan. It is also a heavy responsibility. There are still some things that need to be asked for instructing Li Meng.

I don’t know what Li Meng thought. After arriving in Xuzhou, he gathered military generals at all levels and literati from the shogunate in the Qing Military Department of the original local garrison, and then invited the messenger who had gathered in Dangshan to tell the story.

Everyone was a little confused. Later, the trusted person thought that the general might be too tired along the way, so he wanted to listen to the story to enjoy himself.

It’s true that a group of people waited for it, even the newly surrendered Hao Yaoqi and Niu Fu were very interested. Since the six prefectures in Shandong were under the control of Li Meng, they have never heard of any trouble again. This time, such a thing happened in Linqingzhou, and it was a civil rebellion that was not an external force.

Who has such a courage and how this mess was settled? This is a fascinating story, and everyone is thinking about having fun.

On the evening of October 28, the Qing Military Hall was cleared early and martial law was carried out. The personal guards and local garrisons jointly cleaned up and made arrangements.

A complete restaurant team was transferred from Haizhou to serve. This was a rare rest time for the generals to go to the Jiaozhou camp to fight. When the banquet started, Li Meng stood up with a glass of wine and said loudly:

"After this battle, the overall situation has been decided. Thank you for your hard work, Li Mou, everyone!!"

If others say these words, they will definitely be considered rude or absurd. In this battle, the soldiers sacrificed their lives and shed their blood, but they received such a faint thanks. Wouldn't it be a matter of cold thinking? But Li Meng is different. People rarely remember what kind of words of thanks from the general would take the initiative to say.

Although I said this today indifferently, I have been in Jiaozhou Camp for so many years. I have a rare deep feeling thank you. The generals below were really moved. They stood up together, picked up their wine glasses, and congratulated each other:

"How dare the great generals take credit for the world, but the low-ranking officials (lower officials) do not dare to make a contribution..."

This is also from the heart. Everyone here has no talent. They built this system with Li Meng alone. Everyone is just following the rise in this system. Without Li Meng, there would be no military generals and civil officials who are now famous in the world and are destined to occupy an important position in the world in the future.

After Li Meng drank this glass of wine, he sat down after saying "carelessly", and everyone relaxed. The Grandmaster had a lot of alcohol, but he was unwilling to drink too much. Everyone knew this habit, so no one went to disturb him, and knew the Grandmaster's personality. The people below were not restrained. Since they were in this bar, they would let go. After a while, the atmosphere in the Qing Military Hall was very warm.

There were only Ma Gang, Gaoke, and Fang Yingren, the second son of the Fang family who arrived in the afternoon. The current Tongzhi of Yangzhou Prefecture. Kong Sande, the organizer of the Lijin Bureau, also wanted to come here, but now Henan needs a large amount of money, grain and materials. Kong Sande and Lingshan Trading Company Hou Shan were busy all day long, so they could only give up this opportunity to curry favor.

The four people sat here, it was really deserted. According to the rules, the personal commander Huang Ping and Jiaozhou camp chief Yuan Wenhong were not qualified to sit here. Li Meng also asked them to sit down. The artillery commander Guo Liang was also at other tables, but he was also called over.

However, Guo Liang is a heartless character. He was having fun in other places, and the table was deserted and everyone was very restrained, so he just ran away with a smile. Everyone knew his temperament, which was just a smile.

Ma Gang is one of the oldest people in Jiaozhou Camp. Sitting next to Li Meng, there are more people saying, and what he says is about the two Huaihe Rivers, but there is no need to avoid Fang Yingren from the Fang family.

"Ma Gang and Chen Liu are in Henan and Nanzhili, you need your own support. After the first month, you can start expanding the army. The Northern Su Army will be changed to the Lianghuai Army, which can be expanded by 20,000 yuan."

Listening to Li Meng's light words, Yuan Wenhong had already found a paper and pen record. In the position of this general, the more soldiers there were, the better. Ma Gang's face was a little happy. After thinking about it for a while, he had already made a corresponding plan and spoke:

"The Grand Commander, the source of the troops, is preparing to draw from the following places. Please ask the Grand Commander to see if it is suitable. Henan refugees have been wandering into Huai. The military farm guard team set up for them has been working for several years. They are all good soldiers and can be drawn. In the Luzhou Prefecture area, there are many scattered soldiers from the Fifth Battalion of the Gezuo. Although they are all good people now, they have also seen young and strong people fighting, which can be used. In addition, the armed salt steeds of Huai'an Prefecture and Yangzhou Prefecture. Most of them are local young and strong, and they are also available. It is not a problem for these people to send 20,000 troops."

Ma Gang, Zhang Jiang, Zhang Kun and others were all military families from the Ming Dynasty. They were quite clear about some of the rules of the army and were very well-organized when sitting down. Li Meng admired this point quite well. Of course, Zhao Neng, Chen Liu, Wang Hai and others also had their own advantages.

Li Meng nodded and was very pleased with Ma Gang's suggestion. It seems that after Chen Liu was transferred to Henan, General Ma Gang, the Pingnan, himself considered the next issue of garrisoning in the two Huai Rivers. Li Meng said:

"When you go back and write down the official documents as soon as possible, report to the Duke's Mansion, so that the recruitment matter will be carried out as soon as possible."

The two of them were talking here. Fang Yingren, who was also from a family, was just smiling and watching the military generals and leaders in the venue shouting and drinking. However, when he heard Ma Gang's proposal to Armed Yan Ding, his eyes twitched. However, he had a very skill in cultivating energy, so no one noticed his expression changed.

The armed salt deer in Lianghuai is different from the armed salt deer in Shandong. Most of the armed salt deer in Shandong are soldiers who retired from Jiaozhou camp and children of local landlords and gentry. These people are local armed forces in the hometown. The leaders at all levels are veterans of Jiaozhou camp and are loyal to Li Meng.

The armed salt dings in the two Huaihe Rivers are different. When the salt merchants in the two Huai Rivers sold Huai salt to the world and were as rich as a country, they all had their own private armed forces for various reasons. Although they were of militia and rural bravery, they even surpassed the local Ming army in terms of training and equipment.

This is the salt merchants' own salt cube. This armed force is naturally not allowed to exist after the Jiaozhou Camp entered here. However, the relationship between the Jiaozhou Camp and the Lianghuai Salt Merchants is a collaborator, and many things cannot be done too well. Therefore, although the private armed forces of each salt merchant are not allowed to exist, they are not banned. Instead, they adopt changes to make them the armed salt cubes of the Lianghuai, although they have changed from the private armed forces of the salt merchants to the nominal armed forces of the Jiaozhou Camp.

However, the funds and personnel of this armed forces are closely related to local salt merchants, and the salt merchants can still maintain influence among the armed salt dings in Lianghuai.

So in some subtle matters, some officials stationed in Yangzhou Prefecture and Huai'an Prefecture in Shandong were unable to command, and the largest number of armed salt diced people naturally belonged to the Fang family.

Although the Fang family is loyal to Jiaozhouying, they cannot help but regard these forces as tools for self-protection at critical moments.

But Ma Gang's proposal completely shattered the Fang family's idea. Jiaozhou Camp drew people from the village guard team and the armed salt dings to replenish their strength. This was originally a rule in Shandong. General Ma Gang, the Pingnan general, took it out so upright, and others could not find any problems.

Fang Yingren's mood changed quickly. In the past, if he had been a gambling investment in Li Meng, now it is a good bet. The Fang family's future glory and wealth are not to worry about, nor do they have to raise any private soldiers to protect themselves. They should not play such tricks in front of people like Li Meng, otherwise they would really be crushed to pieces.

After understanding this, Fang Yingren also relaxed. The next thing was to think about whether the Fang family should take the initiative to take out a piece of money to work hard. If the other party opened their mouths, it would be unsightly. He also had an idea, that is, Ma Gang and Li Meng were talking about this in front of him, whether it was intentional, but these ideas were quickly left behind.

Seeing his suggestion, the Grandmaster was appreciative, and Ma Gang was relieved. He chatted for a few more times and stopped talking.

He was selfless for the superiors. It was originally a relaxing banquet, but Li Meng was unable to be idle. After Ma Gang finished speaking, Gaoke next to him leaned over again.

"The Grand Commander, when the commander of Beizhi received the transfer order, Ma Shiying, the governor of the grain transport stationed in Fengyang, sent more than 5,000 soldiers under his command. He now only had about 7,000 soldiers and horses, and he also posted a message to Beizhi, saying that it was insufficient strength and asked Beizhi to send troops and horses to assist in defense."

Hearing this, Li Meng was stunned for a moment, then remembered Ma Shiying's everything, and couldn't help but smile and said:

"Among the officials of the Ming Dynasty, Ma Shiying is a awake person. He has decided that he should stand there long ago. It's just that his position is too high and it's hard to understand the words. Fengyang is the place where the Ming Dynasty's imperial tomb is located, and the location is not worth mentioning. Since you have gone to Henan, then you will arrange for Ma Gang to do the matter here."

Gaoke quickly stood up and took the order, and Li Meng randomly said to Huang Ping:

"I found someone to write a letter to Ma Shiying, saying that I knew his thoughts and told him not to worry. However, I thought that such a talent as him could only be stationed in Fengyang, and Nanjing was a more important place..."

Everyone understands the meaning of Li Meng's words. I believe Ma Shiying is even more aware of it. Yuan Wenhong has not eaten a sip yet, and he has been writing a copy and handed it to Huang Ping. The personal commander Huang Ping also accused the crime and turned around.

Except for this table talking about important matters, the rest of the tables were already very quarrels. A group of people shouted and urged each other to drink and toasted each other, which was extremely happy.

Looking around, Hao Yaoqi and Niu Fu were sitting in the corner, which was a bit unsociable. Their mentality was understandable. Li Meng turned around and called a personal soldier, whispering a few instructions.

Soon, the personal soldier led a man dressed in salt dick to come over. Li Meng nodded and stood up from his seat. He raised his arm and pressed down.

Although it was still very lively just now, after Li Meng's action, he quickly calmed down. Li Meng said loudly:

"You don't know that when the army was fighting in Henan, there was a small chaos in Linqingzhou, Dongchang Prefecture. A cult caused a rebellion in Linqingzhou, and it was pacified before the day. Today, everyone was in high spirits, so they specially invited someone to tell you. Let's listen to it as a story and have fun."

Li Meng said it very simply, but there was a commotion below. Except for very few people, no one had heard of this news. Many officers were stunned. After hearing the words "I was pacified before the day", they settled down. When they heard the words "I was calmed down before the day", they were relieved. When they heard the general's words, it seemed as if they were asking someone to listen to the comments. Everyone's interest rose again, but the room became quiet.

The salt man was originally sent to tell the story to the general, but he chose a person who was just talking to him. Unexpectedly, when he came here, he had to tell so many military generals. He was a little nervous for a moment, but as he talked, he gradually let go, which was really a story.

When Linqingzhou did not rise in Jiaozhou Camp, it was a first-class and prosperous place in Shandong. It was a large prefecture and county with a population of hundreds of thousands inside and outside the city.

In recent years, the checkpoint hub of Jining, Jiaozhou's private salt and foreign trade have developed one after another. Linqingzhou is not so conspicuous, but its foundation is still there. It was originally the second hub of canal transportation in Shandong, and it is regarded as the connecting node between Shandong and Beizhili.

The bustling city in northern Zhili all the goods you need to buy, from daily necessities and groceries to extremely profitable southern and western goods, are all transferred through Linqingzhou.

Lingshan Commercial Bank has several special points in the Shandong branch, namely Jiningzhou, Jinan, Jiaozhou and Linqing. Although these four places are general accounts, they are just centralized dispatching. If it is goods reserves, cash flow and the importance of Shandong's commercial system, the general accounts cannot be ranked, and Linqingzhou is instead ranked second.

The Liu family in Jinzhou opened a large business in Linqing early, a local snake like Lingshan Business Bank and a giant like Bamin Business Bank. After Chen Yongfu, the general of Datong, beat Pingyao up, in order to show an attitude, the wealthy merchants and wealthy people from Shanxi also came here to open a semicolon.

The Shanxi merchants at that time meant to express their surrender to Li Meng. If Jiaozhou Camp needed it, these semicolons could draw a large amount of silver for the army at any time. Who would have thought that when they came to Linqingzhou, they would make a lot of money, and this was how they became devoted to it.

Linqingzhou is such a wealthy place, and it was not only rich in Li Meng's hands. The loyalty and respectfulness of the residents and people in the city to Li Dashen were much worse than other places.

When the Qing Tartars entered the pass for the fourth time, the army passed by Linqing City and rushed straight to Jinan. This was the most dangerous thing that the residents in Linqing City encountered. But they were also safe and passed by. The residents in the city could not feel how Jiaozhou Camp protected the local safety.

On the contrary, many landlords in the countryside were deprived of their land and entered the city to survive, and had complaints about the policy of military farming in Jiaozhouying, which directly affected the residents of Linqingzhou's perception of Jiaozhouying.

In the history without Li Meng, Linqingzhou was captured after the Qing Dynasty entered the pass, and civilians in the city were slaughtered. According to historical records, millions of killing were recorded, which was a great tragedy. However, in this time and space, this incident did not happen at all, and the residents could not say that they were grateful.

The messenger told in the Qing Military Hall is very emotional. He will not talk about what happened, but about Lin Qingzhou's attitude towards Jiaozhou Camp.

The military generals below were already a little angry. In addition, they had just eaten wine and were not very smart. Someone had already whispered to him. The messenger was very satisfied with the effect, which was the point.

There is a wealthy family in Linqingzhou with the surname Jing. The family was single-handed for three generations. This generation has a son when they are old. Master Jing is really worshipped like a treasure. It is not necessary to say that he is spoiled, and it is natural to obey everything.

This eldest son Jing is different from ordinary people. Others like wine and sex, and he likes to cultivate immortality. He doesn't know how much money he has cheated from the monk and Taoist priest, and he doesn't manage the family business, nor does he continue the family line. When he was sixteen years old, he pissed his parents to death.

Without the control of his parents, Master Jing was even more lawless. He was lucky. Several of the managers in his family were diligent and honest. His family business was not defeated, but he became much bigger. After a few years, I don’t know who told the Master that the reason why the Master was so lucky was that it was the reincarnation of the Buddhist son and was protected by the gods. This was how everything went smoothly and safely it was.

The Buddha's son came to the world, which is not what the serious temple talks about. This is the Luo Sect, commonly known as the White Lotus Sect in the world, and this branch in Shandong is called the Maitreya Sect. These sects are all deceiving the foolish villagers to use up their family property, or they are cults that take advantage of the chaos to start a cult that dreams of the world.

There are village guards everywhere in Shandong, villages and towns, and armed salt gangs in the city. There are garrisons from all walks of life. There are spies from the Inspectorate Department secretly, and there are no room for cults to survive. In other words, there is still a possibility of existence in Dongchang and Yanzhou prefectures.

Master Jing, who is rich and religious, is naturally the best goal. By the 12th year of Chongzhen, Master Jing was already the deputy leader of the Maitreya Cult, the leader of the Maitreya Cult, and the saints, who thought that he had found a big financial master and could play with Master Jing in his palm.

Who would have thought that this young master also had the means. I don’t know if he was confused by reading books or smart, he paid attention to his unpredictable personal thoughts and what kind of decisive decisions were. One night, he invited the top and bottom leaders of the Maitreya Sect to have a drink, and ambushed some of the strong men from the village who had been in contact with him. When he was drunk, he cut them all over and hit them in a sack and buried them in his back garden as fertilizer.

After this time, Master Jing became the upright leader of Maitreya. Everyone respectfully called Master Jing. Because of this banquet, it was even called the ability to achieve great things, the spirit of a king, and the profoundness of the profoundness. Could it be that he was the reincarnation of a Buddhist son, etc.

Occasionally, some ruthless tricks do not mean how talented this person is. However, the Nestorian this time frightened everyone around him. The Maitreya Sect is just a charlatan who pretends to be a god and wants to ask for money. He originally wanted to control the Nestorian to eat and drink, but who would have thought that he would be short of other people's means.

After such a thing, Master Jing became the leader again. His heart was already inflated. His family was rich and the underground network of the Maitreya Sect, and for a time he became king and dominant in the underground world of Linqingzhou and even Dongchang Prefecture. This made many powerful people in the world, the devastated Jinyiwei, and the salt owls who were suppressed and fled by Li Meng, took the initiative to come and defect. For a time, the power was getting bigger and bigger.

When the Buddha's son was reincarnated, he wanted to be the emperor. The Luo Sect worshipped Wusheng's mother, but he often used the birth of the Buddha's son to fool people. After the Nestorian Master read too much about the confusing teachings of Maitreya, his mind became confused and he felt that he could be the emperor. Moreover, Shandong's great foundation was a great foundation, but the resentment of the heavenly anger and people under Li Meng's rule. If he had a cause, he must have been the people who followed him, and he had seized this foundation and became the emperor himself.

He was indeed confused. The people around him were all frustrated who hated Li Meng and Shandong's various policies. Some of the former Jinyiwei of Shandong were all people who were irreconcilable with Li Meng. Naturally, they would not say anything good to Li Meng in front of him. They wanted to get Li Meng cramps and bones pulled out every day.

The Nestor Ninja began to think about how to turn the sky in Shandong over and build this country by himself. With his banner, more bandits, deprived gentry officials, and desperate people came to join him.

I don’t know if he is lucky or the Shandong Salt Gang is incompetent. Those scholars from the Jinyiwei in the Maitreya Sect, who have a systematic approach to dealing with the extermination of the Salt Gang and the investigation of the government. With years of experience in secret missions at the underground sect, they actually avoided the surveillance of the government and the investigation department and developed.

However, it is still a bit large in Dongchang Prefecture. Every time I go to other places, I will always be uprooted. If the Nestor-Nintendo leader had not been cruel and abandoned some pawns in time, he would have been discovered long ago.

This time, Li Meng led a large army out of Shandong to fight against the King of Breaking in Henan. The news was hidden very well, but it was difficult for the army to mobilize and hide it from the local people. After the Maitreya Sect learned the news, they would also think that there were tens of thousands of soldiers in Shandong and hundreds of thousands of soldiers. Even if Shandong was strong, it would take several months to fight.

During the stalemate time, Shandong's defense is empty, isn't it a good time to incite? This plan is reasonable.

Everything was ready. On the day Jiaozhou Camp besieged He Jin in Wuchuan, at 3 o'clock in the evening, the Maitreya scholars lit a house in the city.

The house was filled with dry firewood and tinder oil was poured on the house. After lit the fire, the fire rose into the sky, which immediately alarmed the fire everywhere. The city was on fire, which was very easy to spread. When the fire broke out here, residents everywhere would come to rescue and suddenly became in chaos.

Taking advantage of this chaos, the Maitreya religious believers who had been preparing for a long time in the city immediately launched the movement, holding weapons while causing greater chaos, while heading towards the Yanding station, the arsenal and the prefectural yamen in the city. The prosperous and prosperous Linqingzhou suddenly became uncontrollable.

At this time, the highest military officer in the city was just a guard, but this man was an acquaintance of Li Meng, who called himself Mr. Nanshan, and everyone called him Zhang Chengye of the bandits of Nanshan.
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