Chapter 291 Save off guests!

Sometimes, Zhang Zhun couldn't help but be a little strange. Could it be that Emperor Chongzhen really didn't know the truth about such a big incident in Shandong? Logically speaking, even if officials at all levels reasonably report good news but not bad news, he still has Jinyiwei and Dongchang! It is impossible for Jinyiwei and Dongchang to know about such a big incident? They knew it and did not report it to Chongzhen, or did Chongzhen already know it, but under pressure from all sides, he was deliberately pretending to be confused?

Well, the court does need a victory to boost morale and clear out the sluggish atmosphere. Although it was a terrible sight to be beaten by the Tartars in the north, in the south and on the coast of Shandong, it was still really chopped off hundreds of Tartars' heads, which was considered to be masturbating. Yang Wenyue caught up with such a lucky fortune.

The governor of Fujian turned out to be Xiong Wencan, and later it was Zou Weilian, both of whom were good officials. Now, Yang Wenyue took office, but he was afraid that something would happen in Fujian. The Dutch people were always unwilling to give up on Taiwan and continued to send more personnel and supplies to build a base in Taiwan. One day, the red-haired ghost would gain a foothold in Taiwan. I am afraid that Yang Wenyue would have a headache again.

Secondly, Shandong General Liu Zeqing, Denglai General Song Degang, and Laizhou Governor Li Chengdong, all left the Denglai area and led their respective troops to assemble to Yanzhou Prefecture. Although we do not know the specific reason for the assembly of officers and soldiers, it must be a big event for so many troops to assemble. Obviously, a large-scale war is about to happen in Shandong. People speculate that the gathering army is very likely to be heading north to serve the king.

Zhang Zhun, who came from later generations, knew that the troops in Shandong were not going to serve the king, but to join the battlefield in the Central Plains. Li Zicheng and others were in trouble in Henan so much that the court was preparing to send troops from Shandong and Nanzhili to cooperate with the troops of the five Central Plains provinces to suppress the rebels, hoping to completely solve Li Zicheng and others in the Central Plains region, and eliminate the roots to eliminate future troubles.

Outside, there were Tartars constantly entering the Frontier, and there were people in chaos. The court ignored the head and ignored the butts and demolished the east and west walls. As a result, neither ended, and both ends were beaten to the top. Emperor Chongzhen and the cabinet learned their mistakes and decided to adopt the policy of resolute foreign countries to defend against foreign countries. First, concentrate all forces and solve the rebel army. According to the court's estimates, the Tartars had just retired from the frontier and should not reenter the rebel army in the next one or two years. Therefore, the court must seize the time of one or two years to resolve the rebel army as soon as possible. As long as there is another carbox gorge, the rebel army will be finished.

Under such a general policy, Chen Qiyu, who was ineffective in suppressing the rebel army, would be arrested and imprisoned soon. At the same time, Hong Chengchou would soon take over as the governor of the five provinces. Hong Laojiu's killing methods were much more powerful than Chen Qiyu. If Hong Chengchou was in charge of the car box gorge, Li Zicheng and others would definitely be finished. The court had high hopes for Hong Chengchou, hoping that he would completely resolve the rebel army in one year.

In order to achieve this goal, the court spent a lot of money, mobilized 50,000 northwestern border troops, and 70,000 troops from various southern provinces. He also ordered Shandong Governor Zhu Dadian to lead 30,000 troops to participate in the war, assisting Hong Chengchou in the Central Plains, and trying to wipe out the rebels in Henan in one fell swoop. The number of officers and soldiers participating in the battle reached an astonishing 350,000. Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng and other celebrities, Cao Wenzhao, Cao Bianjiao, He Renlong and other powerful generals were all among them.

However, the court's wishful thinking was just a fight. After having the experience and lessons of the charcoal gorge, Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng and others learned their lessons. They would soon gather the heads of the rebels from various ways in Xingyang, Henan to hold a meeting. In the end, these rebels would attack in multiple ways, "dividing their troops to determine their direction", making the officers and soldiers exhausted. The rebels led by Li Zicheng directly killed Fengyang Prefecture and confiscated Zhu Yuanzhang's hometown. Emperor Chongzhen could only cry to death.

Of course, the above matters have nothing to do with Zhang Zhun for the time being. The battlefield in Henan is still far from Zhang Zhun. Now Zhang Zhun is only focused on strengthening his own strength and is not interested in participating in the fight between the two elephants. Now he has only two thousand people under his command and a population of less than 100,000. At best, he is a hedgehog. Others can't get any benefits when they hit him, but it is quite difficult for him to hit others.

However, Zhang Zhun was not going to interfere in the Central Plains battlefield, but the Central Plains battlefield came to him. On that day, Zhang Zhun was summoning officers to simulate the details of the military competition at the training ground, but Liu Hang rushed over and said to Zhang Zhun: "Sir, Shandong Metropolitan Police has documents coming."

"Official document?" Zhang Zhun asked in surprise.

It was the first time that Zhang Zhun received official documents since he was officially appointed as the commander of Aoshan Guard. In fact, both he and the government knew very well what the nature of this pleading was. It was just the peace before the storm. Therefore, governments at all levels never issued official documents to Zhang Zhun. Now a document suddenly came, which is really strange. Could it be that someone took the pleading seriously?

Liu Hang sent a document, which was indeed sent by Shandong Dusi. After reading the document, Zhang Zhun frowned. The document had nothing else, just asking for money, grain, and supplies. One thousand two hundred muskets, five thousand stones of grain, and five thousand taels of silver, were sent to Yanzhou Prefecture within one month. After reading the document, Zhang Zhun had only one feeling: I thought I was Kaizi, and I wanted it if I wanted it.

After a moment of silence, Brigadier General Zhang folded the official document and put it in his pocket, and said calmly: "Let me go here."

Liu Hang nodded and stopped paying attention to this matter. Brigadier General Zhang had his official documents and completely forgot to continue to be busy with his own affairs. The various tasks of the military competition were enough for him to wish he could divide them into thirteen hours a day. However, his forgetting of this matter does not mean that Shandong Dusi also forgot it.

"Sir, someone from Shandong Metropolitan City is here." Suddenly, Shi Liwei came to report.

"Who?" Zhang Zhun asked casually.

"Li Zhongjie, the assistant commander of the capital." Shi Liwei replied.

"Please go to the White House!" Zhang Zhun frowned and said slowly.

Zhang Zhun met with Li Zhongjie in the living room of the White House.

Li Zhongjie was chubby, not like the commander of the Du Commander Command, but like a merchant. There was too much fat on his waist, as if he had a swimming ring stuffed into his clothes. As soon as he met, Li Zhongjie said with a smile: "Brother Yulin, you are really prosperous here!"

Zhang Zhun smiled and said, "Sir, I'm laughing."

Zhang Zhun is the commander of the third rank of guards, and Li Zhongjie is the commander of the third rank of commanders. In terms of rank, the two are the same. However, Li Zhongjie is a member of the Shandong Dusi and Zhang Zhun's "superior". Zhang Zhun should call him "Master". As for whether he has sincerity, only God knows.

After Li Zhongjie exchanged greetings, he couldn't wait to say, "Brother Yulin, I don't know when the supplies from Aoshanwei will be transported? Dusi is very concerned about these supplies! He specially sent me to ask. If it is ready, I will personally escort them to Yanzhou Prefecture."

Zhang Zhun said slowly: "Sir, I believe you know that Aoshanwei and Lingshanwei are both poor and cannot be undone. Where can there be any extra money and food? The court owes everyone's money and food, but I don't know when it will be distributed! I don't know how many people have starved to death! However, I firmly support the military actions of the superiors and will never be held back! I don't think so. We don't want the money and food that the court owes us. So I ask all the masters of Dusi to send it directly to Yanzhou Prefecture."

Li Zhongjie's face suddenly became gloomy and said coldly: "Zhang Zhun, you have made great efforts to serve as the commander of Aoshan Guard this time. Without the strong recommendation of Dushi, you would never be able to hold a high position. Now there is a major military operation in Shandong. As the commander of the two guards, how can you shirk responsibility like this? Responding to the country and loyalty to the emperor is to express your actions."

Zhang Zhun said with a smile: "Sir, you are wrong. I have calculated that the court owed our military households more than 50,000 taels of silver and 120,000 shi of grain, which is ten times as required in the official documents! If you want 5,000 taels of silver, I will give 50,000 taels of grain! If you want 5,000 shi of grain, I will give 120,000 shi! This is not considered serving the country and loyal to the emperor? Then I want to ask for advice, what kind of actions are needed to serve the country and loyal to the emperor?"

Li Zhongjie said: "What the frontline needs is real materials, not numbers on the books! The court will sooner or later owed you food and wages, but the materials needed on the frontline cannot be owed. Brother Yulin, I would like to advise you that everyone is a family, don't be so distant!"

Zhang Zhun was silent for a moment and said slowly: "Or what if I personally lead my troops to Yanzhou Prefecture? We have no money, no food, no guns, and even no guns. But there are a few lives. If the front line needs it, our military households in both guards will be unruly and will go through fire and water without hesitation! Ten thousand people dare not say it, but there are still thousands of people!"

Li Zhongjie's face changed and he said flatly: "This is not necessary, you just need to provide supplies."

Zhang Zhun smiled faintly and said without any concealment: "Since that's the case, Zhang Zhun can only disobey the orders. We really have nothing but people. Sorry, I can't provide any supplies, I'm afraid I'll disappoint all the lords of Dusi."

Li Zhongjie suddenly changed his face. Unexpectedly, Zhang Zhun would refuse in person. He really didn't give him any face. He couldn't get off the stage, so he could not sternly shout: "Zhang Zhun, don't toast and not eat and punish the wine! You, the commander of the guard, gave it to you. Since you can give it to you, you can also take it back! Lord Ma Shiying of Jiangnan and Governor Ruan of Denglai, all have some opinions about you. Without Dusi's support, you can see what the consequences will be!"

Zhang Zhun smiled faintly and said lightly: "Ma Shiying, Ruan Dacheng, such a big official, but what does it have to do with me? Since you don't like me, the commander of the guard, please take it back!"

Li Zhongjie was anxious and angry and said fiercely: "You! Zhang Zhun, all the sirs from Dusi, remember you! Then, don't regret it!"

Zhang Zhun waved his hand outside disdainfully and said coldly: "Send out the guest!"

Shi Liwei came in and saw the guests off.

Li Zhongjie had to leave in disappointment.

It will be mid-November soon.

On November 11 and 12th, Zhang Zhun summoned most of the members of Shengxia Zong to hold a larger meeting in the White House in Aoshan City. This meeting was mainly held for the incense smelling sect.

Last time, Zhang Zhun was plotted in Laiyang, so he naturally would not have any good impression of the Smelling Sect. However, due to the particularity of the Smelling Sect, Zhang Zhun would not take action rashly before figuring out their situation. What he needs to do now is to clean the Aoshan Guard and Lingshan Guard to prevent the infiltration of the personnel of the Smelling Sect from entering. As long as the Smelling Sect's claws reach Zhang Zhu's controlled area, they must be cut off.

At the meeting, Zhang Zhun asked that every member of the Shengxia Sect should pay close attention to the situation around him. If he found traces of the incense smelling activities, he must report it in time. Based on the information provided by Ma Yi, he described some basic activities of the incense smelling sect and some secret codes of the incense smelling sect, so that everyone can compare.

"We are irreconcilable with the Scent of Incense!"

Zhang Zhun said in a sonorous tone.

After this meeting, the members of Shengxia Sect worked together to search for clues of the Scent of the Incense Sect. Sure enough, Aoshan City quickly arrested a group of personnel related to the Scent of the Incense Sect. However, after interrogation, they found that they were all outside the Scent of the Incense Sect and were completely unclear about the inside story of the Scent of the Incense Sect. According to Zhang Zhun's analysis, the Scent of the Incense Sect has not yet gained a foothold in Aoshanwei and Lingshanwei.

Zhang Zhun decided to expand the membership of the Shengxia Sect. The Shengxia Sect was established according to the organization of later generations and had strong penetration. With the existence of the Shengxia Sect, it was impossible for the Winter Sect to achieve great development. Therefore, after Zhang Zhun's assessment, in November, more than 100 outstanding talents from all aspects joined the Shengxia Sect. The Shengxia Sect's power grew stronger again.

During this period, Zhang Zhun also received the latest information sent by mouse. There were 5,000 soldiers in Dongjiang Town, who had recently entered Dengzhou City. The messenger exchanges between Shen Shikui, the general of Dongjiang Town, and Ruan Dacheng, the governor of Denglai. There was no doubt that this was a bad sign. If you were not mistaken, the new governor of Denglai, Ruan Dacheng, may test it out to see if he could be eradicated to prevent future troubles.

Zhang Zhun did not pay special attention to Ruan Dacheng's provocation. The soldiers came to block the generals, and the water came to cover the soil. Since you dared to come, I would dare to kill back. The Tartars were not afraid, but they were afraid that your officers and soldiers would not succeed? Therefore, Zhang Zhun continued to prepare for the military competition.

Preparations for the military competition here are in full swing. There are also people rushing over the other side, and good news keeps coming. Finally, Zhang Zhun received a formal notification from Xue Zhidie: The three Cangshan boats have been completed and can be launched.
Chapter completed!