The supervisory troops and military preparations sent by Emperor Taichang made a lot of troubles in Qufu and got nothing, so they had to go to Dengzhou Mansion to take office in anger.
All the officials in Dengzhou Prefecture, except the magistrate of Penglai County who did not like the fireworks of the world, were bribed by Liu Zhaosun.
The imperial court sent two nails, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to nail him into the officialdom of Dengzhou.
The Confucius incident marked the beginning of a break between Kaiyuan and the imperial court.
From then on, the enemies Liu Zhaosun faced were not only the slave Mongols, but also the Ming Dynasty.
Besieged on all sides?
Then let's kill everyone.
No matter what the road ahead is, you just have to bite the bullet and go on.
In late October, Kang Yingqian and Qiao Yiqi divided into two groups and rushed to Deng and Lai Prefectures.
Marquis Pingliao allocated thirty thousand taels of silver to each of them as public relations funds.
After the two of them arrived in Laizhou, they began to manage the affairs from top to bottom. They were governors, supervisors of the army, soldiers and road officers, magistrates of counties, and even the county magistrates and officials sent money.
Not a penny was left of the 60,000 taels of silver spent. Except for Ge Zhixian and Governor Yuan, more than a hundred officials in Deng and Lai accepted the money and accepted the presence of Marquis Pingliao in Wendeng.
Compared with the court, which frequently defaulted on salary arrears, Ping Liaohou, who was bold and aggressive, was obviously more popular with everyone.
Once the relationship is established, things will be much easier to handle.
Liu Zhaosun plans to occupy Jinzhou and Fuzhou as soon as possible next year, completely control Weihaiwei and Penglai Changdao, and turn the Weihai-Jinzhou waterway into his own golden waterway.
Silk, tea, porcelain, cane sugar and other goods sold in the south are concentrated in Penglai Changdao and then transported to Jinzhou. Mink skin, ginseng and other goods from Liaodong will enter the mainland from Jinzhou. In this way, huge land transportation costs can be saved.
In fact, the greatest significance of this channel is not the transportation of goods, but the flow of people.
To put it bluntly, through shipping, the surplus population in the pass is continuously absorbed and enriched in Liaodong.
Just like Zhu Yuanzhang did in the early Ming Dynasty, he recruited 400,000 military households to Liaodong at once, such a generous move.
Refugees from North Zhili, Shandong and even South Zhili can be transported from Dengzhou to Liaodong to provide labor for the development of Liaodong.
As long as Jiannu has not been completely eliminated, as long as Hetuala has not been swept away and plowed, then Liaodong will be the base of Ping Liaohou, so his main focus must be on the five cities of Liaodong.
Unknowingly, Huang Taiji has been silent for a year, and I don't know what he is up to.
The intelligence situation is weak and it is temporarily impossible to penetrate Hetuala.
In fact, Liu Zhaosun and Ba Beile had not really fought against each other. During the bloody battle in Hunhe River, Huang Taiji saw the collapse of the two yellow flags, so he chose to negotiate peace with Liu Zhaosun.
The enemy you don't understand is often the most terrifying.
In the past few days, Liu Zhaosun felt a little uneasy.
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Some members of the Intelligence Bureau stayed in Qufu, and with them there was also a flag force soldier from the No. 2000 Headquarters, about 100 people.
The soldiers cooperated with the intelligence team and were responsible for monitoring the county magistrate Jiang Fang and protecting the Kaiyuan Chamber of Commerce's trade around Qufu.
Of course, their external identities are all servants of the magistrate's house.
Due to his meritorious service in defending the land, killing Wenxiang Sect rebellious people and injuring 108 people, Jiang Fang, the county magistrate, not only was not punished, but was also commended by the court.
This powerless county magistrate with no background was rewarded with five hundred taels of silver, and the court also gave his wife a royal title.
Although Emperor Taichang treated Jiang Zhixian well.
However, Jiang Fang finally boarded Liu Zhaosun's pirate ship.
This time, Kaiyuan soldiers cut down Konglin and transported hundreds of thousand-year-old trees to North Korea. This Chiang County magistrate was the first to do so.
If this matter spreads out, Magistrate Jiang may be cut into pieces.
This civil servant with a Jinshi background was originally afraid of the imperial court.
When he witnessed the Kaiyuan Army's rapid defeat of the Wenxiang Sect and the eunuch Zhang Tigan's inability to do anything to Liu Zhaosun, he concluded that Marquis Pingliao was the real dragon. He ignored the magnanimous kindness of the emperor in the capital and completely surrendered to Liu Zhaosun.
Under the operation of Jiang Zhixian, many of Yanshenggong's businesses in Qufu, such as rice shops, Nanhuo shops, brothels and restaurants, a total of 73 shops, were almost all controlled by the Kaiyuan Chamber of Commerce.
The shop needed shopkeepers, but the people brought by the Ministry of Civil Affairs were quickly used up. Xie Yang and others suggested that the general manager of each battalion temporarily come over to be the shopkeeper for a few days, but Deng Changxiong and other military generals scolded him and told him to get out.
The big and powerful households around Qufu do not dare to pursue these shops.
They knew that the financial backer behind the shop was Magistrate Jiang, and the person behind Magistrate Jiang was the Marquis of Ping Liao who massacred the Wenxiang Sect. No one wanted to mess with such a ruthless character.
At the end of October, Marquis Pingliao led the remaining soldiers back to Wendeng County. When passing by Dengzhou Prefecture, he went to the city to visit Yuan Keli.
Yuan Keli has become thinner, with more gray hair between his temples, making him look much older.
In the past two months, Yuan Keli had been worried. Yuan Keli had heard about what Liu Zhaosun was doing in Yanzhou.
This civil servant with upright character now regrets that he summoned the original army to assist Shandong, which led to the danger of raising tigers.
But the matter has come to this, and there is no use regretting it. Fortunately, Liu Zhaosun did not harm the people, which made Yuan Keli feel a little comforted.
The official residence of the governor of Dengzhou Fucheng.
"I heard that Marquis Pingliao opened a warehouse to store grain in Confucius' mansion and saved thousands of refugees. He was really compassionate."
Liu Zhaosun felt ashamed in his heart: "Wenxiang caused chaos in Qufu and harmed many people. Seeing the people suffering makes me feel uncomfortable. Unfortunately, I am incompetent and can only do my little bit."
Yuan Keli nodded and praised:
"Okay! Marquis Ping Liao has high aspirations and cares about the people of the world. He is indeed a true hero. With Marquis Ping Liao here, Shandong will have no worries! When you are young and become famous, you must guard against arrogance and impetuosity, and you must not show off your sharpness."
Marquis Pingliao stood up and bowed again, and said seriously:
"Juniors, please remember Governor Yuan's teachings!"
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On the last day of the tenth month of the lunar calendar in the second year of Taichang, Marquis Pingliao led everyone back to Wendeng County.
Unknowingly, it is the Xiaoxue solar term, and it has been more than two months since I left Jinzhou Fuhai in August.
Sun Chuanting reported in September that the wave of Fengyang refugees in Kaiyuan who had deceived the public with their monstrous words had been pacified.
Sun Chuanting also mentioned in the Tangbao that he was busy organizing the autumn harvest of households. The weather in Liaodong this year was extremely cold, and the growth of upland rice and sorghum was not good.
Liu Zhaosun knew that the Little Glacier weather had arrived.
Fortunately, tens of thousands of tons of grain were seized in Shandong this year, otherwise there would have been another great famine in Liaodong.
Anyway, it’s time to return to Liaodong.
After the Wenxiang Sect was pacified in September, about 15,000 soldiers in Dengzhou and Yanzhou gathered at Weihaiwei under the command of President Qian. In early October, the soldiers took boats from Weihaiwei to cross the Liaohai Sea. Withdrew to Liaodong in batches.
Sun Chuanting dispatched the Kaiyuan Army's 5,000th headquarters troops to respond in Jinzhou.
By the end of October, the main force of Kaiyuan soldiers gradually withdrew to Liaodong.
Excluding the recent recruits, the Kaiyuan Army remaining in Wendeng at this time was about 5,000 people, including 1,000 cavalry.
Among them, 2,500 soldiers will stay in Wendeng to guard, and the remaining 2,500 will return to Liaodong with Ping Liaohou.
It's November in the Bohai Sea, and the wind is strong and the waves are high. Jin Yuji is pregnant for five months, how can she bear the cold weather and the bumpy boat and carriage?
Liu Zhaosun decided to leave her to recuperate in Wendeng.
It happens that the winter here is warmer and much more comfortable than Kaiyuan.
On that day, Liu Zhaosun led his troops into the city from the west gate.
From a distance, I saw the instructor Senti standing on a broken carriage and preaching about the benefits of joining Kaiyuan. In front of the carriage stood refugees, some of whom were neatly dressed. They probably heard that farming in Liaodong was rent-free, so they planned to go there with their families.
"In Kaiyuan, you have land to grow, clothing to wear, enough food to eat, and meat to eat every day. Ordinary households, listen clearly, I am talking about ordinary households, and they are better off than the servants in Dengzhou Prefecture. good!"
"The most important thing is that only those who go to Liaodong can drink Master Liu's porridge! General Liu's money and food do not fall from the sky! They are earned with swords and guns. Why does he work so hard? It's just for you!"
After shouting, Senti turned around and looked at an instructor beside the carriage, and whispered:
"Did you hear that? Say it like this."
After saying that, he handed the paper trumpet in his hand to the instructor. The man stretched out his hands to take it, quickly jumped on the carriage, spoke with a strong Shanxi accent, and continued to brainwash this group of refugees...
Soon a group of refugees came to the big pot and, under the command of the soldiers, began to line up to receive the porridge.
During this attack on Yanzhou, Senti did not accompany the army. Instead, he stayed in Wendeng and continued to recruit refugees with Qi Jin and others.
Over the past two months, more than 5,000 refugees have been recruited. Most of the refugees are willing to serve as soldiers and have little interest in farming.
The quota for the 5,000th headquarters was full, and Qi Jin suggested that Marquis Pingliao add a 6,000th headquarters. By the time Liu Zhaosun returned to Wendeng, the 6,000th headquarters had already recruited two thousand recruits. Qi Jin is training them intensively.
"It's really changing with each passing day."
Liu Zhaosun looked at the young instructor from horseback and marveled.
Thanks to the chain reaction caused by the Wenxiang Cult riots, refugees are everywhere from South Zhili to Gyeonggi, and the number is several times more than in previous years.
This gave Liu the conditions to recruit Sun Bingbing.
Of course, more importantly, the siege of the Wenxiang Sect and the elimination of the Confucian Mansion allowed Pingliao Marquis to obtain nearly two million taels of silver. Although more than 100,000 taels were distributed to Shandong officials, at least one hundred thousand taels finally fell into the hands of Liu Zhaosun. Five hundred thousand taels.
In addition to cash, there was also a huge amount of grain and cloth. Kang Yingqian made a rough estimate and found that the cloth seized this time was enough to replace each of the 30,000 villagers in Kaiyuan with a new cotton-padded jacket.
These are the conditions for Ping Liaohou to explode his troops.
In fact, in just three months after the Kaiyuan Army entered Shandong, Senti Qi Jin and others recruited a total of 2,000 headquarters soldiers, and recruited and trained more than 6,000 soldiers.
This speed of detonation actually far exceeded Liu Zhaosun's expectations.
According to this development, after next spring, that is, five months later, the Kaiyuan Army will expand to at least eight thousand headquarters and more than 25,000 elite soldiers.
With 25,000 elites, they can directly attack southern Liaoning and unify Liaodong in advance.
Liu Zhaosun suddenly thought of Jin Yuji and rode up to Senti, who was spitting. The young chief instructor was still busy teaching his subordinates skills and did not notice Marquis Pingliao at all.
"Instructor Mori."
Marquis Pingliao patted Senti on the shoulder. Senti looked back and was shocked and saluted quickly.
"No need to be formal. I heard what you just said, and it was very good."
Liu Zhaosun praised the Dongguan boy and told him:
"I am going back to Liaodong, so Wendeng will be handed over to you and General Qi. General Anyuan is pregnant and tired of traveling and traveling, so it is inconvenient for her to come with me. She will stay in Wendeng first and needs a few maids to serve her."
Senti listened and listened. I was overjoyed when I heard that Marquis Ping Liao said that he and Qi Jin would stay in Wendeng for the winter.
Unlike this ambitious trainer, Qi Jin only focused on selecting and training troops, and repeatedly studied the tactics of each branch of the army.
It can be said that this is a professional officer, and his desire for power is not strong.
If only Qi Jin and Sen Ti were left in Wendeng, then the power of Wendeng would basically be in the hands of this young instructor.
Dongguan Zai is only eighteen years old this year and has a flexible mind. He soon realized that Marquis Ping Liao valued him and wanted to expand the power of the instructor.
Thinking of this, how could he not feel excited?
"Sir, please rest assured that your subordinates will definitely assist General Qi in collecting Wen Deng!"
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On that day, the instructor personally brought more than twenty maids to Marquis Pingliao to choose.
"so many people?"
Liu Zhaosun held Jin Yuji's arm and talked and laughed.
In the corridor of the county government office, a row of maids stood in darkness. Most of them were natives of Dengzhou and were tall.
Senti stood aside and looked at Marquis Pingliao carefully.
"I can take care of myself and don't need anyone to accompany me."
Liu Zhaosun pointed at Jin Yuji's bulging belly, leaned close to her ear, and smiled:
"Madam, you don't know that he is much more important than me. Kang Yingqian kept asking questions every day, for fear that you wouldn't take good care of him..."
Jin Yuji glared at Liu Zhaosun and pretended to be angry:
"Guanren, do you care about him or me?"
Liu Zhaosun laughed.
After time travel, you will also encounter the classic proposition of saving your mother first and your wife first.
He reached out and took out an exquisite wooden box from the sleeve of his robe.
"Of course I care about you."
"Officer, what is this?"
"Your favorite pastry is a specialty of the Kong family. It's the only one in the world. It's a pity that it will never happen again. I brought back a few boxes. Madam, please try it."
The maids stood on the corridor, looking towards this side.
The Wenxiang Sect was in chaos, and many large families in Dengzhou were wiped out. These maids finally came to Wendeng after many twists and turns. They were lucky to save their lives. Hearing that Lord Commander-in-Chief was looking for a maid, the maids scrambled to get her.
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Liu Zhaosun looked at Jin Yuji.
"Madam, we are separated by mountains and seas, and we have to be separated. We haven't seen each other for two months. If you miss me, write a letter. I will write to you in Kaiyuan. When you come back, we can read it to the children together, okay?"
