Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 1190 Qingzhou has King Qi

Qingzhou, together with Yanzhou, is one of the nine ancient states. It has been an important town in Qilu since ancient times. It has been the political and economic center of Shandong from the Han Dynasty to the early Republic of China.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang sealed King Qi here because he had high hopes for him.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's design, King Qi should guard Shandong together with King Lu for the imperial court, and at the same time serve as the backing of King Yan. When he went out to fight, he would go out to Kaiping to defend Youyan. To prevent the Mongols from Liaodong from stealing their homes.

King Qi went out to draw a few times and performed very well. Moreover, there are fans like the Wu family in the army who help him encourage and cheer for him, but his reputation has always been bad.

Because he is known to be a cruel pervert.

How cruel is King Qi? I've said it many times before, and I've said enough about the various ways to kill and torture people. Just by telling one thing, you can tell how terrifying he is -

The yamen of the Shandong Capital Commander's Office was located in Qingzhou, and was governed in the same city as the Prince of Qi's Mansion. Shandong Du Si Ping Bao'er was the adopted son of the current emperor, Boss Zhu. He was the highest military officer of a province from the first rank. He was so frightened by his atrocities that he applied to move his yamen to Jinan and did not dare to stay with him.

But King Qi was much more experienced than King Lu. Those who dared to go to Beijing to complain were stopped by him on the way, and then the whole family went to the underworld to reunite. Officials who dare to meddle in other people's affairs will always encounter various accidents for no apparent reason and die unexpectedly in office.

Moreover, he required the Shandong Dusi, Chief Secretary, Administrative Bureau and various government offices to come to visit him on time in strict accordance with the imperial court's requirements and to listen to his orders.

You must know that the Shandong Chief Secretary and the Anchasi Yamen are located in Jinan. If you strictly follow the court regulations and meet the King of Qi twice a month and the King of Lu twice a month, then you don't have to do anything else this month, and you are all on the road. But what can they do if they encounter a tyrannical master like Lao Qi?
We can only rush from Jinan to Qingzhou on time, then go to Yanzhou, and finally take a boat back to Jinan from Yanzhou. The time spent in the Yamen is no more than five days per month, and all official business has to be handled on the road...

In fact, this is barely bearable. After all, it is a rule of the imperial court, and it is reasonable for King Qi to demand strict implementation. However, he also arbitrarily stipulated that all official documents sent to the imperial court by the civil and military yamen must be inspected by the Qi Fan ceremony before they can be submitted.

This is obviously because they are afraid that they will complain to Boss Zhu. And it's obviously against the rules. Because strictly speaking, the vassal kings were not the direct superiors of local officials. They only served as symbols of imperial power in each province and had the power to supervise and guide local civil and military affairs.

Unless there are special circumstances, the feudal king cannot directly intervene in local affairs. In other words, it is okay to check once in a while, but you cannot formulate a rule and check without exception. That is obviously ultra vires.

The only exception was Lao Liu, but that was because Yunnan had just opened, the situation was extremely complicated, and it was located in a remote area, so Zhu Yuanzhang specially ordered him to take charge of all military and political affairs and control the civil and military affairs of the province and Guizhou.

King Qi is in the hinterland of Shandong, but he insists on being the companion of Lao Liu. This is obviously an overstep. But all the officials who dared to have objections either committed suicide suddenly or suffered misfortune. The remaining people were trembling and had no choice but to comply with his request.

As a result, King Qi's arrogance was further enhanced. He unscrupulously controlled Shandong's relay system, and the entire defense of Qingzhou Prefecture was also in his hands, turning Qingzhou into his own independent kingdom.

But these days, the king is anxious every day, gets angry every day, and kills people every day...

Everyone in Prince Qi's mansion was on tenterhooks, walking on tiptoes and not daring to take a breath, for fear of being noticed by him and becoming his punching bag.

"Where are the people? Where are they dead?!" In the end, Lao Qi caught the opportunity and said: "The tea will be cold even if you drink it! Come on, drag Eunuch Sihu down and beat him to death!"

"Your Majesty, please forgive me..." The eunuch who was waiting outside the palace was so distraught that he knelt down and cried: "Your Majesty said yesterday that the tea was too hot and beat the villain's master to death. The villain just let him go today." It's cold. "I can't even make a cup of tea. What's the use of keeping you master and disciple?" As soon as Lao Qi waved his hand, the guard dragged the eunuch Si Hu into the courtyard. He was tied to a bloody stake and began to whip.

The sound of the whip piercing the flesh and the painful screams of the eunuchs came from outside into the palace, which frightened the palace people. However, His Highness Prince Qi closed his eyes in enjoyment and said leisurely: "I heard your pipa language tonight, like this. Listening to the fairy music, my ears are temporarily bright..."

That perverted energy made the palace people even more terrified.

Amidst the sound of the whip, the chamberlain whispered: "Your Majesty, Master Wang, Commander Zhu and Mr. Duan want to see you."

"Let them in quickly." King Qi finally regained his energy, rubbed his face, and sat up from the recliner.

"Meet the prince." After the three people came in, they paid homage meticulously.

"Get up." King Qi greeted the three people in a deep voice, and then asked the real Wang: "Master Wang, how are things going?"

"Go back to the prince." The immortal Wang Zhenren replied respectfully: "Ten gangs and six sects, five hundred and twenty incense halls, all notifications have been completed - the full moon remains the same, and the plan remains unchanged!"

"Oh, it would be nice if we could take action in advance." King Qi rubbed his forehead irritably.

"It's been almost a month since Tao Zhenren's failed assassination attempt. That's too much time for Lao Liu!"

"There is no way around this." Qingzhou Guard Commander Zhu Yong said with a wry smile: "We have already promised to start the incident on August 15th. If we start the incident in a hurry without notifying it in place, it will definitely lead to a mess."

"That's better than giving Lao Liu time to prepare calmly!" King Qi insisted on his opinion.

Wang Zhenren, Zhu Yong and Mr. Duan looked at each other in confusion, saying that the prince's fear of his sixth brother was deep in his bones.

"Your Majesty, calm down, there is nothing we can do about it." Mr. Duan actually has some connection with Lao Liu. His name is Duan Shi, and he is the last steward of the Duan family in Dali. After being captured by the Southern Army and taken prisoner in the capital, he was sent to the capital by Zhu Yuanzhang. Qingzhou, let Lao Qi take care of it.

Lao Qi valued him very much and appointed him as a professor in his palace, using his experience to assist him.

Duan Shi hated Lao Zhu's family deeply, so naturally he was happy to give advice to Lao Qi. "The excuse for the uprising in Shandong province is to support the people of Yanzhou in resisting the tyranny of King Lu. Therefore, only if Yanzhou starts the uprising, will other places have a reason to follow suit. Then the prince can logically send troops to Yanzhou to control the situation."

"So before the Yanzhou uprising, how can other places launch an advance in advance?" Duan Shi sighed and said, "And King Lu's 'chicken-cutting meeting' has been ruined. It's still unclear whether Yanzhou can launch the uprising as scheduled."

"So it's all Lao Liu's fault!" Lao Qi smacked the table angrily: "Since I was a child, as long as I get involved with him, I will never have anything good for me!"

(End of this chapter)