Iron blood Suiming

() Feng Guoyong stood up, before he could say anything, tears were already streaming down his face. How could a man in his forties shed tears if he didn't really feel grief and indignation in his heart?

Feng Guoyong wiped the corners of his eyes and said: "Master, in fact, my surname is not Feng. My surname is Zheng. The concubine Zheng who died in Chongzhen three years ago is the most prominent member of my Zheng family. The next official is just a member of the Zheng family. It's just an unworthy son."

Li Kaiguo wondered: "Concubine Zheng? But the one who gave birth to King Fu?"

Feng Guoyong nodded, and said: "Exactly, because of the two cases of 'striking' and 'Hongwan' back then, the Zheng family of the lower official had a deep enmity with the Donglin Party. When Emperor Shenzong died, the Zheng family would be killed. The Donglin Party launched a full-scale attack. Without the protection of the emperor, all members of the Zheng family died, died, and escaped. The lower official was lucky enough to change his name and surname, fled to Shandong, and survived. The son of the lower official was lost when he fled back then."

Li Jianguo suddenly said: "You said you are from the Zheng family, what proof do you have?"

Feng Guoyong took out a piece of silk from his body, and said, "My lord, here is the genealogy of the Zheng family on your body, please have a look."

Li Jianguo took it over and took a look, only to see that it recorded the Zheng family from the time of the first ancestor of the Warring States period to the bottom two lines.

bright?Plus the surname is not Zheng Ming?Li Kaiguo seems to remember that General Mingjia who guards Dong'anmen in the capital seems to be called Zheng Ming.Li Kaiguo asked: "Don't you know the whereabouts of your lost son?" Later, the official reached the fourth rank. "<Whether there is someone named Zheng Ming under Sheng's name can be confirmed. <Sheng must be an unworthy child lured by the Donglin Party. It is normal for a big family to have a few unworthy descendants.

Li Jianguo temporarily cleared up his doubts. Although he still had some doubts about Feng Guoyong, he would not kill him now, and he would wait until it was verified.

At that moment, he waved his hand and said, "I will send someone to verify what you say. You go back first, do your job well, and don't disappoint my expectations."

Feng Guoyong was taken aback. He thought that Li Kai would ask in detail, but he didn't expect that he just said something, and there was a lot left to say, so Li Jianguo actually let him go.

At that moment, Feng Guoyong was so grateful that he knelt down on the ground and said excitedly: "Since your lord believes in this official so much, this official will recognize you as your lord for the rest of your life. If your lord wants to die, this official will die immediately. This official will never betray you." Your Excellency."

Li Jianguo nodded, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Okay, go back to work, you can put this matter aside for the time being, and you have to make good arrangements for tomorrow's gentry banquet."

Feng Guoyong agreed, and then withdrew.Ma Ying came out from behind the bookshelf at this time, Li Jianguo said indifferently: "Did you hear what he said clearly?"

Ma Ying nodded, and said: "I heard everything clearly, and my subordinates will find out." Li Jianguo gave a 'hmm' and said: "There was a Mingjia general named Zheng Ming in the former Dong'an Gate of the inner city of Beijing. Transferred to Luan Yiwei, you check, whether it is related to Feng Guoyong." <Sheng and Zheng Ming's names, but it happened more than 20 years ago, some things are unclear, and it is difficult to investigate, and now there is a head, that would be much easier.Immediately said: "My lord, please don't worry, this subordinate will handle this matter personally, and it will take half a month at most, and there will be a return."

Li Jianguo nodded and waved him away.After Ma Ying left, Li Jianguo secretly sent a few more people to watch Ma Ying secretly.He always felt that there was something strange about it.

On the second day, all the gentry from the counties in the eastern half of Shandong came, not to say that everyone admired Li Jianguo, but that they were all afraid of Li Jianguo.Li Jianguo's reputation for killing monsters has long been stinking on the street.Who would dare not come if any gentry under the actual control of Li Jianguo?They didn't know where Li Jianguo went out to sea, but Li Jianguo didn't come back after going out for more than [-] days, so he had to come here to clean up the dust, otherwise if Li Jianguo was unhappy, everyone would have a hard time good.

It's not that every gentry doesn't want to come. Some gentry have merchants at home, but they are looking forward to some chance to meet Li Jianguo and talk about the salt and grain business.

That's all for salt. Eastern Shandong has never been an important place for grain production. Why do these gentry come to talk about grain?It turned out that Cheng Yi, the secretary of agriculture, took Li Jianguo's Shangfang sword and opened up wasteland everywhere.He actually replanted a round of rice at a time when it shouldn't be planted.Under the special sea breeze and warm current this year, the growth is only a little worse than that planted according to the season.

The gentry were all experts in growing grain, but they were forced to be convinced by Cheng Yi.Coupled with the frequent wars in the west this year and the shortage of food, some grain merchants thought of the sudden extra rice.

But only Li Jianguo can decide on such a major event, and others don't have the guts to make the decision.Therefore, all the gentry and businessmen gathered in Lingshanwei, bringing the best cooks and the best dishes, and held a banquet at the only Yuelai Winery in Lingshanwei that allowed ten tables to be held at a time.

At noon, Li Jianguo and Wei Chuping arrived at Yuelai Winery on time.Fan Zongquan led the gentry to greet Li Jianguo at the gate of the winery. When he saw Li Jianguo, he immediately knelt down with a team of nearly a hundred people and said in unison: "Greetings, my lord."

Li Jianguo raised his hand and said: "Get up, I'm here to drink and eat today, and these big rules are all waived. You are all famous people in each county, and the counties have been quite quiet recently. It is the credit of all of you, and I will never forget it."

Fan Zongquan and other gentry smiled and said: "It's all thanks to your lord. Your lord governs the army rigorously and doesn't disturb the people. The common people are grateful and love you very much. So this is all thanks to your lord. Little people Don’t dare to take credit for waiting. The banquet is ready, sir, please come in.”

Li Jianguo smiled slightly, these flattering words also have bones, it seems that these gentry are not convinced.As for not disturbing the people, Li Kaiguo's soldiers did not make trouble for the gentry and merchants, and even killed a good number of merchants in order to stabilize prices, so they talked about the common people, but did not say a word about the gentry and merchants.

Li Kaiguo stepped forward, followed by a small family, and hundreds of soldiers surrounded the winery, and no one else dared to approach.Li Jianguo sat down at the main seat, and the leading figures in the counties accompanied him respectfully. look.