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Chapter 236 Li Qingshan rises, Zhang Xianzhong loses

According to the information sent back by Xunfengwei, Shandong was also hit by severe drought, locust plagues, and rampant plague this year.

Official uniforms were levied and imposed violently, and many places in Shandong were starved to death, with corpses littering the fields.

Li Qingshan was originally a butcher in Shouzhangji. He practiced martial arts since he was a child and became strong and strong with extraordinary arms.

He had a small fortune and was a generous man, so many thieves and refugees from the surrounding area took refuge under him.

In fact, he is a powerful country man.

In June and July, a great famine also broke out in Shandong. Not only did rice prices skyrocket, some unscrupulous merchants deliberately hoarded grain and did not sell it, hoping to wait for rice prices to continue to rise.

Li Qingshan took people to a grain store to buy grain. He had a conflict with the shopkeeper and accidentally beat him to death.So they robbed the grain store and gathered a crowd in Shouzhang to revolt.

At that time, Shandong was like a pile of hay on a hot day, which would catch fire if it touched sparks.Not to mention that Li Qingshan was a powerful local man and had a group of people to support him, so his team grew rapidly after the uprising.

According to the latest information from Xunfengwei who was mixed in, Li Qingshan's nominal followers numbered more than [-].

However, Li Qingshan has not attacked the city so far. He mainly captured the gate (also a tax customs) on the northern canal of Yanzhou, as well as some surrounding market towns and villages.

Li Qingshan's rebels did not completely block water transportation. They still allowed water ships and merchant ships to pass through, but they had to withhold [-]% of the food and goods on passing ships.

When Liu Sheng saw this information, he couldn't help but admire that Li Qingshan was a smart man, or that he had smart people under him.

If Li Qingshan completely blocks water transportation and the capital is in danger of being cut off from water supplies, it will definitely ignore him and immediately mobilize heavy troops to destroy him.

But he only withheld part of the grain and goods, and the Ming court's reaction was not so drastic.

After Li Qingshan's uprising, he claimed to be Qu Kui (leader). He appointed Wang Linchen, a scholar from Dongping, as military adviser, and Ai Shuangshuang, a geisha from Jianghu, as general marshal. He also appointed more than a dozen people from various parties who responded to the uprising or came to join him as marshals. The momentum was huge and the team grew. Extremely fast.

Recently, Li Qingshan occupied Liangshanji, which was the former Shuibo Liangshan.I don’t know if the people of Shandong were too heavily influenced by "Water Margin", but Li Qingshan and others actually planned to have the Ming court order them to be safe.

Xunfengwei, who was mixed in, felt that Li Qingshan's being ordered by the imperial court to be safe was not conducive to the Gui tribe, so he hurriedly sent back the latest information.

Liu Sheng had read a lot of novels about the late Ming Dynasty, but he had no impression of Li Qingshan. He guessed that his uprising was not too big or he did not last long.

However, judging from the current situation, if Li Qingshan can continue to cause trouble near the Shandong Canal, he will indeed attract a lot of attention from the Ming court.

This will buy more time for the development of the Ministry of Finance.

It happened that Yanzhou was not far from the area currently controlled by Weibu, so Liu Sheng wanted to send someone to persuade Li Qingshan.

After thinking about it, Liu Sheng still felt that Yan Ermei was the most suitable for this task - Song Xiance was also good, but not as reliable as Yan Ermei.

However, Yan Ermei is now in charge of the government affairs of Dengzhou, and is also in charge of the affairs of Neixiang and Xichuan. At the same time, he is also the staff officer of the Fourth Division of the Standing Army, so it is difficult to leave for a while.

However, Song Xiance is now in Ruyang, so it is very convenient to mobilize him.

'Many matters here in North America have come to an end. It seems that it's time for me to go out and do things again. '

Thinking of this, Liu Sheng took the initiative and finished the diced fruits in the fruit plate in a short time.

Then he picked up Li Xiangyun and carried her up to the second floor.

After the past few days of communication, Liu Sheng discovered that this 16-year-old girl had more potential than he expected, so the development progress was much faster.

This time he went out and didn't know how many months it would take to come back. Naturally, he had to speed up the development progress to prevent Li Xiangyun from being dissatisfied.

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August sixteen.

Ruyang Fucheng, Generalissimo Xinghua's Mansion.Song Xiance came in, bowed and said, "See you, Marshal."

"No need to be polite." Liu Sheng stood up with a smile and walked down.

For some reason, he always liked to approach Song Xiance when talking to him, maybe because it was easier to pat Song Xiance on the shoulder.With Song Xiance's height, anyone would feel comfortable patting him on the shoulder.

"Old Song, I have a job here that you must do."

Hearing this, Song Xiance immediately remembered the conversation he had last time before Liu Sheng asked him to go on an envoy to break into the army. He suddenly felt that the hand on his shoulder had become heavier. He couldn't help but said: "My subordinates are scared. I don't know what is going on?"

"Have you heard about the Shandong Li Qingshan Rebel Army?"

"I've heard some rumors that this person has gathered 10,000+ people to block water transportation."

Liu Sheng smiled and said: "Li Qingshan only occupied a section of the canal, and it is true that he gathered a crowd of 10,000+. This person intends to ask the imperial court to order them to be safe. I hope you can persuade Li Qingshan for me and tell him that he will not end well if he receives the order." ···”

Then, Liu Sheng gave Song Xiance some good advice.

Song Xiance was sweating after hearing this.

It's not that he was scared, but it was already relatively hot in this hall.

After speaking, Liu Sheng looked at Song Xiance and asked, "I have already told you in such detail. Old Song should be confident in convincing Li Qingshan, right?"

Song Xiance smiled bitterly, "Commander, my subordinates have never seen Li Qingshan and don't know who he is. How can I be sure?"

Liu Sheng smiled and patted Song Xiance's other shoulder and said, "Don't worry, as long as you let him know that our department is willing to assist you with a batch of salt and weapons, he will never hurt you, and he might even kill you." Treat me as a distinguished guest.”

Song Xiance smiled helplessly, "My subordinates understand and will try their best to complete this matter."

After Song Xiance left, Liu Sheng looked at the large map on the screen in the palace and began to think deeply.

Aiding Li Qingshan and persuading Li Qingshan to persist in rebelling against the Ming Dynasty can only be regarded as his idle chess.It's best if it works, and there's not much loss if it doesn't work.

He will not change the Ministry's original strategic plan because of this incident.

Therefore, after the autumn harvest, he still sent troops to at least capture the entire Hubei.

As for the north, the Ming court will probably take action after the autumn harvest.Even if the Ming Dynasty did not move, Li Zicheng would probably attack Kaifeng again - for the Chuang army, it would be easier to attack Kaifeng Mansion eastward than to cross the Yellow River and march northward.

To the east, with Li Qingshan making trouble in Yanzhou, Ming Dynasty must have no time to move the eastern front of the Yanbei.

Therefore, after the autumn harvest, he should not be affected by other directions when he attacks Huguang.

"Commander, Brigadier Ma, please see me!"

The guard outside the palace gate sent a message to Liu Sheng to come to his senses and immediately said: "Let him come in."

After entering, Ma Jinshui bowed and handed over a translated message, saying: "Commander, Zhang Xianzhong was defeated by Zuo Liangyu in Huangpi a few days ago. He was subsequently pursued and defeated in Macheng and Luotian.

According to the latest intelligence from the Huangzhou Prefecture News and Wind Guards, Zhang Xianzhong has only a thousand people left, and they have fled into the Dabie Mountains, most likely to join up with the five Ge Zuo tribes. "

Liu Sheng was not surprised when he heard this.

After he took the information and read it carefully, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Lao Zhang, Lao Zhang, I have shown you the way, why did you still give it to Zuo Liangyu in vain?
Recalling the battle with the Chuang army in Jitan, Liu Sheng couldn't help but wonder whether he was influenced by the aura of history and overestimated the military capabilities of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.

　Second more.

　　Good night~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)