Reborn Regent of Ming Dynasty

Now that Li Qingshan has occupied Dongping Prefecture, one point of water transportation has been pinched. The troops and passenger ships going south will stay in the south of Dongping Prefecture. There is less food and grass that was transshipped in the early stage, and the imperial court also has a lot of food in Tongzhou. There is no danger of food shortage for a while...but I am afraid that it will take too long.

At the beginning of the crisis, the imperial court worried that the water transportation would not be interrupted for a long time, and Li Qingshan was a thieves and bandits, so he was not a real threat. The Ministry of War established the principle of appeasement and ordered Shandong governor Ni Chong to contact Li Qingshan personally to discuss the matter of appeasement.

This dragged on for more than a month, and recently Ni Chong's memorabilia had been sent to the Department of General Affairs, but Li Qingshan refused to appease him, and killed the envoy Ni Chong sent.

"Since Li Qingshan refuses, I will ask him to do so, so I have to send troops to him." The person who spoke was Chen Xinjia, the newly appointed Minister of the Ministry of War, a native of Changshou, Sichuan, who was elected in the Wanli year. He didn't have much chance to be promoted. In the first year of Chongzhen, he was transferred to be a member of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs. Later, he was promoted to be a doctor, and then to prepare for the Ningqian Taoist soldiers. Later, he was promoted to the censor of Zuoqian capital, governor of Xuanfu, and began to formally enter the high-level officials of the Ming Dynasty.

His promotion is inseparable from Yang Sichang's appreciation. During Ningqian and Xuanfu, Yang Sichang gradually grasped the real power, and later invoked Xin Jia to enter the court as the Minister of the Ministry of War. He was regarded as one of Yang Sichang's most effective assistants in the Ministry of War. Later, Yang Sichang recommended Fu Zonglong is the chief commander of the army, but Fu Zonglong is arrogant and straightforward, and has repeatedly contradicted Chongzhen in public. He said that the affairs of the world are the hardships of the people. [

In the 12th year of Chongzhen, Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, made a report to protect Liu Zhaoji as the commander-in-chief of the regiment. Fu Zonglong also agreed. Too much time.

After Chen Xinjia took office, he was not as good as Fu Zonglong in terms of integrity, but he was consistent with his mission and quick in response, and everything was done according to the emperor's will. Chongzhen did his best to do everything assigned by Chongzhen, so he quickly succeeded in favor and became a very trusted military department of Chongzhen. Shangshu.

He is shrewd and capable, and dares to take responsibility. At this time, he tapped the table with his fingers a few times, and then made up his mind: "The imperial court will never be helpless in front of a thieves."

Under Chen Xinjia is Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War, and at the level of Shilang, he is also a hall official, and he can be regarded as the deputy of the soldier.

Immediately, he bowed his body and said to Chen Xinjia: "Since the troops are to be transferred, the lower officials thought it would be better to transfer them nearby."

The right servant said: "Then order the governor of Shandong to lead the pacesetters from the headquarters to send troops."

Zuo Shilang smiled and said: "Governor Ni has only been in office for more than a year. At the beginning, he had less than a thousand soldiers, but now there are only two thousand infantry and less than a thousand horsemen. It is still difficult for these people to guard Jinan. If the rebels go along the river So what if the soldiers are thin in Linqing? Therefore, Fubiao in Shandong not only cannot go south, but also needs to move the town to Linqing to make sure."

"Since you say that, Jinan can't lose."

"So this kind of force is definitely not enough." Zuo Shilang smiled and said, "We need to ask Da Sima to make a decision."

While the two servants were discussing, Chen Xinjia kept frowning and refused to speak out.He is a bureaucrat of Sichuan origin, and has no deep relationship with any party in the court. In terms of the party, he is the Yang Sichang party through and through. Apart from that, he just hugged the thigh of Emperor Chongzhen.

There are two servants in front of me, the left servant is from the Donglin Party, and the right servant is from Beizhili. They definitely don't want to see Donglin grow up, so there is a tendency to fight against the left servant.

Only then did Chen Xinjia feel a little headache.

Back then, Zhang Shouren galloped to Jinan and managed to secure the provincial capital without losing anything. However, Qiu Lei, the commander-in-chief of Shandong Township at that time, was ambushed and defeated on the way to aid Jinan.Shandong Town was empty and fell into a state of emptiness.

At that time, Ni Chong was also an empty governor and had no soldiers to transfer. It was at that time that Zhang Shouren was able to extend his power into Jinan, get his hands on Dongchang, and consolidate Qingzhou.

After more than a year, the commander-in-chief of Shandong Town has been vacant all the time. When the imperial court appoints the commander-in-chief, he must be transferred to a senior general. Only those who have some soldiers and horses under his command can use him. Now because of the siege of Jinzhou, the imperial court is desperately going to pass. How can the Ning area have the time to manage the affairs of an inner town like Shandong?

The Ministry of War mentioned the names of several generals, including Hu Dawei and other general officers, but they knew the situation in Shandong Town, and no one wanted to come to this muddy water, so after several nominations, no one would agree. The person who came to take up the post and only thought of Jinan was strongly opposed by the governor and other civil officials in Jinan... That was Liu Zeqing.

To say that although Liu Zeqing robbed merchants in the north-south thoroughfare in the Caozhou area, blackmailed wealthy households, and robbed the common people to support his own army of more than 2 people, it was his strong Donglin background that really made Shandong officials reject him!

Donglin's base is in the south, and when the power of the court is returning to the court, from the perspective of the whole of China, South China, except for places like Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan, is almost controlled by Donglin.

In the north, because of the great power of Donglin, the civil officials could not refuse the northerners to get involved, but the northern generals always controlled the important towns of Jiubian and Denglai, Shandong and other local military towns. Fushe consolidated his power, made friends with gentry and Yanzhou aristocratic families, and reached his current position step by step, but the commander-in-chief of Shandong Town could not give it to him no matter what! [

In history, Liu Zeqing was transferred from Caozhou several times, but he always refused to take up the post for various reasons. However, the imperial court never gave him the chief soldier of Shandong Town that he wanted most.

Until the Qing soldiers entered the customs, the whole Shandong collapsed, and when everyone fled south together, Liu Zeqing first fled to Huai'an and Yangzhou, controlled the area, expanded his army, and then robbed Qiu Lei of military supplies, and falsely passed on the imperial order to force Qiu Lei Suicide, and only then did he become the boss of the Shandong Military Department.

At this moment, the connotation of the dispute between the two servants is self-evident.

Chen Xinjia groaned again and again, and finally slapped the table and said: "The master humiliated the minister to death. When I was in the Wenhua Palace today, the emperor asked about the matter of water transportation and Li Qingshan. He didn't say anything else, but Sheng Yan had a look of hidden worry. When the students saw it, they really didn't feel good... Let's make a decision like this. Liu Zeqing, the commander-in-chief, will lead his cavalry to rescue the commander-in-chief. After we've wiped out the bandits, let's talk about his reward!"