Reborn Regent of Ming Dynasty

Li Qingshan was originally a tyrannical man in the water, relying on his reputation as a chivalrous hero in his early years, and he was an aboriginal tycoon in the Liangshan area. There are more and more people following him. With Liangshan as the core, except for Liu Zeqing's territory in Caozhou, which he dare not invade, he often visits the rest of the state capital. [
Shandong has always been a place of thieves. The main reasons are firstly that the people are fierce and fierce, and secondly because there are canals passing through the border, which is a thoroughfare from north to south.

Thirdly, Jinan, Qingzhou, Yanzhou and other prefectures have endless mountains. Yanzhou also has Liangshanbo, a place suitable for thieves to hide. Therefore, Shandong is rich and rich, densely populated and commercially developed, and Linqing radiates to Henan and Hebei. In the few prefectures in the south of Beizhili, in poor places, there are as many as hundreds of thieves riding, and as few as dozens of riding, robbing business travelers and running rampant in places, the government cannot control them.

Even in the Qing Dynasty, local law and order in Shandong was considered a problem, and thieves came roaring in and went away like the wind, which was really hard to solve.

The local situation is like this, Li Qingshan's life is very good, the Lu army is an inner town, the troops are not strong, the wages and equipment are not good, the armor and stomach are incomplete, and the will to fight is even weaker. There is no way for a small group of thieves, let alone a strong bandit like him The officers and soldiers did not dare to suppress him, and the officials and gentry of the local aristocratic family also let him. The small life was very good. Originally, there was no need to make a fuss about this incident, but because he worked for Liu Zeqing last time, he was beaten up by the Fushan soldiers. This time, it was the Kong family and other big families, as well as the face of the Huaiyang salt merchants, plus Liu Zeqing sent people to ask for help many times, so Li Qingshan brazenly raised the flag and made such a fuss. [

He also agreed in advance that if the court wanted to suppress the troubles, he would definitely call for security. After the security call, he would be given a guerrilla or a general, and he would still be able to control the wind and rain in the local area, and his life would be just as easy. Without such a promise, he would not be willing to make this The boss is here to do such a thing... The thieves have been making trouble until now, and the officers and soldiers are suppressing them. Even if you are the leader, you can't live a good life. Why bother?

This time they hit Yanggu and occupied the county seat. The county magistrate had already heard the news and left first. Most of the big households in the city fled, and the small half stayed as long as they spent money. Rape is unavoidable, and Li Qingshan doesn't bother to take care of it...as long as the house is not burned down.

He himself lives in the county yamen, and usually lives in the inner house. When he has something to do, he goes to the second hall, and he is promoted to the second hall. He didn't care too much, anyway, he made an appointment, and when the court was impatient, he immediately recruited him, no matter how big or small, don't be too anxious to get angry.

Today is a bit different from the past, before noon, Li Qingshan was discussing lunch with his cook in the back kitchen...Every day is boring, just thinking about food, a few cronies suddenly rushed in, dragging and dragging Mr. Li dragged him to the second hall, and several of Liu Zeqing's personal soldiers were waiting there with unkind expressions.

"General Li, let me read the letter from our grand master to you."

The soldiers sent by Liu Zeqing were literate, so they took out the sweaty letter and read it honestly.The article is not long, only about two or three hundred words, and I finished it in less than a stick of incense.

Seeing the other party waiting for an answer, Li Qingshan showed a rare expression of shame, and said: "Cough, I can't read..."

He turned to his literate confidant and asked, "What did Liu Shuai say?"

"Well, this..."

"Say it!" Li Qingshan said urgently: "Liu Shuai and I have a lifelong friendship, what can you say that you can't say if you are sneaky?"

"Well, this, although Liu Shuai said a lot, but in the final analysis, the most important thing is this sentence..."

"What?"

"Hmm... you dare to hit Linqing? Are you looking for death?"

"What are you talking about? I killed you!"

"Marshal, I didn't say this, it was Liu Shuai's words..."

"Well, Liu Shuai deserves to be Liu Shuai. It's so good, so good..." Li Qingshan's complexion was red and white, and he didn't know what he was talking about. After a while, he turned to Liu Zeqing's The soldiers said: "It's nothing to fight Linqing. I also know what happened a few days ago. I'm afraid there are some people who just joined the gang who don't know the rules and want to do big things. I didn't send troops. Now I have sent People have gone north, chase them back, withdraw from the siege, and let Liu Shuai rest assured."

"In the middle, since Mr. Li said so, let's go back, just don't make trouble for our commander. The brothers are all in a hurry to go to Jinan. Mr. Li is hugging our waists and legs."

Of course, the people Liu Zeqing sent were selective, they were fierce and aggressive, and they were not polite to such thieves as Li Qingshan. After speaking, they clasped their fists and left.

The little soldier has such courage, but Li Qingshan can't take it seriously, otherwise with his temper, he would not dare to kill people, and it is always right for one person to keep one hand. [

After the people left, he laughed at himself, patted his legs and said: "It was made by a donkey, what is this? I am provoking someone? Hurry up and send someone to tell me what I said, no matter who it is, how many years If you dare to continue to Linqing, I will tell him to spit out all his food and kill his whole family!"

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Li Qingshan's threats had no effect, the thieves in front still continued to move forward, after three days, they really occupied Weijiaji, and then pointed their troops at Linqing Prefecture.

In Weijiaji, these thieves also beat off the township soldiers sent by Guantao County, killed dozens of them, and drove away a small two thousand. Qingping County on the right knew the news, and was so frightened that it quickly closed the gate of the city. It's the same, in Gaotang Prefecture, Xiajin, Enxian, and Wucheng, there are soldiers everywhere, and envoys from all states and counties send more than ten troops a day to Jinan Fucheng. Many county officials and well-known gentry are frantic. It doesn't matter if soldiers enter the country, but what's the matter if a group of thieves come rushing over?Although no one started cursing directly, many people began to scold their mothers in their words. The target was obviously to scold all the officials in Shandong Province, but it was obvious that they were spraying on Liu Zeqing, and Chen Xinjia and Zhang who made the decision to transfer the Liu Department Pu and others were also scolded bloody.

From Linqing in Shandong to the capital, you can get there in three or four days. After the fall of Weijiawan, the officials in Beijing have collectively fallen into a state of madness. If Li Qingshan wins Linqing, he will get hundreds of thousands of stone grains and a large amount of pig iron and cloth. , Judging from the current situation in Shandong, it is really dangerous!

At this time, many officials in Shantou didn't care what the emperor's thoughts were. On the afternoon of the seventh day of March, several officials of science and Taoism wrote letters in succession. The Zouben went directly to the emperor's desk without going through the general administration.

In the evening, Chongzhen began to review the memorials in the Qianqing Palace according to the old habit. He did not necessarily approve all the memorials, but he mostly read the memorials related to money and food in the Binggu Valley. Know the meaning of the emperor, and give a reply: if it is proposed, approved, or if the reply is known, etc. the usual words, only important memorials sent by particularly important officials, Chongzhen will give a detailed reply according to the actual situation.

As usual on this day, dinner is at four o'clock in the afternoon. There are already several large clocks in the palace of the Qing Dynasty. About thirty or forty dishes and staple foods are placed on these silver plates.

During the Wanli period, the emperor's imperial meal was undertaken by the eunuchs of each eunuch in turn. They competed for strength, and each was good at special dishes.

In terms of prices at that time, it was several times more expensive than that in the Chongzhen period.

In the early years of Chongzhen, the eunuchs were suppressed, the eunuchs were not sent to supervise the army, and the power of the eunuchs was suppressed. At the same time, Chongzhen also abolished many bad rules in the palace, especially those that cost a lot of money. It was originally a good thing, but Chongzhen was suspicious by nature. He felt that the eunuch spent 100 taels on him, and he would definitely have to earn 1000 taels to be enough, so he avoided this matter.

Logically speaking, the emperor was right, but the truth was no match for the reality. After several years of starting a business, the emperor finally felt that it was too difficult, so the eunuch's rule of repayment came back.

Today is Wang Chengen serving the imperial meal. He is one of the eunuchs who knows Chongzhen best. Of course, the dishes inherent in the imperial dining room must be served, such as brewed duck, roast goose, sheep's head and hoof, goose meat, salty drumsticks, mustard tripe plate, garlic vinegar white blood Soup and five-flavored steamed chicken are all available, but this is just a warm fire meal. It is prepared early and placed on a steaming plate. It is served immediately after the meal is placed. One can imagine how the taste of this dish is. The staple food has never been changed for a hundred years. , It is also warm and hot, and it is not sweet to eat.

Wang Chengen knew that Chongzhen liked vegetarian food because of its good reputation, and it tasted sweeter than warm meat. Vegetarian food also had to be particular about it. It is a secret duck fat. It is said to be a vegetarian dish, but it tastes very sweet.

When the dishes were fragrant, Chongzhen was sitting in front of the imperial case, his face became more and more gloomy and terrifying.

Regarding Linqing in Shandong, Chen Xinjia assured him that there would be no major problems. Of course, Chen Xinjia would not endorse Donglin. When trying to protect it, of course he pushed the responsibility on Liu Zeqing and others. Now the situation is getting worse , Chongzhen felt that he had been fooled, and the danger of cutting off the canal transport made him shudder a little. His ancestors worked hard to dredge the canal, which was the most important artery of Ming Dynasty from south to north. Once it was cut off, the entire empire would collapse from hunger.

Thinking of the horror, Chongzhen's eyes were bloodshot, and the rice and vegetables in front of him were particularly glaring. He slapped the imperial case hard, pushed the nearest silver plates to the ground, and roared: "Chen Xinjia, and Liu Zeqing, really Are you tired of living!"

The emperor often got angry, and dozens of governors and general soldiers died in his hands. In the second year of Chongzhen, the governor of Jiliao, Ling Chi, was executed, and the minister of the Ministry of War, Wang Qiachu, was beheaded. The most beheaded belonged to the Chongzhen Dynasty. Hearing the emperor's roar, all the maids and eunuchs in the Qianqing Palace knelt down, and Wang Chengen turned his head to signal, and asked someone to summon Chen Xinjia... The troubles that come out are still resolved by himself.