Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

() According to the reason that eggs cannot be put in one basket, the Confucian government asked for help not only from Wu Shigong's army, but also from Liu Zeqing, the general of Caozhou.

General Liu Zeqing of Caozhou had 8000 additional soldiers.Of course, he also has to pay for nothing, so the total number of his army must not be so large.Coupled with the size control, and the stay of other local troops, and the stay of his own headquarters in Caozhou, so in the end, Liu Zeqing only led more than 200 soldiers to rescue Qufu County.

Of course, Liu Zeqing's soldiers and horses did not have the strong mobilization ability of Wu Shigong's Runing Battalion, nor did they have the strong marching ability of Wu Shigong's Runing Battalion, so it was not until Wu Shigong's Runing Battalion left Qufu County that Liu Zeqing's army slowly moved forward. late.

But you must know that the relationship between Confucius Mansion and Liu Zeqing is not very harmonious.To be exact, it's pretty bad.

Liu Zeqing is a native of Caozhou. In fact, he can be regarded as a well-rounded character, and his relationship with the local officials and gentry is quite harmonious.But unfortunately, his relationship with the Confucian Mansion was very bad.

What went wrong?It is the land. There have been many conflicts between the two sides in order to snatch the land.

Liu Zeqing also took advantage of his power and the disaster in Shandong to wantonly annex land in order to collect money. Of course, a small part of the money was also used to support soldiers.

It should be said that what Liu Zeqing did was not fundamentally different from what Wu Shigong did in Henan.And in the world of the Ming Dynasty, it is a common practice for generals to do this.

However, I don't know if it should be said that Liu Zeqing was unlucky?Or is the Confucian government unlucky?In the process of annexing the land, Liu Zeqing encountered a behemoth—Confucian Mansion.

In the process of the Confucian government's annexation of land in the past, because of its noble background and powerful power, whenever there was a dispute, the elbows of the local officials were always tilted in the direction of the Confucian government.Therefore, when the Confucian government encountered conflicts with Liu Zeqing, it must have an unreasonable and unforgiving attitude.

After dodging a few times, Liu Zeqing also became ruthless.Who is Liu Zeqing?He is a ruthless character who would send a killer to kill his concubine's former benefactor in order to eliminate the rumors that he was a famous concubine in the past!

Therefore, in the future struggles with the Confucian Mansion, Liu Zeqing frequently made illicit tricks, which made the Confucian Mansion a little overwhelmed.Therefore, in the battle between the two sides, the Confucian Mansion fell into a disadvantage.

This is also an interesting thing.The Confucian government is not afraid of local officials with literati backgrounds, but they are afraid of ruthless military leaders like Liu Zeqing.This can be regarded as one thing and one thing!

Therefore, when the Confucian Mansion knew that Liu Zeqing had led troops to rescue Qufu County, the people in the Confucian Mansion immediately fell into panic.They also knew that Liu Zeqing would not do anything to nobles like Sheng Yangong, but it was inevitable to beat up a few servants of the Confucian Mansion, molested a few servants of the Confucian Mansion, and robbed some property in Qufu County.

Therefore, the Confucian Mansion immediately sent someone to call back Wu Shigong's army who had already left the Confucian Mansion, and asked Wu Shigong's army and Liu Zeqing's army to check each other. It would be better for Liu Zeqing's army to leave Qufu County together with Wu Shigong's army.

Of course, the steward of the Confucian Mansion who came to Wu Shigong to interrogate him was not so stupid, he did not explain the ins and outs to Wu Shigong.But Wu Shigong knew it was a muddy water as soon as he heard it, and he was unwilling to offend the other friendly army for no reason at all.

Seeing Wu Shigong's attitude, the steward of the Confucian Mansion had no choice but to speak to Wu Shiwen who was standing aside: "Wu Zhi County, the villain learned that the adults have always been friends with General Liu Shen. You must help me with this favor! At that time, our Confucian Mansion will definitely have a big thank you!"

Wu Shiwen's face was also ugly.The nearby officials also knew about the great gratitude from the Confucian government, and it was nothing more than cultural items such as pens, inks, papers and inkstones.But Liu Zeqing could offend the Confucian government, but Wu Shiwen, a civil official who wanted to be in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, would definitely not be able to offend the Confucian government.

So Wu Shiwen had no choice but to say: "Then I will go for a walk. Whether it will be successful or not, I can guarantee it!"

Wu Shigong can't leave his fifth brother alone.So, Wu Shigong took dozens of soldiers and accompanied Wu Shiwen to Liu Zeqing's camp.

In fact, although Liu Zeqing had a great time fighting with the Confucian Mansion in secret, he didn't dare to mess with the Confucian Mansion in the open.Otherwise, why would he come to Qufu County for rescue?

Therefore, when the people sent by the Confucian government blocked the footsteps of Liu Zeqing's army and asked them to stand still, Liu Zeqing still stopped moving forward.Of course, it was always unavoidable to scold the Confucian mansion for being unethical.

Liu Zeqing was very polite to Wu Shiwen and Wu Shigong.As soon as he saw them, he immediately led them into the army.

But as soon as it settled down, Liu Zeqing opened his mouth and complained: "Brother Zhihe, this Sheng Yangong hastily called brother over. But now we haven't even wiped off our sweat, and we are left outside the city coldly. Let us drink the northwest wind!"

This Liu Zeqing didn't call Wu Shiwen by his official name, but called Wu Shiwen's name when he opened his mouth. It was obvious at a glance that he was very familiar with Wu Shiwen.

Seeing that there were no other people around, Wu Shiwen lost his scruples and said, "Who says it's not! Brother Hezhou. But this old man is like this. To save face, just bear this tone."

Liu Zeqing sighed and shook his head.He suddenly found Wu Shigong next to Wu Shiwen, and asked, "Who is this? This general looks familiar!"

Wu Shigong also found Liu Zeqing very familiar.Of course, when they were in Tongzhou to snatch Tang Liu's boat, they almost merged with each other.How come it doesn't look familiar?

Wu Shiwen hastily introduced: "This is my fourteenth brother Wu Shigong. He is now serving as the garrison of the Runing Mansion. This time when passing through Shandong, he was unlucky enough to meet the rebellion of the army, so he stayed in my Ningyang County. This time, we also came to rescue Qufu County according to the order of Duke Sheng Yan.”

Wu Shigong also remembered who Liu Zeqing was, and he quickly smiled and cupped his hands and said, "General Liu, farewell to Tongzhou, is everything okay?"

"So it's you!" Liu Zeqing also thought of Wu Shigong.He laughed for a while and said, "I didn't expect to meet old friends here. We brothers will have a few drinks later!"

"It's not just about meeting an old man in a foreign country, but we still feel sorry for each other. To be honest, brother Liu, my younger brother was just kicked out of Qufu County. Let's drink away our sorrows!"

Wu Shigong's joke caused a burst of laughter from all around, and the relationship between the two parties became much more harmonious immediately.

In fact, there is nothing to persuade, the Kong family in Qufu County, no one in Mingli can offend him.Therefore, Liu Zeqing also knew that without the consent of the Confucian government, his army would definitely not be able to enter Qufu County.He was just putting on a show here, trying to get some more benefits from the Confucian Mansion.

But facing the two brothers Wu Shiwen and Wu Shigong, Liu Zeqing didn't have to do this kind of drama anymore.So, under the arrangement of Liu Zeqing's personal soldiers, the three of them found a restaurant on the side of the road and drank happily.

Liu Zeqing really knows how to behave, and Wu Shigong is not bad in the world.And both of them are also local military leaders, and they have a lot of common language.Therefore, after drinking for three rounds, the two became brothers and became intimate.

But regarding the iron rooster in the Confucian Mansion, Liu Zeqing was still yelling at the wine table.In this regard, Wu Shigong also deeply felt the same.But Wu Shigong thought of a way when he turned his eyes.

Wu Shigong whispered to Liu Zeqing: "Brother Liu, actually the Confucian Mansion doesn't give us our money and food, we can find it from other places! My little brother has an idea..."

Hearing Wu Shigong's idea, Liu Zeqing immediately laughed heartily, and said to Wu Shigong, "Okay! Just follow Brother Wu's method!"