New Empire at the End of Ming Dynasty

Yanzhou Prefecture of the three Western prefectures governs Ziyang County, and governs four prefectures and eleven Zhili counties, including Dongping prefecture (including Wenshang, Pingyin, Yanggu, Dong'e and Shouzhang counties), Jining prefecture (including Jiaxiang, Juye and Yuncheng counties), Caozhou (CaO and Dingtao counties), Yizhou (Tancheng and Fei counties), Ziyang County, Qufu, Ningyang, Jinxiang, Dan, Yi, Zou, Sishui, Teng Yutai, Chengwu and other counties.

Liu Zeqing, the Shandong General soldier who is well-known in Shandong, is from Caoxian County, Caozhou. He started his career in suppressing bandits in Caozhou, Yanzhou Prefecture.

Yanzhou was one of the ancient Kyushu, initially just a geographical area, roughly the western Shandong, Southern Hebei and northeast Henan between the ancient river (ancient Yellow River) and the ancient Jishui. It was the core area for the early survival of the Chinese nation.

Jining Prefecture is also the most important place in Yanzhou. It is 60 miles away from Ziyang Prefecture in the west, 420 miles away from Jiangnan and Xuzhou in the southeast, 357 miles away from guide Prefecture in Henan in the southwest and 150 miles away from Dongping Prefecture in the north. It is the land of ancient Xuzhou.

Jining Prefecture connects the Yangtze River and Huai River in the south, the river and Ji River in the north, controls PI and Xu Zhijin, and stifles the throat of song and Wei.

In the Warring States period, the danger of Kang's father was also mentioned by Su Qin. Since the East has something to do, it will fight for Jeju. Yuan people held meetings to connect the river, and the situation in the state became more and more important. Chahan Timur counterattacked Shandong and went to Jining first. The great general Xu Dayi was ordered by the great ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang to make a northern expedition. He also took Jining first. Zhu Di, king of Yan, rebelled and sent troops to the south. He also sent special troops to break Jining. The collapse of Dezhou was not based on the payment of wages. Jining Prefecture is the lifeblood of the north and the south.

After Liu Bu sent a general to attack Dongchang mansion, he ordered Liu Kang, who had been following him, to lead the troops to attack Yanzhou mansion.

Among Liu Bu's generals, Xiao Ning, Mao Shengli, Yang Shun and others are more prominent. Liu Kang was born as his domestic servant and has always been listening to Liu bu. He is also regarded as a kind of flatterer. He can be promoted to general all the way because he has been following Liu Bu and watching and serving him.

It can also be understood that even if he is with the right person, as long as he stands in the right team, he will get everything he wants. The negative teaching material is Xu Jianqiang. No matter how he drills and how he tosses, he stands in the wrong team and doesn't have what he should have. He works hard and takes his life to fight. In the end, he's not as good as others.

Therefore, Liu Kang's ranking among the Liu family army is not high. Let's see that he is still surnamed Liu.

Most of Liu Jiajun's generals were born as servants of the Liu family, that is, they had children or servants. However, after they made great achievements for the Liu family, they restored their original surname and glorified their ancestors, such as Xiao Ning.

Like the giants of their family, Liu Fuqi and Liu Zhongyong. They are originally surnamed Liu. Of course, they have no blood relationship with the Liu family.

But Liu Kang was not surnamed Liu, but was accepted as a domestic slave. As one of the servants, he has followed Liu BU for so many years. Liu bu also mentioned to restore his original surname and honor his ancestors, but Liu Kang still dared not easily agree.

This is because Liu Kang knows that he has no credit or military merit when he is around Liu bu. At most, he can only say that he has some hard work. Even if he is appointed a senior general, he is not enough to honor his family and stand on his own.

So this time he got the opportunity to lead troops out independently, and they all attached great importance to it.

Liu Kang, as the chief General of this attack on Yanzhou, also realized that he had a great responsibility. Yanzhou Prefecture is located in the south of Jinan Prefecture and connected with Henan, Jianghuai and other places. If Yanzhou Prefecture is laid down, it means it is connected with Xuzhou, which is connected with the foundation they laid in Jianghuai area, and really controls the place of Daming's confidants.

The achievements made so far are beyond Liu Bu's expectation. Although they will not start a rebellion, it does not mean that they will be caught or will not resist.

For the current situation, the Liu family and his son quickly reached an agreement, that is, they did not raise troops to rebel and made a low-key gesture to the court, but they still had to occupy the place they should occupy, grab the territory they should grab, and they would not let go of their own interests. As for how the court should deal with them, it was the matter of the court.

Therefore, after Taking Jinan, they simply did nothing and did nothing. They directly used troops in two directions, striving to control the West three houses and complete the control of Shandong.

The biggest difference between the West Sanfu and the East Sanfu is that the West Sanfu is an important place in Shandong and a place of four wars. The East Sanfu can at least back to the sea without worries. The West Sanfu is different. Daming can attack it from the directions of Jianghuai, Henan, Hebei and Shanxi, and control the West Sanfu. It controls the heart of Daming, which makes Daming even more intolerable, As long as they can spare their hands, they will finally deal with the Liu family.

However, the Liu family has long been used to this. The imperial court has always been such a pee. In the past, the Liu family had money and no power. They wanted to kill the Liu family as a fat sheep. Now the Liu family has transformed his wealth into military strength, and they have trouble sleeping and eating. You know, Shandong can be called the confidant of Daming. If it is difficult, how can the world be at peace? The simplest point is that the north is only supported by the grain from the south. If the Liu family cuts off the Grand Canal, it is estimated that the north will fall into a food shortage situation and more than 100000 border troops will collapse. It can be said that this is a place that must be guarded by the Ming Dynasty. The imperial court cannot let the local forces like the Liu family control such a crucial place.

But today, the policies adopted by Liu Bu and his family do not care what the court thinks, but what they should do to maximize their own interests.

They have the opportunity to control Shandong, and they will not give up, because as early as when they sent troops south to recover the wandering bandits, they have already played the banner of the Qi army. This is not a white banner, which means that they represent the interests of Shandong.

As local giants in Shandong, they can easily get the support of local giants when they take over this place, because now the Ming Court has declined, and they simply have no ability to protect the local people and ensure the interests of local giants.

For example, the three eastern prefectures under the control of Liu Jiajun are a situation of harmony between government and people and peace in the world. In the three Western prefectures, soldiers and bandits are rampant and thieves are rampant. Liu Zeqing has several times as many troops as the Liu family, but his local control is far inferior to Liu Yuanqiao.

Even within his jurisdiction, it is often reported that the county has been looted by thieves. Now there are as many thieves in the whole rich Xisan Prefecture.

Therefore, for local giants, they hope that Liu Jiajun is also looking forward to the stars and the moon. They hope that after Liu Jiajun enters the region, he can change the power pattern of the region and ensure that everyone has peaceful food.

Moreover, many people understand that Liu Zeqing's army has been defeated, and Liu Jiajun's entry here is unstoppable. I don't know what the imperial court will think.

If the imperial court regards Liu Jiajun as a vassal Town, the two sides can coexist peacefully. If they regard Liu Jiajun as a roving bandit or an anti thief, Shandong will keep fighting with the war.

Liu Kang, as the chief General of the Liu family army's southward March corps, made a strict battle plan before he set out.

In the whole Yanzhou Prefecture, the most important natural is Jining Prefecture, which ranks first in terms of military strategy or fortress.

It is even often said that as long as we win Jining Prefecture, we will win the whole Yanzhou. After we control Yanzhou, we can take advantage of the situation to control the whole southwest of Shandong, and then quickly go south and connect with Xuzhou.

Liu Jiajun is in Fengyang mansion, but they have their layout. Although their main force has withdrawn from this area, they still retain a lot of military presence, and Xuzhou is the focus of their deployment.

The focus of their deployment is Xuzhou and Yangzhou. For example, Fengyang, the Chinese capital regarded as the confidant of Daming, they did not deploy so many troops, because it is obvious that Fengyang is the Chinese capital of Daming. If Liu Jiajun deploys a military presence here, it is obvious that it is no different from rebellion.

Daming is now relatively weak. There is no way to make people sleep on the side of his bed, but no matter how he can bear it, he can't tolerate someone sleeping in their bed.

After Liu Kang became the chief General of the southern expedition army, he immediately led his elite army of 2000 light cavalry to attack Jining Prefecture in the starry night.

There is also a very important place in Jining Prefecture, that is Qufu. Qufu connects Surabaya in the East, Yanzhou in the west, Zoucheng in the South and Mount Tai in the north.

Qufu is where the Kong family is located, that is, Liu Yuanqiao's mother's house. This time, he sent troops to the South with all his strength, which also means to protect them. Of course, the greater strategic intention is to take Yanzhou and control this place, so that they can be connected with Xuzhou, and their power can reach Jianghuai directly.

At present, Liu Jiajun did not raise troops to rebel. In their words, they suppressed Liu Zeqing's rebels and accepted Liu Zeqing's sphere of influence. They just wanted to obtain Liu Zeqing's rights after suppressing Liu Zeqing.

Of course, they won't say how they put the governor of Shandong on the shelf, let alone the departments such as the Department of undertaking propaganda and distribution and the Department of raising punishment and observation.

Liu's father and son discussed with them, that is, they can do whatever they should do, and don't care too much about the ideas of the imperial court, because the imperial court always wants to kill them.

If in the past, they had some scruples with the imperial court, and some shame cloths to take into account the dignity of both sides, but this time the imperial court actually ate so ugly that they directly asked them to pay a tax of 1 million Liang, which is the rhythm of killing the east third house. After the east third house refused, they also directly sent troops to attack the east third house, If the Liu family did not have super military strength, they would have killed them at the moment.

Therefore, the Liu family are very angry and angry now. They also have the idea of cleaning up the imperial court and giving them a good look.

You should know that the authority of the Ming Court has been extremely weak. Most of the local princes have not sold the face of the court. Although there are very few people like the Liu family who directly confront the court, they are not without. The Ming Court has no courage and ability to suppress Yang Yinglong and Ningxia Xiaobai in Wanli period, so the local princes no longer sell their accounts.