Chapter 140: Letter from the Capital

There was nothing to say, so I just didn't say it. Li Meng took a few bites in a silence. Zhu Yunyao, who was sitting next to him, suddenly screamed, which scared Li Meng. He turned his head to look over, but saw the girl covering her face, her face full of panic, and looked at Li Meng and asked:

"Brother Li, isn't it bad to look frostbite? Oh, what should I do?"

"It doesn't matter, it looks a little redder than usual!"

After saying this, the girl was even more panicked. She left a sentence and went back to her room to take a look. She hurriedly ran out, not knowing what she was going to do.

Li Meng shook his head and smiled, thinking that the girl was indeed strange and was inexplicably nervous, so she ignored him. Soon, Zhu Yunyao ran back like a gust of wind and asked Li Meng carefully:

"Brother Li, isn't it ugly for me to do this?"

In fact, his face turned red with a little cold and could not see any ugly appearance. Li Meng was about to answer, but saw the girl's eyes full of nervous expressions. It felt like she was waiting for a prisoner to be sentenced to death. She simply smiled and said:

"It looks good, just like usual."

Li Meng thought it would be fine after the answer was over, but Zhu Yunyao asked this sentence dozens of times from this meal to before going to bed on the first day of the New Year, which made people tirelessly.

Even so, Li Meng felt extremely happy and relaxed in the first day of the junior high school. For him, time is too precious and he will be busy on the second day of the junior high school.

Li Meng now has 2,500 Jiaozhou camp, including 2,300 infantry, 200 cavalry, 2,200 new salt dynasty, and 1,000 relatives and children of some powerful men in the southern part of Laizhou Prefecture and Dengzhou Prefecture. There are not many generals available. Ma Gang, Zhao Neng, Chen Liu, and Wang Hai are still backbone. The rest can only do things according to the rules and have no confidant status.

Speaking of which, Tang Er, among the cavalry, was the only one who grew up among all the latecomers, but it was not because of his outstanding wisdom and insight. It was just that he was the one who abides by the military rules the most in every battle, and he was the one who was the bravest to take the lead. He accumulated military merits and became the leader of the cavalry. But that was good, Tang Er was devoted to Li Meng. With everyone in charge of the cavalry, Li Meng would be very relieved.

Musketeers are not treated as separate troops in the Jiaozhou camp sequence, although there are strict regulations on the combat steps and how to use them during combat.

Li Meng is the garrison of Jiaozhou Camp. According to regulations, the number of troops in his hands should not exceed 2,000, but the number of people of all sizes is nearly 6,000. At present, according to the previous division of the salt ding team, Ma Gang and Zhao Neng are the captains, team deputys, team deputys, team deputys, etc.

No matter what the current situation is, there are too many imperfections. At least one charge of non-compliance cannot be escaped. Moreover, the people below are fighting hard. Although the military pay is really paid, everyone is fighting hard. Not only to seek military pay, they always have an official title, otherwise people will be unstable!

But Li Meng was also worried here. The people below were hanging the title of the Salt Ding Team. Although the name was ugly, they were Li Meng's system. If they were hanged with the official title of the court, they would invisibly become soldiers under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty. At this time, the Ming Dynasty was already a general, but its status and righteousness were still extremely important. If the official title of the court was placed on its head, there would always be unstable factors, and there were always some loyal and patriotic roles.

For Li Meng, the subordinates he needed were to obey his own orders and not have any unfaithful soldiers or generals. As long as they were handled according to the laws of the court, it would be equivalent to taking the initiative to send the team to the court and let sand be mixed on it. It was really unwilling to accept it.

Li Meng's concerns were one aspect, but on the seventh day of the lunar month, Kuaima set out from Fengmeng Town and sent a letter of confession and seal to the soldiers stationed in Jiaozhou camp stationed everywhere.

As expected by everyone, Ma Gang led 900 people, Zhao Neng led 900 people, all of which were Qian Zong. Chen Liu and Wang Hai were the same as other former team deputys, but Chen Liu and Wang Hai only needed to be responsible for Li Meng, and they each led 300 people. Tang Er was the cavalry chief, leading 200 cavalry. Ma, Zhao's troops were half veterans and half newcomers, and the rest of the veterans were led directly in Li Meng's hands.

In the report reported to Shangfeng, Ma Gang and Zhao Neng each led 400 people, while Li Meng led 1,700 people, and the extra people were calculated according to the salt diary.

No matter how many salt pricks are recruited by the Salt Administration Inspection Commission, there is no fixed organization, so this has an advantage. In the team, veterans are soldiers and new recruits are salt pricks, and the grades are naturally divided, which can be regarded as a goal for newcomers to improve their goals. They will naturally be more vigorous in training.

This time, although Li Meng wanted to be more low-key and try not to expand the influence, both the confidant and the non-confidant officers were ecstatic. According to Li Meng's understanding, many people were thanking Lord Li and praised the current emperor with full praise.

President Qian held a big banquet, and both local and green forests were congratulating and giving gifts. Although Li Meng was very calm on the surface, he was not happy.

Is the title and righteousness of the Ming Dynasty so important? I have brought them from being poor and innocent to the point where I am today. I am just a thousand generals. I rewarded them and issued an order from my own hands, but these people are so grateful to the court.

"You are my soldiers of Li Meng, not the soldiers of the court, but I am Li Meng, who pays money to support you, not the soldiers of the court."

Li Meng wanted to send this sentence to everyone in Jiaozhou Camp, but it is obvious that it is not the time to say this sentence, and it is impossible to even say it to Zhu Yunyao.

For others, winning battles, getting promoted and making money, the first month of the ninth year of Chongzhen is really joyful, but Li Meng was a little unhappy. Who would have thought that on the 14th day of the first lunar month, this unhappiness would be even worse.

The Lantern Festival is one of the rare days in ancient times when there is no curfew. Whether it is a big city or a small town, it is always sleepless all night, and all kinds of lights are bright. It is a very important festival. Zhu Yunyao obviously saw the prosperity and beauty of the lantern festival in Kaifeng City. She was so excited that she asked Li Meng to take her to see it on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

Although Jiaozhou City also has its own atmosphere, it is far inferior to the prosperous city like Kaifeng. While Li Meng was talking, he ran in panting and ran in outside.

The personal guards outside did not stop him, so they must be familiar with people. It was indeed Wu Tongzhi's housekeeper. The two families had many exchanges of respect and exchanges, and the people below recognized them. After the housekeeper ran into the yard, he took a few breaths to calm down, then made small progress, kowtowed to greet him on the ground, and then said hurriedly:

"Mr. Li, the capital sent an urgent message, saying that it would not be delayed and it should be delivered to the master. The messenger was outside, and the young one brought the notification."

During the Chinese New Year, what can you be so anxious? It is naturally the urgent letter from Eunuch Liu in the capital. Is it really a big deal? Li Meng kept asking people to come in quickly.

The messenger looked like a soldier from a certain battalion. His face was frostbite and scars were very ugly. It was obvious that he had worked a lot along the way. After seeing Li Meng, the messenger had to check the seal before handing over the letter. Li Meng became nervous, thinking about what a big deal, and he was so serious.

After taking the letter, the messenger was naturally taken away and settled down. Li Meng carefully held back the people around him and arranged for people to guard the various places. Then he opened the letter.

The soldiers thought that something big had happened, and they all started to guard the spirit. Every time, they heard Li Meng roaring in the house, something was smashed to pieces.

The letter was a secret letter from Liu Fulai, the eunuch of the capital's Lilis, but the content on the letter was rarely reprimanded. You should know that although both parties called uncles and nephews, the actual relationship was that Li Meng was kind to him and helped him a lot. Not to mention anything else, he still gave him a huge sum of 50,000 taels of silver before the New Year.

Although Eunuch Liu is in a high position, he has always been very polite to Li Meng. Both sides have worked hard to create an atmosphere of relatives, but today the letter is very heavy and there is no politeness or kindness at all.

But Li Meng's anger was not for the other party's tone, because Eunuch Liu's letter was for his own good. The content on the letter looked very ridiculous, but it couldn't laugh at all.

For example, there is a saying, "Now, the governor of the thief and governor reported to the Central Military Department to claim that the victory was a great battle, but it was only a few hundred beheaded. Such a great victory was achieved by more than 100,000 soldiers. You defended a small battle, beheaded more than 300 in one battle, and you almost won the victory."

According to the procedures of reporting victory and military merits, after the local officials signed the document of Li Meng sent people to the governor of Denglai and the governor, Yang Sichang, Hong Chengchou and other supervisors, leading an army of more than 100,000 in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and Badaying, which was just a few dozen or hundreds of beheadings.
Chapter completed!