Chapter 377: Taking advantage of the situation, sluggishly fight and greed, bow your head

"Master General, the prince of the Yan Shenggong Mansion of Qufu, Confucius Sili, pays homage to you!"

With the news outside the door, Li Meng and Kong Sande, who were sitting upright in a manor outside Ningyang County, looked at each other. After entering Yanzhou, officials from all over the country from the prefecture to Ningyang County came to ask for a meeting, and both sides pretended to be polite.

To be treated politely by Li Meng, these local officials in Yanzhou who had been indifferent for a long time were already happy. Although Nanzheng had the confidence to win, his colleagues who showed off their military strength to calm the hearts of the people, these local officials who had no use had to deal with it, so as not to cause trouble when they were in trouble.

When he was in the palace, after completing these polite scenes, Li Meng was ready to start resting the troops in the next journey and heading south with all his might.

The weather in the north is cold, but the canal transport from Jining section to Nanzhili can still be used, just as a way to the army. The heads of Zhangjiang, the Yanzhou Army and Lingshan Trading Company in Yanzhou Prefecture come to report almost three times a day to report on the preparations of ships in Jiningzhou.

The movements of the troops in Jinan camp put a lot of pressure on the Li and Luo coalition forces in Henan. The early news had already made them dare not go too far east after capturing Ruzhou, so they had to march south. However, the Fifth Battalion of the Gezuo in Nanzhili strangled the officers and soldiers. This situation was not only caused by Li Meng's heart, but even the refugee army thought it was a good opportunity to go down in one go, but it took only a few days to observe the situation.

Li Meng personally led the army south. At present, although Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai were afraid of Shandong soldiers, they were not afraid. It was just that the refugee army and Shandong soldiers had their own territory to move, so there was no need to fight to the death when they were developing and growing.

At this time, seeing the Jiaozhou Camp's actions, whether it was targeting him or not, the Li and Luo coalition forces avoided their sharpness and turned to Nanyang Prefecture. The current Li and Luo coalition forces are no longer the kind of mobs that day, robbing everywhere, but wanting to establish a regime and establish a country.

I wanted to siege Kaifeng several times, but I actually wanted this big city to be the core of the capital and manage the Central Plains. However, because of the Yellow River, Kaifeng City could always easily get assistance from Shandong soldiers. And because of this attack on opening the seal, I had really suffered a great loss in Jiaozhou Camp, and I had no choice but to give up.

The geographical location and scale of Luoyang City are not enough to be a capital. Ruzhou, that is, Ruyang City, is not suitable for geographical location. Moreover, the officers and soldiers resisted here quite resolutely. Although they were defeated in the end, they caused huge damage to the city. They were not within the scope of consideration.

When I went to Nanyang Prefecture, I had another choice there, which was known as the most powerful city in the world. Whether in terms of the size of the city or the location, Xiangyang is a very suitable place for building a capital, and it currently has a good advantage, which is very far from Shandong, which eliminates a lot of trouble.

After making this decision, the Li and Luo coalition forces began to turn to Nanyang Prefecture, cleared the place, and prepared to go south to Huguang and take straight to Xiangyang.

At this time, the Eight Kings Zhang Xianzhong also led his troops to rush left and right in Huguang territory. The officers and soldiers could not resist and were very majestic. However, Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai came over. Zhang Xianzhong had no place to live again.

However, the actions of the refugee army objectively made the fifth camp of the Left Ghe in Fengyang Prefecture, Nanzhili, and the troops of the eight kings Zhang Xianzhong were far away from Shouzhou. Now there is no other way out except to follow the Jiaozhou camp wholeheartedly.

The help of the Yang army of Huai to the Fifth Battalion of the Left was only to reveal the twelve-pound general artillery and blast away Liu Liangzuo's fortifications. Of course, the unexpected and psychological shock caused by this sudden powerful weapon still caused the entire Liu Liangzuo's troops to collapse, and Huama Liu ran back to Shouzhou with less than a thousand people.

Such a great victory was achieved, but the Huai Yang Army had no idea of ​​expanding this victory with its own advantages. In the subsequent battle, the Huai Yang Army did not participate.

At this time, the Fifth Battalion of the Le Zuo had an advantage over the officers and soldiers in Southern Zhili, but it was not a decisive advantage. Every day, they rushed around several cities guarded by the officers and soldiers, but they hugged at several points and formed a group, but local resistance was strengthened.

Especially Lu Jiude was good at governing the army, and Huang Degong was also a powerful general. If the Fifth Battalion of the Left wanted to take over the opponent in one go, he still suffered a lot of losses and did not make any progress.

But behind the Huai Yang Army's urging, for a moment, the top leaders of the Fifth Battalion of the Left Left thought that the Huai Yang Army wanted to drive them to fight with the officers and soldiers, and both were injured. However, after the battle continued like this, they found that it was not what they thought. The Huai Yang Army was always controlling the progress of the battle, often fighting and stopping.

The purpose is to make this battle stalemate and not to have a result so quickly. To be more precise, the battle should not end before Li Meng arrives.

Turning back to Ningyang County, Shandong, the war machines in Jiaozhou camp are gradually accelerating their operations, and they have their own rules and supervision everywhere. There are not many places that need to be paid attention to. On the contrary, some civil affairs matters need to be paid attention to, such as setting up a card for taxation in the canal transportation.

Kong Sande came today to report on this matter. The original Kong Sande and Li Meng were friends of peers, and they were both friends who were not afraid of each other. Now there are differences between superiors and subordinates. Li Meng often regretted missing a friend, but Kong Sande was grateful.

"In the days when the commander set off, several taxpayers who were greedy for Molijin had been beheaded and displayed in public. This can be regarded as adding some blood to the commander's expedition, auspicious signs, and auspicious signs!!"

Kong Sande was very good at speaking. Although he became Li Meng's subordinate, he was quite relaxed. His subordinates were always stern and did not do things. It was a pistachio with such laughter and scolding. Moreover, there was a relationship with him in the past, and Li Meng didn't want to be too strict, just do things.

"The canal transportation will be frozen in about half a month. Zhou Tongzhi and Master Ning will send people to check the accounts together. Don't think too much, these are routine rules."

Li Meng said with a smile, both sides said it was easy, but in September and October, someone reported it. It was said that a tax officer in the Lijin Bureau accepted bribes, deliberately underestimated the value of the passing ships and fed his personal pockets. After several leaders of Jiaozhou Camp in Yanzhou Prefecture combined, they decided to confiscate the income from corruption, and then beat dozens of sticks to pass.

The money from the Lijin Bureau comes in like flowing water every day. It is unlikely that the land by the river will not wet its shoes. Some trivial matters are about to be closed. Who would have thought that the proclamation reported to Li Meng in Jinan, and the instructions given by the author: "This wind cannot be long. The perpetrator is beheaded, and the family is a military farmer, and deal with it strictly."

Seeing this murderous statement, everyone in Yanzhou was sweating coldly. Unexpectedly, Li Meng was so angry about such a thing.

For Li Meng, the tax revenue of collecting money from Li Jin Bureau is already very high. This is enough. If you are not satisfied, then don’t do it. If you want to be greedy, you can only be beheaded and search your home when you wait.

Li Meng knew very well that he would give a high salary and a strict punishment system may be effective in the short term, but in the long run, this greedy act cannot be eliminated.

However, the irreversible process does not mean that Li Meng does nothing. He still has to do his best to keep the Lijin Bureau in a clean and efficient state as much as possible.

Listening to Li Meng's insult to the matter of checking the accounts, although Kong Sande was giggling on his face, he saw sweat on his forehead. He still couldn't help but take out a handkerchief from his arms and wiped it. Li Meng glanced at him and asked calmly:

"San Destiny, could you also participate in it?"

After asking this, Kong Sande was so scared that he stood up and waved his hands repeatedly, and said in a hurry:

"Master, you know the small family business. Dashu, you have grace to let the small one do the supervision of the Lijin Bureau. If the villain controls the northern section of the canal transportation, it will be useless to do some business. Why bother to make such hot black money? Just..."

He spoke a little, and looked at Li Meng's expression. He simply gritted his teeth and said:

"To be honest, the general said that this time, many people may lose their heads again. It was because of the poor supervision of the villain, which caused so many misses to come from below."

Li Meng shook his head and said coldly:

"I will say something to you this time and I will not say anything about it in the future. This money matter is the most ruinous. It will be a little relaxed and will eventually become uncontrollable, especially in places like Lijin Bureau that make money out of thin air. If you do not strictly investigate and investigate, and then you will not be able to make any progress in the future. This time, I will give you a promise first. No matter what matter you find out below, as long as you don't involve it, you will be safe, next time... but there will be no next time."

Hearing Li Meng's words, Kong Sande made a teaser and swallowed. Finally, he determined that he was not involved. He hurriedly left his seat, knelt in front of Li Meng, and said:

"Thank you, the little man, for your grace."

"Get up, this is not directed at you. I heard that you worked hard in the Lijin Bureau and lost 20 kilograms. I also see your hard work. This Lijin Bureau has to collect the money, but also manage your subordinates well. This is what you have to do with merit and work."

Kong Sande kowtowed a few times on the ground and thanked him again. This was the reason he returned to his seat. When Li Meng said that just now, he was comforting him, and Kong Sande also fell down and quickly regained his smile. However, the atmosphere at this time was not as active as before.

A little quiet, Kong Sande took out a box from his arms and said with a smile:

"I heard that the villain wanted to add a new gift to the coach's family and could not congratulate him personally. It was really unreasonable. The villain prepared a gift to the coach and gave it to the coach, which would also add some blessings to the future."

The blessing to Li Meng for not having a child was just right. Li Meng also took the box with great interest. When he opened it, he saw that it was a silver lock. Kong Sande on the side said with a smile:

"This is the long-lived lock that Zhang Zhenren did a ritual in Longhu Mountain. It is very effective. He should have engraved the word "wealth" on the lock, but when the villain thinks, the family of the handsome man will be rich and noble in the future. It is best to be able to live a long life and enjoy it for a hundred years. The rest must be indispensable. It will appear vulgar when engraved."

Li Meng was very happy when he said this. The slightly awkward atmosphere in the room became gentle because of the words just now. However, Kong Sande knew that Li Meng was not talking about it.

Li Meng looked at the silver lock over and over there. The style was very simple, but it was obviously made by a master craftsman. Kong Sande on the side added with a smile:

"Zhang Tianshi refused to do such a ritual easily, and there were many villains who used to worship. This was how he found such a person through layers of relationships, but the eldest son delayed it, so he simply gave it to the second wife."

Speaking of which, the Kong family emphasizes not talking about ghosts and gods, while the Tianshi Zhang pretends to be a big shot. Kong Sande actually has such a deep relationship with the Zhang family in Longhu Mountain, which is really ridiculous.

While the two were talking, someone was circulating loudly outside. No one expected that it was the people from the Confucius Mansion in Qufu to come to pay their respects, and Li Meng and Kong Sande were both stunned.

In addition to selling it to the Kong Mansion at a high price, the cleanup of the territory a few days ago had almost dug out 20% of the land occupied by the Kong Mansion. This was a huge amount of land. Anyway, both sides had already broken up. Since the Kong Mansion had already instigated the Minister of War Chen Xinjia to deal with the soldiers and horses in Shandong. Then Li Meng did not have to worry about the inheritance of the saints and the face of the Shenggong Mansion.

The Kong Mansion suffered such a great loss. Naturally, he was prosecuting everywhere, thinking that the influence of the Kong Mansion could turn the matter back. Unexpectedly, Jiaozhou Camp was going to do something bad this time. Although the physical elimination was too eye-catching, the blockade could still be easily done. At present, the Kong Mansion should not even send a letter to Qufu.

Moreover, the situation is very different from that time. During this period, there were chaos all over the world, and they all counted on Jiaozhou Camp to put out the fire. Who would still care about the Yansheng Gong Mansion? It was just a decoration during the Taiping period.

When cleaning up the territory, the overall situation was not basically determined. The army went south to march in an armed manner, but the local officials remained firmly on the side of Jiaozhou Camp. The order to clear the territory was issued by the Administrators. The ground was a standard procedure, and no one could find any fault in legal theory.

The high price of salt peels and cleans up the territory and cuts the flesh. The Confucius Mansion was tortured by Li Meng's policies. It is said that the two sides are already in a irreconcilable relationship. Moreover, the Ming Emperor is still there, and the orthodox is still in the Zhu family. Even if Li Meng has the possibility of seizing power, he is still acting as a minister of the Ming Dynasty.

No matter how confused and stupid the Confucius Mansion is, it must draw a clear line. Otherwise, Confucius' spirit and righteousness will become a joke.

However, in the end of the world, there were many bizarre things that Li Meng could not have imagined. The Confucius Mansion, like the local officials, came to him on his own initiative.

The prince of Yansheng Gong, Kong Sili, is the next generation of Yansheng Gong, the first heir of the Confucius Mansion. Let him come. This is equivalent to the Confucius Mansion knocking his head to the ground and completely surrendering. Li Meng and Kong Sande were stunned for a moment, and Li Meng spoke and said:

"Please come in!"

Kong Sande, who was sitting aside, did not recall his surprise. In his usual understanding, the Confucius Mansion always regarded itself very high, and did not bow to secular officials other than the emperor, and was not afraid of any change of dynasties, because emperors of all dynasties all needed the support of scholars and placed the Confucius Mansion in a very high position as a symbol.

What's more, Jiaozhou Camp has done many things against the Kong Mansion during this period, but they are all bloody methods. According to Kong Sande's idea, the Kong Mansion must have hated Li Meng to the core. He was still a little worried, thinking that the Kong Mansion is always a signboard. According to the development of Li Meng, there will always be a day when the Kong Mansion is needed in the future. Now that the relationship is so stiff, it will be a bit troublesome in the future.

Who would have thought that the Kong Mansion was shameless and came to the door to ask for a meeting...

Kong Sili is tall and upright, with a dignified appearance, and is a first-class wealthy family. After so many years of raising it, he does have the temperament of a handsome young man from aristocratic family. When he enters the house, he immediately attracts people's attention.

Kong Sande was not confused by Kong Sili's appearance and temperament. Kong Sili was also a morally corrupt person in private. He was greedy for money and lustful. He didn't know how many people he destroyed in the struggles in the Confucius Mansion. As for the meaning of the article, it was a mess. It is said that the clan's writing skills and when writing typos, the standard embroidered pillows were standard. Kong Sili's ability was to plot conspiracy. The elders in the Confucius Mansion were coaxed by him, and those competitors were all over the place and treated others externally. If you don't know, you would think Kong Sili was such an outstanding talent.

After entering the door, Kong Sili first punched Kong Sande and stood in front of Li Meng. After hesitating for a moment, he still bent down and said:

"The subordinates meet with the Grand Marshal. I wish the Grand Marshal a success in his battle and a victory."

The prince of Yan Shenggong also had a title. In theory, in front of the general of Li Meng, there was no reason to kneel down when he met with him.

But Kong Sili was extremely respectful. The etiquette used was not bad compared to those officials of the prefectures and counties, and his posture was extremely low. Kong Sande sat next to him, stunned and completely confused.

"Thank you for your hard work in the distance, hurry up and sit down!"

Although Jiaozhou Camp and the Kong Mansion fought each other fiercely and had already grabbed the Kong Mansion's neck, all this was carried out under the official name. Both sides had to smile and be polite when they met. This is the so-called politics.

Kong Sili still knelt there and said respectfully:

"There is a place where the lower officials sit in front of the commander... The lower officials come this time, but there is something to ask the commander to agree!"

This attitude is really servile. It is said that the Confucius Mansion is a holy land of Confucianism. Confucius's direct lineage has been placed on a high position in all dynasties, otherwise it would be an enemy of the world and a spiritual inheritance for thousands of years. It makes people feel that it is a sacred land and a sacred clan.

However, the Confucius Mansion has long lost its spiritual and academic significance in its inheritance for so many years. At best, it is a guise hung by an emperor. It is just a noble who has been passed down for a long time.

There is no difference between such aristocrats and local tyrants. For the sake of their family's inheritance, they are ready to bow to the strong at any time.

Originally, Li Meng's Confucius Mansion was still a trouble for him, and he would have to use various means to solve it in the future. Who would have thought that the other party would be surrendered so easily? Since the other party was polite, Li Meng was not too rude, so he had to smile and say:

"I don't know what else to do to me. I'm really flattered, even though I'm just going to do it, I'm going to do it!"

Those who hold guns and sticks will definitely not feel comfortable when they hear the local people, but Kong Sili's face is as usual and she smiles on the ground:

"Master, the Confucius Mansion has a large population. The cost of eating salt is very expensive. If you want to buy a batch with Master, I hope the Master will agree. The whole mansion will be full of gratitude."

After saying this, everyone in the house was stunned. The unit price of salt land sold to the Kong Mansion is several times more expensive than that in other places in Shandong. Because of this salt, many servants of the Kong Mansion died. For this salt, Chen Xinjia also instigated the Minister of War Chen Xinjia to frame Shandong. In a sense, because of this salt, the matter of peace talks was leaked, and Chen Xinjia was imprisoned and died.

Who would have thought that today, I heard the prince of the Confucius Mansion come over and say that he is willing to buy at a higher price. This is a naked surrender and show goodwill. It is indeed a high-ranking party of the Confucius Mansion. He always pays attention to the standard of matters when doing things. He does not say that he is wrong, but is willing to bow his head, but instead changes the way to buy high-priced salt.

The price of salt is now increased, and the price is really incredible, but it shows that the Kong Mansion is willing to obey the general's disposal. In the past, the Kong Mansion is willing to spend money to help with money, spend money to buy peace and reconciliation.

The Kong Mansion is so disgusting, not because of the fluctuations and changes caused by Li Meng's appearance in this history. Even in real history, the Kong Mansion has never been a synonym for loyalty and righteousness.

Let’s not talk about the replacement of the Han Dynasty. From the Five Barbarians and Sixteen Kingdoms to the Jin Kingdom and the Mongol Yuan, these foreign barbarians moved into the Central Plains and never saw any actions in the Confucius Mansion. They always stayed in Shandong in a stable manner and enjoyed the titles and salary provided by these foreign barbarians.

Moreover, in real history, when the Qing Dynasty entered the pass, he won the world. The Confucius Mansion obediently shaved his hair and changed his clothes. Confucius talked about the debate between Chinese and foreigners, Confucianism talked about the way of sacrifice of life for righteousness, and loyalty and righteousness. No one mentioned it. What is the great righteousness? It is true to preserve the wealth and honor passed down from this thousand years.
To be continued...