Chapter 411: Winning may not be happy

Since this wooden sign was hung at the entrance of the homestead of Shandong Governor Yan Jizu, it has almost become a scenic spot in Jiangbei. In addition to the literati from Huai'an Prefecture and Yangzhou Prefecture, there are even literati from Nanjing City and Jiangnan who specially crossed the river to watch the fun.

Yan Jizu's servants and guards took off the wooden signs several times. Who would have thought that they would be hung up again at night, and some people left notes saying that if the wooden signs were destroyed, the big words "Assistant Shandong General Li Meng Governor Place..." would be written on the entire wall outside, which made him even more humiliated.

What makes people even more angry is that Yan Jizu sent his master to the Huai'an Prefecture Office to report the case, asking local officials to solve the problem and help guard the house. After all, Li Meng did not leave him any military guards, and Shandong Governor Yan Jizu would not be in danger here. After seeing the person who reported the case, the attitude was lukewarm and cold. He said he wanted to solve it, but he ignored it at all.

Looking outside the house as lively as a market, Yan Jizu was really shocked and angry. Although he expressed his attitude of surrendering to Li Meng some time ago, he only realized that he could be freed from the disaster in the 13th year of Chongzhen, and that his wife was so mediocre today, all he relied on was Li Meng's military power.

Without Li Meng, he was nothing. Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong, who realized this, felt a little scared in his heart, because he went north to fight the Tartars, and he would have defeated more than he won. If the Jiaozhou camp was defeated, he would probably have ended his peace. I don’t know what disaster would be next.

Thinking about the future, this small humiliation is nothing now, so let’s bear it. Shandong Governor Yan Jizu helplessly ordered his servants to ignore it. The door was closed every day, and except for buying daily necessities, he would never go out without any trouble.

If this situation continues like this, perhaps there will be such records in the historical books and Mingren’s notes: “Yan was humiliating his politeness, and was willing to be a military man, and was willing to be a driving force. However, once the matter was defeated, he lived in Shanyang. There was a wooden sign written by Yimin, "Acting Shandong General Li, Governor of Shandong and Deputy Censor of the Southern Zhili Local Censorate" in front of the door. The scholars and people in Jiangnan laughed at him, and Yan was ashamed and did not dare to come out in panic..."

In front of the door of the house where Yan Jizu lived, such a farce lasted for a full half month until the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month.

Yan Jizu and the servants of the servants who were with them were already accustomed to the fun outside. According to the servants who went out to buy groceries, there were already small vendors selling snacks outside the door, and some people came to sell them nearby with pens, ink, paper, inkstones and paste. The snacks must be for idle people who watched the fun. This ink, paper, and inkstones were naturally used to make the ink and write for those literati who had read the wooden signs and were inspired to splash ink and write. As for the paste, they naturally put it on the wall outside after writing it.

Every day, it was like a downtown city. Yan Jizu became more and more calm from the beginning when he was panic and frightened. Every day, he was locked in the room and read and wrote, and he was leisurely and comfortable. Anyway, his pockets were bulging, and his food and drink were all good. Here, he simply treated it as a vacation.

On the morning of the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, Yan Jizu drank some wine the night before, slept very heavily, and got up a lot later than usual. He rubbed his head and felt a little hangover headache. He could hear the noise outside like the bustling city, but it still didn't stop and was very lively.

Yan Jizu got up from the bed, shook his head and smiled, thinking that these people outside had really free time. The more scholars of Jiangnan, the more superior the family conditions, the more they had. These people don’t have to worry about life. If they can make a fuss about anything, they are willing to come over to join in.

Moreover, this kind of thing is a great name. Now he is a scum among scholars and the target of criticism. He denounced Yan here, which is a just act that everyone praised.

If there were such boring scholars in Shandong, they would either work in farms, public schools and similar institutions in various places, or be busy with their own real estate industries. If they dared to gather outside like this, they would probably be armed salt stewards and rode their horses and greet them at the first moment.

It’s still a lot of order in Shandong. Thinking of this, Yan Jizu patted his forehead with his hand and laughed silently. When did he become a Shandong native, he actually thought of us directly. However, he should have used us in Shandong. His family and relatives are already used to living in Shandong. And judging from the current situation, he will be inseparable from Shandong in this life.

There he was thinking about it all, and Yan Jizu suddenly looked up and felt something was wrong, because the noise outside the yard suddenly disappeared, and the quietness that was supposed to be around him was restored to the early morning.

It was almost half a month since I was in trouble, but suddenly I became so quiet that it really made me uncomfortable. This silence makes me feel uneasy and extremely uncomfortable.

"Yan Cai! Yan Cai!!"

Yan Jizu called out his personal butler, wanting to ask what was going on, but after shouting a few words, no one spoke, which made Yan Jizu even more panicked. He quickly put on his clothes and stood up, wanting to go outside to take a look. At this moment, the sound of rapid footsteps came from outside.

At this moment, Shandong Governor Yan Jizu even thought that Li Meng's army had failed, so the court sent someone to take him, but the footsteps outside were the footsteps of a person, which was a little relieved.

The door was pushed open, but the one who rushed into the door was Yan Cai who had just greeted him, Yan Jizu's personal butler. The personal butler was extremely excited, burst into tears, and said in an incoherent trembling voice:

"Master, Master, Li Dashuai won the victory and won the victory!!"

The housekeepers of such wealthy families share the honor and disgrace with the master's family and are at stake. Of course, Yan Cai knew that if Yan Jizu was disgraced and convicted and imprisoned, he would not have any good endings. Therefore, he was extremely concerned about the battle situation of Li Meng in the north and was extremely worried.

Today, Yan Cai was really ecstatic. Yan Jizu was a governor after all, and it was different from ordinary people. After the soldiers from the news reported, they submitted the letter in their hands and waited outside. Yan Cai trotted in.

"A complete victory...a complete victory...a complete victory!!"

Yan Jizu murmured to himself a few words, and finally confirmed the news. He raised the corners of his mouth involuntarily, grinning and trying to laugh. But in front of the servants, he always had to maintain a gentle and polite style, and he forced himself to be stern, smiled calmly, and said:

"It's natural to win a great victory. You scream so loudly, and others will be laughed at by others!!"

His tone was not very strict, Yan Cai lowered his head and bowed. He wanted to follow the master's words to say apologize, but when he lowered his head, he saw Yan Jizu's hand trembling constantly. He was obviously extremely excited. He didn't know what to say for a moment, so he laughed there.

Yan Jizu cleared his throat and said:

"Put on your clothes and go out with the master to see the beautiful articles of this Huai'an scholar!"

At this time, even Yan Jizu couldn't stop smiling. Of course, he knew the reason for the quiet outside. In his small house, there were already loud cheers from servants and guards. He had not gone out for more than ten days, so this time he went outside to see the articles they wrote.

Of course, Yan Jizu's real intention was to let the literati who had humiliated him for half a month see him. Who laughed at the end? It seems that he was the one who laughed openly to the end.

Yan Cai agreed happily. Then he served Yan Jizu's clothes with a few servants. He just rinsed his mouth and didn't eat breakfast. Shandong Governor Yan Jizu walked out of the door in a sensible way. The winter in Huai'an Prefecture was not warm, and it was cold to wake up in the morning.

When I opened the yard gate, I saw that there seemed to be a strong wind blowing at the door, and there was no ghost. There was a piece of paper all over the ground, which was extremely unconventional. Yan Jizu laughed out loud, and Yan Cai next to me said intrigue:

"Just just now, the general reported that the cavalry came over, and a group of sour scholars were still clamoring and scolding. As a result, the cavalry could not enter, so they shouted outside that victory and wiped out the Tartars. Tsk tsk, lord, you didn't watch that scene. At that time, the street was silent. When the little messenger invited him into the house, everyone outside ran away cleanly."

Governor Yan Jizu snorted coldly and said disdainfully with his hands behind his back:

"The scholar is useless!!"

It seemed like I was walking outside in the early morning, and I watched the layers of articles on it. It was quite inconsistent with the words on this wall. This wall was full of criticism of Li Meng, sarcastic words on Yan Jizu, using allusions to show off his words, and doing his best to the article.

Yan Jizu looked relaxed, as if he was the chief examiner in charge of the imperial examination. He was browsing there and marveling, picking out their allusions and other problems.

After walking around, I didn't eat breakfast and was hungry. When I was about to return to the house, I saw a wooden sign hanging on the storefront, which read "Yan Jizu, the deputy chief censor of Shandong General Li and Nanzhili Local Censorate". Yan Jizu couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and ordered:

"Yan Cai, go get a wooden sign of this size and prepare your pen and ink!!!"

When Yan Jizu and several servants walked out of the house with a wooden sign, the Huai'an prefect and a group of entourage arrived in a hurry.

As soon as he saw Yan Jizu, he was outside the door. The official sedan chair was put down outside the yard and lifted the curtain. The Huai'an prefect hurriedly came out of the sedan chair and walked quickly to Yan Jizu. Yan Jizu didn't give him any good face. The coldness of the world for more than ten days was really hurtful. Today, I turned it upside down and felt very happy.

In theory, the prefect met the governor as a gift, but did not kneel down, because the governor was a temporary official in a strict sense, the prefect was a military officer, the governor was a military officer, and the governor was not in charge of the governor as a certain extent. It was not impossible for the prefect of Huai'an and the governor to meet with the governor as a Shandong governor.

However, when the Huai'an prefect saw Yan Jizu's cold expression, he hesitated a little and then knelt down. He used the land but followed the etiquette of the first and second-rank officials and said in panic:

"Mr. Yan, the officials in the yamen were so ignorant that they disturbed the Lord a few days ago. It was not until today that the officials learned that they hurried over. Please rest assured. The officials must be to inspect those bold and arbitrary crazy people and punish them seriously..."

Yan Jizu's expression was faint. When the day was sent to the yamen, someone said, "Our prefect said that this is the place in Nanzhili, and I also asked Governor Yan to return to the ground in Shandong. It was very quiet there." Now, he is hurried over to show his respect, probably because of the good news.

This is what is called the cold and cold world. Yan Jizu sneered in his heart, but his expression did not change, but he did not say anything to ask the Huai'an prefect to stand up. Seeing the prefect kneeling down, the group of subordinates led by the Huai'an prefect were kneeling there, dark. But he heard Yan Jizu say leisurely there:

"Everyone, look at how this plaque is written by me!"

Everyone looked in the direction of Yan Jizu, but saw a wooden sign hanging next to the courtyard gate, with the handwriting flying and phoenix dancing. Yan Jizu's calligraphy skills were quite profound. This was obviously his handwriting, but the content on it was still the lines of words that were ridiculed by everyone, with slight changes:

"General Dai Zhendong, Shandong General Li Meng, governor of Shandong, and the local area of ​​Nanzhili."

When the Huai'an prefect looked up and saw the wooden sign, he was about to turn around and scold his subordinates, saying that the wooden sign was the culprit, and why did he not put it down? It was hanging here to disturb people's hearts, but in a flash, he realized that although the words of the wooden sign still express the official position, the meaning has changed drastically.

The former Jiangnan Shilin ridiculed him as a high-ranking civil servant in the court but willing to be the lackey of the martial arts husband Li Meng. But now this martial arts husband has won a great victory in the northern Zhili area. Now he is a literati from all over the world and is afraid he can't get it. Yan Jizu served as the governor of Nan Zhili, and is very righteous and glorious.

The wealthy merchants in Yangzhou Prefecture had already made their statements. The news quickly reached Nanjing City. Ruan Dacheng stayed silent, and the Shilin in Jiangnan was silent again.

There are few people who encourage people in Jiangnan today, and I don’t know what to do for a while. However, some people have begun to write articles to promote the first victory between the Ming Dynasty and the Donglu in many years.

In the city of Nanjing, except for Ruan Dacheng, Qian Qianyi is qualified to call him the leader. However, this person sang a very high tune on weekdays, but he is actually a very slick villain. In the court, Wen Tiren drove Changshu people Zhang Hanru to criticize him for being a greedy man. He claimed to be a famous scholar in Donglin and bribed the eunuch Cao Huachun. As a result, Zhang Hanru was tortured by the Ministry of Justice and died. He also escaped safely. He returned to Nanjing and became a rich man, lingering on the Qinhuai River all day long. He claimed to be "a generation of dragon gate, a romantic leader."

The wooden sign can be hung outside the door of Yan Jizu's house, which has a lot to do with Qian Qianyi, but around the 16th day of the twelfth lunar month, the good news arrived in Nanjing.

Several scholars involved in this matter hurried to Qian Mansion to ask about the final solution, but were told by the old servant guarding the house that our master had gone to Changzhou for the New Year and would probably not be back next year.

Of course, these people didn't know that Qian Qianyi hurried out of Nanjing City to hide. Before leaving, he sent back his true nature to the literati. He hurriedly wrote a letter and sent someone to Jinan City. The content in his mind was very simple. First, it showed that he had a lot of connections in Nanzhili and had a great influence in the Donglin Party. Second, he congratulated General Li Meng on his victory.

Although this letter is all prescriptive, if you are a discerning person, you will definitely see the meaning. One is to show kindness, and the other is to show kindness that you have enough weight to show kindness. Of course, to put it bluntly, this is to knock your head on the ground and beg the other party to accept it.

In the entire Jiangnan literary world, there were so many literati suddenly found that they didn’t know what to say. You said that Li Meng was greedy and vulgar, and set up a card to collect money on the canal transportation, which made the Jiangnan scholars who were used to enjoying privileges hate it. Moreover, Li Meng had no moral rules of the Ming Dynasty in his eyes.

He did not take the rules of the noble and humble military officials seriously at all. He acted recklessly in Shandong, and he pointed out that Shandong soldiers and horses have recently taken care of injustice in Nanzhili, trying to overthrow the world.

The greedy warriors had expanded their ambitions. With these factors added up, Li Meng had become a public enemy in the eyes of scholars, but this warrior wiped out the Tartar army in the northern Zhili. From all aspects, there should be not many false elements.

Such powerful force shocked the literati who did not know the world, but there was something that made them confused. The famous ministers served as the generals in previous times, and the generals led the generals to fight inside and outside the pass. There were few victories, and to be more precise, they were defeated every time. Now the army led by a general alone has such a great victory. Is the ancestor's rules correct or incorrect? What are the various actions of Li Meng?

The literati who were not clear-headed were shocked by the huge military power and did not dare to speak out. Those literati with clear-headed literati were considering why.

Ma Shiying, the governor of the canal transport in Fengyang, Zhongdu, was the most strange official when Li Meng turned north to fight the Tartars. The target of more than 10,000 troops in his hand was Shandong soldiers near Shouzhou. However, after hearing that Li Meng led his troops to march northward, there was no movement. He just sighed there and restrained his troops and horses to guard Fengyang strictly. He should not move rashly.

However, several trusted generals from the Governor's Office of the Canal Transportation Governor's Office received a secret order from Ma Shiying to prepare and prepare to march north when necessary.

When the news of victory came, Ma Shiying took the clue letter copied by his subordinates and looked carefully. He pondered for half a day and laughed in the inner hall. In the end, he only said two obscure words:

"If you want to change, you should change!"

On the 16th day of the 12th lunar month, Nanjing City already knew that Shandong General Li Meng had won a great victory between Dongguang County and Nanpi County in Zhili, but in the territory of Zhili, the Shuntian Prefecture, where the capital was located, was adjacent to Hejian Prefecture, which was much closer to Zhili in Shandong. However, the latest one was the one who knew the news.

The soldiers and horses of the Tartars were completely wiped out by the Jiaozhou Camp led by Li Meng. The entire Northern Zhili area was concentrated near the capital, and the Tartars passed by were destroyed in an unexpected way. The scholars and civilians fled one after another, but they didn't know the news. The various prefectures and counties in Hejian Prefecture were still in shock and could not remember this for a while.

Local officials of Hejian Prefecture, whether it is Hejian Prefecture or various prefectures and counties in the local area, are more interested in Jiaozhou Camp's victory and going to the capital to report victory and show their faces. Of course, they are the officer envoys of Jiaozhou Camp's own army. We must not break this rule, otherwise Li Dashen would be furious, which is a great event.

None of them expected that the Jiaozhou Camp simply ignored the direction of the capital and spread the victory to the territory controlled by the Jiaozhou Camp itself.

When the capital learned the news, it was already the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month. During this period, the capital was in a gloomy and depressing atmosphere. Hundreds of thousands of troops outside the city, and the various military and horse teams in the city were mobilized. They were fully alert and did not dare to relax at all.

But what can so many troops be of use? They didn't even dare to send out a probe, otherwise how could they not know about the great victory of Hejian Mansion?

Emperor Chongzhen completely lost his composure and said nervously in the palace and court meetings every day:

"I am so diligent, why is there today's situation!"

There were so many soldiers and horses in Northern Zhili gathering together, but Emperor Chongzhen and the Ministry of War still felt that the troops were not strong enough, so they sent messengers to various places to seek help. For example, the commander Hou Xun who went to the north bank of the Yellow River led tens of thousands of troops to return to the rescue overnight. However, Hou Xun and Shanxi General Xu Dingguo dared to go back because they had already gathered border troops in Shaanxi, but this time, they had not collected enough border troops and went back to Shaanxi and Shanxi again.

The current imperial court in the capital is extremely frightened and ignores all decent things. They were originally invisible to Jiaozhou Camp, but this time it has become a standard hot commodity. A famous messenger is heading towards Shandong. The problem is that these messengers dare not go to Hejian Prefecture, and they are all in Baoding and Zhending.

After entering Shandong, these messengers were directly detained by armed salt dicks. Because the above issued an order, all foreign messengers must detain them without replying or responding.

The reason for doing this is to block the news of the dispatch of the army. It is not only the Tartars who want to fight. God knows whether others will send people to buy at the bottom after seeing Shandong's emptiness. This is all necessary to guard against. All hostile people cannot let the movements of the Jiaozhou camp be known.

After the great victory, the messengers were still detained there. This was a trivial matter. Since the commander had no orders, he would just let them stay there.

Li Meng is worried about too much now, and this matter is not under his consideration. The imperial envoy who came from the capital was detained.

After a while, all the above, the capital unknowingly, the Jiaozhou Camp was also closed down by the capital itself.

Starting from late November, the ministers in the court were planning to gather more troops to guard the capital and increase their confidence in defense. However, almost all the soldiers in Northern Zhili were plundered and there was no secret in everyone's heart.

In this case, one or two top civil officials should have asked to lead troops to supervise their troops and go out to fight against the Tartars army. The chief minister Zhou Yanru was naturally pushed to the forefront. The chief minister was not vague and passionately demanded to lead troops to supervise their troops and fight the Tartars in the court.

Hearing Zhou Yanru's generous speeches, Emperor Chongzhen was really touched by a lot of tears, and he immediately transferred the troops and reported them.
To be continued...