Reborn Regent of Ming Dynasty

Zhang Pu is the leader of Fushe, even if he knows the inside story of many things, he won't think too much about it, let alone talk about it.His Zhang family is also a family of gentry, enjoying the privilege of endless grain and tax payment, interacting with public officials, controlling local government affairs, and forming associations to discuss government affairs. It is obvious that the Ming Dynasty government has always been in the hands of people like them, but all mistakes are made by the emperor or traitors. , but Qingliu has no mistakes or responsibilities at all.

In the Qing Dynasty, officials and officials were always restricted in discussing politics, and a very powerful argument was not to repeat the disaster of Donglin. This view was still very popular until the Tongzhi period. It can be seen that the disaster of Donglin was not a secret at that time. People in the Donglin Party Nor is it as clean and honest as they boast, with national security at stake.

"Brother Tianru is saying that this year, old Yang Ge's life will not be easy?"

Liu Zeqing grasped the point very keenly and asked questions.

"That's right." Zhang Pu smiled, and said calmly: "I dare to say that Yang Wenruo will stop here. The important thing is that Zhang Shouren confronted Senior Fang for some reason, and even a few eunuchs who supervised the army Fall out, so he will not be staying in Huguang soon... When this person is transferred to Liaodong, there will be a quagmire, and his good luck will probably come to an end here."[

These matters are games at the top, related to the secret struggle between Donglin, which represents the southern scholar-bureaucrats, and the northern scholar-bureaucrat group. The Donglin Party did not make much trouble in order to push Yang Sichang back. Take Zuo Liangyu's inconsistencies as an example. However, the Donglin Party is definitely not playing a benign upward role.

Until the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, the north-south dispute between the Han officials in the court did not stop, until the fall of the Qing Dynasty.

Liu Zeqing would not understand these things, he just felt relieved.

Many things, after Zhang Pu's explanation, immediately became clear to the chest, and the heart became much brighter.

"Hezhou, I don't need to ask too much about you and the aristocratic families of Yanzhou and Huaiyang merchants. Those who go to the altar to worship the commander and guard one side will inevitably have these things. Is it ominous for those who observe Yuanyu? There are only two things, you Promise me now."

"Brother Tianru, please tell me."

"Don't dare to order... First, you must take good care of Jinan, the capital of the province, and the place of observation. If there is a big mess, everyone's face will be ugly, and it will be difficult to say anything."

"Yes, please rest assured, Brother Tianru."

Liu Zeqing knew that this was because he was worried that he would rush to retaliate after he entered Jinan. The bad military discipline caused commotion in the city. After a big disturbance, it would be difficult for everyone to speak up for him and be the commander-in-chief, so he immediately agreed, unequivocally.

"Secondly, Li Qingshan must be restrained. He should stay at the border between Yanzhou and Dongchang Mansion. Don't continue to fight north. It is enough to build up momentum now. Dongping Prefecture is recovered, and Linqing Prefecture will be protected again. Things, the water transportation is safe, Li Qingshan is trapped, in fact, whether it is destroyed or not, it does not matter!"

"This matter is also related to some aristocratic families in Yanzhou...but it's all on me."

Li Qingshan's rebellion was a systematic project, including Liu Zeqing, many aristocratic families in Yanzhou, and even Huaiyang merchants.

The successful operation this time is also because the court is worried that the water transportation will be blocked, especially because Li Qingshan has the hidden intention of entering Dongchang Mansion. If Linqing is threatened, the court will definitely be anxious.

When Liu Zeqing took care of this matter, Zhang Pu felt much more relieved, so he said with a smile: "I won't delay here, I will leave after explaining to brother Hezhou...there is still something to do in the capital."

"Brother Tianru is an important matter, and I dare not stop it. However, at least I will stay here for a day or two. The celebrities in this city have been looking forward to it for a long time."

"Haha, I can't, I can't, this trip is not going directly north, but I have to turn to Fushan."

"Fushan?" Liu Zeqing was taken aback, and asked in astonishment, "Why is Brother Tianru interested in Fushan?"

Now in the Shandong area, there are rumors about Denglai and Denglai, and even Qingzhou and Dongchang. The Yanzhou area can't help but want to make a move, also because of Zhang Shouren's manors.

Each village has tens of thousands or thousands of acres of land, and the benefits are so good that it is rumored that they live in heaven everywhere. The tenants of many big families are very tempted. In Yanzhou, hundreds of tenants have withdrawn their rent and ran to the village. Dongchang went to Zhang Shouren's manor, where they were treated better and treated more seriously. As tenants in the south of the Yangtze River, the relationship of personal attachment is not obvious, and the exploitation is not too serious. After all, it is a well-dressed family. Qingliu is in power, so the exploitation also pays attention to techniques, not so brutal and cruel. [

In the territory of Yanzhou, there are thousand-year-old aristocratic families like the Confucian Mansion and the Yan Mansion. They set up their own government offices, and punished the tenants with light and heavy responsibilities. Landlords treated like slaves are common cases.

This is similar to the situation in Denglai Qingzhou, so the trend of fleeing tenants prevailed, and Zhang Shouren was also hated to the bone.

And the source of this trend is naturally Fushan, which has also become the focus of everyone's attention.If it weren't for Zhang Shouren's large army and tens of thousands of people left to guard the house, there might really be someone who wanted to attack Fushan.

Since he couldn't make up his mind, he kept it at a respectful distance. Zhang Pu wanted to go to Fushan, but he didn't know why.

"My friend Chen Wozi is over there, so I have to go."

Zhang Pu let out a long sigh and didn't want to say more. He and Chen Zilong had already had serious disagreements on the matter of Fushan. In this era, intellectuals and Qingliu leaders like him are always concerned with the court situation, and they also pay great attention to local movements. , and the way to keep this attention is letters.Zhang Pu and Chen Zilong wrote letters endlessly, and there were so many letters about Fushan, the differences were also getting bigger and bigger.

The bet between Chen Zilong and Zhang Shouren is still there, and he only wants to see Zhang Shouren increase the production of sweet potatoes in Fushan, but he really doesn't care much about other things.

Zhang Shouren's invention of the Fushan Ecosystem has already been written into a pamphlet, which he asked his friends to bring back to Jiangnan and widely published.It’s just that after the book was completed, the response in Jiangnan was mediocre, because the ecological circle was built on the basis of lack of water and fertilizer in the fields. Plain, few people know.

But Chen Zilong's limited influence made it even more difficult to publish and distribute in the north.

When Zhang Pu and Chen Zilong exchanged letters, they mostly talked about such things. Once Zhang Pu attacked Zhang Shouren and Fushan, Chen Zilong would divert the topic. edge.

During Zhang Pu's trip, he also planned to restore his friendship with Chen Zilong. Moreover, he also had a certain curiosity about Fushan, and wanted to see it in person.

"Okay, since brother Tianru has something important to do, I won't stop him. I can only set up a table of wine and pay for brother."

"Of course, you don't have any dishes here..."

Before Zhang Pu could finish his sentence, he swallowed it again.

He said it casually, but it suddenly occurred to him that it was not appropriate to say it... Liu Zeqing was not prestige when he led the army. In order to frighten the army, and also to threaten the gentry families in Yanzhou to give him a place, at a banquet, Liu Zeqing ordered to cook human flesh Come to eat, there is another time to eat human brains raw.

This matter has been rumored for a long time between the court and the public of the Ming Dynasty, and there are different opinions. Some people can't believe it is true.

Of course Zhang Pu knew, so he swallowed the words quickly, and said: "It doesn't matter what you eat, the friendship between you and me lies in the intimacy, and the banquet is secondary."

"Yes, as the heavens and brothers ordered!"

Liu Zeqing laughed at Zhang Pu's slip of the tongue, and immediately ordered someone to clean up the upper-class seats, but he didn't find any outsider, but asked his brother Liu Yuanqing to come to accompany him, and the three of them drank Tao Ran, but Zhang Pu refused. Liu Zeqing's retention, sitting in a small sedan chair carried by four people, a housekeeper, two easy-going elders and two attendants in the study, a party of no more than nine people, as usual, Yanzhou is full of official roads to the north and west, which is very convenient and friendly Safety, after all, it is different now. Liu Zeqing was not at ease when he saw it, so he sent 20 of his own soldiers in armor and swords, accompanied by horses, sent to the border of Jinan, and then returned.

After Zhang Pu left, Liu Zeqing stood on the steps and ordered lightly: "Who is on guard today? Immediately send someone to kill him, and then kill his whole family. A good family, regardless of age, male or female." , Kill them all for me."

"Yes, I will do it right away!"

His middle officer knew his commander's temper. Although he was trembling with fright and could barely hold the knife, he didn't dare to say a word. After agreeing, he turned around and left. [

But after a while, crying and cursing came from Liu's residence, probably because they knew that their family was in danger and the beheaded people were not afraid anymore, they scolded Liu Zeqing loudly, and then squeaked, probably because someone blocked their mouths A full mouth of teeth was put on or knocked out, and then there was silence. The person should have been beheaded.

Then the cavalry rushed out, directly to the home of the beheaded man, and continued to carry out Liu Zeqing's general order, killing all the good and bad of that man.

"Brother, if Zhang Tianru knows, I'm afraid he won't like it..."

Liu Yuanqing didn't care about killing people, but he was worried about his elder brother's future.Liu Zeqing smiled, and said calmly, "What are you afraid of? It's none of his business if I kill my own family? Besides, by the time he knows, I've already secured the position of Shandong commander-in-chief in Jinan City, and Zhang Tianru still relies on me." To frighten people's hearts, after another two years, he will rely more on me and I will rely less on him, and he and I will be reversed."

"Big brother is mighty, my Liu family is in the hands of big brother, and it will definitely be launched."

"Well, who can know what will happen in the future? But if you do well, your future will not be bad. In this world, it depends on us warriors!"

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The news that Zhang Pu turned to Fushan via Caozhou County, Yanzhou Prefecture was sent to Zhang Shouren's desk in Gucheng about five days later by people from the Military Intelligence Department.

During this period, there were naturally many reports on salt merchants in Huaiyang, and the movements of those aristocratic families in Yanzhou were also within the scope of investigation.

Such a result, of course, was beyond the expectation of Liu Zeqing, the Yanzhou family, and the Huaiyang salt merchants. An invisible big net was set up around them.

Yanzhou and Caozhou, as well as the Huaiyang area, have always been the focus of Fushan's military deployment. As early as the 11th year of Chongzhen, it began to deploy manpower, point to area, and use money to buy and many other means. In the end, it was a model area for intelligence deployment.