Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 32 Extremely arrogant
Li Mingrui couldn't help but secretly smiled, he thought that Liu Zeqing bribed him to get information about His Majesty Zhu Youjian and His Majesty's true attitude towards Liu Zeqing from him.

But Li Mingrui didn't expect that now Liu Zeqing just wanted to change to a prince, and his appetite was not small, he wanted to be the king of Yangzhou!
Li Mingrui despised Liu Zeqing a little bit, as a commander in chief with [-] soldiers, he only had the idea of ​​being a local rich man.

Li Mingrui couldn't help thinking that even if His Majesty didn't do anything to him, this person might surrender when the slaves go south.

However, Li Mingrui couldn't help but think that it would be better for the imperial court that Liu Zeqing had no ambitions, so it would be easier to deal with.

Hearing Liu Zeqing say that he didn't want to stay in Shandong, Li Mingrui couldn't help but slander:
"This Shandong territory has been ruined by you, Liu Zeqing. Naturally, you don't want to stay in Shandong."

In order to show his attitude of collusion, Li Mingrui pulled the beautiful girl named Qiuniang into his arms at once, and smiled while groping:
"My lord, please don't worry, your majesty will definitely bring your words to your majesty's ears, and for the sake of the money and this beauty, I will definitely persuade your majesty to let you stay in Yangzhou forever."

When Liu Zeqing saw that Li Mingrui was so upright, he despised Li Mingrui in his heart, even though he was upright on the surface, but in fact he was just a hypocrite who couldn't escape lust and wealth. He also regarded Li Mingrui as the same kind, and his relationship with Li Mingrui was closer:
"If Li Zhongyun can facilitate this matter, I, Liu, will thank you very much."

"It's easy to say, easy to say, since that's the case, please ask the prince to see His Majesty immediately. The ceremony of a monarch and his ministers still needs to be talked about. To be honest, His Majesty's withdrawal to the south this time brought millions of salaries and used all his money to pay. Your lord, go and ask for it in person, maybe you will be allocated more than 100 million military pay."

After Li Mingrui said with a smile, Liu Zeqing's eyes lit up immediately.

After listening to Li Mingrui's words, Liu Zeqing, who had no resistance at all to money, immediately thought about how many troops he could recruit with the several million taels of military pay.

"Wait a minute!" Unexpectedly, at this time, Liu Zeqing's deputy general Yao Wenchang stood up.

And whispered in Liu Zeqing's ear: "Army sect, a king should not be sealed lightly. Now that His Majesty suddenly descended on Long En, could there be some deceit in it?"

Liu Zeqing also made some sense when he heard it. Although Liu Zeqing was a martial artist with no knowledge and skills, it was not that he didn't know about beheading generals and seizing military power.

Seeing his hesitation, and seeing Yao Wenchang keep squinting at him, Li Mingrui also guessed that this person must have said something to Liu Zeqing, and felt a little uneasy in his heart.

But Li Mingrui still pretended to be indifferent and smiled: "Is the prince still worried? To be honest, His Majesty did not summon you alone. Now His Majesty suddenly went south just when he needed a general to lead the party alone. Gao Jie, Liu Liangzuo, Huang Degong, Zuo Liangyu and Zou Lei from Denglai were all granted land by His Majesty, and they are expected to meet immediately; His Majesty has already said something first, whoever comes first will be the one to rely on, and the rest will be punished as traitors!"

"My lord, if you are one step behind, the position of the emperor's favored minister will not be yours, and millions of taels of military pay will fall into the hands of others. I have heard that you, lord, have always been at odds with Gao Jie, Liu Liangzuo and others. If your majesty orders them How do you deal with the robbing of your territory?"

Li Mingrui continued to speak again, the implication was obvious, His Majesty does not rely on you alone, Liu Zeqing, if you don't want to get benefits, don't go, anyway, there are several other general officers.

When Liu Zeqing heard this, he felt a little anxious, so he clapped his hands and said, "Your Majesty ordered me to bring troops to meet him. I don't think there is any fraud, and I, Liu, has an army of [-]. Even if Your Majesty wants to kill me, he will have scruples. Send the order down." , Immediately summon the whole army and go to Jinan to meet the emperor!"

"Junmen!" Yao Wenchang wanted to persuade him a few more words, but Liu Zeqing directly reprimanded him: "Don't say any more, if Gao Jie and others control His Majesty first, we won't get anything. Also, call me the prince from now on. , like Li Zhongyun, understand?"

Seeing this, Li Mingrui couldn't help laughing. While flattering Liu Zeqing, who is now under one person and above ten thousand people, he put his hand on the maid Qiuniang and made a promiscuous gesture, which made Liu Zeqing no longer suspect that Li Mingrui had other intentions. coming thoughts.

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Zhu Youjian is ready to wait for Liu Zeqing to come to confer the head.

Zhou Yuji's unit of the First Guards Army has been secretly transferred to Lishan, while Liu Fangliang's unit of the Third Guards Army is hiding in Changcheng Ridge.

These two highlands are located in the south and the north of Jinan City, according to the plan formulated by Zhu Youjian and others.

Once Liu Zeqing led an army of [-] troops into the border of Jinan City.

The First Guards Army and the Second Guards Army could attack from north to south and make an emergency landing on Liu Zeqing's troops.

The He Xin Division of the Second Guards Army was stationed in Jinan City and was responsible for attacking Liu Zeqing.

Liu Zeqing has no sense of crisis. He only knows that His Majesty is retreating southward, and he doesn't know how many troops the current emperor will bring with him.

He even took it for granted that His Majesty's trip to the south was a hasty trip, and most of Ming's troops had already concentrated in the south, so the current Emperor didn't have many troops around him.

Simply thinking that His Majesty Zhu Youjian has already fallen into Pingyang, and there is not much threat, is also one of the reasons why Liu Zeqing finally decided to come to Jinan to meet His Majesty Zhu Youjian.

Li Banghua, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, was ordered to meet Liu Zeqing at the gate of the city.

So when Liu Zeqing came to the gate of Jinan City on horseback, Liu Zeqing saw Li Banghua and a group of civil and military officials waiting here.

"I welcome His Royal Highness King Dongchang!"

Seeing that all the officials treated him so courteously, Liu Zeqing couldn't help feeling elated. Normally, a military officer like him would only bow down when he met Li Banghua, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and other high-ranking officials. But now when he saw Li Banghua, he didn't even bother to get off his horse. He arrogantly asked Li Banghua:
"Your Majesty, why don't you come out to meet the king?"

Li Banghua, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, heard Liu Zeqing's disrespectful words, and he was already extremely angry, but he knew that it was not the time to get angry, so he could only bear it forcibly, and said with a smile:
"Your Majesty is already waiting for His Highness at the chief envoy's yamen, please hurry to see His Highness."

At this time, Zhu Youjian was standing in the chief envoy's yamen, listening to He Xin's report: "Reporting to Your Majesty, 36 knife and ax fighters have been ambushed, and 72 gunmen have also been hiding everywhere. As long as Liu Zeqing comes , you will definitely die!"

"I know, Liu Zeqing's subordinate Ding is relatively good at fighting. Later, you will go to the front hall to entertain them in person. Here, Li Ruolian, the Commander of Jinyiwei, will be in charge. Li Ruolian will act according to my eyes!"

As soon as Zhu Youjian finished speaking, He Xin and Li Ruolian bowed their hands and said yes.

Not long after, Li Ruolian, who had already left, appeared in front of Zhu Youjian again: "Your Majesty, Liu Zeqing has entered the city, and has now arrived at the chief envoy's office!"

"Follow me to meet you," said Zhu Youjian, and brought Li Ruolian, the command envoy of Jinyiwei, to the office of the chief envoy in person.

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