So Mr. Wang didn't say anything, and kept watching the side with great clarity, just waiting for the opportunity to slip away. Sure enough, he found the opportunity and slipped out smoothly.

Liu Wuzhang looked at Mr. Wang's sedan chair and sighed: "There are still smart people among the gentry, please leave his name." The gentleman next to him quickly painted Mr. Wang's name on the list.

At this time, the cannon sound had stopped, which meant that the 10,000 cavalry had left the range of the cannon. Although the gentry stopped hearing the cannon sound, their excitement was still unabated. Because at this time, Mr. Cao's servant ran up again

As soon as he went upstairs, he ran to Mr. Cao and wanted to whisper.

Mr. Liu smiled and said, "Master Cao, it must be news from the government army again. There are no outsiders here. They are all local and well-known. Why not let your family speak out loud and let everyone listen and have a lot of morale."

Mr. Cao laughed and said, "Since Mr. Liu said that, then okay, you can say it loudly."

Seeing this, the servant shouted: "Yes, master. Just now, the official army had already begun to test the attack on the city and was repelled by the thief army on the city. But the villain heard from the general guarding the city that the court had sent ten people.

Wan Dajun will arrive soon. The one who just attacked the city was just a forward."

After hearing this, the gentry was overjoyed. Although the official army was defeated, what's the point? Even if the 100,000 army cannot be fully believed, it will not be groundless. There are always 50,000 or 60,000. In fact, they

They don’t care who loses and who wins. The key is that in this way, they have a reason to raise prices and make money.

Mr. Cao was so excited that his face flushed and shouted, "Everyone has heard that this time the thief army and the official army must have no time to take care of us. Even if the thief army wants to take care of us, they have to worry about us."

Three points. As long as we control the price when it is raised properly, there will be no major riots, the thief army can only turn a blind eye. As for the official army who will attack in victoriously, do you want Cao to continue talking about it?"

After hearing his analysis, the gentry was so excited that their eyes were shining with golden light, as if a lot of money was rolling in, and they all ran into their hands.

Mr. Cao suddenly knocked on the table and shouted: "I have decided to increase the grain, oil and salt first when I go back, and try the water."

Mr. Li shouted, "My cloth shop and grain shop will also increase by 30%.

Seeing that someone took the lead, the gentry immediately shouted: "I also rose by 30%, and I also rose by 30%.

In an instant, a group of bold gentry reached an agreement to raise prices. It seemed that the four words "stern family executions" on the Lingshan Guard's notice were useless to them and would never fall on them.

Mr. Cao was very happy. The reason why he took this lead was to encourage everyone to raise prices with him. As the saying goes, the law does not blame the public. It is estimated that the Lingshan Guards would not kill all the gentry and merchants. Without them, the Lingshan Guards would not be able to kill all the gentry and wealthy merchants.

The army should not control the people safely.

Liu Wuzhang listened to the 30% increase from Juxian Tower, smiled slightly, and said to his subordinates: "Okay, they are already looking for death. Show me clearly everyone, today all the gentry and merchants on the floor are all

Write it down, don't miss it."

The subordinate nodded, they knew that this man was not a good man. Don’t look at him smiling all day long, he turned against him faster than reading books. This time he set his sights on the gentry and wealthy merchants in Jinan, if he didn’t peel off a few layers of them

It would be useless to give him the nickname "Liu Wude" secretly given to him by others.

Just when Liu Wuzhang was secretly calculating others, he did not realize that the guy in the shop was no longer the guy he came in at the beginning. The guy who kept lowering his head and pretending to be scared was actually pricking his ears and listening to everything.

A man dressed in the dress suddenly came in and said anxiously: "Secretary Liu, Lord Liu has arrived at the Governor's Office and is summoning everyone."

Liu Wuzhang was stunned, then his face changed drastically, and he murmured, "How could it be? Didn't you go back to Lingshan Guard? Why did you come back suddenly?" He heard that Li Kaiguo summoned him, and did not dare to neglect him. He hurriedly left the shop and left.

Don’t forget to remind your subordinates, don’t forget what he just ordered.

Ten thousand cavalry left more than a hundred corpses and retreated more than ten miles in a panic. The damn Lingshan Guards' Army was able to shoot cannons seven miles away, forcing them to retreat further.

Wu Sangui looked at Jinan City in the distance and jumped off his horse in anger, kicking a stone out with one foot. Zu Zeyuan shook his head. Wu Sangui was indeed a general, but he had many shortcomings. Zu Zeyuan said:

"Sangui, now Jinan Prefecture is occupied by the thief army, and the city is high and the walls are strong. We are all cavalry and there is no siege equipment, not to mention the shortage of food and grass, so there is no right here. It is better to return to Jinghou, Dezhou to do his will."

Wu Sangui was furious and shouted, "Damn Zhu Dadian, who has a strong city, but he doesn't even have the ability to block the thief army for ten days. I will report a copy to cure him for losing his land." His news was blocked, and he still

I don’t know that Zhu Dadian had been killed by Li Kaiguo. But no matter how ruthless he said, it would not be of any substantial help.

Wu Sangui had no choice but to come with ambition, but he ended up returning empty-handed. He could only send orders to send more than 500 cavalry to raise white flags to collect the bodies under Jinan city, and then evacuate to Dezhou.

When Li Kaiguo entered Jinan Prefecture, he threw ten thousand Liaodong cavalry behind his head. He didn't care about the movements of these ten thousand cavalry, and it was impossible for cavalry to attack the city. As long as Jinan Prefecture was in his hands, he would not hurt the Ming court.

, these ten thousand iron cavalry will not be too far from Jinan Prefecture, sooner or later, those war horses will become his.

As soon as he entered the Governor's Office, Li Kaiguo ordered to summon all officials to discuss matters in the lobby. Li Kaiguo came to the Houya and changed into wet clothes. Suddenly he felt something was wrong and asked the maid: "Where is Miss Hai and Miss Su?"

The maid said, "After the words of the elders, Miss Hai and Miss Su went to Prince De's Mansion. In the past two days, the princess of Prince De's Mansion became good sisters with them. Early this morning, the princess sent someone to pick them up to play."

Li Kaiguo said hesitating and stopped asking. After a brief wash, his personal soldiers came to report and said that the officials had arrived. Li Kaiguo immediately went to the court to ask about politics.

Although he had only left for three days, the secretary and officers who stayed in Jinan Prefecture felt like they had been in a long time. They reported on the things that happened in the past three days. The city defense was the second thousand households, and the east gate had been closed in three days.

Death, and the city defenses are all in place, and the wheel defenses of each army have been set, which is enough to support the continuous battles.

Guan Ming, a secretary who manages civil affairs, reported that everything in the city was in good order. The market was stable. Apart from complaining about the closure of the city gate, the people did not move. However, the gentry was a little uneasy and often rushed around the city.

go.

...

...

After listening to reports from all sides, Li Kaiguo said that overall, the situation in Jinan Prefecture is good, but one thing is not mentioned in reports from all parties.

Li Kaiguo asked: "What do scholars in the city think of us?"

The secretary looked at each other and lowered his head. Guan Ming saw that no one came out to answer. Then he said a little embarrassedly: "Sir, the scholars in the city have many criticisms, but they have no acts to incite the people, but they are just scholars.

They talked about each other, and their subordinates thought it was nothing important. So they didn't report it."

Li Kaiguo looked at him lightly. Guan Ming was also a scholar. But he, a scholar, was obviously not a member of the same place in Jinan Prefecture. Guan Ming should have been angry a lot.

Li Kaiguo suddenly said: "Guan Ming, I ordered you to act as a criminal prosecutor from now on, enter the Criminal Prosecutor's Office, and accept the public's suedience. From now on, the lobby will be open to the lobby for trial every day, and the people can watch it.

Post a notice. Anyone who has wronged can sue him or her, and he or she will not be sued by the people for the sake of justice and guilt."

The Censor of the Criminal is the third rank. He is in charge of the criminal prison, judicial and supervision of a province. He can be said to have the power of life and death. Guan Ming was very happy and hurriedly fell to the ground and shouted: "The officials will definitely live up to the things that the emperor has.

Hope.”

Li Kaiguo smiled slightly and said, "You can find two more people as your deputy envoys in the secretary, and five of the other assistants and the sub-trial inspection team will be selected from the scholars in Jinan Prefecture. You may do it well?

”

Guan Ming was stunned and then realized that Li Kaiguo wanted to win the hearts of scholars in Jinan Prefecture. What is studying for? Being an official? What is being an official? He is privileged, making a fortune, and becoming a better person.

But there are so many scholars in the world. If you want to be an official, you have to take the fifth-level examination such as the scientific examination, the provincial examination, the imperial examination, the palace examination and the Shujishi examination, so that you can become an official.

Now Li Kaiguo has sold out a number of ten official positions in the fifth rank. Although Li Kaiguo's rule was somewhat unjust for the orthodox Ming Dynasty, it was reasonable to have the support of King De.

The scholars knew that they had the opportunity to become fifth-rank officials, except for some people who were abnormal in their minds and thought they would definitely be the top in high school. If they didn't believe it, they would not be moved.

As long as they are moved, these scholars will think about Li Kaiguo in turn. Gao, Guan Ming just thought about it and understood that scholars in Jinan Prefecture could guess thoroughly. Unfortunately, this is a bright open plot, even if

So what if you guess it? Where is the hat of the fifth-rank official put, who can not be moved?

Guan Ming said: "Please rest assured. The official understands what he meant and will definitely do this."

Li Kaiguo nodded and said to other secretaries who were calm and unstable on the surface, "Don't be envious or jealous, do a good job, and life is still long, I will not treat you badly."

It's strange that Li Kaiguo gave them a promise, which immediately sootheed the knot in their hearts. The secretary knelt down on the ground and said in unison: "I'm willing to serve the lord." Then they crawled with joyful faces.

stand up.

At this moment, a woman suddenly laughed "hehe" outside the lobby and disappeared. Li Kaiguo's face turned gloomy and looked at the personal soldiers outside the hall. The captain of the personal soldiers was so scared that he immediately ran up and knelt down.

Just as he was about to speak, Li Kaiguo waved his hand and said, "You guys retreat."

The officers and the secretary retreated, and Li Kaiguo then said, "Who was laughing outside the hall just now?" The captain of the personal soldiers leaned on the ground and said, "When he said, it was Miss Hai, Miss Su, and the princess of Prince De's mansion.

.”

Li Kaiguo immediately understood that because he kept Hai Lanzhu and Su Moer by his side, others thought that they were his concubines, so in some matters, Hai Lanzhu and Su Moer actually had some

This is why some inexplicable privileges and personal soldiers did not stop them.

Lee Kaiguo said angrily: "Your thoughts, Benfu understands. Don't say that they are not the women who Benfu, even if they are, unless Benfu has a special order, they cannot have a trace of privilege. Do you understand?"

The captain of the personal soldiers calmed down and hurriedly said, "I understand."

Lee Kaiguo waved his hand and asked him to go down, then shouted, "Don't you get out yet?"

Two women were transferred from the hall, Hai Lanzhu and Su Moer. The two women looked scared, and others didn't know. They knew that Li Kaiguo just regarded them as money that could be exchanged for horses, not Lingshanwei.

The concubines that officials have been speculating about. At this time, since Li Kaiguo's opponents explained this matter, they must be unable to escape the charge of disturbing Li Kaiguo's promotion to the church.

Hai Lanzhu and Su Moer finally moved to the court and were about to salute him, Li Kaiguo said, "Come on, please invite His Highness the Princess."

Immediately, the personal soldiers turned to the side of the lobby, thrust a spear and forced out a woman with a veil. It was Zhu Xinrou, the princess of Prince De's Mansion.

Zhu Xinrou opened her big eyes and was extremely angry. This Li Kaiguo was just a governor, but she dared to shout at the princess like this. She chose to forget Li Kaiguo's true identity - a stealing Shandong

The governor's thief rushed to the court with anger. He was about to question Li Kaiguo, but Li Kaiguo's cold eyes were swept away. His courage, who had just been vicious, suddenly shrank. He hid behind Su Moer, and did not dare to

Looking at Li Kaiguo.

Hai Lanzhu and Su Moer looked at each other and smiled bitterly. If Zhu Xinrou hadn't heard that Li Kaiguo was going to the hall, she was curious and insisted on coming to peek. If Zhu Xinrou didn't laugh at Lingshan Guard when she was peeking.

The laughter of the secretaries would not be discovered by Li Kaiguo. If they were not discovered by Li Kaiguo, they would still be able to get along freely.

But now the matter is exposed, it is hard to say. Hai Lanzhu and Su Moer know a little bit about Li Kaiguo's temperament, and Zhu Xinrou saw with her own eyes how Li Kaiguo beheaded a Shandong governor. Therefore, the three women's slightest

I would not think that as women, they would have any advantages in front of Li Kaiguo, and the punishment they deserved would not be less.

Li Kaiguo suddenly slapped the arbor and shouted, "I haven't knelt down after seeing this caress." Hai Lanzhu and Su Moer knelt down quickly. Zhu Xinrou hesitated for a moment and fell to the ground.

Li Kaiguo snorted coldly and said, "It would be fine if you three eavesdrop on me and go to the Fushen Hall, but they dare to sneer. Who is the person who just laughed?"

Hearing Li Kaiguo ask who was laughing, Hai Lanzhu and Zhu Xinrou pointed at herself at the same time and said, "It's me." Seeing that the two of them said differently, the two women immediately became anxious, and Hai Lanzhu said anxiously: "Zhu
To be continued...