Li Xiao stood on the high platform with a livid face. The lesson learned this time made Li Xiao understand how difficult it is to organize a large-scale group fight involving tens of thousands of people.

Time, place, people, speed of march, supply of food and grass, and smooth roads are all things that the general should consider.

Isn’t this fucking thing supposed to be done by a consultant? It’s a job that should be done by a consultant, but now there’s no fucking consultant. So, everything is on Li Xiao’s shoulders.

The poor road conditions in Shandong became the biggest obstacle to the speed of the march. Li Xiao set out from Zibo and was separated from Mangui for one night. It was precisely because of this night that the streets of Jinan City were filled with corpses. More than four thousand people died.

people, including more than 200 people from Mangui's headquarters.

It was impossible to tell who was against whom in the darkness. Man Gui's brothers chased the thugs, but ended up being surrounded by a large gang. Coupled with the attacks from Chen Hailong's remnants, it was inevitable that they would suffer a loss.

The craziest anti-gang campaign in Jinan City has begun. As long as everyone involved in the riot that night is arrested, any life sentence will be waived. The military is a violent institution, not a judge.

For Li Xiao, whether these people are guilty or not is a matter for the King of Hell. His mission is to send them to see the King of Hell!

A total of more than 1,700 people were arrested. Some of these people must have participated in the riots that night. But none of them were unjust. They were arrested after visiting each house and being reported by the common people.

If you are not popular, people may say bad things about you. If everyone says bad things about you, then it is not that you are not popular, but that there is a real problem. There is no time to identify, as long as it appears frequently in people's mouth, it is a capital offense.

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A total of more than 1,700 people were arrested throughout Jinan City, and today is their last day.

Mangui was holding a hammer in his hand, which was full of brains. He walked up to a person and knocked on the Tianling Cap. The guy immediately fell to the ground like a broken sack.

Blunt weapon blows are much more powerful than sabers. In the end, the family members were able to sew the body and head back together after using a saber to chop someone. According to us Chinese people, this is barely a complete corpse.

The hammer was different. The Tianling cover was smashed with such a blow. The whole head was smashed, and the whole body was definitely out of the question. If the family wanted to collect the body, they could only identify it by the clothes on the body.

Man Gui hated him so much that he didn't even give these guys a chance to collect the corpses, no matter whether these people had his brother's blood on their hands or not. Man Gui just treated them as if they were sticky, because they usually lived in an evil country and made the neighbors uneasy.

Next to the execution ground is a huge fire. It doesn't matter whether the guy who was hit is dead or not. Just throw it into the fire and it will be done!

The direct consequence is that there are often guys kicking their legs and stretching out their claws in the fire. They are covered in fire and moving there, which looks quite scary. Among the people watching from a distance, some children are so scared that they can no longer cry.

At the end of the day, Li Xiao felt sick. Man Gui continued to knock people's skulls tirelessly, and now his body was covered with brain matter, which was dripping down his boots. It was very disgusting.

"Brother Xiao, are you going too far? After all, these are the people of the Ming Dynasty. They are right to establish their authority, but they won't kill so many people." Sun Chengzong was a little worried.

Looking at the more than two hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, this is probably the first time that so many civilians have been publicly executed.

There were hundreds of thousands of people watching outside the execution ground, and even the city walls were full of people looking over. At this time, everyone in the capital was engaged in Wei Zhongxian's affairs, otherwise the matter would be brought up by Yan Guan, and the whole world would be in an uproar immediately.

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With the man-butcher's hat on his head, Li Xiao's reputation will probably stink for eight hundred miles in the future.

"When we first arrived in Jinan, it was inevitable to use human lives to establish prestige. It is better to use the lives of these gangsters to establish prestige than to take the lives of ordinary people. Without these people, the security of Jinan City will only be better.

Some of them may be guilty enough to die, but there is no one who is not hated by the neighbors. Regardless of whether they participated in the riot that night, I regard them as participating.

As for those imperial officials, wouldn’t I kill people to suppress the rebellion? Chen Hailong killed the imperial envoy, that was rebellion. I am suppressing the rebellion!"

"Okay! Your kid's reason is quite good. Even if I meet a saint, I can't find fault with it." Sun Chengzong nodded, deeply convinced of Li Xiao's reason.

Under the bright sky, no matter what evil things you do, rebellion is the biggest crime. No matter you are a royal family member or a beggar on the street, if you are charged with rebellion, you will definitely die. What's more, Chen Hailong is rebelling, not treason.

It is the most appropriate thing to use this matter as a shield.

"The Chief Envoy of Shandong is my errand. From now on, you don't have to worry about the affairs on the ground in Shandong. The problem now is that there is no money. I have checked. The Shandong treasury has been in deficit for years. The money in the books has nothing to do with the money in the vassal treasury.

Can't match the number.

The clerk who had already taken the chief envoy's office questioned him, and found out that part of it had been corrupted by Chen Hailong. This part was easy to handle, as Chen Hailong's belongings were not taken away, they could just be confiscated.

But there is still a large part that Chen Hailong took to the capital to give as gifts. Who do you think is the one who has received the most gifts?"

"Then there's no need to ask, Wei Zhongxian!" Li Xiao glanced at Sun Chengzong with disdain. This kind of question that he could think of with his butt was actually used to test me.

"Wrong!" Sun Chengzong said slowly, like a naughty boy teasing a cat.

"Wrong?" Li Xiao turned to look at Sun Chengzong. The person who paid the highest bribe to Chen Hailong was not Wei Zhongxian. What a joke.

"The largest amount was given to the late emperor!" Sun Chengzong curled his lips helplessly. This student of his really accepted any money.

"Uh...! In other words, will this money come back?" Li Xiao was extremely frustrated. The money he gave to the emperor was the same as the meat in the tiger's mouth. If he wanted to take it out, he would have to die for his country.

consciousness.

"Not only will this money not come back, but also the money Chen Hailong sent to Beijing will not come back. The news just came that Wei Zhongxian is finished.

His gangsters will be finished soon, and the money sent by Chen Hailong will soon be confiscated. Do you think you can get the money back after it reaches the Ministry of Accounts?"

"Grandma, what a bear! How much money is left in the treasury?" Li Xiao asked through gritted teeth.

"Ten thousand taels!" Sun Chengzong said the number slowly.

"What?" Li Xiao's eyes widened.

There was only a mere ten thousand taels of silver in the dignified Shandong vassal's treasury. It was not as rich as his own treasury in Shanhaiguan, at least there was the 500,000 taels of silver that he had just blackmailed from Wei Zhongxian.

"Yes! There are thousands of senior and junior officials in Shandong, as well as tens of thousands of subordinates. They eat horse chews, plus the office expenses of the yamen, it is impossible to make 20,000 taels of silver a month. You...

The governor needs to think of something!" Sun Chengzong spoke slowly.

Anyway, now you are the governor of Shandong and you have no money. You have to think of something!

"I...!" Li Xiao's brain hurts. He keeps asking me for money no matter what. Ai Hu wrote a letter two days before his death saying that the price of rice in Jiangnan has gone up again. He has to pay five hundred thousand taels of silver.

The hole in rice prices in Jiangnan.

There is nothing we can do about it. Hundreds of thousands of people in Liaodong need to eat and drink. The grain produced last year was only half enough. The 200,000 refugees in the capital who just arrived in Jinzhou in September have to feed themselves. Unless Li Xiao has the ability, in Liaodong in winter

Plant crops.

Money! Money! Money! I like to lead troops to fight, but I don’t like to be obsessed with money every day.

Damn, leading troops to war is inseparable from money. So many soldiers need monthly pay. They also need food expenses, bedding and clothing for accommodation. Training requires ammunition, and the depreciation and wear of equipment. These are all fucking money!

Li Xiao covered his head, this damn thing was even more uncomfortable than watching Man Gui hit someone else's Tianling Cap.

"There are 800,000 taels of silver in the capital waiting for you to get it. Wei Zhongxian said something before he fell. He said that he wanted you to go to the capital to get it in person. How about a walk?" Sun Chengzong said "Hey" "Hey" "Hey"

"Smile. It seems that this old guy has made this idea a long time ago!

"There is so much chaos in the capital. Are you afraid that I will be hacked by the new emperor when I go to the capital? The governor of Shandong took it out of his mouth."

"Don't worry about this. What the emperor wants now is stability. If Wei Zhongxian is moved, Wei Zhongxian is more qualified than you. Why didn't Wei Zhongxian be moved?

The current emperor wants to seek stability and handle all issues steadily. If Wei Zhongxian had been moved at the beginning, it would have been too drastic and would have caused turmoil in the country.

Although the Tatars are dormant now, they have not been wiped out. I heard that the Guangxi chieftains in the south are starting to stir up trouble again, and the ground in the northwest is not peaceful. The Mongols are not very troublesome, but banditry has been constant in recent years. The court can't do anything!

If you are attacked, what will happen to the Tatars in Liaodong? Now you understand, why don't I let you attack Shenyang in such a hurry to eradicate the Tatars? This is called self-respect for raising bandits, and the Tatars have been wiped out. What else do you, Li Xiao, have?

Use it, plus you have soldiers in your hands. Only then will the emperor find a way to kill you!

The cunning rabbit dies and the running dogs are cooked! The birds are gone and the good bow is hidden!

There are rabbits all over the ground now, and he is reluctant to kill you, a hound. He also expects you to catch all the rabbits and shoot down all the birds in the sky."

The old political gangster is indeed extraordinary. Sun Chengzong clearly explained Li Xiao's situation in a few words.

"You should go to the capital openly now. The new emperor must want to make some political achievements when he ascends the throne. Not only will he not have evil intentions towards you, he will also try every means to win over you.

When I ask you when the Tatars will be defeated, you first praise the Tatars for their strength. You can say whatever the Tatar soldiers are, how ferocious they are, and how evil they are anyway.

Then, you talk about how hard it is for your men to fight. Finally, you give him a guarantee, saying that as long as the food and wages are sufficient, uh...! Five years, Liaodong can be pacified in five years.

In this way, not only will you be fine, but you may also get some benefits. I have been an official for so many years, and I have kept this in mind.
Chapter completed!