In the Battle of Zichuan, Liu Zeqing's 100,000 troops were destroyed. The Liu family army went down to Jinan in one day, and it shook the entire Qilu land like an earthquake. Everyone was shocked. Liu Zeqing was equivalent to the overlord of Shandong. He had been here for more than ten years, and had been majestic and blessed. The people were resentful and hated to the core.

As the authority of the court gradually weakened, Liu Zeqing became a real local tyrant, doing many evil deeds and causing trouble for the side. Unexpectedly, this local tyrant was dealt with by the Liu family army in such a short time, and he was captured alive. In connection with the grudge between him and the Liu family, he was captured alive and executed was the best ending. Maybe he would be cut into pieces like Kong Youde and others.

Also, Jinan Prefecture, the largest city in Qilu, was captured by the Liu family army within one day. This is too terrifying and terrifying. As the largest city in Qilu, Jinan Prefecture can illustrate its status. It is also considered a key to defend Shandong, while Shandong is the shoulders of the capital. If Shandong has something to do, how can the capital, as the leader of the world, be alone?

These two things spread throughout Qilu in an instant, as horrifying and shocking as a magnitude 10 earthquake.

Especially the representatives of the gentry in the East Three Prefectures such as Jingyun Gong, they were even more shocked and frightened and were in panic all day long.

They are considered to be a member of the Liu family army, which means they are standing opposite the court. Of course, this is what others think, and they themselves still think that I am the representative of the people in the Three East Prefectures, but I am still loyal to the Ming Dynasty.

But at this time, I am afraid that the court had already regarded them as traitors who had been in a gangster with the Liu family and became traitors.

King Jingyun was very angry and went straight to Liu Yuanqiao's governor's yamen and questioned him about this. King Jingyun had a very high prestige in the local area. No one dared to stop him. At this time, Liu Yuanqiao was ready to pack his luggage and was about to go to Jinan. Seeing King Jingyun coming, he still bowed and said, "Why are you here? Why don't you say hello in advance, so you can go out to greet him."

Jingyun Gong said angrily: "Liu Qingyun, what if you rebel?"

Liu Yuanqiao said, "Why did you say this? You should know that the Liu family army heard that Liu Zeqing raised troops to rebel and sent troops to suppress it. It had successfully defeated Liu Zeqing's rebels and recovered the Jinan Prefecture controlled by the rebels. The official is now going to Jinan to discuss the plan with the Western Fu Lao Yongjia."

Jingyun Gong said angrily: "You are turning black and white."

Liu Yuanqiao said, "It seems that you have a big misunderstanding about us. This time our Liu family army sent troops, and did not rebel from the Ming Dynasty, nor did they harm the local people at all. The main purpose was to suppress the Liu Zeqing rebellion."

Jingyun Gong was also an official for more than ten years. He also understood one thing, that is, history is written by the winner. Since the Liu family is the winner, it is up to him to say it. He said, "You really have no intention of rebellion?"

Liu Yuanqiao said, "My Liu family army is loyal to the court and has no different intentions."

Jingyun Gong said, "Since you are loyal to the court, why do you resist the order and refuse to obey it?"

Liu Yuanqiao said, "I believe that my husband knows that I can't be Yue Fei, but I don't like Qin Hui. The court extorted a huge amount of gold and silver. This is to dig three feet of the three east governments and suck the marrow of the people. My Liu Yuanqiao's original intention of being an official is to protect the country and protect the people and benefit the people. If this happens, it is better not to be this official."

Liu Yuanqiao said this, but instead suppressed King Jingyun. You should know that scholars of this era are not standing on the high ground of morality and proclaiming themselves, boasting that they are officials to save the people and the people of the world. If King Jingyun dares to say that he supports the court to do this, he will probably be abandoned by the people of the three eastern prefectures.

Sure enough, Liu Yuanqiao said: "Liu is not talented and governs the three eastern prefectures. He has always ruled Qi and protected the territory and the people. If local people were willing to obey the imperial edicts and pay taxes from the people, Liu should follow it."

Liu Yuanqiao said this, but in fact he was diverting his attention and conflict. Jingyun Gong has been through the officialdom for a long time and does not know the other party's methods. He said, "You are disobeying the orders of the court."

Liu Yuanqiao said, "Your words are bad. You must know that the world is the world of the people of the world. The people of our East Three Prefectures have the most say in how to govern the East Three Prefectures. As the saying goes, the people of Qi rule Qi and the world is peaceful."

This Jingyun Gong wanted to use the righteousness and prestige of the court to suppress Liu Yuanqiao, while Liu Yuanqiao used local forces to resist the court. His strategy of protecting the country and safeguarding the people was unanimously supported by the local people. Even these gentry supported this approach. To put it bluntly, everyone worked together to divide the three east governments and move them to their homes.

When King Jingyun saw this situation, he was unable to stop. He was very worried that if he had been in the long run, the three Eastern Prefectures would fall on the brink of division and even become local vassal states.

But if Liu Yuanqiao did not raise troops to rebel, he would not dare to say that. After all, the Liu family has not raised troops to rebel yet. When it attacked Liu Zeqing's troops, Liu Yuanqiao also said that it was to suppress the rebellion and rebellion.

In fact, from the perspective of the court, the rebellion must be Liu Yuanqiao and his troops. He did not obey the imperial edicts. What is the difference between this and rebellion? But in the eyes of the local people, it should be Liu Zeqing who rebelled. Liu Zeqing held the army in his hands, lawless, and committed many evil deeds, and causing trouble to the local area. It was not a matter of one or two days. He was entrenched in the area of ​​the Western Three Prefectures, but it was a difficult situation for the people of several prefectures. Except for the several major families who were not harmed by him, the rest of the others were tortured by him and were in dire straits and miserable. If you say that Liu Zeqing rebelled in Shandong, I guess the people of the whole Shandong love to listen to this.

After Liu Yuanqiao finished speaking, he said, "Now Liu is going to Jinan to discuss the plan of Qilu with the Western Fu Lao Yongjia. If you are interested, please go with Jingyun Gong."

When Jingyun Palace heard Liu Yuanqiao say this, he still asked: "What do you want?"

Liu Yuanqiao said, "Liu has always been the same and never forgets his original intention. That is, the people of Qi govern Qi and protect the country and the people." To put it bluntly, his approach is to contact local forces to fight against the authority of the central court and gain benefits from it, that is, to have the practice of regulating local vassals.

Jingyun Gong saw the three east palaces sliding into the abyss, but he was unable to stop them, and felt powerless. He knew that such a situation would definitely not be eternal. The court would definitely not allow Shandong vassalization so close to the capital. He would definitely cause trouble and fight, and he would not know what to do at that time.

He also understood that what Liu Yuanqiao said about discussing the plan should be that he ordered Lao Yongjia to cooperate with him to deceive the enemy. To put it bluntly, an official like a clay bodhisattva. He could not even deal with Liu Zeqing in the past. Could it be that he could still deal with the more fierce Liu Yuanqiao? It is estimated that Lao Yongjia would act according to Liu Yuanqiao's orders and would say whatever he arranged for him to do.

Mr. Jingyun was a bit complicated about this. One thing he had to admit is that under the rule of the Liu family, the people of the East have indeed lived and worked in peace and lived a good life for several years.

If you don’t know the good or bad, you can compare it with the Western Three Prefectures. In recent years, there have been no major turmoils in the Western Three Prefectures except for the Warmth Rebellion. However, the Eastern Three Prefectures have experienced such a tragedy as the Wuqiao Mutiny. However, the Eastern Three Prefectures can recover in a short period of time, while the Western Three Prefectures have been in decline.

In the past, when Zhu Dadian governed the local area, he had some methods and maintained the authority of the court quite toughly. However, when Lao Yongjia became the governor, his mud-womb Bodhisattva could not do anything other than make money. This also made the administration of Shandong even more corrupt and the public security even more chaotic. After the Wuqiao mutiny, a large number of people from the Three East Prefectures flocked to the Three East Prefectures to find a way out, but in recent years, a shocking change occurred. A large number of people from the Three West Prefectures began to rush to the Three East Prefectures, hoping to find something to do in the Three East Prefectures and live some good life.

If this does not mean that it is a human problem, then there is nothing else to say.

Jingyun Gong knew that if the Liu family army was allowed to control Jinan, the Liu family army would begin to expand vigorously towards Jinan. In the past, the strongest Liu family was Laizhou, who gradually controlled Dengzhou. After he controlled Denglai, he gradually extended to Qingzhou.

Fang Ruowu of Qingzhou Prefecture, father and son, were called tumblers in politics and could not sit on the ground. He was a capable person. He barely guaranteed the independence of Qingzhou Prefecture and did not arouse the jealousy of the Liu family. However, he knew that this situation could not last long. Now the power of the Liu family has gone around to the Jinan Prefecture behind Qinzhou Prefecture, so the Qingzhou Prefecture now quickly fell into their control. As their power extended to the three western prefectures, the remaining Yanzhou Prefecture and Dongchang Prefecture will probably fall into the hands of the Liu family soon.

Jingyun Gong was sure that if the Liu family had controlled the three Western prefectures, they would also be able to manage the three Western prefectures well, at least let the people have houses to live in, clothes and food to eat, and they would not be as scattered as they are now. In some places, people actually had such tragedies as changing their children to eat, eating tree bark, and swallowing Guanyin soil.

But he also knew that such a thing could not last long, and the court could not accept such a situation. They would definitely send troops to attack and conquer the place. As soon as the imperial army came out, Shandong became a battlefield, with wars coming one after another, and the people suffered in the end. At this point, even Jingyun Gong didn't know what to do.

So Liu Yuanqiao generously invited him to Jinan to discuss the plan. After he hesitating for a moment, he decided to go there to see if he could seek a path of coexistence between the two sides.
Chapter completed!