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Although Li Yuanqing was left alone in the guest room for most of an hour, Zhu Mei felt very unhappy.

But at this time, he was 'asking for help' after all. In addition, Li Yuanqing's attitude was quite good and his position was much higher than him, so Zhu Mei could only maintain respectful politeness.

He smiled hurriedly and said: "Li Shuai, there is really a lot of good news. I wonder which one do you want to hear first?"

"oh?"

Li Yuanqing couldn't help but smile.

At this point, how could he not see the insincerity behind Zhu Mei's smile?

But since someone has already put on a mask, rashly tearing it off is definitely not what a wise person would do.

After a moment, Li Yuanqing smiled and said: "Master Zhu, Yuan Qing is far away from the main battlefield here. He does not know the details about the withdrawal of the main force of the Jin army. Please ask Master Zhu to clarify Yuan Qing's doubts."

Zhu Mei hurriedly smiled and said: "As a humble servant, I will tell Li Shuai the details of the incident..."

As he spoke, he hurriedly gave a brief account of the evacuation of the Jin army to Li Yuanqing.

Of course, the details and embellished elements are unavoidable, especially Man Gui's appearance in the battle, which he simply described as a miraculous plan by Governor Yuan.

But how did Zhu Mei know that even if Li Yuanqing was not in Ningyuan City, he had already got the information firmly.

But in front of him, Li Yuanqing pretended to be fascinated, clapping his hands from time to time and praising "Master Yuan is so wise."

Seeing that Li Yuanqing was getting more and more popular, Zhu Mei also deliberately gave it away and pretended to be mysterious: "Li Shuai, this time, not only is the main force of the Tatars withdrawing, but there is also extremely good news. In Ningyuan City, there is also

It was just confirmed not long ago!”

"oh?"

Li Yuanqing pretended to be shocked and said hurriedly: "Please ask Mr. Zhu to help Yuan Qing clear up his doubts."

Zhu Mei chuckled: "Li Shuai, according to reliable information, the old slave is critically ill and has fallen into a coma. This is also an important reason for the Tatars to withdraw their troops."

"What? There is such a thing?"

Li Yuanqing pretended to be shocked. For a moment, he couldn't help but slapped his thigh and said: "This bastard old slave, he is still here! Mr. Zhu, if this news is true, then~~~, I will have nothing to worry about!"

Zhu Mei also laughed loudly: "Li Shuai, so destiny is always on our side, the Ming Dynasty!"

The two of them exchanged polite greetings across their 'masks' and drank two rounds of tea. Seeing that it was almost time, Zhu Mei hurriedly smiled and tried: "Li Shuai, I heard that you were in the battle on Juehua Island before.

During the war, many Tatar heads were seized?"

Li Yuanqing pretended to be stunned, and said with a smile: "Master Zhu is joking. There are many Tatar heads, only those with a thousand heads! Yuan Qing has already reported the specific number to Mr. Yuan in Ningyuan City, Zhu

Your Excellency should know the exact number, right?"

"hehe……"

Zhu Mei smiled and said: "Li Shuai, this is the situation. Although our Ming Dynasty won a great victory in this battle, the heads of our brothers in Ningyuan City were not too many. What your Lord means is, Li Shuai

You can pass some heads here, so that the brothers can also enjoy the joy of this Ningyuan victory!"

"this……"

Li Yuanqing looked at Zhu Mei with difficulty, appearing hesitant for a moment.

According to the merit reward system of the Ming Dynasty, in order to prevent false claims of merit, all military merits are judged on the basis of the head.

Without a head, no matter how great your strategic role is, the actual rewards will be very few.

Of course, this is only at the military attaché level.

If you are a civil servant, you will naturally focus on strategic significance and control.

At this time, the arrival of Zhu Mei, the "lobbyist", is a manifestation of Governor Yuan's "control".

In fact, Li Yuanqing has always hated this so-called method of discussing merit by 'head level'. In the Changsheng Camp, this method of discussing merit has been abandoned for a long time.

To a certain extent, judging military merit based on head rank is indeed the best way to prevent false reporting of merit, but ~~~, this also leads to everyone wanting to do this lucrative 'respectable job', that 'dirty job'

Work', 'tiring work', who else is willing to do it?

Even in the late Ming Dynasty, this method of judging merit by head directly led to the generals starting to kill a large number of good people and taking merit in order to lie about their merits, which caused the people's resentment to boil, and the people simply had no life. It was the biggest cancer in the late Ming Dynasty.

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At this time, seeing Li Yuanqing's hesitation, Zhu Mei hurriedly smiled and said: "Li Shuai, I also know that this matter is indeed embarrassing for you, but~~, before leaving, your Excellency specifically told me that as long as Li Shuai

If you agree to this, I will give you some compensation in other aspects."

"This, this matter..."

Li Yuanqing stood up, walked back and forth a few steps, looked at Zhu Mei and said: "Sir Zhu, now that the Inspector has spoken, it's not that Yuan Qing doesn't want to obey. It's just that the previous heads have been distributed on Juehua Island.

We’re going down. There’s nothing wrong with the Changsheng Camp, but ~~, General Yao Shen and General Jin Shen…”

When Zhu Mei heard that Li Yuanqing wanted to relent, she couldn't help but be overjoyed and said hurriedly: "Commander Li, you can rest assured. Yao Fumin and Jin Guan have their own humble posts to talk about!"

Li Yuanqing hurriedly smiled and said: "Since Mr. Zhu has a good case, how can Yuan Qing be ignorant? As long as Mr. Zhu handles the affairs of General Yao and General Jin Shen properly, Yuan Qing will have nothing to worry about.

!”

"Li Shuai is righteous and worthy of Bo Yuntian's name! I will go find Yao Fumin and Jin Guan now. Li Shuai will wait here for me for a while!"

Zhu Mei said and left in a hurry.

Looking at his hurried back, Li Yuanqing couldn't help but reveal a cold smile!

God's evil deeds can still be forgiven!

People who commit evil will not live!

After a moment, he waved his hand to the soldiers, whispered a few words in a low voice, and the soldiers left in a hurry.

Li Yuanqing casually played with the tea cup in his hand, sipping the tea lightly, his face as calm as water, and he didn't know what he was thinking about.

In fact, Li Yuanqing had already heard of Zhu Mei's name.

It's a pity that in Sun Chengzong's era, the two people were like two parallel lines that never intersected and never intersected.

On the one hand, it is true that the two of them are not destined to be together, and it is always difficult for them to get together.

But the more critical reason is that Zhu Mei is an authentic native of western Liaoning, an absolute "local snake" in western Liaoning, and has a close relationship with Zhao Lijiao and Zu Dashou.

Especially in the Qiantun area, it was basically the domain of him and Zhao Shujiao, and most of the people here were private slaves of these two families.

Also, in the second or third year of Tianqi, Li Yuanqing personally beheaded a soldier commander of the Zu family in front of Zu Dashou. Although Zu Dashou did not dare to say anything in front of him,

But deep down in my heart, I already hated Li Yuanqing.

Zhu Mei then also adhered to this 'red line' and always kept a distance from Li Yuanqing.

But at this time, the Inspector-General had spoken, and he could only come in person to do this 'thankless' job.

Originally, Zhu Mei had already prepared for the worst, that is, grinding some heads with Li Yuanqing, but she never expected that Li Yuanqing would be so happy. It was a complete surprise!

How could Zhu Mei let go of such an opportunity?

However, there is an old Chinese saying that goes, ‘Every carrot is a pit’.

Wanting to take out the fat that others have eaten and then put it into your own mouth is already a huge taboo.

Perhaps, from Zhu Mei's point of view, Yao Fumin, Jin Guan and his ilk are just the lowest of the lowly, marginal figures. How could they dare to refute Master Yuan's words?

But he doesn't know that the human heart is just like this, slowly dissipating bit by bit.

It was not beyond Li Yuanqing’s expectation.

Not long after, a fierce quarrel broke out outside the tent.

"Why should I give Ningyuan the head that I worked so hard to seize? This is the head of Juehua Island. What does it have to do with Ningyuan? I don't accept it! Let's go! Let's go find Li Shuai."

Comment!"

This is Yao Fumin's voice.

Then, Jin Guan's voice also changed a bit, "Zhu, don't go too far. This is Juehua Island, not your Ningyuan City! Li Shuai didn't say anything. Unless I die, otherwise the door will not be closed."

None! Let’s go! Lao Yao, let’s go find Li Shuai to make the decision!”

"Two brothers, calm down, calm down! What's wrong with this quarrel? Li Shuai has agreed to this matter in principle. My lord is not going to deprive you of all your heads, so why are the two brothers so angry?

It’s better not to disturb Li Shuai about some small things!”

Zhu Mei deliberately suppressed her voice.

Unfortunately, Li Yuanqing had already asked his soldiers to leave a gap above the curtain at the entrance of the tent, and their voices were clearly heard in Li Yuanqing's ears.

They were getting louder and louder outside, and soon they attracted Kong Youde, who was on duty here.

Kong Youde was extremely unhappy and said: "Lao Yao, Lao Jin, you two, why are you arguing here so early in the morning? Are you having a hard time?"

Seeing the generals of the Changsheng Camp arriving, Yao Fumin and Jin Guan instantly found their backbone. Jin Guan hurriedly took Kong Youde's hand and said: "Brother Youde, come and judge! The Tatar heads that our brothers worked so hard to cut off,

This, this person surnamed Zhu, wants to be deprived of everything by us! How can there be such a reason in this world!"

Yao Fumin also said hurriedly: "I, Yao Fumin, am not convinced by the injustice of the Inspector-General!"

Kong Youde was also shocked, "What? Such a thing can happen? Is there any royal law for this?"
To be continued...