I want to ruin the country

The Fantai agreed.

"Don't worry, Your Excellency, the duties are all ready and there will be no delays.

If nothing else, Master Monk is here to suppress the bandits for us, so he should do his best in his duty!"

Senglinqin ran all the way again and arrived at the foot of Mount Mengshan at 10:00 p.m. the next day.

Senglin personally ordered the troops to set up camp and cook.

The vanguard officer Hebie arrived more than half a day earlier than them. He and the county magistrate Jin Huaigu personally welcomed Senglin into the county government office.

After a simple wash and a meal, Senglin asked Hebie,

"General He, tell me about your situation."

Herbie said,

"General, I have surrounded Liu Heita's lair and will attack the mountain at your command."

Senglin nodded in agreement. Hebie had acted quickly along the way and had taken the initiative to surround Mengshan after arriving. He had performed well.

He asked again,

"Are your five thousand troops enough?"

Herbie said,

"Replying to the Marshal, the Mengshan Mountains are connected by mountains, and it is impossible to surround them completely.

But there aren't many roads leading up and down. I've blocked off all the roads and paths that people can cross. There's no way their large group of people can escape!"

Seng Linqin thought about it and agreed. He nodded and said to the magistrate Jin Huaigu,

"Your Highness, please tell us about the situation of Liu the Bandit!"

Jin Huaigu bowed and saluted.

"General, Liu Heita has been a bandit in Mengshan for twelve years.

He is from Tongluo Town in this county. He is 42 years old this year and is nearly nine feet tall.

Liu Heita has been practicing martial arts since he was young, and his skills are so strong that seven or eight people cannot get close to him.

He was extremely flexible. Ordinary courtyard walls were useless to him, and he could run on mountain roads as if it were flat ground.

This person is quick-witted, cruel and ruthless, and enjoys eating the hearts and livers of living people.

He once massacred three villages, leaving no one alive.

"why?"

Jinhuai Ancient Road,

“During the summer and autumn harvest seasons, he would send letters on horseback, demanding that each village hand over its grain.

Moreover, he wanted twice as much grain as the imperial court.

The people couldn't afford it, so they organized militia to resist. But once they opened the village, they would kill everyone without leaving a single person alive, and even take out their hearts and livers for the bandits to feast on!

"Snapped!"

Senglin was so angry that he almost smashed the table.

"There are actually such beasts?"

Jinhuai Ancient Road,

"The people are all hoping that the imperial court will send a large army to wipe out this beast and restore peace and order to the people!"

Senglin asked,

"Wouldn't he be giving you a hard time?"

Jinhuai Ancient Road,

"Liu was a brutal but calculating bandit. He knew that if he touched local officials, the imperial court would have to eliminate them completely to save face.

He also knew that resisting the imperial court was like hitting a rock with an egg, so he rarely disrupted the government offices!

"Have you never petitioned the imperial court to eliminate the bandits and pacify the region?"

Jinhuai Ancient Road,

"I've been here for a year and a half, and I've submitted petitions several times, but there's been no response. I can't do anything!"

Senglinqin knew that what he said was true. The entire county government had seventy or eighty people in total, which was not enough for Liu Heita to fill his teeth!

The monks in the forest said,

"General Hebie, be careful tonight and don't let Liu the bandit take advantage of you!"

"Don't worry, Marshal. I've already given the order!"

In the bandit's lair on the top of Mengshan, the bandit leader Liu Heita was drinking and plotting with the second-in-command Kong Xiangguo.

Liu Heita was tall, about two meters tall according to later calculations, with a strong build, looking like a real giant.

Compared with him, Kong Xiangguo, who is nearly 1.8 meters tall, is not worth mentioning. The two of them sitting opposite each other look like an adult and a child drinking together.

Liu Heita raised his wine glass towards Kong Xiangguo and said,

"Second Master, do you think our plan will succeed?"

Kong Xiangguo also picked up the wine glass, returned the toast, tilted his head back, poured half a glass of wine into his throat and swallowed it, then said with certainty.

"Don't worry, Boss, you don't know what kind of people the government soldiers are like.

They had traveled a long distance, rushing like crazy, and were already exhausted and extremely tired.

Plus, it's the first day, so I'm afraid even the military camp is just barely fenced off. The Third Master is well-rested and ready to take advantage of the situation. With all his might and energy, he's sure to win the battle!"

Liu Heita thought about it and drank the wine too!

"Second Master, why would the old emperor, who is living a good life, want to make things difficult for us?"

Kongxiang National Road,

"Boss, you still don't understand this, don't you? A new official takes office with three fires!

He's made some money lately, and with more money on his hands, he's thinking of having Liu Bei throw the child to win people's hearts!"

Liu Heita nodded.

"Providing relief to the victims and cleaning up the bureaucracy, he seems to be very decisive. I'm afraid this little guy is not simple!"

Kong Xiangguo poured wine into the two people's glasses and laughed,

"The boss is a genius and extremely smart, why is he worried?

He was able to do all these things, and it was all thanks to the ideas of his teachers, Du Shoutian and Lin Zexu, those two old men!"

Liu Heita said worriedly,

"Even if it's their idea, if this continues, our lives will be difficult!"

Kongxiang National Road,

"Don't be pessimistic, boss. Government officials always start things with a vengeance but end with a whimper. How can this last long?

When a war breaks out, the military expenditure of tens of thousands of people is not a small amount.

During the Yongzheng period, Nian Gengyao's campaign against Lobsangdan cost hundreds of thousands of silver coins in food and wages in one day.

There was also the Battle of Jinchuan during the Qianlong reign. If the entire country had not mobilized to raise food and money, the troops would have withdrawn halfway through the battle.

Wars mean casualties, and when they die, families must be compensated. Those who have won military merit must be promoted and rewarded. The little money the emperor has won't last long."

Liu Heita Road,

"Your Kong family contributed a lot of money to him. Really, the mouse is saved by the cat. It would have been great if you had brought all your family's money to the mountain earlier!"

Kong Xiangguo said bitterly,

"For over a thousand years, every emperor in every dynasty has treated our family with great respect and favor!

Who could have imagined that this bastard would dare to defy the world and attack our Kong family!"

Liu Heita laughed and said,

"Haha, your family's behavior is even more ruthless than that of a bandit like me.

When it comes to harming the common people, your Kong family is even worse than me, Liu Heita!

If I were the emperor, I would also kill your entire family.

As the saying goes, wealth cannot last for more than three generations. Why should your family's emergence of a saint ensure that dozens of generations of your family will have no worries about food and clothing and enjoy all the wealth and honor in the world? "

Before he finished speaking, a small thug came up with a plate of nine-turn large intestines and placed it on the table.

"Big boss, second in command, the Nine-Turn Large Intestine is here!"

Liu Heita picked up a piece and put it in his mouth, chewing it and said,

"This Nine-Turn Large Intestine is really good, soft and tender, with sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty flavors. It's absolutely amazing!"

When Kong Xiangguo heard Liu Heita criticizing the Kong family, he felt dissatisfied and was about to retort, but then he thought, when you are under someone else's roof, you have to bow your head, so forget it!