Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 187

On the afternoon when Wang Yuanfang and his team set off, Shen Jingdan heard that Zhao Xin was back, so he brought someone to look for him.

An important business partner is coming, Zhao Xin has to spare time to deal with it no matter how busy he is.But when he saw the person who came with Shen Jingdan, he found that he didn't know him at all.

This person is about 1.6 meters tall and looks about 30 years old.The face is thin, the beard around the lips and under the chin is not long, the pair of red phoenix eyes are piercing, but the broom eyebrows grow, which spoils the appearance.He was wearing a black labor protection uniform issued by Beihai Town, but the braid on his head was still there.

"Boss Shen, is he...?"

Without waiting for Shen Jingdan's introduction, the man cupped his hands and saluted: "Xiajiang Tenglin, a native of Hangzhou, Zhejiang, was originally the tent of Shen Dong's family. Hearing the mention of overseas scenery by the master, I felt admiration, so I went with me to see the exotic scenery."

Zhao Xin looked Jiang Tenglin up and down for a while, and suddenly said, "Mr. Jiang is a scholar, right?"

"Don't dare to be a gentleman, I have indeed attended a private school for several years."

Zhao Xin invited the two of them to sit down, and was about to ask Guisheng to pour tea, when he suddenly remembered that the boy was left behind by him in Fuerdan City.So he personally poured tea for the two of them.Seeing his acting like this, Jiang Tenglin turned his head to look at Shen Jingdan, who nodded slightly with a smile on his beard.

After Zhao Xin was seated, he asked Shen Jingdan: "Boss Shen, what are you doing here today?"

Shen Jingdan smiled and said nothing, but that Jiang Tenglin said: "Master Zhao, I know you are very busy, but I have something to ask."

"Please say."

"May I ask what banner your ministry is playing now?"

banner?Zhao Xin was taken aback, and said in his heart, I will go!I've been so busy recently that I didn't care about it at all.But what does it matter to you?

Shen Jingdan seemed to see what Zhao Xin was thinking, and then explained: "Brother Jiang means that since your lord is going to fight face to face with the imperial court, you should have your own banner."

Zhao Xin pretended to be relaxed and said: "Is this important? I think it's almost the same."

Jiang Tenglin cupped his hands and said: "No way. Master Zhao, there is an old saying: 'The king punished the crimes of the town, but he pardoned them. Is there no name for the teacher?' Even the colluding court knew that the purpose of declaring the world was to protect the dragon. Prosper the land and protect the country to attack your ministry. Since you are an upright invitation to fight, you must come up with a valid reason, right? The ancients also said that the straight is the strong, and the old is the old. How long does it take? The so-called soldiers send out No name, no accident."

In fact, Zhao Xin understood what Jiang Tenglin meant, and he also recognized it very much.The ancients always said that "the teacher is famous" when going to war; and the corresponding one is "if the name is not right, the words will not go well. If the words don't go well, nothing will happen."

Even when the Qing Dynasty entered the customs back then, they made up a reason to avenge the Ming Dynasty and announced it to the world, so as to make themselves famous as teachers.Fan Wencheng said in the Xie Wen drafted at the beginning: "The righteous soldiers came to avenge the king and father, and the only one who was punished was trespasser. The teacher's discipline is strict, and you will not harm you." The Seven Great Hatreds have been completely lost long ago.

In ancient times, whether it was bandits who went up the hills and fell grass, or rebels trying to overthrow the current regime, if the troops were unknown, you would not be able to mobilize them, and the soldiers would not be willing to fight for you.

This is why China has rarely succeeded in killing officials and rebelling since ancient times. It is because most soldiers look down on rebels from the bottom of their hearts and do not want to work hard for such people.Who would live a peaceful life with his wife and children on the hot kang, but follow a person who doesn't even have a banner to rebel?What can you get if you die in battle?
The so-called "time, place and people are in harmony", the most important thing is the harmony of people.If a country or regime is unknown, it will not be able to form a fighting force within the army.Going all out, then weakening, exhausting three times, exhausting one another, and filling up while others are also improving morale.Therefore, the famous division can make these soldiers want to fight from the inside out, and they can win in the end.

In many cases, the war has actually been decided from the very beginning.But if you want to gain benefits through war and consolidate the results, you must "learn from the famous".No matter how far-fetched and unreliable the reason is (for example, if you win the battle, everyone will ascend to heaven together, marry more than [-] wives, etc.), at least there must be a legitimate excuse to fully mobilize the support of the people at the bottom. Make people believe that they are right, only in this way can they win the final victory.

The main body of war is human beings. If a teacher goes out without a name, it means losing the hearts of the people and the army. No matter who they are, they will not be able to win the battle!Zhao Xin already understood at this time that he had overlooked a very important link - the struggle program, and he decided to make up for it before the start of the war.

But what did Jiang Tenglin just say?Collusion.Zhao Xin keenly grasped this idiom in the other party's words, which is not a good word.

Thinking of this, he narrowed his eyes and stared at Jiang Tenglin's eyebrows, and asked sternly: "Mr. Jiang, do you have any trouble with the Manchu court? What you said just now came from "Book of Rites" and "Zuo Zhuan". That’s not something someone who has studied in a private school for a few years and worked as a cashier can do it.”

Just kidding, a accountant can't learn "three-legged account", "longmen account", "four-legged account" and so on, how can he learn "Book of Rites"!Moreover, the ancient private school education had strict learning steps, and it was impossible to learn the "Five Classics" in a few years.

It is said that in ancient times, when a child entered school at the age of five or six, he had to learn to read first, and then he could start learning three hundred thousand. Of course, there were also those who directly taught the four books.Generally, read "University" and "Doctrine of the Mean" first, and then read "The Analects" and "Mencius".After mastering the four books, you can start to study the "Five Classics", learn to do stereotyped essays, and prepare for the future imperial examinations.It has been more than ten years since I was able to learn the Five Classics.

Jiang Tenglin was a little surprised: "Ah? Sir, have you read "Book of Rites" and "Zuo Zhuan"?"

Zhao Xin smiled and said, "I've only seen it before." This guy is also an idler.You said that you are a small entrepreneurial boss, and you don’t study professional skills, learn tax avoidance methods, etc., what to read "Book of Rites" and "Zuo Zhuan"!

Shen Jingdan smiled with his beard at this time, and said to Jiang Tenglin: "Mr. Xiufu, what did I tell you before I came here? Mr. Zhao has learned a lot. Just doing business, even I feel ashamed. Others such as people's livelihood, military equipment, etc. , everything is perfect.”

Jiang Tenglin said ashamedly: "I underestimated, there are such people in overseas places."

Zhao Xin licked his face and said modestly: "The two of you are too famous. But Mr. Jiang, is it convenient to talk about your matter?"

Jiang Tenglin hesitated to speak, and finally said after a long while: "To be honest, Mr. Zhao, I have a sworn feud with that court He Zhongtang. Now I have nowhere to hide, and I only ask Mr. Zhao to take him in."

Zhao Xin was taken aback for a moment, then looked at Shen Jingdan.Shen Jingdan nodded slightly and sighed, "Let me talk about this matter."

It turned out that this Jiang Tenglin from Hangzhou, his father also started as a maritime trader in the early years, and later the business grew bigger and bigger.By the 45th year of Qianlong's reign, he had become a wealthy man in Zhejiang.The so-called people are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong. The result of the Jiang family's reputation is being targeted by He Shen.

Starting from the 47th year of Qianlong, in order to save capital for political struggles with various factions in the DPRK and China, Heshen used his minions to force the merchants of Jiangsu and Zhejiang to submit to him and pay him for help.Jiang Tenglin's father also had several friends in the court at that time, so he ignored He Shen's request.Unexpectedly, that night, Jiang's family of 25 people was suddenly killed by a group of thieves who came to the door, and all the property in the house was looted.

At that time, Jiang Tenglin was studying in another county and was about to return to his hometown to take the provincial examination in the 48th year of Qianlong.As a result, his father's close friend suddenly sent someone to find him, told him the bad news at home, and warned him not to return to Hangzhou, but to hide his name and hide.

Jiang Tenglin is a scholar, even though he is sad and resentful, he has no strength to restrain him.He has a wealth of money and his family has been wiped out, let alone a poor scholar right now.So he fled overnight to a friend's house in Yangzhou to hide.But at that time he was penniless and became a down and out scholar.Moreover, it is not always an option to depend on others for a long time, but they still dare not reveal their identity.In desperation, Jiang Tenglin went to Dongguan Street to help people write letters for a living.

After more than a year in this way, in October last year, he heard that the owner of the "Shen Yihe" firm was recruiting a bookkeeper to go overseas with the ship, so he bit the bullet and came to apply for the job. Seeing his good handwriting again, he agreed without saying a word, until he was taken to Beihai Town.

Jiang Tenglin felt very surprised since he boarded the Thunder God. The sailors on board actually spoke Mandarin, and all kinds of facilities were unheard of.Before he woke up, he got off the boat.After two weeks of isolation and epidemic prevention, Jiang Tenglin was assigned to Chen Qingsong's subordinates to assist in handling internal affairs.Unexpectedly, this action made him see the clues of Beihai Town.

He found that, except for Zhao Xin and some [-] other people in Beihai Town, most of the other people were refugees from the island country; moreover, almost all of these people could speak Beijing Mandarin.This made him deeply suspicious of the origins of Zhao Xin and others.

What shocked him the most was that Beihai Town was not at all in the overseas mainland far away from the Qing Dynasty, but near the land of Longxing in the Qing Dynasty.

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Beihai Town issued a mobilization order.Only then did Jiang Tenglin know that it was Zhao Xin who led 500 people to do the rumors about Fukang'an's defeat and Hailancha's death last year!
500 people can defeat the imperial court's army of thousands, but the casualties are only a hundred!The flame of vengeance that had been extinguished in Jiang Tenglin's heart suddenly ignited.He found Shen Jingdan, told the whole story of his tragic experience, and asked him to introduce him.

When Shen Jingdan finished speaking, Jiang Tenglin's face was full of tears. He got up and knelt down in front of Zhao Xin, gritted his teeth and said, "Such an imperial court, such a corrupt official, what's the use of getting fame! He Shen harmed my whole family! Died tragically, so far I can't go back to my hometown to pay my respects. I wish to serve my lord's account, and I only hope that my revenge will be avenged!"

After listening to Shen Jingdan's story, Zhao Xin also sympathized with Jiang Tenglin's experience.He didn't expect that the famous "Xiao Heshen" in history would use such vicious methods in order to make money, which completely overturned his understanding of this person.

He stretched out his hand to support Jiang Tenglin and said, "You should follow Mr. Chen to do things with peace of mind, and everything will be discussed after this battle is over. The system here in Beihai Town is different from that of the Qing Dynasty, and it is different from other countries in the world. You have not been here for a short time. , Arrange after you get familiar with it."

When Jiang Tenglin heard this, he felt a little disappointed.He originally thought that because of his status as a scholar, Zhao Xingao could take a look at him, and since then he was introduced as a guest of honor, and he would be a crouching dragon and phoenix staff beside Zhao Xin.Unexpectedly, Zhao Xin just asked him to continue working with Chen Qingsong in the name of a different system.

He didn't know that Zhao Xin didn't want to listen to one-sided remarks. Zhao Xin felt that he had to let Lu Shoushan and the others investigate the real situation of the person in front of him.Although he lacks people here, what he lacks is people who can teach modern knowledge.Let alone a scholar under the rule of the Qing Dynasty, even if he came to Juren, he could only do odd jobs first.

Even if what happened to Jiang Tenglin is true, it is enough for him to be a clerk.After he is familiar with the system of Beihai Town, let's talk about whether he can be Chen Qingsong's deputy.

The next day, Zhao Xin first went to Chen Qingsong and asked him a question.

"Old Chen, what do you think is better for our military flag?"

"Red flag! I think the August [-]st military flag is very good."

"This can't work. The People's Liberation Army's August [-]st military flag is because August [-]st has a special meaning. We were farming on August [-]st last year."

"Hey, when did we fight Fukang'an last year?" Chen Qingsong rolled his eyes and asked with memories on his face.

"June." Zhao Xin murmured, thinking that he wanted bad food.

Sure enough, Chen Qingsong didn't stumble at all, and said directly: "Then let's use the Liuyi Army Flag."

"Brother, you think we are the Young Pioneers! Return the June [-]st military flag, and just wind up the red scarf by yourself. You are so mad at me!"

Chen Qingsong stopped what he was doing, looked up at Zhao Xin, and said playfully, "What's the matter? Why don't you come with the Yellow Dragon Flag too?"

"Stop! You don't think I'm disgusting."

Looking at Zhao Xin's leaving back, Chen Qingsong thought for a while, then shook his head again.Continue to work at the desk.

On the other side, Zhao Xin went to Wu Siyu and Zhao Liang again.

"I said, have you ever thought about what kind of flag we should use?"

Wu Siyu and Zhao Liang returned without hesitation: "August [-]st Army Banner!"

"Inappropriate. For this time and space, August [-]st has no special meaning to us."

The two looked at each other, and it was right to think about it.Then he asked, "What do you think?"

"I didn't think about it clearly either. Didn't I come here to ask you to have a meeting with Zhuge Liang?"

The three of them began to think about it for a long time, and smoked several cigarettes. Suddenly, Zhao Xin's eyes lit up, and he had it.He found a piece of paper, took a pencil and drew and drew on it.Wu Siyu and Zhao Liang looked over for a long time, so they were both dumbfounded!

This guy actually drew an American flag with a sickle and a hammer in the upper left corner!
"What do your stars represent?" Zhao Liang asked, pointing to the two circles of stars around the sickle and hammer.

"56 ethnic groups."

"Then what about the thirteen red and white stripes?"

"Uh, 63 provinces in the south, seven, and north? Let me count, Zhili, Shandong, Henan, and Jiangsu." Zhao Xinpa counted all the provinces with his fingers, and I will go!The difference is half (During the Qianlong period, there were a total of 26 administrative regions in the country.)
The two looked at Zhao Xin like idiots.
"If you think it doesn't work, then change it to another one." After Zhao Xin finished speaking, he swiped his pen and scribbled on another piece of paper.Zhao Xin had just painted halfway, and Wu Siyu said, "Stop!"

Zhao Xin said: "What's wrong?"

"Why does this flag look so familiar to me?"

Zhao Xin said with a guilty conscience: "Isn't it?"

Before Wu Siyu came to the eighteenth century, he worked as a dormitory administrator in a middle school.When I have nothing to do, I often watch pirated movies.At a glance, he felt that Zhao Xin had seen the second picture in a movie.At this moment, he looked constipated, walked around the room for a while, and suddenly slapped his thigh, remembering!

“A long time ago in a galaxy”

(End of this chapter)