Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 445

"Since the imperial court, oh, since the entry of the Tartars, Jiangning, Hangzhou, and Jingkou on the southeast coast have been the heartlands of the south of the Yangtze River. At the time of the 'Decree', righteous people from all over the country resisted one after another, but in the end it was a mountain of corpses. Sea of ​​blood."

In Zhao Xin's study room, Jiang Fan was holding a long wooden stick and talking eloquently to the national map hanging on the wall.Zhao Xin stood opposite with his arms folded, looking up at the map.

"In March of the 16th year of Shunzhi, Guoxing Ye and Zhang Cangshui made another northern expedition, attacking Zhenjiang and Guazhou, and took Jiangning directly. During this period, they either surrendered or conquered, and all places in the south of the Yangtze River responded. Liang Huafeng, the general of the Song Dynasty, went out to the Shence Gate at night and broke through the Baitu Mountain, resulting in the defeat of the joint attack, and the Tartars just kept the land in the south of the Yangtze River.

Since the 22nd year of Qianlong, there have been no anti-Qing people anywhere in the south of the Yangtze River, and the court has been stable. At this time, it is no longer necessary to keep the three garrisons of Jiangning, Hangzhou, and Jingkou in this small area around Jiangning.However, the subsequent abolition also left Jiangnan's innermost forces empty.

Fan thought that if he took Jiangning, Jiangnan would be at his fingertips.However, the south of the Yangtze River is related to the Qing government's taxation and water transportation. Once it is lost, its society will perish. "

Zhao Xin nodded and motioned for the other party to continue.He had already noticed that the other party called the Man Qing "Tartarists", but his face was still expressionless.

Jiang Fan was full of confidence at first, and felt that Chen Yi was so powerful that the Beihai Navy could send troops to take Jiangnan directly.Even if the Manchu Qing desperately snatched it, the Qing court could not win with the combat power of the northern navy.

However, seeing that Zhao Xin didn't respond, he couldn't help but feel a little worried, so he continued to walk around the map with the wooden stick in his hand.

"As far as the northern line of defense is concerned, the line from Shanhaiguan to Liangzhou is not only the barrier of the capital, but also the only way for the outbreak of war to mobilize troops from the garrison points on the northern border and fight south and west. The capital is exactly this The hub on the channel is."

Jiang Fan put down his wooden stick and suggested to Zhao Xin: "Fan thought that the northern navy should divide its troops into two groups, attack from the north and the south, take the capital in the north, and attack Jiangning in the south! In this way, the world is at your fingertips. Died in Mobei."

Zhao Xin nodded after listening, and then motioned Jiang Fan to go back to the table and sit down, while he pretended to think about it for a moment, as if he was thinking over and over again.

Jiang Fan prepared for today's remarks for several days. He felt that the strategy he discussed with Duan Yucai and Hong Liangji would definitely impress Zhao Xin.With the eight of them, half of the entire Jiangnan literary world can be leveraged. At that time, people like myself will raise their arms, at least it will be spread in various places in Jiangnan.

After a long while, Zhao Xin asked, "Ziping, you call the Manchus the Tartars. Are you planning to stay in Beihai Town?"

Jiang Fan cupped his hands and said, "Jiang has exactly that intention."

"Then, what about your family in Yangzhou? Take them all over? You must know that Lord Qianlong is very narrow-minded. If he knew that Ziping had joined us, he would definitely not let your family go."

"Uh, I have to leave this matter to King Zhao."

Zhao Xin nodded, with a look of curiosity on his face, and continued to ask: "Then what kind of affairs do you want to engage in? Civil affairs, factories, trade? Or military?"

Jiang Fan said: "Jiang is not talented. I would like to praise the military affairs in front of Zhao Wang's saddle."

"Oh!" Zhao Xin frowned, watching Jiang Fan's heart pounding.

"King Zhao thinks that Jiang is lacking in talent and learning? Please ask for instructions."

"It's not this. I think you have a big picture when looking at things, and you can think about the problem as a whole, and I actually need such a helper."

Jiang Fan was overjoyed when he heard this, is he going to suppress first and then raise?
Zhao Xin took a sip of tea to sort out his words, and continued: "If you enter the army system, you must follow the rules of the army. No matter who you are, you have to enter the new barracks for three months of training. And you have to leave the army, so that you can Familiar with the system and combat characteristics of the Beihai Navy."

"Being a soldier?" Jiang Fan was stunned, his face gradually turning red.

The "Tao Te Ching" says that the ominous weapon of soldiers should be used as a last resort.Zhu Yuanzhang, Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, said very straightforwardly. He said, "The use of soldiers by the country is like the medicine of medicine. It stores medicine to cure diseases, and does not use medicine for no disease."

The attitude of literati towards soldiers since ancient times can be illustrated by examples in "Three Kingdoms".It is said that Zhang Fei came to visit Liu Ba and wanted to spend the night to make friends.As a result, Liu Ba didn't like him at all.So Zhang Fei was upset and complained to Zhuge Liang.So Zhuge Liang said to Liu Ba, although Zhang Fei is a warrior, he admires you very much.The lord is now integrating civil and military affairs to decide the world's major events. Although you are naturally talented, you should be more polite to him and not refuse your kindness.What did Liu Ba say?When a man lives in the world, when he makes friends with heroes from all over the world, what can I talk about with a fighter!

In the eyes of the ancients, soldiers have nothing to do with heroes.What did Han Qi say in the Northern Song Dynasty?Fang is a good man outside the Donghua Gate.

Compared with the civilian group in the Ming Dynasty who despised the army, the Qing Dynasty was better, because the Eight Banners soldiers and the Green Camp were not the same system, and because the Manchu regime was based on military force, even if the literati looked down on the Green Camp, they would not dare to stand in front of the Eight Banners generals. presumptuous.

Zhao Xin asked a talented scholar like Jiang Fan to serve as a soldier. If he hadn't learned about Zhao Xin's speaking style and personality after these days of communication, Jiang Fan would have thought that the other party was insulting him.

"Yes. Actually, you don't know. In the beginning, I was the same. I ran laps every morning for training." Zhao Xin smiled and continued: "Every time I teach the officers of the Beihai Navy, as long as they enter the barracks, they have to train every day." Fucking. In the Beihai Navy, no one can escape regardless of their position. Moreover, what we advocate is 'equality between officers and soldiers', and you can't beat, scold and humiliate at will."

Jiang Fan's forehead began to sweat, and his right hand subconsciously reached for his cuff.Are you still equal?Can the commander-in-chief be equal to a small pawn? Isn't this an anecdote!
"Let me put it this way, from me to the soldiers at the bottom, as long as they enter the barracks, the military uniforms used for celebrations are different." Zhao Xin saw Jiang Fan's concerns, and he pointed to his training uniform Said: "Eat, wear, and use are all the same. Even if you live, you can only have a dormitory of your own, and there are no servants or slaves! If you, Jiang Ziping, plan to enter the Beihai Navy, then you should prepare a few layers of skin." Prepare. Without this, there will be no invincible army!"

"The world is invincible?!" Jiang Fan, who was wiping his sweat with a handkerchief, opened his eyes wide after hearing this, and his expression gradually froze.
When Jiang Fan went to the library in the afternoon and told Duan Yucai what Zhao Xin said and his plan to the three of them, the old man immediately exploded.

Duan Yucai was angry and heartbroken, he thumped the table with his fists and said, "Nonsense! This old man must meet King Zhao. How can scholars of my generation be in the company of unworthy villains!"

His words came from "Wu Zi's Art of War", which said, "The scumbags of the old world are called tattooed soldiers, and they are called veterans. They are said to be humble and shameful. However, those who recruit soldiers are all unworthy villains."

"That's right, Ziping, why don't you let brother Rongfu talk to Zhao Wang for you?" After Hong Liangji finished speaking, he sighed with his beard: "It's not suitable for etiquette!"

Liu Taigong, who didn't speak much, suddenly said: "Rite? Whose ritual is it? Is it the ritual of the south or the ritual of the North Sea? Is it the ritual of Confucianism or the ritual of Xunguan?"

"Huh?" Duan Yucai was taken aback when he heard the words, and shouted at Liu Taigong: "Duanlin, what do you mean by that? Can't the etiquette be divided into north and south?"

Seeing that Duan Yucai was in a hurry, Liu Taigong persuaded: "Mr. Ruoying, we have been in Beihai for so many days, and we have seen and heard a lot. Don't you understand King Zhao's way of doing things?"

Duan Yucai twitched his eyebrows and asked, "Oh? What kind of style does Duanlin think King Zhao is?"

Liu Taigong said slowly: "When you serve in the uniform of the army, you will be given the title of a military general. You will be prepared for the hunger and cold before the battle, and your family members will be supported when you die in battle. When a soldier dies, he will be hanged by himself; when he is wounded, he will be healed by himself. Therefore, I will The dignity of a soldier is higher than that of civil servants; the self-love of soldiers is higher than that of the people."

For the first time this time, Liu Taigong didn't cherish words like gold, but put what he saw, heard, and thought these days on the table one by one.In his opinion, the current focus of Beihai Town is military rather than ethics.Since Jiang Fan wants to follow the example of Ma Fubo and Ban Dingyuan, he must first integrate into the Beihai Navy system, and then gradually figure it out.

In fact, they still want to infiltrate Confucian politics into Beihai Town, but neither civil affairs nor military affairs are what they are good at; Small part works.

A secret is revealed here. The sixth ancestor of Liu Taigong was named Liu Yongcheng. He once lectured at Donglin Academy with Gu Xiancheng, Gao Panlong and others.If he hadn't died at the age of 36, he might still be listed in "Donglin Dianjianglu".

".Regardless of military and civil affairs, Beihai has a lot of fine arts and crafts, and the rules are complicated. Even farming has many rules and regulations. Using technology to support the people and technology to support soldiers, this is what makes it strong."

After listening to Liu Taigong's opinion, Hong Liangji agreed with his beard: "Duanlin's words are like clearing the clouds and fog! I have also read some of Zhao Wang's words on soldiers these days. It is like a man's brothers and sisters to soldiers. , You can’t be a man without hands and feet, and you can’t be unprepared for a day.”

Jiang Fan bowed to Liu Taigong and said, "Brother Duanlin, please teach me."

Liu Taigong looked around and saw that there was no one else within a few meters of him, so he said word by word: "If Ziping wants to gain status in the future, he must keep in mind ten words: the study of classics governs the body and mind, and the study of military affairs adapts to world affairs."

The literati never expected that their private communication would be compiled into text after an hour, and sent to Zhao Xin's study together with the USB flash drive containing the audio files.

Zhao Xin compared the text while listening, laughing "hehe" from time to time.After reading it, he burned the transcript and completely formatted the USB drive.Xu Shounan, who was sitting opposite him, had a hint of surprise in his eyes, but he didn't say anything.

Since being taken in by Zhao Xin in the 48th year of Qianlong, the eight-year-old Xu Shounan is already 14 years old.However, people in ancient times counted their age according to their false years, so Xu Shounan was already considered a "grown boy", and when he reached the age of curly hair; according to the old rules, he could marry a wife and start a family.

Xu Shounan had no other thought but to "dedicate himself" to saving his brother, Zhao Xin, who had killed the Cai family father and son, and married the Shen family's sister.After finishing his five-year study in elementary school last year, he resolutely joined the Junior Military Academy in Beihai Town.In the past six months, in addition to attending classes and training, he also began to help Zhao Xin deal with some unknown matters.

Zhao Xin looked at the half-grown child in front of him and sighed inwardly.These years, Shen Xuan treated Xu Shounan and Xu Funan as sister and mother. Ever since they came to Beihai Town, the Xu family brothers have lived in the Shen family.After Zhao Xin and Shen Xuan got married, the two brothers lived in their new home.

Zhao Xin is also very caring for the two brothers, treats them like relatives, and chats with them whenever he has nothing to do.Among the first group of people under him, except for Sheng Haizhou and Pianbei, everyone else was uneducated, and many things under the table could not be released.

Travelers can't use it, and old-style literati dare not use it.Now that Xu Shounan has grown up, Zhao Xin had no choice but to let the child get in touch with some dark side things.

At present, in addition to the "XX mass" system that Li Ji is in charge of, Lu Shoushan has also developed a group of personnel within the Beihai Navy in the past two years, and basically every company has his people.Zhao Xin asked Chen Jishan to go down to the army, in addition to wanting to train him, in fact, he also helped him supervise Lu Shoushan's system by the way.

"How about Shounan? If you're not used to this, then you should take good classes at the military academy, join the army in two years, and then join the staff and follow me."

Zhao Xin asked this question every time, Xu Shounan shook his head firmly and said, "No, whatever your lord asks me to do, I will definitely do it well."

Zhao Xin nodded and said with a smile: "We, although we have no intention of harming others, we have to be prepared. These Confucian scholars have too many tricks, and what they want and want is nothing more than to preserve the orthodoxy and their class. status. When we enter the customs someday, if we turn against those officials and gentry who hold a lot of land, they will be able to deal with it."

Xu Shounan nodded to express his understanding, thought for a moment and said: "There is another thing I want to tell you. Those two went to the training base five times these days, three times to shoot targets, and two times to watch recruits training, but Wang The commander did not agree. In addition, they have a very close relationship with a female soldier named Ding Hui in the training base, and they talked and laughed after meeting."

"Oh? What is the female soldier responsible for?"

"Telecom room." After speaking, Xu Shounan took out the booklet from his pocket, opened it and turned to a page, and continued: "Ding Hui is 17 years old this year. He came from Shandong three years ago and was taken away by the people from the Cao Gang. She went to Sheyang Lake. Both my parents were there, and there was an older brother. Ding Hui’s father was a child, so he taught her to read for several years. We recruited a telegrapher the year before last, and we chose her.”

After listening to Xu Shounan's report on Ding Hui's family situation, Zhao Xin asked, "Is she beautiful?"

"Well, it's pretty. I heard from Uncle Lu that they should have met at the shooting range before. Because there were so many people there and there were not enough reception staff for the shooting, Ding Hui and the others were asked to bring tea and water. .”

Zhao Xin got up and walked to Xu Shounan's side, patted him on the shoulder, and said approvingly: "I'm fine. Go back and tell Lu Shoushan that people will keep an eye on that Ding Hui, especially her whereabouts after leaving the training base. Note Hold on, don’t startle the snakes.”

Xu Shounan stood up and saluted, and Zhao Xin walked out of the study with him.After the boy's figure disappeared, he looked up at the gloomy sky, and after a while he muttered to himself, "Okay, I know I've reached out to the telecommunications room and the recruits."

Although there is an undercurrent in Beihai Town right now, Zhao Xin doesn't intend to turn his back on him.

This is mainly because of Zhao Xin's perverted ability and prestige, those undercurrents are still not causing any waves; secondly, the two people's positions in the power plant are very important, and it will be very troublesome if they are replaced.Now Zhao Xin usually stays in this time and space except for some important things that must be done in person.

In fact, he also wanted to see how ambitious those two were and where the loopholes in Beihai Town's system were.There is also the question of whether the military and public security police system, which has been trained for so many years, can stand the test.

It is said that after the Hunchun Battle ended a few months ago, when Zhao Xin returned to Beihai Town, Chen Qingsong immediately told him about that person.After that, Zhao Xin thought about it, and said that he didn't feel sorry for him!The remuneration that should be given is quite a lot, and the bonus after the completion of the power plant has also been paid a large sum. Is it "promotion of kindness against rice hatred"?
But when he looked through the resumes of those people in the power plant again one night, a thought suddenly popped up.So he immediately started with the person's surname and hometown, and went back to call his cousin Cheng Wei, asking him to go to the person's hometown to check.

Although Cheng Wei couldn't figure it out, his current affluent life came from the business Zhao Xin gave him, so he had to follow suit.However, he is not a professional to do this, so he found a local consulting company to investigate.This kind of thing should not be too simple, it will be cleared up in two days.

The man's surname was not written on the resume at all. His mother remarried and brought him here, and her surname was changed to that of her stepfather.After that, he asked his cousin to spend another month traveling from south to north, almost visiting the hometowns of all the power plants.Then another person appeared in Zhao Xin's field of vision.

After a little inquiring, he found out that the two had been in close contact over the past year.

The life circles of the people in the power plant are actually relatively closed and self-contained.In addition to their jobs and mentoring apprentices, they either play games in the dormitory, or go to the shooting range to shoot guns, or go to elementary schools to see beautiful teachers, often making each other shy or laughing.

As for the kind of personal problems that men understand, Zhao Xin has no objection, but just asks to be responsible afterwards, and don't make things like throwing himself into the water and hanging himself.Recently, several young women from island countries have become pregnant. Chen Qingsong also asked his subordinates to arrange separate residences for them, which can satisfy all living standards.

A week ago, Cao Peng brought people back from Ninggu Pagoda to pick up surveying and mapping equipment, and prepared to investigate the conditions of the cultivated land around Ninggu Pagoda.Zhao Xin chatted with him for a long time, during which Zhao Xin pretended not to mention those two people.

Sure enough, according to Cao Peng, since the two came to Beihai Town, their relationship has been very good this year, and they often get together to drink and chat behind closed doors.As for what they were talking about, Cao Peng didn't care.

It seems that everything has come to light.

(End of this chapter)