Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 219
After staying in Shining for a few days, Shen Zhezi and his party continued on their way.

The princess on the pleasure boat was playing with a rhino horn slingshot in her hand, shooting dried mud pellets into the water from time to time.After seeing the superb skills of the lady Cui Ling, the princess was completely fascinated by this way. In the past few days in Shining, she circled around that lady every day, asking for advice on techniques, and vowed to point out like that lady. Where to hit.

And it was Shen Zhezi who picked up the princess' bow and arrow hobby.Talking with Cui Hui, as he got to know the situation in the north, he had a sense of urgency.He is destined to lead the army to the north. Even if he can't become a fierce general who charges into battle, at least he must be proficient in riding and shooting, and he must have a little bit of self-protection.

So on both sides of the pleasure boat, one holds a slingshot, the other holds a bow and arrow, each occupying a corner, and they are all honing their skills.Shen Zhezi's bow practice is not as ostentatious as the princess's. He only has an ordinary Zhe wood bow in his hand. He is more practicing the feel and arm strength. According to the instructions of the master who is proficient in this way, he will polish his basic skills little by little.

"Shen Zhezi, why don't you let Mrs. A Ling go with us? You are the master of the house. If you ask, she must not be able to refuse."

Without the guidance of the famous teacher, the princess was quite depressed and couldn't help complaining.

When Shen Zhezi heard this, he smiled and said: "Mr. Cui was honored and raised here, and Mrs. A Ling is filial, so she naturally wants to serve her beside her. His family is also Wangzong of the North, and he lives in my house. How can he really serve him as a servant?" , what is difficult for a strong man."

In fact, he also hopes to take Cui Hui away, not only because he is familiar with the situation in the Northland, he can ask for advice from time to time, but also because of his own talent, it would be too inferior to put him in Xining.It's just that Cui Hui's illness has not yet recovered, and he still wants to live in peace and recuperate, and he himself is reluctant to part with those people who suffered together, so Shen Zhezi can only give up.

Before leaving, Cui Hui handed Shen Zhezi a book, which was the situation in the Northland sorted out in the past few days, and said that there would be more additions in the future, and asked his family to send them to Wukang for Shen Zhezi to refer to.

This book contains not only a description of the situation in the Northland, but also Cui Hui's own strategic views on protecting the environment and the people, and commanding the army to control the Hu.From the contents of this book, Shen Zhezi realized that Cui Hui had probably guessed his wish of making the Northern Expedition, and many of the words in it were meant to be persuasive and vigilant.Although he never said it explicitly, Shen Zhezi could also feel that Cui Hui was not optimistic about the Northern Expedition.

In fact, not only Cui Hui, many people nowadays are wary and pessimistic about the Northern Expedition.Although this idea is not lacking in timidity, it is more related to the pattern of vision.Hu Kou Zhonghua, Shenzhou Lu Chen, there is no precedent to help, even if the disputes in the Warring States period continued, the Hulu barbarians were beaten on the ground, and there has never been a tragic situation where the Han people were driven away.

In other words, most of the people's knowledge reserves and horizons were unable to handle such complex changes in the situation.Fleeing south in a hurry, not only the homeland of China is lost, but also self-confidence and dignity.The state of mind is at a loss, and the confusion and pessimism about the future are the feelings of many people nowadays.

For a family like Cui Hui who was almost wiped out, and himself who was tortured, the shadow in his heart was naturally especially great.People outside the matter talk about ambition and other false words, but only in a specific situation can you understand how difficult it is to make a decision and even put it into reality.Not only Cui Hui, who had been killed, was not optimistic about the Northern Expedition, but even the Fangzhen officials who really held heavy troops, such as Xi Jian, were staunch opponents of the Northern Expedition.

This kind of mentality is similar to the abandonment of tradition and the pursuit of foreign systems by intellectuals of later generations in the Republic of China. Their past knowledge and experience are no longer sufficient to explain why they are faced with the current situation. While confused, they desperately want an answer.

Therefore, although the Northern Expedition is absolutely politically correct at present, if someone really promotes this slogan as a real goal, it will make people full of vigilance.I was afraid that this would provoke the Hulu to retaliate and go south, and even Jiangdong, the only remaining place to live and live in peace, would be affected and fall.

In the final analysis, it is just an overkill, Hu Lu is not terrible, there are many reasons for the failure.But because there is no answer that convinces the public, Hulu has gradually been demonized in the minds of the people at that time.

In such an atmosphere, all rebuttals and explanations are false, and only victory can shake people's hearts the most.A magnificent, crushing victory, destructive and without fancy, only in this way can it shake people's hearts and regain lost dignity!
Therefore, although Shen Zhezi was very anxious, he also understood that the Northern Expedition proposal should not be moved rashly.You must be fully prepared, once you make a sound, there will be an echo, and it must be the kind of thunder and loud noise that can shake the universe!

After leaving Xianning, Shen Zhezi and Princess Xingnan went to Shanyin to visit the He family.With the current momentum of the Shen family, even the princess would marry into his family, so the marriage with the He family would naturally be difficult and proceed smoothly.

Now that He Xi no longer served as father's county magistrate, but transferred to Linhai county magistrate, he naturally also belonged to the Shen family's faction.As for the governor of Kuaiji County, Kong took over.Now the various families in the county no longer resist Shen Chong, but are actively seeking cooperation.Today's Kuaiji has gradually become an iron plate, and the situation is more stable.

In order to show his importance to this marriage, He Xi personally returned from Linhai to Shanyin to discuss the matter.Although Shen Mu still felt uncomfortable, he really couldn't go against the wishes of his family, so the marriage was finalized.

After living in Shanyin for a few days, Shen Zhezi visited the various families he had contacts with.Originally, he planned to go to Zhoushan once. After all, Zhoushan is an important part of the Shen family's control of Kuaiji, and it is suspended offshore from the sea, so it is not easy to manage.But the news from the north made the calm situation gradually turbulent.

Liu Xia, the governor of Xuzhou, died of illness earlier. His subordinates requested Liu Xia's son to take over the people in Xuzhou, but the imperial court refused. Instead, they sent Guo Mo, who was also a refugee commander, to supervise the Huaibei military to command Liu Xia's subordinates.This move made Liu Xia's troops dissatisfied, and they sent troops to expel Guo Mo, and Huaibei was already in chaos.

After that, Xi Jian, who had been seeking foreign appointments, finally left the capital as he wished, served as the governor of Xuzhou, and went to Jingkou to stabilize the situation.

The Shen family has great interests in Jingkou, especially the core interests of the newly created business alliances are in Jingkou.With such a big change, Shen Zhezi can't be completely relieved even if Qianfeng is in charge of Jingkou.So he hurriedly ended his trip to Kuaiji, and had no time to go to Zhoushan again, so he hurried north.

When passing by Yuhang, Shen Zhezi inevitably talked with his father about the current turmoil in Huaibei and the changes in Jingkou.

"Although Liu Xia's troops are brave and hard to tame, they fight and attack each other. There may be chaos for a while, and the situation will not last long. It is not enough to shake the situation in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is not enough to cause trouble."

Shen Chong had a lot of in-depth contact with Liu Ya's subordinates, and even the disadvantages of Liu Ya's subordinates, so he didn't take the Huaibei rebellion very seriously.

Shen Zhezi also agreed with his father's judgment.Although the refugee commander is extremely powerful, his disadvantage is that there are many mountains and it is difficult to command.Most of these refugee commanders who hold heavy troops at present come from the north to the south, and they have conflicts in regions and interests, which are difficult to reconcile.Even within a mountain, there are many clans and villagers who have deep conflicts with each other and hold resentment.

Such a situation cannot be simply and crudely attributed to the false words that the Chinese people are fond of internal fighting.The more chaotic the era, the weaker the individual's sense of existence, and the more need to join an organization to seek a sense of security.Once there is an organization, there will naturally be conflicts of interests and conflicts that are difficult to reconcile, and they will not be shifted by individual will.

Therefore, even though Kuaiji urgently needs a large population to fill, Shen Zhezi dare not let go of the restrictions to accept a large number of refugees.The natural clan ties among the refugees can easily lead the displaced refugees into violent mobs.In such an age, there is no clear dividing line between good and evil.

This is why in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, although the refugee generals had powerful power, they were still not enough to become a successful political force.With such a complicated internal situation, a mature political appeal and attempt cannot be brewed at all, and it can only be tossed among high-ranking sects, driven by others as a minion.

Compared with the military chaos in Huaibei, Shen Chong was more concerned about Xi Jian's departure from Jingkou: "Xi Gong's eastward travel can be said to really influence the arrangement of the current situation. Jingzhou and Liyang should be uncomfortable. My family should also think deeply about how to do it in the future." at home."

He was well aware of the great influence that Xi Jian could exert on the refugees, so he urged Wang Dun to call Xi Jian into the court in his early years.However, this person can't be trapped at the moment. Once he arrives at Jingkou, it can be seen that the situation in the entire Jiangdong will be turbulent.

Hearing what his father said, Shen Zhezi also felt helpless.In addition to the lack of timing, the reason why Xi Jian had been seeking foreign appointments for a long time was fruitless, and there was also the joint resistance of various local towns.The location of Jingkou is important, and there are many exiles. Before that, there was no strong feudal vassal, and it could not play its due role.The Shen family also took advantage of the emptiness in the east to take over and stabilize the situation in Kuaiji.

But after Xi Jian left the capital, Jingkou could play a much greater role, going west to defend the capital, and going south to deter the three Wus.It is conceivable that the Shen family will definitely bear the pressure from Jingkou in the future, and it will be difficult to be as detached from Wuzhong as before.

The Xi family was accepted by the ruling family and exerted considerable influence on the refugees. This natural advantage destined the family to sit in Jingkou, an important inner domain.

Shen Zhezi knew that this situation was inevitable, so he started to make arrangements several years in advance. From the very beginning of the hermit's salary to the present Wuzhong Business Alliance, it was all to ensure that it could offset the pressure from Jingkou, and even counter Jingkou.But precisely because of these arrangements, there will be no harmony between his family and Xi's family. If they live in another place, there will be many other families in Kuaiji who will make many arrangements for drilling camps, which is also unbearable for the Shen family.

The many previous arrangements are now time to be put to the test.It remains to be seen whether it is Xi Jian who sits in Jingkou and forcefully drives away the arrangement of the Shen family in Jingkou, or whether the Shen family can withstand Xi Jian's pressure and successfully take root in Jingkou!
(End of this chapter)