"Since the imperial court, oh, since the Tartars entered the customs, Jiangning, Hangzhou, and Jingkou on the southeast coast have been the heartland of Jiangnan. When the 'Nagi issued an order', the righteous people everywhere resisted one after another, but in the end it was a mountain of corpses
Sea of blood."
In Zhao Xin's study, Jiang Fan held a long wooden stick and talked in front of 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, Guo Xingye and Zhang Cangshui made another northern expedition, attacking Zhenjiang and Guazhou, and taking Jiangning directly. During this period, they either surrendered or conquered. Four prefectures, three prefectures, and twenty-four counties were obtained, and all places in the south of the Yangtze River responded.
.However, Su Song's general Liang Huafeng went out to Shencemen at night and broke through Baitu Mountain, resulting in the defeat of the combined attack, and the Tartars just retained the land south of the Yangtze River.
Since the 22nd year of Qianlong, there have been no anti-Qing people in various parts of the south of the Yangtze River, and the court situation has been stable. At this time, if we continue to retain the three garrison troops of Jiangning, Hangzhou, and Jingkou in the small area around Jiangning, it will no longer be necessary. But then
The dismantling of the army also depleted the troops in the heart of Jiangnan.
The vassal thought that if Jiangning was taken, Jiangnan would be within easy reach. And Jiangnan was related to the Qing government's finance, taxation and water transportation. Once lost, the country would be destroyed."
Zhao Xin nodded after hearing this and motioned for the other party to continue. He had noticed that the other party called the Manchus "Tatars", but his face remained expressionless.
Jiang Fan was originally full of confidence, thinking that Chen Yi was so powerful that the Northern Navy could march directly to the south of the Yangtze River. Even if the Manchus fought desperately to snatch it, the Qing government could not win with the strength of the Northern Navy.
However, when he saw that Zhao Xin had no reaction, he couldn't help but feel a little worried, so he continued to wander around the map with the wooden stick in his hand.
"As far as the northern defense line is concerned, the line from Shanhaiguan to Liangzhou is not only the barrier for the capital, but also the only way to mobilize troops from various garrison points in the northern border to fight south and west when the war breaks out, and the capital is this
The hub on the passage.”
Jiang Fan put down his wooden stick and suggested to Zhao Xin: "Fan believes that the Northern Navy should divide its troops into two groups, attack from the north and the south, seize the capital in the north, and attack Jiangning in the south! In this way, the world will be at your fingertips. The Tartars will be like Emperor Shun of the Yuan Dynasty, and they will be driven out.
Died in Mobei."
After hearing this, Zhao Xin nodded, and then motioned Jiang Fan to return to the table and sit down. He pretended to think about it for a moment, as if he was thinking over it again and again.
Jiang Fan has been preparing for today's remarks for several days. He feels that the strategy he, Duan Yucai and Hong Liangji have discussed will definitely impress Zhao Xin. With the eight of them, they can leverage the influence of the entire Jiangnan literary world.
Half of the country, if people like me raise our arms and call out, at least all the places in the south of the Yangtze River will spread the word.
After a while, Zhao Xin asked: "Ziping, you call the Manchus Tartars, do you intend to stay in Beihai Town?"
Jiang Fan cupped his hands and said, "Jiang has this intention."
"Then, what should you do with your family in Yangzhou? Take them all over? You must know that Lord Qianlong is very narrow-minded. If he knows that Ziping has joined us, he will definitely not let your family go."
"Well, we have to leave this matter to King Zhao."
Zhao Xin nodded, with a curious look on his face, and continued to ask: "Then what kind of affairs do you want to engage in? Civil affairs, factories, trade? Or the military?"
Jiang Fan said: "Jiang is not talented, but he is willing to work in front of Zhao Wangan and support military affairs."
"Oh!" Zhao Xin frowned, which made Jiang Fan feel nervous.
"King Zhao thinks that Jiang is not very talented and knowledgeable? Please give me some advice."
"That's not it. I think you have a big-picture view of things and can consider problems as a whole, and I actually need such a helper."
Jiang Fan was overjoyed after hearing this. Do you want to suppress it first and then promote it?
Zhao Xin took a sip of tea to sort out his words and continued: "When you enter the military system, you must follow the military rules. No matter who you are, you must enter the recruit camp for three months of training. And you have to be discharged from the army, so that you can
Be familiar with the system and operational characteristics of the North Korean Navy."
"Be a soldier?" Jiang Fan was stunned, and his face gradually turned red.
The "Tao Te Ching" says that soldiers are an unlucky weapon and should be used as a last resort. Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, put it very straightforwardly. He said, "The state uses soldiers like medicine. It stores medicine to cure diseases. It is not used without disease."
Take medicine.”
The attitude of literati from ancient times towards soldiers can be illustrated by the examples in "Three Kingdoms". It is said that Zhang Fei came to visit Liu Ba and wanted to stay overnight to build friendship. But Liu Ba didn't like him at all. So Zhang Fei got upset and went to Zhuge Liang.
Zhuge Liang complained. So Zhuge Liang said to Liu Ba, although Zhang Fei is a warrior, he admires you very much. My lord is now integrating civil and military affairs to determine the world's major events. Even though you are talented, you should be polite to him. No.
You should reject the good intentions. What did Liu Ba say? When a man lives in the world, he should make friends with heroes from all over the world. What do I have to talk about with a fighting man?
In the eyes of the ancients, soldiers have nothing to do with heroes. What did Han Qi say in the Northern Song Dynasty? A good man must be called by name outside the Donghua Gate.
Compared with the Ming Dynasty where the civil servants 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 relied on force to establish the country, even if the literati looked down on the Green Camp, they would not dare to do so 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 gotten to know Zhao Xin's speaking style and conduct after these days of exchanges, Jiang Fan would have thought that he was insulting him.
"Yes. In fact, you don't know. I was the same at the beginning, running circles every morning for training." Zhao Xin smiled and continued: "Every time I give lessons to the officers of the Northern Navy, as long as I enter the military camp, I have to do the same every day.
In the Beihai Navy, no one can escape regardless of their position. Moreover, we advocate the 'equality of officers and soldiers' and cannot be beaten, scolded or humiliated at will."
Jiang Fan's forehead began to sweat, and his right hand subconsciously reached for his cuff. He thought he was still equal? Can a general officer be equal to a pawn? Isn't this an anecdote from ancient times to modern times!
"Let me put it this way, from me to the soldiers at the lowest level, once they enter the military camp, it will be different except for the military uniforms used for celebrations." Zhao Xin saw Jiang Fan's concerns and pointed to his training uniform.
Said: "Food, clothing, and supplies are all the same. Even if you live in it, you can only have a dormitory of your own. There are no servants or servants! If Jiang Ziping plans to join the Bei Navy, then be prepared to shed a few layers of skin.
Prepare. Without this, there will be no invincible army!"
"Invincible?!" Jiang Fan, who was wiping his sweat with a handkerchief, couldn't help but widen his eyes after hearing this, and his expression gradually froze...
When Jiang Fan went to the library in the afternoon and told Duan Yucao and the others about Zhao Xin's words and his plans, Old Man Duan immediately exploded.
Duan Yucai looked angry and heartbroken. He clenched his fist and pounded the table and said, "That's nonsense! I must meet King Zhao. How can I, a scholar, associate with an unscrupulous person?"
His words come from "Wu Zi's Art of War", which says, "In the old days, those who insulted others were called tattooed soldiers and veterans. It is said that they are humble and shameful. However, those who recruit soldiers are all unworthy villains."
"Yes, Ziping, why don't you let Brother Rong Fu help you talk to King Zhao?" After Hong Liangji finished speaking, he tangled his beard and sighed: "It's not in line with etiquette!"
Liu Taigong, who didn't speak much, suddenly said: "Etiquette? Whose etiquette? Is it the etiquette of the south or the etiquette of the North Sea? Is it the etiquette of Confucianism or the etiquette of Xun Guan?"
"Huh?" Duan Yucai was stunned when he heard this, and shouted to Liu Taigong: "Duan Lin, what do you mean by this? Can etiquette be divided into north and south?"
When Liu Taigong saw that Duan Yucai was in a hurry, he advised him: "Master Ruoying, we have been in Beihai for so many days and have seen and heard a lot. Don't you still understand King Zhao's behavior?"
Duan Yucao's eyebrows jumped and he asked, "Oh? What style does Duan Lin think King Zhao is like?"
Liu Taigong said slowly: "Wear the uniform of the military and hold the title of military general. Be prepared for hunger and cold in the face of war, and provide for the families of those who died in the war. When a soldier dies, he personally mourns him; when a soldier's wounds are wounded, he personally heals them. Therefore, general
The dignity of a soldier is greater than that of a civil servant; the self-love of a soldier is greater than that of the people..."
This time, Liu Taigong did not spare any words, but put on the table one by one what he had seen, heard, and thought these days. In his opinion, the current focus of Beihai Town is on military affairs rather than ethics. Since Jiang Fan
If you want to follow the example of Ma Fubo and Ban Dingyuan, you must first integrate into the Beihai Navy system and then slowly develop it.
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. As for the school system, if you look at Wang Zhong's achievements in the past few years, you will know that it can only play a role.
A small part of the effect.
A secret is revealed here. Liu Taigong's sixth generation ancestor was named Liu Yongcheng. He once taught at Donglin Academy with Gu Xiancheng, Gao Panlong and others. He was promoted to the head of the Ministry of War and was a proper backbone member of the Donglin Party. If he hadn't died at the age of thirty-six,
, maybe it can even be listed in "Donglin Point General Record".
"...Regardless of military and civil affairs, Beihai has many exquisite weapons and skills, and the rules are complicated. Even farming has many rules. Use skills to support the people and use skills to support the army. This is where the prosperity comes from."
After listening to Liu Taigong's opinions, Hong Liangji nodded and agreed: "Seeing these words is like seeing the fog through the clouds! I have also read some of King Zhao's remarks on military affairs these days. The soldiers are like the brothers and sisters of a human being.
"You can't be a man without brothers and sisters, and you can't be unprepared for a war."
Jiang Fan bowed his head to Liu Taigong and said, "Brother Duan Lin, 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 achieve a high status in the future, he must remember ten words: Confucian classics govern the body and mind, and military science governs world affairs."
The few literati never expected that their private exchanges would be compiled into text within an hour and sent to Zhao Xin's study together with the USB flash drive containing the audio files.
Zhao Xin listened and compared the text, and laughed "haha" from time to time. After reading it, he burned the transcript and completely formatted the USB flash drive. Xu Funan, who was sitting opposite him, had a look of surprise in his eyes. , but said nothing.
From the time he was taken in by Zhao Xin in the 48th year of Qianlong's reign, the eight-year-old Xu Funan suddenly turned fourteen. However, the ancients calculated his age based on his fictitious years, so Xu Funan was already considered an "adult boy" and had reached the age when his hair was tied; according to the old rules , they can all marry and start a family.
For Zhao Xin, who had rescued his brother, killed Cai's father and son, and married Shen's sister, Xu Funan had no other thought but to be "dead-hearted". After finishing five years of primary school last year, he resolutely joined Beihai The Junior Military Academy in the town. In the past six months, in addition to attending classes and training, he has also begun to help Zhao Xin deal with some unknown matters.
Zhao Xin looked at the half-grown child in front of him and sighed in his heart. Over the years, Shen Xuan treated the Xu brothers as both sister and mother. Since coming to Beihai Town, the Xu brothers have lived in the Shen family. Zhao Xin and Shen After Xuan got married, the two brothers moved to their new home.
Zhao Xin also cared deeply for the two brothers, treating them as family members and chatting with them whenever they had nothing to do. Among the first batch of people under his command, except for Sheng Haizhou and Katabei, the others were not well-educated, and many things under the table were never discussed. The law spreads.
Time travel cannot be used, and old-style literati dare not use it. Now that Xu Funan is older, Zhao Xin has no choice but to let the child start to come into contact with some dark side things.
At present, in addition to the "XX mass" system that Li Ji is responsible for, Zhao Xin has also developed a group of manpower within the North Navy in the past two years. Basically, every company has his people. Zhao Xin asked Chen Jishan to leave the army, except for In addition to wanting to train him, I also wanted to help him supervise Lu Shoushan's system.
"How about it? If you don't feel comfortable with this, then study hard at the military school, join the army in two years, and then join the staff and follow me."
Zhao Xin asked this question every time. Xu Funan shook his head firmly and said, "No, whatever you ask me to do, sir, I will do it well."
Zhao Xin nodded and said with a smile: "Although we have no intentions of harming others, we must be prepared. These Confucian scholars have too many tricks, and all they want is to preserve the orthodoxy and their class. status. When we enter the customs one day, if we fall out with the officials and gentry who hold a lot of land, they will be able to work around it."
Xu Funan nodded to express his understanding, thought for a while and then said: "There is something else I want to tell you. The two of them have been to the training base five times in the past few days, three times for target practice, and two times to watch recruit training, but Commander Wang did not agree. In addition, they are very familiar with a female soldier named Ding Hui at the training base, and they talked and laughed after meeting."
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"Telecommunications room." Xu Funan took out the pamphlet from his pocket, opened it to one of the pages, and continued: "Ding Hui is seventeen years old this year. He came from Shandong three years ago and was later raped by the Cao Gang. I took her to Sheyang Lake. My parents were at home, as well as an older brother. Ding Hui’s father was a child, so he taught her to read for several years. When we were recruiting telegraph operators the year before last, we chose her... "
After listening to Xu Funan's report on Ding Hui's family situation, Zhao Xin asked: "Is she pretty?"
"Well, she's quite handsome. I heard from Uncle Lu that they should have met at the shooting range before. Because there were so many people going to the shooting range, there were not enough reception staff, so I asked Ding Hui and the other three to help bring tea and water.
.”
Zhao Xin stood up and walked to Xu Funan, patted him on the shoulder, and praised him: "I'm fine now. Go back and tell Lu Shoushan to have people keep an eye on Ding Hui, especially her whereabouts after leaving the training base.
Remember, never alert the enemy."
Xu Funan then stood up and saluted, and Zhao Xin walked out of the study with him. When the young man disappeared, he looked up at the gloomy sky, and after a while he murmured to himself: "Okay, I know how to go to the telecommunications room and the recruits
Stretch out your hand."
Although there are undercurrents surging inside Beihai Town, Zhao Xin has no intention of falling out.
This is mainly because of Zhao Xin's abnormal ability and prestige, and those undercurrents have not made any waves yet; secondly, the positions of those two people in the power plant are very important, and it will be very troublesome if they are replaced. In addition to Zhao Xin now
Some important things that must be done in person will generally stay in this time and space.
In fact, he also wanted to see how ambitious those two people were, what loopholes were in the Beihai Town system, and whether the military and public security police system that had been cultivated for so many years could withstand the test.
After the Battle of Hunchun ended a few months ago, when Zhao Xin returned to Beihai Town, Chen Qingsong immediately told him about that person. Afterwards, Zhao Xin thought about it and thought that he had not wronged him!
The remuneration given was a lot, and the bonus after the completion of the power plant was also a large amount. Is this a case of "promoting rice while competing with rice for enmity"?
But when he was looking through the resumes of the people in the power plant again one night, an idea suddenly jumped out of his mind. So he immediately started with the person's surname and place of origin, and went back to call his cousin Cheng Wei to ask him.
He specifically went to that person's hometown to check.
Although Cheng Wei was confused, his wealthy life now came from the business that Zhao Xin gave him, so he could only follow the instructions. However, he was not a professional in this, so he found a local consulting company to investigate. This
Don’t make things too simple, you’ll find out in two days.
That man's surname was not what was written on his resume at all. His mother remarried and brought him here, and his surname was also changed to that of his stepfather. After that, he asked his cousin to spend a month traveling back and forth, almost all of them.
Everyone in the power plant visited their hometown. Then another person appeared in Zhao Xin's field of vision.
After making some inquiries, he found out that the two people had been getting along quite closely over the past year.
The life circle of the people in the power plant is actually relatively closed and self-contained. In addition to their own jobs and taking care of their apprentices, they either play games in the dormitory, or go to the shooting range to shoot, or go to the elementary school to see the beautiful teacher, who often makes each other look shy.
Or chuckle.
As for the kind of personal issues that all men understand, Zhao Xin doesn't object. He just wants to be responsible afterwards and don't commit suicide by throwing himself into the water. Recently, several young women from island countries have become pregnant.
Chen Qingsong also asked his subordinates to arrange separate residences for them, which could meet all living standards.
A week ago, Cao Peng brought people back from Ninggu Pagoda to collect surveying and mapping equipment, preparing to conduct a detailed inspection of the cultivated land around Ninggu Pagoda. Zhao Xin chatted with him for a long time, during which Zhao Xin pretended not to mention the two people.
.
Sure enough, according to Cao Peng, the two people had gotten along very well in the past year since they came to Beihai Town. They often got together to drink and chat behind closed doors. As for what they talked about, Cao Peng didn't care.