In the blink of an eye, Hu Zongxian has been away for almost half a month, and when he arrived in Huizhou, he really called himself sick and asked to recuperate at home for a period of time.

In the spring of March, the warbler flies and the grass grows, the two embankments of Subai and the peach willow sandwich the bank, and the city of Hangzhou has reached the good time of the warm breeze and drunk. But at this moment, sitting in the signing room, Shen Yu, but he definitely couldn't feel a trace of warmth, eleven eleven

The troubles in the southeast will not stop because Hu Zongxian is gone, and the anti-lip is getting more and more intense, and there is a tendency to be specialized.

First of all, on the Quzhou side, Wang Bengu came to urge him all day long, asking him to immediately send troops to exterminate the group of thugs; Then there was the rebellion of the three nests of Jiangxi and Guangdong, the governor of Guangdong and the governor of Jiangxi passed the buck to each other, and they were defeated and retreated, and lost seven or eight counties.

Then there is the issue of food and salary, in the past few days, the people below have sorted out the accounts, except for Huguang, which has hardly been affected by the war, there is a big gap in all provinces...... Zhejiang Nanzhi is better, and can pay up to 60% of the military salary, followed by Fujian, which can pay half, and the worst is Guangdong and Jiangxi, which can only pay 30%.

Seeing that there is less than half a month before the salary, the governors of all places dare not stay in this province anymore, and they all run to Hangzhou City to ask for support, not to mention that the feudal treasury has no money, Shen Momo is rich, and he can't give it to them, after all, he is only acting in charge of the military and political affairs in the southeast, and in the eyes of people, maintaining the status quo is the proper meaning of the question.

If the name is not right, it will not be good, and if it is not good, it will not work, and before the official appointment of the imperial court, Shen will not easily wade into this troubled water, especially the most difficult to settle the matter of money and food, and he will definitely not be involved.

There is also a private matter, Rou Niang wrote that Ruohan has been four months pregnant, and now her mood is not very stable, and she reacts greatly.

This made Shen still a little complaining! All of a sudden, he was full of regret and self-blame, but he was too busy with official business to return to Beijing, so he had to write a sincere letter and order someone to send it home urgently.

His heart was in a mess, and he couldn't handle official business, so he simply pushed open the mountains of files, found the two books given by Hu Zongxian, and looked at them carefully, Hu Zongxian was right, the author of these two books is really a master of military theory; Even in Shen's opinion, Hu Zongxian's evaluation is actually low, and he believes that this person is a genius who is ahead of his time.

Among the two books, "Jiangnan Jinglu" has a total of eight volumes, each of which is divided into two sub-volumes. Above the first volume is the general essentials of military affairs; Under the first volume is the general examination of the internal and external situation in Jiangnan; The second volume is the upper and lower scroll sixth, which records the mountains and rivers belonging to Suzhou, Changzhou, Songjiang, and Zhenjiang, and the soldiers and horses of the cities, each with local bandits and key points; Volume 7 deals with war and defense matters, and volume 8 deals with war equipment and war preparations, and finally uses water conservancy, accumulation and Su Song's grain. It also has a map of Nangi, Fuzhou, rivers and lakes, coastal defense, river defense, lake defense, danger map, etc., and you can see the whole picture of the southeast in your heart, so that the place names of those passes, mountains and rivers are no longer just a place name, but really let you understand where the danger is, where it is, so as to provide strong support for decision-making.

This was the first time that Shen had seen such a high-level, meticulous and objective detailed report on the situation of the Southeast Army, and he saw that he had confronted the Japanese in the book, and said: 'It is the best policy to sentry in the sea and not to approach the shore; Refusing to defend the sea pond and the harbor, and not allowing it to be anchored, is the middle policy; If you go deep and harm the place, you will be the first to sit guilty, which is the next policy. It is clearly proposed that the best policy to deal with the enemy at sea is to 'sentry in the sea' and resist the enemy in the sea frontier; The middle strategy is, 'Hold on to the seaport of Haitang and block the enemy from the country, and the next strategy is to go deep into the enemy and destroy the enemy army in the territory.'

This viewpoint, which was put forward at the beginning of the anti-Japanese war, was correct, and it was in line with the actual situation of the officers and troops of those years, and the sailors were stronger than the Japanese and the road was weaker than the Japanese, and if it was adopted, the time for eliminating the Japanese would be greatly shortened, the losses would be greatly reduced, and the effect would be even better.

However, the governor at that time, Zhang Jing, adopted the next strategy and put the Japanese in the interior, and when Hu Zongxian came to power, he could only exert great efforts to expel the Japanese who had already set up a stronghold on the coast, and it was not until these two years that he had the conditions to re-annihilate the enemy on the sea.

What made Shen even more like a treasure was the thirteen volumes of the book "Preparing for the Sea Charts", with 173 drawings and about 260,000 words, which had a detailed discussion on the coastal geography, weapons facilities, and coastal defense strategy of the Ming Dynasty, which was definitely an epoch-making masterpiece.

Moreover, in this book, the author puts forward many unique opinions, which are not only unprecedented, but also highly consistent with the modern sea power strategy known to Shen, and the author lists the three principles of coastal defense strategy, that is, the so-called defense of the sea, hoarding the coast, and guarding the city. Among them, Shen attached the most importance to the fact that the author believed that coastal defense should be defended against the sea, and advocated that "the sentry thieves should be in the open ocean, and the thieves should be in the near ocean", what shocked Shen even more was that the twelfth volume of the imperial ocean, the author actually used a whole volume to expound the importance of sea control to a country. If memory serves, Mahan in the West proposed this concept at the end of the nineteenth century, three hundred years after him. What is even more valuable is that this person not only has this kind of strategic vision, but also has a deep knowledge of tactics, as he said, "If the thief cannot resist the sea, then the defense of the coast is the second battle." The elements of coastal defense warfare are clearly outlined: first of all, the sailors and the landers on the shore should be on the same page. so that when the enemy lands, it will carry out a land and water attack; In addition, it is necessary to set up defenses on the shore in advance to prevent the enemy from the vital points where the enemy may land, and to retain troops for emergency support. Its aim is to 'annihilate the enemy when he is about to land but not landing.' It's remarkable, and what he says is simply the key to modern anti-landing warfare.

Shen took notes carefully while reading, these days, he has written tens of thousands of words of experience, the more he writes, the more curious he becomes, what kind of genius can write such a military work?

Later, when I inquired with the people in the house, it turned out to be Hu Zongxian's friend of the scenes, a Xiucai named Zheng Ruozeng, who was called Kaiyang. Shen invited him to the mission, but the housekeeper told him that Mr. Zheng and Hu Zongxian went north together. "He's still with Dashuai?" Shen asked Yulu. "No, Mr. Zheng said he was going back to his hometown." The butler said respectfully: "It's just a handsome boat downwind." "Where is his hometown?" Shen asked. The housekeeper said: "Juan seems to be from Su Song's generation, but I really don't know where it is." ”

Seeing that he couldn't ask anything more, Shen asked him to step back, got up and walked outside the house, and said to Sanchi: "Let Zhu Wu help check the situation of that Zheng Kaiyang, and come up by express." He walked quickly.

Shen stood in the courtyard, looked at the bright spring light, took a deep breath of fresh air, and suddenly felt refreshed, and heard someone at the gate of the courtyard: "Such a good weather, it is a good time to go out, adults should not stay in the house all day." ”

Shen turned his head and saw that it was Tang Ruji, who was dressed in cloth, nodded at him and smiled: "You don't have a soldier to urge you, why are you still in Hangzhou?" ”

Tang Ruji bowed to him and said with a respectful smile: "I feel that the adults have just arrived, and there must be someone of their own to help them, didn't they leave?" "Haha......" Shen smiled, "Then I want to thank you." "Don't dare, don't dare." Tang Ruji smiled and asked lightly: "Why were the pair of sister flowers sent to the adults by the lower officials yesterday returned this morning?" "What's this...... Shen laughed and said, "You also know that my mentor has just passed away, and although I am entangled in official duties and can't mourn for my master, I still have to do it."

So that's the case, Tang Ruji breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a look of reverence: "The adult is sincere and filial, and he is really a model for the lower officials to learn." "This is not just talking, Tang Zhongcheng, who was born in brocade clothes, has also recently worn cloth clothes, needless to say, he knows who he learned from.

But he was not willing to return in vain, and said earnestly: "Then go out to go boating on the West Lake and relax your mood, it won't ruin your filial piety, right?" "That's not ......" Shen shook his head and smiled, if he didn't give face, it was estimated that Tang Ruji was about to collapse, so he nodded and was about to agree, but then he heard a rush of footsteps.

Shen was obviously no stranger to this voice, and smiled apologetically at Tang Rumletoe: "It is estimated that it is an urgent matter from Beijing." Tang Ruji was depressed, why did her heart say that it was so unpleasant?

Sure enough, when he saw the porter in the house, a messenger with a hat and a red feather came in, knelt down on one knee in front of Shen and said, "Eight hundred miles is urgent, please sign for it." As he spoke, he took off the burden on his back and took out a large earthy yellow envelope.

Shen nodded, took out the guan from his sleeve, and put it on the big envelope, and the messenger tore off the cover of the letter, received it in his arms, and handed Shen the real letter inside.

Shen saw that the Guan Fang riding seam was intact, and asked him to retreat with his hand, and at this time, Tang Ruji also said with interest: "Xiaguan will go outside first." "What the eight-hundred-mile expedited transmission must be a major military aircraft matter, and of course he has to avoid it.

Shen smiled apologetically at Tang Ruji, then turned around and went into the house to open the envelope with a silver and gilt letter opener, took out the letter inside and unfolded it to see that it was the cabinet's document transfer, saying that in recent days, there have been officials from Jiangxi and Guangdong who have been in the country, telling that their hometown has fallen into the hands of the Sanguang anti-people, and the relatives of some officials have also been killed. What's even more tragic is that there are five officials who were exterminated all over the house, these five people wore linen and filial piety, kneeling and crying outside the Xiyuan Gate, the Beijing division was shocked, disturbing the emperor, the emperor has ordered the cabinet, at all costs, to exterminate the three anti-people, and return the people of Gandong to a peace.

Finally, there is also a handwriting by Xu Ge Lao: "Yesterday, you have been promoted to the southeast economic strategy, the general leader of the southeast military and government, the sheep system of the six provinces of civil and military, and the matter is returned to the court." The appointment is not a matter of day, "The top priority for Bran Ru is to quickly determine the candidate for the governor of Jiangxi and Guangdong, and plan to encircle and suppress the 'Three Nest rebels', and we must control the situation within half a year and basically calm it down within a year, otherwise it will be very unfavorable to me and you."

After carefully reading both sides again to confirm that there was no missing information, Shen took the letter back into the envelope and burrowed into the heavy and thick iron box, and then ordered, "Please come in, Lord Tang." ”

When Tang Ruji came in again, he saw the adults sitting behind the big case, and knew that it was time to talk about business, so he saluted respectfully, and then sat on the rosewood chair at the bottom as ordered.

"Letter from the Cabinet of Fangcai" Shen was no longer polite, and said: "Once again, I urge to put down the Sanchao rebellion as soon as possible, but this official does not know the situation in Jiangxi and Guangdong, and Brother Tang can have any candidates who can solve the doubts for this official." Tang Ruji thought for a while and said, "Liu Xian seems to have served as a general in Guangdong, you can ask him." "Hmm." Shen nodded and instructed outside: "Please ask General Liu to come over and speak." "Naturally, someone outside ran to give orders.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Tang Ruji whispered: "My lord, Xia Guan feels that there is a fire in the distance on the side of Ganyue, but it is actually more dangerous to smoke nearby. "Oh?" Shen asked, "∽ smoking?" "Yes" Tang Ruji said: "After all, it is too far away, and no matter how big the trouble is, it will be small, but if these few things in front of you are not solved, it will be a big incident that cannot be left." As if to say......" Shen said quietly. , as if it were Quzhou, for example, the issue of military salaries ......" Tang Ruji pretended to be very calm and said: "Another example, the question of the selection of governors in all aspects ......"

Shen glanced at him obliquely, and said, "Especially, the candidates for the general election are the top priority, right?" ”

Tang Ruji's face turned red, and he muttered: "The lower officials are a public heart, and now the southeast civil and military are still nostalgic for Hu Zongxian, but they don't listen to the greetings of the adults, you have decided on the candidates for the governors as soon as possible, and those new governors will definitely be grateful to you and help you subdue the people below, so that the adults can make the decrees smooth and respond to every call, so as to establish immortal meritorious deeds." ”

"Hahaha, one, one, one, one" Shen shook his head and smiled = "I don't want to establish any merits) If I can spend this period of time in peace, I will burn high incense." As he spoke, he said lightly: "But what you said is also right, I have to deal with so many provinces and regions alone, and the pressure is indeed too great......" "It's time to find someone to share it." Tang Ruji answered excitedly: "The lower officials look at the face, and Mao Sui recommended himself as the governor of Jiangbei, so that the adults don't have to worry about the north of the Yangtze River." "Hehehe......" Shen stroked the warm Hetian jade feed paper on the table, and laughed meaninglessly, which made Tang Ruji's heart so weak that he couldn't do it, so he had to laugh together.

Fortunately, Shen stopped laughing for a while, squinted at him and said, "You want to be the governor of Jiangbei?" "There is a way to be virtuous and not to avoid relatives." Tang Ruji patted his chest and said, "Of course, you don't have to avoid yourself."

"Okay, responsible." Shen smiled, but said in a low voice: "However, when you were the governor, the war had already shifted to Jiangnan, and as a result, you did not make an inch of success in the anti-Japanese war. "Isn't that what you said?" He has become accustomed to the domineering of Yan Song's period, but he has forgotten the current benefactor, and he does not even have half of Yan Song's power.

A wry smile appeared on Shen Zhi's face, took out a few letters from the drawer, handed them to Tang Ruji, and said, "Take a look for yourself." ”

Tang Ruji hurriedly got up, took the letters with both hands, fell back to his seat, and quickly browsed it, only to see that there was a high arch of the official department, and recommended Li Yan, the squire of the Nanjing Military Department, as the governor of Jiangbei; There is also Zhang Juzheng's, implying that Xu Jie asked him to write this letter, recommending Yin Zhengmao, the governor of Huguang, as the governor of Jiangbei; There was even Shen Zhi's boss Yan Ne, who tactfully asked him to consider his student Lu Shude's ...... There are still a few requests from others, but he has no intention of looking at it.

When he raised his head again, Tang Ruji already had a sad face, and muttered, "Isn't it just a broken governor?" Why is everyone targeting? ”

"That's what I said." Shen took a sip of tea and said: "The governor of Jiangbei is in charge of most of Nanzhili except Nanjing, Suzhou, Yangzhou, and Songjiang...... Can there be a richer place in the world? "Adults one by one, one by one" Tang Rujiba looked at Shen and said = "You just watched) The crops that you have planted for many years have become someone else's garden in the blink of an eye? ”

"Of course not." Shen felt that the time had come, and he would be completely discouraged if he fought Tang Ruji again, so he began to add firewood and said: "I should try my best to protect you, but you have to do something to make those people retreat." "Do...... What to do? "Tang Ruji is not stupid, so he naturally knows that it is impossible to pass the test easily." To the southeast, to solve a big problem for the imperial court. Shen smiled and said, "Then no one can fight with you." ”

Tang Ruji understood, and said with difficulty: "You don't want me to get silver, do you?" "Shen will definitely not expect him to judge in battle, and the contribution he can make is to make money.

"Sure enough, it's worthy of Brother Siji." The smile on Shen Biao's face became even brighter, and said: "I have calculated, the difference in military salaries in the southeast this year is a total of two million taels, if you can help solve it, everyone will accept your affection, if anyone dares to rob you, no need to say, everyone can drown him with a mouthful of foam." ”

Tang Ruji couldn't laugh and said: "The finances of a province are not yet accommodating, let alone supporting other provinces, if I really do that, I will have to be scolded to death by the civil and military forces of this province." ”

"Alas, not for free." Shen said step by step: "They make IOUs, calculate interest, and give two dividends according to the industry, and use the reputation of the government as a guarantee to ensure that they will not be invalidated due to personnel changes, so it's okay, right?" ”

Dizzy, I've really just finished writing......