After the banquet, Shen Mo left Qi Jiguang to talk alone, because he saw that his most trusted general couldn't lift his spirits from beginning to end.

"Brother Yuan Jing," Shen Mo poured Qi Jiguang a cup of tea, and said with a smile: "Is there anything to gain from going to Yiwu this time?" In fact, he knew the result from the previous correspondence, and the reason why he said this was just to make the conversation easier.

Sure enough, Qi Jiguang's face showed a pleased smile, and he nodded: "Yes, there is no more suitable soldier than the Yiwu people!" Saying that, he said to the five bodies that admired Shen Mo: "Adults always look at problems differently from ordinary people, and from a brawl, you can find the valuable qualities of Yiwu miners." ”

Shen Mo smiled and said: "I also let you try your luck, whether you can be satisfied or not, but it all depends on your own chance." He took a sip of tea and said, "It seems that your luck is very good." ”

In this era, the recruitment system was popular, and Qi Jiguang's troops, from the 34th year of Jiajing to the 39th year, had been training for a full five years, and they could not stay any longer, nor could they be retained...... Especially the Shaoxing soldiers, they all showed a strong sense of homesickness, and the soldiers in Chuzhou were not tired of fighting, but they were poached by friendly forces...... Some generals in Fujian and Zhejiang came with heavy money and admiration to invite brave and experienced officers and soldiers to change jobs. The soldiers in Chuzhou happened to be fed up with Qi Jiguang's strict requirements, so those military leaders applied to him one after another to ask for a free transfer.

Although Qi Jiguang is depressed, his contract expires and he comes and goes freely, and he can only be angry. And to be honest, he was also fed up with having to wear out his tongue before every battle, and he didn't necessarily be able to convince these ancestors, so he decided to recruit again...... It is said that the people over there in Xuzhou, northern Jiangsu, have strong folk customs and strong physique, and they seem to be quite good, and he is ready to ask Shen Mo for approval and go there to try.

But when the report was handed over, Shen Mo told him that he should go back to Zhejiang to have a look, and there might be a surprise when he went to Yiwu.

Qi Jiguang asked the reason, and said with a silent smile: "I'm just hearsay, you better see it for yourself." In this way, the cloudy General Qi was sent to Yiwu County, Jinhua Prefecture, Zhejiang, where he opened his eyes and completely changed his inherent impression that Zhejiang people were weak and afraid of death...... Here's the thing, Yiwu originally belonged to the place of 'poor mountains and bad waters', but it couldn't stand the good character of Yiwu people, and found many mineral deposits one after another, so the people of Yiwu left the poor land and changed their careers to become miners.

Facts have long proved that in densely populated places, it is simply wishful thinking to make a fortune by growing grain, so the miners of Yiwu soon got rich first, every household ate white rice, built a new house, and the girls of ten miles and eight townships were also willing to marry to Yiwu, so that the brothers in the surrounding areas were very red, especially the neighboring county Yongkang, which was also poor and bad, and the land did not grow hair, but the mountain was dug thoroughly, and no mine could be found, so they could only see more and more singles in the county, and the resentment accumulated rapidly, and finally one day in June of the 39th year of Jiajing, erupted.

Facts have proved that it is not that the summer is so angry that it is easy to cause friction, but that some Yongkang tyrants have premeditated and instigated this incident by taking advantage of the people's emotions...... To put it simply, more than 100 Yongkang people blatantly crossed the line and robbed the Yiwu people of the mineral deposits that had been opened up in the Yiwu Babao Mountain, which is close to this county. Of course, the Yiwu people did not let it, dissuaded and did not listen, causing a fight, because the people were few and lonely, they were beaten and urinated, and they were injured a lot.

At this time, the strong clan advantage of the Chinese was manifested, and the Yiwu brothers who were beaten away immediately returned to their hometowns, gathered hundreds of young students, beat up the more than 100 Yongkang people, arrested half of them, and sent them to the county ya, hoping that the county master could punish them.

As a result, this kind of appeasement fueled the arrogance of the lawbreakers, and the local tyrants coaxed more than 1,000 Yongkang people to guard the mountain according to the danger, and planted a big red flag on the mountain to attract outlaws.

The Yiwu people were enraged, but on the whole, they were still law-abiding, and they went to Zhao Dahe first and asked the government to solve it, and Zhao Dahe was also angry, and went to Jinhua Li Governor to complain, Li Governor underestimated the seriousness of the situation, so he issued a notice according to the custom: No matter who kills in the pit! Let them resolve the conflict on their own.

The notice was like a battle letter, for a time the old and young masters of Yiwu asked for battle, Zhao Dahe was forced by the situation, issued an order to rush to the army to suppress the thieves - so, more than 2,000 Yiwu young people immediately organized, took advantage of the familiar terrain, from the path to kill the mountain, defeated the Yongkang people who occupied the magpie's nest, and killed hundreds of people such as Shi Wenliu, a wealthy merchant in Yongkang.

Unwilling to fail, Shi Wenliu's party used the silver sand and minerals dug in the mountains as a temptation to incite more than 3,000 Yongkang people to come to Babaoshan again with great ambition, cut down trees, build fences, and prepare for a big fight!

The men of Yiwu immediately counterattacked, more than 5,000 people fought for several months, and finally drove the shameful invaders back, but because they were too ruthless, they killed and injured more than 1,000 Yongkang people, and this feud was completely concluded.

In October, the large households in Yongkang County held a meeting for the victims, and took out gold and silver, prepared enough grain and grass, gathered more than 10,000 people who were carried away by hatred, and rushed to Yiwu with murderous spirit.

The people of Yiwu have long been prepared, and tens of thousands of people are also on standby, and the two sides have launched the strongest group fight in the history of Babaoshan.

Qi Jiguang arrived in Yiwu in late October, just in time for the first part of this protracted brawl, that scene made Qi Jiguang unforgettable, only to see an inch of land and an inch of blood, the people of Yiwu are busy fighting, regardless of men and women, young and old, everyone is holding a variety of weapons, farmers use hoes, miners use pickaxes, and even housewives have picked up kitchen knives, round their heads and kill into the crowd, hands up and down, no ambiguity!

What's more valuable is that Yiwu people are not only not afraid of death in war, but also have a very sacrificial spirit, the elder brother died on the younger brother, the son hung up the father, the daughter-in-law was disabled and the mother-in-law was on top, as long as there is still something to move, it must be on the front line, never consider what to do at home in the future.

The whole brawl started in the middle of summer in June, until after the autumn harvest in October, it ended with the complete victory of the Yiwu people, the two sides dispatched at least 30,000 people, a total of more than 3,000 people were killed and wounded, the sea was shaken, far and near were known, and the Yiwu people were famous.

What he saw and heard made Qi Jiguang firmly believe that Yiwu people are the second terrible in this world, as for who is the first terrible, then do you need to say.

So he poured down the tea in the teacup and said to Shen Mo excitedly: "I have been in the army with my father since I was a child, and I have been leading my troops to fight for 30 years. I have also seen those red-clothed and yellow-covered people who are good at using swords, strong in martial arts, and violent in their surnames, and are not afraid of sacrifice. I have always believed that these two people in the world are the most difficult to deal with. Saying that, he sighed, and couldn't help but sigh: "But compared with the brave and fearless Yiwu people, they are nothing!" In the end, he patted his chest excitedly and said: "If the general will recruit 4,000 troops in Yiwu, the rebellion of the Japanese will be peaceful!" Invincible can be successful! ”

Shen Mo smiled and said: "This is no problem, I have already said hello to Hu Butang, write a note and you can go back to recruit troops." ”

Qi Jiguang was first overjoyed, and then said with a gloomy face: "What are you still recruiting, I don't think you need it, right?" ”

"Oh, why did Brother Yuan Jing say this?" Shen Mo poured bright yellow tea into his cup and asked with a smile.

"When I came, I was on the same road as Deputy Governor Yu," Qi Jiguang said a little depressed: "He told me that the Governor General has decided to facilitate peace talks and end the war." ”

"Urging peace and ending the war?" After a pause, he shook his head slowly and said, "How easy is it?" As he spoke, he pushed the teacup in front of Qi Jiguang and said softly: "Negotiation alone can't solve the problem, and intrigue can't replace war." Even if the negotiation is finally completed, the hundreds of thousands of Japanese robbers will not disappear from nowhere...... Although Wang Zhi is known as the king of pirates, he still can't represent all the pirates, and there are many people who don't want to be recruited, even if Wang Zhi surrenders, there will be Zhou Zhi, Wu Zhi, and Zheng Zhi who will come out and continue to lead diehards to rob. ”

Shen Mo finally said in an accentuated tone: "In the final analysis, to achieve the final victory, we have to rely on our own army. ”

Qi Jiguang was a little skeptical, and asked softly: "What do you mean, there will be a war next?" ”

"Yes! The war will last for a long time, and it will not be small," Shen Mo nodded and replied in the affirmative. But in fact, judging by silence, the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression will no longer be the main contradiction of the Ming Dynasty, because it is no longer possible for the Japanese to endanger the rule of Yanjing, and those great officials will inevitably focus on each other again, end the short period of peaceful coexistence, and start the drama of the court struggle again.

But he didn't need to tell Qi Jiguang these words, let this resolute general retain those nobility and pride.

It has long been proved that there has never been a problem with Shen Mo's judgment, so Qi Jiguang believed his words, took Shen Mo's note, and went back to Zhejiang non-stop to recruit his Yiwu soldiers.

Of course, that's another story.

After the usual 100-year-old banquet, it was the 40th year of Jiajing in a blink of an eye, and in the last year, Shen Mo had received the will of the imperial court, ordering him to hand over errands with his successor, and then return to Beijing for another appointment.

Xu Wei told Shen Mo that his successor was Yan Maoqing, the number one lackey of the Yan Party, and this person Shen Mo also understood that he was famous for asking for money and not dying, which made him a little worried about the people of Su Song, but the Yan Party was so powerful that he couldn't stand out, so he could only hope that his arrangements over the years would really work when the time came.

In recent years, the north has been surprisingly cold, and the Grand Canal can only thaw at the end of February, and it is estimated that Yan Maoqing, who likes to work hard, will set off for the south at that time, and the local officials along the way will be sent to Suzhou, and it will be good to be able to go to Suzhou City in April.

Counting on the fingers, there are still three months left before going to Beijing, what should we do in these three months? Shen Mo had already thought about it, he called the Suzhou prefect Gui Youguang and Su Songti to learn from Ma Sen, and said his plan: "Zhenchuan Gong, I want to be in Suzhou City, for the Yangming Public Ancestral Hall." ”

Gui Youguang was stunned for a moment and said, "Zhongcheng, you are about to enter Beijing, you have to think twice." "You don't need to say it too clearly to those who understand, although Wang Yangming's re-transmission disciples are all over the world, from the cabinet to the second assistant of the cabinet, down to the cloth hermit, I don't know how many people take Yangming's heart as the guideline, but it still can't be changed, Wang Xue is now a hidden study, and Zhu Xue is the fact that he is a manifest study.

Since the beginning of Jiajing, Wang Xue and Zhu Xue, who is an official scholar, have struggled to the death several times, and finally ended with Wang Xue being banned and the academy being destroyed.

Now Shen Mo opposes Wang Xue's ambiguous attitude and wants to build a shrine for Wang Yangming, which is the first time in 20 years, but it will inevitably attract attention at home, and the consequences are unpredictable.

So even if Gui Youguang and Ma Sen are both from Wang Xuemen, they have to persuade Shen Mo to think twice, but Shen Mo resolutely said: "If it is inconvenient for you, you will not participate in this matter, anyway, I have made up my mind, that is, to move bricks and build the wall by myself, and I will build the Yangming Ancestral Hall in these three months." ”

Ma Sen was originally very fanatical about Wang Xue, so when he heard this, he no longer objected, and took the initiative to ask: "The adults are busy with affairs, and the preparation will be handed over to the lower officials, and the adults will definitely cut the ribbon for the completion of the ancestral hall before going to Beijing." ”

"That's very good," said Shen Mo with a smile, "Then it's troublesome Brother Ma." ”

As soon as Ma Sen left, Gui Youguang got up directly when he spoke, and said, "My lord, what do you think, what kind of Yangming Ancestral Hall is a good way to cultivate?" Aren't you afraid that someone will talk about this and make you stumble? ”

"It's because I'm afraid of being dealt with," Shen Mo got up and walked to the window with his hands in his hands, pushed open the window, revealing the faint residual snow outside, and said, "I had to make this move." ”

"I'd like to listen to the adults' tricks." Gui Youguang followed and walked behind Shen Mo and said softly.

"Many people are fans of the authorities, and they don't know that now there is a layer of window paper left before Wang Xue's ban is lifted." Shen Mo said softly: "They don't want to think about it, the identity of Xu Jiewang Xuemen is already well known, but His Majesty can appoint him as the second assistant of the cabinet, as well as Zhao Zhenji and others, they are also ranked as the third duke, what does this mean?" If His Majesty is still so disgusted with Wang Xue, can he tolerate these Wang Xuemen people in the court? ”

Gui Youguang had to admit that what Shen Mo said was very reasonable, and nodded slowly: "According to what you say, it is indeed the case," he raised his head and said: "But since it is a layer of window paper, why does no one dare to poke it open?" ”

"Even if it's a layer of window paper, people can't see the scene behind it," Shen Mo caressed the window flute, but the windows in his house had all been replaced with Western glass, so he couldn't demonstrate it live, so he had to withdraw his hand and said softly: "It is said that in ancient times, people were frightened by the strange appearance of crabs, even when there was a famine, no one dared to eat them, and then finally there was a bold one, the first to eat crabs...... I found out that it was really delicious. ”

"I understand what my lord means," Gui Youguang said softly, "You want to poke open this layer of window paper now?" For the first in this world? ”

"Yes." Silent bowed his head.

"But have you thought about the consequences?" Gui Youguang said: "In the eyes of everyone, you will become a radical Wang Xuemen, as far as I know, the two attacks on Wang Xue back then, but they were all written by Yan Ge, so wouldn't you sing against him?" ”

"Sing it," Shen Mo smiled and said: "Whether it is Yan Song, Yan Shifan, or Zhao Wenhua, Yan Maoqing and others, they are all scum who steal high positions, fight against differences, bring disaster to the country and the people, and are arrogant and extravagant. But today I can't bear it, I can't bear it anymore, otherwise I will let my family bully me home! ”

"But the strength of the adult is still insufficient...... Although Shen Mo is now a four-grade feudal territory, in the eyes of Yan Dang, there is no difference between him and ants, Gui Youguang felt that Shen Mo was a little dizzy, and said that he was still young, so he bluntly admonished: "My lord, I heard that the dragon can soar for nine days, and it can also dive into the nine abysses." The subordinates thought that after you went back, you should be cautious in your words and deeds, and be patient for a few years...... That Yan Ge Lao will be eighty-three this year, even if he is spared, will I have to produce a ninety-year-old Shoufu? It is estimated that no matter how much the emperor trusts him, he will not agree, and when the time comes, when Yan Ge is gone, you will not be a flying dragon in the sky again, and you will stand properly at that time, and you will still be an extremely young generation of famous ministers! ”

His words were so heartfelt that Shen Mo had to be moved: "Zhenchuan Gong, I know your intentions. Saying that, he turned around and looked at Gui Youguang and said: "I am silent now, there are old and young, from your own safety, honor and disgrace, your opinion is irrefutable." ”

Gui Youguang could naturally hear that the silence was an affirmation of negation, so he was silent and listened to him continue.

"But I have to do this," Shen sighed silently, "because I'm too weak to protect the city and the foundation that everyone has worked so hard to build, so I have to pull people into the water...... But before that, I had to jump myself. ”

(To be continued)