Chapter 57: Bamboo Hall Family Affairs, State Affairs
Lin Tingli's reply was sent back to Jiangning on the third day.
Lin Jian took the letter from Lin Xulu's hand and invited him to sit down in front of the west window. Lin Tingli wrote a letter and sent it back, and at the same time wrote it to Lin Xulu, Lin Lian and his wife, so when Lin Xulu received the letter, he opened it and read it first.
Although Lin Tingli relied on grace to enter the office, he was very skillful and very skillful. Lin Tingli also advocated that the bones of his brother Lin Tingxun be buried in a timely place to eliminate the hidden danger of Ding Wei, and it was also expected that Lin Xuwen would not object, so the letter asked Jiang Ning to make preparations first, and when Lin Xuwen brought a reply letter from Jinhai, he would immediately move the coffin to Chongzhou for burial.
Lin Lian read through it, packed the letter again, handed it to Lin Xulu, and said, "Since the second uncle wants us to prepare first, then trouble the third brother to show the letter to a few aunts and clan elders." On the Chongzhou side, in addition to settling several aunts and Ma's residence, it is important to choose a feng shui land. I immediately sent a message back to Chongzhou, so that the other side would prepare immediately......"
"I'm causing you trouble." Lin Xulu said.
"What's the trouble?" Lin Jian asked with a smile, "If you say anything about trouble between your own family members, it's not troublesome." ”
Lin Xulu smiled, then took the letter to a few aunts and made preparations for the coffin first.
After Lin Xulu left, Lin Lian pushed the west window open, looked at the sunset on the eaves, and covered the blue-black roof with a layer of golden luster. He had a brief opportunity to talk alone with Ying Sleeve yesterday, and he knew that the relocation was completely a temporary idea of the Sixth Lady Shan clan.
At the age of sixteen, the family who married Lin Tingxun ruined the family, and he was forced to marry Lin Tingxun as a concubine, and gave birth to an only son at the age of seventeen, almost died of dystocia, and then kept a widow for nearly ten years in such a cold and cruel environment, and the Shan family cannot be blamed for being indifferent to the dead Lin Tingxun.
As for Gu Yingsleeve's ridiculous idea, Lin Jian of course ignored it. He has feelings for Yingsleeve, and he is grateful for everything she has done for him over the years, so he wants to shelter her under his wing, what kind of thing is Shan?
Lin Lian retracted his thoughts, straightened his clothes, untied the saber on the wall and tied it around his waist, walked to the outer hall, and said with Ao Canghai, who was guarding there, and said with a smile: "Let's go, let's go to Zhutang to find Shu Han and Si Yu to go to the small mansion for a drink?" ”
Regardless of whether the weather was hot or not, Ao Canghai carefully dressed in scale armor, picked up the sash on the table and put it on his head, and took a few guards to follow Lin Tie out of the grass hall together.
After returning to Chongzhou, Ao Canghai was worried that his will for revenge in the war against the Donghai Kou would interfere with his sanity, and he was unwilling to lead the army directly, so he gave up the position of commander of the infantry battalion to Zhou Tong, and he was willing to stay with Lin Jian to take the battalion with him.
Lin Jian couldn't force Ao Canghai to do anything.
In fact, in addition to being brave and brave among others, Ao Canghai is also good at staff officers. This is related to Ao Canghai's life experience, before the luxury of Tujiao City, he led the Ao family caravan to walk in Fujian, Jiangxi and Zhejiang for a long time, and was a person who was proficient in general affairs. Later, in order to avenge the revenge of the Yi clan, his murderous intent was too fierce, and he only acted bravely, but he covered up his other talents. Ordinary people were confused by his rugged appearance, and Zhao Shuhan was also startled when he first saw his cursive pen and ink with a gesture like a high cliff gushing spring, and sighed as a celestial.
On the Zhutang side, Zhao Shuhan had just stopped, and was putting the documents sorted out today on the shelves with the four scholars, Ge Siyu Ji sat on the cool bamboo mat, looked at Lin Tie over, stood up happily, and said: "Haha, there is nothing else to delay our painful drinking today......
"With your little drink, you're embarrassed to say that?" Zhao Shuhan laughed at Ge Siyu beside him, waved slightly at Lin Lian, and said, "I asked you to wait for us." ”
"What's in the way?" Lin Lian smiled and asked, "If you don't stop here, I will talk to Brother Si Yu about the boat yard, and if you stop here, we will go directly to the small mansion to drink and chat." Left and right don't delay things......"
"Speaking of the shipyard, there is something I want to discuss with you," Ge Siyu said, "After the delivery of this batch of seagoing ships, if the Jiangdong Left Army wants to build new ships through the Longjiang shipyard, it must be officially written through the Ministry of War." In addition, the Longjiang Shipyard will no longer provide shipbuilding for private households in the short term...... You should know this news before me, right? ”
"Well, I know," Lin Jian nodded, waved his hand and let the four scholars retreat first, before further telling Zhao Shuhan and Ge Siyu the confidential information they had obtained from Gao Zongting, and said, "The matter of moving the capital is only a secret discussion, and it will never be implemented easily, but many preparations will be done first...... Jiangning stands by the river, guarding the river must guard the Huai, and the most important thing to defend the Jianghuai is not the cavalry and infantry brigade, but the boat division. Yue Lengqiu wrote that in addition to strengthening the Jiangning Water Camp and Ninghai Town Water Camp two boat divisions, he also planned to build a new boat division in Huaikou. In Yue Lengqiu's plan, in addition to excluding the Jiangdong Left Army, he still has some insights. In addition to the rejection of the new boat division in Huaikou, Yue Lengqiu's proposal to strengthen the Jiangning Water Camp and the Ninghai Town Water Camp was adopted by the imperial court, and the Longjiang Shipyard should build a batch of warships for these two families in the near future to replace the old ones. This news has not yet been officially announced, so for the time being, it is only a ban on the Longjiang Shipyard to build ships for private households. ”
"That's what it is." Ge Siyu served as the deputy supervisor of the Longjiang Shipyard, a petty official of Jiupin, and no one told him, so he naturally didn't know the secret behind it.
"The matter of moving the capital is said to be a secret discussion, but Jiangning is spreading it here," Zhao Shuhan sighed slightly and said, "Jiangning City talked about this matter, mostly elated, quite expectant, but I didn't know that moving the capital was actually the beginning of the country!" ”
Zhao Shuhan is well-informed and deeply involved, how can he not see the disadvantages of moving the capital clearly?
If the Yanbei defense line can be maintained, there is naturally no need to move the capital; If the Yanbei defense line cannot be maintained, once the capital is moved, it is likely to mean the collapse of the entire northern defense line.
Lin Jian shook his head and comforted Zhao Shuhan, who was worried about state affairs, and said: "Yanbei is maintained by Governor Li, and the situation will not be so pessimistic - even if you don't think about moving the capital, the reconstruction and consolidation of the Jianghuai defense area is also extremely urgent, and the key is to see whether Yue Lengqiu has this ability." ”
Lin Jian could see Yue Lengqiu's thoughts, he wanted to strengthen the combat power of the Jiangning Water Battalion and the Ninghai Town Water Battalion at this time, and the next step might be to separate the Jiangning Water Battalion and the Ninghai Town Water Battalion from the sequence of the Jiangning Garrison Army and Ninghai Town, and form an independent and full-town naval division.
Lin Jian has been hesitating: Do you want to help Yue Lengqiu on this? He also knew in his heart that Yue Lengqiu's strengthening of the Jiangning Water Camp and the Ninghai Town Water Camp also had the intention of targeting the Jiangdong Left Army.
As long as the Jiangning Water Battalion and the Ninghai Zhenshui Battalion finally form a large-scale elite boat division, the coastal defense status of the Jiangdong Left Army in Chongzhou will be greatly suppressed.
"I don't know anything else, Yue Lengqiu's ability to suppress dissidents is the first," Ge Siyu complained, "When the ships in my hand are finished, I will follow the example of General Zhao and resign." I'll go to Chongzhou with you, as long as there is something to do, it really doesn't matter if you are official or not. ”
"Hehe, if you really want to come to Chongzhou, it's also convenient," Lin Jian said with a smile, "Chongzhou builds a new city, you can reach out to the Jiangning Ministry of Industry to ask for a supervisor to come over, you come over is ......"
"The old man won't blame me for stealing his job?" Ge Siyu asked.
The planning and supervision of Chongzhou New City is actually done by Ge Siyu's old father and old engineer Ge Fu, and it is the rainy season now, and the site of the new city is at the northern foot of Zilang Mountain with soft soil.
"Then you have to discuss it with the old engineer yourself." Lin Jian said with a smile.
Ge Siyu was nurtured by his father, he was still a relatively pure craftsman, and he didn't care much about state affairs, relatively speaking, although Zhao Shuhan resigned from his official position in frustration and concentrated on compiling the "Craftsman's Codex", in fact, deep down he still wanted to do more for the country and the people.
Lin Jian could accept Ge Siyu to Chongzhou, and also hoped that Ge Siyu could go to Chongzhou, where he could be used a lot, so he asked him to help Sun Jingxuan take care of the small dock that had just started without any problems. Although Zhao Shuhan also said that he wanted to go to Chongzhou, but after he went to Chongzhou, Lin Jian couldn't arrange for him. With Zhao Shuhan's talent, it is more than enough to serve as the magistrate of Chongzhou, but Lin Jian does not have the ability to lift him to this position at this time; But he can't be wronged to serve as a pawn or something like that. On the other hand, although Zhao Shuhan is very dissatisfied with the current officialdom, the idea of loyalty to the monarch is deeply rooted in his heart, and he has the luxury of meeting the monarch and the ministers and ruling the world together.
Lin Jian will support Zhao Shuhan to become an official, but he will not be in a hurry to pull him into the array of the Jiangdong Left Army.
"Instead of delaying time here and thinking about it, it's better to go to the small feudal building and drink the wine first, and chat while drinking," Ge Siyu said, "Miss Su Mei only came to the estuary to stay for three or five days for your face, we can't let Miss Su Mei wait in the small mansion, right?" ”
“…… Also, let's go to the small mansion and drink the wine first. Lin Jian said with a smile, and walked to the small mansion in the center of Hekou Town with Zhao Shuhan and Ge Siyu, I wonder if Zhang Yubo and Liu Xilin will come over with their noses and join in the fun?
The feudal family successively built three courtyards around the area, so that the small feudal buildings in the estuary formed a three-fold and six-hall building complex, and became one of the landmark buildings in the estuary together with the bamboo hall. Since the feudal family also operated a brewery, taking advantage of the convenience of the estuary, a large amount of liquor was loaded and shipped to other places for sale, and the Yongchang Marquis and the feudal family earned the most silver from the estuary, probably the most except for the Dongyang Township Party, which shows that they are still very good at reciting business scriptures.
As soon as Lin Lian, Zhao Shuhan, and Ge Siyu entered the front yard of the small feudal building, they met Yuan Jinqiu, the prince of Yongchang. Yuan Jinqiu saw that Lin Lian was quite eager, walked over and grabbed his shoulder, and complained loudly: "But let me catch you, and the foolish brother has no other requirements, so I want to hear you personally talk about the excitement of the four battles and four victories of King Qinwang in the north!" ”
Yuan Jinqiu is the hereditary son of the Marquis of Yongchang, and in terms of knighthood, he is far above Lin Lian, a man from Jinhai County. Lin Jian also knew that Yuan Jinqiu looked like a wave-shaped skeleton, and he also had ambitions in his heart, but he just wondered in his heart, why did Yuan Jinqiu and the newly sealed Lu King Yuan Jianhai look so similar? To say that Yuan Jinqiu and Yuan Jianhai are related by blood, they are also separated by nine generations, and this blood relationship does not know what it is like, and it is slightly closer than "five hundred years is one".