"I know you don't like me, but if you're you, I can't help it."

This is really a cool point that cannot be broken.

Even Li Yan, who was an ancient scholar, was very happy when he saw Shen Liangzuo's appearance of seeking perfection and pleasing himself, so he continued to joke with him: "Actually, to be honest, it is already great for Shen Gonggong to have this bit of self-knowledge, and he can be regarded as a smart person." That's why students are interested in giving their father-in-law a few ideas, and if they meet those stubborn nerds, they don't bother to tell them! ”

When Shen Liangzuo heard that Li Yan intended to give him an idea, he immediately smiled, and he didn't hear the teasing tone in Li Yan's words at all, and hurriedly thanked: "Then thank you Mr. Li......"

It's July, and the weather in Jiangnan is as hot as a steamer.

Li Yan only said a few words, and he was so hot that he sweated.

But Li Yan prides himself on being a great master of Confucianism, so he naturally pays attention to decency, and refuses to take off only a short fight like Ji Qingwen, so he can only unfold the folding fan he carries with him, fan it a few times, get rid of some of the heat a little, and say: "Although the soldiers of the Jingshi Battalion are not as good as the 'Ming Wu Army' under Brother Ji, they are still much more elite than those useless guards in Jiangnan......"

Shen Liangzuo cautiously interrupted Li Yan's words: "Mr. Li has won the award. Don't be afraid of Mr. jokes, that day in Nanjing City, these soldiers of the Beijing Division Battalion brought by the miscellaneous family did not block the attack of the White Lotus Sect, and they were defeated in three or two strokes, compared to the soldiers who defended the city in Nanjing, they were not much stronger......"

Li Yan said: "I also saw the events of that day. I still say the same thing, there is no problem with the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the Beijing Division, the key is that the people who lead the army do not know how to use troops and do not stand still. Therefore, the sergeants of the Jingshi Battalion were not so much defeated by the White Lotus Sect as they were crushed by the retreating Nanjing defenders. ”

Although Li Yan is full of military books, he is not proficient in military affairs, and his analysis is to listen to Yang Zhan, a general who was inexplicably dismissed, in a casual chat with Yang Zhan.

Yang Zhan was originally the foundation of Wu Zhuangyuan, and his analysis was naturally reasonable, and Shen Liangzuo was convinced: "Mr. Li is reasonable, but I don't know what to do?" ”

Li Yan smiled evilly: "Of course there are countermeasures. Well, I have two military books here, and now I give them to my father-in-law for free, and my father-in-law will go back and study them carefully, although I can't get rid of the words 'talking about soldiers on paper', but I can talk about soldiers to some extent......"

Shen Liangzuo showed a look of embarrassment, and said: "I'm not afraid that Lord Ji and Mr. Li will laugh at me, and the miscellaneous family is less than a basket of big characters, and Mr. Li will give me a book, so I can't understand it......"

Li Yan smiled: "Yo, that's troublesome...... But now it's too late to give Shen Gong a public recognition...... As...... Why don't I go to Gonggong Shen to do things first, and how about acting as Counsellor and Counselor for Gonggong? ”

As soon as he heard this, Shen Liangzuo's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said, "If the relationship is good, there will be Mr. Lao Li." ”

When Ji Qingwen heard that Li Yan volunteered to go over to help Shen Liangzuo, he was a little nervous in his heart, but he immediately guessed that Li Yan was just teasing him, so he also echoed: "It's okay, it's all for the emperor to do things, and it's okay for Brother Li to go to Shen's father-in-law to do things for a few days." But Brother Li's curtain, it's inconvenient to continue to take it from my side, right? ”

Shen Liangzuo was on the rise, and immediately answered: "That's natural, when Mr. Li comes to me, the miscellaneous family will naturally not be disadvantaged." ”

Li Yan smiled: "It seems that Gonggong Shen is much more generous than Brother Ji." Students are not in it for a few dollars, but for the sake of fighting for breath. Father-in-law, the student is on Brother Ji's side, and he can have a salary of 5,000 taels a year, so the money you always give me can't be less than that, right? ”

Shen Liangzuo was stunned when he heard this, and thought to himself: he agreed to return the management of Songjiang Dianshan Port to Ji Qingwen, and the money he got from Ji Qingwen for this purpose was only two thousand taels of silver a year, plus his own money and extra money from other places, no matter how much he could earn a year, he could only earn three or four thousand taels of silver a year, and it was not enough to give it all to Li Yan......

Li Yan is such a smart person, he has already guessed Shen Liangzuo's thoughts, and said with a smile: "It seems that Shen Gonggong has no money in his hands...... I can't help that student......"

Looking at Shen Liangzuo's constipated expression, Ji Qingwen suddenly felt a little pity for the middle-aged eunuch and said, "Okay, okay." Let's stop kidding. Gonggong Shen, Brother Li will not go over to help you, but although the White Lotus Sect that I dealt with in this battle is a defeated general under my men, I can't be underestimated, so you just lead the soldiers of the Jingshi Battalion and follow me step by step, so as to ensure that you will not have any accidents. And you have a general named Chengyi under you, who has a relationship with me, and he is quite safe, so you can use him as much as you want. ”

When Shen Liangzuo heard such an arrangement, he was naturally happy in his heart, and hurriedly agreed.

Ji Qingwen said ugly words in front: "However, these soldiers of the Beijing Division Battalion under the command of Gonggong Shen can obey my command from now on, and they can't go beyond every move, otherwise they won't be able to be thoughtful." ”

Shen Liangzuo was naturally reluctant and did not dare to object, and his head was like pounding garlic.

After such a fiddle, Shen Liangzuo was completely impressed by Ji Qingwen, and even the 2,000 officers and soldiers of the Beijing Battalion under his command whose combat effectiveness was acceptable were also under Ji Qingwen's command.

In this way, the soldiers and horses that Ji Qingwen can mobilize at any time, in addition to the 1,000 "Ming Wu Army" that can be absolutely trusted, there are also 2,000 officers and soldiers of the Beijing Division, a total of 3,000 men and horses, which can be regarded as quite thick, and finally in the later confrontation with Xu Hongru of the White Lotus Sect, the fate of the whole army was avoided.

The so-called "soldiers and horses have not moved, grain and grass go first".

The Ming Jiangnan has been peaceful for a long time, the people do not know the soldiers, the officials do not know the soldiers, and the soldiers do not know the soldiers for more than 100 years, the armaments have long been discarded, and the soldiers in the various guards are not clear, the command is not clear, and the weapons are not clear, which can be called a "three clear" team.

It is not easy to gather the troops and horses of the Jiangnan Guard Station and form combat effectiveness under such an unfavorable situation as yours.

If it is said that in the current Ming court, there are only three people who can do this.

The first is Emperor Chongzhen, with the emperor's centralized power system developed to the extreme in the late Ming Dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen can only rely on his own emperor status, and then with the cooperation of a bureaucracy that is not outstanding, to complete this work.

The second is the old superintendent Sun Chengzong. He has old qualifications in the court, many protégés, and a member of the Donglin Party, so he can also handle this matter well if he promotes a few more capable subordinates.

The third is Yuan Chonghuan, the former Jiliao Governor who is still imprisoned in the prison of the Beijing Division's Criminal Department. Although Yuan Chonghuan doesn't know how to be a man, he is talented and determined, as long as he decides what he wants to do, no matter how many silver taels he consumes, how many colleagues he offends, and how many subordinates he belittles, it is not a problem in his eyes.

It's a pity that the above three people can't come to Jiangnan to preside over military affairs now.

And now Liu Kongzhao and Han Zanzhou, who were ordered to raise the soldiers and horses in the south of the Yangtze River, neither have the majesty of Emperor Chongzhen, nor the experience of Sun Chengzong, nor the fortitude of Yuan Chonghuan, so it is naturally more difficult to do this thing well.

The transfer of the Jiangnan army has been going on for a month, and there is still no clue. The White Lotus Sect Xu Hongru took advantage of the unfavorable measures of the imperial court to take advantage of the situation to become bigger, and led more than 50,000 temporarily summoned believers to see the weak military garrison in Fujian, and directly attacked Quanzhou, a famous seaport at home and abroad.

In the face of this astonishing number of White Lotus Cultists with a high morale, the Fujian defenders had no choice but to let them run rampant in Fujian Province and kill them under the city of Quanzhou as if they were in a no-man's land.

The defenders of Quanzhou saw that the bandits of the White Lotus Sect were approaching the city, and they had no fighting spirit at all, and before the defenders could give orders, the defenders in the city scattered through the back door, leaving only an empty city, like an unarmed virgin, naked in front of Xu Hongru of the White Lotus Sect.

Although Xu Hongru is old, he has experienced many failures before, so he naturally will not let this great opportunity slip through his fingers.

So the White Lotus Sect Master gave an order, and his disciples slaughtered into Quanzhou City, burning and looting all the way, until they encountered real resistance at the port.