(Recommended reading: In the early morning of February 18, the closed door of the Jingshi Gongyuan slowly opened, and the curtain came down on the 47th year of the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, the doors of the various houses in the Gongyuan were pushed open one after another, and the reference lifters gathered in groups of three or five and walked out.

"Li Jieyuan!" Li Hongyu didn't walk a few steps out of the house when he was stopped by a surprised voice behind him, and when he turned his head, he saw that it was a burly man in his twenties, who was walking towards him with a surprised face.

"Brother Boya." Li Hongyu immediately smiled slightly and greeted the visitor.

This burly son called "Brother Boya" by Li Hongyu is named Sun Chuanting, a military household of Zhenwuwei in Daizhou, Shanxi, and his family is hereditary with 100 households.

Sun Chuanting has a close relationship with Lin Liang, is a pair of close friends, and is also one of several Shanxi lifters who entered Beijing with Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin, so he naturally knows Li Hongyu.

It is worth mentioning that Sun Chuanting also went to the imperial city on the eighth day of the second month to support Zhao Xin, who beat the Dengwen drum to Li Hongyu to avenge his grievances, so he was surprised and delighted that Li Hongyu appeared in the tribute courtyard, which means that Li Hongyu has been safely exonerated from crime.

Li Hongyu and Sun Chuanting chatted while walking, and they were more impressed by Sun Chuanting Li Hongyu, perhaps because of his military background, he was not only strong but also rich in military knowledge, which was completely different from Lin Liang, a powerless scholar.

In fact, in Li Hongyu's view, military talents like Sun Chuanting should be tested for martial arts to become generals who command the army, but unfortunately the Ming Dynasty has become a chicken rib because of the hereditary military position, and the people selected by the military can only take office when there is a vacancy in the military position.

During the march, Li Hongyu was surrounded by more and more people, and many people from Huguang and Shanxi came up to greet him, and they were very surprised that Li Hongyu was able to participate in the examination.

Li Hongyu had already learned from Zhao Xin about Fang Yun, Lin Liang and others going to the imperial city to support Zhao Xin, so he beckoned everyone to go to the Bada Hutong to drink at night, and before entering the tribute courtyard, he had already asked Qin Yue to find a Qinglou in the Bada Hutong and book a room.

With the end of the exam, it is time for the athletes from all over the city to call friends to expand their interpersonal relationships, and they will start to socialize in a variety of ways.

Therefore, in the face of Li Hongyu's invitation, everyone naturally readily agreed, after all, after the previous case, Li Hongyu's name in the capital is undoubtedly the most famous, so it has become the primary target of everyone's friendship.

After more than 20 days of gatherings, Li Hongyu got acquainted with many people from the two capitals and thirteen provinces, and did not refuse invitations, and got drunk every day, which can be described as living a life of "drunk life and dream death".

Regardless of whether these lifters in the capital can pass the examination or not, as long as they get to know each other, they are a rare resource, after all, the local lifting class has quite a strong force.

Of course, Li Hongyu naturally won't really get drunk, the reason why he pretends to be drunk is to make others feel that he has drunk to the fullest, otherwise others will feel that he is not sincere to others, which can be described as a special etiquette culture in the wine field.

At the same time, in addition to gatherings, the leaders of the capital also visited the Beijing officials of their hometown with great fanfare, in order to obtain the other party's support in the officialdom in the future.

Those people from other places who wanted to join the Donglin Party took this opportunity to rush to meet several leaders of the Donglin Party, hoping to be taken in and become their subordinates.

Although Li Hongyu decided not to join the Donglin Party, he could not offend the Donglin Party at present, otherwise he would definitely be constrained by the Donglin Party everywhere if he wanted to do things in the future, so he not only met with Guan Yingzhen and other people from the Chu Party, but also met with Yang Lian and other Donglin Party members from Huguang.

Among the banquets that Li Hongyu attended, the banquet on the second night of the first month of March was the most significant to him, and that night, Li Hongyu, Zhao Xin, and Fang Yun went to the Bada Hutong in the outer city and entered a magnificent green building.

In fact, in ancient times, the Qinglou was like a clubhouse in later generations, a place for upper-class people to socialize, and those literati and dignitaries did not like to have gatherings in the Qinglou, which was regarded as an elegant thing by the outside world.

"Brother Li, Brother Zhao, Brother Fang!" After entering a private room on the second floor of the Qinglou, several young people who were talking and laughing in the room immediately got up, and a round-faced young man took the lead in greeting Li Hongyu with a smile and a Cantonese accent.

"Brother Qiutao." Li Hongyu smiled and greeted the round-faced young man, this person is Chen Zizhuang, the son of Nanhai County, Guangdong, who has not been tested in the 47th year of Wanli in history, and Qiutao is Chen Zizhuang's character.

It is worth mentioning that Chen Zizhuang also followed Fang Yun, Lin Liang and others into the imperial city on the eighth day of the second month to support Zhao Xin, so this time Chen Zizhuang set up a banquet, and Li Hongyu naturally wanted to come to the banquet.

The reason why Chen Zizhuang put the wine was naturally to introduce the lifters of Guangdong to Li Hongyu, Zhao Xin, and Fang Yun, and the introductions were all lifts that were very likely to be admitted to the Gongshi, so that everyone would have a good idea in the officialdom in the future.

After exchanging a few words with Li Hongyu, Chen Zizhuang began to introduce the Guangdong lifters he brought, and each other would salute Li Hongyu, Zhao Xin and Fang Yun, and the three of them smiled and returned the salute.

"This is Yuan Chonghuan, the word element." When there was the last young man with a Chinese character face left, Chen Zizhuang said to Li Hongyu with a smile, "He is from Dongguan, only a hundred miles away from me, and he is a little fellow of mine." ”

"Yuan Chonghuan!" Li Hongyu's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this, and he couldn't help but look at the young man with the national face, this is a celebrity who is as famous as Hong Chengchou in later generations!

"Li Jieyuan, Zhao Yayuan, Fang Jingkui." Yuan Chonghuan bowed and saluted Li Hongyu in turn, although Yuan Chonghuan was in his thirties at this time, older than Li Hongyu, Zhao Xin, and Fang Yun, but Li Hongyu's ranking in the township test was higher than him, so he had to take the lead in saluting.

At this time, you can see the importance of the top six in the township test, with different titles from other lifters, and naturally they will be more valued by the outside world.

"Brother Elemental." Li Hongyu smiled and bowed in return, and then everyone sat down one by one under Chen Zizhuang's greeting.

With the arrival of Li Hongyu and the three of them, the wine and food were quickly served by the people, and everyone talked and laughed in the staggering, and the atmosphere was very warm.

"Brother Element, now that the Liaodong War is approaching, what do you think of the encirclement and suppression of the official army?" After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Li Hongyu, who was talking and laughing, suddenly changed his words and asked Yuan Chonghuan who was sitting opposite him quietly.

"The official army is huge, and it is difficult for the Jurchens to be soldiers, and they are bound to be exterminated by the official army." Yuan Chonghuan groaned for a moment when he heard this, put down the wine glass in his hand and replied with a smile.

"Brother Elemental, I think it's not so easy for the official army to win."

Li Hongyu could have guessed Yuan Chonghuan's answer a long time ago, after all, no one in the Manchu Dynasty would think that the Ming army would be defeated by the Houjin soldiers led by Nurhachi, so he glanced around at the people talking and laughing at the scene, and his expression became a little solemn.

Hearing this, Chen Zizhuang and the others, who were laughing and laughing, suddenly quieted down, and looked at Li Hongyu in surprise, except for Zhao Xin and Fang Yun, it was the first time that others learned that Li Hongyu was not optimistic about the situation in Liaodong.

"Li Jieyuan, I thought they were wrong, it turns out that you are really here."

There was a creak, and before Li Hongyu could explain, the door was suddenly pushed open, and a man with a wine glass walked in with a drunken smell, and said to Li Hongyu with a smile, followed by several young men who looked like scribes.

"Brother Xue." Seeing this, Li Hongyu smiled and got up to greet him, the man who spoke was Xue Guoguan, the son of Xi'an Mansion in Shaanxi, and like Chen Shizhuang, he entered the imperial city on the eighth day of February to support Zhao Xin, so he was familiar with Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin and others.

The person brought by Xue Guoguan was naturally a son of Shaanxi, who was originally drinking in another private room, and someone passed by Li Hongyu's private room when he went to the toilet halfway, and inadvertently saw Li Hongyu from the open door, so he told Xue Guoguan.

Although the messenger knew Li Hongyu, Li Hongyu had never seen him, so Xue Guoguan naturally wanted to lead everyone to introduce Li Hongyu.

turned out that Xue Guoguan and others came, so Chen Zizhuang naturally wanted to do his best to be a landlord, so that the subordinates in the Qinglou moved a stool and beckoned Xue Guoguan and his party to sit down, anyway, it was a matter of adding a few pairs of dishes and chopsticks.

"Li Jieyuan, what do you think of this battle in Liaodong?"

After greeting for a while, Xue Guoguan learned about Li Hongyu's previous conversation with Yuan Chonghuan about the battle situation in Liaodong, so he looked at Li Hongyu with great interest, after all, people are now full of confidence in the victory of the Ming army in Liaodong.

As soon as these words came out, the scene suddenly fell silent again, and everyone looked at Li Hongyu to see what he had to say.

"Ladies and gentlemen, based on Yang Jinglue's character and the situation of the official army in Liaodong, I think that Yang Jinglue will divide his troops into four roads: West Road, South Road, Southwest Road and North Road to encircle the Jurchen bandits."

Under the gaze of everyone, Li Hongyu groaned for a while, then got up and picked up four empty wine glasses and placed them around a wine jug, with the empty wine glasses for the four-way Ming army, and the wine pot for the Houjin capital city Hetuala, and said in a deep voice, "Divide and attack, and attack in four ways, in order to kill the enemy in one battle!" ”

"I heard that this time the imperial court sent an army of three or four hundred thousand to suppress it, how can the little Jurchen resist!" Xue Guoguan immediately laughed when he heard this, looked at Li Hongyu and said, "I didn't expect Li Jieyuan to be both civil and military, and he knew the situation in Liaodong so well. ”

"Brother Xue has won the award, and he is just lucky to know some things in Liaodong." Li Hongyu smiled and waved his hand, and then said to Xue Guoguan, "Although the official army claims to be hundreds of thousands, it has the meaning of intimidating the Jurchens, and in fact, there are not so many troops. ”

"Li Jieyuan, even if there are only more than 100,000 official troops, the Jurchens are still not the opponents of the official army, and this time the imperial court has sent elites from all over the country to fight in Liaodong." Seeing that Li Hongyu was a little ambitious and destroyed his prestige, Yuan Chonghuan couldn't help but smile slightly when he heard this, and reminded him.

"Brother Yuan, if the official army and the Jurchens fight against each other on horseback, then the official army will undoubtedly win."

Li Hongyu knew that Yuan Chonghuan thought that he valued those Houjin troops too much, so he pondered for a while and said, "But the Jurchen chief Nurhachi has been fighting for many years and is insidious and cunning, and he will definitely not divide his troops to block the official army, but concentrate his forces to attack one place, so the situation of the official army will be worrying!" ”

Yuan Chonghuan was stunned when he heard this, and a stunned look appeared on his face, obviously he realized the seriousness of what Li Hongyu said.

Not only Yuan Chonghuan, but also Chen Zizhuang and Xue Guoguan and others also whispered that once Nurhachi joined forces to attack the Ming army all the way, then the plan of the Ming army to attack in four ways may fail.

Seeing that his words aroused everyone's attention, the corners of Li Hongyu's mouth couldn't help flashing a subtle smile, he knew that the Ming army was about to launch an attack on Houjin, so he wanted to show his "outstanding" military talent to the Wanli Emperor and the government and the opposition, and "predicted" the process of the failure of the Ming army's advance.

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