He Tengjiao is a civilian official, and it is not his fault that he does not understand military affairs and cannot fight, but he is the governor of Huguang, shouldering the responsibility of military leadership, and is the supreme commander of the Ming army in Huguang.

From Chongzhen to Nanming, there are very few civil officials who can fight, the dead Lu Xiangsheng is counted as one, and the living Hong Chengchou is counted as one, but unfortunately this person has surrendered to the Manchu Dynasty, and most of the civil commanders in Nanming are blind commands, and even self-destruction of the Great Wall, self-chaos, and natural defeats in battle.

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the military system was not an empty word, but was guaranteed by a variety of relevant systems, for example, food and salary were the lifeblood of the army, but they were all pinched in the hands of the governor and governor, and the generals naturally bowed their heads when they saw them.

In the Southern Ming Dynasty, when the war continued, the status of military generals rose, like Zuo Liangyu did not even take the emperor in his eyes, but the system of using literature to control military forces did not change, and the military generals who were not strong enough had to obey the orders of the governor. As the prestige of the Southern Ming court continued to decline, the governors and governors of the provinces monopolized power and became self-contained, and these civil officials were instead tainted with the style of warlords.

He Tengjiao is full of words in Huguang, and power is a forbidden body that he cannot touch.

The military general he admires the most is Zhang Xianbi, although this person is afraid of the enemy like a tiger, only knows the scourge of the people, but the victory is to obey the management, obedient and honest, just like a vicious dog he raised, when he saw the master, he waged his tail and begged for mercy, barked loudly when he saw outsiders, and pounced on it and bit it when he saw Huazi.

In He Tengjiao's view, a military general should be like this, but Wang Kefan is a negative example. Wang Kefan privately helped the peasant army, and Huo and Ma Jiaolin and Hei Yunchang seriously challenged his authority, if this unhealthy trend was not defeated, and the generals all followed suit, what else could he, the governor of Huguang, do?

In a list of fallen officials compiled by the imperial court. He accidentally discovered Wang Rui's name, and immediately seized this opportunity to remove Wang Kefan's military power.

Giving a hundred days of leave is enough, enough for Lu Ding to do a lot of things.

But when he heard that Wang Kefan stayed in Yuezhou and was close to his troops, He Tengjiao still felt a little worried, and asked Lu Ding again and again.

"Back to He Duxian, Wang Kefan is quite honest in Yuezhou Mansion and lives by Dongting Lake. Catch turtles and fish every day, and look like you have fun. ”

"Haha, haha, hehehe......" He Tengjiao was amused and couldn't help it: "What? He thinks he is Jiang Ziya. Still waiting for the wisher to take the bait? Ridiculous, ridiculous! ”

Lu Ding had no choice but to laugh with him. He Tengjiao was even more happy. proudly, he pointed out to Lu Ding again and again.

"The army is full of brave and ruthless people, and it is necessary to combine rigidity and softness with Wang Ma's subordinates, skillfully use means to subdue them, and do not provoke the disaster of mutiny."

"Please rest assured that He Duxian will know the stakes in the end." Lu Ding said: "But after Wang Kefan left. His subordinates are all dominated by Wang Sheng, and although this person is blunt, he is a character who does not eat hard and soft......"

Because of his great merit in capturing Zu Kefa, Wang Sheng was promoted to guerrilla general. There is also a loose official rank from the third grade, and he has a lot of prestige in the army, and the Gongyi battalion has him as the backbone, which is not easy to deal with.

"Don't rush, take it one step at a time." He Tengjiao was full of patience.

As long as Wang Kefan's military power is set aside, his generals will be able to win sooner or later, He Junmen can't fight, but he is the best at this, and there are ways.

Let Wang Kefan go fishing slowly, he is not Jiang Ziya, and there will be no King Wen of Zhou to invite him.

……

At this moment, Wang Kefan was fishing by Dongting Lake, and no one came to invite him, but he invited someone else.

The identities of several guests are very special, including Li Si and Zhu Ji, as well as Hua Xiaoyue, who is dressed as a man, and Jinyi Wei Qianhu Quan Xi, who has just recovered from his injury and was forced to stay in Huguang.

Seal Ji is a female guest, Wang Kefan called Fu Shihua and Li Runniang to accompany her, and several guests were a little surprised by this. It is normal to call a concubine to accompany a guest, and to call the wife to fish together, which reveals a taste of intimacy, and some familiarity and informality.

Are you really familiar with each other?

Wang Kefan didn't think about it so much, it was just a very simple thing, calling his wife out to have a meal together, so as not to go out of the door and suffocate in the house.

Make a nest with bait, everyone threw the rod and fished together, and soon some fish began to bite the hook, one after another were constantly caught, only Li Runniang is a northerner who can't fish, only watching with a smile on the side.

"Runniang, you try, it's very simple......" Wang Kefan taught her hand-in-hand, how to bait, how to throw the rod, and how to watch the movement of the fish float...... Finally, a crucian carp more than three inches long was thrown out of the water and flew straight over Li Runniang's head, splashing her head and shoulders with water droplets.

"No more fishing, no more fishing!"

Li Runniang's face immediately turned red, she felt that she had lost face by being clumsy, and peeked at Seal Ji while wiping water, showing a trace of cowardice and envy in her eyes, she was not afraid of the vicious Tartar on the battlefield, but in the face of the graceful beauty Seal Ji, she was a little ashamed.

"Don't look at it, you won't lose to her." Wang Kefan's whisper came from his ears.

"How so? You see how beautiful she is, just like the people in the painting. ”

"Hehe, she actually still envy you, envy you for being young, energetic and vibrant, like a flower that has just bloomed."

When little girls see mature women, they often feel inferior, but in the eyes of others, they have their own styles......

The two of them were muttering here, while the others were fishing and chatting casually.

Fu Shihua shows the demeanor of a housewife, and has been gentle and elegant to talk with Zhu Ji, she has another beautiful temperament, and she is not inferior in front of Zhu Ji.

Quan Xi was absent-minded about fishing, but he was more interested in Hua Xiaoyue, the master of Hua Tianshi, and kept looking for topics to talk to, but Hua Xiaoyue didn't want to talk to him too much, only staring at the water with a fishing rod, and only said a few words to him for a long time, looking like a master in the world.

"Eat, eat!"

There was a shout of washing green in the distance, and everyone looked back to see that a stone table on the shore was full of wine and food, and everyone greeted each other, put down their fishing rods and sat down together.

"General Wang's battle to kill the famous Tartar general Bo Erhui, now he is a famous hero in the world, today my four brothers and sisters Li have the honor to pay tribute to General Wang three cups!" Li Si and Zhu Ji know very well that Wang Kefan is by no means idle when he invites everyone to fish. There must be another purpose, and it will be discussed at the wine table.

Sure enough, after three rounds of wine, Wang Kefan turned to the topic.

"Fourth Brother Li, how is the private salt business this year?"

"Hey, this is a mess, it's not easy to eat......" Li Si did not shy away from it, and gave a general introduction to their situation.

All provinces were at war, and dozens of branches in various parts of Longmaochang were forced to close, and a lot of money was lost in formal business. The private salt business was originally a large profit and could reasonably make up for all the losses, but as the scope of Manchu control continued to increase, the private salt business of the four Li siblings was also greatly affected.

"Why, you don't take it all in black and white. Is there a way to the Tartars? Wang Kefan asked knowingly.

"Hey, the Tartars are getting tighter and tighter. Our private salt can't get in. Business north of the Yangtze River is broken! Li Si was angry when he mentioned it.

After the Manchus took control of the Nanzhili region, they soon colluded with the big salt merchants in Anhui and used the government's liliang to vigorously strengthen the control of the salt monopoly, and the smuggled salt from the south was gone. (Unlike the decaying Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty had a more effective management of the salt monopoly, and the price of official salt was much cheaper.) It is only a fraction of the last years of the Ming Dynasty, which has reduced the burden of the common people to a certain extent, which cannot be denied. ）

"Since business is not good, what are the plans of Fourth Brother Li in the future?" Wang Kefan asked again.

"That's up to you! If you can win the Tartars, it will last for a few more years. We will follow it for a few years, and if the Tartars get this great tomorrow, we will go to sea in a boat, and we will sit and eat and die for the rest of our lives. "Li Si is a private salt baron, a parasite on the Ming Dynasty regime, but also two grasshoppers on a rope, if the Southern Ming Dynasty completely collapses, he will have nothing to fish.

"If there is an opportunity to not only make Fourth Brother Li a lot of money, but also help the official army defeat the Tartars, is Fourth Brother Li willing?" Wang Kefan is meaningful.

"Of course, of course I do!" Li Si said with a smile: "If there is really such a haode thing, our brothers and sisters are not only willing, but also can find a big man to help......

"The big man that Fourth Brother Li said, but Ding Junmen?" The Ding Junmen in Wang Kefan's mouth is Ding Kuichu, the governor of Liangguang.

Li Si was slightly stunned, turned his head to look at Zhu Ji, smiled and said, "Hehehe, General Wang is really a caring person, and he found out the details of my Li Si so quickly." ”

"There will be no malice, Fourth Brother Li should understand."

"Of course, of course I understand, this matter is my Li Si's stinginess, and I should have been open and honest with General Wang a long time ago." Li Si said again: "But in addition to Ding Junmen, I am familiar with all the southern provinces, and there are many relationships. ”

"I know this, otherwise I wouldn't value Fourth Brother Li so much." Wang Kefan smiled faintly, suddenly turned to Fu Shihua and said, "By the way, it's rare to have a picnic in the suburbs today, how about eating grilled fish......

Of course, Fu Shihua agreed, with Wang Kefan's command, someone had already set up an iron frame charcoal fire, and he was busy killing fish and scraping scales, and after a short time, a few grilled fish were sent up, and everyone tasted it with chopsticks, and it was really delicious.

"Well, I also have fresh river mussels, all of which are specially transported from Chongyang, which are particularly delicious, you must try them." Wang Kefan made another suggestion, but everyone was a little puzzled, there was nothing unusual about eating grilled fish, but it was a little strange to eat river mussels. What's even more strange is that Dongting Lake is full of river mussels, and Weishenme has to be specially transported from Chongyang?

Someone carried a basket of river mussels up, slaughtered them in front of everyone, and after opening the first river mussel, a small pearl flashed inside.

Everyone was amazed, they had all heard the phrase Lao Beng Tibetan Pearl, but the opportunity to meet in person was one in a thousand, although this pearl was not big, and the luck was also very good.

The second mussel, nothing special.

The third mussel is another pearl.

The fourth mussel, and the pearl......

Everyone was stunned, only Wang Kefan and Hua Xiaoyue looked as usual.

Li Si stepped forward and personally took the knife and slaughtered it, and sure enough, in this basket of river mussels, most of them had pearls! (To be continued......)