Safu is still a family banquet today, and there are no outsiders, mainly to entertain Fan Jin. www.biquge.info Originally, Fan Jin was in front of Sabao, and he could only be regarded as a hired painter, but now he has the identity of Ling Yunyi's staff, and his status has improved.

The governor is a single official, and there are no subordinate officials below, and if you want to do things, you can't do without the help of your staff. Although the staff has no rank, their authority is not necessarily bad, and if they can perfunctory their superiors, they can often decide the honor or disgrace of others with a single word. For example, when Zuo Zongtang, a famous minister in the Qing Dynasty, was a staff member, he slapped the chief soldier, and because of this slap, he directly pulled out a Hunan celebrity, and the majesty of the staff can be seen.

Although Jinyiwei has its own system, there is no need to buy the governor's account in principle, but now Jinyi's majesty is not as good as before, and the relationship between Sabao and Lingyunyi is a mutually beneficial relationship. The identity of Fan Jin's staff happened to become a bridge for cooperation and communication between the two sides, and it was Sabao's attitude towards Fan Jin at this banquet.

When the banquet was dispersed, Sa Shizhong raised the chessboard again, played a game with Fan Jin, and took the opportunity to talk, Fan Jin mentioned the matter of Hu Tuhu's forced labor, Sa Shizhong frowned slightly,

"How can this Hu butcher be so troublesome? Brother Fan, forgive the offense of the younger brother, a person who can find trouble like this, plus his daughter is not a national color, why provoke? Give some money and cut off the relationship with each other is the right thing to do. ”

Fan Jin said in his heart, I am afraid that the relationship between the two will not be broken now, but he said: "Brother Sa, this matter is really not to blame on Hu Tuhu." He can support a butcher shop in the bazaar, how is he not a good joker? Under normal circumstances, such a thing as Paili Poor would definitely not fall on him. This time it's just that someone wants to clean him up, but it's hard to say that it's his fault. And a mere butcher, why not spend so much time on the horse, the final target is the younger brother. ”

"You mean? Is there someone in the yamen who wants to deal with you? ”

"It's the Hong family I said, his children are running errands in the yamen, and now it happens to be the second Yin of the South China Sea Commander, so they can do tricks. Last time, they suffered a big loss from me in sending messengers, and their face was cut so badly that they wanted to earn back their face on the errand service. Most of them have already made arrangements in the county yamen, and as long as I take the lead for Hu Butcher, they will have the means to do so, and maybe they will transfer this battle to me. ”

Fan Jin is not a talent at the moment, he can only be regarded as a child, and he does not enjoy the right to be exempted from military service. Of course, he has a field at home, so he shouldn't be able to bear the poor force. However, if someone in the yamen deliberately frames him, no one can be sure of what kind of errand will be assigned to him at that time.

Sa Shizhong's face turned cold, "This Hong family's clay stick is really hateful, this son has already informed him, Brother Fan is my friend, they still dare to design, I'm afraid it's not impatient to live?" ”

"The wealth is moving, fifty taels of silver, it is enough to kill a person in our countryside, not to mention that I am painting in the city now, and for the Hong family, I am naturally not satisfied. As long as I'm in the provincial capital, he can't manipulate me, and he can't help me, and he can't wait to find a way to drive me back to the countryside. So if I come out, I will probably go to the lieutenant to be promoted, and finally drive me back to the countryside to live, and then they will be able to do it. ”

"Then they made a mistake, now Brother Fan is under Zhongcheng, and Dazhongcheng has a good impression of Brother Fan, as long as Dazhongcheng makes a word, the prince also has to give face. Hu Butcher's strength difference can be avoided, and the Hong family is also allowed to give him a nail to touch. ”

"A little thing, how dare you alarm Dazhongcheng. I was thinking, can I ask Brother Sa for a favor, which is what I said last time, check the tax records in the county, and the relevant county records. ”

Sa Shizhong nodded and said: "I originally thought that the current military situation is in full swing, and I am afraid that I will not have so much time, but the surnamed Hong took the initiative to call the door, and if he didn't give him a little power, he would be easy to provoke." Don't worry, isn't that what this is, I'll give an order, and I can do it in a moment. Tomorrow you go to the Zhongcheng Yamen to be on duty, and I will have someone send things to your yard. ”

Next, the two talked about the precautions for going to the governor's yamen, as well as the basic social etiquette in the yamen. Fan Jin is a scholar, and there is no problem with the number of etiquette, but after all, the governor's yamen is different from other places, so he must pay special attention to the number of etiquette. Moreover, as a staff member, the most important thing is to perfunctory proprietorship, and Ling Yunyi's personal preferences must be clearly grasped.

Of course, whether or not he gets along with Ling Yunyi is Fan Jin's business, but as the recommender of the Sa family, Fan Jin's gains and losses cannot be unrelated to the Sa family. The better Fan Jin does in the Lingyun Wing Curtain, the more beneficial it will be for the father and son of the Yusa family, and it will also be of great help to establish a friendship with the governor in the future.

The information and connections that Jin Yiwei has in his hands are quite good at the information of this governor, and for Fan Jin, this information is equivalent to a resume, which helps him find out the temperament of the boss before he officially works.

In the early morning of the next day, Fan Jin borrowed a carriage from Safu all the way to the governor's yamen. Yesterday, who accompanied the governor to play chess, he was also a friend named Zhu Dashi, who was also used to by Ling Yunyi, and the two were half-east and half-friend, and their friendship was irreversible. As soon as Fan Jin came, Zhu Dashi was in charge of the reception, and Fan Jin introduced a group of colleagues.

Most of these friends came all the way to the curtain with Ling Yunyi, and they were all older than Fan Jinwei, most of them were from Taicang, Shaoxing, and occasionally a few people from Suzhou Prefecture, with a total of more than 20. After settling down, after a little greeting, the secretary first came to ask Fan Jin what kind of food he wanted, and Zhu Dashi introduced:

"The curtain guest is not rich, only two taels of silver per month, Dong Weng is also for the sake of friends, two meals are opened in the yali, and the government pays for it. If there is something temporary, and you have an all-night talk, then the night breakfast is also held in the yali. Fan Gongzi has any dietary taboos, you can explain it in advance, and the secretary can also prepare. ”

Fan Jin thought about the two taels of silver, and the food was not much better, shook his head and said no, Zhu Dashi said: "That's easy to do, Brother Fan is the first to come, open eight dishes for a meal, and then change it when you are not satisfied." Tonight, a banquet was set up in the red sleeves, which was regarded as a reception for Fan Gongzi. ”

Several curtain guests nodded one after another, and some said: "I have watched the picture of Begonia Spring Sleep painted by Fan Gongzi many times, and it is a little more moving than herself, which shows that the two have long been in love." Today is not only to drink Fan Gongzi's catch wine, but also to drink the joy wine of the two, everyone said yes or no? ”

A group of friends nodded one after another, Fan Jin hurriedly explained that there was no such thing, and Zhu Dashi smiled: "When we were young, we didn't have a lot of money, and when we reached our age, we would regret it." Zhongcheng is not Mr. Taoism, and Fan Gongzi does not need to be restrained when he shouts about such things. ”

The attitude of several friends is also very kind.,It doesn't seem to be the intention of excluding anyone or hitting anyone.。 At this moment, a messenger came to report, saying that the governor had summoned Fan Jin, and Fan Jin hurriedly straightened up his clothes and went straight to the study with the messenger. Ling Yunyi is dressed differently today than yesterday, he is neatly dressed, and his expression is much more serious than yesterday.

Fan Jin stepped forward and saluted, Ling Yunyi motioned for him to sit down, looked at Fan Jin a few times, and nodded slightly. "People say that Guangdong is a land of smoke and miasma, but the old man does not seem to be so, Lingnan is a place where talents are produced. Fan Gongzi is young, he can paint a good Danqing, even if this painting skill is not inferior to Tang Liuru Qiu Shizhou, his daily achievements are limitless. Today, for the time being, condescend to the old man's curtain, Fan Gongzi is not aggrieved, right? ”

"Lao Zhongcheng is going to torture the students, the students are not young, how can they get into the old middle school? It is really Zhongcheng who raises love, so that students have this creation. It is difficult to report the liver and brain, how dare you say the word grievance. ”

Ling Yunyi said: "Fan Gongzi doesn't have to be too modest, the old man is the most hospitable in his life, and when he was studying, he envied Meng Weijun the most for raising 3,000 soldiers, and he sheltered capable people in the world." Although the old man cannot be compared with the sages, it is also a great wish of his life to be able to make friends with a few famous and talented people. In Guangzhou, Fan Gongzi is the No. 1 celebrity I have met, and I have heard about your experience. But there is still a chance to make up for it, so as not to have the regret of missing the pearl. It is also a blessing for an old man to be a talented man like you to enter the old man's scene. Yesterday in the literary society, you didn't answer the old man's question, I called you today, I want to hear your real answer. ”

Yesterday, the identities of the two were just passers-by who met in Pingshui, Fan Jin could cover it up with an excuse, and now the two have become proprietors and staff, and then use the word money and food to excuse themselves, which is obviously not a way. Fan Jin pondered for a moment, then saluted first: "Zhongcheng, the student's words are not just pretexts, but the student has not led soldiers, nor has he ever been in battle. ”

"What about the scholar's opinion? When Wuhou never came out of the mountain, it was not a scholar's opinion. There are many people in the anti-wind Xuan, and it is not your fault to be cautious in your words and deeds. Now that there is no one else, and the Fa is not passed on to the six ears, what else do you dare not say? Let the old man listen to what you think about the war. ”

This is probably what is called an interview, right? Fan Jin thought in his heart that although Ling Yunyi had given himself a letter of closure and hired himself as a curtain guest, what his status in the curtain guest was, and whether he could sit firmly in the seat, would probably depend on the results of this exam.

Since he is determined to take the road of the imperial examination, of course he will not be afraid of the exam, in the previous anti-wind Xuan, he adhered to the principle of hiding from the mouth, but now it is the time to sacrifice ugliness. It's better to say that it's wrong than not to say it, this is also the conclusion reached by analyzing Ling Yunyi's personality yesterday.

He coughed lightly: "In that case, then the student will dare to talk nonsense." If it is a student in charge of the army, the first thing is to first dismiss the guest soldiers and let the Zhejiang soldiers return to the defensive ground. ”

"Oh? Zhejiang soldiers can fight the world's famous, and the battle needs a strong army, why do you want to reduce such a strong army in the southeast to the hometown? ”

"Zhejiang soldiers are naturally able to fight, but our opponents can't. Luoshan is a rabble, and you don't need to use a knife to kill chickens. On the contrary, the Zhejiang soldiers need a large amount of food and salary expenditure, and our two Guangxi are not as rich as the southeast, and the cost of feeding the Zhejiang soldiers alone will make the local strength ungraspable. As soon as they leave, the local people will first chant a few Buddhas. ”

Seeing that Ling Yunyi was silent, Fan Jin said again: "Half of the barbarian people making trouble are not complying with the king, and half of them are also limited by their livelihood, if Luo Shanman can have a chance to live, whether it is Pan Sheng or others, it is not so easy to gather a crowd to rebel." In order to support the money and food of the Zhejiang soldiers, it is necessary to levy grain taxes in advance, and the livelihood of ordinary people will also be greatly affected. When the time comes, the situation will be even more uncontrollable if there will be internal and external attacks. Besides, the Zhejiang soldiers are accustomed to the geography of the southeast, and the water and soil of the two provinces are not compatible, and the geography is not familiar, and the fight is not as easy as the southeast. ”

Ling Yunyi asked, "It's your right thing about disarmament, and then what?" You have laid off the army, how should you fight? It is reasonable for the imperial court to control the official army to win against Luo Shanman, but after the fight, they will make trouble again, what should they do? ”

"The students think that Luo Shan rebelled and rebelled, rebelled and surrendered, and repeatedly suppressed, or there was a problem with our playing style. The officers and soldiers still followed the way of confrontation between the two armies, and the division was killing in the past, and the barbarians could only flee if they could not resist it, and the officers and soldiers killed some people, collected their troops and returned to the camp, and the barbarians continued to entrench themselves in the valley, forming hatred in vain, but the situation did not improve. ”

Ling Yunyi nodded and said: "What you said is also what the old man thought, the officers and soldiers have repeatedly suppressed bandits, and they have spent their salaries, but it is always difficult to reap the full credit." The root of this lies in our familiarity with geography, which is not as good as those mountain people who have grown up in it for generations, and those barbarians say that the government has 100,000 soldiers, and they have 100,000 mountains. We can't let tens of thousands of horses stay in the mountains for a long time, if you pawn troops, how should you deal with it? ”

Fan Jindao: "The students believe that the reason why our army has no way to attack is that the barbarians have the same hatred and exchange voices, while our army is isolated and helpless, and it is difficult to parry. The second is to wave the army to suppress, can only take care of one way, and the barbarians are divided into various ways to escape, using the mountains as the battlefield, running back and forth, so that I am tired and difficult to exterminate. If you want to break this method, you should start from here. One is to divide the barbarians, so that their forces cannot be united; The second is to divide the way and attack, step by step, gradually compressing the maneuver space of the barbarians, forcing them to defend according to the danger. Although the mountains are dangerous, but the barbarians lack food and salt, and defending to the death is equivalent to defending to death, as long as they gather in dangerous places to fight the officers and soldiers, it is the way to die! ”

His plan is actually not too surprising, he has been a man in two lives, he has not only heard of the four positive six corners and ten sides of the net, but also knows the so-called prison camp and stupid battle. Including the Ming army itself, when dealing with the rebellion of the vassal army, it often adopted this policy of dividing the army.

The success of this tactic lies in making the enemy take care of one thing and lose the other, and the disadvantage is that the strength is weak, and if it is guaranteed that any of the men and horses can withstand the enemy's full attack, it may evolve into an ending like that of Salhu.

Fortunately, at present, the officers and soldiers of the two Guangxi provinces do not have too serious factional tendencies, so that they will not be regarded as enemy countries like the Jiubian side. Luo Shanman is only an opponent in the Ming system, and his combat effectiveness cannot be compared with the southern and northern captives. No matter how the Ming army is abolished, it will not be a problem to deal with these barbarians, and this tactic will be useful.

For a scholar like Fan Jin who has never led a soldier, at best, he has read one or two military books, and he cannot be expected to really have experience in leading troops to fight. It's just that at present, military intelligence is the most important task of the two Guangzhou, and Ling Yunyi himself is also quite concerned about the military, so this is the content of the examination.

This kind of casual examination and teaching was originally just a casual question to pass the time, and I didn't have high expectations. But listening to Fan Jin's eloquent conversation, Ling Yunyi's eyes gradually changed from perfunctory to focused. Suddenly, he commanded outside: "Come on, bring the old man's chessboard." ”

Looking at the chessboard in front of him, Ling Yunyi first grabbed a handful of blackspots and put them on the chessboard to play the score, and then beckoned Fan Jin to say: "You come and take a look, how to divide the way to attack, and how to break the enemy in a decisive battle?" ”