This question scratched Chen Wen's itch, after all, he is a scholar who is mass-produced under the exam-oriented education system, and he still knows how to use basic skills such as questions.

However, to do a full set of plays, you still need to be humble at this time.

"This matter is related to the overall situation, the two officials must have a perfect plan, and it is not good to intervene in the next Bai Ding."

"There is a saying that one person counts short, two people count long, but it doesn't hurt to say it." Wang Jiang stared at Chen Wen and said.

Aren't you two of you?

Chen Wen sorted out the wording and said: "I have really thought about the problem just mentioned by the vice-constitution, and there are only three ways to deal with it. ”

"First, since the two superiors already know about this, they can send people to publicize it in the Tartar-occupied area, in which case the Tartars may terminate their operations due to leaks. If you can surrender without a fight, it must be excellent. Of course, there is another possibility......"

Hearing this, Wang Jiang frowned. "What does Furen mean that the Tartars will send troops in advance?"

"Exactly." Chen Wen smiled slightly, and he was impressed if he could make the other party say it himself.

Then he explained: "Wang Shi occupies Zhoushan, and Siming Mountain is a horn for each other, and it is like a fish in the throat for the Tartars. If they don't take advantage of the fact that the king of Zhoushan is now unable to help Siming Mountain to attack, when the horns are already completed, the Tartars of Ningbo will be attacked on their backs. Therefore, this time the Tartars are bound to win Siming Mountain, and it is very likely that they will send troops in advance. ”

"And what about the second one?"

"Second, it's simple. Quan Dang didn't know about this and asked Zhoushan and Tiantai for help. Two months later, he fought a decisive battle with the Tartars on this Siming Mountain! ”

As far as the eye could see, Wang Yi seemed to have nothing to do with him, and he didn't react at all, but Wang Jiang looked worried.

Chen Wen didn't know what Wang Jiang was worried about, but that didn't stop him from continuing. "However, since the matter of Zhoushan is known to Shibo, with the three inches of Yan My Father, I think the Tartars will also know about it......"

"What about the third?"

"That's the third." Chen Wen took a deep breath, it was time to see the dagger.

"While the Tartars have not yet entered the mountain, lead the people of Siming Mountain to retreat to Tiantai, join up with Xinchangbo, and preserve their strength. This year, the Tartars swept away the righteous divisions in the north and south of the coastal areas of Zhejiang, which was nothing more than a preparation for the attack on Zhoushan next year. If the strength can be preserved, it will be able to do something when the Tartars besiege Zhoushan next year. ”

In the second year of Yongli, the Qing army encircled and suppressed the righteous army of Wang Yi, who had just captured Shangyu. After the defeat of the army, Wang Yi led the remnants of the army to Tiantai to attach to Xinchang Boyu Guowang, who was still a general of Dingyuan at that time. Then when the main force of the Qing army retreated, Wang Yi sent troops to defeat the local regimental training, and soon gathered 10,000 people and set up a village in Dalan Mountain.

In Chen Wen's view, according to inertial thinking, since they have already had an example of making a comeback, wouldn't it be good to face the same situation as long as they did it again?

Hearing this, Wang Jiang shook his head with a smile and said, "So, is Furen suggesting that I stay away from the edge for the time being?" ”

It seems that his intentions are still too obvious.

"This is just a little foolish opinion below, if it is not right, I hope the two superiors will forgive me." Chen Wen hesitated for a moment, and then replied firmly: "In the battle of Chu Chengpu in the past Jin Dynasty, Duke Wen of Jin also retreated. I also hope that the two officials will consider it. ”

In the battle of Chengpu, Duke Wen of Jin defeated the Chu army and eventually became a hegemon. Chen Wen's diction was not appropriate, but in his eagerness, he only thought of this.

Hearing this, Wang Jiang stopped talking. On the contrary, Wang Yi asked: "What is the matter here, what are Furen's plans?" ”

Do you want to stay in Siming Mountain?

Chen Wen sneered in his heart, you also know the intelligence, if you choose to fight hard, I am just waiting for death here, if you choose to avoid it temporarily, I will not be able to play a role, why bother.

"I'm going to go to Fujian."

"Fujian?" Hearing this, Wang Yi and Wang Jiang were all surprised.

"Yes, in the next Shi Berto, in the next to bring a message to the loyal and filial uncle in Fujian."

Zheng Chenggong's title of loyal and filial piety was canonized by the Son of Longwu, and at this time he already had a new title - the Marquis of Weiyuan, who was canonized by the Son of Yongli. However, Chen Wen didn't plan to care about this, because Emperor Longwu had already been martyred, and Emperor Yongli was still standing side by side with Lu Jianguo. Why should I be upset by this?

This answer was obviously not enough to win their trust, and at this time, Wang Jiang said bluntly: "Furen talents are rare, it is better to stay in this Dalan Mountain, and this official can jointly promote an official and a half position to His Royal Highness the Prison State with Wang Jingluo." As for the matter of bringing letters, if Furen can trust me, I can find someone to convey it on my behalf, how about it? ”

"This ......" Hearing this, Chen Wen suddenly changed color, he definitely can't stay here, whether he lives or dies, if he stays, he will inevitably not be able to catch up with Shi Lang next year.

In that case, let's be honest.

Chen Wen stood up and saluted. "The grace of the two superiors is in the fifth sense of the inscription. It's just that before he removed the letter and prepared to vote for the filial piety army, he also asked the two officials to forgive their sins. ”

This answer was obviously beyond Wang Yi and Wang Jiang's expectations, and they glanced at each other. Wang Jiang opened his mouth and asked: "Why do you want to go to Fujian, Zhejiang also has Wang Shi." ”

Can the Ming armies in Zhejiang and Fujian be the same?

Chen Wen clearly remembered that after the Battle of Zhoushan next year, the Ming troops of the Lu Jianguo system became Zheng Chenggong's subordinates, and even Lu Jianguo himself became an apartment on Zheng Chenggong's territory. Only the Dingxi Hou Zhang Mingzhen's subordinates were still struggling to maintain the independence of the Ming army in Zhejiang, and even so, Zhang Mingzhen's subordinates were also subject to Zheng Chenggong's restraint in military operations.

During this period, from the Battle of Zhoushan in the fifth year of Yongli to the Battle of Nanjing in the thirteenth year of Yongli, the strength and combat effectiveness of the Ming Army in Zhejiang did not improve in the slightest, but decreased a lot.

On the other hand, the Fujian Ming army, although Zheng Chenggong suffered a major defeat after almost every successive victory, by the time of the Battle of Nanjing, it had more than 100,000 troops and a fleet that was rampant in the China Sea. It was with an army of this size that he had the opportunity to make this big gamble.

What's next?

Chen Wen pondered the wording and said: "It's not that I underestimate the Wang Shi of Zhejiang, but if I stay in Zhejiang, I'm just a useless person, if I go to Fujian, I can still do some modest help to drive out the Tartars and the cause of Zhongxing Daming." ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"My family has been in business for many years, and I have also been exposed to some maritime trade. Although he only sells the goods he needs before the maritime merchants go to sea, and when they return to the sea, he buys and resells the goods they bring back, but he also knows a little about maritime trade. ”

"Haimao?" This answer piqued Wang Jiang's interest. "Zhejiang can also do maritime trade, why bother to go far?"

This person is quite persistent, Chen Wen had no choice but to continue: "The Zhongxiao Uncle family has been engaged in maritime trade for many years, and has contacts and sources of goods in Fujian, Guangdong and even Zhejiang, and has a fleet that has a reputation at sea and is not despised, and has shipping channels in Waguo, North Korea, Dayuan and Manila, and these Zhejiang kings do not have it. ”

"I see." As for the affairs of businessmen, Wang Jiang, as the official in charge of the logistics of the Ming Army in Dalanshan, also knows a little. Although what Chen Wen said was fresh, it was inseparable from the businessman's routine for him.

I saw Wang Jiang pretending to smile contemptuously and said: "As far as this official knows, there are no more than 10,000 soldiers in Zhongxiaobo, and there are only a few islands under his jurisdiction. ”

Is he playing the trick?

Chen Wen smiled bitterly in his heart, the situation is stronger than people, and he must convince them today. In that case, I can only bite the bullet and continue.

"I believe that in the next few years, the command of Zhongxiao Bo can quickly expand to 200,000 troops, thus becoming a decisive force in determining whether my Ming Dynasty can prosper."

"Haimao is so profitable?"

Chen Wen shook his head, took another piece of paper, and drew a map of Fujian and Taiwan on his own. "It's not a matter of sea trade profits, sea trade must first have a source of goods, and now Tartars occupy most of China, even if the loyalty and filial piety are strong, they can't get much goods to do sea trade, how to talk about profits."

Seeing that the two people in front of him were already attracted by his words, Chen Wen drew a line on the map of the location of the Taiwan Strait, and then pointed and continued: "The key is the geographical location, if the Taixi maritime merchants want to transport goods to Jiangsu, Zhejiang and the north or to Korea and the Japanese country, they must pass through this route, and my Ming maritime merchants want to transport goods to Manila also have to take this route......"

Historically, after Zheng Zhilong unified the black and white provinces of the Fujian Sea, the Zheng Group could earn millions of taels of silver every year by collecting tolls in the years before the Qing army entered the customs. As a result, he gradually gained the military power of the whole of Fujian and gained the strength to support the emperor of Longwu.

Later, after Zheng Chenggong reunified the Zheng Group, he was able to obtain more than one million taels of income every year. It was precisely by virtue of this that he was able to raise hundreds of thousands of troops and build a fleet invincible in the China Sea by relying on the projectile land of the Zhongzuo Institute, and this was done without the recovery of Taiwan.

"This kind of thing, since Zheng Zhilong accepted Zhao'an during the Chongzhen period, the Ishii Zheng family has been doing it for decades, and no one can compete with them in terms of connections or routes."

Millions of taels? Among today's Zhejiang Ming army, Dalanshan is the best developed, but despite this, they can only rely on collecting taxes and establishing military cantonments to raise soldiers, and they can't even reach a fraction of this number every year.

Wang Jiang swallowed his saliva and asked, "Then what if you don't take this route?" ”

"It's okay not to go, the maritime merchants of the Ming Dynasty can go to Korea and the Wa Kingdom from Jiangsu, Zhejiang or Jiangbei without leaving, but the problem comes back......"

"Don't have a supply?"

"Exactly. As for Tessie's maritime merchants. "Speaking of which, Chen Wen decided to exaggerate artistically." or trade directly in Guangdong, but the merchants of Guangdong can't eat so many goods; Otherwise, they will take the ocean east of Taiwan, but the wind and waves there are high, and nine out of ten ships will sink. ”

Looking at Wang Yi and Wang Jiang looking at himself like monsters, Chen Wen secretly said in his heart that something was wrong, he seemed to have said too much. You have to hurry up and run away, otherwise it won't be good to be forced to stay.

"When I went south, I sold my own money, but when I arrived near Yangzhou, I met the Tartar green battalion soldiers on the road, and escaped with my life when they plundered the merchants and people on the same road, but the silver money was lost."

The military discipline of the Qing army in this era was notoriously bad, but it was normal to think about it, and the Japanese puppet army during World War II did not commit any offences against the Chinese people.

In the next story, Chen Wen decided to change what he had previously made. "When I passed through Nanjing, the uncle who was below had some money to fund some entanglements, and it was enough to go to Fujian. But a few days ago, he encountered the king's guerrilla attack on the road, and he plundered it again. ”

It is recorded in the history books that during that period, only Wang Yi, Li Changxiang and Zhang Huangyan's troops in the Ming army within the scope of Siming Mountain had good military discipline, while most of the other righteous teachers had the evil deeds of plundering the people.

Therefore, Chen Wen decided to let that Wang Daguerra have a heroic addiction - the back-pot man is also a hero, and he can't take bean bags and improper dry food.

After Chen Wen finished telling the story of this "unlucky bastard", he said pitifully: "So I want to borrow some money from the two officials first, and then try to send someone to pay it back after I arrive in Fujian." ”

Here Chen Wen must emphasize that Zheng Chenggong implies that he can act as an intermediary between Simingshan and the Ming army in Fujian, thus prompting them to send him to Fujian.

After hearing this, Wang Jiang couldn't cry or laugh, he had never seen such a brazen person, who had just opened his mouth to borrow money after refusing someone else's offer.