Chapter 735: The Wheel of History (I)

By talking to Wei. After Shen Mo learned that Zheng Ruozeng had returned home, he borrowed wine all day to drown his sorrows, his will was depressed, he didn't listen to anyone, and it was useless to persuade him.

About half an hour later, there was a noise outside, Wei rushed in to open the door, and saw Sanchi and others carrying a drunk man and came back, it was her husband Zheng Kaiyang, followed by two uneasy drinking friends, seeing that Wei knew these strongmen, he was relieved to go back, of course, he couldn't help but sigh: 'I actually sent a strong man to catch a man home, and my wife Ruosi, it is better to hit my head and die......

Wei closed the door with a red face and asked, "Where is it?" ”

"......Whatever," Wei said angrily, "throw it on the ground." "As soon as she is ripe, the lady will not pretend.

Sanchi and the others laughed, and said in their hearts that this old Zeng Lao had no status.

Still said silently: "Put it on the recliner first." "Give the strong tea to the drunken Zheng Ruozeng.

Wei also hurried in and boiled a pot of sour fish soup to relieve her husband's hangover.

That Zheng Ruozeng was originally drinking, and they couldn't help but say that they were carrying it and leaving. All of a sudden, the world was spinning, like falling into the clouds, and then the wine was on his head, and he was drunk and unconscious. After sitting down, he took a few sips of tea, and suddenly vomited a lot of meat and vegetables, and splashed a lot on Shen Mo.

Gui Youguang and Sanchi knew that adults had some cleanliness habits, and they secretly screamed badly, but who knew that Shen Mo didn't care, and brought him tea to rinse his mouth.

After spitting up, Zheng Ruozeng opened the chatterbox, of course, everyone would rather he not say anything, because he scolded people when he opened his mouth, and he scolded Shen Mo's head, his eyes rolled white, and as soon as he opened his mouth, Kunshan Village scolded: "Get into that mother's embryo!" Nong to take a break? Do you want to eat life? "Shen Mo has been here for a few years, knowing that he is scolding himself for being nosy and having nothing to do......

There is a light on the side, and he quickly explained: "My lord, he is drunk and talking crazy, you must not be knowledgeable......"

Shen Mo shook his head and smiled: "I don't understand, what did he say?" ”

Gui Youguang stared at Shen Mo for a while, and found that the adult was indeed at a loss, so he smiled and said, "He's complaining that he hasn't drunk enough." ”

At this time, Zheng Ruozeng was still chattering, but the target of the attack had shifted to the court, and was no longer limited to one person - scolding Xu Jie's despicable villain, Hu Zongxian was cocooned and self-bound. Silent and soft, and swore that he would never be used as a urinal again, although he was drunk, he said what he said from his heart, and he sighed silently.

Gui Youguang also found that Shen Mo could actually understand, so he sighed secretly and sat aside without speaking.

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Although Wei is from everyone's background, but she didn't enjoy a few days of happiness with the man, but she practiced her cooking skills, she stewed a big pot of decanting soup with sour bamboo shoots and live crucian carp, not only served Zheng Ruozeng to drink, but also served a bowl to Shen Mo and Gui Youguang, the taste is really good, the sour fragrance is beautiful, and it makes people feel refreshed.

After drinking the sobering soup and sitting for a while, Zheng Ruozeng gradually came back to his senses, and felt so bored, just drinking strong tea and sitting there in a daze. Silence does not rush him. Accompanied by drinking tea and looking at the starry sky, I feel a rare relaxation.

The time has reached the third watch, Wei is already sleepy, Gui Youguang let her go to rest first, just serve herself here, who knows that he can't hold it, he leans on the chair and falls asleep, only Zheng Ruozeng and Shen Mo are left in the courtyard, one has straight eyes, and the other looks up at the starry sky.

Just sat down until dawn, Zheng Ruozeng finally spoke: "How can you have the leisure to go to this deserted village and wilderness?" ”

"I've come to see you, sir." Shen Mo said softly: "Since I got your "Jiangnan Jingluo" and "Raising the Sea Atlas", I have always taken it with me, even if I am busy with official business, I have to find time to read, and I have long wanted to come to meet you for the five bodies that admire Mr.'s talent." ”

Zheng Ruozeng smiled and said: "It's all written and painted blindly, and adults just watch it for fun." ”

"It's not a pastime." Silently said: "I read it carefully, and I have made more than 100,000 words in the notes alone." ”

"Oh?" Zheng Ruozeng was slightly moved and said, "I don't know which one Lord Jingluo likes?" ”

"If you want to say that it is useful to me now, it is naturally "Jiangnan Jinglu". He said silently: "But what I really value is "Raising the Sea". ”

"Why?" Zheng Ruozeng smiled and said: "Now that the Japanese have decided, for adults, the usefulness of this book is far inferior to the former. ”

"If I'm just here to solve my urgent needs," Shen Mo smiled confidently, "It's okay to rely on yourself, so why bother others?" Although this is not the case, it is necessary to be reasonable and boastful at this time.

"And what are you for?" Zheng Ruozeng looked at Shen Mo and said.

"I'm here for ......" The silent gaze looked to the east, as if to penetrate the night. Seeing the sea hundreds of miles away, he said leisurely: "I'm not for my own high-ranking officials, nor for any one person, I'm for ......" He couldn't continue, fixed his mind, and said: "Have you ever been to Shanghai?" ”

Ruozeng nodded and said, "After I came back from Hangzhou, I went there to see it." ”

"How does it feel?" Shen Mo asked.

"It's shocking." Zheng Ruozeng said: "There are so many big ships that cover the sky and the sun, floating across the sea, as well as those red-haired and blue-eyed Yi people, big food merchants with their heads entangled, and black slaves...... It's like going back to the Yongle years. ”

"It's different...... "Shen Mo shook his head, and said a little sourly: "One hundred and fifty years ago, it was our fleet that went to explore the world, and Fanbang took our ship to Daming to visit and pay tribute; And now, it's people who come from farther away and come by boat to do business with us, can it be the same? ”。

"I can't imagine that Fanbang's progress is so fast...... Zheng Ruozeng sighed: "I look at the warships of the Francophone people, their guns and cannons are more advanced than ours, if we put aside the advantages of the landlord and meet on the ocean, we need three ships to be able to defeat one...... Of course, naval warfare is not a simple addition and subtraction. But it's not as good as others. ”

"Yes!" Shen Mo found that communicating with the experts in naval warfare was indeed as comfortable as a horse killing a chicken, and nodded heavily: "The times are developing, the world is changing, and with the great development of the navigation technology of the Europa, they can already reach all corners of the world from the sea!" The ocean has changed from a roadblock that hinders people's footsteps to a passage that can take you to the other side of the ocean! The Francos had already reaped tangible benefits from this progress, and they had discovered the New World. Acquired an inexhaustible supply of gold and silver, and became more and more powerful - before the Great Voyage, they were in Europa what Annan was to the Ming Dynasty, but now they are the most extensive, richest, and most powerful naval nation in the world. ”

Zheng Ruozeng nodded silently, he always believed that the Ming Dynasty was the largest country in the world. But in Shanghai, a Franco-man pointed to a map of the world and proudly said to him: 'Where the sun shines, our land is ours.' This deeply stimulated the pride of his heavenly kingdom, and now that he heard that the Francis was as weak as Annan, he was naturally horrified.

"And how could Europa's traditional power make Francois special? The adventurous Dutch, the continent's most powerful country, France, and Britain, are all gearing up to join in the feast! "Silent speeches are always infectious...... Of course, only for those who understand: "The sea, as a trade channel for all countries in the world, will become the focus of future wars, and whichever country has developed shipbuilding, has the largest number and tonnage of ships, and has the most powerful artillery and navigation technology, it will defeat its opponents, control the trade between East and West, dominate the seas, and then dominate the world!" ”

"In the next five hundred years, the status of the Navy will be unprecedentedly raised, and the power of the sea will determine the power of the country! Whoever can effectively control the seas will become a world power; To control the seas, it is necessary to have a strong navy and enough naval bases to ensure control of the world's important strategic sea lanes! Shen Mo's sonorous words made Zheng Ruozeng's eyes straighten when he heard it, although he proposed the right to control the sea, but it was not the same thing as what Shen Mo said - his right to control the sea. It's just an active defense, but what Shen Mo is talking about is a change in the thinking of the whole country, from a traditional conservative land country to a maritime country seeking maritime supremacy......

Of course, if Shen Mo was just a Confucian who talked about nothing, he would applaud his whimsy, but as a high-ranking official of the imperial court and a southeast economic strategy, he had this 'fantasy', but Zheng Ruozeng sweated for him.

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"Listening to your words is better than reading a book for ten years." Zheng Ruozeng said to Shen Mo: "My understanding of the ocean can be said to be turned upside down. ”

How could Shen Mo not hear the alienation in these words, the subtext was, 'I won't go back with you.'" He sighed lightly, calming his excitement, knowing that his remarks were so presumptuous that even the most discerning strategists of our time would regard them as unreliable conjectures rather than rational prophecies.

Shen Mo originally wanted to use his idea of sea power beyond the times to achieve ideological resonance with this marine strategist who transcended the times, and then met his bosom friend in the mountains and rivers, and never separated again. But the ideal is very plump, the reality is too skinny, and he still scared people in the end...... This made him forbidden, 'Weisi people, who am I going to return?' But Shen Mo knew that the other party was still a rare strategic genius, and he was rich in experience and knowledge, and his ideas could be communicated slowly, and he would definitely become a good helper for himself in the future.

So he cheered up and said: "Don't say so far, it should be your revenge to strengthen the sea and strengthen the navy, right?" Fewer words"

Ruozeng said: "If you listen to me, build a powerful naval division, use the island as a base, and echo each other, you can defeat the enemy on the sea!" He smiled and said, "If I can do this, I will be satisfied." ”

"Then let's work together," Shen Mo said earnestly: "Build the strongest navy in the world, and those who offend me will be punished even if they are far away!" ”

"No, no, that's just what I thought." Zheng Ruozeng shook his head again and again: "I'm old and tired now, and I just want to enjoy the joy of mulberry at home." ”

The conversation entered a dead end, Shen Mo felt powerless, and said with a wry smile: "If you feel that my idea is unrealistic, I can let you do it, and I will give you full support." He sighed lightly and said: "Usually I am a very reliable person, but today my brain is hot and I messed up everything, please believe me, this is not the norm." ”

"It's not your problem." Zheng Ruozeng said: "You have already proven your ability again and again, I have no disrespect for you, on the contrary, I have the five bodies that I admire." ”

"Then ......" said silently, "Don't you want to make your ideal a reality?" ”。

"I know you have this ability," Zheng Ruozeng said: "You can persuade the military department, integrate the provinces, form a powerful naval division, and conquer the sea and deter the Fanbang, but ...... What about you? How do you change the deadlock of people's survival and political death? ”

Shen Mo was stunned for a moment, just now he thought that he had overestimated Zheng Ruozeng, but now he realized that he had actually underestimated the other party, and this person had already seen the dead knot of the authoritarian society - that is, 'people are in politics, and people are dead in politics', this congenital terminal disease.

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But after accepting Fang Cai's lesson, Shen Mo would not make any more remarks easily, he only asked vaguely: "Why is Sir so pessimistic?" ”

"The feeling of a rabbit dead and a dog cooking," Zheng Ruozeng shook his head and said, "Once is enough." Said a little nervously: "I am a dog, Hu Zongxian is a dog, Yan Song is a dog, Xu Jie is a dog, and you are also a dog......"

This guy's presumptuous words made Shen Mo's expression more solemn, but he was not unhappy in his heart, but surprised by such a rebellious idea.

Zheng Ruo once mistakenly thought that he was angry, and said to himself: "Don't believe it, although you are the champion of the six heads through the ages, the youngest senior official in the Ming Dynasty, and the first handsome in the world, but these are all illusory, just like an attic in the air and a castle on the sand, which may collapse at any time!" Saying that, he smiled and said: "The rolling Yangtze River is passing away, how many strange characters have appeared?" Which one can escape the fate of sinking into the sand? When the time comes, everything I have done will be completely denied by your successor. The end is doomed, so why should I be busy with this in vain? ”

Shen was silent, he knew that he had really met a strange person this time, and every sentence could be said to his heart, which made his eyes sour, and he couldn't help but want to cry.

Zheng Ruozeng poured out the blocks in his heart, waved his arms excitedly and said: "Adults must understand that this is a world where heroes cannot die well and slaves can die well, if you want to live a long life, you can't be Yue Fei, you can't be Wen Tianxiang, you can't be Yu Qian, you can't be Xia Yan, you have to be Qin Hui, you have to be Liumengyan, Xu Youzhen, and Yan Song...... Because your fortunes and misfortunes are all in the emperor's thoughts, you have made world-class military exploits for the country, worked hard for the court, and worked hard for the court, or you can be ruined in the blink of an eye, because your merits are high, because you have made the emperor uneasy; It is better to serve the emperor comfortably, accompany him to refine an elixir, and write a green word, so that he can enter the cabinet as a minister and soar, so it seems that it is better to be a dog and ask for the emperor's favor. It's disgusting, boring, and boring to think about! ”

He looked at Shen Mo with tears in his eyes and said, "My lord, your idea is good, and your ambition also touches me, but I really can't see any hope of success...... " As he spoke, he knelt down on his knees in front of him and cried: "Let me go, and let yourself go." The saints do not die, and the thieves do not stop! None of us who are idealists are impossible......"

Shen Mo looked up at the morning star in the sky, with tears on his cheeks, and muttered: "The saint is not dead, the thief is not stopped, the saint is not dead, the thief is not only...... Brother Kaiyang, you are right, I will not persuade you anymore, I only ask you to follow me to a place and see one thing, if after reading it, you still refuse to go out of the mountain, I will never beg you again, and I will not blame you. ”

"Where?" Zheng Ruozeng said: "Can adults untie this dead knot?" ”

"We'll talk about it then." Shen Mo helped him up and said, "I, Shen someone, have such a strong feeling for the first time in decades, I must be able to untie this dead knot!" "This is my destiny, my only mission...... Silent said to himself secretly.

"Okay." Zheng Ruozeng did not object this time, but was a little curious by the silence: "Let's go." ”

"I'm dying of hunger," Shen Mo laughed, "Can't you eat first?" ”

"Okay, okay." Zheng Ruo hurriedly went to call his Hun's family, in fact, the Wei family had already gotten up, but when he saw that the two of them were crying and kneeling outside, how dare he come out to disturb. In the same way, Gui Youguang also woke up early, but he has been pretending to be a sculpture, and now he can finally move his sore neck, and said to Shen Mo: "My lord, you and him can really talk together." ”

"Maybe in essence, we're all a little crazy." Shen Mo smiled and said, "Don't mention today's matter to anyone. ”

"Still worried about me?" Gui Youguang felt greatly insulted and said: "I am famous for having a locked mouth. ”

After a simple breakfast, Zheng Ruozeng followed Shen Mo on the road, and when he left, he also instructed the Hun family: "Prepare my dinner." He was showing Shen Mo that he had only agreed to go with him, not just join the gang.

Thinking about this carefully, Shen Mo naturally didn't care, and said with a smile: "Let's go......"

At this moment, no one knew that this time of setting sail would be praised and praised by countless literati and historians in later generations. Because for now, it's just an ordinary start......

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Go out for dinner in the evening and write another chapter, I know I still owe one chapter, and I will try to pay it back tomorrow......

Chapter 735: The Wheel of History (I)

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