Shi Kefa put down his pen and sighed heavily.

It was getting late, but the official business in his hand was not yet done, he pushed open the window, and the scorching north suddenly rushed to his face, blowing his body violently, and his drowsiness flew away.

The cold wind here reminded him of the nameless ancient temple outside Gyeonggi, the wind and snow were wild, but the ermine fur that his mentor Zuo Zhongyi covered himself with was so warm.

Or like the bitter cold wind in the factory prison in the capital, freezing people from the bones to the outside - perhaps only a person with a heart, gallbladder, heart and lungs like a teacher can withstand such a cold air.

He is 35 years old this year, which is the time of his prime and strength, and it is also the time of inspiration. Since he was recommended by Zhang Guowei to come to Anlu, he has been conscientious and has hardly taken a break.

But the more this is the case, the more uneasy he feels in his heart, Anqing and Luzhou, these are important towns in Jiangzuo, but among these two prefectures, there are no soldiers to defend!

If it weren't for the civil turmoil in Tongcheng at the beginning of the year, which made him be transferred to this area, he would almost never have imagined that so close to Ying Tianfu's henchmen, the garrison would be so lax, not only was the number of soldiers completely dissatisfied, but even those soldiers who were barely put together were also staggering one by one, like hungry people who had not eaten enough.

Even at the beginning of the year, the Xiang'an Inspection Division, which defeated the Tongcheng Civil Rebellion, sent the soldiers for his selection, that is, forty old, weak, sick and disabled, where is the legendary elite appearance!

Shi Kefa couldn't figure out why he didn't have a single officer and soldier in the past few months, but he didn't have a single officer and soldier who could use it.

"Brother Daolin, are you still busy?"

As he pondered, the door was pushed open, and a man his age entered.

Zhang Pu.

After Qian Qianyi was arrested, Zhang Pu was so shocked that he left Nanjing City overnight, he knew that he had caused a big disaster, especially after the more than 20,000 taels of gold were taken away by "Wu Sangui", he didn't even dare to return to his hometown, so he could only come to take refuge in Shi Kefa and serve as a staff member under Shi Kefa's account.

Shi Kefa didn't know that he planned to bribe the Inner Dynasty to get rid of Wen Tiren, he only thought that he was afraid of being implicated by Qian Qianyi, who was also in the Donglin lineage, and Shi Kefa had always admired the courage of the teacher Zuo Guangdou, of course, he did not hesitate to accept this world-famous leader of the Restoration Society.

After staying at Shi Kefa's side for two months, he found that Qian Qianyi did not confess himself, and when Wu Sangui returned to the Guanwai, he was attacked by "thieves" in the mountains ~ east, and was seriously injured and almost fled back alone, so Zhang Pu's hanging heart gradually let go, and he began to plan how to realize his life's ambition.

"Heaven is like a virtuous brother, you can't compare to leisure." Shi Kefa looked at Zhang Pu, quite helpless: "I am the grace of the Netherlands, and I am on one side, but now I can't even get together three thousand soldiers who can fight, am I just in the corpse meal?" ”

"Brother Dao, why do you say this, you are now the time to be promising, you can't have such depressed words!" Zhang Pu Zhengse said: "Zuo Zhongyi Gongquan has knowledge, when he sees you like this, he will inevitably scold him again!" ”

"Yes, thank you for your teachings." Shi Kefa was shocked and shook his head towards Zhang Pu.

"The fault of a gentleman is also like the eclipse of the moon. It has passed, everyone has seen it, and even more, everyone looks up to it. Zhang Pu accepted his salute calmly, and then opened his mouth again.

"How can you learn from the husband Yong Confucianism, and the writer is too pretending, so that the husband asks the questioner is silent, and he is suspicious, if he is just that?"

The two of them each adjusted a sentence of the bookbag, and then looked at each other and smiled, Shi Kefa cheered up and returned to his seat: "Brother Tianru, how did you get from going to Tongcheng this time?" ”

"It's still the same, as soon as I heard about the fundraising, I cried and mourned one by one, saying that it was broken by thieves at the beginning of the year, and every family suffered huge losses." Zhang Pu smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Huti, Huti, these stingy villagers!" ”

"After all, there are many people with rat eyes, today it is said that Tangbao, Shaanxi and Jin thieves have entered Henan, if they come east, we have few enemies in our hands, and there are thieves crossing the border, and they still have a few leftovers!"

Zhang Pu didn't want to delve into this news, although the thieves were blazing, but in Zhang Pu's view, it was still a problem of ringworm, and it couldn't shake the foundation of the Ming Dynasty. And in order to fight against the annihilators, it is necessary to mobilize public opinion and control public opinion.

He knew the power of public opinion, and in the old years, Wen Yuren, the younger brother of Wen Tiren, wanted to join the Restoration Society but couldn't, so he instructed someone to write a script "Green Peony" and sing it around, which really ridiculed the few people who did not learn and had no skills to sell their fame and reputation, which embarrassed Zhang Pu and Zhang Cai. This incident made Zhang Pu, who has always held the power of public opinion, aware of the crisis, public opinion is a double-edged sword, in his hands, it is naturally a weapon to assist the gentleman and the righteous person to eliminate the villain, but in the hands of others, even if it does not become a tool to help the abuse, it is always a pearl secret investment.

Therefore, the Yu family's full set of movable type printing technology must be handed over to him to control, at least, to let the Yu family's "Storm Collection" and "People's Livelihood Miscellaneous" only have the voices of Donglin and Fushe, and not to do some miscellaneous studies.

"The matter of the Xiang'an Yu family...... But have you got a result? Zhang Pu asked.

"That Yu Yixuan, he insisted that he didn't know anything, only Yu Guozhen knew, and Yu Guozhen went out to travel and didn't know where to go." Shi Kefa sighed: "These inferior gentry and bullies, for the sake of disaster in the township, are rampant and lawless, they only hate that they have no handle, and they ...... It's okay for me to punish him with a military stick, but I really want to cut him down......"

"Never, never." When Zhang Pu heard this, his face changed slightly, he waved his hand again and again, and said with a wry smile: "I made a statement to Brother Daolin, I just wanted to ask the Yu family to hand over the technique of movable type printing, but I didn't want to harm the surname of the Yu family. If I really do that, how can I meet Yu Jimin when he comes back in the future? ”

"Brother Tianru has a friendship with Yu Jimin, why don't you go to him directly?"

"This Yu Jimin has talents and skills, but some people forget about public welfare for selfish interests, and they are greedy and abandon the road." Zhang Pu smiled bitterly: "Let's regard this as a heavy weapon for macro Taoism, but he regards it as a private weapon for his own profit, and he is a ...... If you have seen it, you will know it, and you will be the most cunning, and you will not touch him. If you can take advantage of his absence and get this matter done, then it's okay, and when he returns to Xiang'an, he will want to do it again, unless he really turns against him. ”

"Hmph, it's just a hero, this kind of person is the most moth of the country!" Shi Kefa snorted coldly: "At the beginning of the year, he was able to lead people to exterminate Huang Wending's generation, and now he wants him to hand over the patrol soldiers, but he uses some old and weak to prevaricate, and he doesn't understand the residence of the monarch's father, and his heart can be punished!" ”

Shi Kefa was born in the imperial examination, and the imperial examination was relatively smooth, and his teachers and friends were Donglin celebrities, so he naturally despised people like Yu Guozhen who did not study. Zhang Pu persuaded for a few sentences, then turned his mind and said: "Or let Fang Mizhi persuade the people of the Yu family to marry the two of them." ”

He said this, in fact, he hoped that Shi Kefa would come forward to recruit Fang Yizhi, he knew that for Yu Guozhen's affairs, Fang Yizhi had already had several disputes with him, if he wanted to borrow Fang Yizhi's hand to force Yu Guozhen to hand over movable type printing, he was afraid that Fang Yizhi would first have to cut off from him.

But Shi Kefa is different, Shi Kefa represents Zuo Guangdou - although Zuo Zhongyi Gong has been returning to heaven for many years, his influence still exists. Shi Kefa will not directly find Fang Yizhi, he will send a letter to Fang Kongzhi, and then Fang Kongzhi will ask Fang Yizhi to come forward.

Zhang Pu himself felt that this was the best way, and the improved movable type printing technology, including the ink used in the printing, was naturally under his control. He can be the editor-in-chief of "Storm Collection", but when the time comes, this "Storm Collection" will be renamed "Restoration Society Collection".

Thinking of this, Zhang Pu's heart became more urgent.

He has experienced so many political turmoil, and now he has no interest in grinding his qualifications in his official career, and what he is most eager about is the name behind him. Of course, after another ten years, the annihilation of the people in the DPRK and the retreat, the gentleman was full, at that time he had the hope of the world, such as Xie Anshi of the Jin Dynasty, the king of the Song Dynasty, Jiefu, and then by the Son of Heaven repeatedly invited, he carried the book and memorized it, and then applied for recruitment, from the cloth to the first assistant, that is also a famous talk through the ages.

"This matter must be hurried, I expect that Yu Jimin will always come back for the New Year, and when he comes back, Fang Mizhi will come just in time, which can not only resolve the previous misunderstanding, but also allow him to serve the country." Zhang Pu said with a smile: "My face is not big enough, Fang Mizhi can talk on his side, but Mr. Renzhi can't do it, and he has to say that his neighbor brother has to come forward." ”

Shi Kefa snorted, didn't say anything, and looked at the row of books on the shelves. Of all the books in this row, The Storm is the most notable because of its beautiful printing.

At this moment, an errand officer appeared outside the door, and he saluted solemnly: "The villain Dou Shun asks to see the master." ”

"Come in." Shi Kefa said.

"Lord Yu, the news from Anqing, Yu Guozhen, who took a boat down the river, was in Anqing for a while, and now he should have arrived in Xiang'an."

He finally ...... Coming back? Shi Kefa's eyebrows moved when he heard this.

"Guozhen, you're back!" Yu Yiqin, who got the gift, came to the dock and looked at Yu Guozhen, who had lost some weight, and his heart was full of emotion.

Yu Guozhen nodded: "I have heard about the matter of the fifth uncle, the second uncle can rest assured, this tone, I will definitely come out for the fifth uncle." ”

Yu Yiqin shook his head after hearing this: "What we don't worry about is that you have to breathe this way...... He Shi Kefa was ordered to guard Anlu Chitai, we are under his control, in terms of office, your fifth uncle is indeed under his jurisdiction, Guozhen, this breath, we have to swallow it! ”

Yu Guozhen laughed, his smile was extremely confident, and he saluted Yu Yiqin, since he was faintly the head of the Yu family, there were very few such big gifts.

"Guozhen?"

"Second Uncle has worked hard, just rest assured, the time we will be suppressed by others will not be too long." Yu Guozhen raised his eyes.

Yu Yiqin only felt that his eyes were deep, like an ocean, if before this southward trip, Yu Guozhen gave him an unfathomable feeling, then now, Yu Guozhen is like an ocean brewing storm, it seems that as long as he is angry, any power will be shattered in front of him.

"Guozhen, this time...... Is it okay to travel south? Yu Yiqin decided to change the topic and turn Yu Guozhen's attention to the south.

"It's good, it's a pity that the second uncle is not there, if the second uncle is over there, he will be happy when he sees the appearance there!" Yu Guozhen said.

(To be continued)