"Tongcheng gentlemen, because our Fang family has bought the fire free flag for the emperor, the other party is quite to blame, and those chaotic people who have been coerced also feel that our Fang family has deceived them, and there is quite a lot of scolding behind their backs." Fang Kongzhi put down the teacup and said lightly: "Besides, after this chaos, the people's hearts are unstable, and I am afraid that there will be another bad pool, so I will move my family to Nanjing." ”

"Yes, the old man has thought it through."

"Such a big family, I have to buy a house in Nanjing, and the old man is short of money, so I came to you to fight the autumn breeze."

Fang Kongzhi bluntly said that he was here to ask for silver, Yu Guozhen was dumbfounded, this old man definitely didn't ask for silver because of Fang Ziyi's relationship, in fact, Yu Guozhen was sure that no matter how tight the Fang Mansion was, the Mansion's expenses in Nanjing could still be taken - you know, Yu Guozhen gave the last piece of the pearl planting technique as a dowry to the Fang family!

That must be something else.

"The old man just asks, how much silver he wants, and the juniors are ready to come immediately."

"In order to lure Zhang Ru and Wang Guohua into the palace, the old man bought the fire free flag for the emperor and paid 8,000 taels, and you can give me 8,000 taels."

Yu Guozhen was suddenly stunned, he understood what Fang Kongzhi meant, this was not actually looking for him to ask for silver, but to tell him that he had embezzled the thief's money, and Fang Kongzhi was clear!

"Yes, yes......"

"The old man knows that it is not easy for you to train soldiers, it is a pearl cultivation technique, and you can't monopolize it. But...... You don't want everyone in the world to be fools, underestimate the heroes of the world, that is, in Tongcheng, in addition to the old man, there are many people who have seen through this matter! ”

"Huh." Yu Guozhen smiled and didn't make a sound.

Fang Kongzhi looked at his niece and son-in-law, and he really had mixed feelings in his heart, and the most important of them was regret.

He now regrets that he will Ziyi Xu and Yu Guozhen, Yu Guozhen Tongcheng and Xiang'an returned to the army, doing too neatly, successively breaking more than 5,000 thieves, but his own casualties are less than 20 people! Fang Kongzhi knows that the greater the talent, the greater the ambition, if Yu Guozhen is a scholar, he is not too worried, because he can take the road of the imperial examination, and in the end, it may be Wang Yangming.

But Yu Guozhen is proficient in miscellaneous, practical and Western studies, but he has no interest in the way of the eight strands!

With such a talent, he has been in the people for a long time, and sooner or later he will not be willing to lie dormant, and by that time...... Fang Kongzhi cut off his thoughts, at least for now, Yu Guozhen has not shown any disrespect or anything unusual to the imperial court, every time he talks about thieves, he grits his teeth and hates it, and when he mentions Houjin Dongyu, he is even more embarrassed.

"I know that you have always been faithful, and this is very good, very good." Fang Kongzhi said again: "Reading more "Spring and Autumn" is very beneficial to you. ”

"Yes."

"Did you know that there was a debate in the court about your affairs?" Seeing that he was always respectful, although Fang Kongzhi guessed that he didn't think so, he could only change the topic.

"The younger generation doesn't know."

"I'll tell you about this, don't spread it."

It turned out that Yu Guozhen had no interest in the matter of Tongcheng suppression, so in the recital to Emperor Chongzhen, it was said that Fang Kongzhi noticed the change and secretly arranged for Yu Guozhen to come to Tongcheng and break the thief in one fell swoop. In short, the work of strategizing is attributed to Fang Kongzhi, and the work of commanding the battle is attributed to Yu Yixuan. In the court discussion, there was a lot of controversy over how to reward the merits of these two people. At the beginning, Wen Tiren and his party were all opposed to giving Fang Kongzhi credit, believing that Fang Yingqian, one of the inferior gentry who caused the popular uprising, was Fang Kongzhi's cousin, and he could only be regarded as making up for his merits.

But when someone proposed to invite the old cabinet elder He Rupet who was at home to enter the cabinet again to serve as the first assistant, Wen Tiren's attention to the secretary of the Ministry of Shangshu Xie Sheng played, saying that he was so favored that the body of the scholar of the Shi University, when the thief got up, he only knew to avoid Nanjing, and there was no half strategy to quell the chaos.

This is almost the same as the rhetoric when Zhou Yanru was driven out of the imperial court, and the same is to use one person's merits to contrast the incompetence of another. Emperor Chongzhen eats this set, because this is a matter of facts, which seems extremely fair. So he changed his mind and directly appointed Wen Tiren as the first assistant of the cabinet, which completely cut off the way for He Ru to make a comeback.

However, in order to balance, he appointed Qian Qianyi's student Zhang Guowei as the governor of Yingtian, and Zhang Guowei recommended Shi Kefa as the right senator to guard Chizhou and Taiping. As for Tongcheng County, Yang Erming was transferred to Songzhi County to take over.

Fang Kongzhi also relied on Xie Sheng's words to reinstate Nanjing Shangbao Siqing, but this is only because there is no suitable position for the time being, from the news from Yanjing, Fang Kongzhi has been "Jane in the emperor's heart", and as soon as there is a suitable vacancy, he will be appointed.

"The old man, Shang Bao Siqing, half of it is stained with your light, and the other half is that Wen Ge Lao wants to stop He Zhiyue and carries out the old man, don't look at it as just an idle job, and this position is not easy to sit." After finishing talking about the dispute in the court, Fang Kongzhi said softly: "Above the court, the turmoil is treacherous, help the people, you should be cautious, don't be used by others." ”

For this admonition, Yu Guozhen is only the only one.

Although Fang Kongzhi was teaching him a lesson, Yu Guozhen could feel that he had no malicious intent, on the contrary, explaining to him what happened in the court in such detail was actually reminding him. If Yu Guozhen has a career in his career, then these are valuable experiences that will be of great help to him.

As for the slight knocking in the words, it is just a common problem of literati at this time, and Fang Kongzhi is light.

Seeing him like this, Fang Kongzhi didn't beat again, but went to watch the young man of the guard with great interest. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Fang Yizhi pulled Yu Guozhen aside and said: "At the beginning, Zhou Yanru went to the position of the first assistant of the cabinet because of you, and now he is favored and because of you, he has not been able to ascend to the position of the first assistant of the cabinet. However, a few people in the Fu Society said that you are not only hindering Shoufu, but you can almost ruin their good deeds if you are Ge Lao, that is, Xu Ge Lao, who died soon after receiving your letter of seeking advice, so you now have the nickname of Ge Lao's natural enemy! ”

Xu Ge Lao is Xu Guangqi, Yu Guozhen communicated a letter with him, but before he could reply, he had already passed away, which made Yu Guozhen very sorry.

Hearing Fang Yizhi say this, Yu Guozhen smiled, from a young tiger to an old natural enemy, this leap is too big.

"There's a new book coming out recently, so bring it to me!" ridiculed Yu Guozhen a few words, and Fang Yizhi said again.

Yu Guozhen said with a smile: "You don't need time to be engraving, how can there be so many new books!" ”

"Jimin, don't play tricks on me, I know yours, you must be using movable type!" Fang Yizhi laughed and patted him on the shoulder: "I don't know you yet, you are proficient in practical learning, if you don't use it, you won't be able to hold it, how can the general engraving satisfy your appetite!" ”

"That's the reason?"

"You just want me to praise you, the books you brought me last time are indeed exquisite, I asked someone to bring them to Chen Wozi and Wu Meicun, and they are full of praise and envy for me!"

At this time, it was not easy for literati to print their masterpieces into books, and the engraving was time-consuming, labor-intensive, and costly, and without a rich family background, it was impossible to do this. And the general engraving is coarse, even the printed handwriting is also a little blurry, how can there be a book printed by Yu Guozhen, the words are round and jade, and it is a small block written with a fine pen, but that's it.

"Okay, okay, do you praise me for doing a good job of printing, or do you praise yourself for writing well?" Yu Guozhen snorted.

Despite this, Yu Guozhen still led him to his printing workshop. Because printing will cause a certain amount of pollution, the printing workshop, like the ironwork workshop, is located in the lower reaches of the West River. Looking at the neat workshop and the sound of brushing inside, Fang Yizhi sighed: "Jimin, in the past, the virtuous family, the maidservant girl was still through Mao Shi, but now your art of war is in everyone's family, and the servants also know military discipline." ”

Yu Guozhen smiled slightly: "Brother Mi, do you know why I named these places as workshops instead of workshops?" ”

"Why?"

"The workshop is often a master with a few apprentices, the scale is small, and the work is more casual, but the workshop is not, the machine in the workshop plays a decisive role, whether it is the master or the apprentice, in front of the machine are equal, have to act in accordance with the rules of the machine. If you don't follow the rules of the machine, the machine will hurt people, so there is no more discipline to be observed than a worker in a workshop. ”

"I understand what you mean, when Qi Jiguang recruited soldiers, he preferred miners, and that's why."

"Exactly, miners are like workshops, digging underground and mining, if there is no discipline, it is a dead end." Yu Guozhen shook his head.

At present, the source of the Jiawei boys is orphans who lost their homes after the Denglai Rebellion, but if the army is expanded, this alone will not be enough. Recruiting soldiers from farmers, most of them have a strong sense of locality, and it is okay to protect their homeland, but if they are dragged to fight in other places, then their combat effectiveness will be reduced, unless Yu Guozhen can go against the sky and earth and get a "political commissar" with a halo now.

Qualified workers, who were already disciplined and mostly literate, had no problems at least in their ability to understand orders, were in fact the best source of soldiers for mass conscription.

"In short, you always have a point." Fang Yizhi said with a smile.

Yu Guozhen led him to the front of the warehouse of the printing workshop, and found that the door was open, he frowned slightly, and then heard the sound of laughter inside: "There are so many books, so many beautiful books!" ”

With this laughter, Yu Guozhen's frowning brows loosened, and he smiled: "Zi Ning can run faster than us." ”

"Zi Ning is here, Zi Yi is not far away." Fang Yizhi raised his chin and smiled meaningfully: "Jimin, don't you go in yet?" ”

Yu Guozhen really wanted to see Fang Ziyi, he stepped in, and then he felt bad.

Because it was not only Fang Ziyi who was in it, Liu Ru was also there, and looking at that appearance, the two women were arm in arm, but they were very affectionate.

But that's just a performance, as soon as Yu Guozhen stepped in, they found Yu Guozhen's arrival, and the two of them looked at each other with a smile and a smile, and in that gaze, there were swords, guns, swords, halberds, axes, hooks and forks, and eighteen weapons rushed towards Yu Guozhen together.

Yu Guozhen was stunned, and behind him, Fang Yizhi also saw this scene and snickered.

He, a cheap uncle, took his sister's affairs as a lively one!

(To be continued)