On the eve of Zheng Guang's departure from Beijing, a group of colleagues from the Hanlin Academy elected a few representatives, pooled some silver and invited Zheng Guang to rub a meal in a good restaurant in Beijing, drank a meal, looked forward to a bright future, and made a vow of "Gou Fugui, don't forget", the next morning, when Zheng Guang left Beijing, Xu Fat, Zhang Juzheng, Li Chunfang, Wang Shizhen and other friends accompanied Zheng Guang to the south gate of Beijing, and said goodbye. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Flat! Let's go to the southeast! I'm going to make a career! Don't forget our vows! Zhang Juzheng said.

"Pingzhi, the Japanese are cunning, you must be cautious about the Japanese criminals! Don't take it lightly! Li Chunfang instructed.

"In those places, don't forget to send letters! Let us know what you're up to! Wang Shizhen said.

"Pingzhi, don't forget that we are the same year, by the way, help me bring a letter to my family!" Yuan Hongyu said.

"Pingzhi, don't embarrass our Ding Weike's jinshi! You're number one! Our heads! Ling Yunyi said.

"Don't die!" Xu Pang said......

Seeing everyone looking at themselves with extremely strange eyes, Xu Pang turned around arrogantly and took the lead in walking into Beijing City, just waved his hand, and said nothing, Zheng Guang smiled, shook his head, got into the carriage, accompanied by Zheng Jiang and others, slowly walked south, a group of people did not go back until they couldn't see Zheng Guang, Zhang Juzheng grabbed Xu Pang to teach him a lesson, but was stunned to find that Xu Pang's eyes were red, as if he had just cried.

Zheng Guang left, Zheng Jiang naturally had no reason to stay in Beijing City, so he went south with Zheng Guang and went home, Zheng Mansion was bought, belonging to Zheng Guang's industry, Zheng Guang no longer lived here, so he left this small courtyard to Xu Pang, in order to take care of Xu Pang, he also left him a servant and a cook, and Zhang Juzheng expressed envy and jealousy for this.

So Zheng Guang invited Zhang Juzheng, who was still living in the clubhouse, to come and live together, Zhang Juzheng twisted it and readily agreed, he was selected as a Jishi, and he wanted to stay in Beijing for at least three years, and he really couldn't have a fixed residence, so he originally planned to save some money, and then let the family get some money, so that he could rent a house to live in first, but since Zheng Guang had this invitation, he was not ambiguous.

Everyone is slowly moving towards the future in a trance.

In the future, who can say for sure? Zheng Guang can say about the future of the next thousand years, but he can't say his own future even if it is a minute from now.

All the way south, Zheng Guang did not encounter any problems, at the end of summer, Zheng Guang went against the dry road, then went on the waterway, along the Grand Canal all the way to the south, straight to Yangzhou.

This time to the south, Zheng Guang has several things to do, such as marriage, Emperor Jiajing gave Zheng Guang a large seven days of marriage leave, Zheng Guang has sent someone to bring news to his family before going south, saying that Zheng Guang is about to go home, the first thing to do when he goes home is to feast the villagers, by the way, the wedding was done together, Zhao Dieer was married, and his lifelong event was done.

Emperor Jiajing also said that according to the usual practice, Zheng Guang should be given more holidays, but after discussing with Zhang Jing and Nie Bao before, they all felt that Zheng Guang needed to take up his post more quickly, and he would catch the work of training troops more quickly, and they did not trust the soldiers of the Southeast Guard, and the Black Flag Army trained by Zheng Guang before was only 3,000 people, stationed at the junction of litigation and Zhejiang, and they also needed to patrol various places on weekdays, and the task was heavy, and they were unable to divide troops to garrison Fujian and Nanzhili.

These two people believe in Zheng Guang's military training methods, and think that only by letting Zheng Guang train more elite soldiers can the situation in the southeast be saved, so Emperor Jiajing said that he wanted to give Zheng Guang a month of marriage leave, which was strongly rejected by these two bosses, of course, not for selfishness, they just felt that when the country was difficult, talents should devote more energy to state affairs, rather than wasting precious time on children's private affairs, if you want to reunite with your family, after the war, you can give half a year of vacation, but now, seven days!

Originally, Zhang Jing was more radical, saying that the old man had solved the marriage in three days, and three days was enough, but Nie Bao thought that the young couple was newly married from humanitarian considerations, and it was still seven days! Emperor Jiajing thought about it, and had no choice but to agree helplessly, so he had to comfort Zheng Guang with some guilt, first work hard for a while, your efforts will be remembered, and when the southeast is calmed down, I will give you a big holiday, so that you can rest and rest, and now, those who can work hard!

Emperor Jiajing gave Zheng Guang the first batch of 30,000 troops to train the troops, and asked Zheng Guang to recruit the soldiers he liked within the three provinces, and trained a new army of 30,000 people in the shortest possible time, and felt that the civilian title of the Black Flag Army was quite powerful, so he officially gave this military title to the new army trained by Zheng Guang, the elite of the southeast officially recognized by the imperial court - the Black Flag Army.

Zheng Guang expressed gratitude for the trust of these two, but felt depressed about the marriage leave of only seven days, ordinary officials can give two months of vacation when they get married, and there are only seven days when it is their turn, and there are only seven pitiful days to reunite with their families, since leaving Nanjing to go to Beijing for the exam, Zheng Guang has not spent most of the year with his family, and even the New Year is spent in Beijing, and once he gets busy, he doesn't want to go home, and he doesn't know when and what month he can reunite with his family.

No way, who made them all take a fancy to the Black Flag Army? In the previous correspondence with Zheng Yong, Zheng Yong was also proud to say that his army was regarded as a reliable army by the southeastern provinces, and the first thing that came to mind once the Japanese invaders appeared was to invite the Black Flag Army to kill the Japanese invaders! He also gave the nickname "Zhennan Army", as long as the Black Flag Army saw the black banner wherever it went, the Japanese would flee from the wind.

It is precisely because of this that a large number of places have asked for the Black Flag Army to defend it, but the number of Black Flag Army is small, and if it is dispersed, the combat effectiveness cannot be guaranteed, Su Song and Zhejiang discussed it, so that the main force of the Black Flag Army is stationed at the junction of Susong and Zhejiang, and the guerrilla general Wang Hui, who is the commander of the Black Flag Army, usually leads a ranger to patrol around to deter the Japanese invaders.

That is, because the number of the Black Flag Army is small, many officials are extremely dissatisfied, and once the number is small, they cannot divide the troops to garrison, and the Japanese Invaders do not dare to attack Susong, so they are desperately tossing in Zhejiang and Fujian, Zhejiang is okay, Zhu Kun can also mobilize part of the Black Flag Army to attack the Japanese Invaders and suppress the arrogance of the Japanese Invaders, and there is no governor in Fujian, so there is no official who can request the stationing of the Black Flag Army, and can only watch the Japanese Invaders raging.

During this period of time, Emperor Jiajing gradually increased the number of recruits allowed Zheng Guang to train, and it was also out of this consideration that he only planned to give Zheng Guang a quota of 10,000 people, and then there were officials in Fujian who continued to tell about this matter, and after being transferred to the emperor by the cabinet, it attracted the attention of Emperor Jiajing, and he only then noticed where the gap between the Black Flag Army and the Southeast Guards was, obviously there were tens of thousands of guards guarding, but they still didn't feel safe, only 3,000 Black Flag troops were stationed, and they felt safe.

So, in the end, Emperor Jiajing squeezed out a sum of money from the treasury, and ordered Zhejiang and Fujian to each contribute a sum of money and some grain to ensure that Zheng Guang could train a new Black Flag Army of 30,000 people.

When he arrived in Yangzhou City, Zheng Guang didn't have too much mind to appreciate the beautiful scenery of Yangzhou, but he smelled the fragrance of food on the bank of the Yangzhou River, so he couldn't help but go to eat a big meal to satisfy his stomach, and then simply went ashore overnight, and finally rushed back to Suzhou City four days later.

"What's wrong? Don't go in? Zheng Jiang probably understood Zheng Guang's feelings, and stepped forward to hold Zheng Guang's shoulder and smiled.

"Third uncle, otherwise you go home first, I'll go to see the teacher first, and then I'll meet the governor, and then, and then I'll ...... again" Zheng Guang just wanted to continue, but was slapped on the head by Zheng Jiang: "Bastard boy!" When you get to the door of the house, you don't go to see your family, you think you are Dayu! Three times through the door without entering?! I know you're homesick, but your family always wants to go and see it, right? The family is preparing for your marriage, you and Die'er have been for so many years, and they have finally achieved positive results, and everyone is very happy! ”

Zheng Guang thought of the stupid and cute Zhao Die'er, thought of the old lady, remembered the previous family, and suddenly felt that once he appeared in front of them, they would be very excited, thinking about that scene, Zheng Guang suddenly felt that he couldn't cope with it, so he said: "Third uncle, the gifts I brought to them are all in the car, right?" ”

Zheng Jiang smiled: "I'll put it on for you, don't worry!" In fact, even if you don't bring anything, it's best if you come back. ”

Zheng Guang also smiled: "Just take it as a show, I can only stay for seven days when I come back this time, I don't know how worried Grandma and Die'er should be." ”

Zheng Jiang patted Zheng Guang's back: "Okay, let's go, let's go back together." ”

Zheng Guang nodded and walked towards the nearby city of Suzhou.