When they arrived at Shi Kefa's mansion, the guards introduced Luo Jian into the front hall and went to the study to report to him.

After a while, Shi Kefa walked out, and Luo Jian was taken aback when he saw it. In the past, Shi Kefa was very thin, but when he saw it today, he even sunken his eyes, and his spirit was very bad.

"Brother Xian, what's wrong? How can it be cleared like this? Are you sick?" asked Luo Jian with concern.

"Alas, Xinghua, I won't tell you, I'm sick, I'm sick here!" Shi Kefa patted his chest and said.

"Oh, what is it that makes Brother Xian so worried? There are so many people, and everyone can share a share of it for Brother Xian. Luo Jian thought to himself, Shi Kefa couldn't be for what he said that night.

"Xinghua, what you told me a few days ago, I have been thinking about it for many days, and I am already confused. What you said makes sense, I can't deny this, but with the current status quo of Daming, how can we do it? In the past few days, I have been thinking about it from side to side, my head hurts, and I can't think of a reason, which makes my heart panic. I was about to talk to you today, but you came. Shi Kefa said as he let Luo Jian into the study, and pointed to a handful of paper on the desk for Luo Jian to look at for himself.

Luo Jian picked up a thick handful of paper, sat on the chair and slowly flipped through it.

After watching it for more than half an hour, Luo Jian knew that what he said to Shi Kefa that night would have a certain impact on his thoughts, but he didn't expect it to have such a strong impact.

From the "experience" written by Shi Kefa, Luo Jian saw the helplessness and struggle in the hearts of conscientious intellectuals in this era. They are like ostriches in the desert, knowing that the so-called Ming Dynasty is hopeless from the roots, but they have been educated by loyalty and patriotism since childhood, so they can only ignore this cruel fact, they choose to bury their heads in the sand, let themselves be destroyed with this last dynasty, they are not only the heroes of the nation, but also the tragedy of the nation.

Luo Jian put down the paper in his hand and was silent for a long time, and Shi Kefa was also silent when he sat next to him.

After a long time, Luo Jian sighed softly and said, "Brother Xian, I can understand you. ”

"Xinghua, thank you!" Shi Kefa said softly.

"But, Brother Xian, I think you're at a dead end!" Luo Jian's voice was a little heavy, which made Shi Kefa a little stunned, and looked up at Luo Jian, there seemed to be a trace of expectation in his eyes.

"Brother Xian, the few contradictions I said that day have reached the point of irreconcilability, and a change of dynasty seems inevitable, right?" Luo Jian deliberately guided Shi Kefa.

"Alas, foolish brother, I'm just entangled in this." Shi Kefa sighed.

"But there is a question, have you thought about it? Contradictions can be transformed. In the past, when Emperor Chongzhen was in power, the main contradiction in society was the contradiction between the imperial court and the surging peasant rebellion, and the national contradiction with the Manchu Qing was still in a secondary position. Luo Jian said slowly.

"Yes, wait, Xinghua, you mean that the main contradiction in society has been transformed into a national contradiction with the Manchus?" Shi Kefa's words were almost shouted, startling Luo Jian.

"Brother Xian, the entire nation is about to become slaves of foreign races, what contradiction is more important than this? In fact, since Wu Sangui led the Qing troops into the customs and seized the capital, this main contradiction has changed. ”

These words made Shi Kefa silent for a long time, and then he said slowly: "Xinghua, have we been wrong all along?" ”

"What did you say wrong?" Shi Kefa's words were a bit abrupt, and Luo Jian didn't understand.

"I mean that the imperial court originally united with the Qing Dynasty to destroy the Shun policy, and I also supported it at that time." Shi Kefa said that it was a little painful.

"Brother Xian, do you remember what I said, 'The rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband'? I didn't say this, it was said by a person named Gu Yanwu two years later. He said that as long as the emperor is still a Han and has changed the dynasty, this is called 'the death of the country'; and once the Manchus are allowed to sit in the world, all our Han people will be reduced to slavery, and they will be 'destroyed in the world'. Therefore, he called on all the Han people to unite to drive out the Tartars and restore the rivers and mountains of our Han people. Luo Jian stopped again when he said this, letting Shi Kefa think slowly.

Seeing that Shi Kefa had fallen into deep thought, Luo Jian stood up and walked into the courtyard, took out a cigarette and lit it. In the past few days, he has rarely smoked, and there are not many cigarettes he brought, and the rest was taken by Liu Lan and hidden somewhere, and a few of the pockets were still found in the car.

A cigarette was almost finished, Shi Kefa walked out, saw Luo Jian smoking and thinking, and said to Luo Jian: "Light me your thing too." ”

Luo Jian looked at Shi Kefa in surprise, thought about it, took out a cigarette and lit it for Shi Kefa, watched Shi Kefa take a puff, choked and coughed hard, and said to him: "Brother Xian, don't smoke it, this thing will be addictive." ”

Shi Kefa took two more puffs, but he didn't cough anymore, took the cigarette in his hand and said to Luo Jian: "Xinghua, your thing is good, it can also relieve sorrow, and it is not intoxicating." ”

Without waiting for Luo Jian to speak, Shi Kefa continued: "Xinghua, I figured it out!" Drive the Tartars out of my China first, this is the main contradiction at present, how to go in the future, and you young people, don't you say? ”

After figuring it out, Shi Kefa looked extremely energetic, and his lean face showed the same resolute look as before.

Seeing that Shi Kefa had figured it out, Luo Jian was overjoyed, threw the cigarette butt in his hand, took two steps forward, grabbed Shi Kefa's hand, took the cigarette in his hand and threw it aside, stared at Shi Kefa's eyes and said sincerely: "Brother Xian can figure it out, this is the best, but I have to remind you that in the process of driving away the Tartars, there will be many new contradictions, you have to be mentally prepared." I hope that Brother Xianzhi can still look a little farther as he does today, and don't think about things alone, it would be better for everyone to discuss and communicate more, isn't it? ”

Shi Kefa didn't say anything when he heard this, looked into the distance, and nodded firmly.

"Brother Xian, let's go out for a walk?" Luo Jian knew that Shi Kefa had been bored at home for several days, and wanted to pull him out for activities.

The two slowly stomped out of the courtyard door, strolling around the street and chatting casually, several guards followed from a distance, and passers-by and pedestrians saw them coming, and they also avoided them from a distance.

"Brother Xian, I discussed with Brother Liu this morning, and I am going to fight a battle with the Qing soldiers, this Duoduo soldier Chen Tianchang is really too much of a threat to my Yangzhou." Luo Jian remembered the purpose of coming to Shi Kefa today, and he had patronized to do ideological work before, so he forgot about it.

"It's... Xinghua, your training hasn't started yet, can you win the fight? Shi Kefa was a little worried.

"This time I'm going to take out all twelve rifles and use them, there are not many grenades, but for the sake of this battle, even if they are all used, I don't hesitate to beat Duoduo so hard that he doesn't dare to stay in Tianchang, at least let him retreat to Xuyi. Otherwise, if we want to reorganize the army in Yangzhou, including the future development, there are too many constraints, this morning we have found that two spies of the Qing army have entered Yangzhou City, this Duoduo has no dead heart on Yangzhou at all! Luo Jian told his calculations.

"How can such a thing happen? Did the two spies catch it? Shi Kefa asked.

"I didn't arrest them, I have a long-term arrangement, if Brother Xian can trust Xinghua, I won't tell you about this, the more people who know, the more danger there is." Luo Jian turned to Shi Kefa and said.

"Xinghua has also arranged manpower over there? If that's the case, I won't ask, you can arrange it. I have no objection to fighting with the Qing soldiers, but you have to discuss with Dingwei to ensure that you will win the battle. After all, Shi Kefa has been in the army for a long time, and he guessed Luo Jian's plan at once, which made Luo Jian secretly admire.

"Brother Xian, rest assured, we will not fight an unprepared battle. By the way, Brother Xian, I said earlier that I would find a gentleman for my students, do you have a suitable candidate? Also, I am still quite deficient in the current correspondence and personal exchanges, can you please arrange for someone to come to me to help me? Luo Jian began to look for Shi Kefa's important person.

Shi Kefa nodded and agreed, saying that he would let people go over when he went back and thought about it.

Seeing that it was almost time for dinner, Luo Jian was about to get up and say goodbye when he heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves coming from behind him. The guards in the back did not stop them, obviously familiar to them. The knight turned over and dismounted in front of Shi Kefa and the others, knelt on one leg and saluted, and said, "Governor, the imperial court has sent a messenger, and it is now almost at the east gate." ”

When Shi Kefa heard this, he hurriedly said to Luo Jian: "You are not an official of the imperial court, you don't need to pick it up, you can go back first." Then he turned to the guards and said, "Quickly inform the other relevant officials in the city, and rush to the east gate to meet you." ”

Luo Jian returned to the courtyard and called Zhao Quan over at the door. After arriving at the living room and sitting down, Luo Jian asked, "How many guards are there now?" ”

"Tell you, sir, there are sixty-four now." Zhao Quan had already remembered the title of yesterday's teaching, and this time it didn't make Luo Jian uncomfortable.

"Oh, so much? Can you pick ten of them? It is necessary to be loyal and reliable, but also to be more clever. Luo Jian thought that the battle with the Qing soldiers was about to begin, and the training of this rifle must be put on the agenda.

"Sir, our guards are absolutely loyal to several chiefs and young ladies, if one of them is not, the chief will ask me in the head!" Zhao Quan stood up and knelt directly towards Luo Jian.

"Hurry up, that's not what I meant, I wanted to pick ten people to learn how to shoot a rifle." Luo Jian saw that Zhao Quan had made a mistake, and hurriedly explained it to him.

"Sir, I can only pick out eight." Zhao Quan rolled his eyes and said.

"Huh?" Luo Jian was a little surprised.

"Commander Wang has already learned, and he also wants to use this rifle, so he can only pick eight, please ask for the permission of the chief!" Zhao Quan said.

"You kid! Let's pick fifteen or sixteen, anything can be encountered on the battlefield, there must be a substitute, and this substitute will use a grenade first, do you think it is feasible? Once you've chosen, you'll start training tomorrow! "Luo Jian was more thoughtful.

"Report to the chief, there is no problem, when Commander Wang comes back from training, we will choose it together immediately." Zhao Quan said very dryly.

When Zhao Quan left, Luo Jian leaned back in his chair and thought slowly, who is this Qin sent by the imperial court? What are the intentions and plans of the imperial court for Yangzhou?

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