Liu Jun understood these very well, so he knew that in fact, such a temporary abandonment of the place outside the pass would be a means to stop bleeding and recover for the Ming army in the long run, but it was not feasible in operation. He's not going to put himself on the cusp.

Liu Jun didn't want to talk too much about giving up the land outside the border with Li Chunjiang, lest it would be bad for him if it spread out. He directly told them his intention to break the attack with the Manchus.

Regarding Liu Jun's plan, Li Chunjiang and other sons and buddies of the Restoration Society were a little unacceptable. felt that Liu Jun was unwilling to fight a dignified head-on battle with the Qing army, but instead engaged in this kind of naval attack and harassment warfare, which was a bit too petty.

"Black cats, white cats, are good cats if they can catch mice. It's the same with tactics, no matter how you fight, we want results. ”

"I heard that the Zheng clan is in the southeast and is the king of the sea, and the imperial court has not listened to the call many times, Jiye is sure that they will listen to the Hou call this time?" Li Chunjiang asked.

"I have my own way." He smiled and said, but didn't say what he could do.

"You men, together we are talking about military affairs. This is not a court, so you can't talk lightly. Dong Xiaowan interrupted everyone with a smile, "Master Hou, thanks to your help last time, the little girl is here to replace wine with tea, thank you." ”

Liu Jun took the teacup given by Dong Xiaowan and smiled lightly, "They are all friends, some little things, why worry about it." ”

"For Master Hou, it's just a small thing, but for Xiaowan, it's a lifelong event."

"I heard that you have a lover who has finally become a family, I haven't eaten this wedding wine yet, and today's cup of tea will be your wedding wine." Liu Jun said.

Dong Xiaowan gave Liu Jun tea and said, "Speaking of which, there is another person here who wants to thank you." She's always wanted to thank you, but she couldn't see you. Now that she happens to be in Beijing, and she is also in this museum, I will go and ask her to come down and thank you personally. ”

After a while, Dong Xiaowan arrived with a beautiful woman who was about ten years old. Li Chunjiang and the others seemed to be very familiar with this woman, and they didn't need to avoid anything.

The woman had black hair, a goose egg face, eyebrows, almond eyes and a small cherry mouth, beautiful but not glamorous, but a kind of simple beauty.

"The little woman is like this, thank you here for your great kindness."

It turns out that this is Liu Rushi. Liu Jun stretched out his hand to help, "Why is Miss Liu so polite, I heard that you and Yuan Yuan are good friends, and you also took good care of her when you were in Jinling." Besides, in fact, the silver belongs to Yuan Yuan and the third lady, and it has nothing to do with me. ”

Liu Ru ignored these, poured a cup of fragrant tea himself, and held it in front of Liu Jun with both hands.

Liu Jun couldn't push it, so he had to take it. When you take the teacup with both hands. Liu Jun felt Liu Ruye's slender jade fingers lightly slicing across his hand, as if he had been electrocuted.

Liu Jun looked up at Liu Rushi unexpectedly and found that she was smiling slightly at herself, smiling beautifully.

"When will Master Hou return to Chudi?" Liu Ru took the initiative to ask.

Dong Xiaowan laughed on the side. "Sister Liu asked what this is for, but she plans to follow her all the way and add fragrance to her red sleeves?"

Liu Ru replied, "I told Sister Shen and Sister Yuan Yuan before. When Jinling is over, they will go to Huguang to help them run the Red Sleeve Workshop together. Now that Hou Ye is in Beijing, I can just go back to Chu with Hou Ye. There is also a companion on the road. ”

Dong Xiaowan saw Liu Ru say this, and felt that Liu Ru seemed to be a little too close to Liu Jun. But thinking about it, it feels normal, such as her and Liu Ru, a red girl on the Jinling River, want to find a person who can pity the fragrance and cherish the jade and have a talented identity when they are young.

When you meet a good one, you will naturally not let go easily.

In fact, Dong Xiaowan knows Liu Ruye's past very well, Liu Ru is just twenty years old this year, but her emotional experience is already quite rich.

As far as she knew, Liu Ru was born poor, and was plundered and sold to Wujiang as a maidservant girl since she was a child, and when she was young, she was sold into the Qinglou, and since then she has changed her name to Liu Yin. When Chongzhen was five years old, Liu Ru married Zhou, a bachelor who was over the age of sixteen at that time, as a concubine. Zhou was born as a champion, and often held her on his lap to teach her to read poetry and literature, which caused his wife to be jealous.

After that, Liu Ru was exiled in Songjiang, changed his name to Yinglian, and interacted with many sons of the Fushe at that time, often wearing Confucian men's clothes, talking with everyone about the current situation, singing with poems, and his fame increased. In the meantime, he had feelings with Li Zhiwen, Song Zhengyu, Chen Zilong and other scholars, but unfortunately it was fruitless, especially between Chen Zilong, although the two sides were affectionate, but unfortunately Chen Zilong's Yuan and Zhang led people to the South Building, and Liu Ru couldn't stay there anymore, so he wanted to redeem himself and leave.

Originally, Qian Qianyi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites of the original imperial court, admired Liu Ruyi's talent and beauty, and was willing to redeem her, but it happened that Chen Yuanyuan was willing to help and raise money for her to redeem herself.

Liu Ru has been very hurt in several relationships, so after recovering from his body, the requirements for choosing a son-in-law are higher. She doesn't want to remarry men who have fierce wives, and she doesn't want to be kicked out of the house by jealous wives again.

Before Liu Ru met Liu Jun, he had heard Chen Yuanyuan and Dong Xiaowan mention Liu Jun many times, and when she saw Liu Jun at this time, she felt more and more that Liu Jun was good at everything.

"I may have to go south in a few days, but I have to go to Nanjing first, and then go back to Hubei." Liu Jun replied.

Liu Ru hurriedly said, "Then Master Hou doesn't mind following him like this, right?" ”

"If Miss Liu is not afraid of seasickness, it's fine." Liu Jun said, "I plan to go to sea in Tianjin this time, take a boat from the sea to Nanjing, and then when I return to Hubei, I will also take a boat from the Yangtze River." ”

Liu Ru chuckled, "If you grew up in the land of Wu Song, the water town in the south of the Yangtze River, everyone is used to taking boats, how can there be seasickness." ”

After half a day's effort, not only Dong Xiaowan, Li Xiangjun and other women saw it, but even Mao Xiang, Chen Zhenhui and others also saw that Liu Ru intended to get close to Liu Jun. In this regard, everyone has no opinion, but thinks it is a good thing. It's normal for beauties to love heroes. Liu Jun is young, he is already a dignified marquis, and he looks good, isn't such a person Liu Ru is the most ideal son-in-law of these women. And a woman like Liu Ru often doesn't talk much about feelings, as long as she feels that the conditions are right, then it is right to be committed to it.

"Master Hou, there is something I want to ask Master Hou for help in the future." Hou Fangyu asked Liu Jun to lean on the beauty outside the corridor on the second floor, and then asked.

"Is it a matter of Bohu?" Liu Jun asked, Hou Fangyu's father used to be a head of the household, but he was later imprisoned for corruption and is still in prison.

Hou Sui is also the elder of the Donglin Party, and his imprisonment is actually the result of the original party struggle, as for corruption, in fact, these officials in the Ming Dynasty really want to investigate corruption, and none of them can be innocent. After all, there are so few officials, and all kinds of etiquette have long become a common practice. Therefore, some gifts can be said to be ordinary human relations, but they can also be said to be corruption, and this is the case.

Hou Sui is a veteran of the Donglin Party, and he is also very capable, especially in terms of money and food.

"Brother Hou is actually too worried, this time the emperor reuses Donglin and is no longer confined to factions, and Uncle Hou will definitely be able to come out immediately. Don't worry, I will mention this matter to Mei Shoufu and Li Cifu when I go back, and I believe that my uncle's matter will be clarified soon. ”

Such a thing as Hou Sui, now Liu Jun can indeed say this. The first assistant and the second assistant are both Liu Jun's teachers, and his current status is not low, plus Hou Sui's situation itself is not a big deal, there is no corruption problem, and it is not big, now that Donglin has come to power, he will definitely be released.

Hou Fangyu thanked him for his kindness, and then Fang Yizhi came to intercede with Liu Jun alone, wanting to help his father operate and re-emerge from the mountain. Fang Yizhi's father, Fang Kongzhi, was originally the governor of Huguang, but was removed from his post due to his ineffective crackdown on bandits, and now his family is idle.

"No problem." Liu Jun has a big deal, Hou Xun and Fang Kongzhi are both old Donglin, and they are both very good ones. Liu Jun will not do such a big deal for the sake of personal feelings, but he values the prestige and ability of Hou Fang and the others. Getting these people out, of course, is also a help to Liu Jun.

To put it bluntly, he Liu Jun is also a disciple of Donglin and a member of the Fushe Society.

Later, Liu Jun said goodbye to Li Chunjiang and the others, and when they left, his brother Liu Jian accompanied Liu Jun for a while.

Liu Jun looked at Liu Jian, a young man who had just turned fourteen, but he was already a newcomer, and he would also participate in next year's examination, and he would become a jinshi if he didn't say well. Liu Jun thinks that Liu Jian's probability of winning the Jinshi exam is very high, just like when he took the township exam for the first time, he passed the Juren.

Liu Jianzhongju does not rely entirely on talent, but also on him, the younger brother of the Hou Ye.

"What do you want to do if you become a junior next year?"

Although Liu Jian is only fourteen, he is like an adult, trying his best to pretend to be mature and old.

"I want to enter Hanlin, become a university scholar in the future, and join the cabinet as an auxiliary minister!"

"Ambitious." Liu Jun praised his brother. "I think if you get into the Jinshi, it's okay to stay in Hanlin for two years, but you don't have to stay too long, you should still go down to the place to refine and refine, and then you can go back to Hubei or go to Hunan."

"The second brother thinks really far, but it is so easy to get into the jinshi. I'm only 14 years old, and I don't think I'll be able to make it next year. ”

"It doesn't matter if you can't win, go home and study for another three years, and then take the next subject." Liu Jun patted his brother's shoulder, a child who was only fourteen, a head shorter than himself.

"Before I entered the palace to face the saint, His Majesty also made our father an official, the governor of Nanjing Zuodu Governor's Mansion Tongzhi, my grandfather was also crowned as the governor of Nanjing Zuodu Governor's Mansion, and my mother was named the second rank of Mrs. Command."

For a hero like Liu Jun, it is common for the emperor to give him the title of ancestor. Liu Xiu, an old showman, also suddenly became a second-rank high-ranking official with the same knowledge of the governor, but this is usually just a fictitious title, enjoying some of the treatment of the second grade, but there is no real power, representing the glory given by the emperor. (To be continued......)