Suddenly, the Japanese invaders bloomed and raged in Wenzhou and Taizhou, and then the Zheng family sailors announced that they would go to the open sea of these two prefectures to participate in the suppression of the Japanese invaders, and their purpose was self-evident. This also caused an uproar among the Three Guards, and two distinct arguments were formed in response to it.

One is represented by the infantry veterans of the Three Guards, Niu Jinsong and others, hoping to deal with the challenge with strong means. The other is the local officials in Hangzhou, most of whom do not want to start a war with the Zheng family, so they all hope that the Marquis of Zhenyu can reach an agreement with them as soon as possible, and call off the army and make peace.

To put it bluntly, anyone can see that the incident of the raid by the Japanese pirates along the coast of Wenzhou and Taizhou must be inseparable from the Zheng family. Moreover, in the battle of Xiaoshan, the Zheng family already had a criminal record, and no one would feel strange if they repeated the old tricks this time.

Although both voices are brewing and fermenting, Li Xin has not expressed his position for a long time. As a result, all parties were not sure of Li Xin's idea, especially the local officials in Hangzhou, Zhejiang City Bosi promoted Gao Zhenfu and Hangzhou prefect Fan Youming, these two people have faintly become the representatives of the Chinese military hundred officials in Hangzhou City, and these two people are also happy to attract attention, so they hit it off and decided to exert influence on the Zhenyu Marquis, in order to achieve the results that everyone wants.

Gao Zhenfu believed that the reason why Li Xin did not express his position for a long time was nothing more than that he was uncertain about whether to send troops, and to put it bluntly, he did not have the certainty and determination to win the Pingbo fleet. And once the Pingbo fleet loses, or the whole army is annihilated, then the blow to the Three Guards will be irreparable.

There are roughly several reasons for this, one is that if the Pingbo fleet of the Three Guards Army is defeated by the Zheng family sailors, then they will completely lose control of the coastal areas of Zhejiang and even the coastal areas of Nanzhili. Second, once the naval battle is defeated, the morale of the Three Guards is inevitable, and its intention to attack Fujian is obvious, and it will have to run aground because of this. After all, most of the prosperous areas in Nanzhili and Zhejiang provinces are either along the river or along the coast, and these places are exposed everywhere within the scope of the Zhengjia sailors or the pirates and pirates. Once the protection of the Pingbo fleet is lost, the Three Guards are still stretched thin to protect themselves, and where will they have the extra forces to attack Fujian?

Regarding Gao Zhenfu's opinions and views, Fan Youming gave a thumbs up and greatly appreciated it.

"Gao Tiju is worthy of being the first celebrity in front of the Marquis of Zhenju, and when he analyzes the current situation, he is really admired, admired!"

Fan Youming praised Gao Zhenfu for accepting all the orders, his face was proud, and he said modestly: "Where, where, are they all supported by the marquis of the town, dare not to worry about it?" ”

But after solving it, Fan Youming's words made him have a headache.

"But this is the reason, how can we talk to the Marquis of Zhenyu? We can't just say that the Pingbo fleet can't do it, we can't beat them. ”

"What's so bad about this, to put it bluntly, anyway, the silver in the place doesn't cost a penny of the Three Guards, and this money can't reach a tael in your pockets. We're all out of the open, and who's going to say anything? Even if we say it, we are not afraid of shadows! ”

Gao Zhenfu's dissection is awe-inspiring, in fact, he has been like this these days, working under Li Xin, and he had to give up his original intention of blindly making money in the past. After all, now is the most critical moment to keep Xiang Shang's head and official position, so whether it is to do things or to make suggestions, he is straightforward and daring to admonish, because he has no interests involved, and he is happy and decisive in doing things.

Faintly, Gao Zhenfu actually tasted the pleasure of being a clean official for the first time.

There have been a few times when Gao Zhenfu sighed in private, the world says that it is difficult to clear customs, but it is easy to be a corrupt official, which is actually a. Wanting to be a clean official and a corrupt official is not determined by personal will at all, it is really induced by current events.

Over time, these rules that were gradually formed outside the Ming bureaucracy due to greed became maggots in the Ming officialdom, and the so-called corruption of ink was naturally banned repeatedly, and even intensified. Today, the marquis of Zhenju is a very capable official, and when he first encountered a catastrophe, he naturally had to use his life until. And Fan Youming, the prefect of Hangzhou, was also a well-known villain and money-grubbing ghost before, how is it now? Even the people who stop the sedan chair on the street and shout grievances are no longer the same as before, beating up and driving things away, but listening to problems and solving problems in person.

After more than a month, Fan Youming, who used to be like a dog around Zhao Bingqian's buttocks, shook his head and tail, Fan Zhifu, turned into a good official who loves the people like a son, a clean official, and the people are grateful to build a shrine for him.

And this Fan Governor seems to enjoy this kind of people's praise very much, after all, he has worked hard to make money in the first half of his life, knocking out the bones and sucking the marrow of the people's fat and people's ointment, and he has heard enough of infamy. In the past few days, he has won the reputation of a Qing official, just like a person who has eaten yellow croaker for a long time and suddenly eats a bite of beef, thinking that this is the delicacy of the world.

suddenly thought that the previous half of his life had been in vain, so Fan Youming changed and became a good official who loved the people like a son, a clean official.

Gao Zhenfu is different from Fan Youming, he has a hard time, in the era of Zhao Bingqian, in order to maintain his precarious position, on the one hand, he and Zhao Bingqian were modest and wronged, and on the other hand, he had a lot of collusion with the Zheng family. Zheng Hongkui's actions at the mouth of the Qiantang River, he participated in it, and he also reported the invasion of Xiaoshan by the Japanese invaders. If he is strictly investigated and convicted of a traitor, it is proper for him to run away. But for some reason, the Marquis of Zhenju, knowing that he was suspected of collaborating with the enemy, still made it clear, not asking what he had done before, but only looking at what he would do in the future, as long as he was dedicated to the court and the people, he could not count the previous suspicions, and reuse capable people.

After the initial anxiety and suffering, Gao Zhenfu finally found out that the words of the Marquis of Zhenyu before were not lies, and people said that if they didn't pursue it, they wouldn't pursue it, and they also let him do what he was good at, and reward him for his merits. As a result, Gao Zhenfu, who had a great sense of being a man again, trembled at the reward of the Marquis of Zhenyu and even the Three Guards, and did not dare to take a step beyond Lei Chi.

Even Gao Zhenfu himself felt strange, he had always thought that he was a greedy person who only recognized power and money, but these days, he had more than once looked at problems and dealt with problems from the perspective of money and power. Although it is not as high-profile as Fan Youming to defend the people's grievances and overturn the case, he always has a sense of sudden enlightenment.

Just as, this time the Japanese invaded the coasts of Wenzhou and Taizhou, and Zheng's sailors entered Zhejiang. If according to his previous norms, in this kind of matter, it is the way to be an official to protect oneself and not say a word. Why? If this happens, it will also be pointed out by thousands of people, and if it fails, it will be the culprit!

In fact, as Gao Zhenfu expected, when he said his thoughts in public, a few generals of the Three Guards Army, who had always been rough, jumped over to do something, but Niu Jinsong shouted loudly so as not to lose face in public.

"What do you think of Gao Ti's suggestion?"

Li Xin's face didn't show joy, anger and sorrow, he just glanced at the excited crowd and asked lightly.

Soon, some people shouted, Zheng Jiaxiao is not afraid, the Three Guards have not tasted defeat since they became an army, and they must not do such things that are painful to relatives and quick to enemies, and have become a laughing stock of people all over the world.

"What is the difference between a sum of reparations and a seller's quest for glory? Lao Tzu has heard that your surname is high and the Zheng family are eyebrows, and today it seems that it is not a lie. ”

Li Xin's eyes suddenly lit up, and Niu Jinsong beside him suddenly pointed at the emotional general and reprimanded: "The marquis of Zhenyu has already had a military order, and the officials at all levels in Hangzhou are not to blame for the past. ”

The ginseng general Niu Jinsong roared, and immediately wilted, but still muttered in a low voice: "Everyone, big guys, all say that, and it's not me alone......"

This made Niu Jinsong also nameless, when did these rabbit cubs still think about attacking each other, do they have to wait until they reach the door to know that they regret it? Others don't know, but he Niu Jinsong knows, the Marquis of Zhenyu is now exhausted, and the sudden reduction in diet is not because the Three Guards have really reached the critical moment of life and death.

Niu Jinsong is also puzzled, obviously the good momentum of development, how can there be a trend of uncan't be laid out once it is blocked and frustrated? In the Shaowu area, if Zhang Shi could not fight back, the entire Jiangxi army would be pinned down and unable to move, and after all, most of the Three Guards who followed Li Xin to the south did not form a new army until they arrived in Nanjing, and the number was only 10,000. Control of key areas is already stretched, let alone concentrating forces for a decisive battle.

Or as the Marquis of Zhenyu said, the crux of the Three Guards' current problem is that they want to become a fat man in one bite, and under the swallowing of whales, indigestion is inevitable. If there are a few more bones in the meat to block it, it will naturally cause problems.

Niu Jinsong pointed at the deputy general and was aggressive: "Who said it, you pointed it out to Lao Tzu!" Let's see if Lao Tzu dares to deal with all of you by military law? "He has always hated those who dare to openly disobey military law, and now that there are old men of the Three Guards who come forward to rely on the old and sell the old, how can he not be angry?

The general was also annoyed, jumped up, and sneered: "Niu Dan, what kind of thing are you?" When Lao Tzu followed the marquis of Zhenyu from birth to death, you were still digging in the pile of homeless people! ”

These words really hit Niu Jinsong's weakness, compared to some of the generals in the army, the qualifications are indeed not as old as them, so they have also encountered challenges, but all serious cases have been dealt with by him strictly, and those that are not enough to be dealt with by military law will be laughed off.

Only now, what should he do?