Guo Shaozong smiled and shook his head: "In the past, Lu Su said that Lu Ziming should be impressed in three days, and today's Zheng Shumou has completely thrown off the Jinshi on the same list, including me. ”

Zheng Yunming heard that there was something else in his words, and quickly changed the topic at the moment: "Where did the young sect brother come from this time?" ”

"I'm ashamed," Guo Shaozong's face was indeed slightly embarrassed: "I'm here to borrow food." ”

He told Zheng Yunming the whole story.

After the Mongols slaughtered Zaoyang, the people in De'an Mansion were panicked, and the generals of the Northern Army, Chang Jin and Xia Quan, had decided to oppose it. The prefect Tu Sujin was as timid as a mouse, taking advantage of the dark moon and high wind one night, he quietly escaped from the south gate with his concubine and more than a dozen cars with his soft belongings.

When Guo Shaozong got up the next day, he found that the entire De'an Office had become a pot of porridge. Officials, big and small, openly took their families and treasures and began to flee. The northern army in the city even more brazenly began to burn down people's houses and loot property. Chang Jin occupied the prefect's yamen, openly claiming to surrender to the Mongols and welcoming the Hu people into the city.

When the situation was irreparable, Guo Shaozong was coerced by the officials and officials of the three divisions and escaped, and fled into the city of Huangzhou to accept the protection of the guard Ma Junsi Meng Heng.

After the Mongols fully retreated, the imperial court held the prefect of De'an accountable for his escape and demoted Tu Sujin to a concubine. Then he ordered the former De'an government officials who had fled to Huangzhou to pack up and re-enter De'an City to establish order.

It's easy to say, but in fact, more than half of the De'an officials escaped when the war was a little calmer, and the three De'an Divisions that were temporarily set up were each responsible for the work of two or three people. If there is a vacancy in the prefect of De'an, it will be temporarily concurrently served by the Criminal Division, and if there is a vacancy in Changping, it will be promoted by Hu Cao of the Transit Division.

"So I'm now taking the position of general judge." Guo Shaozong said to Zheng Yunming: "But unlike your uncle, I am only assigned by the Governor's Office to temporarily manage the affairs of the general judgment, and it is different from you having a formal appointment from the imperial court. ”

Zheng Yunming shook his head and said: "Brother Shaozong's words are bad, do you see how many officials are willing to risk their lives to take up positions in the border area since the Mongols went south?" The imperial court may urge some low-level officials to fill the shortcomings, but there are very few people who are willing to take office in a position like the Zhizhou Tongju. There is a high probability that your right judgment will become a true judgment. ”

A trace of blush flashed across Guo Shaozong's face, obviously hearing Zheng Yunming say this, he couldn't hide the excitement in his heart, and he said again: "But when I left De'an Mansion, all the treasury and treasures fell into the hands of the rebels, and the newly established De'an Prefect's Yamen didn't even have half a penny, and it had to rely on Huangzhou to help. ”

De'an's treasury was first occupied by the rebels in De'an, and a lot of it was privately divided. Then the Tulong army from Yingzhou recovered the state city, and the remaining money, grain, and grass were taken by Zheng Yunming.

Of course, the Governor's Office and the Jinghu Manufacturing Division are very clear about this, and whoever takes what they take will return it. That's why Guo Shaozong was sent to Zheng Yunming for help. After all, in this special period, not to mention Xiangyang Mansion and Governor's Mansion, even the imperial court is just eating grain. Since Zheng Yunming has money, the matter of paying the money will fall on him.

Zheng Yunming had been prepared for this for a long time.

"De'an's money, grain, cloth and silk are now stored in a special warehouse in the treasury of Yingzhou." He said to Guo Shaozong: "After moving back to Yingzhou from De'an, I immediately sealed these belongings, and this is all for the sake of your young brother's face. ”

He said: "It's not Zheng's thing, and Zheng's money won't move." But what belongs to Zheng, I will never be polite. ”

The sealing of the property in the treasury of De'an does not show how arrogant Zheng Yunming is and refuses to take advantage of others. Under the condition of not hindering others, Zheng Yunming is still willing to earn it if he has a bargain. It's just that he understands that it is not easy to annex Dean's property.

First, when the Mongols retreated, it was not easy for the imperial court to rebuild De'an. In order to establish an official office, money and food are indispensable. The official office that lacked money and food could not operate, and the official office that could not operate was equivalent to the imperial court automatically giving up De'an. Abandoning De'an was tantamount to exposing Meng Hui's garrison to Huangzhou, Huaixi's Anqing and Guanghua armies to the Mongol cavalry. These places must have to take care of themselves. And Meng Hui in Huangzhou is the only reliable reinforcement in Zheng Yunming's heart at the moment. When autumn comes, Xiangyang City will be surrounded by the enemy's main force, and if Meng Heng can't come in time to reinforce at that time, the situation will be difficult to clean up.

Second, it is not easy to establish a good impression of deference to the upper part of the firm by holding on to such a little money and food and not letting go. This year's experience has allowed Zheng Yunming to sum up the eight-word policy: be a low-key person and do things in a high-profile manner. He is just a newcomer to Huan Hai, and he has established such a great achievement in such a short period of time, and he has invisibly attracted many jealous eyes for himself. Others don't say it, just say that Guo Shaozong saw that Zheng Yanei, whose grades were not as good as his own in the past, were so promoted, and his heart was somewhat uneven.

Once you show a little arrogance, you can easily be seized by hidden political enemies and attacked. Of course, Zheng Yunming will not let go of his mouth where he can't back down, but in order to hold his position when he can't back down, he must give enough respect to the envoy and the Xiangyang Mansion for inconsequential matters. Officialdom is the place where the rules of school advancement and retreat are the most examined, and you can only operate freely when you have accumulated enough favors to really decide big things.

Therefore, for the sake of these money and food, making the company unhappy is definitely not Zheng Yunming's style of doing things.

"Take my command." Zheng Yunming took out a Ling Arrow and said: "The guards in the treasury are all soldiers of our army, and when you see Ling Jian, you will naturally hand over these belongings to you, and you can use them to rebuild the De'an Mansion." ”

Guo Shaozong thanked Ling Jian, but he still looked unhappy.

Zheng Yunming asked, "Is there anything else that the young sect brother is worried about?" ”

"Nothing." Guo Shaozong sighed: "I just sigh that it is simple to talk and difficult to do. ”

"It's shallow on paper, and I never know that I have to do it." Zheng Yunming said: "It is not so easy to do practical things. ”

"It's just hard to do things." Guo Shaozong said hatefully: "I'm only afraid that some people don't do things, and others are not allowed to do things." ”

Zheng Yunming was silent, the problems in the officialdom have never been seen to be outstanding, and destruction is a situation. Therefore, if the people who really do things make a slight innovation, whether it is the upper peak or the subordinates, they will try their best to suppress it, which is one of the reasons why successive reforms have been repeatedly frustrated over the past thousand years. Zheng Yunming is humble and gentle by nature, and he is called by people who are crazy children, and he has long seen these things clearly. But Guo Shaozong has been smart since he was a child, and his talent is unparalleled, and his pride is overflowing, compared with Zheng Yunming, who is a little rogue, his frustration is very clear when he encounters the darkness of reality.

Guo Shaozong seemed to seize an opportunity to pour out the bitter water accumulated for a year, and he complained: "The bureaucratic habits of the government office are simply crushing people. In case of trouble, they hide from each other, and if they can't hide it, they will pass the buck. If someone is a little excited, your subordinates laugh at you for being nosy, your boss thinks you are in a hurry to get ahead, in short, it's like an iron cage made of stainless steel, and everyone who wants to do a good job is locked up in it, and can only watch the situation slowly rot, and if it goes on like this, it will either decay with it, or people will become crazy. ”

"This is not your Shaozong's forte." Zheng Yunming said: "Your specialty is to be quick to see and act quickly. It's like a three-foot green edge, wielding it freely. The heavy work of breaking through the iron cage should be done by someone like me, who is good at drilling. ”

He patted Guo Shaozong's shoulder in a friendly manner: "Quan and endure for a year, and after the Mongols attack next year, find a way to transfer you to Xiangyang, then you and my brother let go of their hands and feet, and make a good break in Jinghu." ”

Guo Shaozong nodded slowly: "With Brother Yunming's words, I am looking forward to the news of your performance in De'an day and night." ”

Bai Yijie sat on a towering bluestone on the bank of the river, caressing the yaoqin in his hand, but his mind was not on playing. As far as his eyes could see, fifty splint clippers were slowly swimming up the river, trying to form a formation.

On the one hand, the warships are affected by the wind and currents on the water, which is not as convenient as the deployment of the army, and on the other hand, the navy encourages the enemy to fight immediately, and when it encounters the enemy, it rushes over or shoots with bows and arrows, or throws fire-burning objects for incineration. You don't have to put up a certain formation.

But Bai Yijie still took the time to rush to the temporary camp of the Ezhou Jing'e Water Army and put forward his opinions to Zhang Yu and Peng Man.

His opinion was concise and clear: in the future water war, the Jing-Hubei army and the navy must fight in formation.

"The size of the naval ships is uneven, the speed is different, and the so-called formation does not require the ships to be arranged in a square or a circle. It's about covering each other and showing what they are good at. ”

Yi Jie thought that in the future engagements of the Jing and E armies, the chances of using bamboo and wood cannons and bed crossbows for long-range battles would probably be half, and the chances of using ordinary bows and arrows, fire attacks and broadside battles would be lower than those of other naval armies. Therefore, the fleet should organize the formation around the core task of exerting long-range weapons. The small ship should cover the big ship and prevent the enemy's jumping ships and fire attack ships from approaching the big ship, and the big ship should provide support to the small ship and destroy the enemy ship fighting the small boat with long-range arrows. The warships were on the perimeter, and the baggage and horse boats were hidden deep inside, so that the enemy ships could not easily approach. The large ship is centered in the main position, which makes it easy for large ballistas and firearms to exert their power. The clipper ships spread their wings, and when the big ship had killed more than half of the enemy ships, they immediately rushed up to annihilate them. ”

He seemed to be the head of the way, Zhang Yu and Peng Man didn't dare to question it casually, so they had to nod frequently. But what Bai Yijie didn't expect was that his naval fleet was still too advanced. Even after the Battle of Poyang Lake more than 100 years later, the cooperation between Chen Youliang's large ships and small clippers is still a mess, of course, this will not be the story of this plane.