Since he was in Jinling City, Qiu Yizhi naturally had a place to live, so he found Lin Shuhan, who crossed the river with him on another boat, and returned to his manor where half a pine tree was planted to live.

Qiu Yizhi slept for only one day, and the next morning, he was sent by the emperor to the "Qingya Temple" to discuss important military and political affairs.

Emperor Zheng Rong's spirit seemed to be much better, he was able to sit on the chair and speak, and his interest seemed to be higher, and he said: "Thanks to Yizhi's reminder, I called the imperial doctor to see him last night, but fortunately, there is no poison simmering on this spike, it is just a skin injury, Yizhi don't worry." However, the emperor was stabbed and injured, after all, it is not a decent thing, and Yizhi should not be passed on. ”

The emperor's health is the biggest secret of the entire imperial court, even if the emperor doesn't say it, Qiu Yizhi will be tight-lipped. However, when he heard that the emperor's health was fine, Qiu Yizhi was also happy in his heart, and hurriedly said: "The emperor is the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven will have heaven's help, and he should be safe and sound." It's a pity that we didn't take care of the escort, and I asked the emperor to punish him. ”

Zheng Rong waved his hand and said: "I am also responsible for this matter, forget it, let the past pass." Zheng Rong changed his words and said, "Although I am slightly ill, the military has been progressing smoothly in the past few days, and Zheng Miao is also quite organized in supervising the country in the capital, which can be regarded as a great relief." ”

After saying such a big set of words, Zheng Rong seemed to be a little tired, stood up and paced around the room twice and seemed to be a little uncomfortable, so he simply leaned on the bed and said: "This imperial doctor's medical skills are clever, but unfortunately the medicine prescribed is miserable, people like me drink it, and they are also full of colic, Mr. Zhongli is also a master of Qihuang, and he doesn't know how to change the two flavors of medicinal materials for me." ”

Zhong Li Kuang had always sat on an equal footing with the emperor in private, so he arched his hand on the chair sitting at the table and replied: "The merits of the medicine stone lie in whether it can cure the disease, and it has little to do with whether it is good or not. The so-called 'good medicine is good for the sick, and good advice is good for the ear', which is the truth. Please pay attention to this point. ”

Zheng Rong smiled and waved his hand, and said, "What Mr. means, I understand." Okay, let's ask Mr. to talk about the battle situation in Jinling City with Yizhi. ”

For this battle situation, Zhong Li Kuang was busy collecting and summarizing the situation of all parties, and he didn't sleep all night, but he was still able to keep his head clear and tell the military progress of the whole city clearly.

The elite soldiers of the imperial court who were born from the old Youyan Road were really not weak in combat effectiveness, and in just one night, they wiped out all the Lingnan defenders who were still resisting in all parts of Jinling City. The civil officials of the various ministries who came with the emperor also quickly took over the administrative affairs of the city, and immediately drafted and copied hundreds of notices to reassure the people and posted them everywhere, demanding that the people in the city live a normal life and businesses open normally. Before the imperial court recovered Jinling, those who had cooperated with the Lingnan Army were not to blame in the past, and those who collaborated with or hid the enemy from the date of the spring equinox were punished more heavily.

With the implementation of such a series of thunderous measures, Jinling City was indeed pacified very quickly.

Qiu Yizhi was also quite excited when he heard such news, got up and bowed his hand and said: "This is all thanks to the emperor's blessing and the life of the three armies, it is the blessing of the people, the blessing of the society, and the blessing of the court!" ”

Zheng Rong listened to this, smiled and waved his hand, and said, "You still say these flattering words to me. It's a pity that Zheng Yu's kid happened to be not in Jinling City, so he escaped by luck. But it doesn't matter, I originally thought that it would take three or five days to take Jinling City, but I didn't expect it to be captured in one day, and the time is still in the hands of our army, so there is a spare, so there is no need to worry. ”

Qiu Yizhi nodded and said: "The emperor is sage, but the matter of the battlefield, only seek to be fast and not slow, if you can be a day earlier, you will make a plan to be a day earlier, and please ask the emperor to issue an order, according to the established strategy, wave troops south, and block the Lingnan army in Jiangnan Road." ”

Zheng Rong said with a smile: "Yizhi is right, but there is also a proverb that says, 'sharpen the knife and do not cut the wood'." At present, the battle situation of Jiangyin and Zhenjiang crossing the river to the south has not yet been reported, and if only the troops of the Jinling side go south, not only will they not be able to completely block the Lingnan army, but they will also be easy to startle the snake, which will really do more harm than good. ”

Qiu Yi Zhiyuan only thought of the word "fast", and didn't pay much attention to other places, and after listening to Zheng Rong's deployment, he felt that this emperor who led the army and was born in war, after all, the sword is not old, and the strategy he set is far better than his own.

But I heard Zheng Rong say again: "But I can't wait for the news from Jiangyin and Zhenjiang, presumably Zheng Xin and Zheng Sen should also send someone to send a message in the past two or three days." In addition to ordering the sergeants to rest on the spot to facilitate the resumption of the battle, I also sent people to immediately transport the war horses from Jiangbei to the south, so as to quickly occupy an important position while the spring ploughing in Jiangnan has not yet begun and the ground is still relatively flat......

When Qiu Yizhi heard this, his heart was immediately excited. You must know that when the emperor was the king of Youyan, the army was extremely strong and famous all over the world, and although the old Youyan army took "dangya battalion" as the backbone, it was the cavalry team that was the final trump card: in his hands, the Youyan cavalry was only slightly inferior to the erratic Turkic elite cavalry, and the Bohai iron cavalry was only between the two middlemen, which was more different from other Central Plains cavalry. Therefore, as long as the war horses go south and cross the river, these horses will definitely be like tigers, and it is not impossible to close and block all the main forces of the Lingnan Army in Jiangnan Province.

When Zheng Rong said this, he was also full of spring breeze, and his spirit seemed to be much better: "Regardless of whether the Lingnan Army can be completely annihilated in Jiangnan Province, after these battles, the counterinsurgency calculation is mostly successful, and then it is necessary to prepare how to restore the vitality of Jiangnan and the entire imperial court." ”

Zheng Rong said eloquently: "The governance of Jiangnan first depends on officials, and when Yin Chengliang was dealt with before, there were some traps for throwing rats, and all the officials in Jiangnan were not replaced. Yizhi is also a person who has been an official in Jiangnan, and he is also very familiar with the Shilin officialdom here, so I don't know if there is anyone who can recommend it? ”

Qiu Yizhi thought for a while, and said with a smile: "Although the minister has the official title of Shanyin County Order, he is actually very derelict in his duties, and he has spent most of his time fighting outside the county for several years, and he doesn't know much about Jiangnan officialdom. But the minister dared to recommend three people—"

Zheng Rong smiled and said, "You Qiu Yizhi has also seen heroes, and those who can enter your eyes are not ordinary people, right?" ”

Qiu Yizhi arched his hand, and then said: "One is my county's assistant Xu Rong, and the other is ......."

"Oh? Xu Rong? The emperor interrupted him, "I remember that he is a subordinate of Zheng Xin, what?" This man also has some talents? ”

Qiu Yizhi didn't expect the emperor's ears and eyes to be so clear, and even the origin of Xu Rong's eyeliner inserted by the emperor's eldest son, Zheng Xin, beside him, was clear, so he said honestly: "This Xu Rong is indeed recommended by my eldest brother. However, the minister is out these days, and the county is all thanks to Xu Rong's cooking. The minister boasted that although this Shanyin County is a small and remote county, it is not easy to find a county in the south of the Yangtze River that is more peaceful and rich than it. ”

Zheng Rong nodded while listening, and said in appreciation: "I didn't expect that this Xu Rong also has some talents, and it seems that Zheng Xin is not completely ignorant." ”

Qiu Yizhi heard that the emperor was appreciating the prince, and hurriedly changed the topic and continued: "The other person is Huang Wangang, the magistrate of Qingpu. When the Japanese invaders were in turmoil, this Huang Wangang led the people of the county to defend the county seat and did not let the Japanese invaders step into half a step, which can be said to be quite a bit of integrity. However, he does not have many outstanding achievements in governing the county, and I am afraid that his government affairs ability is insufficient, so I hope that the emperor will use it at his discretion and not leave out the pearl. ”

This Huang Wangang is a petty official who is not famous, Zheng Rong has not even mentioned his name, but when he heard that Qiu Yizhi did not speak low of him, he nodded and said, "I have written it down." What about one more? ”

Qiu Yizhi said: "Zheng Tinghang, a member of the Ministry of Works, was sent to participate in the management of Caoyun in Jiangnan ......"

Zheng Rong said: "Oh, I remember this person, it's your fellow jinshi, right?" I remember when I interrogated Yin Chengliang's two petty officials, he still stood up and said a few words, right? At that time, the interrogators were Cai Min, the governor of Yuezhou, and Li Shenshi, the former commander of Shanyin County, and the official positions of these two people were of course petty officials in Zheng Rong's eyes.

Qiu Yizhi remembered this matter clearly, and said busily: "The emperor really has a good memory." At that time, the court almost exposed the scandal of Jiangnan officialdom, but Zheng Tinghang stepped forward to stop it. At that time, His Royal Highness and ministers thought that he was Yin Chengliang's accomplice and almost wanted to punish him, but they didn't expect that he was just speaking out to maintain the dignity of the court. Such a person has no selfishness, only courage, and the emperor will be able to take charge of himself after some experience. ”

Zheng Rong listened to it and sighed: "This Zheng Tinghang also has the demeanor of an ancient doctor, now there are too few such people, I think let him be in charge of Caoyun affairs in Jiangnan now, to see if he has real talent and learning, if it is really a material that can be made, I will definitely not bury him." There are also Xu Rong and Huang Wangang, I am afraid that it will be condescending to govern a county, so let them be promoted to Yuezhou Prefecture Pastor and Suzhou Governor on the spot, take a look and try it first. ”

Qiu Yizhi opened his mouth to protect three people, and the emperor actually immediately promoted and appointed all of them, without refuting one person, such a face is already very big, so that Qiu Yizhi is unexpected and moved, and he hurriedly got up and arched his hand: "Yizhi has some experience in looking at people, these three people must be usable talents, if they bear the emperor's hopes, the ministers are willing to bear joint responsibility." ”

Zheng Rong smiled and said: "It is the three of them who do the work, and the three of them are me, you are just recommending them in the middle, how much responsibility can you have?" But there is one more person, if you let him leave the pearl in the countryside, it is your responsibility. ”

Qiu Yizhi was stunned when he heard this, knowing that the emperor was naming important people, but he didn't know who he was talking about, so he thought about it and had to ask: "The minister is stupid, I don't know who the emperor is talking about, please make it clear to the saint." ”

"Lin Shuhan, it's 'Mr. Bansong' next to you, have you forgotten?" Zheng Rong said with a smile.

Qiu Yizhi was stunned again when he heard this, and thought: The emperor's vision is indeed vicious, this Lin Shuhan is undoubtedly a genius in the world, if he can be allowed to enter the court as an official, the pastoral land can benefit one party, and the counselor center is even more fortunate for all the people in the world. However, with Lin Shuhan's talent, if he wants to become an official, he can naturally take the right path of the imperial examination, but in fact, he doesn't need the emperor to make an exception; If he is determined not to be an official, even if the emperor makes a holy decree, he may not have the courage to resist and disobey.

Thinking of this, Qiu Yizhi couldn't help but sweat for Lin Shuhan, and his face gradually became solemn.