A round trip between Nanyang and Wuchang takes about ten days.

Therefore, when Shen Shuren was convinced that Yang Sichang accepted his conditions, it was almost mid-April.

Accept and accept, but Yang Sichang still has a small request - Yang Sichang hopes that Shen Shuren will help write a more detailed analysis of "Li Zicheng is about to go downhill and Li Zicheng is not afraid", so that Yang Sichang can directly copy the homework and hand it over to Chongzhen, so that Chongzhen will not be too anxious.

When Shen Shuren heard this request at first glance, he felt quite surprised, because the secret letter he asked Wan Yuan Ji to bring back was detailed enough, and it was written in Yang Sichang's position and tone.

If you want to give Chongzhen a recital, you can basically copy it, why do you have to ask him to modify and polish it?

It can't be that his analysis of Shen Shuren's political philosophy and theory is not solid enough, right? Then it can only be that Gu Yanwu, the ghostwriter, is not good at literary rhetoric?

Fortunately, Yang Sichang's reply letter was also very clear, and Shen Shuren did not let Shen Shuren guess more: Yang Sichang suggested that Shen Shuren should expand this set of theories, and it would be best to write it in as much detail as "The Theory of Thieves", and even write a volume of "The Theory of Thieves".

Moreover, Yang Sichang said very clearly, don't "let the credit go to the top", that is, don't analyze it in his Yang Sichang tone, just put it in the name of Shen Shuren himself. When Yang Sichang plays, he will clearly tell Chongzhen "This is not my point of view, but Shen Shuren's point of view."

When Shen Shuren saw this, he thought at first that Yang Sichang was not greedy for merit, and wanted to better promote the younger ones and help young people become famous.

But then, Shen Shuren pondered the taste: ginger is still old and spicy! Where is Yang Sichang's fame, this is using his reputation as a "divine calculation" to enhance his persuasiveness to the emperor, and by the way, to hit the morale of the thieves!

After all, Shen Shuren's current prediction of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong's ascent in the first half of his life is very accurate, and it is even accurate enough to directly conclude that Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, who have cut off their children and grandchildren, have an advantage in killing Luo Rucai, Ma Shouying and other lustful thief chieftains, and they have all fulfilled them one by one!

Then, if the Shen Shuren later said something that was unfavorable to the thieves and spread it widely, wouldn't it be able to hit the morale of the thieves! Even if it can't be cracked down for the time being, if the thieves really start to go downhill one day, many people inside them will begin to panic and waver!

This is like in "The Storm and the Clouds Dominate the World", the mud bodhisattva may not have so many people believe it when he speaks at the beginning.

However, once the mud bodhisattva's prediction of the first half of his life, "The golden scales are not the things in the pool, and they will turn into dragons when they encounter wind and clouds" have been accurately verified,

The mud bodhisattva unveiled the criticism of the second half of the life of the male tyrant of "success is also stormy and defeated", and the number of believers skyrocketed, and even the male bully himself would panic, and the degree of attention to it was comparable to that of an oracle.

The analysis of Shen Shuren is supported by solid political philosophy theory and the underlying logic of human nature, which is more terrifying than an ethereal oracle.

Brother predicted how Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong would rise to the pinnacle of life, and the prediction was accurate. Now let's predict how Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong will die, and ask if you are afraid! Those people under your command will be afraid of each other in the future if they are psychologically shaken after losing the battle!

"How can the golden scales be a thing in the pool, as soon as they encounter Luo/Ma, they will turn into dragons, and then they will become Luo/Ma, and they will be defeated!"

Yang Sichang is making merit, he just recognized that the prestige and credibility of the three words Shen Shuren in terms of "divine calculation" are much higher than him Yang Sichang, and also much higher than other civil officials in the Ming Dynasty, so he wants to make full use of this BUFF bonus.

Fortunately, this kind of thing is not a loss for Shen Shuren itself, it is a win-win situation, so let's work hard.

……

So, in the middle of April.

Shen Shuren waited for Zhang Mingzhen, Zheng Chenggong and others, who had just rushed back, to rest and recuperate their troops, and let the men and horses who had retreated from thousands of miles quickly recuperate from their wounds and treat their diseases, and fully supply military food and vegetables to restore their combat effectiveness as soon as possible.

On the other hand, the work of Pan Science and Technology to engage in the military industry was handed over to Fang Yizhi, Song Yingxing, Song Mingde's uncles and nephews to continue to work hard, and of course, Zhou Tiedan and other craftsmen could not be idle. Taking advantage of the final sprint preparation period before the war against Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng, the output of new weapons was raised.

And Shen Shuren himself chose to stay at home for ten days and half a month, so as to supplement the "Theory of Continuing Thieves" solidly, and from the perspective of "how to try to hit the morale of the thieves and make the thieves suspicious and panicked", he added extra smuggling goods.

For example, the materials that Shen Shuren originally gave Yang Sichang to deal with Chongzhen would never predict "I said last year that Luo Rucai and Ma Shouying would die at the hands of Li Zicheng, and now it has come true, it can be seen that Li Zicheng believes this statement,

Luo Rucai and the others, who have died, must have also been suspicious, and they must have been wary of Li Zicheng. It's just that their vigilance is not comprehensive enough, and their methods are not thorough enough, so that self-protection has not worked. But this does not mean that the self-protection measures arranged by Luo, Ma and others back then are completely useless, and in the future, there will definitely be Luo and Ma's henchmen who temporarily forbear, and after discovering the opportunity, they will ...... with Li Zicheng out of fear and suspicion."

"Zhang Xianzhong, will definitely learn the lessons of Li Zicheng's killing of Luo and Ma, and Zhang Xianzhong's righteous sons will definitely compete for power, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong will recruit thieves for their use, but they are unable to pass on the heir, to temporarily cover up the contradiction of the transition of the greatest power of the thieves,

However, this contradiction cannot disappear, but only temporarily suppressed. One day, Li and Zhang Zhuyizi will kill each other, and even secretly kill their fathers and fake the pretense of other righteous brothers killing their fathers, and kill all their righteous fathers and righteous brothers to seize power...... Anyway, Yang Er, Li Er, and Zhao Er's generations of previous dynasties and 'Taizong' have already helped them with countless materials with different priorities. ”

Obviously, Shen Shuren wrote this way to cause Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng to be suspicious and kill each other, so that their group of righteous sons and nephews would not be at peace.

But this simple narrative logic is often the most understandable, and can be understood by a semi-literate person like Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.

It's as effective as saying to Xiongba that it is your righteous son and apprentice who want to turn against you, especially when the first half of "Golden Scales Are Not Things in the Pool" has been fulfilled.

……

The days of arranging government affairs and writing books behind closed doors passed smoothly for several days.

On April 15, there was finally a little wave in the calm city of Wuchang.

Fang Yizhi, the prefect of Wuchang who had just gone to Daye County for a few days to exchange work, finally returned to Wuchang.

Recently, Fang Yizhi has stayed in Wuchang City most of the time, helping Shen Shuren, who is also his boss in the same year, to deal with some daily civil affairs. For a small part of the time, I went to Daye County to learn natural science with Song Yingxing, and by the way, I was trying to figure out something of interest.

Historically, "Physics", which should have been written by Fang Yizhi after the death of the Ming Dynasty and was written behind closed doors, is now several years ahead of schedule and is already saving the first draft.

Fang Yizhi's "Physics" is only called Physics, but the actual content covers four major categories: astronomy, geography, physics and biology. Now because of the butterfly effect of the Sinking Tree Man, it is inevitable to add a little more chemical knowledge.

In the future, it is expected to become a mixed but fragmented encyclopedia.

A while ago, Shen Shuren did not let farmers who could not grow early rice due to insufficient spring drought irrigation to plant a little peas to survive the spring famine, and then invented the "canning" technology of preserving peas.

"After boiling food, it can be sealed to keep it fresh", this discovery opened the door to a new world for Fang Yizhi,

He suddenly realized that this world seemed to be really as Shen Nian had speculated, and there might be countless "invisible insects" that were dominating the daily life of food decay and the decay of animal and plant remains returning to the field.

And Shen Shuren was very tolerant of him and kept his promises, saying that he would take three days off every half a month, so that he could do what he wanted to do, and the scientific research funds were also sufficient. So in the past month or so, Fang Yizhi has spent this time discussing with Song Yingxing the topic of "microworms cause animal and plant decay".

In the days when Fang Yizhi went to Daye County, Shen Shuren would also tacitly stop the writing task at hand, and take the opportunity to take over the daily civil affairs to understand the situation by the way, so as not to lose touch with the understanding of the civil affairs and financial situation under his rule.

Everyone is very satisfied with this rhythm, but some people in Fang Yizhifu are not very satisfied.

After Fang Yizhi came back this time, he was blocked by a woman as soon as he arrived home, officially his sister Fang Ziling.

Last year, Fang Ziling has been living in Jiangling, as a girl who has not left the cabinet, it is normal to live with her parents, and the governor of Huguang is in Jiangling.

But this year, after Fang Yizhi became the prefect of Wuchang, Fang Ziling used a lot of means from his parents, in the name of "helping his parents visit and take care of his brother", to come to Wuchang.

Fang Kongzhi and Wu Lingyi considered that the youngest daughter would not have an accident with the eldest son, and they hadn't seen their son for a few years, and it was not a bad thing to have a daughter to help them see how their son was doing, so they agreed.

Now, Fang Ziling has been living in her brother and sister-in-law's house for a month or two.

When she first came to Wuchang, she also lived in a simple house, and the only man she could get every day was her brother, helping her brother and sister-in-law with some housekeeping.

However, after staying for a month, with the news that "Li Zicheng attacked and destroyed the trilateral governor Wang Qiaonian, and then set up a banquet to trap Luo Rucai and Ma Shouying with the power of a great victory", Fang Ziling felt a sharp shock in his heart, and a little shame.

Last year, Shen Shuren went to Jiangling to ask for help, and later visited Fang Kongzhi twice, which can be regarded as maintaining a relationship with Shangguan. When I went to Gangneung in winter, I just happened to be in time for my family to cook wine and enjoy the plum and snow.

Fang Ziling consciously read poetry and historical books, and at that time, he had an academic debate with Shen Shuren by chance. She also advised Shen Shuren not to speak too much, not to be too arrogant, and to make herself like a god stick.

As a result, Shen Shuren didn't appreciate it, and he didn't feel that he was a god stick at all, but only that he was a god. was so angry that Fang Ziling felt that Shen Shuren was kind enough to treat him as a donkey's liver and lungs, and persuaded him to be modest, but he didn't appreciate it, and he made a bet with him in a fit of anger.

But now it's all come true! Shen Shuren is really strategizing, expecting the enemy thousands of miles away, and counting the enemy after half a year!

Fang Ziling realized that she had to sincerely apologize, admit her mistakes, and admit defeat in betting. It's that his own knowledge is too shallow, and he is not worthy of persuading the other party to be humble at all.

Shen Shuren is not arrogant at all, they really have this capital!

It's a pity that Fang Ziling, a girl in the boudoir, can't come to the door to admit her mistakes, so she wants to ask her brother for help in introducing her.

Who knows that Fang Yizhi has recently either prevaricated and said that "Brother Shen Nian is burying his head in the works assigned by Yang Ge Laoxin, and he has no time to socialize behind closed doors", or he went to Daye County to learn biology with Song Yingxing and study the "principle of animal and plant decay", which made Fang Ziling lose his temper.

When Fang Yizhi came back this time, he was blocked by his sister with his head and face:

"You still know to come back! Let me help introduce you, you either say that people want to do research behind closed doors, or you yourself have disappeared! Researching a can is worth the go! ”

Fang Yizhi is on the rise, and he won't let his sister: "Why isn't it worth it?" Brother Shen Nian wants to deal with Zhang Xianzhong, this Zhang Xianzhong is hiding in the mountains, how difficult is it to pursue the transfer of military rations?

"Reincarnation Paradise"

This canned food can be big or small, not only can it help the people store peas, maybe it can also make more types of military food, so that some foods that are originally light and nutritious but not easy to store for a long time are also added to the military food, which is helpful for the combat effectiveness of the imperial army, how is it not a big deal? ”

Fang Ziling was so groomed that she lost her temper, so she had to change to a pitiful tone: "Count you doing business, right?" Then you're all back, and you have time to introduce me...... Although we are women, we must also keep our word and admit defeat in betting. If you lost a bet with Shen Futai last year, you should come to the door to admit your mistake. ”

Fang Yizhi scratched his head: "I don't care if I say this, let's see how busy Brother Shen is doing in retreat tomorrow, if he is free, I can help you introduce him." What he is doing is the most important thing to divide the thieves and dismantle them from within.

Little sister, you don't know Brother Shen Nian well enough, don't look at him sometimes just writing books behind closed doors, his pen can be worth at least 100,000 male soldiers, but if he directly decides a thing, even if no one in the world wants to do it, as long as he says it, someone will really do it-

Li Zicheng didn't necessarily want to kill Luo Rucai and Ma Shouying so soon, but Brother Shen Nian reminded that the mutual suspicion among the thieves intensified, hinting that later, Li Zicheng didn't want to kill and killed him in advance. What a terrible trick this is, and you know it's a pit to step on. In my opinion, in this world, if you want to save Daming, you really have to rely on a genius like Brother Shen Nian. ”

Fang Ziling listened to his brother's chatter for so long, and he also felt like a world away.

Before coming to Wuchang in February this year, she hadn't seen her brother for a long time, and the brother and sister were a little strange. Her original impression of her brother was still stuck when she was only thirteen or fourteen years old.

At that time, she did not read as much as she does now, and she only admired her erudite and wise brother, who in her impression never really admired outsiders in terms of knowledge and knowledge, even when he was a child, he did not worship his father's knowledge.

But three years later, my brother was able to admire a young brother and boss who was a junior sergeant in the same year, and it seemed that he was really a frog at the bottom of the well.