The long song that Tang Mu said is Chen Liuzi's eldest brother, Chen Liuzi's relatives have arrived in Tamsui last year, and Xu Changge is reluctant to come and does not want to leave his hometown.

However, when he heard about the name spread by the Oriental Trading Company in Nanyang and the influence of his family in the Oriental Trading Company, he and his brothers hurriedly packed up and came to Tamsui to defect.

Chen Liuzi did not arrange any of them under his own hands, but handed them over to Li Zhaoji to arrange, and Li Zhaoji arranged all of them by his side regardless of age and ability, as a personal envoy, he just wanted to see what the ability and character of these people were.

Among Xu Changge's brothers, some were expelled because their hands and feet were not clean, some could only go to the counter to work because they were timid, and some took the initiative to ask for help and serve on the ship.

This Xu Changge, who has been by Li Zhaoji's side for a few months, is not arrogant or impetuous, honest and responsible, and is not proud of his special relationship with Chen Liuzi, nor does he despise his juniors because of his age, so Li Zhaoji is very satisfied with him, and finally stays by his side and cultivates him carefully.

Li Zhaoji cleaned up slightly, just brought four or five personal entourage, and Zheng Sen went to Dongjiang Pavilion, and met Xu Changge at the door, he pretended to be a businessman, pretended not to know Li Zhaoji, led the way, went up to the second floor, and a few relatives ate and drank on the second floor.

Li Zhaoji understood that the matter was urgent, and it was too late to control the Dongjiang Pavilion, Xu Changge and a few brothers tied explosives to their bodies, and as long as something happened, they could use this to threaten the powerful people here at any time, so that they would not dare to act rashly.

With such safety guaranteed, Li Zhaoji happily went upstairs and joined hands with Zheng Sen into the private room on the third floor of Dongjiang Pavilion.

There was a table in the private room, and the people sitting there were all elegantly dressed scholars, and when they saw Li Zhaoji coming in, everyone looked at him, but Shen Youlong got up directly and said, "Zhaoji is here, very good, very good."

Ladies and gentlemen, this is Li Zhaoji, the commander of the feudal army, who has been in business for generations, has a good reputation overseas, and has helped me a lot in Guangdong and Ryukyu. This time, King Qin went north, although he was hired by the Ryukyu Domain to make Zhaoji, but Zhaoji did his best for King Qin. ”

Saying that, Li Zhaoji has been asked to sit between Zheng Sen and Zhao Wenji, and Shen Youlong also introduced everyone to the meeting, all of whom are celebrities in Jiangnan, Qian Qianyi and Gong Dingyu....... Li Zhaoji looked at the dignified faces in front of him, and felt that these people had a good temperament and posture, if they hadn't crossed over, they wouldn't have believed that this group of moral gentlemen in front of him would be traitors and lackeys of the Manchu Dynasty.

"Mr. Li, I look at your Oriental Brigade Department, there is no shortage of foreigners and barbarian-looking people, how do you gather these people, and how do you make them obey orders and not disturb the people?" After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Qian Qianyi asked Li Zhaoji first.

Li Zhaoji smiled: "It's nothing more than eight words, full food and salary, and strict military discipline."

In this world, train and reorganize the army, and do these eight words, even if you are not an elite soldier, you will not be a fish belly, and you will be a combatable soldier. ”

Qian Qianyi nodded slightly, and asked again: "The old man heard Damu say that you are not my Ming person, you can see from your broken hair and shaving." I don't know how many taels of silver the king of Ryukyu has used to allow you to send so many soldiers and horses to help you fight.

The old man also asked on behalf of the imperial court, after all, the small people of the Ryukyu Kingdom are poor, and the salary will not continue in the future, and the imperial court will continue to do so. ”

"Sir's words, the gentle wind and drizzle, but it hurts people's hearts and livers more than the north wind at the end of the east." Li Zhaoji put on a look of anger, and put the chopsticks on the table angrily, he said: "It's true that I am a businessman, but I am not mercenary, and this can be testified for me by Lord Shen and Zheng Gongzi."

The king of the Ryukyus gave a commission and asked me to fight, which is true, but the Ryukyus are only 100,000 mouths, how much can I give? Our department went north to fight and joined the king of Weiqin, but not only for profit, but also with a fist heart.

It is true that you said that in our Oriental Brigade, there are many foreigners and barbarians, but most of the soldiers are still Chinese recruited from various places, and there are also many Fujian and Guangdong righteous soldiers. Even those barbarians, under my command, not only feed and drink, but also teach loyalty.

Li is indeed not a person of the Ming Dynasty, nor is he a member of the Ming Dynasty, and his loyalty to the imperial court is naturally not the same, but the Chinese live and survive in Nanyang, and they also pretend to be the prestige of the Ming Dynasty.

Even though Li and you are not the same country, nor do they serve the same master, but you and Li, and most of the people in our society, are all descendants of Chinese Miao and Yan and Huang.

My troops go north, even if they are not for King Qin, they must expel the Tartars for our China.

Since ancient times, there has been a debate about Huayi, in the eyes of Mr. Qian, Li is Yi, but Li has Chinese blood and thinks that he is Chinese, and the heart in his chest is the heart of the salvation of the nation, which is not as you said....... Mr. remarks, not worth arguing, not worth it! ”

Qian Qianyi's face was very ugly, he has been famous for a long time, when has he been refuted in public by a young man, and the other party is not even a scholar, just a mustard businessman. But what Li Zhaoji said has taken up the name of righteousness, how can he tell the difference.

Gong Dingyu asked: "Mr. Li, what you said was too much, and Mr. Qian is also loyal." ”

Li Zhaoji didn't mean to let it go, and asked: "Mr. Gong's words sound reasonable, but if you think about it carefully, it may not be reasonable.

Speaking of loyalty to the imperial court, Li is not as good as you, but I, who is not loyal to the imperial court, took 5,000 people to the north to King Qin, you are loyal, but you don't see the soldiers into the guard. ”

"Mr. Li has been overseas for a long time, and he may not know about Ming politics. We are all scholars and doctors in the opposition, and we have no right to lead the troops. Wu Meicun said with a smile.

Li Zhaoji said: "It's not okay to send troops, you can pay for it." Accompanied by my Oriental Brigade, there is a Cantonese army, which is a regimental training funded by the gentry of Guangdong Province, I came to Jiangnan this time, looking at the wealth of Jiangnan, several times that of Guangdong Province, dare to ask you, gentlemen, can you fund the formation of the militia group, for the imperial court to suppress thieves and prisoners? ”

Seeing that Qian Qianyi was about to speak, Li Zhaoji said: "Mr. must say that King Qin is imminent, and it is too late to organize and train the militia." Then dare to ask all gentlemen, are you willing to donate some money for the imperial court Qin Wangjun? I think you gentlemen must be willing, but it's only three or five hundred taels to send it away. ”

Everyone was greatly embarrassed for a while, because before Li Zhaoji arrived, Shen Youlong had already persuaded him to donate, and as Li Zhaoji expected, Shen Youlong was sent away for three or five hundred taels per person.

Li Zhaoji said again: "It's not okay to give money, then it's always okay to give people." You can all write and calculate, and you are even more skilled at managing money and food in the army than those account offices. Of course, you are too old and frail to stay in the army for long. But you are all Jiangnan everyone, send some brothers and nephews, and it is okay to be a disciple and a grandchild.

Even if these people can't use knives, guns, sticks, and can't take care of money, food, and salary, they can help cook at the fire workers, wash rice and vegetables, and they can do it anyway.

I wonder if your loyal gentlemen are willing to send their sons and nephews to endure hardships? ”

Qian Qianyi and the others were all very embarrassed, they just thought that Li Zhaoji was heroic and righteous, and he would lead the troops to fight, but they never thought that he was still a clever tongue, and they couldn't deal with it. Gong Dingyu regretted it even more, why did he stand up for Qian Muzhai, everyone said that it was not worth arguing, and it was over.

Zheng Sen stood up at this time and knelt in front of Qian Qianyi: "Teacher, although what Brother Li said is disrespectful, there is indeed a lot of truth. He is not a Ming man, and he has not received the grace of the country, but he still sent troops to serve the king. We are all gentry and nobles who are resting with the country, how can we fall behind him.

Other students don't want to say that the students themselves are willing to join the army and go north, and King Qin joins the guard, that is, they will be a small soldier and die in the hands of thieves, and they will not regret it. ”

Since the Nagasaki incident, Zheng Sen has asked Qian Qianyi to agree to his trip to Jiangnan, which is Zheng Zhilong's arrangement, Zheng Sen does not listen, that is, he wants to return to Fujian to be educated by him personally. Therefore, even if Zheng Sen has plans to join the army, he must let Qian Qianyi agree, but as everyone knows, Li Zhaoji just forced him with words, and what he asked for was this result, even if Zheng Sen did not take the initiative to ask for help, he would use the method of agitation.

He would ask Qian Qianyi if his own sons and nephews were unwilling to be sent to the army to endure hardships, but other people's sons were willing to send them. Coupled with a few words like 'his mouth is full of loyalty, and his heart is full of flies and dogs', Qian Muzhai will definitely not be able to come to the stage, and Zheng Sen will definitely take the bait.

"Okay, the old man thinks that Zheng Gongzi is worthy of being the Qilin'er of General Feihuang, good, very good!" Gong Dingyu was the first to praise and said.

Wu Meicun also said: "Well, but let the foreign vassals see the loyalty and courage of our Ming Wangshi." ”

Qian Qianyi rode a tiger hard, but he promised Zheng Zhilong that he would take care of Zheng Sen and not let him cause trouble, but now that Zheng Sen is going to the battlefield, how can he be willing, but in front of so many people, he can't directly refuse, so he said: "Da Mu, although you are a general, and you read more military books on weekdays, but after all, there are no soldiers and horses under your command, and going north alone is not beneficial to the overall situation."

The Cantonese army and the vassal army are mostly people with excellent combat strength and rich experience in officers, how can Lord Shen put the elite soldiers under the command of you, who has just entered the battle array?

It's better to wait for your father to sort out the soldiers and horses, and you serve in his army, and then go north to King Qin. ”

Li Zhaoji said slowly: "This time, the Cantonese army and our department went north, and the cavalry was not easy to transport, so the cavalry only came north as infantry. If Zheng Gongzi is willing to pay some money to buy war horses, I can guarantee that Zheng Gongzi will command as many cavalry as my department can organize. ”

"Mr. Li, Zheng Gongzi is the eldest son of Admiral Zheng of Fujian, how can he be in danger." Qian Qianyi scolded.

Li Zhaoji smiled and said: "Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety have not been both, whether loyalty comes first, or filial piety comes first, everyone has their own opinions. ”

Zheng Sen said, "Teacher, you can promise the student." As a minister of the Ming Dynasty, how can the student fall behind outsiders. ”

"No, no, no matter what. The old man promised your father to take care of you! Go down, and don't make trouble here. Thinking of some major events, Qian Qianyi reprimanded Zheng Sen and said.

Zheng Sen left angrily, he got off the Dongjiang Pavilion, rushed out of the door angrily, and was about to get on the horse to leave, but was called by a maidservant, Zheng Sen saw that the maid was Liu Ruis side, so he followed.

"Da Mu, I'm listening in the room next to you, it's Li Zhaoji who deliberately provoked you." Liu said.

"Yes, I still know that he was afraid that my father would be unfavorable to him, so he deliberately provoked me to join the army and be a hostage by his side." Zheng Sen said angrily.

"You know, why are you going?"

Zheng Sen said, "Am I not faithful? I, Zheng Sen, am a good man, and I am in a national crisis, isn't it when I serve the country in the army? Hedongjun, my teacher was entrusted by my father and didn't agree to me, do you want to persuade me? On weekdays, don't you always educate me to be a loyal minister? ”

"Well, I know that if you see through it, you will also step in. In fact, I and you are not in the same mind, but I am just a woman, and I can't help myself. But if you have the ambition to serve the country, I will help you. ”

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