After hearing the word "ancestor", Shen Yi was stunned.
Because he knew who the ancestor of General Zhao was.
More than sixty years ago, Emperor Sejong took the Chen court and fled from Yanjing in the north to the south, crossing the Yellow River, Huaihe River and Yangtze River, and ran all the way to the capital of Jiankang.
At this time, someone was chasing him, and there were many people chasing him.
At that time, Zhao Chong, a navy commander who was not very prominent in the imperial court, led more than 30,000 soldiers and horses to defend the Huaihe River. With almost no logistics system, in two months, he relied on well-trained naval forces.
Division, repelled the barbarian pursuers 14 times in succession!
In the next six months, Zhao Chong still stood firm on the Huaihe River. For a whole year, with only military rations and almost no troop replenishment, the Huaihe defense line was still impregnable.
It was not until a year later that Emperor Sejong firmly established himself in Jiankang and the small court of Chen in the south was established. The court looked back to the north and began to reward Zhao Chong for his contributions.
With this almost unparalleled war, General Zhao Chongzhao was granted the hereditary title of Marquis of Anping, and the number of the navy under his command was also increased from 50,000 to 100,000.
More importantly, Northern Qi was still very powerful at that time.
The Northern Qi Dynasty, which had just conquered half of the country, almost threatened to unify China with the force of thunder, but Zhao Chong held on to the Huaihe River throughout his life. Starting from the time Shizong crossed south, Zhao Chong held the Huaihe defense line for ten years alone.
For seven years, until he passed away at the age of sixty-four, he died beside the Huaihe River.
After the death of General Zhao, he was posthumously named Dingguo Gong by the imperial court, with the posthumous title Wu Jing.
After Duke Dingguo left, his son took over the Huaihe Navy and continued to defend the Huaihe River for the imperial court. The Nanchen court, which protected Jiankang, was safe and sound and has been developing to this day.
It was precisely because General Zhao had made such extraordinary contributions that the imperial court allowed the Zhao family to take charge of the Huaihe Navy for generations. Even when Zhao Zhuo acted recklessly in Jiankang City, the imperial court ignored him.
The Zhao family's status among military attachés and generals is almost unparalleled.
He can even be compared with the top civilian prime ministers of this era.
When Zhao Zhuo faced the prime minister, not only did he not give in, but he actually had the upper hand.
Even when the fourth girl of the Zhao family beat up Shen Yi, a new scholar, in Jiming Temple, His Majesty the Emperor held his nose and dealt with it for the fourth girl without doing anything to her.
Of course, this was because Zhao Lu was leading troops outside at that time, but the more important reason was that the affection left by Zhao Chong was still there.
The incense left by General Zhao has made four generations of the Zhao family rich and powerful, and the third generation has been highly respected.
The General Zhao in front of us, Zhao Lu, is the grandson of General Zhao Chong and the third generation "head" of the Zhao family.
In other words, the "General Information of the Navy" he handed to Shen Yi was most likely handwritten by General Zhao at that time, and had been annotated by the next two generations of Zhao family leaders.
This kind of thing is a great temptation for any general.
If Ling Su and Xue Wei were here and saw General Zhao's handwriting, they would probably have knelt down to accept it.
Shen Yi looked at the yellowed old book in front of him and felt quite emotional.
As a native of Chen, he had naturally heard the story of General Zhao, and he admired this general who turned the tide very much, but the General Zhao in front of him was not the General Zhao of sixty years ago.
The Zhao family now is not the Zhao family back then.
After the brave young men slayed the evil dragon, most of them turned into evil dragons.
Maybe Zhao Chong himself did not, but his grandsons and great-grandsons have indeed become the evil dragons of this era.
After hesitating for a moment, Shen Yi reached out and took the book. He did not open it immediately, but looked up at the extremely ordinary-looking middle-aged man in front of him. After a slight hesitation, Shen Yi asked slowly: "General.
Give me such a valuable thing, what do you want?"
Zhao Lu shook his head slightly and said with a smile: "Zhao doesn't want anything."
"To put it bluntly, if Zhao really wants something, I'm afraid you won't be able to give it to me, Mr. Shen."
Although these words are a bit ordinary, they are so true that they could not be truer.
The Anping Marquis and general in front of me has a status in the court that is at least as good as that of a prime minister, or even a prime minister. His status in the court is very transcendent, and the Zhao family has been operating in Huaihe for sixty years.
, it can be said that they don’t lack anything they want. Shen Yi, a fledgling sixth-grade official, really can’t give their family anything.
"If you don't say what you want."
General Zhao raised his head and looked at Shen Yi indifferently: "Zhao is from Chen after all, and he always thinks about a more prosperous country. When he heard that Chief Shen was ordered by the emperor to go to the coast to establish an anti-Japanese army, Zhao wanted to privately
Let’s meet Master Shen inside.”
"I showed Chief Shen this book, and I didn't have any other ideas. I just hope it can give Chief Shen some help, so that the anti-Japanese army in the southeast can be stronger, and we can protect our southeast coast of Dachen."
This speech was undoubtedly very beautiful.
After hearing this, Shen Yi even wondered if he had misunderstood the Zhao family before.
or…
Is it just the fourth generation of the Zhao family that is bad? This third generation general is still good?
But soon, Shen Yi put all these miscellaneous thoughts behind him. He looked at the book in his hand, hesitated for a moment, and asked: "Then... can I borrow it back for two days, junior?"
"I brought it here for you to take back and see."
Shen Yi took a deep breath and held the book in both hands.
This book is still very important to him.
Because although he has read a lot of books and read a lot of military books, he actually doesn't know much about the actual training of soldiers, especially the methods of training navy.
As for Ling Su and Xue Wei, they were both infantrymen at the Coastal Guard Station, and they didn't know much about naval warfare.
If Shen Yi can thoroughly understand the art of war written by Duke Dingguo, it can be said to be of infinite use to him in his future career as a military leader.
However, after Shen Yi took the book, he still looked up at Zhao Lu and said in a deep voice: "Master Hou, there is something I must tell you clearly."
General Zhao looked calm: "You say."
Shen Yi said slowly: "The juniors in the Anti-Japanese Army are only supervising the manufacture of weapons for the imperial court. The juniors are not involved in the formation and daily training of the Anti-Japanese Army. From the beginning to the end of the Anti-Japanese Army, the Crown Prince of Jin is in charge.
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General Zhao chuckled: "Why are you telling me this?"
He looked at Shen Yi and asked, "When will Chief Shen leave Beijing?"
Shen Yi took a deep breath and replied silently: "Sixteen or seventeen."
"Then you and I are pretty much the same. I also left Jiankang and went north after celebrating the Lantern Festival."
After saying this, General Zhao stood up. He walked up to Shen Yi, reached out and patted Shen Yi on the shoulder, and said calmly: "Master Shen, there are so many young people in the court. In my opinion, you are the only one with a bright future."
Infinite."
"In the future, you may also be granted the title of Marquis, Prime Minister, and wife."
Shen Yi frowned: "This junior is a civil servant."
"Civil officials have too much power."
General Zhao smiled mysteriously: "You have led too many troops. His Majesty may not allow you to be a civil servant."
"young people."
General Zhao patted Shen Yi on the shoulder and left with his hands behind his back: "If you work hard, maybe you can make your Shen family rich for generations."