Chapter 775: Robbery under orders (10,000 words for monthly votes)
The two benefited from each other, each got what they needed, and the atmosphere at the table became better and better.
Kong Yingda also made an exception to have a few drinks. This kind of Jiangnan Huadiao wine is different from the wine in Guanzhong, and it is also different from the wine in Fangjia. It has a unique taste. Lao Kong likes it very much. After drinking a few glasses, Lao Kong raised his head and looked at the main hall.
I highly praised the painting "Guan Zhi" above.
"The words are concise and concise, pointing directly to the nature of officialdom. The writing is good and the handwriting is even better."
Pei Xingjian, who was accompanying the wine, took the opportunity to say: "Master, earlier the student and the Marquis talked about the way to be an official. The Marquis said that upright officials who do nothing are not as beneficial to the people as corrupt officials who are greedy and corrupt. The student is confused. Please clarify my confusion."
Kong Yingda glanced at Fang Jun on one side in surprise, and said solemnly to Pei Xingjian: "When it comes to your talent in handling affairs, I think you are far superior to Fang Jun, but when it comes to being in a high position, understanding the human heart and the world.
Fang Jun is far above you. There is no absolute good or evil in this world, let alone right and wrong. Good intentions can do bad things, and bad people are not useless. The way of the world lies in moderation and neutrality.
When joy, anger, sorrow, and joy have not yet arisen, it is called in-between; when they develop, they are all in the middle, it is called harmony. In the middle, the foundation of the world is; in harmony, the way of the world is reached. When harmony is achieved, what is the status of heaven?
All things are nourished."
Pei Xingjian was filled with confusion, but Kong Yingda said no more. The best principles in the world are always contrary to the propaganda of the world view. This is really sad. If you continue to talk about it, you will be suspected of teaching bad children...
Some things cannot be explained clearly, and their meaning becomes self-evident only when you are there.
After the food was over, Kong Yingda felt a little weak, so Fang Jun ordered the banquet to be removed and told Kong Yingda to have a good rest. The trip down the river was tiring, and Kong Yingda was very exhausted, so he waved Fang Jun away. The school has not started yet.
, Kong Yingda temporarily lived in the town office.
Before Fang Jun left, Kong Yingda asked if he could go to the school address tomorrow, but Fang Jun said: "Master, I will rest for two days. I have a big business these two days. After finishing it, I will naturally accompany you around."
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Kong Yingda reprimanded with a bit of resentment: "How come you are so young that your heart is full of things that stink of copper? Your delicate mind has been tainted by the smell of copper. You don't even know what it means, and you are wasting your natural resources!"
Fang Jun was flattered by these words. He didn't expect that his status in Kong Yingda's heart was not low...
"I am not just a philistine of the younger generation, but I have to do it because of the Holy Spirit."
"Oh? Your Majesty's decree? I wonder what kind of business can make His Majesty issue the decree?"
"Robbery under orders."
"What?"
Kong Yingda was stunned.
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"Master Marquis, when did His Majesty give an order to us to carry out robbery?"
Inside the navy camp, Pei Xingjian asked Fang Jun confused.
Fang Jun rolled his eyes: "We are the Royal Navy, that is, His Majesty's private army. We are not under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War and only obey His Majesty's orders. Nowadays, pirates are gathering in Hai Zhongzhou, plundering passing merchant ships, seeking wealth and killing people.
We went to the Qing Dynasty and plundered the enemy's property for our own use. This is what is called 'rob under orders'!"
Pei Xingjian sweated profusely...
Listening to Fang Jun's eloquent nonsense, Pei Xingjian knew that the Navy's first naval battle was about to come.
After arriving at Huating Town, Fang Jun paid attention to collecting all kinds of information, especially the information about maritime merchants. In the past few days, many maritime merchants reported that pirates had gathered on the islands of Haizhongzhou, plundering passing merchant ships.
Very arrogant.
Su Dingfang and others also had strange faces, and they continued to criticize Fang Jun's nonsense.
He went out to sea to suppress bandits, but he said it was a robbery under orders. I don't know what was going on in this man's mind...
However, Fang Jun always makes surprising remarks and is not surprised at all.
Su Dingfang asked: "Now that the navy has just been established, there are 3,500 soldiers, more than 300 warships of various types, and just a group of pirates. It doesn't seem like a big problem. It's just that although the last general is the commander of the navy, he has never been
I have never experienced a water battle, so I wonder if the Grand Steward can teach me any naval battle techniques?"
Nowadays, the navy of the entire Tang Dynasty is extremely backward.
Although the three conquests of Goguryeo by the Sui Dynasty produced a large number of elite naval officers, most of them perished in several battles. The participating naval forces gradually fell silent and disappeared in the turbulent environment of the late Sui Dynasty. And the great
Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, all the focus has been on dealing with threats on land, and the navy has been almost abandoned.
This ultimately leads to the current dilemma of an extreme shortage of water warfare talents.
You must know that decades ago, the navy of the Sui Dynasty fought against invincible enemies all over the East...
Originally, the number of soldiers in Huating Town was almost negligible. Since Yang Xiuwu took over as the commander, he has no intention of training the soldiers. Even the daily maintenance of warships has been abandoned. What kind of water warfare does he know?
Fang Jun was scratching his head when Su Dingfang asked him, "How does he know how to fight with water?"
"I come from a family of civil servants, so how do I know about water warfare? Liu Renyuan, your family has been guarding the border for generations as military generals. Tell me about it."
Liu Renyuan looked confused: "General Manager, my family has been a military general for generations, but they are all riding horses, archery, spears and swords. How can I know how to fight in water? Apart from the daily training on the road when I came here, I have never seen any of them!"
No one understands water fighting...
However, Fang Jun didn't care about this. At worst, he would use combat as a substitute for training and practice his skills with these pirates. By the time the pirates were almost wiped out, the navy would have been completely transformed.
The reason why Fang Jun did not attach much importance to current naval warfare was due to his own army-building plan. In his plan, this new navy was completely different from the previous navy, whether it was the new sail
Warships and the upcoming large-scale equipment of muskets, artillery and other weapons will bring epoch-making changes to the original method of water warfare.
Even if we are now a group of elites who are proficient in water warfare, soon they will become new weapons and equipment troops, and everyone will still become a novice, and they will still have to learn from scratch.
The primary purpose now is to improve the self-confidence and cohesion of these rookie sailors...
"How strong is this group of pirates?" Fang Jun asked.
Pei Xingjian, who was responsible for sorting out the intelligence, said: "There are more than twenty ships of various types, including ten warships, which are former Sui naval warships. I don't know where they came from. The number is about two hundred, and each one is brave and good at fighting.
The attack was ruthless, and many of the plundered merchants had their ships destroyed, leaving very few alive."
Fang Jun slapped the table: "That's right! Our ship is bigger than theirs, there are more people than theirs, and we have more people than them. This is crushing! What other navy tactics are needed?"
Fang Jun really knew nothing about various military tactics.
In my previous life, I was a half-hearted military fan. When I had nothing to do, I looked at machine guns, cannons, aircraft and warships, but who would study various tactics?
What's more, Fang Jun has always been a believer in "equipment theory". He believes that when equipment is powerful to a certain extent, it can crush the situation and the tactical advantage will be infinitely weakened.
Especially in this era of backward technology, as long as your ship is fast enough, big enough, and strong enough, the two armies will face each other, and the artillery fires and the roar of the muskets will crush any naval force. It is perfectly fine to be behind in tactics.
Slowly summarize and make progress!
Just like the two encounters with the Turkic Wolf Cavalry in the Western Regions, do you know nothing about tactics? At that time, the charge of the Turkic Wolf Cavalry was so frightening that the two groups fought. However, after throwing the "Zhentian Thunder" like this, it was not a victory?
Su Dingfang and Liu Rengui looked at each other and agreed with Fang Jun's opinion.
There is no way, the current situation of the navy is like this. There are no decent navy generals in the entire Tang Dynasty. The famous navy generals in the past have either changed careers and become cavalry or they think that the navy has no future and refuse to come.
I can only rely on myself to slowly explore and slowly sum up a set of effective navy tactics.
Pei Xingjian looked at the simplified map hanging on the wall and said worriedly: "Haizhongzhou has many islands and complicated waterways. If the thieves avoid fighting and rely on the terrain to deal with us, it will be very bad."
Haizhongzhou is the Zhoushan Islands in later generations, and has always been famous for its numerous islands dotted all over the place. Not to mention chasing bandits in unfamiliar waterways, without the guidance of local people, it is easy to lose the route, like being trapped in a maze, and you can't get out even if you go round and round.
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However, Fang Jun was already prepared for this: "I have already made arrangements, so that the pirates will have no way to hide!"
At this time, the soldiers outside the gate came to report: "Guo of Xuzhou is waiting for a seal, and Xue Rengui of Jiangzhou is asking for an audience outside the gate!"