"It's just nonsense. If Tang Gong is in the capital, he will fight to the death and make King Li Ning unable to do it..."
After leaving the Governor's Mansion, Lin Fu got on Gu Wuchen's carriage. The father-in-law and his father-in-law were discussing the matter of Prince Ce Lining in the carriage. Gu Wuchen's fierce attitude surprised Lin Fu.
"Zhang Xie, Chen Xixin, and Hao Zongcheng are the thieves who have harmed the country. We cannot cooperate with them." Gu Wuchen now regarded Lin Fu as his own son, and spoke without the previous barriers. He also showed his sharp side in front of Lin Fu. In exchange for
In the past, no matter how dissatisfied he was with Zhang Xie and others, he would not scold them as "thieves who harmed the country" in front of Lin Fu.
Lin Fu sat quietly and listened to Gu Wuchen's complaints, and then thought about the differences between his and Gu Wuchen's ideas.
In recent decades, the Central Committee's control over the southern counties has weakened a lot. At this time, large-scale civil unrest broke out in eastern Henan, Western Shandong and other places. Except for the Tianjin-Hai grain road, which was barely connected, the north and south were blocked. The Central Committee was likely to
Losing control over the southern counties and appointing King Ning as his heir, combined with the old establishment of the Six Ministries of Jiangning, will easily form the political power center of the southern counties in Jiangning, which will help concentrate efforts to suppress the rebellion of the She family and the turmoil in various places.
In the event of civil unrest, we can concentrate our efforts to ensure the smooth flow of the Tianjin-Sea food route.
Without the establishment of King Ning, the six tribes of Jiangning and Ning are not powerful enough to control the southern counties. Once the north-south route is blocked, except for Jiangdong County, the grain from other southern counties will not be so faithfully transported to the Tianjin-Hai grain road.
north.
With this stance, Lin Fu guessed that there was a possibility of appointing King Ning, and he also agreed with this approach.
Lin Fu didn't care who became the emperor, calming down the situation was the most important thing.
A large-scale civil uprising breaks out in the Central Plains. If the southern counties cannot concentrate their resources and troops, it is very likely that the She family will defeat it one by one.
The actual situation is that Yu Wangao in East Fujian did not obey the orders of the two Zhejiang counties, Dong Yuan did not obey Yu Wangao's control in the two Zhejiang provinces, and Jiangxi County and Jiangdong County had nothing to do with each other, so they were just a piece of loose sand.
Gu Wuchen's attitude towards King Ce Li Ning was completely different from Lin Fu. Gu Wu Chen was concerned about whether the Yuan clan's imperial power could be successfully passed on, and he was worried that King Ce Li Ning would plant indelible roots for the future inheritance of the throne.
Don't talk about other things, as long as King Ning can gain the loyalty of a Li Zhuo-like figure in the future, King Ning will probably have the idea of asking the emperor to abdicate the throne as soon as possible to support his destiny. If the emperor unfortunately gives birth to an heir, King Ning will hand over the throne that is easily available to him.
Can't you let it out?
In Lin Fu's view, instead of considering future imperial power crises for the current emperor, it is more important to overcome the current difficulties. Emperor Qingyu was assassinated and Emperor Delong succeeded to the throne. How clean was the background?
Lin Fu did not argue with Gu Wuchen and said: "The matter is a foregone conclusion and it is not ours to interfere. It is useless to think about it. The matter is over here. When Xun Niang arrives in Jiangning, I will stay for another day or two and then go back to Chongzhou.
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Gu Wuchen frowned and thought: "I don't know how Yu Xinyuan will deal with the canal affairs. If the canal comes to Huaikou this autumn, it will simply attract the bandits to the Huaihe River. There are a lot of problems, and there is no clue.
Xianxia Pass and Shan Pass are sealed, and neither western Zhejiang nor southern Jiangxi can mobilize the troops to seize it. I don’t know what the situation is like for Yu Wangao in northern Fujian... I think it won’t be long before Shewenzhuang will establish himself as the king of Fujian.
Got it!"
There is no such thing as "slowly becoming king" these days. If Yu Wangao cannot pose a threat to the She family in northern Fujian and the She family has the ability to connect northern Fujian and southern Zhejiang, She Wenzhuang is very likely to become the king.
"Right now, I can only compete with the She family for the island land," Lin Fu said. "It is not easy to fight for the island land. The She family will not give up Changguo easily. The Daishan Islands are not afraid of naval battles. The casualties in seizing the islands will be too heavy.
In a short period of time, the tug-of-war was on the front line of Daishan Mountain, and the Shishe family was unable to send warships to harass the waters north of Shengsi..."
Lin Fu organized two strong attacks on Daheng Island. The first time he attacked the defense line of the remaining Japanese soldiers at Qingshi Bay, and the second time he captured the Beilu Camp. The two strong attacks wiped out 1,600 enemies.
The casualties were about 1,200 people. It was a tough battle of "killing a thousand enemies and damaging yourself eight hundred".
In a short period of time, Lin Fu will not forcefully attack Daishan and Changguo Islands. Instead, he will focus on consolidating the Shengsi defense line, supplemented by attacking the enemy island docks and blocking their sea routes, and gradually expand his advantage in the Shengsi sea area. The real battle
, they have to wait until Dong Yuan, Yu Wangao and Jiangxi County are ready to counterattack the She family before they can proceed at the same time.
With the mobilization ability of the She family at this time, they can still mobilize fifty to sixty thousand elite troops from Jin'an. If Shewenzhuang is not too stupid, he should focus on attacking wealthy families and wooing bankrupt farmers in eastern Zhejiang, and even in Zhejiang
Western Zhejiang can encourage a large number of bankrupt miners to join the She family army (although Western Zhejiang is mainly mountainous, there are more silver mines in the area north of Xianxia Ridge).
Lin Fu was not so arrogant that he strangled the She family to death in the cradle with the strength of Jiangdong Zuojun's family.
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When he arrived at the Xuanfu Envoy Si Yamen, Lin Fu got off the carriage first. With his political title of Left Councilor, it was unlikely that he would be able to hold any actual position in the Xuanfu Envoy Si Yamen, but he was still considered to be an assistant officer to the Xuanfu Envoy Wang Tian.
On the road, deliberately driving at a low speed, Lin Fu rushed over. Wang Tian, Han Zai and others had already returned to the Yamen. Shen Rong, Lin Tingli, Liu Shidu, Meng Xinshi and other prefecture and county officials also came to the Xuanfu Envoy Si Yamen to discuss matters.
Lin Fu didn't care about the money and food expenditure of Jiangdong County. He had the title of leftist political officer, but Wang Tian would not give him real power. He was also alone in the Xuanfu Envoy Department. He had no support and could not ask Wang Tian for power.
What he was concerned about was how the Xuanfu Envoy Secretary would give him the salary and silver of the former Ninghai Zhenshui Camp.
Lin Fu was full of vigor, and Jiangdong needed Lin Fu to guard the river mouth and protect the flanks. Wang Tian did not make things difficult for him on the issue of food and salary, and conveniently allocated the original share of the food and salary of Ninghai Zhenshui Camp to Jinghaihai Camp, and the local government divided the food and salary according to the summer and autumn grain seasons.
Shipping.
Fortunately, at the time of the incident, the most important autumn grain payment of the year had not yet been paid, so Lin Fu was able to get more than 25,000 taels of silver at once, which was considered a good thing.
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Lin Fu spent a long time in the Xuanfu Envoy Office, and towards the evening, he and Lin Tingli went to the Gu Mansion to have a drink and discuss important matters.
When I arrived at Gu's mansion, I felt that the atmosphere in the mansion was a bit depressing. The servants and maids were all very cautious, for fear of doing something wrong.
Lin Fu thought that Gu Wuchen was still worried about Prince Ce Li Ning and wanted to take someone out to vent his anger. Only when he met Zhao Qinmin did he realize that he had something else to worry about.
"There is a drunk captain in Jiangning Shuiying. He broke into the Yamen in the afternoon and made trouble. He said that their food and salary were deducted from them and asked you to spit it out." Zhao Qinmin shook his head and sighed. "Sir, I tied that bastard to the courtyard.
After being whipped eighty times, he actually provoked hundreds of people to come over and ask for pay. The master wanted Yang Pu, Liu Xilin led people to arrest them and suppress them, but Cheng Yuqian jumped out to be the peacemaker. The master could not establish his power. This short time
Where will the lost food and salary come from?”
"This problem is difficult..." Lin Fu also smacked his lips.
In order to limit the power of the left army in Jiangdong, Yue Lengqiu intends to strengthen the Jiangdong defense force. In the past two months, he has greatly increased the allocation of silver to the water camp. Not only the water camp of Ninghai Town has benefited, but the allocation of silver to the Jiangning water camp has also been greatly increased.
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Xiao Taoyuan's rebellion, the dissolution of the Ninghai Zhenshui Camp, and the imperial court's transfer of Gu Wuchen as the left minister of the Jiangning Military Department, with separate jurisdiction over the Jiangning Water Camp, made Jiang's defense forces out of Yue Lengqiu's control. At the same time, the consequence was that Yue Lengqiu's
Qiu's efforts to significantly increase the amount of food, wages, and funds have returned to their previous low levels.
The Ninghai Zhenshui Camp has been disbanded, and the money and salary collection will not shrink. As long as Lin Fu admits it, it will not have any impact. Lin Fu will eventually get the food and salary given by the Xuanfu Envoy Siba within the entire Jiangdong Left Army system.
Coordinate expenses.
However, Jiangning Shuiying had a falling out. The soldiers' pay was increased for two months and suddenly returned to the original value. How could they be willing to do so?
As for today's pay riot, someone was probably behind it, and Cheng Yuqian was in the way. Gu Wuchen still couldn't catch a group of people and kill a group of people to establish his authority.
Driving Zhang Yubo and Liu Xilin over, Lin Fu went with them to the corner pavilion in the back garden to find Gu Wuchen. Gu Wuchen also forced his energy away and said with a bitter smile: "I have a headache when I don't have soldiers in my hand, and I also have a headache when I have soldiers. These soldiers
The scoundrel is really difficult to cure. It’s no wonder that Li Zhuo has been in Jiangning for more than a year. Even with his talent in running the army, he couldn’t change the Jiangning water camp... Lin Fu, tell me what to do!"
"The plain way is nothing more than strict discipline, squeezing out the vacancies, eliminating the weak and keeping the strong, using the money squeezed out to improve the conditions of the remaining generals, and then promoting bravery and training into elites. If the generals are good at fighting and dare to fight, more than a thousand will be enough.
To defend against ten thousand troops is to be timid and without courage. Although one million is not enough to defend an army," Lin Fu thought about it outside and directly answered Gu Wuchen's question, saying, "Li Zhuo basically did the same thing in Jiangning, but under the influence of Cheng Yuqian
Controlling the elbow has no effect in a short period of time. Now that Cheng Yuqian has more power, he has no choice but to restrain the elbow and protect those mediocre generals - but it is not that there is no counterattack strategy."
"Tell me and listen." Gu Wuchen felt relieved after hearing that Lin Fu was confident and asked everyone to sit down and listen to Lin Fu's advice.
"In the Battle of Jiyang, most of the East China Sea bandits were still East China Sea bandits, but by the summer and autumn of this year, the majority of the East China Sea bandits were actually old soldiers from Jin'an," Lin Fu said, "If the Jiangning water camp is so rotten that it will be as big as a flower."
If you can't reform your mind, you can only use him up and replenish fresh blood from elsewhere! This is a strategy. Or you can bravely transfer two battalions from Dongyang Township, lead them by Yang Shi and organize them into Jiangning Water Camp, and start again.
, with this foundation, it is also feasible to gradually cut off other hills in Jiangning Shuiying..."
Gu Wuchen stroked his chin and beard, thought for a while, and said: "A two-pronged approach will make it faster. If eastern Zhejiang asks for help, Jiangning Water Camp will allocate help, leaving full power to Dong Yuan to fight. I don't think Dong Yuan will have any trouble."
You are thinking of protecting my troops... I have 400 people around me. I will transfer 800 from Dongyang and recruit another 400 auxiliary soldiers. I should be able to form two battalions of navy. I will let Yang Shi take the lead and give it to you to train three.
months.”
"Okay, I can still use two more battalions of naval forces in Chongzhou." Lin Fu smiled and agreed readily.
Lin Tingli had no objection. After Gu Wuchen took control of Jiangning Water Camp, it could promote the interests of the Lin and Gu clans. Besides, Gu Wuchen transferred Yang Shi to his side. The generals of the Dongyang Army were headed by Lin Jiyuan and Chen Shouyan. He was more comfortable in deploying them. What's wrong with that?