"It is easy to capture Mingzhou, but it is difficult to defend Mingzhou, but it is difficult to govern Mingzhou. Can Mr. Junan teach me?"
The guests all said their goodbyes and left, and Lin Fu invited Ye Junan and everyone from Huaidong to the side hall to drink tea and talk.
This was the back garden arranged for Lin Fu to live. While Lin Fu was supervising the war in Shengzhou, Song Jia moved in first. At this time, he personally ordered the two sisters of the Zuo family and the Ru Jiang family to come out to serve tea.
Ye Junan was very respectful, and knew that the woman Lin Fu always took with him to serve, even if she had no identity or name, was Lin Fu's beloved concubine who could not be ignored. Of course, Ye Junan also knew that Lin Fu had a lustful reputation, so
Perhaps the reason why this woman was able to accompany him to eastern Zhejiang was not just because of her extraordinary beauty.
"I have little knowledge and I really don't dare to be arrogant in front of adults!" Ye Junan sat down with a tea cup in fear, refusing to talk about political affairs lightly.
Lin Fu could tell that Ye Junan's sincerity was probably an act. He stood up and walked to Ye Junan's case, bowed his head and saluted, and said: "Fu is rude and disrespectful to Mr. Junan, but his innocence remains unchanged. I sincerely ask Mr. Junan to
Teach me something!”
Song Jia ran with her legs under her hips, holding a pot to serve herself tea. Although she didn't show up just now, she was hiding in the darkness behind the screen and saw the behavior of many people at the banquet. She watched Lin Fu walk to Ye Junan's case to serve her.
Disciple Zhili asked for advice on political affairs, and smiled to himself: He had shown such outstanding performance in the front garden just now, and now he was resisting and resisting, and he hesitated to speak. Most scholars who believe in their talents have this kind of virtue.
Fu Qinghe stroked his long beard and squinted at everything in front of him.
Ye Junan is kind and wise and protects himself. However, in the troubled times when the city is changing and the King's Banner changes, being good and wise to protect yourself is not a shortcoming worthy of criticism. On the contrary, it is a manifestation of wisdom in life.
Ye Junan passed the imperial examination at the age of 30, but he has been living in seclusion in the mountains and forests for more than ten years without ever becoming an official. He makes his career by giving lectures. Naturally, he is not an opportunistic person. He has a high status in the minds of the Siming School and the scholars in eastern Zhejiang, so Lin
Fu paid great attention to his eagerness to try.
After Fu Qinghe went south, Qin Chengzu returned to Chongzhou to take charge of affairs.
In addition to Fu Qinghe and others, more than 60,000 water infantry soldiers came south to eastern Zhejiang. Hu Zhiyong, Li Shutang and others also led dozens of officials to come to eastern Zhejiang on ships, responsible for the raising and transportation of money, food and weapons, and taking over the local area.
etc. affairs.
There is no shortage of officials in Huaidong. It is possible to recruit more than a hundred officials to fill Mingzhou, but governing Mingzhou will not be that simple. However, it is not necessarily how complicated it is.
It is much better to suppress a group of people, win over, and appoint a group of people who are willing to be used by Huaidong to divide the local forces in Mingzhou than to transfer all the officials from Chongzhou and let the local forces in Mingzhou stick together. We must do our best.
It is possible to avoid promotion and appointment of officials from Mingzhou and let Jiang Ning win over them.
East Zhejiang has been trapped in the She family for many years and has been separated from the southeastern counties. Most of the local people in East Zhejiang are sensitive and fragile, and their minds are hard to decide. Whether it is Jiangning or Huaidong, it is difficult to gain their wholehearted trust. This situation will not change.
, Lin Fu's idea of "ruling Mingzhou with Mingzhou, dividing Mingzhou with Mingzhou, and consolidating Mingzhou with Mingzhou" is difficult to realize.
Lin Fu needed a figure with a leadership position and reputation in Mingzhou Prefecture who could be used by Huaidong and trusted by Huaidong, and thus lead a group of people to be used by Huaidong with peace of mind.
Lin Fu returned to the city today. People with local prestige and status in Mingzhou Prefecture who were not closely associated with the She family were all invited to attend the dust-washing banquet. There were nearly thirty people, and Ye Junan was not very prominent among them.
.But other people were uncertain and wanted to watch from the other side. Ye Junan clearly supported Huaidong at the banquet, which was really rare.
Maybe Ye Junan's performance today was because Mingzhou was secretly negotiating to test Huaidong, but no matter what, if Huaidong can't value Ye Junan and reuse Ye Junan, how can the local forces in Mingzhou feel at ease?
"I don't dare to accept it, I don't dare to accept it!" Seeing Lin Fu walking to the front of the case and bowing in salute, Ye Junan hurriedly knelt down and sat up to show that he did not dare to accept the courtesy, and said, "Since your Excellency wants to hear someone's humble opinion, I am brave enough to show off my humiliation...
…”
"Sir, please speak!" Lin Fu asked someone to move his long case to Ye Junan's case and sit across from him to listen to him talk about the governance of Mingzhou.
"Since the invasion of the She family, the official administration of Mingzhou has collapsed. Although She Feixiong often uses his fields to govern Mingzhou, but the government offices are filled with uneducated and unskilled young men. None of the upright scholars in Mingzhou will join the same trend. Your Majesty wants to govern Mingzhou.
The state should select people with high moral character and high esteem among the scholars to educate the people and improve the state's governance..." Ye Junan said.
Ye Junan's remarks were very general, nothing new, and they ran counter to Huaidong's plan to govern Mingzhou. Lin Fu said yes, but he was disappointed in his heart. He thought that as long as Ye Junan was set up as a model, he would not care about him.
It’s no wonder how many real talents and practical actions there are.
After chatting perfunctorily for a while, Ye Junan said goodbye and left. Fu Qinghe also saw that Lin Fu was tired from the journey and was not busy discussing military affairs tonight, so he, Hu Zhiyong, Li Shutang and others also said goodbye and left.
"Ye Junan, this old fox, has some goods in his stomach, but he refuses to sell them. He is so pretentious and annoying!" Song Jia yawned and stretched out in front of Lin Fu in a charming manner.
"Are you saying that Ye Junan's remarks just now were excuses?" Lin Fu asked.
"It's not a shirk, it's a temptation," Song Jia said, "They all say that if you learn how to govern the people, you can sell it to the emperor's family. Ye Junan has refused to become an official for more than ten years. Even if he is conceited about his talent, he refuses to sell it to the emperor's family.
But before the banquet, this old man acted coyly, trying to welcome you but also rejecting him. He wanted to show off, but when you humbly asked for advice, he started talking nonsense. Rather than saying he has no talent, it would be better to say he is showing off!"
Lin Fu laughed and said: "This little old man is testing my patience to see the thatched cottage!"
"It's not like you haven't seen such a person before," Song Jia said with a smile, "Qin Zitan is a person who is conceited about his talent. Didn't Gao Zongting also refuse to become an official from the beginning to the end?"
"Then you come with me to Siming Mountain tomorrow!" Lin Fu said.
"If you just ignore this old man," Song Jia said with a smile, "just throw him aside and see how long he can remain aloof - then let him shoot himself in the foot!"
Lin Fu smiled and said: "It's easy to be as willful as you - since he wants me to visit the thatched cottage three times, I don't have the patience to talk about anything else? Even if it is for others to see, the four
Mingshan, I have to go two more times."
"Then you go to bed early!" Song Jia stood up and was about to leave.
Lin Fu sighed: "How can I have time to rest? Show me all the pond papers and newspapers in the north..."
"It doesn't hurt to take a day off," Song Jiafu sat down again, getting closer to Lin Fu, and said softly, "Look at you, you have lost a lot of weight." His beautiful eyes looked at Lin Fu's thin cheeks.
"With an iron gun and a horse, who is not weak?" Lin Fu said with a smile, insisting on studying the situation in the north all night.
Song Jia asked the Zuo sisters to bring the information. She knelt straight and walked behind Lin Fu. She put her hands on his shoulders and said, "I guess you are tired too. Let me give you a shoulder squeeze!"
Lin Fu grabbed her hand as tender as catkin and said, "If you kill She Feihu when you attack Dongyang, will you hate me and blame me?"
Song Jia was startled, then Er's body was pressed against Lin Fu's broad shoulders like a dodder wrapped around silk, she hugged him from behind and whispered into his ear: "Maybe I will hate you, I will blame you, maybe I will hate myself."
, blame yourself!”
Lin Fu turned sideways to hug Song Jia into his arms. Song Jia hugged him tighter from behind and said, "Let me hold you like this, okay?"
"You think I am Liu Xiahui who is still pregnant!" Lin Fu laughed angrily.
"Three beauties are very charming, no matter which one you want, I don't care about you!" Song Jia said.
"Oh, forget it!" Lin Fu smiled bitterly, "Let's save the energy to climb Siming Mountain tomorrow!"
Song Jia chuckled, then stopped provoking Lin Fu and squeezed his shoulders seriously.
Lin Fu only slept for two hours in the early morning, then greeted Fu Qinghe and led his guards out of the city to the southwest to visit Ye Junan at Siming College.
Compared with the city, the Huai'an army controlled the outside of Mingzhou City for more than half a month. The outside of the city was much safer than the city. But even so, Fu Qinghe specifically asked Chen Kui'an to lead a thousand people to blockade Siming College.
mountain road to prevent anyone from hearing the news, which would be detrimental to Lin Fu.
This is the critical moment for Huaidong, and there really is no chance of any surprises happening.
The local forces in Mingzhou are also uneasy.
The She family was trapped in eastern Zhejiang, and those who resisted could not escape the purges of the She family. After the restoration of Mingzhou, those who followed the She family into darkness like the Tian family, naturally could not escape the purges of Huaidong and the imperial court.
.There are also some people who are opportunistic and opportunistic. After the fall of eastern Zhejiang, they went to the governor's office in eastern Zhejiang to seek official positions. Naturally, they were also targeted.
But there are also quite a number of people who choose to submit, stay silent and wisely to protect themselves, but they also maintain a certain relationship with the She family.
These people were not only afraid that Huaidong and the imperial court would implicate them and suppress them, but also wanted to find a new family background, and they were also worried that the She family would counterattack and make everything self-defeating again - their minds were really contradictory and they were very confused.
People were in panic and did not dare to gather to discuss matters, which aroused Huaidong's suspicion; under Huaidong's strict surveillance and isolation, it was difficult to contact Liu Zhi, Meng Xinshi and others who were trapped in the post house - Siming
The academy's Lecture Center in the mountains has become a place where some people gather to discuss things openly.
"Mr. Jun'an, Huaidong has been attacking eastern Zhejiang since the 23rd of last month, but Jiangning's envoy delayed his arrival until yesterday. Are there twists and turns between Huaidong and Jiangning that outsiders don't know about?" A man in a dress said
The young man in a Confucian shirt and a scholar's scarf clasped his fists and asked Ye Junan, who was sitting by the window and looking out the window from time to time.
Mingzhou was occupied for many years and was cut off from other counties in the southeast. Most people did not know what the situation was like outside of eastern Zhejiang. The She family even deliberately vilified and downplayed Huaidong. Many knowledgeable people in Mingzhou had no idea about Huaidong.
It's very vague. This is also good. Many of the things Lin Fu has done in the past two years that have caused countless controversies appear normal and ordinary in the eyes of Mingzhou people.
At this moment, a book boy came in and reported: "Sir, there is a group of soldiers coming outside the mountain gate and sending a letter asking to see you, sir!" g!..!