"Congratulations, Lord Bingbei! He Yilong is crowned. This is another great achievement!"
Seeing He Yilong's head being finally delivered, all the generals in Chen Shuren's camp were filled with excitement.
Everyone's faces were filled with disbelief - they originally thought that this battle would be a great victory in the end, but even so, they did not expect that the specific victory method would be so dramatic and legendary.
In the eyes of many people, either a bloody battle will result in the enemy being defeated and captured on the battlefield;
Either accept He Yilong's condition of saving his life and maintaining his staff, and ensure that He Yilong doesn't rebel again, and then give him some official position.
I didn't expect Master Bingbei to be so capable, and once again forced the thief general to surrender.
This style of completely ignoring Confucian ethics and seduce and induce Lu Bu's behavior is really unbelievable.
Of course, strictly speaking, the "Lu Bu Index" this time is not as high as when Liu Xiyao was killed before. After all, the person who killed He Yilong was not his adopted son, but his generals, and it was his generals who killed all his adopted sons together. Kill them cleanly.
Among Shen Shuren's many subordinates, there were also some who were civil servants. For a time, they could not accept this kind of behavior of "actively inducing the collapse of rituals and music".
For example, Yan Yingyuan, who still wears the title of Xiao Senxian County, is actually also serving as the general magistrate of Suizhou Prefecture.
Yan Yingyuan has been dealing with civil affairs in the rear recently. In the past few days, he has been helping to raise military supplies and logistics, transporting grain and ammunition to the front line. Seeing this scene, he couldn't help but secretly persuade:
"Sir, since ancient times, loyal ministers must come from the family of filial sons. If you can easily kill thieves by other means, why do you have to be so shocking? If you always use such unfilial and unjust people when recruiting surrender, I will be worried. In the future, moral conduct in the military will also be ruined."
Chen Shuren didn't take it seriously either, knowing that Yan Yingyu was a cliché, he just accepted it calmly and refused to repent:
"Brother said, it is prudent to say. However, in extraordinary times, extraordinary things are done. Now the country is in chaos and the years are fierce. There are disturbances from all directions, thieves are coming one after another, and the creatures are cruel. The thieves Li Zhang Ni and others are good at taking adopted sons to serve as emperors. We It is necessary to counterattack.
Han Fei said: The Lu people followed the emperor and fought three battles in the north. Zhongni asked him why, and he said, "I have an old father, and I can't help him if he dies." Zhongni thought he was filial, so he raised him up. From this perspective, he , A filial son is a filial son to a husband and a father, and a betrayal to a king is also a subject.
I won’t go into details. If you still feel that you can’t accept it, go back and ask Brother Tinglin to read "On Rogue Thieves". That book was the one I recently asked him to compile. It originated from when I asked Governor Fang for reinforcements. A discussion.”
When Yan Yingyuan saw that Chen Shuren was talking about Han Feizi criticizing Confucius and saying such "treasonous and unethical" words, he knew that there was no way to persuade him on this topic. His immediate boss was a pragmatist.
He quickly said that he would not bother Shen Shuren with such trivial matters anymore, and would discuss it with Gu Yanwu later.
The book Shen Shuren mentioned is also from the past month, when he led his army to stalemate with He Yilong here, he was idle. He just took his salary for free, drank wine and listened to music. His aide Gu Yanwu came to him and asked him to write it.
Since Gu Yanwu followed Shen Shuren, he has been living a happy life. With a monthly salary of three hundred taels of silver, he doesn't have to do anything. He can just read and learn by himself every day.
Occasionally, Shen Shuren would have official documents and memorials to be ghostwritten, or he would have some ideas or political philosophy theories that he needed to find a well-written organization to write down, so Gu Yanwu could take advantage of them. Gu Yanwu also liked to write articles by nature, so they hit it off right away.
The books written are all agreed upon and signed as "authored by Shen Shuren/edited by Gu Yanwu". The ideological and theoretical systems are all Shen Shuren's, and the specific arguments, citations and text polishing are all attributed to Gu Yanwu.
The purpose of writing this book is also obvious. Shen Shuren just wants to put his political deduction ability to use. The income gained from chatting with Fang Kongzhen that day would be a waste if he didn't write it down.
And if it can be successfully predicted that "Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong will definitely do more harm than Luo Rucai and Ma Shouying in the future", when it comes true in the future, the world's scholars and military generals will definitely take a high look at his foresight.
If it could be predicted that "after Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai, and Ma Shouying join forces, Li Zicheng will be more likely to kill his colleagues and annex his tribesmen" and reveal the underlying logic in advance, then the extent of future god's predictions will be off the charts.
From now on, people in the world will definitely pay more attention to Chen Shuren's opinion when making decisions about "who to vote for in troubled times", because he can see through the ups and downs. Who doesn't want to stand with the winner and share the spoils?
Taking a step back, even if history changes due to the butterfly effect, Li Zicheng will no longer be able to kill Luo Rucai in the future, and Ma Shouying will annex his tribe.
But as long as Shen Shuren's book comes out, the analysis is sound and logical, and it is widely disseminated, it will have the effect of driving a wedge between Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai, and Ma Shooying. Anyway, it will be a sure profit.
This is how he manages everything.
A month before He Yilong died, Chen Shuren had just concluded that He Yilong would definitely die. Shen Shuren had already begun to prepare to deal with the opponent in the next stage. He would hit him first if he had no chance.
This kind of magnanimity fell in the eyes of his subordinate Wenwu, and his admiration for Lord Armed Forces couldn't help but increase a little bit more. This is such a mastery of wisdom and contempt for the enemy.
…
After unifying the minds of his subordinates, it was time to share the spoils in a relaxed and enjoyable manner.
The day after He Yilong was beheaded, Shen Shuren's army gradually escorted some of the prisoners of war back to the rear. This cleared the way for the main force, which marched along the valley to Pingjing Pass and successfully joined Liu Guo's Neng Department.
Pingjingguan is the junction of Huguang and Henan, and it will naturally be stationed by Shen Shuren's troops in the future.
Chen Shuren formally received Liu Guoneng, who came to help, on the tower of Pingjingguan, and also prepared a heavy gift for him.
"Mr. Liu Zhenyi Bo Yuntian, I would like to thank Shen! You and I have been fighting together for more than a month. We only got to see each other today because of the He thief's obstruction. It's really too late."
Liu Guoneng looked almost forty, with deep lines on his face and a beard as short as a steel needle. When he saw the young Chen Shuren, he did not dare to show off at all. He was obviously here to help, and he looked grateful in return:
"What are you talking about, Shen Daotai! I, Old Liu, are a rough man. I don't understand so many principles. I only know that a person should be righteous and be happy with his grudges.
I heard that Shen Daotai fought hard to be punished by His Majesty to be the last of the second class during the imperial prelude, but he still spoke up and stood up for us. As a martial artist, this is the first time I have shown a great favor, so I should put a knife in my side!
Now that Quanzi has entered the Nanjing Imperial College thanks to his kindness, I heard that Siye Wumeicun is a famous person in the world and a great scholar in the world. We can't even talk to Wumeicun. In the future, Quanzi will rely on Shen Daotai to take care of him."
Shen Shuren laughed easily: "It's easy to talk, but even if I, Shen, got a Jinshi exam, I actually bought an official position before I took the imperial examination. We come from a wealthy businessman's family, and both my father and son have bought official positions and become officials.
Therefore, the distinction between civil and military affairs is nothing in my mind. In these troubled times, it is the last word to have the ability to enrich the people and save the country. Those poems, etiquette, hairpins, and the false sourness and jealousy of a well-educated family can help a lot!"
As soon as these words came out of his mouth, Liu Guoneng even made him his confidant, and the effect of their friendship was even greater than that of Wei Xiaobao.
Liu Guoneng was overjoyed and said: "Shen Daotai is really... quick to say, it is a life worth living for Liu to make friends with you. It is shameful to say that Shen Daotai thinks so highly of me, so he should have done this for nothing."
But after all, our army fought hard for several days. The brothers below were killed in the battle, and nearly a thousand died from serious injuries, and even more suffered minor injuries. We can work for nothing, but our brothers bleed and lose their lives, but we have to pay for it. Previously, Shen Daotai passed Wu Tiande sent a message and agreed to seize it..."
In the second half of the story, Liu Guoneng changed the subject, and he felt a little embarrassed. The main reason was that He Yilong's generals finally killed the master and surrendered, and surrendered to Chen Shuren, so Liu Guoneng did not get the chance to capture and recruit him.
Of course Shen Shuren would not play tricks on this kind of issue. Now is a good time for Guen Shiyi to win over people's hearts. So he agreed:
"What's the point? Even though the remnants of He Yilong's troops surrendered directly, Brother Liu can just take the military property. Come here, bring the captured accounts for review."
After saying that, Shen Shuren turned around and waved, and soon Yan Yingyuan, who was in charge of logistics, brought the account book over. Shen Shuren just glanced at the captured composition and threw it to Liu Guoneng.
"The gold, silver, money and satin pieces all belong to Brother Liu. I took a look and it seems that this part can be converted into more than 20,000 taels of silver. I will give you another 20,000 taels. Suizhou is a poor place. Erhe Sha Even wealthy households cannot collect much cash.
The food and grass have been almost eaten by the bandits. There is only seven or eight days of food for 30,000 people, and it all belongs to Brother Liu. However, I will not double compensate you for this part. We are not rich in food. These days, in the mountainous areas There is a shortage of food everywhere in a poor house.
The weapons captured by the bandits through battles can be used to equip thirty or forty thousand people in total. I have collected 20,000 prisoners, just in case there are no weapons available, so I need to keep 20,000 pieces for the time being, and the rest will go to Brother Liu.
And you can choose first and pick out the high-quality ones. To be honest, I will only deal with these rogue weapons for a while. In the future, these people will gradually change their minds, and I will definitely make additional re-equipped weapons, so you leave me Just smash the knife and break the gun.
In addition, if you say that nearly a thousand of your troops died in battle and were seriously injured, I will give you a thousand taels and a pension of 30 taels per person, which is 30,000 taels. For the wounded who are neither dead nor disabled, I will give you a pension of 2,000. Ten taels per person, twenty thousand taels.
Counting the previous cash seizures and double bonus, I will give you a total of 90,000 taels of silver first, and you can take the food and weapons yourself. Finally, you have to make up for your losses of 20,000 prisoners of war, and I can also allow you to choose Thousands of people walked.
Try to give priority to your Shaanxi fellows and keep the troops from Huguang and Henan. Those Shaanxi people are unruly and I can't control them. I have recruited too many for the time being, and I am afraid that bad military discipline will cause changes."
Chen Shuren made the arrangements clearly and clapped his hands directly, asking the housekeeper Shen Fu to take Liu Guoneng to collect the money - he had besieged He Yilong's tribe here for more than 20 days, and it had been almost ten days since he had reached a deal with Liu Guoneng. So there is plenty of time to prepare money.
Before the war was over, Shen Shuren had already asked people to transport the money to the front line. It would definitely be too late to transfer it from his hometown in Suzhou.
But Chen Shuren has the power to collect gold from inter-provincial trade at the junction of Huguang, Nanzhili, and Jiangxi. Every month at his checkpoint, the minimum is 20,000 taels, and the maximum is 30,000 to 40,000 taels.
Previously, in early April, he handed over to Fang Kongzhen all the lijin he had up to that time, totaling more than 10,000 taels, in exchange for Fang Kongzhen sending Jin Shenghuan to lead a battalion for reinforcements.
From early April to now, after two months of accumulation, Shen Shuren withdrew more than 60,000 yuan, and subsidized another 20,000 to 30,000 yuan himself, thus making up the sum easily.
There will be no deficit in his account. Firstly, the lijin is used for the expenses of suppressing thieves in the southern provinces. He only needs to go to Fang Kongzhen to record and reconcile the accounts afterwards. Secondly, Shen Shuren is just making a time difference, and the borrowing time is short. Nothing will happen at all.
The financial management of the Ming Dynasty was not as strict as that of later generations. In this era, there was no problem of short-term misappropriation of public funds. As long as the money was paid back in the end, everything would be fine.
Liu Guoneng was dumbfounded when he saw his bold attack.
He expected that Shen Shuren would not be able to default on his debt, but he really didn't expect that ninety thousand taels of silver could be exchanged for just a few chats here, and then a group of servants were waiting for him to accept the silver box.
A small box weighed several hundred kilograms, and it took two strong men to lift it. In the blink of an eye, there were forty strong servants carrying twenty boxes.
This payment speed is simply unheard of.
"Shen Daotai is so generous. Liu is so lucky to have such a cheerful friend like you."