Chapter 99 Golden scales are not objects in the pool, they will turn into dragons when they meet Rom
Wan Yuanji's round trip between Nanyang and Wuchang will take about ten days anyway.
So it was almost mid-April when Shen Shuren was convinced that Yang Sichang accepted his conditions.
Accept it, but Yang Sichang still has a small request - Yang Sichang hopes that Shen Shuren can help write a more detailed analysis of "Li Zicheng is about to go downhill, and Li Zicheng has nothing to fear" so that Yang Sichang can directly copy the homework and hand it in.
Give it to Chongzhen so that Chongzhen’s side won’t push too hard.
When Shen Shuren heard this request at first, he was quite surprised, because the secret letter he asked Wan Yuanji to take back was detailed enough, and it was written in Yang Sichang's shoes.
If you want to submit a memorial to Chongzhen, you can basically just copy it. Why do you have to go to him specifically to revise and polish it?
It can’t be that Chen Shuren’s theoretical analysis of political philosophy is not solid enough, right? Then it can only be that the literary talent and rhetoric of Gu Yanwu, the ghostwriter and staff, are not good enough?
Fortunately, Yang Sichang's reply was very clear and did not make Shen Shuren guess too much: Yang Sichang suggested that Shen Shuren should expand this theory a little further. It would be best to write it in as much detail as "The Theory of Flooding Thieves", and even write
One volume of "Continuation of the Theory of Rogue Thieves".
Moreover, Yang Sichang made it very clear that he should not "let the credit go to the superior", that is, do not analyze it in Yang Sichang's tone, but actually use Shen Shuren's own name. When the time comes, Yang Sichang will also clearly tell Chongzhen "This
It’s not my point of view, it’s Shen Shuren’s point of view.”
When Shen Shuren saw this, he thought at first that Yang Sichang was not greedy for merit and wanted to better support the underachievers and help young people become famous.
But then, Chen Shuren thought about it: ginger is still hotter when old! Yang Sichang is not trying to gain fame. He is using his reputation as a "divine fortune teller" in Chen Shuren to enhance his persuasiveness to the emperor, and by the way
Destroy the morale of the thieves!
After all, Shen Shuren has predicted very accurately the rising period of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong in the first half of his life. He is even accurate enough to tell that people like Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, who have no descendants, have an advantage in killing Luo Rucai, Ma Shouying and other lustful thieves.
All came true one by one!
So, if Shen Shuren makes some prophecies later, and the content is unfavorable to the current thieves, and spreads it widely, won't it be able to damage the morale of the current thieves? Even if it can't hit it temporarily, but one day it will be the current thieves
If it really starts to go downhill, many people inside will start to panic and waver!
This is just like in "Wind and Cloud Dominates the World", when the Clay Bodhisattva first speaks, not many people may believe it.
But once the comment made by the Clay Bodhisattva in prophesying the first half of Xiong Ba's life, "Golden scales are not objects in the pond, they will transform into dragons when encountering storms" was accurately verified,
When the Ni Bodhisattva unveiled Xiong Ba's second half life comment of "Success is inevitable, failure is inevitable", the number of people who believed it skyrocketed. Even Xiong Ba himself would panic, and he would pay as much attention to it as an oracle.
However, Shen Shuren's analysis is supported by solid political philosophy theory and the underlying logic of human nature, greed and evil, which is more terrifying than an illusory oracle.
My prediction about how Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong will rise to the top of his life has been accurate. Now I am predicting how Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong will die, and I ask you if you are afraid! Those people under your command will be shaken psychologically once they lose a battle in the future. Are you afraid?
"Isn't the golden scale an object in the pond? When it encounters a horse, it turns into a dragon. If it succeeds, it will be a horse, and if it fails, it will be a horse!"
Yang Sichang was not giving away credit. He just realized that the prestige and credibility of Shen Shuren in terms of "divine calculation" were much higher than his own, Yang Sichang's, and much higher than other civil servants of the Ming Dynasty, so he wanted to make full use of this BUFF.
addition.
Fortunately, Shen Shuren himself does not lose in this kind of thing, it is a win-win situation, so let’s work hard.
…
So, during the middle of April.
Chen Shuren was waiting for Zhang Mingzhen, Zheng Chenggong and others who had just returned to rest and reorganize their troops, so that the troops who had traveled thousands of miles to retreat could quickly recuperate their injuries, treat their illnesses, and provide them with adequate supplies of military rations and vegetables to restore their combat effectiveness as soon as possible.
On the other side, the work of scientific and technological development and military industry was handed over to Fang Yizhi and Song Yingxing. Song Mingde's uncle and nephew continued to work hard. Of course, Zhou Tiedan and other craftsmen could not be idle. Taking advantage of the final sprint preparation period before the war against Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng,
Increase the production of new weapons.
As for Shen Shuren himself, he chose to stay at home for ten days and a half to thoroughly supplement "The Theory of Continuing Thieves", and from the perspective of "how to demoralize the thieves as much as possible and make them suspicious and panic internally", he was extra ruthless.
Stuff your personal belongings ruthlessly.
For example, the materials that Shen Shuren originally gave to Yang Sichang to deal with Chongzhen would never make random predictions: "Last year I said, Luo Rucai, that Ma Shouying would die in the hands of Li Zicheng, and now it has come true. It shows that Li Zicheng believed this."
statement,
The deceased Luo Rucai and others must have had suspicions, and they must have been wary of Li Zicheng. However, their precautions were not comprehensive enough, and their methods were not thorough enough, so that their self-protection failed. But this is not the same as the self-protection that Luo, Ma and others arranged back then.
The means of protection are completely useless. In the future, Luo and Ma's confidants will definitely tolerate it for the time being. After discovering the opportunity, they will fight with Li Zicheng out of fear and suspicion..."
"Zhang Xianzhong will definitely learn the lesson from Li Zicheng's killing of Luo and Ma, and Zhang Xianzhong's adopted sons will definitely compete for power. Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong will definitely recruit thieves for their own use, but they will not be able to pass on the throne to their heirs.
Temporarily covering up the contradictions in the handover and transition of the biggest power of the bandits,
But this contradiction cannot disappear, it can only be temporarily suppressed. One day, the adopted sons of Li and Zhang will kill each other, or even secretly kill their fathers, pretending to be other sworn brothers' patricide, and all the sworn brothers and sworn brothers will be killed.
Kill them all to seize power... Anyway, the 'Taizongs' of the previous dynasties, Yang Er, Li Er and Zhao Er, have provided them with countless materials with different priorities."
Obviously, Shen Shuren wrote this just to arouse mutual suspicion and murder among Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng, so that their groups of adopted sons and nephews would have no peace.
However, this simple narrative logic is often the easiest to understand, and even semi-literate people like Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong can understand it.
It's just as effective as telling Xiongba that the person who wants to rebel against you is your adopted son or apprentice, especially when the first half of the sentence "Golden scales are not things in the pond" has been fulfilled.
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Arranging government affairs and writing books behind closed doors passed smoothly for several days.
On April 15th, the peaceful city of Wuchang finally had a little disturbance.
Fang Yizhi, the prefect of Wuchang, who had just gone to Daye County for a few days to exchange work, finally returned to Wuchang.
In recent days, Fang Yizhi spent most of his time in Wuchang City, helping his boss Shen Shuren handle some daily civil affairs. During a small part of his time, he went to Daye County to discuss natural science with Song Yingxing.
Tinker with something interesting.
Historically, "Physics" was supposed to be written by Fang Yizhi behind closed doors after the fall of the Ming Dynasty. Now it is several years in advance and the first draft is already being prepared.
Fang Yizhi's "Physics" is just called Physics, but the actual content covers the four major categories of astronomy, geography, physics, and biology. Nowadays, because of Shen Shuren's butterfly effect, it is inevitable to add a little chemistry knowledge.
In the future, it is estimated that it will become a complex but unsystematic encyclopedia of natural history.
Some time ago, Shen Shuren invented the "canned" technology to preserve fresh peas in order to allow farmers who were unable to grow early rice due to the spring drought and insufficient irrigation to plant some peas to tide over the spring famine.
"Food can be kept fresh by sealing it after cooking." This discovery opened the door to a new world for Fang Yizhi.
He suddenly realized that the world seemed to be exactly as Brother Shen Nian had speculated. There might be countless "invisible bugs" that were leading the daily decay of food, and the remains of animals and plants were returned to the fields.
And Shen Shuren was very tolerant to him, kept his promise, and agreed to take three days off every half month, so that he could do what he wanted to do, and the scientific research funding was sufficient. So in the past month or so, Fang Yizhi has
This time was spent discussing with Song Yingxing the topic of "microinsects causing the decay of animals and plants".
During the few days when Fang Yizhi went to Daye County, Shen Shuren would also tacitly stop the writing task at hand, take the opportunity to help with the daily civil affairs, and understand the situation by the way, so as to avoid being out of touch with the civil affairs and financial situation under the rule.
Everyone is satisfied with this rhythm, but some people in Fang Yi Zhifu are not satisfied.
After Fang Yizhi came back this time, as soon as he got home, he was blocked by a woman, his sister Fang Ziling.
Fang Ziling has been living in Jiangling last year. As a young girl who has not yet left the government, it is normal for her to live with her parents, and the governor of Huguang has her seat in Jiangling.
But this year after Fang Yizhi became the prefect of Wuchang, Fang Ziling used many tricks on her parents to come to Wuchang in the name of "helping her parents visit and take care of her brother."
Fang Kongzhen and Wu Lingyi considered that nothing would happen to their youngest daughter with their eldest son, and they had not seen their son for several years. It would not be a bad thing to have their daughter help them see how their son was doing, so they agreed.
Now, Fang Ziling has been living in her brother and sister-in-law's house for a month or two.
When she first came to Wuchang, she lived in seclusion. The only man she saw every day was her brother, who helped her brother and sister-in-law with the housework.
However, after living there for a month, the news came that "Li Zicheng defeated Wang Qionian, the governor of the three sides, and then used the power of victory to hold a banquet to trap and kill Luo Rucai and Ma Shouying." Fang Ziling felt a shock in his heart, and a bit ashamed.
feel.
Last year Shen Shuren went to Jiangling to ask for help, and later visited Fang Kongzheng twice to maintain his relationship with the official. When he went to Jiangling in winter, he happened to catch up with the Fang family to cook wine and enjoy plum blossoms and snow.
Fang Ziling felt that she was well-read in poetry and history, and she had an academic debate with Shen Shuren by chance at that time. She also advised Shen Shuren not to be too full of words and not to be too arrogant in his speeches, which would make him look like a magician.
As a result, Shen Shuren was ungrateful and didn't think he was a magic stick at all. He only felt that he was a good fortune teller. Fang Ziling was so angry that Shen Shuren thought that Shen Shuren was kind-hearted and treated him like a donkey. When he tried to persuade him to be humble, he actually didn't appreciate it. She even made a bet with him in anger.
However, everything has come true now! Shen Shuren is really well-planned, anticipating the enemy thousands of miles away and counting on the enemy half a year later!
Fang Ziling realized that she had to sincerely apologize and admit her mistake and admit defeat. It was because her knowledge was too shallow and she was not qualified to persuade the other party to be humble.
Chen Shuren is not arrogant at all, he really has the capital!
Unfortunately, Fang Ziling, a girl from a boudoir, couldn't come to the house to admit her mistake on her own, so she wanted to ask her brother for help in introducing her.
Who knows that Fang Yizhi has recently been either prevaricating and saying, "Brother Shen Nian is immersed in the works assigned by Yangge's boss and newbie, and he has no time to socialize behind closed doors", or he has gone to Daye County to discuss biology with Song Yingxing, studying "the principles of animal and plant decay"
", which made Fang Ziling lose his temper.
This time when Fang Yizhi came back, his younger sister blocked the door with a sullen face:
"You still know how to come back! I asked you to help introduce me. Either you said that people want to study behind closed doors, or you yourself have disappeared! Researching a can is worth your traveling here and there!"
Fang Yizhi was in high spirits and would not give in to his sister: "Why is it not worth it? Brother Shen Nian wants to deal with Zhang Xianzhong. Zhang Xianzhong is hiding in the mountains. How difficult is it to pursue the transfer of military supplies?
"Reincarnation Paradise"
This canned matter can be big or small. Not only can it help the people store peas, but it may also increase the types of military rations. Some foods that are originally light and nutritious but not easy to store for a long time can also be added to the military rations. This will be of great benefit to the imperial army.
Our combat effectiveness is helpful, so why isn’t it a big deal?”
Fang Ziling was so annoyed that she lost her temper, so she had to put on a pitiful tone: "You are doing business, okay? Now that you are back, you will have time to introduce me...Although we are women, we still
You must keep your word and admit defeat. If you lost the bet with Shen Futai last year, you should come to admit your mistake."
Fang Yizhi scratched his head: "I have nothing to say about this matter. Let's see how Brother Shen is doing in seclusion tomorrow. If he is free, I can help you introduce him. What he is doing, but
The most important thing is to alienate the thieves and dismantle the thieves from within.
Little sister, you don’t know Brother Shen Nian well enough. Even though he sometimes just writes books behind closed doors, his pen is at least as powerful as a hundred thousand soldiers. As long as he can tell a thing directly, even if no one in the world thinks about it.
Do it, as long as he says it, someone will really do it——
Li Zicheng originally did not necessarily want to kill Luo Rucai and Ma Shooying so quickly, but Brother Shen Nian reminded him that the suspicion among the bandits became more and more intense, implying that later on, Li Zicheng did not want to kill but killed him in advance. What a terrible conspiracy, and you knew it
You have to step on every trap. In my opinion, in today’s world, saving the Ming Dynasty really depends on unparalleled talents like Brother Shen Nian.”
Fang Ziling listened to her brother chattering for so long, and she felt as if she was in another world.
Before coming to Wuchang in February this year, she had not seen her brother for a long time, and the brother and sister were a bit unfamiliar. Her original impression of her brother was still from when she was only thirteen or fourteen years old.
At that time, she did not study as much as she does now, and she only admired her erudite and wise brother. In her impression, her brother had never truly admired outsiders in terms of knowledge and knowledge. Even when she was a child, she did not admire her father's knowledge to the extent.
But three years later, the elder brother was able to admire his elder brother and boss so much that he was a Jinshi in the same year. It seemed that he was really a frog in the well.