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Chapter 3 Confucianism

Using literature to control martial arts is the most important system of the Ming Dynasty since Yu Qian was ordered to intervene in the affairs of the Five Army Governor's Office during the Jingtai period. The emergence of this system has a great relationship with the support of the civil servant group when Emperor Jingtai ascended the throne. However, since it appeared, it will continue as a story, and even if Yu Qian died, he could not rewrite it.

If the original dual system pattern of the Ming army in Dalanshan was viewed from the perspective of civil and military affairs, it also conformed to this ancestral system. Wang Yi, who was the main one among the two civil officials, was the military supervisor, while Wang Jiang was mainly responsible for daily administration, including Huang Zhongdao, Mao Mingshan, Liu Yiming and later Chen Wen were just subordinate military generals under the civil officials, that's all.

However, with Wang Yi's capture, Chen Wen began to be responsible for the military affairs of the remnants of the Ming army, but in fact he only existed as Wang Jiang's deputy, just like Wang Jiang used to be Wang Yi's deputy, the time difference was not too much, but the affairs he was responsible for were slightly different.

However, when Wang Jiang was accidentally captured by the Qing army, there was no longer a person in the Dalanshan old camp who was the deputy of the civil servants and military supervisors. Whether it was Sun Yu or other civil servants who had been in charge of the first level, they were not as qualified as Chen Wen, especially because they were all just Wang Yi, Wang Jiang's subordinates rather than civil servants appointed by the Lu Jianguo.

The lack of qualifications and lack of authority from the court as a supporter, they had to be unable to obtain the status of Wang Yi and Wang Jiang, so they had to settle for the second best to seek the military supervisor who did not interfere in military affairs. Even under normal circumstances, the military supervisor would interfere in military affairs.

In fact, Sun Yu is a very good choice, with both ability and ethics, and it was promoted by Wang Yi and Wang Jiang, which is not much different from their identities. However, in an old camp dominated by Ning Shao people, Sun Yu's Jinhua Mansion's hometown is a bit dazzling. Especially now that Ning Shao is still under the control of the Qing army, and Jinhua has been restored, it is particularly obvious.

When Yan Zhiheng asked, most of the people present showed a look of embarrassment. Although these people have followed Wang Yi and Wang Jiang for many years, most of them are relatively low-level civil servants. For example, although Yan Zhiheng is now the magistrate of Dongyang County, he was just a chief clerk when he was in Dalanshan, and most of the others were like this, even slightly less than that. Only the older civil servant, who was slightly higher in the rank of the civil servant, was only a head of the Five Divisions. He was just appointed as the magistrate of Jinhua Prefecture, and could barely compete with Sun Yu, who once presided over the treasury department and now the magistrate.

But the problem now is that it is not enough to be able to compete with each other. Whether it is Yan Zhiheng, the older civil servant, or the others here, they all know that if they want to inherit Wang Jiang's position, they must first get the support of Chen Wen, who has a heavy army. Sun Yu has a very good relationship with Chen Wen, and he cooperates well when attacking Jinhua. If they want to convince Chen Wen, they must find a candidate with a deep enough qualification to make Chen Wen have nothing to say.

Only in this way can we take over Wang Jiang's position naturally and firmly grasp the old camp in the hands of their old qualified members of the Dalanshan Ming Army, rather than completely evolve into the "Chen Family Army" led by Chen Wen and supplemented by Jinhua people.

Although it was quite difficult, there were not a lack of candidates. In Dalan Mountain, Wang Yi and the highest civil servant below Wang Jiang were Chu Jiuru, but he had a grudge against Chen Wen to kill his brother. Even if that matter was said, Chu Su first violated the national law first, and the order to execute him was signed by Wang Jiang, but such a candidate would definitely not be able to get Chen Wen's support.

Below Chu Jiuru, there are Chen Diaolun and Zou Xiaonan. Both of them have had experience in military supervision, even if they are just military supervision in the first battalion or half of the battalion. With this qualification, they can naturally block the opponent's mouth. Moreover, they are the head of the Five Divisions, and there is no need to raise it if they cannot compete with Sun Yu.

However, after the Battle of Siming Lake, Chen Diaolun and Zou Xiaonan disappeared. Even though Chen Wen won the victory in the Battle of Siming Mountain, they did not appear without the Dalan Mountain Ming army survived. This really made people begin to doubt their position and situation.

"Master Chu knows where he is now, but Marshal Chen will not agree. Unfortunately, Master Chen and Master Zou are not there, otherwise..."

"Why."

The helpless people could only sigh, but at this moment, a voice in the crowd awakened their hopes again.

"It is hard to say where the Chief Zou is, but Chief Shen is a child of the Shen family of the Yuyao clan. Mr. Qiuru's nephew. After the defeat of Siminghu, the Tartars were still offering a reward to capture him. They must have hid in the Shen family of Yuyao, otherwise they would have been discovered."

Mr. Qiuru, who was mentioned in the mouth, was Chen Guomo, the descendant of Yangming Xinxue in the late Ming Dynasty and one of the founders of Yaojiang Academy. Chen Guomo's name was Shuze and his pseudonym was Qiuru. In his later years, he lived in Shilang Mountain in Hengao and was also called Shilang Laoqiao. He was a very influential scholar in the Shaoxing Wangxue era. At the same time, he was also Chen Diaolun's uncle.

The dreamer woke up with a word. Everyone was so excited when they heard this, but it was difficult to go deeper.

"At present, we are in Jinhua, and we have to go to Yuyao through Shengxian County where the Tartars are heavily deployed. And even if we can arrive safely, Yuyao is so big that the Shen family is not a small family. How can we find it?"

Hearing this, the young civil servant of the previous one immediately stood up and said loudly: "It is up to people to do it, but if you don't do it, you won't succeed. When Wang Jingluo broke through Shangyu, he was attacked by Fubiao Camp. So many people died or surrendered. Wang Jingluo and Wang Governor would rather go away to Tiantai Mountain than surrender, so there was a future of the Ming army in Dalan Mountain. When Siming Lake was defeated, the entire King's Army in Siming Mountain was gone, and the Tibiao Camp even chased him closely. Marshal Chen resolutely led the troops behind the palace and defeated the Tartars with less than one-fifth of the inferior forces, preserving the last fire of the Dalan Mountain King's Army."

"If it is Wang Jingluo, Governor Wang and Marshal Chen, don't choose to go against the current, how can the Wang Shi restore this prefecture and county? There is still hope in the Shenzhu, so we should not give up easily. If you can trust me, you will set off for Yuyao in the morning tomorrow, and you will also invite Marshal Chen to help Marshal Chen maintain the overall situation."

The generous speech of the young civil servant suddenly pushed the already sluggish atmosphere to a climax. Everyone who saw hope praised it. Even Yan Zhiheng, who was getting older, even raised his hand and cheered for the civil servant's courage. But at this moment, the old civil servant who had previously interrupted the speculation of the chief clerk, shook his head and shouted no.

No? Is there any other way?

Upon hearing this, the young civil servant frowned and then asked, "Why not?"

"I am not saying that County Magistrate Xu's method is impossible, but the details are still to be discussed." As he said that, the elderly civil servant stood up and signaled everyone to sit down and listen to him finish his words.

"Mr. Xu is very energetic, but if you don't go to work, you go north to Yuyao, and those newly-affiliated followers will definitely inform the Prime Minister Sun about this matter. If the Prime Minister Sun invites General Chen to report to him, the Prime Minister will not be able to reject the matter. At that time, even if we invite Lord Chen, it would be too late. It would be better to send a confidant to bring a letter to the north. Wouldn't it be better for us to name him?"

This remark immediately attracted everyone's approval, and even the county magistrate Xu made a big statement that he was planning the country. In this way, the matter settled. After the older Tongzhi wrote the letter by himself, everyone present named him, and the county magistrate named Xu, who was also familiar with Chen Dianlun, found a close friend to Yuyao to deliver a letter.

After completing this, the civil servants had been doing some elegant works such as writing poems and singing and other things, and then they still had an unsatisfactory breakup after the event. However, there were not many days of gathering in recent times. Some people would stay in the city, such as the older Tongzhi; some would go to the post after the New Year, such as Yan Zhiheng, the new magistrate of Dongyang; and some would set off in the past two days, just like the county magistrate Xu, who would take the post before the New Year.

It may take a while to see each other again, or they may never meet again. Therefore, many of these people's poems carry a kind of tragic tragedy of wind and cold Yishui, which makes Chen Wen, who learned about the general situation in a few days, feels a little amused and crying.

The old civil servants who wrote a name to Chen Diaolun had agreed on the principle of confidentiality, but the poems he wrote had some things that he wanted to speak but could not stop.

It would be fine if it was just like this. Anyway, Chen Wen's officers basically had nothing to do with illiteracy in reciting poems. Even Chen Wen was limited to the poor love poems that chased girls in school and the erotic words and bad tunes at the wine shop, and was very unfamiliar with things like the level and tone. However, there are some things in this world that cannot stand a question.

A civil servant who attended the meeting wrote a poem and thought it was good. He always sang it with his friends. This is one of the favorite things of ancient Chinese literati. During the singing process, if someone intrigued him, he could see something from the poem. After asking, everyone is a friend, and naturally he must say it. If he didn't say it, it was clearly telling others that "I believe you but you just want to do it." Literati will not do such things easily. But if he said it, this inside story will be spread in the "I only tell you one person in this matter, don't spread it outside" and "Don't worry, I will definitely keep my mouth shut." This is how Chen Wen's personal soldier Zhang Jun heard it from a friend in the old camp.

Listening to the whole story of this matter, and when I recalled the battle of *******, the saying that the scholar failed to rebel for ten years was really related to the vast majority of scholars in the late Ming Dynasty.

In the first year of Yongli, the Lu Jianguo was invited by Zheng Cai to make a big fuss in Fujian, which greatly increased the military pressure in Fujian, and the Qing army in Zhejiang was forced to go south to aid Fujian.

It was heard that the main force of the Qing army in Zhejiang went south, and among the "Six Crazy Students of Ningbo", Huaxia, Wang Jiaqin, Dong Zhining, and others connected Tu Xianchen, Yang Wenqi, Yang Wenzan, Dong Deqin and others to plot to organize the anti-Qing armed forces in eastern Zhejiang to revive Ning Shao in one fell swoop, and then besiege Hangzhou.

To this end, they contacted Huang Binqing from Zhoushan through Feng Jingdi, and sent people to invite Wang Yi and Li Changxiang and other rebels to attack Shaoxing Prefecture. At the same time, they also served with Chen Tianchong, a central army guerrilla who was inspecting Sun Zhixiu of the Haidao in Ningshao, Manchu Qing Dynasty, and Zhongmo made an appointment. When Huang Binqing attacked the city, he took down Yin County, Ningbo Prefecture City in one fell swoop.

At that time, the Qing army in eastern Zhejiang was in short supply, and there was a Qing army in Ningbo, which was ordered to go south to Taizhou, which made the Qing army here even more difficult. If their plan could ensure its suddenness, the possibility of success was astonishingly high.

But the problem is that these planners of the uprising not only contacted the rebel army, but also prepared for the Qing army and the Zhoushan Ming army, but also connected with friends who were familiar with each other. Finally, the news came to the ears of the shameless villain Xie Sanbin. As a result, Xie Sanbin reported it to the Qing army, which led to Wang Yi's old nest being attacked by the Qing army in Ningbo, Huang Binqing's defeat in the attack on Ningbo and the failure of the Ningbo uprising, and the person involved was arrested and executed by the Qing army.

What is most speechless is that when the Qing army captured China, Ning Shao of Manchu inspected the sea route, Sun Zhixiu coveted Xie Sanbin's huge property and falsely accused Xie Sanbin of being accomplice of Huaxia and others. However, because Huaxia disdains to be with such villains, he said during the interrogation that Xie Sanbin is not worthy of complicating with them, which led to the lucky escape from the murder.

According to historical records, Chen Wen knew that the literati of the Ming Dynasty was not stupid, and it could be said that he was very smart. However, under the system of preferential treatment of scholars in the Ming Dynasty, he cursed the emperor and bullied military generals in the court, and used duty-free fields to attract the people to contribute. Some even formed associations to force local officials and hindered administration.

By the end of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang originally customized scholars who could study with their swords to hone the style of scholars, and shaking fans with fragrant powder, and uttering wildly among the crowd with the children, but when they really needed to do things, they were completely unaware of the so-called.

Born in the Internet era, Chen Wen knew very well that the anti-Qing movement in the Southern Ming Dynasty was nationwide, and there were relevant records in the county annals of almost every county, whether it was an uprising or the massacre of the Qing army after the failure, which was written throughout the official and unofficial history of that era.

In addition to those who resisted the Qing officials and imposed heavy taxes, many of the other uprisingers were connected and organized by local prestigious scholars, and led the people who trusted them to fight with the Qing army. However, because these scholars were not practical on weekdays, they often made a lot of tricks after rising up, and eventually ended up in defeat, which harmed the people who trusted them to rise with them.

After reading the history of the Song and Ming dynasties, it was something that Chen Wen could not tolerate. It was not only because of his identity as a military general, but also because of the stupidity of civil servants leading troops, which made him, who was always walking on thin ice under the pressure of the Qing Dynasty, dared not repay even a trace of trust.

When Wang Yi was still there, he had been preparing to break the Qing army's encirclement and suppression of Simingshan and go south to Jinhua to open a new base. After Wang Yi was captured, he chose not to interfere in military affairs due to the sharp contrast caused by Wang Jiang's defeat in the Battle of Siming Lake and the great victory behind the Simingshan Palace, so that the two of them could work together to persevere.

It is just about the issue of civil servants supervising the military. Chen Wen does not intend to challenge this unspoken rule for the time being, but the candidates of the military supervisor must first not interfere in military affairs like Wang Jiang, and will do their best to support him in continuing to recover lost territory. He believes that only in this way, the remnants of the Ming army, who should have been submerged in the sea of ​​blood in Siming Mountains last year, can continue to persist in Jinhua Prefecture, and even recover the entire Zhejiang and the two capitals of the north and south.

Because of this, regardless of whether Chen Diaolun would come or not, Chen Wen had made up his mind to submit a letter to the Lu Supervisor State to recommend Sun Yu to prepare for the Western Zhejiang Army as the only remaining military supervisor of the Ming army in his hands.

As for the civil servant group of the old camp, it was broken down in the name of being stationed in various counties. These civil servants who were older than Sun Yu's qualifications would not take long to integrate into the emerging "Zhejiang Ming Army" in the face of the "beauty" produced by them, and would no longer be a member of the simple "Dalanshan Ming Army".

Since that is the case, there is no need to rush the time for the above statement. Because in his memory, the Lu Jianguo seemed to have gone to the Jianguo in Xiamen in March of the sixth year of Yongli, proclaiming that Yongli was the orthodox of the Ming Dynasty. As long as he was rushing to this time point, he could naturally put up the line of the Yongli court that had been driven to Guizhou by the Qing army, without attracting interference from the civil servant group of the Lu Jianguo system closer to Zhejiang.
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