Chapter 31 Trends of Thought
Sun Yu, who put down his burden and rode on the donkey, seemed to have a little relaxed, rushed to the price.
In just about half an hour, Chen Wen's plan to make up for sleep was completely interrupted by Hu Er who suddenly visited.
"Mr. Chen, Zhengwei Wang is invited."
Looking at Hu Er's face with smiles, Chen Wen's anger suddenly disappeared and he had no way to release his release. He had informed Sun Ming that if Wu Dengke came to listen to "Zuo Zhuan" in the morning, he would ask him to bring those villagers to find Chen Wen in the afternoon. After that, Chen Wen and Hu Er went to Dalanshan Old Camp together.
After entering the central army hall, Chen Wen performed the manners. Then Wang Yi waved away the idle people, leaving only him and Wang Jiang, and then said, "Fu Ren is doing well these days?"
Chen Wen bowed his hand and said, "Thank you, Jinglei, it's great for your family to stay in the house."
"Shi Cuo Sun has always been cautious in his words and actions, but he can highly praise Fu Ren."
Chen Wen knew that what Wang Yi was talking about was his previous events recommended by Sun Yu. "Shiku Sun praised him misunderstood and dared not take it."
Looking at Chen Wen's expression, Wang Yi knew very well that this was obviously just Chen Wen's humble remarks. Then he said: "I have been discussing with Wang Deputy Xian for a long time. Now I have an important matter to be entrusted to Fu Ren. I wonder if Fu Ren can share the worries of me?"
"Jiang Wang said it's okay, so he should do his best."
Wang Yi paused and said, "Your Highness the Supreme Lord of the State Council is preparing to send Mr. Feng as an envoy to Japan to borrow troops to help the war. Fu Ren is well-informed and has great eloquence. I plan to recommend Mr. Feng as the Minister of the State Council to Your Highness the State Councilor, serve as the deputy envoy, and walk with Mr. Feng."
Go to Japan to beg for a master?
Chen Wen was very clear about this history. From the first year of Hongguang in 1645 to the thirteenth year of Yongli in 1659, the Zhejiang Anti-Qing Group went to Japan to beg for military service eight times in the name of individuals or the Lujian court. The first four times were led by Zhou Hezhi because he had an old age with the Japanese Satsuma lord; the last time was Zhu Zhiyu's personal behavior.
The remaining three times were the fifth time when Feng Jingdi "cryed the Qin court" in Nagasaki, the sixth time when Feng Jingdi and Huang Zongxi went to Nagasaki again, and the seventh time when Lu Jianguo was deceived by Japanese monks.
Chen Wen thought about it and according to historical records, it seems that before the Battle of Zhoushan broke out, it seems that the Lu Jianguo had never been to Japan for his dynasty again!
Did Huang Zongxi miss the writing?
Or is my little butterfly sporting its wings a little too big?
However, none of these matters.
Chen Wen remembered that when it comes to Japan to beg for military service, the people in Zhejiang's anti-Qing were not solid at that time, and even the Minister of War Yu Huang and Sulubo Huang Binqing expressed opposition. Among them, Huang Binqing was afraid that Zhou Hezhi, who supported this proposal, would use the power of the Japanese Satsuma vassal state to be unfavorable to him. After Zhou Hezhi no longer dominated, he sent his younger brother to Japan with Feng Jingdi; while Yu Huang believed that this move was to attract wolves into the house.
In contrast, the parties who agree include the chief minister Zhang Kentang, the assistant minister Feng Jingdi, the censor Huang Zongxi and the Pingyi Hou Zhou Hezhi and others.
In order to refute Yu Huang, Feng Jingdi proposed the situation where Wu Sangui borrowed the Qing army and led to the current situation of the Qing Dynasty occupying 80 to 10 China. At this moment, borrowing troops to Japan was because there was no land to lose, and it was a profit to defeat the Qing army. In addition, regarding the issue of the Japanese military discipline, Feng Jingdi stated that the Japanese pirates in the Jiajing Dynasty were all pirates and ronin, and what he wanted to borrow was all Japanese regular troops, so they could not be compared with Japanese.
After seeing this history in the book, Chen Wen without hesitation included Feng Jingdi in the collection of Donglin Party Sticks. Therefore, when Wang Sheng asked Chen Wen to meet Feng Jingdi, his first reaction was to find an opportunity to escape, because he was really not interested in reasoning with such people, even if he was the kind of loyal minister who could repay the king in the face of danger.
As a modern person, Chen Wen is an absolute supporter of Yu Huang on this issue.
At this moment, Can Ming was as dangerous as he was, Chen Wen could understand their mentality of eagerness to seize the life-saving straw. However, as a Chinese from the 21st century, he knew very well who was the country that had hurt the Chinese people the most in modern times. Even if this matter has nothing to do with him today, he would definitely not agree with this practice.
Because this is a matter of principle!
However, the principle is based on principles, but the words cannot be said too bluntly. Although he did not know Wang Yi’s view on this matter, Chen Wen knew that Wang Yi had a close relationship with Feng Jingdi and Huang Zongxi, and even had children and relatives with Huang Zongxi. Such a relationship made him pay attention to wording.
"I saw this when I was a young man."
"In the second year of Xiangxing, the battle of Yashan and the Song army was defeated. The left prime minister Lu Xiufu took the emperor and threw himself into the sea. More than 100,000 soldiers and civilians who accompanied him also jumped into the sea to sacrifice their country! The news came to Japan, and Japan had been vegetarian for three days to mourn the demise of the Song Dynasty."
This story is not from a history of confidence, and there are no relevant records in Japan, but only what Chen Wen saw on the forum.
Hearing this passage, Wang Yi and Wang Jiang both agreed that Chen Wen agreed to the national policy of going to Japan to beg for his military service. But at this moment, Chen Wen changed his mind.
"After this incident, Japan and the country called Korea, which was then called Goryeo, were mourning the demise of China in the Tartars, but another trend of thought emerged, and they called it a pervert in China."
"The so-called perverted Chinese and barbarians means that when China was destroyed by the Tartars, the barbarian kings and kings entered the Central Plains, and the Han people, the creator of Chinese civilization, became inferior nations. Then, the former China became barbarians, and the barbarians who had accepted Chinese cultural thoughts correspondingly became new China."
The so-called Chinese-Japanese perversion actually originated from the report on China's situation reported to the Tokugawa Shogunate in the early Edo period of Japan, which was also called the Tang Chuanfeng storyteller. The time range covered by the book was the period when the Qing Dynasty entered China, and Japan believed that this period was the process of China becoming a barbarian. Therefore, Japan called the things and periods recorded in the book a Chinese-Japanese perversion, and this idea actually far-reachingly influenced the attitude of Japan towards China in later generations.
In the eyes of the Japanese and Koreans at that time and later generations, during this period, China gradually became a colony of barbarians. The Han family's clothes were strangled by the severe punishments and laws of shaving their hair and changing clothes, and the Taoist tradition of Chinese civilization was cut off by the crazy killing of the Qing Dynasty. Then, when the former China gradually evolved into barbarians, they were lucky enough to survive the barbarian country that left the Han family's clothes and clothes, they became China.
This is the source of the famous "No China after Yashan, and no China after the fall of the Ming Dynasty" on the Internet.
Chen Wen was very clear that in the stories he made up, the idea of "Abnormal Chinese and Japanese" had serious time and space travel. However, in his opinion, the exchanges between the Ming Dynasty and Japan were far less frequent than those in the Tang and Song dynasties, while the people were more trade exchanges in smuggling situations. In this era without Internet, telephone, or even radio, even if this theory traveled through time, it would be difficult for Wang Yi to figure out whether this trend of thought had happened.
Sure enough, after hearing this, Wang Yi and Wang Jiang were both stunned. They never thought that such a thing would happen no matter what.
Seeing this, Chen Wen knew that he had succeeded, and then said: "As far as we know, there are many princes in Japan now, and they have always been plundering and doing all kinds of evil, let alone in other countries. If Japan really sends troops to come, the Japanese and Tartars will inevitably be intertwined. What is the Chinese people?"
"Besides, I don't believe that Japan will send troops." Speaking of this, Chen Wen once again took out the secret method of presenting facts to reason.
"When Emperor Xi was in power, hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers from Japan invaded Korea and were hung up by the royal army, which was capped by 50,000. Since then, Japan has been very afraid of the Ming Dynasty's military force. Now the royal army is still defeated, so what kind of virtue does the Japanese ruler have to dare to risk the national turmoil and the risk of family destruction and death?"
Chen Wen knew that in history, Japan's request for help from the Southern Ming Dynasty was not a solid piece of iron. Satsuma, Nagasaki and other vassals tended to agree with this because they could get the opportunity to strengthen their strength; and the Tokugawa shogunate obviously saw this, so he was negative about this matter, but he was afraid that the Southern Ming Dynasty would really turn the tables and would cause trouble for them at that time, so he gave more supplies as aid.
Whether in terms of emotion or reason, Chen Wen was unwilling to go to Japan to beg for a master again, so from the beginning, every word he said was to make Wang Yi and others understand that the life-saving straw they were trying to catch was actually just to bring humiliation to themselves.
"I only know that this fertile land in the nine provinces was obtained by our ancestors and ancestors of the Han family through hardships. Whether it is the Northern Barbarians, the Southern Barbarians, the Eastern Barbarians, or the Western Rong, as long as those who dare to offend our Chinese will fight to the end. Even if they cannot fight, as long as our Han family is not dead, sooner or later generations will avenge us. It is not the turn of those Japanese pirates who are already barbarians to get involved!"
Chen Wen's long and colorful speech made the Central Army Hall feel unlucky for a long time. Later, Wang Jiang came to a smooth move and said that they would consider Chen Wen's advice, so they sent him out in person.
When Wang Jiang returned to the central army hall, Wang Yi seemed to be thinking about something. Seeing this, Wang Jiang burst into laughter.
"Wanxun, Wanxun, you and I are planning to use this matter to suppress his temper. Unexpectedly, he was educated well. This guy is really a person who can't afford to offend him."
At this time, Wang Yi sighed and said, "Uncle Chang, it seems that we are really wrong. We must report this matter to His Highness the Superintendent, and we also want to say that we have to go to Japan to beg for the army."
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When Chen Wen returned to the Sun family, it was not yet lunch time, but Wu Dengke and his fellow villagers had already arrived, filling the Sun family's courtyard.
Chen Wen, who had just called Wang Yi for the second time, said to everyone what had just happened without hesitation.
When they heard the news that the court was about to go to Japan to beg for his army again, Wu Dengke and others were angry. In the eyes of these Zhejiang men, the Japanese pirates were no different from the Qing Dynasty. They were all barbarians. Once they arrived in China, they would definitely burn, kill, loot, and plunder, just like their ancestors decades ago. Wouldn't the court act like this to attract wolves into the house?
After hearing Chen Wenyi's righteous refutation of this view, everyone seemed to be angry, especially when they thought that Chen Wen gave up his position as a noble official from the sixth rank, he admired him even more.
In order to prevent the people of Zhejiang from being harmed by Japanese pirates, a person from Northern Zhili refuted Shangguan's rude request without hesitation, and even resolutely refused the kindness of being promoted. What kind of spirit is this? This is a distinct nationalist spirit!
Let me ask, if it weren’t for a hero, how could it be that decision?
Receiving the compliments from everyone, Chen Wen laughed in his heart, all of this was as expected. In modern times, the Zhejiang people he knew generally did not like Japan. When he talked about Qi Jiguang yesterday, it completely refreshed his understanding of the Zhejiang people hated Japanese pirates in this era.
At this time, he must say this matter more and more, just to prepare for the next sentence.
"You guys don't have to compliment you anymore. These are all things you should do. In fact, I can also be considered a native of Zhejiang. Naturally, I cannot allow Japanese pirates to harm the people of Zhejiang again."
"Ah?" Everyone was surprised as this said, because Chen Wen had always called himself a native of Northern Zhili. What's wrong with this today?
Seeing that everyone showed an incredible expression, the shameless time traveler once again extended his hand to an ancestor who was far from birth after making up his family, Shiwang and his wife.
"Everyone knows that my family was born in the 100 hereditary family of the Right Guard in Tianjin, and this position was obtained by the ancestors during the Hongwu period."
Then, Chen Wen fabricated the story of a person from Hangzhou, Zhejiang who joined the army of the Ming Dynasty during the Zhizheng period of Yuan Dynasty and became the personal soldiers of Li Wenzhong, King Qiyang.
"The ancestor of the family must first arrive in the battle, and after retreating, he will be promoted to the commander of the guards after more than ten years of his ten years of service. Even the King of Qiyang praised the ancestors and taught the ancestors some tips for training troops. In the fifth year of Hongwu, the ancestor of the family followed King of Qiyang to attack the Yuanyuan in the north, and in the battle of Aluhunhe, the ancestor of the family bravely died for the country. Emperor Gao appointed the eldest son of the ancestor of the family as the hundred households of the left guards of Qingzhou, and was inherited from generation to generation."
This story is compiled from beginning to end just like Qi Jiguang's ancestors.
"During Emperor Chengzu, the left guard of Qingzhou was changed to the right guard of Tianjin, and my family settled in Tianjin Acropolis. Therefore, although the family in Xia had been away from Zhejiang for more than two hundred years, they should still be considered Zhejiang people, right?"
After getting this answer, everyone immediately stopped doubting because they had been brainwashing by Chen Wenshuogu for a long time, and became even more excited.
The man who has always been called Yin Ergou by Wu Dengke even gave a thumbs up and said loudly: "Brother Chen's ancestors are heroes from our Zhejiang. How could Brother Chen not be from Zhejiang? At least he is also from Zhejiang."
In the eyes of modern people, even if a person's ancestors are from Zhejiang, his family has moved to other places for more than two hundred years. After all, he should be considered a person who has moved to other places, and should not be calculated based on his ancestral home. However, this was not the case in the Ming Dynasty. As long as the family tree can be followed, even if the family has been away from here for a thousand years, his ancestral home should be here.
With the conclusion of Chen Wen's ancestral home case, the relationship between these Jinhua people and Chen Wen became more intimate.
Seeing this, Chen Wen felt that it was time to see the picture.
"In my opinion, only the Qi family army can eliminate the Japanese pirates and Tartars. So, I plan to rebuild the Qi family army!" Then, Chen Wen stood up and extended his hand to everyone. "I'm asking myself that although I'm overestimating my abilities, I'm willing to fight for it. I wonder if you are willing to work with me to drive out the Tartars and recover the lost territory of the Han family?"
The lack of a warm response as expected surprised Chen Wen. Seeing these people staring at him with gasps and staring at him, Chen Wen felt like he was jumping out with goose bumps.
At this moment, Wu Dengke slapped the table and said loudly: "Brother Chen's words really touched our brothers' hearts. To be honest, I heard Brother Chen's talk about Qi Shaobao yesterday, and I didn't fall asleep all night. I got up early this morning and asked Brother Chen to discuss this matter, just to hope you can stay. I didn't expect that you also think so. It's great."
"Oh?" This time, it was Chen Wen's turn to be surprised.
This time, Yin Ergou glanced at Wu Dengke with contempt, and said loudly as if he had defeated the rooster: "A few of us from Dongyang County have agreed. We are willing to take Brother Chen as the head coach. At that time, Brother Chen will lead the troops and Juren Sun will take charge of government affairs. Everyone will join forces to return to their hometown in Jinhua, raise flags to recruit soldiers, rebuild the Qi family army, and sweep the world."
As he said that, Yin Ergou actually burst into laughter, as if the wish that sweeping the world could be realized immediately.
Seeing that Yin Ergou was snatched by Bai, Wu Dengke said in a louder voice: "I think so too. Brother Chen is knowledgeable and talented. Even Juren Sun praised you. He had a good interpretation of military tactics and war situations in ancient times. As long as he was on the battlefield twice, he would definitely become a good general. We brothers are willing to take Brother Chen as the main force to rebuild the Qi family army!" As he said that, Wu Dengke actually knelt down on the ground and kowtowed respectfully.
Seeing Wu Dengke like this, everyone also said that they thought so, as if they had caught up with the once-in-a-lifetime decision-making achievements, and they all fell to the ground one by one.
"I'm the head coach?" Although this was what Chen Wen wanted to get, he had not opened his mouth before he could speak, but he hesitated instead.
"Of course." As he said that, Yin Ergou stood up and said in a tone of course: "Brother Chen, don't be humble. You are born in a general and are born in the north. You are almost the same as Qi Shaobao's background. This must be God's intention, so it is such a coincidence. Besides, you go south from Northern Zhili and go on the road alone, so you will naturally be determined. It is said that the disaster of the three armies started from the fox, and the commander naturally wants you to be an army to win the battle."
What?
"The disaster of the three armies started with the fox?" Wu Dengke was obviously reserved for this sentence, but he didn't know where the mistake was.
"Of course it's a fox." Yin Ergou said firmly in an unquestionable tone: "What's the one in the forest is the most suspicious? Of course it's a fox. Brother Wu, you still have to read more." Then, Yin Ergou naturally showed a look of pity.
Although he was ridiculed by Yin Ergou in the end, Wu Dengke seemed to think what he said made some sense, so he didn't say anything else.
Chen Wen knew that Yin Ergou was one of the few Jinhua people who could recognize some words, but his level was probably just different from that of Xiaoyanzi and Wei Jue Ye.
Next, the people in the courtyard told Chen Wen in groups of three or five that he was also a supporter of this decision and promised to obey Chen Wen's orders. This also allowed Chen Wen to fully see the regional composition of this group of Jinhua people, and it could be said that all counties in Jinhua Prefecture had gathered together.
The most crowded were Wu Dengke's group from Yiwu County, with more than a dozen people; and then Yin Ergou's group from Dongyang County, with less than ten people; the least was Lanxi County, with only one person; among them, the Jinhua Prefecture and Yongkang County can be regarded as a team, which probably has something to do with Sun Yu.
"There is no party in the country, and the emperor's thoughts; there are no factions within the party, and there are all kinds of strange things."
This is really true.
There were less than fifty people in total, and they could even be divided into so many small groups, which reminded him of the group of classmates who were always in groups of three or five when he was in school.
At this moment, Chen Wen thought viciously that perhaps this group of people could not come up with a compromise plan between them, and was incited by Wu Dengke's prestige among these people and Yin Ergou's feudal superstitious thoughts. So, a system of leading the troops and Sun Yu handling government affairs appeared.
Chen Wen remembers that Sun Yu and Wu Dengke seem to have all come from Yin Can's general Zhou Qingui. In his memory, the anti-Qing armed forces led by Zhou Qingui seem to have persisted in the Three Feudal Rebellion during the Kangxi period before being wiped out. Since these people belong to various places, why would they have aspirations left there and come to Dalan Mountain, where they were unfamiliar with their lives?
Putting aside these unrelated things, Chen Wen raised his hand to signal everyone to calm down, and then said, "You guys recommending me as a trust in me, and I will not let everyone down. However, I hope everyone can understand that rebuilding the Qi family army is not that simple. We need to pay a lot for it, and even sacrifice some personal interests."
Seeing everyone's thoughtful look, Chen Wen continued: "Since everyone has recommended me as the head coach, I will naturally not let everyone suffer losses. The sacrifice is only temporary. These will be repaid to everyone in other forms in the future, and will be much more than what we have paid."
Chen Wen knew very well that as a leader, if even the interests of his team members could not be guaranteed, then the team would not have achieved any results.
"Maybe everyone will wonder why I am so confident. The reason is very simple. I not only have confidence in myself, but also in the Han righteous men in front of me. I have confidence in King Qiyang and Young Master Qi. I believe that from today on, we will move towards victory after victory until the day when Jiuzhou is liberated!"
After hearing this, everyone cheered, as if the family was shining brightly, and the day when they returned home in glory was approaching.
Chapter completed!