Liu Jun understood this very clearly, so he knew that temporarily abandoning the place outside the pass was a means of stopping bleeding and recovering for the Ming army in the long run, but it was not feasible in operation. ◇↓, he would not send himself to the forefront.

Liu Jun did not want to talk too much about giving up the place outside the pass, so as not to be unfavorable to Li Chunjiang if it spread out. He directly told them his plans to break the attack war with the Qing Dynasty.

Li Chunjiang and other young men of Fushe were a little unacceptable to Liu Jun's plan. They felt that Liu Jun refused to fight the Qing army with a dignified and head-on battle, but instead engaged in such a maritime harassment battle, which was a bit too petty.

"Black cats and white cats, if you can catch mice, you are a good cat. The same is true for tactics. No matter how you fight, what we want is the result."

"I heard that the Zheng family is the king of the sea in the southeast area. The court has repeatedly summoned the orders. Jiye is sure that they will listen to the Marquis's summoning this time?" Li Chunjiang asked.

"I have my own way." He smiled, but didn't say what specific way.

"You men are always talking about military and national affairs together. This is not a court, so you can't have a relaxing chat." Dong Xiaowan interrupted everyone with a smile, "Marty, thanks to your help in the last time. The little woman used tea instead of wine here, thank you for thanking you."

Liu Jun took the teacup sent by Dong Xiaowan and smiled gently, "It's all friends, so some trivial matters are worth mentioning."

"For the Marquis, it's just a little thing, but for Xiaowan, it's a lifelong event."

"I heard that you already have lovers and finally got married. I have never eaten this wedding wine. Today's cup of tea is your wedding wine." Liu Jun said.

Dong Xiaowan gave Liu Jun a tea and said, "Speak of all, there is one person here who wants to thank you. She always wanted to thank you, but she didn't have the chance to meet you. Now she happens to be in Beijing and is in this restaurant. I'll ask her to come down to thank you in person."

After a while, Dong Xiaowan came with a beautiful woman who was about Double Ten. Li Chunjiang and others seemed to be very familiar with this woman and did not need to avoid anything.

The woman had shiny black hair, an oval face, dark eyebrows, almond eyes, cherry mouth, beautiful but not charming, but a kind of simple and elegant beauty.

"The little woman is so, I'm here to thank the Marquis for his kindness."

It turned out that this was Liu Rushi. Liu Jun reached out to help him, "Why should Miss Liu be so polite? I heard that you and Yuanyuan were friends. You also took more care of her when you were in Jinling. Besides, the money was actually from Yuanyuan and the third lady, and it has nothing to do with me."

Liu Rushi ignored these things, poured a cup of fragrant tea in person, and held it in front of Liu Jun in both hands.

Liu Jun couldn't push it, so he had to take it. When he took the teacup with both hands, Liu Jun felt Liu Rushi's slender jade fingers gently slashing through his hands, as if he was electrocuted.

Liu Jun unexpectedly looked up at Liu Rushi and found that she was smiling slightly at her, smiling beautifully.

"When will the Marquis return to Chu?" Liu Rushi asked on his own initiative.

Dong Xiaowan laughed from the side, "Sister Liu asked what she did, but she planned to follow her all the way and add fragrance to her red sleeves?"

Liu Rushi replied, "I had agreed with Sister Shen and Sister Yuanyuan before. When the matter happened in Jinling, I would go to Huguang to help them run Hongxiufang together. Now the Marquis is in Beijing, and I can go back to Chu with the Marquis. There is also a companion on the road, right?"

When Dong Xiaowan saw Liu Rushi say this, she felt that Liu Rushi seemed to be a little too close to Liu Jun. But when she thought about it, she felt that it was normal. For example, the red girl on the Jinling River like her and Liu Rushi, they both thought of finding someone who could cherish her and had talent as their home when she was young.

If you meet a good person, you will naturally not let go easily.

In fact, Dong Xiaowan knew very well about Liu Rushi's past. Liu Rushi was just twenty years old this year, but her emotional experience was quite rich.

As far as she knows, Liu Rushi was born in poverty and was robbed and sold to Wujiang as a maid since she was young. When she was young, she was sold to Qinglou and changed her name to Liu Yin. By the fifth year of Chongzhen, Liu Rushi married Zhou, a grand secretary who was over 60 years old at the time. Zhou was the top scholar and often held her on her knees to teach her poetry and literature, which made her wife jealous. After Zhou was released, Liu Rushi was kicked out of the house and had to re-engage in her old career.

Later, Liu Rushi wandered to Songjiang, changed his name to Yinglian, and dated many young men in Fushe at that time. He often wore Confucian men's clothing, talked about the current situation with others, sang poems, and became famous. During this period, he had feelings for Li Huiwen, Song Zhengyu, Chen Zilong and other scholars, but unfortunately they had no results, especially when they were close to Chen Zilong. Although both sides were in love, it was a pity that Chen Zilong's Yuanmao Zhang brought people to the South Tower. Liu Rushi could not stay there anymore, so he wanted to redeem himself and leave.

Originally, Qian Qianyi, the former Minister of Rites of the court, admired Liu Rushi's talent, beauty and was willing to redeem her, but Chen Yuanyuan was willing to help her and raise money for her. Liu Rushi finally got Chen Yuanyuan's help to redeem herself.

Liu Rushi was very hurt in several relationships, so he recovered from his health and had higher requirements for choosing a son-in-law. She was not willing to marry men with fierce wives, and she did not want to be kicked out of the house by her jealous wife.

Before Liu Rushi met Liu Jun, he heard Chen Yuanyuan and Dong Xiaowan mentioned Liu Jun many times. When he saw Liu Jun, he felt that Liu Jun was better.

"I may have to go south in a few days, but I have to go to Nanjing first and then go back to Hubei." Liu Jun replied.

Liu Rushi hurriedly said, "Then the marquis doesn't mind Rushi following him, right?"

"If Miss Liu is not afraid of seasickness," Liu Jun said, "I plan to go to sea in Tianjin this time, take a boat to Nanjing from the sea, and then take a boat to walk from the Yangtze River when I return to Hubei."

Liu Rushi chuckled, "Rushi grew up in Wusong since childhood. In the water town of Jiangnan, everyone is used to taking boats, so how can there be seasickness?"

After half a day, not only Dong Xiaowan, Li Xiangjun and other women saw that it was discovered, but even Mao Xiang, Chen Zhenhui and others also saw that Liu Rushi was intentionally close to Liu Jun. Everyone had no objection to this, but thought it was a good thing. It is normal for beauties to love heroes. Liu Jun is a young man and looks good. Isn’t such a person the most ideal son-in-law for women like Liu Rushi? Moreover, women like Liu Rushi don’t talk much about feelings in many cases. As long as they think the conditions are right, then it is the right thing to commit themselves.

"Mr. Marquis, I have something to ask for help from the Marquis." Hou Fangyu asked Liu Jun to go up to the beauty outside the corridor on the second floor and then asked.

"Is it the Bohu business?" Liu Jun asked. Hou Fangyu's father was once the Minister of Revenue, but later he was imprisoned for corruption charges and is still in prison.

Hou Xun is also a veteran of the Donglin Party. His imprisonment was actually the result of the party struggles at the beginning. As for corruption, no one of the officials in the Ming Dynasty could be innocent if they really wanted to investigate corruption. After all, the salary of officials is so small, and various etiquettes have become a routine. Therefore, some gifts can be said to be ordinary relationships or corruption. This is the case.

Hou Xun is a veteran of the Donglin Party and is also very capable, especially in terms of money and grain.

"Brother Hou is actually too worried. This time the emperor valued Donglin and no longer restricted himself to the faction. Uncle Hou will definitely come out immediately. Don't worry, I will mention this matter with Mei Shoufu and Li Cifu in the future. I believe that my uncle's affairs will be clear soon."

For example, Liu Jun can really say this now. The chief assistant and the secondary assistant are both Liu Jun's teachers, and his current status is not low. In addition, Hou Xun's situation is not a big deal. There is no big problem with corruption. Now that Donglin is on the stage, he will definitely be able to let him out.

Hou Fangyu thanked him so much, and then Fang Yizhi came to plead with Liu Jun alone, wanting to help his father run and come out again. Fang Yizhi's father Fang Kongzhao was originally the governor of Huguang, but was removed from his post because of his ineffective suppression of bandits. He is now living in vain.

"No problem." Liu Jun said with great care. Hou Xun and Fang Kongzhao were both old Donglin, and they were both very capable. Liu Jun would not be so generous to just give in just a little personal relationship, but he valued the prestige and ability of Hou Fang and the others. Getting these people out is of course a help to Liu Jun.

To put it bluntly, Liu Jun was also a disciple of Donglin and a member of Fushe. In the late Ming Dynasty, when he had to talk about the party and the faction first, Liu Jun had long been labeled as Donglin and Fushe.

Later, Liu Jun said goodbye to Li Chunjiang and his group. When they parted, their brother Liu Jian accompanied Liu Jun for a while.

Liu Jun looked at Liu Jian. This young man who was just fourteen years old was already a new Juren and would still take the imperial examination next year. Maybe he would become a Jinshi. Liu Jun believed that Liu Jian's chances of passing the Jinshi were very high, just like he passed the Juren when he took the provincial examination for the first time.

Liu Jian passed the exam not entirely because of his talent, but also because of his younger brother, the marquis.

"If you get a Jinshi next year, what do you want to do?"

Although Liu Jian is only fourteen, he is like an adult, trying his best to pretend to be mature and mature.

"I want to join Hanlin, become a Grand Secretary in the future, and become an assistant minister in the cabinet!"

"Have ambition." Liu Jun praised his brother. "I think if you pass the Jinshi, it's better to stay in Hanlin for two years, but you don't have to stay for too long. You should go to the place to practice more. Then you can go back to Hubei or Hunan."

"My second brother has considered it so far, but it is not that easy to win the Jinshi. I am only fourteen this year, and I think I will definitely not win next year."

"It doesn't matter if you can't pass it. Go home and study for another three years, and then take the next exam again." Liu Jun patted his brother's shoulder. The child, who was only fourteen, was one head shorter than himself.

"Before I went to the palace to meet the saint, and Your Majesty also gave our father an official position. The governor of the Left Governor's Office in Nanjing was also appointed as the governor of the Left Governor's Office in Nanjing, and my mother was named the second-rank lady of the imperial edict."
Chapter completed!