After hearing the word "ancestor", Shen Yi was stunned.
Because he knew who the ancestor of General Zhao was.
More than sixty years ago, Emperor Sejong took the Chen court and fled south from Yanjing in the north, crossing the Yellow River, Huaihe River and Yangtze River, and ran all the way to the capital of Jiankang.
At this time, someone was chasing him, and there were many people chasing him.
At that time, Zhao Chong, a navy commander who was not very prominent in the imperial court, led more than 30,000 soldiers and horses to defend the Huaihe River. With almost no logistics system, in two months, he relied on well-trained naval forces. Division, we have repelled the barbarian pursuers 14 times!
In the next six months, Zhao Chong still stood firm on the Huaihe River. For a whole year, with only military rations and almost no troop replenishment, the Huaihe defense line was still impregnable.
It was not until a year later that Emperor Sejong firmly established himself in Jiankang and the small court of Nanchen was established. The court looked back to the north and began to reward Zhao Chong for his contributions.
With this almost unparalleled war, General Zhao Chongzhao was granted the hereditary title of Marquis of Anping, and the number of the navy under his command was also increased from 50,000 to 100,000.
More importantly, Northern Qi was still very powerful at that time.
The Northern Qi Dynasty, which had just conquered half of the country, almost threatened to unify China with the force of thunder, but Zhao Chong held on to the Huaihe River throughout his life. Starting from the time Shizong crossed south, Zhao Chong held the Huaihe defense line for ten years alone. For seven years, until his death at the age of sixty-four, he died on the banks of the Huaihe River.
After the death of General Zhao, he was posthumously named Dingguo Gong by the court, with the posthumous title Wu Jing.
After the Duke of Dingguo left, his son took over the Huaihe Navy and continued to defend the Huaihe River for the court. The Nanchen court, which protected Jiankang, was safe and sound and has developed to this day.
It was precisely because General Zhao had made such extraordinary contributions that the imperial court allowed the Zhao family to take charge of the Huaihe Navy for generations. Even when Zhao Zhuo acted recklessly in Jiankang City, the imperial court ignored him.
The Zhao family's status among military attachés and generals is almost unmatched.
He can even be compared with the top civil prime ministers of this era.
When Zhao Zhuo faced the prime minister, not only did he not give in, but he actually had the upper hand.
Even when the fourth girl of the Zhao family beat up Shen Yi, a new scholar, in Jiming Temple, His Majesty the Emperor held his nose and dealt with it for the fourth girl without doing anything to her.
Naturally, there was a reason why Zhao Lu was leading troops outside at that time, but the more important reason was that the affection left by Zhao Chong was still there.
The incense left by General Zhao has made four generations of the Zhao family rich and powerful, and the third generation has been highly respected.
The General Zhao in front of him, Zhao Lu, is the grandson of General Zhao Chong and the third generation "head" of the Zhao family.
In other words, the "Navy General Requirements" he handed to Shen Yi was most likely handwritten by General Zhao at that time, and had been annotated by the next two generations of the Zhao family.
This kind of thing is a great temptation for any general.
If Ling Su and Xue Wei were here and saw General Zhao's handwriting, they would probably have knelt down to accept it.
Shen Yi looked at the yellowed old book in front of him and felt quite emotional.
As a native of Chen, he had naturally heard the story of General Zhao, and he admired this general who turned the tide very much, but the General Zhao in front of him was not the General Zhao sixty years ago.
The Zhao family now is not the Zhao family back then.
After the brave young men slayed the evil dragon, most of them turned into evil dragons.
Maybe Zhao Chong himself didn't, but his grandsons and great-grandsons have indeed become the evil dragons of this era.
After hesitating for a moment, Shen Yi reached out and took the book. He did not open it immediately, but looked up at the extremely ordinary-looking middle-aged man in front of him. After a slight hesitation, Shen Yi asked slowly: "General. Give me such a valuable thing, what do you want?"
Zhao Lu shook his head slightly and said with a smile: "Zhao doesn't want anything."
"To put it bluntly, if Zhao really wants something, I'm afraid you won't be able to give it to me, Mr. Shen."
Although these words are a bit ordinary, they are so true that they could not be truer.
The Anping Marquis and general in front of me has a status in the court that is at least as good as that of a prime minister, or even a prime minister. His status in the court is very transcendent, and the Zhao family has been operating in Huaihe for sixty years. , it can be said that they don’t lack anything they want. Shen Yi, a fledgling sixth-grade official, really can’t give their family anything.
"If you have to tell me what you want."
General Zhao raised his head and looked at Shen Yi indifferently: "Zhao is a native of Chen after all, and he always thinks about a more prosperous country. When he heard that Chief Shen was ordered by the emperor to go to the coast to establish an anti-Japanese army, Zhao wanted to privately Let’s meet Master Shen inside.”
"I show Chief Shen this book. I don't have any other ideas. I just hope that it can give Chief Shen some help so that the anti-Japanese army in the southeast can be stronger and protect our southeast coast of Dachen."
These words were undoubtedly very beautiful.
After hearing this, Shen Yi even wondered if he had misunderstood the Zhao family before.
or…
Is it just the fourth generation of the Zhao family that is broken? Is this third-generation general still good?
But soon, Shen Yi put these miscellaneous thoughts behind him. He looked at the book in his hand, hesitated for a moment, and asked: "Then... junior, can I borrow it back for two days to read?"
"I brought it here for you to take back and see."
Shen Yi took a deep breath and held the book in both hands.
This book is still very important to him.
Because although he has read a lot of books and read a lot of military books, he actually doesn't know much about the actual training of soldiers, especially the methods of training navy.
As for Ling Su and Xue Wei, they were actually both infantrymen at the Coastal Guard Station, and they didn't know much about naval warfare.
If Shen Yi can understand the art of war written by Duke Dingguo, it will be of infinite use to him in his future career as a military leader.
However, after Shen Yi took the book, he still looked up at Zhao Lu and said in a deep voice: "Master Marquis, there is something I must tell you clearly."
General Zhao looked calm: "You say."
Shen Yi said slowly: "The juniors are fighting against the Japanese army, and they are only supervising the manufacture of weapons for the imperial court. They are not involved in the formation and daily training of the anti-Japanese army. From the beginning to the end, the prince of Jin is responsible for the anti-Japanese army." .”
General Zhao chuckled: "Why are you telling me this?"
He looked at Shen Yi and asked, "When will Chief Shen leave Beijing?"
Shen Yi took a deep breath and replied silently: "Sixteen or seventeen."
"Then you and I are pretty much the same. I also left Jiankang and headed north after the Shangyuan Festival."
After saying this, General Zhao stood up. He walked up to Shen Yi, reached out and patted Shen Yi on the shoulder, and said calmly: "Master Shen, there are so many young people in the court. In my opinion, you are the only one with a bright future." Infinite.”
"In the future, you may also be granted the title of Marquis, Prime Minister, and wife."
Shen Yi frowned: "This junior is a civil servant."
"Civil officials have too much power."
General Zhao smiled mysteriously: "You have led too many troops. His Majesty may not allow you to be a civil servant."
"young people."
General Zhao patted Shen Yi on the shoulder and left with his hands behind his back: "If you work hard, maybe you can make your Shen family rich for generations."
