In a sense, Ling Su cannot be regarded as Shen Yi's confidant.
Because he has never been promoted by Shen Yi.
Basically all the generals in the anti-Japanese army were promoted by Shen Yi, especially Xue Wei, who was promoted from a small soldier to a thousand households by Shen Yi. This kind of "grace of knowing someone" is the most important thing in this era. It's worth repaying with your life.
But Ling Su is different.
Because when Shen Yi arrived in Taizhou Prefecture, Ling Su was already the head of Linhaiwei's Qianhu, and it was a hereditary Qianhu.
Until now, although he is actually the person in charge of the Anti-Japanese Army, he has not been promoted to a commander, not even a deputy commander. He is still in charge of the Anti-Japanese Army as Qianhu.
You know, Xue Wei has already tried thousands of households.
In one year, the anti-Japanese army fought several battles and killed a lot of Japanese pirates, and the credit was certainly not small. However, up to now, Ling Su had only changed from Linhai Guard Qianhu to Qianhu, the anti-Japanese army. In terms of grade, there is no change at all.
This resulted in the relationship between Ling Su and Shen Yi being more of a colleague than a deep subordinate relationship. Until now, Xue Wei has always called himself a "subordinate" in front of Shen Yi, while Ling Qianhu never once called himself a subordinate.
The direct manifestation of this kind of collegial relationship is that Ling Su sometimes does not agree with Master Shen's strict military management philosophy. This man has grown up in Linhaiwei, and his treatment of his subordinates is too indulgent, and old habits are hard to change.
The biggest reason why the Linhai Guards' combat effectiveness is so weak is certainly due to accumulated disadvantages, but it may not have nothing to do with Ling Su, a thousand households.
Of course, the reason for the formation of this relationship was not entirely because Ling Su was arrogant, but more because he had nowhere to go.
In other words, Ling Su is actually willing to worship Master Shen, but Master Shen is not willing to accept him.
In comparison, Shen Yi valued newcomers like Xue Wei who had grown up in the anti-Japanese army. As for Ling Qianhu, he was recruited into the anti-Japanese army because there were no professional military talents.
The "meeting" held by Shen Yi at the beginning of this year with hundreds of anti-Japanese households also indirectly showed that Shen Yi and Ling Su had some ideological differences.
This disagreement would not lead to Shen Yi kicking Ling Su out of the Anti-Japanese Army, but from Shen Yi's perspective, it was time for Ling Su's status in the Anti-Japanese Army to be marginalized.
During this trip to Wusha Island, Shen Yi specially transferred Ling Su, which was the beginning of Ling Qianhu's marginalization in the anti-Japanese army.
Of course, Ling Su definitely contributed to the Anti-Japanese Army last year. If the Anti-Japanese Army becomes prosperous in the future, Ling Su's benefits will not be lost.
After receiving Shen Yi's instructions, Xue Wei immediately went back to prepare with full energy.
He is not very good at understanding maps.
Therefore, he specially found two people from the Taizhou coast in the anti-Japanese army, and stayed with them all night to study the map of Wusha Island.
On Shen Yi's side, he was already preparing a detailed plan for the next war against Japanese invaders.
Because although Wang Xian's group is the largest group of Japanese pirates along the coast of Taizhou Prefecture, there are not many Japanese pirates. Currently, there are only about five or six hundred people. In this battle, as long as the anti-Japanese army can successfully land on Wusha Island, In fact, there is not much suspense.
Three days later, while Xue Wei was still actively preparing to go to sea, Shen Yi and Mr. Shen got up early. Because the weather was getting warmer, he put on slightly thin clothes.
After wandering around Yueqing, Mr. Shen, accompanied by Jiang Sheng, came to the north gate of Yueqing.
At this time, a large number of officials were waiting at the north gate of Yueqing, looking at the official road from a distance, waiting for the arrival of the new magistrate.
Shen Yi arrived by chance. He only had to wait for a stick of incense before he saw two carriages appearing on the official road one after another.
The horses pulling the two carriages looked old. They walked slowly and leisurely on the official road and wandered for a long time before arriving at the foot of Yueqing City.
At this time, Yueqing's county magistrate, county lieutenant, and a number of officials, both large and small, immediately came forward to greet them and confirmed the identity of the visitor.
After identifying themselves, they called out the county officials one after another.
The visitor was none other than Mr. Ying Zhaoying, who used to be a teacher at Ganquan Academy. He had been taking exams for many years and finally won the Jinshi. At the end of last year, he filled the official vacancy in the Ministry of Personnel and was appointed magistrate of Yueqing County.
Faced with the compliments of all his subordinates, Yingxian Zun just greeted them with a few polite words, and then said: "Everyone, I came to Yueqing this time and brought the whole family with me. Everyone, young and old, has to go to the city to settle down. Everyone in the government offices should have errands to do, so everyone should go back to their respective duties."
At this time, Mr. Shen, who was dressed in white clothes, walked over with a smile, greeted Ying Zhao, raised his hands and saluted: "Mr. Ying."
When Shen Yi was studying in Ganquan Academy, Ying Zhao was the teacher at the academy. I remember that Chen Changming, who was the leader of the government examination at the same time as Shen Yi, was Ying Zhao's student. Unfortunately, Chen Changming was selected as a candidate for civil examination, but not as a Jinshi. This is still the case today. Studying in an academy, otherwise the two masters and apprentices would be good news.
With this kind of relationship, there is actually a seniority difference between the two people. For both emotional and rational reasons, Shen Yi should be called sir.
Mr. Ying glanced at Shen Yi with a surprised look on his face. He stepped forward to help Shen Yi up and asked in shock, "Why is Ziheng here too?"
Mr. Shen smiled and said, "I'm on an imperial mission here. Sir, you may not know that the anti-Japanese army is currently stationed in Yueqing. I'm afraid you and I will have to see each other every day in the next few years."
Ying Zhao looked Shen Yi up and down and suddenly realized: "No wonder when I was in Jiankang, I mentioned to Ziheng that I wanted to come to Yueqing to serve as an official. Ziheng had a weird look on his face. It turns out that at that time, Ziheng already knew that this day would come. "
Shen Yi smiled and said nothing, but looked at the two carriages behind Ying Zhao and said with a smile: "Sir, did you bring news about your family?"
"Yes... I took a detour from Jiangdu to come here, otherwise I would have arrived earlier."
Ying Zhao said softly: "My mother couldn't bear to abandon her in Jiangdu, and she also had a married woman and a pair of children, so she simply brought them all to Yueqing."
As he spoke, he pointed at the gray hair on his temples and smiled to himself: "Zi Heng, you also know my age. At my age, I am a Jinshi or a top three Jinshi. In fact, I don't expect to be a high official. I only hope to be a high official." If you can benefit one party, in the future, you will be worthy of the ancient saints and sages, and worthy of the ancestors."
He looked up at Yue Qing and exhaled a thick breath.
"I plan to stay in Yueqing for six years."
The term of a county magistrate lasts for three years, which means that Ying Zhao plans to serve two full terms in Yueqing.
Shen Yi smiled and said, "I'm afraid sir, I won't be able to do what you want."
Ying Zhao was stunned and asked, "Why is this?"
"In the past in Yueqing, Japanese pirates were rampant and bandits were everywhere. Life was not easy for both the people and the government, and the political achievements were naturally not good, but..."
Shen Yi smiled and said: "Since I came here last year, Yueqing has been rid of Japanese pirates. It may gradually become more prosperous in the future. When the time comes, sir, he will have outstanding political achievements and he may rise to the top."
Ying Zhao laughed dumbly.
Shen Yi ignored the Yueqing local officials, but walked to the carriage and saluted Mr. Ying's mother and wife. Then he looked at Ying Zhao and said with a smile: "Come on, sir, I'll treat your family to a meal and give you a cleansing." .”
Ying Zhao was also smiling.
"When they invited me, I didn't really want to go. But when Zi Heng invited me, I had to go."
They refer to the local officials in Yueqing.
"Sir, what you said is wrong. You want to be the county magistrate in Yueqing, and I have to eat."
Having said this, Mr. Shen glanced at the officials in Yueqing and smiled.
"I'm afraid they have to eat their food."
