Chapter 072
The first moment Sun Yuanhua saw Cheng Shijie, his lips trembled and he pointed at Cheng Shijie: "You..."
He asked you for a long time, but he didn't say anything.
However, Sun Yuanhua immediately turned his head and stopped looking at Cheng Shijie.
From Sun Yuanhua's expression, Cheng Shijie knew that Sun Yuanhua did not believe what he said.
But the problem is, what Cheng Shijie said is the truth, not mixed with facts at all.
Although Sun Yuanhua didn't believe it, if he were to put himself in his shoes and Cheng Shijie was in Sun Yuanhua's position, he wouldn't believe it either.
Sometimes, when you tell the truth from your heart, others won't believe you.
When you tell a lie, they will reveal your heart and soul.
To be fair, Cheng Shijie really had his own plan. He spared no effort to strengthen Ning Haijun, not for his own rebellion, but to deal with Kong Youde.
Even now that he has been "rebelled", if Kong Youde still launches the Wuqiao mutiny like in the original time and space, Cheng Shijie will still send troops to kill Kong Youde instead of colluding with him.
Of course, facing Sun Yuanhua's unfriendly attitude, Cheng Shijie didn't take it to heart. He was very generous.
Cheng Shijie knew that Sun Yuanhua was angry.
He can understand this better.
If you think about it from another perspective, if Cheng Shijie is the governor Sun Yuanhua, and Sun Yuanhua is Cheng Shijie who mutinied.
Don't say you are angry and don't look at the other person.
Cheng Shijie, within the scope of his strength, retaliates against the other party as much as possible and greets the other party's ancestors for eighteen generations, which is definitely the lightest thing.
Cheng Shijie saw that Sun Yuanhua was unwilling to pay attention to him, and did not turn around and leave. Instead, he shouted with a cold face: "What are you doing? I don't have any eyesight. Why don't you come over and lend a hand to help Mr. Futai back to the study? Duo Sheng A few braziers, don’t freeze Master Futai, if anyone neglects Master Futai, I will punish him for neglecting the army!"
Cheng Shijie wanted to step forward to help Sun Yuanhua.
Sun Yuanhua pushed Cheng Shijie away angrily.
Two strong Ning Haijun soldiers came over and very roughly lifted Sun Yuanhua, who weighed at most 120 kilograms, and walked towards the study.
Fortunately, Ning Haijun's military discipline was very strict. There were strict rules on eating, drinking, eating, walking, sitting, and lying down. Even if they occupy the governor's Yamen for three days, there are actually not many Ning Haijun soldiers who can enter the entire governor's Yamen.
Of course, the entire governor's office is very well preserved.
Cheng Shijie didn't know the thoughts of Ning Haijun. Their nerves were as thick as steel bars. They simply and crudely thought that they had rebelled and should have Cheng Shijie as emperor.
The best and most magnificent place in Dengzhou City is naturally the Dengzhou Governor's Yamen, which covers an area of more than 100 acres and will be Cheng Shijie's future palace.
Since it is Cheng Shijie's palace, it is natural to be in awe.
Cheng Shijie had just walked into the utility room, and Xu Dacheng immediately caught up with Sun Yuanhua and pushed away a Ning Haijun soldier.
Soldier Ning's face darkened, and he glared at Xu Dacheng with a sharp look.
Xu Dacheng trembled with fright.
Fortunately, the navy soldier Ning saw Cheng Shijie's eyes.
Just behind Cheng Shijie, Liu Qingsong opened his mouth and lowered his voice and said: "The guard just mentioned the lazy army? What does this lazy army mean?"
Zhou Ning explained with a smile: "You stick, let me study more, neglect the army, neglect means, meet the army, and it will come later. If the castle is not repaired, the armor and the staff will be disadvantageous. It means neglecting the military aircraft, and the crime should be executed." .”
"When did our Ning Haijun commit the crime of neglecting the military?"
"No!"
"Then how to deal with the crime of neglecting the army?"
"Of course, there's nothing to do!"
Zhou Ning stretched out his hand and patted Liu Qingsong: "Eat well, be obedient, you are a stick!"
"Don't call me Stick!"
"Just call it, Bangchui, Bangchui!"
Two Ning navy soldiers roughly supported Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai, followed closely by Xu Dacheng and Cheng Shijie. The group came to Sun Yuanhua's study in the inner courtyard of the governor's Yamen.
In later generations, some people joked that a man's study was his other wife. This is also a man’s exclusive space. In a man's bedroom, it is not actually a private space. Wives could enter, and men who had concubines in the Ming Dynasty could also enter, and so could their maids.
If the relationship is in place, servants can also enter.
However, the study room is different. Even cleaning the study room requires the owner's permission.
This is the first time Cheng Shijie has come to Sun Yuanhua's study. It is simply a small library with a Mingtang architectural style. According to "Shuowen Jiezi", a hall is also a hall. From the soil and the sound, the room is spacious and noble. The open place is the paradigm of the hall.
Sun Yuanhua's study also has this architectural style. From the outside, it is slightly lower than the main hall of the governor's office, but it is about two feet and eight feet high, which is equivalent to the height of a three-story building, but there are no second and third floors, and it is about eight feet long. , about four to five feet wide, covering an area of more than 400 square meters according to visual inspection.
In the huge bright hall, there are no brick or wooden wall partitions, and the sightline is extremely wide. The entrance area is covered with screens on three sides, which are simply divided into three parts: a tea room, a desk, and a soft couch. There are eight goose-footed copper lamps on both walls. The lamps are shaped like the sole legs of a wild goose, and their legs hold up a circular lamp panel. There are three lamp posts in the lamp panel.
Well, looking at the collection of books in this study, it is even more dazzling.
There are bamboo slips, parchment scrolls, hand-written books, engraving-printed books, and even beautifully made books printed with movable type. From the content point of view, there are various schools of thought, Yuefu poetry anthology, The Book of Songs, Chuci, Tang poetry, Song lyrics and Yuan music, etc., including "Wei Liaozi", "Thirty-six Strategies", "The Art of War", "Three Strategies", " "Wu Zi's Art of War", "Warring States Policy", "New Book of Ji Xiao"... each military book is neatly placed there, and it has its own style.
"Elements of Geometry", "Interpretation of Ancient Calculators", "The Theory of Measuring the Sky", "The Great Measurement", "Rishang Calendar Finger", "The Complete Meaning of Measurement", "Radiant Table", "The Complete Book of Agricultural Affairs", "Sweet Potato" "Shu", "Miscellaneous Agricultural Relics", "Draft of Agricultural Books", "Taishi Water Method", "Selected Practice of Hundred-Character Jue", "Selected Practice of Tiaoge", "Lianyi Tiaoge", "Shuwu Tiaoge" , "Forms and Names", "The Essentials of Fire Attack", "The Method of Making Gunpowder", "Chongzhen Almanac", "Xu's Cooking Statement", etc. These are the works of Sun Yuanhua's mentor, Xu Guangqi, the current minister of the Ministry of Rites, or he participated in the compilation , and translated books form an area of their own.
Judging from the size of the study room, Sun Yuanhua, the governor, should be a person who likes reading. The number of military books he collected is amazing.
Cheng Shijie likes to judge from the subtleties, but judging from the condition of these books, Mr. Sun Yuanhua has read all books, but he has never read the book of war.
Because these military books were all brand new and had no signs of being tampered with, Xu Guangqi's books were even rough-edged by him.
"Move a few more braziers and heat up the study."
Xu Dacheng hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Master Cheng, there is no need to raise the brazier here. If necessary, you can order someone to heat the furnace, which will make the study as warm as spring!"
After Xu Dacheng's explanation, Cheng Shijie realized that the floor of Sun Yuanhua's study was built in the form of a fire pit. He only needed to burn coal or firewood. The hot air in the firebox under the floor was extracted by the chimney and passed through the aisle under the study. Like floor heating in later generations, it can raise the temperature in the room without the smoke from the fire pit, let alone the emission of carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide.
Cheng Shijie once thought that Sun Yuanhua was very simple, but until he saw this study, he knew that he was superficial and too small. There were sixteen candles in this study, a total of forty-eight candles that were like the essence of a child's arm. If they were lit at the same time for one night, they would be enough to burn a five-mouth candle. One year's living expenses.
In such a large space, without the effect of floor heating of later generations, it would be impossible to heat the study without dozens of bundles of firewood or hundreds of kilograms of charcoal a day.
"Be careful. If anyone disturbs Master Futai, he will be detained for fifteen days."
When they heard about the solitary confinement, the fearless Ning Haijun soldiers were so frightened that they even gasped a lot softer. The fastest thing they could do was not to whip, nor to make them stand, nor to deny food, but to solitary confinement.
For Ning Haijun, confinement was equivalent to being buried alive. The soldiers who were stabbed in the head could not even stand after three days of confinement, and some were so frightened that they became incontinent.
Ning Haijun's solitary cell was different from those of later generations. It was a hole dug in the ground with a lid on it, just like a pit in a special era.
This underground den is only six feet long and high, about four feet wide, and is about the size of a bed. Anyone who is taller than six feet has to lower his head when standing up. There are no lights or windows inside, and only a window is left on the door. A one-foot-square trap door can be used to deliver meals.
Cheng Shijie ordered the soldiers to deliver food to the study. Taking into account Sun Yuanhua's body and his stomach, he was specially supplied with liquid food that was easy to digest, namely rice porridge.
"Sir Futai, there are many rebels in the city. I have left a single sentry under my humble duty to protect you!"
After finishing all this, Cheng Shijie left Sun Yuanhua's study.
Cheng Shijie came out of the study.
Just as Cheng Shijie came out of the study, two chubby figures rushed towards him.
Cheng Shijie subconsciously clenched his fists and finally saw clearly that these were his two adopted daughters.
"Father..."
Cheng Anning and Cheng Jingjing rushed towards Cheng Shijie, one on the left and the other on the right, and the two women burst into tears.
Cheng Shijie was a little at a loss what to do.
At this time, there were dozens or hundreds of Ning Haijun officers standing in the yard. They all hurried over after learning the news about Cheng Shijie.
Seeing this scene, they immediately turned around.
Indecent disregard.
Only when you have lost can you learn to cherish and possess.
This sentence actually not only describes love, but also family affection. Just like mother or father, when they were alive, they couldn't get along well at all, and they seemed to be enemies when they met. Once you lose it, you will understand their good intentions.
This is true for Cheng Anning and Cheng Jingjing.
Especially Cheng Anning, she was able to survive entirely because she had a great mother who gave her the last chance of survival.
When she and her family were in exile, they encountered bandits. In fact, they were not bandits, but a few stronger refugees. The originally kind-hearted people showed their vicious nature when they were about to starve to death. They attacked the weak. She watched her father being beaten to death by thugs.
I also witnessed my mother taking the initiative to stay and delay the pursuit of the thugs so that she could escape with her brother. In order to keep her younger brother alive, her eldest sister took the initiative to sell herself to a wealthy family as a maid. She doesn't know what she is doing now.
Fortunately, she met Cheng Shijie.
Cheng Anning also heard about the fate of those who were sold in the grass market. Most of them were entered into slavery, or became prostitutes, or became other people's adopted sons and daughters, or adopted sons and daughters.
Adopted son and adopted daughter, or adopted son and adopted daughter, are just another relatively elegant term for slaves, and their status does not actually change.
She had also heard at the time that some people used them as cash cows, specially trained them to be used as lean horses, or sold off or given away.
Some people even do it to play with special hobbies.
But after they entered the Cheng family's home, they discovered that Cheng Shijie neither had the special habits of rich people nor did he want to use her as a slave.
Not to mention eating well and dressing well, the key is stability.
Because she had witnessed the tragic death of her biological parents, Cheng Anning was even more afraid that Cheng Shijie would also die.
During the three days when Cheng Shijie disappeared, she, like Cheng Jingjing, didn't even sleep for a minute.
"Silly girl, why are you crying!"
Cheng Shijie looked at his two adopted daughters, crying on his chest and making their clothes wet.
"My daughter is so happy to meet her adoptive father!"
Cheng Jingjing said timidly: "Father, can I..."
"Okay, my adoptive father has something else to do. Come back when you are free!"
Cheng Shijie was not evading this, although Ning Haijun occupied Dengzhou City without any effort and arrested the governor of the entire province. Now Sun Yuanhua's life and death, including the life and death of tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the entire Dengzhou City, all depended on Cheng Shijie's thoughts.
Isn't it great to have the power of life and death in your hands?
Cheng Shijie knew very well that Ning Haijun had many problems of his own. This is a flat-run army.
Flat management, in later workplaces, means that the company is small and you need to wear multiple hats.
In fact, Ning Haijun is the same now. Like Zhou Yandong, he is Ning Haijun's co-guard. Except for the army, he is in charge of other big and small matters. From the Bureau of Guns and Artillery, the Bureau of Ordnance, the Bureau of Gunpowder, the Bureau of Armor and Crossbows, and factories of all sizes.
Why do you need him to take care of it?
Does Cheng Shijie have any other options?
The answer is no.
Should Song Xiance be left in charge?
God knows what he could pull out.
Song Xiance himself also held many positions. He was Cheng Shijie's staff, the dean of Ninghai Academy, the science-related section chief (diplomacy) of Ninghai Haijun, and the person in charge of commerce and trade of Ninghai Haijun. He was also responsible for publicity work.
Even Yang Yunniang, a charlatan, became his auditor and general ledger.
Cheng Shijie's principle is that women should be the messengers of men and men should be the messengers of animals. Even Cheng Shi and Cheng Hu, when they were still junior high school students in later generations, Cheng Shijie had already treated them like livestock.
Looking at the more than a hundred officers in the courtyard, they are all the big animals of Cheng Shijie, the Cheng family.
Among the officers of the Ning Navy, they were all of extremely low rank. In other armies, the general only manages five hundred military households or two hundred soldiers, but in Ning Haijun, the number of soldiers in charge is ten times that.
In other armies, the chief hundred is only in charge of three sentry soldiers, while Ning Haijun's chief hundred is in charge of five sentries and four teams, which is equivalent to 300 people. More than twice as many as other armies.
It's not that Cheng Shijie doesn't want to promote his subordinates, nor is he forcing his subordinates not to promote them, but the problem is that he is just a guard, a fourth-grade military general. He can only promote military attachés below the seventh-grade military officer within the scope of his authority. In this way, there is no need to apply to Sun Yuanhua. , just report it directly.
When you reach the sixth rank of President Qian, you need to apply, and Sun Yuanhua will review it. There is also the possibility of adding sand to Ning Haijun's army, and Cheng Shijie has nothing to do.
This is just a temporary measure. In fact, the official position is secondary, and the most important thing is ability.
When a squad leader manages a squad, when a platoon manages a platoon, when a company commander manages a company, or when a regiment leader manages a regiment, they are completely different concepts.
Perhaps friends who are in the workplace will argue that there is no one available for them, and the bigger the official, the better. This is actually a fallacy.
One person has one thought, ten people have ten thoughts, and one hundred people have one hundred thoughts. Can it be the same?
Whether it was Chang Yu or Shen Mingyu, they were promoted too quickly. They were promoted to the general position in just over three months. But now, they are facing their own dilemma.
Ability and power do not match.
Including Cheng Shijie, he also felt the pressure. The person who shouts the loudest slogans is not necessarily the most loyal person, and the silent person does not necessarily mean the least capable person.
Cheng Shijie's Ning Haijun actually has a lot of problems. He himself is the big soldier, Shen Mingyu and Chang Yu are the small soldiers, and Zhou Ning, Liu Qingsong and others are the smaller soldiers.
One level of allegiance to one level will easily create a disconnect and make it easier to lose control.
No, in Cheng Shijie's absence, Ning Haijun started to run wild like a wild horse. If not restrained, these animals would dare to poke a hole in the sky.
Cheng Shijie walked towards the courtyard.
"Greetings to the Lord Guard!"
"No gift!"
Cheng Shijie looked at Officer Ning Haijun in the courtyard, waved his hands and said: "Find a warmer place, let's talk!"
Shen Mingyu immediately found a warm place for Cheng Shijie, which was the governor's hall of Sun Yuanhua.
As a provincial governor's yamen, he is naturally very impressive. Shandong is a very strange province. In the early Ming Dynasty, it had great real power. The Shandong Chief Secretary and the Inspector General had direct jurisdiction over the 25th Guards of Liaodong. After Jiajing, the Liaodong Dusi and Shandong Province no longer had any substantial institutional structure. The Liaodong armament system was only attached to Shandong.
The official position of Governor Denglai established later was actually temporary in nature. The governor of Shandong was the permanent official position. Governor Denglai was an important part of the Liaodong strategic system. In addition to being in charge of Dengzhou Prefecture, Laizhou Prefecture, Qingzhou Prefecture, and In addition to military affairs in Shandong coastal areas, sea areas, Lushun, southern Liaoning and other places, it also manages the four states in southern Liaoning.
In terms of jurisdiction and power, Governor Denglai was far greater than the Governor of Shandong. However, the Governor of Shandong was reduced to managing only Jinan Prefecture, Yanzhou Prefecture, and Dongchang Prefecture, and the official staff was also poorly equipped. Just like in the third year of Chongzhen, Lu Xiangsheng was promoted to Shandong Chief Envoy to participate in politics and rectify the famous soldiers and prepare roads.
Lu Xiangsheng managed three prefectures: Daming Prefecture, Guangping Prefecture, and Shunde Prefecture, but he served as the Chief Secretary of Shandong Province You Shen Zheng, You Shen Zheng and You Shen Zheng, equivalent to high-ranking officials in later generations. Going to work in Hebei under the title of a senior official in Shandong is an embarrassing situation in Shandong.
Of course, this institutional problem has also caused chaos in Shandong for many years.
As Cheng Shijie entered the lobby of the highest official in Shandong, Cheng Shijie also sat on the main seat that originally belonged to Sun Yuanhua.
"Have you ever thought about what we will do in the future?"
"Then……"
Shen Mingyu opened his mouth, but did not say anything.
Zhang Yu suddenly said: "We support Lord Guard as governor of Denglai!"
"shit!"
Cheng Shijie cursed unceremoniously: "Do you know what the full name of the governor is?"
"ah……"
Cheng Shijie stared at the crowd and said: "On behalf of the heavens, patrolling hunting, pacifying the army and calming the people, this is the governor. Without the approval of the emperor, what can be done as a governor if the six ministries and cabinet ministers recommend him?"
Song Xiance looked at Cheng Shijie's unkind expression and hurriedly explained: "My lord, the situation was urgent at that time..."
Cheng Shijie sneered: "Chen Guodong ran from Dengzhou to Ninghai to write a letter. You guys discussed it and decided to take action. Didn't you use your brains? Are you turning a blind eye to such a big loophole?"
"What loophole?"
Shen Mingyu asked subconsciously.
Cheng Shijie did not answer his question immediately, but looked at Song Xiance: "Mr. Song, you have put a lot of thought into it, right? Chang Yu is young and inexperienced and cannot see the key to the problem. It is understandable that Lao Shen has something in his heart." Resentment takes the opportunity to flare up and fan the flames, can't you Song Xiance see the crux of the problem?"
"Lord, forgive me!"
Song Xiance actually guessed at that time that Chen Guodong must have made an mistake. He was too low-level and did not understand the operating methods in the officialdom.
If Sun Yuanhua really wanted to control Ning Haijun, he would not have used Cheng Shijie to train Ning Haijun. Even if Ning Haijun had strong soldiers and horses, Sun Yuanhua would not want this army if he gave it to Sun Yuanhua.
Because this army consumes too much money.
Ning Haijun was given to Sun Yuanhua, but Sun Yuanhua couldn't afford to support him. He actually believed more in Europa's Western instructors and in the artillery he forged himself.
Once again, even if Sun Yuanhua's head is broken, if he wants to control Ning Haijun, there is no need to detain Cheng Shijie. As the governor of a province, he has countless fair and just methods within his authority.
For example, when he was promoted and demoted secretly, Cheng Shijie was transferred to the Dengzhou Guard Commander to serve as the commanding officer, or Cheng Shijie was transferred to the Dengzhou Camp to serve as the staff general of the Dengzhou Camp.
What could Cheng Shijie do at that time?
reject?
That was disobeying orders, and it would be fair to punish Cheng Shijie.
What's more, Cheng Shijie has not had any conflict of interest with Sun Yuanhua so far. Shen Mingyu cannot see the real reason why Sun Yuanhua established Ning Haijun.
However, Song Xiance knew that it was a countermeasure adopted out of desperation due to his disappointment at the erosion of the Dengzhou Guard's combat effectiveness. Moreover, Sun Yuanhua is a pragmatic official and has no reason or motive to deal with Cheng Shijie.
Song Xiance knew it was an error, but he pretended not to know.
Even if Sun Yuanhua had water in his head and used such despicable methods to deal with Cheng Shijie, how could he, as Cheng Shijie's bodyguard, escape from Dengzhou City?
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