On the afternoon when Wang Yuanfang and his team set off, Shen Jingdan heard that Zhao Xin was back, so he brought someone to look for him.
An important business partner is here, and Zhao Xin has to make time to deal with it no matter how busy he is. But when he saw the person who came with Shen Jingdan, he found that he didn't recognize him at all.
This person is about 1.65 meters tall and looks to be in his thirties. His face was thin, with little beard on his lips or under his chin. His red and phoenix eyes were piercing, but he had a pair of eyebrows that ruined his appearance. Wearing a black labor protection uniform from Beihai Town, the braids on his head are still on.
"Boss Shen, who is...?"
Without waiting for Shen Jingdan's introduction, the man raised his hands and saluted and said: "I am in Xiajiang Tenglin, a native of Hangzhou, Zhejiang, who was originally the accountant of 'Huang Shengtai'. I heard Boss Shen mention the overseas scenery and admired it, so I went with him to see the exotic scenery. "
Zhao Xin looked Jiang Tenglin up and down for a while, then suddenly said: "Mr. Jiang is a scholar, right?"
"I don't dare to say it as a gentleman, but I did go to private school for several years."
Zhao Xin asked the two of them to sit down. Just as he was about to ask Guisheng to pour tea, he suddenly remembered that he had left the boy in Fuldan City. So he personally brought tea to the two of them. Seeing him acting like this, Jiang Tenglin turned to look at Shen Jingdan. Shen Jingdan twirled his beard and smiled and nodded gently.
After Zhao Xin sat down, he asked Shen Jingdan: "Boss Shen, what do you want to do today?"
Shen Jingdan smiled and said nothing, but Jiang Tenglin said: "Master Zhao, I know that you are very busy, but I have a question."
"Please say."
"May I ask what banner your department is flying now?"
banner? Zhao Xin was stunned for a moment and thought, "I'll go!" I've been so busy lately that I haven't even thought about it. But what does this have to do with you?
Shen Jingdan seemed to have seen what Zhao Xin was thinking, and then explained: "Brother Jiang means that since you plan to have a face-to-face fight with the imperial court, you should have your own banner."
Zhao Xin pretended to be relaxed and said: "Is this important? I think it's almost the same if you have it or not."
Jiang Tenglin cupped his hands and said: "No. Mr. Zhao, there is an old saying: 'The king punishes the city for his crimes, but also forgives them with restraint. Is there any name for the master?' Even the collusive court knows that the purpose of declaring the world is to protect the dragon. Only when you want to prosper the country and protect the country can you attack your tribe. And since you are inviting the war in an upright manner, you must come up with a valid reason, right? The ancients also said that the teacher is strong and the teacher is old, how can it last long? The so-called troops are sent out No name, no accident.”
Zhao Xin actually understood what Jiang Tenglin meant and recognized it very much. When the ancients went to war, they always said, "The teacher has a good reputation." The corresponding saying is, "If the name is not correct, then the words will not go smoothly. If the words are not right, then the things will not be accomplished."
Even when the Manchus entered the country, they made up a reason to avenge the Ming Dynasty and told it to the world in order to make themselves famous. Fan Wencheng said in the pamphlet he drafted at the beginning: "The rebels have come to avenge you and your father. The only ones who will be punished are thieves. The teacher is strict and will not harm you." As for Nurhachi's original petition, His seven great hatreds have been completely wiped out long ago.
In ancient times, whether it was bandits who fell into the grass on the mountain or rebels trying to overthrow the current regime, if the division was unknown, you would have no way to mobilize, which would make the soldiers unwilling to fight for you.
This is why China has rarely succeeded in killing officials and rebels since ancient times. That is because most soldiers look down on rebels from the bottom of their hearts and are unwilling to fight for such people. Who would leave their wife and children to live a peaceful life on the hot bed and follow a person who doesn't even have a banner to rebel? What will happen if you die in battle?
As the saying goes, "the right time, the right place, the right people, and the right people," the most important thing is harmony. If a country or political power has no reputation, the military will not be able to form combat effectiveness. One burst of energy, then another, and three times exhaustion. The other is exhausted and I am full, which also improves morale. Therefore, having a famous division can make these soldiers want to fight from the inside out, so that they can win in the end.
Many times, a war is actually decided from the start. If you want to obtain benefits through war and consolidate the results, you must "learn from others". No matter how far-fetched and unreliable the reason is (for example, if you win a battle and everyone will ascend to heaven together, marry more than forty wives, etc.), there must be at least a legitimate excuse to fully mobilize the support of the people at the bottom. Make people believe that they are right, and only in this way can we achieve final victory.
The main body of war is human beings. If the teacher is unknown, it means losing the morale of the people and the military. No one can win the war! Zhao Xin already understood at this time that he had neglected a very important link-the struggle program, and he decided to make it up before the war started.
But what did Jiang Tenglin just say? Collusion. Zhao Xin keenly caught the idiom in the other party's words. This was not a good thing.
Thinking of this, he squinted at Jiang Tenglin's eyebrows and asked sternly: "Mr. Jiang, do you have any trouble with the Manchu and Qing court? What you just said came out of the "Book of Rites" and "Zuo Zhuan". That's not what someone who has studied in a private school for several years and worked as a bank clerk can do."
Just kidding, if a bookkeeper doesn't learn the "Three-legged Account", "Longmen Account", "Four-legged Account" and the like, how can he study the Book of Rites? Moreover, ancient private school education had strict learning procedures, and it was impossible to learn the Five Classics in a few years.
It is said that in ancient times, when a child entered school at the age of five or six, he had to learn to read first, and then he could start to learn the three hundred thousand. Of course, there were also people who directly taught the four books. Generally, you should read "The Great Learning" and "The Doctrine of the Mean" first and then "The Analects" and "Mencius". Only after you have mastered the Four Books can you begin to study the "Five Classics" and learn to do the eight-part essay to prepare for the imperial examination in the future. By the time I was able to learn the Five Classics, more than ten years had passed.
Jiang Tenglin was a little surprised: "Huh? Sir, have you also read "Book of Rites" and "Zuo Zhuan"?"
Zhao Xin smiled and said, "I've just seen it before." This guy is also not doing his job properly. You said that you are a small business owner, but if you don’t study professional skills and learn tax avoidance methods, why don’t you read "Book of Rites" and "Zuo Zhuan"!
Shen Jingdan twirled his beard and smiled, and said to Jiang Tenglin: "Brother Xiufu, what did I tell you before I came here? Mr. Zhao has learned a lot. Just doing business alone would put me to shame. Other things such as people's livelihood , weapons and equipment, perfect in everything."
Jiang Tenglin felt ashamed and said, "I underestimated him. There is such a person overseas."
Zhao Xin licked his face and said humbly: "You two are exaggerating. But Mr. Jiang, can you tell me your story?"
Jiang Tenglin hesitated to speak, and after a long while he said: "To be honest, Mr. Zhao, I have a sworn feud with the current leader He Zhongtang. Now I have nowhere to hide, so I only ask Mr. Zhao to take you in."
Shen Jingdan sighed: "It's up to me to do this."
It turns out that this person is Jiang Tenglin from Hangzhou, and his father also started out as a sea trader in the early years. Later, the business grew bigger and bigger. By the forty-fifth year of Qianlong's reign, he had become a wealthy man in Zhejiang. As the saying goes, people are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong. The result of the Jiang family's reputation was that He Shen was targeted.
Beginning in the forty-seventh year of Qianlong's reign, in order to accumulate capital for political struggles with various factions in the DPRK and China, Heshen used his minions to force merchants in Jiangsu and Zhejiang to surrender to him and pay them help fees. Jiang Tenglin's father also had several friends in the court at the time, and ignored Heshen's request. Unexpectedly, that night, twenty-five members of the Jiang family were suddenly killed by a group of thieves who came to the door.
At that time, Jiang Tenglin was studying in another county and was about to return to his hometown to participate in the provincial examination in the 48th year of Qianlong's reign. As a result, his father's best friend suddenly sent someone to find him, telling him the bad news about his family, and told him never to return to Hangzhou again, and to hide incognito as soon as possible.
Jiang Tenglin is a scholar. Even though he is sad and angry, he has no power to restrain a chicken. His family was extremely wealthy and his family was wiped out, not to mention that he was now a poor scholar. So he fled overnight to hide in a friend's house in Yangzhou. But at that time, he was already penniless and became a down-and-out scholar. Although living under someone else's roof for a long time is not an option, I still dare not disclose my identity. In desperation, Jiang Tenglin went to Dongguan Street under a pseudonym to help others write letters to make ends meet.
This went on for more than a year, and in October last year, he heard that the owner of the "Shen Yihe" company was recruiting an accountant to go overseas on a ship, so he went to apply for the job. As a result, Shen Jingdan heard that he After studying for a few years, I saw another good calligraphy from him and agreed without saying a word until I boarded the Thor and took him to Beihai Town.
Jiang Tenglin has been very surprised since he boarded the Thor. The sailors on the ship actually spoke Mandarin, and the various facilities were unheard of. Before he woke up, he had already arrived in Beihai Town. After two weeks of quarantine and epidemic prevention, Jiang Tenglin was assigned to work under Chen Qingsong to assist in handling internal affairs affairs. Unexpectedly, this action allowed him to see clues about Beihai Town.
He found that, except for Zhao Xin and more than 20 people in Beihai Town, most of the other people were refugees from the island country; and almost all of these people could speak Beijing Mandarin. This made him deeply suspicious of the origins of Zhao Xin and others.
What shocked him the most was that Beihai Town was not on an overseas continent far away from the Qing Dynasty at all, but near the Longxing Land of the Qing Dynasty.
After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Beihai Town issued a mobilization order. Only then did Jiang Tenglin know that it turned out that Zhao Xin and his five hundred men were responsible for the much-rumored defeat of Fukang'an and the death of Hai Lancha last year!
Five hundred men could defeat thousands of imperial troops, with only a hundred casualties! The flame of revenge that had been extinguished in Jiang Tenglin's heart suddenly started to burn. He found Shen Jingdan, told all about his tragic experience, and asked him to make a recommendation on his behalf.
When Shen Jingdan finished speaking, Jiang Tenglin's face was full of tears. He stood up and knelt down in front of Zhao Xin, gritting his teeth and said: "With such a court and such corrupt officials, what's the use of such a waste of fame! He Shen harmed my whole family. The young man died tragically, and he still cannot return to his hometown to pay his respects. I am willing to serve in front of your Majesty's tent, just hoping that my great revenge will be avenged!"
After Zhao Xin listened to Shen Jingdan's explanation, he felt very sympathetic to Jiang Tenglin's experience. He didn't expect that the famous "Xiao Heshen" in history would use such cruel methods to make money, which completely subverted his understanding of this person.
He stretched out his hand to help Jiang Tenglin up and said: "You'd better follow Mr. Chen and do things with peace of mind. We can wait until this battle is over. The system here in Beihai Town is different from that of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, and it is different from other countries in the world. You have only been here for a short time." , we will make arrangements after we become familiar with it.”
Jiang Tenglin felt a little disappointed when he heard this. He originally thought that by virtue of his status as a scholar, he would be able to take a look at Zhao Xingao, and from then on he would be treated as a guest, and he would be an aide beside Zhao Xin like a dragon and a phoenix. Unexpectedly, Zhao Xin just asked him to continue working with Chen Qingsong in the name of a different system.
He didn't know that Zhao Xin didn't want to hear one side of the story. What was the real situation of the person in front of him? Zhao Xin felt that he had to let Lu Shoushan and others investigate before he said anything. Although he lacks people here, what he lacks is people who can teach modern knowledge. Let alone a scholar under the Manchu Qing Dynasty, even if he came to be a candidate, he would do odd jobs first.
Even if what happened to Jiang Tenglin was true, it would be enough for him to be a clerk. After he becomes familiar with Beihai Town's system, he can decide whether he can serve as Chen Qingsong's deputy.
The next day, Zhao Xinxian went to Chen Qingsong and asked a question.
"Old Chen, what do you think we should use for our military flag?"
"The red flag! I think the August 1st military flag is pretty good."
"That's not okay. The People's Liberation Army's August 1st military flag is because August 1st has special meaning. We were farming on August 1st last year."
"Hey, when did we fight against Fukang'an last year?" Chen Qingsong rolled his eyes and asked with memories on his face.
"June." Zhao Xin murmured, thinking that he was going to get bad food.
Sure enough, Chen Qingsong didn't stumble at all and said directly: "Then let's use the June 1st military flag."
"Brother, you think we are the Young Pioneers! To return the June 1st military flag, let's just wind up the red scarf alone. You are so mad at me!"
Chen Qingsong stopped what he was doing, looked up at Zhao Xin, and said with a playful expression: "What's the matter? How about you also have a Huanglong flag?"
"Stop it! If you don't think it's disgusting, I'm still disgusted."
After hurriedly escaping Chen Qingsong's office, Zhao Xin went to find Wu Siyu and Zhao Liang.
"I asked, have you ever thought about what kind of flag we should use?"
Wu Siyu and Zhao Liang returned without hesitation: "The August 1st Army Flag!"
"It's inappropriate. In this time and space, August 1st has no special significance to us."
The two looked at each other, and it seemed right. Then he asked: "What do you think?"
"I haven't thought about it clearly. Didn't I come here to meet you for a Zhuge Liang meeting?"
The three of them began to think hard. After thinking for a long time and smoking several cigarettes, Zhao Xin's eyes suddenly lit up and he had it. He found a piece of paper, took a pencil and drew on it. Wu Siyu and Zhao Liang came over and looked at it for a long time, and they were both dumbfounded!
This guy actually drew an American flag with a hammer and sickle in the upper left corner!
"What do your stars represent?" Zhao Liang asked, pointing to the two circles of stars around the hammer and sickle.
"Fifty-six ethnic groups."
"What about these thirteen red and white stripes?"
"Uh, seven and sixty-three provinces in the south and north? Let me count them, Zhili, Shandong, Henan, and Jiangsu." Zhao Xinba counted all the provinces with his fingers. I'll go! Less than half (During the Qianlong period, there were a total of 26 administrative regions in the country.)
The two of them looked at Zhao Xin like he was an idiot.
"If you think it doesn't work, then change it to another one." After Zhao Xin finished speaking, he smeared on another piece of paper with a swipe of his pen. Zhao Xing was just halfway through the painting when Wu Siyu said, "Stop!"
Zhao Xindao: "What's wrong?"
"Why does this flag look so familiar to me?"
Zhao Xin said with some guilt: "Isn't it?"
Before Wu Siyu came to the eighteenth century, he worked as a dormitory administrator in a middle school. When I have nothing to do, I often watch pirated movies. At a glance, he could tell that the second picture drawn by Zhao Xin had been seen in some movie. At this moment, he had a constipated look on his face and wandered around the room for a while. Suddenly he slapped his thigh and remembered!
“A long time ago in a galxy”
(End of chapter)
