In Zhang Xi's opinion, Yang Di is easy to dig, but Zhong Limu is a bit difficult to deal with.
The future of Zhongli's family was given by Soochow, and Zhonglixu's position as captain of the building ship was awarded by Soochow. It is difficult to say whether Zhongli Mu has a deep sense of belonging to Soochow, but Yang Xi is different.
Yang Xi is from Nanyang, and his family is in Nanyang. Although he is currently serving as an official in Soochow, he will not feel any disapproval of Jingzhou in both public and private matters.
Secondly, Yang Di had a very good relationship with Fei Yi and Deng Zhi.
When Fei Yi was on an envoy to Jiangdong, Yang Di, as a representative of Soochow, received Fei Yi. Of course, there was an inevitable exchange of words, and both of them admired each other's knowledge.
And Deng Zhi followed a similar process. To be a diplomatic envoy these days, the first step is to convince the literati over there. You can't do it without some knowledge.
Therefore, regardless of the official relationship between the two parties, the personal relationship between Fei Yi, Deng Zhi and Yang Di was very good.
Therefore, in Zhang Xi's opinion, as long as he takes the initiative to write to Yang Di to recruit, and Fei Yi and Deng Zhi also write letters to persuade, Yang Di, who is currently frustrated in Soochow, may not be able to travel lightly. , crossed the river to join the Han Dynasty, hoping to return to his hometown and establish meritorious deeds.
But in fact, after Zhang Xi's combination of punches, Yang Di was still hesitant. Although Yang Di's popularity among the prince's guests was very poor now, Sun Deng still treated him as always.
Yang Di was really optimistic about Sun Deng's quality and believed that Sun Deng would be a good emperor after he ascended the throne.
If you work under such people, you won't have to worry about not having the opportunity to make achievements in the future.
Therefore, Yang Xi wrote a reply to Zhang Xi and declined Zhang Xi's solicitation very tactfully.
On the contrary, it was Zhong Limu who Zhang Xi thought might have a good sense of belonging to Soochow, and he came with one move.
It’s not that Zhongli Mu has no moral integrity, it’s that Zhongli Mu has no choice now.
Zhonglixu died early, when Zhonglimu was not yet an adult. Zhonglixu died, and the official position of captain of building and ship was naturally gone.
And Zhongli's family came from a poor family, and Zhonglixu didn't have much money to manage his affairs during his lifetime, so his popularity in the military was also very average.
After his death, Zhongli's family immediately fell into trouble.
It's not that you won't be able to afford food because of this, but decline is basically a certainty.
Therefore, Zhong Limu really needs an opportunity to serve as an official now, whether it is Wu or Han.
It’s for life, there’s no shame in it.
In addition, there is another very unexpected reason for Zhonglimu to defect to Jingzhou - Zhonglimu admires Zhang Xi very much.
Therefore, when he received Zhang Xi's personal letter and discussed it with his mother at home, he immediately set off from Shanyin County and took a family of more than ten people across the river to Jiangling and defected to Zhang Xi. coming.
This is something that Zhang Xi himself did not expect. There are people who admire him and drag their whole family across the river to join him as soon as they receive a letter from him? !
Zhang Xi himself has no self-awareness, but as a famous general in the world, Zhang Xi certainly has no shortage of admirers among the people.
Especially in Soochow, some people belittled Liu Bei and some said bad things about Guan Yu, but they always praised Zhang Xi.
There is no way, that is the brother-in-law of Da Wu Zhizun, the most admired opponent of the great general Da Wu. He does not look at the face of the monk but also the face of the Buddha.
Therefore, Zhong Limu has heard too many good things about Zhang Xi since he was a child. Some of them are true, and some of them are not even known to Zhang Xi, but without exception, they are all words that praise Zhang Xi.
How could the young Zhong Limu not have a good impression of Zhang Xi?
Coupled with Zhang Xi's own experience, he was born in a poor family in Yingchuan. He left home at the age of 20 to start his own business.
How could Zhong Limu, who also came from a poor family in Shanyin County and was exactly twenty years old this year, not feel this kind of experience.
There was no such opportunity before, but now that the opportunity was placed in front of him, Zhongli Mu had nothing to hesitate about.
In this way, Zhang Xi just relied on his personal charm that he thought did not exist, and abducted a famous general from the later period of Soochow to change his family.
As for the water battle command issue that Zhang Xi was most concerned about, Zhang Xi also had the answer he wanted.
After Wang Ji had some tests and conversations with Zhong Limu, he told Zhang Xi that if he were to command the naval forces in combat now, with the same strength, he and Zhong Limu would probably be at about the same level.
Of course, the equal strength Wang Ji mentioned refers to the current strength of Jiangling Navy, which is probably only a few thousand people.
In other words, Wang Ji recognized Zhong Limu's ability to control small-scale naval assault tactics, but as the commander-in-chief of a large-scale naval battle, Wang Ji was still unable to make a correct judgment on Zhong Limu.
Therefore, Zhonglimu is still not a ready-made navy commander, but Zhonglimu has an advantage, that is, he is only twenty years old and still has enough room to grow.
After being tested in actual combat and accumulating experience, Zhong Limu may not be unable to become a qualified navy commander.
According to Zhang Xi's experience flow, that is, the game data of his previous life, although Zhong Limu cannot be compared with famous navy generals like Zhou Yu, he should not be much worse than Zhu Ran, who is currently stationed in Lukou.
Finally, we have a guaranteed navy general. At least we don't have to worry about the lack of navy generals like before.
Therefore, when Zhong Limu arrived, Zhang Xi directly gave him the position of General Pi, and asked him to participate in commanding the Jiangling Navy that was currently training, and his position was under Wen Dai.
It was impossible to directly give Zhongli Mu a high position as soon as he came up. Moreover, Zhongli Mu was too young, younger than many soldiers in the army, and it would be difficult to convince the public. It was better to let him train under Wen Dai for a period of time, half learning and half accumulating experience. Better.
As for Zhong Limu's family who had just arrived in Jiangling and were unfamiliar with the place, Zhang Xi still took good care of them and asked the people below to help them arrange food and accommodation, and left part of their living expenses as a reward for Zhong Limu's investment.
Zhang Xi still understands this. People come all the way to join you, so you must give priority to helping them solve their worries.
Zhang Xi has not given up on Yang Xi's recruitment.
But since she has already politely declined once, Zhang Xi shouldn't be too pushy. Just keep in touch and try to recruit again when there is an opportunity in the future.
Now, Zhang Xi needs to return to normal state animal duties.
It is soon the time for spring plowing, which is a major event in any dynasty, and Zhang Xi must focus on this aspect.
In addition, winter has passed and spring has arrived, and some restless literati, such as those at Yuelu Academy, are going to go on outings.
This group of people sent an invitation to Zhang Xi, saying that they were holding an outing and invited Zhou Mu to participate.
Zhang Xi actually dislikes the behavior of a child of this aristocratic family.
The world is still uncertain, and the emperor is still living frugally in Chengdu, and the saved expenses are used to support the Northern Expedition. You guys from aristocratic families have no intention of serving the country through officialdom, but you have the leisure to go out for an outing? !
To be honest, Zhang Xi was very dissatisfied, but Zhang Xi had to go.
Yuelu Academy, as the only academy in the world today, is well-known throughout the world, and it has already become a sacred place in the world of literature.
No matter who becomes the pastor of Jingzhou, they cannot ignore the impact this academy can have. Even if they don't like it, they still have to give it the face it deserves.
What's more, Zhang Xi is one of the founders of Yuelu Academy and the only surviving founder.
In the past, it was normal not to go to Yuelu Academy when you were not in Jingzhou, but now that you are out of Jingzhou, it is really unreasonable not to go.
It will also damage Zhang Xi's reputation.
In this way, Zhang Xi had to go to Yuelu Academy with Wang Ji to attend this so-called outing, even during the busy spring plowing season.
Zhang Xi was not in a good mood, but Wang Ji could comfort him at least. Let's see if any of these students were talented enough to lead the navy.
Of course, Wang Ji was joking. Just those guys who can't even read a book, how do you expect there to be a talented person who can lead the navy among them? !
But Zhang Xi took it seriously.
For no other reason than he had deceived Wang Ji at Yuelu Academy.
Without that stroll, how could Jingzhou have a military and political governor! ! !
To be honest, this time he returned to Jingzhou to take charge. If Wang Ji had not helped Zhang Xi clarify government affairs and share military affairs, Zhang Xi would have died of exhaustion in his study.
Therefore, Zhang Xi really had high hopes that he could meet a talent who could solve his biggest problem.
Then, Zhang Xi’s halo as the protagonist really took off.
At Yuelu Academy, Zhang Xi met a person, Yang Xi.
It is not the Yang Di who was a guest of the prince in Soochow and declined Zhang Xi's invitation, but the Yang Di who once served as the governor of the Shangdang in Cao Wei.
Well, they are another pair of people with the same name in the same era.
Of course, this Yang Hu is not the point. The point is that Yang Hu, who is only eleven years old, came to Yuelu Academy with his father.
Yes, it was Yang Hu who was the "friend of Yang and Lu", the hero who destroyed Wu and the famous general of Wei and Jin Dynasty.
We have to find a way to kidnap him! ! !
(End of chapter)
