Getting up early the next day, Sheng Huai'en took a dozen soldiers and two or three entourages to Shangrao to pay a return visit to the general and prefect, leaving Li Dan to garrison in the camp.
"I was busy with association matters last night, and I didn't have time to say anything to you." Sheng Huai'en suddenly called Li Dan before mounting his horse, and told him softly: "I think I have to say hello to you first."
"Brother, what are you talking about? It's so mysterious?" Li Dan was a little surprised.
"I want you to have something in mind. Don't think that everything will be fine if you achieve great success." Sheng Huai'en sighed:
"I know these gentlemen very well. They all look like red-eyed cockfighting chickens when it comes to merit, but they blame each other when it comes to battle. They are all weak chickens! Look, maybe they are already fighting in the city right now!"
"I understand, brother, are you trying to pour some cold water on me and tell us not to expect too much or too high?"
"That's exactly what I said!" Sheng Huai'en came closer and said, "I know we have captured a lot, so we might as well find a time to share it, even if we share more to everyone to stabilize people's hearts.
But it is unlikely that you will be granted official titles and rewards, especially for those generals who have been demoted. You can talk to them one by one while I am away. I think I need to help them think of a way out. "
"Brother means... that the court will not accept them?"
"Even if you accept it, it won't be too comfortable." Sheng Huaien smiled bitterly: "It doesn't matter if you are a soldier. After the army is incorporated, you can continue to eat food. But it is different if you are an officer of the Lou family. Do you understand?"
"I understand." Li Dan smacked his lips: "Okay! I'll try my best to talk to everyone. As long as they are willing to follow me, I will take in as many as I can.
Alas, I am afraid that some of them will be dissatisfied and turn around and run back to the Lou family. That would be terrible! "
Seeing that he had understood what he meant, Sheng Huaien got on his horse and said loudly:
"If something happens in Yushan, there is no chance that someone with news will pass through Chashan. Brother Xian must be sent to Shangrao as soon as possible. I estimate that we can stay for two days at most and then prepare to return to Geyang.
I will send someone to notify you after I get the receipt documents from the General's Office (documents proving that the transported materials have been received). Oh, right, those firearms, bows, and crossbows...? "
"Don't worry, brother, I have ordered the collection, but two of the guns exploded during the battle. The rest will be shipped to Shangrao today!"
After hearing this, Sheng Huaien knew what the "explosion" was about. He smiled knowingly, nodded and shouted: "Let's go!" and turned the horse's head. Behind him were more than a dozen riders, all riding captured war horses and galloping towards Shangrao with a rumble.
One day later, Yushan's emergency messenger was rescued with injuries by the officers and soldiers patrolling the ferry and sent to the camp. Half an hour later than him, the scouts sent to Yushan also returned.
After Li Dan understood what had happened, he immediately wrote a document and sent a group of guards to take the envoy to Shangrao in a four-wheeled carriage, taking along the firecrackers he had promised to return. Sheng Huaien also rushed back the next night and immediately sent someone to notify Li Dan to see him.
"Sir General, since the Lou bandits have broken through Yushan, they probably want to open up Jiangshan County and retreat to the east." Sheng Huai'en pointed on the map and said:
"So he decided to strengthen the defense of the Chashan camp. Li Guerrilla will lead 3,000 people to station in Chashan. Your and my mission of transporting food is over."
"That's very good. We can go back to Geyang happily. But... why is there a look of displeasure on my brother's face?" Li Dan asked, observing carefully.
From the moment he entered the tent and saw Sheng Huaien, he felt that his eyes were flickering and evasive.
"What the general and the prefect mean is that since your unit is a regiment, it shouldn't need too many weapons, so... just keep the force of 500 people."
"Oh——, I understand. It's nothing. Just kill the donkey. After all, we are too strong and they will be afraid, which is understandable." Li Dan was actually somewhat prepared, and he nodded:
"Then please tell me, brother, to return to Guangxin Shangban Ferry. After reuniting with the people who stayed there, reorganize the team there and retain 500 armed men to escort the civilian husband and the convoy back to Geyang.
How about asking the government and military to send personnel to count and receive the remaining weapons? "
"Okay." Sheng Huaien nodded, paused and then said, "This is not Sheng.
The original intention was that the general proposed that the enemy was still on the side, so the local regiment training in Shangrao was to be expanded. "
"I don't blame my brother, and you and I both know that the number of people reported for group training is 2,000. In fact, including the surrender of troops, it is close to 4,000. The government will definitely not allow such a huge number."
"You are right." Sheng Huai'en nodded: "I was about to tell you about the surrender of troops. Currently we have less than four thousand prisoners, and Tie Chuozi, Shi Sannian and Wan Siyou have surrendered their troops one after another. There are more than three thousand people.
We originally planned to talk to Shangrao about leaving all the prisoners among these 7,000 people to them, and those who wanted to surrender could be incorporated into the official army.
But General Yu meant that they didn't want so many prisoners, and they wanted to keep at most a thousand people as auxiliary troops. He could ask for more surrendered troops. He hoped to leave 2,000 men for Shangrao, who would be dispersed and distributed to various battalions. "
"Well, it seems that the losses during the defense of the city were not small, and they hope to make up for it." Li Dan nodded: "Brother, have you mentioned the arrangements for the leaders?"
"No." Sheng Huai'en looked outside and replied softly: "People like Monk (Gao Hanzi), Tie Linglong (Liu She), Douzi Wan (Wan Siyou) and others will definitely not dare to use them if they stay with the army. It’s a frustrating life, so why bother?
So I plan to take away as many as I can. If it's not convenient for you to live here, just keep them. "
"This also depends on everyone's own wishes and cannot be forced." Li Dan said:
"Jia Mingjiu, along with the people at the wine shop, have already set out to evacuate to Yugan, but they may not be as willing to follow me as he is.
I have talked to several people in the camp. Tie Chuozi (Tie Xiaoan), Shi Sannian and Gao Monk have agreed to follow them back to Geyang, and they are selecting their confidants to talk to one by one.
Most of the other leaders are still in Dayuan, and their intentions are not yet clear. "
"Okay, then I understand." Sheng Huai'en nodded: "We will hand over the camp first and then gather together back at Uesaka. I will reply to the general immediately."
"Okay, let them pick the prisoners first. They can choose how many they want. We will take the rest back to Geyang and place the disabled ones in nearby temples...
However, what arrangements will they make for you, brother, and your subordinates? Li Dan suddenly remembered and asked quickly.
"This is what pisses me off." Sheng Huaien smiled bitterly: "What General Yu means is that Shangban Fort has been built and is in an important position, so it needs to be guarded."
"He asked you to guard?" Li Dan was surprised.
"He wants me to take over Fengshan Fort and Dayuan Town. Huh, it looks like the territory is quite big, but it's actually a separate slap!" Sheng Huaien no longer concealed his dissatisfaction. Read the book
"You agreed?"
"Not yet. I just said that I was originally affiliated with Wannian Dusi and had never thought about transferring to Shangrao. I need to consider it."
Li Dan tilted his head and thought about it, then suddenly asked: "Brother, do you know the whereabouts of Guangxin's Sun Shoubei?"
This time he sent troops to participate in the war against Yintuo, and even fought a round at the Shangban Bridgehead as a substitute. It is said that he also has military exploits. The battle report he submitted must have praised him as a local military attaché as being more useful than you. He should be promoted and transferred. Won't it fall? "
"You mean... you want me to go and guard this position with Yu Shen?" Sheng Huaien looked over in surprise: "That's an idea!"
Guangxin County originally only had one guard, Yu Qianhu, but due to the frequent incidents caused by miners, the Jiangxi Metropolitan Commandery Department sent a general to suppress the incidents. They realized the importance of Guangxin as Shangrao's rear and set up a garrison here. The officer is in charge of the recruitment and training of the health station, militia and reserve forces. He is also responsible for guarding the armor, gunpowder, grain and other materials stored in Guangxin.
Li Dan's idea was to let him go to General Yu to fight for this defensive position. In terms of level, he was enough.
It's just that Sheng Huai'en was promoted to President Qian not long ago, so according to common sense, it was a bit too fast to put him in the county defense position. Fortunately, he had enough military exploits to be used in exchange. However, as a result, Sheng Huaien lost the possibility of being promoted again in the short term.
There's nothing you can do about it, everything will come to you only if you give it up.
General Yu must also have a headache at this time. If he really wanted to take credit, Sheng Huai'en would have outclassed all the Shangrao generals.
, how to reward, how to promote, how to fill in and report in the merit book? It's all trouble.
If Sheng Huaien takes the initiative to request Guangxin, Dayuan and Uesaka will still be within his defensive range. Yu Shen will be able to use the defensive duties that seem to have heavier responsibilities to easily solve the trouble of how to write Sheng Huaien's contributions.
Sheng Huaien can not look so dazzling, and the generals and commanders in Shangrao can share the credit from him, and everyone is happy.
"Okay, let's do it!" Sheng Huaien made a decision immediately after thinking about it.
In this way, most of his existing 1,500 people, including Tie Jiazi and Shi Sannian, can be transferred to the Guangxin garrison. A few can be digested by Shangrao's officers and soldiers, and his own strength can be maintained. He did not break his promise to Tie and Shi.
For Li Dan, if Guangxin is handed over to Sheng Huaien, the important key to future business will be in his own hands.
Sure enough, Sheng Huaien sent Dou San'er to Shangrao to talk to the general, and the reasonable General Yu agreed almost immediately.
In fact, for him, Sun Shoubei has been recommended as the commander of the Geyang Guard stationed in Guixi. Instead of letting the superiors send someone who he is not familiar with to vacate this position, it is better to let this person have a sense of "combat camaraderie". "It feels more secure if Sheng Huai'en does it."
Besides, the wine Lao Sheng brought tastes really good, so this business should be very profitable!
Then the rest will be easy. According to the request, Li Dan sent people to Dayuanzhai and mobilized 700 people to Chashan to join Li Ting's army. The rest of the troops followed Sheng Huaien and retreated to Guangxin.
Li Dan took some people to Dayuan on the way, where he met Yang DaYi, who had not been seen for a long time, and met Ma Jiuye and others. Only then did he realize that Yang Dayi's arrival was only because of his aunt's worry and longing, and he couldn't laugh or cry for a moment.
He had no choice but to write a letter to the county magistrate and his aunt overnight, plus Yang Yi and others' schoolbooks to pack a big package, and sent three former brothers from the Qingshirt team to Yugan on horseback.
The next day, Li Dan held a barbecue party on the shore of Dayuandu, a beach about 220 steps away from the pier under restoration. The main ingredients were fish, shrimp and other river seafood. At the same time, he informed everyone present that After learning about the situation of Chashan Club, more than 40 people were admitted to the club that day.
Dayuan mobilized more than 500 people to gather in Guangxin, preparing to be recruited by the army. The team was led by the mature and steady Lin Ziyang. As a typical example, he was quickly assigned a general position by the Shangrao army.
Wei Zhouer led 300 people to garrison Dayuan and transferred them to Sheng Huaien's army. The remaining more than 100 people will follow Ma Jiuye's escort and return to Xishan to wait for the arrival of the brigade.
Sheng Huai'en selected more than a thousand surrendered soldiers and prisoners and sent them to Shangrao to be incorporated into the official army. He kept the most elite ones to form two battalions of garrison troops.
Liu Shengju was appointed as the guard general of Shangban Bridge, with three hundred troops under his command. Lin Baihu was transferred back from Fengqiguan. He will lead 300 people to Dayuan to serve as guard.
Li Dan returned to Uesaka and conducted the third recruitment of members of the Tea Mountain Club.
This time, more than 200 people have joined, including the 60 people who first formed the team from Yu Gan, those who joined later during the group training period of Ge Yang's organization, and the leaders and outstanding soldiers of the reformed soldiers, etc.
According to the original plan, Wu Mao stayed with three key members selected from the staff and personal guards under the escort of Heimu. They will make some preparations in Shangrao and then head to Guangzhou.
Because the rebels unexpectedly captured Yushan, the road to eastern Zhejiang was blocked, so the five of them decided to take a risk and cross the river by water, then head southeast over Shamao Ridge to Pucheng.
After entering the territory of the army, they will decide whether to go to Wenzhou or go south to Ningde and wait for an opportunity to take a boat to Guangzhou.
To this end, they had to wait for Sheng Huai'en to formally take office and issue a document stating that they were assigned by the Guangxin Guards to go to Guangzhou to recruit craftsmen who repaired firecrackers and armor, and asked military and civilian officials from various places to facilitate contact.
With this document, they are no longer refugees or merchants, and can even stay at the inn with confidence.
After handing over most of the captured armor to Mr. Sheng Qian, Li Dan led a large group of civilians and a convoy to return along the same route.
When they arrived at Fengqiguan, they saw that Nanshan and Fengling Town were also garrisoned by two and three hundred garrison soldiers sent by Guangxin.
After meeting at Xishan
, seeing that all the factories here had been dismantled and transported away by Chen Sanwen, the original workers were either dismissed on the spot or followed to Yugan.
Only the workshop that produces bamboo ware is still there, and 30% of the shares have been transferred to Song Xiucai (the Chu Lian'er family that Zhang Bo robbed was his tenant farmer).
Because the scholar's family was not very wealthy, but he often supported the Chu family, Li Dan thought that the family was of good virtue, so he agreed to entrust his family with the management of the workshop.
Song Xiucai burst into tears of gratitude. When he saw the brigade returning and passing by, he specially prepared some local products to express his gratitude. The two of them had a drink by the Lotus Lake, sang two poems, and suddenly felt that their relationship had improved a lot.
Song Xiucai was a local rich farmer. He neither wanted to take the imperial examination nor become an official, and preferred to live in seclusion. Li Dan saw that this person was just an ordinary person, so he didn't take it easy. Unexpectedly, he accidentally heard him mention someone during the chat.
"Oh? Are you familiar with Lou Liang?" Li Dan was surprised and immediately asked, "But that Mr. Ke Zhen?"
"Exactly, exactly! Hey, does Defense (Li Dan has completed the task of transporting grain, so he has handed over his temporary duty of patrolling the Northland, so the scholar is commensurate with his official position of Defense Envoy) also knows about him?" Song Song The scholar asked in surprise.
"I've heard a little bit about it." Li Dan nodded: "I heard people say that he seems to be obsessed with Mr. Wu Kangzhai (Wu Yubi)'s theory of objects, and is determined to follow him. I don't know if he is studying under Mr. Kangzhai now, or... In your own home?"
"You know all this?" Song Xiucai was even more surprised: "I and Ke Zhen were enlightened by the same teacher, so we have the friendship of brothers.
I have indeed heard him mention his wish to study under Duke Kang Zhai, but I really don’t know where he is now. There has been no news from him for several months since Shangrao was attacked. "
Lou Liang was the mentor who led Wang Yangming to the path of spiritual learning. Li Dan was not sure at first, but his birthplace and first name matched, indicating that it was indeed this person.
If he exists, then this time and space does not seem to be completely different from the time and space of the previous life, at least there are similarities or the same places.
Li Dan tentatively threw out Lou Liang's mentor Wu Yubi (also known as Kangzhai), wondering if this person also existed!
Li Dan was a little disappointed when he heard that the two had lost contact, but after thinking about it, he still handed it over and said:
"Dan has admired the name of Mr. Kezhen for a long time, but unfortunately he has official duties and has to lead his team back to Geyang first. I want to trouble my brother to write a letter of introduction, so I ordered my confidants to take him to look for Mr. traces.
If there is a chance, it would be great for Dan to pay him a visit or to ask his husband to visit Geyang. I wonder if it’s convenient for you, brother? "
"Hey, why is it so." Song Xiucai waved his hand: "If the defense is trustworthy, I can write a letter and I will personally go to the foot of Jinshan Mountain on the other side for you.
I just heard that the war has ceased and the rebels have fled east or south, so it's not a big problem. I only brought a child with me as a visitor, and I went back in a small boat. "
"Brother, there's no need to be in a hurry. It's not too late to set off again after a while, when the river calms down." Li Dan quickly reminded the other party to pay attention to their own safety.
Unexpectedly, Song Xiucai laughed and said, "Defense means that noble people tend to forget things. I am visiting Lou Liang, so it doesn't matter. Even if I meet those bandit soldiers, he knows that I am a guest of the Lou family. Who would dare to mess around?"
Li Dan suddenly realized that the Lou family in Shangrao where Lou Liang lived was from the same family as Lou Zishi, so the scholar told him that there was no need to worry, as long as the name of the Lou family was mentioned.
That night, Li Dan wrote a long letter. In addition to mentioning his admiration, the letter also talked in detail about his understanding and understanding of the investigation of things to achieve knowledge.
Li Dan said that the so-called investigation of things is to fully study the principles of things to obtain knowledge, and the research process is divided into four stages: cognition, understanding, verification and accurate definition.
He said that the study of saints is a spiritual theory and a so-called philosophy. Physics, on the other hand, is a theory of matter, a so-called applied science.
Philosophy is based on the study of things. It is higher than matter and originates from matter. Therefore, the study of things is the foundation and origin of all doctrines.
Philosophy that does not study matter can easily go down the road of rhetoric. Without the guidance of philosophy, applied learning will have no direction and method.
The two kinds of knowledge are interdependent, and it is impossible to say which one is better, which one is worse, or which one is first.
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Those who are engaged in philosophical research must be engaged in applied research, but without material satisfaction, spiritual research and inheritance become ideals and empty talk.
Early the next morning, the team continued their journey. The long convoy returned to Geyang carrying supplies and nearly 3,000 prisoners. A rider dismounted outside the door of Song Xiucai's house as two spear guards dismounted and handed him the package on his shoulders.
"I, Zhong Siqi, am the bodyguard around you. This is the defense order sent to you by me. There is a letter, twenty taels of silver and a pair of new boots for you sir.
Defense said: If you have any results or feedback, please pass it to the little master Wu Xing of Lingyan Temple, and he will try to pass it on or convey it to Ge Yang. Please sir, please take your time! After Zhong Siqi finished speaking, he gave a military salute, turned around, mounted his horse and chased the brigade.
A few days later, under the banner of the "Geyang Guard Defense Envoy", and after more than a month, Li Dan finally saw the long-lost Geyang City again.
