After everyone had a drink together, Magistrate Qian put down his glass and said: "Master Liu, I have gained a lot during this trip to sea. I wonder if you have reported it to the court? I am not too talkative. There are also many things to pay attention to when writing a document reporting victory to the court! If If you write poorly, not only will you not get credit, but you may also be reprimanded by your superior!"
Liu Haojia knew that the method to steal credit was coming, but he was not prepared to ignore it, so he smiled and said: "But there are too many things to do when I first came here, and the document to report the victory has not been written yet! However, I have written the document to report the victory several times, and the format is still the same. knew!"
When Magistrate Qian heard this, he knew that Liu Haojia was clearly expressing his rejection, and he had a somewhat embarrassed look on his face! At this time, an old man named Zhang next to him said with a smile: "Mr. Liu, Mr. Qian is also kind-hearted! After all, we literati are better in writing matters! You know, if you ask Mr. Qian to help polish the document, say Maybe I can get a few more credits! Mr. Liu might as well ask Mr. Qian to help polish it up!"
At this point, Liu Haojia already knew exactly what these people meant. On the one hand, Governor Qian wanted to share some of the credit; on the other hand, everyone wanted to prevent the Navy from changing defenses. It's just that Magistrate Qian brought the matter up first!
But at this time Liu Haojia no longer wanted to deal with them any longer. He came to the banquet this time based on etiquette. After all, it’s not good if you don’t come after being invited again and again. Now that the etiquette has been fulfilled, if you continue to be perfunctory, sooner or later you will fall out!
So he simply said: "Mr. Zhang has probably never seen a victory document, right? It only needs to clearly state where the battle was fought, how it was fought, how much was gained, and how many were captured. There are so many gimmicks! I don't believe it was polished by others. , there are still a few more heads left in the beheading! Those are false claims of military merit and will be beheaded!"
As soon as Liu Haojia said these words, the atmosphere in the entire banquet turned completely cold. A middle-aged man sitting diagonally across from Liu Haojia put down his wine glass and said, "What Mr. Liu said makes no sense! Mr. Qian also has good intentions to help you polish your documents, why do you have to say it so harshly?"
Because of the introduction in advance, Liu Haojia knew that this person's surname was Li and that he worked in Nanjing, so he dared to speak to him so rudely! Although the others are gentry, they have lost their official positions after all, so they naturally have to be a little more polite when speaking.
But why does the Liu Hao family care about this kind of person! Instead, he asked directly: "Mr. Li, I don't understand why I asked others to polish the victory document? Is it because I don't know the characters, or am I still unable to explain how much was gained?"
The old man surnamed Zhang who spoke just now hurriedly smoothed things over and said, "Master Li, what do you mean by this? To put it bluntly, he just hopes that Master Liu can say a few kind words for Master Qian and everyone here in the document! This does not hinder Master Liu. Repaying one's merits will also enhance the relationship between the two parties! As the saying goes, civil and military affairs complement each other! For example, Lian Po and Lin Xiangru are generally good friends!"
At this time, another old man named Xu said with a sinister smile: "That's right! In fact, although military attachés can perform meritorious service on the battlefield, they cannot do without the coordination and coordination of civilian officials! Only the close cooperation between both parties is the way to win!"
As soon as this was said, everyone naturally agreed. But what Liu Haojia heard was just angry in his heart! If the old man surnamed Zhang was making suggestions, then what the old man surnamed Xu said was a naked threat! It simply means clearly that in Quanzhou's one-third of an acre, you can't do anything without us!
Thinking of this, Liu Haojia sneered and said: "In my opinion, it is better not to cooperate with each other! We, the military men, have never participated in the government affairs. Let's fight this war. It is better for the literati not to participate! Otherwise, like the previous Song Dynasty, countless soldiers were harmed. He died on the battlefield and his life was wasted!”
This is tantamount to pointing your nose and scolding! The faces of everyone present changed color, especially the middle-aged man named Li, whose face turned black! But Liu Haojia didn't think so, because he knew the virtues of the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty, and they were only half as good as the civil servants of the Song Dynasty!
At this time, the middle-aged man surnamed Li simply broke his face and said: "Mr. Liu, Mr. Qian and I have no ill intentions, and we don't want to swallow up your credit. Why do you bother to push back and forth like this? You know, the south of the Yangtze River is not as good as the north. Without the support of all the gentry here, I’m afraid Mr. Liu would be unable to move forward!”
Hearing this, Liu Haojia looked at him carefully and said: "So, if I leave you all, my navy's general orders will not be able to be carried out, right? There may be Japanese pirates coming to harass the place. ! At that time, I am afraid that I will be accused of attracting Japanese pirates to attack, right?"
When the middle-aged man surnamed Li saw that Liu Haojia had made his words clear, he was not angry. Instead, he fiddled with the folding fan and said with contentment: "Master Liu said these words himself, not me!"
Although he did not admit this, the threat was clearly revealed! At this time, Liu Haojia looked at the crowd again and saw that they all had serious faces and looked even more sinister. They all looked like ghosts! This made him even more upset!
So he simply threw the wine glass in his hand, and it rolled on the table. Then he said slowly: "I know that you all have great hands and eyes! But I also want to test how you are doing." How can you win me!"
After speaking, Liu Haojia stood up and went out directly. Leaving a group of stunned people in the room! These people usually sit in high-ranking positions and ride on fine horses. They are all used to being praised by others! In the past, the officers of the navy, including Zhou Jianan, were very polite to them, and naturally they raised their eyebrows. How could they have ever been so wronged! So I didn’t react at all for a while!
They waited until the sound of Liu Haojia's footsteps coming downstairs, then they all started shouting and cursing! In particular, Magistrate Qian felt that he had been humiliated and gritted his teeth!
As for the middle-aged man surnamed Li, he simply slapped the table and said: "This kind of person is ignorant and self-righteous! It seems that we can't do it if we don't teach him a lesson! Otherwise, he really thinks that this place can be like the capital, where he can let people He goes on a rampage!"
The old man surnamed Xu also nodded and said: "Yes, we should teach him a lesson! I think we should tell the people in the navy to move, and then we will see how he changes his defense! And it is time for some activity in the market! Recently There are continuous heavy rains and the transportation of supplies is not smooth. It is understandable that there is a shortage of some things on the market! As for overseas..."
He stopped talking at this point, but everyone present understood what he meant. Then some people came up with several suggestions, all of them trying to make Liu Haojia look good!
