Chapter 533 D-Zi Juan Shen Yourong’s Insights
Feng Ziying is indeed very busy.
Shen Yourong's appearance cheered him up.
This is definitely the most suitable candidate for the head coach of the Northern Navy Fleet.
He is familiar with the military situation in Liaodong and has served as a naval admiral in Fujian for many years. He is slightly older, just fifty years old, but he should be in his prime physically and mentally.
In his previous life, he even defeated the Japanese pirates and forced back the Dutch in Dongfan (Taiwan) and Penghu. How can this life be worse than the previous life?
Shen Yourong has just arrived in Beijing for one day.
According to the practice of the Great Zhou Dynasty, officials who have expired as Ding You need to report to the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of War, and then make arrangements based on the number of vacant positions, seniority ranking, and reporting time.
Some people can be assigned a job immediately upon registration, while others may not be able to wait for an appointment even if they waste several years in the capital. There are also many considerations and opportunities here.
The first is to see if there are suitable and corresponding job vacancies. You are from the fourth rank, but the vacancies will be either the fifth rank or the fourth rank. If you have good connections, or you are a Jinshi, or you are a former Ding You If all of your ideas are excellent in the assessment and are well recognized by the Ministry of Personnel, then the Ministry of Personnel will definitely give them priority, which may not even be arranged according to your order and time.
Of course, this network background is often more important. If you are highly regarded by the big boss in the DPRK or have a special relationship, you can be directly promoted to the position even if there is no suitable position for the job vacancy you should be assigned to. Go to a higher position.
Shen Yourong actually expired a year ago. Last year, he visited the capital and reported it to the Ministry of War.
He is a military general, and his job arrangements are all arranged by the Military Selection and Cleaning Department of the Ministry of War. He stayed in the capital for three months. He ran out of money and did not wait for notification, so he could only return to his hometown in frustration.
Someone recommended him to come to the capital this year. Wang Wenyan wrote to him, asking him to leave for the capital as soon as possible and recommending Feng Ziying to him.
As a former guard commander, Shen Yourong certainly knew how difficult it would be for a general like himself, who had been long forgotten after three years, to find a suitable official position in the capital again.
Every official has to face the difficulty of Ding You. Three years is enough for many people to forget about you. Moreover, when there are many monks and few people, if you do not have enough connections in the Ministry of War or the Ministry of Personnel, and are unwilling to spend money, you want to wait for someone. If it's the right position, then go for it.
But Wang Wenyan’s letter cheered him up.
Even if he was a military attache from other places, he would have heard about who Feng Ziying was.
Last year when he went to Beijing to report to the Ministry of War, the other party had already left the capital with Chai Ke, the right minister of the Ministry of War, to go to Western Xinjiang to suppress the rebellion. It is said that he was directly ordered by Chai Ke to leave from the Hanlin Academy.
At that time, the other party was just a sage.
Of course, these Shuji scholars who were born as Jinshi undoubtedly have a bright future. As expected, after returning from a trip to the Western Xinjiang to suppress the rebellion, they had already compiled from the sixth-grade Hanlin Academy.
This is the power of the Jinshi. The twenty years of hard work of a warrior like me guarding the border is not even as good as a few articles and a so-called travel-like expedition to counter the rebellion.
However, Shen Yourong, who has been struggling in the officialdom for decades, doesn't have much opinion on this. The Great Zhou Dynasty originally used civility to control military affairs, and civil servants were higher than military generals, not to mention civil servants who came from the imperial examination.
These are not what Shen Yourong is most concerned about. He is more concerned about Feng Ziying's strategy of opening up the sea and opening up the Liaonan-Denlai logistics supply line.
This is very much in line with Shen Yourong's taste.
Having been in Liaodong for a long time, he is well aware of Liaodong’s predicament.
Jianzhou Jurchen took advantage of the favorable geographical location, climate and national habits to continuously encroach on the surrounding areas. The abandonment of Kuandian Liubao made Ding You sigh with regret, and it also made him worried about the situation in Liaodong.
Basically all the logistical supplies for the Zhou Dynasty in Liaodong had to come from the interior, or to be more precise, they came from Jiangnan. From grain to cloth, these needed to be transported from Jiangnan to the capital via canals, and then from the capital to Liaodong via land.
There are layers of transportation here, whether caused by man-made or natural disasters, they are still subject to losses. It is hard to believe how big the losses are.
If the logistics supply line from Denglai to Liaonan is solved, and if the opening of the sea can bring about the development of maritime transportation, then it means that the route from Songjiang or Ningbo-Dengzhou-Liaonan can be unimpeded, and these grain crops The loss of cloth and other materials can be reduced by at least 70%!
What makes Shen Yourong even more excited is that this strategy of opening up the sea means that the maritime ban policy since the Ming Dynasty will be completely abandoned, and at the same time, the original tribute system of opening the sea will be changed to a completely liberalized maritime trade system. This is an epoch-making Reform means that the Great Zhou Dynasty will completely open its arms to the ocean and will no longer be afraid of challenges from the outer sea.
Shen Yourong has been in Fujian for more than ten years and is very aware of the harm caused by the maritime ban.
If Japan had not become more peaceful after the Imjin Japanese Rebellion, and Fujian and Zhejiang had semi-openly allowed the large merchants to smuggle, the Japanese pirates would have invaded the coast more aggressively.
So after receiving Wang Wenyan's letter, he went to Beijing as soon as possible.
If he was just looking for an official position, Shen Yourong wouldn't be so eager, but if he could take this opportunity to find an opportunity that would allow him to express his ambition, then it would be worth it for Shen Yourong.
The only thing that worried him was whether Feng Xiuzan was as powerful as Wang Wenyan said.
He admitted that Feng Ziying must have some abilities. He was able to propose opening up the Liaonan-Denglai logistics supply line, and then also came up with the strategy of opening up the sea as a two-pronged approach. This insight was something that all the princes in the DPRK could think of. He may not have such courage, but Feng Ziying, who is still a common scholar, can actually persuade the cabinet and the emperor.
Although Shen Yourong is a military commander, he also knows how big the differences and conflicts between the north and the south are in the court. Such a strategy that can take into account both sides requires a lot of thought, especially the details, to make the northern and southern scholars Humanities ministers support.
But what he is concerned about now is whether Feng Ziying has the ability to push herself to the position she wants to go to.
Even Shen Yourong himself didn't know which position he was more suitable for now.
While thinking about it, I heard a conversation between my servant and a clear voice outside: "Is General Shen here?"
“Who are you? My master is resting...”
“Could you please tell me that Feng Keng from the Hanlin Academy would like to see you?”
Feng Keng? !
That arrives so fast?
Shen Yourong couldn't help but stand up, with a look of shock on his face.
It took less than an hour to send this post to me, right? It seemed that the other party was not at home at the time.
So fast, did you come here just after seeing your own post?
With the complicated emotions in his heart, Shen Yourong did not dare to neglect them.
Before Ding You, he was the commander of the guards and an official of the fourth rank, but after Ding You, he was nothing. Even if he was a commander of the guards of the fourth rank and an official of the sixth rank in the Hanlin Academy, he had nothing to do with it. It is a capital that can be arrogant.
Where is the Hanlin Academy? The cradle of future important officials in the DPRK. This Hanlin Academy editor who is not even seventeen years old may be promoted to Pinyi, who is equal to him, in a few years. This is just Pinyi, and in terms of future and influence, they are completely different. .
Pushing open the door, Shen Yourong clasped his fists and said, "Shen Yourong has met Feng Xiuzan."
"General Shen is too polite. Ziying is just a scholar. How can he deserve such courtesy from General Shen who defends the country and defends the border and fights against foreign enemies?" Feng Ziying said while also looking at General Shen.
Looking ordinary, not tall, with a slightly dark face, and a pair of shining eyes under the long and severe eyebrows, which makes people see something extraordinary.
"It is worthy of Shen to bow and express his gratitude for suggesting that in order to protect Liaodong, the Liaonan-Denglai route must be protected. Not to mention that Feng Xiuzhuan also proposed and promoted the strategy of opening the sea. Based on Shen's humble opinion, he opened the sea This strategy will definitely make us, the Great Zhou Dynasty, no longer subject to threats from overseas, whether it is Japan or the Western Barbarians. The maritime ban will only tie our hands and feet, and we, the Great Zhou Dynasty, will sit and wait for death..."
Both parties were straight to the point, and even before they sat down, they were already verbally testing the subject.
Feng Ziying likes this style very much.
“Ziying heard that General Shen spent a long time in Liaodong and later fought in Fujian. He knew the key points of the coastal areas and was proficient in both land and water warfare. I wonder what General Shen thinks the current strategy for the maritime management of the Great Zhou Dynasty should be implemented?”
Feng Ziying's question shocked Shen Yourong, and he couldn't help but take another look at the young man standing with his hands behind his back.
If the Minister of the Ministry of War or a certain cabinet minister wants to ask this question, Shen Yourong can naturally give some advice. However, no matter how famous the other party is, he is just a Hanlin Academy editor, and what he wants to say is the real peace and stability of the country. Military matters are important.
But after a moment of hesitation, Shen Yourong couldn't help but laugh and laughed at himself. He had been left idle by the Ministry of War for a year and no one cared about him. Even though he had a well-educated strategy, who would believe it and who would listen?
Although the person in front of me has a lower status now, his influence and voice are not low. He cannot make the decision, but at least he can bring his words to a higher level.
"In the short term and from an urgent point of view, opening up the Liaonan-Denglai supply line can greatly improve the defense situation in Liaodong, and prevent North Korea from turning to the Jurchens after being coerced by the Jianzhou Jurchens. In addition, if we can build a strong enough With the naval fleet, we can bypass the waterway between southern Korea and Japan, go all the way north, rely on Ezo as our base, and pass through the Hercynian Jurchens and the Savage Jurchens further north, so as to open up another one from behind the Jianzhou Jurchens. Battle lines!”
(End of this chapter)