open sea

Chapter 654 Will
On the Wei River at night, you can hear the boatmen singing melodious boat songs from afar, and you can also hear the intermittent military music on both sides of the Wei River.

Chen Mu stood on the side of the boat, closed his eyes, and could roughly know the formation of the Beiyang army training for night travel based on the tone and music.

It's not a difficult method to learn, no matter what season the Beiyang Army is in, military music has strict rules.

At the command level, there is a large military band with 26 members; every thousand households has a small military band with 13 members including gongs, cymbals, drums, and horns; ride trumpets'.

Zhao Shizhen walked out of the stern cabin on the deck of the ship, tightened the single robe on his body, nodded slightly with the two guards on the bow, stepped forward and stood behind Chen Mu, and said with cupped hands: "Commander, then Of the five people, Zou and Wu are still in good spirits; Shen and Ai are discouraged, and as for Zhao Yongxian... ah."

Chen Mu turned his head to look at Zhao Shizhen, but didn't speak.

Zhao Shizhen went on to say with a bit of resentment: "He, alas, he doesn't want to live anymore."

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"Don't want to live anymore?" Chen Mu didn't hold back his sudden smile, raised his finger to the riverside cavalry marching through the forest with fire, "The Beiyang New Army is still practicing in the middle of the night, they are sitting on the boat listening to the boat song, What are you not satisfied with and don’t want to live anymore?”

"Could it be possible that he would want to live after being scolded by the rod, beaten to death and sent to the army?"

Chen Mu couldn't talk to the five gentlemen, when Zhao Shizhen came to greet him, and Shen Sixiao, a fellow countryman, went to chat with the five gentlemen at Chen Mu's instruction to see what they thought about sending Beiyang abroad.

Chen Mu doesn't care what they think of him, but these five people are what he wants to use. He must ensure that the five people have a normal mental state before they can work. Their voyage will take at least three months, and anything is possible on the sea. occur.

Although Chen Mu told the emperor and Zhang Juzheng that North America is easy to die, and it is difficult for these annoying guys to survive in North America, but in fact he does not want them to die, on the contrary , he also hoped that these five people would become rich overseas.

Zhao Shizhen listened to Chen Mu's complaints, nodded silently, and said with a tendency in his words: "Actually, if he is really beaten by the court, he may have the courage to live."

"Elder Ge's seizing love this time has greatly lost the hearts of the people. Although he impeached his fellow countrymen and teachers, it is out of justice, but it is also against the truth. If he is beaten by the court rod, even if he is beaten half to death, at least the hurdle in his heart will be over. gone."

Zhao Shizhen shook his head and said in a low voice, "As it is now, they know that they were saved by Chen Shuai, but they would rather die than live."

Chen Mu probably understands that their mental state at this time is like a child who made a mistake. They were already stalking their necks and preparing to fight hard with their parents to the end. The slap in the face came from my mother's earnest teaching, and I saw my old father smoking a cigarette at night, through the crack of the door, tears flowed down unconsciously, and I couldn't control it.

"Saved by Chen? That means they don't know what they will face when they go to the north!"

Just as Chen Mu said something to vent his anger, Zhao Shizhen persuaded in a low voice: "Chen Shuai, don't be angry, they actually respect what Chen Shuai has done."

"They..." The words Chen Mu wanted to say choked in his throat, he paused and said to Zhao Shizhen, "This shows that they still have some vision."

But after all, he still added: "But it's still stupid!"

"What's the matter with that Zou Yuanbiao?" Chen Mu took a deep breath, raised his eyebrows at Zhao Shizhen, and said, "Everyone else is like a defeated rooster, but he's the only one who is happy, and can't wait to jump three feet high."

"He!"

Mentioning Zou Yuanbiao, Zhao Shizhen also laughed, and explained: "He is outspoken and he is jealous of evil. I just feel that the old man violated the system inappropriately. No one else speaks. He has to play the script for whatever he says. He said it just now. If he wants to play the script, he is afraid of being beaten." He even bribed the little eunuch before handing over the memorial, brave but not stupid, Commander, the students think that this man can do great things."

"He is actually a nerd. He can not only memorize but also understand 12 words at the age of nine, and he has traveled all over famous rivers and mountains with Hu Lushan. Like General Deng, Lushan learned from old Luo, and he also learned from the heart." Zhao Shizhen mentioned. Zou Yuanbiao was always smiling, it was obvious that he liked Zou Yuanbiao very much, and said: "Before Zhong Jinshi, he was already giving lectures in Duyunwei."

"The Jinshi who passed the examination was sent to the Ministry of Criminal Affairs to observe government affairs. To put it bluntly, it is the same as the reserve soldiers in Beiyang. It is meaningless not to be able to govern the country, and can not teach. Before the impeachment of the old man, he had already figured out how to retreat. Others may be afraid of being exiled into the army, but he is not. "

"He is used to giving lectures in the guard. Even if the imperial court sent him into the army, he would probably continue to give lectures in the guard. He likes to preach and teach."

Zhao Shizhen said with a helpless smile: "I don't know where I found out that there are tens of millions of people in North America, and that's it. Just now in the cabin, I asked the students how many people there are in North America. Several times."

How many people are there in North America?
Who knows?

Don't say that Chen Mu didn't know, even Ma Gui who had already landed there couldn't tell clearly, how could Zhao Shizhen tell clearly, Chen Mu said: "How did you tell him?"

"The students don't know how many people there are, and they talk a lot to him, and they not only have to give lectures, but also have to start with literacy and speaking. I thought he could feel the pressure and restrain himself a little." Zhao Shizhen said, imitating Chen Mu's usual helplessness of shrugging his shoulders and spreading his hands. He moved, and said: "Where did he know that he became more excited, and began to keep asking the students when they would leave."

Such a person offended Zhang Juzheng.

Chen Mu nodded slowly and did not speak. The sound of military music on the shore had long since disappeared, and the boat songs had also disappeared.

"Chen Shuai?" Seeing Chen Mu, who should have been laughing after hearing this, suddenly stared into the distance, Zhao Shizhen asked carefully, "What's wrong with him?"

Chen Mu came back to his senses and shook his head slowly.

Before he left the capital, You Qi had looked for him in private.

For some reason, the memorabilia of the five gentlemen spread among the people, and the memoirs of the other four were fairly pertinent. Although it had a bad influence on Zhang Juzheng, the middle-aged man didn't care.

Only Zou Yuanbiao's memorial really offended Zhang Juzheng.

It's not those swear words like pigs and dogs, but the word 'will'.

Although the decree does not only refer to the imperial decree, it is clear that people think of the imperial decree in Zou's memorial.

The matter has been settled, and it is difficult for Zhang Juzheng to mobilize Zhang Han. Besides, the emperor will settle the matter without paying a big price, and Zhang Juzheng can't change this matter.

But he has cheaper means.

But now Chen Mu thinks that Zou Yuanbiao is right - what You Qilai conveyed to him is exactly Zhang Juzheng's "will": Zou Yuanbiao cannot be allowed to return to the land of the Ming Dynasty alive.

The meaning is clear, but it's like a joke.

Zhang Juzheng, who is in charge of the government like a regent and looks like an uncrowned emperor, bypassed all court procedures and privately instructed Chen Mu to kill a 26-year-old, low-level political observer of the Ministry of Punishment.

Chen Mu raised his mouth and shook his head slightly, patted the ship's railing and said to Zhao Shizhen: "Go back to the military mansion tonight, call them to the yamen, let me teach them a lesson, don't you want to live?"

"Those who don't want to live, none of them really want to die, they just don't want to live like this, let me tell them the real way to live in the future!"

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)