Chapter 17： A visit to the thatched cottage

After the military meeting, Wang Dayong reported to Wu Changqing that they had found Gu Yanwu on the Yulian Path in Changshu.

However, Gu Yanwu refused to be an official on the grounds of filial piety.

Filial piety is very important in this era. When parents die, they have to keep filial piety for three years.

As a future man, Wu Changqing disdains this pedantic filial piety. Gu Yanwu's mother was killed by the Qing court's army. Shouldn't true filial piety stand up for revenge?

If everyone was like Gu Yanwu, the Qing court would be happy. As long as the old people were killed, wouldn't everyone have to collectively observe filial piety.

Of course, Wu Changqing can also understand Gu Yanwu's behavior, after all, this is the prevailing ethos of this era.

As a well-known great scholar, if Gu Yanwu does not observe filial piety, he will inevitably be used as a crime against him in the future.

"It seems that I was the only one who went there personally."

Wu Changqing doesn't like the scene of going around the thatched cottage very much, and it feels a bit tricky. But the reality forced him to do this, and he couldn't help it.

In the military, he can still intervene in some things, but in the civil administration system, he has neither that kind of talent nor that kind of energy.

And a regime without an administrative system, no matter how strong it is in the military, it is useless. Just like the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in the later generations, the army was invincible in the early stage, but because there was no mature administrative system, the entire interior was chaotic, and finally began to decline from the inside.

"No, this is too dangerous. Why don't I send someone to tie him over."

Wang Dayong said that they are currently in the rear of the enemy. Except for several places in Jiading, Kunshan, and Taicang, which are under their control, the other places are still in the hands of the Qing court.

It is not safe unless the army is brought there.

"Tie here, do you think we are bandits? Concentrate on training your troops. I have my own arrangements for this. Yu Lian is only half a day away from this, how dangerous it can be."

Wu Changqing didn't want to take any risks, but who would let him have no one to use now.

The next day, Wu Changqing reorganized the army first, and then began to drill.

Mainly disciplinary training, the use of flintlock guns, and formation drills.

During the training, Wu Changqing also came up with an additional trust training, which divided the soldiers into two rows, and then ordered the soldiers in the front row to fall backward, and the soldiers in the back were responsible for catching them.

At first glance, this kind of training seems to have a fart.

But in fact, this kind of training is still very useful. Human nature only believes in themselves, and it is very difficult for them to believe in others unconditionally.

Therefore, at the beginning of the training, many soldiers who were about to fall played slick, either looking back secretly, or not resolute when they fell.

And this kind of behavior will be picked out by the instructor and severely punished.

After being punished, the soldiers all learned well and fell down honestly.

After falling down several times, basically soldiers can overcome their fears and choose to believe in their own robes.

And this is very rare. In the war, soldiers pay attention to performing their duties, cooperating with each other, and handing their backs to their comrades. Only by holding this belief can we exert the greatest combat effectiveness.

What does an army without this kind of belief look like? It's probably half-hearted when fighting, looking around, always thinking about keeping one's own life, and not believing that comrades-in-arms will protect themselves.

This is only the situation in a small group of troops, and in large-scale battles, what is shown is that the Chinese army does not believe in the flanks, and the flanks do not believe in the Chinese army.

Whenever there is any trouble, I want to escape, lest I be surrounded.

Tens of thousands of Ming troops heard that the Eight Banners soldiers were coming, and then they left their allies and fled. This is not a joke, but it happened.

The wars of this era have both tragic and comical scenes. In many cases, some generals do not know how they win when they win, and some generals do not know how they lose when they are defeated.

After the training was on the right track, Wu Changqing led dozens of soldiers, quietly out of the city, and went straight to Changshu.

A group of people rode horses, and arrived at Yulian Path, where Gu Yanwu lives, within two hours.

"Thank you for a briefing, it's said that Wu Changqing in Jiading wants to see you."

Wu Changqing came to the door of Gu Yanwu's house and reported his name.

At this time, he broke through the Qing army, and the deeds of killing thousands of enemies have spread around. The Gu family servant heard that it was Wu Changqing, and hurried in to report it.

Gu Yanwu also came forward to greet him personally, and he started to look at Wu Changqing as soon as he left the house.

Like many people, Gu Yanwu's first feeling was young, and Wu Changqing was too young. Although people in this era are relatively precocious, at the age of sixteen, they have reached the age of starting a family and starting a business. There are even many people who become fathers at the age of sixteen.

However, it is extremely rare for a person who has mastered thousands of soldiers and horses and beheaded thousands of Qing troops at the age of sixteen.

"Mr. Gu."

Wu Changqing performed an ordinary teacher-student ceremony. After all, Gu Yanwu was a great scholar in the world, so he had to act like a courteous corporal.

"General Wu, please come in."

Gu Yanwu hurriedly greeted him, but he didn't dare to entrust him. Although he is a so-called great Confucian, the status of this great Confucian only has a place in the flourishing age.

In troubled times, it is the uncle who holds the knife and the gun.

The military officer status of the Ming Dynasty has always been extremely low, and a seventh-rank civilian can even directly humiliate the second-rank general. However, when the troubled times came, those military attaches with heavy arms turned over, and even the emperor had to treat them with courtesy.

"I heard that Mr. Gu is observing filial piety recently. I really admire him as a model of the world. My father also died in battle some time ago, so I want to learn from Mr. Gu and keep filial piety together."

Wu Changqing is a person who likes to go straight, so he talked about business as soon as he entered the Gu family mansion.

Gu Yanwu was embarrassed when he heard the words. Wu Changqing was here to learn what he said. It was obviously ironic that he was too small and couldn't tell the priorities.

"General Wu can't do it, you are a hero in the world, how can you learn from pedantic people like me."

Gu Yanwu relegated himself.

"Since Mr. also knows that keeping filial piety in troubled times is pedantic, why he refuses to change. I heard that your mother often teaches you about Yue Fei, Wen Tianxiang and Fang Xiaoru. Do you think your mother in the spirit of heaven would like you to be filial here?

Students believe that filial piety and unfilial piety can only be self-knowledge, and what others see is the appearance. If you have filial piety in your heart, you are not ashamed of the world, and you don't need to care about the opinions of others. "

Wu Changqing said.

The behavior of keeping filial piety does not rule out that some people are really filial, but most of them are a means of showing off. A person's filial piety cannot be measured by filial piety.

Gu Yanwu was speechless for a while. Of course, it wasn't that he couldn't speak to Wu Changqing. If he really wants to debate, he can now cite the classics and say a lot of truths to refute Wu Changqing.

But why bother?

His filial piety was just forced to save his reputation, not to say that he really likes to waste his life here, and then watch the people fall into a sea of ​​misery.

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