Chapter 3: It’s easy to shake the mountain, it’s hard to shake the summer and finish the spring

Author: Scholar Wu

Chapter 3: It’s easy to shake the mountain, it’s hard to shake the summer and finish the spring

"Xiaoyin, are you still okay?"

Xia Wanchun turned his head and ignored himself.

"Xiao Yin, don't misunderstand Mo'er. You two have known each other since childhood and are best friends. Mo'er wrote "Ode to a Prodigy" for you when he was 8 years old. How could he not know your thoughts?" Dad explained hurriedly.

"My father-in-law, please forgive me, Xiao Yin misunderstood Brother Mo." Xia Wanchun looked at Qian Mo with a hint of apology!

I thought: Qian Mo was not arrested originally. Seeing his father-in-law and himself being arrested, Qian Mo took the initiative to stop the officers and soldiers regardless of his personal safety. Unfortunately, he was struck by lightning (history was that Qian Mo was not arrested together), so he was taken away together.

Come on, how can you be a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death!

"I heard that Xiao Yin praised his bloody battle on Songshan and his loyalty to the Ming Dynasty in front of the old thief Hong. The late emperor was full of praises and made the old thief angry. It was really a relief! But Xiao Yin was still kinder. If he was a brother, I'm afraid he wouldn't

You will let the old thief go so easily!"

Xia Wanchun looked at Qian Mo with confusion and said, "I just misunderstood Brother Mo. Xiao Yin has decided to be a benevolent person, so he ridiculed the old thief. Does Brother Mo really think Xiao Yin is kind?"

"Xiao Yin is very knowledgeable. We know that the old thief Hong once wrote a couplet in order to flatter the late emperor: The kindness of the emperor is as deep as the sea, and the loyalty of the minister is as heavy as the mountain."

"Humph, the old thief is really shameless. He surrendered to the enemy and treason, and he actually wrote such a couplet!" Xia Wanchun said angrily.

"If I had been here at that time, I would have added a word to retaliate against the old thief! The kindness of a king is as deep as the ocean, and the loyalty of a minister is as heavy as a mountain?"

Poof, Xia Wanchun laughed out loud!

"When did Brother Mo become so cunning? Xiao Yin admires him!" After saying that, Xia Wanchun raised his hand!

"Brother, I haven't been with Xiao Yin for a long time. Those who are close to Zhu are red, and those who are close to Mo are black!"

After so many days, I finally saw Xiao Yin's long-lost smile again. Sure enough, the smile of a beautiful boy is the most healing. At this moment, Qian Mo's heart also ignited hope!

"Just now Xiao Yin said that he was determined to be a benevolent person, so he just wanted to die. Has he lost confidence in restoring the Ming Dynasty? There is no greater grief than death of the heart, and death is the second best thing. Now that my sister is pregnant, Xiao Yin

He is about to become a father for the first time. If he had not lost confidence in restoring the Ming Dynasty, how could he want to die?"

"Brother Mo", Xia Wanchun coughed!

"Xiao Yin is weak, don't get excited, and listen to what I have to say!"

"In the previous chapter, Xiaoyin followed his uncle's collection of political commentaries, "Continued Survival Records", and analyzed the reasons for the collapse of the Hongguang court. He was very insightful. He said, "In the politics of the Southern Capital, the smaller the territory, the bigger the officials; the fewer counties and counties, the bigger the officials.

The poorer the wealth, the richer the official."

How can such a "three-antis regime" survive? My brother also thinks so.

"But Xiaoyin, have you ever thought about why such a situation occurred?"

"The Ming Dynasty originally had a two-capital system. In the past, Emperor Chengzu made Nanjing the companion capital to prevent today's situation. Once the north was lost, the Ming Dynasty could still move the capital to Nanjing. The six ministries in Nanjing are all ready-made, and it is easy to use the material resources in the south of the Yangtze River.

Financial resources to try to make a comeback."

"In terms of foundation, our Ming Dynasty is far better than the Southern Song Dynasty. In the early years of Hongguang, there were 500,000 strong soldiers in the four towns north of Guangjiang. However, in just two years, the Hongguang, Longwu, and Shaowu dynasties perished one after another."

"Although there is still King Lu supervising the country and Yongli proclaiming himself emperor, the general trend in Jiangnan has turned towards the Qing court."

"If it weren't for the Manchu Qing's stupid move of "hair-shaving order" in an attempt to cut off the foundation of China and arouse many righteous people to rebel against the Qing, I'm afraid that the message would have been spread in Jiangnan by now!"

"Why?"

"Because the late Emperor Chongzhen abandoned the people of the world for the sake of his own reputation. If the late Emperor could understand Emperor Chengzu's painstaking efforts and move the capital to Nanjing, how would the situation be like now?"

"The Tian family has no private affairs, and the emperor's life and death are by no means a personal matter. Even if the late emperor wanted to die, he should have allowed the prince to move south and appointed important ministers to assist him. If this was the case, why would the government have multiple branches, attack each other, and be surrounded by various Manchu and Qing dynasties?

Defeat?"

"The late emperor ignored the world in order to fulfill his own personal virtues."

"You traitor, you dare to have no superiority and slander the late emperor."

Just as Qian Mo was talking eloquently, his father interrupted him with a big mouth!

Xia Wanchun: "Father-in-law, please calm down and let Brother Mo continue talking!"

Qian Mo: "Xiao Yin, it's easy to die, but it's difficult to survive in adversity for the faith in your heart. Is there a shortage of people who dare to die in our Ming Dynasty?"

"Not to mention the distant ones, the governor Shi Kefa, my uncle Xia Yunyi, the commander Chen Zilong, and the ordinary people in Jiading, Jiangyin, which of them are not strong-willed and brave enough to die bravely?"

Xiao Yin might say: "There is indeed no shortage of people who dare to die in the Ming Dynasty. But there are more big traitors like Hong Chengchou, Kong Youde, and Wu Sangui. Since Manchuria started to rebel against the Ming Dynasty, first there was the Fushun guerrilla Li Yongfang, and then there was the Shanhaiguan General

Soldiers Wu Sangui, these Ming officers and soldiers with heavy troops turned against the enemy. There were also shameless scholars like Fan Wencheng and the Confucian family in Qufu who acted as accomplices."

"But has Xiao Yin ever thought that if all the people who dared to die in this world died, wouldn't these shameless traitors be the only ones left?"

"Let's just say that the governor Shi Kefa has defended Yangzhou and sacrificed his life for the country. His integrity is impeccable, and Mo Mo admires him greatly! However, for twenty years, his governor Jianghuai did not have a single usable soldier in his hands, and he could not defend Yangzhou in total.

It lasted for several days. What use is this kind of integrity to the country?"

"If our Ming Dynasty are all such "people who dare to die", will there still be a Ming Dynasty in a few years?"

"What our Ming Dynasty really needs are unparalleled national warriors like Gou Jian, King of Yue, who work hard and endure hardships, not incompetent people who have no moral integrity and just want to die!"

Xia Wanchun: "That's enough. When did Brother Mo develop such a sharp tongue?"

"Even if what you say is not unreasonable, Xiao Yin will never surrender to the Tatars, even if it is a false promise. Otherwise, how can Xiao Yin have the face to meet his father and master when he goes underground in the future?"

After saying this, Xia Wanchun glared angrily!

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