Let’s not talk about Xuzhou first, let’s talk about Huang Zongxi later.
Yang Ponu and the three other border troops accompanying him rowed with all their strength, and since they were going down the river, they were very fast. In the evening of the same day, the boat arrived at Pizhou Pier.
Coincidentally, Yan Yingyuan, Lu Xiangtong, Hua Xia and other more than a dozen Qinwang scholars were also in Pizhou.
Yan Yingyuan and others gathered in Pizhou for one reason, and that was to ask Lu Zhenfei for a countermeasure. Should they hand over Xiang Yong's command?
Because the official documents from the imperial court have been issued.
Ask Prince Qin to hand over the command of Xiang Yong.
Fortunately, these local warriors were trained by Qin Wang Shizi. Apart from Qin Wang Shizi, local officials in Huai'an Prefecture, such as Zhi Tingjian and others, could not command them at all.
Therefore, if Yan Yingyuan and others do not hand over military power, these local officials will have nothing to do.
There were also different opinions among the dozen or so Qinwang scholars as to whether to hand over military power or not. Yan Yingyuan's group believed that handing over should not be possible, but Lu Xiang's group believed that the overall situation should be given priority.
Lu Zhenfei doesn't know what to do either?
Because this kind of thing has never happened before, there is no rule to follow.
When he heard that the scholar Huang Zongxi had arrived in Pizhou, Lu Zhenfei was immediately overjoyed.
I thought that maybe the Holy One already knew about this, so I asked Huang Zongxi to send a message.
But after meeting Huang Zongxi, Lu Zhenfei was disappointed, because Huang Zongxi was not here to deliver a decree, and the Holy Emperor did not know that the cabinet wanted to deprive Prince Qin of his military power.
Lu Zhenfei sighed: "It seems we have to send a courier to Xuzhou."
Huang Zongxi said: "Lu Bu Tang, I will leave the task of delivering the letter to Mr. Yang."
Yang Ponu also said: "The villain has grown up by the Yangtze River since he was a child. It is quite water-friendly and can be entered from the Fu River in the upper reaches. Although Jiannu set up a large number of night guards and ambushes on the shore, he could not stop the villain.
people."
"Okay, I'll help Mr. Yang." Lu Zhenfei immediately sealed the secret letter with wax pills and handed it to Yang Ponu.
After Yang Ponu said goodbye to Huang Zongxi, he took a detour from the north bank to the upper reaches of the Yellow River, preparing to swim again.
In addition, Lu Zhenfei sent a group of border troops to escort Huang Zongxi down the river to Suqian. Yan Yingyuan happened to accompany him because he was anxious to return to Shanyang City.
Huang Zongxi was very happy to be able to walk with Yan Yingyuan on this journey.
There are more than 6,000 scholars in the scholar camp, including Jinshi and scholars.
In the Ming Dynasty, there was a huge gap in status between Jinshi, Juren and Xiucai, and this gap inevitably led to the Jinshi camp.
Huang Zongxi was a scholar, so he might not show it on the surface, but in his heart he would inevitably look down on the scholar, and Yan Yingyuan was exactly the scholar who failed the examination many times, and then changed to take the martial arts examination to become an official.
In addition, Yan Yingyuan was not good at speaking, so he did not stand out in the scholar camp.
Before this, Huang Zongxi didn't even know that Yan Yingyuan existed in Shiziying.
However, the Battle of Shanyang City made Yan Yingyuan famous, and Huang Zongxi also admired Yan Yingyuan very much, so it was inevitable to make friends after meeting him in Pizhou this time.
"Brother Jianheng." Huang Zongxi bowed to Yan Yingyuan.
"I don't dare to be so generous as my predecessors." Yan Yingyuan hurriedly bowed to him and lowered himself even lower.
When a scholar meets a scholar, he should be called a senior, but if he calls himself a junior, it is not allowed to call him brother or brother.
But Huang Zongxi didn't care about these red tapes at all. He even dared to say openly that "the order of chaos in the world is not determined by the rise and fall of one surname." How could he care about these customs?
"There are no seniors in the scholar camp." Huang Zongxi quickly helped Yan Yingyuan up and said, "If there must be seniors, then the masters should be the seniors. Brother Jianheng, you are the senior of all the scholars."
"Senior's words really hurt my late life." Yan Yingyuan said hurriedly.
Huang Zongxi said: "The mere fame of Juren is not worth mentioning. It's just a fluke that I can do Chinese style. Brother Jianheng's repeated failure does not mean that your ability is not as good as Juren. In this Shanyang battle, Brother Jianheng, your performance
He is far better than most candidates, and even those Jinshi are not as good as Brother Jianheng."
"So, fame only represents knowledge."
"Learning cannot determine the ability of a scholar."
"Some scholars are highly knowledgeable, and they talk about the past and the present very clearly, but when it comes to worldly affairs, they don't know a single question, and their marching formations are full of jokes. Some scholars, although they don't know how to find chapters and extract sentences, are familiar with worldly affairs. For example, Brother Jianheng, you are
He is naturally keen on battle formations, and in this era of great battles, wouldn't he be a hundred times better than those scholars?"
These words directly hit Yan Yingyuan's soul.
Yan Yingyuan also felt that the court's method of recruiting scholars had serious flaws.
Huang Zongxi said again: "So there is a problem with this way of recruiting scholars."
"What the seniors said is absolutely true," Yan Yingyuan said with deep conviction. "The late student also believes that the court's method of selecting scholars is biased. We should not only examine the saint's articles, but should comprehensively examine all aspects of talent."
Huang Zongxi smiled and said: "Brother Jianheng, please don't call me senior again, otherwise I will be so ashamed that I jump into the Yellow River. How about we just treat each other as equals?"
Seeing that Huang Zongxi didn't seem to be faking it, Yan Yingyuan happily agreed.
After a conversation, both of them felt that they had met so late.
Before leaving, Huang Zongxi hesitated again and again but still asked: "I wonder what Brother Jianheng thinks of His Majesty?"
"This..." This topic is somewhat sensitive, and Yan Yingyuan doesn't know how to answer.
Huang Zongxi said: "Brother Jianheng, you and I feel like old friends at the first sight, and I can also see that you are also a scholar who really cares about the common people in your heart, so I hope you will tell the truth and don't have such worldly thoughts and think that you and I are friends."
You shouldn’t talk about such topics before you arrive. In fact, as a scholar in my generation, we should be frank and talk to others about everything.”
"I would like to be taught." Yan Yingyuan bowed deeply to Huang Zongxi and stood up and said, "Your Majesty is indeed a wise king. Let's not talk about the seventeen years before he ascended to the throne, but his performance in the past year or so has been called a wise king."
Huang Zongxi nodded and asked: "The Holy One highly recommends putting people first, do you believe it?"
Yan Yingyuan stared at Huang Zongxi's eyes for a moment, shook his head and said: "If you don't believe it, this is just a way to win over the diligent princes and scholars like us. The Holy One's ultimate goal is still to strengthen the imperial power, but what's the harm? What the Holy One wants is to continue the Ming Dynasty.
Guo Zuo, what we scholars pursue is the well-being of all people, and there is no conflict between the two."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After saying this, Yan Yingyuan asked Huang Zongxi again: "Brother Taichong, what do you think?"
"At the beginning, I thought so too," Huang Zongxi said, "but now I find that it doesn't seem to be the case. The Holy One may really admire Mencius' people-centered thought."
Yan Yingyuan said: "Brother Taichong, why do you think so?"
Huang Zongxi told Yan Yingyuan that Zheng Sen proposed to dig the Yellow River twice, but Chongzhen firmly opposed it.
Huang Zongxi said: "There is no doubt that digging the Yellow River will inflict heavy losses on the Jian slaves, but there is no doubt that the Han people in Beizhi and Shandong will suffer after the Yellow River is dug."
"If it were any other emperor, I don't think he would refuse to do this."
"Emperors have been the most ruthless since ancient times, and the common people are nothing more than cattle."
"The emperor pastors all the people. This word "mu" expresses its true meaning. In the emperor's heart, all the people are just livestock for grazing."
"Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for a high-ranking emperor to give up the opportunity to severely injure a powerful enemy for the sake of tens of millions of people."
"But the Holy Spirit actually refused, and refused without any room for change. Therefore, I have to believe that the Holy Spirit really pretends to be a people-centered person in his heart, and he really advocates the idea of people-oriented."
Hearing this, Yan Yingyuan fell into deep thought. He really didn't expect this.
After a long while, Yan Yingyuan continued: "But if we really admire the people-centered thinking, we need to put the people first in everything, and we need to think about the well-being of the people in everything, then our Ming Dynasty's national policy must also put the people first."
, In this way, the privileges of officials, gentry, and even the descendants of the clan will be gone. Can the Holy One really do this?"
Huang Zongxi fell silent. Yes, can the Holy Spirit really do this?
After a pause, Yan Yingyuan continued: "Even if the Holy Emperor can do this, what about the prince? What about the grandson? Can the emperor after three or even five generations still do this? Can it?"
Huang Zongxi continued to remain silent, yes, can the future emperor do this?
But a moment later, Huang Zongxi's eyes suddenly revealed a strange look, and he said loudly: "Then we will do our best to persuade the sage to follow Taizu's example and formulate a new ancestral precept of the emperor Ming Dynasty, and also set rules for future emperors."
"Brother Taichong, if this is the case, I would like to be your consort." Yan Yingyuanchang bowed to the ground and said solemnly.
"Today we have another Taoist man, how happy we are!" Huang Zongxi said with a smile, stroking his hands, "Then let us first assist the Lord to defend the Huanghuai defense line, protect the Ming Dynasty Zuo, protect the Han family's clothes and ancestral temple, and then restore Xu Tu
, let’s wait until the world is restored to order in the future to realize this final ambition!”
After saying that, Huang Zongxi got off the boat and floated away.
Watching Huang Zongxi go away under the escort of a group of border troops, Yan Yingyuan fell into deep thought.
It seems that my situation is too small, and I can't see that the Holy Spirit really has all the people in his heart?
…
All Chongzhen could think about now was Li Xiangjun's beautiful image.
Especially after drinking a few glasses of wine, it becomes even more uncomfortable.
If I had known I would have stopped drinking at the reception banquet just now.
He was lying in the row, tossing and turning, then he stood up and crept in.
"Long live Lord? Long live Lord!" Gao Qiqian shouted twice before Chongzhen heard him.
"What are you doing?" Chongzhen said angrily, "A sneaky thief?"
Listening to Chongzhen's curse words, Gao Qiqian felt very warm and sincere, it would be better for him to scold him.
Gao Qiqian naturally knew what Chongzhen was thinking at this time, and immediately said with a low smile: "Long live my Lord, I have already taken care of the matter, hehe."
As a eunuch, he naturally has to worry about the concerns of the Long Live Lord and think about what the Long Live Lord wants.
It would be remiss to say that we have to wait until Long Live Lord himself to say it.
So Gao Qiqian took it upon himself to find Li Xiangjun and have a long and in-depth talk.
"Has the matter been done?" Chongzhen was stunned for a moment after hearing this, "What thing has been done, what did you say?"
"Li Xiangjun, General Li." Gao Qiqian said in a low voice, "I have talked to her just now. Long live the Lord can call her to come and sleep with me now."
