As an engineering dog who has been building bridges and digging holes in the mountains all year round, and whose novels only read fantasy and fairy tales, Wang Yuan's understanding of the history of the Ming Dynasty is very poor.
In Wang Yuan's opinion, who are the historical figures of the Zhengde Dynasty?
Let’s break it down:
Zhu Houzhao, Eunuch Liu, Sister Li Feng, Wang Yangming, Wang Ning, Yang Shen, Tang Bohu, Zhu Zhishan and Sister Qiuxiang.
The above is probably all. Even Wang Yuan only remembers half of the four great talents in the south of the Yangtze River. If he really had to make up a few more, they would be Hua Wen, Hua Wu, Hua Taishi and Shiliu Sister, as well as the Hua who had a green dragon on the left and a white tiger on the right.
Master Fu.
Not to mention that Wang Yangming came to Guizhou, even if he heard about Tang Bohu, Wang Yuan would go to him for a drink.
There were more than a dozen guards behind Song Ling'er, which shocked the bandits. They couldn't help asking: "Do you know your little brother's surname?"
Wang Yuan handed the wine jar to Achai and Awang, got on his horse, and replied: "Second King of Black Mountain Ridge!"
"Nice to meet you!"
While the bandits were happy to meet, they felt even more confused.
The leader introduced himself: "My name is Shang Fuquan. These are my brothers Zhou Jin, Zhang Tao, and Zhang Zhonghe. We all live over there at Centipede Ridge."
Wang Yuan immediately raised his hands and clasped his fists: "It turns out that it's Brother Shang, Brother Zhou and the two Brother Zhang who are facing each other. It's disrespectful!"
"I don't dare to take it, I don't dare to take it." The businessman's power became increasingly uncertain.
The main reason was the more than ten guards, all of whom were riding horses, and the leader must be a chieftain noble. However, Wang Yuan claimed to live in Heishanling. The four bandits couldn't figure it out, and they couldn't help but look at Song Ling'er secretly.
Could it be that this young man is Song Ran's son-in-law?
The bandits also bought several jars of wine and emptied the counter of the restaurant. They did not bring horses, but only two donkeys with several farm tools hung on their backs, and they walked carefully to lead the way.
Walking out of the North City Gate of Guizhou, Shang Fuquan couldn't help but ask: "Brother Wang is really a man wearing green clothes?"
"It's guaranteed to be replaced if it's fake." Wang Yuan smiled.
Song Ling'er suddenly smiled and said, "Wang Yuan came first in this year's county and government examinations."
This is quite strange. Two years ago, Song Ling'er sneered at scholars, but now she actually thinks that ranking first in the county examination can be used to show off. Her relationship with Wang Yuan is also very strange. They often shout and drink without courtesy, but
And he never opposed the decisions made by Wang Yuan.
Just like buying wine just now, when Wang Yuan said to pay, Song Ling'er immediately took out the money, and she didn't feel anything was wrong.
"It turns out to be Mr. Xiucai!" Shang Fuquan flattered him.
Wang Yuan corrected him: "It's just a child."
Shang Fuquan said with a smile: "The child student who ranks first in the exam will definitely be a scholar."
Wang Yuan asked casually: "Since you know the boy's examination process, you must have lived in Guizhou City before, right?"
Businessman Quan realized that he had made a mistake and tried to fool him by saying, "How can we, the peasants of the mountains, have the right to live in the city of Guizhou?"
"Don't be afraid," Wang Yuan said soothingly, "We are passing through Qingzhai, and there are runaway households everywhere, but there are not many people to control. Were you in Guizhou Guard before?"
Shang Fuquan neither admitted nor denied it, which was probably considered acquiescence.
When it comes to qualifications, businessman Quan has to call Wang Quan "senior". Wang Quan escaped more than 20 years ago, but they only escaped in the past few years, and they didn't run very far. They fell into the trap of the bandits directly at Centipede Ridge.
Half a month ago, they actually grabbed Wang Yangming's head.
At that time, Wang Yangming took his servants down the mountain to buy salt, and he had dozens of taels of silver with him. After giving out two taels of silver to the bandits, he began to reason with the bandits, and muddle-headedly convinced the four of them. Then he took the bandits back to Longgang Mountain.
, let them join the Miao people's village, burn wasteland and cultivate the land with the Miao people, and plan to marry Miao girls and settle down to have children.
The Miao people were also persuaded by Wang Yangming and were willing to accept four Han people because the Han people could teach them more advanced farming techniques.
Unfortunately, we don’t have enough farm tools, so we still have to do slash-and-burn farming this year.
The four of them went to the city this time. In addition to buying wine, they also bought hoes, sickles and other items. One of the sets of farm tools was bought for Wang Yangming.
After briefly understanding the situation, Wang Yuan asked: "Do many people listen to Mr. Yangming's lectures?"
"There are so many," Shang Fuquan said with a smile, "all the Miao people near Longgang Mountain have gone. These seedlings don't know how to cultivate the land at all. They set fire to the top of the mountain, dig holes with stone knives to bury the seeds, and water them casually.
Waiting to harvest grain. They have a lot of free time every day, either hunting or listening to Mr. Yangming's lectures."
"Do you understand?" Wang Yuan asked curiously.
"You know nothing," Shang Fuquan said with disdain. "They all looked at what Mr. Yangming said stupidly, and then laughed together for no reason. But many children in the Miao village learned to read and speak with Mr. Yang every day.
Chinese."
Wang Yuan asked again: "Can you understand?"
Shang Fuquan said: "If you don't understand the big principles, you can still understand the small ones. You are right, sir. Robbery is not an option after all. You have to ask your wife to live in peace."
…
In fact, Wang Yangming is not as cool and calm as people think.
He is very anxious!
At this moment, I was sitting outside the cave, closing my eyes and thinking hard for a long time, feeling depressed and depressed in my stomach with nowhere to vent.
In the past two years, he has experienced prison, escape, assassination, illness, and his wife had a miscarriage due to family changes. The doctor said that it would be difficult to get pregnant again in the future. Wang Yangming thought that he could transcend everything and had no desire for fame and fortune. Who knew that he was assassinated?
Sometimes great fear arises.
At that moment, Wang Yangming realized that he could not transcend life and death. He still wanted to live, and he was still a mortal.
But how to transcend life and death?
Wang Yangming has been thinking about it for several months and has been thinking about it all the way through the journey, but so far he has found nothing.
In the cave, Wang Changxi was lighting a fire to cook.
Wang Changle was in the Miao people's village, guiding the Miao people to pound earth and build houses. Wang Yangming was able to gain the trust of the Miao people. Thanks to his experience in the Ministry of Industry, he supervised the construction of Wang Yue's tomb in Weining Bo. And the seedlings grew here.
They still lived in thatched houses. Wang Yangming taught them the art of ramming earth and framing wood, and helped them grow seedlings to build houses with civil structures.
You see, civil engineering is still very useful, at least it can bring seedlings back to the land.
Suddenly, Wang Yangming opened his eyes and went back to the cave to get a stone axe. He walked to the place where he had just meditated and split the stone continuously, peeling off the edges and corners, peeling off the stone skin, and gradually shaping it into a stone pier.
.
"Poof!"
The stone ax shattered.
Wang Yangming picked up a stone ax fragment and carved on the stone pier: I just waited for my fate!
This comes from the main text of "Mencius: The Best of the Heart": "You will not live long until you are young, so you can cultivate your body in time, so you have to establish your destiny." It can also come from Zhu Xi's annotation of "Mencius: The Best of the Heart". The original text is: "The gentleman practices the law.
It’s just a matter of fate.”
At this moment, the discussion about Wang Yangming's state of mind should come from the former, that is, the original text of "Mencius" and has nothing to do with Zhu Xi's annotations.
Let’s talk in human terms, Wang Yangming wants to cultivate his life!
Combined with the context of this sentence in "Mencius", that is: I have adhered to my original intention, awakened my true nature, and understood my destiny. The remaining thing is to strictly adhere to my original intention and original nature, and wait for my destiny. I will try my best to follow the way and die.
It is my right destiny to commit a crime and be punished to death, which is an unjust death! I have not completed my path, and I must not die here.
After understanding this truth, Wang Yangming suddenly became enlightened, instantly transcending life and death, and no longer felt ashamed of being afraid of death.
Before Wang Changxi had finished cooking, Wang Changle had already come back. He said with a smile: "Uncle, the Miao people said that living in caves is cold and damp, and they wanted to help us build a few thatched houses first. They talked about it for a long time, and then I did it. I understand, that’s probably what it means.”
"Yes." Wang Yangming smiled.
Suddenly the voice of Shang Fuquan came: "Sir, sir! We bought the farm tools and brought you some jars of wine!"
Wang Yangming was in a good mood. With the farm tools, he could open up wasteland, otherwise he would have to live on dirt in the second half of the year.
Wang Changle ran quickly to get the farm tools, and suddenly said in surprise: "Uncle, there are so many people here!"
Wang Yangming walked a few steps and saw more than a dozen barbarians on horseback not far from the cave. The first ones were a boy and a girl. The boy was dressed in black, with his hair tied up randomly; the girl was dressed in red, with her hair tied up. Colorful scarf.
But when they saw the two people dismounting from their horses, the people behind them also dismounted, neatly and well-trained.
Wang Yuan straightened his clothes, bowed, and imitated Master Shen's accent and said: "Wang Yuan, a student of Guizhu Division, has met Mr. Yangming!"
Before Wang Yangming opened his mouth, Wang Changle said in surprise: "Uncle, he has a Yuyao accent!"
Wang Yuan thought to himself: It was because I heard you had a Yuyao accent just now that I deliberately imitated Master Shen in speaking.
Although Wang Yangming had just understood life and death, his state of mind was as stable as ever. But the people he had come into contact with in the past two months were either young people or bandits, and there was no one he could really chat with.
At this moment, a scholar suddenly appeared and spoke with his hometown accent. This made Wang Yangming really unable to hold back his joy and said with a smile: "Please come to the cave and talk about it."
Wang Yuan took the wine jar from Achai and Ngawang, held the jar in one hand, and strode into the cave.
Wang Changle was secretly stunned: This kid is so strong!
Wang Changxi had already taken out the dishes, took the initiative to add wine for everyone, and then went back to continue cooking.
"Good wine!" Wang Yangming took a sip and asked, "Who did you learn this accent from?"
Wang Yuan replied: "My teacher's name is Shen Fucong. He is from Yuyao, Shaoxing Prefecture. He entered school in the 14th year of Chenghua."
It was obviously against the rules to call his teacher by his first name. However, Wang Yangming did not criticize him. He just regarded it as a barbaric custom and said with a smile: "They are from the same hometown. I wonder where this friend Shen lives now?"
Wang Yuan replied: "Sir has been hired as a guest by the deputy envoy of Guizhou Tixue. He is visiting various places with the chief officer at the moment. He may be back in ten and a half months."
Wang Yangming glanced at the bow and knife on Wang Yuan's body: "Are you proficient in martial arts?"
Wang Yuan smiled and replied: "I haven't killed anyone yet."
"Haha, that's an interesting answer." Wang Yangming couldn't help but laugh, stood up and said, "Can I borrow a bow and arrows? I haven't drawn my bow in a while."
The four bandits were speechless. They also had bows and arrows, but they didn't see their husband trying the bows. Maybe they looked down on native bows.
"Please!" Wang Yuan handed over the bow and arrow.
Wang Yangming tested the power of the bow and said in surprise: "It's actually a seven-fight bow."
"call out!"
He took aim and shot an arrow, causing the vines at the entrance of the cave to snap.
Well, actually the bow was not fully drawn, Uncle Wang's strength was obviously not enough.