"The new horse riding in Nanguan, the spring scenery is hazy. The mist is at the end of the day, and the rock flowers fall in the mirror. I am draped in clouds to express my gratitude to the guests, and I carry wine to remember the monkey. Try the hot spring bath, and the source of immortality is within easy reach."
At first glance, it is difficult to believe that this poem was written by someone who was exiled outside the Great Wall.
In this time and space, Gu Cunren probably would not have had the chance to write this poem.
Historically, he was first appointed as the magistrate of Yuyao County, and was selected as the Rite Officer for Shizhong because of his political achievements. Then he was exiled because he offended Jiajing. When he first arrived outside the Great Wall, in the ice and snow, he ate the imperial staff and his back was still exposed with white bones. Then
He learned to make his own fire and cook, learn to herd horses and plow fields. He was exiled for thirty years and finally endured the death of Jiajing. After returning to the imperial court, he was promoted to the minister of Taipusi Temple.
It was shelved in a cabinet and was not brought out until Zhang Juzheng's reform.
Many of Zhang Juzheng's reforms were proposed during the Jiajing and Longqing dynasties, but it was difficult to implement them due to the turbulent political situation.
Today, Gu Cunren should not be exiled, but he is also quite troubled in Yuyao.
"Father, the king wants to put an end to the bad government. Since my son is the order of Yuyao, I should reform it in Qingtian, Yuyao." Gu Cunren said to his father Gu Qiming.
Gu Qiming admonished: "There are indeed many difficulties in Qingtian, Yuyao. But no matter how difficult it is, we should do our best to live up to the kindness of the king!"
It's very interesting that Gu Cunren was the county magistrate in Yuyao, and his father was the largest maritime merchant in Yuyao.
This does not violate the principle of serving as an official in a different place, because Gu's household registration is in Nanzhili. His father has been wandering on the sea since he was a child. To put it bluntly, he was a pirate and merchant in the past. He earned a huge fortune and retired to his hometown in Yuyao.
There was a famous minister named Gui Youguang in the Ming Dynasty who wrote an article called "The Biography of Gu Yinjun". Gu Yinjun was the nickname of Gu Cunren's father.
At that time, when Jiajing was closed to the sea, Gu Qiming washed his hands in a golden basin and lived in seclusion in Yuyao, calling himself the "Hidden King". He never took the initiative to interact with the government, but built bridges and roads to help the countryside. He usually studied behind closed doors and did not care about worldly affairs, but the government often quietly asked him about Japanese pirates.
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In this time and space, Gu Qiming had already turned into a regular maritime businessman and no longer needed to go into seclusion. He only commanded the fleet remotely from Yuyao.
Although Gu Cunren was only a small county magistrate, his father directly occupied an island in Nanyang, and his brother who was adopted by his fourth uncle was already the island owner in Nanyang.
Gu Cunren asked: "There are so many prominent families in Yuyao that it's hard to start with. I want to start clearing the fields from the Wang family, is that okay?"
"You should first pay homage to Duke Yangming," Gu Qiming reminded.
"That's how it should be." Gu Cunren nodded.
Gu Qiming is very interesting. His family was poor when he was young, but he attended a village school for several years. When he was a teenager, he ventured out to sea and worked as a sailor on a pirate ship. He was quickly recognized for his intelligence and loyalty, and within ten years he earned the fortune of two seagoing ships.
, chose Yuyao as the smuggling base.
This guy first became a pirate and then became a regular maritime merchant. He did not forget the Four Books and Five Classics. Instead, he studied hard on his own and was able to chat and laugh with the great Confucians in Yuyao.
At that moment, Gu Qiming sent a servant to deliver a greeting card and took his son to see Wang Yangming in his private capacity.
On the agreed date, a few days later, the father and son left the city for Shaoxing Fucheng.
Wang Yangming's house is not in Yuyao, but in the prefectural city of Shaoxing, under the jurisdiction of Shanyin County. The former residence in Yuyao where he was born and grew up, which is Wang Yangming's former residence hundreds of years later, was actually rented by his father Wang Hua when the family separated.
A few years after Wang Hua passed the imperial examination, he took Wang Yangming to Beijing, and the house was sublet to the Qian family. So in this house, another disciple of Wang Yangming, the editor-in-chief of "Wang Yang Ming Pu", Qian Dehong, a great scholar of Xinxue, was born.
At this moment, Wang Yangming was drinking tea with Shen Fucong.
Both of them have retired from official service. Wang Yangming retired as a bachelor of Dongge University (honorary position), so the lintel of the residence reads "bachelor degree".
Shen Fucong served as the magistrate of Kuizhou and benefited from the favor of his student Wang Yuan. When he retired, he went to Huguang Zuo to participate in politics, which gave him the coveted status of a third-rank official.
Wang Yangming's health was not very good. He spent most of his time at home recuperating, and occasionally went to the student-run academy to give lectures.
Shen Fucong is very free and unrestrained. He drinks wine, listens to music, has cultural gatherings and banquets, and lives a leisurely and comfortable old age.
"I heard that Brother Yuan replaced Yan Shenggong. He was really generous!" Shen Fucong's tone was quite proud.
I recall that back then, when he was forty years old, he was still a miscellaneous official, and he was even exiled to a remote place in Yunnan. Who knew that time would turn around, and he was kidnapped by a Guizhou boy on the way. This boy was the top scorer in high school, and now he is even the first assistant to replace Yan Shenggong. Lose.
Everything seems like a dream.
In other words, Shen Fucong never dreamed that he would be able to become a magistrate and retire as a political participant. His dream was just to magistrate a county or a state.
Shen Fucong drank wine and Wang Yangming drank tea.
Picking up the tea, Wang Yangming smiled and said: "Ruoxu has had his own opinions since he was a child. Qingtian is just the first step. I'm afraid we will soon implement reforms."
Shen Fucong asked: "Does the Wang family want Qingtian?"
Wang Yangming said: "I'm afraid the people from Qingtian will come here within this year. This son has never had a king or a father. As a teacher, I should sacrifice a flag to him. The entire Zhejiang must clear out the Wang family's land first before attacking other wealthy families."
There is not only Wang Yangming in the Wang family, there are dozens of Wang Yangming’s uncles alone, and there are hundreds of Wang Yangming’s brothers!
The Wang family of Yaojiang Mitu Mountain has been passed down to Wang Yangming for the seventy-third generation.
Kong Wenshao, who was deprived of his title, was only the 61st grandson of Confucius.
As a local wealthy family and Wang Yuan's mentor, Qingtian must attack Wang Yangming's family in order to block the world's long-term influence.
Shen Fucong smiled and said: "Haha, I'm not that troublesome. It's just a few hundred acres of land. Brother Yuan asked someone to buy it with money."
Wang Yuan knew what kind of person Shen Fucong was and was afraid that his teacher would be corrupt and take bribes, so he wrote a letter explaining the situation early and sent money to him every year, just to ask Shen Fucong not to go too far.
After Shen Fucong was exiled, all his concubines ran away and the family property was taken away, leaving only his wife to work hard to raise their children.
Now, Shen Fucong has one wife, one concubine, four sons, six daughters, and nine grandchildren in total.
It was a pity that all four sons were scholars and could not even pass the imperial examination. It was only because the competition in the imperial examination in Shaoxing Prefecture was too fierce that he wanted to move to Guizhou so that his descendants could take the examination.
The grandchildren are okay. The eldest grandson, Shen Yi, studied under Wang Yangming and was awarded the title of scholar in Yuyao at the age of fourteen.
"Master, the Gu family and his son are here."
The person responsible for the transfer is Wang Xiang's son.
Wang Yangming brought three servants to Guizhou. Wang Xiang was young and sick, so he was specially taken care of by Wang Yuan and other senior brothers. The young man who was once called "Xiang'er" is now Wang Yangming's housekeeper, and even his eldest son is already ten years old. How many years old.
Gu Qiming came in with his son and saw that Shen Fucong was also there. He quickly clasped his fists and saluted: "Greetings to Mr. Yangming and Mr. Changlong."
When Shen Fucong was the magistrate of Kuizhou, he fell ill and rested in Changlong Mountain, giving himself the nickname "Changlong Jushi".
After greeting each other, Wang Yangming said: "Mr. Yinjun, please sit down."
Gu Qiming said quickly: "I dare not call you sir in front of Mr. Yangming."
Gu Cunren, the magistrate of Yuyao, was sitting at attention. The two people in front of him were Wang Yuan's teachers, and the other was his father. He had no role to speak at this time.
After some small talk, when talking about Qingtian, Wang Yangming took the initiative to start the conversation: "Mr. Gu and his son are here to visit. I have already guessed the purpose. Don't be anxious, Magistrate Gu. The court will probably send someone soon, and the Wang family will do their best to cooperate by then."
.If anyone doesn’t cooperate, don’t worry about my face. Everything will be handled in accordance with the Ming Law.”
(I found out a very bad thing. The examination should be held this year, and Tang Shunzhi and the other two are no longer Jinshi. Since I made a mistake and it is difficult to insert the plot of the examination, I postponed the examination for one year.)