Can you live forever

Chapter 263 Limitations of Thinking, Donglin Lectures on Martial Arts
In the eyes of the gentry, they are the people.

So we see that "competing for profit with the people" written in history books is basically competing for profit with the gentry. This is not a shameless means, but what they really think in their hearts.

They think that they are the hearts of the people, so they take it for granted that Jiajing offended the gentry and lost the hearts of the people.

Will be punished by the world!
"Nanjing princes must have their ideological limitations." In the Zhengxin Pavilion of Donglin Academy, Xu Jie made such an evaluation of the situation in Nanjing after learning that the Southern Expedition Army was in Annan Juntian.

Donglin Academy was abandoned in the Southern Song Dynasty, turned into a temple in the Yuan Dynasty, and turned back into a school building in the Ming Dynasty.

It is still used for teaching, but it is no longer a college standard. During the Zhengde period, Shao Bao, the Minister of Rites of Nanjing, once studied in the school. Shao Bao once presided over the reconstruction of Bailudong Academy and established Shangde Academy in Huishan. Naturally, he will not forget it. Donglin Academy, who studied in childhood, wanted to rebuild Donglin Academy, but was delayed due to various reasons.

After the First World War in Yangzhou, Xu Jie attended Fei Hong's funeral in Nanjing and delivered the "Ming Taibao Fei Wenxian Official Document Collection Selected Highlights".

Most of the buildings in Donglin Academy have been abandoned, and even the pond is overgrown with water plants.

Only a few school buildings are still in use, and they are occupied by teachers who do not have private schools to teach children. Because the conditions are difficult and even the school buildings are dilapidated, there are no wealthy families to study there. Only then will the children be sent here to be educated.

When Xu Jie came to Donglin Academy, he did not drive away those original people.

Instead, he repaired the school dormitories first, so that those Mongolian children could have a better study environment. Although he had resigned after the failure of the Yangzhou incident, it was not very important, because Jinshi is the root of the status of a scholar.

What's more, he, Xu Jie, is the first in Tanhua.

This is a first-class Jinshi, and the folks say that Wenqu Xing came down to earth, so when Xu Jie lived in Donglin Academy, the academy suddenly glowed with vitality.

And before resigning from office, Xu Jie was the deputy envoy of the provincial inspector in Zhejiang and the deputy envoy of the inspector in Jiangxi, and managed education and politics.

Although Xu Jie resigned, his reputation was fine.

No one knew what happened in Yangzhou, and it was impossible for Nanjing to publicize such secrets. Therefore, from the outside world, Xu Jie resigned "willfully".

He said that he came to study knowledge, but people only thought that Xu Jie resigned because of Fei Hong's death. Everyone also knew about the "Ming Taibao Fei Wenxian Official Documents Collection", and praised Xu Jie for his high righteousness and becoming a scholar. Lin Meitan said that Xu Jie retired because of Bole's death, and he regarded fame and fortune like floating clouds, and he had the demeanor of a celebrity.

a time.

Although Xu Jie resigned, his prestige continued to skyrocket. Local officials in Wuxi visited Donglin Academy more frequently and admired Xu Jie very much. Prepare to rebuild Donglin Academy.

The academy is still under construction, but the workers are taking care of Xu Jie. The Zhengxin Pavilion is still quiet and deep. Xu Jie writes books here on weekdays.

The entire construction period is expected to take three months and will not be completed until July.

Now Xu Jie is still in the preparation stage, but his "people-oriented" thought has been spread. Scholars in various restaurants and Chu halls are discussing Xu Jie's people-oriented thought. It has begun to spread from Wuxi to the surrounding areas. , There is a great momentum to sweep the south of the Yangtze River.

Not just Shilin.

All the businessmen in the south of the Yangtze River were proud to meet Xu Jie, and some even made a bold statement, willing to donate 10 taels to Donglin Academy, just asking Xu Jie to have a meal together.

However, Xu Jie was completely unmoved.

His reputation has skyrocketed again, and some people have begun to call him a saint...

Some things were done deliberately, and some things were just pushed along. In short, the outside world was full of flowers and flowers, but Xu Jie himself was extremely calm, and things were done in a natural way. Even Yan Ne, a good friend, admired him very much.

Yan Na believed more and more that Xu Jie was a saint!
Regarding Xu Jie's comment on Nanjing, Yan Na regarded it as the standard, and agreed: "The princes of Nanjing are just meat-eaters, how can they be far-sighted? Whether it is Xia Yan or Zhan Ruoshui, they are all destined to fail."

"In today's world, the only one who can save all the people from the upside down is the only one who will be promoted!"

Xu Jie shook his head. He understood that his friend only agreed for the sake of approval. He didn't think about the limitations of Nanjing's thinking at all, so he could only explain: "Nanjing princes must return the gentry from Annan to kill two birds with one stone. Cutting off Qiu Luan's retreat, gaining Annan's absolute loyalty, and possessing an incomparably solid force against Jiajing."

"That's actually wrong."

"The gentry in Annan lost their land and wealth, and they can understand the fear of Daming. However, the people of Annan, after gaining hope and happiness, you take it away, and then they understand what they have lost. They support Jiajing and return to Daming. Faith will be stronger than ever."

"It doesn't matter which of the two is stronger and weaker."

"All I know is that the common people can kill the gentry, and they won't lose anything, only the shackles, but the gentry can't kill the common people, so they have to farm by themselves."

"When life and death are at stake, if one party has concerns, the outcome is already decided."

"Annan's gentry will lose."

"Nanjing's strategy must be to steal the chicken and not lose the rice."

Yan Na listened to Xu Jie's analysis so penetratingly, and immediately called out Gao Ming. Although he believed in Xu Jie unconditionally, his comprehension ability was still very strong, and he immediately understood the pass.

Yan Na said: "The key to the failure of the princes of Nanjing this time is that they are still sticking to their incompleteness."

"They thought that the gentry were the people, and that the people had no sense of existence at all. In fact, they no longer have. What Jiajing and Zhang Zhixiang have done has brought the people onto the stage."

"Their huge size is doomed, and the common people are the protagonists of the future."

"The key to this war is not winning or losing one or two local battles at all, but who can represent public opinion!"

"Jiajing's Juntian in Annan is definitely just the beginning. He must be in Daming Juntian."

"This surging trend cannot be stopped by 'selfish interests' at all. The entire old gentry system must collapse. However, the princes of Nanjing have not thought of this until now."

"Not only will they lose, but they will soon stand on the edge of a cliff!"

"The only one who can save them is Zisheng!"

"Zisheng will be a saint who will turn the tide, and they must obey Zisheng!"

Yan Na was excited again, not only because of his admiration for Xu Jie, but also because... when Xu Jie was in trouble, who was by his side who would never leave him?Isn't he Yan Na?
Xu Jie took off, isn't Yan Na also above Qingyun?
Compared to his friend's excitement, Xu Jie was calm, as if everything should be so, he said calmly: "What I rely on is just the difference between Jiangnan and Jiangbei."

"Even on the day of leaving the mountain, it's nothing more than rowing the river."

"In war, after all, the outcome is determined on the battlefield."

"Yan Na, tell me, how about Donglin Academy opening another lecture hall?"

(End of this chapter)