Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Let's not talk about Xuzhou, let's talk about Huang Zongxi later.

Yang Ponu and the other three frontier soldiers who accompanied them were rowing the oars with all their strength, and they were going down the current, so the speed was extremely fast, and the boat arrived at Pizhou pier in the evening.

Coincidentally, Yan Yingyuan, Lu Xiangtong, Huaxia and more than a dozen scholars of King Qin were also in Pizhou.

Yan Yingyuan and the others gathered in Pizhou for only one reason, and that was to ask Lu Zhenfei for a countermeasure, whether to hand over Xiangyong's command?

Because the official documents of the imperial court have come down.

Ask Qin Wang Shizi to hand over the command of Xiangyong.

Fortunately, these Xiangyong were compiled and trained by the scholars of King Qin. Except for the scholars of King Qin, the local officials of Huai'an Prefecture, such as Zhi Tingjian, could not command at all.

Therefore, if Yan Yingyuan and the others do not hand over military power, these local officials will have nothing to do.

However, whether to hand over or not to hand over the military power, there are also different opinions among the dozen or so scholars of King Qin. Yan Yingyuan's group thinks that it cannot be handed over, but Lu Xiang's group thinks that the overall situation should be the most important thing.

Lu Zhenfei also didn't know what to do?
Because this kind of thing has never been encountered before, there is no example to follow.

Hearing that scholar Huang Zongxi had arrived in Pizhou, Lu Zhenfei was immediately overjoyed.

I thought that maybe the Holy Majesty already knew about this matter, so I asked Huang Zongxi to send a decree.

But after seeing Huang Zongxi, Lu Zhenfei was disappointed, because Huang Zongxi didn't come to send orders, and the Holy Majesty didn't know that the cabinet was going to deprive Prince Qin of his military power.

Lu Zhenfei sighed: "Looks like we have to send messengers to Xuzhou."

Huang Zongxi said: "Lu Butang, I will send the letter to Mr. Yang."

Yang Ponu also said: "The villain grew up on the banks of the Yangtze River since he was a child. He is quite watery and can enter from the upstream. people."

"Okay, then Lao Yang will be the boss." 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 detoured to the upper reaches of the Yellow River from the north bank, preparing to swim again.

In addition, Lu Zhenfei sent another team of frontier troops to escort Huang Zongxi down the river to Suqian, and Yan Yingyuan happened to go with him because he was in a hurry to return to Shanyang City.

Huang Zongxi was very happy to be able to travel with Yan Yingyuan on this journey.

There are more than [-] scholars in the scholar camp, including Jinshi and scholars.

In the Ming Dynasty, there was a huge disparity in status among Jinshi, Juren and Xiucai, and this disparity inevitably brought them into the ranks of scholars.

As a Juren, Huang Zongxi might not show it on the surface, but he would inevitably look down on scholars in his heart, and Yan Yingyuan was just a scholar who failed in the examination, and then changed to the martial arts examination to become an official.

In addition, Yan Yingyuan is not good at words, so he is not outstanding in the scholar camp.

Before that, Huang Zongxi didn't even know that there was Yan Yingyuan in Shiziying.

However, the First Battle of Shanyang City made Yan Yingyuan famous, and Huang Zongxi admired Yan Yingyuan very much, so it was inevitable to make friends after meeting in Pizhou this time.

"Brother Huheng." Huang Zongxi bowed to Yan Yingyuan.

"I don't dare to present such a great gift to my seniors." Yan Yingyuan bowed hurriedly, and bowed even lower.

When a scholar meets a juren, he wants to call him a senior, but he calls himself a late student. It is not allowed to call him a brother. …

But Huang Zongxi didn't care about these red tapes at all. He even dared to say openly that "the rule of the world does not depend on the rise and fall of one surname", so how could he care about these common customs.

"There are no seniors in the scholar camp." Huang Zongxi hurriedly helped Yan Yingyuan up, and said, "If there must be seniors, then you should be the seniors. Brother Yuheng, you are the seniors of all the scholars."

"Senior's words are really frustrating for being late." Yan Yingyuan said hastily.

Huang Zongxi said: "It's really not worth mentioning the merits of Juren. It's just a fluke for me to be able to perform Chinese style. Brother Wuheng's failure in repeated tests does not mean that your ability is not as good as Juren. In this Shanyang battle, Brother Wuheng, your performance It is far better than most of Juren, and even those Jinshi are not as far as brother Boheng."

"So, fame only represents knowledge."

"Learning does not determine the ability of a scholar."

"Some scholars are highly educated, and they talk about the ancients and the present well, but they don't know what to ask when they talk about world affairs, and they are full of jokes when marching. The battle formation is naturally sensitive, and in this world of great struggle, isn't it far better than those scholars by a hundred times?"

These words directly hit Yan Yingyuan's soul.

Yan Yingyuan also felt that there was a big flaw in the imperial court's way of selecting scholars.

Huang Zongxi said again: "Therefore, there is a problem with the way of selecting scholars."

"Senior's words are very true." Yan Yingyuan said deeply, "The later students also think that the way the imperial court selects scholars is biased. We should not only examine the sage's articles, but should comprehensively examine all aspects of talent."

Huang Zongxi smiled and said: "Brother Juheng, don't call me senior anymore, otherwise I will be so ashamed that I will jump into the Yellow River. You and I will talk about friendship, how about it?"

Seeing that Huang Zongxi did not seem to be a fake, Yan Yingyuan readily agreed.

After some conversation, both of them felt a little bit like seeing each other late.

When parting, Huang Zongxi hesitated again and again but still asked: "I don't know what brother Huo Heng thinks of the Holy One?"

"This..." This topic is unavoidably sensitive, and Yan Yingyuan didn't know how to answer it.

Huang Zongxi said: "Brother Juheng, you and I hit it off right away, and I can tell that you are also a scholar who really has the common people in your heart, so I hope you must tell the truth and don't have that worldly idea that you and I are friends. You should not talk about such topics before you arrive, in fact, as a scholar in my life, I should be frank and frank, and say everything to others."

"I would like to be taught." Yan Yingyuan bowed deeply to Huang Zongxi, stood up and said, "The Holy One is indeed a wise king, let's not talk about him in the seventeen years before his ascension to the throne, but his performance in the past year or so can be called a wise king."

Huang Zongxi nodded and asked again: "Your Majesty advocates people-oriented, do you believe it?"

Yan Yingyuan stared at Huang Zongxi's eyes for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I don't believe it, this is just a way to win over me and other prince Qin's scholars. The ultimate goal of the Holy Majesty is to strengthen the imperial power, but what's the problem? What the Holy Majesty wants is to continue the Ming Dynasty. Guozuo, what we scholars pursue is the happiness of the people, and the two are not in conflict."

After saying this, Yan Yingyuan asked Huang Zongxi again: "Brother Taichong, what do you think?"

"In the beginning, I also thought so like you." Huang Zongxi said, "But now I find that it doesn't seem to be the case. The Holy One may really admire Mencius' people-oriented thought."…

Yan Yingyuan said: "Brother Taichong, why do you think so?"

Huang Zongxi then told Yan Yingyuan that Zheng Sen's two proposals to dig the Yellow River were resolutely opposed by Chongzhen.

Huang Zongxi said: "There is no doubt that digging the Yellow River will inflict heavy damage on the Jiannu, but there is no doubt that the Han people in Beizhi and Shandong will suffer after the Yellow River is dug."

"Switching to other emperors, I don't think they would refuse to do so."

"Emperors have been the most ruthless since ancient times, and the common people are just animals."

"The Son of Heaven shepherds all the people, and the word "mu" expresses its true meaning. In the heart of the Son of Heaven, all the people are animals for herding."

"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 Majesty actually refused, and there was no room for change in his refusal. Therefore, I have to believe that the Holy Majesty really pretends to be the common people in his heart, and he really admires the people-oriented thought."

Hearing this, Yan Yingyuan fell into deep thought, he really didn't expect this.

After a while, Yan Yingyuan went on to say: "But if we really respect the people-centered thinking, we must put the livelihood of the people first in everything, and we must take the well-being of the people into consideration 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 clan children will disappear, can the Holy One really do this?"

Huang Zongxi fell silent, yes, can the Holy One really do this?

After a pause, Yan Yingyuan said again: "Even if the sage can do this, what about the crown prince? What about the grandson? Emperors after the third and fifth generations can still do this? Can they?"

Huang Zongxi remained silent, yes, can the future emperor do this?
But after a while, Huang Zongxi suddenly had a strange look in his eyes, and said loudly: "Then we will do our best to persuade the Holy Father to imitate the Taizu to formulate a new emperor's ancestral precepts, and also set rules for future emperors."

"Brother Taichong is really like this, brother-in-law is willing to be the tail." Yan Yingyuan bowed to the ground and said solemnly.

"It's so satisfying to have another person in the Tao today!" Huang Zongxi clapped his hands and laughed, "Then let me first help the Holy Majesty defend the Huanghuai defense line, keep the Ming Dynasty, and guard my Han family's clothes and ancestral temple, and then Xu Tu restores Let’s realize this ultimate ambition after the world is restored in the future!”

After speaking, Huang Zongxi got off the boat and floated away.

Watching Huang Zongxi go away under the guard of a team of frontier soldiers, Yan Yingyuan fell into deep thought.

It seems that I am still in a small situation, but I can't see that the Holy One really has Wanmin in his heart?

……

Now Chongzhen's mind is full of Li Xiangjun's beautiful shadow.

Especially after drinking a few glasses of wine, it is even more uncomfortable.

If I had known that I was at the reception banquet just now, I would not have drunk.

Lying in the shaft, tossing and turning, he walked in on tiptoe.

"Long live Lord? Long live Lord!" Gao Qiqian shouted twice before Chongzhen heard it.

"What are you doing?" Chongzhen said angrily, "A sneaky thief?"

Hearing Chongzhen's scolding words, Gao Qiqian felt very cordial, it would be good for Long Live God to scold him.

Gao Qiqian naturally knew what was going on in Chongzhen's mind at this time, and immediately said with a low smile: "Long live, this old slave has already settled the matter, hehe."

As an eunuch, he naturally has to worry about what the Lord Long Live wants, and think about what the Lord Long Live wants.

It would be dereliction of duty to wait until Lord Long Live speaks out.

So Gao Qiqian found Li Xiangjun on his own initiative and had a long and in-depth talk.

"Have things been done?" Chongzhen was stunned when he heard the words, "What are you talking about?"

"Li Xiangjun, General Li." Gao Qiqian said in a low voice, "This old servant has talked to her just now, and Long Live Lord can call her to serve him now."