Behind him were nearly a thousand scholars, including both imperial students and local students who had come after hearing the news in the past few days. Huang Zongxi thought he had kept the secret well, but the number of scholars who rushed to Jinling City in the past few days was actually countless. Thousands of people.
I believe there will be more scholars coming.
This is related to the prosperity of Jiangnan literary style, and also to the water transportation routes that Yu Guozhen built in the past five years that pass through the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Various small steamers traveled between the Yangtze River and canals, making transportation in the south of the Yangtze River unprecedentedly convenient. Huang Zongxi sent people out, and so many people gathered in just a few days.
Some people didn¡¯t even expect Huang Zongxi to come.
The crowd squeezed him, gave him strength, and made him feel proud.
Climbing high and shouting, you can win food and scenery, but that¡¯s it!
At this moment, a panting person squeezed out of the crowd, squeezed in front of him, and grabbed his chest.
"Huang Taichong, hurry up and disperse the people!"
The person who grabbed Huang Zongxi's breast was not Gu Yanwu or Guizhuang, but Hou Fangyu.
Hou Fangyu, who looked defeated, was trembling a little. He didn't know whether he was excited or squeezed. Huang Zongxi looked at him contemptuously, pushed his hand away, and straightened his clothes.
?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Zilu died in full glory, but that was probably the case.
At this moment, Huang Zongxi's heart was filled with a sense of mission. Among Yu Guozhen's five decisions to establish the new dynasty, even many officials from the previous dynasty were dismissed by him at will. Then the future of the world's scholars can be imagined. And know. This time, Jiangnan scholars were summoned to stage a student revolt to put pressure on Yu Guozhi. Even if it cannot change Yu Guozhen's decision, it can boost the morale of Shilin people.
Therefore, Huang Zongxi has no good impression of Hou Fangyu, a "renegade".
"Brother Hou, you go and praise the new dynasty in exchange for your glory and wealth. If you have different Taoist views, we will not seek each other's help. We will continue the style of the sages of Donglin and will not compromise with the enemies of the famous religion!"
These words were said with dignity and dignity, and there was a sound of applause from all around. Huang Zongxi looked around and saw that there were some flaws in the beauty. The applause came from Shilin. But the people watching the excitement nearby were silent.
This made Huang Zongxi somewhat unhappy, but it was nothing. The people were just afraid of power, so they did not dare to say anything. But after they returned, the news that he led the Shilin to give Yu Guozhen power would spread throughout the world.
"Huang Taichong, you are crazy. You are doing this. You are trying to kill a stone with an egg! You should have been patient and hoped that twenty or thirty years later"
Hou Fangyu whispered in Huang Zongxi's ear. Huang Zongxi glanced at him in surprise, but still pushed him away.
No matter how clever Hou Fangyu is, Huang Zongxi has reached this point. They won't back down.
"You go ahead with your wishful thinking, go hide, shrink into a hole like a snake and hibernate!" Huang Zongxi pushed him, and when he was about to say more, he suddenly heard the sound of a military bugle, followed immediately. A large number of Chinese soldiers came from all directions to isolate these scholars from the ordinary people.
Huang Zongxi knew that the most important moment had arrived. He raised his head proudly and ignored Hou Fangyu.
From Hou Fangyu's short words, Huang Zongxi understood his thoughts. He probably wanted to lurk within the Chinese system, avoid Yu Guozhen's rise like the rising sun, and place his hopes on the next generation or the next generation. people. This plan worked out very well, because Hou Fangyu was young enough to compete with Yu Guozhen in life. But Huang Zongxi had a sense of crisis. If Yu Guozhen controlled the entire situation, would the next generation and the next generation still know the ironclad character of Mr. Donglin? Do you still know the elegant demeanor of the Confucian scholar Qingliu?
By then, even if Confucianism flourishes in Dachang, without Donglin, Confucianism in Dachang will definitely become a changed thing!
Immersed in his own thoughts, Huang Zongxi didn't wake up until there was another noise around him.
Now is not the time to be in a daze. When those Chinese troops come over, they will probably suppress them with force, and they may even bleed
"Since ancient times, a gentleman has denounced evil and promoted righteousness, and there has never been one who did not shed blood. When the eunuch spirit of the former emperor was at its peak, he shed blood for the country and died in prison. A certain Huang Taichong was unworthy and did not dare to fall to the emperor Qing Name, this is the first drop of blood in the Chinese dynasty to stir up the turmoil and raise the purity. Please start from Huang Taichong and do not involve other scholars!"
Thinking of this, Huang Zongxi jumped up to a step beside the road and shouted loudly. At the top of his lungs, he actually silenced the noise around him.
He shouted a second time. Seeing the silent people seem to show admiration, he felt in his heart that as long as he added a little more fire, what happened today would be accomplished.Most of
But at this moment, the sound of gongs rang out all around, and no matter what he said after that, no one around him could hear him.
But it was the soldiers of the Chinese Army who were beating the gongs, not because they meant to hide his words, but because there were so many people in the crowd that it was impossible for anyone to walk through.
Huang Zongxi was not in a hurry. He watched the soldiers line up the people and create a passage. Then from the building where the joint meeting of state affairs was being held, a group of people walked out. The first ones were a dozen majestic guards, but But they did not hold any guard of honor or raise their flags. Following them was Yu Guozhen.
Yu Guozhen walked over step by step, and Huang Zongxi's heart became more nervous with every step he got closer. He originally thought he could face Yu Guozhen calmly, but when Yu Guozhen showed up as he imagined, he realized that his so-called preparations were never sufficient.
"Huang Taichong, what is your purpose in luring these scholars here?" Yu Guozhen did not be polite to Huang Zongxi and asked him directly about his purpose.
"They were not induced by me, but forced by you!"
"Oh? Even if I forced you, why are you here?"
"Since you have established a new dynasty, you should hold the imperial examination and appoint orthodox disciples of Confucianism as officials. Only then will the world be righteous. But you only said nothing about the scientific examination - do you really want to be a tyrant and monopolize the power of the world? A heavy scholar?"
No matter what, Huang Zongxi¡¯s questioning seemed a bit feeble. Yu Guozhen looked at his composure. He couldn't help laughing contemptuously.
"I remember that you, Huang Taichong, disdained the Eight-legged Postgraduate Examination in the imperial examination. I think the Eight-legged Postgraduate Examination results in fewer talents. There are many mediocre people, few sages, and many cynics. Therefore, it is imperative to abolish the Eight-legged Posture examination. Huang Taichong, do you have to do it? The most talented and ambitious people in the world. They cling to stubborn stereotypes and only seek to use this as a way to advance in life?"
"This the eight-legged essay can be abolished, the imperial examination cannot be abolished, and the books and classics cannot be abolished! You ignore public opinion and are going against the grain!"
"The imperial examination will not be abolished. The system of selecting officials that I used in the original Chinese Military Strategy Commission was originally developed from the imperial examination system. However, most of the officials who passed the examination lacked practical experience, so everyone needs to learn from the latest experience. Start at the grassroots level. As long as you want to do something and make some achievements in the Chinese dynasty, you can take part in the civil service examination. But if you want to take the exam to determine your life, you can be a member of the Hanlin Academy by luckily doing well in an eight-legged essay. If the Qing Dynasty wants to be a prominent official, don¡¯t even think about it anymore.¡±
??Yu Guozhen often speaks in front of everyone, when it comes to this. Still unfinished, he turned to the people who were watching: "The Eight-Guard Examination selects people who are indifferent to the four bodies and five grains to serve as officials close to the people to manage the livelihood of the people. You can also think about it, let these people who are not connected with leeks and grains." Officials who can't tell the difference between rice and rice are in charge of government affairs. When something goes wrong, tens of thousands of people are cheated, and they call it paying tuition. Can such a thing be tolerated?"
"No!" The bold ones among the common people answered.
"The kind of people who hang around in government offices just because they write good articles that can flatter their bosses, scheming in government offices, and swaying people to pay bribes can be promoted to a high official or even the center of the government. In this way Can you tolerate this?"
"That's even more impossible!"
Yu Guozhen turned to Huang Zongxi: "You see, you can already know what the public opinion is, and you can also know whoever does the opposite regardless of public opinion."
"They are not public opinion, they are just fools" Huang Zongxi blurted out these words, but immediately realized that something was wrong.
How can those who regard the people as fools truly stand on their side and advocate for them?
Whether those who keep saying that they want to fight for various rights for the people are sincere or just want to take advantage of the people, you only need to look at their attitude towards the people around them to know that they do not treat the people around them who serve them well, and even despise and despise their interests. , what is the essential difference between this kind of people and those ugly bureaucrats who shout "should we stand on the side of the people or the side of the government?"
It¡¯s nothing more than a person who is already riding on the heads of the people and shitting and pissing, and the other who wants to shit and piss on the heads of the people.
The people are not stupid. Huang Zongxi made a mistake for a moment. Some of the people who originally had some respect for him suddenly turned into indifference and hostility. Although Hou Fangyu next to him shrank into the crowd, he couldn't help stamping his feet and wanted to rush out and curse.
Of course the person being scolded was Huang Zongxi. At this moment, Huang Zongxi was really a pig-like teammate!
Huang Zongxi also realizes this. He does not really ignore the people at all.??It's just that the arrogance of the scholar-bureaucrat made him hesitate to speak under multiple pressures, so his face turned red and he bowed to his surroundings: "Huang made a mistake just now. It was really because of his impatience. Today Huang I came here with the intention of dying just to find a way out for the hundreds of thousands of Confucius and Mencius disciples in the world, and I have absolutely no intention of disrespecting the common people!"
Yu Guozhen said in surprise: "The way out for the disciples of Confucius and Mencius is that these disciples of Confucius and Mencius have to make more contributions than others and can eat and drink without doing anything?"
"We are willing to do things, but you don't use the imperial examination to select scholars, which cuts off our career path!" Some of those scholars said.
Yu Guozhen smiled: "Who said that? Hundreds of thousands of scholars, how could I not think about them? They have studied the Tao of Confucius and Mencius for decades, which is our precious treasure of China. How could I throw away the pearl? Chinese style, Confucianism Academics need them to carry forward!"
What he said seemed to be contradictory to what he said before. Huang Zongxi knew that he was never a person who gave in easily, and he felt something was wrong in his heart, as if he saw Yu Guozhen slapping his hands high, just waiting for them, Confucian scholars, to come up and be beaten. But at this time, everyone's emotions were aroused, and Huang Zongxi could not control the development of the situation. (To be continued)
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