Ming Zuo

Chapter 286

Liu Zongzhou's sons are all mediocre, and they have no talent for learning.

Especially Uncle Liu and Liu Can are even more dull and dull, even in dealing with people, they are a bit dull.

Zuo Menggeng seriously suspected that this was the result of heredity from close relatives.

Because their mother, Zhang Shi, and Liu Zongzhou are cousins.Zhang's father is Liu Zongzhou's uncle.

On the contrary, the third son, Liu Bian, still had some aura. After Liu Zongzhou went on a hunger strike and died for his country, he also inherited Liu Zongzhou's knowledge, compiled it into a book, and handed it down to future generations.

Compared with Liu's three sons, Huang Zongxi's two younger brothers are much more energetic.

Huang Zongyan's academic level is almost the same as Huang Zongxi's, very solid.

Huang Zonghui is soaring and jumping, relying on his photographic memory, he has learned a lot, and is very arrogant.

"Big brother admires General Zuo a lot, but younger brother is convinced of my brother's knowledge. I wonder if General Zuo taught me anything?"

Huang Zonghui was not very happy to go to Shandong.

The south of the Yangtze River is prosperous and full of flowers, Huang Zonghui relies on the reputation of his father and brother, and he is like a fish in water here.No matter where you go, you will be admired by the stars, just like a superstar.

Huang Zonghui liked this kind of life very much, and didn't want to go to the strange Shandong.

then……

Then he was beaten up by Huang Zongxi, and honestly appeared in front of Zuo Menggeng.

After not seeing each other for several years, in the eyes of Huang Zongyan and Huang Zonghui, the eldest brother Huang Zongxi has become very strange.

Not only did he lose an arm, but he also became resolute and resolute, not tolerating disobedience.

Although Huang Zongxi is slightly older than his two younger brothers, he used to be very fond of them.Facing the coercion of their elder brother now, Huang Zongyan and Huang Zonghui were very uncomfortable, and they also blamed Zuo Menggeng.

Looking at Huang Zonghui, who was like a playboy, Zuo Menggeng joked: "If the heavens send a great mission to the people, they must first work hard on their minds, muscles and bones, and starve their bodies. Brother Zewang must investigate. "

Huang Zonghui's face was red and his ears were red, and he was furious.

It was the first time he was taught such a lesson.

"Huh, I have read poetry and books since I was a child. Although I dare not say that I am rich in learning, I have achieved a little bit. These are the most reasonable and famous sayings, and I dare not or forget them."

Zuo Menggeng seemed to be sincere and said: "There are some truths, knowing it is one thing, but doing it or not is another. The world is so big, brother Zewang should go around and look around, so as to perfect what he has learned."

Huang Zonghui felt like a stick in his throat, he realized that he was no match for a martial artist, so he hid aside and sulked.

Zuo Menggeng didn't care how Huang Zongyan and Huang Zong would reform.

With Huang Zongxi here, what they both have to do is to pray for a better life in the future.

Zuo Menggeng was even more surprised by Qi Biaojia's arrival.

Zuo Menggeng still valued this famous official and loyal man in the late Ming Dynasty.

After asking, I found out that it turned out that Qi Biaojia finished his service last month.Originally, his mother, relatives and friends urged him to go back and apply for election and become an official.

But Qi Biaojia is not very willing to become an official, and intends to delay it.

Just at this time, Liu Zongzhou returned home.

Knowing that the teacher is back, Qi Biaojia is delighted to visit.Liu Zongzhou also valued this disciple very much, so he invited him to go to Shandong together.

Knowing the situation in Shandong from Liu Zongzhou, Qi Biaojia was greatly shocked, and immediately agreed.

After going back, I discussed with my wife, and the couple came with their two children.

Qi Biaojia's wife, who was at the side, was Shang Jinglan, a famous talented woman in the late Ming Dynasty.

Shang Jinglan's younger sister, Shang Jinghui, has the reputation of being a beautiful country, so Shang Jinglan's beauty is naturally outstanding.Standing with the handsome Qi Biaojia, she is indeed a well-known golden boy and jade girl in the south of the Yangtze River.

"Being an official for many years and living in the countryside, I deeply feel that the people's livelihood is difficult and there are many injustices in the world. I heard from the teacher that Zhongheng governs the local area and everyone can live and work in peace and contentment. I really yearn for it. No matter whether you are high or low, you can arrange errands as much as you want. gone."

Qi Biaojia is an extremely pragmatic person who hates empty talk.

At the beginning, his father wanted to teach him the science of nourishing the mind, but he didn't take it seriously.

In the past few years of keeping a filial piety at home, he heard about the drastic changes in the world and witnessed the decline of society, so he really wanted to find a way to save him.

As for whether Zuo Menggeng is ambitious or not, he doesn't care at all.

In his mind, whoever can save the world is right.

Knowing Qi Biaojia's intentions, Zuo Menggeng respected him even more.

"Brother Youwen's talent has long been praised by the teacher. In the future, there is no need to worry about brother's help."

Both of them are disciples of Liu Zongzhou, so they can be regarded as brothers of the same sect, so naturally there is no need to be polite.

As for another fellow student, Chen Hongshou, Zuo Menggeng had to put in more thought.

"A few days ago, Linqing was translating and publishing a large number of Chinese and foreign classics. My wife is in charge of this. Brother Zhanghou is a master of printmaking. Please help me in the future."

Chen Hongshou didn't have any achievements in politics, but he was very good in art, and he was called a master of calligraphy and painting.

Although his calligraphy has not been handed down very much, there are many praises for his calligraphy in history books.

Bao Shichen said that his calligraphy is "Chu Tune's self-song, not absurd and elegant."

The only place Zuo Menggeng could think of to arrange for him was the printing industry.

In Linqing, although the printing industry did not operate on a large scale, with the increase in the translation and publication of classics, it has gradually become a scale.

Printmaking is a technique that was often used in book printing before the industrialization of printing.

At present, there is no such talent in Linqing, and Chen Hongshou's arrival can be regarded as filling the gap.

Chen Hongshou had no interest in being an official. The reason why he followed Liu Zongzhou this time was purely because he had traveled all over the south of the Yangtze River and lost the sense of novelty.

Listening to Liu Zongzhou's praise of Shandong, he aroused his curiosity and thought it was just a tour.

Hearing that Zuo Menggeng invited him to participate in the creation of prints, Chen Hongshou was very happy that what he had learned all his life could be put to use.

"It's rare for someone to appreciate my clumsy skills, and there is no respect for it. Zhongheng is in a good time, this is a small gift, please accept it."

Chen Hongshou took out a wooden box and personally delivered it to Zuo Menggeng.

After thanking Zuo Menggeng, he opened it and found that there were prints of characters inside.There are words on it, and compared with it, it is actually a picture of the characters of the Water Margin.

Each painting is lifelike, and the text is full of rhyme.

Although Zuo Menggeng didn't have much artistic talent, he also knew that this set of gifts was really extraordinary, so he quickly thanked him again.

How did he know that this gift from Chen Hongshou was the treasure handed down from generation to generation "Water Margin Leaves".

People of later generations know "Water Margin" and its characters, most of them come from this set of "Water Margin Leaves".

This is the original work of Chen Hongshou, it is absolutely priceless if it is well preserved and handed down.

The Songjiang Mansion is full of talents, but the nearby Suzhou Mansion is in turmoil.

The cause was also related to Zuo Menggeng.

The instigator was Chen Zilong.

That day Liu Zongzhou gave a lecture on the stage, which caused a great sensation in Songjiang Mansion, and Chen Zilong was also a person who was taught.

After returning home, Chen Zilong thought hard about what Liu Zongzhou said, and finally summed it up and came to a conclusion.

The ideas conveyed by Liu Zongzhou can be called "literature conveys skill."

Because Liu Zongzhou emphasized the practical application of academics, he has no objection to academics that are divorced from reality.

However, this point of view is very different from Fushe’s adhering to “literature conveys truth”.

When Chen Zilong talked with Song Zhengyu, Xia Yunyi and others, Song Zhengyu and Li Wen criticized Liu Zongzhou's words, thinking that this literary master had betrayed the right way.

On the contrary, Xia Yunyi felt that Liu Zongzhou's point of view was very good. If done well, it could make Confucianism down-to-earth and break away from empty talk.

Chen Zilong is still very young now, and his own thinking has not yet matured, so he was stumped by two viewpoints for a while.

After thinking about it, he dragged Song Zhengyu, Li Wen, Xia Yunyi and others to Suzhou to find Zhang Cai, one of the leaders of Fushe.

Zhang Cai won the Jinshi examination in the first year of Chongzhen and was awarded the county magistrate of Linchuan.

But after he took office, he did not do any real politics, and the "purpose of knowing and knowing" that he upheld failed. Instead, he fell into a dispute with Ai Nanying.

Ai Nanying was the one who was beaten up by Chen Zilong. As a native of Linchuan, she had been arguing endlessly with Zhang Cai.

In the end, no one could convince anyone, and Zhang Cai resigned from office and returned to his hometown last spring because of illness, and then devoted himself to academic research and social restoration activities.

Zhang Cai's insistence on retro is actually more stubborn.

Because he advocated returning to Zhu Neo-Confucianism, and he was extremely opposed to Xinxue.

He once had academic exchanges with Liu Zongzhou, but in the end he failed to become Liu Zongzhou's disciple because of disagreements.

It was only because Liu Zongzhou took "being cautious and independent" as the academic core at that time, while Zhang Cai strongly opposed lectures that talked about mind and nature.

But the problem is that although both Zhang Cai and Fushe are opposed to empty talk, what they themselves do is to stay at home and form a unified system, which is also empty talk.

Chen Zilong came to visit with Liu Zongzhou's latest lecture content, which immediately gave Zhang Cai a strong blow.

"This... is this really what Mr. Ji Shan said?"

Zhang Cai wondered if Chen Zilong made a mistake?

The Liu Zongzhou he knew could only talk about "mind nature", "ethics", "prudent independence" and other vague views.

But now this manuscript is not far from reality throughout, and it calls on scholars to combine Confucianism with daily life, and even use it to promote and promote life and production.

What Zhang Cai can't accept is that, according to Liu Zongzhou's point of view, Confucianism is almost equal to lowering the godhead and becoming a common school.

This pragmatic strength makes him, who has always advocated pragmatism, feel deviant.

(End of this chapter)