Ming Zuo

Chapter 385 Raw Rice Cooked Mature Rice
Hearing Zuo Menggeng's blunt statement about Chongzhen's mistakes, Wang Zheng's face changed drastically.

"General Zuo, as a minister, how can you speak of the loss of your father?"

Zuo Menggeng's face was indifferent, and he asked back: "The king is the king, what does the father say? I have no blood relationship with Chongzhen."

Wang Zheng was stunned and was speechless.

All along, the courtiers have always been called Junfa and Junfa, and they have become accustomed to it after a long time.I didn't expect Zuo Menggeng to be so straightforward, and didn't think that the king and the father were one.

But looking at Wang Zheng, Zuo Menggeng was already prepared.

He took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Wang Zheng.

"Mr. Kui Xin, here is a letter from Mr. Deng Yuhan. He asked me to hand it over to you."

Wang Zheng's face brightened, and he quickly asked, "Do General Zuo know Mr. Deng?"

Zuo Menggeng told him bluntly.

"Mr. Deng is now in Linqing, teaching all kinds of knowledge while preaching. He is free and happy."

Wang Zheng was quite relieved to hear the news of his old friend.

After opening the letter and reading it, his face became subtle again.

It turned out that in addition to greetings in the letter, Deng Yuhan invited him to Linqing to discuss and study together.Deng Yuhan made it clear that he was not suitable to be an official.

Now Zuo Menggeng attaches great importance to science and does not despise Western disciplines and teachings, which is a good opportunity to develop his grand plans.

Wang Zheng is not stupid. He just heard Zuo Menggeng's disrespectful words to Chongzhen. When he read this letter again, he understood everything at once.

"Does General Zuo want to do the old things of Mengde?"

Zuo Menggeng shook his head.

"I never thought about it."

Just as Wang Zheng was scrutinizing it, he said again: "Cao Mengde is hesitant and hesitant to do things. I am not ashamed. Rebellion is rebellion. Why cover up?"

Looking at the domineering young man in front of him, Wang Zheng was not afraid.

"Da Ming upholds the virtues of the heavens, downloads the great soil, and the mighty virtues are far from being captured. Are you not afraid that the people in the world will cast aside the general Zuo's actions? I heard that you also fought loyally and bravely to kill the enemy under the Qingshui Pass, but why is there no minister today Heart?"

These words did nothing to Zuo Menggeng.

"Everyone in the world is busy revolting right now, and no one takes this great Ming who is far-reaching seriously. At that time, I led the army to kill the enemy, for the sake of this decadent and depraved Ming Ming? It was for the innocent people. Obviously they should They are well protected by this court, but the court sits back and watches them as robbers destroy their homes, plunder and travel far, and become slaves. Since this court cannot protect the people, why should they do it?"

Wang Zheng clenched his neck, turning a blind eye to the new soldiers armed to the teeth.

"I am only in distress for a while. After the new, the old and the old are cleaned up, who can resist in the world?"

Zuo Menggeng stared at him and commented very harshly.

"Mr. Kui Xin, you said a very correct nonsense. China has been in China for thousands of years, and so many dynasties have risen and fallen. Have you ever seen a dynasty rise from the dead?"

Wang Zheng was speechless again.

Everyone knows what history is like, and Zuo Menggeng can be said to have caught the footsteps.

Zuo Menggeng waved his hand, walking in a hurry in the distance, and after a while, a group of people ran in front of him.

But seeing these people, Sun Yuanhua and Wang Zheng were all dumbfounded.

"You...you..."

The three men rushed in front of Sun Yuanhua, and they all knelt down, holding onto Sun Yuanhua's legs and weeping.

"Father, it's great that you are safe and sound."

It was his three sons, Sun Heding, Sun Hedou, and Sun Hejing.

It was two women who ran to Wang Zheng.

"master……"

Looking at his son, Sun Yuanhua vaguely guessed something, but the luck in his heart still urged him to ask: "Why are you here when you are not in Songjiang?"

Sun Heding wiped away tears and rambled about the matter.

It turned out that on the day the rebels attacked Dengzhou City, at midnight, Xu Ji and Xu Erjue suddenly and quietly came to the door, and brought a few young people, claiming to be under Zuo Menggeng.

They talked about Dengzhou and told Sun Yuanhua that he would be liquidated by the court, which might bring harm to his family.

As an in-law family, Xu Ji couldn't bear the fate of the Sun family, and strongly persuaded the Sun family to escape quickly.

Sun Yuanhua was not at home, only his wife and three sons were left, and neither of them had seen any scenes.Hearing the bad news of Sun Yuanhua, all panicked.

That night, he followed Zuo Menggeng's men and quietly left Jiading, went all the way east, boarded a sea boat, drifted north, and finally reached Shandong.

The same goes for Wang Zheng's family.

Although his family was far away in Jingyang County, Xi'an Prefecture, Zuo Menggeng sent people to find him and brought his wife and concubines to Shandong.

I heard from the family members that Sun Yuanhua and Wang Zheng were in excruciating pain.

Sun Yuanhua cried out repeatedly.

"Zhongheng, you're...you're going to put me in a place where I can never return!"

Where he is still unclear, Zuo Menggeng is playing a trick to draw wages from the bottom of the pot.

Originally, he went to the capital by himself. Although he may not escape the death penalty, his reputation behind him was not damaged.As a result, Zuo Menggeng is now beguiling the Sun family to abscond. Needless to say, the news should have reached the capital at this time.

The imperial court will definitely decide that this is his idea, and I am afraid that it will not be long before the sea arrest documents will be issued to the world.

He, Sun Yuanhua and Wang Zheng, became fugitives and rebels that everyone could kill.

Even if they rush to the capital now, it is useless.

After all, the family absconded before, and the imperial court would only think that they were afraid of sins and obeyed the law, and they only wanted to save their families.

Sun Yuanhua is better, after all, he and Zuo Menggeng have the status of uncle and nephew.

Wang Zheng is the most maddened.

"General Zuo wants to save Zhongcheng, and his heart is pitiful. The old man and the general have never known each other. Why did he hurt me like this?"

Zuo Menggeng looked solemn, looked at Wang Zheng regretfully, and said: "I want to save Mr. Kui Xin, only because of his talent, which is rare in the world, and should not be reduced to a sacrifice in political disputes. Put aside the official career, Mr. If you can make the best of your abilities, your merits will far surpass those of the sages."

Zuo Menggeng's biggest regret for the late Ming Dynasty was that many technical talents had gone to become officials.

Although in this era, you can't do things without being an official.However, even though they have no political means and talents, they have entered the officialdom. As a result, many people have been lost in political struggles.

This is the case with Sun Yuanhua and Wang Zheng in front of them.

Wang Zheng is responsible for compiling Deng Yuhan's "Far West Strange Artifacts", and there are a lot of things he independently developed.

Through these works, it can be clearly seen that Wang Zheng is a rare academic power in this era.

How could Zuo Menggeng let go of such a person?

Hearing his words, Wang Zheng was stunned.

He never thought that his usual hobbies would be so valued by Zuo Menggeng.

You must know that in today's Ming Dynasty, the Four Books and Five Classics are the kingly way.

His hobbies can only be figured out in private.Occasionally take it out and get only the ridicule of others.

Wang Zheng didn't know how many times he was emotional, and it was hard to find a bosom friend.

It never occurred to me that so many well-educated Confucians would ridicule him, but a general on horseback would highly praise him.

But thinking about his situation again, Wang Zheng couldn't smile.

"Now the old man has sins, and he has no face to stand between heaven and earth. Besides, what's the benefit?"

Wang Zheng lost his vitality when he thought that he was about to be wanted by the whole world.For a scholar-bureaucrat like him, fame is more important than anything else.

Zuo Menggeng didn't see it that way.

"Mr. Kui Xin, Zhu Ming has no way, and just now caused people with lofty ideals to be wronged and humiliated. When this old dynasty is overthrown and the world is restored to enlightenment, today's troubles are nothing but the clouds of yesterday."

No matter what charges the current court lists for Sun Yuanhua and Wang Zheng, will these charges still be meaningful when Daming ceases to exist?

How to evaluate the two of them is a matter of the new dynasty.

Sun Yuanhua and Wang Zheng were stunned.

They never looked at things from that perspective.

But it is not easy for them to suddenly abandon their inherent positions.

Seeing that Sun Yuanhua was struggling in every possible way, Zuo Menggeng took out his trump card.

"Uncle, do you know Lu Zhenfei, Yu Yinggui, and Li Mengchen?"

Sun Yuanhua was puzzled, but still said: "These three are known to be wise and fair. Although the old man has no contact with them, he admires their conduct."

Zuo Menggeng sneered.

"Uncle knows that these three have been in and out of Wen Tiren's mansion recently, and they are conspiring to frame uncle."

The shocking news made Sun Yuanhua petrify on the spot.

He didn't think Zuo Menggeng would deliberately deceive him, but because of this, the news that Zuo Menggeng said was so difficult for him to accept.

What shocked him even more was that the one who wanted to kill him was the well-known good minister and gentleman.

Yes, Lu Zhenfei, Li Mengchen and Yu Yinggui are really good officials.Not only did he uphold justice when he was an official, and he was not afraid of power, but even later in the process of resisting the Qing Dynasty, he fought endlessly and finally died heroically.

But the reality is so ridiculous.

It was such a good official who wanted to frame Sun Yuanhua.

why?

Because what these people have to deal with is not his Sun Yuanhua at all, but Zhou Yanru behind him.

In fact, Lu Zhenfei and Wen Tiren are not one party, but are closer to Donglin.

However, in dealing with Zhou Yanru, they have a common position with Wen Tiren.

However, when the Wuqiao mutiny happened, Sun Yuanhua became the best starting point.

It can only be said that in the whirlpool of politics, good or bad really doesn't matter.

Under the interests and position, if Sun Yuanhua was not intercepted by Zuo Menggeng halfway, once he went to the capital, he would become a piece of fish on the chopping board.

(End of this chapter)