Ming Zuo

Chapter 41
Who says counting money isn't tiring?
If Zuo Menggeng heard it, he had to give him two mouths.

Last night, he, together with Liu Yiyuan and a few people who were rich and wealthy, and who would enjoy forever from generation to generation, checked the whole night, and finally figured out how much money was robbed this time.

Gold, silver, jewelry and rare calligraphy and paintings add up to more than [-] taels.

With this wealth in hand, Zuo Menggeng increased his confidence somewhat.

"Master, that Lu Wazi..."

Early in the morning, Zhang Yan came to him and hesitated.

"What's the problem?"

Zuo Menggeng had to be careful.

Zhang Yan looked regretful.

"The guy under Lu Wazi is gone."

Seeing Zhang Yan gesture between his legs, Zuo Menggeng understood what was going on.

"Doesn't that mean that his generation is ruined?"

Zhang Yan sighed.

"In the future, he will grow up and know about personnel, but what will he do?"

Zuo Menggeng's astonishment passed quickly, not as tangled as Zhang Yan.

"The most important thing for a man to walk in the world is his heart. Don't worry, I will teach him personally in a while. The world is so big, and he will always be useful."

Seeing the dawn, Zuo Gui and Zuo Yong were left to guard the treasure, and Zuo Menggeng went back to the city.

Although exhausted, he went to visit Xu Ruolin.

This girl fell into the water yesterday, almost died, and was freezing enough.Fortunately, he didn't get sick, but he was much weaker.

"Well done, why did you run into the water?"

Xu Ruolin drank the ginger soup and said depressedly, "I just wanted to meet Qian Muzhai, who would have encountered such a thing."

Zuo Menggeng was amused.

"I didn't expect you to be a groupie."

After he explained what "groupies" meant, Xu Ruolin also laughed.

"You don't know how famous Qian Muzhai is in Jiangnan. It is said that people who go to his house to ask for advice travel three miles down the street, day and night."

Zuo Menggeng didn't care.

"Remarkable? He doesn't know Portuguese, and he doesn't know geometry."

Xu Ruolin couldn't help but wink at him.

"These are all trails, how can they compare with Qian Muzhai's well-versed moral articles?"

Zuo Menggeng snorted: "What use are those moral articles for the country and the people? When facing the Tartars, why not use Portuguese artillery?"

How could Xu Ruolin know so much.

"I also asked Yaya, but every time he hesitated. The scholars all over the world respect Confucianism. They must praise Confucius and Mencius in words, praise Cheng Zhu in writing, and look at the splendid and magnificent articles. The world seems to be getting more and more chaotic, and those talented people can't find any solution."

Zuo Menggeng was much more bitter.

"Since the Han Dynasty, all Confucian scholars have ruled the country. However, the dynasties are constantly changing and the cycle of rise and fall is endless. What can they do? It is obviously the principle of being a human being, and it must be used to run the country. The difference is a thousand miles away."

Xu Ruolin glanced at Zuo Menggeng carefully and said in a low voice, "Yaya said that those ministers who govern the country all respect Confucianism on the surface, but in fact they are all governed by legalists. The so-called external Confucianism and internal law are just a twist It's just a shell."

Zuo Menggeng was extremely serious.

"The so-called name is not correct, and the words are not correct. They know the country of Confucianism, but they are full of mistakes but do not correct them. This is not willing to bow their heads and admit their mistakes. They think that they are borrowing the shell of Confucianism, but they don't know that their thoughts condense people's hearts, what to promote, and what is inside. what will be."

When discussing ancient politics, many people in later generations did science popularization with a superior attitude.

Don't look at Confucianism as orthodox. Those in power know that Confucianism cannot govern the country. In fact, it implements the concepts of Legalism and the like, in order to whitewash the feudal scholars and officials.

As everyone knows, after Confucian ethics pervades every corner of society and has become a deeply ingrained thought, how can the Legalist concept of governing the country succeed.

Otherwise, why would Yang Tinghe lose the battle of great etiquette?

It's not like Tiandijun's parents and teachers are tied around their necks, making the rulers breathless.

Xu Ruolin was hit hard, but the boundaries of her thinking continued to open up under such shocks, and she felt more and more that Zuo Menggeng was good.

"Zuo Menggeng, are you saying that the Ming Dynasty is really going to die?"

Zuo Menggeng asked back, "Do you think there is still help?"

Xu Ruolin asked a sudden question.

"If Daming were to die, what would happen to commoners like you and me?"

Zuo Menggeng said with relief: "It's his Zhu family that perished, not the world. People in the world will live as they should, just change the emperor."

Xu Ruolin tasted it carefully and found that what he said made sense.

"Then who do you think will become the new emperor in the future?"

"I."

Xu Ruolin suddenly raised her head, looked at Zuo Menggeng who was extremely serious, and laughed dumbly.

"boast."

Zuo Menggeng was not convinced.

"Why do you say I'm bragging?"

Xu Ruolin was ashamed of him.

"Why do you sit in the country and be the emperor?"

Zuo Menggeng naturally fought back.

"Why can't I sit in the country and be the emperor?"

This rhetorical question confused Xu Ruolin.

Yes, Qin lost his deer, and the world chased him away.

Why is it so certain that Zuo Menggeng can't do it?
She finds a reason for herself.

"Every monarch who founds a country must be a peerless hero, with the appearance of heaven and man, which is very different from ordinary people."

Zuo Menggeng held his arms in his arms and smiled even more cheerfully.

"Can't I be a great hero, a great hero?"

"you……"

Xu Ruolin instinctively wanted to laugh at him, but Zuo Menggeng's fighting pictures appeared in her mind.For some reason, there was always a voice in her heart telling her that this was the case with the great hero Seiya.

This realization made Xu Ruolin panic, and she was speechless.

Zuo Menggeng sat for a while before coming out of Xu Ruolin's room and met Zuo Fu who was looking for him.

"Master, the Baihu of Jinyiwei is awake, he wants to see you."

The Hundred Households on the Jinyi Guard ship were seriously injured and could not escape death.Zuo Menggeng's sudden attack made him escape.

Later, when the cabin was cleaned, he was rescued by someone, and now he is kept in Zuofu.

Zuo Menggeng was also very curious about the hundred households in brocade clothes, so he looked for it.

A man in his early thirties, tall, with a thin body full of solid muscles.

This is a very explosive body, it should be extraordinary in martial arts.Otherwise, it will not last until the end.

But it didn't look good at this time.

He was injured in dozens of places all over his body, his right arm was broken, his expression was sluggish, and his face was bloodless.

When he saw Zuo Menggeng, his eyes were sparkling, as if he wanted to see through the young man in front of him.

"Thank you for saving your life."

Zuo Menggeng waved his hand, not taking credit.

"It's just a coincidence."

The hundred households nodded and introduced themselves.

"Hanchuan, a hundred households in Fusi, Weinan Town, Xiajinyi."

"Let's go to Zuo Menggeng."

Han Chuan had obviously inquired about Zuo Menggeng.

"Ling Zun fought fiercely against Liaodong and made outstanding achievements. It is unthinkable that Zuo Gongzi is also unparalleled in bravery, and has the character of a fierce general."

The picture of Zuo Menggeng using force on the boat that day remained in Han Chuan's mind.

Every time he thought about it, he was amazed.

There are so many masters in Jinyiweili, but Han Chuan dares to assert that no one can make ten moves under Zuo Menggeng's men.

It's really that Zuo Menggeng's moves are too treacherous and ruthless.

I really don't know how this young man practiced.

Zuo Menggeng didn't intend to talk about these, on the contrary, this Jinyiwei Baihu let him see a possibility.

"Has Han Baihu been tricked this time?"

Han Chuan wanted to deny it, but when the words came to his mouth, only bitterness remained.

"Young Master Zuo is like a candle, I don't know how to see it?"

Zuo Menggeng said it very clearly, also to convince Han Chuan.

"It is impossible for the imperial court to not know the dangers involved in escorting Wei Zhongxian and Li Chaoqin to Fengyang. This is also the reason for not going through the canal. Since Han Baihu was sent here, the boss obviously has no good intentions."

Han Chuan raised his head and sighed, his eyes full of resentment.

"Xia Xia was originally in the Beijing camp, but after Sar Hu was restructured in the Beijing camp, he was transferred to Jin Yiwei. Just because he was not born in Jin Yi, he was targeted everywhere. When Xu Xianchun was there, he was miserable. It can be reborn. Guess that Commander Luo is even more fierce in excluding dissidents. If it wasn't for Zuo Gongzi's rescue, he wouldn't even have a pension after his death."

Zuo Menggeng listened carefully and was not surprised by Han Chuan's situation.

"To be an official now, you have to use money or people. That Luo Yangxing is a family of Jinyi, and he has risen to commander, and he must unite with the old Jinyi to consolidate his power. Foreign households such as Han Baihu have become a thorn in his eyes and a thorn in his flesh. "

Han Chuan smiled bitterly and looked desperate.

"There's no one in the next one, and the second one has no money. I'm lucky this time, and I'll save a life. But the commander of Jin Yiwei is thinking about it, where is there any way to survive?"

An unhappy hundred households, this is an opportunity.

Zuo Menggeng stared at each other, Zhizhu in his grip.

"If you lose the mulberry elm and get it in the east corner, Han Baihu, if you want to change the situation, there is not necessarily no chance."

(End of this chapter)