Ming Zuo

Chapter 597 Flags
There is a strange difference in the attitude towards Shandong between the ruling and opposition parties of the Ming Dynasty.

The imperial court was very indifferent to Shandong.

The official made no statement, neither sending troops nor condemning.

It seems that Shandong is still the Shandong of Ming Dynasty, and nothing has happened.

But obviously everyone knows that Shandong has actually become independent and is a traitor.

The reason is that the imperial court is very aware of the comparison of the strengths of the two sides, and knows that there is nothing to do.

Especially among the high-ranking officials of the court, many of them were doing business with Shandong secretly, and they were even more unwilling to have bad relations with Shandong, so as not to affect Qian Cheng.

On the contrary, among the common people, or to be more precise among the scholars, Shandong has become a great enemy, even above the post-Jin and peasant armies.

Because Hou Jin was completing the transition from slavery to feudalism, his interest position was no different from that of the landlords in the Central Plains.

This is also an important reason why the Manchu Qing entered the customs and made rapid progress all the way.

What family hatred, what national integrity...

In the face of class interests, everyone has to stay behind.

In the eyes of Shilin, the peasant army was a bandit.

Rogues, living in no fixed place, are like roots without roots.Its prosperity is also vigorous, and its death is also sudden.

But Shandong is different.

After several years of ideological confrontation, the diehards among the scholars have realized that this is a completely different new force.

What Shandong has done is breaking the roots of orthodoxy.

If Shandong is not wiped out, they will die without a place to bury them.

Zhang Pu was keenly aware of this storm among scholars, and he decided to stand up and become a banner for these people.

As long as he stands firm on this point, he can go to the next level.Even if you don't cultivate spokespersons in the court, you can still influence the situation in the world.

"This is a recent work by a certain person. How about it as our call to action?"

Zhang Pu took out his carefully conceived article and gave it to everyone to read.

Zhang Pu is very proud of his new works.

He was disgraced in the previous few debates with Shandong, and he also learned a lesson.

This time, don't play those complicated twists and turns.

He wants to take the Chinese army directly.

Zhang Cai was the first to read the article.

Just looking at the title, he was overwhelmed.

"On the Destruction of the Holy Descendants and the Collapse of the Righteous Way"

[The sky does not give birth to Zhongni, and the ages are as long as the night.The world only worships the descendants of the saints, and the righteous way is always the keynote.If you want to protect the righteous way, you should worship the descendants of the saints.Shandong Zuo, Liu, Huang and other evil rebels first ignored the robbing of the saint's descendants, and then refused the saint's return to their hometown and acted on their own.Since the righteousness of the world is in danger of collapsing, nothing can do more than burning books and burying Confucianism.It's the right time to respect the saints and worship the Tao, to punish the rebellious and evil...]

Where is this ordinary article?
This is clearly a call to arms.

Zhang Pu has torn up all the twists and turns, and regards Shandong as an enemy of life and death.

This of course takes a lot of courage.

Although in his opinion, there are more righteous ways in the world.But if Shandong seizes the world in the future, Zhang Pu is afraid that he will die without a place to bury him.

But as a close friend, Zhang Cai already knew Zhang Pu to the bone.

Zhang Pu's approach is obviously not to enter the tiger's den, and how to catch the tiger's cubs.

In other words, is there any room for reconciliation between these people and Shandong?
Thinking of this period of time, dozens of tenants and servants in the family fled, and no one cultivated the fertile land. Zhang Cai knew that it was urgent to deal with Shandong.

"What Ximing said is the voice of my generation. Everyone, it is my duty to uphold the righteousness and principles."

Those who can come here are obviously people from Fushe all the way, and they are all traditional and conservative landlord class.

These people naturally support Zhang Pu and Zhang Cai's ideas.

At the moment, everyone present at the meeting signed Zhang Pu's article.

There are even some who think that their literary talents are good, and they have written articles to echo them.

In just over ten days, Zhang Pu's article was widely disseminated, reprinted many times, and spread all over the country.

Common people are busy with three meals a day and are slow to respond to this.But the entire Shilin was instigated, and there were countless people who echoed and cheered.

For a time, Fushe and Zhang Pu gained momentum.

Atrocities against Shandong occurred in various places. Many businesses in Shandong were smashed, and many people were injured.

The news quickly spread back to Shandong.

"This is war!"

Hou Xun's face was livid, and he directly concluded the matter.

No one disagrees.

This is a war.

A war without gunpowder.

It can be more dangerous than normal wars.

If you lose, you lose your heart.

So you can only win, not lose.

But what to do, everyone can't help scratching their heads for a while.

After all, Shandong's forces can't go deep into all parts of the world, and it seems a bit beyond their reach in the face of damaged business.

Only Zuo Menggeng was indifferent.

"When you shoot a man, you shoot a horse first, and when you capture a thief, you first capture the king. We can't deal with these people with ulterior motives one by one, but there are people who can deal with them."

Zuo Menggeng gave a solution.

"Let the Ministry of Foreign Affairs talk to the Ministry of Rites of the imperial court. According to the agreement, my business in Shandong shall not be intruded or damaged. If such a thing happens, the imperial court must give us an explanation."

Everyone looked sideways.

Can you do this?

Regarding this, Zuo Menggeng could only laugh secretly.

It can only be said that the use of diplomacy by people in this era is still at a primitive stage, and there is still a lot to learn.

In addition to negotiating with the court and asking the court to give an explanation, Zuo Menggeng looked at Huang Zongxi.

"This is the end of the matter. Is it time for my article to be published?"

Huang Zongxi laughed.

"Our thoughts coincide with each other."

He ordered to go on, and the staff came in and distributed Zuo Menggeng's "The Process of History" article.

Everyone has seen it, and they all admire it.

"Zhongheng made a move, it really is extraordinary."

"This is equivalent to pointing at Zhang Pu and others' noses and scolding."

"The process of history is bound to move forward. Those who are addicted to the old and are self-satisfied by exploiting and enslaving the working people will inevitably be eliminated by the general trend of history. Happy, even the old farmers on the edge of the field can understand. Knowing that Zhang Pu and others have watched it, will they vomit three liters of blood?"

When Huang Daozhou saw this article for the first time, he immediately fell in love with it.

The longer he was an official in Shandong, the more he hated the court.

The differences between the two parties in terms of ideals, interests, efficiency, goals, etc. have made people of insight already understand the inevitable survival of the fittest.

Only Zuo Menggeng was able to explain this difference clearly, and it reached everyone's heart.

"This is the first time for Shandong to publicize our proposition to the people of the world. Please help us together. He Zhang Pu pulled a group of old and old people to shout arrogantly. We have more like-minded people. How can we allow the justice of heaven to be handed over to us? "

Finally, when it was time for Shandong to spread new ideas with a clear banner, Liu Zongzhou felt a little dizzy.

That is the feeling of happiness when you are waiting hard and your dreams come true.

What is the reason for him to write books and explain the truth all his life?
Isn't it to revive this old dynasty and the decadent world.

The knowledge that he had been immersed in for decades was no good, but now the new ideas gave him hope.

(End of this chapter)