The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 613 The Way of Heaven

From the age of 34 to 42, his most energetic youth and middle age were all wandering around, actively running for anti-Qing.

More than ten years of life in exile have left a deep imprint on his thoughts.

Until the seventh year of Shunzhi in the puppet Qing Dynasty, the Qing army entered Guangxi!
Fang Yizhi was captured, vowed not to surrender, and shaved his hair to become a monk.

He no longer took any chances about the anti-Qing incident, and returned to his hometown lonely in the ninth year of Shunzhi.

Start living in seclusion!
Knowing that Daming had regained Jiangnan, he couldn't sit still after receiving the news.

He and his family left their hometown in Anhui and crossed the river to Jiangnan.

At that time, just as Daming was about to conduct the imperial examination, he reported the names of himself and his son together.

Prepare to take the imperial examination and show your skills!
In a courtyard in Nanjing City, Fang Yizhi lives here with his family.

This other courtyard is his friend's property, and he is only staying there temporarily!

In the morning, the sky just dawned!
Fang Yizhi sat under the big locust tree in the courtyard, practicing calligraphy with a brush.

At this time, he had thinning white hair on his head, and he was also wearing a Confucian shirt instead of a monk's robe.

Obviously, the reason why Fang Yizhi wanted to shave his head to become a monk was to avoid the decree of the Qing government to shave his hair and make it easy to obey, and to avoid embarrassing his ancestors by leaving a rat tail of money.

Because, in the early Qing Dynasty, all social classes, except monks, even Taoists had to shave their hair.

This is also the main reason why, in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, many anti-Qing people showed themselves as monks to the outside world.

Because only monks don't need to keep money and rat tails, and it is convenient to go out for activities!
Obviously, the reason why Fang Yizhi wanted to become a monk was not because he really looked away. He went to the temple to study Buddhism and worship the clay and wood carvings.

But have their own little thoughts!
Being a monk meant that he secretly expressed his dissatisfaction with the Qing court.

Now that he came to Jiangnan which was restored by Daming, Fang Yizhi started to grow his hair as a matter of course, instead of continuing to show others the image of a monk.

While Fang Yizhi was practicing calligraphy, his son strode up to him and said.

"Father, today is the day when the imperial examinations are released, do you want to go and have a look?"

Fang Yizhi heard the words, without even raising his head, he spoke casually.

"No need to toss!"

"If you hit it, you hit it, if you don't hit it, you don't hit it!"

"It's nothing serious!"

"If you win, you will naturally continue to serve Da Ming for your father. If you don't win, you will continue to be your own idle cloud and wild crane for your father. It will be a happy thing!"

Fang Yizhi is old and has experienced many storms in his life.

Many things have been taken care of, and I will not force it.

Otherwise, when he was captured by the Qing army, he committed suicide and died for the country.

Instead of shaving your hair and becoming a monk, just living with your life!

When Fang Yizhi's son heard the words, he just bowed and said.

"It's my son who is superficial!"

Unexpectedly, Fang Yizhi raised his eyebrows when he heard the words.

"Weifu doesn't care about this, it's because weifu is old, but you are still young, you have to care about the imperial examination!"

Fang Yizhi felt that he was old, and of course there was nothing wrong with lying flat.

But what's the matter with his son lying flat?

If he lay flat, who would he eat for the rest of his life?
Fang Yizhi's son blinked his eyes in bewilderment, looking a little silly.

The father and son looked at each other for a moment, Fang Yizhi's son was finally defeated by the look, and he just scratched his head and said.

"What the father said is right, my son will send someone to take a look at the list!"

At this moment, the door of the other courtyard where the Fang family lived was knocked.

Fang Yizhi's son trotted to open the door.

As the latch was lifted, the door opened with a creak.

A man in a flying fish suit stood outside the gate, and a sedan chair was parked on the street facing the gate.

There are two rows of bearers standing around the sedan chair!

As the gate opened, Jin Yiwei at the gate clasped his fists at Fang Yizhi's son and said.

"His Majesty summons Mr. Mizhi to an audience!"

"Trouble pass, don't keep His Majesty waiting!"

Fang Yizhi's son was stunned when he opened the door and saw Jin Yiwei, but after hearing what this Jin Yiwei said, the expression on his face instantly became a mixture of excitement and excitement.

Just echoed.

"My lord, wait a moment, I'll pass it on now!"

After all, Fang Yizhi's son turned around and walked quickly one after another.

There was faint excitement and excitement in his movements.

In his opinion, if his father was valued by the Ming Emperor, wouldn't he have the same future?

Because the palace is still being repaired, Zhu Hongyu still lives in the Qian Mansion.

He met Fang Yizhi in the flower hall of Qian Mansion.

Looking at the young and exaggerated Da Mingzi in front of him, Fang Yizhi bowed straight down.

"Criminant Fang Yizhi, pay homage to Your Majesty!"

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

"..."

Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly and said.

"Be flat!"

"Give a seat!"

After Zhu Hongyu finished speaking, a young eunuch brought a chair to Fang Yizhi's side.

After Fang Yizhi sat down, Zhu Hongyu spoke.

"I really didn't expect that the No. [-] Scholar selected by me would be Mr. Mizhi!"

Fang Yizhi said very humbly.

"Your Majesty's honor!"

"Although the guilty minister is old, he is still willing to drag this crippled body and contribute his own strength to the restoration of Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Hongyu talked with Fang Yizhi for a while, and then raised his own questions.

"What do you think, sir, of the policies I promulgated after I ascended the throne?"

Fang Yizhi pondered for a while, then spoke.

"Although His Highness's policies are beneficial to the country, they seem to be competing for the interests of the people!"

Although Fang Yizhi didn't say it explicitly, he implicitly expressed his attitude towards Zhu Hongyu's policies.

Do not agree, but do not object!
Disapproved, because he knew that Zhu Hongyu was competing for profit with the people!
Who are the people?
Of course, those big gentry!
In their eyes, those ordinary people, let alone people, might not even be considered human beings.

He didn't object because he knew that Zhu Hongyu's policy was correct.

And he was afraid of Zhu Hongyu's authority and dared not object.

The change of Jiashen has shocked the people of the world too profoundly!
Daming did not compete with the people for profit, but the final result shocked everyone.

The difficulty of Jiashen broke out. First, Li Zicheng took the salary examination, and then the Manchus entered the customs.

Especially after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, many of the wanton massacres, wanton expropriation, and tyranny one after another are unforgettable forever.

This is the consequence of them dragging down Daming by saying that they don't compete with the people for profit!
The landlords and gentry in the south of the Yangtze River did not show too much opposition to Zhu Hongyu's policies.

Except for being intimidated by Zhu Hongyu's majesty, no one dared to say whether there was any reflection on their lessons learned from the Jiashen disaster.

Zhu Hongyu said this.

"But the way of heaven is to make up for what is not enough to make up for what is not enough!"

"I want to collect taxes, and it is impossible to focus on those who are struggling to collect taxes. The difficulty of applying for Jia is a lesson from the past."

(End of this chapter)