The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 336 Good News and Bad News

Lai Guo Gongfu.

At home, Zhang Zhou met three southern tributes introduced by Tang Yin, namely Yu Min from Jiangxi, Zhu Linxian from Nanzhili, and Li Heng from Fujian.

The three of them were personally interviewed by Zhang Zhou because of their unique insights in the previous lectures on Xinxue.

Originally, it was only Tang Yin who brought the three Gong students here, but Xu Jing still followed behind. Obviously Xu Jing had no achievements in the psychic forum, but he always liked to join Zhang Zhou and Tang Yin.

"Xueshi Zhang, after I have read your academic masterpieces, I have always admired you. I hope to learn more from you in the future."

Li Heng was relatively talkative, and at the age of thirty, he was the oldest among the three.

Tang Yin made a narration at the side: "Pingzhi has a very high reputation among the scholars in Fujian. In the past few days, whenever there is a lecture, someone will come to listen, and he is the most active when discussing with others."

Zhang Zhou nodded.

The people who gave lectures in the Ming Dynasty were all Juren, and most of them were tribute students. After all, after becoming a Jinshi, they basically have to be officials, or after they are old and have experienced the cleansing of officialdom, few people still have the intention to give lectures. Of course, the atmosphere of lectures in the future is mainly carried forward by people from the two southern factions, Wang Shouren and Zhan Ruoshui.

With Zhang Zhou here this time, there is no need to bother, just let him start a wave.

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "Very good. If you three have any academic insights, or if you see anyone with unique insights, you can sort them out and send them directly to my house. Let's discuss them together."

"Students dare not!"

All three saluted Zhang Zhou seriously.

Although they are not formal disciples, the three of them obviously want to develop in this direction.

It is not necessarily because of Zhang Zhou's great ability in academia, but more because of Zhang Zhou's political resources in the court. Not to mention the general juren, even if he is a Jinshi in the examination, he will yearn for Zhang Zhou's resources. the height of.

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Zhang Zhou personally sent the three of them out of the mansion, showing how much he valued them.

The three of them seemed to be encouraged, and they all expressed that they would help Zhang Zhou to carry forward the learning of the mind.

"Bohu, why are all the scholars from the south and no one from the north? Or, because I am from the southern Zhili, my academic ideas are not well received by the northern scholars?" Zhang Zhou stood at the door of his house, looking at Looking at Tang Yin at the side.

Tang Yin said: "It's not bad."

"What's okay?" Zhang Zhou frowned.

Xu Jing hastily explained: "Master Zhang is like this. Northern scholars also admire your mind learning, but they are still not systematic. Most of them go to listen to the lectures of southern scholars."

Zhang Zhou asked, "Are you listening, or are you going to criticize and then argue?"

"This..." Xu Jing couldn't answer either.

Zhang Zhou sighed: "If you want to learn, don't have regional views. I am quite open-minded. I won't have any prejudice against northerners just because I am a southerner. It is best to accept one or two northerners." As students, let them help me promote it in the future.”

Xu Jing said with a smile: "As long as you speak out, there must be many people working hard for it."

"Really? Then you help me get the word out." Zhang Zhou looked at Xu Jing.

Tang Yin was a little disapproving of the conversation between Zhang Zhou and Xu Jing, he said: "Scholar Zhang, please forgive me for speaking rudely, now let alone scholars from the north, even the southerners seem to have great opinions on your theory. I heard that there is a Mr. Baisha in Guangdong Province, whose disciples are widely distributed in Lingnan. After they heard about the Xinxue that you admired, they thought that you... plagiarized some of their husband's academics, and sent people to the capital to follow you... ...one up and one down."

"Really? Very good, very good." Zhang Zhou smiled.

Mr. Baisha, of course, is Chen Xianzhang. This academic master has made indelible contributions in the formation and promotion of the study of mind. The "Baisha Theory" formed by him can be said to be a key link in the formation of the system of the study of mind in the future.

He himself is just a scholar, and he has studied and studied for nearly a lifetime. Historically, he died of illness in the 13th year of Hongzhi, which means that he is still alive now. The most famous of his disciples is naturally Zhan Ruoshui.

Zhan Ruoshui was a Jinshi in the 18th year of Hongzhi, and now he is just a candidate. Zhang Zhou wanted to meet this person, but he didn't have a chance... If Chen Xianzhang's disciples really have any opinions on his academics, send someone to "theory" , maybe there is still a chance to meet.

Tang Yin frowned and said, "This... I'm afraid it's not good? What if..."

Zhang Zhoudao: "Are you worried that I will lose when I discuss academics? Wenwu has no first and martial arts has no second. I didn't worry about winning or losing. If he said I plagiarized, then I would plagiarize. Spread the theory and let the world know that I have done more things than those Lingnan students, right? Should they thank me? Or should they hate me?"

"Huh?" Tang Yin smiled wryly.

He was thinking too.

This senior brother is really confident. People think that your Xinxue has used part of their academic thinking and come to cause trouble for you. How can you be so calm?
Zhang Zhou said with a calm face: "This academic must have a topic, so that it can be promoted and qualified to become the mainstream. I don't have any ambitions. If they Lingnan people feel that they also have a contribution to this academic, I will help them make a name for themselves." But, when you arrive, Bohu, you can go and receive me for a while."

Xu Jing smiled and said, "Master Zhang, I'll be fine."

When dealing with this kind of thing, Xu Jing considers himself the second, and no one dares to admit that he is the first.

Zhang Zhou was willing to let Xu Jing dangle in front of his eyes recently, because he considered that this person had a need for an official career, and he was willing to use his family property to promote psychology and hold lectures. It seemed that he could just find some people in any place, but Both the venue and the tea need money, and hanging some decent plaques, calligraphy and paintings, and distributing some promotional books on mind learning on the spot all need money.

Zhang Zhou is not short of that little money, but if people find out, he will have to pay for the promotion out of his own pocket, which is a bit embarrassing.

Of course it is necessary...his believers take the initiative to invest in academic ideas, and Xu Jing is considered a half-martyr, using his own family property to die.

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After the tenth day of November, the weather in the capital is better, but the temperature will not recover after it drops.

After the cold weather, what the ministers of the DPRK and China were most concerned about was naturally the war in the north, but for several days in a row, there was no progress. It seemed that the news that Lu Wan was about to catch up with the enemy had become the last The news... There is an explanation, that is, Lu Wan's men and horses may have been wiped out, and they didn't even cry out before death.

Zhu Youtang did not go to court for several days.

This is very rare for the emperor who was very diligent in the past.

However, Zhang Zhou felt that this was the real Zhu Youtang, the emperor known for his benevolence and righteousness. ", and gradually slack off court affairs, but this time with him, Zhu Youtang began to enter the rhythm of "cultivating immortals" early.

It can't be said that it was fishing for three days and drying the nets for two days. Zhu Youtang just rested for a few days. After a year, Zhu Youtang's body began to loosen again. Zhang Zhou knew that it was time for the emperor to recuperate again.

There was no morning morning as usual.

After Li Dongyang's night duty was over, he met Liu Jian and Xie Qian in the cabinet duty room.

As soon as the two came, they were naturally most concerned about whether there was news of a grassland battle last night. After getting a negative answer, Xie Qian said: "Does your majesty think that this battle will be lost, and he deliberately avoided going to court, so as not to be caught again?" Shall I wait for cross-examination?"

Li Dongyang said: "No matter how bad this battle is, there is no news, right?"

Xie Qian smiled wryly and said, "Then why didn't the news come back for three or four days in a row? No matter what Lu Wan said, he was also a court official, not as self-willed as Zhang Bingkuan. Could it be that he doesn't know what's going on at the front and needs to keep going back transfer?"

Li Dongyang obviously couldn't figure it out, he shook his head and said: "If the transmission of the battle report is blocked because of the wind and snow, it doesn't matter to wait a few more days."

"Yeah." Xie Qian nodded and looked at Liu Jian.

Liu Jian didn't have anything to say about it, he said, "We'll discuss it after the results are out."

"How long?" What Xie Qian meant, if there is no news for a long time, you can be sure that there is a big trouble, that is, you can be sure that the soldiers and horses brought by Lu Wan and Wang Xian will not come back?

Liu Jian said: "No matter how late, after six or seven days, there will definitely be news of success or failure. I don't believe that this battle is so hidden! It may also be that Ming's ambush did not achieve good results and is still continuing to pursue , The front line is thousands of miles away from the capital, and any situation will delay the transmission of news, not to mention that it is snowing on the grassland now."

"Hey!" Xie Qian sighed heavily on purpose, "Then just wait."

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Li Dongyang returned home with some guesses and doubts. He is now a nocturnal man who is upside down in black and white.

But as soon as he got home, he saw his son Li Zhaoxian coming out of the yard. Behind Li Zhaoxian, there seemed to be someone hiding in the yard again.

"Father." Li Zhaoxian walked up to Li Dongyang and saluted.

Li Dongyang said: "Didn't you go to Guozixue recently?"

Li Zhaoxian replied: "The new Jijiu in the Guozi Academy has not yet arrived. In addition, with my son's situation, I will be squeezed out if I go, so I will discuss knowledge with my friends more and ignore Beiyong's affairs."

"Ah."

Li Dongyang also understands.

My son's venereal disease looks like a scourge to outsiders. In fact, people in this world know that this disease is not contagious through conversation, unless there is close contact.

But not everyone in the world is so sensible, knowing that Li Zhaoxian has an infectious disease, except for those best friends who are embarrassed to refuse, who would like to play with Li Zhaoxian?

"Go."

Li Dongyang didn't ask where his son had gone.

His son's illness seems to be much better, and even he has to accept Zhang Zhou's "medical skills". After all, his son's illness is getting better with visible results. Before, he couldn't control his son when he was seriously ill, but now he doesn't bother to manage it. .

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"Is father gone?"

Li Zhaoxian made an excuse to go back to get things, first went to the side courtyard, and saw his younger sister, Li Yu who had changed into a bachelor's uniform.

Li Zhaoxian said: "Sister, you should not go out and run around at such a time, I mean..."

"Brother, is this breaking his promise?" Li Yu was not happy.

Li Zhaoxian sighed: "It's just some people in the market, talking there, and they are not famous scholars. I will take you there later..."

"No, I'm going!" Li Yu tilted his head, looking very stubborn.

Li Zhaoxian sighed: "Then be careful, I'll go and see if my father has entered the inner courtyard first, and don't talk casually when you go outside, your voice... has no manly spirit, so delicate and crisp that everyone can hear it Come out. Just follow me, if I have something to say to outsiders, I’ll just do it.”

"Okay." Li Yu readily agreed this time.

Li Zhaoxian said: "I don't know that you are a daughter of a family who is about to get married. Why are you so interested? Speaking of talent, the heir of the Kong family that your father betrothed to you is very talented and famous. Why do you bother?" ?”

"Brother, what do you still say?" Li Yu was about to go out with his brother, but he turned his head and stared at him.

Li Zhaoxian said as if surrendering: "Okay, it's okay, just listen to the lecture, we are from the north, and most of the preachers are from the south, maybe they don't even understand the words. It's okay, just this time is not an example!"

"Go away!"

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Li Dongyang also learned about his daughter going out with his son from his servants.

He didn't force it to stop him.

He was not in a hurry to go to sleep that day, but had to wait for Kong Hongtai to arrive. Ever since Kong Hongxu was taken to the capital, Kong Hongtai hadn't left, and he had been working on relationships with all parties, trying to get his big brother out. Come.

"Dongzhuang..."

In his study, Li Dongyang saw Kong Hongtai who came in disgrace.

"I've asked the Criminal Department about your matter, and they don't know how to deal with it. Now the Nanxi incident is known to everyone, and even His Majesty will not end well."

Kong Hongtai looked eagerly and asked: "Could it be that someone maliciously slandered behind his back?"

Li Dongyang did not answer.

He was thinking, malicious propaganda is still possible, malicious slander?

Of all the things that are preached outside, which one has not been done by your elder brother?Just like this, you Confucian family still have the nerve to say that others are slanderous?
Kong Hongtai also seemed to realize that he had made a slip of the tongue, he said: "I went to visit Duke Lai a few times before but couldn't. His mansion gate is so high that I couldn't even put in invitations, and even people from the Jinyiwei blocked it."

Li Dongyang said: "That is His Majesty's order. There are constant wars in the north, and there may be Tatar assassins, which is not good for him."

Kong Hongtai asked: "I wonder if Mr. Li Ge can pass a message on his behalf? I just don't know what he thinks. It's better to sit down and talk. Now that the Kong family has managed everything that can be done, no one is willing to come forward. It seems There is only... oh!"

Kong Hongtai was embarrassed to continue.

Because not only did he run into a wall with other officials, but even with Li Dongyang, he didn't get any benefits.

"Okay." Even Kong Hongtai didn't expect that Li Dongyang would readily agree, "I'll send a message to Zhang Bingkuan for you later, to see if he is willing to help you. If I don't help you, who could it be?"

Up to this point, although no one has mentioned the marriage between the Li family and the Kong family, this marriage relationship has not been cancelled.

There was such a big commotion before, the marriage between the nominal heir of the Kong family and the jewel in the palm of the great scholar of the dynasty is simply a good talk in the world, a typical representative of people who only envy mandarin ducks but not immortals.

It's not like you can cancel if you want to.

In fact, Li Dongyang also knows that the progress of the Kong family case is related to his daughter's future life, and it's not that he has never thought about whether he will marry his daughter in the future... That's all a side story. Since he was still in-law with the Kong family, he had to do something for the Kong family.

Otherwise, others would think that he was making trouble in order to cancel the engagement.

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Zhu Feng has returned to Beijing.

It was delayed by three or four days than expected. This time when Zhu Feng came back, he was obviously not as energetic as the previous few times. After several times of tempering and tossing back and forth in the Northwest and Liaodong, Young Master Zhu was no longer the playboy he was before. There is even silence and vicissitudes in it, a bit half buried in the ground.

When he came back this time, Zhang Zhou was still polite and went directly to the gate of the city to greet him.

It was also because Zhang Zhou had nothing to do that day, and it was not so frequent to go to the palace to teach Zhu Houzhao after winter, just to mention something occasionally, not every day.

In Zhang Zhou's view, he is the stepping stone on Zhu Houzhao's academic success. ... It is rare to be uncommon. If we are together every day, his teaching methods will not work well for Zhu Houzhao.

"Brother Zhang."

Seeing Zhang Zhou, Zhu Feng didn't say much, and didn't even approach Zhang Zhou.

Because he knew that Zhang Zhou didn't like to give him a hug or something.

"The teahouse is reserved, let's go in and talk." Zhang Zhou invited Zhu Feng to the nearest teahouse inside the city gate.

Originally, Zhu Feng wanted to say something on the way, but Zhang Zhou stretched out his hand to stop him. After the two entered the teahouse and went up to the second floor, and sat down, Zhu Feng started to chat.

The words are obviously much less than before.

"Brother Zhang, I just have one request, can you let me take a break in the capital for a year or so?" Zhu Feng probably knew that now he was just a screw, and he would go wherever he was needed.

So he begged earnestly that he could return to the capital to recuperate, mainly to heal his "heartache".

Zhang Zhou nodded: "After the face saint, you can mention it to Your Majesty."

"..."

Zhu Feng instantly realized that he meant a lot to Daming.

It seems that even Zhang Zhou can't decide where he will go in the future.

Zhang Zhou asked, "Are you aware of the battle in Liaodong?"

Zhu Fengdao: "I just heard about it yesterday. It seems to be very tragic, right? No news until now? My father is in Ningxia, and his life has not been very good recently..."

"It's all the same." Zhang Zhou picked up the teapot and wanted to pour tea for Zhu Feng. Zhu Feng quickly took the teapot and offered to pour tea for Zhang Zhou.

"Brother Zhang, our Zhu family father and son, as well as my elder brother, actually just want to live a stable life. By the way, have you paid attention to Tong'er recently?"

Just as Zhu Feng finished pouring the tea, before Zhang Zhou put the tea into his mouth, he began to ask some inappropriate words.

Zhang Zhou asked curiously, "You are such a lover, do you still care about this?"

Zhu Feng lowered her head and said with some shame: "I just find it strange that I haven't heard from her for quite a while, and she hasn't even written me a letter. I...worry that something will happen to her. She is also a hard-working person."

(End of this chapter)