First Minister of Ming Dynasty

Wu Zhong has many talents, and Qingqiuzi is the first.

This Qingqiuzi was called Gao Qi, and because he lived in seclusion in Qingqiu by the Wusong River, he called himself Qingqiuzi. He also opened a library to accept apprentices, and he has many disciples, even among the great scholars and scholars, and he is also famous, and no one knows it.

It stands to reason that such a famous scholar in Shilin should be tall and virtuous, with fluffy beards, personable demeanor, and a fairy-tale Chinese talent... But in fact, Gao Qi has just turned 20 this year, and he is in full bloom and vigorous in writing.

As early as a few years ago, when he was less than twenty years old, Zhang Shicheng invited him over as a guest of honor. It's just that Gao Qi is a lonely man, with no dust in his eyes. In addition to his young age, he has no reputation or high status under Zhang Shicheng, and he doesn't care. Anyway, he receives a monthly salary and teaches at home with peace of mind. Just go write poetry and play chess, so happy.

But just a few days ago, Zhang Shicheng invited him over. .

Don't look at Lao Zhang as a salt dealer, but he has great respect for the people in Shilin. Even young Gao Qi, he is very polite, please come to the seat, serve tea, and greet each other for a while before Zhang Shicheng sighs: "I invited Mr. Qingqiu to come over today. There is one thing. Please help me."

Gao Qi hurriedly bowed and said, "What is the king's order, I will naturally try my best to do it."

Seeing Gao Qi's obedience, Zhang Shicheng was even more happy, he simply slammed the table, and sighed, "This king has been guarding Gaoyou for several months, and broke away millions of soldiers, but he did not expect that Zhu Chongba would take advantage of it! This thief has occupied Jinling, and he is fighting from east to west, and his territory is getting bigger and stronger, and his power is getting stronger and stronger.

Zhang Shicheng scolded and was full of bitterness. Gao Qi just listened and said nothing. Anyway, if you take Zhu Yuanzhang as a confidant, Zhu Yuanzhang may not think so.

After a full quarter of an hour, Zhang Shicheng stopped and finally returned to normal.

"That... Mr. Qingqiu, one of Zhu Yuanzhang's confidants at the moment is Zhang Ximeng. He seems to be a few years younger than Mr. Qingqiu. Now he claims to be re-establishing the general rules and rebuilding the universe. He has written a lot of articles and wants to teach scholars, it's really good. furious!"

Gao Qi had no interest in military affairs, but when he heard these words, his eyes widened and he couldn't help but said, "Gang Chang Tian Ding, if he is not a sage, how can he dare to say that he will re-determine Gang Chang? He also has to put his own articles in the school. Here, teaching scholars, isn’t it afraid of laughing and being generous? Zhu Yuanzhang reused Kuangsheng and listened to Kuangyan, I’m afraid he’s not a heroic hero, so don’t worry about it, Your Majesty.”

Zhang Shicheng rolled his eyelids, don't you really have to worry?

Don't look at him scolding Zhu Yuanzhang so much, but he knows how many times he has fallen into Zhu Yuanzhang's hands. The last time, even Luo Guanzhong ran away, which shows that Zhu Yuanzhang still has something, and it is not a good habit to despise his opponent too much.

Zhang Shicheng coughed lightly: "Mr. Qingqiu's words are indeed reasonable, but the art of war also says that knowing yourself and knowing your enemy will win a hundred battles, so this king naturally wants to find out what Zhu Yuanzhang is doing... It is true that his method is useful, and it may not be impossible to learn it, learn from others' strengths! One more thing, Zhu Yuanzhang can deceive people's hearts, and this king can straighten people's hearts, Jing Fuyan. What I mean is to ask Mr. Qingqiu to come forward and refute Zhang Ximeng's nonsense, so as to be honest!"

Gao Qi pondered for a while, but in fact he was angry when he heard what Zhang Shicheng said. After all, after Confucius and Mencius, there were few who could be called Confucian saints.

Even Dong Zhongshu and Zhu Xi are only half-sacred at most, and they dare not say that they will reset the rules, but they are just tinkering.

Although Gao Qi is young, his knowledge is not low. He studies Confucian classics and has a rough understanding of Buddhism and Taoism. He belongs to the high-end talents of the three religions.

Because of this, he knew the difficulty of this matter. Not only did he need profound knowledge, but he also had to have a grand layout. At least he had to be on a par with Confucius, so he could bring forth new ideas from the old. Otherwise, it would only be laughable.

A person younger than himself has such an ambition, either he is a born sage or a lunatic. And the possibility of the latter is much greater than the former.

Gao Qi just listened to it as a joke and didn't take it seriously at all.

"Your Majesty, Zhu Yuanzhang came from a humble background, and Zhang Ximeng is young and frivolous. What they say is just laughing and generous. I think it's better to let them show their true colors. Why bother and lose their identity in vain!"

What Gao Qi meant was not to quarrel with them, if I ended up arguing, wouldn't I give them face! For such frivolous people, just ignore it.

Zhang Shicheng understood what Gao Qi meant, but he wasn't stupid... If it was really useless, Zhu Jiajun wouldn't develop so fast.

Now Zhu Yuanzhang has suppressed him in Huaidong and Suzhou and Hangzhou. Ni Wenjun, who had just defeated Tianwan, seized Hongdu and marched into Jiangxi.

If this momentum continues, I'm afraid it won't be long before the entire Jiangnan is Zhu Yuanzhang's territory.

Just now, Ni Wenjun sent someone over to contact him and plan to cooperate with him.

For Zhu Yuanzhang to develop so fast, he must have done something right.

If Lao Zhu was said to be worthless, what was he who was bullied so badly by Lao Zhu?

Joke?

"Mr. Qingqiu, even if you want Zhu Yuanzhang to reveal the prototype, it will take some time. They have sinister intentions, are very vicious and cunning, and they are good at agitating people's hearts and winning over the troublesome people... This king must be on guard!"

Gao Qilue pondered, and said, "Since the king said so, the minister is naturally responsible. It's just that I don't know what Zhang Ximeng said, so I can't abuse me casually and insult me!"

Zhang Shicheng took a deep breath and said, "It also makes sense, to be honest, this king sent someone to get a copy from Jinling, and I took a cursory look at it, and it seemed that he said something... Mr. Qingqiu is very knowledgeable, so he can naturally compare with others. The king can understand."

As Zhang Shicheng spoke, he took out something from his sleeve and handed it to Gao Qi.

The booklet was very thin, with about 10,000 words or less. After he unfolded it, he glanced at it a few times, his expression changed slightly, and he hurriedly turned his head to the side, calmed down for a while, and then said to Zhang Shicheng: " Your Majesty, in a hurry, this minister may not be able to find the loophole, and after the minister intends to go back, I will invite a few friends to study it together and carefully refute this fallacy."

Zhang Shicheng paused and finally nodded, "Okay, but there is one thing, you must not spread it out."

Gao Qi nodded vigorously and said goodbye to Zhang Shicheng casually. He hid the booklet in his arms, almost trotted, and returned to the Qingqiu Thatched Cottage by the Wusong River.

That night, Gao Qi locked himself in the study, holding the booklet and reading it repeatedly. In the first half of the night, Gao Qi kept frowning. In the second half of the night, Gao Qi began to read his collection, especially some historical works. After that, compare it with what is written in the booklet.

After some hectic work, Gao Qi didn't get up until three poles in the sun and stretched his waist.

Even when he was eating, he was holding the pamphlet in his hand, constantly looking at it, thinking about it... After a morning, Gao Qi simply walked out of the house and went to invite his friends.

Yang Ji, Zhang Yu, Xu Ben, the three major talents were invited. Together with Gao Qi, the three of them were called Wuzhong Four Heroes, and they were all young talents.

"Brother Qingqiu, what kind of kindness do you have to invite us over? Is it writing poetry or drinking?" Yang Ji laughed.

Zhang Yu also said: "Yeah! Would you like to invite a few singers to come over, so as to add some interest?"

Gao Qi looked at the three of them and smiled slightly, "I also want to invite the singers to come over, but I'm afraid I'll humiliate the words of the sages!"

"Writing of the sages?" Yang Ji was puzzled, "I said Brother Qingqiu, you used the Analects of Confucius to pad the legs of the table, and Master Zhu's article was used as a piece of paper to wipe your butt, you didn't say that!"

Gao Qi's face flushed, and he quickly waved his hand, "Don't talk about this, I have a booklet here, come and have a look!"

As Gao Qi said that, he actually stood up and washed his hands with clean water, then respectfully, slowly unfolded it, and placed it in front of the big guy.

The three of them were also in shock, so they could only imitate Gao Qi's appearance, and after cleaning their hands, they gathered around.

When they saw these contents, they were stunned... Zhang Ximeng's booklet actually summed up the main ideas of the past few years.

The first is about the dynasties and dynasties, which revolved around land annexation and the change of dynasties that occurred. Above the destiny, it was the most fundamental survival problem for the common people.

In the second chapter, Zhang Ximeng summed up the mission of the Son of Heaven and put forward the proposition that everyone who grows between heaven and earth should have a piece of land of their own, where they can live and thrive.

So far, these two articles have revolved around the land. Although they are deafening, they are not shocking.

But the third article, but let people experience the author's sharp point.

Directly aimed at the Jinshen landlords, bureaucrats and gentry. Point out that they own the land and enjoy the benefits, and they survive by squeezing the people.

If it was just that, it wouldn't be astonishing. And the next part is the most terrible place. The author points out that the general rules created by the scholars are, in the final analysis, to protect their own interests. The scholars maintain their detached status by forming an alliance with the imperial power.

At the end of the article, the author takes the husband as the guideline of the wife and does not allow women to work as an example, and explains this matter carefully... There are two laws in this world.

One is that the gentry and landlords desperately preached, in order to let the tenants stay on the land forever, the gentry Gangchang who worshipped the land rent.

The other is ordinary people, in order to survive, husband and wife work together, help each other, work hard, and maintain a realistic choice for the family.

These are two things that exist at the same time, but ordinary people have no right to speak and are usually ignored.

Although the gentry could not eliminate the second law, they could, by various means, tie as many people as possible to the land and create an environment favorable to them.

It is only beneficial to the gentry, but it is increasingly detrimental to the country. The strong Han prospered the Tang Dynasty, the four concubines served as guests, the Zhao Song year-old coins prayed for peace, the defeat of Yashan, the fall of the Central Plains, the loss of clothes, and the century of Qiu Ruins... The sin lies in the scholars. !

The three articles came to an abrupt end, but the impact brought by them made these four great talents look at each other in dismay, and their hearts were shocked.

Yang Ji touched his chin and said in a panic, "Brother Qingqiu, how can this kind of article be left to the people, let's burn it!"

Gao Qi couldn't help laughing, "Burning? How to burn? This is what Wu Guogong's right minister Zhang Gong did! Not surprisingly, in schools in Jinling and other places, you will soon learn these three articles. It is about Juntian, restraint The propositions of the tyrannical will be implemented. Also, Duke Zhang's re-interpretation of the rise and fall and the interpretation of the general rules will probably be accepted by more and more people. Regardless of men and women, everyone contributes, and all the people are of one mind. At that time, it was easy to expel the barbarians and restore China! It is too much for us to burn Zhang Gong's articles."

These people looked at each other~www.readwn.com~ Xu Ben, who had not spoken for a while, suddenly said, "Brother Qingqiu, I can't tell you right now, but I have a lot of admiration for Duke Zhang. I plan to go to Jinling!"

"What?" Zhang Yu said in surprise: "You, you want to surrender Zhu Yuanzhang?"

"No!" Xu Ben shook his head and said, "I, I just want to ask the teacher to ask, the so-called Chao Wen Dao can die in the evening. If you count the loss of Yan Yun before, it has been three or four hundred years... two In the 100-year history of Song Debating, Master Zhu has made the orthodox discussion hype, but ask yourself, do you believe it? If you lose, you will lose. Perhaps as Zhang Gong said, the road of scholar-officials has come to an end, and it is time to open a new road.”

Zhang Yu and Yang Ji looked at each other. The number of words in the article was small, but it was shocking enough. No, Xu Ben has already used it.

"So, are you going to rely on Wu Guogong?" Yang Ji asked curiously.

Gao Qi pondered a little, and then said: "This matter is not busy, and there is one other thing, but it is very important."

"What's the matter?" the three asked together.

"We need to find a way to disseminate these three articles by Duke Zhang so that the scholars in Wudi can see it as soon as possible!" Gao Qi said categorically.