Zhu Fangdan was gone, and he never appeared in Henan again, and all the Confucians in Ruzhou came forward to thank Cheng Xiaolian: "If it weren't for Your Majesty's vigorous pressure, presumably that heresy would definitely be propagating heresy heresy." Now that I heard that he had left in disgrace, he didn't even tell his personal disciples that His Majesty had made great contributions to the world! ”

These people said that Cheng Xiaolian drove Zhu Fangdan away, but what they thought in their hearts was that maybe His Majesty had secretly slaughtered Zhu Fangdan, and they were deeply relieved to think that His Majesty respected Confucianism and Taoism so much: "Your Majesty is Your Majesty after all, and you are more powerful than the dog emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty." ”

Of course, Cheng Xiaolian didn't have the heart to listen to their compliments, if they were given time, I was afraid that they would be able to say that they would not be the same for a day and a night, since they came, if they didn't want to have any benefits, they couldn't help but run hard, so after several pulls, Chen Chengan got some benefits in their hands, and the power of the government was overwhelmed by these families both openly and secretly.

Not long after, Kangxi, who was far away in Beijing, also got the news, but he sighed for a moment in the study and then shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I am still indecisive, since I decided not to accept Zhu Fangdan's doctrine, I should have killed him immediately, and I can also get the heart of a Confucian scholar, and now I have cheapened the former Ming court in vain, which is really hateful." ”

In history, Kangxi has also gone through many repetitions, from the beginning of the attempt, to the final forced by the pressure of Confucianism to cut Zhu Fangdan, which has gone through more than ten years, and now Cheng Xiaolian directly cut off this possibility, which can be regarded as doing something good. Regardless of Zhu Fangdan's qigong, his research on the human body is definitely in the right direction, and if possible, Cheng Xiaolian also hopes that he can sow the seeds.

The development of any kind of consciousness and thought cannot be a smooth road from the beginning, and it must go through countless setbacks and obstacles before it can start a sect, and the precipitation of Confucianism in China for thousands of years, the inertia is so great that Cheng Xiaolian does not dare to challenge it now.

But whether Confucianism has developed to the present is healthy, has become a question for Cheng Xiaolian to think, a doctrine has no opponent and must have a school, but the Confucianism in the world is a Confucian and Mencian family, without opponents will not find their own shortcomings, so those who have read the books of sages, there are not a few things that are not as good as beasts, Confucianism has become a layer of their coat, with this coat can find partners, However, it is indeed a condemning theory for how many people have entered the hearts of Confucianism or whether many people have to believe in Confucianism in order to survive in the world.

If Cheng Xiaolian is an ordinary descendant of the Zhu family, he will definitely regard Confucianism as the guideline, but he is from a later generation, and the contention of a hundred schools of thought may not be conducive to the rule of the monarch, but it is beneficial to the country, of course, it is impossible for him to make a situation of a hundred schools of thought contending now, and it is impossible to overthrow Confucianism and establish other doctrines, but as Zhu Fangdan said to him, as long as the seeds are planted, they will naturally blossom and bear fruit, and if one generation does not achieve two or three generations, one day there will be a doctrine to fight with the way of Confucius and Mencius. And this is not necessarily a good thing for Confucianism.

At this time, Wu Sangui's people also rushed to Ruzhou, and when the envoy saw Cheng Xiaolian, he put on a sad look: "The emperor of the Ming Dynasty, His Majesty asked me to ask me, can you forget the hatred of destroying the country?" ”

Chen Chengan laughed: "Why do you ask this question, the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty do not share the sky, a few days ago, they robbed the Manchu Qing Dynasty of five million taels of silver and the land of two prefectures and one state, but you are the Great Zhou, you have been fighting for so many days without an inch, and our court is also wondering if you are not working hard, and you want to finally reap the benefits of the fisherman!" ”

"How can we say this, we have fought with the Manchus to the blood, and now thousands of soldiers are killed every day, how can we have a day of relaxation? But you, what's the matter with that proclamation document sent to the world? ”

Chen Chengan can be said to be well versed in the way of sophistry, and as soon as he came up, he used his power to suppress people, and immediately suppressed the momentum of Wu Sangui's envoy, and this question also seemed very weak.

"The people of the Manchu court were shameless, saying that they would give us five million taels of silver so that we would no longer attack Henan Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion, and deceived us into writing a document, but they extended our big seal and issued another document to announce it to the world, don't you see the meaning of sowing discord?"

"We, our Majesty is extremely sage, how can we not see it, just let us ask what is going on, my Majesty said, since you have issued a notice with the Manchu Qing and received the silver from others, you will definitely compensate for the loss of his involvement in the main force of the Manchu Qing in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the silver should be divided between our two families."

"Your emperor is too greedy, right, he wants to divide it into three?"

"Thirty percent is yours, my majesty said, he wants seventy percent, if there is no seventy percent, my majesty will withdraw the army, and then the Manchu army will definitely pour its national strength to attack, I'm afraid you can't stop it at all."

Chen Chengan smiled: "My lord forgot one thing? ”

"What's the matter?"

"That proclamation was sent to the world by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and you said that if they really poured their national strength into attacking, wouldn't they have slapped themselves in the face?"

"You 。。。。。。"

Jia Xu stood up at this time: "Of course, our Da Ming and Da Zhou are both Han people, and it is not impossible to take out one million taels of silver to support Da Zhou, but it seems that you are not interested in Huguang, our population is a bit large, and the land has not been enough recently, since our two families are the same qi and branches, there is no problem in dividing one or two prefectures and counties to us, right?" ”

The envoy's face turned red: "You are a scoundrel, Hubei has been ceded to you, if you have to gain an inch, is it that our army in the Great Zhou is all decoration?" ”

"You can't say that, we don't ask for it in vain, don't we still give silver, besides, you go to count all over the world, buy a house with a million taels of silver, except for our Daming in order to give you a few thin noodles, who will do such a thing?"

Jia Xu then Chen Chengan said: "It's not that we don't want to give it, this silver has been shown to the brothers in the army, and they all think that the silver was cut out by themselves with a knife and a gun, if they just take one million taels of it and give it to you for nothing, the morale of the soldiers in the army will definitely fall when they fight, and those who don't know think that we are afraid of you, and dare not give you the silver to ask for your understanding." ”

The envoy waved his hand: "No matter what, this matter will not work, our land is also defeated by the soldiers inch by inch, if it is given away in vain, there is no way to explain." ”

"This lord, are you wrong again, if those soldiers know that the land they have conquered is worth so much silver, they will definitely rejoice, and they are destined to be more brave in future battles."

(End of chapter)