When Deng Ming and Meng Zhengfa met late, a person from the prefect's yamen hurriedly ran up to the city tower and reported to Deng Ming: "Mr. Hui passed away this morning. ”

It turned out that Liu Jinge was angry after returning to the prefect's yamen just now, and he kept complaining in his heart that Hui Shiyang and Gong Yan didn't show up and didn't come to help him. But the qualifications of these two people are much higher than Liu Jinge, even his father Liu Tichun has to be respectful when he sees them, so although Liu Jinge was angry, he didn't send anyone to ask the reason.

didn't let Liu Jinge wait long, and one of Gong Yan's entourage rushed to the prefect's yamen and informed the Chengdu prefect of Hui Shiyang's bad news. After hearing the news, Liu Jinge hurried to Hui Shiyang's residence, and at the same time asked one of his subordinates to go to the city tower to report Deng Ming.

Liu Jinge came to the place where Hui Shiyang lived and saw Gong Yan who was in a sad mood.

"Yesterday, Lao Pingzhang practiced etiquette all night, and he was very tired, and he only rested a little this morning under the persuasion of everyone." Hui Shiyang's entourage reported the ins and outs of the matter to Liu Jinge in detail: "At that time, Lao Pingzhang was already dressed neatly, and he refused to change his clothes, just sat on a chair and closed his eyes to recuperate. Later, when it was almost time, Shangshu went to the house to look, and saw Lao Pingzhang holding his forehead with one hand, sleeping soundly, and he couldn't bear to wake him up. I couldn't wait any longer, and I wanted to call Lao Pingzhang up, but I found that Lao Pingzhang had already gone immortal. ”

According to this attendant, Hui Shiyang walked peacefully, with a smile on his face. Finding that Hui Shiyang was hopeless, Gong Yan did not go to greet Deng Ming as planned, but took care of Hui Shiyang's funeral. Liu Jinge walked lightly to the front of the hall and saw a brand-new coffin, Hui Shiyang was already lying inside, and the inside and outside of the house were all cleaned up.

"Just now, Shangshu asked Baoguo Gong to wait." Liu Jinge sighed lightly, he knew that this was really an unforeseen situation, but he still had some regrets, and felt that Gong Yan could leave these things to the people below to do, and he didn't have to stay here in person all the time.

Although Liu Jinge's voice was slight, Gong Yan raised his head suddenly, his gray beard also trembled, and he asked sharply: "Are you blaming the old man for not leaving Lao Pingzhang here alone and going to the city gate to preside over the welcome ceremony?" ”

"Shangshu is angry, how dare the juniors?" Of course, Liu Jinge meant this, but when he saw Gong Yan furious, he hurriedly apologized.

"Lao Pingzhang followed me south to Sichuan at the age of 100 and wanted to help you. Now that he is dead in a foreign country, if the old man leaves him when his bones are not cold, and only cares about the flames, is he still a person? The more Gong Yan spoke, the more angry he became, and his voice was so loud that it was as if a big bell was rumbling in the room: "Lao Pingzhang is here to assist Deng Ming this time, if he has a little popularity, he should also come to condole." ”

"Shang Shu said yes." Liu Jinge nodded repeatedly.

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After hearing that Hui Shiyang had passed away and Gong Yan was busy taking care of the aftermath so he couldn't attend the celebration, Deng Ming was slightly surprised. He didn't know the slightest bit about Gong Yan, and he didn't even know when he would defect to the camp. I heard that this person was greatly favored by Chongzhen, but Li Zicheng broke through Beijing, so he surrendered to King Chuang without hesitation, and also burned the god card of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty.

However, Gong Yan resolutely resisted the Manchu Qing Dynasty and persisted until now, even if Deng Ming had contempt for this person, he would not show it. What's more, Gong Yan and Kui Dongjun have an inextricable relationship, even if it is for the sake of Kui Dongjun's face, he must treat Gong Yan politely. The most important thing is that Deng Ming is not a Ming Dynasty clan, not to mention that Gong Yan burned the Taimiao of the Ming Dynasty, that is, he dug up the tombs of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, and in Deng Ming's view, it is just an evil act of destroying cultural relics.

As soon as he heard the bad news, Deng Ming said to the left and right without thinking: "Mr. Hui came thousands of miles to Chengdu to guide me, but I can't see it, so I will go to his spirit to mourn and mourn." ”

Zhu Zhiyu had been hiding to the side just now, far away from Deng Ming and Meng Zhengfa, and heard the people around him talking about Hui Shiyang's sudden death, Zhu Zhiyu was stunned for a moment, and then walked over. Before, Meng Zhengfa and Zhu Zhiyu planned to attack Hui Shiyang and Gong Yan's conduct, but now that they heard that Deng Ming actually wanted to mourn, Zhu Zhiyu wanted to say something to stop it: If the children of the Ming clan meet the traitors who defected, it may be understandable, and it can be explained by the anti-Qing forces that can be united by unity; But it is extremely inappropriate to mourn such a man, and it is tantamount to affirming what he did during his lifetime—this kind of traitor who has failed the grace of the king is more hateful than a thief.

But when Zhu Zhiyu walked over, Xiong Lan was the first to speak in support of Deng Ming's decision. According to Xiong Lan's knowledge, Deng Ming always showed considerable respect for the deceased. Even the enemies of the Ming army could be buried in the ground after death, and Xiong Lan had never heard of Deng Ming's grave digging and whipping of corpses.

And when Zhu Zhiyu walked next to Deng Ming and didn't have time to speak, Meng Zhengfa once again preempted his old friend and spoke on behalf of the two people: "Guogong's words are extremely true, Mr. Hui is still determined to resist capture at the age of 100, and with this alone, no matter what is wrong with him in the past, he should not be bothered with him." ”

Meng Zhengfa's words blocked Zhu Zhiyu's exhortation at once. Meng Zhengfa brought Zhu Zhiyu a lot of "surprises" today, which made Zhu Zhiyu stunned every time. Just this morning, Meng Zhengfa also talked a lot about how Hui Shiyang defected, surrendered, and counted his bad deeds, claiming that he would reprimand him in front of Deng Ming with Zhu Zhiyu, so that Hui Shiyang and Gong Yan could not get off the stage in front of everyone, even if they knelt down and kowtowed to ask for guilt, they would beat the water dog to the end.

And now Meng Zhengfa suddenly made a 180-degree turn, which made Zhu Zhiyu unable to slow down, but the more shocking remarks of Zhu Zhiyu were still to come.

"Although Mr. Hui and I and Brother Zhu Ren have different political views, we all have great admiration for Mr. Hui's knowledge." Meng Zhengfa talked to a few people, and he had basically figured out some of the things that happened outside the city today, the ceremony that Liu Jinge had prepared was in vain, and Xiong Lan, who had always stood next to Deng Ming, presided over all the celebrations. President Xiong is to the point in every word, he is definitely a hidden guy, and he has figured out Deng Ming's mind so much that he is not far from ten. So after hearing Xiong Lan's words, Meng Zhengfa immediately decided to follow quickly, and sang his motto is not to "waste people because of words", out of reverence for Mr. Hui Shiyang, Meng Zhengfa of course wants to mourn.

Meng Zhengfa quickly pointed at Zhu Zhiyu again: "Brother Zhu Ren is also going to go together." ”

As soon as Zhu Zhiyu puffed up, he was about to say that he would not see off this kind of old traitor, and he was angry when he saw Gong Yan's appearance. But before Zhu Zhiyu could speak, Meng Zhengfa glared at him fiercely, and said loudly to Deng Ming again: "I wonder if it's okay for our two brothers to go with Guogong?" ”

"Since we're going, we'll go together." Deng Ming now has a very good impression of Meng Zhengfa, obviously this person is very knowledgeable. Zhu Shunshui's name has a lot of weight in Deng Ming's mind, but it seems that his heart and strength can't be compared with this Meng Zhengfa, and the former Rentang actually said bad things about Meng Zhengfa behind his back - sure enough, hearsay can't be completely believed.

From the conversation, Deng Ming also felt that obviously Meng Zhengfa's bones were not as hard as Chen Zuocai's, and most of them didn't have the courage to scold themselves in front of everyone, but after a short period of contact, Deng Ming felt that Meng Zhengfa's talent was definitely not under Chen Zuocai, and he had traveled around several southeastern provinces, and his knowledge and experience were first-class among contemporary scholars.

Deng Ming faintly felt that the academies in Chengdu should perhaps divide the names of teachers into more detail, and divide general professors into several levels: professor, associate professor, lecturer, teaching assistant and so on. In Deng Ming's view, Meng Zhengfa is absolutely qualified for the position of professor of the college, and there is probably no problem in serving as the head of the department. If Meng Zhengfa can teach as seriously as Chen Zuocai, it will be a great blessing for the students of the academy, whether it is to broaden his horizons or improve his literacy, Meng Zhengfa is probably stronger than Chen Zuocai.

For Gong Yan's position, Deng Ming also has similar plans. Although Deng Ming did not have time to go to the academy to observe, he quietly sent people to collect the content of their debates, and in terms of history and military insight, Gong Yan was much higher than Meng Zhengfa. Deng Ming felt that the head of the history department of the academy must be at ease with Gong Yan, but he didn't know if Mr. Gong was willing to condescend.

Until now, Deng Ming still felt that Chen Zuo was the best candidate for the position of sacrificial wine in Chengdu Academy. Maybe Chen Zuocai's travel experience is not as good as Meng Zhengfa and Zhu Zhiyu, and he can't be compared with Gong Yan, and Chen Zuocai's articles and insights may not be as good as the other three, but Chen Zuocai dared to directly reprimand Deng Ming, who was surrounded by guards, in front of everyone.

Deng Ming has always believed that as a university president, knowledge and teaching ability are indispensable, but they do not have to be the first in the whole school. Administrative affairs can be assisted by excellent assistants, and the key is the headmaster's own mind and courage to defy the powerful. Deng Ming knew that Chen Zuocai had enough courage to protect teachers and students, and would not bow his head under Deng Ming himself or other powerful forces. As for Gong Yan and Meng Zhengfa, Deng Ming has no confidence. I haven't had much contact with Zhu Zhiyu yet, and Deng Ming doesn't know what this person's personality is.

Of course, Deng Ming will not say it to outsiders.

When Deng Ming and Meng Zhengfa walked down the city tower, the latter felt that Deng Ming and himself could talk very well today, and it seemed to be an appropriate opportunity to wash their hands, so they took the initiative to mention their past affairs to Deng Ming. As long as he takes this opportunity to get Deng Ming's forgiveness, others will no longer be able to attack him with these problems in the future.

The reputation of deceiving teachers and destroying ancestors is too ugly, Meng Zheng mentioned the past with a little bit of water, and then said to Deng Ming with a face full of remorse that he was arrogant and ignorant......

"What's there to blame for this?" Before Meng Zheng finished his confession, Deng Ming interrupted his confession.

Deng Ming was not originally a person of this era, and he didn't get along with the scholars for a long time after crossing over, and he never raised the discord between teachers and students to the height of bullying the monarch and disobedience and unfilial piety - even if he bullied the monarch and disregarded Deng Ming, he didn't feel anything; Although disobedience and unfilial piety should not be, it will not be cut by a thousand cuts.

What's more, the teacher that Meng Zhengfa betrayed was only his invigilator and didn't really teach him. In this era, this relationship is highly valued, and the invigilator is considered to be equivalent to a teacher. But Deng Ming didn't feel the same way, he didn't talk about his own invigilator, and in his previous life, his classmates were even more dissatisfied with the invigilator. Meng Zhengfa's fact is nothing.

Deng Ming smiled: "Isn't there a saying that 'I love my teacher, and I love the truth more'? ”

Of course, Meng Zhengfa hadn't heard of this sentence and was stunned for a moment. But when I savored the meaning in it, I couldn't help but be ecstatic, Deng Ming didn't mean to forgive or not blame the past, but simply excused him, and even applauded it.

"That's what Guogong said." Meng Zhengfa immediately stopped repenting. He made up his mind to write this instruction from the Lord of the Kingdom into a plaque overnight and hang it on the door of his house.

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