The person who followed Zhang Huangyan didn't look very old, his cheeks were thin, and his face was a little pale. Seeing that Deng Ming was in front of him, his movements seemed a little hesitant, and seeing this, Zhang Huangyan hurriedly said to him: "Didn't I tell you, Bao Guogong's favorite thing is to be polite, especially for scholars, Bao Guogong will never accept your big gifts." ”

"Zhang Shangshu is right," Deng Ming said with a smile, although he was only in his early twenties, but the title of the Duke of Guo was in his hands, and in theory, Zhang Huangyan should kowtow when he saw him. However, Deng Ming did not kowtow to the prince and the county king, and when he used to be the self-appointed governor, he only arched his hand when he saw Huang Yan, but now of course he will not accept other people's courtesies: "What is this gentleman called?" ”

"This is Mr. Evening Village."

"Grass people Lu Liuliang, I have seen Guogong."

Zhang Huangyan and Lu Liuliang replied at the same time, and after reporting to the house, Lu Liuliang fell silent again, listening to Zhang Huangyan introduce his situation to Deng Ming.

Lu Liuliang is only thirty-three years old this year, and when he was seventeen years old, his brother Lu Yuanliang went to Yangzhou to assist Shi Kefa, and was extremely lucky to break through and escape when the city was broken. Lü Liuliang and his nephew sold their wealth and organized volunteers to resist the Qing army around Taihu Lake, and his nephew Lü Xuanzhong (older than Lü Liuliang) was recommended by Zhang Huangyan and was awarded the position of governor by King Lu.

King Lu and Zhang Huangyan were defeated in Qiantang, the monarch fled into the sea, Lü Xuanzhong was pursued by the Qing army, resisted and retreated to Wuzhen, tried to regain his strength again and again but was defeated again and again, and finally the desperate Lü Xuanzhong disbanded the army and ordered his subordinates to escape. After being captured, 22-year-old Lü Xuanzhong refused to surrender to the Qing court and was killed. After the death of his nephew and the death of his brother after his brother fled back to his hometown, Lu Liuliang, who was 18 years old at the time, also lost the fighting spirit to continue fighting, and devoted himself to studying Zhu Xi's science.

In Deng Ming's previous life, Lu Liuliang wrote a large number of articles about the Huayi debate, and worked hard to give lectures in his hometown, teaching his disciples not to forget the pain of Lu Shen in Shenzhou. During the Yongzheng period, the Qing court determined that the ideas spread by Lü Liuliang were extremely dangerous to the rule of the Manchurians, and ordered that the deceased Lü Liuliang's body be opened and killed, and the clansmen over the age of fifteen would be beheaded, and under the age of fifteen would be sent into slavery, and all Lü Liuliang's works would be forbidden to be destroyed-The Qing court's persecution of Lü continued until the second year of Xuantong, and two years before the fall of the Manchu Dynasty, the Qing court lifted the slavery of Lü Liuliang's descendants and allowed them to regain their freedom--After the Xinhai Revolution, Cai Yuanpei went to Qiqihar to meet Lü's descendants, I admired this family, which was regarded as an enemy throughout the Manchu dynasty. Because of their hatred for Lu Liuliang, the Aixin Jueluo family enslaved his descendants forever, forbade them to read and write, and stubbornly persisted until the last moment before the fall of this dynasty.

"Late Village (Lu Liuliang's number) was known as a prodigy when he was a child, and he drew inferences from one case and never forgot it." Although there is a lot of age difference, Zhang Huangyan and Lu Liuliang's brother are both friends, so they are also friends with Lu Liuliang.

Deng Ming went to the south of the Yangtze River all times, and he did not deliberately woo the scholars, basically asking them to lurk. Zhang Huangyan originally had no intention of soliciting for Deng Ming. In Zhang Shangshu's view, the relationship between a thirsty monarch and a noble aspiring wise man is like a couple, just as the man needs to ask a matchmaker to say goodbye, and the celebrity should also wait for the monarch's visit at home, which is also beneficial to the reputation of both parties; If it's the other way around, then it's a little inappropriate, just like how much a girl likes an offspring, she can't jump out and propose marriage by herself.

But Deng Ming came once, twice, three times, and each time there was no movement, at most he returned to Sichuan with some children of small landlords and rich peasants, and Zhang Huangyan saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart, fearing that Deng Ming would leave a very bad reputation among the gentry because of this -- in fact, the gentry in Jiangnan were indeed dissatisfied with this. Before Zheng Chenggong died, he also wrote a letter to Zhang Huangyan mentioning this matter, and privately asked Zhang Huangyan to help Deng Ming find some virtuous assistants.

Zheng Chenggong was tight-lipped about Deng Ming's life experience, Zhang Huangyan was both suspicious and dissatisfied, but the request of his old friend Zheng Jiansheng Zhang Juren was still in his heart, the last time he heard about the Sichuan Army's Eastern Expedition, Zhang Huangyan pondered about introducing a few gentlemen to Deng Ming, but unfortunately he heard that Deng Ming went to Burma to King Qin. Zhang Huangyan was helpless, and finally sang and reconciled with Ren Tang, mobilizing Zhu Zhiyu to Sichuan, which was better than nothing.

This time, when he heard that Deng Ming had come in person, Zhang Huangyan immediately wrote to Lu Liuliang and asked him to follow him to see Deng Ming -- Lu Liuliang's brothers were Zhang Huangyan's friends, and his nephew had also accepted the official position of King Lu and had served in King Lu's army. Therefore, this is a person who has a very personal relationship, and the political zhì faction belongs to the Lu Wang family's own people - although it was Zheng Chenggong's entrustment before his death to help Deng Ming befriend the gentry, this did not prevent Zhang Shangshu from giving priority to introducing the Jin gentry of the Lu Wang family.

Although Lu Liuliang's ancestor was an official eunuch of the Ming Dynasty in the previous generation, when he and his nephew raised troops to respond to Lu Jianguo, they had already sold all their ancestors' property, and later his brother also died of hunger and cold. Lu Liuliang had nothing to do at this time, and only relied on teaching for a living, so he didn't have much to worry about after receiving Zhang Huangyan's letter, and rushed to Zhenjiang with his wife and children.

The reason why Deng Ming is not enthusiastic about wooing the gentry is that he feels that he has no position to handle. Most of these gentlemen have industries in their hometowns, and if they are allowed to abandon their families and businesses and go to Sichuan, it will be against the concept of this era not to give them an official position, and in the eyes of ordinary people, Deng Ming is insulting those who defect to him. Therefore, Deng Ming only recruited the children of small landlords and rich peasants, and it was not humiliating to let these people become teachers, and they would not be dissatisfied.

Hearing that although this Lu Wancun is a gentleman, but can do learning and teaching with peace of mind, Deng Ming is of course very happy, and from Zhang Huangyan's introduction, he is still a first-class scholar, although he is only in his thirties, but he is a master of science and a famous calligrapher in Jiangnan.

"Recently, the grass people have been discussing Zhuzi with Huanglizhou." After the three of them sat down, Lu Liuliang told Deng Ming that he and Huang Zongxi had often studied together in the past two years. Last time, Qian Qianyi and Huang Zongxi also sent disciples to Deng Mingjunzhong, but Deng Ming did not invite them warmly, but politely gave them some entanglement and sent them away. is similar to Zhang Huangyan's opinion, Jiangnan Jinshen is like a girl with a spring, seeing that Deng Ming has been delayed in proposing marriage, he threw out a piece of champas, but Deng Ming did not take the opportunity to talk, which is like an open refusal.

Therefore, when Lu Liuliang came this time, Huang Zongxi and others also reacted coldly, thinking that Lu Liuliang had a good chance of running for nothing. In Deng Ming's previous life, Lu Liuliang later broke off relations with Huang Zongxi, because Lu Liuliang believed that the Manchu Qing Dynasty would be the death of the world, and would rather leave the country than accept the conscription of Emperor Kangxi; Huang Zongxi insisted that Kangxi was a natural saint and scolded the Ming Dynasty for being mediocre - later Huang Zongxi's disciples were active collaborators of the Qing court, while Lu Liuliang's disciples ran around to expel the Tartars, and the two naturally parted ways. However, the relationship between Lu Liuliang and Huang Zongxi has not yet reached this point, so he also came to Deng Mingjun to ask for directions for his friends.

In addition to Lu Liuliang, Zhang Huangyan also wrote to another famous person, Zhang Dai, inviting him to come to Zhenjiang to meet Deng Ming. Zhang Dai was also an active supporter of King Lu, and after Lu Jianguo and Zhang Huangyan escaped from the sea, Zhang Dai also returned to his hometown in discouragement. Just like Zheng Chenggong is a disciple of Qian Qianyi, so the first thing he thought of after invading the Yangtze River was the scholars of the Qian Party, Zhang Huangyan saw that Deng Ming's strength was expanding and there was a great tendency to return to Jiangnan, so he hoped that the supporters of King Lu could take the lead in forming Deng Ming's scholars and gentry team.

However, Zhang Dai did not come at the invitation of Zhang Huangyan, but planned to observe what happened to Lu Liuliang first: if Deng Ming still looked like he was ignoring the Jiangnan gentry, and was perfunctory to the people recommended by Zhang Huangyan, then Zhang Dai could be sure that Deng Ming was indeed as rumored, only looking at strength, and regarded scholars as dispensable, then he would not be humiliated.

After listening to Zhang Huangyan's introduction, Deng Ming was extremely enthusiastic about Lu Liuliang, which made Zhang Huangyan secretly breathe a sigh of air, and the big stone in his chest fell to the ground; Lu Liuliang was also overjoyed, feeling that the rumors of Deng Ming's contempt for scholars were completely different from the facts. And neither of them knew that Deng Ming was secretly happy in his heart at this time: a gentleman from a middle-class family, or a well-known scholar and a master of science, probably a professor's position plus a good salary is enough, and there is no need to take out an official position to comfort - who said that there are no good goods?

However, Lu Liuliang's expression always made Deng Ming feel a little weird, the other party seemed to be preoccupied, and he was a "grass people", so it is said that the gentry should not depreciate his identity so much.

When Lu Liuliang once again called himself a "grass people", Deng Ming couldn't hold back: "Even if Mr. Wancun has no fame, he doesn't have to be so humble, right?" ”

Deng Ming felt that there was nothing in this sentence, but he knew that Lu Liuliang was like being struck by lightning, and his face turned red all of a sudden.

Deng Ming didn't know what he said wrong, and when he thought about it, he guessed that most of the other party thought that he was ridiculing him for not having real talent and learning, so he didn't even have a fame: "Everyone has their own ambitions, and Mr. Wancun regards fame as dung, which is very comfortable." ”

Lu Liuliang was quite famous in the study of Confucianism at a young age, and when Zhang Huangyan introduced this, his tone was full of admiration, so Deng Ming felt that his words were definitely not wrong, Lu Liuliang just didn't want to take the test, not that he couldn't pass the test.

But he didn't want this sentence to make Lu Liuliang's face red, and he stood up from his seat on the ground: "What the Guogong blames is that the grass people's reputation is damaged and embarrassing. ”

Deng Ming didn't know what the other party was talking about, but finally realized that he must be wrong on top of wrong.

Zhang Huangyan sighed, he had long thought that Deng Ming's master level was limited, so he concluded that Deng Ming's words were unintentional: "Admiral Deng, in the seventh year of Yongli, the late village went to participate in the imperial examination of the Tartars. ”

After the failure of the anti-Qing Dynasty, the Lu family was destitute, his nephew was martyred, and his brother died in poverty. With Lu Liuliang's talent, he also easily gained fame, but Lu Liuliang regretted it afterwards, feeling that this was a mistake and hatred for eternity.

After listening to Zhang Huangyan's brief introduction, Deng Ming also sighed lightly, in his opinion, this is not a big deal. But on second thought, this is because Deng Ming is from the future, and he does not have a deep hatred for the Manchus. And the scholars of this era participated in the imperial examination of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which was probably equivalent to accepting the hypocrisy of the devil during the anti-Japanese invasion of China. For Lu Liuliang, even if it is just to support his family, it is enough to disgrace his ancestors.

"Actually, it's nothing." Deng Ming said softly, but Lu Liuliang's face was still flushed, obviously not taking Deng Ming's comfort seriously.

"Ugh." Although they didn't get along for a long time, Deng Ming was already in awe of the Lu family, in order to fight against the invaders, the Lu family contributed all their family property and young nephews, Lu Liuliang was only seventeen or eight years old when he participated in the imperial examination, and he was just a high school student in the next generation, what else could he ask him to do? Turn the tide or not eat Zhou Li?

Before crossing over to this era, Deng Ming never knew that there were so many people who insisted on resisting the Qing Dynasty until the last moment in the late Ming Dynasty, and his impression was Mr. Lu Xun's words: The Manchu Qing Dynasty worked hard to make the people of the world never feel that there were people with some backbone among our Chinese authors.

Deng Ming raised his hand to take off his helmet, gently placed it on the table, pointed to his short hair and asked, "Does Mr. Wancun know that I also have braids?" ”

Lu Liuliang was stunned, and Zhang Huangyan hurriedly explained: "Isn't Admiral Deng going to attack when the Tartars are eating and sleeping? ”

"That was later. Earlier, before I met Yasukuni outside Chongqing, all I was thinking about was shaving my head, and all I wanted was not to be caught and killed by the Tartars. Deng Mingzheng said: "There are very few people like Prime Minister Wen Tianxiang, not everyone can do it without being greedy for life and afraid of death, and not doing something against their will in order to make a living." Maybe Zhang Shangshu can do what Prime Minister Wen did, but I can't do it. Mr. Evening Village and I are the same kind of people. I didn't do anything for the tiger, so what's wrong with shaving my head? Just keep your hair back on. ”

After finishing speaking, Deng Ming sent an invitation to Lu Liuliang: "I plan to set up a new academy in Xuzhou to teach children and Tongxiucai to read and reason, I wonder if Mr. Wancun is willing to help me?" ”

Lu Liuliang did not agree immediately, but asked rhetorically: "What does Guogong plan to teach them?" ”

"Distinguish between right and wrong," Deng Ming paused and added: "Let the fellow talents in Sichuan know that people can't be arrogant, but they can't be arrogant." ”

"I see," Lu Liuliang smiled slightly, although Deng Ming said briefly just now, it let him relieve some of the pressure in his heart: "This should be my strength, I will do my best." ”

After hearing Lu Liuliang change his name, Deng Ming also smiled: "Okay, the battle is my strength, and I will do my best, as long as I still have a breath of air, I will ensure that Mr. Wancun can show his strengths in Xuzhou without interference; Well, there is also the accumulation of money, as long as I am still in this position, Mr. Wancun does not have to worry about the books and paper and ink of the children in Xuzhou. ”

"It's a deal." Lu Liuliang confirmed loudly.

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