Chapter 472: The Reflection of the Ming Dynasty and the Death of the Ming Dynasty on the Intellectuals

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Qinhuai water is long, thousands of years endless, it carries the wind and rain of the six dynasties, but it is still undisturbed.

In the painting boat on the river, Fang Yizhi drank one glass after another, and chanted with emotion with five points of drunkenness: "The frost is like snow and the lonely southern expedition, and Mo Dao can have no reason for the country." reprimanded Fang Shi and laughed, and the yoke was always famous. Lingyun has been moving for a long time, and the cane and sword become the sound of wind and rain. There are only few letters in the sea, and there are crazy births under Longmian Mountain. ”

Especially when he chanted the last two sentences, the expression on his face was full of loneliness, and Huang Zongxi, who was sitting opposite, couldn't help but sigh when he heard it.

Among the four sons of the Restoration Society, the other three rouge are relatively heavy, only Fang Yizhi is strong and clear, with a firm will, and he is bent on displaying his ambitions and taking it as his responsibility to support the country and Kuang Zheng.

Now that the general trend of the world has become clear, if nothing else, it is a foregone conclusion that Great Qin will dominate the world. Fang Yizhi went to Wuchang early in the morning, and fought with his tongue on the Bagu Forum, and his reputation was not small.

Judging from the situation of King Qin's sweeping of the couch and the recruitment of talents by some celebrities and scholars, he should be a courteous corporal and an emperor who attaches great importance to talents;

But the strange thing is that King Qin not only did not promote and hire talents like Fang Yizhi, but also applied a big board, which must have another hidden meaning.

The painting boat drove into the Mochou Lake leisurely, looking at it, the clear light is vast, the majestic shadow of the male city enters the waves, the pink Dai rivers and mountains, leaving half of the lake smoke and rain.

Huang Zongxi poured a glass of wine for Fang Yizhi, and said slowly: "Brother Mi is full of wealth and is determined to serve the country and help the people. ”

Fang Yizhi replied rather unevenly: "I know the way, I think it must be Qian Qianyi and a large number of other people who are slaves and knees, and recognize thieves as their fathers, which makes King Qin have prejudices against Donglin and reprimand him as a cheat. ”

In the past, everyone called Qian Qianyi Mr. Mu Zhai, but now Fang Yizhi calls Qian Qianyi by his name, which shows that he is very contemptuous of what he does.

Huang Zongxi was silent for a long time. Said quite heavily: "Brother Mi probably only knows one thing, but I don't know the other, King Qin rejects Donglin, and half of Donglin's people are only one of the reasons." A few days ago, I had a long conversation with Gu Ningren, and I heard from him a passage from King Qin when he talked about current affairs with him. ”

"King Qin's words? Please also ask Brother Taichong to give advice. ”

According to Gu Ningren, when he and the King of Qin discussed the affairs of the Ming Dynasty, the King of Qin had such remarks: Since the Ming Dynasty Chengzu made a preface to promulgate the "Five Classics", "Four Books", and "Sex and Reason". The Ming Dynasty began to live with Confucius and Meng, and Cheng Zhu was abandoned, and the ancient learning was abandoned, and the "Daquan" came out and died.

After the middle of the Ming Dynasty, a group of corrupt Confucians went mad and continued to add fuel to the fire, almost completely abandoning the way of governing the country and leveling the world since the Qin and Han dynasties.

The people of the world take moral articles as the only criterion, and only pay attention to discipline and not talent, which has created a large number of people who can only draw a line with 'dissidents' and engage in moral criticism every day. The rest of the moral guards who don't know anything about it, so that the situation of the Ming Dynasty is declining. Emperor Chongzhen hanged the coal mountain, not because of this 'positive' word. ”

After hearing these words, Fang Yizhi buzzed in his head. It almost exploded, such a heavy criticism completely subverted his original ideological framework, which was difficult for him to accept, and he wanted to refute it. Huang Zongxi shook his head and said: "Mizhi, please listen to me finish speaking, there is another paragraph behind King Qin, if the secret brother is me." After listening to this passage, I am afraid that I will not be able to stand it even more, and what King Qin said about this passage is the mentor of the next. ”

"King Qin actually took Mr. Niantai to talk about things, this is too much, what did he say, and ask Brother Taichong to tell me one or two." The Mr. Niantai that Fang Yizhi said was Liu Zongzhou, who had a very high prestige in reading.

To this day, what can the foolish brother not say, King Qin's original words are as follows: Mr. Niantai is a righteous gentleman who is knowledgeable and well-behaved during the Apocalypse of the Ming Dynasty and the Chongzhen period. and Mr. Shi Zhai of Tongshan, Fujian, who is admired by Donglin and Fushe.

As far as the wind goes, people often have an illusion that as long as Mr. Niantai and Mr. Shi Zhai are in charge of the government, the Ming Dynasty has the hope of prosperity;

In fact, neither gentleman is the pillar of governance. They are upright and cannot change; dare to make a mistake and be straightforward and reasonable; Although self-discipline is strict, it does not help the world.

Their lifelong pursuit is a kind of self-perfection. Since this perfection is self-centered, it often appears pretentious. Emperor Chongzhen once issued an order to summon Mr. Shi Zhai into Beijing to play right, which was an eventful autumn;

However, in order to show that he has a 'shame' in advancing and retreating, Mr. Shi Zhai even left behind the Confucian creed of 'the king has a life, not to drive'.

Considering the inconvenience of transportation, the envoy shuttled through the road, and only after many years did he enter Beijing to serve gracefully. This is just as the saying goes, when the wind is frightened and the wind is slow, if you want to rely on this kind of person to save the crisis, it is tantamount to asking for a fish from a tree. ”

Mr. Niantai refers to Liu Zongzhou, and Mr. Shi Zhai refers to Huang Daozhou, it is true that these two people can definitely be called moral gentlemen, but now, even Fang Yizhi himself does not think that these two gentlemen are the pillars of governing the country.

Because the facts have proven everything.

Hongguang, once used Liu Zongzhou as the imperial history of the left capital, he said that Huaifu Lu Zhenfei sent his family out of the city is to advocate escape, but he can be beheaded; Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing led the army to flee south, but they could be killed.

At that time, among the Jianghuai ministers, only Lu Zhenfei dared to compete with the Dashun army that went south, and he was loyal to the Ming Dynasty. Liu Zongzhou suggested that he be beheaded in the name of the General Constitution; Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing held heavy troops, and they invited them to be knighted with the "merit" of supporting the establishment of a fixed policy, which was inconsistent and had no tendency to kill at all.

In Fang Yizhi's view, Liu Zongzhou said that Liu Zeqing and others could be killed. Yes, Liu Zeqing can be killed; However, at that time, Nanjing had no soldiers and no generals, and Liu Zongzhou made this alarmist statement, which was not only not enough to strengthen the country's prestige, but was really the way to cause trouble.

As for Huang Daozhou, not to mention, he served as the first assistant in the Longwu Dynasty in Fujian, but the result was that Longwu did nothing in the first place, and the two or three thousand flat troops he organized were also defeated with one blow, not only could not save Longwu, anyway, the entire Longwu Dynasty fell into the abyss, it is true that these are not all Huang Daozhou's fault, but as the first assistant, he was deeply respected by Longwu, so didn't he have the slightest responsibility?

Huang Zongxi, as a student of Liu Zongzhou, said these words in front of him now, obviously thinking that Qin Mu was not wrong.

Donglin Party people are very admiring Liu, Huang two, as far as the wind goes, they also advocate the rule of morality, value is the character of the minister, no matter what your talent is, as long as there is a loss of private morality, immediately criticize and write, will want to chase it quickly.

Fang Yizhi, who was originally angry, was silent, wasn't he like this at the beginning? When dividing ministers, didn't they first cut it with a moral blade, and then form gangs to expel the aliens?

Hearing Qin Mu's words today, the other party's wisdom is like a slap in the face, he has read history books and thought about it carefully, there are indeed many people who have poor personal morality in history, but they have become capable ministers of governance.

After experiencing the great historical changes in the country's collapse and family ruin, Fang Yizhi's thinking has also undergone a lot of changes, in the late Ming Dynasty, under the stormy situation, it should be meritocracy, and morality as the only criterion for choosing ministers is indeed the way to die.

And what the Donglin Party people are best at is to use morality to fight others, but when it comes to the critical juncture, more than half of the Donglin Party members have been cleared;

Looking back at their behavior of using morality to fight others again and again, one can't help but think of the word "despicable and shameless".

This may be the deep reason why King Qin is so repulsive to the Donglin Party. Thinking of this, Fang Yizhi suddenly felt disheartened.

The cold rain on Mochou Lake is miserable, a piece of cleansing, the sound of the qin flute comes from the painting boat not far away, it is far away and empty, and there are Qin Huai's maids singing euphemistically in the qin flute:

Phoenix on the Phoenix Terrace, Phoenix goes to Taikong River artesian.

Wu Palace flowers and plants buried in the path, the Jin Dynasty dressed into ancient mounds.

The three mountains are half in the blue sky, and the two waters are divided into Egret Island.

It is always because the clouds can cover the sun, and Chang'an is not worried.

Listening to this song, Fang Yizhi's mood became even more depressed, and he frequently drank his wine glass, and he used wine to dispel his sorrows.

Huang Zongxi drank two glasses with him, and persuaded him: "The secret is not necessary to be like this, maybe we should all calm down and think carefully about what we should do in the future." King Qin's martial arts are obvious to the world, and now he has opened his mouth widely, and he has issued an order not to use words and crimes, which is really a clear master;

More importantly, the trend of thought he is committed to promoting has a tendency to wash away the decay of the previous dynasty. Although the foolish brother did not fully agree with the thoughts of King Qin, the death of the Ming Dynasty proved that the time had come for all the transformations necessary. If we can create a new situation in this area, it doesn't matter whether we are above the temple or not. ”

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