I, Zhu Youjian: the first prodigal son of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 128 The Stubbornness of a Scholar
Amidst the hissing of sharp brake pads and flying sparks, the steam turbine train finally stopped.

Less than 300 meters from the accident site.

Due to design and material problems, and it happened to be a downhill road, the emergency stop this time caused extremely serious consequences.

Train brake pads are basically scrapped.

The railway with a length of seven to eight hundred steps was destroyed during the braking process, and the rails with poor rigidity and toughness were directly twisted into twists under the huge pressure and impact force.

The train nearly tipped over...

Xu Guangqi and Song Yingxing looked at the crowd in front of them silently with pale faces.

"It's a student of Jinyang Academy."

Xu Guangqi said in a harsh voice.

Song Yingxing nodded silently.

Those who broke through the railway guardrail and barbed wire and rushed onto the railway were indeed scholars.

There are old and young, Confucian shirts and towels.

These scholars looked resolute and resolute, and they were willing to be the first in the world, so that the cavalry guarding the road with torches and weapons hanging from their waists did not dare to act rashly.

Under the light of two rows of torches, the first few old scholars stood with their hands behind their backs.

His thin face was full of the arrogance of a scholar.

"What are you trying to do? Attacking and destroying the imperial railway, this is a felony!"

Xu Guangqi and Song Yingxing did not get out of the car.

Qian Qianyi didn't get out of the car either.

The Daming Engineering Bureau was in charge of railway construction, and Yang He had to get off the train.

His face was ugly, and he asked in a deep voice: "This road was built by the imperial court, you wait for the scholars to rush up and cause serious consequences, you really deserve to die!"

Yang He glanced around, and ordered these reckless scholars to leave.

Unexpectedly, those scholars stood proudly and ignored Yang He's words at all.

Some people even spat on the ground vigorously, cursing: "It's unfortunate for Daming, the emperor is an idiot, and the ministers are so unbearable, it's really an insult to gentleness!"

Yang He's face darkened, and he ordered: "Come here, take down these lawless and sabotage lunatics!"

Immediately, several teams of guard soldiers dismounted from their horses and rushed forward to arrest them.

The scholars didn't resist either, and they were tied up by the soldiers with ropes and strung together into a long string.

However, the eyes of all scholars are full of contempt.

Yang He was a little dazed.

What do these scholars want to do?
It has long been heard that scholars in Shanxi and Zhili began to discuss when the railway was built, thinking that the construction of the railway would destroy the dragon veins of the Ming Dynasty and be the way to subjugate the country.

In addition, a great Confucian surnamed Kong in Shandong wrote an article, reprimanding the emperor Zhu Youjian, scolding the Chinese and Chinese military officials, and denouncing the eunuch Wei Zhongxian.

All in all, the matter was tricky.

After escorting a group of scholars away, Yang He stood there for a while before boarding the locomotive control room.

"Master Xu, Principal Song, this matter...cough!"

Yang He shook his head and smiled wryly, not knowing what to say.

Song Yingxing was not very interested in the affairs of the court, so he jumped off the train and led a few students to check the damage.

In the locomotive, only Xu Guangqi and Yang He were left.

"Master Xu, what do you think...how should we deal with this matter?" Yang He asked in a shy voice.

"It should be killed."

Xu Guangqi said in a deep voice: "I study the books of sages hard, but I don't know how to change them. I hold on to a few sentences of sages and never let go, and I am complacent. What a pity for the court's money and food."

"It's also a pity for the saint's golden and jade words."

"It's not easy for us to come forward."

"You first organize civil servants to rush to repair the damaged railway, and ask Principal Song to be responsible for repairing the train."

"I will write the title book for His Majesty, and ask the emperor to decide."

The matter of the scholar, whether it is big or small, is very subtle.

They blocked the railway, logically speaking, it should be a major crime.

But when the soldiers were arresting them, they didn't put up any resistance. It was obvious that the laws of the Ming Dynasty had nothing to do with them!
This is not to kill, what is it?
Yang He promised, turned around and got off the locomotive.

In the control room, Xu Guangqi was left alone, his face was ashen, and the anger in his eyes seemed to be spurting out...

……

Early the next morning, Zhu Youjian, the idiot emperor, received an urgent report.

He locked himself in the warm pavilion of Qianqing Palace, and was alone for more than two hours without making a sound.

The two eunuchs Wei Zhongxian and Wang Chengen stood silently outside the heavy palace gate, not daring to disturb the emperor at all.

When Zhu Youjian heard the news, he was discussing enthusiastically, this time he went out to take the train to Datong Mansion for a "ride", whether he should take the Queen of Zhou and his sister-in-law Zhang Yan...

As a result, after reading Xu Guangqi's Flying Pigeon Biography, the smile on the idiot emperor's face froze.

Then.Silently walked into the hall.

And personally closed the gate of Qianqing Palace.

In Zhu Youjian's eyes, the two eunuchs saw a chilling disappointment.

and murder.

Those so-called great Confucians from Shandong and students from Shanxi are going too far.

……

Zhu Youjian sat on the dragon couch, put his hand on his forehead, and fell into deep thought.

As soon as he heard the news, he was murderous.

What a shitty scholar!

Can building a railway destroy the Dragon Veins of the Ming Dynasty?

During the successive years of famine, millions of people starved to death. The rich and powerful families kept saying the words of sages and sages. .

The court asked for disaster relief and borrowed a few grains of food, and one by one they began to cry poorly, pretending to be crazy and foolish, wishing they could come to the court in beggar clothes.

What should those people be guilty of?
All the good sage books have been read into the dog's stomach?

However, after calming down and thinking about it again and again, he felt that he, as the emperor, should not mess up his position first.

Isn't it just some scholars?
I can't kill it.

He is the emperor of Ming Dynasty, the number one prodigal son, not a tyrant.

Moreover, since the rebellion has already begun, I will not bear the notoriety of stepping on the academy and breaking the spine of scholars.

Because, he has concluded that what happened last night was not as simple as it appeared on the surface.

If it is said that behind this matter, there is no plan by the civil servants and wealthy families...

Or, even the tricks of Beiman and Jiannu to kill Wei Zhongxian, Zhu Youjian didn't believe it!

That's easy.

After figuring out the joints, Zhu Youjian relaxed his mind and began to think carefully about how to properly resolve this matter.

There are so many mouths, all relying on the pen of those scholars...

Then, let Mao Yuanyi take action.

"Come here, pass on the meal."

After thinking about it all morning, Zhu Youjian was hungry.

Before Wang Chengen could react, Wei Zhongxian had already rushed into the hall and said in repeated voices: "Oh, they are all those goddamn scholars, and they made Long Live Lord angry!

Long live Lord, if you feel angry in your heart, hit your servants a few times to vent your anger! "

Wang Chengen: "..."

Uncle, it's no wonder that old Wei is so popular. I want to say these few words too!
But, why didn't I think of saying it first?

"Okay, okay, I'm hungry, you old eunuch don't hurry up to pass on the meal, you're crying and howling, what a shame!"

Zhu Youjian scolded with a smile.

"The slaves obey the orders!"

Wei Zhongxian laughed through his tears immediately, and happily walked in small steps to Shangshan Supervisor to pass on the meal.

"Wang Cheng'en, pass on my order to let the emperor's wife and empress tidy up and come over to have a meal with me.

In addition, let's drive Xiyuan Zhonghai, everyone will go to Zhonghai to listen to the opera today.

Living in the palace all day, people are starting to get moldy. "

When Wang Chengen heard the words, he quickly agreed and went out happily.

In the hall, Zhu Youjian was the only one left.

"Come on."

With a greeting, a figure quietly appeared in a corner of the hall, but it was the most mysterious "Dark Guard" among Jin Yiwei.

"This secret letter should be sent to Mao Yuanyi immediately."

The idiot emperor squeezed out a small piece of silk, handed it to the secret guard, and said: "Also, send a message to Hong Niangzi that I will go to Xiyuan in the afternoon, and let her arrange it."

"Here!"

The hidden guard took the piece of silk, bowed his head and took a few steps back, like a shadow, it disappeared in the blink of an eye.

……

Problems that can be solved with money, are they still problems?

Definitely the problem.

Because, there is no money.

Holding a piece of silk sent by the idiot Emperor Feige, Mao Yuanyi fell into deep thought.

On the Dongzhiyuan in the east of Longdong in spring, the wheat seedlings are green, and under the warm spring sun, farmers in twos and threes carry hoes, plows, shovels, etc., and walk to their fields in an endless stream.

In the distance, there was the sound of reading books.

'The tiller has his land, and no tax is paid for farming. '

"A strong young man makes the country strong, a wise young man makes the country wise, a young man is rich, the country is rich, a young man is independent, the country is independent, a young man is free, the country is free... A young man is more powerful than the earth, and a country is more powerful than the earth." '

'I love Tiananmen Square in the capital city, the sun rises on Tiananmen Square. '

'Hydrogen helium lithium beryllium boron, carbon nitrogen oxygen fluorine neon, sodium magnesium aluminum silicon phosphorus, sulfur chloride argon potassium calcium...'

……

This set of "new textbooks" prepared by the idiot emperor Zhu Youjian and Song Yingxing is simple and practical, catchy, concise and concise, and it sounds very comfortable.

It is also very popular with school children.

It's just that teachers who teach these new textbooks are hard to find.

Longdong Dong Zhiyuan, which was painstakingly managed as early as the ancestors of the Zhou people, has never been short of scholars, but when they saw the textbooks sent by Mao Yuanyi, no one was willing to teach.

Even if it is given double Shu Xiu, it won't work.

Making up random things is degrading to gentlemen.

Sven sweeps the floor!

This is what readers say.

In desperation, the idiot emperor Zhu Youjian asked a group of Song Yingxing's students to secretly come to Yan'an Mansion, Qingyang Mansion and Pingliang Mansion to become the first teachers in schools in various places.

'Amomum, pig heart;'

'Scrape the bone, heal the wound. '

Zhu Youjian's "eight-character policy" is a bit like a prescription, which makes Mao Yuanyi feel heavy.

This prescription was suggested by him to the emperor himself. Now, when he really started to "scratch the bone to heal the wound", Mao Yuanyi's mood was quite complicated.

The horse stepped on the wealthy family and broke the backbone of some scholars...

He finally realized that when Zhu Youjian met the emperor for the first time, the sentence "I will make you a sinner through the ages" that Zhu Youjian casually said was so heavy that he couldn't breathe.

Now, he rebelled for the emperor.

According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and according to those scholars of the Ming Dynasty, isn't it "heinous and unforgivable crime"?

Immediately afterwards, the tens of thousands of elite soldiers under his command will march south again to perform a thorough bone-scratching healing on the already rotten Ming Dynasty.

'Sure enough, I still have to become a sinner through the ages. '

"Mr. Mao Da, come to my house at night, and my sister-in-law will roll the noodles for you."

"Sister-in-law of the Dong family, you are all leftovers from the elder brother of the Dong family. Does Mr. Mao not dislike you?"

"Rolling, the dog spit out two red-headed garlic, and it looks like a Spicy Gawazi!"

Walking slowly in the fields, many Longdong people who were working in the fields kept nodding their heads to this polite 'Mr. Mao Da' and making some harmless jokes.

In the land of Longdong, the folk customs are honest and honest.

This can be seen.

Mao Yuanyi walked all the way, nodding with a smile, asking everyone about their recent difficulties in production and life from time to time, and taking out a pen and paper to record them seriously, just like a gentle old teacher.

The people on Dong Zhiyuan didn't know that this Mr. Mao Da was the legendary "Rebel Commander Mao Shatou".

"Heroes are very courageous and don't hesitate to behave like children.

The most laughing celebrity, regrets with love. "

Standing on the edge of a cliff, Mao Yuanyi gazed into the distance, reciting a poem silently in his heart, and his mood gradually calmed down.

Sinners through the ages, sinners through the ages...

Suddenly, on the yellow mud official road in the distance, two horses galloped, raising two very spectacular waves of yellow dust, rolling towards them.

Mao Yuanyi took out the long-sighted glasses that he carried with him, opened and closed one eye, and aimed at the two riders.

The corner of his mouth twitched slightly.

"How did they find this place?"

Mao Yuanyi stood still, watching the two horsemen galloping towards them.

These two are not very old, about seventeen or eighteen years old, dressed in green shirts, with swords hanging from their waists, but also dressed as Confucian scholars, they look very heroic and vigorous, they should be scholars who have practiced some boxing skills.

They had seen Mao Yuanyi on the edge of the cliff a long time ago, so they simply gave up the yellow mud official road, turned their horses and ran towards this side.

One of them was still waving a horsewhip in his hand, with a hearty long smile:
"Haha, brother Zhisheng, you are indeed here!"

Mao Yuanyi waved his hand and told them to hurry up along a slope.

When the two teenagers approached, he stepped forward, took the bridle of the two horses, and said with a smile: "You two great talents are not studying in the south of the Yangtze River, why did they come to this barren land?"

Those two got off their horses, bowed and cupped their fists, and said in unison: "I've seen brother Zhisheng!"

"There is no need to be polite, the two of you have come from a long way, let's go to the hut to have tea first." Mao Yuanyi took a step forward and made a gesture to 'help' the two young men up.

"Don't worry, drink tea in the south of the Yangtze River, you'll almost turn people into weak animals," an older boy said with a smile, "You're still going to pick places, Dong Zhiyuan really deserves his reputation.

No wonder the ancestors of the Zhou people managed this place back then, the wheat fields all over the mountains and plains alone were enough to support an elite army! "

Another young man also looked around, admiring, and said: "The book must be shallow in the end. I read an idle book in the early years, saying that eight hundred miles of Qinchuan is not as good as one side of Dong Zhiyuan;
At that time, my younger brother was quite puzzled, thinking that the ancients wrote books with exaggerations and mistakes.

Now it seems that our eye sockets are shallow! "

Mao Yuanyi laughed, led the two young men's horses, talked while walking, and walked towards the cave dwelling in front of him.

Along the way, the farmers who worked in the fields greeted each other one after another, and they looked quite familiar with Mao Yuanyi, which made the hearts of the two young knights very hot.

"Brother Zhisheng, I didn't expect you to be so popular as an anti-thief commander?" The slightly older boy laughed.

Mao Yuanyi smiled and said, "Hello, Huanglizhou!"

The three laughed.

Not long after, they came to the cave where Mao Yuanyi lived.

Here is a small courtyard with a single door leaning against a hillside. The entrance of the cave is rammed with adobe and covered with moss.

"This is the Longdong Cave Dwelling..."

The two teenagers walked around the small courtyard with curious expressions on their faces.

"You two great talents, what would you like to eat?"

Mao Yuanyi led the two into the cave, let them sit on the kang, and then smiled and said: "In the northwest, the people are very poor, but the ground food here is very special, and it is not easy to taste it in the south of the Yangtze River.

How about a few bowls of glutinous rice noodles? "

"Okay!" The two teenagers said in unison.

"Then sit down and have a sip of tea first, and I'll cook." Mao Yuanyi said, filled tea for the two of them, and turned to cook in another cave.

The two teenagers looked at each other, speechless for a while.

Mao Yuanyi, the famous headmaster of the Daming Martial Arts Hall and the "Great Rebel" who has tens of thousands of elite soldiers, lives in a simple cave dwelling.

Actually, you still cook by yourself?

"Ting Lin, it seems that we are here at the right time." The older boy said with a smile, "I, Huang Zongxi, can be regarded as a person who can make do with things and be particular about things. Compared with our Brother Zhisheng, It's just a big deal.

Ha ha ha ha. "

It turned out that these two were the most famous talents in the south of the Yangtze River. The older ones were Huang Zongxi and Huang Lizhou from Yuyao, Zhejiang.

The younger ones are Gu Yanwu and Gu Tinglin from Kunshan, Jiangsu.

Their family has a long history of education, and they have a good relationship with Mao Yuanyi Sulai, who is more than ten years older, and often exchange letters.

A few months ago, Mao Yuanyi's letter suddenly disappeared.

They were going to the capital to visit Mao Yuanyi, but they were told by their friends that Mao Yuanyi had been implicated since the outbreak of the "royal family firearms reselling case" last time, and they never heard of it again.

The two also had many relatives and friends in the capital, so they began to use money to deal with it, and asked their connections to inquire about Mao Yuanyi's case.

Later, I encountered a noble young man named 'Zhu Jiao' who was on a painting boat in Xiyuan and pointed them to a 'maze'——

The leader of a rebel army in the northwest used his soldiers like a god to beat the shit out of Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi. Even his old mother was taken to Dong Zhiyuan by the leader of the rebel army...

The two guessed that the 'rebel leader' might be Mao Yuanyi.

So, it was day and night to come to Dong Zhiyuan.

"Unexpectedly, the court is so ruthless and ungrateful!"

After being silent for a while, Huang Lizhou sighed and said, "Tinglin, go back to Jiangnan, I want to stay here in Dong Zhiyuan and help Brother Zhisheng with advice..."

"Brother Lizhou, what are you talking about!"

Gu Tinglin laughed loudly, stood up abruptly, and said seriously: "To be able to share hardships with a person like Brother Zhisheng, even if he is denounced as a traitor, what's the problem?
If you brother Lizhou can stay here, how can I, Gu Tinglin, be greedy for life and afraid of death! "

(End of this chapter)