Dashun Yongchang

Of course, although Nan'an didn't pay attention to this small problem on the temple's field, when there was a dispute with the farmers, he still had to communicate with the gentry to suppress these villagers who tried to destroy the reputation of the temple.This is also the reason why he, a foreign monk, can be the abbot of this temple. Without this protective umbrella on his head, the monks below would not agree with him to take over the temple.

After realizing this, Nan'an tried to defend himself. Li Zicheng was not an ordinary person. He was one of the few people who successfully rebelled in history. Naturally, Nan'an would not test whether the other party dared to kill.

But before Nan'an could make a sound, a salt merchant who was close to him suddenly got up and pleaded with Li Zicheng: "Master Nan'an is indifferent to fame and fortune, there must be some misunderstanding, Xiaomin is willing to compensate the losses of these farmers on his behalf. .”

Li Zicheng tapped the long case in front of him with his fingers, looked at this man and asked coldly: "Who are you? How dare you use money to mess with my Dashun's laws?"

The salt merchant immediately felt the malicious gazes of the guards standing beside Li Zicheng, which made him break out in a cold sweat, and his back was drenched in a short while.He didn't even dare to raise his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, so he could only try to show Li Zicheng that he didn't mean it.

However, Li Zicheng just stared at him without saying a word. The salt merchant finally couldn't bear the mental oppression and passed out directly.Li Zicheng signaled to Li Laiheng to have someone carry the dizzy salt merchant down, and only then did the gentry and rich merchants present realize that Li Zicheng, who seemed approachable in the meeting, was still a tiger that could eat people.

Wang Xie, who was sitting next to Lu Zhenfei, was about to get up to speak, but was held down by Lu Zhenfei who was beside him. Lu Zhenfei leaned against his seat, and then whispered in his ear: "Look."

Wang Xie hesitated for a while and finally gave up the idea of ​​standing out. Although the gentry and wealthy merchants sitting in the courtyard were shocked by Li Zicheng's actions, none of them lost their minds and stood up to fight against Li Zicheng.After all, although Li Zicheng made a big fuss, he still took advantage of it. At this time, he would be humiliating himself just like the one who fainted just now if he stood up for Huxin Temple.

Seeing the end of the friend who pleaded for him, Nan'an immediately changed his mind to defend himself, and knelt down to Li Zicheng to confess his guilt: "Young monks are negligent in discipline, I really don't know that they will do such a thing. This is a move. There is really no room for excuses in this temple, and the monk is willing to return the land and accept His Majesty's punishment, so as to return the Buddhist sect to a clean place."

Li Zicheng looked at him and at the people in the courtyard, and couldn't help singing aloud as if there was no one else present: "Everyone in the world knows that gods are good, but fame can't be forgotten! Where are the ancient and modern generals? The pile of grass in the barren mound is gone; the world knows Xiaoshenxian is good, only gold and silver can't be forgotten! In the end, I only regret that there are not many gatherings, and when it is too long, my eyes will be closed."

After singing these few lines, Li Zicheng said with a sneer: "I heard someone singing this good song on the street a few days ago, and I still didn't quite believe it. They are all gods, and they don't need fame and wealth in the world. But now that I have seen how you behave in Huxin Temple, I finally figured it out. The Buddha may not care about wealth in the world, but the monks can't help it. After all, you still have to eat and dress.

You monks don't have to do production, but you want to have enough food and clothing, so you have to be mercenary.You say that the four things are all empty, but you only have an abacus in your heart. If you don’t calculate clearly, the food and clothing of the whole temple, the golden body of the Buddha, and the pavilions in this temple cannot be rewarded by the Buddha.

Monk, since you say you are guilty, do you know where your crime is? "

Nan'an, who was kneeling on the ground, heard Li Zicheng's questioning, and immediately felt boundless malice. Even though he was trained to treat others since he was a child, he couldn't help feeling a little cold on the back of his neck at this moment.He knew that the Huai'an gentry present might not be able to save him, and the only one who could save him was himself.

Slightly calming down, looking at the weeds in the gaps between the floor tiles, Nan'an, who was spinning rapidly in his mind, finally overcame the fear in his heart and replied to Li Zicheng: "The crime of the little monk is duplicity, although he always wants to promote Buddhism. But I can't let go of the world of mortals in my heart, I think this time is also the Buddha's warning to this temple."

Li Zicheng glanced at Nan'an, although he was a little dissatisfied that the other party was still talking about karma until now, but today his goal was not the Huxin Temple, so he skipped Nan'an's confession and turned to the courtyard. Huai'an gentry and rich merchants said: "You are all the leaders of the Huai'an people, and I should have met you a long time ago.

It's just that I didn't expect that the civil affairs in Huai'an are so complicated, and I didn't find time to meet with you until today.You see, even if I take the time to meet with you, I have to deal with a small matter for the people of Huai'an. I really don't have enough time.

So, today I will make a long story short.Like Huxin Temple, you have a lot of behaviors that oppress the people on weekdays.I don't plan to deal with it one by one. After all, some things are old, and it's meaningless to dig them out.

Therefore, I plan to set up a Huai'an construction foundation, which will be responsible for the planning and construction of Huai'an's infrastructure, so as to offset the various crimes you bear.Come here, give each of them a piece of paper and ask them to fill in the amount of donation. If you feel that you have a clear conscience, you don’t have to donate.I may not remember who donated money, but I will definitely remember who didn't. "

Under Li Zicheng's order, Li Laiheng immediately carried out a box with his personal guards, and then took out pens, inks and papers and distributed them to everyone.The person who received the pen, ink and paper looked bitter, not knowing how to fill it out.Although Wang Xie, Lu Zhenfei and a group of Huai'an officials did not write any words, Wang Xie still said angrily: "Isn't this still chasing stolen goods to help pay? It really is that the thief has not changed."

But Lu Zhenfei shook his head and said: "The people of Huai'an probably don't think so. There is a meeting, and most of the people want to support Emperor Yongchang. Because the people who benefit are the local people."

Wang Xie stared at Lu Zhenfei with wide eyes and said, "Master Lu doesn't really think that this money will be used on the common people, does he?"

Lu Zhenfei looked at him with a wry smile and said, "Even if half of the donation is spent on the common people, the common people will be grateful to Emperor Yongchang. Is there anyone going to ask where the other half of the donation is spent?"

Chapter 145 Father and Son

When the setting sun was hanging on the mountain peaks in the distance, Tang Risheng, who was in his early fifties, also returned to his residence in Huzui by boat from Huxin Temple. pier.So when Tang Risheng got off the boat, he had already arrived home.

He was about to go back to the inner room to change clothes, but saw his son Tang Tiaoding came out to greet him, saluted him, and asked him eagerly: "Father, what did Emperor Yongchang say today?"

Tang Risheng glanced at his son, took out a document from his arms and handed it to him, "3000 taels of silver, you can send it to the feudal mansion tomorrow."

Tang Tiaoding took a look at the document in surprise, and then said to his father, "What kind of silver is this? Didn't Emperor Yongchang order not to recover stolen goods?"

Tang Risheng pointed at the document angrily and said, "It's not about chasing the stolen goods, but Emperor Yongchang made a betrothal to us on behalf of the people of Huai'an. I said, why didn't he meet us in the feudal mansion, and insisted on going to Huxin Temple? Feelings are for us to be benefactors. It really is a dog, ahem, forget it, I will go back and change my clothes before I come out to talk to you. "

Tang Tiaoding followed behind his father, and asked with some relentless pursuit: "Since it is a happy donation, did father write the 3000 taels himself, or?"

Tang Risheng said without turning his head: "Of course I wrote it myself. My Tang family costs several thousand taels to buy a team of singers. Is it possible to write a few hundred taels to attract people's hatred? Emperor Yongchang is not a big star." Emperor, don't know anything.

Who told us that we were fooled by Lu Zongcao and formed Xiangyong in the early days, but we didn't expect that Nandu would destroy the Great Wall by itself.Right now, it would be good for Emperor Yongchang not to pursue this matter. If we really want to dig up old accounts, should we give up our family business and run away?Even if you run away, where can you go?Don't talk, you go to the study and prepare a pot of tea, and I will go to the study to find you after I change my clothes..."

Tang Tiaoding watched his father's back disappear into the moon gate, and then looked at the paperwork in his hand, and fell into deep thought for a moment.The Tang family is a big local landlord, and he can gather tens of thousands of tenants with just one order, which is why Lu Zhenfei appointed him to form Xiangyong.

Unlike those scholar-officials who hated the military, Tang Diaoding did not dislike military affairs. After all, his family had so much land, it was impossible for him not to contact and manage the tenants, and train the servants to defend against bandits and suppress rioters.Because of this, he soon became Lu Zhenfei's main military assistant, and helped Lu Zhenfei suppress the fugitive officers and soldiers and those gentry who tried to surrender to the bandits.

However, Lu Zhenfei was dismissed from his position in Nandu, and Liu Zeqing, who guarded Huai'an, was wary of the Tang family who controlled Xiangyong. Withdrew and surrendered Xiangyong's command.Although this move made Liu Zeqing feel relieved towards Tang, Huai'an's defense system was also torn apart.

Shun's army had encountered setbacks in Suqian and Sanhekou several times before, but this time Li Zicheng's army was able to drive straight in and took Huai'an City almost without using any weapons. The reason for existence.It is also an anecdote from ancient times that the country's economic and system masters are not as capable as a group of peasants, Cao Ding, and Yan Ding's militia.

However, judging from the situation of the Shun Army's entry into Huai'an, the Shun Army is obviously more like an official army than a Daming town like Liu Zeqing, and it can be said that it has almost done nothing to the common people.Seeing such an army, Tang Tiaoding felt that there was nothing wrong with going to Dashun, but it was hard for him to come up with such an idea. Today, Emperor Yongchang did such a trick again, which made Tang Tiaoding a little at a loss.

After sighing, Tang Diaoding turned around and walked towards the study, and ordered the servants to prepare the charcoal stove and well water, and he was ready to boil water and tea for his father.When Tang Risheng changed into casual clothes and went to the study, a pot of hot water happened to be boiling. Tang Tiaoding scalded the washed tea set with boiling water, and then took out the best pineapple tea for Father brewed a pot and brought it up.

The father and son sat facing the sea of ​​tea. After Tang Risheng drank a cup of tea, Tang Tiaoding said, "Could it be that Emperor Yongchang recruited his father and so many people today just for alms?"

After drinking the tea for a minute, Tang Risheng felt his whole body relaxed, but he didn't taste the aroma of tea at all when he was in the temple.He said to his son indifferently: "He even killed a chicken."

Tang Tiaoding stared at his father with wide-eyed eyes, and Tang Risheng said slowly: "Emperor Yongchang revealed the Huxin Temple's encroachment on the common people's land. In fact, the amount is less than twenty or thirty acres. For this matter, he locked up Nan'an. It seems that Huxin Temple is going to end this time. Alas, Nan'an has always ignored common matters, and is good at poetry, painting and Buddhism. It's just a matter of lax discipline. This time But it was harmed by the people below.

You should also check to see if there are any black apples in our village, we can't let them use my family's banner to bully the village, now is not the past, if we cause trouble, the government may not be able to stand up for us..."

Tang Tiaoding agreed, but said suspiciously: "Even the locals may not know about the matter of Huxin Temple. How can Emperor Yongchang know so well? Could it be that someone is making suggestions around Emperor Yongchang and wants to punish us?" These prominent families in Huai'an?"

Tang Risheng frowned immediately and said: "What you said is not unreasonable. Indeed, there is no one who is familiar with the local situation. Emperor Yongchang has just arrived, so it is impossible to know the local past. Huxin Temple recently invaded It was two years ago that the farmer’s land was acquired, Mr. Lu doesn’t know how, and he has only been in Huai’an for a year. Could it be the Qiu family?”

Tang Tiaoding thought for a while and said: "Although Qiu Yuzhi served Emperor Yongchang, he is busy dealing with the population and money and food regulations of Huai'an Mansion. Why is it necessary to dig the cornerstone of our own family? This time, we have wiped out all the gentry and celebrities in Huai'an.

Moreover, from my child's point of view, the meaning of Emperor Yongchang's picking on the monks of Huxin Temple to attack him may not lie in this.If Emperor Yongchang can even find out about this problem in Huxin Temple, will there be any problems that our family can't find out?Even if the family rules are strict, it is inevitable that there will be unworthy people among the hundreds of people. If Emperor Yongchang investigates it thoroughly, it may be a big case. "

After Tang Risheng was silent for a moment, he suddenly relaxed and said, "It seems that I was prescient when I filled in 3000 taels. Emperor Yongchang said today that the past is never to be blamed, and this time it will be considered a disaster."

However, Tang Tiaoding was obviously not as optimistic as his father. He frowned and said, "Father filled in 3000 taels, which should be among the higher ones in the field today, but can other people also fill in 3000 taels? Doesn't it mean that they can't get it out?" This money, but they may not have the bearing of a father.

There are 300 participants today, and each family sends a representative to 30 households. I think that the highest donation today will not exceed 10 taels, and the minimum will not be lower than 5 taels.For ordinary people, this is a rather large sum. Among the people who can be invited to attend the meeting today, it is estimated that some of them have no more than [-] taels of property.

But for Emperor Yongchang, this money is probably not enough to cover the army's monthly expenses.After the Shun army entered Beijing, they chased the stolen goods to help them pay. The boy thought it was to support the army. Otherwise, after the Shun army reduced and exempted the land tax, what would they do to support themselves? "

Tang Risheng was also a little worried, and he said to his son, "So it's still not safe for us to stay here. If Shunjun is short of money and food in the future, he will come here once. We must destroy our family, or we will return to Qinghe Going to the ancestral home in the countryside? This Emperor Yongchang was smiling at the meeting, but he didn't see any hesitation when he attacked us."

Tang Tiaoding thought for a while and said: "Leaving now, I'm afraid it will be too late. Emperor Yongchang just asked father to donate, but father, you took us back to the ancestral house. Isn't that dissatisfied?

What's more, Emperor Yongchang's proposal for the board of directors is obviously intended to take away the leadership of us gentry in the local area.If we go back to the countryside now, it means that we will automatically give up our seats in the council, and we will have no say in local affairs in the future.

If we don’t have the right to speak in local affairs, my family is just a landlord with more fields. Can we object to the decision of the council?If you object, what should the government do to deal with my family? "

Tang Risheng nodded approvingly, "Indeed, what you said is not bad. In the past, everyone had the final say on their own Zhuangzi, and even the government couldn't control it. Now Emperor Yongchang created this council , In the future, anything will have to be approved by the council before it can be done.

Although my family is kind to others, it is not without enemies.If we are not in the council, but our opponents are, and they manipulate the council to pass any resolutions, my family will become an enemy of the council, which is really unacceptable.

But if we don't leave, let your mother take her daughter-in-law and two grandchildren back to the ancestral house, and always leave a way out for yourself.Besides, the situation in the world has not been fully determined. Didn't Emperor Yongchang himself say frankly that Dashun needs our support to regain Hebei? I think Emperor Yongchang will never count his words, right? "

After pondering for a long time, Tang Tiaoding said: "My son can't understand what Emperor Yongchang is doing now. I don't know whether he really came up with these new things with a well-thought-out plan, or whether he regards these new things as a life-saving straw. If it is the latter, then Dashun may not be the final victor; but if it is the former, the Dashun established by Emperor Yongchang is probably an unprecedented new dynasty.

The boy thinks that we'd better wait and see, and don't jump out to oppose these new things in a hurry.Because if it is the latter, Emperor Yongchang will never give up this life-saving straw; if it is the former, opponents will be obstacles in the new road that Emperor Yongchang wants to open up.Therefore, the first to stand up against it will inevitably be wiped out by violence by Emperor Yongchang. "

After pondering for a long time, Tang Risheng sighed again and said: "Could it be true that as Emperor Yongchang said, Daming died in the 15th year of Wanli. From that moment on, Daming's spirit has died, and what is left is just a body." The body, so in the past few decades, Daming has gone from bad to worse, and it is hard to get back to heaven?"

Tang Tiaoding was silent for a long time, and while offering new tea to his father, he said in a somewhat slavish way: "Although my child does not agree with many of Emperor Yongchang's practices, I also think this conclusion is quite reasonable..."

Chapter 146 Argument One

When Gu Jiang, who was standing at the bow of the boat, saw the Huaiyin Hou Diaoyutai, she couldn't help feeling happy for a moment.The destination of this trip has finally arrived, and he finally doesn't have to continue living in the sweltering black boat tonight.

Although it is said that boats from south to horses from north, the south is more convenient and quicker than the north because of the vertical and horizontal relationship between rivers, but traveling by small boat in summer in the south is actually a kind of torment.Of course, it would be much more comfortable if it was a spacious official ship, but in this time of chaos, the official ships in Jiangbei are easy to become the targets of bandits and rebels, but the ordinary black-padded boats are not so attractive.

After passing the Diaoyutai of Hou Huaiyin, the most prosperous Xiaohu Lake in Huai'an appeared in front of you. A long embankment divides Xiaohu Lake into two parts, the north and the south. There are three bridges on the embankment, and boats can pass under the bridge. The embankment is built with lotus stone slabs. Building the street, so it is also called Lianhua Street.

Because Xiaohu Lake is just outside the west gate of Huai'an City, with convenient transportation and beautiful scenery, a large number of private gardens were built around the lake, especially in the north.Looking at the pavilions and pavilions under the shade of green trees along the lake, the South-North Business Hotel here is like a paradise.

Gu Jiang was not surprised to see Xiao Hu, who was peaceful and peaceful as before.Because all the way from Yangzhou to the north, wherever the Shun army has controlled, the thieves are almost extinct.Between Yangzhou and Gaoyou, scenes of rioting soldiers and bandits can be seen from time to time, which also made all he heard along the way were voices expecting the Shun army to go south as soon as possible to take over.

Under the threat of thieves, rebels, and local tyrants, ordinary people who used to regard thieves as a disaster in the world now feel that only the arrival of the Shun army can restore social order. This change is not surprising.Gu Jiang, who took the initiative to ask for orders to come to Jiangbei to investigate the news, became more and more disappointed with the court in the southern capital.

In fact, he didn't have to come across Jiangbei originally. As a son of a wealthy family in Kunshan and a celebrity in Fushe, he was recruited by the court as an official of the Ministry of War when the Hongguang court first came to power.As long as he stays in Kunshan, he will be the representative of a famous local family that the imperial court has to appease.

However, the current situation of Fushe is very delicate. Fushe, which has gradually become the leader of Jiangnan Shilin instead of Donglin Party members, is standing with Donglin Party members politically.

Although the members of the Donglin Party started at the end of Wanli and made their fortunes from the academy, by the end of the Ming Dynasty they had actually begun to break away from the scholar class, and mainly consisted of court officials and local gentry as the backbone.At the same time, the children of the former Donglin Party members and some of the new generation of Jiangnan scholars combined to form the literati organization Fushe.

To put it simply, the Donglin Party members regard Fushe as the new blood of their descendants, but Fushe does not see it that way. They admit that they have inherited the ambitions of the Donglin Party members, but the Donglin Party members are already in the past It symbolizes that the next era is the era of Fushe Scholars.

The compromise between Shi Kefa and Ma Shiying and the election of Fufan to the throne did not actually win the approval of Fushe.

Shi Kefa is not a qualified political leader, or he is not suitable to lead a political force in this complex political atmosphere, because he lacks the ambition and courage to take political responsibility.This character flaw prevented Shi Kefa from making up his mind to clean up the Fushe Scholars, thus allowing the Fushe Scholars to win the power to manipulate public opinion.

But the Fushe scholars themselves were powerless, because they could not influence the will of the gentry, and it was the Donglin Party members who were really able to influence the gentry.Compromise with Ma Shiying is the mainstream will of the gentry class, because Ma Shiying is also a representative of another part of the gentry. The real enemies of the gentry are actually the feudal towns of the Ming Dynasty and the Dashun and Manchu in the north.

But now the impulsive behavior of the Fushe scholars has led to a division within the Ming gentry, making Ma Shiying and some of the gentry he represents choose to cooperate with the feudal town.The gentry who advocated cooperation were neither willing to serve as emissaries for the Fushe scholars nor to cooperate with the feudal towns, so they simply adopted non-violent non-cooperation.

This non-violent non-cooperation means that the local government chooses to obey the normal requirements of Nandu, and the local government ignores the requirements that exceed normal standards.And this normal standard is the imperial court's demand when the Ming Dynasty was operating normally in the past.As a result, the status of Fushe became more awkward. Ma Shiying controlled Nandu by force, but the local gentry did not support Fushe scholars to bring order out of chaos.

The changes in the southern capital have greatly reduced the number of Fushe's supporters, especially when Chen Mingxia served the crown prince south and publicized that the prince was the orthodox heir, splits occurred within the Fushe.As a member of the Fushe, Chen Mingxia was more suitable to represent the interests of the Fushe than Shi Kefa and other Donglin party members, and the prince was obviously more orthodox than Fufan.

Some members of Fushe felt that they should support the prince, and by the way, Ma Shiying and Fufan were labeled as thieves, so that these bad things that happened after the establishment of the Hongguang court had nothing to do with Fushe.

However, this voice was opposed by another part of Fushe members. Most of these Fushe members came from official families. They hated Li Zicheng's plundering policy. They believed that Li Zicheng was coercing the prince to order the world. .Therefore, the so-called support for the crown prince is actually supporting Dashun, so will the king's father be avenged or not?

When the two factions were at loggerheads, Huang Degong suddenly issued a circular, saying that he supported the prince. He had just opposed Ma Shiying's proposition due to the inconvenience of the situation. .

A corner of the four towns in Jiangbei collapsed, and now the gentry in Jiangnan finally became a little nervous. Before, everyone was able to quarrel because there were four towns in Jiangbei, so everyone felt that they were safe.However, the Shun army hadn't really crossed the Huaihe River, and the four towns in Jiangbei were missing a corner, and the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River finally began to get nervous.

Although the compromise cannot be made immediately, the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River will always send someone to find out what is going on with the prince.It was at this time that Gu Jiang volunteered to stand up. It was only when he crossed the river and arrived in Yangzhou that he realized that Huai'an had been lost, the two towns of Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo were gone, and there was actually only one town left in the four towns of Jiangbei.

What is even more worrisome is that although the town of Gaojie is known as the head of the four towns, it has caused a lot of anger and grievances in Yangzhou. The people in Yangzhou openly declared that they would rather let the Shun army take over Yangzhou than let the Gaojie army enter Yangzhou city .Confined in the narrow area of ​​Yangzhou City and Yizheng, Gao Jie's army has actually lost room to maneuver, so Gao Jie's army does not want to stay in Jiangbei anymore, but sends letters to the south all day long, requesting to retreat to Jiangnan.

Gu Jiang went north to Huai'an full of worries. He was no stranger to Huai'an. Not only had he been here several times, but he also met many friends. This time he went north, and he planned to stay at a friend's house.Landing at the pier in the northwest of Xiaohu Lake, this is also a small town where business travelers gather, so soon some porters came forward to talk to Gu Jiang.

Gu Jiang, who pretended to be a bookseller, immediately told the porter that she was going to Wang Qi Tianyuan. The porter said that he knew the way, so he called a companion to come and pick up the two bags that Gu Jiang brought with the boat. .

Wang Qi's garden is right next to Xiaohu Lake, so Gu Jiang saw the gate of the Wang family after walking for more than a quarter of an hour, but today the gate of the Wang family is open, so he doesn't have to go up and knock on the door.Gu Jiang asked the scholar to come to the door to deliver her name card, and soon a scholar who was about the same age as Gu Jiang hurried out of the gate, first bowed to Gu Jiang from a distance, and then walked up to greet him: "Brother Ning, why are you here? Why are you dressed like this?"

After returning the gift, Gu Jiang smiled wryly and said: "Isn't this for the convenience of traveling? If you go south and north without a name at this time, you will easily be caught as a spy. Let alone, I am very thirsty, so I will drink some tea to quench my thirst first."

Wang Qitian slapped himself on the forehead and said: "Look, I'm confused, let's go in and talk. It just so happened that some friends from Yancheng came over today, just to introduce you to Brother Ning."

Gu Jiang didn't take it seriously either. He knew that this friend who was the same age as him liked to make friends the most, and his family was rich, so he could help his friends out of trouble, so he was also a well-connected person in Huai'an.

It's just that after he entered the door, he saw twenty or thirty scholars drinking tea and chatting in the lobby, so he couldn't help but asked Wang Qitian next to him in surprise, "Did Brother Wang hold any literary conference today?"

Wang Lue shook his head, and said with a little distress: "It would be great if these friends came to participate in the literary meeting, alas, Brother Ning, you will know what they are discussing when you go up and listen."

Gu Jiang then slowed down, stopped at the front steps of the hall, and listened to a few words, "... Li Zicheng is a big thief. He forced the emperor Daxing to death and took the crown prince to the south. Shouldn't we condemn him?"

"Brother Shichen, what you said is a bit biased. Is it really Emperor Yongchang who killed Emperor Daxing? Is there any responsibility for the ungrateful slaves who betrayed our dynasty and the corrupt officials who expropriated the victims? "

"I support Elder Brother Yun. If the officials force the people to rebel, the people will have to rebel. Emperor Yongchang certainly broke through Beijing, but without so many levies and miscellaneous taxes, who would follow Emperor Yongchang to rebel?"

"Brother Tao An is right. What's really abominable is that after taking so much Liao pay, he can neither stop Jiannu from entering the pass, nor return to Liaodong Town to defend the capital. Hundreds of thousands of elites from the Nine Frontiers are paid back. It’s not as numerous as Liaodong, so it’s no wonder they surrendered to Dashun.”

"Let me tell you, the death of Emperor Daxing cannot be entirely blamed on today's people. If Emperor Wanli hadn't completely abolished Zhang Taiyue's government, and connived at evil and destroyed the Qi family army, the pillar of the country, why would Emperor Daxing have no soldiers to use?" ..."

Chapter 147 Argument II

"This?" Gu Jiang turned her head to look at her friend with a confused face, and Wang Lue sighed and said, "My friends in Yancheng heard that the crown prince is going to help the emperor to go south to be buried in Nandu, so let's make an appointment together. Come to pay homage to Emperor Daxing and advise the prince not to forget his father's hatred and join forces with Emperor Yongchang.

However, after Emperor Yongchang went south to Huai'an, he convened a meeting, and announced the death of Emperor Daxing and the subjugation of the Ming Dynasty. Now the public opinion in Huai'an City has turned, and it is believed that the people who perished in the Ming Dynasty were not the peasant army, but Shenzong and Jiannu. And the subjugated minister in the suicide note of Emperor Daxing.

Although these friends from Yancheng had just arrived within a day, they started to quarrel after reading the newspapers and pamphlets issued by Dashun.I don't even know where to start. "

Gu Jiang was even more at a loss, he couldn't help asking: "Newspaper?"

Wang Lue was about to speak, but the scholars in the hall had already seen them, and someone asked loudly: "Brother Qi Tian, ​​is this friend here again?"

Wang Lue swallowed the words that came to his lips, raised his head and said, "It's Gu Ning from Kunshan."

Immediately someone said in amazement: "Gu Guai in Guiqi Guguai?"

Some friends who knew Gu Jiang hurried out of the lobby and shouted, "Brother Ning, why are you here? How is Jiangnan..."

Because of Gu Jiang's arrival, the debate stopped midway, and the scholars who came out of the hall were still very interested in this famous senior literati in the south of the Yangtze River, so Gu Jiang greeted these scholars one by one, making friends Made a bunch of new friends.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Gu Jiang didn't talk about the chaos in Jiangnan and the helplessness in Nandu, but only talked about the literary affairs in Jiangnan and some rumors about scholars. In fact, these young scholars didn't have much to focus on. The old Gu Jiang babbled nonsense and stopped asking about Nandu.

After welcoming Gu Jiang into the lobby, Gu Jiang, who drank a cup of tea and moistened her throat, asked everyone, "What were you guys talking about just now? I heard you all arguing fiercely in the courtyard."

Li Yu from Yancheng got up immediately and said: "Brother Ning just happened to come, you are the senior of our Jiangnan Shilin, and you are also a famous empress, and I was about to ask you to give a comment. This newspaper and pamphlet issued by Dashun any questions."

Si Shipan, who was on good terms with Li Yu at the side, immediately sent a stack of newspapers and a pamphlet to Gu Jiang, which was exactly what Gu Jiang wanted to read.It took more than a quarter of an hour to see this. Everyone may be tired from fighting, and they didn't bother Gu Jiang to read the newspaper. They sipped tea and just discussed in a low voice with their friends. The hall was much calmer.

In fact, more than a quarter of an hour can only be roughly flipped through. Gu Jiang always has a feeling that he still has something to say, but it is not good for him to leave his new friends aside for too long.It's all said to be strange and strange, but Gu Jiang's temper is not as extreme as Guizhuang's.

Guizhuang was born in a scholarly family. His grandfather was Gui Youguang, who was known as the number one Mingwen, and his father was also one of the three talents in Kunshan. Therefore, Guizhuang looked down on those who were not as good as himself. He had the capital.

Although Gu Jiang was born in the Gu family in Kunshan, he was adopted to his deceased cousin Gu Tongji as his heir since he was a child. His widowed mother is the daughter of Wang Yu. He was unmarried at the age of 16 and kept the festival. He weaves during the day and reads at night until the second watch. Gu Yanwu is an adult, a very strong woman.When Gu Jiang was young, he didn't interact with others, because he didn't want to make his mother sad, and he didn't want to cause trouble for her mother. He knew that her mother was the last thing she wanted to ask for in her life.