New Year's Misfortune 1 - This heart is bright

"Gong Chuang, usually you are very arrogant, I didn't expect to discuss the issue of God, you have quite an opinion, and I really can't refute your opinions, and I can't explain what you say, hehe" I was a little stunned by Gong Chuang's serious statement, and then said to Gong Chuang with a smile. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

"Anyway, I feel that I was deceived before, but now that I am in Africa, I feel that the spiritual world has suddenly opened up! You haven't encountered such a disgusting thing, and you always stand and talk without backache! "Gong Chuang grabbed me when he was excited, and he spitted all over the place.

"You're exaggerating, you're exaggerating, you're going a little too far, you can't blame others for the hatred you suffered! Although I sympathize with you and understand what God is saying, what you just said is really a bit excessive, and of course there are different interpretations from different perspectives. "I'm a little angry, Gong Chuang said this.

Gong Chuang spoke so loudly that the blacks around him thought we were arguing.

I booed Gong Chuang with my index finger and said to him, "Maybe the story you told is like this!" Maybe the situation you are talking about is really so dark, but Gong Chuang, do you know the biggest difference between me and you? ”

"Huh? Where is it? Gong Chuang lowered his voice and asked me as soon as I said it.

"Maybe 80% of the world is dark, but my heart is still full of light, because I believe that the darkness is definitely temporary and will never disappear, but I believe that the sun will still rise as usual, and of course it will also set, and the ups and downs are life! Why do you engrave this in your psyche? I think you have some complaints, I think society is not something that you and I can change with a few words, let's adapt to it as a drop in the ocean, I really don't like it like you, I believe you are fully capable of leaving? Why bother with yourself! I always think that this heart is bright, and nothing else is very important, and I suggest you take a look at Wang Yangming's theory. "I, in turn, am doing ideological work for Gong Chuang, like an old man.

"This heart is bright? Isn't that self-deception! Can you take out this kind of childish talk? It's not worth mentioning! Gong Chuang replied to me disdainfully, "You, you haven't encountered my encounter, you don't have a backache when you stand and talk!" ”

"Gong Chuang, you are much older than me, maybe as you said, you have suffered a lot of social injustice. However, you can't generalize from one side to the other, is it better to return to the Qing Dynasty than now? Of course, I really haven't encountered these encounters that you told me, and I am also very sympathetic, but you must not bring this negative energy to the new century, used to hurt more people, negative energy will be conducted, I think the heart is still bright, people are the first capable people in the Ming Dynasty, and they are saints alongside Confucius! Don't worry, you can listen to me first. Gong Chuang was anxious to refute me, but I stopped him and continued, "Gong Chuang, you don't know, Wang Yangming himself is against idealism!" He once believed in Zhu Xi's knowledge of things, stupidly looked at the bamboo for three days and almost starved to death, and later he thought that some Confucian concepts were wrong, such as removing human desires and destroying human nature! Human nature is innate, it cannot be extinguished, and it is simply unworkable self-deception! And the brightness of his heart is that I want to be worthy of my conscience, do things according to my conscience, and have no hesitation, and he believes that the truth of the world is in everyone's heart, and there is no need to learn at all, it is everyone's conscience. ”

"Haha, I said a lot, anyway, I haven't heard of this person, and by conscience, you have a conscience, but others don't!" Gong Chuang laughed at my naivety.

"Do you know why Japan is rising so fast?" I also asked Gong Chuang with a slight smile.

"Don't tell me, the Japanese are all bright according to this, little devils are bright fart!" Gong Chuang scolded.

"Hehe, you were right! Wang Yangming had a significant impact on Japan's Meiji Restoration and rapid entry into an industrialized society, and countless Japanese politicians and entrepreneurs worshipped him like a god. The leaders of the Fallen Curtain Saigo Takamori, Kusaka Genrui, and Maehara Issei, the founding fathers of the Meiji era, Hirobumi Ito, and Shinsaku Takasugi, the commander-in-chief of the Russo-Japanese War and the dictatorial leader Yama Yamagu, were all out of the royal house. Yataro Iwasaki, the founder of the Mitsubishi Group, Eiichi Shibusawa, the founder of the National Bank of Japan and an industrial giant, Shigenobu Okuma, the founder of Waseda University and Japanese Prime Minister, and the famous writer Yukio Mishima are all followers of Wang Yangming. It can be said that the influence of Yang Ming Psychology on Japan is all-round and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. I said to Gong Chuang like a history teacher, "The most famous of them is Heihachiro Togo, the god of the Japanese Navy, who defeated the Russian Far East Fleet, do you know how they won?" There is a waist card hanging on people's waists, "bow your head and worship Yangming all your life"! You know? ”

"Little Japan! If you encounter a ghost, you worship it, it doesn't necessarily mean that it is amazing, I haven't heard of it, and it can be tied with Confucius? How can it be! Gong Chuang whispered doubting what I said.

As early as when he was studying at Hunan No. 1 Normal School, Chairman Weiren stood out with an essay on "The Power of the Heart" and attracted the attention of Yang Changji. As a mentor, Yang Changji is a faithful believer of Wang Yangming. Under his guidance, the chairman of the great man, Yang Ming Xinxue, conducted in-depth research, and expressed his admiration for Wang Yangming with the sentence "Famous in the world for 500 years, all the princes are leftover".

According to the reactionary Lao Chiang, "When I studied in Japan in my early years, whenever I traveled, whether on the train, on the train, on the train, or on the ferry, I always saw that many Japanese people were reading Wang Yangming's 'Biography'. So Lao Jiang ran to the bookstore and picked up a lot of Wang Yangming's works, "I kept reading and researching, and later, for this philosophy, it was really a dance of hands, a dance of feet, and admiration in my heart......"

I told Gong Chuang the story of the two founders on both sides and Wang Yangming. He listened to me very quietly and didn't interrupt me again.

Wang Shouren was born in a prominent family in Yuyao, Zhejiang, and was born with a special temperament. His mother was more than ten months pregnant before giving birth, and before he was born, his grandmother dreamed that the gods were dressed in scarlet jade, preached in the clouds, and held a child, and fell from the sky, so his grandfather named him "Yun" and named the place where he lived "Ruiyun Building". After birth, he still couldn't speak at the age of 5, but he memorized the books his grandfather had read. A high-ranking monk came to his house, touched his head and said, "What a child, but it's a pity that the Tao is broken." According to the Analects of Wei Linggong, my grandfather renamed him "Shouren" according to the "Analects of Wei Linggong", "knowing it, benevolence cannot be kept, although it is gained, it will be lost", and then he began to speak.

At the age of twelve, Wang Shouren officially enrolled in the teacher's school. At the age of thirteen, his mother Zheng died, and he lost his childhood, which was a big setback for him. But he has high ambitions and a different mind. Once I discussed with Mr. Shushi what is the most important thing in the world, he was different from the ordinary, thinking that "the imperial examination is not the first priority", and the most important thing in the world is to study and be a sage. At that time, the government of the country was corrupt, and the rebel army was everywhere. During the orthodox years of Yingzong, Yingzong was captured by the Mongol Warat tribe, and the imperial court paid compensation and sued for peace. This incident cast a huge shadow on Wang Shouren's young heart. He vowed to learn the art of war and serve his country. At the age of fifteen, he repeatedly wrote to the emperor to offer advice to quell the peasant uprising, but to no avail. In the same year, he traveled to Juyongguan and Shanhaiguan for a month.

When he was seventeen years old, he went to Nanchang to marry Zhu Shi, the daughter of Zhu Yanghe, but on the day of the wedding, no one could find him. It turned out that on this day, when he was wandering around, he met a priest meditating there, so he asked the Taoist priest for advice, and the Taoist priest gave him a lecture on health preservation techniques, and he sat quietly with the Taoist priest and forgot to return, until the next day his father-in-law found him back. At the age of eighteen, he returned to Yuyao with his wife Zhu, and the boat passed through Guangxin, and Wang Shouren paid homage to Lou Liang. Lou Liang taught him the study of "learning from things", and Wang Shouren was very happy. After that, he read Zhu Xi's works all over and pondered Song Confucianism's so-called doctrine that "everything has a fine surface and a coarse inside, and every grass and tree has a reason". In order to practice Zhu Xi's "knowledge of things", once he made up his mind to be poor in bamboo, and "checked" bamboo for three days and three nights, but found nothing, but people fell ill because of it. Since then, Wang Shouren has great doubts about the theory of "Gewu", which is the famous "Shouren Gezhu" in the history of Chinese philosophy.

At the age of 20, Wang Shouren took the township examination for the first time, and after being promoted, his studies made great progress. But he became more and more fond of talking about military affairs and was very good at archery. However, when he was twenty-two years old, he failed to pass the Jinshi examination, and Li Dongyang, the first assistant of the cabinet, smiled at him and said: "Although you did not win the champion this time, you will definitely win the champion in the next imperial examination, and try to make a champion for the next imperial examination." Wang Shouren picked up the pen and finished it, and the elders in the court were amazed at his natural talent. Those who were jealous of him began to talk that this young man, like the champion and the first, must have no one in his sights. At the age of twenty-five, Wang Shouren once again referred to the imperial examination and fell into the first place again. His champion father enlightened him and said that if he didn't succeed this time, he would be able to succeed in his next effort, but he smiled and said: "You are ashamed of not being on the top, and I am ashamed of being upset if you don't get on the top."

In the winter of the first year of Zhengde (1506) of Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty, the eunuch Liu Jin was in charge of government and arrested more than 20 people including Dai Miao, the imperial historian of Nanjing. Wang Shouren went to the rescue, and angered Liu Jin, was forty rods, and was demoted to Guizhou Longchang (seventy miles northwest of Guiyang, Xiuwen County) as a Longchang inn. At the same time, his father, Wang Hua, was also driven out of Beijing and transferred to Nanjing as the secretary of the ministry.

On the way, Wang Shouren was chased and killed by Liu Jin, and faked diving to escape by committing suicide. Wang Shouren, who escaped the pursuit, secretly went to Nanjing to meet his father Wang Hua, and Wang Hua said to him: "Since the imperial court has entrusted you with the responsibility, you should take office." Then he embarked on the road and came to Longchang, Guizhou, "the mountains are thin, and the seedlings and bureaucrats live together", and the Longchang was still an uncivilized area at that time. Wang Shouren was not discouraged, and taught the locals according to customs, and was loved by the people. During this period, he gained a new understanding of the central idea of the University. Wang Shouren realized that "the way of the sage is self-sufficient, and those who seek reason from it are also wrong." During this period, he wrote the "Dogma of the Dragon's Field Beings", which is known as the Dragon's Field Enlightenment.

In August of the eleventh year of Zhengde (1516), Wang Qiong, the secretary of the military department, appreciated Wang Shouren's talent very much, and under the recommendation of Wang Qiong, Wang Shouren was promoted to the imperial history of the left of the Imperial Court of the Imperial Palace, and patrolled Nan (An), Jiangxi (Zhou), Ting (Zhou), Zhang (Zhou) and other places.

At that time, thieves were swarming in the South Central Zone. Xie Zhishan occupied Hengshui, Zuoxi, and Tonggang, and Chi Zhongrong occupied Huntoutoutou, each claiming the king, echoing with Chen Yuneng of Dayu, Gao Kuaima of Lechang, and Gong Fuquan of Chenzhou, and captured and plundered various prefectures and counties. And the thieves Zhan Shifu and others in Damoshan, Fujian, raised troops again. The former governor, Vincento, fell ill and left his post. Xie Zhishan united with the thieves of Lechang to seize Dayu, attacked Nankang and Ganzhou, and the chief of Ganxian County was killed in battle. After Shouren arrived, he knew that many people in the government were the eyes and ears of the thieves, so he reprimanded the old and cunning servant, who was trembling and did not dare to hide it, and confessed truthfully. Shouren forgave their sins and allowed them to spy on the rebels, so that Shouren was able to grasp the thieves' movements. Later, he sent troops from Fujian and Guangdong to fight against the thieves in Tai Mo Shan. Wang Shouren's use of soldiers is "weird" and arbitrary, and he is known as a "cunning soldier".

In the first month of the twelfth year of Zhengde (1517), Wang Shouren personally led the elite troops in Shanghang, pretended to retreat, attacked by surprise, broke more than 40 villages, killed and captured more than 7,000 people. He told the court that his power was too small to order his soldiers. Wang Qiong played and gave Wang Shouren a flag, which can be done cheaply. In July, the army marched into the Great Palace. In October, Kezuoxi and Hengshui broke 84 nests, killing and capturing more than 6,000 people. After the war, Chongyi County was set up in Hengshui. Later, the division returned to Ganzhou, crusaded against the thieves with sharp heads, and killed more than 2,000 people. Wang Shouren led the scholars and the bias to become thieves who had been suffering for decades, and the people nearby exclaimed that Shouren was a god.

In the fourteenth year of Zhengde (1519), Zhu Chenhao, the king of Ning, launched a rebellion. It is said that after the news reached Beijing, the ministers of the DPRK and China were shocked, but only Wang Qiong said very confidently: "Wang Bo'an is in Jiangxi, and he will definitely capture the traitor." ”

At that time, Wang Shouren was preparing to travel to Fujian to quell the rebellion there. Traveling to Fengcheng between Ji'an and Nanchang in Jiangxi, Wang Shouren received the news of Zhu Chenhao's rebellion and immediately rushed to Ji'an to recruit volunteers, issue a message, and send troops to conscript. At the beginning, Wang Shouren came up with a suspicious plan. He knew very well that if King Ning went east along the Yangtze River, then Nanjing would definitely not be able to be saved. If Nanjing, which is the capital of the country, is lost, the rebels will have a certain political initiative, and it will be difficult to quell the rebellion.

After Wang Shouren pacified the thieves, the soldier talisman was handed over to the military department, and there were no soldiers in his hands. The court officials in Jiangxi came to help Shouren, and gathered soldiers from various prefectures and counties in Yuanzhou (present-day Yichun, Jiangxi) to requisition military rations and manufacture ordnance ships.

Wang Shouren pretended to spread the message to King Qin of Jiangxi from all over the country, and posted fake posts everywhere in Nanchang to confuse Chenhao, claiming that the imperial court had sent a total of 80,000 border soldiers and Beijing soldiers, together with his troops in Nanjiang and Huguang and Liangguang, claiming to be 160,000, to prepare to attack Nanchang, the hometown of King Ning. In order to gain time to assemble the army, he wrote a wax book to let Zhu Chenhao's false appearances Li Shishi and Liu Yangzheng persuade Chenhao to send troops to attack Nanjing, and deliberately leaked it to Chenhao. At this time, Li and Liu really persuaded Chen Hao to march into Nanjing, but Chen Hao was suspicious and did not move.

King Ning hesitated, waited for more than ten days, and found out that the imperial court did not send so many soldiers at all, so he went down the east of the river, captured the two cities of Jiujiang and Nankang (now Xingzi, Jiangxi), and approached Anqing. When Zhu Chenhao led 60,000 troops down the Jiujiang River to watch Nanjing, Wang Shouren had already led the hastily formed 80,000 Ping rebel army to attack Nanchang, the old nest of King Ning, and forced Zhu Chenhao to return to help. At that time, someone suggested that Wang Shouren go to save Anqing, but he refused, and analyzed: If you save Anqing, you will hold the main force of King Ning on the river, and the enemies of Nankang and Jiujiang will take advantage of the weakness to attack our back, and we will suffer from the enemy on our back; And we went straight to Nanchang, the Nanchang garrison was empty, and our army was full of vigor and spirit, and it would definitely be able to fall in one fell swoop; King Ning will definitely come to the rescue, and when the time comes, we will definitely win. The facts turned out to be as Wang Shouren expected.

At this time, the army of Shouren had been assembled. Chenhao's elite all went to Anqing, and the troops left in Nanchang were empty, Shouren led his troops to attack Nanchang, and Chenhao returned to save Nanchang. In the end, the two sides fought a decisive battle at Poyang Lake, Wang Shouren threw countless "death-free bamboo cards" at the rebels on the lake, and the rebel soldiers all rushed to the lake to pick up and salvage, and the army was in turmoil. After three days of fierce fighting, King Ning was defeated and captured, and King Ning's rebellion ended after 35 days.

However, the great achievement of counterinsurgency was not recognized by Wu Zong. The fortunate ministers beside Wuzong usually have close contacts with King Ning, and their mentality is extremely complicated. Some fortunate ministers hoped that Wang Shouren would release Zhu Chenhao, and then let Wuzong, who had already toured the south, personally "capture" Zhu Chenhao to satisfy Wuzong's vanity. In the face of such a complicated situation, Wang Shouren retreated bravely. He handed Zhu Chenhao over to Zhang Yong, a eunuch who was upright at the time, and then called him ill to avoid getting involved in more political incidents. Therefore, in the end of the Wuzong Dynasty, Wang Shouren's efforts to quell the rebellion were not rewarded by the imperial court. It was not until after Sejong's accession to the throne that Wang Shouren was promoted to the rank of knight.