King Ning is finally dead!

He had been imprisoned in Nanjing, but the emperor approved his detention to go north, and he was executed only three days after entering Beijing.

The case was jointly tried by the three legal divisions, and the whole process seemed to be formal and orderly, but in fact it was just perfunctory.

Who dares to dig deeper?

Who dares to dig roots?

Even the bribery account book sent by Wang Yangming does not know when it was lost. Anyway, as soon as King Ning died, the hundred officials could feel at ease, and the court returned to a stable and harmonious atmosphere. 、

Wang Yuan and Wang Yangming had copies of the account books, which were copied by the disciples of Xinxue.

This is done specifically to prevent "loss", but there is no need to take it out for the time being.

Let's not talk about the capital, let's turn our attention to Guangzhou.

Zhan Ruoshui, who was born in the list, can be said to have a very unsmooth career. As soon as he became an official, he met Liu Jin in power, and Liu Jin was finally able to come out, Li Dongyang promoted him to the Hanlin Academy for editing, and specially sent him to envoy Annan, and he will definitely be promoted after returning to the dynasty.

When Zhan Ruoshui came back from Annan, his backer Li Dongyang had retired and gone home, and his friend Wang Yangming was also squeezed out to Nanjing. Since then, he has been completely neglected, and even the credit for envoying the vassal kingdom has been directly ignored by his superiors, because Yang Tinghe and Liang Chu's people control the Hanlin Academy.

At this time, Zhan Ruoshuiding's period of worry had expired, but he showed no sign of returning to Beijing.

If Zhan Ruoshui never returns to Beijing, and he can't come up with enough reasons, he will be deprived of all official positions when he is examined by the household department.

Historically, he was deprived of his official position, and he was left with only one status as a leader. It wasn't until Jiajing ascended the throne that he came out of the mountain, starting from the compilation of the Hanlin Academy, but he was implicated by Wang Yangming, and Emperor Jiajing suppressed Xinxue. Zhan Ruoshui can only be a scholar in Nanjing, and he has been a secretary of Nanjing's officials, soldiers, and rites.

Guangdong, Xiqiao Mountain.

Zhan Ruoshui is lecturing at the academy -

"How to understand the principles of heaven? It should be a good thing! ”

"The way of learning things is to start from the heart and start from things. Wang Ruoxu's school of physics in the capital found another way to start from things. But he always said that he studied the heart, and he also started from the heart, and it was difficult for others to deny it. ”

"Why do you mention Wang Ruoxu? This man is a genius of the world, and his school of physics, I have studied it carefully. I have also mastered some of the content of mathematics and physics, which can be regarded as a method of Gewu. If you are interested, you may wish to take a look at it and confirm each other in order to learn from each other's strengths. ”

"Nowadays, there is a battle between gas and reason, and there is also a battle of psychology, but in fact, in my opinion, it is not necessary. The avenue of the world, different paths to the same end, whether it is Cheng Zhu Lixue, or Lu Chen (Baisha) Xinxue, in the final analysis, it is a truth. Mind and matter, reason and qi, mind and reason, mind and sexuality, knowledge and action, reason and desire, void and reality, are all inseparable and singular. ”

"Mr. Yang Ming said that there is nothing outside the heart, and that is wrong. You are also wrong to debate the superiority of mind and science. It is also wrong for the apologists to keep the principles of heaven and eliminate all desires. We should be one mind and matter, one qi and reason, and one reason and desire. ”

Suddenly, a disciple asked, "Sir, how can reason and desire be united?" ”

Zhan Ruoshui explained: "Eating and drinking, eating and drinking, and the love between men and women are all human nature, not human desires." Even thinking about beauty affairs and admiring beautiful women, this is also human nature, and it is a better pursuit of food and color. What is human desire? Jiangnan eats monkey brains, not for hunger, but for the sake of spoilage, and kills living beings for the sake of appetite. And the womanizer, there are one or twenty concubines, and he is still messing with flowers and grass outside, can he be busy? ”

"Hahahaha!"

All the disciples immediately burst into laughter, all showing tacit expressions.

Zhan Ruoshui said: "Why can reason and desire be united? Desire is also good and bad. Laziness is human desire, and diligence is the principle of heaven. But if there is a lazy person who invents boats, boats, chariots and horses to benefit the people of the world, then he is too lazy to be reasonable. There is no end to human desires, only saints can get rid of them, and we ordinary people should try to restrain human desires, and we should also use human desires to do the right thing. ”

"Sir, high opinion!" The disciple admired.

Zhan Ruoshui smiled and said, "I also figured it out two years ago. At that time, my mother died of illness, and I returned to my hometown to worry, thinking about the similarities and differences between Cheng Zhu Lixue, Lu Chen Xinxue, Yangming Xinxue, and the School of Physics. The view of 'reason and desire' just now actually draws on Wang Ruoxu's theory of physics. The school of physics is mainly practical, not talking about nothing, and it is a good study of the first class in the world. ”

Another disciple asked, "Sir, if a student wants to study physics, does he have to go to the capital to study?" ”

"That's not comparable," said Zhan Ruoshui, "if you want to learn physics, I can teach it too." But it is only limited to the basics, if you want to go deeper, you have to go to the Beijing Institute of Physics, because the knowledge of the physics school is increasing every day. ”

Suddenly, Zhan Ruoshui's entourage ran into the school hall and muttered in a low voice: "Master, some officers and soldiers are here, saying that they are asking you to be an official on the orders of the emperor." ”

Zhan Ruoshui did not change color, but said: "Let them wait, and don't disturb the disciples." ”

After talking until the evening, Zhan Ruoshui finally announced the end of class, Shi Shiran walked out of the classroom and arched his hand: "I am Zhan Ruoshui, what is your position?" ”

Man Zheng said: "I am the chief soldier of Zhejiang. A few days ago, the Francophone fleet attacked the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty outside Hangzhou Bay. His Majesty ordered me to send troops to recruit and annihilate the enemy by luck, capturing thirteen Franc Aircraft sea ships and hundreds of officers and men of the Franc Mechanic Naval Division. ”

Zhan Ruoshui's hometown is in Guangzhou, and of course he knows that the Franc machine is strong and the gun is sharp.

In fact, at the end of last year, Simon attacked the smuggling fleets of other countries in Guangzhou Bay. As long as it was not a Portuguese merchant ship, Simon opened fire directly when he saw it, and even sank two Chinese civilian smuggling ships.

In this situation, the Guangdong officials had no choice, and the few broken ships of the Guangzhou Navy Division did not dare to fight with the Francophiles.

Zhan Ruoshui asked in surprise: "General Franc Mechanic, but what is Simon?" ”

Man Zheng said with a smile: "It is this fang who is now being imprisoned in Hangzhou Prison. He also committed crimes in Guangdong? ”

"The general soldier is brave and brave!" Zhan Ruoshui exclaimed.

Man Zheng took out a document and a letter, handed it to Zhan Ruoshui, and said, "Wang Shilang advises His Majesty and recommends Mr. Zhan to be the envoy to Manraka. ”

The letter was written by Wang Yuan, explaining the matter clearly and stating the key to this mission.

Zhan Ruoshui easily put away the official documents, and as the editor of the Hanlin Academy, he also served as a member of the Ministry of Rites, and he was promoted in terms of grade, but there was nothing to be happy about. As far as Zhan Ruoshui's qualifications are concerned, he is qualified to be directly promoted to the Ministry of Rites, but now he just has a temporary part-time job.

After spending a day, Zhan Ruoshui arranged the affairs of the academy and followed Man Zheng to Malacca.

When the Daming treasure ship came to Malacca, it instantly caused a sensation in the port, and the Portuguese were so frightened that they hurriedly set up cannons. After all, the treasure ship is too huge, much larger than the two main warships on Portuguese soil!

When Zhan Ruoshui landed on the shore, the Portuguese governor was not there, and Malacca didn't even have anyone who could make a decision.

So, after Manzheng unloaded the goods in Malacca, he immediately bought goods and returned to the sea—Wang Yuan told him that the treasure ship could not sail to India, for fear of being detained by the Portuguese.

India is Portugal's old nest in the East, where there are the largest shipyards and arsenals in Asia, and the main force of Portugal's Eastern Fleet has always remained in India. A treasure ship, two bird ships, and more than a dozen ships with the sea ships they had surrendered, went to India purely to deliver food to people.

Zhan Ruoshui, as an envoy, took only a few retinues and went to Goa, India, on a Portuguese sea ship to negotiate.