As an engineering dog who builds bridges and holes in the mountains all the year round, and only looks at fantasy and fairy tales in novels, Wang Yuan has a very poor understanding of the history of the Ming Dynasty.

In Wang Yuan's cognition, what are the historical figures of the Zhengde Dynasty?

Let's take a closer look:

Zhu Houzhao, Liu Gonggong, Li Fengjie, Wang Yangming, Ning Wang, Yang Shen, Tang Bohu, Zhu Zhishan and Qiu Xiangjie.

The above is probably all, even the four great talents in Jiangnan, Wang Yuan only remembers half of them. If you really want to make up a few more, it is Hua Wen, Hua Wu, Hua Taishi and Sister Pomegranate, as well as the Washington master of the left green dragon and the right white tiger.

Not to mention that Wang Yangming came to Guizhou, even if he heard Tang Bohu, Wang Yuan would go to him for a drink.

More than a dozen guards behind Song Ling'er startled these bandits. They couldn't help but ask: "I don't know the little brother's name?" ”

Wang Yuan handed over the wine jar to Achai and Ngawang, turned over his horse, and replied, "King Er of Black Mountain Ridge!" ”

"Fortunately, I will be lucky!"

While the bandits were fortunate, their hearts were even more confused.

The leader introduced himself and said, "My name is Shang Fuquan. This is my brothers Zhou Jin, Zhang Tao, and Zhang Zhonghe, and we all live on the side of Centipede Ridge. ”

Wang Yuan immediately clasped his fists: "It turned out that it was Brother Shang, Brother Zhou, and the two Brother Zhang in front of each other, and they were disrespectful!" ”

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be." The power of business wealth is becoming more and more bottomless.

The main thing is that there are more than a dozen guards, and everyone is riding horses, and the leader must be a Tusi noble. However, Wang Yuan claimed to live in the Black Mountain Ridge, and the four bandits couldn't figure it out, so they couldn't help but secretly look at Song Ling'er.

Could it be that this young man is Song Ran's son-in-law?

The bandits also bought a few jars of wine and emptied the counters of the restaurant. They did not bring horses, but only two donkeys, with a few farm tools hanging on their backs, and walked cautiously ahead to guide the way.

Walking out of the north gate of Guizhou, Shang Fuquan couldn't help but ask: "The second brother Wang is really a blue-wearing person?" ”

"It's like a fake." Wang Yuan said with a smile.

Song Ling'er suddenly smiled and said: "Wang Yuan is the first place in this year's county and government examinations. ”

This is quite unusual, two years ago, Song Linger sneered at scholars, and now she actually thinks that the first place in the county exam can be used to show off. She also had a strange relationship with Wang Yuan, often calling and drinking without politeness, but she never objected to the decisions made by Wang Yuan.

Just like buying wine just now, Wang Yuan said to pay, and Song Ling'er immediately took out the money, and she didn't feel anything wrong.

"It turned out to be Master Xiucai!" Shang Fuquan slapped his ass on the back.

Wang Yuan corrected: "It's just a child." ”

Shang Fuquan said with a smile: "Tong Sheng's first place in the exam must be a talent." ”

Wang Yuan asked casually: "Since you know the process of the boy's test, you must have lived in Guizhou City before, right?" ”

Shang Fuquan consciously lost his words, and wanted to fool the past with a haha: "How can we, the small people in the mountains and wilderness, be qualified to live in Guizhou City." ”

"Don't be afraid," Wang Yuan said soothingly, "We wear Qingzhai, and there are fugitives everywhere, so how can we manage a lot." Did you use to be in Guizhou Wei? ”

Shang Fuquan did not admit it, nor did he deny it, which was probably a tacit acquiescence.

When it comes to qualifications, Shang Fuquan has to call Wang Quan a senior. Wang Quan fled more than 20 years ago, they only fled in recent years, and they didn't run far, and they fell directly into the grass on Centipede Ridge.

Half a month ago, they actually grabbed Wang Yangming's head.

At that time, Wang Yangming took his servants down the mountain to buy salt, and he had dozens of taels of silver on him. After giving two taels of silver to the bandits, he began to reason with the bandits, and persuaded the four of them in a daze. Then he brought the bandits back to Longgang Mountain, let them join the Miao village, burn the wasteland and farm with the seedlings, and planned to marry the Miao girl and settle down to have children.

The Miao people were also persuaded by Wang Yangming to accept the four Han people, because the Han people could teach them more advanced farming techniques.

It's a pity that there are not enough farm tools, and this year I still have to slash and burn.

The four of them went to the city this time, in addition to buying wine, they also bought hoes, sickles and other items, and one of the farm tools was bought for Wang Yangming.

After a little understanding of the situation, Wang Yuan asked, "Do many people listen to Mr. Yangming's lectures?" ”

"It's a lot," Shang Fuquan said with a smile, "The Miao people near Longgang Mountain have all gone." These seedlings don't know how to plant at all, so they set fire to the hills, dig pits with stone knives to bury the seeds, and water them as they please, waiting to harvest the grain. They were idle every day, either hunting or listening to Mr. Yang Ming's lectures. ”

"Do you understand?" Wang Yuan asked curiously.

"I understand a fart," Shang Fuquan said disdainfully, "what Mr. Yang Ming said, they all looked at it stupidly, and then laughed together inexplicably." However, many children in Miao Village follow Mr. every day to read and write, and also follow Mr. to learn to speak Chinese. ”

Wang Yuan asked again, "Can you understand?" ”

Shang Fuquan said: "I can't understand the big truth, but I can still understand the small truth." Mr. is right, robbing the house is not a way after all, you have to ask your wife to live in peace. ”

……

In fact, Wang Yangming is not as chic and calm as people think.

He was very agitated!

At this moment, sitting outside the cave, closing his eyes and thinking for a long time, a breath of boredom held in his stomach and nowhere to vent.

In the past two years, he has been imprisoned, on the run, assassinated, sick, his wife has miscarried due to family changes, and the doctor said that it will be difficult to get pregnant again in the future. Wang Yangming thought that he could transcend everything, and he had nothing to ask for fame and fortune, but who knew that he had a great fear when he was assassinated.

At that moment, Wang Yangming found that he couldn't transcend life and death, he still wanted to live, he was still a mortal.

But how can we transcend life and death?

Wang Yangming has been thinking about it for a few months, thinking about it all the way, but he has not found anything so far.

In the cave, Wang Changxi was cooking on a fire.

Wang Changle was in the Miao village, tutoring the Miao people to ram the earth to build houses - Wang Yangming was able to gain the trust of the Miao people, thanks to his experience in the Ministry of Engineering, and the tomb of Wang Yue of Weiningbo was built under his supervision. Wang Yangming taught them the art of ramming earth and erecting wood, and helped the seedlings build civil structure houses.

You see, civil engineering is still very useful, at least to make the seedlings of the land return to their hearts.

Suddenly, Wang Yangming opened his eyes and went back to the cave to get a stone axe. He walked to the place where he was meditating, and kept splitting at a lump of stones, cutting off the edges and corners, peeling off the stone skin, and gradually cultivating it into a stone pier.

"Poof!"

Stone axes shattered.

Wang Yangming picked up a fragment of a stone axe and engraved words on the stone pier: I only want my life!

This is from the text of "Mencius: Devoted to the Heart": "If you live a long life, you will cultivate yourself to meet it, so you will make a life." It can also be from Zhu Xi's commentary on "Mencius: Devoted Heart", the original text is: "A gentleman practices the law to save his life." ”

At this moment, when it comes to Wang Yangming's state of mind, it should come from the former, that is, the original text of "Mencius", which has nothing to do with Zhu Xi's commentary.

Let's talk about people, Wang Yangming is going to cultivate his life!

Combined with the context of this sentence in "Mencius", that is: I have adhered to my original heart, realized my nature, and knew the destiny of heaven. The rest of the matter is to strictly abide by one's heart and nature, and wait for one's fate. It is my destiny to do my best to do the right thing and die; To sin and die by punishment is to die by unexpectedness! I have not finished my ways, and I will not die here.

Thinking of this truth, Wang Yangming suddenly became enlightened, and instantly transcended life and death, and was no longer ashamed of being afraid of death.

Before Wang Changxi had finished cooking, Wang Changle had already returned, and he said with a smile: "Uncle, Miao Min said that it is cold and damp to live in the cave, and he wants to help us build a few thatched houses first." They compared for a long time, and I figured it out, and that's what it meant. ”

"Yes." Wang Yangming smiled.

Suddenly, Shang Fuquan's voice came: "Sir, sir! We bought the farm tools and brought you a few jars of wine! ”

Wang Yangming is in a good mood, and he can open up the wasteland with farm tools, otherwise he can only eat soil to live in the second half of the year.

Wang Changle hurriedly ran to get farm tools, and suddenly exclaimed: "Uncle, there are a lot of horses here!" ”

Wang Yangming walked a few steps and saw that not far from the cave, there were more than ten barbarians riding horses. The first was a pair of young boys and girls. The boy was dressed in black, and his hair was tied up haphazardly; The girl was dressed in red and had a colorful scarf tied around her head.

But seeing that the two turned over and dismounted, the people behind also dismounted, neat and well-trained.

Wang Yuan tidied up his clothes, straightened up, and said in Master Shen's accent: "Guizhu Si Tongsheng Wang Yuan, I have seen Mr. Yang Ming!" ”

Before Wang Yangming could speak, Wang Changle was pleasantly surprised: "Uncle, he has a Yuyao accent!" ”

Wang Yuan thought to himself: It was just when I heard that you had a Yuyao accent just now, so Lao Tzu deliberately imitated Master Shen to speak.

Although Wang Yangming has just understood life and death, his state of mind is like an ancient well. But the people he has come into contact with in the past two months are either seedlings or bandits, and there is not even a single one who can really chat.

At this moment, a scholar suddenly appeared, and he spoke with a hometown accent, which made Wang Yangming really can't help but be happy, and said with a smile: "Please go to the cave to talk about it." ”

Wang Yuan took the wine jar from the hands of Ah Chai and Ah Wang, held one in one hand, and strode into the cave.

Wang Changle secretly said: This kid has so much strength!

Wang Changxi had already taken out the dishes, took the initiative to add wine for everyone, and then returned to continue cooking.

"Good wine!" Wang Yangming took a sip and asked, "Who did you learn your accent from?" ”

Wang Yuan replied: "My teacher's name is Shen Fuxuan, a native of Yuyao, Shaoxing Prefecture, who has been studying in Chenghua for 14 years. ”

Calling your teacher by name is clearly unruly. But Wang Yangming didn't pick on it, he just regarded it as a barbarian vulgarity, and said with a smile: "It's actually a fellow villager." I don't know where this friend Shen lives now? ”

Wang Yuan replied: "Mr. has been hired as a guest by the deputy envoy of Guizhou University, and he is coming around with the chief official at this moment, and he may be able to come back in ten days and a half months." ”

Wang Yangming glanced at the bow and knife on Wang Yuan's body: "You are proficient in martial arts?" ”

Wang Yuan replied with a smile: "I haven't killed anyone yet." ”

"Haha, that's an interesting answer," Wang Yangming couldn't help laughing, got up and said, "Can you borrow a bow and arrow, I haven't drawn a bow for a few days." ”

The four bandits were speechless, they also had bows and arrows, but they didn't see Mr. try the bow, maybe they looked down on the earthen bow.

"Please!" Wang Yuan handed over the bow and arrow.

Wang Yangming tried the bow power and said in surprise: "It's actually a seven-bucket bow." ”

"Whew!"

Aiming with the string, an arrow is fired, and the vines at the entrance of the cave are disconnected.

Well, in fact, he didn't pull the bow to the fullest, and Uncle Wang's strength was obviously not enough.