Section 44: The Point of Balance of Forces
It's still that corridor, it's still the scholar, it's still the street with a panoramic view, but Jiang Tian is no longer a poor talent who is muddy, and there is no cowardly little girl by his side.
"What is the gentleman looking at?" Xinyue quietly walked to the side and asked very carefully: "But are you worried about Linglong and Xiyun?" ”
Jiang Tian nodded slowly, Wu Yuan couldn't wait to pick up Xiyun this morning, Linglong was also invited because of the previous master-servant relationship, and because she won the praise of the heavenly family, outsiders didn't seem to know that Wu Yuan invited Xiyun, and thought that he invited a popular prostitute from his Shunyi Bofu to come to the door to perform the song. The pervert who drank too much wine and also slept in the Red Mansion didn't care about the headache, and after the Wu family's carriage left, he rode his horse and quietly followed, leaving Jiang Tian alone to look at the street and sigh. Outsiders didn't know that he had actually been placed under house arrest, and when they saw Xiucai standing under the eaves of the porch again, they thought that he had slept last night and had not returned to the willows.
Xinyue had a feeling that this cheap teacher's mind was not on the woman, and at first she thought that Xiyun would definitely become Xiucai's concubine after being ransomed, but after contact, she found that the situation was far more complicated than she imagined. One of the most incomprehensible is what Jiang Tian is thinking, this person is not only newly knowledgeable, but also has an unimaginable egalitarian mentality when looking at these women in the dust, although Linglong said that he has repeatedly opposed him, he has not taken out the show to ridicule the other party, which is different from Liu Baokai's playboy who only pursues women's favor, he really does not look down on these sluts, which can be seen from the fact that he can take off his Confucian shirt and wander in the market. But the question also comes, these abnormal situations make Xinyue, who claims to be able to penetrate people's hearts, a little confused, what kind of eyes is he using to look at himself? Is there a relationship between men and women? Or do you really think of yourself as a female disciple with strange interests?
These thoughts make Xinyue very entangled, and now she regrets her original apprenticeship, but fortunately, the other party has never publicly admitted her discipleship, and she can also see that Xiyun has been nervous and shy from the beginning, and has gradually become dependent on this brother, the little girl may not understand the meaning of this change, but Xinyue knows very well that this dependence is definitely not the kind of affection for relatives, but a kind of attachment that gradually sprouts, but Xiyun does not know how to express and please the man in front of her due to her young age, Thinking of this, I regretted a little, why didn't I find the dying Jiang Tian first. The saddest thing for these talented women in this era is not that they are not appreciated by the world, but that they are unable to find a other half who can accommodate themselves. The two men stood there one after the other, each with their own thoughts, not noticing that a man on the corner was looking at them with an indescribable gaze in which all kinds of jealousy and lust were intertwined, as if they were about to breathe fire. This man wanted to get closer, but when he saw that there were always some unkind eyes on the street, he knew that he couldn't be reckless, otherwise he wouldn't even be able to enter the gate of the Red Mansion.
In fact, both inside and outside the court already knew Jiang Tian, a fortunate person who was said to be in the palace on the day of the first day of the new year, according to some well-informed sources, his person is likely to be the same disciple who is now long lived! This made some people who originally had an indifferent attitude towards those radical remarks fall to the faction that hates Jiang Tian in an instant, and the information revealed in these pieces of information is really worrying, if the emperor really recognizes this junior brother, then does it mean that the Confucian tradition that has lasted for thousands of years will be subverted? In fact, the so-called science of science was born only a few hundred years ago, and orthodox Confucianism must be quite limited and biased. For those literati, they instinctively regarded science as Confucian Zhengshuo, and it must be said that it would make Confucius angry. These people are also pondering, should they engage in activities such as forcing the palace to petition in the previous dynasty? But today's emperor doesn't follow the rules at all, you just kneel and die in front of the noon gate, he doesn't take it seriously, maybe he will directly arrest your whole family and throw it into a deserted corner to be a savage. It's not easy to organize a nationwide Confucian boycott, because it is a question whether the scientific examination will continue to exist, and if you want to do it at this time, it is not a direct way for people to completely ban the progress of scholars!
In the past, the reason why Confucianism had so much energy was completely due to the social system, because for thousands of years, the right to speak in public opinion was in the hands of scholars, and the only emperor who challenged this authority and succeeded was Qin Shi Huang, who was scolded for nearly 2,000 years, and even Zhu Yuanzhang of the previous dynasty only established the secret agent agency of Jinyiwei, and used all kinds of real or false charges to suppress the power of civil officials, and did not dare to completely subvert Confucianism. Who needs these scholars to govern the country? The current situation is completely different, first of all, although the same emperor who founded the country by force, this Emperor Zhang has a grudge against civil officials from the beginning, the Donglin Party and his Liangzi can be directly summarized with a book "New Donglin Point General Record", which is different from those eunuchs who wrote things, this book not only has the various activists of the Donglin Party at that time, but also lists his origins and teacher-teacher relationship in detail after his name, and attaches no bad deeds and illegal acts, it was by relying on such a book, the world's "celebrities" was almost swept away, how could this kind of handwriting not remind people of the glorious history of the former Ming Jin Yiwei attacking everywhere. Originally, this was nothing, which dynasty and which generation of founding emperors would not eliminate some dissidents? After this limelight passed, the royal family still needed literati to rule the world together. Only this emperor did not take the usual path, first in the army to teach simplified writing, and then the establishment of a set of military civilian system different from the traditional one, in this system, some educated soldiers and some unambitious Confucian students, gradually embarked on another road to advancement, now those officials in high positions have very reason to believe that as long as the emperor gives an order, these people with rich grassroots work experience and military literacy can quickly take off their military uniforms and change into official uniforms to fill every corner of the country. They were not bound by the traditional Confucian circles, and were absolutely and exclusively loyal to the emperor, so that anyone who wanted to block the reform of the new emperor would be crushed by this system in an instant.
Different from the worries of traditional officials, those technical officials who did not enter the army at the beginning and were promoted by the emperor to have the opportunity to become officials, or the literati who were in the palace from the dragon were about to celebrate with their crowns, Jiang Tian was originally a folk talent who did not belong to any faction, and anything he said and did could only represent him alone. Even if he scolds Zhu Xi, it can be interpreted as this person wants to gain the emperor's appreciation by brushing the lower limit, but once the emperor publicly declares that he is his junior brother, whether this identity is true or false, it will trigger a series of shuffles, and there is no need for a clear edict, the emperor's attitude is an order, and they will start a-for-tat struggle for power with traditional officials for their future. Because in the original system, they will never be able to reach the status of the clear stream, since it is rare to have the opportunity to change this status quo, why not seize it?
The court meeting has not yet arrived, and the political atmosphere in the capital has been highly tense, but fortunately, the news transmission at this time is still relatively slow, and the country has not formed a high degree of confrontation, and the high-level duel in the political system at this time is only a problem between so many people, even if both sides can pull up a large number of allies, the final outcome is also the opposition of so many people, unless there are important interests in the local area, it is actually difficult for the officials to participate in the struggle. Emperor Zhang naturally knew the situation at this time, but his headache was not the problem of redistribution of power, but he couldn't figure out why the atmosphere of fighting in the nest of the Chinese people could not be changed, the officials of the former Ming Dynasty had become accustomed to it, and the new bureaucrats cultivated on his side were inevitably developing in the direction of political tilting, and the reason why he maintained an ambiguous attitude was not the kind of imperial tricks that some people thought, but because he didn't want to cause internal strife because of which side he clearly supported. His idea is at least to maintain a high degree of centripetal and unity in the country when he is alive, concentrate the strength of the whole country to catch up with the science and technology that has begun to lag behind, and lay the foundation for China to maintain its leading position in the world. Therefore, he wants to recognize Jiang Tian, let this only person who can understand him quickly reverse the situation, and shorten the time for scientific and technological progress no matter how bad it is.
The small people in the market do not have so much political awareness, especially the people in the red mansion, whether it is the girls or those turtle slaves, they are all thinking about how much future Jiang Tian will have in the future, judging from Wu Yuan's deliberately flattering attitude, at least he is also a seedling of a waiter, of course, according to the normal promotion process, it will take at least ten years later, but Jiang Tian's ability to make money is not small, and recently he has the name of "the first rhythm" of the new dynasty, for the Qinglou who opens the door to do business, Such a patron will always be his own God, but because Chen's mother was forcibly expelled from the capital, and the Ministry of Rites has not appointed a new administrator, the people who want to curry favor here have no unified command Xinyue naturally no one stepped forward to offer ugliness when he was around, but you, the Qing people, can occupy the daytime, and the night is the time for the girls to compete, if anyone can get Jiang Xianggong's favor and accept the rain and dew that night, even if this person does not recognize people like other prostitutes @ Ke, he can also brag to the outside world, If you serve him well and pester him to compose a song and fill in a word for yourself, wouldn't you be able to earn money for your retirement! It's a pity that Jiang Tian himself doesn't know what will be waiting for him at night at the moment.