The reason why Wei Bao said this was to reassure Sun Chengzong.

Wei Bao had already faintly seen Sun Chengzong's scruples, and guessed that Sun Chengzong might be afraid that he was the bait released by his political enemies and deliberately came to harm him, so he said something that he asked Sun Chengzong for.

Wei Bao now has a deeper and deeper understanding of the Ming Dynasty, and the deepest impression is that, as Wu Sanfu said, there is no one in the Ming Dynasty who does not ask for people, and it is impossible to ask for nothing.

Making people feel like they have something to ask for is actually a way to reassure people, and this trick is actually very useful.

Therefore, Wei Bao deliberately made a matter of asking Sun Chengzong.

Sun Chengzong smiled slightly, and said very happily: "What about the letter from Wei Gongzi who raised Weijiazhuang?" The old man will sign it now. Wei Gongzi's willingness to benefit the township is something that should be encouraged. ”

Wei Bao hurried to the door of the conference hall and called Wang Qiuya to bring the lifting letter.

Wang Qiuya agreed and hurried over.

"Wouldn't it? Wei Bao didn't have any effort to get in, and even the Inspector was willing to sign his letter? Ask the imperial court to seal the name of Weijiazhuang? Wu Sanfu couldn't believe it and asked Wu Xuexia beside him.

Wu Sanfu and Wu Xuexia had to wait for Wei Bao to leave the Governor's Mansion together, so they still stayed in Jiang Yingzhao's signing room and waited.

"Nothing is impossible, Wei Bao's mouth, you haven't seen it." Wu Xuexia narrowed her eyes.

It seems that this is a very common thing.

Wu Sanfu smiled: "You believe so much in your Xiaobao? He's not a god. The Inspector is His Majesty's teacher, and there is a difference of 108,000 miles between him and a village boy, why do you help him so much? And this must be the first time they've seen each other, right? ”

"What happened to the first meeting?" Wu Xuexia said: "You can't talk about it, it's pleasing to the eye, or it's not pleasing to the eye, sometimes it's enough to see it once!" If you don't have an eye edge, you will be together for a lifetime, and you won't get along. ”

Wu Sanfu smiled, didn't have time to make fun of Wu Xuexia, and peeked at Wei Bao and Sun Chengzong in the council hall through the crack of the door. Although he couldn't hear what was said, Wu Sanfu wanted to see something from the expressions and demeanors of the two people.

Sun Chengzong took the matter of raising Weijiazhuang seriously, and was willing to sign, mainly because this was not the kind of prince who gave the title, this kind of gift was just a symbol of honor, and it was useless.

The prefix of a certain township with a local celebrity is too common, and there are too many in Zhaojiashan, Lijiazhai, Wangjia Village, Zhangjia Town.

The reason why Wei Bao insisted on doing this was not because he wanted to make Weijiazhuang truly his personal property through the emperor's mouth.

Not to mention a Zhuangzi given by the emperor, it was the prince of the vassal prince, and there was no one to inherit after his death, or he made some mistakes, and there were many people who were stripped of their names.

It is even more common for the emperor to give a minister a title today and kill this minister tomorrow.

Wei Bao asked for the emperor's name, mainly to buy time for Weijiazhuang!

Wei Bao knew very well how long the Emperor of the Apocalypse could bounce in history, and it would only take about four years to hang.

But Wei Bao believes that the rest of the Emperor of the Apocalypse for more than four years is enough for him to get Weijiazhuang out of the prototype of the city, and it can also win him enough time to build up the surrounding defense of Weijiazhuang.

After four years of hard work, Wei Bao is confident that he can build Weijiazhuang into a huge fortress!

Or rather, turtle shells.

Wei Bao is a turtle character, he likes to hide and hide when he has something, there is such a fortress that cannot be damaged no matter how big the situation changes, such a large base area, whether it is taking the road of officialdom or the rebellion route in the future, it will be a solid foundation!

Therefore, Wei Bao needs the name of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and the mouth of the Emperor of the Apocalypse to give him the orthodox recognition of the law, and admit that he is the master of this Weijiazhuang, and he does not need to be restrained by the local government in Liaoxi, and he can really build everything like a master in Weijiazhuang.

This is also Sun Chengzong has never been to Weijiazhuang, I don't know the specific situation of Weijiazhuang, normal people first sound, a Zhuangzi, what else can you do? What kind of climate will it be? And it's a barren coastal land with three non-sticks, so it doesn't matter.

If it was a sensitive strategic area in Liaodong, where it could have a relationship with the Jiannu or the Mongols, or with the Koreans, Sun Chengzong would not have dealt with it so casually.

Or it is a rich land in the south of the Yangtze River, which involves a wide range of interests and involves the interests of many people, and it cannot be disposed of casually.

Now the big families in Liaoxi and Liaodong, except for the Wu family and the ancestral family, have all signed and stamped the painting, and Sun Chengzong feels that he is just doing this because of the favor. Don't the locals see it better than he does? Sun Chengzong estimated that since Wei Bao was willing to donate such a large amount of silver even to the imperial court to use soldiers against Jiannu, he must have done a lot of good things to the local people in normal times, so he would be so recommended by everyone.

Wei Bao handed over the letter from Weijiazhuang to Sun Chengzong.

Sun Chengzong placed the letter on a table, neatly wrote his name, place of origin, and position like everyone else, and took off the seal around his waist to stamp it, and also marked his fingerprints.

"Wei Gongzi, is this okay?" Sun Chengzong smiled and handed the letter to Wei Bao.

Wei Bao glanced at it, Sun Chengzong's handwriting was beautiful, but it was a bit girly, and the position was also very inconspicuous, placed behind everyone. But Sun Chengzong's three words seem to have some kind of magic, even if the handwriting is not eye-catching, the position is not eye-catching, it can still teach people to see at a glance!

That's the power of fame. Wei Bao secretly thought, now there is a large number of big families in Liaoxi and Liaodong, and there is the signature of Lord Sun Chengzong, I will see what reason Wei Zhongxian has not to do it for himself, he has collected so much silver from himself, and he has also taken care of the main eunuchs, you can't just collect money and not do things!

"Thank you, Master! The Inspector's handwriting is so beautiful. Wei Bao naturally complimented.

Sun Chengzong stroked his beard lightly and said with a smile: "My words are not good." However, I have a lot of experience in Confucian self-cultivation. The way of the saint is based on the foundation! This is the birth. What is the heart of this person? The heart is the master of man, and it is also the master of all things in the universe. Therefore, Xiangshan and Yangming followed Cheng and Zhu Erzi to advocate the theory of "sex is reason", and vigorously advocated "heart is reason". Xiangshan's "the universe is my heart, my heart is the universe", and the Confucian "heaven and earth, all things, people and I are one", and the Ming Tao "the benevolent person is the same body with things", compared with the Buddhist "that is, the heart is the Buddha, that is, the Buddha is the heart" and "the Buddha is all beings, and all beings are the Buddha", the Buddha and the sentient beings are one, and the Buddha and all living beings are one, it is really profound! However, if we really want to achieve the supreme realm of the oneness of the universe and our heart, and the unity of heaven and earth, all things, man, and self, we cannot say that we can achieve this reason, but we must work hard from the heart and nature, and the heel must really step on it; And in terms of work, it can achieve the sacred realm of "heart and matter, reason and matter, sex and Tao, Tao and heaven", and it is a piece of sex light and heart light; There is no inside and outside, there is no general welcome, there is no thing, there is no movement; This has reached the realm of Tai Chi and Wu Ji! ”

Wei Bao sweated, why did he start talking nonsense again? Isn't Sun Chengzong a literati? So fond of talking about self-cultivation? What do you mean?

"The depth of the adult's study of Confucianism is beyond my comprehension, forgive me for being stupid." Wei Bao smiled slightly, and smashed a sycophant, although he was not particularly interested, but he looked very interested.

Although Wei Bao is fine, he also likes to read various articles of Confucianism and Taoism, learn and study, and especially like the golden mean.

But if you want to talk about self-cultivation and self-cultivation, Wei Bao has already learned authentic Taijiquan Taijiquan Taiji stick, why bother to study some of your Confucian theories of self-cultivation and self-cultivation?

Sun Chengzong seemed very happy to see that Wei Bao was interested, and continued: "Madame's desire to become herself, an adult, a thing, and a businessman is to seek her way to everything in the world, and the water world is not available; Ask for it in my heart, and you will get it. Mencius said, "All things are prepared for me." "Therefore seek its way in my heart, and I can do everything without leaving anything behind. Confucius said: "The Tao is not far from people, and people are far away from people for the Tao, which is not enough for the Tao." The "Sutra" says: "The Tao is bowing." "The Tao is in your heart." How far is it? Yu often said: "There is no heart outside the road, and there is no way outside the heart." In Buddhist terms, "the heart is the way, that is, the Tao is the heart." Therefore, seek your own heart, and you can get it when you are in the body. Therefore, instead of advocating "heart is reason" and "sex is reason", it is far better to advocate "heart is the way" and "sex is the way". The reason is also the reason of the Tao. One is ready for all things, and all things are all together. From Fuxi, Yellow Emperor, Yao, Shun, Yu, Tang, Wen, Wu to Confucius and Meng Kezhi, the saints have been passed down from generation to generation, all of them speak without reasoning, and preach without reasoning. Therefore, it is easy to be in it! Song Confucian's special example of rational words, in order to establish science, in addition to being unconventional and opening a different path, how can he be? Han Yuli advocated the doctrine of Taoism, and Song Confucianism intended to create "Taoism" to follow the "Taoism", and Jing sought it in Zen interpretation; And then split the Taoism, each holding one end, and there is the eternal public case of King Cheng Zhulu, the disputes are endless, extending to all families, and they also attack each other, how small is it? In the world, there is nothing in the world, there is nothing in the original, once each has set up a court, and they talk to each other, but the more the Tao is debated and the reason is more and more disputed, and the more the reason is disputed, the more obscure the Tao is! This is the so-called "nothing to do" and "no quarrel to fight". ”

Wei Bao understood this, nodded and said, "Not bad!" "Nothing happens" and "nothing is disputed" is the worst thing. "Isn't the Donglin Party just a bunch of this kind of goods?

There are many periods when the eunuch party of the Ming Dynasty is powerful, but which period is not as good as the broken bones at the end of the Ming Dynasty, because after the Apocalypse Dynasty, the eunuch party was cleaned up by Chongzhen! There is no eunuch party, the Donglin party is dominant, and the world is destroyed faster.

Sun Chengzong was even happier when he saw that Wei Bao agreed with his views, and felt that Wei Bao was very compatible with his ideas.

In ancient times, scholars paid great attention to ideological views, especially those who were officials!

In Sun Chengzong's view, Wei Bao already has a reputation for showing off his talents, and he is a wealthy family! The most poor, the lowest limit, will be at least an important local official in Liaoxi and Liaodong in the future!

There are a lot of talents in the Ming Dynasty, and it is difficult for the talents of the poor to even make a living, but the talents of the rich families are already considered a lot of fame, and the fame can only shine more when it is tied to gold and silver.

If Wei Bao can go one step further and make a name for himself, just by virtue of Wei Bao's donation of 240,000 taels of silver today, and then spend a little silver taels, he can directly make up for the lack of a seven-grade official. And Wei Bao is so young now, he has such brains and means, and in Sun Chengzong's eyes, Wei Bao will definitely make great achievements in the future, so he wants to find out if Wei Bao is in line with his thoughts.

Of course, Sun Chengzong's thoughts are not something that Wei Bao can figure out, Wei Bao still thinks that Sun Chengzong is old and talks a lot? Who do you like to talk to about hobbies? Or do you have eyes? Like to chat with yourself?

Anyway, Wei Bao, who has no cultural accomplishment, would not have thought that Sun Chengzong was testing his political views by talking about self-cultivation and self-cultivation, and he was far from being able to talk about literature and Taoism with the ancient Confucians.

"Wei Gongzi, husband, there is no object, formless, nameless, bodyless, no image, far above the innate and close to the heart, widely surrounded by all things and left behind, and everything should be done without impropriety. Therefore, the world is ever-changing, and it is necessary to prepare it in my heart, and it is appropriate to be unmoved. Mencius said, "You get what you want." "Those who seek themselves seek themselves in my heart. If you raise your heart, you will be free in it; If you lift your nature, you will be in it; If you lift the way, then all things in heaven and earth are in it! Therefore, the way of the family is to unify the holy vein, one is to take the heart and cultivation of nature as the brain. What is the way to cultivate the mind and how to start it? Sun Chengzong asked.

Wei Bao was stunned, you can talk if you like to talk, what do you always ask me for? I don't even know what you're talking about, okay?

But Wei Bao has an advantage, when he can't understand what others say, he will answer: "I didn't think about it so deeply, but I think what Master Inspector said is very reasonable, and every sentence is thought-provoking, just like what I thought!" ”

Sun Chengzong nodded appreciatively: "It's just quiet." The body of the mind is quiet, and so is the body. Moving by feeling things, moving by desire, moving is losing its origin, and violating the Tao. The Tao must not be detached, so the heart must not be moved. All things in heaven and earth are born in silence and long in silence, lost in motion and die in motion. Yu said: 'Silence is not auspicious, and movement is not fierce. The reason why this ancient philosopher said that 'a movement is better than a stillness'. The so-called "Silent and Immovable" in "Da Yi" is the one who keeps his heart and nourishes his body. The so-called 'feeling and understanding' is that when it is silent and immovable, then there is nothing, then there is no clarity, then there is no clarity, and if there is no clarity, then there is a sense of response, and it should be passed. Therefore, those who can respond to it will be able to cover the hole and be clear, and the spiritual sense will not be ambiguous; If the spiritual consciousness is not ignorant, then one god shines alone, then ignorance and knowledge, nothing is obtained, no can be obtained, no god is God. Therefore, it can be felt, and it should be all connected. For the sake of the convenience of the world's cultivation of the way of saints and the way of becoming saints, we hereby summarize the holy veins and mental methods of saints' cultivation described by the sages of the past dynasties, regardless of their words, virtues, learning, and reasoning, which can be applied to meditation and use them as internal cultivation and cultivation. And avoid letting the two sages of Taoism and Buddha specialize in the front! Therefore, the holy words and holy laws scattered in the ancient scriptures are summarized into a total of 12 articles, which is thought to be the heart method of Confucianism to practice "transcendent sanctification". And these twelve articles do not have to be cultivated one by one, and those who choose the closest to them can practice one, two, or three, which can be more than the Holy Land. It does not mean that there is no method of practice other than the items mentioned, but in general, this is the most important program of inner holy cultivation. As for the method of meditation, we should also try to point out the method as concisely as possible, so that the scholar can take the method! It must be self-proven, and those who are not available in words and words can only be omitted. ”

After Sun Chengzong finished speaking, he looked at Wei Bao, looking forward to Wei Bao's opinion.

Wei Bao had already prepared this time, and quoted a sentence that Chang Wuye often said when practicing Tai Chi: "The avenue is always in words, and the true way is not in words." ”

Chang Wuye would say this sentence whenever he asked Wei Bao to comprehend the action tricks on his own, and Wei Bao had already remembered it, so when he encountered an ambiguous conversation, he naturally used such a sentence.

Sun Chengzong was overjoyed when he heard this, and he had already determined that Wei Bao's idea was very similar to his own! It's a buildable material, and I like Wei Bao even more. At the same time, it is determined that the ideas of people like Wei Bao have matured at this age, and generally there will be no major changes.

Learned people love to identify each other's thoughts through this chat, especially a great Confucian like Sun Chengzong.

Sun Chengzong attaches great importance to Wang Yangming's mental and moral cultivation.

The Donglin Party is against emptiness and nothingness, and talks about emptiness.

The Donglin School took the Donglin Academy as its position, and through lectures, debates, discussions, writings, and books, it violently attacked and criticized Wang Yangming's "Xinxue" and the various emptiness, emptiness, and mystical propositions and teachings propagated by Wang Xue's late stream in terms of moral cultivation and epistemology, thus promoting the upsurge of the trend of practical learning.

The Donglin Party advocates seeking truth and pragmatism, learning and practicality.

Although Donglin Academy, like other academies in ancient times, also focuses on Confucian classics and historical works, it is highly targeted and practical in terms of content, form and method, emphasizing proceeding from reality, paying attention to practical learning, doing practical things, being practical and seeking practical benefits.

The Donglin Party advocates opening up the way of speech, opposing eunuch interference in politics and opposing mining taxes.

After the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the commodity economy and factory handicrafts in the Jiangnan region developed even more.

In some cities where industry and commerce were developed, merchants, workshop owners, craftsmen, and other urban civilians began to form a new social force, which brought new influences to the social contradictions and struggles of the time.

Quite a few people in the Donglin Party are small and medium-sized landlords who are also engaged in industry and commerce.

Some of them have broken through the traditional economic thinking that agriculture is the foundation of the country and put forward a new viewpoint that industry and commerce are the foundation. For example, Zhao Nanxing said: "Shinong industry and commerce are the main business of people." Li Yingsheng opposed the heavy checkpoints and the large number of commercial taxes, and demanded that the rulers "love business and care for the people, and work at the top and benefit the way down (referring to trafficking)".

However, from 1596 (the 24th year of Wanli), the Divine Sect sent eunuchs to various places to mine and collect taxes. As soon as Shenzong sent mine supervisors and tax envoys, the Donglin Party members expressed their opposition.

Wei Yunzhen, the governor of Shanxi, pointed out in 1597 (the twenty-fifth year of Wanli) that eunuchs were responsible for the people's scourge by collecting mines and taxes. Wei Yunzhen was reprimanded by the Divine Sect for this.

In 1599 (the twenty-seventh year of Wanli), the scholar Ye asked Gao Shangshu to remove the mine supervisor and tax envoy. In the same year, Feng Qi, a servant of the Ministry of Officials, said: These mine supervisors and tax collectors not only cut off the livelihood of the poor, but also the rich, and if this continues, it is bound to provoke great chaos.

Li Sancai's words and deeds against mine supervisors and tax collectors had the greatest impact at that time. He was appointed governor of Fengyang in 1599 (the twenty-seventh year of Wanli). In the area under the jurisdiction of the governor of Fengyang, there were several mine supervisors and tax collectors, who brutalized the people. In May 1600 (the twenty-eighth year of Wanli), Li Sancai went to the Wanli Emperor to expose the key to the maladministration of the Wanli Emperor in sending tax envoys and mine supervisors.

During Li Sancai's tenure as governor of Fengyang, he severely punished the minions of the eunuch Chen Zeng, and arrested and killed those who committed major crimes, which dealt a blow to Chen Zeng's arrogance. He also impeached Chen Zeng's important accomplice Cheng Shouxun for embezzling hundreds of thousands of silver taels and other crimes, so that Cheng and his accomplices were arrested and released from Beijing.

Li Sancai "won the hearts of the people by discounting taxes". When a famine occurred in the Lianghuai area, he reported to the imperial court for permission to provide relief to the victims, and also exempted the "horse price" (a kind of harsh tax) that should be paid, so Li Sancai's words and deeds won the praise of the people and the upright people of the government and the opposition, and his reputation grew, and he may be elected to the cabinet.

Officials of the Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang factions were afraid that Li Sancai's entry into the cabinet would be unfavorable to them, so they attacked Li Sancai for being treacherous and greedy. Gu Xiancheng and other Donglin Party members refuted these rumors, so there was another pen and ink lawsuit between the two sides. Due to repeated attacks, in 1611 (Wanli 39), Li Sancai had no choice but to resign voluntarily. This was the noisy incident of Li Sancai's entry into the cabinet at that time.

In 1620 (the 48th year of Wanli), Mingshenzong died, and the imperial court announced the removal of all mine supervisors and tax envoys, and officials who had been punished for opposing mine supervisors and tax envoys in the past were also used at their discretion. At this point, the struggle against the evils of mining and taxation came to an end with a certain degree of victory.

Because the Donglin Party members were open to criticize the government and touched the great eunuch Wei Zhongxian, who was the autocratic eunuch of Xizong, Wei Zhongxian opened the museum to compile and revise the "Three Dynasties Classics", and compiled the archives of the three major cases of Wanli, Taichang, and Tianqi on the basis of Huo Weihua, and the three major cases of the Wanli, Taichang, and Tianqi dynasties, and cracked down on the Donglin Party.

Although Wei Bao couldn't figure out what Sun Chengzong wanted to say, Sun Chengzong's intentions, Wei Bao finally saw it.

knew that Sun Chengzong cherished his talents and loved his talents, and wanted to 'recruit' himself.

Wei Bao estimated that Sun Chengzong might want to make himself a disciple or something? Isn't the master-apprentice relationship very popular in these days? Especially in officialdom, this is a very iron relationship.

Regarding Sun Chengzong's expression, Wei Bao was neither happy nor unhappy. can get the favor of Sun Chengzong, a super member of the imperial court, if it is in modern times, Wei Bao is willing to kowtow, not to mention a super master, casually has a little relationship with the seven-grade county-level officials, and his life will be very different, right?

But now Wei Bao will not easily show his emotions, in fact, he is indeed calm in his heart.

Wei Bao knew the history of Sun Chengzong going home in the hands of Wei Zhongxian, as if Wei Zhongxian wanted to win over Sun Chengzong, Sun Chengzong was unwilling to get together with the eunuchs, and then angered Wei Zhongxian. also knew that Sun Chengzong had risen again in the Chongzhen Dynasty, and then was squeezed out and went home.

Therefore, Wei Bao does not need to study Sun Chengzong, and he can probably speculate that Sun Chengzong should be neither a eunuch nor a member of the Donglin Party, but should belong to the centrists.

In fact, the centrists are the most difficult to gain a foothold, the most difficult to protect, and they require very high skills, like walking a tightrope.

Wei Bao also wanted to take this road, but he wasn't sure if he had the ability to do it, so he secretly caught up with Wang Tiqian's line in private, and now he is a marginal figure in the eunuch party.

The Donglin Party is known as a clear stream and influences public opinion in the world. The struggle for the right to inherit the throne and the battle for the Jingcha are both struggles for power within the ruling class.

However, this does not conceal the progressive role of the Donglin Party in these struggles in trying to reform the government and oppose the most reactionary and decadent forces in the ruling circles.

Because the Donglin Party members threatened the interests of other non-Donglin Party members, many non-Donglin Party officials also formed gangs one after another to protect themselves, with high-ranking officials as leaders, and for a time there were many Xuan Parties, Zhejiang Parties, Chu Parties, and Qi Parties, and they united to crack down on the Donglin Party members.

The struggle gradually evolved from the original dispute between the cabinet and the portal to the partisan struggle, the scale was further escalated, the nature was more serious, and the impact was more severe, and the political struggle in the Ming Dynasty deteriorated sharply, entering an unprecedented new era.

The Donglin Party represented the interests of merchants and landlords in Jiangsu and Zhejiang at that time, opposed the imperial court's collection of taxes on industrialists and merchants, and took advantage of the opportunity of Emperor Chongzhen to clear Wei Zhongxian's forces, canceled or reduced the tax burden of overseas trade tax, mining tax, salt tax, tea tax and other taxes, making the source of financial revenue in the late Ming Dynasty more single, and the source of tax revenue of the imperial court was more dependent on ordinary peasants.

The Donglin Party is not only a historical event, but also a cultural phenomenon.

Although it occurred in the late Ming Dynasty, it had a profound impact on both the time and later generations.

Wei Bao believes that the Donglin Party lacks the ability to govern the country, the party is the same and different, and their failure is self-inflicted, and the Donglin Party bears historical responsibility for the demise of the Ming Dynasty.

Donglin supporters resist any idea of basic institutional or fiscal reform. They believe that technical solutions have not been successful in the past and cannot succeed. Because of their preference for utopian ideas of administrative reform, their movement can be considered a big step backwards in the institutional sense, a major step backwards from the position taken by Zhang Juzheng.

The Donglin Party has never put forward a political program for the rescue of the country, and is long in internal strife, short in governing the country and the army, and the difference between them and the three parties of Qi, Chu, Zhejiang, the Eunuch Party, and the remnants of the Eunuch Party is only that Donglin misleads the country, and the opposite of Donglin harms the country.

"Wei Gongzi, I'll send you a letter, do you want it?" Sun Chengzong looked at Wei Bao with affection.

Sending the word Shenma, this is a clear signal in Daming to take the master-apprentice relationship!

Sun Chengzong is clearly sending a signal of goodwill to himself.

Wei Bao asked Wang Tiqian for the inscription of the gold-faced fan, and because of this, with the handwriting of Wang Tiqian, he was Wang Tiqian's person.

What to do? Sun Chengzong wants to accept himself, do you want to be accepted by him?