Wu Shizhong only went north with gold in mid-October, mainly because of a few days of delay in the city of Fuzhou.

Although Wu Shizhong is a great Confucian, he is a school that pays attention to the knowledge of things, and also pays attention to the knowledge of the world, and the way of application is also among the research.

Generally speaking, there is no stupidity in the great Confucianism of his academic level, but sometimes the pursuit of knowledge overrides the consideration of the world, so many great Confucians seem to be old-fashioned, or quite bleak in personal problems and careers, resulting in a stereotypical impression that the Great Confucianism is the kind of dull and rigid, even stupid image.

But how can such a person really be a fool if he can become a minority of recognized celebrities in a country with hundreds of millions of people?

Many people think that the IQ of the traverser can crush the ancients, which is a misunderstanding, in fact, the development of human IQ to the history of faith, the brain capacity has not changed in thousands of years, the difference between the modern and the ancients is only the accumulation of knowledge, and many people's blind self-confidence comes from this.

But they forgot that their knowledge was also accumulated under the continuous efforts of the previous generation of smart people, and ordinary people in later generations could also come into contact with a lot of knowledge in the case of knowledge explosion and fast information transmission, and they were all knowledge summarized and summarized by their predecessors.

This gives them a strong illusion that they think they are smart, but in fact the truth is often the exact opposite of what they imagined.

Wu Shizhong is undoubtedly a very smart person, in his thirties, when he was not in the Jinshi, he had his writings printed in a book, which were circulated in the world, and then he was easily admitted to the Jinshi, and ranked quite high, which is a country with a population of more than 100 million people, and everyone takes the Jinshi as the ultimate goal, of course, it is one of the top smart people.

In addition, he is a doctor, and he has come into contact with a large number of ancient books that many people in this era have not had the opportunity to see, and is familiar with the canonical system and past history, and his knowledge reserve is simply unimaginable and profound for ordinary people.

The most important thing is that it can summarize and put forward its own reliable opinions in a large number of books and knowledge, which is what the most top smart people can do.

Perhaps in a few hundred years, Wu Shizhong would be an excellent physicist, but at this time, his talent could only be placed on the academic side that Xu Zixian felt was useless.

This may also be a sad time.

Wu Shizhong was loyal to his position and walked around in Beijing, and with his status and fame, although he did not have any real connections, after a few days of his walk, the news that the famous Confucian Dr. Wu was now a guest of Nan'anhou Mansion in Fuzhou still spread.

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The winter in Beijing is much colder than in Fujian, the streets are full of remnants of snow that have not melted together, and the wind begins to rise in the evening, except for children who are not afraid of the cold, most of the pedestrians are bent their necks, trying to return home as early as possible to burrow the bed.

Wu Shizhong visited some places where he should be walking, and by the evening he felt a little tired, and at the same time began to miss his hometown in the south.

Several children were taken care of by servants in Mingtang, Xu Zixian and the people in the inner house would take care of them, Wu Shizhong rarely said words of gratitude, but his heart was quite relieved and grateful.

If you don't go to Nan'anhou Mansion, where can you live such a comfortable life?

Confucianism is also a human being, no matter what, Wu Shizhong is still grateful.

This time, because he went to Beijing with a large amount of gold, the Hou Mansion General had Lin Cunxin and Li Fuxiang two masters to follow, and at the same time sent a team of young generals to follow, led by the golden cylinder.

These teenagers come out with them, but also to increase their knowledge, young people learn things quickly, geography, humanities, meteorology, as well as the city defense and garrisons in various places, these things, are really too shallow on paper, you need to do it yourself, so as to gain real first-hand experience.

This kind of thing is not common, Xu Zixian will run the Jingshi again next year, and then it is estimated that there will be no such opportunity in many years.

The clan is not allowed to leave the land of faith without permission, for example, Nan'an Hou is in Fuzhou, unless he is appointed by the imperial court, such as Xu Yingbin went to Qizhou to take office, but in fact, Qizhou also belongs to Fuzhou Prefecture, and it is not considered to leave without permission, and the other courtyard is also the boundary of Fuzhou Prefecture.

And if Xu Zixian dares to cross the river to the Minqing territory without authorization, which belongs to the territory of the Xinghua Army, or go out of Gukou Town and arrive at the Nan'an boundary of Jianzhou, once he is discovered, he will be impeached, and then he will definitely be severely punished.

The golden tube man was very clever, and he could see that Wu Shizhong was a little tired, so he bought a few oil cakes at the corner of an alley, and then rushed over, and presented them to Wu Shizhong respectfully, and said: "Lord Wu, eat some oil cakes to cushion your stomach first, and go back to the hall in a while, I will ask someone to make a hot and delicious meal, mutton stuffed flat food, make a hot pot, and then serve a few side dishes with wine, how about it?" ”

"Hmm." Wu Shizhong is not a person who enjoys it, but Jin Guan is still a teenager, and there is nothing on his face that makes people hate the kind of routine of patting horses and flattering them, at least he never gets tired of looking at each other, and he doesn't hate Jin Jian's arrangement in such a cold day, listening to it makes people feel warm in their hearts, and he doesn't say much at the moment, just nodding slightly.

At this time, Lin Cunxin stretched out his hand and pulled Wu Shizhong's horse to the side, and said, "There is a Zai Zhi guard coming over, please let Dr. Wu let go." ”

Among the Jingshi, there are only the left and right ministers of the political affairs hall, plus two governors of the political affairs, as well as several privy envoys and deputy envoys of the Privy Council, who are respected as the governors.

With the size of the Great Wei world, the population is large, there are more than 100,000 civil and military officials in Beijing, and there are many princes and princes under the Son of Heaven, but under the whole world, in addition to the official family, the most powerful, the most respected and admired are none other than these few rulers.

This is the apex of a scholar, even if it is a famous Confucian in the world, under a cool umbrella, he must avoid a land.

The bustling crowd around them all avoided the side of the road, Jin Jian and other young generals all looked at the Zai Zhiyi who came not far away with curious eyes, but the people of Jingshi were not surprised, in such an evening, they saw too many Zai Zhi queues.

Jingshi has a large population and a dense flow of people, especially outside the Jinshui Gate and Tongji Gate in the imperial city, there are many commercial banks, and the people's residences are also very dense.

In such a place, if Zai Zhi does not use Yuan Suiyi, I am afraid that he can only squeeze around in the crowd, which is also the treatment of ordinary officials after dispersing, Zai Zhi is different, and there are honor guards to open the way from afar, such treatment, even if it is a prince, there is no such treatment.

The people of Nan'an Hou Mansion and Wu Shizhong retreated together on the side of the road, Wu Shizhong squinted at the conspicuous cool umbrella, wearing a blue or blue solid color robe, and wearing a soft-footed head are all Zai Zhi Yuan Sui, according to the system, participate in political affairs, the privy is using Yuan Sui 70 people, accompanying the followers, and the home is the guard general, these people are all issued by the imperial court, and they are also for the welfare of the Zaizhi.

Judging from the crowd, there are about 70 people, these yuan guards the sedan chair with the knife, and more than ten people are far in front of the shouting, driving the idlers to both sides of the road, so that no one can collide with the sedan chair, of course, it is also an effective shielding guard.

Jin Jian is staring closely at some of the short crossbows held in the hands of some Yuan followers, this kind of standard short crossbow in the army is extremely strict, the forbidden army in Fuzhou rarely takes out this thing to fiddle with, only when practicing will take it out and shoot a few rounds, Jin Jian has seen a drill in Fuzhou Fucheng two years ago, saw the soldiers release the arrows out of the crossbow groove, and then step on the crossbow string with their feet, although the final shot is slightly slower than the bow and arrow, but the strength is very strong, at sixty paces, the bow and arrow can not break the armor at all, And the strong crossbow arrows are still deeply pierced into the armor leaf, even if they are wearing iron armor, they still have to be careful at a distance of fifty or sixty paces, and the strong crossbow can also break the armor and hurt people.

The ones in front of them should be holding hands and crossbows, which are not as powerful as the Divine Arm Bow, but compared to ordinary soft bows, the power is still much greater.

These Yuan Sui are quite vigilant, it seems that someone felt Jin Jian's gaze, several Yuan Sui stared at Jin Jian for a while, and saw that Lin Cunxin and Li Fuxiang were both wearing military attache robes, and it seemed that they were outsiders who came to Beijing. It's a headache for them.

After warning Jin Jian and the others with an unkind eye, a group of Yuan Sui approached with a large sedan chair.

The people in the sedan suddenly paused, and the sedan chair drivers understood and quickly stopped.

Someone lifted the sedan curtain, Wu Shizhong took a look, and finally recognized the slaughter.

This is the face of a middle-aged man in his forties, a Chinese face with a very white complexion, and it looks like the first impression is quite good, after all, the judgment of speech and appearance is also a standard for the Great Wei to take officials.

The one in front of him has a square face, a very good complexion, and three long beards on his chin, which looks chic and dusty. The facial features are also very coordinated, especially a pair of eyes, which are large and divine, and when looking at people, there is a sense of awe-inspiring and awe-inspiring.

Only in the depths of his eyes can he see that this person is quite conceited, with a deep arrogance, and some indescribable things.

"It's only cultivation." The nobleman in the sedan chair smiled and said, "I haven't seen you for more than two years, but it's okay?" ”

Wu Shizhong arched his hand and said: "Da Shen is polite, the lower official is fine." ”

"I heard your wife died?" The noble man frowned and said, "The family is not the same, right?" ”

"Now I am sheltered in Nan'an Hou Mansion, the prince of Hou Mansion treats people generously, and his family is also taken care of by him, so he can get by."

"That's fine." The noble man smiled and said: "I know that you will not come to my mansion, now that you meet it, just say it directly, you are a guest in the Hou Mansion, it is better to go to the political hall to write at any time, other people dare not invite you, but I am not afraid." But what do you think, brother? If I agree, I will go down to the hall tomorrow. ”

Wu Shizhong was dismissed from office for being the left prime minister, and he was a guest of the Hou Mansion on a long road to Fuzhou, Han Zhong knew that he would not do anything, so he just laughed.

If he is a court official in Beijing, the meaning is very different, he has no foundation, and he doesn't dare to fight Han Zhong, and he really doesn't dare to support Wu Shizhong.

The person who is talking in front of him is Liu Zhiyuan, who is now extremely relied on by the emperor, because of the emperor's support, he has been with the left minister Han Zhongshi, Han Zhong is Hebei East Road to pacify the envoy into the court as the governor of the government, and then for the right minister, the left minister, in the court has been more than ten years, its power is intertwined, from the two provinces to the six departments, and then to the imperial history platform and other yamen, and even the Jingshi Shuntianfu also has Han Zhong's disciples, and it is the same in all roads, quite a lot of officials are attached to Han Zhongmen.

This is also the inevitable result of the ruling system of this dynasty, the Son of Heaven in order to prevent the people of the imperial examination from forming a party, not allowed to worship the teacher, the master of the house, can only recognize the Son of Heaven as the benefactor, Jinshi is the so-called protégé of the Son of Heaven.

The clan is also very guarded, only these important ministers who are in charge of the government, who are in high positions and have power, and who have been in power for a long time to collect party henchmen, this is unavoidable.

Either don't be stubborn, the Son of Heaven personally handles government affairs, but how is this possible? It has to be bad.

And after being in power for a long time, holding a high position for a long time, and planting party henchmen, this thing is simply unavoidable.

Han Zhong's power is really shocking, a great Confucian like Wu Shizhong was forced to resign and return to his hometown just because of a twist and turn that did not suit his wishes.

Now that there is finally a governor who dares to challenge the authority of the left minister, Wu Shizhong frowned, the political struggle has always been life and death, irreconcilable, it seems that the country and the dynasty are really stormy, and chaos is coming.

As soon as I thought of this, although the Jiyi writing of the Political Affairs Hall was quite noble, and it also involved major political secrets, it has always been regarded as a shortcut to the end of the officialdom to promote the officialdom, compared to Dr. Guozijian I don't know where it goes, but how could Wu Shizhong accept this invitation, and wade into this kind of troubled water in Beijing at this time?

It's not that Wu Shizhong is afraid of timidity, the most important thing to talk about is the name of the temperament, if it violates the heart, even if it dies, it can't make it bow its head, there are some celebrities, write a few articles and do some poems, invite friends to form a party, and also claim to be a great Confucian. In fact, whether it is true Confucianism or not, when the reversal comes, you can see how it reacts.

If you don't have righteousness, you despise life and death, and you don't have power, what do you talk about reading and nourishing your spirit?

Wu Shizhong just doesn't recognize either side, he is fighting for power and power at the expense of ruining state affairs, and either side won't have the slightest benefit to the national fortunes and the people, how could such a power struggle make him gladly join one of them?

"Thank you for your kindness." Wu Shizhong bent down and thanked the governor in front of him, which is a necessary etiquette for the government, even if he is a famous Confucian in the world.

But Wu Shizhong also refused without hesitation: "Xia Guan feels the love of the prince, he has just taken office, if he resigns from the official position of the Hou Mansion at this time, it is really against his heart, and I ask for your understanding." ”

"Sure enough." Liu Zhiyuan was not annoyed, but smiled: "Since this is the case, of course I will not be reluctant to cultivate, if I have time, I can come and chat, and I have a lot of books in my house." ”

"Yes, thank you."

"Hmm."

The governor put down the sedan curtain, and the sedan chair driver and the Yuan entourage hugged him and left.

Only then did the people around know that the inconspicuous Hou Mansion official in front of him was the famous Dr. Wu, and he couldn't help but come over to take a few good looks, and tonight's incident was also an interesting anecdote, and it was worth bragging about it for a few days after going back.

Wu Shizhong didn't want to talk much, leading the horse, this place is not far from the Fuzhou Guild Hall, a large number of people from all the Fuzhou provinces who came to Beijing for pilgrimage live in the guild hall, King Zhao and King Qi, and several princes have their own mansions in Beijing, but they will not compete with various Hou mansions to live in the halls.

When they arrived at the residence, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, Jin Jian sent the hot pot, mutton flat food, as well as a few dishes and a pot of wine to Wu Shizhong's room, and finally couldn't help but say: "My lord, who is that big ginseng?" ”

Wu Shizhong smiled and said: "You went north with me all the way, inquired about the situation of the government in various places, as well as the officials in various places, and the affairs of the center of the imperial court, and also bought a book like Jue Guanzhi to read, I don't believe you really can't guess?" ”

"Isn't it Liu Dashen?"

"By the way, it's him."

"Majestic." Jin Jian said: "No wonder people say that if the left minister wants to go to the position, Liu Dashen must be the one who takes over, not the right minister." ”

"The right minister is no longer in place." Wu Shizhong sighed and said, "I'm afraid that this time it will be a big political tide, and it will make the left and right phases vacant all of a sudden." ”

"Will Zhang Shumi's move to the next level?"

"I can't say for sure." The young man in front of him is quite mature and very smart, Wu Shizhong is not a rigid person, and he has actually been studying the political situation in the DPRK and China, he said: "Zhang Shuzhi and Zuo Xiang are very close, this time he may not be able to hold Ying Baotai, Zuo Xiang falls, he may not stay." But it's too early to say this, Han Xiangguo's power is so great that ordinary people can't imagine it, and this kind of political dispute will not have a result in one or two clicks, and I think it will be a stalemate for a while. Unless there are significant changes, the current pattern will remain unchanged for the time being. ”

"Oh, I see."

Jin Jian seemed to understand whether he understood or not, but he knew that he had almost said it, and he retreated very interestingly at the moment.

Wu Shizhong didn't have the heart to eat and drink, so he ate a few bites at random, ordered Jin Jian to come in and withdraw the cups and plates, and stood in front of the window and pondered.

Liu Zhiyuan's blatant wooing is a signal that his confrontation with Han Zhong has become clear, and the power struggle has reached or is close to the final moment.

And Liu Zhiyuan has only been involved in politics for two years, and he should not have established a real and reliable team. However, before he became the Great Staff, he served as the deputy privy envoy for nearly ten years, and his potential strength in the military circle of the Beijing division should not be bad.

In the political struggle, the generals are not of great use, military and political affairs, the Great Wei has always relied on the ruler, some palace scholars, Hanlin Academy envoys, six Shangshu, Shilang, Yushitai Yushi Zhongcheng and Zhangdao Yushi, these people are qualified to speak, and will also be quite valued.

The generals of the army, no matter how high their positions are, are not qualified to participate in the major affairs of the country, let alone affect the operation of national politics, and even the political disputes between participating in politics and the Zhongshu Order.

Liu Zhiyuan can only accumulate credit again and again to stabilize his status and image in the emperor's heart, and there is no other way to go.

The depth of its use, the firmness of its will, and the intimidation of it, are also intimidating.

Wu Shizhong thought awe-inspiringly, he was not stupid, faintly thought of Xu Zixian's worries about the Golden Sacrifice this time, and he already understood in his heart that the errand he thought was going smoothly might not be so easy.

In this sacrifice, Liu Zhiyuan is the vice president, and the president is Xu Desong, the Korean prince of Dazongzheng, Dazongzheng is just a name, and it is Liu Zhiyuan who is really in charge of it.

Borrowing the matter of gold, cutting the clan and the people, establishing the central authority, and strengthening the majesty of the emperor, this matter was presided over by Liu Zhiyuan, and was approved and supported by Emperor Chongde, this matter will not only be done, but it should be carried out like a storm, and there will be no mercy and accidents.

If Xu Zixian was here, he would probably remember what kind of wheel of history was crushed over, and he was small and irresistible, of course Wu Shizhong would not be such a stupid waste of time, after standing in front of the window for a short time, he determined a plan, and after thinking about it carefully for a while, he decided on it, and was ready to implement it immediately.

Before going to sleep, Wu Shizhong called the generals in and ordered: "Lin Cunxin, you take Jin Jian and the others, go and exchange the gold for money tomorrow morning, it doesn't matter if you lose some, and then go with me to the branch of the Pujia Commercial Bank in Beijing." ”

Such a strange order is surprising, but Xu Zixian had an order before this trip, and everyone had to obey Wu Shizhong's order not to disobey, and then the generals still clasped their fists and saluted, and said, "Listen to Lord Wu's orders." ”