Ji Qingwen's words were ruthless, and Qian Qianyi was disgraced, but every sentence was said in the sore spot of the Donglin leader, making every word he wanted to say in his heart as if he was stretching out his palm to slap himself.

But Ji Qingwen was bent on beating the water dog, and wanted to seize this rare opportunity to completely strip Qian Qianyi of his skin, so that he would be discredited in Shilin from now on.

So Ji Qingwen pondered for a while, and suddenly came up with a ruthless idea, gritted his teeth and said: "Mr. Qian, it is said that 'a gentleman is poor', and a scholar should be poor and happy." But you, Mr. Qian Yushan, are wealthy, and his family property is much more than that of me Ji Qingwen. I don't know if you have any ways not to compete with the people, can you teach me? ”

Qian Qianyi was already depressed, and he denied it without thinking about it: "No......"

Qian Qianyi originally wanted to say that he had no way to make money, but this sentence was unintentional by the speaker and intentional by the listener, and he was immediately caught by Ji Qingwen.

I only heard Ji Qingwen immediately take the word "no" and said: "Mr. Qian is saying that he doesn't have so much money, right?" It's okay to deceive others with this sentence, but it's absolutely impossible to trick me Ji Qingwen. Mr. Qian, don't tell me that all the treasures you have in the treasury of Shanghu Villa are all deposited by others with you! ”

Hearing this, Qian Qianyi was already sweating - although he Qian Qianyi is not a corrupt official or a corrupt official, he is famous in the literary world, just like those traffic stars in later generations, he doesn't want to make money, so naturally someone will send you money. In this way, Qian Qianyi actually accumulated assets that were not inferior to any of the wealthy people in Jiangnan.

Although this money is not very open, it is not a cheating, and if it is torn apart in a grand manner, there is nothing unclear about it.

But Qian Qianyi, the leader of the Donglin Party, has spent decades to establish himself as a gentleman with a pure heart and few desires, if everyone knows that this "gentleman" has secretly amassed so much money, then Qian Qianyi's decades-old personality will not collapse in one day?

Qian Qianyi does not have an official position now, and the Donglin Party is not a strict organization with personal binding force, he is regarded as the leader of the party, admired by a group of Donglin Qingliu, and relies on this character that meets the taste of readers?

If this persona collapses, he, Qian Qianyi, who has no official position, will become worthless.

This is unacceptable to Qian Qianyi, who is still counting on a comeback.

He was searching his stomach and thinking of a few words of refutal, but he heard a voice ringing in his ears: "Teacher Qian, you asked me to write a few epitaphs before, and the teacher's name was still signed." Could it be that these articles have also received a lot of polishing pens, right? ”

Regardless of Qian Qianyi's character, his knowledge and literary brilliance are second to none, otherwise he would not be the leader of Donglin. Therefore, whether it is a literati of the Tsinghua family or a vassal and elegant businessman, every time there is a happy event, he is proud of one of his articles.

With such a stunt, Qian Qianyi will naturally not let go, and the matter of exchanging money with a pen belongs to the category of "a gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way" in the eyes of readers. Therefore, as Qian Qianyi's literary fame grew, his pen became more and more abundant, and he accumulated more and more family property.

But no matter how high Qian Qianyi's literary talent is, he only has one head and one right hand, and he often has a time when his literary thinking is exhausted. Whenever this happens, Qian Qianyi doesn't want to give up these low-hanging pieces of silver, so he entrusts these composition tasks to several of his protégés.

And Huang Zongxi, who just posted the article, is Qian Qianyi's first trusted disciple, not an important article, and he is still unwilling to use his own high feet!

But even so, this kind of thing of asking someone to write a gun for him is equivalent to fraud, which is still too despicable, which makes it really difficult for Qian Qianyi to admit it in such a public.

But Ji Qingwen was sharp-eared, close to Qian Qianyi and Huang Zongxi, and had already heard these words in his ears, so he immediately asked: "This is Mr. Huang Taichong (Huang Zongxi's character)." You are still famous, I wonder what you just said in Mr. Qian Yushan's ear? ”

Huang Zongxi is a pure upright gentleman, and he has reached the point of almost "pedantic", although he can't demolish his "Teacher Qian" in the current situation, he doesn't want to lie about it, so he can only choose to be silent.

Ji Qingwen was unwilling to let go of this opportunity, sneered, and said against Qian Qianyi: "Mr. Yushan, it seems that Ling Gaozu still saved you some face!" However, there is no impermeable wall in this world, and you may not have heard the question that Mr. Huang Taichong (Huang Zongxi's character) said, but I heard it clearly. He asks you: Did you accept the pen of the few articles he wrote for you? ”

Faced with such a sharp question, Qian Qianyi could neither admit it nor dare to deny it, so he could only bow his head and remain silent, but he didn't hear it, but his hands were constantly trembling.

Seeing this, Ji Qingwen sneered again: "Hehe, Mr. Qian is famous in the world, but I didn't expect that there would be such a time to be so open-mouthed today." Well, if you don't say it, let me say it. Let me tell you who the Donglin Party is all about! ”

I only listened to Ji Qingwen talk eloquently, criticized the Donglin Party as useless, and only heard him say:

"What kind of goods are you Donglin Party? Today's emperor is working hard, and at the beginning of his ascension, he liquidated the eunuch party, and even the world-powerful 'nine-thousand-year-old' Wei Zhongxian died in Huangquan. After the fall of the eunuch party, the emperor naturally wanted to reuse the Donglin party. This is what you call the time of the 'Reign of the People'. But what have you done during this time? It's just that the party fights against different parties and uses power for personal gain, and they are all consumed by profit and have no social goals. It's this Mr. Qian Qianyi, who rushed to Beijing and resigned if he couldn't enter the cabinet, and refused to serve the imperial court, what kind of mind are you? Did you see the fly that flew by? Its heart is much wider than yours!

"Then the Donglin Party looked like this inaction from the beginning? No! What kind of style did Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, and the six gentlemen of Donglin have back then? Is there still a little bit of it? ”

As he spoke, Ji Qingwen raised his eyes and glanced at everyone.

Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and the other six gentlemen of Donglin who suffered in the struggle against the eunuchs, not to mention him, but the toughness of his style and bones is rare in the world. It can be said that the world's positive views on the Donglin Party are all bought by these people with their blood and heads.

Therefore, when the Donglin Party members in this hall heard these names, they all showed a look of admiration on their faces, and then they listened quietly to listen to what Ji Qingwen was going to say later.

I only heard Ji Qingwen take a breath, and said, "Wait, I'll apologize to you first." ”

He waved his hand, and then said: "I said it wrong, now the roots of the Donglin Party have not completely rotted, and there are still the bones of the past." Huang Taichong (Huang Zongxi), Gu Zhongqing (Gu Yanwu), Wang Ernong (Wang Fuzhi), Zhang Qiandu (Zhang Pu), and Shi Xianzhi (Shi Kefa) who have not yet arrived, I think that the integrity is not inferior to the sages. ”

Ji Qingwen had done his homework before.

Although the names of these people he mentioned were all well-known university scholars, great thinkers, and great writers in later generations, they were all unknown juniors in the Donglin Party at that time. However, Ji Qingwen used the historical knowledge he had mastered to know the resumes and personalities of these people in advance, asked for their names in advance, and mentioned them at this critical moment, showing that he knew everything about the Donglin Party.

And the people whose names were mentioned by Ji Qingwen were naturally full of red light and a little proud.

But I heard Ji Qingwen continue to say: "I have already said that now is an eventful autumn, it is far from enough to rely on style and integrity, there must be people who can do things and people who want to do things." And these people should be young people, and those old oilmen who have been messing around in the officialdom for a long time are all full of twilight, and they are already overwhelmed. Only by appointing young people can we truly turn the tide and save the current crisis! ”

When Ji Qingwen said these words, he didn't forget to take the opportunity to arrange a few sentences for Qian Qianyi, who had become a water dog. However, his words were really deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so that these Donglin Party members who went to the appointment had long forgotten to estimate Qian Qianyi's face.

I saw Gu Yanwu "soaring" and stood up from his seat and said, "Okay!" Lord Ji's words are the dangers of the prosperous world. If you want me to see, in today's imperial court, there are not many people who can be worthy of the titles of loyal ministers and capable ministers, and Lord Ji is one of them. ”

Ji Qingwen hurriedly said: "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be." I, Ji Qingwen, am covered in iron, how many nails can I make? In this world today, what role can I play alone? I think it's still the flame of the people collecting firewood. ”

"Good! Lord Ji's words are reasonable, if you have any way to enrich the country and strengthen the army, just say it. Although we are powerless, we will shake a few bald pens and cheer on the lord as much as we can. Wang Fuzhi agreed.

"Not really! Now the imperial historians in the court who are full of food and have nothing to do have some criticism of Lord Ji. If it doesn't matter, they scold Lord Ji for one chapter, and we have ten articles waiting for them. I think these so-called Hanlin bachelors' literary talents are also mediocre, just with our pen, we are not afraid of scolding them! The person who spoke was Zhang Pu.

Although Zhang Pu didn't have a deep relationship with Ji Qingwen, he helped him thank him for a "Tombstone of Five People", and he also had some relationship with Ji Qingwen, so he naturally spoke a lot more casually.

Ji Qingwen was extremely happy when he heard that the attitude of the Donglin Party members towards him was to turn enemies into friends, and replied with a smile on his face: "You are too modest. With your talents, as long as you are willing to work for the community, then the strategy of 'enriching the country and strengthening the army' will definitely get twice the result with half the effort! ”

"Okay, if there is anything you want us to do, please just ask!" Someone else suggested.

"It's just around the corner." Ji Qingwen replied, "Have you seen this Dianshan Town?" I built this town and opened all kinds of shops in the town, but for nothing else, just to attract the rich merchants and landlords to come and spend and earn money from them. After the money is earned, it is subsidized to the state. Although this is not the fundamental way to enrich the country and strengthen the army, it can at least make the imperial court spend money and be slightly more relaxed. ”

Of course-in this process, Ji Qingwen himself also wants to make some other money, and he makes a lot of money-as for these few words, naturally there is no need to say it to these nerds.

However, this kind of rhetoric was enough to make these Donglin Party members touched, and they immediately discussed with each other, and they all praised Ji Qingwen for not exploiting the common people, but making money from rich businessmen, which can be regarded as very happy.