Zhu Hong entered the house with a grin, and saw that the two people in the room were sitting and drinking tea.

Sitting on the left is Hou Fangyu, and there is a middle-aged man in his thirties, who looks dignified and has a medium build.

Hou Fangyu was stunned when he saw Zhu Hongsan coming in, stood up and said angrily: "Why are you here?" You are not welcome in this place. ”

Zhu Hong's face was neither red nor white, he walked to a chair and sat down, and said, "Why is Brother Hou so resentful? I remember that you scholars don't have a saying that there are a lot of adults? ”

Hou Fangyu really hated Zhu Hongsan to the bone, and his two limericks of "The two dynasties should raise Hou Gongzi and endure to the peach blossoms and say Li Xiang" made Hou Fangyu a laughing stock among the scholars in Nanjing.

At this time, seeing Zhu Hongsan sitting down, Hou Fangyu said: "What a shameless guy, if you don't go out, I will report to the official." ”

Zhu Hongsan said: "Do you think I came to see your stinky face? I heard that Bian Yujing is here, and I came here to see Bian Yujing's demeanor. ”

Hou Fangyu sneered: "Even a waste like you who doesn't read poetry and books can come to enjoy the sound of Bian's piano?" ”

Zhu Hongsan said: "That's not necessarily, it is said that beauties love heroes, what if everyone falls in love with me as a hero?" ”

Hou Fangyu was just about to speak, and Mao Bijiang on the side said: "Brother Chaozong, let this guy stay, and see what he is capable of for a while." ”

Mao Bijiang was very interested in this clan that beat Qian Qianyi in the current dynasty, and he also heard Zhu Hongsan scolding Hou Fangyu yesterday. I feel that this humble clan has a lot of ideas in mind.

When Hou Fangyu heard his friend say this, it was difficult to refute his friend's face. I had to sit there and don't speak.

Mao Bijiang looked at Zhu Hongsan and asked, "Lieutenant Fengguo seems to have a good opinion on the current situation, why don't you discuss it with Zaixia?" ”

Zhu Hongsan knew that these guys who were in the Restoration Society were all guys who liked empty talk, and they didn't have any real talents. But when they heard Mao Bijiang say this, they felt that not showing their hands would make them look down on them.

Zhu Hongsan organized the language and said: "Yesterday, the kid scolded Brother Hou Shi for being a bit Meng Lang, after all, you don't have much experience in governing the country, so the kid is here to apologize to Brother Hou Shi." ”

Hou Fangyu snorted and turned his head to ignore Zhu Hongsan.

Zhu Hongsan didn't take it to heart, and then said: "I met a person when I was in Huguang, that is the middle brother Chen Ren of Songjiang Huating, and his remarks are very much agreed. ”

Chen Zilong's name is thunderous in Nanzhili, regardless of fame, talent, and status, he is above the four sons.

Hearing Zhu Hongsan say this, Mao Bijiang was surprised: "Have you ever seen a brother among people?" Let's talk about it, let's hear what the brother of the people has to say? ”

Zhu Hongsan looked at Hou Fangyu and said, "If you don't serve tea, your mouth is dry, you really can't say it." ”

Hou Fangyu also wanted to hear Chen Zhilong's high opinions, and when he heard Zhu Hongsan say this, he snorted and asked the servant at the door to serve Zhu Hongsan tea.

Zhu Hongsan took a sip and praised: "Not bad, good tea." ”

Mao Bijiang said: "Lieutenant Fengguo also drank tea, it's time to talk about the high theory of the middle brother." ”

Zhu Hongsan nodded, put down the teacup and said, "The middle brother and I talked freely for one night, and expressed his wish to be useful in the world. However, the younger brother felt that the high theory of the eldest brother among the people was still a little hot, and I concluded it again, that is, practice is the only criterion for testing the truth. ”

As soon as this sentence was said, Mao Bijiang and Hou Fangyu were surprised, they knew that the clan could not read, but they didn't expect this Zhu Hongsan to be able to draw such a lofty theory from Chen Zilong's words.

Zhu Hongsan continued: "This is also one of the reasons why I scolded Brother Hou Shi that day, you are very knowledgeable, but if there is no effective combination of learning and theory, you will talk about the world." You should first become a magistrate, see the suffering of the people and learn how to be an official, and then you will find that the truth is different from what you think. ”

In fact, the four princes of the late Ming Dynasty all had great ambitions to serve the country, but the kind of banquet and poison, arrogance and lasciviousness of the scholars and doctors in Jiangsu and Zhejiang really affected the thoughts of some people who were interested in serving the country.

This also caused intellectuals in the Southern Ming Dynasty to shout the righteousness of the family and the country, but when the Manchu Dynasty came with iron hooves, there was no way at all, only the death of the whole family to serve the court.

But you are an intellectual, you are the ruling class, you have been supported by the Ming Dynasty for nearly 300 years, and when the time comes, you will be happy, what will happen to your family and country? What about the people? What about your faith?

This is also the reason why Zhu Hongsan looks down on Donglin's-stirring stick, take that Qian Qianyi as an example, when the Manchu Qing Dynasty came, he did not resist, but knelt outside Nanjing City to welcome the Manchu Qing into the city in the heavy rain.

Qian Qianyi, if you surrender, you have to be a surrender faction, but when he went to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, he still wanted to be open-minded and hook up with some rebels in Zhejiang at that time.

The rebels asked him to come out to preside over the overall situation, but Qian Qianyi was afraid of death and refused to agree, so that in the end, the rebels also scolded him for being a traitor, and the Manchus also suspected him. Therefore, Qian Qianyi died very miserably in his later years.

At this point, Qian Qianyi is much inferior to his prostitute * concubine Liu Ruyi, Liu Ru learned that the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the city and persuaded Qian Qianyi to throw himself into the water to die, but Qian Qianyi actually did not die on the grounds that "the water is too cold to jump".

This really made Zhu Hongsan despise to the extreme, and Zhu Hongsan divided the scholars and doctors of Nanming into several kinds of people.

The first thing Zhu Hongsan admired was a scholar like Chen Zilong, who saw the current shortcomings and tried his best to reform, but in the end, he had no choice but to die for the Ming Dynasty.

The second is a traitor like Ma Shiying, no matter what, Ma Shiying made efforts to continue the Southern Ming regime, and was finally caught by the Manchus and died on hunger strike instead of surrendering.

The third type is those intellectuals who are incompetent, but they at least know that they can't surrender to the Manchus, and they all die with their families.

The fourth type is those in the Donglin who are afraid of death. It's understandable to be afraid of death, surrender if you want to, Zhu Hongsan doesn't disagree with these people, and replacing Zhu Hongsan will definitely not die for the sake of Daming, these people are represented by Hong Chengchou.

The fifth is Qian Qianyi, you said that you surrendered and hooked up with the rebels, so that you didn't please both ends. There are also people like Huang Zongxi, it's okay to live in seclusion, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty will find you to repair the history of the Ming Dynasty.

However, this Huang Zongxi showed awe-inspiring righteousness on the surface, saying that he was not in good health, but he was afraid that the Manchus would retaliate against him, so he privately recommended his student Vance to go to the Ming Dynasty to repair history.

Then he remotely controlled Vance Tong, and if there were any words in the history of the Ming Dynasty that were unfavorable to the Donglin Party, Wan Sitong had to send a secret letter to Huang Zongxi, and then tampered with the history of the Ming Dynasty.

This kind of person is really the person Zhu Hongsan hates the most. So it was not for nothing that he fought against Qian Qianyi when he went to court in the morning.

Mao Bijiang was very surprised to hear Zhu Hongsan's tirade, but when he thought about what Zhu Hongsan said, he was also very serious. After all, there is a gap between the ideal and the reality, and when I thought of it, I was about to ask Zhu Hongsan why he came up with this point of view.

At this time, a maid ring appeared at the door and said, "Three sons, everyone Bian is ready, please go to the backyard to listen to the piano." ”

Zhu Hongsan immediately stood up and said, "Okay, I'm about to see Bian everyone's demeanor." Brother Hou, please lead the way on your territory. ”

Hou Fangyu stood up, glared at Zhu Hongsan, and said to Mao Bijiang: "Brother Bijiang, please!" After speaking, Hou Fangyu led the way in front and led the two to the backyard showhouse.

This two-story building in the backyard is Li Xiangjun's residence, and today Li Xiangjun asked Bian Yujing to play a newly learned repertoire for Hou Fangyu and Mao Bijiang.

Zhu Hongsan and the three of them entered the small building, the performance venue was located on the first floor, and the second floor was probably Li Xiangjun's boudoir.

Under the north window of the small building is the Qinhuai River. Sitting on a chair in the waterfront corridor downstairs, you can see fish swimming in the clear water. Standing in front of the window along the river upstairs, you can see the traffic on the Wende Bridge and the high wall of the Confucius Temple.

The incense in the building is intoxicating, and the swimming fish in the Qinhuai River below flicker, Zhu Hongsan is relaxed and happy. I thought: "No wonder Nanjing is full of gloomy sound, it turns out that it is really a bone-eroding poison in this environment." It seems that in the future, it is better not to set the capital in Nanjing, this place is too easy for future generations to become soft bones. ”