Chapter 23: What is righteousness?
"It's really not good, let's withdraw." When he got home and sat in the study, Zhou Dingcheng looked at him and said unbearably.
It was the first time he had seen the overwhelmed expression on his face, as if he had been bent over by a mountain.
"Withdraw? Absolutely not. It's okay, I'm just feeling a little tired all of a sudden, and I rarely feel tired. And said with a wry smile.
He usually has almost no time to get tired, after all, he doesn't do any physical work, and he just spends his days leisurely. The time he felt exhausted and was accidentally teleported to Xiao Nier's hometown was also the first time he felt exhausted.
In the year when he studied the prescription for Zuo Ling, every day was very busy, but it was just a feeling that his brain seemed to be insufficient, and he was full of energy after sleeping or meditating for an hour or two, instead of the current fatigue of his whole body.
"Of course, people who practice martial arts rarely reach the limit. Although you don't practice martial arts, the exercises you practice may be better in terms of endurance. Zhou Dingcheng said proudly.
He hasn't walked in the rivers and lakes for a long time, he didn't know the limit of his strength for many years, and he didn't feel tired.
"To be honest, if it doesn't work, let's withdraw, stay in the green mountains and don't be afraid of no firewood. In the current situation, persisting may not lead to good results. Zhou Dingcheng persuaded again.
He understood that he was in mind, and staying in Beijing was nothing more than trying to spell out the final result and get the emperor's amnesty decree for Emperor Jianwen's followers. But this is almost impossible, from the time of Chengzu's son Renzong, the minister and the emperor have this meaning, but it is just a superficial taste, no one dares to cross the red line drawn by Chengzu, and then Yingzong pardoned Emperor Jianwen's two sons who have been under house arrest for decades, but he did not dare to amnesty the ministers who followed Emperor Jianwen, let alone rehabilitate Zhaoxue, this is a dream that can never be realized.
He thought in his heart that besides, the release of the sea ban to the emperor was actually the precursor to obtaining an amnesty order, and since the Sermon of Taizu could be changed, then Chengzu's edict was not a sacred and immovable heavenly rule. It's just that this step is still too hasty and too risky, like a gamble that puts your head under the guillotine, and once you lose, you can't get it back.
The implication of Zhou Dingcheng's words is that when the situation is not clear, the best policy is to slip away. This is also the only way to seek good fortune and avoid evil.
"Let's talk about it at that point, it's not time to talk about retreating." Besides, he still shook his head, he has his bottom line, as long as the knife is not on his neck, he will not retreat, even if the knife is really on the neck, he will see if there is a chance to turn the tables, no, the mountains and rivers are exhausted, he is never willing to give up everything and go overseas.
"You know what I'm most angry about? There is always a feeling that the tiger falls on the plain and is bullied by dogs, when we were in Nanjing, Suzhou Mansion needless to say, even if it is Ying Tianfu, when did you come to find trouble? When I arrived in Beijing, I was targeted by Shuntianfu, where did I offend them?! I just don't believe in it! Besides, he slapped the table and said angrily.
"You are wrong about this, can Nanjing be the same as Beijing? It's different. In Nanjing, Zhongshan Wangfu can dominate everything, in fact, it is Old Master Chen and Wei Guogong who have the final say, and Ying Tianfu will certainly not trouble you. However, the Zhongshan Mansion can fully control Nanjing, Fengyang and Suzhou, and can only control more than half of the Hangzhou Mansion, as for Liangguang and Fujian, it is beyond the reach of the whip. Yunnan is the world of the Mu family, which is more domineering than the Zhongshan Palace, and the imperial court has to use the Mu Palaces to exercise its rights. The north is different, it is completely controlled by the imperial court, but who controls the affairs of the imperial court, no one can fully control it, as strong as the first emperor, it can only be barely controlled, and many things cannot be completely mastered, and now it is not the emperor or any scholar can control it. In addition, Shuntianfu is also different from Yingtianfu, the status is one level higher, not to mention that you are just Zhang Juzheng's staff, even if his son commits crimes, Shuntianfu has the right to investigate and arrest. ”
Zhou Dingcheng has been a scholar in the imperial court for many years, although the official is not big, he knows more about the upper ecological environment of the imperial court than some prefects and political envoys, and sees it more thoroughly.
After thinking about it, he smiled and said: "Also, I may be used to being domineering in Suzhou and Nanjing, and I have forgotten the environment here." Do you think I'm a little angry? ”
"If you want to talk about Yanei, you are considered to be, the disciple and son-in-law of Old Master Chen, how can you be regarded as Yanei, this is on the one hand, on the other hand, you are the heir of the mantle of the old master, and you are the young master of the Chen School of Science, this status is much higher than that of Yanei. I think the emperor gave you a brocade guard to command, maybe you are still secretly happy in the palace, this is to arrest a young master of science to be a guard for him. You must know that the emperor promised the old master a high position as a scholar, but the old master ignored it. Zhou Dingcheng said with a smile.
Besides, he touched his head and said to himself: "So I was deceived by the emperor? ”
"It's not a lie, after all, you are just starting out, and your identity and worth are different from that of the old master, but after you really become a great master of science in the future, the emperor will wake up laughing in his sleep, and you are self-defeating." Zhou Dingcheng laughed again.
"Bring the wine, I'm a little interested in hearing you say this."
Besides, I think of a few ridiculous things when I was in Nanjing, and now I feel a little ridiculous, first for Zuo Ling, he beat a second generation to almost can't take care of himself, and even beat a few evil servants disabled, it's not that he is ruthless, but he doesn't know how to move, he doesn't know the severity of his shot, and he will inevitably be ruthless when he is angry.
After that, there was no turmoil at all, and there were officials in Nanjing, but no one said a word.
Then one thing was for Zuo Ling, he led his troops to run more than 200 miles overnight, and when he arrived in Fengyang, this matter is said to be nothing, because he didn't fight anyone this time, and he didn't make any trouble, but it was a big deal to dispatch generals privately. The army is not allowed to leave the defense zone without an order from the military headquarters, otherwise it will be a violation of discipline and will be dealt with by military law. Not to mention that he is a white-clothed showman who leads troops privately, if he wants to rebel, it is wronged, but according to military law, rebellion is completely in line with this article.
After that, it was Wei Guogong and Chen Musa who operated to cool down this matter. Wei Guogong insisted that he was training his troops, and Emperor Jiajing, who received Chen Musa's letter, took the opportunity to give Wei Guogong some encouragement, and as a result, he completely removed the situation.
Besides, there are only two domineering things, and he is usually a gentleman who is gentle and frugal.
Zhou Dingcheng couldn't wait for this sentence, the wine worm in his stomach had already made a fuss, but when he saw the painful face just now, he was a little embarrassed to mention the word drinking.
Zhou Dingcheng didn't go to the kitchen to get wine and food, got up and went back to his house to bring a jar of wine, poured it into two large bowls, and the two of them began to drink.
"It's useless to say what happened before, now we can only rely on ourselves, but the power in your hands is actually not small, if you really want to use it well, it is not much worse than the power of Zhongshan Wangfu, it may be stronger." Zhou Dingcheng said after drinking a bowl of wine.
"Do you mean the Qinwang faction?" Besides, he whispered.
Although both of them could detect whether anyone was eavesdropping around them, they involuntarily lowered their voices when they talked about these secrets.
"Not only the Qinwang faction, but also the monarch organization, you can not use it now, but if you want to develop overseas in the future, the monarch organization is a threshold that you can't cross, whether to subdue them for your own use, or force them to be our enemies, this is the key to determining whether you can go out or not." Zhou Ding became enlightened.
Besides, when he looked at Zhou Dingcheng intently, when everyone was really worthy of admiration, he really didn't think that Zhou Dingcheng could also think seriously about these issues, he thought that Zhou Dingcheng's interest was all in painting, calligraphy and drinking.
"I'm afraid it's impossible to recover them, they can even fight against the Pirate Alliance, what can I do to subdue them?"
"Of course, you can't rely on brute force, you need to use righteousness."
"Righteousness?" Besides, I didn't understand.
"That's right, the King's Organization is only an overseas branch of the Qinwang faction, but it has grown up over the years, and there are signs of becoming an independent faction, or it can be said that it has become an independent faction, but no one dares to change the original purpose. Otherwise, the name of this organization is not right, and once the division is nameless, there may be chaos inside. They sent someone to contact you, just to take away this righteousness from the Qinwang faction, and then the king's organization could be independent, and even overpower the Qinwang faction. ”
"These two organizations were originally one family?" Besides, Hazy knows some, but none of them are exact.
"Of course, there are two theories about the origin of this organization, one is that they went overseas with the first emperor, and in the end, the first emperor did not know what happened, so they established a foundation overseas and established such an organization. Another theory is that the first emperor did not want to compete with Chengzu for the world, and the Chinese civil war was endless and bloodshed, so he sent them to the sea to find a new address for the founding of the country. Later, it is not clear whether the first emperor went overseas or not, but these people who went overseas developed into a very powerful force outside, but fundamentally, they are still people from the Qinwang faction, and it is certainly not wrong to say that they are a branch of the Qinwang faction. ”
"So, how did the Qinwang faction come to be? Was it established by the national teacher Daoyan at the beginning, or by the subordinates of the first emperor? Besides, he asked.
After asking, he himself felt ridiculous, everyone in this organization called him Gongzi, and they respected him very much on the surface, but he didn't know the origin of this organization.
"Even I don't know about this, you also know, I belong to the periphery in this organization, and Senior Murong only knows a rough idea, when you meet Senior Murong again one day, you can just ask yourself." Zhou Dingcheng said with a wry smile.
"Then do I represent the righteousness you are talking about?" And then he asked.
"It should be, otherwise, Murong seniors will not fight to protect you, and the monarch organization will not go to great lengths to fight for you. That's just my guess, I really don't know exactly what happened. "Zhou Ding became enlightened.
Yi?
What does righteousness mean?