After setting a general strategy, it didn't take long for Zheng Sen to get a place as a prisoner. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Zheng Sen then sent a letter to Chen Hongshou, telling him that he was going to Nanjing Guozijian to study soon, and he could go to ask him for advice. By the way, you can also learn from those Donglin seniors through him.

After writing this letter, Zheng Sen personally went to Yingdu to meet with Hong Chengjian and Mr. Wang, and told them that he planned to study in Nanjing Guozijian. Hong Chengjian and Mr. Wang were very happy about this, and while encouraging Zheng Sen to study hard, they also asked Zheng Sen to bring a lot of letters to relatives and friends in Nanjing.

Zheng Sen knew that the reason why they gave these letters to them was actually to give themselves a chance to associate with these "virtuous people". For example, among the recipients of these letters, there are some Zheng Sen who have really admired the name for a long time. For example, Huang Zongxi, who was listed as one of the "Three Great Thinkers in the Late Ming and Early Qing Dynasties", such as Zhang Pu, the leader of the Restoration Society, such as Xia Yunyi, who later became a martyr, such as Chen Zilong, a famous poet who later resisted the Qing Dynasty, and Qian Qianyi, who was known as the leader of Donglin.

"It's a pity that there will be a test this spring, and many friends are afraid that they have already gone to Beijing, and some people, Asen, I am afraid that you will not be able to see you this time." When handing over the letters to Zheng Sen, Hong Chengjian said.

After Zheng Sen collected these letters and thanked Hong Chengjian and Mr. Wang, a few days later, he left for Nanjing in early March of this year (the tenth year of Chongzhen).

Zheng Sen still took the "Feiyan" on this trip. The boat ran fast, but in two days, it arrived at Hangzhou Bay. Zheng Sen first let the ship dock in Yuyao, and went to visit Huang Zongxi, who was famous in later generations, in the name of delivering a letter.

It's just that Huang Zongxi was not at home, according to his family, he went to visit friends in Nanjing. Zheng Sen had no choice but to leave the letter and leave.

Unable to see Huang Zongxi, Zheng Sen felt a little regretful. Because Huang Zongxi was a famous great thinker in later generations after all, and some of his ideas had a great influence on later generations, it would be impossible to say that Zheng Sen had no curiosity about him at all. However, this is not a big regret, because in Zheng Sen's heart, Huang Zongxi is not a person he can rely on in his future plans. According to Mr. Gu Cheng, at least in the matter of civil strife in the Southern Ming Dynasty, Mr. Huang Lizhou "played a very bad role". For example, the fake prince case and the child concubine case in Nanming's three major cases, the problems in them, but in terms of the facts of the case, are extremely simple. Anyone with a little common sense can judge that the "prince" and "concubine" are fakes. But because the Donglin Party has always had a grudge against the Fuwang lineage, when the Southern Ming Dynasty was first built, they wanted to cross the Fuwang lineage that was closest to Chongzhen's relatives and set up another King Lu. This matter failed in the end, and the people who supported the Fuwang family naturally gained power in the Hongguang Dynasty. However, the Donglin Party's desire to overthrow Emperor Hongguang and dominate the court has not stopped.

In the case of the fake prince, because many officials in the Hongguang Dynasty were also high-ranking officials in Chongzhen, they had seen the prince, and even the prince's teacher. These people belonged to different political factions, including members of the Donglin Party. All of these people identified the "Prince" as a fake. For example, Wang Duo, a university scholar, once served as an instructor in the East Palace for three years, so he was naturally familiar with the appearance of the prince, and he could see at a glance that he was a traitor and a fake. In his recital, he said:

When the minister saw it, he immediately said: "This dummy is a fake thing, and the ghost of the plough hill, how can the prince be so?" "The minister is the same as the old Ministry of Rites, and the Shangshu Beijing Duanjing Palace has been in the middle class for three years, and when the examination is full, he is frustrated. Shang Ji first emperor East Palace big eyes square cheeks, loud voice and wide mouth, thick back and head high, walking Zhuang, standing solemn. Jinchen stood in front of him and said, "Do you know me?" Ying said, "No." "It was once said that the three years of the class are two feet away, and I don't know who the minister is? The minister has confirmed that it is false. The minister asked, "Where is the lecture in the hall?" He said, "Wenhua." "Don't you know that it is in the temple of Duanjing? Then he asked, "What is the position?" The minister secretly remembered that he had ten operators to read the number, but he was ignorant of it. The minister was furious,...... That is, Changyan told the ministers: "This person is obviously fake, but this matter is indeed regrettable." ...... "Dazha said that the brocade clothes guard the order and tied it left and right." There is no geometry, this son is weeping and kneeling for a long time, and he said sadly: "The villain was originally a fake, but it was played by people, and he was afraid to drink it in the ears of the princes." The villain Wang Qi's surname, his name is clear, Gaoyang people, his father is pure, his mother is Xu's, and there is a villain who is tempted by yin. And Huang Daozhou, who has seen the prince, also bluntly said that this "prince" is a fake.

However, it is such a fake full of loopholes, but a group of people led by Huang Zongxi have made rumors and hyped up, and with Huang Zongxi's intelligence and connections, it is not difficult to know the truth. But he still participated in it and added fuel to the fire, of course, his intention was to hit Hongguang's status.

As for the "Tong Concubine Case", it is even more ridiculous. At the beginning of 1645 (the first year of Hongguang), a woman surnamed Tong in Henan met Yue Qijie, the governor of Henan in the Southern Ming Dynasty, claiming to be the step-concubine of King Dechang (that is, Zhu Yousong), and was separated from Zhu Yousong in the chaos. Yue Qijie and Guangchangbo Liu Liangzuo were convinced, and sent someone to escort them to Nanjing while playing the report. Zhu Yousong immediately denied it and declared Tong a fake. On the first day of March, Tong was sent to Nanjing, where he was interrogated by Jinyiwei. Tong said, "Chinese New Year's Eve was six years old. He entered the palace at the age of seventeen and was canonized as Cao Neijian. From time to time, there are the East Palace Huang Clan, and the West Palace Li Clan. Li Shengzi Brother Yu, Kou Chao doesn't know where he is. Yu Chongzhen gave birth to a son in the fourteenth year, called Brother Jin, who was remembered by biting his arms, and is now in Ningjiazhuang. Zhu Yousong refuted: "I died early before and after, and my step-concubine Li was martyred, and I was posthumously reprimanded. And I was the king of the county first, how can there be two palaces in the east and west? This is in line with the actual situation, according to the Ming Dynasty system, the princess of the prince of the county was canonized by the imperial court. According to the "Records of Ming Xi Zong", in October of the second year of the Apocalypse, it was passed on to send "Wei Dazhong in the engineering department, Li Changling, the pedestrian department, Fengfu Mansion, the king of Dechang, and the concubine Huang". Tong said that it was absurd that Zhu Yousong had two palaces in the east and west when he entered the palace, and it was impossible for any "Cao Neijian" to hold a canonization ceremony for her. Zhu Yousong has no son, and the words "Brother Yu" and "Brother Jin" are also groundless.

It is easy for Huang Zongxi to understand these things. But considering that if it is determined that the "Tong Concubine" is real, then Hongguang, who resolutely denies the Tong Concubine, may be a fake Fu King, and if the Fu King is fake, then naturally he will not be the Son of Heaven. Therefore, Huang Zongxi, as well as his disciples and friends, all insisted in unison that Concubine Tong was real. Even until the fall of the Southern Ming Dynasty, Huang Zongxi became a remnant, and participated in the Manchu Qing Dynasty's revision of the "History of the Ming Dynasty" through his students, and wrote such a nonsense: "When Henan Mansion (i.e. Luoyang) was broken, King Fu was a thief, and there was no survivor of the sons." Several eunuchs in the palace fled to Huaiqing, but they had no food. Among them, there is a Fu Mansion companion who reads Li, who looks quite like King Fu's second son, King Tongcheng. Nai Xiang and Mou said: "If the princes don't accept the foreign ministers, who can know? Things are in the ears of my generation, so why worry about no food. "It was to take refuge in the county through the city, and then reached the front (referring to Emperor Chongzhen). Shang Shen thought that his uncle was poisonous, and the son was dead, that is, he was the king of Li Xifu. Ma Shiying became the emperor. Later, the Queen Mother arrived, Hongguang tended to welcome, and the whisperer of the screen was a mother and son for a long time. Hongguang reigned for a year, and after not standing, he and the queen mother slept like a couple, and the stepmother was not steamed at first. Concubine Tong is the king of the city, and Hongguang is not allowed to enter the palace, and he is afraid of defeat. ”

But in fact, in August of Jiashen (1644), the scholar Gao Hongtu was ordered to meet him at Guanglingyi, and the accompanying guest Tan Qian recorded: "Gong Renshou Empress Dowager Zou Shi, Fugong Wang's concubine, Yu Shang is the mother-in-law." The following is also quoted from the Empress Dowager's brother Zou Cunyi to describe the Zou family's journey of wandering in great detail. When Empress Dowager Zou arrived in Nanjing, Hongguang said in a greeting note: "It is a difficult country, and the crane is worried; Min Shuangxue's sideburns, Feng Yu Fei's jurisdiction", which proves that Zou was already an old woman when he arrived in Nanjing. And almost at the same time, the Donglin Party also released such a rumor, saying that the Empress Dowager Zou was impersonated by Ma Shiying's mother, this rumor is not worth refuting, but it is enough to prove that the Empress Dowager is high in the Spring and Autumn Period.

The situation in Nanming at that time was so dangerous, but Huang Zongxi and others did such a thing for the sake of the selfishness of one party, which can be said to have done what the Manchus wanted to do but could not do.

Such a party stick and infighting master who puts the selfishness of one party above the survival of the country, although he has some academic skills, but if he is brought closer to his own team, most of them will kill a large number of his own people. Therefore, in Zheng Sen's plan, Huang Zongxi and others can only be the objects of use, and they are by no means talents that can be relied on.

"But Huang Zongxi went to Songjiang to visit friends? Isn't my next step to go to Songjiang? Maybe you'll be able to run into it. Zheng Sen thought so, and got on the "Feiyan" again.

Early the next morning, the "Feiyan" arrived in Songjiang. The Zheng family has a lot of business in Songjiang, so when the "Feiyan" docked, a person surnamed Xiao from Songjiang came to greet him. Zheng Sen got off the boat and got into the carriage prepared by Chief Xiao.

"The major general came to Songjiang and didn't know who he was going to visit?" Director Xiao asked.

"Oh, I'm here in Songjiang to meet Mr. Xia Yunyi and Mr. Chen Zilong from several societies." Zheng Sen replied.

"Oh, that's a coincidence." Director Xiao said, "There will be a test this spring, and these two gentlemen are both lifters, so I'm afraid they have already gone to Beijing." ”

When Zheng Sen heard this, he just smiled and said, "I thought of this a long time ago." It's just that Mr. Hong and Mr. Wang have letters for me to bring to Mr. Chen Xia, so I still have to pay a visit. ”

In fact, one of the reasons why Zheng Sen knew that Xia Yunyi and Chen Zilong were not there, and still visited them, was that he wanted to take this opportunity to meet another prodigy who left a reputation in history - Xia Wanchun.