Chapter 168: Punishment of the Heart (I)

The official name of Yuelu Academy was in the Song Dynasty, and before that, there were monks running schools on the original site, which was both a academy and a famous place. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 The info dynasty has undergone several changes, sometimes emphasizing literature over martial arts, sometimes emphasizing military and light literature, but as long as it is a normal dynasty, if you want to rule for a long time, those who really talk about things in the local area will eventually be scholars.

The positions of these people may be very different, but there is always little difference in the part of their propositions on establishing culture and education and safeguarding the interests of scholars. A large amount of resources and funds were smashed, and the maintenance of the academy was relatively in place, and the hundreds of years of wind and frost and sword were cut down, but instead of cutting the academy to pieces, it became more and more prosperous.

In the second year of Zhengde, Wang Yangming lectured in Yuelu, and in the fourth year of Zhengde, the government demolished the Daolin Temple and rebuilt it into a academy, and its scale became more and more magnificent. The appearance of the white wall and green tiles, the branches of the trees drill out of the wall, it is autumn at this time, the withered yellow leaves are flying in the wind, a little more solemn, if it is summer, this is an excellent scene.

On the twelve steps, there is a tall and majestic gatehouse, and there is a couplet on the left and right that is pasted with "only Chu has materials, and Yu Si is prosperous". After the gate, the left side of the courtyard is the Confucian Temple, and after the second gate, it is the lecture hall, as well as the buildings such as the Banxue Zhai, the School Scripture Hall, and the Minglun Hall. Lianxi Ancestral Hall, Chongdao Ancestral Hall and other sacrificial ancestral halls are set up on the left and right sides of the lecture hall, and when people arrive here, they can first go to burn incense and worship, and then listen to the lecture hall.

He Xinyin's lectures are taught without class, and there is no threshold, except for readers, peddlers, pawns, and ordinary people can come to listen to the lectures. Each time, there were more than 1,000 listeners. Some of them came to listen to lectures, some wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to do some business, and some simply wanted to come and see beautiful women. The situation in Yuelu is the same as that in other places, the crowd is crowded and immovable, and the listeners are all from three religions and nine streams, and they are dressed differently. There are scholars in long shirts, coolies in short clothes, and even some Qinglou women in flying fish suits are also among them, and there are all kinds of strange things, and there are several scholars in women's clothes mixed in, and no one cares.

This group of people came in all the way from the gate, and their interest was very high, and it could be seen that their interest was not in listening to lectures, but purely in the mountains and rivers. In fact, many of the people who came to listen to the lecture themselves came to see the excitement, so I didn't think it was strange to see this, and I just looked at it twice and went about my own business.

Among these scholars, the leader was Zhang Maoxiu, the third son of the Zhang family, and the two sisters and brothers of the Zhang family, and next to them was Fan Jin, and several other fellow scholars followed behind.

The scholars who followed the Zhang family to the north can probably be divided into two factions, one group is indeed very interested in lecturing and listening, and they are also considered disciples of Xinxue, and they listen to He Xinyin's lectures with a learning mentality. The other faction is more utilitarian, it doesn't matter who lectures, the attention is only on the Zhang family, and the people who follow the Zhang sisters and brothers are basically characters of this faction.

They were not in a hurry to grab a seat so that they could listen to the lectures, but looked at the scenery of the academy and commented from time to time, the fundamental purpose was to make their families happy. Zhang said something in his younger brother's ear, and Zhang Maoxiu arched his hand to several scholars and said: "The little brother saw that the couplet posted at the gate was good for the New Year, and he thought of an upper couplet, can you help me think of a lower couplet?" Shanglian is: the ground is connected to Hengxiang, and Daze is deep in the mountains. ”

Several companions knew in their hearts that the couplet must have come from the young lady's hand, and even if it was for the purpose of making the beauty smile, they wanted to make the couplet. While pondering, Fan Jin had already spoken: "I have a lower link here, I don't know if it's suitable or not." Just one of them: Zou Lu, a scholar of righteousness, a sage of Limen Yilu. ”

Zhang Mao cultivated: "What a sage heart. This academy should have been a place to teach etiquette and righteousness and educate people's hearts with the way of sages, and this couplet has done a good job. ”

Zhang didn't speak, but then said: "Brother Fan, don't think about making couplets to escape, you haven't come out yet." You and I will go to that pavilion, and this game of chess will be divided into winners and losers first. If you lose this game, you will wear this daughter's clothes all the way to Jiangning. ”

In the past few days, she has become obsessed with playing blind chess with Fan Jin, compared to the formal game of Go, this kind of play is simple and trouble-free, and can be carried out anytime and anywhere, the disadvantage is naturally that the audience is small and pitiful, only people like her and Fan Jin, who have a perverted memory, can do it.

Although Liu Kanzhi is known as the Three Uniques, he can't do it by playing this kind of blind chess. Fan Jin relied on the blessing of the system, but Zhang's completely relied on his own memory ability. To be fair, of the three, she actually has the best memory.

Originally, the girl's chess friend was Liu Kanzhi, and the two had played for many years, so they were very familiar with each other's style. But Liu Kanzhi doesn't like to lose to women the most in his life, especially he doesn't like to lose to Zhang, and he doesn't give in when he plays chess. Fan Jin is a handicap chess kung fu practiced by Ling Yunyi's side, and he can make chess just right, winning or losing. Its scale is just right, so that Zhang enjoys the process of playing with Fan Jin, and he has only looked for Fan Jin in the past few days.

Seeing that the two got together to play chess again, the other scholars were a little jealous. Even if they knew that their identity was not worthy of such a proud woman of the sky, it did not mean that they could tolerate Fan Jin approaching her. is also a person from the Zhang family, Fan Jin is a newcomer, but he is so favored by the eldest lady, which makes it difficult for them to tolerate.

What's even more intolerable is that Liu Kanzhi, who is the most qualified to squeeze out Fan Jin, not only did not make a move, but was also very close to Fan Jin. Sometimes he took the piano, played with Fan Jinqin and flute, and sometimes talked about learning, obviously to make friends with him, which made several people feel incredible, and inevitably felt depressed.

There were already a few Zhang Mansion generals in the pavilion who occupied their places, and as soon as the people entered, they immediately went outside to guard. Fan Jin sat down and looked in the direction of the lecture hall, "Brother Zhang and Brother Liu, it seems that they haven't convinced He Xinyin yet." There were also a few people who went with them, and the two of them were said to have something to say, so why wouldn't this Xinyin be so unsympathetic, right? ”

The girl frowned, her attention was all on solving chess, she was a little unwilling to be defused by a sharp killing move, and after a while, she wanted to make up for it with a wonderful move. Then he said:

"He Xinyin's behavior is very different from Brother Fan, it is a bit too much to say that he is not close to people, but if you want to use human favors to influence his actions, it is also delusional. Although he is approachable and believes that all flesh and blood are intimate, he is always in his own heart, and it is not easy for him to shake the things he recognizes. ”

"If that's the case, it's not going to be easy."

The girl looked at the black oppressive head, frowned, and said, "It is really difficult for so many people to come to listen to his lectures. His expectations are too high, and it is not easy for the local authorities to make such a determination to do something against him. ”

Zhang Mao cultivated: "If it weren't for Brother Fan's proper planning, how could these people still have the leisure to listen to lectures?" Not to mention the rebellion, even if they robbed the palace, at this time the city was already densely populated with officers and soldiers, and the whole city was under martial law to arrest traitors. ”

Fan Jin said: "The third prince has praised it, and my strategy is not better than that of the eldest lady." I am full of talents, and a group of clowns who jump off the beam can't become the climate. With or without Fan, the situation here won't be too bad. It is precisely because everyone lives a good life in peace, so now some people say that there is danger, but no one will believe it. The consideration of the local government is actually not unreasonable, after all, the people support He Xinyin so much, and if we deal with him, it is tantamount to going against the people, although the people can't do anything to us, there will definitely be resentment in their hearts. The more resentment accumulates, the more serious problems will arise. Therefore, dealing with people is one thing, how to resolve grievances is another work, and the second aspect of work is more important than the first one. ”

Zhang snorted: "Liang Ruyuan only dared to speak for Jian Shoumei because he relied on his own popularity, and even dared to get involved in a major case of rebellion, and it would be impossible for this person not to do it." ”

Although He Xinyin is only a white body, he is quite popular among the people and has a great influence on public opinion, and he may not be able to overturn the case, but he still has the ability to cause trouble for the government. A definite case of rebellion will not really be reversed just because one or two people speak, but when the public opinion of the people reaches a certain level, it will still affect the attitude of the presiding judge, and even deviate in the scale of the verdict.

After all, Shilin is in the same vein, if you want to talk about reputation, you have to take care of your face, and the last thing you need to worry about is the facts and judicial standards. Jane's family is now being cleaned up very badly, as soon as someone comes out to run for Jian Shoumei, there is immediately a clamoring for Jane's family to go to Beijing to complain. Tell the story of King Ji's unsuccessful plot against Jian's wife, as well as the encroachment of Jian's family's fields and storefronts, and make a fuss. Under the pressure of such public opinion, the Huguang locality has also become a little timid in handling this case, for fear of causing some trouble.

At this time, the power of civil associations was gradually revealed, and the government was no longer in a dominant position in everything. He Xinyin obviously wanted to use public opinion to turn Jian Shoumei's assassination into a murder of righteous indignation, so he could only choose the wrong target, and finally turned his capital crime into exile or imprisonment. Of course, Zhang Sixiu couldn't accept this kind of result, and took Liu Kanzhi and several Xinxue disciples to negotiate with him, also for this.

After about a meal, I saw Zhang Sixiu walking into the pavilion with a calm face, and everyone else followed. The people in the pavilion got up and asked each other, and he only hated and said, "How can this be true! Outrageous! ”

Liu Kanzhi greeted Fan Jin, and then said with a wry smile: "Mr. Fushan is too stubborn, he refuses to back down, insists that Jian Shoumei will not die, and does not want the official to investigate further." He always thinks that the fault for this matter lies in the Jiwang Mansion and the local government's mansion. If the palace doesn't come out to bully people, and the government doesn't oppress the people, Zeng Guang and others won't want to rebel. Now if the matter is to be investigated, it is still up to the government to hand it over to the officials and officials, they will further oppress the people and arouse the anger of the people, and the result will only be worse. It's better to just forget it and give the parties lightly, so as to influence them and make them no longer enemies of the government. ”

Fan Jin said with a smile: "He Xinyin's proposition is not completely unreasonable, he has been a staff member and expelled Zaifu. Yu Shuwu is not ignorant. He is using a procrastination to decide, hoping that the big thing will be turned into a small thing, this idea is not unreasonable, but it is just to say...... For the imperial court, this disposition was unacceptable. If even a major case of conspiracy against the past can be so vague, what other cases can be seriously and thoroughly investigated? ”

Zhang Sixiu said: "This guy is also unreasonable, bluntly said that the case of Minister Wang was also a rebellion that day, and in the end, it was not so vague in the end?" If we don't want to use the topic to play and get out of prison, what else do we have to remember...... Retribution! ”

Minister Wang's case is the first case in the early years of Wanli, but the most important point is not how big the case is, but how many people are involved. Feng Bao almost used this case to falsely accuse Gao Gong for his life, but in the end he failed to succeed, and the case that was originally very big was finally closed. There are rumors in this case that Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao teamed up to deliberately fabricate charges and wanted to kill their predecessor Shoufu. Although the statement may not be able to win people's trust, the formation of this kind of public opinion among the people is always bad for Zhang Juzheng's reputation.

He Xinyin brought up the old matter again, obviously beating Zhang Sixiu, don't want to accuse the innocent, so as not to lose your face in the end. Zhang Juzheng was already involved in this case, and when he heard the other party mention this old past, Zhang Sixiu couldn't hold back his anger.

Fan Jin said with a smile: "The second son doesn't have to be annoyed, He Xinyin is a crazy student, it's not strange to say anything or do anything." In general with him, we lost ourselves. Salute first and then soldiers, we have already done the part of the salute, and the rest is the part of the soldiers. Please ask the second son and his party to go down the mountain first, and Fan will finish the rest. ”

Zhang looked at Fan Jintan's mouth and opened slightly, and wanted to say something, but Zhang Sixiu had already said: "In this way, there will be Brother Lao Fan, little sister, let's go." ”

A group of people left the pavilion and walked towards the outside of the academy, the door of the lecture hall was also opened at this time, He Xinyin walked out slowly, and the sunlight fell on his sideburns, covering him with a layer of gold armor.

"People are the heart of heaven and earth, and benevolence is the heart of the people, and the heart is Taiji......" He Xinyin's voice was not very loud, as he spoke, the originally noisy crowd gradually lost its voice, and everyone's attention fell on him.

"Too is great, big is greater than benevolence, and extreme refers to the limit. The human heart is Tai Chi, that is to say, our hearts must reach great benevolence in order to meet the standards of heaven and earth...... "The academy became quiet, only the sound of the old man's lecture and the breathing of the visitors could be faintly heard. Fan Jin walked out of the pavilion and quietly took out the Cloud Piercing Cannon from his arms.

Zhang walked down the mountain and looked back in the direction of the academy from time to time.

"Without people, there is no heaven and earth! Between heaven and earth, the most important thing is man, not other ......"

Liu Kanzhi looked at the anxious girl and comforted: "Don't worry, Brother Fan is an extremely shrewd person, and there will be no problem in self-preservation." ”

"Yes...... But there are so many people there, He Xinyin has a lot of hope, in case the crowd is excited, Brother Fan ......"

"I believe that Brother Fan can protect himself, and besides, Changsha has just experienced a turmoil, and whoever dares to make trouble at this time is a big crime of rebellion. Qi members didn't dare, neither did these people who listened to the lectures, and He Xinyin himself didn't dare. He is not stupid, and he will not let himself be convicted of treason. ”

Zhang Sixiu said: "Little sister, you have always believed that chess players do not enter the game, but this time, Brother Si, is he a chess piece or a chess player?" ”

Zhang said: "Then you still need to say? Brother Hui Si gave us advice, this time it was not only to catch He Xinyin, but also to deter Huang An's so-called heavenly nest, so that they could check their words and deeds, and no longer use lectures to influence people's hearts. This is naturally a matter for chess players, but there are some things that cannot be solved if the chess player does not enter the game, and this kind of thing cannot be judged by common sense. ”

Zhang Sixiu looked at Liu Kanzhi, but saw that the latter was not displeased, but rather agreed: "Yes, Brother Fan is a great talent and a real talent, and he is by no means a chess piece, but a good chess player." He always said that he was a poor chess player, but in my opinion he was a very good opponent for me, and I would have to ask him for advice another day. ”

"However, benevolence is a person, there are people who have a universe, and there are benevolence ......"

Fan Jin had already quietly clicked the lead, then separated the crowd, walked towards He Xinyin, and shouted: "Mr. Fushan, there is something unknown about Fan Jin in Guangdong, I want to ask a question or two in front of the stage!" ”

At the foot of Yuelu Mountain, the armor is distinct, the swords and guns are dazzling, and the 800 soldiers of the Fubiao Battalion and more than 100 Jinyi Ti cavalry from Wuchang have lined up. When Zhang Sixiu and the others came down, the officer with the troops immediately ordered someone to pick them up, and then ordered: "As soon as you see the letter cannon, everyone immediately go up the mountain!" Seal down the academy and arrest He Xinyin! ”