Ni Liangxu and Liu Cheng's party didn't dare to call Zhang Gongyan, but even if they did, they probably wouldn't be able to come. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

As a latecomer, Zhang Gongyan never regarded his origins as different from the vast majority of officers in the Zhejiang Ming Army, and although the Zhejiang Ming Army was an anti-Qing group with Zhejiang people as the main body, it was not purely composed of Zhejiang people from the beginning. Chen Wen did not mention it, now you are the chief military officer of Quzhou Town, and Li Ruixin, the recognized first cavalry general in the Ming Army in Zhejiang, is a person from Liaodong. After many years of raising the army, and adding officers from other provinces such as Yu Shizhong, and these officers were also able to fulfill their duties in their respective positions, coupled with the continuous strengthening of power and class within the army, the localism of the Zhejiang Ming army is much lower than that of other Ming or Qing armies.

Zhang Gongyan has joined the Zhejiang Ming Army for half a year, and the study of the Zhejiang Martial Arts School in this half year has broadened his horizons in military affairs, and the guard Jinhua not long ago has added a lot of courage, so that this Yunnan scholar who bluntly said in front of Chen Wen that "he would rather be a centurion than a scholar" has long been no longer what it used to be.

Unlike Ni Liangxu, who has not yet figured out how to settle the army, Zhang Gongyan studied the staff department, and his main job is to draw maps, make sand tables, analyze data and intelligence according to those data and intelligence measured on the basis of experience and the current level of science and technology, and provide reference opinions, and does not have the right to directly command the army. Of course, people like him, who have just studied military affairs and have never been in the army, are mainly engaged in the most basic work.

A few days ago, the Lecture Martial Arts Academy issued an order informing him to report to the newly built staff team of the Nantang Battalion in a month's time, which would be his first post as a trainee staff officer. Before that, however, he had already received the guaranty of a fellow student to join the Chinese Revival Society, and today was the day he attended the first internal assembly as a probationary member.

"All stand up and salute the statue of Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor and the flag!"

The first time to participate in such a gathering, first to the statue of Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor and the flag of the salute, incense, almost every action has a certain rule, it is said that the Chinese Revival Association is also in the internal collection of songs, but these rather religious ceremonies not only did not make Zhang Gongyan, a serious Confucian student, similar to the smell of incense, the White Lotus Sect of the antipathy, but have a kind of spiritual sustenance.

As for the reason, it is probably that they did not worship and worship idols such as the lifeless old mother and Maitreya Buddha, nor did they do the foolish behavior of being invulnerable by drinking talisman water, but under the protection of Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor, they used spears and white-edged bows and artillery to fight with the Tartars, so as not to have another tragedy like the violent Yuan Dynasty and the Song Dynasty.

“…… Therefore, Zi said: Yidi has a king, it is not as good as the death of Zhuxia. Can the righteousness of the monarch and the minister be compared to the Huayi defense? ”

It has been a year since the establishment of the association, and with the rapid expansion of the Chinese Revival Association, the military or the government can set up a group when it reaches a certain scale, and study the constitution and purpose on their own in the days when there is no assembly.

For example, Zhang Gongyan, he can now participate in the group assembly in the martial arts academy as a reserve member, and when he goes to Nantang Camp for an internship, he will transfer the relationship of the group there, and the study of the constitution and purpose and spirit will also be transferred there.

“…… The imperial court used the imperial examination as a means to suppress the great defense of Huayi by extending the righteousness of the monarch and the ministers......"

Standing in front of him and reciting these was a young man dressed as a Confucian scholar, and when Zhang Gongyan heard the man introduce himself, he claimed to be a person from the Yanzhou Mansion, called Lu Liuliang, a student who had been trained as a civil official, but he was already a full member. What is being read at this moment is Chen Wen's comment based on the answer sheet of the Manchu imperial examination in the Shunzhi period, and this one is the comment on the answer sheet of the first Manchu examination in the third year of Shunzhi.

“…… The imperial court vainly tried to annihilate the Huayi defense with the righteousness of the monarch and the minister, although the system was the same as the imperial examination of the emperor, it was actually an act of deceiving the world and stealing fame. ”

Zhang Gongyan has not participated in the imperial examination, although it is still far away from the examination, but he has never eaten pork, and he has always seen pigs go. Lu Liuliang pulled out the hidden things in the questions and answers of the imperial examination, which immediately reminded Zhang Gongyan of an example he had seen in the book.

During Wang Anshi's reform of the law, Ye Zuqia, who was in Xining's three years, was able to get the champion by catering to the new law, which was enough to glorify the identity of the ancestors, and the Jinshi taken during that period were basically supporters of the new law, at least not opponents. This kind of thing is actually not uncommon in all dynasties, after all, whether the questions and answers are correct or not always depends on the preferences of the examiner and the purpose of the government of the Son of Heaven or the minister.

This is the principle that the Manchus used the imperial examination to do, not as strong as the tyrannical Yuan to regard it as a fourth-class people, but to use the respect for Confucius and the imperial examination to put on the cloak of an orthodox dynasty for themselves, which really made Zhang Gongyan shudder.

"However, the court's proposal for the righteousness of the monarch and the ministers undoubtedly fueled the arrogance of those scum of the Holy Sect, and used the high-ranking officials to lure many Confucian scholars who did not know the teachings of the saints to act as tigers, so be appropriately vigilant."

It is indeed necessary to be vigilant again and again, nodding heavily, Zhang Gongyan continued to listen in an orderly manner, but this unexplained still made him feel a little awkward. It's just that he didn't know that Lu Liuliang's original text was not like this, and it was forced by Chen Wen to change it like this, so that the members who accounted for the vast majority of the officers in the Huaxia Revival Association and could barely read could hear it. As for the one that was copied, it was a different version entirely.

After listening thoroughly, the next step is to explain some of the difficulties in understanding the reactions of each group, as well as the meeting session of commendation and new members. It lasted until noon, when members and probationary members went back to eat and then discussed on their own in small groups.

"Master Hou, do you want to post this comment to the occupied area of the Tartars?"

Although they have been friends for a long time, Chen Wen also said that they can call each other by their words, but Zhou Jingting has always used the honorific title of an official, and even in his words, although the righteousness of the monarch and the minister is not as good as Huayi's defense, it is also extremely important, and it must not be messed up.

"No, if we revise and revise it again, for the time being, it will only be posted in the prefectures and counties controlled by our army."

Chen Wen was indeed thrilled by this proposal, and the Manchus were indeed superior to other barbarians in using the imperial examination, but they were far from being able to paint words such as Greater East Asia Co-prosperity on the wall. Posting big-character posters in the Manchu-occupied areas and dropping leaflets to local scholars were indeed enough for the Manchus to drink a pot. However, considering the weak intelligence network that the Ming army in Zhejiang had easily built up in several neighboring prefectures and important cities such as Nanjing, it would be a bit more than worth the loss to do this in an era when illiteracy was rampant and the literacy rate was less than 10 percent, and at least for the time being, it could only try to spread the word among readers.

The plan was not successful, but Zhou Jingting was not discouraged, and continued to talk about other things with Chen Wen. During this period of time, a lot of the work of the Huaxia Revival Association was assisted by Zhou Jingting, the "office director", especially those copywriting work, which really made Chen Wen a lot easier.

Counting up, Zhou Jingting has been serving under Chen Wen for a year and a half, although his ability is not extremely strong, but a hard work is still not enough to describe, and it can even be said that among the high-level of the entire Zhejiang Ming Army, except for Chen Wen and Sun Yu, Zhou Jingting has always been the busiest existence.

But for such a long time, except for the relationship between the proprietor and the staff, the two have not made much progress in their personal relationship, especially after Cao Conglong's rebellion. Chen Wen is very clear about what is in the middle, fortunately, the Zhejiang Ming Army has been refined in the system, and he does not need to be personally responsible for many military affairs, and he just has time to solve some other things - not only because of Zhou Jingting, it can even be said that Zhou Jingting accounts for a small proportion of it, and it comes more from Chen Wen's heart.

"Mr. Zhou, I want to meet your sister, just tomorrow." (To be continued.) )