Chapter 22: Giving Up

Time flies quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it is July 17.

These days, Chen Wen gets up every morning when he smells chickens, and then explains "Spring and Autumn" to Wu Dengke, who has already arrived.

Originally, Chen Wen thought that Wu Dengke came to borrow books after listening to him talk about Guan Yu and Yue Fei both reading "Spring and Autumn", and begged him to explain it was just a whim.

However, he didn't expect that Wu Dengke would come early every day from then on, and only after listening to it did he do something to make a living. Even in order to deal with Chen Wen's question about his feelings, he began to go to the old camp to find Sun Yu at lunch every day, just so that Sun Yu could take the time to explain to him again, so as to deepen his impression and gain new inspiration. And this also made Chen Wen begin to change some impressions of Wu Dengke.

After giving Wu Dengke a lecture on "Spring and Autumn", Chen Wen began to prepare for the evening lecture, which usually lasted until lunchtime. After lunch, Chen Wen began to meet with some targets who had a preliminary understanding, and it didn't end until dinner. After dinner, he would go to the threshing floor as scheduled to talk about the past.

After telling Yue Fei's deeds in the first two days, Chen Wen successively told the story of Ban Chao's 36 people who set the Western Regions, Feng Fengshi's order to behead the king of Shache, Fu Jiezi's beheading action that shocked the world, Geng Gong's ambition to starve for Hulu meat, and laughed about the story of thirsty Xiongnu blood and Wang Xuance's destruction of the country alone.

As the days passed, the number of people who came to listen to Chen Wen's lectures on the ancients every day gradually grew from more than 40 people on the first day to nearly 100 people on the second day, and now there are 4 or 500 people, so that the threshing floor in this village is a little overwhelmed, and this seems to continue to grow.

Every day after dinner, there would always be people from the surrounding villages, the towns to the south, and the old camp on the hills, and when they were done, they would rush home in droves. And the villagers in the village, taking advantage of the proximity to the water, also sell some wine and food here.

All this seemed to them as if they were in a hurry.

Although when the number of people exceeded two hundred, he was ready to talk about the ancient times in a more open place, but in front of the crabs sent by the village chief every once in a while, Chen Wen suddenly found that his reason seemed to be starting to become weak.

After the lecture was over, Chen Wen developed a new goal through the conversation with the audience, so that he could make an appointment the next afternoon. After the end, he returned to Sun's house and continued to chat with Sun Yu about the domestic and international situation.

For Chen Wen, Sun Yu can be seen at this time during this day. These days, the old camp of Dalanshan doesn't know what he's busy with, Sun Yu has to be on duty very late every day, and he is half tired to death, so that he rarely listens to Chen Wen's lectures.

Such days can be described as fulfilling and urgent for Chen Wen. Fulfillment lies in having something to do every day, unlike when you live on Dalan Mountain, you will always doubt because you have nothing to do. And the urgency is because the time for the Qing army to encircle and suppress the Siming Mountain anti-Qing base in September is getting closer and closer!

It's late at night, and today's story has been basically told, but the people in front of them are still excited because of the deeds of Gan Yanshou and Chen Tang killing the Hun Zhizhi Shan Yu in the story.

After killing the Xiongnu Shan Yu, Gan Yanshou and Chen Tang reported to the Emperor of the Han Dynasty. I once read this letter when I was reading, and there was a sentence in it that was very close to my heart. Therefore, yesterday I specially asked Treasurer Sun to borrow a book to copy this passage, and today I will read it to you. ”

As he spoke, Chen Wen took out a piece of paper from his arms and read it aloud.

"When the minister hears the righteousness of the world, he should be mixed into one, there were Kang and Yu in the past, and now there are strong men. The Xiongnu called Han Evil Shan Yu has been called the Northern Domain, only Zhi Zhi Shan is rebellious, not subdued, the west of Great Xia, thinking that the strong Han can not be subordinate. Zhi Zhi is single in the tragic viciousness of the people, the great evil leads to the sky, the minister prolongs life, the minister Tang will be a volunteer soldier, the heavenly punishment, rely on His Majesty's gods, yin and yang should respond, the weather is shrewd, trap Chen Ke enemy, behead Zhi branch and the following king. Yixian County Touqi Street Barbarian Mansion to show thousands of miles, those who commit strong men will be punished even if they are far away. ”

"Good!"

"Mr. Chen said it so well!"

"A good one is willing to prolong his life, a good one is a Chen soup, and a good one who commits a strong man, although he is far away, he will be punished. It's really a word that exhausts the prestige of my Han family. ”

Seeing that the atmosphere on the threshing floor had reached the extreme, Chen Wen secretly said in his heart.

I used to read people on the Internet and said, "In the 315th year of the Ming Dynasty, there was no harmony, no compensation, no peace, no land cutting, no tribute, the Son of Heaven guarded the country, and the king died; In the 275th year of the Qing Empire, he was close to ten thousand years, paid trillions of dollars, cut thousands of miles of land, slaughtered trillions of people, the Son of Heaven abandoned the country, and the king fled thousands of miles! At that time, I didn't think there was anything.

At that time, Chen Wen only felt that the Manchu Qing Dynasty itself was dressed in a feudal colonial regime, and there was nothing abnormal about doing those things. And the words of the Ming Dynasty in the previous paragraph are clearly aimed at what they said, and they are used for comparison, and they don't care too much.

But judging from the feedback from the audience these days, the word Gangming is really not a joke.

These days, whenever Chen Wen talks about such jokes as the Han and Tang dynasties, the Song Dynasty peace, the land cut, and the New Year's coins, the audience below will often show a look of disdain, and some people will even emphasize the story of this dynasty on the spot. Especially after the battle of Tumubao, the deeds of the Ming court that would rather change the emperor than fight the Mongols to the end have been mentioned many times.

In the Ming Dynasty, in order to drive out the Tartars to open the country, after a son of heaven died of illness on the way to the Northern Expedition, a son of heaven was defeated and captured after the uncompromising, in the middle of the more a son of heaven personally went into battle, and beheaded a level, and even to the end of the dynasty The last son of heaven, although he is far less competent as being an emperor than being a long-distance runner, but he still has not chosen to succumb to the alien race.

And all this was caused by the historical tragedy of the Southern Song Dynasty uniting with Mongolia to destroy Jin, the violent Yuan invading China, and the weak Song Dynasty being unable to defend itself, so that the artifact was covered with dust.

Chen Wen remembered that the Mongols had reduced the Han population in the north by 60 percent in the process of destroying the Jin and Song dynasties, while the losses in the south were more than 30 percent. The people of the Ming Dynasty had no reason to trust the barbarians, because their ancestors had already paid a terrible price for it. Just like in his time, although there will always be people who are Hari, it is reasonable that the vast majority of people do not have a good impression of Japan, a cowardly country that still does not admit its aggression and atrocities.

In the eyes of the people of the Ming Dynasty, Yidi, birds and beasts, feared power but not virtue. In the face of barbarians, there is only one sentence - fight, fight until you serve!

And this also made Chen Wen think about whether to tell the story of the martial mourning king Ran Min tomorrow, after all, the historical background of the killing of Hu Ling is quite similar to the present, and it can resonate with me.

After thinking for a long time and quieting down again in the threshing floor, Chen Wen, who had planned to end there, decided to talk about a light topic.

"After Gan Yanshou and Chen Tang returned to the court, the issue of the handling of the Zhizhi single at the first level caused a strange story through the ages."

At that time, Kuang Heng, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, and the imperial historian Fan Yanshou believed that according to the Book of Rites, spring was the season to bury the body, so it was not suitable to hang the head; However, Xu Jia, the general of the chariot cavalry, and Wang Shang, the right general, quoted the allusion of Confucius's meeting in the valley in the "Zuo Biography", thinking that the killing of Youling was in the middle of summer, so Shan Yu's head could still be hung for ten days. ”

This controversy in the form of searching for chapters and excerpts can be called a classic work among the corrupt Confucians of all dynasties. In the Wanli period of this dynasty, Mr. Feng Menglong specially commented in his work "Talking Overview" that in addition to the question of hanging the head is not in line with the sage's teaching on burying the bones and burying the gizzard in spring, it is also necessary to ask whether the beheading of Zhi Zhizhi Shan Yu does not conform to the law of asking and beheading after the autumn in the eyes of those rotten Confucians. ”

When the words fell, the audience was full of laughter.

Chen Wen remembered that when he first saw this paragraph in an article about the envoys of the Han Dynasty, he also laughed until his stomach hurt, and the performance of the group of people in front of him was not at all unexpected.

It's just that at this moment, Sun Ming, who was sitting in the front row, suddenly asked: "Brother Chen, the Mr. Feng you are talking about is from the Wanli period, so is he still alive?" ”

This little light bulb!

For this kind of bear child, Chen Wen really has nothing to say.

Don't you go home and ask questions if you have a question?

Do you know that there is only about 30 years between the Wanli period and the present?

Don't you know that a lot can happen in more than 30 years?

This unlucky child should let your brother not let you out, and copy "Flying Luding Bridge" twenty times at home, and you are not allowed to sleep if you can't finish copying.

Even so, under the child's thirsty gaze, Chen Wen had no choice but to answer.

"Mr. Feng is a native of Suzhou Prefecture in Nanzhili, and he has written many popular works in his life, and I once read his 'Three Words and Two Beats', which I still remember vividly. When the Tartars went south, he published books such as "Zhongxing Weiluo" to carry out anti-Qing propaganda, and he personally campaigned despite the age of seventy. In the first year of the prison state, he was brutally murdered by the Tartars. ”

As soon as these words came out, the laughter stopped abruptly.

"Dog Tartar!" Hearing Wu Dengke scold in a low voice, and everyone was silent.

After announcing the end, Chen Wen saw a tall man in the departing crowd, which was a key recruitment target in his plan.

"May I ask if it's Li Ruixin and Brother Li?"

Li Ruixin, who was riding on a tall horse, turned his head, his face was as cold as ice, and he was not at all like the people Chen Wen came into contact with on weekdays.

"Mr. Chen, I've brought firewood."

Yes?

I'm not asking you this!

Chen Wen shook his head and said with a smile: "Are you free, sit down and talk?" ”

"Next time." After that, Li Ruixin slapped the horse and left, and the dust splashed by the horse's hooves almost pounced on Chen Wen's face.

"Mr. Chen is willing to talk to him because of his face, this guy is shameless, so daring." looked at Wu Dengke's clenched fists, as if he really wanted to pounce and fight with that Li Ruixin.

"Forget it, then next time." As he spoke, Chen Wen smiled at Wu Dengke and pulled him to turn around and walk towards the village.

………………

At the same time, in the second hall of the Chinese army hall in the old camp of Dalanshan, Wang Yi and Wang Jiang were listening to Hu Er's report.

After the incident of the last complaint, Hu Er found that Wang Yi seemed to have some special importance to Chen Wen, and since then he has never said anything bad about Chen Wen, but just truthfully reported his recent situation.

Since Chen Wen began to talk about the ancients, Hu Er immediately sent his wife and brother to listen to it, and then came back to tell him, and he told Wang Yi and Wang Jiang the next day. Thinking that his wife and brother were also dutiful, and even the battle of the Hunhe River on the first day was heard from the audience on that day, so Wang Yi also knew some of Chen Wen's analysis of the bloody battle of the Hunhe River.

However, for Wang Yi and Wang Jiang, this is just a concoction at dinner time every day. These days, the grain, grass and weapons shipped to Dongkeng have been secretly shipped under various names, and the fighting on the southern front will start as scheduled next month, and no one has time to listen to the story told by a young man who does not know if he will stay.

"Wang Xuance?" This name didn't seem to appear in Wang Yi's memory, but he turned his head to Wang Jiang and asked, "Uncle, do you have any impression of this name?" ”

Wang Jiang frowned and thought for a long time before he said in an uncertain tone: "I only remember which book seems to have been written, saying that Tang Taizong seems to have died because he ate the elixir brought by a minister from India, and I don't know if it will be this person?" ”

"Did he mention that?" Wang Yi asked Hu Er.

Hu Er thought about it, his wife and brother have a good memory and are also very obedient, and they can repeat Chen Wen's words every time, so there should be no omissions.

"No, but the villain's wife and brother heard from Mr. Chen that he saw this story from an Indian history book."

"The history books of India?" Wang Yi and Wang Jiang glanced at each other and clearly saw the surprise in each other's eyes.

"Exactly." Hu Er obviously noticed this, but for him, India had never heard of it except for the Tang monk Xitian's study of scriptures, until this time.

"According to Mr. Chen, he bought this book from a Taixi merchant named Jili Kingdom in his early years, and he didn't know who Wang Xuance was before that."

"I see, you should step back first."

"Yes."

After dinner, Wang Yi took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Wang Jiang.

Wang Jiang took the letter, took out the envelope from the envelope that had been opened, looked at it carefully, and then smiled at Wang Yi and said, "It seems that I can't rely on the three hundred taels of silver." ”

"Give it to him tomorrow, so that people don't have to worry about it." Wang Yi smiled.

Hearing this, Wang Jiang frowned and asked, "Aren't you going to keep him?" ”

"If he wants to leave, he doesn't have to force it." Wang Yi sighed in his heart.

These days, although in his opinion, Chen Wen's knowledge seems to be a bit broad but not pure, miscellaneous but not refined, but his erudite knowledge seems a little too outrageous, which is not at all what he should have at his age. But after that day's answer, he didn't think that Chen Wen was like a prodigy like Yang Tinghe and Li Dongyang, who could read a lot of books at a young age.

It's just that Wang Yi didn't know that in the era of the information explosion in later generations, the knowledge that a modern person obtains in a month through the Internet is beyond the reach of the vast majority of ancient people in their lifetime.

However, even so, Wang Yi was still not ready to keep Chen Wen, or he had a trace of resistance to the previous preparation to leave Chen Wen.

From childhood to adulthood, whether Wang Yi is at home or studying, the Three Principles and Five Constants have always occupied the mainstream of traditional moral concepts in his heart. The monarch is the minister, the father is the son, and the husband is the wife, which is an eternal truth, and only by respecting the inferior and orderly can there be long-term peace and stability.

However, judging from Chen Wen's ancient lectures these days, this guy doesn't seem to have any concept of dignity and inferiority in his mind, as if everyone is equal in his eyes, which is too sensational.

Thinking carefully about his words and sentences these days, whether it is for Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, or Zhao Gou of Song Gaozong, or other emperors who have appeared in ancient times, there is no respect at all. If he just called him by his name, he even gave Song Gaozong a nickname, and even accused him of having no children.

Is this a word that a loyal and filial son would say?!

You must know that even if Song Gaozong brutalized Zhongliang and trusted traitors, he is also the orthodox son of heaven in China, how can a person with the idea of loyalty to the monarch say this.

Wang Yi has never seen such a person, and naturally he doesn't know what such a person will become in the future. However, after many years of reading, in his impression, he always felt that only the demon kings of the mixed world like Chen Sheng, Xiang Yu, Huang Chao, and Liu Futong might be like this.

It is precisely because of this that Wang Yi is very afraid, if Chen Wen is left behind and entrusted with important tasks, in case the final cultivation is a new demon king of the mixed world, then he will not become a sinner of the Ming Dynasty, which makes him face the ancestors and ancestors after his death.

"Give him the silver tomorrow, this problem will still give Zhu Chenggong a headache."