"Shen'er, why did you come back, today is the twenty-ninth day of the first lunar month, and it is only ten days before the spring festival, so it is almost too late to prepare, alas, it is really a little more thing. [Reading Network]"

Compared with the gains and losses of the common people, Yang Ting and the first month of the year had a very difficult time. is not only because of his son's worry about not returning, but also because of the worries brought to him by the situation in the capital and even the world.

It is always easier to make a plan and make a decision than to act, and the organization of the Friends Party is far less rigorous than the political axe apparatus. Although the big plan has been set for Chinese New Year's Eve, it is very troublesome to put things into practice.

First of all, there was no consensus within the Shi Party, even among the most core dozen people, and the most fierce opposition was Li Dongyang, the first assistant. Although he was finally pressured to submit to the opinion of the majority, Yang Tinghe could see that the other party still did not approve of this plan in his heart.

This is also very normal, just think about Li Dongyang's attitude before the chaos on the night of thunder and fire. This person has always been cautious, and always has reservations about radical strategies, and the pattern and impact of this plan are much more than the night of thunder and fire, one is not good, and there will even be the danger of the overturning of the society and the danger of the artifact changing hands, how can Li Dongyang support it?

Without Li Dongyang's support, it doesn't have much impact, this person is a general knowledge, no matter how much he disapproves of his colleagues' approach, he will not make a stumbling block and use yin tricks to murder his own people, at most, he can't get enough help from him.

What's more, the focus of this plan is not on Li Dongyang, but on the Jin Party.

Like Jiangnan Shiren, the Jin Party is also a general name. This is not a tight-knit organization, and this kind of thing does not happen when ordered from above, in this organization, each member has his own ideas, and according to his or her status, they decide how loud they can speak.

Wang Qiong and Zhou Jing, who participated in the calculation on Chinese New Year's Eve, are both Shanxi Wang clans and the backbone of the Jin Party, but even if they add the Korean language of Zhishi at home, it is not enough to influence the entire Jin Party. When the Jin Party was discussing internally, Wang Qiong only mentioned the introduction of how to deal with Xie Hong, and there were many opinions internally.

Like Jiangnan, Shanxi people also have a tradition of doing business, and in recent months, in the field of industry and commerce, Xie Hong has shown enough insight and means, so many people in the Jin Party believe that Xie Hong has a common language with them, and if they come into contact, they may have the opportunity to turn hostility into friendship.

It's all about making money, doing business with Tartars is making money, doing sea trade, or doing business, these are all profitable transactions. The risk of the former is still relatively large, and the majority of the money is in the hands of the largest families, and the risk of confronting Xie Hong is even more terrifying, so why do you have to be so stiff?

For a businessman, there is nothing in the world that money cannot buy, as long as there is enough profit, even if he gives up his own acre, what can he do?

The opposite of the compromise is the hardliners, Wang Qiong and others belong to the latter, these wealthy families have a big business, and it is more difficult to choose, so naturally they are not as free and easy as those small families. What's more, they belong to the same line of the scholar party, and they still have some interests in the court, so naturally they will not compromise, and confrontation to the end is their final choice.

And between the two poles, there are still many undecided, after all, the future is critical, and it is not too cautious to be too cautious. The compromisers are all small families, so they don't need to pay attention to it, but the identity composition of these people who are swaying in the middle is more complicated, and the impact is also very large, without them, this thing really can't be done.

Therefore, for a while, Wang Qiong and others also couldn't settle the internal situation of the Jin Party, but they provoked Wang Wei to slander him, Wang Qiong and Zhou Jing were also speechless, compared to the Jiangnan scholars who repeatedly united to confront Xie Hong and still did not flinch after heavy casualties, the same people in Jinzhong were indeed a little more philistine.

If Han Wen hadn't sent a letter from Datong claiming that he had a way to unify the Jin Party, at least he could get the core figures of the Jin Party to participate in the plan without hesitation, Yang Tinghe would have almost thought that the plan had failed.

After receiving the letter from Hanwen, Yang Tinghe was happy, but also sighed secretly, except for being useful in political disputes, the friend party really can't do anything practical.

A party is a group of people who come together because of the same interests, but in addition to the interests of the group, they also have their own interests, which are combined by interests, and of course they will be dispersed by interests. Don't look at the time of the Korean struggle, the Jin Party has always been monolithic, but if you really want to be more serious, they really can't.

He couldn't intervene in this matter, so he could only do it in a hurry, and after Tianjin's unusually opening up to the outside world, rumors of various new measures there also spread to the capital, which made the scholars, including Yang Tinghe, even more worried.

A Lushun has not yet been solved, and there is another Tianjin, plus Weihaiwei, which is in preparation, and Denglai Erzhou, which has been booked...... If it goes on like this, when the Jiangnan people finally launch it, God knows how many ports Xie Hong will build.

Is this a cunning rabbit hole, or is it blooming on all sides? No one can be sure of this, but everyone knows that the more time Xie Hong develops, the more difficult it will become, and when his influence spreads all over the country, it will be the moment when the traditional scholars finally come to an end.

Thinking of these, how could Yang Tinghe not be anxious? But at this fateful time, his only son never looked back, and went to the Longtan Tiger's Den in Tianjin, since October, his hair has not known how many white, originally it was only gray, and when he saw Yang Shen, it was already half snow-white.

"Yang He, I asked you to follow the young master, but not only did I let you serve him, he was young and didn't do anything, why didn't you remind him? What is the big deal about spring? How can there be delay? What's more, the imperial court is now in a crisis, and when it is employing people, it is small to delay one's career and miss the major affairs of the country, how can you do it, how can you ......"

Yang Tinghe was indeed very depressed during this time, and his expectations and worries about Yang Shen were also real, although the object of reprimand at this time was the housekeeper, but in fact, he vented the anxiety in his heart, so when it came to the end, his expression was sad, his voice trembled, and he was almost in tears.

"Old man......"

Sichuan is in a remote corner, and the Yang family is an outsider, and there is no comparison with the families like Wang Wei and Xie Qian, and even the housekeeper Yang He is not a child from a family that has grown up since childhood.

However, it is precisely because of the hardships that he has lived outside, so the old housekeeper is also more grateful for the kindness of his master, and when he saw the old man's sad expression, he quickly knelt down, but when he opened his mouth, he found that he was crying silently.

"Dad, it's none of Uncle He's business, he reminded the child many times, but the child refused......"

Seeing his father like this, Yang Shen was also moved, according to normal etiquette, he should also ask for guilt at this time, and then explain the reason, and ask his father for forgiveness, otherwise there will be a suspicion of disobedience. However, Yang Shen didn't do that, because the more disobedient things still hadn't had time to say, and compared to that, a small faux pas was not worth mentioning at all.

"Why?"

Knowing his son's surname, although Yang Tinghe was a little annoyed, he didn't pursue it, his eyes were blazing, looking directly at Yang Shen, for some reason, this goodbye, he felt that his son had changed a little, but he looked at it repeatedly, but he couldn't find anything different, and he had an ominous premonition in his heart.

"Because, from the child's point of view, compared to the imperial examination, Tianjin is more important, and the future of the Ming Dynasty is related there!" In the patent office, the confusion in the China Merchants Bureau no longer exists, Yang Shen's eyes are extremely clear, and what he said is obviously well thought out.

“…… Even if Xie Hong set up a conspiracy trap in Tianjin, intending to subvert the Daming Society, what can you do as a scholar who has not yet become a scholar? Yang Tinghe hesitated slightly.

There are different ways to interpret this, one is the possibility he is talking about, and the other is a very terrible possibility. This kind of possible surname is quite terrifying, so terrible that you will shudder as long as you think about it a little, and that kind of pain is unbearable even if he has been in the sea for decades, and even the heart surname Chengfu who is about to enter the peak of the eunuch journey.

Therefore, his words were not so much reprimanding as persuasion, and there was no anger in his tone, but an ardent expectation. However, Yang Shen's next words made his heart sink deeply...... "Dad, there is no conspiracy in Tianjin, there is only hope!" ”

Yang Shen's words were loud, but Yang Tinghe's brain was buzzing, there was no doubt that the situation in front of him was the worst possibility. Even if Yang Shen was physically injured, or even disappeared like Hong Zhong and others, and then he didn't know whether he was alive or dead, it was not as bad as it is now.

Yang Tinghe is not a pedantic nerd, although he is dissatisfied with what has been contradicted, but he can still tolerate it, if there is an academic argument and is pointed out by his son, he will even admit his mistake sincerely and make a praising move.

In a way, there is now an academic dispute between father and son, which arises precisely because of the similarities and differences in the ideas of governance.

However, what made his heart ache was that Yang Shen's views were completely opposite to him, his son was like being brainwashed in this month, and he actually changed from a Confucian genius to a courtier and a supporter of annihilation! How can he bear it?

Pointing at his son with a trembling finger, with the last glimmer of hope, Yang Tinghe roared: "Hope? Tell me, what hope is there? Is it the hope that morality is always reversed and morally degraded? ”

"No, it's not like that, what the child sees is the hope that the Ming Dynasty will become a world where everyone is happy to work and every household lives in peace; It is also the hope of becoming a prosperous and thriving paradise on earth; It is also the hope that the officials will keep the festival and the people will know the etiquette of the country's prosperity and the people's strength; It is the hope of the Ming Dynasty for thousands of years and the world! ”

Looking directly at the old father who was about to enter the cabinet to worship the prime minister, Yang Shen's eyes were clear, like a clear spring; The voice was slow, but without the slightest hesitation, but seemed very solemn.

"As long as Tianjin's new policy is implemented in the world, then these hopes will not be vain, and Shilin's theory and father...... You are wrong! ”

"Nonsense! You rebel! ”

With an angry shout, Yang Tinghe took two steps forward, and his fingers almost poked his son's face. In the court, Lord Yang has always been known for his gentleness and elegance, not to mention his colleagues or Yang Shen, even Yang He, an old butler who has been with him for decades, has never seen it.

"The Manchu Dynasty is civil and military, and all the soldiers in the world are wrong? It's you, it's you, right? How ridiculous, how wild! In the past few years, what has he done in the court and in Liaodong? used the skills of strange silver skills to confuse the holy hearing, so that the emperor was uneasy about politics, perverse, and had no monarchy; set off a rebellion, caused chaos in Gyeonggi, and slaughtered loyal ministers and righteous soldiers......"

Yang Tinghe pushed away the old housekeeper who wanted to support him, and said angrily: "What did he do in Liaodong? Raise the status of the warriors? Why did the Ming Dynasty and the former Song Dynasty suppress the warriors, isn't it just a lesson from the disaster of the late Tang Dynasty? How can he, Xie Hong, guarantee that those martial artists under him will not have dissenting intentions? Who can guarantee that he will not disagree? ”

"And ......" The words were too hurried and fast, Yang Tinghe was old after all, and he took a few breaths before continuing:

What is he doing in Tianjin? Encouraging business and commerce? The so-called work is just to use the skills of strange silver skills to dazzle people's ears and eyes, so as to make money, otherwise how can the sages despise it? And Shang, hmph, could it be that he suppressed the scholars just to let these profit-seeking villains take the position? Confucianism, heavy industry and commerce, the tyranny he Xie Hong did was even worse than that of Emperor Qin, which is called the hope of a rich country and a strong people? Where have you read the books of the sages? ”

"Dad, Tianjin's new policy does not exclude scholars, and does not say that the child's private visit is not obstructed, but that the new officials in Tianjin also have the style of antiquity that the sages said. Tell the people to be courteous and ...... themselves first"

Yang Shen briefly described what he saw and heard in Tianjin, and then concluded: "That's what they did, they were also scholars, and they read books at the Ivy League. ”

"Nonsense, what kind of scholars can that pseudo-academy teach?" Although he didn't cover his ears and shout 'don't listen', Yang Tinghe had a gloomy face, and he turned a deaf ear to what his son said, but just scolded angrily.

"The child didn't go to Liaodong, so there is no way to know what the governor of Liaodong has plans for the military system, but, in terms of Tianjin, the child believes that he definitely has a plan, even if he doesn't know the mistakes of Qian Tang, Wang Yangming, Zhang Shangzhen, Tang Bohu and others around him are all well-educated, and it is impossible not to remind him, and ......"

Yang Shen said loudly: "Merchants are not blindly profit-seeking, they also understand righteousness, but also know gratitude, under the convenience provided by the new deal, they can also play a creative surname, whether it is to improve the system, or to build homes, or to develop new products, they can make great contributions, not only businessmen, tenant farmers, craftsmen, soldiers." ”

"The people can make it, but they can't make it known, and the annihilators don't know the etiquette and law, and act recklessly, so that the common people can participate in politics and reverse the common things, do you think that the words of the saints are also wrong?"

"If ......" Yang Shen's eyes drooped slightly, and he recalled what he had seen and heard in Tianjin again, then he raised his head, and said in a firmer tone than before, in a clearer voice: "If the sage knows and still adheres to the original point of view after examining the situation in Tianjin, then the child can only say to them: You are wrong!" ”

(To be continued)