Chapter 31: Mutation (I)

"Renaissance? Zhu is still the leader of the lifelong alliance, and his children and grandchildren will continue to do so? At the same time, Zhu Chongjiu looked at Lu Kun, Zhang Song, Luo Ben, and a young man named Gao Qi in the governor's mansion, and his face was full of astonishment.

In just a few months when he was abroad, a "political party" actually emerged in Huaiyang. Although they call themselves a literary society for the purpose of exchanging poetry and appreciating current affairs. But in fact, no matter its organizational structure or its association program, except for the hereditary leader, the others are not much different from the parties in Zhu Dapeng's memory.

"Please, please forgive me for the sin of neglect of duty!" Zhang Song, the director of the Internal Affairs Department, never dared to mix himself with others, stepped forward to give a salute, and rushed to clarify, "A few months ago, I found out that Lord Lu and Gao Jiao had united with one hundred and ten students, and they were fighting against corrupt Confucians from all over the country in the newspaper. But the subordinates just thought that they were planting the Tao with literature, and their articles did hit the arrogance of the corrupt Confucians everywhere, which made the government and the opposition refreshed. Therefore, the humble post did not let the Internal Affairs Department pay too much attention to this matter. Until, until a few days ago, when the lord returned triumphantly, the Renaissance Society organized people to greet him on the pier. It was only then that he discovered that the scale of this society had become so large in just a few months. However, because of the large number of people involved in the society, there was no precedent for this in previous dynasties, and the lowly officials did not know how to deal with it. Therefore, today I specially invited several backbones of the society to come to the lord to ask for a decision! ”

In a few words, he made the ins and outs of the Fuxing Society clear, and at the same time, he also picked up his own responsibilities cleanly. The Fuxing Society was indeed a literary society in the beginning, and it has always been raising the flag for the new policy of the Grand Governor's Office, and there is no need for the Internal Affairs Department to trouble them. Later, even after discovering that the Literary Society had quickly turned into a behemoth that brought together many officials, scholars, traders, and hot-blooded teenagers, the Internal Affairs Department did not have the courage to look for trouble. After all, the two deputy alliance leaders are Zhu Chongjiu's father-in-law and confidant generals, no matter who slaps them, they can make Zhang Song walk around without eating.

"The purpose of the original association was indeed just to get to the root of the problem and restore the original appearance of the saint's teachings." Without waiting for Zhu Chongjiu's interface, Lu Kun also hurriedly stepped forward and explained to his son-in-law with a red face.

Although by generation, he is Zhu Chongjiu's father-in-law. But since ancient times, all dynasties have been very disgusted with foreign relatives interfering in politics. made such a big faction all of a sudden, he didn't want to cause Zhu Chongjiu's misunderstanding, and then affect Lu Shuang'er's status in the "harem".

"It is Wechen's idea to let the Fuxing Society open its doors and recruit heroes." Also facing Zhu Chongjiu, Yangzhou Governor Luo Ben was much calmer. He understands Zhu Chongjiu's temperament, and at the same time believes that as long as what he does is out of public intentions, even if it is not in line with his own father-in-law's wishes, at most he will dissolve the Fuxing Society, and he will definitely not be punished too severely.

"Weichen witnessed the assassination of the lord a few months ago, and when he retreated, he found that this was a reversal of public opinion in the outside world, and the inside of my Huaiyang Governor's Mansion, the audio-visual chaos was also caused by it!" After a slight look at the faces of several other companions, Robben continued to add loudly, "Therefore, Weichen thinks that if he wants to avoid giving the small people a chance to take advantage of it, just relying on the military intelligence and the second internal affairs department to strictly guard it, I am afraid that there will still be many omissions. It is better to go straight and form a society by yourself, seek the correct solution of the ancient sages, and form the elites of the workers, farmers and merchants, so that the corrupt Confucianism and other suspicious people can no longer find a place to start. Before the battle, the opportunity has been lost! (Note 1) This sentence does penetrate into the heart. To explain it in the words of Zhu Dapeng's contemporaries: The reason why Zhu Chongjiu was assassinated a few months ago was ostensibly due to Hu Dahai's lack of guidance and Xu Da's mistake in employing people. In fact, the real reason is that the external public opinion is disturbed by the corrupt public opinion of the world, and the internal people's hearts are also chaotic. However, just by relying on the meticulous work of both military intelligence and internal affairs, and strictly guarding against stubborn defense, it is inevitable that the same omissions will occur in the future. Therefore, it is better to take the initiative to attack, while competing with the corrupt Confucians for the right to interpret the essence of traditional Confucianism and seize the commanding heights of public opinion. On the one hand, they formed official and non-governmental associations to form a mixture of academia and politics similar to the previous "Luogaku" and "Guanxue", relying on the strength of the people to smash the conspiracies and tricks of the hostile parties.

However, among the people present, who can better understand the political party than Zhu Chongjiu, who has the memory of two lifetimes? The earlier it is, the greater the uncertainty. Especially in the era when information transmission is underdeveloped and the number of readers is relatively scarce, I am afraid that the harm far exceeds the promotion of a country. The most obvious example is Donglin in the late Ming Dynasty, the slogan was extremely righteous, but in fact it became a tool for a small number of shameless people to fight against dissidents, plunder wealth, and finally even destroy the entire country.

It doesn't matter if he is a Jurchen knock or not, no matter where he Li Zicheng hits, as long as the guard does not conform to Donglin's intentions, he will be decisively put in prison. Regardless of whether his treasury is empty or not, whether his people can afford to eat or not, as long as the decree affects the income of the financiers behind the scenes, it will be absolutely ruined by the court. Although since the Qing Dynasty, official scholars have believed that the Ming died due to the incompetence of the emperor. However, among the people of Zhu Dapeng's time, many people raised the deafening point that the Ming Dynasty actually died in Donglin. When the Donglin Party puts its own interests above the entire country and the nation, and above the interests of all the people, it endangers not only a few political enemies and a few eunuchs, but the entire Ming Dynasty! (Note 2) Therefore, under the influence of Zhu Dapeng, although Zhu Chongjiu did anything to strengthen Huaiyang, he applied the black cat and white cat theory to the extreme, but the only thing he did not dare to use was to introduce various political party systems of Zhu Dapeng's era into Huaiyang. Either the Federalists, the Republicans, or even the odd Greens, he was not sure that he would eventually lead them in a direction that would benefit the nation and the nation, and that a few would remember their own intentions when the core figures of the party had all gone from idealists to those in power.

However, today, Lu Kun and Robben and others secretly placed the monsters he tried so hard to avoid in front of him. It made him suddenly in a dilemma.

It is true that with the strength and prestige he currently has, the dissolution of the Renaissance Society is only a matter of waving his hand. However, this wave of the hand will inevitably make the hearts of countless people with lofty ideals cold, and make countless hot-blooded teenagers lose the direction of struggle in an instant. What even directly destroyed was the politics of equality that he himself had always been keen to achieve. And let it continue to grow and develop, Zhu Chongjiu didn't know how to guide and control it, so that it would not go in the opposite direction of the original ideal. He had no experience managing such a large political faction and did not know where to start. He didn't even know how to exercise the power of his "alliance leader", only that what he was in control of at the moment was definitely a double-edged sword. It was much easier to hack your opponent to death, and it was probably easy to kill yourself.

"There are a total of 2,743 members of the Fuxing Society, and the grass people have brought the roster, the social program and the temporary internal longitude and latitude, please take a look!" Seeing that Zhu Chongjiu's face was becoming more and more solemn, the Sect Counselor Gao Qi also took a half step forward and presented a large stack of documents with both hands.

"The original "original monarch" and "original Confucian" and other theories in the newspaper came from your hands! Zhu Chongjiu's eyebrows quickly raised, he reached out to take the document, and asked casually.

Since the birth of the Fuxing Society was related to the original public opinion war, there must have been someone present who was the writer of the most important articles -- Qingqiuzi. As far as he knows, whether it is Lu Kun or Luo Ben, the articles written are all flat and stable, and they will never be as hearty and generous as they are shown in "Yuan Confucian" and "Yuan Jun".

Those popular articles are full of the unique sharpness of young people. Therefore, Qingqiuzi can only look like Gao Qi, who is not yet in the age of Ruoguan. Or, Qingqiuzi is not alone, but a group of young talents led by Gao Qi.

Sure enough, as he expected. Hearing him mention the two famous stories of "Yuan Jun" and "Yuan Confucian", Gao Qi's face immediately began to turn red, and he arched his hand several times before responding in a very small voice, "Don't dare to deceive the boss, those two bad works are indeed from the hands of the grass people." However, it was Lord Lu who first put forward the program, and the grass people did their best, the grass people, the grass people really didn't dare to be greedy alone! ”

"The article is indeed very well written, Zhu has read it all, and he greatly appreciates many of the views!" Zhu Chongjiu put aside the roster, program, and internal organizational strategy of the Fuxing Society, and encouraged it with a smile. In the future, you might as well write more articles of this kind, because if the Governor's Office wants to implement a new policy, it must let the world know where the new policy comes from. What is it?! ”

"The grass people obey!" Gao Qi was overjoyed and immediately bowed down.

"You're just a doctrinal now?" Zhu Chongjiu politely supported him, and then asked with a smile.

"Caomin used to study at Jixian Hall, and recently went to the university to teach!" Gao Qi thought about it and replied very carefully.

"It's too condescending to teach. Zhu lacks a person to join the army, I don't know what Qingqiuzi is willing to do? Zhu Chongjiu shook his head and smiled and sent out an invitation.

When everyone heard this, their eyes suddenly lit up. Who doesn't know that General Zhu's staff headquarters is the place where talent is best cultivated? Anyone who has joined the army, no matter what level it is, as long as he is released, he can almost be on his own. For example, Luo Ben, Chen Ji, Feng Guoyong and Liu Bowen also joined the army for a period of time at the earliest, and almost in the blink of an eye, they were entrusted with important tasks.

"Grass people, grass people, grass people are willing to break their bones for the general manager!" In the eager eyes of everyone, Gao Qi bowed down again.

"Let's do Xuanzheng and join the army first, and my main responsibility is to draft documents for Zhu and publicize my Huaiyang decree!" Zhu Chongjiu stretched out his hand to help the other party up, and announced with a smile, "The grade is the same as that of Minglu and Zhongbing to join the army, and it will be temporarily dispatched by the General Staff of the Privy Council." In this northern expedition, you traveled with Zhu. In addition to your own tasks, you will also need to spend a little time and energy to clarify the purpose, mission and future direction of the Renaissance Society. Instead of writing a superficial thing to Zhu as he does now. Either we don't do it, and if we do, we have to look like it! Otherwise, not only will I, the leader of the alliance, sound like a robber in the green forest, but you members will not be able to raise your eyebrows in front of the world! ”

"Yes, the lowly position will not live up to the trust of the great governor!" Gao Qi bowed down again, his shoulders trembling slightly.

Note 1: Public opinion, the earliest from the Book of Jin, "since ancient times, sages, happy to hear slanderous words, listen to the opinions of public opinion". During the Three Kingdoms period, it has almost the same meaning as public opinion in Chinese now. "The Biography of the Three Kingdoms, Wei and Wang Lang": "There is no arrogance, there is no ambition, and those who are afraid of their public opinion are not smooth, and they are Huaiyi."

Note 2: This is Zhu Dapeng's personal view of a historically blind person, not mainstream.