"The first question, did you want to ask me if you invited me to dinner today?"

Zhang Pu nodded and did not speak, as if he was very relieved.

"The second question, since you are here to ask me, who do you represent, the court, or the individual?"

"Su Tiancheng, what do you mean by this, I am not an official of the imperial court, why do I represent the imperial court, I am on behalf of the Fushe and the scholars of the world to ask you."

"Okay, the answer is very good, and then the third question, you represent the world's readers, I really want to ask, I will test the Yuan, the palace test list, barely a scholar, think I Jiangning County County, there are also many readers, including Jiangning Yingqianhu Sun Chuanting, the Jinshi during the Apocalypse, they don't seem to have told me, you can represent the world's readers, why do you represent the world's readers."

"Su Tiancheng, if you say those words, you are not worthy of the title of a scholar."

"Zhang Pu, don't be too excited, pay attention to what you say, I reminded you before, I am an official, you are a people, you must be self-aware."

Zhang Pu's face turned blue, and his body trembled slightly.

"Let's talk about the resumption of the society, may I ask, what exactly does the restoration society do?"

This question made Zhang Pu so angry that he couldn't hold back any longer.

"Su Tiancheng, although you are the leader of the palace test, but you don't know what the Ludao Restoration Society does, isn't it ridiculous, the Restoration Society was established by the collection of the Tianwen Society, writing books and sayings, spreading culture, and shouting for the people of the world."

A sneer finally appeared on Su Tiancheng's face, and Wu Weiye on the side also found that the situation was wrong, but at this time. He couldn't speak.

"It seems that the Restoration Society is a place to write books and speak, which is strange to me, it is a good thing for the Restoration Society to do learning, and the tone of your speech is not allowed, as if you are interfering in the government and politics, you say that the Restoration Society is shouting for the people of the world. This made me even more frightened, just say that I, the six-grade Gyeonggi Zhixian, when I speak, I don't dare to say that I represent the imperial court officials, even if I am Lord Wu who is the inspector of the imperial history, I am afraid that I don't dare to say that I represent the imperial court officials, and I dare to say that I am a scholar who represents the world, and I don't want to say whether this is an arrogant word. The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were all scholars, and they were all able to represent the Restoration Society, so I have to ask what the Restoration Society does and what the Restoration Society wants. ”

Inside the private room, it was very quiet, and Wu Weiye's face turned pale. What Zhang Pu said just now is indeed problematic. Maybe it's too excited, or maybe it's too high.

"Brother Su, today is mainly to discuss things, don't get angry, what the teacher meant just now is not like this. Please don't mind, Brother Su, just talk about the matter. ”

Wu Weiye spoke, and Huang Daozhou and Qian Qianyi also spoke, meaning the same, saying that today is mainly to discuss related matters. It is not advisable to make a big fuss, and it is inevitable that there will be mistakes in speaking.

Zhang Pu's face also turned pale, and he didn't say what he said, he was too arrogant.

"Don't worry, I won't do anything to get convicted by words, what I just said is to remind some people, including some community organizations, to think more about it when talking and doing things, don't be fluttering, you take yourself too seriously, and after you fall, it will be very miserable."

"Now I'm going to get down to business."

"The people are precious, the community is secondary, and the monarch is light. I don't want to explain the meaning of this sentence, you are all readers, understand the meaning, what I want to say is that many of my scholars in the Ming Dynasty have forgotten this truth, they think they are sage, they think they are highly educated, they can point out the country, and promote the text, in their eyes, ordinary people and peasants, are ignorant, do not understand anything, without them, the people and peasants, will not be able to live. ”

"The emperor respects scholars because of their self-discipline and self-improvement, for the sake of the family and the country, he doesn't care about his own treatment, he doesn't care about his own gains and losses, he is dedicated to the public and the people, and he is willing to abandon everything for the development of my Ming Dynasty."

"It's a pity that some readers, once they change their identity, their ideas will also change, their identities are different, they should enjoy the favor, as for the things that make contributions, don't say specific."

"What Mr. Zhang Pu said is very good, what scholars need to consider is the major affairs of the family and the country, taking the rise and fall of the world as their own responsibility, and the righteousness is full of righteousness between heaven and earth, as for trivial and specific things, there is no need to trouble readers."

"Let's take an example, of course, the peasants do this thing of paying taxes, what do the scholars do, supervision, and require the peasants to pay taxes, because the scholars have to think about big things, they have to think about the affairs of their families and the country, so hard, so tired, how can they talk about such tedious things as paying taxes."

"What's more, scholars think about the big things of their family and country, and they don't need to do specific things, but they still have to do many pleasures such as eating and drinking, but they just rely on their mouths to say, they can't say that they have money, what should they do, since they have done big things, of course, they have to feed ordinary people and farmers, and the taxes paid by the people and farmers must support them."

"Scholars are high, they can do bigger things, such as association, to discuss learning together, this is a good thing, but I am strange, the purpose of the association is to discuss learning, write books and speak, do what you should do, what can be done for what blatantly interfere in the government and politics, and also under the banner of scholars, it is called speaking for the people of the world."

"Since there is such a purpose, it is better to tear off that veil of camouflage and reveal its own face, the purpose of the association is to think about showing ambitions, that is, to intervene in the government affairs, why bother to do the thing of setting up a memorial arch and being a bitch."

Zhang Pu and Qian Qianyi's faces turned blue, and the meaning of what Su Tiancheng said was too clear, and it directly pointed to Donglin Academy and Fushe.

"I respect ordinary people and peasants, because I know that civil and military officials are all dependent on them to feed, without their hard work, what we eat and wear, some so-called scholars, can not pick up on their shoulders, can not carry on their backs, think that they have two taels of knowledge, it is great, look down on ordinary people and peasants, reprimanded as blind streams, sadly, such understanding, there are still many people agree."

"Let's talk about the gentry and rich households, enjoying the favor of the imperial court, but there are difficulties in the imperial court, what are they doing, several years of famine, don't they know the way, the northern rogue harassment, what is the reason, that is because many peasants, there is no food to eat, they are about to starve to death, people rebel, in order to have something to eat, at this time, what did the gentry and rich families do, their own wealth flowed, and they did not pull out a dime, but they blamed the court, this matter was not done well, that thing was not done right, what to talk about prudence, what to talk about Huairou, I am proud to blame the shortcomings of others and win the reputation of the so-called clear stream, I blush for these so-called gentry and rich families, what kind of gentry are they, what kind of scholars. ”

When talking about specific things, he said that this is a matter of the government, a matter of the prefect, the governor of the prefecture and the county, and he can't put forward a trace of constructive opinions, but he is ashamed to accuse people who do specific things, such a shameless reader, what face does he have to live in the world."

"Yes, I am asking the gentry and wealthy households in Jiangning County to make their due contributions, since they have enjoyed a lot of favors, they should also consider for the government, and they should also make real contributions, my standard is very simple, empty words, it doesn't work in my place, to put it mildly, I don't necessarily look down on you when discussing academic matters, I need you to contribute silver, you just said that the sky is falling, without silver, the government can't do anything."

After saying so much in one breath, Su Tiancheng smiled again, and he picked up his wine glass.

"Zhang Pu, Lord Huang, Lord Qian, I have said everything that should be said, as for how to understand what I said, that's another matter, there is a sentence I said in front, whether it is the resumption of the society, or some other society, if you want to discuss knowledge, I welcome it, and support it as much as I can, if you want to intervene in the government and politics, point fingers, don't blame me for being polite."

"After drinking this glass of wine, I will leave, there are a lot of things in the county government, I don't have the time to chat here, Lord Wu patrols the south Zhili, and also assesses me, if I don't do well, the court will naturally condemn the crime, don't worry about Mr. Zhang Pu."

After drinking the glass of wine in one go, Su Tiancheng stood up, and after bowing to everyone, he turned around and left.

Qu Qingze and Wang Dazhi also stood up and left.

Wu Weiye followed out, and it was regarded as a loose one to send Su Tiancheng and others.

Zhang Pu, who was angry and pale, took a long time before he spoke.

"This Su Tiancheng, what kind of system is Cheng, I think I am the magistrate of Jiangning County, I think I am an official of the imperial court, it is amazing, I want to impeach him, I must impeach him."

"Mr. Zhang Pu, let's calm down and think about what Master Su said, if there are some things, don't say too much."

Zhang Pu looked at Huang Dao Zhou in surprise, I don't know why Lu Dao Huang Zhou would say such a thing, looking at the meaning, Huang Dao Zhou seems to be somewhat supportive of Su Tiancheng.

This is something he can't tolerate, the face of the scholars can't be damaged, and the interests of the gentry and wealthy families must be safeguarded, otherwise, some things advocated by the Fushe and the Donglin Party will not be tenable.

It's a pity that Zhang Pu can't predict the development of the form, Zhou Yanru, who appreciates him, has already resigned from the position of the first assistant of the cabinet, because he is the leader of the Restoration Society, because of Zhou Yanru's appreciation, when he was in the Hanlin Academy, he was very arrogant, and he had already aroused the dissatisfaction of many officials, and the newly appointed Wen Tiren, one of them, was very disgusted with him.

It won't take long for him to know the Tao and encounter the taste of exclusion and suppression everywhere. (To be continued.) )