Chapter Seventy-Two: The Villain

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Zhang Pu's family is from the Jiangnan Xian clan, but he himself was born to a concubine, and his status in the family is not high, and he is not taken seriously. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info But Zhang Pu is interested in reading, diligent and studious, it is said that reading must be copied by hand, and burned after copying, if it is seven, it is called "seven records and seven burns". In the fourth year of the Apocalypse, Zhang Pu and the famous people in the county formed a society, with members including Zhang Cai, Yang Tingshu, Yang Yi, Gu Menglin, Zhu Kui, Wu Changshi and other eleven people, all of whom were famous people in Jiangnan at that time. In fact, this Ying Society was the predecessor of the later Restoration Society, and the members gathered together to discuss Shiwen Bagu, and by the way, discussed state affairs, which was quite a bit of an opposition party in later generations, but the organization was relatively loose and there was no political power.

Zhang Pu's greatest achievement was that he led the restoration society that later spread all over the country, with as many as 3,000 people, known as "the gathering of spring and autumn, the road full of clothes" and "a city out of the view, all know that there are people who have been restored", which shows that the momentum is quite grand. Although Zhang Pu was a man of letters, he had the skills of a politician, and he relied on the complex network of members of the Fushe Society to form an underground political force in the Jiangnan region, which could influence the local imperial examinations and then influence the court. Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, was once seized by Zhang Pu and had to do things for him according to Zhang Pu's wishes. Of course, if a person is too proud, it is easy to suffer, according to the record of Ji Liuqi's "Ming Ji Beiluo", Zhang Pu was poisoned to death by Wu Shichang in the end.

How did Zhang Pu die Liu Xu didn't care at all, what Liu Xu cared about was the political meaning that Zhang Pu came to visit, which symbolized that the top group of Jiangnan scholars began to officially move closer to him, although this does not mean submission, in fact, except for Emperor Chongzhen, who symbolized the Ming Dynasty regime, these scholars will not be loyal to anyone, but this does not mean that he cannot use this opportunity to achieve cooperation, and then achieve his own goals.

Liu Xu led a group of people back to his tent, and there was already a sound of greetings inside, and it had always been Su He and a few of them receiving guests.

"Oh, oops, all the great sages of the Ying Society have come from afar, it really makes this place flourish, and the younger brother has lost his welcome, and he hopes to forgive his sins!" Liu Xu took Liu Ruyi and a few people into the tent, and stuffed the already small tent to the brim, he apologized loudly, but his eyes quickly glanced around.

Zhang Pu was a rather peculiar-looking man, with small eyes, long, thin eyebrows, a tall but narrow nose, and a slightly upturned upper lip, which made him look like a fox, even more so if he smiled. Perhaps in order to show his simplicity and worry about national affairs, or to show that he did not forget the hardships and hardships when he was studying, Zhang Pu wore a turban with large velvet cocoon silk on his head, and wore an ordinary Songjiang white cloth robe, which was so elegant that there was almost no decoration, but the shape of the robe made him different from ordinary people.

Several other scholars were gorgeously dressed, or brocade Qiluo was inlaid on their shoes, and wore arrogant loyalist crowns, or they made clothes of bright yellow fabric, or this was also in line with the extravagant atmosphere of Jiangnan in the late Ming Dynasty. However, Zhang Pu was dressed simply in a circle of richly dressed scholars, but he did not show any restraint or unhappiness at all, but showed his profound cultivation of qi.

Zhang Pu is obviously the leader among the crowd, he was slightly stunned when he saw Liu Xu, he didn't seem to expect Liu Xu to be so young, and then smiled: "As the saying goes, 'heroes come out of teenagers', I usually boast of being talented, but I didn't expect Brother Liu to be younger than me, so he has such courage and ability to make such a big career, which really makes the foolish brother feel ashamed!" After speaking, he introduced the people one by one: "These are Brother Zhang Cai, Brother Yang Tingshu, Brother Yang Yi, Brother Zhu Kui, and Brother Wu Changshi, all of whom are my Wu Zhong Junyan, the choice of the moment!" ”

When Liu Xu paid attention to Wu Chang, this person had a good skin, a fair face, long hair, and he often smiled, which made people happy when they saw it. However, Liu Xu knew this person, Chongzhen's seven-year jinshi, and Dong Tingxian were embarrassed to control the government, and finally was impeached by the courtiers for relying on Zhou Yanru, and finally Emperor Chongzhen was personally punished, setting a precedent that had not been seen in three hundred years.

However, Liu Xu naturally can't veto someone because of something that a person hasn't done, he has a smile on his face: "Since the Songjiang uprising, I have been difficult and dangerous all the way, invincible, day and night, day and night, fearful, fearful, trembling, fortunately, with my brother Su and Brother Liu, a few great talents to help me, it can be regarded as a big thing that has not been broken, and now Brother Zhang has led the famous people in the county to help, and I can also throw this burden down!" "His move is to retreat as advance, Zhang Pu and others have just arrived, they have not made an inch, and Xiaohui has not been exhausted, how can they take over this leadership position? Not to mention that Liu Ruyi and others will not agree, even ordinary scholars will be suspicious. For such a collective between legal and illegal, reputation is not the most important factor, the most important thing is to lead them to the final success, and Liu Xu's previous success has accumulated enough prestige for him, so he has the confidence that he will not shoot himself in the foot by retreating. And once Zhang Pu refuses, they can only put themselves in a relatively secondary position and accept Liu Xu's leadership, which can be regarded as a kind of mental trick.

Sure enough, Zhang Pu was stunned, and immediately excused himself: "We are new to the city, and we haven't made an inch, how can we take on this great responsibility?" Brother Liu first broke Jiading City, then gathered the Tiger Hill Mountain, the sky thundered to destroy the Ancestral Hall, and the public trial of Suzhou Mansion, which one is not an earth-shattering event? We are here today to work together to participate in the grand event, as for this leadership, Brother Liu does not need to mention it again! ”

"Brother Zhang doesn't know, I'm young, it's just a moment of luck to come out on top, seeing that the number of this scholar is more than 2,000, every day people eat horses and chew fruits, arrange accommodation, rectify internal affairs, arrange sentry posts, and make friends with the army, they are all extremely busy, brother, I really feel powerless." As soon as he said this, he even put out all the suffering, Zhang Pu and others were still young at this time, and their political skills had not yet been honed.

"In that case, brother will be a monk for a day and hit the clock for a day, and continue to carry this burden!" Liu Xu sighed pretentiously, and then asked, "Brother Zhang is here, what advice do you have?" ”

Zhang Pu said: "How dare you say advice? Brother in Suzhou a few days ago did the "Five Tombstones" can be called Huang Zhong Da Lu, deafening, and in the text directly expressed his chest, the brother in the "Confucius Reform Examination" and "Xinxue Pseudo-Sutra Examination" in the essence of the full expression, let me read to praise the festival, I can't help myself, the second time I want to follow Brother Liu to do something, as long as it can benefit the country and the people, defeat the eunuch party, Zhang is willing to be a pawn for the brother! "It's a clear sign of cooperation.

Liu Xu was proud in his heart, of course you read the festival and admired, this article was originally written by you! However, he added some of his own personal goods, and propagated the political program of the scholar politics and the village council, which were beneficial to the whole class of scholars, so that they would not oppose proposals that were beneficial to him.

The so-called political struggle is often a propaganda war, while the politics of the Ming Dynasty is relatively simpler, and the vast majority of political problems can be simply attributed to moral issues, as long as you occupy the commanding heights in morality, many times you will be invincible. If Liu Xu can raise a large number of royal literati, he will use the newspaper industry after the reform to deal with these bureaucrats in the Ming Dynasty.

However, the level of this eagle dog is not the most important, the most important thing is to comprehend the master's political intentions and political tendencies, so Liu Xu sighed and asked, "Little brother, I have an idea here, and I want to ask you to do it." It's just that the younger brother still has a few questions, and I would like to ask you to give me advice. ”

"Brother Liu, why be polite, that's it."

"The younger brother wants to ask, seeing that in this world, there are eunuchs in the imperial court, there is a rebellion in Houjin in Liaodong, there is a sweat jumping beam in the north, there is an uprising of displaced people in the northwest, there is a White Lotus Sect in Shandong, there are water thieves in the south, there are pirates in the southeast, and there are Buddha Lang machines in Lingnan. Liu Xu's voice was very painful, and when he stated the disasters of the Ming Dynasty, his tone was deep, sad and painful, which made people can't help but think along with him when they hear it.

"This-" Zhang Pu and the others looked at each other, and then Zhang Cai, one of the "two zhangs" who was as famous as Zhang Pu, said tentatively: "This problem is a matter of thousands of years of litigation between benevolent and wise men and women and has not been solved, but in my opinion, it is nothing more than 'pro-sage, far from the villain, light servitude, thin endowment', you can seek peace in the world." ”

Liu Xu laughed: "Brother Zhang, don't be joking, this 'pro-sage, far villain' has been shouting for thousands of years since Zhuge Liang became a teacher, and the emperors of these dynasties are afraid that if there are not hundreds of people, none of them can do it?" With such a long history, why hasn't the righteous man been truly realized, and the villain has disappeared? ”

"This, Dong Zhongshu said that people have three natures, and villains are the nature of fighting baskets, which cannot be edified, and they are naturally bad, so they naturally cannot be cut off." Zhang Cai replied.

"It's nonsense again, if people have a difference between being able to educate and not being educating, why should a saint be taught without class? Why did Mencius say that 'everyone can be Yao Shun'? After taking out the two saints of Confucius and Mencius to refute Zhang Cai, taking advantage of Zhang Cai's temporary silence, Liu Xu quickly changed the topic. He was reluctant to discuss the scriptures and righteousness of the sages with these scholars, he did not have an advantage in this regard, and said directly: "A gentleman has the usefulness of a gentleman, can educate the people, can govern the country and level the world, this villain also has the value of a villain, and can please the king." Why have gentlemen emerged in an endless stream for thousands of years, and villains have been killed endlessly? Let's put it bluntly with you, the reason for this is that the villain has his value and can be used to deal with the gentleman! The Son of Heaven sometimes likes villains and likes to use villains! ”