Chapter 21: Serendipity
"Listening to your words is better than reading for ten years. In the lower self-reflection, Lord Lin is a benevolent elder, and the lower officials still rely on Lin Zhenfu to support a lot, the kid has just entered the officialdom, but the matter is not very clear, and it depends on the benevolent predecessors like Lord Lin to remind him more, losing the face of the lower officials is a trivial matter, and it is a sincere fear to miss the king's major affairs and lose the face of our brocade guards in front of the civil and military officials and Dongchang. Ye Guan knew that the pacification envoy in front of him was ready to make more good fortunes with him because of the flying fish suit rewarded by the emperor, and wanted to invest in advance, so he said some things so clearly. Ye Guan thanked Lin Yao for his suggestion, so he stood up and bowed to Lin Yao, Lin Yao said that it was not necessary, but he was still happy to accept Ye Guan's salute.
"Since Ye Xian's nephew is so sober, he will not forget that the official loves a future life like you. This official will remind you again, be careful of the other pacification envoy, and never have a heart-to-heart with him. He is the team of the commander of the Jianchang Marquis under the name of Jinyiwei, and he is not following the path of our Mu Shuai. Zhen Neng's fold was not handed over, thinking that it was his private hand, so the people above didn't know, otherwise even if you entered this brocade guard, they would have a way to make you disappear. Lin Yao thought about being a good person to the end, which could not only deter and deter this kid, but also lest the seedlings he was optimistic about were pulled out.
"After the lower officials, they should be careful, how can a nepotistic minister have the stability of our loyal courtiers. Mu Shuai will definitely be able to hold this His Majesty's pro-army and not let those relatives take it. Ye Guan knew that he was already on Mu Bin's chariot, so he had to flatter and say some good things.
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Out of the Yamen of the Zhenfu Division, Ye Guan went to Yahang under the leadership of his colleagues and rented a small courtyard house in a small alley. Although the sparrows are small, in addition to the three tiled houses, there is also a small courtyard, there is a well in the yard, and there are some flower beds, and you can save a few expenses by planting vegetables or something.
Entering the room, Ye Guan was still a little happy, and the furniture inside was also fighting, and some expenses and time were saved for purchase.
After having dinner in the new room, Ye Guan couldn't stay in the room, there was no one to accompany him, and there was no computer, what were he doing in this dark room. It's better to go out and take a walk.
There are two major temple fairs in the capital that are particularly prosperous, and there is a saying that "ten thousand gold is sold every day". They are Longfu Temple in the east city and Huguo Temple in the west city. Although the Ming Dynasty was harsh, it was not very forbidden, so Huguo Temple was a lama temple, and Longfu Temple was where lamas and Zen monks lived together.
Ye Guan walked alone on the street, looking at the stalls of the shops along the street and all kinds of people coming and going, and suddenly a different feeling emerged, how did such a society collapse?
This is indeed a very strange era, science emphasizes "that is, the poor reason of things", and "learning from things" pays attention to the careful study of things to understand things. However, most people pay attention to metaphysics, and only read the Four Books and Five Classics and think that they know the major events in the world. Disdain for real physical things, believing that they are strange and ingenious, has led to the loss of the discipline similar to physics, and later generations have not even been able to explain what it means to know things."
The "Biography of the Daughters" and "The Female Commandments", which pay attention to "touching the clothes and bare sleeves, are out of line", have been distorted to the extreme, but the folk husband and wife maids can do whatever kind of sex in their own yards, and even Tang Bohu, a prodigal genius who once lived by selling spring gong pictures, has also written "Golden Vase Plum" Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng and other strange people through the ages, and even appeared for the first time in the folk "tourism" such a word with spiritual consumption.
The army of the Ming Dynasty never despised the renewal and maintenance of weapons as much as the Qing army, and constantly purchased advanced weapons from the Franc machine. In the last years of Chongzhen, hundreds of large warships and tens of thousands of soldiers were gathered to fight the Dutch, the thriving sea coachman at that time, in the naval battle of Liaoluo Bay, which was the only time in Chinese history that he was better than the Western powers. It made the Dutch give up further coveting Fujian.
Just like ukiyo-e, a famous Japanese painting method. The myriad of worldly life here always makes Ye Guan unconsciously think, what kind of situation made the Song and Ming dynasties, which were extremely prosperous in culture and economy, completely collapse?
"Its rise is also vigorous, and its death is also sudden. How can this law of historical cycles be avoided? Ye Guan stood on the side of the road and muttered to himself.
"Eh, its rise is also vigorous, and its death is also suddenly from "Zuo Chuan. The eleventh year of Zhuang Gong" was talked about by Mr. Yang's mentor. What is this cyclical law of history? From which allusion? A male or female voice interrupted Ye Guan's thoughts.
Ye Guan followed the voice and looked over, only to see a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy gently shaking a paper fan while asking a white-faced and beardless old housekeeper beside him.
This son looked handsome, dressed in a cyan straight jacket, with a brocade belt around his waist, holding a small gold-painted fan in his hand, and casually inserting a hairpin on his head, looking at Ye Guan with a curious face.
"Childe, the old slave is shallow, just thinking that the old slave is happy and the old slave is comfortable, where do you know these ancient book allusions or something." The old butler, dressed in cloth, said to the boy with a smirk.
"This son, I don't know if I can teach you?" The young man in brocade has a shameless attitude of asking, but although he has the attitude of asking for advice, he unconsciously reveals a condescending attitude, even the old housekeeper next to him has always been smiling and groveling, but after facing Ye Guan, he also unconsciously showed a feeling of superiority, which makes people know at a glance that the identity of this son is not simple.
"It's hard to know yourself, it's hard to find a confidant. The people of the Later Song Dynasty were so rich but died in Mengyuan, why? Ye Guan happened to be itchy, so when he saw someone asking, he didn't answer directly, but continued to ask.
"Of course, it was the powerful Tartar iron cavalry and the incompetence of the ministers of the Later Song Dynasty, the mediocrity of the emperor, and the trust of traitors, which led to the death of the great rivers and mountains to the enemy." The young man replied after a little thought.
"That Mengyuan is so powerful, the western expedition reached the extreme of the earth, destroyed the Western Xia, Nanzhao, the Later Song Dynasty, the Western Liao, divided the four khanates, and in the later period, there was such a virtuous prime minister as Timur, who opened a branch to take scholars, relieved the hungry, compiled the "History of the Song Dynasty", "Jin History" and "History of Liao" but still has no century-old national fortune? Was driven west of the desert by Emperor Taizu? No longer the mighty name of the Mongolian Iron Horse? Ye Guan continued to ask.
"Of course, Meng Yuan is cruel and unkind, my Emperor Taizu is eloquent and strategic, and the monarch is virtuous and wise. In addition, the whole army worked together to unify the rivers and mountains and restore the rivers and mountains of our Han family. The young man thought for a moment before replying with admiration.
"How can the overthrow of Wang Ding be so simple, Gongzi, please look at the history of the dynasties, since the first emperor ** princes, swept the world, and then the founding of the country will be destroyed within three or four hundred years or the whole country will be reshuffled, Qin lost its deer, and the heroes chased it. Wang Mang usurped the Han, and the world was in chaos. Huan Ling has no way, and the heroes are everywhere. Emperor Hui is stupid and weak, and Wuhua is chaotic. The Northern Dynasties changed frequently, and the city head changed the banner of the king. Emperor Wen of Sui unified China again, and the second and third emperors died. There are countless examples, which emperor was not taught by the famous teachers and Confucians, and was familiar with the history of the fall of each dynasty, but the consequences were completely different, why not? ”
"Why? Is it the mediocrity of the emperor and the incompetence of his courtiers? "Although the young man is smart and dexterous, but after all, he is young, and he can't mix his own opinions in the books he has read or his insights are not profound, and he can only see superficial things, or he heard that the emperor is mediocre or a traitor who bewitches the king, and his old slave often brings some novelties to amuse him, so he goes out to study, but rarely thinks about why.
"The Buddha said, don't say it, don't say it." Ye Guan was about to say that it was because of the system. But the words were all in his mouth, and he was afraid that these words would cause trouble for him, so he quickly kept silent.
"Why don't you say it, say it quickly?" The young man was listening to Ye Guan's opinion, but when he saw Ye Guan mysteriously silent, he suddenly lost his temper.
"You can't say that, it's better to say more than to do more. When I become a great official in the future, and become a minister above ten thousand people under one person, my deeds will inevitably let you know what I want to say. Of course, if you can't do it, forget it. Let's just think I'm crazy. Bye. Ye Guan also laughed secretly, how could he say these words to a thirteen or fourteen-year-old child, is it because he really fits in? He shook his head with a wry smile and turned to leave.
"Eh, don't go. What does it mean to say goodbye? Do you think of me as a Buddha? The young man wanted to catch up with Ye Guan, but was stopped by his old slave. This dark night, coupled with the fact that there are many people, if something happens to the little boy, he will not be able to raid the house with 10,000 heads and a hundred nine clans. The young man had no choice but to watch Ye Guan disappear into the crowd with a stomach full of questions.