At the end of December 1625, after more than a month of arduous trekking, Cheng Shao, who had experienced a lot of hardships, led less than 4,000 soldiers and people to finally arrived at Xiangyang Mansion from Kaifeng Mansion. 【Full Text Reading】''''

Although along the way from Kaifeng to Xiangyang, the troops advanced along various prefectures and counties. However, due to the harsh climate and inferior treatment, Cheng Shao led more than 10,000 Henan soldiers and civilians, and when they arrived in Xiangyang Mansion, there were less than 4,000 left.

More than 2,000 soldiers and men died on the march. More than 3,000 soldiers and civilians disappeared and escaped during the march.

After the troops left Xinyang Prefecture and entered Hubei, because the officials at all levels along the way had already received instructions from Yao Zongwen, the new governor of Huguang. Therefore, on the way from Xinyang to Xiangyang, the Henan soldiers led by Cheng Shao did not get the slightest supply.

By the time Cheng Shao led more than 3,000 exhausted Henan soldiers to Xiangyang Mansion, the condition of the entire team was not much better than that of Huazi. After entering the city, many soldiers began to loot the restaurants and restaurants on the streets, bringing chaos to Xiangyang City.

Since he led the troops into the Huguang realm, Cheng Shao has already figured things out.

It is obvious that Yao Zongwen, who was born in the eunuch party, has received clear instructions from Wei Zhongxian's party. If you want to get supplies in Huguang, you basically don't have to count on it.

What's more, after a journey of more than 1,000 miles for more than a month, Cheng Shao has thoroughly realized that not only does he not have the ability to quell the rebellion, but also the civil and military officials under him are all straw bales. Whether it is a civilian or a military attaché, except for the fact that they all have a good mouth in the military, all of them do not have the corresponding ability to act.

There are more than 10,000 soldiers and civilians, and now there are only more than 3,000 left under the leadership of this group. This is the most direct and obvious evidence.

Therefore, Cheng Shao, the governor of Henan who arrived in Xiangyang with great difficulty, was desperate in his heart. Outside, there are eunuchs pressing forward step by step, and inside is the powerlessness of a group of wine bags and rice bags. Cheng Shao not only felt physically tired, but also psychologically he was quite helpless.

Under normal circumstances, there was no chance to meet between the local governors and feudal officials of the feudal dynasty. This was a protective measure for the rulers of feudal dynasties to maintain their rule. After all, if the governors and senior officials who hold the military, political, and civil power in various provinces collude together, it will be a monstrous chaos in an instant.

Even in exceptional circumstances, the governors of the two provinces had to meet with each other. It is also usually summoned by a higher-level governor who has the authority over the whole situation.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, the governors of the two provinces would not meet each other. It was by chance that the governors of the two provinces were in the same place. In order to avoid suspicion, the two sides will also try their best to avoid meeting and causing trouble.

Yao Zongwen, the governor of Huguang, and Cheng Shao, the governor of Henan, were two opposing political factions. There is a deep contradiction between the two.

Under normal circumstances, a governor like Cheng Shao, who undertakes the task of suppressing bandits, will generally be given the title of secretary of the military department, so as to facilitate his overall deployment of the local military and government and the arrangement of military and personnel work.

However, at present, it is Wei Zhongxian and others who hold the power of the central government of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, Cheng Shao, who was born in the Donglin Party, not only did not get the appointment of the minister of the imperial court, but he also did not get the title of the regular secretary of the military department. Under these circumstances, Cheng Shao, who was in charge of counterinsurgency, simply did not have the power to check and balance and dispatch magistrates from other provinces.

Because Cheng Shao and Yao Zongwen are both governors, their official positions and ranks are the same. Therefore, without obtaining the order of the governor of Huguang, even if the Huguang local government did not cooperate with Cheng Shao, Cheng Shao had no choice.

Under these circumstances, Cheng Shao had to endure humiliation and went to the Yamen, the temporary governor of Huguang in Xiangyang Prefecture, to meet Yao Zongwen in order to gain Yao Zongwen's support for his counterinsurgency work.

Feudal intellectuals and semi-feudal and semi-bourgeois intellectuals who have not evolved the fur of feudalism (mainly referring to those who yearn for the idyllic era) have always had a tradition of contempt for the literati.

In the final analysis, the fact that literati are inferior to each other is caused by the backward level of development of the social productive forces. Under the conditions of great development of science and technology and great social progress, the so-called public intellectuals have never been nonsense.

Science and technology, as well as scientific research personnel related to science and technology, are a process of continuous specialization and specialization, and continuous refinement and refinement along with the development of social productive forces. There is no such thing as a so-called "public intellectual" who is proficient in various fields across disciplines.

The so-called opinion leader is a political concept, and it has nothing to do with academics. For example, many people in modern society talk nonsense all day long. However, they do not have the relevant professional knowledge. There is no essential difference between their pretentious "righteous speech" and the nonsense of a one- or two-year-old bear child.

Therefore, such a matter as governing the country is very professionally demanding, and the "public knowledge" literati are all incompetent.

Let's take the ancient literati as an example. In fact, these feudal literati who passed the imperial examination and became officials did not have any political, economic, or academic background. Therefore, from the perspective of modern people, the party struggle of the civil and official clique in the late Ming Dynasty is actually very nonsensical. Whether it is the Eunuch Party or the Donglin Party, what they do is actually the purest struggle for power. There is no question of which side is righteous and which is evil.

Cheng Shao felt that he was very aggrieved and humiliated by taking the initiative to see Yao Zongwen. He felt that he was the righteous "Blessing Spirit", and Yao Zongwen, a eunuch, was a "pest". But in fact, in the eyes of the common people, in the eyes of the Fuxing Society, which represents the interests of the ruling class, whether it is Yao Zongwen or Cheng Shao, whether it is the Eunuch Party or the Donglin Party, they are all pests, real pests.

In Yao Zongwen's eyes, Cheng Shao is actually a water dog with no neck. Beat the water dogs, Yao Zongwen, who thought he was noble, really didn't bother to do it.

However, regarding Cheng Shao's request for help, Yao Zongwen still felt that Cheng Shao was a little ignorant.

In Yao Zongwen's view, everyone is a person in the party struggle. Cheng Shao, a major figure in the Donglin Party, should not be blind to things like this. How he, the hostile force named the eunuch party, will treat him, Cheng Shao himself should be clear. Cheng Shao came to ask for help like this, which was really a bit whimsical.

Yao Zongwen felt that if he was in Cheng Shao's position, he would not have done such an unstylish thing. Everyone is from a scholar's background, and it is a big deal to resign and not do a good job. When I returned to my hometown, I was a good "squire". Why should there be such a self-inflicted greed for power?

Cheng Shao's efforts to keep his position as governor made Yao Zongwen look down on the Donglin Party even more