Shi Kefa came to the governor's yamen, he felt strange, he often went to the governor's yamen, for example, to discuss the construction of farmland and water conservancy facilities in Shaanxi, he came to discuss several times, Zheng Xunrui's resolute style of doing things, he was impressed, but this time there seemed to be nothing to deal with.

Entering the wing, Shi Kefa felt that the atmosphere was not ordinary.

Zheng Xunrui was the only one in the wing, and his face was very strict, when Shi Kefa came to the governor's yamen in the past, he could always see Xu Wanghua and other officials of the governor's yamen.

"Your Excellency."

"Master Shi doesn't have to be polite, please take a seat."

Shi Kefa had just sat down, and before he could pick up the teacup, Zheng Xunrui spoke again.

"Master Shi, can you still remember your mentor Zuo Guangdou, who has passed away for many years."

Shi Kefa looked at Zheng Xunrui, very strange, I don't know why he talked about such a topic.

"Lord Zuo is the mentor of the lower officials, a teacher for one day, a father for life, and the lower officials will never dare to forget it."

"Yes, the official's mentor is Lord Xu Guangqi, the official has not been able to forget the teachings of the teacher, before the teacher died, the official went to the capital to visit, and said a lot of things, the official still remembers it vividly......

When Zheng Xunrui talked about Xu Guangqi, his feelings were sincere, one of his most relied on henchmen, Xu Wanghua had been by Xu Guangqi's side for decades, from Xu Wanghua's body, he felt that Xu Guangqi was by no means as simple as everyone understood, it can be said that Xu Guangqi is a realist, he has seen many problems in the future, and he is unable to fundamentally solve the problem at the same time, he can only take some other methods, such as the introduction of science and technology, etc., and Xu Guangqi is a member of the Donglin Party on the surface, In fact, he is disgusted with party struggle in his bones, and he is not a real Donglin Party member.

Shi Kefa is a little cloudy, the relationship between Zheng Xunrui and Xu Guangqi, he has heard some of it, it should be unusual, but it seems that there is no need to talk about the teacher, it should be said that there are other things, so when Zheng Xunrui spoke, he rarely interjected.

Sure enough, Zheng Xunrui's topic began to shift.

"This official was reluctant to join Donglin Academy back then, and cut off his robe with Zhang Pu, Yang Yi and others, Lord Shi should also know about this matter, I don't know what Lord Shi thinks."

As soon as Zheng Xunrui's question came out, Shi Kefa's face changed slightly, and his body trembled slightly.

This is the most difficult thing for Shi Kefa, he is a member of the Donglin Party, there is no doubt about this, when he followed his teacher Zuo Guangdou to study, he entered the Donglin Academy and became a member of the Donglin Party.

The relationship between Zheng Xunrui and the Donglin Party is very deadlocked, which is also a fact that many people know, but this has not affected Shi Kefa's understanding of Zheng Xunrui, after all, Shi Kefa is a native of Kaifeng, Henan, and is very different from those scholars in Nanzhili, at least in terms of understanding Donglin Academy, he is not so fanatical, and after becoming an official, he basically does things in the north and has never been to the south.

The most important point is that Shi Kefa, a member of the Donglin Party, has not been valued by Donglin Academy, and he basically does not know many things inside Donglin Academy, and his mentor Zuo Guangdou has a great influence among the Donglin Party members, and he is also one of the founders, but unfortunately he was framed by Wei Zhongxian and died too early.

Suddenly hearing Zheng Xunrui say such words, Shi Kefa didn't feel very good.

"The adult suddenly asked about this topic, the lower official is indeed a little embarrassed, I don't know how to say, the lower official admires the mind and ability of the adult, Shaanxi is such a barren land, under the governance of the adult, can be stable, the lower official thinks, this is not something that ordinary people can do, the lower official is determined to learn from the adult, as for the conflict between the adult and Zhang Pu and others, and the reluctance to join the Donglin Academy, the lower official is really not good to evaluate."

Shi Kefa said it very directly and sincerely.

Zheng Xunrui nodded slightly, Shi Kefa's attitude made it possible to continue the conversation.

"If this official says that he has a very bad opinion of the Donglin Party, I don't know if Master Shi will be angry."

"This, the lower official doesn't know."

"This official does not mean to embarrass Lord Shi, everyone has their own beliefs, such as Donglin Academy, Fushe and Yingshe, etc., this is not something that others should interfere with, but this official always feels that since he is an official of the imperial court, the first thing is to consider the affairs of the great tomorrow, if everything is based on his own interests, such a belief is afraid that it is not appropriate."

"Why do you say that, the lower officials don't understand the reason."

Zheng Xunrui looked at Shi Kefa and slowly spoke.

"Master Shi has always been in the north, and basically has never been to the south, so he doesn't know some things, and the official's understanding of the Donglin Party has only changed through the facts."

Shi Kefa's expression became solemn, although he was indecisive, but when it came to matters of principle, he still wanted to find out the reason, as a member of the Donglin Party, it was not impossible to listen to the evaluation of the Donglin Party by others.

"Many officials don't want to say, just say one thing, the Donglin Party's view of not competing with the people for profit, hiding wealth from the people, this point of view, on the surface, is impassioned, loud, and unconvincing, but what is the actual situation, this so-called not competing with the people for profit, whose interests are represented."

"Since the first year of Chongzhen, after the Donglin Party put forward the view of hiding the wealth from the people, the agricultural tax has increased several times, and the burden on the peasants has become heavier and heavier.

"What is the situation of the peasants, needless to say, this official has seen it, it can be said that the peasants have no way to live, on the one hand are the rich scholars and merchants, on the other hand there are farmers who have no way to live, the official is strange, why these merchants and scholars do not bear any taxes, but let the peasants who cannot survive bear heavy taxes."

"The north has suffered a large-scale famine year after year, and the Donglin Party has been plundering, and the strange thing is that the Donglin Party people can't see it, they not only increase agricultural taxes, but also pay off the taxes owed before, forcing the peasants to rebel, a large number of people in the north are starving to death, and the scholars and merchants in the south are not pulling out a dime, and the Donglin Party people turn a blind eye, but as long as the imperial court decides to increase the taxes on commerce, they stand up against it, and move out the view that they do not compete with the people for profit, as if the scholars and merchants represent the people."

"What are the consequences of doing this, don't the Donglin Party people know, the northern rogue is ravaging, they can't not know, but why they are indifferent, why they still insist on their own understanding, the official has always felt strange, and then finally understood, because the so-called Donglin Party people, in fact, the vast majority of them are from the south of the scholars and merchants, so they want to speak for the merchants and scholars, in fact, they are speaking for themselves, as for the safety of the great tomorrow, in their eyes, it is nothing, That's something the emperor needs to think about, and it has nothing to do with them. ”

"This official is strange, on the one hand, he occupies a high position in the imperial court, on the other hand, he is indifferent to the suffering of the people, but he never forgets to protect his own interests, such a Donglin Party member, is it that this official should praise."

"Seeing these facts, the official's evaluation of the Donglin Party members is very unkind, the good and the evil are abandoned, the party is the same and the different are different, the internal strife is better than the governance of the country and the army, the court has no scruples, blindly suppresses those who do not agree with them, colludes with the big businessmen in the south, abolishes the tax on commerce and trade, and increases the burden on the people, this is the essence of the Donglin Party in the opinion of this official."

Shi Kefa's face turned a little red, he couldn't imagine that Zheng Xunrui had such an evaluation of the Donglin Party.

"What the lord said, the lower officials have something to agree with, but it can't be said that all the Donglin Party members are like this."

Shi Kefa finally began to refute, but such a refutation was very weak.

Since Shi Kefa has such an attitude, then Zheng Xunrui said it more directly.

"Lord Shi is right, not all Donglin Party people are like this, but it's a pity that people, the rules formed within the Donglin Party, or the theory, is so, any Donglin Party person, including Lord Shi, can not violate these rules, otherwise he will be ruthlessly beaten up, this official has tried the Donglin Party people's many calculations, if it weren't for the big tomorrow, the official would have already done it to them, the reason why the official talked about these things with Lord Shi today, I still feel that Lord Shi has not received such a big impact, It's still people-oriented, otherwise there wouldn't be today's conversation. ”

Shi Kefa's face turned pale, he looked at Zheng Xunrui, and he couldn't speak.

"The official doesn't want Lord Shi to make any choice in a short period of time, but there is one thing that the official wants to inform in advance, the official will definitely have a fierce struggle with the Donglin Party in the future, even a life-and-death struggle, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, for the sake of hundreds of millions of farmers, and in order to let those greedy scholars and businessmen accept the lesson, the official will not give in, and the official is unwilling to watch the Donglin Party push the Great Tomorrow into the abyss."

"The official has said everything that should be said, Lord Shi slowly thinks about it, the official does not want to be an enemy of Lord Shi in the future, the official hopes that Lord Shi will see more of the people in Shaanxi, see more of what kind of life the people live, see how the scholars and businessmen in the south are arrogant and lascivious, and then look at the Donglin Party people who colluded with the scholars and businessmen in the south, so that the world of the Ming Dynasty fell into chaos."

Zheng Xunrui's words were like a basin of cold water, which made Shi Kefa's heart feel cold, he didn't expect so much at all, and he couldn't imagine that Zheng Xunrui's opinion of the Donglin Party was so bad.