After meeting Zhu Ping'an, the Confucian students from Beijing were a little disappointed with his impression. One reason, the military general in front of him is really a little young, I heard Wang Pin said, this person is only sixteen years old now, and the Confucian imagination can make "a blood diligent cherish, sprinkled can still turn the blue waves" such a heroic realm is completely out of bounds.

Another reason is that as soon as this Lord Zhu entered the room, his whole body's attention was attracted by the spontaneous fire gun pattern that Bi Maokang presented to the emperor that Bi Maokang took out, and he didn't notice that he was the messenger who took the risk and traveled thousands of miles to Fengyang to deliver the pattern.

lead a lone army to repel up to 30,000 thieves; reported and exposed Liao Yongtang and removed a major tumor in Fengyang; training of soldiers and training of elite soldiers; Care about people's livelihood and discover new crops. With such piles and piles, and the young man in front of him, he wanted to go very much, which made Confucian Sheng couldn't help but be a little shaken.

Wang Pin's recommendation to the prince turned out to be such a person, would it be an exaggeration. A martial artist, even if he has some literary talents, if he only focuses on these sideways, and does not know the way to help the world and love the people at all, then it will not be of any benefit to the court in the future.

Seeing that Confucian Sheng's face was a little uncertain, Wang Pin hurriedly coughed lightly, "This, Brother Ping'an, ......!" ”

"I see!" Zhu Ping'an held the drawing like a treasure, and was fascinated for a while. "Isn't this the rudimentary form of striking flint with a wheel? Sure enough, it is the originator of the flintlock pistol, and my Chinese outstanding spirit is not inferior to the Europa people inventing this thing! ”

Seeing that Zhu Ping'an didn't react, the anger on Confucius's face was even stronger, and Wang Pin had to stand up, get up and go to Zhu Ping'an's side, and slap him heavily on the shoulder.

Only then did Zhu Ping'an come back to his senses, looked at Wang Pin and Confucianism's expressions, and couldn't help but feel a little upset, and apologized again and again.

Wang Pin coughed twice, and hurriedly introduced Zhu Ping'an again, "This is the former East Palace attendant who came all the way from the capital, Lord Yang Tinglin, the editor of the Hanlin Academy, and is now the head of the Ministry of War. ”

Wang Pin focused on strengthening the word "East Palace", intending to remind Zhu Ping'an that if it weren't for the help of His Royal Highness the Prince, Zhu Ping'an would have wanted to get this pattern of the spontaneous fire gun developed by Bi Maokang. The significance of this pattern to Zhu Ping'an is extraordinary, and Wang Pin hopes to take this as an opportunity, even if he can't make him express his allegiance to the prince now, at least he can have a sense of gratitude in the East Palace in his heart. What's more, this time the special trip was made by Yang Tinglin, who was particularly attentive to the prince, who was young and talented, but he was a rising star in the court. His arrival can also show the prince's attention to Wang Pin and Zhu Ping'an.

Although, Yang Tinglin came to Fengyang just for the occasion.

Zhu Ping'an hurriedly greeted him. This is a matter of course, people came all the way to Fengyang just to help you find a drawing, and this affection really made Zhu Ping'an grateful.

Although Zhu Cihong is one of the many sad princes of the dead country, his reputation in the official history and the wild history is not bad, but Chongzhen is really more unlucky than him, and he has been directly affected by him, and he has not even tasted what the throne is like, so he was lost in the tide of history, as for whether he is a capable Ming Jun, once he ascends the throne, whether he can turn the tide, it is unknown.

Anyway, because he and several of his brothers disappeared or were killed prematurely, the Southern Ming court never found a king recognized by all forces, and it also laid the groundwork for the kings of the Southern Ming Dynasty to attack each other, waste their strength to resist the Qing Dynasty in vain, and miss the opportunity of the Northern Expedition.

No matter what happened to Zhu Cihong in the end, anyway, now he is the first to express his goodwill to Zhu Ping'an through Wang Pin, which Zhu Ping'an cannot not notice.

Lu Zhenfei held an important official position, and he was more likely to be the governor of Lianghuai in the future, coupled with his personal character, he would never show a clear attitude towards Wang Pin's courtship.

And Zhu Ping'an is also well aware of his teacher's reminder to him. It's okay to interact with the people of the East Palace, but you must always pay attention to a "degree" problem.

This is no different from the officialdom of later generations.

Wait, what's the name of this scholar in front of you who is a little arrogant, has a short white beard, and is not tall? Yang Tinglin? It's him!

Yang Tinglin, the word Boxiang, Chongzhen four years jinshi. He is a resolute official of the main battle faction in the court, although his official position is not prominent, but he has a great reputation in the court, and is jealous of Yang Sichang. After that, he was reappointed as the head of the Ministry of War, and joined Lu Xiangsheng's army as a military counselor.

After the Battle of Julu, Lu Xiangsheng was martyred, and Yang Tinglin was demoted to Jiangxi. The Qing army went south, Yang Tinglin defended Ganzhou, and after the city was broken, he was dressed all over his body and committed suicide by entering Qingshuitang in the west of the city. The Qing army felt its loyalty and martyrdom, and took the four doors as the coffin and buried it outside the south gate.

His loyalty has remained in the world since then, and even when the Qing court entered the Central Plains, successive local officials also spontaneously repaired tombs and built martyrs' shrines. The reason for this may be the cloud in "Wang Fan's Rebuilding of Yang Zhongjie Cemetery": "Woohoo! The principle of loyalty and righteousness is not lost in the hearts of the people. ”

Yang Tinglin has also become a typical representative of tens of millions of Shilin people who died for the resistance to the Qing Dynasty.

More importantly, Yang Tinglin is not the kind of scholar who can only talk about misleading the country, but a person who really has a practical talent, which is very similar to Lu Zhenfei. During the decades of ups and downs in the Southern Ming Dynasty, many people with lofty ideals emerged, but most of them were just empty of enthusiasm, and what they lacked was really talented officials.

In the second year of Longwu, the Qing army invaded Jiangxi, and Yang Tinglin, who was then a scholar of Wuyingdian University in the Longwu Dynasty, was ordered to go to Ganzhou to assist the governor of Jiangxi, Wan Yuanji, to fight a decisive battle with the Qing army. At that time, Ganzhou, as a hub connecting Fujian and Hunan, was also a barrier to Guangdong, and more than 40,000 Ming troops had been gathered near it. Yang Tinglin strongly advocated taking advantage of the early arrival of the armies and the time when they were full of vigor to fight to the death with the Qing army. If Wan Yuan Ji had been able to adopt Yang Tinglin's proposal at that time, perhaps the tragedy that followed would not have happened.

But Wan Yuanji insisted on waiting for the arrival of the Guangdong sailors, and advanced by land and water. The Qing army seized this critical moment, first intercepted and killed the Guangdong naval division, and then attacked Ganzhou. The spirit of the Ming army has been lost, and the Qing army has been attacked again, and suddenly there is chaos, and the departments retreat in a hurry. The lone army of Wan Yuan Ji and Yang Tinglin was left in Ganzhou City.

After the fall of Ganzhou, the doors of Fujian and Guangdong were opened, and in less than half a year, Emperor Longwu was killed in Tingzhou, and the Longwu court was overthrown.

The tragedy of Yang Tinglin is that his life has never been truly reused. During the Chongzhen Dynasty, he was squeezed out by Yang Sichang. In the Longwu Dynasty, although he was enshrined as a scholar and entered the cabinet, at this time, it was already an era when various feudal towns held great power. Zheng Zhilong, He Tengjiao, Wan Yuan Ji and others held the military power, and Yang Tinglin, as a cabinet scholar, could mobilize no more than a thousand soldiers and horses.

Looking at Lord Zhu's expression, he seemed to be very interested in this drawing. To tell the truth, this thing has been backlogged in the inner treasury for many years, and it has not even been mentioned by the Chinese Wu or even His Majesty, with all due respect, I really can't see what benefits this device has in the imperial court and Sheji? ”

Yang Tinglin's sudden opening interrupted Zhu Ping'an's thoughts. Looking at the historical celebrity in front of him, Zhu Ping'an no longer had the excitement he felt when he first saw a celebrity. Looking at Yang Tinglin's expression, he seemed to be very disdainful of the importance he valued this drawing.

Zhu Ping'an smiled. It is no wonder that the current Ming scholars, their vision is still limited to this land, and they still lack enough understanding of the surrounding neighbors and the vast world, although the Ming Dynasty is already an open country, but there are still too few talents like Xu Guangqi.

Zhu Ping'an shook the drawings in his hand at Yang Tinglin, folded them and put them in his arms, and fell to the ground at Yang Tinglin. "Ping'an, for the soldiers under his command and the people of the Ming Dynasty, thank you Lord Yang for sending this drawing to Fengyang thousands of miles away, and not making it dusty and deep in the palace!"

Yang Tinglin was stunned for a moment, then he was a little annoyed, but he laughed angrily, "It seems that I, Yang, have been stained with the light of this drawing, but I don't know what is so special about this drawing, which makes Lord Zhu value it so much." In Yang's view, this is just an ordinary ordnance in the Ming Army, which is manufactured, but how can it be, can it become a weapon of the country? ”

Zhu Ping'an thought for a while and nodded solemnly, "What Lord Yang said is very true, this is really a weapon of the country!" ”

Zhu Ping'an's-for-tat answer made Yang Tinglin furious, "The prince recommended Lord Zhu to His Royal Highness the Prince, and this is why Yang Mou made a trip to Fengyang." On the bank of the Huai River, Yang personally saw that your soldiers behaved moderately, and he was still surprised in his heart, but now when he sees it, it is better to be famous than to meet. Lord Zhu is only interested in this minutiae and the weapon trail, isn't the way of the sage governing the country important? ”

Zhu Ping'an sighed. In particular, how can this scholar of the Ming Dynasty be this virtuous, and he still had a good impression of Yang Tinglin just now, as soon as this sentence came out, his impression in Zhu Ping'an's heart was suddenly greatly reduced.

I met such a superb product before, that is, Zhang Jizu, a die-hard fan of the Donglin Party, Zhang Dajuren. This old man thought about it behind closed doors at home, but it was true that he had closed the door at first, but he didn't have to think about anything. Later, he simply didn't even close the door, and he had nothing to learn all day like Wang Pin, and he liked to go to the military camp and grange of the high-walled guards to walk around, and when he saw Zhu Ping'an, he was a big dealer, and the sage's remarks were thrown over, which made Zhu Ping'an tireless.

Later, when I thought about it, it was almost certain that the two old horsemen Huang Gongfu and Chen Zizhuang were behind the scenes. The Donglin party was also not welcomed in the Chongzhen Dynasty, seeing that their influence was decreasing day by day, these scholars were tormented, and it was not uncommon for them to hit their heads with ideas, not to mention that there was a high-ranking mentor Lu Zhenfei behind him. How could the Donglin party miss such an opportunity!

I didn't expect this Yang Tinglin to be the same, in vain I thought he was a practical official, worthy of deep friendship, but I didn't expect that a mouth and Zhang Jizu were a virtue, which really disappointed Zhu Ping'an, looking at Yang Tinglin's tense and eager to try, Zhu Ping'an was also surging in blood, such a person didn't teach a lesson, I really don't know how thick the sky is.