"When you do the work of a saint, then everyone can be sanctified!"

He Wendao in the audience echoed loudly and vigorously.

Now he has a thorough understanding of why Shen Yichen is different from the traditional scholars and literati, that is, he has never talked about righteousness, but practiced the words of the sage with actions.

That's what really makes the world work!

Hearing He Wendao's words, Shen Yichen nodded towards him, and then looked at everyone again.

"That's right, throughout the ages, it has never been about what the saint said, but what the saint did, Yao Shunyu soup is admired by all generations, no matter what!"

"I hope that you will not study what is heavenly morality every day, but you should travel thousands of miles to sympathize with the suffering of the people."

"The worries of the world first, and the joy of the world after the world, this is the real literati style, the spirit of scholars!"

Shen Yichen's words, like a brilliant voice, shocked everyone present.

He did not pretend to quote scriptures, nor did he pile up rhetoric and empty talk, nor did he even promote his own doctrine.

Just use the most simple language and the most simple truth to tell everyone, don't blindly worship the past, read the scriptures, and don't ask about the world.

A real literati doctor should be people-oriented and socially oriented!

Silence, death-like silence.

Not only the young literati juniors in the audience couldn't accept and digest Shen Yichen's words for a while. Even the few great Confucian masters on the stage didn't know what to say at this time.

A rebuttal of righteous rhetoric?

Obviously, Shen Yichen's words are reasonable, how can he go beyond the common people to refute.

Do you agree that he has a point?

A literati who have read the books of science and sages all their lives cannot subvert the deep-rooted thinking concepts and accept Shen Yichen's concept of "deviance".

At this moment, a scholar in a simple robe stood in front of Shen Yichen across the crowd and bowed deeply to him.

"Listening to your words is better than reading a book for ten years!"

"I came from a rural peasant family, and I never understood why I read poetry and books so much, but I never changed the situation of my parents in my hometown."

"I understand tonight, instead of sitting and talking, it is better to practice words with deeds!"

Almost at the moment when the farmer's voice fell, another young literati walked out of the crowd and stood in front of Shen Yichen and bowed.

"In the past, I learned to read Fan Wenzhenggong's poems late, but I only learned the skin, but now in Admiral Shen, I have seen what it means to live in the temple and worry about its people, and it is worried about its people when it is far away from the rivers and lakes."

"Don't talk about righteousness, stand up and take the common people in the world as your own responsibility, only then is you worthy of the word "scholar!"

When the first person comes forward, there is a second, and then there is a third, and then a fourth......

"That's right, Shen Sanyuan's words make the evening study like an empowerment!"

"Literati should not be admired in the past, but also throughout the past and the present!"

"I have been taught below, and the champion is worthy of the respect of the head of the Ming Dynasty!"

The Jiangnan region of the Ming Dynasty was already academically active, and a hundred years later, the rise of Lu Wangxinxue, as well as the later "school" dispute, sprouted and developed here. The literati present were even more open-minded.

After the shock and impact, many people really agreed with Shen Yichen's words, or admired his fame and political achievements, in short, they received much more enthusiastic feedback than Jingshi.

If Guozijian's lecture was just a seed, then today, Shen Yichen finally saw a sprout that broke the ground.

"Shen Xue" preaching, from this moment!

Just when Shen Yichen's heart was full of worship, and he was ready to say something more with this group of young literati. At the staircase, several sergeants in light armor broke through the barrier of the guards of West Lake Yaji and appeared at the end of the crowd.

The leader is none other than the cavalry squad commander who guards Shen Yichen.

Seeing Wu Rui suddenly appear here, Shen Yichen immediately realized that something important had happened, and immediately arched his hand and said, "I'm sorry everyone, this official still has important things to do, so it's inconvenient to stay for a long time, and I will leave." ”

After finishing speaking, in the surprised eyes, Shen Yichen got off the high platform and left quickly with Wu Rui and the others.

Looking at Shen Yichen's back, he disappeared at the corner of the stairs so vigorously, Xue Xuan said with some emotion: "Shen Sanyuan really did not talk about empty talk, and walked so decisively when encountering problems. ”

"He has done it with deeds, so does Brother Devin think this son can change the pattern and make a statement?"

Wu and Bi asked rhetorically.

As a master of science, he actually did not agree with Shen Yichen's remarks, but he defended the other party's different academic views.

"This question Mr. Kang Zhai, I'm afraid I have to ask Gong Wei."

After saying that, Xue Xuan looked at Wei Congwen.

After all, among the four people present, none of the three had ever seen Shen Yichen, let alone dealt with each other.

Only Wei Congwen, who lives in Beijing all the year round, and has had a dispute with Shen Yichen in Guozijian, is relatively more familiar.

"In the past, the old man thought that this son was a lie, but what he has done in the past few years is all practicing his words and deeds."

"To be honest, the old man can't see through it."

Wei Congwen's tone was a little embarrassed.

Emotionally, he was reluctant to Shen Yichen's doctrine to touch the foundation of science. But intellectually, Wei Congwen knew that Shen Yichen was right about many things, the Daming scholar and doctor class had fallen into a whirlpool of empty talk, and the people's livelihood in various places was becoming more and more difficult.

Whether it can change the pattern and make a statement can only be verified by time.

Shen Yichen on the other side didn't know that several great Confucian masters were talking about him, and after he walked down the stairs, he immediately asked Wu Rui, "What happened?" ”

"The Fujian Metropolitan Command Department sent an official document that Quanzhou Mansion has been surrounded by thieves, and the situation is in danger."

Hearing this news, Shen Yichen was really a little surprised, the strength of Ye Zongliu and the others had developed to the point where they could surround Quanzhou Mansion?

You must know that this is different from Jianning Mansion, Quanzhou Mansion is the largest government of Fujian after Fuzhou Mansion, once Quanzhou Mansion is captured by the rebel army, it means that half of Fujian is lost.

By the way, with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of the Fujian Command Division, they will also be divided by the rebel army, and Shen Yichen, the commander of military affairs, is likely to have no soldiers under his command.

If Shen Yichen is unable to suppress the bandits, not to mention what kind of punishment he will face from the emperor, under such a corrupt situation, the imperial court will inevitably be unable to tolerate the rebels, let alone the "regression" of recruiting peace and pardoning.

"The Legend of the Fairy Tree"

Then next, it will not be Shen Yichen to supervise military affairs, but to send Xun Qi to lead the army, and the governor of the five armies will serve as the general, and gather the army in Beijing and even the entire Nanzhili region to attack Fujian.

In the thirteenth year of orthodoxy in history, in the face of the ineffective suppression of bandits by Zhang Kai, the emperor Zhu Qi Zhenxin ordered Ningyang Hou Chen Mao to be the general of Zhengnan, Baoding Bo Liang Yao and Pingjiang Bo Chen Yu as deputy generals, and the governor of Tongzhi Fan Xiong and the governor of the capital Dong Xing as the left and right generals.

Jin Lian, the secretary of the Criminal Department, served as the military counselor, and the eunuchs Cao Jixiang, Wang Jin, Chen Wu and others served as the prisoners.

Three relatives, two governors, a high-ranking cabinet official, plus Cao Jixiang and other well-known eunuchs, in the words of later generations, can be called the "all-star" lineup of the Ming Dynasty.

When it really came to this point, the situation was completely out of Shen Yichen's control!

"What did Grandpa Xi say?"

Shen Yichen asked Wu Rui with a solemn face, in a sense, the supervising army is the real minister, and his authority is to exceed his own military affairs.

In case Xining is frightened by the situation in Fujian and directly goes to the imperial court to ask for support, he will really "die before he gets out of school"!

"Father-in-law Xi sent a fire in the palace and ordered his subordinates to notify the admiral to rush back to discuss."

That's why Wu Rui and the others will rush to Xihu Yaji, because they know very well the power in Xining's hands, and they know even more about the paranoia of the eunuch's character, and they can't be neglected.

"I see."

Shen Yichen nodded, it is better to be angry than to be panicked.

It seems that Xining has been guarding the border and supervising the army all the year round, and has seen the smoke of gunpowder on the battlefield, so he is not a soft egg who is panicked.

Riding on the high-headed horse brought by Wu Rui, Shen Yichen didn't even have time to say hello to Xu Donghai, so he led people to the Hangzhou Mansion first.

At this time, Xining had already changed into a crimson python robe, and sat in the middle hall of the mansion, if he didn't know his identity as a eunuch in advance, in the eyes of ordinary people, he would definitely think that this was a high-ranking official and important minister of the court, and his momentum was extremely majestic.

Seeing Shen Yichen coming, before the other party saluted, Xining asked in a cold tone, "Admiral Shen doesn't know where he went early in the morning?" ”

Looking at Xining's appearance of asking for guilt, Shen Yichen smiled and said, "I'm sorry Gonggong Xi, the lower official happened to hear that Hangzhou Mansion held a West Lake Yaji, so he went over to take a look." ”

"Admiral Shen shoulders the heavy trust of His Majesty, and he can't lose a big one because of a small one."

In other words, if the general civil minister and admiral went to participate in some kind of elegant gathering, Xining estimated that he couldn't help but feel difficult.

After all, this time he went out to Fujian to quell the rebellion, not only for that merit, but also to return to Beijing as soon as possible and gain a firm foothold in front of the emperor.

The longer he left the town, the more worried Xining was that Wang Zhen would make a "slander" in front of the emperor and cut off his way back to Beijing.

"What the public announces is that the lower officials will keep it in mind."

Shen Yichen is very experienced in how to get along with eunuchs, as long as it is not about the interests of principles, the face that should be given must be given to them.

The physical defects make the psychology of the vast majority of eunuchs more sensitive and extreme than ordinary people.

Offense will be infinitely magnified, giving people the impression that they will be retribution. In the same way, polite respect will be appropriately amplified to obtain the comfort of psychological equality.

Sure enough, seeing Shen Yichen's respectful attitude, Xi Ning's face looked much better, and he nodded and said: "Our family knows that with the talent of Admiral Shen's three yuan and the first, he must have the elegance of a literati, and it is reasonable to participate in the West Lake Yaji." ”

"But now that the situation in Fujian has changed abruptly and urgently, we have been ordered to go out of the town, in case there is a mistake, Your Majesty will blame it, you and I can't afford it."

"Yes, Xia Guan understands."

"I think Admiral Shen already knows what happened on the way back, and the details should be read by the official letter of Deng An, the commander of the Fujian capital."

After that, Xining handed over the official document from the Fujian Metropolitan Commander to Shen Yichen from the table.

After receiving the official document, Shen Yichen immediately opened it and reviewed it, and the main content was similar to what Wu Rui said on the road. The nuance lies in the fact that the commander of the capital, Deng An, implies that the entire Fujian health system has collapsed.

Not only with the contribution of the important town of Jianning Mansion, Quanzhou Mansion was besieged, resulting in the cutting off of command and liaison between northern and southern Fujian. There is also the uprising of Ye Zongliu and others, which made many conservative and oppressive guards and soldiers in ordinary times come to the battlefield to join the camp of the rebel army.

Originally, Fujian commanded the army of the embassy and the navy, and there were 50,000 or 60,000 people on the books. According to the general seven-fold shrinkage in the early and middle Ming Dynasty, there were about 30,000 or 40,000 actual military households in the guard.

Now scattered and scattered, and the actual available soldiers under Deng An are only one or two hundred thousand people.

On the contrary, the rebel army has grown from a few thousand furnaces to nearly 100,000 people, and after deducting some old and weak women and children, the actual number of strong men is at least 50,000.

The difference between the strength of the "enemy" and us is now five times the difference, and I don't know whether Shen Yichen entered Fujian to quell the rebellion or was surrounded by the thief army.

"See? Fujian Commander Deng An and Political Envoy Zhang Chen deceived the superiors and subordinates, and the Fujian Political Secretary had no army to supervise at all! ”

When the words fell, Xining slapped the table with anger, startling Shen Yichen, who was still thinking about the content of the official document.

This is also the reason why Xining is so dissatisfied with Shen Yichen's participation in the West Lake Yaji, a trivial matter that is actually insignificant.

In addition to the sense of urgency brought by Wang Zhen, he was also angered by the current situation of the Fujian Political Division.

You must know that Xining has served as a town guard eunuch in the Nine Border Region all the year round, and the border military town has faced the pressure of the Mongolian iron cavalry, and the entire guard system still maintains relatively complete specifications, and there is no large-scale collapse.

As a result, I never imagined that the actual situation of the commanders and envoys in Fujian would be eroded like this, and the soldiers were not as large as the bandits!

If he knew that this was the case, he would not have traveled thousands of miles from the town of Fujian to tell the emperor to send a large army from Beijing to conquer.

No matter how bad it is, you have to supervise the guards of Zhejiang, Jiangxi and other neighboring provinces, and just rely on people like Fujian to quell a rebellion!

Compared with Xining's anger, Shen Yichen finally understood why Ding Xuan, the superintendent of the imperial historian in history, and Zhang Kai, the imperial historian who took over, failed to quell the rebellion. forced Emperor Zhu Qizhen to send an "all-star" lineup, leading 40,000 soldiers from Beijing and Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and also equipped with equipment such as magic guns and artillery firearms into Fujian.

The reason is not only the tactics of adding oil, but also the serious concealment of information caused by the empty salaries of the local government, and they do not have the strength to encircle and suppress the rebellion, but let the rebel army grow bigger step by step.

After venting the anger in her heart, Xining asked, "Admiral Shen, how do you think this matter should be handled?" ”

"It's business as usual!"

Without thinking too much, Shen Yichen gave an answer.

The reason is very simple, in front of the emperor and his ministers, he made a military order without the need for the court to send a large army to conquest, and he also asked for the rare "mercy" of the court to the rebels.

If the situation is played up now, it will be tantamount to admitting that he is incompetent and has no way to rely on the military affairs of Fujian to quell the rebellion.

It doesn't matter if the emperor holds Shen Yichen accountable, but in the official document, this "thief army" that has reached a scale of nearly 100,000 can be replaced by someone else leading the army to quell the rebellion, how many lives can be left under the knife?

Historically, the entire southeast uprising has had as many as 300,000 direct casualties, and countless indirect casualties have been killed.

In front of him, he was still on the West Lake Yaji, talking about the way of the sage to save the common people, and now this topic is placed in front of Shen Yichen, how can there be suspense in how to choose?

No matter what kind of difficulties you will face, since you are already on the cusp of history, you should turn the tide!