Yang Baize and the others didn't wait too long, and a pitch-black 'black horse' slowly drove from the street.

The Osaka Castle guards standing on both sides of the road stood tall at the same time, their hot eyes moving with the body.

As soon as the car stopped at the entrance of the Yamen of the Xuanwei Division, a hearty laugh came from the back seat.

"I'm sorry that you've been waiting here for a long time, but I've encountered some small troubles on the way, I hope you will forgive me."

Wang Changting, who stepped out of the car, was smiling, his words were modest, and he was dressed in a plain robe, without the slightest hint of the gentlemanly style of the children of the local wealthy families of the empire.

Yang Baize, who was standing at the front of the crowd, bowed his hand first: "The lower official Yang Baize, leading all the colleagues of the Inuyama City Propaganda Division, has seen Lord Wang."

"Don't be so polite." Wang Changting stepped forward in two steps, stretched out his hand to hold Yang Baize's arm, and said with a smile: "I don't have the face to accept this gift, Yang Tongzhi can greet him at the door, I am already flattered." ”

Wang Changting carefully looked at the young official in front of him, and his eyes flashed with amazement: "Yang Tongzhi is really a young talent, when I was your age, I was still immersed in studying in the New Donglin Academy, and you have already represented the ruling side of the empire, I really admire!" ”

"The adults have won the award, and they are just doing some dirty work, and they can't talk about being in charge. On the contrary, Xia Guan has been yearning for the new Donglin Academy, known as the 'Confucian Longmen', for a long time. If I could, I would rather give up this identity as a fellow scholar and go to the academy to read the books of the sages. ”

"Oh, if Yang Tongzhi really has this idea of further study, then it will be on me, and I will send a letter to the teacher who entered the school when I went back and ask him to leave a seat for you."

Wang Changting said with a smile: "Although the threshold of the new Donglin Academy is high, in front of Yang Tongzhi, it is like walking on the ground." To be able to recommend such an outstanding person to enroll in the school, he is afraid that the old man will have to invite me to a good drink, otherwise I will not agree! ”

"Then thank you, my lord!"

"Well said, well said"

In front of the yamen of the Xuanwei Division, a group of officials who were holding their breath couldn't help but look at each other, and the atmosphere in front of them was extremely harmonious, and there was no expected smell of gunpowder at all.

Only the old official Xu Zhun who was mixed in the crowd had a playful expression, and there was a coldness in his eyes when he looked at Wang Changting.

"My lord, the personnel in charge of all the work in the city have prepared to report, why don't we go to the government first?"

Yang Baize turned sideways to get out of the way and stretched out his hand to ask Wang Changting to go first.

"I'll listen to the report later, and I'm not in a hurry to meet for a while."

Wang Changting rubbed his arms and shoulders, "After sitting on the sea all night, I am now suffering from back pain, I really want to move my muscles and bones, or we will take a walk around the city, and I will also take this opportunity to understand Inuyama City." ”

"Your Excellency has an order, of course you can."

"Then don't stand here, let's go to everyone, just have Yang Tongzhi alone to accompany me."

Wang Changting waved his hand at the rest of the people.

"Yes."

In the sound of pandering, Xu Zhun's lips opened and he was about to speak. But he caught a glimpse of Yang Baize's movements and shook his head covertly, then closed his mouth and dispersed with the crowd.

After a while, the Xuanwei Si Yamen returned to its former desertion, and only Yang Baize and Wang Changting walked out side by side.

"Yang Tongzhi, there are only you and me now, and it is too rusty to continue to call official positions. I'm obsessed with how old you are, so I call you a good brother, how about it? ”

"Then the lower official has trespassed, and I have seen Brother Wang."

Wang Changting looked at the serious Yang Bai Ze, and couldn't help but smile dumbly, "Bai Ze, you are not very old, but your speech and demeanor are so old, it's really amazing." ”

"It's just a deliberate disguise, in a place like the wolf district, if I show my true nature, I can't suppress those sinners."

Yang Baize raised his hand and rubbed his face, not lightly, as if he wanted to rub away the coldness on his facial features, and showed a slightly restrained smile towards Wang Changting.

"It's been a difficult day, but now that you're here, Brother Wang, I'll be able to breathe a sigh of relief."

Wang Changting asked casually: "Since it is so hard, why does Bai Zeling take the initiative to apply to come to the Japanese District to implement the new policy?" ”

"There's no way," Yang Baize sighed: "If I continue to stay in the empire, I'm afraid I won't have a chance to get ahead in this life." The reason for this, Brother Wang, you should understand. ”

"Because of Pei Gong?"

Yang Baize let out a faint 'um'.

"In fact, with his old man's merits and ability, if he wants to return to the New Donglin Party, he can do it at any time. Even the elders in my family often sigh when they talk about Pei Gong, lamenting that such an outstanding talent is actually outside the party, which is really a loss for Confucianism. ”

Yang Baize said sullenly: "As a student, I am not qualified to criticize the teacher's practice. Whatever he chooses, I'll follow. ”

"That's really hard for you, and now the Confucian order is sometimes."

Wang Changting wanted to speak and stopped, "Hey, it's hard to say." ”

While speaking, the two of them had already walked out of the street where the Yamen of the Xuanwei Division was located, and a hot market atmosphere rushed towards them.

Although it is only the middle of the day, the streets are already crowded with people. All kinds of shops are open to welcome customers, and it is a prosperous and lively scene.

"It seems that Bai Ze has implemented the new policy very well, no wonder I often see words praising Inuyama City by name in the bulletins of the Ministry of Officials." Wang Changting's tone was very peaceful.

"It's just that I did my duty, and there's nothing to praise about."

"I know brother, you're still jealous of me."

Wang Changting turned sideways to let go of a Japanese man who was hurrying to order the mao, put his hands in his sleeves, and looked straight ahead.

"You don't have to rush to deny it. If you and I were in a different position today, I am afraid that I would not even be able to greet you at the gate of the yamen, and I would not even let you enter Inuyama City so easily. ”

Yang Baize paused, opened half a position with Wang Changting, and was silent.

"This time, the New Donglin Party let our various gate valves enter the Japanese area, and the intention is obvious, that is, to let us come in and pick fruits. Even the officials today know this, and I am afraid that many of them are waiting to see the excitement of the confrontation between you and me, and even I did not expect that it would be so smooth today. So in front of the Yamen, when Bai Ze saluted me, I didn't dare to accept it, because I was ashamed of it! ”

Wang Changting directly broke through the current situation, and the atmosphere between the two suddenly became solemn.

"You may think it's hypocritical, but I really don't want to come to the Japanese district. Although I, Wang Changting, am not a perfect gentleman, I also have my own bottom line and backbone, and I don't bother to do the matter of the dove occupying the magpie's nest. But I, like Bai Ze and you, have no room to refuse at all, only to accept a choice. ”

Wang Changting sighed and continued: "This time the Wang clan chose Inuyama City, and you should know why. That's right, Wang once had a holiday with your teacher Pei Xingjian. So they did this on purpose, just to get me to sweep you out of the house and have a battle of will. ”

Wang Changting's honesty surprised Yang Baize, staring at the other party's back, his eyes were full of light. For a while, I was a little unsure of the other party's intentions.

"But they are them, and I am me!"

Wang Changting's voice suddenly became excited, and he turned to look at Yang Baize, his eyes burning.

"The public is loyal to the country and works hard, this is the rule I set for myself where I stepped into the Confucian order! Although I am also surnamed Wang, I don't want to be in cahoots with them and do these villain acts. is even more reluctant to continue the grievances of the previous generation and become a puppet of their internal fighting! You can't be like this in reading, and you can't be like this in life! ”

"So when I came this time, I won't compete for Bai Ze's merits, but I want to join forces with you to make Inuyama City a benchmark template for the empire's new policy, so that the court will be impressed. Let those old antiques who are stubborn in their view of the portal understand that our new generation of Confucianism will not take the old road of infighting! ”

These words were impassioned, deafening, and the words were sincere and frank.

Yang Baize seemed to be frightened, the expression on his face alternated between panic and confusion, and finally spit out two short words from his pursed lips.

"Thank you."

"I know Bai Ze still has concerns in your heart, but Lu Yao knows the horsepower, and over time I see the hearts of the people, what kind of person I am, you will naturally know."

Wang Changting sighed, glanced at Yang Baize deeply, turned around and continued to move forward.

And even though the other party had turned his back, the expression on Yang Baize's face was still very complicated, and he seemed to be really shaken by Wang Changting's words.

"Bai Ze, what do you think of the current New Donglin Party?"

Yang Baize was taken aback, and said urgently: "Brother Wang, be cautious." ”

"It doesn't matter, the Langya Wang family is also a first-class gatekeeper, one of the humeral pillars of the New Donglin Party, and a hat that talks about the government is still worn steadily, Bai Ze, you don't dare to say it, then listen to my brother's opinion first."

"I don't know Bai Ze, do you know anything about Emperor Jiajing in the pre-Ming Dynasty? This emperor is knowledgeable and wise, and his one-handed imperial mind is unprecedented, inheriting the unification as a vassal king, and still being able to hold the civil and military officials in the palm of his hand. You must know that it was an era when the sequence was not obvious and the ideological trend was first, and the people's hearts could only be observed with the naked eye, and it was impossible to distinguish between loyalty and treachery. Emperor Jiajing was able to delegate power for decades, and the throne was still solid. Now, at least he is a peerless figure in the first vertical and horizontal order! ”

"But such an ambitious emperor, but indulged in the immortal fantasy woven by the Dao Order, reciting clear words, eating Dan mercury, and unable to extricate himself all day long, he actually blamed a natural event that did not snow on the dishonesty of the Dao and caused the curse, and the Confucian Order became a boiling abyss of public resentment, and was innocently implicated."

"I once saw this account in a Huangliang History Museum in Confucianism."

Yang Baize said slowly: "However, on the version I saw at the time, there are annotations left by people in the law order, and there is one of them that I am deeply impressed, that person said that a winter without snow may not necessarily attract insects and locusts in the next year, but the hidden danger of the Jiajing Dynasty will inevitably completely explode because of a trivial matter." The palace has excessive expenditures, the cabinet is greedy for ink, the treasury is empty, the people are not happy, Confucianism is the first to bear the brunt, and the crime is punished! ”

"I don't agree with that. The real root of the illness in the Jiajing period lies in the ethereal and ethereal 'non-action' thinking of the Taoist order, which made the emperor ignore hundreds of officials as if they were fictitious and ignore the common people in the world! ”

Wang Changting said eloquently: "Bai Ze, you look at the emperors of the empire, starting from Emperor Taizu Gao, in the troubled times, he won the world vertically and horizontally, opened a dynasty, and covered the ages, but because he was deeply influenced by the Buddhist order at the end of the year, he made the mistake of disrespecting Confucius and Mencius after the founding of the country!" Although he woke up when he was old, he used the harsh laws and brutal methods of the law to rule the empire, regarded the cabinet as servants, and set up hundreds of officials like enemies, beating him when he said he wanted, killing him if he wanted to, how many unjust, false and wrongful cases were created, and how many imperial humerus were killed in vain? ”

"In the Jiajing period, the emperor was even more bewitched by the Taoist order, did not think about governing the world, delusionally became an immortal, and was bent on looting the wealth of the people in the world to enrich himself."

"It was passed on to Emperor Chongzhen, because the empire was revived by martial arts, and since then the martial arts have been indulged, which has led to the disaster of the martial order for hundreds of years! It even made us Confucian Xu have to abandon the car to protect the handsome, and secretly help Daoxu to spread out the Huangliang dream, which ended that period of dark rule. ”

"And after the world was divided, although Emperor Longwu, who succeeded to the throne, no longer believed in those sideways, he still rejected the Confucian order, took the sword sideways, authorized the eunuchs, and ruled the world with domestic slaves, which led to the eunuch party becoming bigger, and almost let a group of monsters who were not even as good as Huangliang ghosts steal Sheji."

"Counting the history of the empire, how many emperors have been weakened because of their disrespect for Confucius and Mencius, the people's hearts are withered, demons are rampant, and mountains and rivers are sinking!"

Wang Changting's words are sonorous: "So Confucianism governs the country, this is the only foundation of prosperity!" ”

It turned out to be a Confucian fanatic!

Yang Baize suddenly realized, although he showed an expression of approval on his face, he had already scoffed at Wang Changting's words in his heart.

said that Hongwu was tyrannical, but did not mention that hundreds of officials bent the law.

said that Jiajing was greedy, but did not mention the corruption of the party lords.

said that Chongzhen indulged in martial arts, but did not mention that scholars misled the country.

However, this skill of avoiding the important and confusing black and white is worthy of the gate valve elite who came out of the new Donglin Academy!

"Brother Wei is discussing these things with you today, not because of a moment of excitement, but to tell you that I, like you, do not agree with the new Donglin Party that only fights among infighting now!"

"In my opinion, the real enemy of the Confucian Order is never the inside, but the other sequences! Those who are not of my race will have different hearts. The 'race' in this sentence is not only limited to bloodline, but its meaning should cover the word 'order'! ”

Wang Changting deliberately took a step behind and walked side by side with Yang Baize, who fell behind him.

"What I said, do you think it's true, Brother Bai Zexian?"

Yang Baize's heart sank suddenly, and he finally saw the dagger.

The flow of people around him was like a tide, but Yang Baize was like falling into an ice cave at the moment, and a chill was haunting him.

"I have always had reservations about some of the practices of the New Donglin Party."

Yang Baize gave an ambiguous answer, but Wang Changting didn't care.

"Then it seems that you and my brother are of the same mind, the foreign enemy is the real confidant, and the unanimous external is the attitude that our generation of Confucianism should have. Bai Ze, you used to be alone in the Wa District, and in order to stabilize the overall situation, you need to seek the help of others. But now that you're a brother, you're no longer alone. ”

Wang Changting smiled kindly: "Some outsiders who should be cleaned up should be dealt with in time, but they can't be soft-hearted, so as not to have too many dreams at night and a big tail." ”

"Are there any outsiders in Inuyama Castle?"

"Isn't it?"

Yang Baize said calmly: "Then it seems that I am short-sighted, I don't know who the outsider in Brother Wang's mouth refers to, please make it clear?" ”

"Inuyama Castle, Jinyiwei."

Wang Changting patted Yang Baize on the shoulder: "Brother Wei knows that Bai Ze is a person who values feelings, and he has inherited the kindness of Jinyiwei before, so he has never been able to do it." But don't worry, you're lucky this time, someone will help you solve this puzzle. ”

Yang Baize's eyes closed slightly: "Did Lord Wang forget, Su Qianhu is still in the Wei District." ”

"Of course I won't forget that, but what does it have to do with me? I'm not the one helping you. ”

Wang Changting said with a smile: "Inuyama Castle Jinyi Guard poured out of the nest and went to Osaka to exterminate the Japanese rebellion. It's normal for a high-risk operation like this to have deaths and injuries, you say? ”

Wang Changting said it lightly, but Yang Baize's heart was surging.

"Brother Xian, you are a rare talent, although you are not a member of the New Donglin Party, but you don't have those pedantic views for your brother. So I hope you can understand the current affairs, be a handsome, and help me manage Inuyama Castle. After making merits, your share is naturally indispensable. Do you understand? ”

Yang Baize's footsteps suddenly stopped, and his body was nailed in place.

This time, Wang Changting did not continue to stop and wait for him, but went straight forward.

Wang Changting's hands in his sleeves were slowly behind his back, and the dense crowd in front of him actually made way for him.

If the official travels, the people will be avoided.

(End of chapter)