Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 549 The Controversy of Huiyuan (Part [-])
Although the civil examination in the Ming Dynasty had three consecutive exams like the rural exams, it also only focused on the first exam.

After the third exam, Gao Wushi felt relaxed and stayed at home to rest honestly. He even briefly looked at the news and requests for instructions from various industries in Jinghua, and most of them only gave them approval. manage.

Guo Pu and Zhang Siwei both sent people to inquire about his exam status, but Gao Yushi only replied "normal performance".He met Zhang Taizheng in the examination room that day and found out that Zhang Siwei refused to be the examiner, not only to avoid the accusation of his high pragmatism, but also to avoid the accusation of his son.

The so-called resting at home after the exam is actually not accurate. In fact, until the examination papers are finished and the rankings are released, there are many banquets that candidates can participate in. A small banquet on three days and a big banquet on five days are all allocated by the imperial court. There are many names, but it can be regarded as the imperial court's acquiescence to deepen the friendship between Juren, whether it is the friendship of the same hometown or the friendship of the same year.

Gao Wushi did not attend all the banquets, but only participated in a small banquet for Henan juzi as Henan Jieyuan, and a big banquet for all three juan in the north, south and middle.

There was nothing special worth mentioning happened in Henan Xiaoyan. As Jie Yuan, Gao Yushi didn't want to talk too much, lest he would steal everyone's limelight when he opened his mouth. Say goodbye and go home.

However, during the three-juan banquet, he discovered some interesting people and things. In addition to a few pairs of brothers for reference, Gao Wushi also found two Nanjuan candidates worthy of attention.

Of these two people, one is Huang Kezuan, courtesy name Shaofu, from Meilin, Fujian. Gao Yushi only vaguely remembers that he was called "Huang Wubu" in his hometown in the future. He is famous, his name is Gu Xiancheng, his style name is Shushi, he was born in Wuxi, Changzhou Prefecture, Nanzhili, and he was the founder of Donglin Academy, the head of the so-called Eight Gentlemen of Donglin.

Gao Wushi didn't remember their rankings in this spring, but it was almost certain that they were all undergraduate Jinshi, so he was quite concerned.

Especially for Gu Xiancheng, Gao Yushi is very concerned.He has the historical experience of later generations, so he is quite disliked by the Donglin Party.

The decline of the Ming Dynasty, in addition to internal and external troubles, rigid system, continuous natural disasters, etc., was also a very important reason for the disaster of party struggle.In the early years before his time travel, the eunuchs were always beaten and killed, but later on, the Donglin Party was undoubtedly the most hated.

Speaking of the Donglin Party, I am afraid that few people have never heard of it, because the name of the Donglin Party is very resounding in both film and television dramas and textbooks.There is also "Tombstone of Five People" in Chinese textbooks. The upright and unyielding images of Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and other "Donglin gentlemen" make people feel good about the huge political group behind them.But people who are really familiar with the history of the Ming Dynasty, especially the history of the late Ming Dynasty, mostly sneer at the Donglin Party, and even think that the Donglin Party is the culprit of the Ming Dynasty's demise. Why?
The Donglin Party is actually a political freak born under the special political and cultural ecology since the Wanli period.A group of frustrated political activists represented by Gu Xian, in the name of giving lectures at Wuxi Donglin Academy, formed such a political group with a strong voice among the people.

But they are different from other political groups. At the beginning, they did not have the support of powerful high-level political forces. They relied entirely on the link of academies to integrate the political forces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang merchants, landlords and scholar-bureaucrats.

Compared with the clear demands for power struggle of other political groups, the Donglin Party has established a very high style since its inception, and it has made helping the world a loud and clear slogan.Its representative characters, such as Gu Xiancheng, Zhao Nanxing, Zou Yuanbiao and other banner characters, are all idol-level scholar-bureaucrats who have enjoyed a strong reputation among the people all the year round.

What is the truth?
In fact, most of the Donglin party members are admirers of Yangming's philosophy of mind, but they flaunt the idea of ​​conscience, but they cannot achieve the unity of knowledge and action like Wang Yangming.

From Wanli to Chongzhen, in the center of power, they hardly made any constructive measures and policies in the face of the country's political difficulties and crises.

Since they could not come up with practical methods and policies, they put their minds into "dismantling".When Xu Guangqi proposed technological reforms and other ideas, the Donglin Party suppressed them with curses; when Xiong Tingbi made a splash in Liaodong, they continued to attack Xiong Tingbi with public opinion.

They talk a lot, but their eyes are high and their hands are low. They can't do it by themselves, they can't do it, and they don't allow others to do it and change the country.It was this group of self-proclaimed lofty and talented Donglin Party members who seriously hindered the reform and governance at the end of the Ming Dynasty and made the Ming Dynasty miss the last chance to reform and save itself.

A political group must have its own interests. The Donglin Party, as a representative of emerging businesses and landlords and scholar-bureaucrats, did not hesitate to harm the interests of the country and the people in order to maximize their own interests.

In fact, since the Long and Wannian years, new capitalism has sprouted, especially the unprecedented prosperity of commerce in the south of the Yangtze River.The financial reforms that emerged during the reign of Tianqi introduced industrial and commercial taxes and mining taxes, which effectively eased the financial strain of the Ming Dynasty at that time.

However, such policies harmed the interests of landlords and businessmen in the south of the Yangtze River represented by the Donglin Party. When the Donglin Party came to power, they immediately abolished all these policies.

Under the circumstances of internal and external troubles, fiscal and taxation is particularly important. If the taxation of industry and commerce is suddenly reduced, the financial strain can be imagined.However, the imperial court can't really drink the wind and smoke. In this way, the Donglin Party can only pass the tax on to the ordinary people. The people are overwhelmed and can only choose to rebel.

The Ming Dynasty, where capitalism was sprouting and flourishing, was unable to increase tax revenue through industry and commerce for a long time. This kind of unimaginable strangeness in ancient human history was thanks to the Donglin Party.

What's more interesting is that when the country really can't afford money and needs them to donate, they all flaunt their incorruptibility and cry about being poor.But after the city was broken, Wan Guan's wealth was found in their home, which is really a great irony.As for the Donglin Party, which has always believed in the idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, when the Ming Dynasty fell, it either fled or surrendered, making various farces such as "the water is too cold".Such a Donglin Party, how can high pragmatism have a good impression?

So, when he saw the young Gu Xiancheng for the first time, Gao Wushi even thought about one thing: should he criticize this guy in advance and set foot on ten thousand feet?
To be honest, Gao Wushi has a bad overall impression of Nanjuan Jinshi. Compared with some Shanxi merchants in the late Ming Dynasty who smuggled and raised Jinshi, they were all just scabies. It is an easy problem to deal with, but these "gentlemen" are the internal cause of Daming's death, and it is difficult to deal with.

Gao Yushi decided to observe carefully before making a decision, but what he never expected was that although Gu Xiancheng had been talking loudly with others during the banquet, he actually kept criticizing Xinxue in his words!

What the hell is going on?Is this guy still a practical disciple?

Gao Wushi was dumbfounded: I will not be dragged into the water by you in the future, right?

　Uh, when it comes to "The Gentleman of Donglin", I can't hold back. I'm afraid this chapter has gone astray... Cover your face and slip away.In addition, I would like to thank the book friends "Dragon City General", "Stardust as the Moon", and "Light vs Dark" for their monthly support, thank you!Thank you also to all friends who voted for recommendation!

　　
　
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