Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 144
Xia Yunyi and Chen Zilong looked at each other, and said at the same time: "The ministers have already made up their minds, and I will use this body to pay for China, pay for the ancestral temple, and pay for Sheji. Even if I die a hundred times, I will have no regrets."

"Okay, let's join the ranks." Chongzhen nodded happily.

Xia Yunyi and Chen Zilong boldly walked towards the scholars lined up behind the banner gate.

Including Xia Wanchun who stepped in first, the scholars in the line once again clasped their fists together to express their welcome to Xia Yunyi and Chen Zilong, and Xia Yunyi also bowed in return.

Etiquette, coupled with shirts and characters, has an inexplicable elegance.

I have to say that Huaxia's ancient etiquette is much better than handshakes and the like.

At this time, two more scholars stood in front of Chongzhen and said, "Caomin and others are also willing to enter this gate."

Chongzhen asked the two scholars again as usual: "Listen well, once you enter this gate, you will no longer be free. I will treat you and other scholars with military regulations and laws. Have you thought about it?"

Military regulations?The two scholars hesitated a little.

Chongzhen was not angry either, he waved his hand and said, "Since you haven't thought about it, let's step aside and think about it."

The two scholars walked to the side in desperation, looked at the scholars lined up behind the flag gate, a little envious, but inevitably hesitated, and fell into a huge struggle in their hearts.

……

Among the scholars in the distance, a group of officials and eunuchs were also hesitating.

Fang Yizhi frowned and said, "You guys should tell me, shall we enter this door of life and death?"

"If you want me to say, you can never enter this door." Hou Fangyu said, "How noble is my status as a scholar in my life, how can the Holy One treat me with the same military rules as Qiu Basi? This is really insulting."

"Brother Chaozong's statement is absurd." Gu Gao waved his hands and said, "Mencius said, therefore, when Heaven will send a great mission to the people of Sri Lanka, it must first suffer from their will, exhaust their muscles and bones, starve their bodies and skins, empty their bodies, and drive them into chaos. What he did, so he moved his heart and patience, and he benefited what he couldn't do. I think the Holy Majesty's move is to temper us, not to really treat my generation of scholars as pawns."

"Brother Zifang's words are also in line with my wishes." Wu Yingji slapped his folding fan and said, "I will follow him."

Hou Fangyu's complexion instantly became embarrassing, because all along, the young masters in the Fushe were always following his lead, but now Gu Gao openly questioned his opinion.

What made him even more angry was that Wu Yingji also supported Gu Gao.

Chen Zhenhui frowned and said: "I think what Brother Chao Zong said is reasonable, after all, now we are also highly valued by Mr. Ma, the deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, even if we don't enter the gate of life and death, and don't follow Shengjia to go north, we can still stay here Everyone calls the wind and the rain, so why enter this door and put yourself under the dangerous wall?"

Well, the brother who has always been close has finally shown a rift.

This is also the first time that there have been serious differences among Fushe leaders.

It can be predicted that Fushe, a group with special influence in the Jiangnan literary world, is already on the verge of splitting, and it is estimated that it will fall apart today.

……

In fact, Chongzhen had already noticed this.

However, Hou Fangyu, Chen Zhenhui and the others regarded the rehabilitated society as the leading society in the Jiangnan literary world, but it was not within the scope of Chongzhen's vision at all.

From the beginning to the end, Chongzhen did not take Fushe seriously.

The general trend of history is vast and mighty, and it is definitely not something that a budding society or a group of aristocratic princes who have not even experienced life and death can turn around.

Fushe is still far from becoming a real political association.

No, before the real life-and-death juncture was reached, the group of Gongzige, the leader of Fushe, began to split.

As for the humble scholars who joined the Fushe before, since they came to Nanjing, they almost never mentioned their membership in the Fushe in front of others. These scholars have actually left the Fushe.

Regarding the children of the aristocratic family and the scholars of the humble family, Chongzhen and Ma Minglu once had an in-depth discussion.

Ma Minglu is more optimistic about Gu Gao, Wu Yingji, Hou Fangyu, Chen Zhenhui, Fang Yizhi and Zheng Sen and other officials' children. He believes that these officials' children not only have connections, but also follow their parents to receive education since childhood, so they have the ability to deal with things and see problems. His vision is better than that of poor scholars.

Most of the humble scholars have never seen much of the world, so their vision of seeing problems is inevitably narrow, even paranoid, and their ability to deal with various practical problems is often unsatisfactory.

Therefore, the value of cultivating the children of official and aristocratic families is obviously greater than that of poor scholars.

But Chongzhen didn't see it that way. He believed that things like vision and ability to deal with things can be acquired through experience, but things such as will and quality are difficult to obtain through experience.

Among the children of official families, there are also those with outstanding will and quality, such as Zheng Sen.

But in general, the quality of will of the children of official families is very worrying.

On the other hand, poor scholars, because they have to endure suffering from childhood, this kind of suffering has left an indelible and deep imprint in their lives, and it is this deep-rooted imprint that makes the poor The ability to withstand hardships and hardships is far better than that of the children of the aristocratic family.

For example, in reading, the children of aristocratic families also have outstanding talents, but most of them can't stand the boring books of sages and stereotyped articles, so they use their talents in prose poetry and even composing music books. This is also because they have no worries about food and clothing. So there is no need to pass scientific examinations to change your life.

But poor scholars are different, because they can only change their lives by passing scientific examinations, so they can only grit their teeth and bury their heads in studying sage books, and then develop a tenacious quality of will during ten years of hard study.

The price of studying hard in the cold window is that you can't be good at dancing and socializing, and you can't write poems and lyrics on the Qinhuai River to make people smile.

As long as these humble children are given a chance, they will grasp it tightly and will not give up easily until they die.

It is precisely this point that is very important to the new army envisioned by Chongzhen and the clean and honest new civil servant group, as for the others, it is not a problem.

Don't look at these humble scholars who are far less sophisticated than the children of aristocratic families at this time.

But Chongzhen was convinced that when these humble scholars had withstood the test of blood and fire in Xuzhou and survived the cruel battlefield, they would have a great sublimation in terms of thinking and handling ability.

At that time, the shortcomings brought by these humble scholars from their original families will be perfectly complemented.

Waiting for these humble scholars to return to Nanjing, facing those children from aristocratic families who stayed in Nanjing because of their greed for pleasure, it will be a dimensionality-reducing crush!Whether it is from the level of thinking, the quality of will, or the ability to handle various affairs, the two sides are completely different.

By that time, associations like Fushe will no longer have the soil to survive.

Therefore, Chongzhen really didn't take Fushe seriously. He came to Nanjing for more than a month, and he didn't even bother to intervene, but just quietly waited for these sons and brothers to part ways on their own, even if they didn't split up, and then none of them. It's okay to be willing to go north, just a group of children from a family of officials and officials.

More than [-] poor scholars gathered in Nanjing this month.

Including the more than [-] students of Guozijian, the total number has exceeded [-].

The two big banners erected today of "promotion and wealth" and "greed for life and fear of death" will definitely dissuade or frighten most scholars, but according to Chongzhen's estimate, there will be almost [-] people left behind!
Chongzhen's psychological bottom line is to leave three thousand!

As long as there are three thousand scholars left, it will be almost the same.

Because at the beginning of the formation of the Northern Expeditionary Army, there were only more than [-] Whampoa students.

As long as there are [-] scholars left, Chongzhen has the confidence to turn these [-] people into [-] seeds, and then use these [-] seeds to hatch a new army and a new-style civilian team of integrity and self-discipline.

When this new army is fully trained and formed, and when this new type of civil service team is formed, Daming should be truly revived.

The whole ceremony lasted until noon the next day. During this period, Chongzhen never rested except for eating and relaxing. He only wanted to take charge of this link himself, and he was unwilling to do anything else.

The final result was far better than Chongzhen's expectations.

Chongzhen's bottom line was [-] people, but in the end more than [-] scholars resolutely crossed the gate of life and death.

Chongzhen did not speak harshly to those scholars who chose to stay. Instead, he encouraged those who had obtained the qualifications to study their homework as soon as possible and strive to be named on the Enke Jinbang.

After some encouragement, Chongzhen took more than [-] scholars and headed north.

Zhu Cihong took the scholars left behind and sent Chongzhen and Beishang scholars all the way to Yanziji Wharf, bidding farewell.

It wasn't until the ferry boat on which Chongzhen and Beishang Shizi were boarded had sailed to the north bank and disappeared in the mist and rain that Zhu Cihong returned to Nanjing City with a somewhat disappointed mood.

Among the scholars who returned to Nanjing were Hou Fangyu and Chen Zhenhui.

Looking at the ferry boat and scholars going away, the two of them had mixed feelings.

The four sons of Fushe finally broke up. Fang Yizhi, Mao Xiang, and Gu Gao left with Chongzhen, but Hou Fangyu, Chen Zhenhui and others chose to stay in the gentle town of Nanjing.

As soon as Hou Fangyu returned to the city, he immediately came to Meixiang Tower.

Because Prince Qin has been staying together for the past few days and is not allowed to leave without permission, Hou Fangyu has not seen Li Xiangjun for several days. He is very worried that Li Xiangjun will not listen to his advice and insist on joining the National Disaster Troupe. If this happens, he will be very embarrassed , I don’t even have a place to live in Nanjing.

Without Li Xiangjun, Li Zhenli would not support him.

Hou Fangyu hurried and hurried, and finally arrived at Meixianglou.

In the end, I saw Li Zhenli, the madam, instructing the servants to move the furniture out.

"Mom, what are you doing?" Hou Fangyu asked in amazement, "Are you selling furniture?"

"What kind of furniture do I sell?" Li Zhenli said angrily, "I have already sold Meixianglou."

"Ah?" Hou Fangyu was taken aback when he heard the words, "Mom actually sold Meixiang Building?"

"Otherwise?" Li Zhenli said unhappily, "Xiang girl has already gone north to Xuzhou with the National Disaster Troupe. My Meixiang Building does not have Xiang girl, so can it still be Meixiang Building? Why don't you sell it?"

"This bitch!" Hou Fangyu's face collapsed.

(End of this chapter)