The days when I ransacked the house in Jinyiwei

Chapter 323 I, Chang Tian, ​​have an affair with Wang Shouren
  Wang Shouren and Chang Feng had long planned to go to Nanjing to visit Wang Hua.

Their route was to go south to Hangzhou, then turn back and go north to Nanjing. This was done to hide the factory guards from the eyes and ears of the killers.

Now the factory guard killers have ceased their activities and returned home. Wang Shouren and his entourage took a carriage north to Nanjing, the capital.

The tenth day of February. Nanjing, the residence of Wang Hua, the official minister.

Wang Hua and Wang Shouren, father and son, hugged each other and cried.

Even a saint has human feelings and tears.

Such a story happened before when he faked his death in Hangzhou.

Wang Shouren, Chang Feng, and Basha hid their identities and lived in the famous Jingci Temple in Hangzhou under pseudonyms.

In Jingci Temple, there is a Zen master named Dawu. People all over the world say that he has endless wisdom and a thorough understanding of Buddhist principles.

In the evening, Wang Shouren came to talk to him about Buddhism.

Zen Master Dawu was not a liar monk from later generations. He did not take a teapot and pour boiling water into Wang Shouren's hand.

He just closed his eyes and said nothing. It seems that silence is also a kind of conversation.

After a stick of incense, Wang Shouren, who missed his father, broke the silence and asked Zen Master Dawu: "Does Zen Master have a family?"

Zen Master Dawu opened his eyes: "Yes."

Wang Shouren asked again: "Who else is at home?"

Zen Master Dawu replied: "My mother is still here."

Wang Shouren asked: "Do you miss her?"

Zen Master Dawu suddenly stood on the spot, his eyes showed no wisdom of an enlightened monk, but only a wanderer's longing for his mother.

After a long time, Zen Master Dawu sighed: "Oh, how could I not think about it?"

It is a taboo in Buddhism for monks to miss their family members in the secular world. Let alone an eminent monk, even a young novice who has just become a monk must be ruthless to be considered a qualified monk.

After Zen Master Dawu said these words, in his own opinion, his practice was basically ruined. A look of shame appeared on his face.

Wang Shouren saw what he was thinking and said seriously: "It's human nature to miss your mother! There's nothing to be ashamed of. Go home and see."

The next day, Zen Master Dawu left Jingci Temple and went home to visit his mother.

Wang Shouren and his party also left Jingci Temple. But he was kicked out by the abbot of Jingci Temple.

With just a few words, you made the eminent monk of this temple break his precepts and return home. If you continue to live here, will this temple be corrupted by you?

After experiencing this incident, Wang Shouren realized a truth: no matter where a person is or what his identity is, human nature will last forever.

He could persuade a Taoist monk to go home and visit his mother, let alone meet his biological father?
  At this moment, Wang Shouren, then thirty-six years old, was crying like a child in the arms of his father Wang Hua.

Chang Feng and Basha on the side were quite sad when they saw this.

Wang Shouren cried like a dog barking. Wang Hua, on the other hand, looked excited about what he had lost.

Wang Hua said: "Good boy, I have set up a mourning hall for you. I have even chosen the location of the tomb! Hey! Good! God has eyes, you are alive again!"

The "Shouren fake death" planned by Chang Feng not only deceived the factory guard's killer, but also deceived Wang Hua.

When Wang Hua learned that his son had joined the West Lake in Hangzhou, he didn't eat or sleep for three days. His eyes are still red.

Wang Hua laughed wildly: "Hahaha, the sky has eyes! My son actually came back from the dead!"

Chang Feng lowered his voice: "Old Wang, please keep your voice down. I wonder if you have Liu Jin's eyes and ears in the Shangshu Mansion."

Wang Hua nodded and said to Wang Shouren: "Our father and son are getting together this time. I don't know when we will meet again. Don't cry. Let's go to the dining room. Let's have a reunion wine."

Wang Shouren nodded.

Everyone entered the dining room.

Wang Hua said: "The fake death was arranged by Mr. Chang Shuai, right?"

Chang Feng smiled and said: "It's a small trick. I didn't expect it to fool those idiots in the factory guard."

Wang Hua said: "I was confused for a while, but I will never be confused for the rest of my life."

Chang Feng said: "Don't worry, Mr. Wang. I have already sent a letter to the capital. Someone will protect Brother Shouren's life in front of Liu Jin."

Wang Shouren said: "Father, it's a long and high road to Longchang Mountain. I can't fulfill my filial piety in front of you. You have to take care of yourself."

Wang Huadao: "Don't worry, I'm in good health. I stuck to my conscience and became an enemy of the established emperor, which resulted in my being demoted. Have you ever regretted it?"

Wang Shouren did not answer, but repeated the question raised by his father: "Adhering to your conscience and becoming an enemy of the established emperor, you were demoted. Have you ever regretted it?"

The father and son spoke in unison and gave the same answer: "No regrets!"

Then they looked at each other and laughed.

Wang Huadao: "If scholars want to understand the supreme wisdom - heavenly principles, they must first eliminate human desires. The desire for official power is desire, and the cowardice of living in an ignoble existence is desire. Only by destroying the desire in the heart can"

Wang Shouren interrupted Wang Hua: "Father, isn't human desire not human nature? Human beings have seven emotions and six desires since they were born. This is due to human nature. Isn't it against the laws of nature to destroy human desire?"

Wang Hua was furious: "Nonsense! Heretic! Your statement goes against the orthodox Confucian doctrine!"

Wang Shouren asked his father: "Whose orthodoxy is the so-called Confucian orthodoxy today? Confucius or Mencius? It is obviously Zhu Zi and Cheng Zi. They gave some explanations of Confucius and Mencius. But must Cheng and Zhu be right? "

"In order to use Confucianism to govern the world, emperors of all dynasties relied on people like Zhu Zi and Cheng Zi, and they had already changed Confucianism and Mencius' Confucianism beyond recognition!"

Wang Shouren's remarks were simply heresy in today's Ming Dynasty.

Just like in the Dark Middle Ages when witches were hunted in Europe, you preached the heliocentric theory and the theory of evolution. It is basically a death-seeking act similar to burning or waterboarding.

Wang Hua was dumbfounded at first, and then scolded Wang Shouren: "Rebel! Rebellion! How dare you question Zhu Zi and Cheng Zi? Your first scholar was obtained by studying the theories of Zhu Zi and Cheng Zi! Your second-class scholar was also obtained by studying the theories of Zhu Zi and Cheng Zi. I passed the test on my theory!”

Chang Feng on the side felt a little funny. This father and son are really interesting. Just now we were reunited with our flesh and blood, and we burst into tears.

In just a moment, it turned into an endless debate. The argument turned into a quarrel again. The quarrel eventually turned into a scolding by Wang Hua, who hated iron and failed to make steel.

Wang Hua even rolled up his sleeves. Looking at his posture, he might give his son a big blow at any time.

Chang Feng had no choice but to remind the two of them: "You two, after escaping from death, father and son meet again, don't waste your time arguing."

Wang Hua said angrily: "This kid just said that he can't fulfill his filial piety in front of me! Humph, he is in front of me, let alone fulfill his filial piety. It's better if he doesn't piss me off!"

"Master Chang Shuai, when he was eighteen years old, I asked him about his life ambitions. What do you think this bastard said to me?"

"He said that his ambition was to be a saint! More than arrogance? It was simply arrogance! I was so angry that I wanted to peel off his skin and cramp his tendons!"

Chang Feng smiled and said: "Brother Shouren, hurry up and give Wang Laobutang a glass of wine to apologize."

Wang Shouren poured a glass of wine for his father: "Father, am I wrong? I am not wrong. Chasing after sages is the desire of scholars. This is not arrogance, but ideal!"

Chang Feng hurriedly pulled Wang Shouren's lapel: "Brother Shouren, please stop saying a few words."

Wang Hua sighed: "Alas! I have believed in, studied and used Cheng Zhu all my life. How could I have given birth to a deviant son like you?"

"That's all, as long as we don't talk about Confucianism, we can still be good father and son!" "Let's talk about the present. Anyway, you have cheated death, so don't go to Longchang and find a place to live in seclusion. I'll find a place for you near Xiaoling. A quiet place.”

Wang Shouren said: "Although I am a young postmaster from the ninth rank, I am also an official of the imperial court. I will take the emperor's salary and share the emperor's worries. I should go to my post and fulfill the duties of a postmaster."

"Mencius says: If you are poor, you can be good to yourself; if you are rich, you can help the world. In the eyes of the son, doing one's own duty is to be good to oneself."

Wang Hua sighed: "You have this realization, which shows that you still respect the teachings of the saints."

Wang Hua turned around and said to Chang Feng: "Master Chang Shuai, I will leave Shouren to you. Please try your best to save his life."

Chang Feng held up his hands: "Don't worry, Mr. Wang. I, Chang Feng, have served in Jinyiwei for more than [-] years and have been in charge of Jinyiwei for more than ten years. If I can't even save the life of my best friend, I can stuff my face into my crotch!"

Wang Shouren and Chang Feng only stayed in Nanjing for two days before continuing their journey south to Longchang.

Half a month later, the capital.

Chang Tian just received a letter from Chang Feng. In this letter, Chang Feng came up with a way to keep Wang Shouren. Chang Tian needs to put down his dignity and shame and go to Liu Jin.

Liu Jin's mansion.

Jiao Fang and Zhang Cai, one on the left and one on the right, were discussing political affairs with Liu Jin.

Jiao Fang said: "Henan had a bad harvest last year. We need to pay one million taels of silver from the Ministry of Household Affairs to go to Jiangnan to buy grain and transport it to Henan to prepare for the spring famine."

"However, the national treasury is stretched thin this month. The emperor wants to expand the frontier army and is in urgent need of this million taels of silver."

Liu Jin asked: "Isn't it true that people in Henan haven't starved to death yet? After all, what are the people? The people are just numbers. Some people starve to death, but the number is just smaller. It doesn't matter if there is no ball."

"Expanding the border army to resist the Tatars is related to the Ming Dynasty! This is what the emperor wants to do most at the moment."

"Which one is more serious or less important, why do you still need to ask?"

Jiao Fang nodded: "The one million taels of silver will be allocated to the border troops first. The matter of allocating the silver to purchase grain and transport it to Henan will be postponed."

Zhang Cai said: "Eunuch Liu, let's allocate [-] taels to buy grain first. The expansion of the army is not in the future, and there is no harm in shortening the military expenditure by [-]%."

"Spring famine is imminent. At least, if you allocate one hundred thousand taels to the people of Henan, you will win the reputation of loving the people like your own children!"

"Fame is as important as power!"

Although Zhang Cai was committed to the eunuch party, he had to be said to be a wise minister. Liu Jin can always be persuaded to show mercy and do some human things.

Liu Jin thought for a moment: "Well, you're right. For God's sake, I have always loved the people as my own children! Just allocate [-] taels to Henan!"

Jiao Fang added: "Yang Yiqing went to Beijing last winter to report on his duties. After arriving in Beijing, he set up camp and never left! He stayed in the Leopard Room every day, discussing military strategies with the emperor."

"This person is an accomplice of Zhang Yong. It is not a good thing for him to stay in the capital for a long time. We have to guard against him!"

Liu Jin said: "Don't worry, this matter will be taken care of by me! I have already discussed with Gu Dayong and the others to find a crime and send Yang Yiqing to prison."

When it comes to framing virtuous ministers, Liu Jin and Gu Dayong are becoming more and more sophisticated. They dared to move even local powerful factions like Yang Yiqing and were confident.

Jiao Fang added: "I have to ask Eunuch Liu for his opinion on increasing the tax on salt and tea in Huguang this year."

At this moment, a personal eunuch reported: "Old Ancestor, the eldest lady is here, saying that she wants to see you for something that burns her butt."

Liu Jin said quickly: "Ah? Tangtang is here? Let's discuss Jiao Cifu here today. My daughter must be looking for me because there is something urgent."

Compared with national affairs, Liu Jin obviously thinks that the affairs of his adopted daughter Xiaotangtang are more important.

Jiao Fang and Zhang Cai retreated. After a while, Chang Tian came to Liu Jin.

Without saying a word, Chang Tian sat down on the ground and started crying: "Ooooooo! Ooooooh! Wow, wow, wow! Ouch!"

While crying, she hit the ground with a pair of pink fists.

Liu Jin was a little anxious: "If you have anything to say, please tell me. Stop crying, my scalp is numb from crying!"

"Tangtang, you are no longer a six-year-old baby, you are almost thirty years old. Oh my! Why do you get more and more excited the more I talk about you? You even start rolling!"

A father is not afraid of wolves or tigers, he is afraid of his daughter's tears.

That's what Liu Jin is like.

Chang Tian sniffled, her superb and shameless acting skills were quite like her brother Chang Feng's.

Chang Tian said: "Godfather, let me tell you two shocking secrets."

Liu Jin asked: "Oh? What secret?"

Chang Tian replied: "The first big secret is that Wang Shouren is not dead."

After hearing this, Liu Jin was filled with smoke: "What? Gu Da used his gang of idiots to swear to me that Wang Shouren had already fed the fish."

"I'll send all these idiots to Suzhou to have fun!"

Chang Tian knelt down to Liu Jin and kowtowed three times: "Godfather, my daughter, please don't embarrass Wang Shouren again! Don't send people to kill him again! He will be in the dragon farm in this life, be honest." Really be a sesame official!"

Liu Jin frowned: "Your brother asked you to beg me? This matter is not negotiable! Wang Shouren raised his head and opposed me. If I spare him, where will my prestige remain?"

Chang Tian said: "No, it's not my brother who asked me to beg you. It's me!"

"This is the second shocking secret I want to tell you. I have something personal with Wang Shouren."

Liu Jin was stunned: "Selfish? What kind of selfishness?"

In order to help his brother keep Wang Shouren, Chang Tian did not hesitate to make up a shameless lie: "Of course it is a private matter between men and women, and the bed is private."

Liu Jin was stunned: "Tangtang, did you cuckold your Huang Yuan?"

Chang Tian continued to lie: "A few years ago, my family, Huang Yuan, suffered from an illness. He couldn't get out of bed for several months. My daughter and I were in her youth, and the maiden was unbearably lonely. Wang Shouren often went to my brother's house. He has the elegance of a scholar, I also practice martial arts from time to time, and my body is strong. Back and forth, we, we."

Liu Jin asked: "What's wrong with you?"

Chang Tian covered his face and said, "We just went to sleep!"

Liu Jin blocked her ears with her hands: "Ah! My ears are really dirty! Little Tangtang, little Tangtang, you were so good when you were a child. Why did you become unruly when you grew up?"

Before he finished speaking, Chang Tian banged his head three times again: "Godfather, I beg you. For my sake, please don't embarrass Wang Shouren anymore, okay?"

"He is already a rank-[-] official. He cannot threaten you, godfather!"

"If you don't agree and insist on killing him, I, I will die in front of you! Woohoo! Woohoo!"

Chang Tian began to sit slumped on the bluestone again, banging his head on the ground and rolling around crying.

After crying for a while, she shouted again: "Come here, bring me a piece of white silk! I want to die for my love! You can bring me a knife! I'm not afraid of pain!"

Liu Jin shouted: "Shut up!"

Chang Tian stopped sobbing.

Liu Jin said: "Okay, Tangtang, I must have owed you something in my previous life. When you cry, my heart feels like a knife is cutting it. Isn't that enough if I promise you? Just let Wang Shouren live a good life and be his wife in Longchang Sesame official!"

(End of this chapter)