Optimus One Pillar of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 20 The handsome guy’s life is impermanent

Hearing the middle-aged scholar in front of him say that he was Yin Zhengmao, Wang Daoqiu couldn't help but blurt out and confirm it to the other party.

And when Yin Zhengmao saw Wang Daoqiu looking at him with an expression as if he had seen a ghost, he was so confused that the monk Zhang Er was scratching his head.Are you so famous?Why was even Jieyuan from Zhejiang Province so surprised when he heard his name?Not so!Six years ago, I was ranked No. 30 in the national examination, and I failed the examination for two consecutive years. My name has long been submerged in the Jiangnan Scholars.Except for my fellow Huizhou fellow, who would know that there is a person like Yin Zhengmao in this world?
Yin Zhengmao knew that he was definitely not that famous, so Wang Daoqiu's expression of seeing a ghost really confused Yin Zhengmao.Now Yin Zhengmao doesn't know what words to use to explain that he, Yin Zhengmao, is Yin Zhengmao.

So Yin Zhengmao, who couldn't explain clearly, just learned and applied it. He imitated Wang Daoqiu's method of proving his identity, went back to the room, took out his election certificate and handed it to Wang Daoqiu.

"Yin Zhengmao, born on the fourth day of June in the eighth year of Zhengde, from Shangli County, Huizhou Prefecture, Nanzhili, Ding Nan, Jiajing 19th year..."

Seeing the identity information on Yin Zhengmao's certificate, Wang Daoqiu confirmed that the old piece of bacon in front of him was indeed Yin Zhengmao, a famous civil and military genius in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

According to the records of Ming Dynasty, there were five No. 30 in Yin Zhengmao's rural examination, and 1 in the general examination.After the examination, he was transferred to the Xingren Division as Xingren, which is now Xia Yan, the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty. This was his first official position, so Xia Xingfu was nicknamed "Xia Xingren".

According to the history of the Ming Dynasty, because Yin Zhengmao ranked high in the palace examination, he was soon promoted from an errand deliverer to a military officer. During his tenure, he was impartial and selfless. He repeatedly pointed out illegal activities in the government and reported them to the court, which made many Although the lawless people in the government were afraid, he still handled the cases fairly and cleared many wronged people.

Of course, compared with these fairness in handling cases, the shining point of Yin Zhengmao's life was mainly reflected in the military.He was ordered to face danger many times to resist Japanese pirates and consolidate coastal defense, quell rebellions of ethnic minorities in southwest Guangdong and Guangxi, and maintain national stability.

Yin Zhengmao was a capable minister and a strange person. Even in the official history of the Ming Dynasty, celebrities at that time had serious conflicting views on Yin Zhengmao.Some people firmly praised Yin Zhengmao for his integrity, while others criticized Yin Zhengmao for being corrupt and corrupt.

In any case, the two schools of thought held their own opinions, and each had its own reasons. Later generations do not know which one is correct.But now that Wang Daoqiu has come to the Ming Dynasty, he can personally solve this historical mystery.

It was clear that the other party was Yin Zhengmao, a capable minister of the Ming Dynasty, so Wang Daoqiu asked Yin Zhengmao politely: "Brother Shi Ting is worried. I wonder if I am lucky enough to be able to live in the same room with Brother Shi Ting?"

"Please, please, please, Mr. Xie Yuang, you are so polite. I can live in the same room with Mr. Xie Yuan from Zhejiang Province and go to Beijing to take the exam together. This is because I, Yin Zhengmao, have learned a lot about Mr. Yuan! Come, come, come, Mr. Xie Yuan, please hurry up." Please come in, Yin will help Mr. Xie Yuang carry his luggage."

After saying this, Yin Zhengmao came up to grab the luggage Wang Daoqiu was carrying.Yin Zhengmao was older than Wang Daoqiu, and he passed the examination earlier than Wang Daoqiu. According to the rules of the scholar forest, Yin Zhengmao was Wang Daoqiu's senior.So how could Wang Daoqiu dare to ask Yin Zhengmao, a senior, to help him, a junior, carry his luggage?So as soon as Yin Zhengmao got started, Wang Daoqiu hurriedly said polite words while dodging Yin Zhengmao and entering the room himself.

Seeing Wang Daoqiu enter the room, the boatman also entered the room with his luggage.After putting Wang Daoqiu's luggage away, the boatman said a few more polite words and went off to do his own work.

After the store clerk left, Yin Zhengmao first helped Wang Daoqiu fix the bed, and then he sat on his bed and began to fall into the mode of enlightenment.

After being so stupid for a while, Yin Zhengmao seemed to have an epiphany. He pointed at Wang Daoqiu who was putting away his luggage and exclaimed: "I remember, I remember, you were the one who was kicked off the list as soon as you left the gate of Gongyuan. The person who captured the son-in-law was Zhejiang Jieyuan who tore off all his clothes. Yes, yes, yes, it was you, I remembered it."

Mu De, it’s true that good things don’t go out, but bad things spread thousands of miles!This gossip spread quickly in just over a month, and even Yin Zhengmao, a mountain boy in Huizhou Prefecture, knew about it!Damn, at this speed, is this still the ancient times where communication basically relies on shouting and transportation basically relies on walking?The network society of later generations will be similar, just at this speed!
Feeling impressed by the Chinese people's world-leading ability to spread rumors, Wang Daoqiu felt embarrassed when faced with Yin Zhengmao's silly expression eager to solve his doubts.

Hehe, hehe, hehe, Wang Daoqiu coughed a few times, then blushed and said to Yin Zhengmao in embarrassment: "Brother Shi Ting, don't mention this scandal again, just leave a thin noodle for me, okay? "

"Hey, dear brother, look what you said? How can you call this a scandal? After all, it's not your fault, it's the people who are trying to catch your son-in-law. It's so unreasonable. My dear brother, let me tell you... ."

"Okay, okay, brother Shi Ting, let's not mention the matter of the Zhejiang Gongyuan that day. By the way, brother Shi Ting, it's time for meals here. Is there a canteen on this ship?"

"Yes, the cabin is just below ours. The craftsmanship of the master chef on this ship is still very good. They say that Sichuan people are good at food, and they are indeed well-deserved! Come on, dear brother, you and I will get to know each other. Today is my brother's day. To catch the wind for you.”

"How dare you ask your brother to spend money? He is the senior, and the younger brother should respect him."

"Oh, you have just arrived. Your brother is a landlord! You should fulfill your duties as a landlord for your brother and support your virtuous brother."

"Brother, little brother..."

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Next, Wang Daoqiu and Yin Zhengmao began to "reason" as they walked about who should pay for tonight's meal.However, the two talked about "reason" for a while, and Wang Daoqiu saw that Yin Zhengmao really wanted to treat him to dinner today, and was not being polite.Then Wang Daoqiu took advantage of the situation and said a few polite words, and then showed an expression of "I can't defeat you, I can't defeat you", allowing Yin Zhengmao to win the debate.

Entering the dining hall, Yin Zhengmao called the waiter.I politely ordered four dishes, one soup and a pot of glutinous rice wine.When Yin Zhengmao ordered the food, Wang Daoqiu looked at it with a smile and did not stop him. Anyway, he would just return the invitation later.After ordering the food and sending the waiter away, Yin Zhengmao looked like a curious child and asked Wang Daoqiu this and that in a low voice.In the end, some small personal matters even turned to academic discussions.

As a capable minister, Yin Zhengmao was practical at heart, so his academic explorations were mainly focused on national affairs, and there were no eight-part essays, poems and songs.

Wang Daoqiu is naturally not afraid of these big things as a big netizen in the explosion of Internet information in later generations. Isn't it just a good time to fool the big things?
So when Yin Zhengmao talked about the rebellion of the ethnic minorities in the southwest, Wang Daoqiu talked about the Qing Dynasty's solution to the problem, "returning the land to the locals." "Come into the motherland"; as soon as Yin Zhengmao mentioned the southern Japanese and northern captives, Wang Daoqiu started to blow...

"Pa, good, great good, the country has many capable people, God bless me, Ming Dynasty." There was a huge sound of slapping the table, followed by a high-pitched praise.

It was so sudden that Wang Daoqiu, who was fooling Yin Zhengmao and having a sense of achievement, was taken aback.It also shocked the other dozen tables of diners who were dining in the dining hall at this time.

Everyone looked for the reputation and saw a handsome young man with a Chinese character face, sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes, a plump figure, a long beard reaching his waist, and an elegant uniform.He stood there, with a face of shame, and apologized to the diners around him: "Everyone, everyone, I am Zhang Juzheng and Zhang Taiyue in Jiangling. I just listened to this little brother talking about state affairs, and I couldn't control myself on a whim. Meng Lang, Zhang apologizes to everyone, please bear with me, bear with me."

"Tch, what's the use of just apologizing! You scared me to death just now, you should make amends."

"Yes, yes, let him pay. He should pay for all our meals today."

"That's right, that's right. If you make a mistake, you should compensate for it."

"And I'm going to blackmail you. This little brother was just careless, and he didn't cause any damage to you, so there's no way he can compensate you."

"It's extremely, it's extremely, a bunch of unruly people, it's a disgrace to civility."

"What, what are you sour scholars saying, do you dare to fight a certain one?"

"Shameless bandits, how dare you speak arrogant words in public, aren't you afraid of the king's law?"

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Zhang Juzheng was so fascinated by Wang Daoqiu's bragging that he unconsciously clapped the table and applauded.When he came to his senses and found that everyone around him was looking at him with disgust, he quickly stood up and apologized to everyone.

But those who are willing to spend money to eat in the canteen of passenger ships are similar to those in our later generations who are willing to spend money to eat in train dining cars. They are all rich people.Moreover, in this era, people who were rich and could eat in the canteens of passenger ships were nothing more than two types of people, one was the rich man who did business and collected rent, and the other was the scholar with a good reputation.

In addition to these two types of people, there are others such as ordinary people, who are reluctant to spend this unjust money, and officials who rely on their status will eat their meals in their own rooms and will not sit in the dining hall to change the price.

Therefore, after Zhang Juzheng apologized, the rich men in the two groups were seeking profit, so they demanded compensation from Zhang Juzheng; and those scholars who were wearing student uniforms saw that Zhang Juzheng was also wearing student uniforms, and knew that Zhang Juzheng was one of their own.

So when faced with the lowest-ranking merchants in the empire, they had the audacity to speak rudely to the scholars. The other scholars in the dining hall instinctively formed a gang and started to quarrel with those wealthy and evil merchants. stand up.All of a sudden, the canteen of the passenger ship became a mess.

As a scholar, Wang Daoqiu did not go out to join the scholar team at this time. Instead, he looked at Zhang Juzheng with shock, who was running around to persuade the two parties in the argument.

In the history of Ming Dynasty, what is Zhang Juzheng's position in Chinese history?I believe that anyone with a bit of historical knowledge will know this man!

This Zhang Juzheng can be regarded as the most powerful cabinet chief minister in the Ming Dynasty's more than 270 years of national development.It can be said that Zhang Juzheng was the real emperor of the Ming Dynasty ten years before the Wanli Dynasty, and Wanli was just a primary school student trembling in front of him.

It is said that Zhang Juzheng dominated the Wanli dynasty and became the de facto "established" emperor instead of Xiao Wanli.He also often had all-round in-depth exchanges with the Empress Dowager Li, the mother of the Little Emperor Wanli, and acted as a wild father to the Little Emperor Wanli.

Regarding the indescribable things about Zhang Juzheng and Empress Dowager Li, Wang Daoqiu believed that it was very likely to be true through historical research.After all, one is a young widow who is as beautiful as a fairy and thirty as beautiful as a wolf, and the other is the most handsome man in the world.These two people are often together, and if there is no spark of love, this is not in line with human nature!

Moreover, not long after Zhang Juzheng's death, Emperor Wanli, who had taken control of the real power, ordered that Zhang Juzheng's coffin be opened and his body whipped.Everyone thinks about it!How much resentment is there that the debt cannot be wiped out even after death!
What's more, at that time, Wanli had been emperor for 11 years and was an adult in his early twenties. His thinking had matured.But even so, he also ordered Zhang Juzheng to have his coffin opened and his body whipped. You really won't let you go until you die!
Therefore, Wang Daoqiu believes that the so-called discord in political opinions is too strict to prevent Emperor Wanli from doing so badly to Zhang Juzheng.It should be that when Wanli was young, he saw Zhang Juzheng and his mother.So this hatred comes to an end, I can't do anything to you if you are alive, when you are dead, I will whip your corpse, and I will destroy your entire family.

Thinking about this handsome guy who has been handsome all his life, who had all the power and glory in the world during his lifetime, but even his bones will be humiliated after his death.Wang Daoqiu also lamented that this life is really capricious, with the big intestine wrapping the small intestine.
(End of this chapter)