Optimus One Pillar of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 22 No.20 The Second Preacher
The continuous autumn rain has bid farewell to summer, and autumn has really come. Clouds and mist appear dreamily on both sides of the Yangtze River, and the clouds and fog are lingering.

Wang Daoqiu got up early today. He stood on the bow of the boat and began to appreciate the original Yangtze River autumn scenery in the Ming Dynasty.

As far as the eye can see, there is no modern civilization of steel and concrete high-rise buildings, no cars and trains whizzing by, just a picturesque ink fairyland.

Looking at this beautiful scenery in the world, in the empty scenery, the mountains in the distance are shrouded in rain and smoke, which makes people feel an inexplicable sadness like autumn rain, soaked in the melancholy of the water and sky.

The picturesque ink landscapes easily make people sentimental.This artistic conception made Wang Daoqiu feel the tranquility from the depths of his soul. Perhaps this is the tranquility that future generations yearn for!

Standing on the bow of the boat and surrounded by the beautiful scenery, Wang Daoqiu felt that his heart had never been so pure. He really wanted to accompany this beautiful scenery for the rest of his life and grow old slowly!
Wang Daoqiu was sentimental there, thinking that the rest of his life would be peaceful like this, but it was obvious that this was wishful thinking.Ordinary people living in the world, how can they be equipped with so many noble feelings!Life is just a series of helpless compromises in order to survive.

Wang Daoqiu wants peace and tranquility, wants to live here and now and press the pause button, but he is not the same, who is he?Throughout the ages, no matter how powerful the strong men are, they are just ants in the face of time.

Just like now, Wang Daoqiu had just been quiet at the bow of the ship for a while, and waves of people began to pour in one after another on the pier.There are passengers who want to board the ship, there are workers who deliver goods to the ship, and there are vendors and farmers who want to sell their own vegetables, chicken, duck, and fish meat to the ship...

Not only people under the boat, but also people on the boat were getting up one after another and walking out of the cabin to get some air. There were also many "good Samaritans". Wang Daoqiu, who was standing on the bow of the boat, expressed his kind concern, "Hey, scholar, don't stand on the bow of the boat. It's windy there." , be careful to catch a cold."

The goodwill of "good Samaritans" is very unpleasant and very damaging to Wang Daoqiu's state of mind at this time.But they have good intentions after all. How dare you get angry at them?

Shaking his head, he reluctantly abandoned the picturesque scenery and turned back to the cabin.

At this time, Yin Zhengmao also bought Wuhu local specialty snacks from the vendors under the boat.As soon as he saw Wang Daoqiu, he smiled and said: "I didn't expect you, dear brother, are more sentimental than us old men at the age of seventeen or eighteen. I just wanted to ask you to go off the boat together and taste the local Wuhu specialties." For snacks. But when I saw you facing the beautiful scenery, looking so intoxicated by it, I couldn't speak. I had no choice but to go down and buy some, and send them to the boat to taste with you. Come, come, come, dear brother, This is Wuhu’s famous local shrimp noodles, crab roe soup, and steamed rice with slag meat, please come and try it, dear brother.”

"Brother, thank you for your hard work. I got up early today and saw the vendors setting off fireworks under the boat to sell food, but I didn't even think of buying it. I'm ashamed that I'm tired of my brother going to buy food so early in the morning."

"Hey, Brother Xian, you said this yourself. When you saw the food, you didn't want to buy it for Brother Wei. Brother Wei can always think of you, Brother Xian. This is Brother Xian, you owe Brother Wei a favor. This is You have to pay it back!"

"Yes, yes, yes, I was wrong. I apologize to my brother. Brother, in order to apologize to my cousin, I have invited you to lunch and dinner today."

Yin Zhengmao could think about buying breakfast for Wang Daoqiu early in the morning, but Wang Daoqiu stood on the bow of the boat for so long, even if he saw the vendors selling snacks, he didn't even think about buying breakfast for Yin Zhengmao. This really shouldn't be the case.So when Yin Zhengmao mentioned this, Wang Daoqiu hurriedly apologized to Yin Zhengmao, and reminded himself in his heart that he needed to change the refined egoism of the new millennium and new humans.

Yin Zhengmao said that Wang Daoqiu was heartless, but in fact he did not really think that Wang Daoqiu was heartless and unrighteous.After all, Yin Zhengmao didn't know that Wang Daoqiu's soul came from the 21st century, an era that valued individualism.He thought that Wang Daoqiu didn't think about buying breakfast just now because he was too intoxicated with the ink landscape and couldn't extricate himself?

So he didn't care at all about Wang Daoqiu's current apology. He just followed Wang Daoqiu's words and said: "It's a small matter of eating. If I sincerely apologize, then after dinner, you can explain it to me. Of course, brother It won’t take you too long, just half an hour. Dear brother, what do you think of this?”

"Second, second, I second, hahahaha."

As soon as Yin Zhengmao finished explaining the conditions for Wang Daoqiu's apology to him, Zhang Juzheng's hearty words and laughter came from outside the cabin.

At this time, Zhang Juzheng was carrying food in both hands. He walked into the cabin with a smile and continued: "Hey, brother Shi Ting, brother Liangzhen, don't you think Zhang is your brother? Oh my god, you don't even call me when you are eating. Yes, I’m so sad!”

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

Zhang Juzheng pretended to be extremely sad while talking.He was so funny that he immediately amused Wang Daoqiu and Yin Zhengmao.Then the two of them invited Zhang Juzheng to sit down and eat together.

After finishing a meal of Wuhu specialty snacks while talking and laughing, Zhang Juzheng and Yin Zhengmao took Wang Daoqiu to the top of the boat to talk about the world.Arriving on the top of the boat, we faced the picturesque autumn scenery on both sides of the Yangtze River and the bustling crowds of people on the pier.Three future world-class celebrities who will leave great names in the history of the world are planning the future governance system of the world at the Wuhu Wharf on the Yangtze River in September of the 25th year of Jiajing.

The conversation became more and more speculative, and soon it exceeded the half hour originally promised.Wang Daoqiu himself couldn't help but revealed to Zhang Juzheng and Yin Zhengmao all the classic Western political theories, legal principles, financial theories, and Western philosophy's analysis of human nature.

Given the ideas and principles, how can we develop a practical plan based on local conditions and the actual situation of Ming Dynasty?That is Zhang Juzheng and Yin Zhengmao, the two most powerful minds in this era.

Wang Daoqiu is a stupid person with limited intelligence. He can only give some ideas and dare not go into too much depth.They were afraid that if they talked too deeply, Zhang Juzheng and Yin Zhengmao would follow suit and ask some deep-seated questions. Then they would be embarrassed if they could not come back to their senses.

Wang Daoqiu controlled the depth of his thoughts and just stopped there.But just at this point, both Zhang Juzheng and Yin Zhengmao felt like they saw a lighthouse while sailing on the sea at night. The previously confusing Zen in their minds suddenly became clear.

So after the passenger ship traveled all morning and arrived at Yingtian Pier at noon, Wang Daoqiu escaped on the grounds that he wanted to see the bustling scenery of Jinling.Zhang Juzheng and Yin Zhengmao, who had an epiphany, still stayed on the top of the boat to think hard, not minding the biting cold wind now on the top of the boat.

In this way, during the subsequent journey, Zhang Juzheng and Yin Zhengmao pulled Wang Daoqiu to the top of the boat whenever they had something they couldn't figure out.Even after the boat crossed the Huaihe River and entered the north, they dragged Wang Daoqiu to the top of the boat wearing a cloak, completely ignoring the coldness of the north.

To be honest, just because of the annoying energy of Yin Zhengmao and Zhang Juzheng, if Wang Daoqiu didn't think about his future, if he wanted to build China into a legal country like Singapore, he would need some capable people to help him clean up the situation. Those who are dissatisfied.Wang Daoqiu even wanted to push the two grandsons Yin Zhengmao and Zhang Juzheng out of the boat on a dark and windy murderous night and drown the two bastards.

Thinking that he would have to count on these two or two idiots to act as bullies for him in the future, Wang Daoqiu endured his nausea every day and forced himself to be sincere and sincere when facing those two or two idiots.

In this way, under the wisdom of Wang Daoqiu, the great sage of mankind for 500 years, Yin Zhengmao and Zhang Juzheng, every time they chatted with Wang Daoqiu, they were impressed by the knowledge of Wang Daoqiu's library, and unknowingly degenerated into Wang Daoqiu's crazy fan.

Half a month later, the passenger ship arrived at Tongzhou Pier in Shuntian Prefecture, the capital. Wang Daoqiu, Zhang Juzheng, and Yin Zhengmao did not follow the crowd and crowded to get off the ship.

Zhang Juzheng looked around the canal at the shirtless folk working on the embankment in the cold wind, thinking about the beautiful scenery he had experienced along the way from his hometown of Jingzhou.He sighed: "The country is so beautiful, but the situation is getting worse day by day, and the people are so miserable, it is unbearable to see."

"First pass the imperial examination and get yourself to a position where you can make the decision for the world, and then talk about other things."

The sharp contrast between the picturesque country and the hardship of the people made Yin Zhengmao feel very bad at this time.However, as a middle-aged man with more than 30 years of life experience, he is more rational than Zhang Juzheng, who was less than 22 years old at this time.So when Zhang Juzheng was complaining in vain, he pointed out the correct way to solve the problem.
After hearing that Yin Zhengmao was right, young Zhang Juzheng no longer dwelled on those useless sentiments. With a raging fire burning in his chest, he emotionally asked Wang Daoqiu and Yin Zhengmao: "Brother Shi Ting, brother Liangzhen , do you know my ideal?"

Ideal, after half a month of intimacy, how could Wang Daoqiu and Yin Zhengmao not know about Zhang Juzheng's ideal?It is nothing more than mastering the right to speak in this Ming Dynasty, using all his talents in reality to guide the country, and making his name famous forever.

These ideals of Zhang Juzheng are also the ideals of Wang Daoqiu and Yin Zhengmao.So facing Zhang Juzheng's question, Wang Daoqiu put a smile on his face and replied lightly: "Brother Taiyue, you have great ambitions and great ambitions. Brother Shi Ting and I also don't want to live up to the hurried decades." Years. Brother Taiyue, Brother Shi Ting, you and I are of the same mind. My younger brother proposes that we make an oath today at Tongzhou Wharf in the capital. We swear that you and I will watch and help each other when we become officials in the future, and work together to do him. A great undertaking. It will make this beautiful country even more brilliant, and let the people of this world live and work in peace and contentment because of the efforts of the three of us brothers."

"it is good"

"it is good"

Wang Daoqiu took advantage of his interest and sent an invitation to Zhang Juzheng and Yin Zhengmao to form an alliance.Wang Daoqiu's idea of ​​forming an alliance was also what Zhang Juzheng and Yin Zhengmao were thinking at this time.

So in agreement, the three of them clapped their hands and swore an oath to make an appointment to enter the officialdom one day and work together to compete for the loudest speaking voice.

(End of this chapter)