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Chapter 628 Colonel Zhongwu
In the last years of Mingzong's reign, Mingzong's uncle Yin Yuanheng was domineering, which aroused strong dissatisfaction among the entire scholar group. Therefore, the Westerners Party who opposed him and the Easterners Party who relied on him joined forces to remove this guy from power. Subsequently, in order to divide the fruits of victory, the two parties naturally began to fight among themselves.

Although the Easterners' Party and the Westerners' Party were both scholarly groups and both respected Confucianism, they had conflicts in academic thought. This is a bit like Islam, which has been fighting for thousands of years over the interpretation of doctrine.

There were two great Confucian scholars in Korea, Li Huang and Li Er. They had different interpretations of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism transmitted from China. Li Huang believed that the core of Neo-Confucianism lies in the "main principle theory", while Li Er believed that the core lies in the "main qi theory". The Eastern Party supports the "main management theory" and the Western Party supports the "main Qi theory".

Later, the Eastern Party split into the Southern Party and the Northern Party, and the Northern Party split into the Great Northern Party and the Little Northern Party. To put it simply, those who support Gwanghae-gun's succession are the Northern faction, while those who oppose him now are the Westerners' Party and the Southerners' faction of the Easterners' Party.

"These scholars alone can't accomplish anything. They have to find a flag, such as a certain prince or princess." After roughly understanding the political factions within North Korea, Hong Tao came to a very arbitrary conclusion.

He knows these Confucian disciples very well. In one sentence, if you become a bitch, you still have to build a memorial arch. They want to seize power but don't want others to say they are rebellious ministers and traitors. This violates Confucian morality and is a very contradictory group of hypocrites, cowards and wretches.

Back then, Shen Yiguan, Shen Li, Li Tingji, and the Zhejiang Party and Donglin Party they represented all had the opportunity and ability to forcibly depose themselves, and anyone could become the emperor. But none of them dared to raise this banner. They hesitated and hesitated, but they still wanted to push King Fu to power, and then tried to control power by controlling King Fu.

The Confucian scholars of the Ming Dynasty were like this, and the Confucian scholars of North Korea would not play tricks. They believe in the same philosophical thought, and this thought is very exclusive and does not allow independent thinking, so there will be no difference.

"..." Regarding the topic of how to rebel, no one present dared to interrupt, let alone discuss and debate.

"Wang An, go tell the North Korean envoy that you have a nephew who wants to do shipping business. It's best to open a shop in Seoul." This sentence made the whole room mute. Hong Tao also felt that it was not interesting, so don't After chatting, let’s just give the order.

"...Long live my lord, I have no brothers. There are Korean interpreters in the post house and the Seiyi Pavilion. They must have found out all this, so they can't hide it, right?" Wang An grinned, but did not immediately obey. Mainly because I'm afraid of screwing up. The emperor will not say that he was negligent at that time, the mistakes are all his own.

"Nonsense, I didn't know you didn't have a brother? Let's just say, don't change a word, leave the rest to Thirty-Eight, he will be your nephew for the time being!" Sometimes Hong Tao really wants to ask Wang An, what is his mind? With such a small capacity, how did you survive back then? You couldn't just rely on your bravery!
"My nephew Wang Gui, I have met my uncle!" Zhu Sanshiba obviously understood. He grinned, bowed to Wang An in a polite manner, and changed his last name smoothly.

"My slave, you obey..." Looking at Jin Gui, who suddenly became his nephew, and then at the emperor, Wang An came to his senses and quickly accepted the order. Sometimes he also feels that he has become slower and slower over the years. Not only can he not keep up with the emperor's ideas, but sometimes he is even inferior to these fledgling young people.

"Long live my lord, thirty-six, please see me!" As soon as Wang An and Jin Gui left, a Cuju team member came in and handed Wang Chengen a badge.

"Hey, he knows how to choose the right time. Don't leave yet, listen to what my clairvoyance has to say." Upon hearing Wang Datou's name, Hong Tao immediately stopped the counselors who were about to leave the meeting.

This guy has made great achievements in Manila again. He has been promoted to the rank of trial 100 households by the General Staff and awarded the title of Colonel Zhongxian. He is the first person in the Statistics Department to advance from no rank to sixth rank. His ability is outstanding. He is also low-key, and there are always surprises every time we meet. He is the type who doesn't show up unless there is no big deal.

"Student Zhu Sanliu has met Long Live Lord!" Wang Datou put on a brand new uniform, but the medal on his chest was still Yunqi Lieutenant. He probably didn't have time to report to the General Staff Headquarters, so he went into the palace after he came back. .

"You have been doing a lot of activities on the deck these days. Could it be that you are obsessed with fishing like me?" But what Hong Tao paid attention to was not his clothes and medals, but his skin color. Not only black but also shiny, he looks like a navy sailor.

"Reporting to Lord Long Live, the student has been a helmsman on a Portuguese merchant ship for three months... The whole story is here. Please take a look at it, Lord Long Live!" Wang Datou glared at the snickering staff officers sitting by the wall, and simply said After talking about the reason for the tan, without explaining too much, he took out a small notebook from his arms and handed it to Wang Chengen.

"...It's very well written! It's well-written, well-organized, and the data is clear. Take it and take a look. This is what you need to do in intelligence work. You need to be flexible and have a long-term vision."

There probably wasn't much written in the book. The emperor read it after flipping through seven or eight pages, but he read it very carefully. Then he highly praised Wang Datou, handed the notebook to Wang Chengen, and motioned to the staff to pass it around.

"Big Tou, you may not know that you have been promoted to the rank of Colonel Zhongxian, right? That is a commendation for your meritorious service in Manila. You should also be rewarded for your contribution this time. Now I give you two choices:

First, be promoted to deputy director of the Statistics Department and return to the General Staff Headquarters to take charge of all-round work; second, be promoted to Lieutenant Zhongwu, but your position will remain unchanged and you will continue to lead your team and focus on Nanyang work. "

As if verbal praise alone was not enough to commend Wang Datou's achievements, the emperor planned to do something practical, but it was not a simple promotion and decoration, but gave him two options.

"...Students choose the second one!"

Wang Datou was naturally very happy when he heard the news of promotion and decoration. Although the rank of Lieutenant Baihu and Zhongxian was not high, he was the first in the Statistics Department. He would rather be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix. .

But after listening to the two choices given by the emperor, his smile immediately disappeared, and he frowned and thought about it for a long time before making a decision.

"..." This choice surprised most of the staff present. They looked at each other with questions in their eyes.

"Tell me, why did you choose the second option?" The emperor was not surprised, but he was not very calm either. He leaned forward and continued to ask.

"If a student chooses to be a deputy director, I'm afraid he will no longer be able to perform tasks on the front line. Long live the Lord said that no one is a waste. Only if you put it in the wrong place and find something you like, you can succeed no matter how small it is. .

Students ask themselves that they do not have the ability to strategize thousands of miles away, but they like to run around, see different towns, meet different people, and find out information without knowing it.

I went to Batavia and met many red-haired sailors. I also drank and chatted with them. I learned a lot about the customs of various European countries. I compared them with what I read in the books one by one. I learned a lot, so I invited them. "

Wang Datou's answer is very simple and full of life insights. His choice did not consider too many gains and losses, but was based on his own preferences. What's not simple is that there are so many people in the world, and not many can choose so easily.

(End of this chapter)