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Chapter 374 As expected

Baiyun Mountain, Yun Cong Academy.

At the gate of the academy there is a couplet taken from Du Fu's poem: How can there be mountains and rivers in the world? I can't grow basil.

This couplet has a bit of a meaning of "taking pride in attracting talents, but not recognizing them".

Because this Yuncong Academy was built by Chen Zizhuang, a famous scholar in Guangzhou.

Chen Zizhuang was born in the 1596th year of Wanli (), a native of Nanhai County. His ancestors entered Guangdong in the Southern Song Dynasty and started farming and studying. From the Southern Song Dynasty to the end of the Ming Dynasty, famous Confucians and officials of the Chen family emerged in large numbers. , a good story about four generations and five rural sages.

Chen Zizhuang's great-grandfather, Chen Shao, was an official in the Ministry of Industry, and his father, Chen Xichang, was a Shaoqing in Taichang Temple. His mother also came from a scholarly family and was knowledgeable about books and rituals.

Coming from such a family background, Chen Zizhuang not only had outstanding reading talent, but also received an excellent education.

Therefore, at the age of sixteen, he was selected as a scholar, at the age of twenty, he was selected as a scholar, and at the age of twenty-four, he won the top prize in the palace examination in the 47th year of Wanli!

It can be said that he has achieved consecutive successes in the examinations and is proud of himself!

Later, he was assigned to the Hanlin Academy as an editor and editor as usual, but in the Tianqi Dynasty, he was dismissed from office together with his father because he did not join the eunuch party.

He was appointed in the early years of Chongzhen. From his official position to Minister of Rites, he was still relatively highly used by Chongzhen.

But everyone knows that Chongzhen is a person who loves someone to death, but if he finds that this person is "not good" or his words and deeds are not in line with his "intentions", he will fall out of love faster than turning the page in a book, and his attacks will be ruthless.

Chen Zizhuang knows this very well.

When he served as an official and was trusted by Chongzhen, Chongzhen not only asked many questions about politics, but also called him by his first name, only sir. Soon he was promoted to Minister of Rites.

Later, due to the unfavorable current situation, Chongzhen was eager to recruit talents, so he wanted to find available people from the clan to be appointed officials, and he was promoted as usual.

Chen Zizhuang wrote a letter to this end, proposing three "not inevitable" and five "unfeasible" objections, and his words were passionate.

This incident aroused Chongzhen's rage. He not only beat Chen Zizhuang with a court staff, but also ordered him to be imprisoned for questioning.

Fortunately, some ministers wrote to intercede, and it was not until the next year that Chen Zizhuang was able to "sit back as a redeemed disciple" and return to Guangzhou.

It can be said that Chen Zizhuang had not suffered such a major blow in the past thirty years - being dismissed from office for not complying with the eunuch party did not count. It was considered a trend among officials at the time and a good way to raise his hopes. What a setback.

But this time he was beaten with a cane and humiliated, and his official career was terminated.

Therefore, after returning to Guangzhou, Chen Zizhuang really had no intention of entering the officialdom again. He built this academy firstly for "seclusion" and secondly for teaching.

In addition, he also funded the renovation of Nanyuan in Guangzhou, where he established a poetry club with his younger brother Chen Zisheng and others, known as the "Nanyuan Poetry Society".

However, during this period, Chen Zizhuang lived in Yuncong Academy on Baiyun Mountain, not in Nanyuan.

Unexpectedly, around noon, Li Suiqiu, Qu Huairui, Zeng Daowei and other friends from the poetry club hurried up the mountain to look for him.

Seeing Chen Zizhuang still reading leisurely, Zeng Daowei couldn't help but said: "Jisheng (Chen Zizhuang's character), how can you still study here with peace of mind? Is there something big going on in the city?"

"What's the big deal?" Chen Zizhuang asked doubtfully.

Li Suiqiu, who came with him, smiled bitterly and said: "Master Chen, Shen Yulong surrendered to Wei, and now Wei's army has taken over Guangzhou City."

"What?" Chen Zizhuang was startled at first, then slightly confused, and then sighed: "Shen Youlong chose the path of surrender after all."

Zeng Daowei also sighed: "That's not true."

Although Chen Zizhuang gave up the idea of ​​an official career, he was still studying and teaching in Baiyun Mountain, and was not very interested in external affairs. But the Wei army first captured Shaozhou Prefecture, and recently Guangzhou Prefecture, and entered Qingyuan. He couldn't help but pay attention to it.

Therefore, Chen Zizhuang discussed the situation with several Nanyuan friends.

After much discussion, they all agreed that Shen Youlong had only two options: one was to lead the troops to resist the Wei, and the other was to lead the Guangdong Yi Flag to surrender to the Wei.

And they believe that Shen Youlong is very likely to make the second choice. First, Shen Youlong was from Songjiang Prefecture in Nanzhili. Now that Songjiang Prefecture was under the rule of Damei, Shen Youlong always had to take care of his relatives.

The second reason is that Shen Youlong had not been active in the fight against the enemy before, or it was difficult to be active.

Because the troops and horses controlled by Shen Youlong were already a bit exhausted in suppressing the civil unrest in Guangdong, it was quite powerless to resist the Yi army's southward movement.

In addition, the reputation of the Wei army spread to Guangzhou is pretty good, and most of the gentry and common people will not resist fiercely. If Shen Youlong had to lead an army to resist the Wei, he might not be able to get the support of the local gentry in Guangzhou.

The reason why Chen Zizhuang sighed was because he was confused about this matter before.

The Chen family can be regarded as being favored by the Ming Dynasty. He and Chongzhen once got along well with each other.

Unexpectedly, just because he wrote a letter against the use of clan talents, Chongzhen became furious. Even if Chongzhen didn't accept his suggestion, he wouldn't have beaten him with a court staff and sent him to prison, right?

This allowed him to know the true face of Chongzhen.

Although Chongzhen was ruthless, he was once a minister of the Ming Dynasty. If the Wei army really attacked, would he gather his troops to fight against the Wei army?

If the Wei army is cruel and harms the people after it arrives, he will definitely lead the people to resist the Wei army.

The problem is, it is said that the Yi army has good military discipline.

Thinking of this, Chen Zizhuang quickly asked: "You are coming from the city, right? What is the situation in the city now? Is the Wei army as strict in military discipline as the rumors say, and has no offense against the people?"

Hearing this, Zeng Daowei said with some regret: "That's true - I thought the rumors were exaggerated before. But after seeing the scene of the Yi army entering the city today, I realized that the rumors were not true at all."

Li Suiqiu said with emotion: "Master Chen, except for taking over the city defense and government offices in the city today, the Yi army did not do anything to disturb the people at all.

When the officers and soldiers of the Yi army patrol the streets, they must line up in rows and have excellent soldiers and armor. They are really powerful troops. "

After hearing what the two said, Chen Zizhuang couldn't help but want to go down the mountain immediately and go to the city to have a look.

But he soon realized something was wrong, so he asked: "If that were the case, wouldn't you be so anxious to go up the mountain to look for me?"

Li Suiqiu and others looked at each other, and finally Zeng Daowei spoke, "Ji Sheng, we think it's okay for the Yi army to take over Guangzhou, but there are some people in the city who find it difficult to accept it, and may take the opportunity to cause trouble.

Therefore, we would like to ask you to go down the mountain and return to the city together to appease those people and ask them to calm down and not act rashly, so as not to harm the people of Guangzhou. "

"I understand," Chen Zizhuang nodded, "I will follow you down the mountain."

Afterwards, Chen Zizhuang confessed to his younger brother Chen Zisheng who was also on the mountain, packed up a little, and went down the mountain with Zeng Daowei and others.

When they arrived outside the city gate, they saw that although the Yi army was guarding the city gate, they were only searching for passing vehicles and not for pedestrians.

He never extorted money from passing people.

However, the gate tax is still collected as usual.

After looking around for a while, Chen Zizhuang felt that these Yi troops were more like official troops than the Ming army in the past, which gave people a sense of peace of mind.

With this idea, Chen Zizhuang felt that the city of Guangzhou should not have any changes due to the Yiqi surrender, so he hurried into the city with Zeng Daowei and others.

　Second update.

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