The literary giants of the late Ming Dynasty began by copying books

Ma Jinglun hurriedly comforted him and said, "Mr. Li, take care of your health. The days are still long. It won't be too late to start writing again when you feel better."

Li Zhi was quite helpless: "Oh, I know my own affairs, so I am racing against time. I don't know when I will be arrested."

Li Zhi's current situation is becoming more and more difficult. He had offended Shen Yiguan by writing a book, and Shen Yiguan had long wanted to use the Zhejiang Party to take revenge.

Originally, the Donglin Party, a figure attacked by the Zhejiang Party, was not very good at talking, but now the Donglin Party members also disliked Li Zhi for being too deviant.

Donglin celebrities Kang Piyang and Zhang Wenda have publicly opposed Li Zhi, and now Donglin boss Gu Xiancheng has also spoken out, directly commenting: "Li Zhuowu is probably a human being, not a human being, and he only regards success or failure as right and wrong. It’s really a waste of time for academics to reach this point.”

Li Zhi was too objective and liked to discuss ancient and modern figures, which finally made the Donglin Party unable to bear it.

The Donglin Party had long been dissatisfied with Li Zhi's theory. Not only did he praise Wu Zetian, he also felt that Cao Cao was meritocratic, able to reuse generals who came from Yuan Shao, and had the ambition to pacify the world. He made great contributions. As for Cao Cao's moral character , Li Zhi said, "Those who are ambitious may not be upright." A leader's main job is to govern the world well, not to be a moral model.

He even praised Zhang Lu at the end of the Han Dynasty and felt that Zhang Lu's use of religious methods to make the people of Bazhong happy was also a way, and it did not necessarily have to use Confucian methods.

How can the Donglin Party, which claims to be the defender of Confucianism, tolerate this?

So now the Zhejiang Party and the Donglin Party are all criticizing Li Zhi. Thinkers who can be criticized by various parties are really rare in the Ming Dynasty. Li Zhi also knows that his situation is dangerous. If he doesn’t hurry up and write articles, he will not have the chance to come back one day. wrote.

Ma Jinglun quickly asked the doctor to treat Li Zhi. He first gave Li Zhi a few injections. Li Zhi gradually felt that the pain in his stomach was gone, and then he checked his pulse and prescribed medicine.

After resting for a while, Li Zhi watched the monks preparing the medicine. He smiled and asked Ma Jinglun, "Did Cheng Suo go to the capital yesterday to buy any good books?"

"I heard that my husband had abdominal pain and I hurried back. I only picked up a set of "The Wealth of Nations" by Wang Jianyang."

Li Zhi became very interested in Wang Wenlong after reading Wang Wenlong's "The Theory of Heavenly Evolution". He quickly took the book and said, "After reading this book, my stomach no longer hurts."

Ma Jinglun smiled bitterly and said, "Sir, let's take a rest. Why do you have to study again just after you sat up?"

Li Zhi lowered his head and was already reading. When he opened the prologue, he first saw Yuan Wuya's comment: "A stunning book on economics, Mr. Jing Guan's bloody masterpiece."

Ma Jinglun knew that he could not persuade him, so he could only go and see how to boil the medicine, and told him, "Mr. Li, please take a look, don't worry too much."

Li Zhi nodded and slowly read in. After reading the prologue, he looked up and let out a long sigh of relief.

Ma Jinglun's medicine was being warmed up. When he brought the medicine into the room, he saw Li Zhi pacing the room with his hands behind his back.

Ma Jinglun asked: "Why are you up? Weren't you studying just now?"

Li Zhi said: "You can't read too much in this book. After reading one sentence, I have to write ten sentences."

"Is this book so poorly written that it makes you want to write a lengthy rebuttal?"

"No, no, this book is truly one of the best in the world." Li Zhi shook his head and said, "Wang Jianyang should be listed in the history books."

Ma Jinglun asked: "Is it so good? What is this book about?"

Li Zhi said with a smile: "The root of change is the destiny of the country in the Book of Changes."

Seeing Ma Jinglun's surprised expression, he said with admiration: "This Wang Jianyang is really a genius in the world! I wonder where such a person came from?"    ...

When Shen Jue and Shen Yixiu entered Fuzhou, they encountered the climax of the gathering of refugees outside Fuzhou City. The number of refugees who came to Fuzhou had exceeded 20,000. The whole city of Fuzhou was on alert. If a leader emerged among the 20,000 people, Fuzhou City could be destroyed. Beat it down.

There was chaos along the main channel of the Minjiang River, and many people were begging for food on the riverside.

Some rogues among the refugees shouted loudly by the river:

"Come on, come on, just leave a bag of grain when the grain boat in front is crossing the river. Everyone in front has been abandoned, sir, you can also abandon it!"

These people didn't really want rice, it was just that turmoil had begun to brew among the refugees. Some of the young men were watching the excitement and did not think it was a big deal, so they deliberately provoked it.

“There is no rice to eat in the village, but it is shipped to Fuzhou one by one!”

"Don't go to Fuzhou. There is no city. If you go back, you will be robbed on the way!"

These beggar-like young men were shouting and teasing, which made people sailing on the river extremely nervous.

The faces of Shen Jue and his servants were very serious. The food shortage situation in Fujian was obviously more serious than that in Zhejiang. Civil volts would occur if not careful. After entering Minjiang, he no longer dared to play the official card and used the official card among the refugees. Driving with a license plate is tantamount to indicating that you are a fat sheep.

Shen Jue even put away his official uniform and bought a big ship to show that he was a rich man. Rich families often have thugs, and it is not a cargo ship, so they can try to avoid being targeted by hungry people. As for Shen Yixiu and her maid, they had been hidden in the cabin for a long time and were not allowed to come out.

Shen Jue couldn't help but ask the boatman: "Is the food shortage in Fujian so serious?"

"Spring only comes in April, you still have to wear jackets in May, and the rice is harvested in June. Sir, how many kilograms of grain can be produced from this field? Is the food shortage serious?"

Shen Jue asked again: "Will the state government send anyone to provide relief?"

The stern worker shook his head and said, "How can we save them? We have put food in a few times. I heard that the warehouse is almost empty now, so I can't point to them. However, the local Trinity Church's disaster relief food platform has also saved many people."

Shen Jue nodded, and Shen Yixiu, who was separated by a curtain, was even more frightened. Miss Shen's maid, who lived in a wealthy family, had never heard of such a gathering of refugees.

Shen Jue knew that such a catastrophe could not be changed by manpower. He could not help at the moment but could only change his mood. He asked: "You are working in Fuzhou, have you ever heard of Wang Wenlong's name?"

"Mr. Jianyang?" The two stern workers who took turns swaying on the oars looked respectful when they heard this. "Mr. Jianyang taught the people to grow melons and vegetables last year, and this year he taught me how to grow sweet potatoes and pumpkins. I said before that the Trinity Church's disaster relief grain platform also taught me how to grow melons and vegetables." He organized it, this is a living immortal, without him, the number of refugees on the Minjiang River would have doubled."

The boatman pointed to the statue on the stove at the stern of the ship, "This is Jianyanggong."

Shen Jue and Shen Yixiu were both stunned when they heard this. Shen Yixiu couldn't speak. Shen Jue looked at the scrawled-looking immortal on the picture of the melon and vegetable fairy rescuing famine, and couldn't imagine what Wang Wenlong looked like. He wondered: "Does he have such ability?"

The boatman who was waving the oar said: "Jianyang Gong is a famous person and a staff member of Xu Fantai. He is running up and down. Who in Bamin doesn't give him face? Let me tell you, face is the second most important thing. Jianyang Gongzhai has a kind heart, otherwise There are so many powerful officials in Fujian, but no one else has spoken out for the poor people?"

Why is Wang Wenlong so popular among the people?

Shen Yixiu in the cabin was stunned for a long time, unable to connect the Wang Wenlong she had learned about in the past few days with the romantic and talented man her uncle had told her about in the past two years. (End of chapter)