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

Wang Wenlong didn't want to stir up muddy waters, so he replied: "I have little knowledge about the affairs between the DPRK and China, so I can't express my opinion, but our Jiangnan Physics Society is a group of colleagues who want to develop the way of physics. It's not easy to have such a society. I also want to ask you all to take a firm stand. No matter how the North Korea and China fight, we are all of the same school in the Physics Society and it is best not to fight against each other."

Wang Wenlong made it clear that he did not want to participate in party strife and was unwilling to say a word.

Shen Taihong said at this time: "I have heard my father mention in letters in the past that Jianyang has unique views on the current situation. Please help me distinguish it."

Fang Congzhe also nodded and said: "Jianyang just said it's okay. No one will mention this matter outside this house. Now that the current situation is turbulent, I also want to hear Jianyang's opinion."

Outsiders only think that Wang Wenlong is a counselor and staff, and do not think that his perspective can affect the situation of the court, and they are not too concerned about his thoughts on the current situation. But from the height of Fang Congzhe and Shen Taihong, they. But they need more diverse perspectives to view current events to avoid making mistakes. Moreover, they all know Wang Wenlong's previous deeds and are really curious about his thoughts.

Both of them said so. Wang Wenlong knew that if he didn't say something insightful, they would definitely not let him go. He could only think about it: "In the battle in the cabinet nowadays, both sides have their own concerns, and they can tell each other. No, they fight each other firstly because they want to protect their own interests, and secondly because they are afraid that they will be tricked by the other party if they fail. They are not just fighting for power, but also having to protect themselves. I can understand this idea from the perspective of a bystander. .”

"But there should always be a bottom line in such a fight. This fight will only hurt both sides, and will also damage many ministers. The final result is nothing more than: the temple corridors are empty, and the upper and lower parts are separated. From now on, the scholar-bureaucrats will also be eager to win. The war has greatly damaged the country's strength, and eventually Feng Sheng's temperament has become irreversible."

The outcome of the fight against the second demon book case was not Wang Wenlong’s own summary, but Ye Xianggao’s evaluation later when he recalled the case. As a party that successfully came to power after the second demon book case, the Donglin Party itself I feel that this fight is really not beneficial to the country.

If the Zhejiang Party and the Donglin Party could hold their noses and tolerate each other to maintain the situation before, after the second demon book case, the two sides completely fell out. From then on, they could only fight and kill each other endlessly.

Fang Congzhe was silent when he heard Wang Wenlong's words, but Shen Taihong quite disagreed.

He said: "Jianyang thinks that party struggle is wrong, but how can the court do things if there is no result? Now the situation between the court and China has become such that if the other side is not defeated, no matter which side is in power, all the ideas put forward by the two sides will They will only be refuted blindly by the other party."

Wang Wenlong laughed when he heard this: "Now Shen Chieffu wants to suppress Donglin's lineage, but to what extent can he suppress it? Now Shen Chieffu has been in the cabinet for nine years, and the people who should be promoted have been promoted, and Shen Guide has entered the cabinet. It took less than two years to create such a huge momentum, almost rivaling the chief minister. It can be seen that there are already a lot of people in the court who are not on the same page as Shen chief minister. What Shen chief minister could not do in nine years of Bingzheng, can he do it with this one action? Beat the opponent down?"

"This..." Shen Taihong couldn't say against his will that the Zhejiang Party could defeat the Donglin Party this time, and was speechless for a moment.

Shen Taihong thought for a while and then insisted: "The Donglin Party said that Ruan Mingqing wrote the demon book, and the person behind it was probably Guo Zhengyu, but everyone in the Donglin Party concealed it for him. This is really a rogue approach. Do you agree with Jianyang?"

Wang Wenlong nodded, "I don't know if Guo Zhengyu is related to this matter, but there must be someone in the Donglin Party who knows the details, failed to report the information, and deliberately framed the case. This is indeed a bad approach."

But he turned around and said: "No matter what Shen Shangbao thinks about the Donglin Party, I just ask that the struggle not be introduced into the physics club. The small physics club cannot bear these many contradictions. If the two of you really disagree, I will announce my withdrawal from the physics club." society."

Shen Taihong said: "That's not what I meant." Wang Wenlong said: "That's all." He cupped his hands, turned around and left.

The contradiction between the Donglin Party and the Zhejiang Party will only get deeper and deeper in the quarrel. Neither party has the idea of ​​​​resolving the conflict, and Wang Wenlong is not able to interfere too much.

He just felt sorry.

I am afraid no one except Wang Wenlong can guess the subsequent impact of this party struggle at this time.

The struggle between the Zhejiang Party and the Donglin Party would not be fruitful in the Wanli Dynasty. Dongfeng and Westfeng competed with each other. In the later period of Wanli, it would expand into a battle between the Three Parties and the Donglin Party. Then during the Tianqi Period, the Three Parties defected to Wei Zhongxian and became the Eunuch Party. The dispute between the Lin Party and the Eunuch Party spanned the Chongzhen Dynasty and continued into the Southern Ming Dynasty.

The capital has been lost. In the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty, the descendants of the Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party still want to establish King Fu and the other wants to establish King Lu. In the small court, they still engage in party disputes and suppress each other, even because of Wu. The Chu party struggle made it impossible to integrate the combat effectiveness of the Nanming and Dashun armies and the Daxi army.

Until the Shunzhi period in previous history, Feng Quan and Chen Mingxia, who surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, even started a dispute between the Northern Party and the Southern Party among the Han officials in the Manchu Qing court. After Feng Quan was born in the eunuch party and Chen Mingxia was born in Donglin, Dorgon stepped forward to suppress the Southern Party and the Northern Party gained power. However, during the Kangxi period, the Southern Party began to retaliate again, which was mixed with the power struggle of the Manchu and Qing aristocrats during the Kangxi period.

Kangxi was surprised by the partisanship of these Han officials. He really didn't know where the hatred between them came from. He once told the Manchu nobles with a confused look: "But when it comes to the death of the Ming Dynasty, it is because of the eunuchs. I am very different." I don’t think so. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were disputes between factions, and the ministers in the court went to the frontiers and the state to stay away. They only thought about the victory or defeat of the family, and did not wait for the wise, knowing that they would perish.”

History has proven that neither party could defeat the other in the end of the Ming Dynasty, and it would last for seventy or eighty years and be purely internal friction.

After Wang Wenlong left, Fang Congzhe and Shen Taihong looked at each other. Fang Congzhe couldn't help but said to Shen Taihong: "General Yun should not have talked to Jianyang like that just now. What Jianyang did was also for the good of the Physics Society. The establishment of the Physics Society relies on publications. Books and donated teaching materials are all under the leadership of Jianyang. If someone interferes with the operation of the Physics Club, they are poaching his hard work, and it is natural for him to come out to oppose it."

Shen Taihong frowned and said, "Can't Shihan hear that he intends to favor the Donglin Party members? The Donglin Party was clearly the first to attack the Demon Book Case. At that time, my father was suspected and no one helped him. Now my father has finally managed to turn the situation around. Why does Wang Jianyang come to persuade us again? Isn’t this just asking us to swallow our anger?”

"How come I don't know your father's grievances?" Fang Congzhe said sincerely: "But what Wang Jianyang said is right. Politicians should act with a public heart. How can they be entangled in private grudges?"

Shen Taihong thought for a long time, then nodded and said, "It's because I'm too small. Thank you Shihan for teaching me."

(End of this chapter)