Ming Dynasty: At the beginning, the house was ransacked and the ancestral temple was burned down.

Chapter 49 Do you want to learn from Hai Rui?

"It seems that you have guessed who I am?" Zhang Chonghui smiled and asked such an inexplicable question.

However, it was such an inexplicable question that scared Qiu Li back several steps, and his old eyes were filled with deep fear.

"You...you are really...no...impossible!" Qiu Li couldn't believe that the person in front of him was Zhang Juzheng. She wouldn't believe it even if she beat him to death! But his stuttering mouth betrayed his fear completely!

"Since you have already guessed it, then give me an explanation." Zhang Chonghui said coldly.

"Explain? What explanation?" Qiu Liqiang mustered up the courage and told herself that the body in front of her was just the body of a six-year-old child. So what if the soul wasn't there? But he still confessed angrily: "Zhang Jingxiu hanged himself, and I wasn't the one who killed him. It's none of my business!"

At this time, Qiu Li was still unaware that Zhang Chonghui in front of him didn't know who the 'that person' he guessed was before this, but after hearing his words, he knew everything.

Seeing Qiu Li, the always tough and cruel officer, become so nervous and frightened, Zhang Chonghui was actually a little bit dumbfounded. He didn't expect that the other party was actually a paper tiger with a fierce temper and a soft heart, and a paper tiger who was so afraid of Zhang Juzheng.

Since Qiu Li is so afraid of Zhang Juzheng, can't he act more like him?
  "Qiu Maoshi, now I only have the frail body of a six-year-old child. What are you afraid of?" Zhang Chonghui asked with a sinister smile.

"You're talking nonsense! I'm not afraid!" Qiu Li retorted loudly, and he was very emotional. He eagerly questioned: "You can't lie to me! Don't think I don't know, you are definitely not Zhang Juzheng! Zhang Juzheng has died long ago. People cannot be resurrected after death! You absolutely cannot be Zhang Juzheng!"

Faced with Qiu Li's strong doubts, Zhang Chonghui did not panic at all. Instead, he chuckled and said calmly:

"I aim at emptiness, and I will not get what I want. Even though I live in this world, I am as free as clouds and smoke. You are right, Zhang Juzheng has died a long time ago. From the beginning, I learned from Xu Jie, who is not alone in the world, but has no trace of external desires. In an instant, Zhang Juzheng was dead."

"My ambition is emptiness and silence, and I will not get what I want. Although I live in this world, I am as free as clouds and smoke." This was written by Zhang Juzheng in the 33rd year of Jiajing when he lamented the corruption of the court.

At that time, Zhang Juzheng was still an angular young man. At that time, with the acquiescence of Emperor Jiajing, the court was dominated by the strict party.

At that time, Zhang Juzheng, who was still 'young', repeatedly proposed to his teacher Xu Jie to fight back against the strict party. However, Xu Jie did not adopt his opinions and just tolerated, retreated, and even fawned over the strict party.

At that time, Zhang Juzheng was still "young and vigorous". He was dissatisfied with the cowardice of his teacher Xu Jie, and he could not stand such forbearance, so he directly asked for leave and returned to his hometown Jiangling.

This time, it was three years.

Zhang Juzheng has been traveling in his hometown for three years, but while looking at the mountains and rivers, he also saw a lot.

He saw the uneven land distribution, saw the unemployed of the poor, and saw the people suffering from annexation.

Three years later, Zhang Juzheng returned to the court. He began to imitate his teacher Xu Jie, and became as sleek and worldly as Xu Jie. He became more and more like his teacher Xu Jie, and like Xu Jie, he endured and lay low, waiting for opportunities. . From that moment on, the real 'Zhang Juzheng' was actually already dead.

Qiu Li knew that this poem was written by Zhang Juzheng, and it was precisely because of this knowledge that he became even more flustered and uneasy!

Seeing the calm child in front of him, who looked nothing like a child at all, Qiu Li's heart beat faster and faster. For a moment, he even wanted to run away!
  "No! What am I afraid of? So what if he is Zhang Juzheng? What is there to be afraid of? Isn't it just a ghost? What's so scary about ghosts? I'm not even afraid of death, so why should I be afraid of ghosts?"

Qiu Li asked herself in her mind, and at the same time comforted herself. The effect was quite obvious, and her mood gradually calmed down.

However, just when Qiu Li's situation improved slightly, what Zhang Chonghui said next completely set him on fire!
  "Qiu Li, I always thought you were just out of your mind and acting weird. I thought you should have some backbone. But I didn't expect that you are actually a person who avenges private interests, is greedy for vanity, and is greedy for life and fear of death. only."

As soon as these words came out, Qiu Li's heart, which had finally calmed down, was ignited again, and he retorted with certainty:

"You're talking nonsense! I'm not! I, Qiu Maoshi, have lived an upright life and sworn allegiance to the country to the death. What I hate most is such villains! And you, Zhang Juzheng! You are such a vain, duplicitous villain!"

Seeing Qiu Li so excited, Zhang Chonghui was overjoyed and thought that he had indeed made the right bet. He smiled and said:
  "In order to claim credit from the emperor, you did not regard the lives of my Zhang family as important, and treated the lives of innocent people as nothing. Are you not seeking revenge for personal vengeance, eager for quick success, and greedy for vanity?
  In order not to commit the crime of deceiving the emperor and eager to clear yourself of the guilt, you actually forged evidence and confiscated the properties of many innocent people. Aren't you greedy for life and afraid of death? "

"No! That's not the case!" Qiu Li immediately denied: "I'm not greedy for vanity, nor am I greedy for life and afraid of death. I haven't even accepted a penny in bribes, and I can't possibly be afraid of death! I'm not afraid!"

Qiu Li is a little crazy, but he can still be sure that he is not a vain person who is greedy for life and afraid of death!

Not only was he not afraid, he even yearned for and admired another person who was not greedy for vanity or afraid of life and death. That person was - Hai Rui!
  I remember back then, when Hai Rui carried the coffin and wrote the "Public Security Shu" to scold Emperor Sejong Jiajing, everyone in the government and the public was shocked. Everyone thought Hai Rui was crazy, but Qiu Li didn't think so!

Not only did Qiu Li not think that Hai Rui was crazy, he even saw in Hai Rui the kind of spirit he wanted, and the true purpose that he had wanted to pursue all his life after reading all the sages' books!
  From that moment on, Qiu Li was no longer afraid of death in the true sense!
  Not only is he no longer afraid of death, he even wants to pursue death!
  Pursuing death for the country, the people, and the king like Hai Rui, that is a death heavier than Mount Tai!
  In order to pursue what he wanted, before coming to the Zhang family, Qiu Li had already sworn in his heart that he would expose Zhang Juzheng's true face beneath his hypocrisy and aloofness, no matter what the means!

Even if the process is too cruel, he will be accused by future generations of being ruthless, cruel and cold-blooded; even if he is accused of being a cruel official by the world, he will not be afraid of the living king of hell!

Qiu Li believes that as long as he can stick to himself like Hai Rui, be upright and honest, and not afraid of power, there will always be a day when the clouds clear and the moon shines!
  "Really?" Zhang Chonghui didn't care about Qiu Li's excitement. When he mentioned not being afraid of death, he thought of a person and said casually: "Why, do you want to imitate Hai Rui?"

At this time, Qiu Li was completely shocked! He didn't expect the child in front of him, no! He is not a child! He is Zhang Juzheng!

Qiu Li didn't expect that 'Zhang Juzheng' actually knew what he was thinking!
  Qiu Li's defenses were already somewhat broken when someone guessed what he was thinking, and the panic that could not be hidden on his face betrayed his thoughts completely.

When Zhang Chonghui saw this, he was also surprised that he guessed correctly again. Since he guessed correctly one after another, don't blame him for being rude!

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