Chapter 20 sharp disagreement

"Zi Fang, Zi Fang!" Huang Zongxi greeted and rushed up from behind. At this moment, Gu Gao had already left Cai Yisuo's bookstore and walked a long way on Sanshan Street.Hearing his friend calling, he didn't turn his head back, nor did he stop in his tracks. On the contrary, he gritted his teeth and walked even faster.This situation caught the attention of passers-by on the street, and they all cast suspicious glances at them. "Hi, Zifang!" Huang Zongxi finally caught up with his friend, walked side by side with him, and asked pantingly, "What are you doing?"

Gu Gao still didn't say a word, just walked forward. Huang Zongxi was in a hurry, and grabbed the other party's sleeve: "What is the brother's intention? If you don't explain it clearly, then don't go!" Gu Gao turned his long nose and looked at his friend coldly, then with a firm movement, he broke off his sleeve, turned his head and walked away. "Hey, stop!" Huang Zongxi stomped his feet and yelled, his face turned pale with anger, "Brother, you can't do this! It shouldn't be like this! Do you know!" However, Gu Gao didn't seem to hear, he frowned his dark eyebrows, bit his lips tightly, like a stubborn donkey, walked forward without looking back.

Huang Zongxi was stunned at a loss.Indeed, from the moment they met each other yesterday, he found that Gu Gao's mood was abnormally depressed. Although it was a long time reunion, Gu Gao seemed unwilling to even talk to him. His expression didn't change at all.This made Huang Zongxi feel puzzled.Right now, he volunteered to chase after him, thinking that with the close friendship between each other, he could at least keep his friend.Who knew that Gu Gao was so cold and resolute that it was unreasonable, which made Huang Zongxi feel something was wrong. "Well, could it be that he was overly annoyed by the change of the northern capital, and planned to go that way?" As soon as this ominous guess flashed, Huang Zongxi suddenly became nervous.Originally, he really wanted to hear about Chen Zhenhui's plan to participate in the reform of the government, but now he couldn't care less, so he hurriedly took big steps, followed quickly, and caught up with his friend again at the entrance of a street.

"Okay, if brother doesn't want to speak out, I'm fine if I don't ask questions." He compromised, "However, I won't go back to the bookstore either. I've been cooped up in the house for a long time, now I can go for a walk with brother, just to relax." After speaking, regardless of whether the other party agrees or not, he just followed closely and walked deep into the alley together. Although Nanjing is the leading metropolis in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is known as the land of golden powder in the Six Dynasties. Its prosperous and luxurious scene is not even comparable to that of the capital. Main streets and markets.What's more, there are only 300,000 to 400,000 residents in such a large city. Compared with other towns, it is naturally a lot more, but it is not too dense after all.So once you turn to ordinary streets and alleys, the whole atmosphere becomes deserted.I saw one after another wooden bungalows extending forward along both sides of the alley, all covered with black tile roofs.There is a bamboo fence around the door of most people's houses.The residents inside are, as usual, ordinary people.Those who are in a better situation will have neater facades as usual, and most of them will be decorated with red and green paint; those from poorer families will inevitably have their houses crumbling, dilapidated and gloomy.

Now, the two friends walked silently in the narrow and poor alley, neither of them spoke.As far as Huang Zongxi was concerned, it wasn't that he didn't want to speak, but because Gu Gao kept a gloomy silence all the time, he lost someone to talk to.However, the more this happened, the more Huang Zongxi felt that the old friend's situation today was quite abnormal, and something might really happen.Although he tried a lot in Shaoxing and finally persuaded his teacher Liu Zongzhou to give up the idea of ​​dying for the country, but on the way to Nanjing, he still heard that some people committed suicide because of excessive grief.Until yesterday, he also heard that Liang Tingbiao, Nanjing's deputy military preparation officer, is still crying and on hunger strike, determined to follow the late emperor underground.Originally, with Gu Gao's usual shrewdness and ability, he shouldn't take that road easily.However, the events in Beijing have had such an impact on people's hearts that any unexpected situation may happen.Therefore, seeing his friend still refused to confide in him, Huang Zongxi could only follow him every step of the way, just in case.

However, gradually Huang Zongxi became suspicious.As he was walking, he found that for some reason, the scenes in the streets and alleys became more and more familiar.After walking for a while, his heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly realized that Gu Gao was actually walking towards the place where they lived——Zhou Bi's house! Zhou Bi's house is located at the intersection of two alleys. It is a courtyard-style house with a courtyard wall.Zhou Bi is from Jintan, and all of Yiying's property is there.This house was only rented after coming to Nanjing recently.Because he was single and had only a few family members with him, he couldn't live in many places, so he recruited Gu Gao to live in the East Wing. When Huang Zongxi came to Nanjing yesterday, he vacated the house in the West Wing for him to live in.This is not only because Zhou Bi has always had a close relationship with Huang Zongxi, just like he has with Gu Gao, but also because he knows that Huang Zongxi's family is not well-off, so Huang Zongxi can save a lot of expenses by doing this.

Finding that his friend was not going anywhere, but led him back to his residence, Huang Zongxi finally let go of his hanging heart a little. "Okay, as long as you come back here, things will be easy. I will always find a way to persuade you to stop thinking about it!" Seeing Gu Gao enter the door and go straight to the east chamber, he also followed. Gu Gao walked into the living room and stopped. "Chief Gu, Chief Gu!" He called out loudly.When the tall and thin servant came rushing in, he looked gloomily at his chin, and ordered, "Go—pack your luggage immediately, and then go to the shipyard to see when there is a boat to Wuxi—hurry up! !"

Gu Chang was obviously unprepared, but the master's cold expression made him dare not ask further questions, he only blinked, bowed and agreed, "Yes!" Huang Zongxi was taken aback. "Why, brother, are you going back to Wuxi now?" He hurriedly asked. It was only at this time that Gu Gao's expression eased down.He turned his long nose to his friend, and said calmly: "Exactly. Right now, the situation of staying in the capital and becoming a king is settled, and it is useless for my brother to stay any longer. Therefore, I plan to pack up and go back home to comfort my parents. It's just that I have to say goodbye to my brother for two years. Today It was a great honor to meet me, but my brother was not able to accompany me, and I feel very guilty, so I can only thank you here!" After speaking, he made a deep bow.

Huang Zongxi replied hesitantly. "Why, after making a fuss for a long time, it turned out that he was planning to let go and leave? When the country is in danger, as a benevolent gentleman, how can he fear death and evade responsibility, and abandon what he wants?" He thought disapprovingly, with a tone of voice. Then it gets serious: "Zifang, are you telling the truth? Are you really going back to Wuxi?" "..." "Brother Fei, do you think there is nothing else to do right now?" "Others?" Gu Gao looked at his friend, then moved his eyes away, his expression was a little excited, "Today, what else can we do?"

"Why not?" Huang Zongxi retorted, "Unfortunately, Shenjing is currently in the hands of thieves, but the north and south of the river are still under my Great Ming's world. Ascension to the throne. This is the time for our people with lofty ideals to work together to help the country, wipe out the bandits, and reorganize the universe, how can there be nothing to do?" Gu Gao sneered, and said maliciously: "Brother thinks that as long as a new king is established, Jiangnan will be reliable, and Ming Dynasty will be able to revive? Or think that as long as we, Donglin and Fushe, work together, we can wipe out the bandits and restore the country?" Shenjing? According to my brother, this is all a dream! Just now in the bookstore, Chaozong, Danxin, and Ciwei kept making noises, and Dingsheng, they said it very seriously, but in fact it was all a dream!"

"Ah, dreaming?" "Hmph, the changes in the northern capital today are due to the stupidity of the emperor? Is it because of the corruption of the people? Neither! It is all because of the 270 years of my dynasty, all kinds of abuses and tyrannical governance have accumulated so much that it is difficult to recover. It is not enough to implement reforms. The picture is preserved. Only the first emperor reigned for seventeen years. He spent all his clothes and food, and wanted to seek the safety of the country, but he did not take reform as an urgent task. As a result, the country's affairs were severely damaged, and it was impossible to save. Even today, the gentlemen have changed their ways. What is the use of thinking about it! For example, when a huge boat in a vast mansion is tossed by the wind and rain, you don’t rush to rescue it, and when it capsizes more than half, there is still no time to escape with wounds, so what reform can be said? If no reform is carried out, But to say that recovery is not far away, and ZTE can be expected, is it just a dream!" "But……" "Brother, listen to me!" Gu Gao waved his hand roughly, "If you ask the late emperor's efforts to govern, why the reforms could not be carried out in the end? There is no other reason, because although the late emperor knew that Donglin was a gentleman, but because the people he attached to were not pure A gentleman is suspicious of it; although he knows that those who attack Donglin are villains, he participates in it because he can contain Donglin, and he dies until the gentleman is gone, and the villain is left alone. Therefore, there will be no reform after the country changes. Heart, and there is no one to preside over it. This is a great harm for the gentleman and the villain! If the southern capital is newly established, it may not be an opportunity to change course, but the princes in Donglin did not take the previous dynasty as a lesson, and they were intimidated. In order to embrace the arrogance of the "Fu" faction, he changed the establishment of the Gui Fan, and even gave this move to Ma Yaocao! What is Ma Yaocao? A buddy of Ruan Huzi! A full-fledged treacherous villain! In the future, the government will tolerate this How can I expect me to get involved with my elders? What else can I do!" Gu Gao spoke loudly, gnashing his teeth, his expression was so angry, and his eyes were so painful.It seems that he is indeed completely desperate for the current situation, and his decision to go back to the village cannot be changed. Huang Zongxi couldn't help but fell silent.It is true that he was disgusted when he learned that his friend was not intending to die, but was trying to get away.However, Gu Gao's analysis, which was so sharp that it was almost harsh, deeply shocked his heart.In fact, many opinions of old friends, including many of the things they said, are what Huang Zongxi thinks about on a daily basis, and he often brings them up for discussion with the other party.Some of them are simply from Huang Zongxi's own words.However, in recent days, due to some complicated, confusing, and inexplicable reasons, he has been avoiding it intentionally or unintentionally, unwilling to think deeply about it.Now, pointing it out mercilessly from a friend made him feel as if the black cloth covering his eyes had been torn off at once, and he could no longer ignore the current situation. "If brother must go," he finally whispered dejectedly, "then let's go. If you go early, you may be able to save everything!" Gu Gao was staring at his friend provocatively, clearly suffocating in his heart, preparing for the fierce debate that would inevitably erupt.Hearing this sentence, he was stunned for a moment, and the excitement disappeared.He withdrew his gaze, turned around silently, walked a few steps in the room, then stopped, and asked angrily: "In that case, why don't you leave?" Huang Zongxi smiled wryly, then shook his head: "I won't leave." "why?" "Brother can't go." "What can't be done?" Gu Gao suddenly stomped his feet and shouted angrily, "Ah, what can't be done? Tell me! You can do it if you use it, and hide it if you don't. Since they don't take anything I say , since they..." "Ke Xianqi is the Empress of Donglin!" A stern, slightly hoarse voice suddenly broke in.Huang Zongxi turned around in astonishment, and found outside the threshold, an elder with a thin face but a shaggy beard was standing, looking straight at Gu Gao from under his bushy eyebrows with those greenish-black eyes.It turned out that at some point, Zhou Biao had already heard the sound and arrived. "At the beginning," Zhou Bi stepped into the threshold and continued, "The two virtuous ancestors lived in a world where the government was in turmoil and the rules and regulations were reversed. Prison. Fortunately, the Emperor Daxing was brave and powerful, killed Ke and Wei, ruled the eunuchs poorly, and set the example for Donglin Zhaoxue. Our generation of gentlemen can have today. Now that the country is in trouble, Fang Yin, the king’s hatred has not been recovered, could it be that the virtuous deed has forgotten the ancestors Aspirations, do you want to avoid hardships and escape responsibility?" In the minds of the Fushe scholars, Zhou Biao's words have always carried a lot of weight, not to mention that at this moment he has a stern expression, so not only Gu Gao looks like someone is strangling his neck, but also keeps his face blank. Choking, even Huang Zongxi lowered his head in embarrassment. "Student still remember," Zhou Bi withdrew his reproachful gaze, and his tone softened a little, "in the year of Wuchen, Xianqi and Taichong and other Donglin disciples went to Beijing to sue for injustice, and gathered outside the Meridian Gate, crying loudly. Hearing the ban. At that time, the first emperor dispatched his internal ministers to say: "The voice of this loyal minister and filial son, my heart is very sad!" All my gentlemen, listening to this Lun's voice, there is no one who is not moved and sad, and the blood boils. May the king Remember this saying, even if there are thousands of difficulties and dangers, you should stick to it and swear to destroy the mad bandits, in order to repay the great grace of the late emperor for rebuilding!" After saying this, he probably thought it was enough to make Gu Gao come to his senses, so Zhou Bi ignored it.He turned his unkempt face to Huang Zongxi and asked: "Well, brother went to the bookstore today, did he see Chen Dingsheng? What did he say to brother?" Huang Zongxi was silently watching Gu Gao, who was holding his head in pain and slumped on the chair. "Ah, no, I didn't say anything." He turned around and answered hastily. "Didn't he tell you all to be staff?" Zhou Biao stared at him closely, showing great concern. "Being a staff member? No!" Huang Zongxi shook his head in confusion, and then said "Oh", and said, "He said that we should not only manage the clearing and deliberations, but also participate in the government affairs, but how to participate, he has not yet Said, my nephew came out with Zifang, so I never heard of it." Zhou Biao nodded: "That's it. He said that he participated in the government, and he just asked you all to be his staff! He asked me about this yesterday and asked me to help him. I saw him excitedly, They did not immediately reject it. In fact, the reason why we Fushe has today's prestige is all due to being in the opposition, presiding over the Qing discussion among scholars, making the ruling party afraid. Once they all go to be aides, they have to obey others, and their words and deeds You are under the control, how can you preside over the clear discussion? Besides, the aides are at best just the role of the secretary and handyman, so it is your turn to participate in the government affairs!" When Chen Zhenhui put forward the idea of ​​participating in the government, because she had clearly stated that the purpose was to influence those in power, so as to push the court to get rid of long-standing abuses and promulgate new policies, Huang Zongxi felt that he was quite right.Now, after hearing Zhou Biaoyi's sharp criticism, he couldn't help pondering.However, reforming the government is an idea that Huang Zongxi has pursued for many years. If he even gives up the opportunity to try it, he is really reluctant.So, after hesitating for a while, he couldn't help but tentatively said: "From my nephew's point of view, maybe I might as well try to be a man for a while? If it doesn't work, I'll say it again..." Unexpectedly, before he finished speaking, Zhou Biao was already furious: "This is absolutely impossible!" He waved his hand arrogantly, and said sharply, "Do you think Chen Dingsheng really wants to reform the government! He wants to be Mr. Xi Zhang I want to hold you all in the palm of my hand and let him manipulate! Huh, I have long seen that this man is scheming. However, as long as I, Zhou, live for a day, he will be wasting all his efforts!" After finishing speaking, he angrily sat down on the chair, startled Huang Zongxi and Gu Gao as if they had been immobilized, they stared blankly, unable to speak for a long time.