Chapter 29 Insist on participating in politics

It wasn't until the community members couldn't wait any longer and decided to hold the meeting that Huang Zongxi and Gu Gao hurried to Changhaoju with Zuo Guofeng.The reason why they came so late was that when they were about to leave, they were summoned to the upper room by Zhou Bi, and they gave him a serious admonition.According to the old man's estimate, at today's gathering, Chen Zhenhui will definitely put forward the idea of ​​letting all the community members become staff members again.He firmly insisted that this was a set of tricks played by Chen Zhenhui in order to control the social situation and pretend to be the leader.Therefore, Huang Zongxi and Gu Gao are required to resolutely resist and expose their conspiracy to the community members on the spot.In order to strengthen the belief of Huang and Gu, Zhou Bi also cited a lot of "evidence" that Chen Zhenhui formed gangs in the society for personal gain, including boasting about recruiting Hou Fangyu, who has no seniority and poor conduct, so that he can be listed as " The Four Young Masters of Restoring the Society", excluding Gu Gao and Huang Zongxi, who were much more senior.In addition, Zhou Bi also specifically mentioned that at the Huqiu meeting the year before last, in order to win over Zheng Yuanxun, Chen Zhenhui deliberately let Zheng Yuanxun go, even though she knew that the other party had colluded with Qian Qianyi and tried to reverse the case for Ruan Dacheng. The scandal, instead, deceived Zhou Bi, and let Zhou Bi support Zheng Yuanxun to continue to be the main ally of the conference.Later, he used the excuse that Qian Qianyi had helped Mao Xiang and Dong Xiaowan in the matter of marrying him, and couldn't wait to stop denouncing Qian.All these prove that Chen Zhenhui is a person who is greedy for profit, works in power, and has no moral principles.If his plot is allowed to succeed and he really takes the top spot in the society, it will definitely lead Fushe to evil paths.

Although Huang Zongxi listened to the old man's angry admonition, he has not yet formed his own clear judgment.In fact, perhaps because he himself has never had the desire to lead the social circle, he lacks Zhou Biao's keen and strong feeling for Chen Zhenhui's past words and deeds.Rather, he judged everything based on the concept of right and wrong.As long as Chen Zhenhui's actions did not obviously deviate from the purpose of rehabilitating and establishing the society, and did not obviously violate the integrity of an honest gentleman, he didn't pay much attention to and care about other things.Of course, Zhou Bi was his most trusted and respected friend, and he was also the introducer who joined the Fushe back then. As usual, Huang Zongxi would seriously consider what the old man said, at least he was going to confirm it.Now, with such an idea in mind, he sat on the seat, quietly listening to the conversations of fellow members, while waiting for the opportunity to speak.

Chen Zhenhui, who was sitting opposite Huang Zongxi, would naturally not understand Huang Zongxi's thoughts.Undoubtedly, Chen Zhenhui has been both surprised and angry since learning that Zhou Biao scolded him behind his back.He is a kind-hearted person on the outside, but quite proud on the inside. He can associate with all kinds of people equally and modestly, but he cannot tolerate any insult and contempt from others, let alone malicious attacks like Zhou Biao. "At this juncture when the country is dying and the society is disintegrating, your surname Zhou Kong is the veteran of the restoration of the society, and you can't come up with anything to help the needy. Not to mention, now I have just planned to make a plan to reverse this slump. You will soon There are many suspicions and obstructions. Hmph, you think that if you do this, I will be afraid of you, and you will bow your head and ears, and dare not move, but you will look down on me, Chen Zhenhui, too!" In addition to being indignant, he thought forcefully.At the same time, in view of the close relationship between Huang Zongxi and Gu Gao and Zhou Bi, he immediately intuitively regarded them as two nails buried in Zhou Bi's club, and estimated that there must be a fierce contest in today's gathering.To be honest, Chen Zhenhui didn't take Huang and Gu seriously.The reason why he remained silent and didn't immediately put forward his established idea was because at this moment, the members of the company were chatting lively around the newcomer Shen Shizhu, which made him unable to get in for a while.

This Shen Shizhu was short and small, with a thin body, a pair of arms not much thicker than hemp stalks, and two fists like small claws.However, he is strangely self-proclaimed as a general, and he yearns for talking about soldiers in barracks and killing thieves on horseback.Even in daily conversations, they often cite books on military affairs, swallowing those "Six Secret Teachings", "Wei Liaozi" and "Sun Tzu's Art of War".For this reason, friends often make fun of him, but he remains the same, unchanged.At this moment, he is discussing the succession of King Fu with his friends.

"Hey, this time it was nothing more than the carelessness of the soldiers in Donglin, who fell into the cunning tricks of the traitors, and broke for a while. There is a saying that victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs, and it is nothing!" Shen Shizhu said nonchalantly, waving his hands. "It's nothing? You put it lightly! You must know that the loss is a life-and-death move!" Mei Langzhong said sullenly. "Life and death are at stake—" Shen Shizhu blinked his eyes, "You can also say that. But there is a saying in the art of war: 'If you throw yourself into death, you will survive, and if you fall into death, you will survive'. The reason for this is all due to a 'gut'." When two armies meet, only the brave can win. What's more, if you have already been executed, there is no way to retreat, and your fighting spirit must be stronger. For example, today, our army has been defeated for a while, and it seems to be in a desperate situation. However, we only need to carry forward , Go forward bravely, why worry about not being able to defeat a strong enemy, turning defeat into victory!"

"That's right, if you lose your nerve for a while and sign the alliance under the city, wouldn't it be that old man Ma would laugh at my Donglin and Fushe for being too pussy?" Seeing Shen Shizhu blindly uttering big words, Yu Huai turned to his friends They blinked slyly, imitating each other's tone, and then turned to Shen Shizhu solemnly: "Then, according to brother's high opinion, I don't know how to plan it out?" "The plan, the plan is right in front of us, it just depends on how brave you and the Donglin princes are!" Shen Shizhu seemed confident.

"Oh?" Everyone was a little surprised, they involuntarily stopped their cups and chopsticks, and all looked at him expectantly. Shen Shizhu picked up the jug, and without speaking, he filled everyone's cups one by one, and then, holding the cup in his hand, he said solemnly: "If this plan can be implemented, brother, I will definitely teach him to be treacherous and courageous. People with lofty ideals will raise their eyebrows. This Liudu court is still the world of our Donglin and Fushe. Please drink this cup to the full, so as to strengthen your courage!" "Okay, if Brother Kun Tong has a clever plan to turn back the tide of the downfall, let alone a cup, or a hundred cups, I will drink as much as I want!" Wu Yingji first raised his wine glass.

"Yes, yes, I will accompany you to the end!" Yu Huai and Mei Langzhong also responded in unison. So, in the lively atmosphere, everyone had a drink. "Speaking of which, my plan is not difficult." After everyone put down their wine glasses, Shen Shizhu turned his thin face that blushed almost immediately, stretched out two claw-like fingers, and said excitedly, "It's nothing more than fighting poison with poison." Just think about it, everyone, why did that old man dare to risk the world's disgrace, betray his promise, and openly become an enemy of my Donglin? It is nothing more than relying on the soldiers and horses of the four towns in Jiangbei to support him. Only he has soldiers, and we Is it true that there are no soldiers in this generation? Now Zuo Liangyu has an army of 800,000 troops in Wuchang. It is only necessary to ask Shi Gong to write a letter, and then send a eloquent man to bring him to Zuoying, saying that he will send his troops to the east. If you really come to stay in the capital, you only need to camp between Hukou and Pengze, and become a tiger watching the whale, which is enough to make Ma Yaocao and others tremble, like a light on their backs. In this way, the situation of staying in the capital will not be worrying. It’s out of my control! I don’t know what you brothers think?”

At first everyone heard his big talk, and thought there was really some great plan, but when they found out after a long time of trouble, it turned out that he advocated the use of "left soldiers", they couldn't help being disappointed, so they shook their heads and waved their hands. After waving their hands, they booed and booed one after another, which made Shen Shizhu, who was so eager to win applause, bewildered.It wasn't until everyone explained that this kind of "unprecedented plan" had already been thought of by others, but was sternly rejected by Shi Kefa, and it didn't work at all, did he wake up like a dream, blushed, and sat down in embarrassment.

It was only then that Chen Zhenhui decided to bring the conversation to the main topic. "Everyone," he stroked his beautiful beard that hung down to his stomach, and said calmly, "Brother Kuntong's strategy, although it is not easy to implement, but just now he advocated not to be discouraged, it is the most reasonable , so that my younger brother hears it, and I don’t feel angry!" After saying these few words, he paused on purpose, and cast his appreciative gaze on Shen Shizhu, seeing the latter’s surprised and ashamed expression, he continued: "It's only now that Fufan's succession to the throne is a foregone conclusion. Ma Yaocao's generation does not hesitate to use treacherous schemes to win the support of this support. It is self-evident that their intention to control the government is self-evident. If we gentlemen don't rush to find a strategy to control the imperial court, how can we be the only ones?" It is possible to worry about the future, but it is difficult to achieve revival, and I would rather know that the disaster of Jia Tianqi and Chongzhen will not be repeated!"

As soon as he opened his mouth, he pointed out the seriousness of the current situation, especially the dangers that Donglin and Fushe would face in the future. Of course, it was to make everyone have a clear understanding of their current unfavorable situation. "This is everyone's most sensitive question, to mobilize emotions.Sure enough, the members of the club who were just a little frustrated at first, suddenly looked at me and I looked at you, and couldn't help but change their expressions. "Then, what should we do?" Mei Langzhong stammered. Chen Zhenhui smiled lightly: "There are only two ways: 1. Immediately break up the partnership, pack up your bags and go home, follow Qian Muzhai's example, and leave the shadows in the countryside from then on, not caring about worldly affairs. Although it is unavoidable to be ridiculed by the world, it can be avoided. The disaster of the prison, the disaster of killing the body!" The group of community members here have always regarded themselves as benevolent people and national scholars. To them, reputation is more important than life.Now, it is obviously absolutely unacceptable to suddenly hear that they have completely surrendered to Ma Shiying and his like, and returned to the countryside to live on.So, after a moment of silence, Mei Langzhong asked again: "Then, the second one?" "The second rule—" Chen Zhenhui still said calmly, but her eyes lingered on the faces of Huang Zongxi and Gu Gao intentionally or unintentionally, "The second rule is: Adhere to the integrity of a gentleman, and don't worry about it because of small things." The traitors of people have fallen into the ambition of serving the country, and they have worked together as one, thinking that the princes in Donglin will help you with their wings, and hope to break through the snares of traitors and create the cause of the Ming Dynasty's rejuvenation!" "It is needless to say that we created the cause of the Ming Dynasty's revival." Zhang Zilie's old-fashioned voice came, "It is only in the past that we Fushe conducted clean discussions. Gan Gang is arbitrary, and evil is difficult to hide. Today, Ma Yaocao will be deeply favored by the new king because of his support, and he will not be able to make him submit, right? " Beforehand, although Chen Zhenhui didn't discuss her thoughts with Zhang Zilie, the other party's question was exactly what he needed, so after nodding, he took out a handfold from his sleeve and said: "Brother Er Gong is very worried. To this day, in addition to clearing up the discussion, I have to devote myself to the reform of the government. I am a villain, but I know how to do my own thing, so I don’t have to worry about it. I, Donglin, is on the occasion of the establishment of the imperial court, and I should take care of it. The saying goes: the hungry are easy to eat, and the thirsty are easy to drink. This fact is not difficult to achieve results .Once the new policy is successful and the hearts of the people are attached, my Donglin will not only be able to secure my position, but also win the trust of the new king, and it will be easier said than done for the treacherous, indulgent and dangerous people!" As he said that, he passed the booklet in his hand to everyone, and introduced: "This is the 20 items of the new policy drafted by my brother recently, including amnesty for new and old money and food, wide opening of virtuous roads, rewards for reclamation, and planning and defense. Please come and see me, brothers!" "Then, what do you intend to do, brother? Are you going to write to the court?" Yu Huai turned to ask while passing the scriptures he had read to Huang Zongxi who was beside him.Clearly feeling the importance of the matter, he put away his usual playful expression. While paying attention to the reactions of Huang Zongxi and Gu Gao who were reading the booklet together, Chen Zhenhui shook her head and said, "No, I'm afraid it will delay time and may not be effective. What I mean is that if you If you agree with the items listed by my younger brother, you may wish to meet with the princes in charge of Donglin separately, and ask yourself to be a staff member, that is, to use this new policy of each item—naturally, additions and deletions can still be made, and I implore them to adopt it. My younger brother estimates that once the meeting is finalized , all the ministers must meet with the government, and at that time, the effect of getting twice the result with half the effort will be achieved!" Now, Chen Zhenhui put forward his previous idea with new content again, and prepared for Huang Zongxi and Gu Gao to block it. "Hmph, if you want to make trouble, come on! I, Chen Zhenhui, will never succumb to slander and intimidation, even Zhou Zhongyu!" "Ah, brother Dingsheng, I haven't told you yet. Since I told you to serve as staff, I have already met Uncle Lu Shaozong and found a job in the Ministry of Rites!" An excited voice said, That was Zuo Guofen who had never spoken. Although he came with Huang and Gu, he seemed unaware of Zhou Biao's objection. "Also Ergong entered the household department, and Lang San also entered the Metropolitan Procuratorate!" Zuo Guofeng pointed to Zhang Zilie and Mei Langzhong and introduced. "Oh, is this really true? Aha, good, great!" Chen Zhenhui asked in amazement, and couldn't help but get excited.For the time being, he ignored Huang Zongxi and Gu Gao, and began to inquire about the current situation of Zuo Guofen and others with great interest. At this time, Hou Fangyu, who was sitting next to him, seemed to gain some confidence from the silence of Huang and Gu.He squinted at Huang Zongxi, with a contemptuous sneer on his face, and asked: "Hey, why is Brother Taichong silent? Could it be that you don't think so about Brother Dingsheng's story? It seems that there must be another brilliant book from the secret." Ce Lai. Why don't you disclose it a little bit, so that the younger generation can open their mouths?" "This..." Huang Zongxi glanced at the other party, then lowered his head, took a sip of wine silently, and said honestly, "I don't have a good plan, but..." "Oh!" Hou Fangyu immediately stopped him and said, "Brother Taichong didn't have a good plan, but he didn't think much of Brother Dingsheng's good plan, so he kept silent and unpredictable. Those who know brother may forgive him for always being like this, Those who don't know will suspect that brother is arrogant, and he doesn't know how to control himself!" The relationship between Hou and Huang has always been poor, which is clear to the community members.But these few words of sarcasm and provocation for no reason still stunned everyone.Huang Zongxi raised his head suddenly, as if he had been pricked by a needle, his small face flushed red immediately, and his eyes widened.Yu Huai, who was sitting between them, saw that the momentum was wrong, and hurriedly left his seat, opened his arms, trying to stop the quarrel that was about to happen. "Scatter, all of you! Hurry up, hurry up!" A harsh shout suddenly came from outside the window. The community members were startled again, unable to figure out what happened.But then, the noisy noise in the street became louder, mixed with the crackling of whips and the running of pedestrians.Wu Yingji waved his hand and said in a hoarse voice: "Wang Jia. It's Wang Jia who has arrived!" Everyone let out an "ah" and immediately got busy. They left their seats and flocked to the windows facing the street.