Chapter 36 student petition

Shi Kefa's sudden decision to invite him to stay in Huaiyang once again shattered Huang Zongxi's enthusiasm. At the same time, it also caused a great impact on the members of the Fushe community.Hou Fangyu, Mei Langzhong, Zhang Zilie, Shen Shizhu, Zuo Guofen and others, because they acted as staff in various ministries, even got the news a little earlier.However, when they rushed to the yamen of the Ministry of War in desperation, surrounded Chen Zhenhui, and asked what to do, even the always calm and prudent leader was worried and confused. Prompted Shi Kefa to change his mind.He also made an appointment with his friends to go to the tea house outside Hongwu Gate on May 17th, the morning after Huang Zongxi and Chen Fangce talked in the bookstore, to see the results and make plans.

Now, the appointed time has come.From the time of Chen Ke, the friends of the community came to the tea house one after another, occupied a table by the window, ordered two pots of "Mao Jian" and some fruits, drinking while waiting.As they expected that things would not go well, they also specially recruited Wu Yingji and Yu Huai so that they could participate in the discussion together.Unexpectedly, everyone waited anxiously for more than half an hour, not only did Chen Zhenhui not come to show up, even Hou Fangyu who volunteered to urge him disappeared, and the community members couldn't help but become more and more anxious.

"Hey, what's going on? Why hasn't Dingsheng come?" Mei Langzhong stretched his neck and looked out the window, while looking out of the window, he said with a dejected expression, "Could it be that Shi Daolin has already left the capital, so why not take him away?" "That's not the case," Zhang Zilie shook his head, "When Shigong left the capital, he had to give his majesty's speech to the emperor, and all the officials had to gather outside the city to take him out of the city. Let's go!" "Hmph, it's hard to say. Now that Ma Yaocao has returned to Liudu, the towns in Jiangbei have become headless snakes. If the bandits go south and the military situation is urgent, Shi Gong will only have Xingye to take up his post! Don't you hear that the art of war... "Shen Shizhu put forward his opinion, and as usual, he never forgot to quote the military book, but for this situation, he seemed to be unable to remember what the corresponding statement in the military book was, so he kept blinking his eyes, but nothing came up. .

Fortunately, Zuo Guofeng picked it up: "Jiangbei's army is in an emergency situation, how can we be silent beforehand? Besides, even if Dingsheng left with him, how could he not leave us a message?" Hearing his question, Shen Shizhu immediately became proud again: "Hey, man, this is an amateur!" He waved his hand and said, "How can a military plan be leaked so easily? Don't you hear that 'the body is invisible but I am invisible'? Even if it's Dingsheng, at this moment, I'm afraid I don't dare to leave us any messages!" Yu Huai shook his head: "Brother, I was thinking about staying here for two days, and there was a lot of discussion. It's all about Shi Gong's going to Huaiyang to supervise the teacher. Maybe Ma Yaocao and others are afraid that Shi Gong will stay for a long time, and they will inevitably have long nights and dreams. What kind of treacherous method is used to send him out quickly and quietly is unknown!"

For a while, Emperor Hongguang was obviously partial to Ma Shiying, so Yu Huai's concerns were naturally not unreasonable.Everyone suddenly became anxious again. "If, if this is the case, wouldn't we wait for nothing?" Mei Langzhong stammered. "That's right," Zuo Guofeng also answered, "Since that's the case, why are we still sitting here?" "Yes, don't wait!" "Forget it, let's go, let's go!" More people echoed. However, before they stood up, they heard a "bang" on the table, and then, Wu Yingji's stern voice sounded:

"You're all guessing! Guessing, understand?" he snapped repeatedly.He didn't seem to intend to explain why it was just a wild guess, but the staring gaze was enough to make the members of the commune involuntarily quiet down and stop making any noise. "Then," after everyone drank tea in a dull mood, someone finally spoke up again, and it was Shen Shizhu who couldn't calm down, "Even though Shigong has not left Beijing at this moment, he is going to leave Beijing after all—if the court If you don’t want to take back your fate, then what will Dingsheng do? Should he go with Shi Gong, or stay? If he leaves too, what should we do if he leaves us? Should this staff continue to be a good one?”

"Hmph, in fact, even if Dingsheng stays and does not leave, our job as an aide is meaningless!" Zuo Guofeng said dejectedly. "Oh?" "Don't think about it. In the past, I stayed with Shigong to preside over the big plans, and Dingsheng was in his shadow. He took the lead in everything, so we could coordinate with each other. Now that it's Ma Yaocao, Dingsheng can no longer be attached to him." He, once there is no support in this scene, what use is it for us to keep it!" Indeed, Chen Zhenhui's idea of ​​using "entering the curtain" to influence the government was based on the fact that the Donglin faction was in power.Now that Shi Kefa is gone, the power of the imperial court will surely fall into the hands of Ma Shiying and his like in the future. It is indeed doubtful whether the method of "entering the curtain" will work.So, hearing what Zuo Guofeng said, everyone's already restless mood added another layer of frustration.

"Brother Ciwei, the onlookers are clear, but let me tell you what we should do?" Since Wu Yingji and Yu Huai were the only guests in this group, Mei Langzhong had no choice but to turn to him for help. Wu Yingji didn't speak, but kept stroking his hedgehog-like beard with a cold face. After a while, he said in a muffled voice: "If you can't keep doing it, then it's not right! Get out and continue to do our old job - to lead the discussion!" "Yes!" Shen Shizhu responded immediately, "Gu Zifang visited my younger brother a few days ago, and he said the same thing. He also said that Zhou Zhongyu expected that something would happen if the court arranged Ma Yaocao in this way. My younger brother didn't believe it at the time, but now Sure enough, he was expected!"

"Zhou Zhongyu didn't take it for granted that we entered the scene at the beginning, no, it's all right for him!" Zuo Guofeng also echoed, "But Dingsheng didn't listen, and it turned into this situation today!" Zuo Guofen was very active when discussing entering the curtain, and was almost the first to enter the curtain, but now he has forgotten all about it.Perhaps it was this that aroused Zhang Zilie's disgust. He put the teacup on the table and said: "Brother, don't blame Dingsheng! There is nothing wrong with being a guest in the curtain, at least we can know many things, unlike in the past, always kept in the dark, even if Dingsheng can't be done, we can still be Shi Gong is gone, and there are still Gao Gong and Jiang Gong in the court. Ma Yaocao may not be able to cover the sky with one hand, besides..."

He was going to continue talking, but suddenly there was a "coax" outside the window, and there was a commotion, several voices shouted: "Hey, look, look!" "Strange, who is that?" "What are they doing?" Everyone couldn't help being startled, and quickly turned their faces to look, and found that for some reason, the pedestrians on the street stopped one after another, moved aside, and stretched their necks towards the south.Everyone became curious, stood up one after another, and squeezed to the window. Only after a while did they understand.It turned out that a group of Confucian scholars were coming from the south of the street, about twenty or thirty of them, each with dignified expressions and dignified steps.The leading one was holding a black lacquer plate in his hand, which contained a memorial or something like that.Behind them, many people who looked like citizens followed noisily, including some scholars in square scarves and Confucian uniforms.If the Confucian scholars at the front all solemnly kept silent, then those who joined temporarily behind seemed excited, waving their arms and talking loudly at the same time.The members of the commune were separated by the window, and there were many passers-by watching the excitement in front of them, so it was unclear what they were talking about for a while.It wasn't until the team passed by the window that someone among them shouted impassionedly:

"Why did you take my Shi Gong?" "Return my Shi Gong!" "Eh, could it be that they are going to the Department of General Administration to write a letter to persuade Shi Gong to stay?" Since this place is not far from the government office in Hongwumen, Yu Huai first made a guess. "Well, those people in front seem to be the students of the Imperial College. The one holding the plate is named Chen Fangce, one of their leaders, and he is usually daring to speak up!" Someone said, the voice sounded like Zhang Zilie. "Look at this battle, there are quite a few people responding to them. Maybe, it's unknown if they can really keep Shi Gong behind." Zuo Guofen murmured, as if hope was born again. However, I don't know whether it was disapproval or for other reasons, his statement did not arouse the response of the community members. Everyone just silently looked at the lively scene outside the window, showing that they had their own concerns. Finally, Mei Langzhong twisted his neck uncomfortably, and said regretfully: "It's my job to take charge of the clearing up of the society, but who knows that when the matter is imminent, the people from the Imperial College will take the lead! " This casual sentence pierced through the thoughts that each other was trying to hide. Friends, you looked at me, and I looked at you, and the faces changed involuntarily.Indeed, as members of the Fushe, everyone has always been proud of the fact that for a long time, whether in Jiangnan or Liudu, they are the most daring to speak out, the most appealing, and the most influential group. No one can believe that match.However, the current situation is: the imperial students of the Guozijian have already taken action, but his group is still guarding the teahouse, doing nothing.It was this abnormal contrast that made everyone's self-esteem seem to have been ridiculed and insulted. The boredom and anxiety that had accumulated for most of the day suddenly swelled up and finally broke out again. "Forget it!" Shen Shizhu slammed the table first, and said loudly, "What are you waiting for? Why don't we go to the General Secretary!" "Yes, let's go, let's go!" Mei Langzhong and Yu Huai also echoed in unison. This time, even Wu Yingji didn't stop him anymore.So everyone turned around and walked out one after another.Zhang Zilie was still hesitating, but seeing that everyone was about to leave, he finally followed silently. They had just walked out the door when they suddenly saw Hou Fangyu, who had gone to urge Chen Zhenhui early in the morning but hadn't seen him for a long time, walking towards the tea house in a hurry through the crowd. "Hey, where are you going, brother?" Hou Fangyu asked in surprise while wiping the sweat from his forehead. Shen Shizhu snorted, and asked back, "Where have you been all this time? What about Dingsheng?" Hou Fangyu shook his head: "Because he has something important to do, he can't come now." "Is something urgent? Then we—" "Hey, brother, don't worry!" Hou Fangyu made a stop gesture, then lowered his voice, and said with a stern expression: "Dingsheng decided to find another way because his admonition to Shi Gong was ineffective. Right now, he has already asked Jiang Ge to see him-" —Hey, this is not a place to talk, let's go back to the inner room first, and then talk with brother in detail!"