Chapter 26 Chapter 26 Foresight
In the heavy snow, the pines and cypresses are proud, and the plum blossoms are blooming...
The light of the snow made the paper windows of the study shine brightly, and the oil lamp on the table made him feel lonely; under the light of the sky and the light, Gu Xiancheng wrote his "Notes of Xinxinzhai" with a pen; his writing speed was not fast, and his handwriting He is honest, upright and meticulous, fully revealing his inner voice; he wrote word by word:
The shell of the official chariot is not concerned with the ruler and father; the frontier of the official temple is not concerned with the common people; as for the forest under the water, it is in twos and threes.Even if there is beauty in him, a gentleman will despise it.
The next day, he sent his old servant to invite Gao Panlong to come home, and at the same time, he also invited several friends who had been dismissed or dismissed because they were not in power in the past two or three years, and returned to their hometown one by one. Shi Menglin, Yu Kongjian, An Xifan, Xue Fujiao, Qian Yiben and others; among these people, An Xifan was also from Wuxi, and lived not far away; Shi Menglin was from Yixing, Yu Kongjian was from Jintan, Xue Fujiao and Qian Yiben are from Wujin, and they are very close to each other, so it doesn't take time to communicate. Therefore, these few people who were friends before they became officials, and formed a small group because of their like-mindedness when they were officials in Beijing, returned to their hometown. , Gatherings are very frequent, there are always two or three times a month, and everyone discusses knowledge and discusses the current situation together, which has long become a regular activity; no matter who makes up their minds and invites others, other people will definitely come to attend the meeting; therefore, this One time was no exception; when the time came, Gu Xiancheng's small "Xiaoxin Zhai" was full of friends.
In addition to the guests, there was also his younger brother Gu Yuncheng, and everyone gathered around to discuss his newly written article.
"Xinxin Zhai" was originally Gu Xiancheng's study room, with a small area and simple furnishings. Apart from the shelves full of books, there were only a table, a chair and the four treasures of the study. My shabby room is the only place where I am virtuous." Moreover, once the door is closed, all the wind, snow and snow outside will be blocked. Although the small room is small, it is a world of its own; what's more, everyone here is full of ambition and enthusiasm. Scholars, although they suffered setbacks in the officialdom, did not lose heart because of it, nor did they give up their ideals and ambitions to save this increasingly corrupt era; therefore, the atmosphere in this small world is hot...
Gu Xiancheng took the lead in saying to everyone: "It has been more than a year since he returned to his native place. Xiancheng is among the people. What he sees, hears, and thinks can only be described by the four words 'worried'; the writing is a text, and he talks about the feelings in his heart. -"
The social phenomena he observes are multifaceted, ranging from metaphysical, current popular schools of thought, ideology, and people's lives and outlook on life, to real issues such as rice, wheat, grain prices, taxes, and labor; The angle of observation is wide, and the level of thinking is also deep. Therefore, the views he put forward are specific and complete. The basic starting point of writing articles is to improve the current problems and save the hearts of the world. The person who sings the wind and plays the moon in the ivory tower, so he repeatedly emphasized to his friends: "Xiancheng believes that when the world is declining and people's hearts are not old, the first task of scholars is to save the world's morals and people's hearts. I only know how to write books, spread some shocking, sensational, specious words, or adjust a few words, write a few romantic, insects, fish, birds and beasts; even if it shows the beauty of kitsch, Xiancheng can't agree with it—”
He circulated the articles he had written among his friends one by one, allowing his ideas to be communicated with each friend, and a small "Xin Zhai" became infinitely broad and great because of his ardent will to save the world.
However, this greatness is metaphysical after all, and everything that exists in reality cannot be improved because of this—just in Wuxi Town, which is separated by a wall from "Xinxin Zhai", in the mountains and rivers of the Ming Dynasty, the "Zhu Men" was staged because of the heavy snow. There are too many scenes where the wine and meat stink, and the road has frozen bones"; and Wuxi is still a place of prosperity. If it is promoted to the whole country, the human beings who freeze to death in one night of snowstorm will have to be counted in tens of thousands!
It has been thirteen years since Zhang Juzheng passed away. Although the government was corrupt and finances were tight in the imperial court, the impact on the people was several times worse. The phenomenon is becoming more and more serious; a small number of rich people have channels for collusion between officials and businessmen, the worse the government is, the more ways to make money, and the more ways to evade taxes. Under such circumstances, only desperately "thinking of a way", thinking of a way, possessing a way, and being able to survive in such an environment, often loses character; Most of the people in Anshan can only endure the burden of life silently, and even ask the heaven without words.
And these kinds of phenomena, although some scholars like Gu Xiancheng saw it with worry, but some scholars simply turned a blind eye to it-not only turned a blind eye, but even developed a set of ways to benefit themselves based on this deformed social phenomenon; Shameless people have become attached to power and become "article thugs". As long as someone withdraws money, they will write articles for the withdrawn person, or to attack the enemy, or write some exquisite essays for entertainment, and they are completely hackers; Another group of people simply used the banner of the "Crazy Zen School" to advocate apostasy. While openly gathering people to speak, they personally performed some bizarre and shocking behaviors and behaviors. The atmosphere has become more turbid, there is neither right nor wrong, and the original honest and simple style has been lost. During Zhang Juzheng's ten years in power, the savings of "hiding wealth among the people" have been exhausted; She wore a Chinese dress that was riddled with moths and was riddled with holes. Even though she could still see exquisite sewing skills on the outside, she couldn't put it on anymore.
However, it is only a man of insight like Gu Xiancheng who can have such foresight and hidden worries. As the leader of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Wanli didn't realize that he was outside the territory, envious of the prosperity and beauty of the Ming Dynasty Of course, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Nurhachi don't even know about these situations...
In August, Shuerhaqi was sent to Beijing to pay tribute. The journey was long, and Shuerhaqi took advantage of the opportunity to enjoy and play in Beijing for a few more days. It took a whole two months.
Nurhachi didn't care about this at all—what he cared about was the current situation of the Ming Dynasty; therefore, as soon as he received the report that Shuerhaqi had returned, the troops were ten miles away from the city; he was immediately excited He jumped up, left the things he was dealing with, ran downstairs excitedly, got off his horse, and went out of the city to meet Shuerhaqi.
The wind and snow were blowing between heaven and earth, but his face was flushed with excitement; before leaving the city, he did not forget to casually call Shuerhaqi's son, Amin who was raised by him since he was a child, and followed him out of the city.
Amin is already twelve years old, not tall, but strong and strong, with slightly dark skin, a pair of slightly protruding eyes and thick black eyebrows on his face, he looks like Shuerhaqi, and he is already quite a bit General's posture; Nurhachi has always loved him, just like his own son, and called him over, "Follow me to welcome you, Ama—"
Amin was naturally restless, so this was exactly what he wanted, so he immediately jumped on his horse, and together with several guards, he followed Nurhachi and ran forward.
A group of people met Shuerhaqi at the gate of the city. After turning their horses around, the two brothers walked side by side, but they were suffering from the wind and snow and couldn't talk much. Therefore, they didn't start talking until they entered the building and sat down. .
Shu Erhaqi was the first to report and said: "The Ming Dynasty gave the title of 'General Dragon and Tiger' and thirty imperial edicts—Brother Gongxi, he has been the majestic 'General Dragon and Tiger' since then, who else in Liaodong How about disrespecting big brother?"
As he spoke, he ordered someone to take out the canonized imperial edict and thirty edicts of the Ming Dynasty from the bag, and handed them to Nurhachi respectfully.
Who knows, Nurhachi's reaction was not as he expected——After receiving these documents, Nurhachi only glanced at them casually, put them on the table, and said with a haha smile: "You must be respected, You have to rely on yourself, how can you rely on the canonization of the Ming Dynasty? Doesn’t that mean that you can rely on the power of the Ming Dynasty to gain prestige in Liaodong?"
Shuerhaqi was stunned subconsciously, and then replied embarrassingly: "It's not that—the Ming Dynasty also granted the seal because the elder brother was already very prestigious in Liaodong—otherwise, I didn't hear about Nalinbu Lu got the seal!"
When he said that, Nurhachi smiled and changed the subject: "Tell me, what is the current situation of Beijing in the Ming Dynasty?"
This is what he cares about—every time he meets someone from Beijing, or someone who has been to Beijing, he will take the trouble to ask again and again, and he listens to everyone's answer with relish, even though every The Beijing city described by a person is different, and he doesn't care. Moreover, no matter what the content is, he synthesizes it into a prosperous and civilized blueprint in his heart, which becomes his own plan for the future. Pursuing, therefore, he wished to know as much as possible.
And this topic is relatively easy for Shuerhaqi to grasp - as time and age grow, the spiritual distance between him and Nurhachi has become farther and farther, and it is so far away that they can't talk for a few words because of this. Therefore, he has already reduced the conversation with Nurhachi as much as possible; only he has no such pressure and wariness on the topic of "Beijing City", because "Beijing City" is both Nurhachi and Nurhachi. The topics he likes to listen to, no matter how you say them, they won’t cause you any displeasure. While talking about the exquisite food sold in the restaurant, he added: "The common people in Beijing really like us who go outside the customs to pay tribute. I also heard this time that people call us 'high officials and nobles'!"
Nurhachi smiled curiously and asked, "Oh? Why is there such a name?"
Shuerhaqi shrugged and said: "I don't know, I asked the Ming Dynasty official who received him privately, and he said that he liked us very much. 'Noble person' means a noble person, and when a noble person goes to a place, he will give That place brings good luck, and people wish we could send people to pay tribute every day!"
Nurhachi couldn't help laughing, and told him with a smile: "When I was in Shenyang, I heard the meaning of 'high official'. Da means Tartar. They call us 'tartar'!"
Then he asked him: "Have you heard what the common people are talking about?"
Shuerhaqi tilted his head and thought for a while: "I heard someone in the restaurant say that the emperor has not been in court for a long time, but the common people rarely talk to me, and the few officials who received me He pulled me and said a lot!"
Nurhachi asked, "What did they tell you?"
Shu Erhaqi said: "Mostly they want me to bring more ginseng and fur when I go back, just don't take them out in the market, they want to exchange things with me privately!"
Nurhachi let out a "puchi" laugh: "It's really 'the world is as black as crows'. The officials in Beijing are the same as those sent to Liaodong. They just want to gain some benefits for themselves in private. A few who want to do things well for the imperial court—but since you met such an official, they didn't forget to promise you some benefits, right?"
The latter sentence made Shuerhaqi's face flushed immediately, and he lowered his head and said nothing. Actually, Nurhachi didn't want to embarrass him, so he said such a sentence casually, and it was fine if he said it, so he said to Shuerhaqi: "You Hurrying back, I’m always tired, let’s go and rest first!”
After Shuerhaqi left, he began to think...
Although what Shuerhaqi said was just a simple statement, a superficial rumor, it was different in his heart.
He mixed these words with what he heard from other people, repeatedly scrutinized, compared, and compared them, and also confirmed the facts that had happened in reality one by one—the most clear thing in front of him was the population. In the past year, Fei Yingdong, He Heli and others have come to him more than once to report that the number of people who came to join Jianzhou has increased much more than before, and most of them are Han Chinese. Almost all of them were to avoid the heavy taxes and corvees of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, these people came to Liaodong in groups, groups, or went out of the customs or crossed the sea from the Ming Dynasty.
"I only want three meals for food and clothing, and I am willing to be a citizen of Jianzhou—"
Comparing this fact with the rumors he heard, he felt a little more emotional in his heart.
In the past, the increase in the population of Jianzhou was almost all due to wars - the war not only brought him a lot of captives, but also made his reputation rise day by day and attracted nearby tribes to join him. Most of them are Jurchens—now, it is the subjects of the Ming Dynasty who took the initiative to join the Jianzhou, not because of the war, but because of problems with the Ming Dynasty itself...
He thought about it, and there was joy in his heart, but also a sense of vigilance: "Ming Dynasty made it like this, of course, it is beneficial to the development of our state - but, with such a situation in front of us, it is really a shame. A mirror!"
He suddenly realized, and figured out something that he had never thought of before, that is, if the emperor didn't do a good job, the people would run away!
He didn't read many books when he was a teenager, and he left home at the age of nineteen, and he didn't have the guidance and teachings of elders who had accumulated life experience around him. There are many truths, which he can only get by his own exploration and thinking; After the scale of Jianzhou expanded day by day, in addition to the wars and contacts with the outside world, the internal affairs issues he had to deal with increased day by day, and he would face new problems almost every day—he was facing new challenges every day, therefore?He has developed the habit of being cautious and thinking over and over again; and whenever his thinking yields results, he not only rejoices in his heart, but also confirms it again and again—in this way, after accumulating these years, he has gradually possessed himself. His life wisdom and political philosophy; he believed that he could lead all the Jurchens to the road of prosperity and build a "Beijing City" for the Jurchens.
"Prosperous, civilized, envied by everyone—in the future, the Beijing city of my Jurchens will be the same as the current Beijing city of the Ming Dynasty—"
Looking up at the sky outside the window, he murmured to himself in his heart, his face brimming with confidence.
And a few days later, a new challenge came to him again.
First, Fei Yingdong came to report to him: "The news from North Korea said that North Korea is going to send envoys to the Ming Dynasty. This time the chosen route is to pass through our Jianzhou!"
"Oh, that's great! I was trying to learn more about North Korea!"
His first reaction was excitement, so he spoke to Fei Yingdong in a cheerful tone, but then his tone changed.
"Ah, this is the first time our Jurchens have been in contact with 'foreign countries'!"
There is obvious caution in his expression, but he is also excited and full of energy for the upcoming challenge; therefore, although his tone has slowed down due to contemplation, his voice is extraordinarily sonorous: "Go and inform Everyone, make some preparations first, think about what to do about this matter, and tomorrow morning, let's discuss and discuss together!"
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