Chapter 44: Riding (Part 2)
Before Zhou Kaihuang came to the Fifty-One Pavilion, Ren Tang, who heard about this, put on a Zhuge Liang's posture and predicted that the Fifty-One Pavilion would be built in a colorful way. I don't know how beautiful it was, so that Duke Baoguo was lingering.
Although Zhou Kaihuang still did not agree, he also agreed with Ren Tang's point of view in his heart, just as he secretly agreed that Deng Ming's guard should be handed over to the command of the Imperial Army Command. Since Deng Ming named the command unit the command unit, wouldn't it be just a name if he could not command a certain imperial army? Perhaps because he had noticed Zhou Kaihuang's idea, Zhao Tianba once asked Zhou Kaihuang to drink, he deliberately or unintentionally mentioned the allusion of the twenty-six guards in front of the imperial court: whether the supreme command organization is called the Ministry of War or the Governor's Office of the Five Army, no matter what the majestic name it has, it cannot be controlled by the Jinyiwei. So don't feel itchy when you see a team of elite cavalry. Now the command unit is controlled by the military rather than the prefectural office. Everyone should be happy quickly and don't think about the treasures in the hands of Duke Bao.
Deng Ming stayed at the 51st Pavilion this time for a long time. Before the New Year, Deng Ming said that he would go back to Chengdu for the New Year and meet the members of the Imperial Parliament. However, after leaving Jiading Prefecture and returning to Chengdu, Deng Ming sent someone to send a letter saying that he would go to the 51st Pavilion first, but he never saw him again as soon as he entered. This was also considered to be in Chengdu for the New Year, but everyone thought that Deng Ming would definitely accept the New Year's greetings from all officials in western Sichuan in the prefectural office of Chengdu.
After the Chinese New Year, Deng Ming still had not left the Fifty-One Pavilion, and the excuse that the Imperial Parliament did not make any important decisions, everything in Chengdu was normal, so he didn't need to go. This statement made many officials stunned. Fortunately, the various institutions in western Sichuan were indeed used to operating normally without Deng Ming, so Deng Ming did not appear, but only lacked an opportunity to excite everyone, and there was no much impact. It was already mid-February, and spring plowing, distribution, training, and all work were proceeding in an orderly manner.
After entering the Fifty-first Pavilion, Zhou Kaihuang didn't feel how good it was. All the buildings were newly built and were definitely stronger than the small villages and towns of other pavilions. However, most places looked very desolate and far from comparable to Chengdu. Chunxi Road is changing every day and is already quite prosperous.
"I really don't know what's so good to stay in this place?" The deeper I went into the Fifty-One Pavilion, the more the doubt Zhou Kaihuang was in his heart. The biggest feature of the Fifty-One Pavilion is that it was filled with many signs. Zhou Kaihuang basically didn't know him. After asking the accompanying Rangers, their answers made Zhou Kaihuang feel inexplicable.
This time Zhou Kaihuang came to find Deng Ming mainly for the academy.
After Hui Shiyang and Gong Yong arrived in Chengdu, a sensation broke out in the academy soon caused an uproar. In the first day or two, probably because the two sides were not very familiar with each other and there was still a little room for speech. But soon Gong Yong and Meng Zhengfa became familiar with each other and began to attack each other wildly.
At the beginning, the focus of both sides focused on who ruined the battle situation in Huguang in the Ming court. Meng Zhengfa had the advantage of being a person who experienced it, and the students of the academy believed that the narratives of witnesses were more reliable. Unfortunately, Gong Yan's military experience was much stronger than Meng Zhengfa. As a self-taught guerrilla warfare expert, although Gong Yan had not been in Huguang for a day, any flaws and omissions in Meng Zhengfa's narrative could not escape his sharp eyes. When he exposes Meng Zhengfa's cowhide one by one, Gong Yan said it very well, as if he was watching.
Zhu Zhiyu originally wanted to help Meng Zhengfa, but soon he found that he couldn't help at all. What's worse was that Zhu Zhiyu soon found that he was about to be convinced by Gong Yan's analysis.
Meng Zhengfa and Zhu Zhiyu had thought of asking Chen Zuocai to help, and used his identity as a priest to call on teachers and students to support the Jiangnan faction and suppress Gong Yan. However, Chen Zuocai was unwilling to cooperate. Chen Dajiu was just a gentry from Yunnan, and the highest title he had obtained in the past was Qian Zong! Chen Zuocai was a scholar. In the past, the literate people in the academy were small landlords from the Ming army to Sichuan from the southeast to Sichuan. When facing these scholars who could not even pass the exam for scholars, Chen Zuocai, who had seen big scenes, could have enough psychological advantages. But when Chen Zuocai met Meng Zhengfa and Zhu Zhiyu, who came from a place where literary style was prosperous in the southeast, he already had the feeling that he was not as capable as a human being.
Recently, Hui Shiyang and Gong Yong, the two Jinshis who came to the academy to give lectures, are Jinshis! Besides, Gong Yong has also been a provincial academic and political scholar. Not to mention asking Chen Zuocai to call on teachers and students to not listen to Gong Yong's remarks, Chen Zuocai himself wanted to listen to the teachings, and subconsciously felt that Gong Yong was right and extremely correct.
Seeing that he had been defeated in a few days after the confrontation, Meng Zhengfa found another way and began to attack Gong Yan's character. He shouted loudly in the academy and told everyone that Gong Yan had burned the god-lord card of the Ming emperors of all dynasties. You must know that Gong Yan was a Jinshi personally ordered by Emperor Chongzhen. Not only did he not want to repay the emperor's kindness, he also did such a thing as anger between the gods. Meng Zhengfa asked all the professors and students at the lecture at the academy: Can he believe the words of a thief who dares to burn the god-lord card of the emperor?
Meng Zhengfa's attack was very effective, and many people immediately changed to suspicious eyes of Gong Yan. Not only did Zhu Zhiyu feel the same hatred of the enemy, but even Chen Zuocai's respect for Gong Yan suddenly lost its color.
However, Gong Yan's counterattack also followed. He told everyone that Meng Zhengfa insulted the teacher, not only cursed in front of him, but also cursed in books, and even cursed with friends. Gong Yan invited the professors of the academy to think about this question: If a person can even do something to deceive his teacher and destroy his ancestors, then can he still tell the truth?
Suddenly, the academy was in an uproar. Moreover, these stories were taken back to their homes by the children and told to their parents. They were spread to various pavilions by the professor. In the end, Gong Yong burned the God Lord Card and Meng Zhengfa's bullying of his master and destroying his ancestors became well known to everyone in Chengdu.
Although Gong Yan's counterattack was also powerful, Meng Zhengfa found that attacking each other was the only way to save his disadvantages. Meng Zhengfa soon invented the close-fitting tactic. Every time Gong Yan gave a lecture, Meng Zhengfa would start classes in the classroom next to his, leaving the door wide open. When giving lectures, he always had to find an opportunity to take advantage of the topic and shouted a few words at the door instead of the students below: "Gong Yan burned the God Lord Card."
Meng Zhengfa's shouting was extremely loud. Gong Yong would hear his shouting several times every time he gave a lecture. Not only was the course interrupted, the students were restless, but the teacher was also upset. Gong Yong wanted to explain to the students clearly, and it was impossible to be easier than Meng Zhengfa's simple shouting. Explaining "A man's king" to students is very brain-consuming. It is necessary to observe the expressions on the students' faces, sometimes regretful, sometimes lamenting to mobilize the students' emotions, and even more, the tone needs to be upset and ups and downs to achieve the best effect. It is impossible to complete the call of "burning the gods' card" next door.
Unable to bear it, Gong Yan also retaliated and shouted at the classroom opposite: "Meng Zhengfa bullied his master and destroyed his ancestors!"
In this way, Meng Zhengfa successfully lowered the debate from academic and historical analysis to the level of confrontation. Moreover, Meng Zhengfa thought he had an advantage because he was still young and Gong Rong was already in his seventies. However, Meng Zhengfa still underestimated Gong Rong. He thought that Gong Rong would be in decline due to his old age in a few days, but he did not expect that Gong Rong had fought guerrillas in northern Shaanxi for fifteen years and was very strong. He confronted Meng Zhengfa for two hours every day without showing any strength.
But in this way, the course could not continue. Gong Yong, who was originally eloquent and eloquent, is always nervous and even stuttering when teaching, and often loses his temper tantrums. In the end, Gong Yong felt that this would not work. The students sat down and listened with confidence. But after a class, they probably impressed them the most. The two sentences "burning the gods' card" and "destroying teachers and destroying ancestors" were completely ineffective in promoting their own thoughts and doctrines.
Gong Yan changed his teaching methods and began to tell everyone stories. The main content was how the gang of scholars in the southeast were servile in front of the Qing army. Interesting things like "the water is too cold" and "itbit scalp" were not too brain-strung. Even if someone shouted in the classroom next door, it would not affect Gong Yan's organizational language. You can also popularize knowledge of King Lu rewarding Master Qing. Everyone loves to listen to these stories. After discovering that Gong Yan's tactics changed, Meng Zhengfa also followed suit and began to tell stories, revealing the old background of the scholars who defected to the camp.
You said that Zheng Zheng had cheated on his mother, so I mentioned that the two of them had cheated on the club. They counted down the decades of things and copied them down. Anyone who had been involved in the people who had committed suicide or surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, whether it was the same year, the same year, the same year, or the same year, could not escape. No one could escape. No matter how sensational it was, it would be possible to do it.
In the end, not only Chen Zuocai and others couldn't stand it anymore, but even Liu Jinge and others who were laughing loudly at the beginning gradually realized something was wrong. After this, it was revealed that it was not just a certain group of scholars who were sweeping the floor, but both sides suffered losses.
"Chen Jijiu was already very angry. He complained to Liu in private that these people were not good people. He originally admired the scholars in Jiangnan, especially Donglin. Now he felt that scholars outside the northwest had nothing good. Jiangnan's famous scholars beat their mother with sticks, and Donglin also specialized in imperial examination fraud. Not only did they deceive the emperor, but they also stole their fame and fortune from scholars who were studying hard in the window. Even a traitor and evil person like Wei Ni could not do such a thing." After seeing Deng Ming, Zhou Kaihuang told him that the officials in Chengdu now felt that the academy was a bit too much. People who went to listen to lectures every day did not seem to be listening to lectures but to listen to storytelling. After coming out, they also circulated everywhere: "Isn't this a monkey drama in the academy?"
"Monkey Play? This word is good, just like Brother Liu, Brother Yuan and others, haha." Deng Ming laughed loudly when he heard it. Many people thought that the academy was a place to cultivate officials, and the majesty of officials was closely related to the face of scholars. If this farce continues, the western Sichuan government will also suffer the consequences in the end.
However, Deng Ming wanted to build a university. He asked Zhou Kaihuang and said, "Why should I think about the face of scholars?"
"But Chen Jijiu said that if this continues, the people will not respect the scholars in the end."
"Whether a scholar or not a scholar, if a person is not worthy of respect, he should not be respected. If he wants to be respected by others, he should pay attention to his words and deeds instead of trying to cover up his ideas. I think this is great." In Deng Ming's view, the monkey drama between Yuan Xiang and Liu Jinge was performed very well last time, and the effect was many times better than the jokes prepared by Deng Ming. This Sichuan Academy's unfamiliar activity also surprised Deng Ming: "In the past, students from the academy believed in what the teacher had told. If they encountered inconsistent theories, they could rise to the height of the dispute between good and evil, and Donglin would still be punished to death. After the Apocalypse, there was no eunuch? It was all Donglin dogs bite dogs, and whoever lost would become eunuch!"
Deng Ming felt that through this incident, Sichuan students could understand that what the teacher said was not necessarily right, nor was it true. As for the officials, most of them were bastards, and it was easy to have a mad dog biting and enjoying it. The truth of the universe can only be discovered by physicists rather than philosophers. Students lost some superstition of philosophers, but could improve the scientific spirit. Deng Ming felt that this deal was very cost-effective: "Since Brother Zhou is here, let me show it off and lead you to the 51st pavilion."
Chapter completed!