Chapter 17 First Meeting
Huang Zongxi, whose courtesy name is Taichong and nickname is Nanlei, also known as Lizhou Laoren, native of Lizhou Mountain, Lanshui Fisherman, Master of Yucheng Cave, Director of Shuangshui, and historian of the ancient library. Later generations generally called him Mr. Lizhou. Huang Zongxi's father was Huang Zunsu, one of the "Seven Gentlemen of Donglin". Huang Zunsu impeached Wei Zhongxian during the Tianqi period and issued an edict to be tortured and died of prison. By the Chongzhen Dynasty, the case was overturned. When Huang Zongxi, who was only a teenager, appeared in court to testify, he attacked Cui Yingyuan and even pulled him back to sacrifice his father's spirit. He was called "Yaojiang Huang Xiaosen".
During the Hongguang Dynasty, Huang Zongxi, who had become an important figure in Fushe, was arrested and imprisoned for signing the signature in "Liudu Anti-Random Revelation". The Lu Jian State was established and was in charge of the Ministry of War. In the same year, the attack on Zhapu failed. Fengjiang master collapsed and entered the Siming Temple in Siming Mountain to build a village. All the people under the rear were killed by villagers. After the mountain village was destroyed, he sneaked into his home.
In the fourth year of Yongli, Huang Zongxi went to Zhoushan to meet the Lu Jianguo and was promoted to the left deputy commander of the imperial envoy. He was ordered to go to Japan with Feng Jingdi to borrow troops. He returned home before the matter of borrowing troops was completed. After that, he began to engage in "underground work" with Qian Qianyi until Qianqianyi passed away.
In his previous experience, Chen Wen had been with Wang Yi and Wang Jiang for a long time, and even met Feng Jingdi. These people were quite famous in the history of the anti-Qing Dynasty in eastern Zhejiang. But compared with Huang Zongxi, it would be a world of difference.
In addition to the famous "Huang Zongxi's Law" in later generations, the Dalan Mountain people who had intersected with Chen Wen, the generals of Siming Mountain and Tiantai Mountain, and other anti-Qing armed forces in eastern Zhejiang rely on the records of the "Zhedong Historian School" founder, which made their deeds of fighting against foreign invasion and national oppression not forgotten by future generations, and even Chen Wen once benefited from it.
After learning that Huang Zongxi had arrived at the government office, Chen Wen rushed from the camp to meet Huang Zongxi in a stir. As a result, Huang Zongxi said goodbye and left after less than an hour of chatting.
When Huang Zongxi saw Chen Wen, his attitude was a little cold, as if he had some prejudice. In addition to one of his biggest purpose here, he informed Chen Wen of the recent military information mobilized by the Qing army in the Ningshao area, only when Sun Yu mentioned that Wang Yi's daughter was still alive, and now he showed some emotion.
He recalled his friendship with Wang Yi in tears, and after Wang Yi was captured, he also inquired about the whereabouts of Wang Yi's family. Huang Zongxi was very impressed by Chen Wen's feat of protecting the orphans of loyal ministers and even said that he would record the details of Chen Wen's battle against the Qing army in the southern part of Siming Mountain, so that more people could know about this matter. However, when Chen Wen asked when the engagement would be executed, Huang Zongxi suddenly hesitated.
Chen Wen could not quite understand Huang Zongxi's contrast with Wang Yi's daughter. He thought that it might be that he was not very optimistic that he could defeat the Eight Banners in Hangzhou, recover Ning Shao and defend there, but he did not want Wang Yi's daughter to not be able to pass the door in a glorious manner, and let him face Wang Yi, so that he could not face Wang Yi.
So, Chen Wen proposed to discuss this matter after regaining Ning Shao. When he noticed that Huang Zongxi's depression had been relieved, he breathed a sigh of relief. At least if this marriage could be accomplished, it would be considered to be a repayment of Wang Yi's kindness. Anyway, Wang Yi's daughter is less than fifteen now, so it would be a corpse and two lives if she got married early. This would be bad.
However, he didn't know that Huang Zongxi's son Huang Baijia was born in Chongzhen in the 16th year and is now less than nine years old...
However, the friendly atmosphere between the two sides did not last long. When Chen Wen mentioned that Wang Yi's death was spread to Tiantai Mountain in order to comfort him, Wang Jiang beheaded the deputy general of the Lubin Camp, Li Rong, who had been arrested before, to comfort Wang Yi's spirit in the sky, he still listened with Sun Yu in a daze as the "big scholar" scolded Wang Jiang in a sarcastic manner.
Wang Jiang was captured and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, which was indeed worse than Wang Yi. The main problem Huang Zongxi criticized was that Wang Jiang did not rescue Zhoushan during his time as the governor of Zhejiang, but instead ordered his generals to go west to Jinhua. In his words, this was not something that loyal ministers should do, so Wang Jiang should have noticed that Chen Wen of the Qing Dynasty should have been arrested.
But the problem is that the entire military operation to Jinhua was planned by Chen Wen, and Wang Jiang was obviously taking the blame for him at this moment!
Through history and the relationship with Wang Jiang during this period, Chen Wen knew very well that this was not what Wang Jiang wanted. It was just that his character was impossible to be like Wang Yi. He could only temporarily endure it and wait for the future. It was not until now that Chen Wen realized how much responsibility Wang Jiang had assumed for his plan. He couldn't bear to continue to take it on his behalf. Chen Wen bluntly mentioned that this military operation was planned by him, and Wang Jiang was just convinced by him.
However, when Huang Zongxi heard this, he was full of anger and turned away directly, without giving him a chance to explain. Even when Chen Wen stepped forward to stop him, he found that Huang Zongxi's reaction and strength were unusual, and he had the posture of a practicing scholar.
Looking back, it seems that Huang Baijia was one of the masters of internal martial arts in the early Qing Dynasty. He was willing to invite famous teachers to learn martial arts for his son, and even wrote an epitaph after his master's death. Huang Zongxi seemed to have no prejudice against martial arts, and seemed to be a little more. No wonder he attacked Xu Xianchun and beat Cui Yingyuan back then. Now he is alone in Jinhua and running around Jiangnan to secretly fight against the Qing Dynasty. He actually has some support.
After leaving the government office, Chen Wen turned over, but the matter was still what he had just happened in his mind.
For some reason, he always felt that there was a wall between him and Huang Zongxi, and this wall was obviously standing in Huang Zongxi's heart. Logically speaking, he was a general of Wang Yi when he was alive, and Wang Yi and Huang Zongxi were friends and relatives. There was no reason to do this, but the feeling he felt was like this, which made him very puzzled.
When Huang Zongxi talked with him, he did not always give advice on the country like other Confucian scholars, and did not mention the just-in-the-art New Vanitary Office system of Jinhuafu and the government affairs of Sun Yu's copy of the Dalanshan version of the fire and return to the public.
However, when he thought of Huang Zongxi's rise and wanted to leave, Chen Wen proposed to give gold to strengthen his appearance, "If you have silver, you should exploit some gentry and people", and after farewell, Sun Yu mentioned that Huang Zongxi had told him that Chen Wen's new ward system would inevitably lead to an increase in the pressure on taxes and labor labor for households, and the Dalanshan version of fire consumption may be a piece of waste paper in the end. Chen Wen finally understood it completely, and Huang Zongxi disdained to discuss government affairs with military generals, or in other words, he believed that military generals were not qualified to interfere in government affairs.
From the special path of civil and military, to the use of civil and military control, to the Chongzhen Dynasty, the military generals gradually surpassed civil officials and became one warlord after another. The emperor and civil officials always had their vigilance against military generals. After all, the lessons of the military people in the Han and Tang Dynasties were vivid in their minds, so it was no wonder that this was the case.
But for Chen Wen, he had thoughts and understandings that transcend the times in his mind, and it should be beneficial to state affairs after a little modification. Isn’t loans just an example? At least when the civil servants were powerless, the things he tossed out allowed the Ming army to continue to support and gained the capital that quickly exploded in a short period of time without destroying people’s livelihood.
Therefore, there is no reason to continue to pay attention to Huang Zongxi's opinion. As long as you can roll the snowball up, otherwise the three hundred years of ******* will only be bloody and dark!
However, Huang Zongxi's prophecy really made Chen Wen and Sun Yu alert. After all, relying on a mansion in Jinhua to fight against the Qing army in Zhejiang, Chen Wen's loan method was just an emergency response. In the end, it was necessary to try to recover more lost ground and roll the snowball up, otherwise it would be a fate of despising everyone. The fire consumption of Dalanshan is the public, and the effect of the implementation during the Dalanshan period was not very good, so the supervision was even more intense. If necessary, they naturally had to kill one to warn a hundred and use some thundering methods to show the heart of the Bodhisattva.
The war horse slowly advanced with the pace of his master's thinking. It was not until he left the city gate that Chen Wen found someone calling him by the roadside when he was reminded by a personal soldier.
When he looked closely, he was Zhou Jingting, a student at Jinhua Mansion who was appointed as a confidential document not long ago. Some time ago, he involved the establishment of the Xinwei Institute and the loan matters. Zhou Jingting almost worked with Chen Wen for many days. The rest time, including eating and sleeping, was added up to no more than three hours. His work efficiency still needs to be improved, but his attitude is already very rare. It was not until the fewer things in the past two days that he asked for a hypothesis that he was taking his family back to the city. The carriages beside Zhou Jingting were.
Seeing Zhou Jingting's uncle, father and father-in-law who were preparing to salute, Chen Wen hurriedly stepped forward to hold them up, and kept saying that Zhou Jingting was talented and able to endure hardships. Even though he had just taken office, he had never worried about official business. He was a rare operator. He also expressed his admiration for the Zhou family's ability to raise such children, and Zhou Jingting's father-in-law was able to recognize the beads with keen eyes.
As a leader, it is normal to praise his ability in front of his subordinates and families. This is true in ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad, and today in the last days of the Ming Dynasty is no exception.
The elders of the Zhou family were naturally very happy about Chen Wen's praise. After all, the Ming army commander has been spread so evilly in the market, some are good and some are bad. But in the final analysis, the saying of a new famous general in a dynasty is recognized. Even the in-laws feel that they have a glory in their faces if they are bound to Chen Wen. After all, even if the Ming army commander is replaced by other Ming troops, they cannot bear it. Zhou Jingting can use it under Chen Wen's mouth.
After chatting for a while, Chen Wen wanyan declined the Zhou family's invitation to visit home. The Zhou family's old house had been destroyed by a fire, and the house they were about to move in was asked by Ma Jinbao two years ago to leave and give it to the former Zhejiang inspector Qin Shizhen. This time, he took the money back with the aftermath, and his family was able to move in again.
Watching the Zhou family enter the city, Chen Wencai noticed that one of the female family members had eyes in the carriage through the gauze curtains that seemed to have observed him for a long time, but in the coldness, he always felt a familiar feeling inside.
Chapter completed!