The boy pointed at Yu Ren. When the girl saw Yu Ren, her complexion immediately turned ugly. She immediately scolded the boy loudly, "Keep your eyes brighter for me from now on. Don't be a cat or a dog."

Just say a word and you’ll all come in and report!”

The boy was scolded by the girl and nodded repeatedly, but he didn't dare to say anything back.

After the girl finished training the boy, she glared at Yu Ren again and went upstairs.

Seeing that Yu Ren was still looking upstairs, the boy couldn't help but get angry. "Please hurry up! Sister Yun'er's temper is not easy to offend. If you still stay here, let her catch you later, little one."

But you will have to suffer a lot."

Yu Ren was about to explain, but he saw Fatty Xu had already come looking for him.

"Ah! Boss, why did you come here? You made me hard to find."

When the boy saw Fatty Xu, he stopped talking. Fatty Xu's family can be regarded as gentry in Hangzhou. Although he didn't know the boy, he was working in a place like this, so his eyes were naturally very poisonous. He only looked at

From one look at Fatty Xu's clothes, the boy knew that he was a young master from a wealthy family. This kind of person was something that boys like them would never mess with.

Seeing that there was no hope of going upstairs, Yu Ren followed Xu Panglao to the hall, found a table near the front and sat down. Then he called the waiter to order a few dishes. Because they had something to do in the afternoon, they did not order wine.

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After dinner, there were many more people in the teahouse. At this time, there were no empty tables in the hall, and those who came later had to share tables with others; but the row of tables at the front was still empty. Yu Ren noticed

Arrive, on each of those tables, there is a small wooden plaque with four words written on it: Wansong Academy.

Three young people also came to Yu Ren's table. These three people obviously did not look like locals. Two of them were nearly thirty years old, and only one looked to be only sixteen or seventeen years old, even younger than Yu Ren.

He was two or three years old. But this sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy was obviously the leader of the three, and the two of them asked him for his advice on everything.

The young man bowed his hands to Yu Ren and Fatty Xu, "I'm here, Lu Xiangsheng, from Changzhou. I'm late with some friends. I wonder if I can sit at the same table with my brother?"

The young man was very polite. Yu Ren's first impression of this young man was not bad, so he stood up and followed his example and cupped his hands, "I'm Yu Ren from Quanzhou. Brother, you are welcome. You can sit down and it won't be in the way."

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Lu Xiangsheng then took a few people and sat down on the remaining stools.

After Yu Ren exchanged greetings with the young people at the same table, he began to search around again. As soon as he entered the teahouse, he began to look around, hoping to see Li Yu or one or two acquaintances around her. But the reality made him

Very disappointed. Although there were many people in the teahouse at this time, Yu Ren did not see anyone he knew.

Just when Yu Ren thought it was impossible to meet an acquaintance again today, a familiar figure entered Yu Ren's sight, but this person was not the person Yu Ren wanted to see.

This acquaintance is none other than Li Xianzhong, whom he met in Fujian a few days ago. But today, the followers around him are gone. His brocade robe has also been changed into a Confucian shirt, and he is walking in chatting and laughing with several young people.

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Behind these people were twenty or thirty young people, all wearing uniform Yuebai Confucian shirts with a small brand on them. Yu Ren glanced at a person walking by him and saw them

The sign on the chest reads small: Wansong Academy, four words.

Li Xianzhong and a young man beside him walked to the tables in the front row and sat down, and others followed them and sat down at the tables in the front.

At the end of the group, Yu Ren saw two familiar faces. They were Li Xianzhong's subordinates Li Liu and Li Qi. Both of them were also wearing Confucian uniforms at this time, and they actually had the writing on their chests.

A small sign with the name "Wansong Academy".

"Where is Wansong Academy?" Yu Ren asked Fatty Xu in a low voice. Seeing that Wansong Academy was quite popular, he couldn't help but be very curious.

"Boss, are you still a scholar? Have you never heard of Wansong Academy?" Fatty Xu said in a low voice while turning to look at the young man at the table next to him, Lu Xiangsheng, as if he was afraid that the other party would hear what he said.

, will be laughed at by them.

"Wansong Academy is the largest and most famous academy in Hangzhou. Its reputation is not only in Hangzhou, but also in the southeast half. It can be said that even compared with Donglin Academy in Wuxi, it is not much inferior. Back then

, Mr. Mingyang once came here to give lectures. Today, in addition to teaching formal subjects, Wansong Academy mainly teaches Wang Xue.

Some people say that famous people in the world come from the southeast, half of them belong to Donglin and half to Yuehang. This Yuehang refers to Hangzhou, Zhejiang. And in the whole of Hangzhou, Tens of Wansong Academy is the most famous and has the most famous people in the past dynasties, including the current cabinet.

The first assistant is Fang Congzhe, Mr. Fangge."

"I see!" Seeing that Lu Xiangsheng knew so much about Wansong Academy, Yu Ren couldn't help but ask. "Are you also a fan of Wansong Academy?"

"What fans?" Lu Xiangsheng didn't understand for a moment.

"Oh! I mean, are you also from their Wansong Academy school?"

Lu Xiangsheng was a little funny. "I am from Wu, how could I be part of the Zhejiang Party? Although the Zhejiang Party had the upper hand in the government for a while, the scholars in the world still prefer Donglin."

Yu Ren didn't understand what Lu Xiangsheng said at all. He had heard of the Donglin Party, but not the Zhejiang Party. And from Lu Xiangsheng's tone, it seemed that the Zhejiang Party was now more powerful than the Donglin Party. It also seemed that the Zhejiang Party was related to the Donglin Party.

The Donglin Party is a life-and-death enemy, which puzzles Yu Ren very much.

Yu Ren turned his head and looked at Fatty Xu who was sitting next to him in confusion. He hoped that he could give him some explanation. But Fatty Xu seldom read books, and he knew nothing about the general trend of official circles and the court. He had no choice but to ask the boss.

Showing a helpless expression.

As soon as Lu Xiangsheng saw Yu Ren's expression, he knew that he didn't know much about the grievances between the Zhejiang Party and the Donglin Party. So he stayed true to his word and gave him a rough explanation of the relationship between the Zhejiang Party and the Donglin Party.

of grievances.

It turns out that in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, shortly after Wanli took office, the Donglin Party appeared, headed by Gu Xiancheng, Li Xing, Gao Panlong, etc. There were seven leaders in total, known as the Seven Sons of Donglin; there were also officials from Zhejiang

The Zhejiang Party is dominated by the Zhejiang Party, the Chu Party is mainly from Huguang, and the Qi Party is mainly from Shandong. Of course, there are far more parties in North Korea and China than just these few. However, these factions are the largest and most powerful.

Among these four major factions, the Donglin Party was not strong at first, but under the careful cultivation of Gu Xiancheng and others, the Donglin Party gradually won the hearts of most scholars, and its influence in the court gradually grew.

The bigger the party becomes, the larger it becomes. Eventually it becomes the largest faction that overwhelms the other three parties.

In order to protect themselves, the other three parties began to form an alliance. In the past ten years or so, the struggle between the Donglin Party and the three parties has been the most prominent. Originally, the Donglin Party has always had an overwhelming advantage in the struggles in recent years.

. However, during a Beijing inspection the year before last, many important members of the Donglin Party were unexpectedly demoted or sent abroad. The Donglin Party experienced a great defeat from prosperity to decline.

After listening to Lu Xiangsheng's introduction, Yu Ren understood a little more about the Donglin Party. He carefully calculated in his mind that it was obvious that the period of conflict between the Donglin Party and Wei Zhongxian's eunuch Party was widely praised by later generations.

The life and death struggle has probably not begun yet.

"So, who is this Qian Qianyi, Mr. Qian, who is here to give us a lecture today?" Yu Ren asked Lu Xiangsheng in a low voice. He knew that he knew these things that scholars in this era must know.

Too little. So, he had to ask in a low voice to avoid arousing the eyes of the people around him. Fortunately, the little brother Lu Xiangsheng in front of him didn't think he was shallow.

"This Mr. Qian was the third flower of Wanli in the 38th year of Wanli. Although he has not been a scholar for a long time and his official position is not big, he is just an editor of the Hanlin Academy. But he is very good at learning. What he advocates

The thought of managing the world has a wide influence among many scholars, and it is also an academic view most highly praised by scholars in the Donglin Party.

The reason why I rushed from Changzhou to Hangzhou was to listen to Mr. Qian's lecture on "Managing the World and Practical Application". It has been ten years since I entered school at the age of seven, and I have always had this confusion.

When we go to school, besides taking the high school entrance examination and becoming an official in the imperial court, what else can we do?

If we only read these Four Books and Five Classics, what will happen if we fail the exam in the future? Should we dabble in some more practical knowledge? Also, although the world seems to be in peace today, the Northeast is in chaos.

The elephant has been born. The power of the Jurchens in Liaodong has long overtaken the Mongols. Last year we lost Fushun and Qinghe in succession. Although the emperor kissed Mr. Yang Hao and led 130,000 troops to wipe out the Jurchens. However, I think the Jurchens are strong.

Already done.

If you want to succeed in one battle, you are afraid of all difficulties. If you rush for success, you will make trouble and retreat in defeat. As disciples of saints, we should take the world as our own responsibility. However, at this moment, should we still pursue literature with determination, or should we

When civil and military studies are combined? If you study both civil and military studies, you will inevitably be distracted and affect your literary classes.

How to choose between them is really a big problem."

Fu Ren was really surprised when he heard Lu Xiangsheng's remarks. In his impression, the thinking of the ancients was relatively rigid, especially in the Ming and Qing dynasties, because the imperial examinations were used to select scholars. Many scholars

They only care about the knowledge in the Four Books and Five Classics, and they have never cared about some practical knowledge. As the saying goes, everything is inferior, only reading is good. But why does the Lu Xiangsheng in front of him not seem to be like this?
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