Chapter 129: The world is invincible, fighting in the nest [seeking double monthly tickets]
Perhaps knowing that Li Huan was about to leave the capital, Gu Dayong, Qiu Ju, Zhang Yong and others all rushed over.
At the banquet hosted by Zhu Houzhao for Li Huan, the monarch and his ministers put down their respective identities and laughed and drank.
In the view of Gu Dayong and others, Li Huan's choice to go to the coastal areas of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Fujian was completely exposing himself to an extremely dangerous environment.
This can be seen in the fact that during this period of time when Liu Jin came and went, not only Dongchang sent a large number of good men to secretly escort him, but even the garrison in central Beijing sent an officer from a hundred households to lead troops and horses to accompany him.
Even so, Liu Jin was still assassinated from time to time. This shows how many people Liu Jin offended by implementing the New Deal and how many people wanted Liu Jin dead.
Even if Li Huan went to the place under the pretext of investigating the murder of Han Ling, a thousand members of the Jinyiwei family, considering how much the civil service group hated Li Huan, it would have been better if Li Huan had stayed in the capital. Liu Jin attracted the attention of the civil service group for a while.
For a while, no one came to cause trouble for Li Huan.
However, once Li Huan left the capital, the civil service group did not mind taking care of Li Huan as well. Anyway, as long as he left the capital and wanted to return to the capital, it would be extremely difficult.
Gu Dayong and others now regard Li Huan as their ally. In addition, the two sides usually have no conflicts of interest and get along fairly well, so they all remind Li Huan in subtle ways.
But Li Huan had already paid attention and expressed his gratitude to Gu Dayong and others for their kind reminder.
Seeing that Li Huan could not be persuaded, Gu Dayong coughed slightly and said: "That's all, brother Li, you have to be careful when you go there. Bring more guards in royal robes to protect you along the way. If that doesn't work, I'll go from the imperial horse prison to Tengxiang and the four guards."
How about carefully selecting a group of capable people to go with you and protect you?"
When Gu Da said this, Zhu Houzhao's eyes suddenly lit up. He was just worried about Li Huan's safety, but he forgot to think of ways to improve Li Huan's personal safety.
Gu Dayong's words gave Zhu Houzhao the idea of sending troops to protect Li Huan.
Then I heard Zhu Houzhao say: "Li Qing, how about I send an order to the Four Guards of Tengxiang to mobilize 300 elite troops to go with you to Fujian?"
Hearing this, Li Huan couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, I am going to investigate the case, not to quell the rebellion. Taking so many people out of the capital will cause many people to be distracted, and the torment along the way is enough. Besides, I am not going to put down the rebellion."
With my strength, if the other party can really threaten me, the addition of these three hundred elites may not be able to have any effect."
However, Zhu Houzhao insisted on his opinion and said: "It is better to have more people than fewer people. If we are really in danger, one more person will give us more chance of survival."
Li Huan smiled and said: "If your Majesty is really worried about the safety of his ministers, why not send a hundred soldiers to follow me."
Seeing what Zhu Houzhao wanted to say, Li Huan said: "Your Majesty, please don't forget that my ancestral home is Fujian, and my ancestors inherited the position of official of the Hundred Households of Langqiyu Island. Other guards cannot mobilize, but the soldiers of Langqiyu Guards can still be mobilized."
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After listening to what Li Huan said, Zhu Houzhao gave up. In fact, he also knew that sending hundreds of soldiers to escort Li Huan to Fujian was already a bit excessive. As Li Huan said, it was not counterinsurgency, unless it was a local
All the guards rebelled, and Fo used the authority he gave Li Huan to mobilize local troops and horses at any time.
After the banquet, Li Huan accompanied Zhu Houzhao for a slow walk in the imperial garden. At this moment, Zhu Houzhao stopped for a moment, suddenly looked back and punched him.
Li Huan just smiled slightly when he saw this, and swayed to avoid Zhu Houzhao's punch, but Zhu Houzhao attacked continuously, punching one after another.
After a while, Zhu Houzhao saw that he couldn't touch the corner of Li Huan's clothes, so he stopped his hand and looked at Li Huan with a smile on his face and said: "I practice Dragon Elephant Prajna Kung Fu, and I usually fight with Qiu Ju and a few of their old guys, but they don't dare to
You had a head-on confrontation with me, but in the end, you couldn’t even touch the corner of your clothes, Li Qing.”
Li Huan laughed when he heard this and said: "Your Majesty is worthy of being a dragon from the Heavenly Family. Your Majesty has reached the second level of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Kung Fu in less than a year. It takes at least two or three years for ordinary people to practice. Your Majesty is now
His strength is far beyond that of ordinary people."
Zhu Houzhao was overjoyed when he heard this. He seemed to be proud of his talent, but soon he couldn't help but shook his head and said: "Li Qing and I practiced the Dragon Elephant Prajna Technique almost at the same time. As a result, you have reached the ninth level.
, and I have only just reached the second level of cultivation, this..."
Seeing the shocked look on Zhu Houzhao's face, Li Huan smiled and said: "Your Majesty did not mention that I have already practiced the Thirteen Taibao Hengqian before. If I practice the Dragon Elephant Prajna Kung Fu again, I will naturally get twice the result with half the effort and make rapid progress."
Zhu Houzhao said sternly: "I know that Li Qing, your current strength is amazing, but I have also heard that there are many masters in the world. As the saying goes, it is difficult for two fists to defeat four hands. Li Qing must be careful when going here. There are some things I would rather take my time."
Come on, I don’t want you, Li Qing, to be harmed by this."
Others don't know, but Zhu Houzhao knows the real purpose of Li Huan's trip. The so-called investigation and even revenge for his father are just a cover for the purpose of Li Huan's trip. Compared with what Li Huan has to do, it is simply insignificant.
Little things.
Just as Li Huan was about to speak, he heard Zhu Houzhao say: "Come here, get the armor!"
Soon he saw Qiu Ju, Gao Feng and a few servants coming over with a few things. Li Huan took a quick look and could roughly tell that these should be various parts of a piece of armor.
The armor is dark black in color, and the color is so shiny that it is not forged from ordinary iron at first glance.
Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "This is the armor I specially ordered for you, Li Qing, to spend more than a month on collecting meteorite iron."
As he spoke, Zhu Houzhao took part of it in his hand. It was heavy, probably weighing more than ten kilograms. This was just the arm guard part.
After tapping lightly with a melodious sound, Zhu Houzhao said sternly: "This armor is extremely tough. The general used fire blunderbuss and crossbows to test fire, but it only left a trace of undetectable scratches on its surface."
It’s just a mark. So unless you are Li Qing and you stand still and let big weapons like bed crossbows fire at you, otherwise, with this armor on you, you should be safe."
Li Huan couldn't help but feel moved. Such an armor seemed simple, but in fact, both the materials and the craftsmanship were difficult to find in the world. Even the top princes' families would be jealous if they saw it, hoping to have one like this.
A heirloom of armor.
Seeing the change in Li Huan's expression, Zhu Houzhao laughed and said: "Come, put on the armor for Li Qing, let me see how powerful Li Qing is wearing this armor!"
Gao Feng and Qiu gathered several servants to come forward and serve Li Huan to put on the armor. It must be said that this full set of armor protected Li Huan's whole body extremely tightly, especially his heart.
There is no need to worry about vital parts such as vest, chest and abdomen.
When the armor was on his body, Li Huan bent his elbows, raised his legs, and pumped his fists smoothly and smoothly, without being affected by the armor at all. It was obvious that the craftsman who designed and built this armor had already considered all these details.
The armor weighs a hundred kilograms. If a casual general puts it on, he may be out of breath and unable to bear it for a long time. But for a fierce general who has practiced foreign martial arts, such a piece of armor that is neither light nor heavy is the most important thing.
A good self-defense weapon.
Especially for Li Huan, the armor weighing only a hundred kilograms was not as light as a feather to him, but he could not feel the slightest pressure.
Wearing a black armor, although it is pure black, it is not rough at all, and the surface is shiny, which sets off Li Huan's heroic spirit.
Zhu Houzhao on the side looked at Li Huan wearing armor and couldn't help but his eyes flashed towards Qiu Ju. Gao Feng said: "My dear companion, I have ordered you to be the prisoner. Just follow Li Qing's armor and do it for me."
Make one."
Obviously they did not expect that Zhu Houzhao would have such a crazy side. The two of them did not dare to disobey Zhu Houzhao's will and quickly nodded in agreement.
Anyway, they were following Zhu Houzhao. They had long known that Zhu Houzhao liked martial arts and was following Li Huan to practice a technique that could increase his strength, so they were not worried about the harm that actually forging the armor would cause to Zhu Houzhao.
With a crash, Li Huan bowed to Zhu Houzhao and said, "I thank you, Your Majesty."
Zhu Houzhao could actually think of building such a suit of armor for him. This kind of favor is touching, and Li Huanzi was no exception.
Zhu Houzhao stepped forward and helped Li Huan up, looked at Li Huan and said, "I just hope that Li Qing can come back safely. I also think that one day you will be my general and expand my territory for me."
When Li Huan heard this, he suddenly felt proud and laughed loudly and said: "The Ming Dynasty is bright, the mountains and rivers are eternal, and the sun and the moon shine on them, they are all Han lands!"
Zhu Houzhao said with equally shining eyes: "Everything illuminated by the sun and moon is Han."
On March 28, the second year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty, an imperial edict was issued, which attracted the attention of the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty.
The emperor granted Li Huan the title of Governor of the Chinese Army Governor's Office, and enjoyed imperial honors. He inspected Fujian, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, thoroughly investigated the case of Han Ling's murder of thousands of households in Jinyiwei, Fujian, and ordered the local civil and military forces to be restrained. Anyone who disobeys will be punished.
Xu first beheaded and then played.
This decree directly confused many people. Some people pondered over what the emperor meant by suddenly sending Li Huan as an imperial envoy to the southeast to thoroughly investigate the Jinyiwei massacre of thousands of families at the critical juncture of Liu Jin's implementation of the New Deal.
At the same time, some people were overjoyed when they heard the news. In the important place of the capital, the power of the Jin Yiwei was extremely strong. Even if they hated Li Huan to death, even if they had all kinds of means, they would not be able to use it. But if Li Huan left the capital, they would be sure to let Li Huan die.
Huan never had a chance to come back.
Normally, the inspection censor who inspects places on behalf of heaven is usually a civilian official. However, it is extremely rare for Li Huan to hold the position of a royal guard official or a military governor of the Chinese military governor's office.
But then a decree came out of the palace that made some officials who wanted to raise issues with this issue shut their mouths.
It turned out that Zhu Houzhao also ordered Wang Shouren, the censor of the Inspectorate, to accompany him as the deputy inspection envoy.
In the early years of Zhengde, Wang Shouren was demoted to Longchang, Guizhou by Liu Jin because he offended Liu Jin. He stayed here for two years. Not long ago, at Li Huan's suggestion, the emperor issued an edict to recall him and join the Inspectorate.
He was appointed as the Fujian Dao Supervisory Censor among the thirteen Dao Supervisory Censors.
It can be said that Wang Shouren's sudden leap from a postmaster in Longchang, Guizhou to a supervisory censor among the thirteen supervisory censors was definitely a meteoric rise.
Although there is not much improvement in rank, there is a huge difference in authority.
Everyone knows what kind of official Yi Cheng is, but the censor responsible for the supervision is a department with great authority and almost no supervision.
Any supervisory censor who goes down to a local area is almost equivalent to a patrol censor on behalf of the emperor. When he meets the official level, no one is not subject to his supervision. Even the princes in the enfeoffed areas will be somewhat afraid when they see it.
He was afraid that the other party would present a memorial to the emperor and bring disaster to himself.
Although it is said that the emperor appointed Li Huan as the chief imperial envoy and Wang Yangming as the deputy imperial envoy this time, it was against the norm. After all, the civil and military officials in the court had long been accustomed to using literature to control military affairs. This time, Li Huan was placed above Wang Yangming, the supervisory censor.
Naturally, many officials were very dissatisfied.
However, considering the particularity of Li Huan's identity and the fact that this was also a major internal investigation of Jin Yiwei, it was rare that the civil service group did not make a fuss about this matter and obstruct it, allowing the emperor's decree to pass smoothly.
After Li Huan received the emperor's order, he immediately ordered Chen Yao to summon three hundred Jinyi guards. At the same time, Gu Dayong's promise of one hundred Tengxiang and Four Guards elite soldiers was also led by a Baihu official.
Come and listen.
The official name of the hundred official responsible for commanding one hundred Tengxiang Four Guards was Zhao Dazhu. Although his name was not very good, Zhao Dazhu stood out among the Tengxiang Four Guards and was selected by Gu Dayong for Li Huan to use.
real stuff.
Zhao Dazhu, who is about 30 years old, was born in a local health office. His father is a hereditary guard official from Qianhu. Unfortunately, he has two older brothers, so he is not destined to be a hereditary official from Qianhu. However, Zhao Dazhu is born with a natural talent.
He has divine power. He has been practicing martial arts since he was a child and has developed good martial arts skills.
So Zhao Dazhu's father cleared up the relationship and sent Zhao Dazhu to the Tengxiang Four Guards Camp when Dayong was reorganizing the Tengyang Four Guards Camp in Qianqian Valley.
With his strong strength, Zhao Dazhu came into Gu Dayong's sight during a military competition, and he jumped from a small corps commander to an official of hundreds of households commanding hundreds of elite soldiers.
His strength was praised by Gu Dayong as one of the top three among the nearly 20,000 people in the Tengyang Four Guards Camp.
To be honest, Li Huan was really surprised when he saw Zhao Dazhu, because Zhao Dazhu also practices the Henglian foreign martial arts inherited from Jiangmen, and his strength is even stronger than Chen Yidao in Li Huan's opinion.
Definitely the best of the best.
Because he was born in a family with thousands of hereditary families, and he served in the Tengxiang Four Guards Camp under the control of the Royal Horse Supervisor, Zhao Dazhu had no reluctance or dissatisfaction at being sent to serve under Li Huan.
Compared with the arrogance and disdain of the civil servant group when facing the imperial guards, eunuchs, or generals, Zhao Dazhu's background obviously does not have such problems.
Especially when Li Huan took the initiative to fight with him, he was unable to parry with only a dozen moves. This made Zhao Dazhu sincerely convinced of Li Huan.
Looking at the three hundred Jinyi guards, one hundred Tengxiang and four elite soldiers, although there were only four hundred people, Li Huan actually felt like he was facing thousands of people.
After inspecting the Jin Yiwei and all the soldiers, Li Huan said to Chen Yao: "Have you notified Wang Yangming, the censor?"
Chen Yao heard the words and said hurriedly: "After His Majesty's decree was issued, my subordinates immediately sent people to inform Wang Yushi to come and meet here. Maybe the Yushi Lord was just like those civil servants and simply didn't remember that he was sent from Longchang, Guizhou.
That damn place is trying to bring back the kindness of the capital, maybe it’s just putting on airs on purpose!”
Not only Chen Yao had this idea, it could be said that everyone present, including the newcomer Zhao Dazhu, also had the same idea.
It has long been a common practice for civil servants in the court to look down on military commanders, not to mention such noble officials as the supervisory censor. Even they themselves do not believe that Wang Yangming would look down upon them.
Although Li Huan also knew that this last Confucian saint who had only appeared in five hundred years was definitely not comparable to ordinary people, his impression of Wang Yangming came more from the records of later generations. As for Wang Yangming's personal character, Li Huan
Huan is really hard to judge.
After all, he had never interacted with this Confucian leader who was famous for future generations, and he had never even met him.
However, Li Huan did not think that Wang Yangming would have any opinion of him because of his status as a royal guard and a military official. If that were the case, then he would not be Wang Yangming. He would be the future master of mind science and become the last Confucian recognized by the world.
A sage.
Seeing Li Huan's calm expression, Chen Yao couldn't tell what Li Huan was thinking, and he couldn't help but feel a little angry at Wang Shouren, who had not yet arrived.
Looking at Li Huan, Chen Yao said: "Sir, would you like me to send someone to urge him? Your Excellency is the envoy of this trip, and he is just a deputy envoy. Even if he is the supervisory censor of the Qing Dynasty,
You shouldn't let the adults wait for him here."
Li Huan waved his hand and said with a smile: "No, Wang Yangming is not as prepared as we are. He can set off at any time as soon as he gets the imperial edict. We can just wait."
Since Li Huan said this, everyone naturally stood there and waited honestly.
Wang Shouren himself was quite surprised when he received the imperial edict, and at the same time, the unsolved mystery in his heart was suddenly solved.
Originally, Wang Shouren was demoted to serve as a postmaster in Longchang, Guizhou. Although his life was a little more miserable, he got rid of worldly worries and entanglements and concentrated on organizing what he had learned in that pure place outside the world.
Not long ago, he finally integrated all he had learned and realized the ultimate truth of the lineage of mind science.
After sorting out what he had learned, Wang Yangming wanted to give lectures locally. It was at this time that the imperial court recalled him, and he was promoted from a relegated post minister to a supervisory censor.
Liu Jin was very powerful and arrogant in the court, and he was demoted to Guizhou Longchang because he offended Liu Jin. Ordinarily, under such circumstances, no one would risk offending Liu Jin and demote him like this.
The person was transferred back to the capital.
However, such a decree came from the imperial court. Wang Yangming returned to Beijing with full of doubts, and then went to the Supervisory Office to handle the paperwork for assuming office.
Wang Yangming still remembers that when he took the documents from the Ministry of Personnel and went through the formalities with the officials in the Inspectorate, many people in the Inspectorate looked at him so strangely.
At that time, Wang Yangming didn't know what those people meant when they looked at him, but it didn't take long before Wang Yangming learned the whole story from some friends.
The reason why he was transferred back to the capital from Longchang, Guizhou, and was appointed to the noble position of supervising the censor, was entirely because of Li Huan's invitation to the emperor.
Knowing that he was transferred back to the capital because of Li Huan, Wang Yangming was naturally very puzzled, because he asked himself that he had no intersection or connection with Li Huan at all.
When he was demoted, Li Huan had not yet entered the capital. By the time Li Huan entered the capital, he had already settled down in Longchang, Guizhou.
It can be said that if Li Huan's reputation was not so great, Wang Yangming would not even know who Li Huan was.
Looking at the imperial edict, Wang Yangming suddenly had a feeling that the reason why he was transferred back was probably to serve as a deputy envoy to Li Huan's delegation to Fujian.
To be honest, Wang Yangming didn't have any strange views on Li Huan. As for the outside world's slander against Li Huan, Wang Yangming naturally scoffed. He, Wang Yangming, could still see clearly what was right and wrong.
Even because he was transferred back to the capital because of Li Huan, he was able to join the Inspectorate. The dispute between the Inspectorate and Li Huan was well known to everyone. It can be said that ten of the censors in the Inspectorate were Everyone wanted to impeach Li Huan and then convict him of the crime of confiscating his family and exterminating his clan.
It is conceivable that under such circumstances, Wang Yangming, who had a relationship with Li Huan, naturally became a different kind of existence in the Inspectorate. Many people even secretly ridiculed him. That is to say, Wang Yangming experienced a demotion. After staying in Guizhou for three years, my whole personality has already become calm, and I don't care about the opinions of others at all.
Looking at the imperial edict in his hand, Wang Yangming summoned Xu Aidao, the only disciple beside him: "Ren, please pack up and bow, and go with me to see the imperial envoy Li Huan!"
Xu Ai looked at the imperial edict in Wang Yangming's hand and couldn't help but said: "Teacher, you really want to accept this imperial edict. Originally, you were misunderstood by everyone in the Inspectorate because of your transfer back to the Inspectorate. If you accept this imperial edict this time, I have received an imperial edict and become Li Huan's deputy envoy. I'm afraid everyone will think that you and him are the same party."
Wang Yangming couldn't help laughing when he heard this, glanced at Xu Ai and said: "Ren, when you act as a teacher, why do you care what others think of you? If they think Wang is Li Huan's comrade, then so be it!"
Upon hearing this, Xu Ai bowed to Wang Yangming and said, "Disciple, go pack your luggage now."
When Wang Yangming appeared in front of Li Huan with his disciple Xu Ai, Li Huan couldn't help but look at Wang Yangming in surprise.
Wang Yangming was nearly forty years old at the time, but he did not look like someone who was nearly forty years old at all. He was full of energy and had the air of a master.
"This is……"
Li Huan was secretly shocked. People say that the capital is a land of hidden dragons and crouching tigers. However, during this period, Li Huan has really never seen anyone whom he can't see through. Even if there are powerful people who are invisible and invisible, their strength is not as strong as him. How much stronger.
But looking at Wang Yangming now, Li Huan actually felt like he couldn't see through the other person. The feeling Wang Yangming gave Li Huan was like a deep pool, deep and unpredictable.
While Li Huan was sizing up Wang Yangming, Wang Yangming was also observing Li Huan. Li Huan had a good reputation. Even if he had a bad reputation, he was still famous.
"What a young talent. He is truly a rare talent in this country!"
Although I don't know how talented Li Huan is, but based on his martial arts that is rare in the world, he can be said to be a general of his generation.
It can be said that the two people had a very good impression of each other at first sight. Although Li Huannian was less than 20 years old, he was favored by the emperor and held a high position at a young age. In terms of rank, he was far beyond his level.
Wang Shouren, the supervisory censor.
Therefore, Wang Shouren immediately bowed his hands to Li Huan and said, "I will be lowered to the rank of Fujian Dao Supervisory Censor Wang Shouren and pay my respects to Mr. Li!"
Upon seeing this, Li Huan hurriedly stepped forward and smiled at Wang Yangming: "Li Huan has heard of Mr. Yangming's reputation for a long time. When we meet him today, he really deserves his reputation!"
Supporting Wang Yangming's bow, Li Huan said with a smile on his face: "With Mr. Yangming's help this time, my trip to Fujian will be worry-free!"
Although he didn't know why Li Huan was so enthusiastic, Wang Yangming seemed quite calm and did not change at all because of Li Huan's courtesy.
"Your Excellency, you are so complimentary. I will definitely try my best to assist you in running your errands this time."
Seeing Wang Yangming's business-like attitude, Li Huan wasn't angry at all. No one knew his reputation better than himself. It was beyond expectation that Wang Yangming didn't put on a straight face and reject him as soon as he came up.
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While talking, Li Huan took a look and found that Wang Yangming only brought one disciple, and even the salute was just a package. He couldn't help but asked in surprise, "Mr. Yangming, when will your people arrive?"
Wang Yangming's servant was probably still behind, so Li Huan asked.
As a result, Wang Yangming stroked his beard, shook his head and said, "There are only two people here, Xiaguan and my disciple Xu Ai, and no one else!"
Li Huan couldn't help but be stunned, and then smiled and said: "Mr. Yangming is really free and easy, and Li admires him."
As he spoke, Li Huan said to Wang Yangming: "I wonder if sir, can you ride a horse?"
Wang Yangming smiled slightly and said: "Poems, books, rituals, music, and archery are the basis for me as a scholar. Although Yangming is not as good as the adults, he can still ride a war horse."
Li Huan waved his hand and said: "Come here, prepare a horse for Mr. Yangming!"
Li Huan had already seen that Wang Yangming's cultivation was profound and unpredictable, and even the disciples following him had some level of cultivation. Naturally, he would not worry that the two of them would be injured while riding horses.
Soon everyone got on their horses and heard Li Huan give an order, and immediately a mighty team of hundreds of people headed towards the city gate.
Along the way, Li Huan and others made quite a fuss. Many people watched from a distance, especially the three hundred imperial guards and one hundred elite soldiers who made many people stunned. As for what happened next
The Wang Ming flag and other flags raised the momentum of Li Huan's team to the extreme.
Once they really left the capital, the original lively scene suddenly disappeared. A large group of people were marching. Even though the official roads were maintained all year round, smoke and dust were still billowing everywhere they passed. In just half a day, almost everyone was covered with dust.
The transportation environment in ancient times was really very good. On a sunny day, there would be smoke and dust billowing in the sky, and the wind and sand would fill the sky. If there was a big force, the road would almost become a quagmire, making it difficult to travel.
Therefore, if a person comes from afar and is covered in dust, he is very lucky. At least he did not catch the rainy weather. Otherwise, he would not be covered in dust but covered in mud and water.
Normally, if Li Huan and his party want to travel to Fujian, Jiangsu and Zhejiang in a short period of time, the best way is to take the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal directly. With the help of waterways, they can directly reach Hangzhou and enter the boundaries of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
However, Li Huan had no intention of taking the water route. Instead, he went south along the official road, passing through Baoding Prefecture and Shunde Prefecture, non-stop all the way, with almost no rest except for necessary rest.
More than half a month later, the group had entered the territory of Kaifeng Prefecture in Henan Province. After many days of getting along with each other along the way, Li Huan and Wang Yangming became quite familiar with each other.
Although Wang Yangming is a learned scholar, Li Huan is not bad either. He himself has experienced the era of information explosion in his previous life, and now he has the ability to never forget his past. In the past few years, Li Huan has not only
The habit of practicing martial arts and writing was also inherited from my predecessor, and I read countless classics.
Therefore, during the conversation with Wang Yangming, Wang Yangming was greatly amazed by the extensive knowledge and refreshing views on some issues that were revealed intentionally or unintentionally.
Although he dare not say that he has gained enough favorability to become a close friend, Li Huan dares to say that after his exchanges and debates with Wang Yangming these days, Wang Yangming's attitude towards him has changed dramatically without even realizing it.
At this time, on a carriage, Li Huan and Wang Yangming were sitting opposite each other. In front of them was a chessboard, with black and white chess pieces intertwined, which showed the fierce battle between the two on the chessboard.
Wang Yangming dropped a chess piece, looked at Li Huan and said, "Master Li, if you keep walking and stopping along the way, I'm afraid you won't be able to reach Fujian in two months if you continue like this."
Li Huan just smiled and said: "Don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry, it's good to take your time and appreciate the customs and customs along the way."
Stroking his beard, Wang Yangming said calmly: "I don't know the next stop. Where are you going to appreciate the local customs?"
Li Huan smiled and said: "Since we have come to Kaifeng Mansion, we should always visit Songyang Academy and visit the thousand-year-old temple. It is said that Songyang Academy is one of the major holy places of Confucianism, and the Shaolin Temple adjacent to it is even more popular.
This is the ancestral court of Zen Buddhism, wouldn’t Mr. Yangming be interested?”
Listening to what Li Huan said, although he knew in his heart that Li Huan's purpose was not to admire some thousand-year-old temples or to visit some Confucian holy places, but for a scholar like him, whether it is a Buddhist holy place or a Confucian holy place, they are of great significance.
Attraction.
With his mind spinning, Wang Yangming smiled slightly and said, "Master Li is the imperial envoy. Wang must obey Master Li's arrangements in everything."
As he spoke, Wang Yangming glanced at Li Huan and pointedly said: "The new policy introduced by Mr. Liu has good intentions at first, but don't you know that there are policies above and countermeasures below? Many policies that benefit the people suddenly turn into bad policies after some officials implement them."
I’m sure your Excellency will see it clearly throughout this journey to implement policies that harm the people!”
Li Huan paused and said, "Mr. Yangming also said that there is nothing wrong with the New Deal, but the officials who implemented it are the ones who are wrong, right?"
Wang Yangming heard the meaning of Li Huan's words and sighed.
One day later, a group of people entered Dengfeng County. Three hundred Jinyi guards and more than a hundred soldiers had their own arrangements. Li Huan took a dozen Jinyi guards and Wang Yangming's master and apprentice, and the group galloped towards Song.
Go to Yang Academy.
Songyang Academy is one of the famous academies in the world, although in the early years the imperial court had destroyed and banned Songyang Academy several times in order to combat the influence of major academies in the world.
However, starting from the end of the Chenghua Dynasty, Songyang Academy began to develop again. Especially during the more than ten years of Emperor Xiaozong's reign, Songyang Academy flourished with the support of the civil servant group and became one of the few great universities in the world.
One of the academies.
Entering these academies, there are famous people to teach, and even Su Lao, an official who has served in the court, teaches. They have teachers and connections, so many students come to study one after another.
Gradually, a potential academic force gradually formed in the court. It is conceivable that these students are studying here and are each other's classmates. If one day they can go to high school and become officials in the court, they will be natural allies.
Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang has vigorously promoted imperial examination education. Although Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely harsh on officials, his emphasis on education was definitely rare throughout the ages.
They even did not hesitate to give these scholars extremely high treatment and even privileges. After hundreds of years of efforts by generations of kings, Ming Dynasty has definitely reached the pinnacle in education compared with previous dynasties.
However, since Zhu Yuanzhang, emperors of all dynasties have been sparing no effort to crack down on academy education, because emperors of all dynasties knew very well that this kind of education is definitely a breeding ground for cliques.
Under such circumstances, Songyang Academy was destroyed and banned four times. However, after vigorous development during the Xiaozong period, Songyang Academy now occupies a vast area and is dotted with buildings. There are hundreds of thousands of people studying from all over the world.
In the past, Songyang Academy was at its peak.
Li Huan just stood at the entrance of Songyang Academy, watching the groups of scholars going in and out. Everything was so quiet and peaceful.
Suddenly Li Huan looked at Wang Yangming who was looking at Songyang Academy and said: "Mr. Yangming, you said that since Taizu, several generations of emperors in the Ming Dynasty banned local academies. Is this right or wrong?"
Wang Yangming obviously did not expect that Li Huan would suddenly ask him such a question, and even Wang Yangming hesitated for a moment.
The benefit of the existence of academies is naturally that they can teach and educate people better and cultivate virtuous talents for the country. This is obviously the benefit of academies.
After all, in the past, all kinds of classics were extremely rare among the people, and scholars who wanted to find a book had to go to a noble family to get it. The existence of academies at that time obviously provided a good reading environment for many scholars who were studying.
With the guidance of scholars and scholars, and the mountains of classics to read, the existence of the academy has definitely greatly promoted the spread and development of culture.
However, with the improvement of papermaking and printing, as well as the Ming Dynasty's continuous improvement over hundreds of years and the development of official education at all levels, the difficulties of scholars in studying have been completely solved.
At this time, the existence of the academy was no longer as important as before. Instead, it was banned by the imperial court because it was likely to become a breeding ground for cliques.
Li Huan looked at Wang Yangming's hesitant look and couldn't help but smile and said: "I think you understand, sir, whether the existence of this academy is a benefit or a disadvantage to our Ming Dynasty!"
Wang Yangming let out a long sigh and said: "But the existence of the academy itself is not wrong, only the people in it are wrong!"
When Li Huan heard this, he couldn't help but secretly praise him. He was worthy of being a saint who only appeared in five hundred years. It was obvious that he had a thorough understanding of the academy's problems.
The academy was right, but the fault was with those who entered the academy to study. Li Huan dared to say that at least most of the people studying in the academy had impure minds when they came to the academy to study.
It is definitely an exaggeration to say that the Ming Dynasty died due to party strife, but the fierce party strife in the Ming Dynasty was definitely a major reason for the demise of the Ming Dynasty. Although there has not yet been any party strife in the Ming Dynasty, the situation where the civil servant group is dominated by one family has formed, and it is bound to develop further.
It's partisanship.
I have to say that the literati of the Ming Dynasty were really powerful. They first fought with Wu Xun and worked together. Through the Tumu Fort incident, they killed and crippled the Xungui group who stood side by side with them in the court, and completely suppressed them.
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Without the restraint and balance of the Wuxun Group, the civil service group expanded rapidly, forcing the emperor to reuse the eunuchs. So the civil service group continued to compete with the eunuch group. After suppressing the eunuch group, looking inside and outside the court, the emperor, Wu Xun,
The eunuchs were no longer able to compete with them, so the civil servant group, which had no rivals anymore, began to fight among themselves and split into several major factions. The party struggle developed and grew, and staged the famous party struggle drama in the late Ming Dynasty.
The most famous among them is undoubtedly the Donglin Party, which developed and grew from Donglin Academy, and eventually became a powerful force that dominated the court and even the direction of the Ming Dynasty.
Seeing Wang Yangming lost in thought, Li Huan smiled slightly and said: "After all, it is an ancient academy that has been passed down for nearly a thousand years. Although it has been banned several times, it has been revived several times, but its heritage is still there. Mr. Yangming is willing to experience the ancient culture of this academy with Li."
charm."
After retracting his thoughts and glancing at Li Huan, Wang Yangming sighed softly, and followed Li Huan into Songyang Academy, saying: "I don't know whether it is a blessing for Songyang Academy to go through this journey with you.
It’s still a disaster.”
Li Huan couldn't help laughing when he heard this and said: "The Supreme Being said: There is no way for blessings and misfortunes, only people call for it, and the rewards of good and evil follow them like a shadow. Therefore, there are gods in heaven and earth who are responsible for judging people's mistakes, and they will be judged according to the severity of their crimes!"
This sentence comes from "Tai Shang Ying Pian". Wang Yangming's erudition naturally understands the truth of it, and he also knows what Li Huan means by saying this.
Therefore, Wang Yangming's original worries became more and more serious after Li Huan's words. The originally bright sunshine, the courtyard shaded by bamboo trees, and even the literati in groups seemed to gradually become more and more important in Wang Yangming's eyes.
There was a layer of haze.
Li Huan was dressed in smart attire, while Wang Yangming was also dressed casually, which was very unusual in this academy where everyone was wearing blue shirts and long robes.
Therefore, when the two of them walked into Songyang Academy, they immediately attracted the sideways glances of many literati around them. Before they even took a few steps into the academy, several scholars in green shirts shouted at them.
Come step by step.
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