As winter turns to spring, it is the beautiful scenery of Jiangnan.
Zhu Guoxiang blew the breeze of early spring, said goodbye to Hangzhou where he had lived for half a year, and went upstream along Zhejiang (the collective name of Xin'an River and Fuchun River).
Although the Changshengyuan where he lived has been purged of evil spirits, no one cares about it yet.
Because corruption cases in Zhejiang’s officialdom are getting bigger and bigger with each passing day, not only the officials are in danger, but even the businessmen are frightened. Who is in the mood to buy a garden at this time?
What's more, it's not certain whether the evil spirit has been eliminated.
Didn't I see that the Supreme Emperor had only lived in it for a few months, and one of his grandsons was exiled?
The evil aura in Changsheng Garden was so heavy that even the Supreme Emperor could not withstand it. However, the Supreme Emperor was after all the Yao and Shun of the time and had his own destiny. The evil aura was randomly transferred to a grandson of the emperor to deal with the disaster.
If the Supreme Emperor did not live in Changsheng Garden, King Cai Zhu Zhi would definitely be fine!
This kind of statement is quite popular in Hangzhou, and even some officials believe it.
The fleet passed through Fuyang, Tonglu, Yanzhou... Stop and go, and rested when it arrived in Huizhou. Zhu Guoxiang lived in Huizhou for more than half a month.
By the way, go climb Mount Huangshan to watch the sunrise.
Next, instead of taking the Huirao Waterway to Jiangxi, we took the Huixuan Waterway to Xuancheng. On the way, we occasionally abandoned boats and walked. The boats had already been prepared by the local government.
It did not disturb the people, and officials in the areas passing through were all happy with it.
Even the owners of the requisitioned ships seemed to have won a lottery prize. They provided the ships to the Emperor and his party for free, and also had the opportunity to be received by the Emperor.
It only takes a few days to use their boat, which won't delay anything, but they can blow it for a lifetime!
In a large circle from Hangzhou, Zhu Guoxiang visited the mountains and rivers, met with officials and people, and finally wound up in Nanjing.
This was the capital of Jiangnan East Road in the Song Dynasty, and the economy was still very developed.
After being designated as Nanjing by the Ming Dynasty, it occupied many prefectures and counties in Zhejiang and stationed heavy troops here. Nanjing's prosperity reached a new level.
The prefect of Jinling, or the prefect of Jinling, is none other than the famous Zhang Zeduan.
This painter first worked at the Hanlin Academy of Painting in the Ming Dynasty. Later, he repeatedly applied to be a civil official and was demoted five levels to become a county magistrate.
He actually achieved great results.
In fact, it can be seen from "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" that Zhang Zeduan was proficient in architecture, shipbuilding and various industries. Take the various ships in the painting as an example, down to every part of the ship. If you don't know the structure of various ships, you can't draw them.
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Zhang Zeduan in history should have been dead for five or six years, but he is still active as an official today.
Zhu Guoxiang met with officials, gentry, celebrities and common people, then went boating on Xuanwu Lake, and then visited Qinhuai Fengyue.
At this time, Qinhuai River was not a red light district.
There are also Qin Lou, Chu Pavilion, and Goulan Houses, but they are not the mainstream, more like the bustling business district along the river.
I also checked in at Changqianli, which is the core commercial area of ​​Nanjing. I don’t know how many childhood sweethearts and childhood sweethearts are hidden there. I can only say that the phoenix has gone to Taikong and the river has flowed by itself.
Before leaving Nanjing, Zhu Guoxiang went to pay homage to Wang Anshi's tomb and met with Wang Anshi's descendants.
Wang Anshi spent one-third of his life in Nanjing, and finally chose to bury himself in Nanjing - Wang Anshi's tomb was moved to Linchuan, Jiangxi Province when Zhu Yuanzhang built the Xiaoling Mausoleum.
The Emperor's visit to Wang An's stone tomb this time caused a huge sensation in Nanjing's academic circles. There are a large number of successors of new learning here. Although they have long been integrated into the Ming academic system, they still retain the sectarian concept.
Zhu Guoxiang's worship of Wang Anshi is tantamount to a comprehensive affirmation of Wang Anshi.
Why are the new heirs so excited?
Because of the emergence of Cai Jing, Qin Hui and other Xinxue disciples one after another, as well as the failure of the reform in the Northern Song Dynasty, Xinxue and Wang Anshi have been attacked repeatedly in recent years.
Especially Qin Hui, who grew up in Nanjing, the Holy Land of New Learning, and belongs to the heirs of New Learning with Zhengzheng Miaohong.
Successors of the new learning within the jurisdiction of Jinling Prefecture heard about it one after another and asked the Supreme Emperor to visit Maoshan.
Of course I didn’t go to Maoshan to learn Taoism.
There is Maoshan Academy, one of the four major academies in the early Song Dynasty and the six major academies in the Northern Song Dynasty.
In the middle and early Northern Song Dynasty, private academies were quite popular.
By the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty, due to the prosperity of official schools, many private scholars were called to teach in official schools. The number of teachers was insufficient, and private academies gradually declined.
The same is true for Maoshan Academy. Even the 300 acres of academic land given by the emperor were taken away by the Taoist priests from Maoshan next door.
After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, many officials from the former Song Dynasty were not hired or were unwilling to serve as officials in the new dynasty, so they returned to their hometowns to set up academies and give lectures.
Since then, private academies across the country have flourished again.
Even the school fields of Maoshan Academy were taken back from the hands of Maoshan Taoist priests by the imperial court banning temples.
"Jiangzuo commoner Chen Gongfu, pays homage to the emperor!"
At the foot of Sanmao Mountain, an old man in his seventies led the students to greet him with a cane.
Zhu Guoxiang smiled and said: "Mr. Chen, there is no need to be polite."
They knew each other before.
Chen Gongfu was a graduate of Taixue in the third year of Zhenghe's reign. When Kaifeng was besieged from the north and south by Ju Ming and Jin soldiers, Chen Gongfu was a die-hard fighter under Li Gang.
At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Chen Gongfu was dismissed from office and went to Hangzhou to join Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty. He only served for half a year before being framed by Zhu Meng and dismissed from office. From then on, he made a career in teaching.
He had an old grudge with Zhu Meng.
He once served as an official in Zhu Meng's hometown. When Zhu Meng's brother celebrated his birthday, all the local officials went to congratulate him. But Chen Gongfu not only refused to go, but also did not allow his students to go.
This man not only had a grudge against Zhu Meng, but also had a grudge against Li Bangyan.
Zhu Guoxiang climbed the mountain with a stick, and Chen Gongfu followed him with a stick.
Zhu Guoxiang asked: "Mr. Chen once criticized the new learning, why did he become the academy president in this place where the new learning flourished?"
Chen Gongfu said: "Today there is no new learning, only Ming Dynasty Chinese learning. When I criticized the new learning, it was not to completely deny Wang Linchuan Gong, but to impeach Li Bangyan and other traitors seeking glory."
The traitor here is selling the Song Dynasty to the Zhu thieves.
When you are tired from climbing, sit down and rest.
Zhu Guoxiang asked: "What knowledge is taught in Maoshan Academy now?"
Chen Gongfu said: "The extended exposition of the Ming Dynasty's Chinese studies formed its own school, and it was named Jinling Studies."
Zhu Guoxiang laughed when he heard this.
Wang Anshi's new learning is also known as "Jinling Learning".
Chen Gongfu is an interesting person. Historically, he criticized New Learning in the late Northern Song Dynasty and banned Neo-Confucianism in the early Southern Song Dynasty.
This man actually has the talent of a prime minister, but his temper is too tough.
He would rather teach in the countryside than serve as an official in the Ming Dynasty. He always regarded the Zhu family and his son as thieves.
But I have let it go over the years.
Firstly, Emperor Zhu treated the Zhao and Song clans well, and secondly, Emperor Zhu was indeed better at governing the country than Zhao Ji.
Whenever news of the imperial court's crackdown on corruption and victory in foreign wars came, Chen Gongfu would be so happy to have a few drinks. He even began to study Ju Ming's knowledge. After Ju Ming upgraded "Xunzi" into scripture, he also studied "Xunzi" seriously.
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Even though he is old, he is still asking young people for advice on astronomy and physics.
Zhu Guoxiang continued climbing and came to Maoshan Academy, where Chen Gongfu presented his book "Qi Lun".
This was written by him combining Wang Anshi's new learning and the current Ming Dynasty official learning, including mathematics, astronomy, physics and other knowledge.
It took twenty years.
That night, Zhu Guoxiang lit a candle and read.
The first chapter talks about philosophical thoughts. It begins by saying that the universe is composed of "vital energy".
Yuan Qi is a chaotic substance, which then evolves into yin and yang, the five elements, and all things. All evolution processes must follow physical rules, and these physical rules can be explored, discovered, and summarized.
He also believed that mathematics is extremely mysterious and physical rules can be expressed in mathematics.
It also strengthened Wang Anshi's idea that "heaven and man are irrelevant" and believed that heaven and earth have their own rules of operation, which cannot be interfered by ghosts, gods or humans.
But people can use physical rules to do things, such as Zhu Guoxiang's agriculture, and the same is true for the use of firearms.
Chapter 2 talks about economics.
To be continued...