Chapter 514 I’ve never seen someone so disgusting!
In the east gate of Wuxi County, there is a site covering an area of more than ten acres. It is the former site of Donglin Academy built by the famous scholar Yang Shi hundreds of years ago.
However, this place has been abandoned for a long time, and the wild grass on both sides of the vaguely visible path is lush. We can only imagine the layout of the past through the remaining platform foundations here and there.
There are also some open spaces that are occupied by nearby families to grow vegetables - this is the end result of many ancient urban gardens being abandoned.
Today, the ruins of Donglin Academy, which had been dormant for hundreds of years, suddenly welcomed a group of visitors, who seemed to have extraordinary status.
The leader was wearing mourning clothes, pointing at various places in the ruins, and saying something to the others.
This person is none other than Gu Xiancheng, a true Confucian and a true Confucian who was formerly a member of the Ministry of Civil Affairs' Examination Department, Wai Lang. This year he was forced to return home to observe the system because of Ding You.
Although it may not be appropriate to go out for activities during the period of observing the system, it is understandable for the sake of justice, and it is not about drinking, eating, and having sex with women.
The official Lin asked about it, Zou Diguang, one of the only remaining Crouching Dragon Phoenix chicks around Mr. Wang, who has often been called a die-hard loyalist to Mr. Feng in recent years, was also present at this time.
As local hosts, Gu Xiancheng and Zou Diguang led others to visit the Donglin Academy site.
The person closest to Gu Xiancheng, with a green complexion, was Shen Li, the former Minister of Rites, who also resigned this year.
Although Shen Li has retired, he still has status.
First, after high-ranking Ming officials resigned, they were reinstated as if they were commonplace, and they could return to the court at any time.
Therefore, we should not treat such resigned officials as the kind of "retired veterans" who will take their time off in later generations.
Secondly, even though Shen Li is no longer the Minister of Rites, he is still the spiritual leader of the Qingliu forces.
Most of the current backbone of the Qingliu forces were discovered or promoted by him.
At this moment, I could only hear Gu Xiancheng saying to Shen Li: "After returning home this time, Senior Zou told me that rebuilding Donglin Academy can unite the morale of the people of the righteous people. After hearing this, I deeply believed it."
Of course Shen Li could hear the implication in Gu Xiancheng's words, which was that he wanted to strengthen "organizational construction" and establish a more rigorous system.
So Shen Li sighed and said: "We are all on the same path because we have the same aspirations, not to form a clique."
Gu Xiancheng asked rhetorically: "With the current decline, if we don't form a party, can we still defeat the evil villain?
As the saying goes, if the devil is one foot high, then the Tao must be one foot high."
Although Gu Xiancheng did not mention his name specifically, everyone present knew who this "treacherous villain" was. Anyway, it was not Shen Shoufu, the traditional target of criticism from the Qingliu forces.
Zou Diguang took a step forward and said to Shen Li: "After I resigned, although I was far away from the world, I often heard about things in the temple.
Maybe it's because of the clarity of onlookers, so I can see it more clearly.
Although Zhengdao Qingliu has more people and more help, it is actually too loose and its organization is very weak.
Under normal circumstances, the situation may be maintained, but when encountering a truly powerful enemy, it often lacks resilience and is often defeated piecemeal."
Shen Li's face twitched, the word "piecemeal" really hurt his heart.
After more than ten years of operation, it took advantage of the trend of "liquidating Zhang Juzheng" and reaped a huge wave of dividends of the times.
The Qingliu forces hold high the banner of morality and gather a large number of people. They are especially popular among middle and low-level officials, and new people are often inspired and join in a steady stream.
In this context, the Qingliu forces are really not afraid of "speaking out and making mistakes". Even if one person is removed, there are still dozens of people who can replace him.
But since someone surnamed Lin appeared, Shen Li felt for the first time that the manpower replenishment rate could not keep up with the loss rate.
Gu Xiancheng said: "Facing a new type of powerful enemy, we must also keep pace with the times."
Then he turned to the other two people and asked, "Ding Yugong and Zhou Ting, do you think this is true?"
The two people expressed their stance together: "What you said is absolutely correct. Why bother to stick to the concept of forming a party?"
The person known as Dingyu Gong is Zhao Yongxian, who is currently the left minister of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites and the sacrificial wine minister of the Nanjing Imperial College.
He was a ruthless man who opposed Zhang Juzheng's love as a disciple and made bacon out of his fallen flesh after being imprisoned.
At the same time, Zhao Yongxian's status in the literary world is that he is one of the Five Retro-schoolers who has won the title for two consecutive terms.
As a benchmark figure who opposes Zhang Juzheng, Zhao Yongxian also has a certain status in the emperor's heart. He is in Nanjing just to get a ministry qualification and be regarded as a candidate to join the cabinet in the future.
Originally, before the 14th year of Wanli, Zhao Yongxian's political allies were the "Three Reds".
It was Li Zhi, Jiang Dongzhi, and Yang Keli who took the lead in criticizing Zhang Juzheng.
But it is a pity that when the "Three Reds" attacked Shen Shoufu in the 14th year of Wanli, they were attacked by the military champion Lin Tailai, and they were all transferred to other places and left the political center.
Therefore, if Zhao Yongxian still wants to make progress, he must find new allies, or the basic base.
It just so happened that the Qingliu forces were in urgent need of replenishing their high-end combat power after losing three positions in succession, including Zuodu Yushi, Nanjing Officials Secretary, and Rites Secretary.
So I hit it off with Zhao Yongxian, which is why Zhao Yongxian is here today.
The other person whom Gu Xiancheng calls Zhou Ting's younger brother is Gong Nai, one of the "Three Great Masters of Shanzuo" and a representative figure in today's Shandong literary world.
The other two people in the "Three Great Masters of Shanzuo" are Yu Shenxing, the Minister of Rites, and Feng Qi, a senior Hanlin scholar.
Although Gong Nai has not yet become an official, but with the status of the other two of the three great families in Shanzuo, others will not underestimate him and his potential.
Politically, Gong Nai is very inclined to the Qingliu forces, and he is the kind who brings his own dry food, a bit like Tang Xianzu who was taught a lesson by Lin Daguan, otherwise he would not be here.
After hearing other people's remarks, Shen Li, the spiritual leader of the Qingliu forces, couldn't help but let out a long sigh again.
Although he has always been a leader of the Qingliu forces, he is unwilling to be criticized as "a party member".
His original intention was just to promote the moral system and achieve a top-to-bottom moral renaissance, not to form cliques.
Over the past few years, he has always viewed others, even those whom he personally guided, as comrades rather than as partisans.
But Shen Li can tell from everyone's attitude today that everyone is determined to form a party in order to achieve a more rigorous organizational form.
As for the reconstruction of Donglin Academy, it is the carrier and embodiment of this idea, giving the abstract concept of "party formation" a material anchor.
Of course, Shen Li is also very clear about the reason. The simple summary is that he was taken aback by someone named Lin who has suddenly emerged in recent years.
It is really hard to imagine that the Qingliu forces, which seemed to have many soldiers and generals, would be beaten like this by a newcomer.
And not once or twice, but many times.
Sometimes Shen Li even doubted that if the fight continued like this, would some of his comrades be so frightened that they would seek refuge with the emperor in order to kill Lin Tailai?
Gu Xiancheng led a group of more than a dozen people to continue moving forward, gradually reaching the middle part of the Donglin Academy ruins.
He continued to introduce the situation and said: "Senior Zou helped me raise funds to buy the original land first, and then start the reconstruction."
Then he turned to the only person in the crowd wearing an official robe and asked: "Your Excellency, the county government! There should be no problem with the county government, right?"
The county magistrate named You replied: "The county government will give its full support!"
Gu Xiancheng had a look of expectation on his face, pointing to a large piece of remaining platform in front of him and said:
"This should be the main hall of the academy back then. After the reconstruction, I plan to name it Yiyong Hall."
At this time, two wooden boards were placed on the remaining platform, with a sentence written on each wooden board.
They are "the sound of wind and rain, the sound of reading, the sound of reading," and "family affairs, state affairs, and world affairs, and concern about everything." are obviously a pair of couplets.
Gu Xiancheng said with some pride: "There is a friend named Qian Yunzhi in Suzhou. He heard that I was going to rebuild Donglin Academy, so he specially sent these couplets.
I think it is so wonderful that it will be hung in Yiyong Hall someday, but today I will invite you to appreciate it."
"Wonderful!" "Very good!" After everyone looked at it carefully, they all praised it.
One thing to say, this pair of couplets is indeed outstanding, and I feel it ranks high in the history of couplets.
No wonder Gu Xiancheng was so proud of it after getting the couplets.
After returning to his hometown to retreat for several months, Gu Xiancheng felt that he was doing well again, and said with high spirits:
"Although I am not talented, as long as you are willing to give me a helping hand, I am confident that within three years, I will turn the renovated Donglin Academy into the most famous academy in the world!
I will make Donglin Academy a place that presides over the direction of public discussion in the world!"
Then Gu Xiancheng asked Shen Li again: "When Mr. Shen is free to visit Linquan, he might as well come to Donglin Academy to give lectures, okay?"
Shen Li knew very well that he wanted to use his influence to endorse the "Donglin Academy Party Formation".
After thinking for a moment, Shen Li agreed: "Okay."
As the saying goes, a person cannot help himself when he is in the arena, and it is impossible for him to go against the will of others.
He knows very well that others have become more radical. If he does not follow suit and show radicalness, he will be regarded as a "traitor" and be counterattacked by the Qingliu forces he has personally supported.
Gu Xiancheng was in a great mood. If the reputation of Donglin Academy spreads and becomes the center of political public opinion, even if he sticks to the rules in his hometown, he can exert a huge influence on the government.
In the future, if you lose the struggle in the court, you will have a way out, so that you will not completely lose power after leaving the court.
Another local, Zou Diguang, was thinking that the atmosphere should be in place now to talk about the literary conference.
Regardless of their official positions, these people present are all powerful in the literary world and can exert a huge influence at literary conferences.
At this moment, Zhao Yongxian pointed to the northeast and asked, "What's going on here?"
Everyone looked around and saw that there was an independent courtyard in the northeast corner of the Donglin Academy ruins.
Judging from the degree of repairs, this courtyard is still in use, and visually occupies one-third of the Donglin Academy site.
When everyone got closer and took a closer look, there was a plaque hanging on the courtyard door with the words "Donglin Nunnery" on it.
At this moment, the courtyard door was half opened, and an old nun stuck her head out and looked over.
Everyone: ""
This style of painting, this atmosphere, this style, suddenly took a turn for the worse.
Gu Xiancheng was furious and turned to Youzhi County and shouted: "I said earlier that I will purchase all the land of the Donglin Academy site and other idle people will be cleared. What is going on?"
Youzhi County didn't know why, so he immediately called a local official over and asked, "Why hasn't this Donglin Nunnery been cleared out?"
In fact, all old Wuxi people know that this Donglin Nunnery has existed for many years. It is said that it existed during the Yuan Dynasty.
But that's not a problem. Gu Xiancheng just wants to know why Donglin Nunnery is still here now?
The local official quickly replied: "When we were cleaning up the land at the Donglin Academy site, we learned that the Donglin Nunnery had sold the land three years ago and the title deed was in the hands of someone else.
In other words, now Donglin Temple is renting someone else’s land and running this small temple!"
These men really don't know how to do things! Youzhi County was also angry and shouted: "What a fool! No matter who holds the land deed, he must be kicked out! Is there anyone in Wuxi County who has more dignity than Gu Quanbu?"
The local official then explained: "I don't know something! After inquiring, I learned that the land of Donglin Nunnery was sold to the mother of Suzhou City Lin Daguanren, the mother of the Nine Yuan True Immortal!"
When I was waiting for the evacuation, I saw the handwriting left by Lin Daguan, saying that whoever dared to touch his mother's private temple property would be killed for the sake of filial piety!"
Everyone: ""
I have seen disgusting people, but I have never seen anyone so disgusting!
If you really wanted to steal the chicken, couldn't you secretly buy the entire Donglin Academy site? It's not like you, Lin Tailai, don't have the financial resources!
What does it mean to only buy one-third of the Donglin Nunnery, leave a bunch of nuns here, and then leave the other two-thirds empty to wait for others?
From now on, Xindonglin Academy and the Nunnery will be closely connected. They will be in the same area. You will be next to me and I will be next to you?
Those who are still riding horses are holding high the banner of filial piety in the name of their mother!
The heat in Gu Xiancheng's heart subsided instantly and turned cold.
It was as if there was a pair of evil eyes in the dark, staring at me across time and space.
Could it be that three years ago, Lin Tailai knew that he would rebuild Donglin Academy?
There was total silence when suddenly someone shouted again: "I remembered! I remembered!"
In the dissatisfied eyes of everyone, the man quickly explained: "When I saw that pair of couplets, I felt familiar, but I never remembered where I had seen them.
When I heard about Lin Jiuyuan just now, I finally thought of it!
I saw this pair of couplets at the gate of Xinxin Academy in Shijia Lane, Nanhao Street, outside Xumen, Suzhou!"
None of them were from Suzhou, so they were just puzzled. Where is this "Xinxin Academy on Shijia Lane, Nanhao Street, Xumenwai, Suzhou"?
The man explained again: "When Lin Jiuyuan was in the Tang Dynasty, this Xinxin Academy was his earliest residence in the city of Suzhou."
Everyone: ""
Now it is 100% certain that Lin Tailai sent this pair of couplets here on purpose!
They were asked to praise Lin Tailai's handwriting for a long time, and even said that it would be used in the main hall of New Donglin Academy!
I have seen disgusting people, but I have never seen anyone so disgusting!
This is not just disgusting, it is simply wanton insult and ridicule from a hundred miles away!
I was originally very excited and worked hard to defeat someone named Lin, but suddenly I felt like a clown!
