Zhang Dai and others' trip to Wanbi Bookshop made them think about it for a long time, especially the books they bought back. Sun Chun specifically asked for the "Four Continents", saying that he wanted to study it carefully.
Sun Chun's home is in Jiaxing, and he is a student of Jiaxing Fuxue, but he lives in Wujiang all year round, and sometimes lives in Meiwanju Villa in Nanxun Town, Wucheng County, Huzhou. Although he is not impressive in appearance and plainly dressed,
In terms of knowledge, he was just "a person who only wrote essays on the Five Classics", and his status was not high in the minds of many Fushe scholars. In fact, he had quite a lot of assets in his family, and he was the real core member of the society.
When it comes to fame, he is certainly on par with Zhang Pu, Zhang Cai and others, far inferior to the "Four Young Masters" who were already slightly famous at that time, and not as good as Huang Zongxi. But he is indeed a backbone figure in the society. Fushe is a person with a long history.
Political associations in the name of academics have a certain organizational nature. It can even be said that they have roughly some characteristics of modern political parties. If Zhang Pu and Zhang Cai are the "leaders" of Fushe, then Fushe
The "Organization Minister" is none other than Sun Chun.
As long as the scholars from all over the country were in line with the philosophy of Fushe in terms of literature and political views, Sun Chun would go to great lengths to persuade them to join the Fushe by writing letters or going there in person. It can be said that the entire organizational activities of Fushe were started by him.
He took care of it all by himself. He was also directly responsible for the qualification review of people who joined the society, and reviewed those scholars who applied to join the society. And a series of affairs such as liaisons between members of the society and gatherings also passed through his hands.
He did not have his own villa in Hangzhou, but stayed in Zhang Dai's villa. After dinner, several friends read the newly purchased books together, drank the best Yunnan Nv catechu, and talked and laughed.
After a while, Zhang Dai was originally interested in Australian things, but now that he was so sexually assaulted by Zhao Yingong at Wanbi Bookstore, he couldn't help but want to go to Guangzhou.
"Is Brother Zongzi really going to Guangli?" Wen Huai asked.
"I have long wanted to do this - not because of the Australians. I heard that the customs in Guangli are different from those in the Central Plains, and even more different from Jiangnan, and there are many strange people and strange things from overseas. I have long wanted to open my eyes and see something new.
, try the local specialties again. Now that there are Australians here, of course I want to have a look even more." Zhang Dai was leaning on a couch, wearing loose Zen clothes. The two of them were no more than 14 or 15 years old.
One of the maids was serving tea, while the other was peeling off the citrus peels with her delicate hands.
"It's a pity that I didn't pass last year's provincial examination and had to study behind closed doors. Otherwise, I would have liked to go to Guangli with Ji to have a look." Wen Huai said with a smile. His eyes wandered a little on the two maids.
"Haha," Zhang Dai laughed, "Brother Lianshi, I heard that there were a lot of joint walkers in last year's provincial examination. Why don't you ask someone to talk about it? You can only spend a few hundred taels of silver, so why bother?
Study hard and chew this stuff until it becomes crumbs? What success can you get from the eight-part essay?"
Wen Huai put away his smile: "I don't dare to think about such a thing." He then said with a wry smile, "It's not that I'm being pretentious. For this joint, first of all, I need the favor of the boss, and secondly, I have to have Bai Bai.
Huāhuā money. I am short of both. Even if I sell my land, there will be no one to communicate with me. It will be useless."
Sun Chun smiled and said: "Tianru has been selected as a scholar in the Hanlin Academy, and Mr. Zhou Ge is highly recommended by our Fushe and Donglin. Why should brother Lianshi worry about not having a good background in the future?"
After Zhang Pu, the leader of Fushe, got his bachelor's degree, he was appointed as a scholar of the Hanlin Academy. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Hanlin Academy was a training ground for senior bureaucrats. Their official rank was not high, but their political status was high and their future was immeasurable.
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"I hope so." Wen Huai had a lonely expression on his face, as if he had no talent. Sun Chun knew that Wen Huai was serious about being an official. His family was just a middle-aged man. He didn't have much property at home, nor was he very talented.
, if he hadn’t had an old acquaintance with Zhang Dai, he probably wouldn’t have been able to squeeze into this circle. After squeezed into this circle, he felt a strong sense of gap that made him even more eager to become an official to change his situation.
Sun Chun does not hate such people. In his opinion, at least this person is motivated and willing to do things. If such a person can successfully become an official and join the central and local bureaucracy, he can continue to expand the complex.
The influence of the society can be further promoted in practice to promote the political proposition of restoring the society.
He silently considered whether he should be included in the list of recommended candidates for the next Nanjing Provincial Examination. Of course, Sun Chun could not make the decision on this matter, but he had a great say.
Sun Chun returned to his room, asked the book boy to light a lamp, immediately rubbed ink and laid paper, and wrote a letter to Zhang Pu. The letter mentioned the meeting exactly, including his appreciation of Australian books.
and some views on their knowledge.
Generally speaking, Shilin in the south of the Yangtze River has a very shallow understanding of Australians - the rare Australian goods coming from afar are certainly sensational, but what are the Australians like, what are they doing in the Qiongzhou area, etc., etc., etc. to many people
It is still a very vague concept. Although the imperial army suffered a huge defeat in Qiongzhou and the news that the Australians invaded Guangzhou has vaguely spread, the final result was nothing. I have not heard of any
A large number of Australian troops are active, and it is not said that any state or county has fallen. Compared with the impact of the Luàn of She'an, which is about to come to an end, on Jiangnan Shilin. For some well-informed people, Australia
The man seems to be the same type of person as Zheng Zhilong or the red máo man.
Although Fushe was a political group mainly composed of Jiangnan scholars, after all, it also included scholars from all over the country. Through this nationwide network, Sun Chun actually acted as the intelligence leader of Fushe.
Nanxun is an important distribution center for raw silk south of Taihu Lake and other places. Commercial trade is very developed. Sun Chun formed his own intelligence collection and message transmission system through the business relationships he controlled. Through regular correspondence between merchants, he controlled
People's livelihood, officialdom, public opinion and banditry in many places. Therefore, he was also called "Sun Pusi" by people in the society. He knew more about the situation in Guangdong than others.
Liu Shidou, who was originally a candidate for Nanhai County in Guangzhou, and who just won the Jinshi this year in Chunwei, has always been friendly with Fushe, and has maintained close contact with Zhang Pu and others for a long time. Every move of the Australians outside Guangzhou, including their actions in Qiongzhou
All kinds of deeds were continuously transmitted to Sun Chun through Liu Shidou's letters.
Although the various actions of the Australians are sometimes discussed in Fushe's core circles, generally speaking, Fushe does not have any specific attitude or stance towards the Australians - after all, their current task is to "advance gentlemen and repel gentlemen."
They must clarify the affairs of the government and establish a dynasty based on gentlemen. Therefore, whether it is red horses, Australians, captives or the increasingly fierce bandits, they are not the main things they care about. In the eyes of many scholars, justice
To repel the villains and make the government correct is to rectify the root cause. Once the root is cleared, it will not be difficult to root out the branches that cause internal and external troubles.
However, the current political situation in Donglin is not good. Although after Chongzhen came to the throne, he expelled the eunuchs through large-scale political liquidation, the Yuan Chonghuan case in the second year of Chongzhen dealt a heavy blow to Donglin. The eunuchs took the opportunity to counterattack, and as a result, Yuan Chonghuan
He was killed, Qian Longxi was exiled to Dinghai, Yuan Chonghuan's mentor Han Xu was forced to resign, and the Donglin faction lost two bachelors. Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren subsequently joined the cabinet.
Of these two people, Zhou Yanru was friendly with the Donglin sect, but also had a deep relationship with the eunuchs. As for Wen Tiren, he once built the Wei Zhongxian Shrine in Hangzhou and wrote poems praising Wei Zhongxian. He was an authentic eunuch, but
He was cautious and shrewd, so he had no notable political activities during the Tianqi years. Therefore, he escaped the liquidation of the eunuch party in the early years of Chongzhen. Later, he used his relationship with Zhou Yanru to successfully enter the cabinet.
News of these activities came to Sun Chun continuously through letters from Donglin officials in Beijing and scholars who restored society - some news came faster than the court newspapers.
In terms of Fushe, of course they are not satisfied with Zhou Yanru recruiting Wen Tiren, a "eunuch", but Zhou Yanru is friendly to the Donglin faction after all. When the Donglin faction loses its central power, it is crucial to win Zhou Yanru's support.
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At present, the main focus of the restoration of the society is on this year's general examination. After the Jinling Township Examination in the third year of Chongzhen, the Jinling Conference of the restoration of the society was held. This was the second conference of the restoration of the society after the Yinshan Conference in the first year of Chongzhen.
In the Jinling Township Examination, Yang Tingshu, one of the central figures of Fushe, learned about the Yuan Dynasty, and Zhang Pu, the leader of Fushe, also passed the examination. These key members of Fushe successively won Jinshi in the spring of this year, and they were restored to society at once.
The reputation and power of the Wen Ti Ren sect have greatly increased. Although there was an incident in which Xue Guoguan of the Wen Ti Ren sect ordered the imperial censor to attack Zhou Yanru because Wu Weiye was ranked second, but it has basically subsided now - and Fu She was greatly embarrassed:
The emperor personally read Wu Weiye's imperial examination paper and greatly appreciated his article.
How to use this opportunity to expand Fushe and Donglin's influence in the court, try to exclude Wen Tiren, the "remnant of the eunuch party", and ensure Zhou Yanru's "friendship" with Fushe are the things that Sun Chun is most concerned about at the moment. Sun Chun
He has been busy with this matter recently. Originally, he didn't care much about this adventure in Wanbi Villa, but after he came back, he thought about it and felt that he should inform the main figures in the club about this situation.
Australian books flowed into the Ming Dynasty. Sun Chun didn't care about Chun Gong books and the like - they were just playthings, not critical joints. But he learned from books such as "Four Continents" and "Light Theory for Beginners"
It can be seen that Yi Meng is on par with the "Western Method" boasted by the Red Army priests and religious Confucian scholars, and even the more brilliant "Australian Learning" is quietly knocking on the door of the Ming Dynasty.