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Zhang Dai and others' visit 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. Despite his unimpressive appearance, plain clothes, and knowledge, he was only a "man who studied the Five Classics". 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, but is 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 the backbone of the society. As a political society in the name of academics, Fushe has a certain organizational nature. It can even be said that it has roughly some of the characteristics of a modern political party. If Zhang Pu and Zhang Cai are the "leaders" of Fushe, then the "organizational minister" of Fushe is Sun Chun.
Sun Chun would go to great lengths to persuade scholars from all over the country to join the society, either by writing letters or by going there in person, as long as their literary and political views were consistent with the idea of restoring society. It can be said that the entire organizational activities of Fushe were handled by him single-handedly. 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 contacts and gatherings among Fushe members almost all 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 daughter tea, and talked and laughed. Zhang Dai had always been interested in Australian things, but now that he was so attracted 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 it is even different from Jiangnan, and there are many strange people and strange things from overseas. I have long wanted to broaden my horizons and see something new. Try the local specialties. Now that there are Australians, of course I want to have a look even more." Zhang Dai was leaning on a couch, wearing loose Zen clothes, and two special-looking maids who were no more than 14 or 15 years old. The man serving tea was peeling off the peel of a tangerine with his 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, in last year's provincial examination, I heard that there were a lot of people walking joints. Why don't you ask someone to talk about it? You can spend hundreds of 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 even dare to think about such a thing!" He then said with a wry smile, "It's not my brother's affection. In this case, the first thing I need is the favor of the boss, and the second thing is the favor of the boss. There is so much money. If I don’t have both, even if I sell my land, there will be no one to help me with it, and 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, passed the undergraduate course, he was selected as a scholar of the Hanlin Academy. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Hanlin Academy was a training center for senior bureaucrats. The official rank was not high, but the political status was very high and the future was immeasurable.
"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 becoming an official. His family was just a middle-aged man. He didn't have much property in his family, nor was he very talented. If it weren't for the fact that he had an old acquaintance with Zhang Dai, he wouldn't be able to do it at all. I can't squeeze into this circle. After squeezed into this circle, he felt a strong sense of disparity, which made him even more eager to become an official to change his situation.
Sun Chun doesn't dislike such people. In his opinion, at least this person is motivated and willing to do things. If such people can successfully become officials and join the central and local bureaucracies, they will be able to continuously expand the influence of Fushe and further advance Fushe's political ideas in practice.
He silently considered whether he should be included in the list of recommended candidates for the next Nanjing Provincial Examination? Of course Sun Chun can't make the decision in this matter, but he has a big say.
Sun Chun returned to his room and asked the boy to light a lamp. He immediately rubbed ink, spread paper, and wrote a letter to Zhang Pu. The letter mentioned the meeting exactly as it was. Includes some of his views on Australian books and their learning.
Scholars in the south of the Yangtze River generally have a very superficial understanding of Australians - the rare Australian goods coming from afar are certainly a sensation, but what are the Australians like, what are they doing in the Qiongzhou area, 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 had vaguely spread, the final result was unsuccessful. I didn't hear that there were large groups of Australian troops active, nor that any state or county had fallen. It was even smaller than the impact that the She'an Rebellion, which was about to come to an end, had on Jiangnan Shilin. To some well-informed people, the Australian and Zheng Zhilong or the red-haired man seem to be the same type of person.
Although Fushe was a political group mainly composed of scholars from Jiangnan, 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 has formed his own intelligence collection and message transmission system through the business relationships he has mastered. There were regular correspondence exchanges between Tongliao businessmen, and he controlled the people's livelihood, officialdom, public opinion and banditry in many places. Therefore, he was also called "Sun Pusi" by people in the community. He knows more about the situation in Guangdong than others.
Liu Shidou, who was originally a candidate in Nanhai County, Guangzhou, and had just won the Jinshi this spring, had always been friendly to Fushe, and had long maintained close contact with Zhang Pu and others. Every move of the Australians outside Guangzhou, including their various actions in Qiongzhou, was continuously reported to Sun Chunbili through Liu Shidou's letters.
Although the various actions of the Australians are sometimes discussed in the core circles of Fushe, generally speaking, Fushe does not have any specific attitude or position towards the Australians - after all, their current task is to "advance gentlemen and repel gentlemen". "villain", we must clarify the government affairs and establish the foundation of a gentleman's government. Therefore, whether it is the red-haired people, the Australians, the built-up bandits, or the increasingly violent bandits, they are not their main concern. In the eyes of many scholars, just when the villains are dismissed and the people are in court, the fundamentals are rectified. Once the fundamentals are cleared, it will not be difficult to cure the branches of internal and external troubles.
But the current political situation in Donglin is not good. Although after Chongzhen came to the throne, he expelled the eunuch party through large-scale political liquidation, the Yuan Chonghuan case in the second year of Chongzhen had a great impact on Donglin. The eunuch party took the opportunity to counterattack. As a result, Yuan Chonghuan was killed, Qian Longxi was exiled to Dinghai, and Yuan Chonghuan's Master Han was forced to resign, and the Donglin faction lost two bachelors. The next people to join the cabinet were Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren.
Of these two people, Zhou Yanru was friendly with the Donglin Sect, but also had a deep relationship with the Eunuch Party. As for Wen Tiren, he once built the Wei Zhongxian Shrine in Hangzhou and wrote poems praising Wei Zhongxian. It can be said that he was an authentic eunuch, but he was cautious and shrewd, so he did not have any notable political activities during the Tianqi years. Therefore, he escaped the liquidation of the eunuch in the early years of Chongzhen. Later, he used his relationship with Zhou Yanru to Entered the cabinet smoothly.
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 were not satisfied with Zhou Yanru recruiting Wen Tiren, a "eunuch", but Zhou Yanru was friendly to the Donglin faction after all. When the Donglin faction lost its central power, it was crucial to win Zhou Yanru's support. thing.
Right now, Fushe's main focus is on this year's examination. After the Jinling Rural Examination in the third year of Chongzhen, the Jinling Conference for the restoration of society was held. This was the second conference for the restoration of society after the Yinshan Conference in the first year of Chongzhen.
In the Jinling Township Examination, one of the central figures of the Fushe, Yang Tingshu, learned about the Yuan Dynasty, and the leader of the Fushe, Zhang Pu, also passed the examination. These backbones of the Fushe successively won Jinshi in the spring of this year. Prestige and power soared. Although there was an incident in which Xue Guoguan of the Wen Tiren sect ordered the censor to attack Zhou Yanru because Wu Weiye was ranked second. But now it has basically subsided - and Fushe was very embarrassed; the emperor personally read Wu Weiye's imperial examination paper and greatly appreciated his article.
How to use this opportunity to expand the influence of Fushe and Donglin in the court, find ways to exclude Wen Tiren, the "remnant of the eunuch party", and ensure Zhou Yanru's "friendship" with Fushe is what Fushe Group is currently most concerned about. Sun Chun has also been busy surrounding this matter recently. Originally, he didn't care much about this adventure at Wanbi Villa, but after returning, he thought about it and felt that he should inform the main figures in the society about this situation.
Australian books flowed into the Ming Dynasty. Sun Chun didn't care about erotic books and the like - this was just a plaything section. It's not something that hurts the joints. But he could see from books such as "Four Continents" and "The Beginner's Theory of Light" that there was a "Macao study" that was as good as, or even more advanced than, the "Western method" boasted by the red-haired priests and religious Confucian scholars. It is quietly ringing at the door of Ming Dynasty. ! .
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