Mu Min joked: "Douglas Adams is really good at insight into human nature. How do you say that? Any technology that was available when I was born is an inherent part of the world, and any technology that existed when I was fifteen to thirty-five years old The technologies born in this time are revolutionary products. Any technology born after I am thirty-five years old is anti-human and will be punished by God. Based on the average life span of ancient people, I think this number will be a few years earlier."
Lin Baiguang complained: "Du Yibin has been pestering Song Yingsheng all day long, and now you want to start a boy band 'Lingnan Sanzhong'. I really can't stand the hobbies of you people who are serious collectors of historical celebrities."
Liu Xiang repeatedly denied: "None of you here should have such a hobby. At least I certainly don't."
"But speaking of it, if there are a few historical celebrities around who say a few words from time to time: 'The leader is wise', and another one 'bow down and bow down', will everyone's sense of accomplishment gradually increase?" Lin Baiguang asked with a smile.
"It goes without saying! But it's not the case. Mr. Lu always praises me for my wisdom and martial prowess, but his praises don't sound interesting."
Seeing that the topic of the meeting had strayed off again, Wu Mu reminded: "Let's get back to the topic, don't digress. Judging from the information compiled by the wire reports and the big library, not only Guangdong, but also the entire Ming Dynasty officialdom and the gentry group have intricate relationships. All kinds of public information about the Senate should have been spread in this relationship network, and the Ming gentry group should be relatively familiar with us. Masters and apprentices Chen Zizhuang and Li Suiqiu are currently the core figures of the entire Guangdong gentry group. They are closely related to the capital and Jiangnan gentry. The relationship between them is also very close, and how to properly arrange them will be related to the attitude of the gentry north of Wuling towards the Senate when the Senate launches a full-scale northern expedition in the future."
"No matter what their attitude is, just ask the steel guns and cannons in our hands to know what attitude to use!" Mu Min said.
"The truth is this, but according to the strategy of the Senate, most areas are expected to rely on propaganda in the future to reduce unnecessary casualties and unnecessary loss of productivity, otherwise the recovery will be too slow." Wumu explained: "The Three Loyaltymen of Lingnan, as positive figures in the old time and space, still hold a lot of weight in the hearts of many elders. Many people don't want them to end up badly - there are even people who came to say hello to our bureau and asked us to 'save them in time' .”
"There are some things that we can't accomplish just by wishful thinking." Lin Baiguang sighed, "Position and integrity are very mysterious to talk about. Only when you actually encounter them will you know that they are not false."
Liu Xiang took a sip of strong tea and said to Elder Li Zhuoxian next to him, "Lao Li, you'd better introduce the spider web-like relationship tree of these gentry first."
Li Zhuoxian is a native of Guangzhou in the old time and has considerable research on historical figures of the Ming Dynasty. After the Senate launched the Guangdong and Guangxi strategy, it was natural for him to follow the team north to start work. He opened his laptop and projected a huge mind map on the screen.
"This is a relationship spectrum that I compiled based on the data and reports from this time and space, as well as the historical data from the old time and space." Li Zhuoxian said.
"Senior Wumu is right, but not entirely. To be precise, masters and apprentices Chen Zizhuang and Li Suiqiu should be the core figures of the gentry group that currently has a tendency to resist, rather than the core figures of all gentry.
"First of all, let's give a brief introduction to Chen Zizhuang. His family has been officials for generations. He himself was a top performer in the imperial examination, and he once resisted the eunuch party. He is very famous. Before he was dismissed from office, he was the right minister and bachelor of the Ministry of Rites. He lectured at banquets and was in charge of the administration of the Ministry of Rites. Affairs. In 1635, Chen Zizhuang had a chance to join the cabinet, but he was not selected, and was later dismissed and returned to his hometown. Everyone is familiar with this person, so I won’t say more.”
Li Zhuoxian continued, "Then there are He Wuzu and Huang Shijun. He Wuzu and Chen Zizhuang are neighbors and will still be in-laws in the future. Historically, Chen Zizhuang's youngest son Chen Shangtu married He Wuzu's daughter. He Wuzu also served as the Ministry of Rites The right minister was dismissed by Wen Ti Rendou not long after he entered the cabinet. Historically, in 1636, He Wuzu founded Xiangshan Academy, and Li Suiqiu, Chen Zizhuang, Xie Wenchang, Kuang Lu, and Chen Bangyan were all taught by his disciples. Although He is currently superficial He works for us, but he is very unreliable. Historically, he was the one who instigated Li Chengdong to rebel against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty. However, Beijing’s informants can pay attention to Gu Chaojian. This person is from Chao’an and has a very bad relationship with He Wuzhen. He took the lead in the affairs between the local gentry of Guangdong and Guangxi and the two houses and three divisions. Since the year of Xinwei, that is, 1631, Gu Chaojian and He Wuzou have been wrestling with each other, but He Wuzou was powerful and Gu Chaojian could not win, so Very resentful. How bad is the relationship between the two people? So bad that later when Gu Chaojian heard that Li Chengdong had pacified Fujian, he personally went to Fujian to meet Li Chengdong and offered him a strategy to pacify Guangdong. It was at Gu Chaojian’s vigorous request that he Li Chengdong accepted Gu's strategy and captured Guangzhou almost without bloodshed, wiping out Shaowu's regime."
The elders present all widened their eyes after hearing this, feeling incredible. Some people complained: "What kind of brain circuit is this?"
Li Zhuoxian said: "Ji Liuqi thought that Gu Chaojian had promised to reach Guilin in Western Guangdong within three months. He wanted to achieve the first success and suppress He Wujuer. So now He Wuzuo has been dismissed from office and is in his hometown, and he is trapped in the enemy camp. , Gu Chaojian did not take this opportunity to give He Wuzuo some eye drops, it would be a shame for him and He Wuzuo to have the same relationship. If Chongzhen listened to Gu Chaojian's words and expressed his anger at He Wuzuo and other Guangzhou bureaucrats and gentry, He Wuzuo Is Zou still in the mood to be loyal to this stupid emperor Chongzhen?"
"It's true that internal fighting is good for internal fighting, but external fighting is bad for outsiders!"
Li Zhuoxian continued: "Huang Shijun's resume is even more glorious. He is from Shunde. He was the number one scholar in Dingweike in the 35th year of Wanli. He has successively served as the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, the right minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and the minister of the Ministry of Rites. He has now become a bachelor of Dongge and joined the cabinet. Machine maintenance. However, this man was in danger of death. After the fall of the Longwu regime, he took refuge with Li Chengdong and shaved his head to change his clothes."
Mu Min's professional sensitivity made her immediately discover the interesting part, and said: "Three of them have all served as the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, which is really interesting."
Li Zhuoxian explained: "The Ministry of Rites is a department that brings together Hanlin Confucian officials. There was no prime minister in the Ming Dynasty. Most of the cabinet bachelors who joined the cabinet to participate in mechanical affairs were selected by the Ministry of Rites. Qian Qianyi, Zhou Yanru, He Ruchong, Wen Tiren, Zheng Yiwei, Xu Guangqi , these people have all been awarded official titles in the Ministry of Rites, you can understand that this is the old reserve team of the Pavilion."
Lin Baiguang said: "It can also be seen from the picture that the Senate has become a core node in this relationship network. It can be said that it is related to the entire Ming Dynasty officialdom from the capital to the localities. Every move we make will be reflected in the Ming Dynasty. exert influence among the official and gentry groups.”
Li Zhuoxian said: "That's right, don't think that Lingao is still shrouded in the thick fog of war against the Ming Dynasty officialdom. Holding this idea will make us suffer. Chen Zizhuang is a senior official in the capital, and his local foundation is no worse than Huang and He , he is related by marriage to the Zhu family of Jiujiang, and his cousin Zhu Baolian studied under the "Seven Gentlemen of Donglin" Li Yingsheng. He and Liu Dalin were Jinshi in the same year, and Chen Shiji was a poet friend, and his relationship with the Hainan gentry was closer than that of Huang and He. The gentry group with him as the core also had an unusual relationship with Yuan Chonghuan. They once paid a farewell party to Yuan Chonghuan and left a famous literary work "Dongguan Yuan Chonghuan Governor Liao Farewell Poems". There are fifteen historical figures in the "Picture Poems". Among them, Deng Jian, Li Yunlong, and Liang Ji have all been guests of Yuan Chonghuan. Han Nuan is from the Boluo Han family. Although he is not well-known in history, the Han family is a well-known family in the local area. His juniors Han Ruhuang, Han Ruyan later followed Chen Zizhuang in revolting against the Qing Dynasty. His contemporaries, such as Han and Japan, were promoted to ministers of the Ministry of Rites and vice president of the Records of the Two Dynasties. He died in office in 1635. The famous Huang Daozhou went to Boluo Han's family school to study when he was fourteen. For two years, he was Han Rizuan's entry-level disciple. Han Rizuan served as an examiner for the joint examination twice, and Hong Chengchou, Huang Daozhou, Ni Yuanlu, and Qu Shichu were all his disciples. Huang Zongxi's father, Huang Zunsu, also respected him as the 'Master'. Qu Shishu was also a student of Qian Qianyi. Qu had a good relationship with Ai Julius of the Jesuits and was baptized into Christianity. He was named Thomas. He was a fellow believer with Xu Guangqi, Li Zhizao, Sun Yuanhua, etc., and he must have known the Senate quite well. . Li Suiqiu's father Li Mi is also one of the fifteen people in "Picture Poetry". Li Suiqiu is a student of Chen Zizhuang, a rising star in the Lingnan literary world, and has a close relationship with Zhang Pu of Fushe, and he is even related to Guan Ningjun. His master, Li Mo, saved Zu Dashou’s life when he was in Liaodong. What you can’t think of is that Chen Zizhuang and Han Rizuan also have a common friend, Zhang Xuan. This person is also a good friend of Matteo Ricci, and he should also know about it through the Jesuits Our situation.”
Mu Min said jokingly: "Mr. Li Yuan, if you continue to organize this network, I'm afraid Emperor Chongzhen will be related to us. By the way, I really forgot, our relationship with Master Gao is connected to the palace. Maybe. "Yangcheng Daily" and "Lingao Times" have been in Chongzhen's imperial study for a long time, and our melamine plastic bowls are stored in the inner library. The emperor drinks like no one in the country, hahaha..."
"Hahaha..." Li Zhuoxian also laughed, "Joking aside, the locals in this picture include the Gaoming Ou family and the Shunde Ou family. It is also worth noting. Among the fifteen people in "Picture Poetry", Ou Huai In 1999, his father, the prime minister of Ou, and his uncle, Ou Dalun, were both Jinshi, and were chosen as common people. Ou Huairui was his elder brother, and together with Ou Huainian and Ou Biyuan, he was a member of the "Twelve Sons of Nanyuan". The two Ou Huainian brothers later also Participated in the anti-Qing movement. Ou Biyuan is the grandson of Ou Daren, the "Five Sons of Nanyuan", and his younger brother Ou Zhuyu is also a member of the "Twelve Sons of Nanyuan". Ou Biyuan, He Wuzu and Li Sunchen are classmates, and Li Sunchen is an official He became the Minister of Rites in Nanjing and took office after he died of illness in 1634. Ou Biyuan's sons Ou Chongxian and Ou Sixian later followed Li Suiqiu and died in Ganzhou."
"It's true that people of the same species flock together and birds of a feather flock together. They are all hard-core."
(End of chapter)
