The entire Nanjing Yingtianfu City was in a sensation!
On the last day of the twelfth year of Emperor Kangxi’s reign in the Qing Dynasty, it was the afternoon of New Year’s Eve.
The Great Qing Dynasty's Greatest One, the Mongolian benefactor Amu Gurang Khan, the master of three of the Eight Banners, the Mayan Holy Lord who survived beheading, and the Kangxi Emperor Aixinjueluo Xuanye actually came out of the palace in person. Wuyi Alley by the Qinhuai River, just to meet Huang Zongxi, a great scholar from the south of the Yangtze River!
This is no longer a thirsty for talents, no longer a polite corporal, but a shameless scholar who really wants Huang Zongxi and should be cut into pieces.
Different from the previous pomp and circumstance when he entered Nanjing on a tall horse, this time Emperor Kangxi left the Forbidden City in a sedan chair and came to the Qinhuai River in person, escorted by a full guard of emperor's honors. The reason why I wanted to sit in a sedan instead of riding a horse was not because of the cold weather, but because I felt humiliated and embarrassed to see others.
In the original history, in the first month of the seventeenth year of Kangxi's reign, Emperor Kangxi once pretended to be a courtesy corporal and ordered Chinese and foreign ministers to recruit knowledgeable and versatile people to prepare consultants, who would be tested by the emperor himself. Huang Zongxi and Gu Yanwu, the great scholars left over from the Ming Dynasty, were also recommended as "erudite scholars" by their officials. They and other "hongru" people kept the bottom line and did not become officials of Emperor Kangxi.
But even if he went there, there wouldn't be many high-ranking officials to serve. A lot of young people would have to be tested on their knowledge by Kangxi, a young boy, and they would have to stick their butts out to make Lao Gao kowtow to many people. Even if I knock my head all the way home, I will just do some "review" and "editing"... getting a little salary is not enough to spend money in Beijing.
Moreover, they were not rewarded for their status as slaves of the Eight Banners, so when they arrived in Beijing, they were not allowed to live in the inner city—not even renting a house. They could only live in the houses of their ancestors, slaves of the Three Banners, in the outer city. I definitely can't afford a sedan or a car, and I have to go to court by myself. Life was tight, just like the Beipiao who went to Beijing to work in later generations.
With this little treatment, you still have to stick your butt out and kowtow, shouting that the emperor’s grace is so great!
And Emperor Kangxi just threw a few bones and won dozens of Confucian celebrities, earning a lot of face.
Of course, it also slapped the faces of scholars all over the world hard.
But what about now?
When Huang Zongxi came to Nanjing, he was greeted by a mansion in Wuyi Lane. There was everything inside, and Kangxi paid for all the money. Yet he refused to kowtow properly and even smashed an anti-book out!
Moreover, Kangxi had to knock out his teeth and drink blood... He also had to come to ask for advice in person!
This is Huang Zongxi slapping Kangxi in the face! A slap hit the left cheek, making a snapping sound. But Kangxi had to send his right cheek to Huang Daru for another slap.
This is simply a great shame!
Kangxi, who was sitting in the sedan, felt the burning pain on his cheeks!
But...as a person who had lost his head, is Kangxi still afraid of being embarrassed?
He is now eager to find a way to maintain the three-point situation and prevent the Qing Dynasty from quickly collapsing in this three-point battle.
In fact, Kangxi had long known that the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers were no longer effective, so he had used the Numen Dakai strategy before. However, the results of the Battle of Jianyangshui and the Battle of Sanjiangkou Town showed that the method of widening the slave gate was not effective at all.
Even the strongest coated slave army could only be beaten to death when encountering the Wu army equipped with sugar and medicine weapons.
Now the Eight Banners are no longer good, the coated slaves are no longer good, and of course the Green Camp soldiers are no longer good... The only force that Emperor Kangxi can still rely on is the Han gentry.
But can the current Han gentry be trusted?
The answer is obviously no!
Because weren’t the people who supported Prince Zhu San’s rise to prominence the wealthy clans of Chaozhou and Guangfu? These people are actually gentry too!
Therefore, Emperor Kangxi could not care less about his "sore face" now and had to pay a visit to Wuyi Lane on New Year's Eve.
Even if he came, he might not be able to find a way out, so he had to correct his attitude first.
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Huang Zongxi was able to save face this time. Although he slapped Emperor Kangxi in the face with this copy of "The Imitation of Ming Yi," his life was still at stake.
So after Emperor Kangxi got out of the sedan with a smile, Huang Zongxi and Huang Baijia, their father and son, had already led a group of servants from the Huang Mansion in Wuyi Lane to kneel down to greet him.
Kneel down, I still have to kneel down casually, but my butt is no longer sticking out.
And Emperor Kangxi was really in "difficulty". He was a little flattered when he saw Huang Zongxi taking his son out to greet him and kneeling down for him. Before anyone could kowtow, he quickly stepped forward and gave Old Master Huang a hand, saying in Chinese: "The old man is so old and a great scholar, so he doesn't need to kneel down when he sees me in the future."
When Huang Zongxi heard this, he sighed and said, "If the regent and the late emperor had such magnanimity as you, how could things in the world be like this!"
The slap in the face started!
Huang Zongxi said that the regent Dorgon could forget it, but he also took Shunzhi with him.
Speak ill of Shunzhi in front of Kangxi, this is really seeking death!
Kangxi's face fell, and he remained silent... He had to endure it!
Huang Zongxi saw that Kangxi was quite tolerant, so he smiled and pointed to the open door, "Your Majesty, please come inside. I will slowly tell you about the mistakes of the regent and the late emperor. It is their mistakes that make you, the emperor, such a wise king. Facing the current crisis, the Emperor will not be able to find a way out if we don’t explain this matter clearly."
In other words, Huang Zongxi will continue to slap him in the face...
"Okay, I'm just here to ask for advice." Kangxi still had to greet him with a smile, and now people in front of the Jiangnan Gongyuan on the other side of the Qinhuai River were watching the excitement.
If Kangxi got angry in front of them and had Huang Zongxi killed, then the Battle of Jiangnan would not have to be fought.
So, with smiles on their faces, the one who was slapped and the one who was slapped walked hand in hand into the Huang House in Wuyi Lane.
The Huang Mansion had been searched carefully by the "yellow mantle" men, and the place where Kangxi asked Huang Zongxi for advice had been prepared. Not in the lobby of the Huang family, but in the study in the backyard.
The stove in the study was burning warm, and in the middle was an armchair covered with yellow satin cushions, where Kangxi sat.
There is an embroidered pier in front of the armchair, which was prepared for Huang Zongxi.
As for everyone else, they all have to stand on the sidelines.
After Huang Zongxi and Kangxi sat down separately, they continued the previous topic.
"The regent and the late emperor made it clear that they both despised the Xia people and were unwilling to serve as the king of Xia. They also wanted to be constantly on guard against China's re-emergence. They wished they could break the backbone of China and dig out the hope of China's re-emergence from the roots... ....Your Majesty, am I right?"
"Pa bang bang..."
My pockmarked face hurts!
"Be bold!"
"Well done to you, Huang Zongxi..."
Xiong Cilu and Huang Zhisheng were already shouting. They both looked like they wanted to pounce on Huang Zongxi and bite him.
Huang Zongxi smiled and pointed at the two of them, "The regent and the late emperor are actually worried about such minions... because these two minions actually know everything. They may be loyal to the Qing Dynasty, but They are not stupid, they are pretending to be stupid!
This slave must not only be loyal, but also be truly stupid. Loyal and stupid, you can rest assured if you use it, so that the Qing Dynasty can last for thousands of years! Am I right? "
Kangxi had a sullen face and said nothing.
Huang Zongxi laughed and said: "In fact, it is impossible for the Qing Dynasty to be unified for tens of thousands of years. The Qing Dynasty was not even unified... There is Zheng Yanping in Taiwan, and Zhu Tianwang, Qiu Hui and others in Chaozhou. Although there is only one There is only a small amount of space, but after all, there is still a breath of life. If the regent and the late emperor had not had the intention of being the sole husband of the Barbarians and Di, but had generously become the kings of China, the breath of the Ming Dynasty would have died long ago, and the world would have been unified. .
In fact, when the Qing Dynasty first came, people in the southeast did not regard you as Yi Di! If you don't say it yourself, how will the people in the southeast know? In Gu Yanwu's words, the fall of the Ming Dynasty and the rise of the Qing Dynasty are originally the rise and fall of the country. Although you can be the king of China, you have to cause the rise and fall of the world. The regent and the late emperor thought that this would last for tens of thousands of years, but little did they know that the emperor of the Qing Dynasty was a single husband, not only for the Han people, but also for the Manchus and Mongols. !
For an impossible eon, they moved so many Manchus from their hometowns to Beijing, letting these Manchus not work in production, but also allowed them to fight year after year. Let’s not talk about how many people died in the war. A lot of people died just from smallpox, right? Otherwise, it will not be your turn to be the emperor of the Qing Dynasty. How could such a single husband last for tens of millions of years? If such a single man finally dominates the world, it will not only break the backbone of China, but also the backbone of Manchuria... If the backbone is broken, how can it last long?
In fact, if you rule from the top, become the king of China, and start a Chinese dynasty, the Qing Dynasty can have a stable family and country foundation for two to three hundred years. Why bother to torment people like this? "
