At the beginning, Zhang Shi did not intend to get involved in the students' debate.
He feels that students can debate and discuss freely because the truth is not afraid of debate.
Those students who hold on to the old ideas will eventually discover that they are wrong, and will eventually realize that the mutated Confucianism cannot guide them into a harmonious society, and they will eventually fall into the embrace of truth.
However, he underestimated the stubbornness of some die-hards' brains affected by their butts, so that they did not come forward before Quan Wu Xing and the academy split, which eventually led to the fight and the split among the academy students.
After the fight, the students in the academy were divided into two distinct factions, the pro-Ming faction and the anti-Ming faction. They disliked each other and had many quarrels and small-scale fights.
If Zhang Shi had not intervened in time and strictly prohibited fighting, there would still have been many large-scale physical exchanges in the academy.
In fact, when things have reached this stage, students who can accept "Hongwu Political Theory" have basically sided with the pro-Ming faction, and the rest are all die-hards who cannot be taught.
They are very aware of the hypocrisy and filthiness of Confucianism, and know that it is impossible for them to achieve a harmonious society. However, they enjoy their current privileges and status, so it is impossible for them to accept the Ming Dynasty's concept of struggle. Take your own life first.
The situation of the struggle has changed.
Zhang Shi was not aware of this problem at first.
It was not until the government came that Zhang Shi realized the seriousness of the matter.
The parents of several stubborn students had some official connections and were very dissatisfied with their sons being beaten many times, so they discussed it and reported the matter to the government. They also made a fuss about the Ming Dynasty in the academy, which caused a stir. attracted the attention of the government.
The government entered the academy to investigate and took away several students who were members of the Renaissance to interrogate them.
This incident greatly touched Zhang Shi. Zhang Shi immediately mobilized his personal connections, begged his grandfather to report to his grandmother, and finally fished out a few students. Although they had been severely beaten, they did not reveal any information. Let the people in the government know.
Zhang Shi's friends in the government told Zhang Shi that although this matter could be solved for the time being, the government had already begun to pay attention to the academy.
They don't want to see this kind of thing again, and they don't want to see people who love the Ming Kingdom appear. They must handle this matter well.
Be it teaching, reprimanding, or expelling students, in short, there should be no supporters of the Ming Dynasty in the academy.
Otherwise, it won’t be so easy to pass the test next time.
At an internal meeting of the Fuxinghui branch on Jinghu South Road, Zhang Shi conducted a self-examination on this matter, saying that he underestimated the ideological stubbornness of the die-hards and misjudged the situation, thinking that relying on debate and influence could bring about sustainable development. A positive change in sex.
But even young people have completely different ideas. For the sake of profit, some people will do anything.
The conflict between the two parties has obviously become public, the alignment has been completed, and there is no longer the possibility of reconciliation.
Now the government has even intervened, which obviously means that the situation of the struggle has changed.
Su Changsheng's subsequent speech was very representative and deeply touched the hearts of the young members of the Jinghu South Road Renaissance Association branch.
"If everything can be solved by debate, will there still be wars in the world? Does the Ming Dynasty need to use war to violently overthrow the Jin regime and establish a new country? Directly debate with the Jin emperor and tell him that he He was evil and we were righteous, so he abdicated directly.
But is there such a good thing in the world? Impossible. Comrade Chairman has said many times that revolution is not a friendly dinner treat, and building a harmonious society is not a negotiation between everyone. It can only be achieved through bloody struggle.
The old vested interests will never give up their vested interests easily. Cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents. This sentence fully reflects how much people value interests. After all, people like you are in the minority. In this world, Among the entire group of scholars in the Southern Song Dynasty, they would not account for the majority.
Therefore, we must recognize the reality clearly. Debate and preaching cannot really change the situation. What can really change the situation, what can make the final decision, is always struggle, a bloody struggle, a resolute and decisive bloody struggle! "
This meeting taught Zhang Shi a very profound lesson and made him understand a lot of things. Just when he was about to continue doing something, a friend from the government suddenly sent him a piece of news.
The families of the students who were beaten continued to cause trouble and put pressure on the government. They wanted to make the matter bigger and get those students in the academy who supported Hongwu's political theory to leave the academy. The government was very embarrassed about this and wanted to hear what Zhang Shi said. Views.
Zhang Shi immediately realized that the matter was not simple, and quickly contacted his friends. Only then did he learn that some people were dissatisfied with Zhang Shi's behavior of suppressing the matter, and took the matter to Lin'an, where Zhang Jun's political opponents planned to pass. This incident was used as a weapon to attack Zhang Jun.
As a continuation of the political struggle in Lin'an, Zhang Shi and the students of Yuelu Academy are likely to become victims of this political struggle.
Zhang Shi was surprised and informed the Jinghu branch about the incident. After an emergency meeting, the Jinghu branch reached a consensus.
They don't care about political struggles, but Zhang Shi and the comrades in the academy must be protected.
The Jinghu Renaissance Association branch suggested that Zhang Shi personally criticize the "Hongwu Political Treatise", criticize the students who were members as fools, severely punish them, and expel several leaders to express their opinions.
Then Zhang Shi could use his reputation to convene a criticism meeting, escalate the matter, turn around and become a defender of feudal theory, thereby improving his reputation, consolidating his position, and better protecting the people in the academy. Comrades.
After some painstaking efforts, Zhang Shi successfully packaged Yuelu Academy and Chengnan Academy as ideological positions of the Southern Song Dynasty, protected the students who were members of the Renaissance, and made the Southern Song Dynasty officials’ suspicion of Yuelu Academy and Chengnan Academy disappear.
This crisis has been resolved.
But just before and after this crisis, Zhang Jun was killed.
Even without Zhang Shi and Yuelu Academy as weapons, the failure of the crusade against Jiangnan West Road prevented Zhang Jun from surviving this round of political attacks. As a loser in the political struggle, Zhang Jun was not even able to receive the treatment of exile.
When the two brothers Zhang Shi and Zhang Piao faced their father's death, they were confused at first, then burst into tears, and then they gnashed their teeth and hated the Lin'an court and those treacherous sycophants, and then they also developed a strong hatred for Zhao Min.
According to the news sent to them by Su Changsheng, who was mainly active in Lin'an, they learned that Zhang Jun did not need to die. Although he had committed a crime, he was by no means sentenced to death. The reason why he was killed was because of internal conflicts within the imperial court. caused by fierce political struggle.
The peace faction wanted to replace the war faction and gain political power, so they pushed hard to impeach Zhang Jun. Originally, Zhang Jun only needed to be sentenced to exile, but in the end, he was sentenced to death.
Even Zhang Shi, Zhang Piao and several other people were originally going to be sentenced to joint imprisonment and exiled to Leizhou together. They were pardoned and refused to return. It was just because some officials couldn't stand this kind of thing and fiercely opposed it. Zhao Min then changed the punishment. Only Zhang Jun was punished and his family was not harmed.
Despite this, Zhang Shi's attitude towards the Southern Song Dynasty took a sharp turn.
It was not until the Ming army fully moved south and Changsha was occupied by the Ming army that Zhang Shi decided to do something.
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