Everyone's eyes followed Fang Zhengyi's figure. After he took two steps, he turned sideways and spoke to everyone.
"Alas... there was a man whose family had been officials for three generations, but because his ancestors were honest and unwilling to join others, his family fell into ruin. He only had an ancestral home given by the emperor, and his descendants became merchants."
When Fang Zheng spoke, everyone was a little confused and asked each other with eye contact.
Li Yuanzhao said in surprise: "I have heard about this matter. The late emperor once gave a house to a Hanlin official. I heard that the house was very large and the location was excellent. Later, the Hanlin official was found guilty by His Majesty's investigation."
"But since this man's ancestors were upright officials, why don't his descendants strive to study hard and revive their family tradition?"
Fang Zheng twitched his nose, a look of pain flashed across his face, and he looked up at the sky and said: "When he was fifteen years old, he traveled around the world to find teachers and friends. He often thought about reporting to the country and protecting the people. But now, he is no longer confused. In the end, nothing was accomplished, and in the end... I could only have empty ambitions and tears in my heart."
At the end of the sentence, his voice was a little choked.
Many people have suddenly realized something.
Li Yuanzhao pretended to be amazed and asked: "Who is that person you are talking about!?"
Fang Zheng returned to his seat sadly, closed his eyes, and two tears slowly flowed down the corners of his eyes.
"I dare not hide it... Exactly, I'm here!"
"Ah!?" The whole courtyard was in an uproar.
Fang Zheng sighed and said, "I originally wanted to become an official in the court, but the atmosphere in the court has changed drastically."
"The imperial court valued science but did not think about the Hadith, so that it failed many times and became depressed."
"I have long wanted to find a group of knowledgeable people to speak out and change the atmosphere of my business. I didn't expect to meet so many like-minded people today. I am grateful in my heart. I lost my temper for a while, and I hope you can forgive me!"
After upright officials! Suffering cruel persecution! Descendants have fallen! Still dedicated to serving the country!
The bombshells dropped one after another, and the scholars present who were not very rational in the first place were exhausted. After drinking more, their eyes began to show indignation, emotion...all kinds of emotions.
Li Yuanzhao stood up suddenly and said with great excitement: "Hey! Why didn't you tell me earlier? Brother Tang, tell me, what do you want me to do?"
When he shouted, the crowd held their breath.
Fang Zheng said: "To be honest, I have some thoughts in my mind. When I saw you all in front of the Jianyehou Mansion today, I really felt that something was wrong."
"Everyone is acting too impulsively and without any rules. If nothing is done without rules, it will be like a plate of loose sand and an open palm."
"If you want to be powerful, you can only achieve it by clenching your fists, planning carefully, and making a hole with your strength."
Many people nodded secretly, saying that this was the reason. They were too impulsive in doing things before, and in the end, no results were shown.
"Tang Mou is not talented. According to my original idea, he is to find people with the same path to form a Xingsheng Association. Xingsheng people advocate holy learning, abide by the holy precepts, and revive the holy words. The so-called association means to gather with the knowledgeable people in the world , the sound and momentum are connected, and the drums and drums are in harmony."
"In this way, we must first establish the Xingsheng Association, then set the charter, plan it slowly, and implement it diligently. Only then can we start the road to self-improvement in the great future."
Li Yuanzhao applauded wildly: "That's great, that's great, Brother Tang! Times make heroes, and it's the right time."
Then he raised his arms and shouted: "Everyone! Everyone! Everyone here today is here for the same purpose. Since Brother Tang has a plan in mind, how about setting up the Xingsheng Association here today?"
Most people are excited.
Someone asked loudly: "So what exactly should the Xingsheng Meeting do and what should it do?"
Fang Zheng said in a loud voice: "The purpose is still the current purpose, which is to petition the imperial court to cancel the evil ideas advocated by Fang Zhengyi, and then to win the title of supplementary admission for you to enter the imperial examination. First of all, we must unite in Let’s elect a president together.”
"Then I will contact friends in the officialdom to inquire about the trends. On the other hand, I will go to the private sector to attract more knowledgeable people to join. I will continue to formulate flexible and detailed plans in the process of growth."
"When the opportunity comes, deploy and act in a unified manner. As for the more specific... I'm sorry that it's inconvenient for me to go into details now."
"Although I regard you all as friends, to put it bluntly, there may be some who are not strong-willed among us. Once there is a traitor among us, the court will definitely take action against us, so we must adhere to the principles of confidentiality and loyalty. People in the meeting are not allowed to share it, I hope everyone can understand this."
"Well, now that everyone has had enough food and drinks, and is interested in comparisons, I propose to form a saint-promoting meeting. Anyone who agrees to join me, Mr. Tang, please stand up!"
As soon as he finished speaking, dozens of people stood up without hesitation.
Nothing else! Even for a righteous man like Tang Bohu, I must support him even if I receive his favor!
As soon as these dozens of people moved, others could no longer sit still and stood up one after another.
It was originally for this purpose. Now there is nothing wrong with everyone setting up an organization. Besides, everyone else has stood up, so what am I doing sitting down?
Even if it is because they don’t want to be isolated, no one wants to sit still.
Within a few minutes, the courtyard was full of people cheering, and even Zhou Maoxue stood up reluctantly.
When Fang Zheng saw this, he laughed: "Okay, great! You all have this attitude, why can't we talk about big things?!"
"Since everyone has already 'battled' together in front of the Hou Mansion, they must already know each other. How about you guys jointly elect a president here today?"
Li Yuanzhao shouted: "What other options are there? Brother Tang is full of ambition, well-organized, and good at both civil and military affairs! Now that we all owe our food, drink, and clothing to Brother Tang, I think Brother Tang is the right choice for the president!"
Zhou Maoxue looked around and saw that many people were excited and felt a little nervous.
No... why did things suddenly become like this? He originally wanted to become the leader of the Shihlin, but Tang Bohu had already completely won over everyone in less than a day after arriving... Fuck!
He is a latecomer, so he won't really become the president, right? Impossible...impossible...
Fang Zhengyi said modestly: "No, no! All of you here are the first batch of warriors. I am a latecomer, how can I stick to this?"
"Brother Tang, you are serious. You are talented in martial arts. I think Brother Tang is fully qualified for the position of president!"
"How can we tell the difference between the first and the last in this matter? As long as your heart is good and you have the ability and ability, you should be the president."
"I see...Brother Tang is not only excellent in both civil and military affairs, but also has extraordinary courage and responsibility! Just having this responsibility speaks for itself!"
Some scholars began to take the initiative to turn to Fang Zhengyi.
It has to be said that this Brother Tang not only has an excellent image and outstanding personality, but also always gives people a sense of superiority.
Such a person must be an excellent choice as a leader.
Although there were more and more people supporting it, Fang Zhengyi still gave in, shaking his head and waving his hands: "No, no! Please choose another person."
After hearing his two refusals, many people in the crowd not only slowly moved towards Zhou Maoxue.
If Tang Bohu didn't want to, the only one left was Brother Zhou. He had been active in the early stage, although he didn't see any results.
But the eloquence is first-rate and the action is sufficient.
"Then I think it would be appropriate for Zhou Mao to imitate Brother Zhou as the president."
"Yeah yeah..."
Zhou Maoxue was originally sweating in his heart, but when he saw that Tang Bohu sincerely had no intention of acting as the president, his mood suddenly improved.
It seems that I am finally going to take the lead today! Unexpectedly, there was an unexpected gain!
So... let's just decline as usual and then take up the post of president!
Zhou Maoxue stood up and threw his hands around happily, saying modestly: "I don't dare to take it, I don't dare to take it! Zhou has little talent and knowledge, and he would never dare to take the position of president. In terms of talent and learning, I am far inferior to Brother Tang. He has already understood the situation and is always ready to follow the trend. , I think the position of president of the Xingsheng Association cannot be led by Brother Tang."
"good!"
boom!
Fang Zheng slapped the table fiercely, startling everyone and quickly looking around.
He said solemnly: "Since everyone thinks so, Tang will no longer refuse, and I will take up the post of president of Xingshenghui! From today on, Xingshenghui will take strengthening the country as its own responsibility, and the people in the meeting will We are all equal, there is no distinction between superior and inferior, we are all brothers!"
"The president is responsible for the funds for all activities in the meeting. If Jin Yiwei takes the opportunity to cause trouble again, then Tang will be the first to bear the brunt and shoulder the responsibility!"
Zhou Maoxue: "..."
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