The sixth day of August.
It had been half a month since Zhu Houzhao ran away from home. On this day, Yang Peng almost crawled to Qianqing Palace, ignoring Zhu Youtang who was reviewing the memorials, and rushed in almost recklessly and shouted: "Your Majesty, we found it!" "
"What?"
Zhu Youtang stood up with a look of horror on his face.
He knew it was his son, but the word "found" had too many meanings. It could mean finding the person, finding the body, or knowing the whereabouts.
Xiao Jingben was on hand to deliver the memorial and scolded: "Speak clearly."
"The prince's whereabouts have been found. He is safe and sound... He has now passed Xuzhou... On his way to Nanjing, he is safe and sound." Yang Peng told everything he knew in succession this time.
"call!"
When Zhu Youtang heard this, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Although I don’t know how my son traveled south to Xuzhou, at least he is safe now, which is very lucky.
Xiao Jing said in surprise: "Your Majesty, let's just say that now that the Ming Dynasty is peaceful and the people are prosperous, how can there be evil spirits that are detrimental to the prince?"
Zhu Youtang closed his eyes and tried his best to suppress the excitement in his heart and said: "The prince is different from ordinary people when he goes out. If the country is safe and the people are safe, he will not be able to prevent someone from having evil thoughts towards him. Where is he? He is already on his way back to Beijing. ?"
Yang Peng said: "Your Majesty, this is a report from the Jin Yiwei... It was through Tang Zhongcheng, the governor of the Bohai Sea sent by the Lai Kingdom Office, that he found the whereabouts of the prince on the ground in Shandong, and sent people to follow and protect him all the way into Xuzhou..."
"Ahem..."
Zhu Youtang naturally felt a little unhappy knowing that his son was not on his way back to the capital.
But when he knew that Zhang Zhou had found his son, he felt a little relieved.
With Zhang Zhou here, even if Zhang Zhou didn't go there in person, with Tang Yin, his son's safety could basically be guaranteed.
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Zhu Youtang took Jin Yiwei's rendition over and looked at it, confirming that Tang Yin was leading a team of fifty or sixty Jin Yiwei to protect his son in secret.
"Your Majesty, the Jinyi Guards led by Tang Zhongcheng are all people close to Lai Guogong. After the Jinyiwei were notified, a large number of Jinyiwei rushed to the rescue. The prince has not been alerted yet. According to Tang Zhongcheng, this is in accordance with the instructions of Lai Guogong. If the prince were to know about it, I'm afraid he would...use some extraordinary means to escape, and it would be difficult to find him by then."
Yang Peng was still making notes.
"Bang!" Zhu Youtang slapped Jin Yiwei's secret report on the table.
"How old is the prince? How can he be so capable? From the capital to Xuzhou? How did you get your job?" Zhu Youtang always thought that his son had not been found and was hiding around the capital.
Only now do I know that my son passed through many blockades and actually went south to Xuzhou.
This is so exciting.
Feeling: The people I send out are all just doing nothing, why are they not as capable as Zhang Zhou? He was found with just a short notice?
Xiao Jing said: "Your Majesty, the purpose of the prince's trip south is to find Duke Lai."
"You don't need to remind me." Zhu Youtang said with a sullen expression, "I just want to ask, how did he go south? Are the few he brought with him still there?"
Yang Peng said: "The four chamberlains Gao Feng, Liu Jin, Qiu Ju and Ma Yongcheng have always been with the prince. It is said that the prince took a carriage out of the city first, left the carriage at the farm, hired a carriage and pretended to go north, changed into ordinary clothes by himself, and took the ox I drove to Tongzhou, shared a boat with the scholars going south, and attended cultural gatherings along the way. Usually... I always use the pseudonym Zhu Shou..."
"Cough cough cough..."
Zhu Youtang heard this.
Good guy.
My son is really good at playing when he went south. He managed to hide it from the royal guards and got along with the scholars. He actually learned how to join others in boating? And went all the way to a cultural conference with high profile?
No wonder you can't even find someone, the prince plays the relationship so skillfully that you don't realize the principle of "darkness under the light"!
Xiao Jing asked accusingly: "The prince went south to take a boat. Preparation was the top priority. Didn't Dongchang and Jinyiwei search the boats along the way?"
Yang Peng said: "Now is the flood season of the canal in summer. Ships traveling from south to north are almost blocking the river. They dare not disclose the identity of the prince. They only gave some portraits and characteristics of the Jin Yiwei. It is difficult for them... to find the prince among the crowd. 's whereabouts."
"Incompetent!" Xiao Jing was scolding.
Indirectly, it is also highlighting oneself.
Your Majesty, look at it. If you think Yang Peng is capable, let him take charge of Dongchang. Can this be compared to when I was the admiral of Dongchang? Otherwise, we should replace the person as soon as possible. Just let the incompetent person do something incompetent, so as not to be embarrassed.
Zhu Youtang raised his hand and interrupted Xiao Jing's questioning. He said, "As long as the prince is safe, I didn't expect that the prince... would go south in this way."
In my heart, I was angry that my son ran away from home without saying hello, but I also secretly admired my son for being able to hide the truth... I was both angry and sighed, you guys are not as capable as the prince!
When a father discovers that there are problems in communicating with his son, he is more angry than tolerant, but it develops to the point where he forces his son to run away from home. Zhu Youtang will also reflect on whether he has done something wrong.
"Send more manpower and leave the matter of protecting the prince to Duke Lai...and Tang Yin. We must not let anything happen to the prince." Zhu Youtang ordered again.
Xiao Jing was surprised and said: "Your Majesty, the prince is outside now and is in danger, why not..."
Zhu Youtang said: "Bingkuan is right to worry. If others don't know his identity, there is no threat to him. On the contrary, knowing his identity is his biggest disaster. Even if he sends someone to protect him, he is discovered secretly. , will also be suspicious. Can you ensure that the prince does not run away on his way back to Beijing? "
"This..." Xiao Jing was speechless.
As a father, he actually agreed to let his son go to Nanjing?
"Although the prince is fooling around, he also has some courage." Zhu Youtang said, "He did what I wanted to do but didn't dare to do. When he returns to the palace, I will definitely punish him severely, but now I still We must ensure his safety. Yang Peng, go to Nanjing in person, not only to ensure the safety of the prince, but also to cooperate with Lai Guogong."
"Yes." Yang Peng accepted the order.
Xiao Jing reminded: "But Your Majesty, the affairs of the East Factory in Beijing..."
"No problem." Zhu Youtang said, "If anything happens in the east factory of the capital, just report it to me directly. Isn't there the commander of the Jinyi Guards, Mou Bin, here? You can take Guo Ang, the commander of Fusi Town in Beizhen, and you will see everyone along the way. Someone is secretly spying on the prince, and those with unknown origins will be killed! Duke Lai Guo has the authority to act expeditiously in Jiangnan. You cooperate with him and you will obey all orders given by Bingkuan. I will not hold you accountable."
"yes."
Yang Peng heard it.
This time we went to the south with Zhang Zhou to do "big things", not just to protect Zhu Houzhao's safety.
It was originally a bad thing, but now it seems... Because Zhang Zhou found him, Yang Peng became the "hero" instead.
When he raised his head slightly to observe Xiao Jing's face, he found that Xiao Jing's face was almost green with anger.
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The news that Zhu Houzhao's whereabouts had been found also reached Zhang Zhou.
After Zhang Zhou read Tang Yin's report, he immediately felt that Tang Yin was starting to do things well. It didn't matter how high-minded Tang Yin was, as long as he could obey his orders, at least there would be no big deviations.
It's not that Zhang Zhou is very capable, but that Zhang Zhou has the support of the emperor. As long as Tang Yin obeys orders, he doesn't have to take the blame even if he makes a big mistake.
But if Tang Yin makes his own decisions, even if he fails to do things perfectly, it will become a stain on his official career.
"Master Zhang."
After making sure that Zhu Houzhao had nothing major to do, Zhang Zhou could go south smoothly and prepare to go to Nanjing in the shortest time to take up the post of Minister of War in Nanjing.
Xu Jing, as the advance guard, went to Nanjing and came back to welcome him.
Originally, Zhang Zhou asked Tang Yin to take Xu Jing to find Zhu Houzhao, but Xu Jing was afraid of causing trouble and insisted on exploring the way for Zhang Zhou first.
"Say." Zhang Zhouren was on the boat, holding a book and looking at Xu Jing who had just boarded the boat.
Xu Jingdao: "This time Jiangnan theory, representatives from various schools of thought have arrived. The leader is naturally the Lingnan school. I heard that a man named Zhan Ruoshui has come. He is not very knowledgeable, but he is very famous among Lingnan scholars... Fujian, Guangdong and other places Many of his students are his classmates."
"Talk about something else." Zhang Zhou had long known that Zhan Ruoshui was here to discuss the study of mind on behalf of Chen Xianzhang.
Now is not the time to distinguish who is orthodox in Xinxue, or in other words, it is not time to pick the fruits yet. We should first discuss Neo-Confucianism.
Xu Jingdao: "The Neo-Confucian school, of which the Jiangxi school has the largest number of people, is divided into two factions. One faction is said to be the descendants of Hu Jingzhai and Lou Yizhai. They argue hard and believe that Xinxue is a heretical theory, so that scholars in Jiangxi, Huguang and other places, Many people hold this view. In addition, there are many people from the northern school, but they are not systematic."
"Um."
Zhang Zhou nodded.
Hu Jingzhai is Hu Juren, a Neo-Confucian master. Together with Chen Xianzhang and Lou Liang, they are all disciples of Wu Yubi, a Neo-Confucian master and the master of Chongren School. However, Chen Xianzhang later founded the Xinxue, but Chen Xianzhang's Xinxue is more like a kind of Neo-Confucianism. Supplement, the collection is not complete yet.
Now among the three brothers from the same school, even Chen Xianzhang died in February of the 13th year of Hongzhi, which means that the leading figures of each school are no longer there.
Xu Jing also mentioned this: "...people from the Lingnan School themselves will come to the capital to discuss studies with you at the beginning of the year. However, because Chen Shizhai died of illness at the beginning of the year, most of his disciples have kept their filial piety and have not traveled far. Even Zhan Ruoshui was not angry. Mr. Zhang, you came here specially to discuss your studies wearing a filial piety. Those from the Lingnan School also wear filial piety and wear filial piety, so you... should be careful."
The academic atmosphere in the Ming Dynasty was very strong, but it was a habit of southern scholars to organize themselves into factions.
In other words, most of the scholars in the north are scattered soldiers, while those in the south gather together in groups, and there is a situation where brothers and sisters from the same discipline come together to see who is unhappy.
Zhang Zhou smiled and said: "If you can't compete with me, why don't you still fight to learn from me?"
Xu Jingdao: "It's not impossible."
Zhang Zhou waved his hands and said, "Are there any other schools of thought that are so upright?"
Xu Jing thought for a while, shook his head and said: "Other schools are not as persistent as the Lingnan group, but you must be careful. You haven't arrived in Nanjing yet, but there are many people giving lectures in Nanjing, and most of them are promoting their I also have your supporters for my own academic thought... No, it’s your followers who have already taken the lead in Nanjing, mostly disciples of the local school in Nanzhili.”
"Really?" Zhang Zhou smiled and nodded.
Even before he left, people started to support him.
The motives are impure.
But it's still worth encouraging, and it can help him share firepower at critical moments.
"Master Zhang, your literary name is not only unique in the south of the Yangtze River, but also well-known in the northern school. Especially among the scholars of Shuntian Prefecture, you are the most respected. It is also because your classics were originally from Shuntian Prefecture, and some people also call you that His theory is called 'Beimen Xin Xue'." Xu Jingdao.
Zhang Zhou said: "North Gate? When did I become a northerner?"
"No, it's just for the convenience of comparing with Lingnan Xinxue. It's also because most of your believers are from Shuntian Prefecture and other northern students, and many provinces in the south have their own schools. Even if your academic thoughts are unprecedented, you can't do it for a while. There is no recognition from them.”
Xu Jing himself was from Jiangyin, and he was very familiar with the academic system of southern scholars.
Zhang Zhou also knew that Xu Jing was not lying.
Among the southern scholars, especially those who became famous, they formed cliques, and it was easy to form cliques... Just like when Wang Shouren promoted the study of mind later, he also opened forums to preach in various places in the south, and finally Develop mind science into a national academic theory.
Therefore, in Ming Dynasty, if you want to promote a new academic field, the first choice is Jiangnan.
Not only are there traditional schools of thought, but people here are also more receptive to new schools of thought. As long as you are famous enough, academically sound and easily understood by others, it will be easier for you to resonate with the academic community.
"Very good, you have worked hard this time." Zhang Zhou said.
Xu Jingcheng said in fear: "The students are not working hard at all."
Zhang Zhou said: "You don't need to call yourself that in front of me. I don't intend to accept anyone as my disciple. If you and Bohu are still friends, you are my contemporaries."
"I don't dare." Xu Jing was eager to worship Zhang Zhou.
Xu Jing also expressed his request in this regard, "Master Zhang, if you don't give up, my students are willing to serve you. You may not know it, but now your school has been formed, and many people claim to be your disciples, but they all know it." You have never officially accepted a disciple, and even the grandson of the British Duke only temporarily studied the art of war under your name, and no one recognized it."
"hehe."
This is not wrong.
Zhang Lun never regarded himself as Zhang Zhou's disciple, and Old Man Zhang didn't seem to care about his grandson's mentor.
If Zhang Lun is his disciple, doesn't it mean that... he is a generation shorter than Old Man Zhang?
Besides, Zhang Lun is not a good student.
Xu Jingdao: "Nowadays, students from all over the country are voluntarily promoting your academic work. They all hope to gain your recognition and take advantage of this discussion to become your disciple."
"Oh. I don't have any academic disciples. Bohu is my only fellow disciple, of course in alchemy." Zhang Zhou said with a smile.
Xu Jing added: "There are also many people who want to become Tang Bohu's disciples."
"Ha ha."
Zhang Zhou couldn't help but laugh.
Tang Yin is considered to be "flying on a branch" because he is Zhang Zhou's fellow junior fellow student. Others want to join Tang Yin's sect if they can't be accepted by Zhang Zhou's sect... Zhang Zhou will feel a bit absurd when he thinks about it.
"This is summarized below. The list of schools from various places that came to Nanjing to participate in the seminar, as well as the names of some famous Confucian scholars, as well as some official letters from the local government, please read it first."
Xu Jing laid out what he summarized and gave it to Zhang Zhou because he knew that Zhang Zhou was very organized in his work.
Because Zhang Zhou was fine, he asked Tang Yin to write a report.
"Yeah." Zhang Zhou nodded.
Xu Jingdao: "I'll take my leave now. Let's go back to your arrangements in Nanjing. If you need some private arrangements, just tell me. I have nothing to help you. I still have some meager financial resources. I will try my best to help you. In addition, I will I have also printed a thousand copies of the classics on mind science...I dare not give them away privately, I have prepared them all for you, just in case you need them when you arrive in Nanjing."
Zhang Zhou said: "You are not good at this. I can do the printing of books myself. But since you are ready, you can stay in Nanjing and wait for the time to preach the spiritual teachings. You can take the opportunity to make a deal. Come up with it. He used the money to help Bohu build ships. He came to Jiangnan just to raise funds."
Xu Jing smiled and said: "I will also help you."
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Zhang Zhouren hasn't arrived in Nanjing yet, but Nanjing has already become bustling with his upcoming arrival.
Not only were those prepared to discuss the subject, but many were just there to join in the fun. This made Nanjing the center of academic thought in the Ming Dynasty, and it was also a place where schools from all over the world collided and communicated... Not only was the dispute between psychology and Neo-Confucianism, but also Neo-Confucianism There are also internal school opinions. It is very likely that the two parties will sit down and discuss for days and nights over an inconspicuous concept, and then break up unhappily due to stereotypes that do not understand each other.
Academic thoughts are all stereotypes, but whatever is instilled in the mind, even if it is wrong, is difficult to change.
Zhu Houzhao also felt this when he went south to attend various cultural gatherings.
"Brother Sun, you said that these people have been silenced by us, so why are they so stubborn?"
After attending a local cultural gathering in Xuzhou that day, Zhu Houzhao, Sun Che and others were curious about this matter when they returned to the Yanhe Posthouse.
Sun Che smiled and said nothing.
Gong Yeping on the side said: "Young Master Zhu, you may not know this. In terms of academic theory, there is no right or wrong. It is useless to reason with them. The most important thing is to make those who are listening feel that we are reasonable. , bring those people in, and just don’t join in with them in the future.”
"Damn!" Zhu Houzhao said, "Then I said it in vain?"
Gong Yeping said: "You didn't say it in vain. You didn't see the few students who came to listen today. They all handed us name cards afterwards. On the contrary, those who claimed to be Neo-Confucianists from the local school all walked away in despair. ? Now they are still stubborn. When someone within them quits, Neo-Confucianism will not be able to prevail when discussing local studies in the future. When they are alone, they will understand that they must seek change."
"so complicated."
Zhu Houzhao had never experienced a school dispute, so naturally he did not know such a complicated matter.
Sun Che smiled and said: "It's rare that you are here, Mr. Zhu. You don't know that our journey south is very scenic. As soon as we finish the discussion here, before we go back to the next place, our reputation will spread, and people will come to vote for us." Greetings."
"So fast?" Zhu Houzhao grinned.
Sun Che said: "If you have a reputation, it will spread quickly. In academia, the fragrance of wine is not afraid of the depth of the alley."
(End of chapter)
