The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 1507

[1507. Chapter 1431 Confrontation]

this memorial.

A name was mentioned.

It was a man named Wang Zuo.

This Wang Zuo is the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs in Nanjing, the second rank.

Speaking of which, Fang Jifan had an impression of this person when he first read history.

In history, this Wang Zuo was Liu Jin’s mortal enemy and a famous official of his generation. History books praised him: “The sea is deep and the mountains are high, the moon is white and the wind is clear, the autumn water is cold and the pond is sharp, and the sword is sharp.”

Historically, when Liu Jin was in power, all officials in the court bribed Liu Jin, but Wang Zuo was the only one who ignored this, and therefore suffered a lot of blows.

So much so that Liu Jin in history was very melancholy. When talking about Wang Zuo, he sighed to others: “It is said that people in Shanxi are stingy, and it is true!”

Wang Zuo was from Shanxi. It was said that he had a bad temper and disliked everyone.

However…

Fang Jifan had to admit that this man was a good person, and he was definitely not a person seeking fame. After all, it was easy for a person to be a good person for a while. To be a good person all your life is more difficult than reaching heaven.

What’s more, facing Liu Jin, who was so powerful at that time, how could he dare to go against Liu Jin without a strong will.

Fang Jifan really wanted to express that this person was very much like himself. He was courageous, upright, clean and self-possessed, and had a breeze on his sleeves.

It’s just a pity…

Fang Jifan was here and sighed.

Principled people and principled people often cannot become friends. On the contrary, they are most likely to become enemies.

Everyone has his or her own understanding and views on things, and everyone thinks that only he or she is right.

Therefore, people without moral integrity only know how to cater to others, and naturally they will not easily conflict with others because of their opinions. But people like Wang Zuo are different. Once he decides on something, he will not change it, and once someone wants to destroy his decision, he will not change it. He will fight against the concept. As the saying goes, if there is injustice, he will cry out.

The new school was becoming more and more popular in the capital, and many disciples of the old school were dismissed or shelved.

As a result, a large number of ministers could no longer find a place in the temple, and were eventually sent to the Six Ministries of Nanjing for retirement.

These people criticized the new learning in Nanjing, which became a common trend. Wang Zuo, a noble character, was one of the representative figures.

The report said that many people in Nanjing hoped to use Wang Zuo’s name to raise the banner of opposing the New Learning and the New Deal, and this was how they started to invent rumors and rumors from the so-called saint.

The scholars of Neo-Confucianism are leaderless, and no one is convinced by anyone. But if someone is praised as a saint, then… they can unite and become a force that cannot be ignored.

Wang Jinyuan heard Fang Jifan’s call and hurried over.

Wang Jinyuan wiped the sweat on his forehead and said breathlessly: “Master, what are your orders?”

Fang Jifan put his hands behind his back, with a bit of depression on his face, sighed and said: “There is a way, the tree wants to be quiet. The wind doesn’t stop. Our Jifan has always treated people with sincerity and convinced them with virtue. I didn’t expect that there are still people who can’t stand it. These people are really blind, deaf, and have a broken brain.”

Wang Jinyuan trembled and was suddenly frightened. His face turned green, he knelt down and said in panic: “Master, Master… I’m wronged. I don’t dislike you. I’ve been loyal to you all these years. Young Master, you need to be aware of who is talking nonsense and talking about villains, villains… villains…”

Fang Jifan: “…”

Fang Jifan looked straight at Wang Jinyuan, his eyes a little complicated.

When Wang Jinyuan saw that Fang Jifan was silent, he cried directly. His eyes turned red all of a sudden, and his face was covered with tears. He slapped himself in the face and said: “Young master… villain… you are confused…”

Fang Jifan: “…”

Wang Jinyuan cried and continued: “I never expected that the young master could actually see everything. Even if the villain is thinking in his heart, he can’t hide it from the young master. The young master is really amazing, the villain… The villain deserves to die, the villain deserves to die “

He raised his arm and slapped himself in the face. After a few blows, his nose started to bleed. He said: “Young Master… There are some villains who can’t stand the Young Master. “The young master doesn’t get out of bed until midnight. He has money to earn, but he’s still so lazy…”

Is this the truth?

“Bullshit!” Fang Jifan roared and kicked his leg.

I thought Wang Jinyuan would avoid it, but he didn’t know that Wang Jinyuan didn’t dare to hide. Fang Jifan couldn’t hold his foot anymore and kicked him down. Wang Jinyuan turned three somersaults on the ground in a state of embarrassment. He rushed over again and said sadly: “Young Master Ah… the villain deserves to die…”

Fang Jifan felt a little bit unbearable when he saw Wang Jinyuan like this, and he felt a little apologetic in his heart. He didn’t really want to beat this guy, why didn’t he know how to hide? Why are you as real as him?

In fact… Fang Jifan really didn’t want to hurt anyone.

As we all know, he is a kind man who never dares to kill chickens and cows.

Fang Jifan gritted his teeth and said, “Shut up.”

Wang Jinyuan didn’t dare not listen to Fang Jifan’s words, so he was busy shutting up.

Fang Jifan became solemn, and said with a sneer: “Now, get ready to gather people. A group of my young master’s enemies will come to Beijing, and I will kill them.”

After hearing this, Wang Jinyuan was stunned.

I’m sorry…the young master is not targeting himself.

………

Wang Zuo and others entered Beijing.

They severely refuted Li Chaowen, thinking that Li Chaowen was pretending to be a ghost, and that someone had obviously instructed Li Chaowen to do this. The emperor was the emperor, and he had nothing to do with the saint. This was simply the most ridiculous thing in the world.

In Nanjing, it was already boiling and the discussion was fierce.

Li Chaowen wrote a letter requesting a debate with Wang Zuo and others.

This was like letting Emperor Hongzhi, who was on the cusp of the storm, suddenly breathe a sigh of relief.

Emperor Hongzhi was depressed. How could he be involved in such a thing? Now he was covered in fishy smell and became the target of public criticism.

Anyway, Emperor Hongzhi no longer wanted to ask what Fang Jifan and Li Chaowen had planned.

Li Chaowen proposed to discuss it with Wang Zuo and others, so let’s discuss it.

Therefore, Wang Zuo and others were ordered to enter the capital.

Wang Zuo and others were also unambiguous and quickly entered the capital.

They came day and night.

The entire capital was also very concerned about Wang Zuo’s movements.

In recent years, many people can see the gratifying changes in Beijing, but some cannot.

There are some people who dare to be angry but dare not speak out against Fang Jifan.

Now, with a group of people led by Wang Zuo stepping forward, if they can kill Fang Jifan and others with the arrogance, there would be nothing wrong with it.

What’s wrong with watching someone you hate being eaten up?

When Wang Zuo arrived in the capital, many people came to visit him.

People admired this minister who was knowledgeable, experienced, and upright.

But…

Wang Zuo was stunned when he arrived at the capital.

He stayed in the Hanlin Academy for many years. After that, he was sent to Nanjing because of his bad temper.

He remembered that more than twenty years ago, when he was still in the capital, there was not much difference between the capital and Nanjing except for the climate.

It’s nothing more than that the buildings in the capital are more magnificent.

But now…he saw a completely different capital.

The scale of the new city is larger than that of the old city. Along the way, the long-famous train roars past.

People were flowing like weaving, sweating like rain, a new atmosphere, the light on the ground was discernible, and people were wearing decent clothes. For a while, the place where the three religions and nine streams gathered in the past was nowhere to be found, and people in ragged clothes were rarely seen.

Wang Zuo observed silently and settled in.

Immediately afterwards, the debate began.

Wang Zuo posted a message and invited Li Chaowen to the Hanlin Academy.

But the Hanlin Academy was packed with people.

Wang Zuo sat down and saw a man with an immortal style standing opposite him. He snorted coldly in his heart, his eyes full of contempt.

These Taoists are all sanctimonious, but in fact they are deceiving people with their evil words and are annoying. He had already experienced such people when he was Emperor Chenghua.

Wang Zuo had a smile on his face, and he bowed politely and said, “Why didn’t Duke Qi come?”

He said, looking around with a serious look on his face.

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The company asked me to go to Singapore. I took the high-speed rail and subway for a day and arrived in Shanghai first. I was exhausted. The updates in the past two days will be a bit confusing. Tiger will try his best to write when he has free time. This chapter is on the high-speed rail. As it was written, an aunt next to me kept looking in the direction of the tiger, which was a bit stressful.

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