Chapter 285: Donglin scholars began to take action to undermine the assistance policy!
Listening to the words of many great scholars and looking at the angry people present, Zhu Youjian frowned subconsciously.
He naturally knew that these great scholars in Donglin Academy were all devoted to the country and the people, so they regarded the Yan Party as a thorn in their eyes and a thorn in their flesh, and their ideas were inevitably somewhat extreme.
However, the group of people headed by Ruan Dacheng seemed to only want to eradicate the Yan Party.
He even went so far as to erase all the contributions of the Yan Party. In his opinion, this was a bit too extreme!
It seemed that at this moment, the feeling given to him by these great scholars in Donglin Academy was that they were fighting for the sake of faction.
It can even be said that in their eyes, victory in the party struggle seems to be more important than the country?
No, that's impossible. These great scholars and masters are all wise men with a great sense of righteousness in their hearts.
How could they put party disputes before the country?
Thinking this in his mind, Zhu Youjian instinctively denied his absurd and somewhat dark idea.
"I must have been too deeply influenced by my eldest brother. He stayed by my father's side all year round and regarded everyone as a tool. It's inevitable that I would be influenced by this kind of imperial thinking after being with him for a long time."
Zhu Youjian thought secretly in his heart.
"Yes, in fact, it is not difficult for us Donglin scholars to eradicate the Yan Party." At this time, after hearing Ruan Dacheng's words, another figure stood up from the crowd.
This man was skinny, with no flesh on his cheeks and a long mustache. He looked like the Turtle Prime Minister in the mural in the Dragon King Temple.
Qian Jianyi, whose courtesy name was Shouzhi and pseudonym was Muzhai, was a great scholar of Donglin School.
"Besides, I already have a practical plan," Qian Qianyi said with a confident smile on his face, and then under the gaze of everyone, he said lightly:
"It's actually very simple. Do you still remember the 'National Policy on Regional Coordinated Development and Assistance for Immortal Cultivation' proposed by the old villain Yan Song?"
National policy of cross-regional assistance?
When they heard Qian Jianyi mention this national policy that has now been implemented in the Ming Dynasty, they were stunned at first, and then they suddenly realized.
How could they forget this national policy?
In fact, if we really speak with conscience, Yan Song's national policy can be said to have enabled many officials to achieve remarkable political achievements.
This "national policy of assistance" is truly beneficial to the country and the people.
However, your stance determines what is right or wrong.
Since Yan Song was their opponent, even if they knew in their hearts that this national policy was good, they would inevitably regard it as a product of evil and would not hesitate to find fault with it.
Well, to deal with villains like Yan Song and his son, they had no time to bother with any fair and honest means.
In their view, if they used gentlemanly methods to deal with villains and treacherous people like Yan Song and his son, their fate would be like the upright people of the past, falling apart.
From the moment Qian Jianyi proposed the "national policy of support", they already knew what he was planning.
If they disrupt the implementation of this national policy in the territory of Yan Party officials, it will inevitably cause severe damage to Yan Party and even cause dissatisfaction among the people.
At that time, these Yan Party officials will inevitably be uprooted.
Even if cracks appear in the iron plate of the Yan Party, other forces in the court, such as the Ninth Prince, will not let it go.
Well, strictly speaking, their Donglin Academy is also a lineage of Prince Yu. If they take action against the Yan Party at this time, it would be considered to help Prince Yu's Mansion and Zhu Youjian!
Zhu Youjian, who was already suspicious because of the argument that Donglin Academy disregarded the interests of the court for the sake of factional disputes, suddenly became gloomy after hearing Qian Jianyi's words.
These people seem to be talking more and more out of control.
Gu Xiancheng, who was sitting nearby and noticed that Zhu Youjian looked a little unnatural, glanced at Qian Jianyi who was talking loudly, and at the same time stood up to signal everyone to stop talking, and said:
"Well, the young master is going back to the capital today. We are here mainly to practice for him."
"Let's not talk about political affairs for now. Let's just talk about elegance today." As he spoke, he leaned over and picked up the wine glass on the table. After looking around at everyone, he looked at Zhu Youjian and said:
"Young Master, from now on you just need to walk with confidence."
"No matter when or where you are, behind you is the entire Donglin Academy and all the Donglin scholars."
"Mr. Gu is right," Gao Panlong also picked up the wine glass, "No matter where you are, we are always behind you."
"We will always support the young master!"
Looking at all the great Donglin scholars present, who were loyal to him, Zhu Youjian suppressed his displeasure and raised his glass to say to everyone:
"Thank you for your guidance over the years, please!" After saying that, he drank the wine in the cup.
Seeing this, the others also drank the wine in their glasses.
The heavy rain continued until nightfall, and the entire Donglin Academy was brightly lit as night fell.
Zhu Youjian refused the farewell offered by Gu Xiancheng and others, and when he came out of Guanlan Yazhu, Wang Chengen immediately came forward with an umbrella.
"Master, the palace is urging us to come." Upon hearing this, Zhu Youjian nodded and said, "Let's go back to Beijing now..."
As he spoke, he suddenly seemed to think of something, and glanced back at the Guanlan Yazhu that looked like an orange-red hill in the night. Zhu Youjian said:
"Cheng'en, send a message to the palace. We will take the shuttle back and arrive early tomorrow morning."
Take the shuttle? Hearing Zhu Youjian's arrangement, Wang Chengen was stunned, but still nodded and said:
"I will arrange it right away."
"Well, let's go." Zhu Youjian nodded, turned around and strode away, and Wang Chengen hurriedly followed.
At this time, above Guanlan Yazhu.
After Zhu Youjian left, the atmosphere among Gu Xiancheng and others remained silent.
"Tell us all." At this time, Gu Xiancheng raised his arm, adjusted his wide sleeves, looked up at everyone, then fixed his eyes on Qian Jianyi and said:
"Shou Zhi, you speak first."
After being called, Qian Jianyi in the crowd slowly stood up, bowed to Gu Xiancheng, and then said: "Young Master seems to be not very supportive of our next move against the Yan Party."
When the others heard this, they all nodded.
They are all smart people. How could they not see from the previous conversation that Zhu Youjian showed a hint of dissatisfaction when he heard that they were going to target the Yan Party?
"It's our fault," Ruan Dacheng sighed at this time, and said, "We usually teach him the way of a gentleman, but we never tell him how to make choices..."
"I think the reason why the young master is dissatisfied with our upcoming crackdown is because he is a member of the royal family." At this time, someone else took the initiative to stand up.
"In addition to us teaching him, the palace also has a significant influence on him. The royal family always considers interests."
"The reason why the Yan Party, a stubborn disease of the country, can exist is sometimes because those in power need them to exist."
"Be careful with your words!" someone shouted.
Listening to everyone's chatter, Gu Xiancheng was silent for a moment, then tried to say, "We can't say the emperor is wrong, but we also have our own 'Tao' to practice."
"The Yan Party must be eradicated!"
"In fact, what Shou Zhi said has hit the nail on the head. The reason why the emperor likes Yan Song and tolerates the existence of Yan's party is simply because Yan's party knows how to get things done and is willing to get things done."
"As long as we make the Yan Party lose this advantage, the Yan Party will have nothing to rely on." "The Yan Party must be eradicated!" At this moment, Gu Xiancheng set the tone for the subsequent actions of the Donglin scholars.
……
In the darkness of the night, the shuttle roared away.
Above the sea of clouds, the bright moon hangs high, illuminating the sea of clouds with its watery moonlight. Zhu Youjian is sitting by the window. At this moment, all he can think of is the performance of the Donglin scholars today.
On one side are the superiors who focus on results and balance, and what was transmitted to him by the palace, father, and elder brother. On the other side are the radical Donglin scholars who are willing to eliminate harm in the world and are not hesitant to damage the interests of the court.
He had a special feeling for the Donglin scholars, which led him to subconsciously lean towards Donglin when thinking about problems.
As a member of the royal family, he naturally knew that the existence of Yan Song and his son was actually the sword of the royal grandfather.
But the value of this knife far exceeds the value of throwing it away.
But then again, isn't the existence of the Yan Party a disease of the court? The rotten flesh of the poisonous sore should be cut out, right? Even if it will cause some damage to the court, it is better to suffer a short pain than a long pain. Once the rotten flesh is cut out, the wound will heal.
It seems that the Donglin scholars' idea is not bad.
As he was thinking this, Zhu Youjian's mind immediately flashed back to what his elder brother Zhu Youxiao had said.
“When you are the master of your own house, how can it be black and white?”
"People also say that if you are not dumb or deaf, you cannot be a rich man... From now on, stay away from those petty-minded, short-sighted nerds!"
"Huh," after suppressing the thoughts in his mind, Zhu Youjian looked at Wang Chengen beside him and said:
"Cheng'en, I have been living in seclusion in Donglin Academy for these years, and I have been taught by Donglin scholars. We have a friendship."
"It is inevitable that some people are confused when considering things," Zhu Youjian said, and then he told Wang Chengen what he saw today and the doubts in his heart, and then looked at Wang Chengen and said:
"What do you think of the Donglin scholars?"
After listening to Zhu Youjian's story, Wang Chengen was silent for a moment and then said, "Master, you already have the answer in your heart."
Hearing this, Zhu Youjian's eyes flashed, but he didn't say anything, just stared at Wang Chengen.
"My master is asking how he views the Donglin scholars, not whether what they did is right or wrong."
"Because in the master's heart, he actually does not agree with the Donglin scholars' behavior of ignoring the interests of the court for the sake of party struggles."
"Master, please allow me to say something disrespectful." Wang Chengen said, sighing softly, "In my opinion, these Donglin scholars are just a bunch of corrupt scholars."
"What they have done most in recent years is to take advantage of the trend of 'innovation' to criticize the government."
"But to put it bluntly, it's all just talk."
"They only think that the Yan Party is a stubborn disease, but they don't know that the world is not just black and white. The world is turbid, otherwise why is it called the world of red dust?"
"What they want is a court that shouldn't exist in this world. This is impossible."
"The Qingliu of the past were just like them, but the only difference between Xu Ge Lao and others is that they know in their hearts that there is always a bottom line that cannot be violated in the factional struggles in the court."
"That is, no matter how fierce the party struggles are, they cannot affect the interests of the Ming Dynasty."
"In fact, the final result of the struggle must be that the court benefits, but what about now? In order to target the Yan Party, they have already spared no effort. I thought..."
Having said that, Wang Chengen seemed to be hesitant to speak.
"Speak." Zhu Youjian's expression was calm, and it was impossible to tell whether he was happy or angry.
"Yes," Wang Chengen took a deep breath and said earnestly, "I think the young master might as well take this opportunity to completely sever ties with the Donglin scholars to avoid getting into trouble."
As a loyal servant, Wang Chengen's meaning was very clear.
In his opinion, those nerds in Donglin Academy were really stupid because of reading too much.
How powerful was the Qingliu group headed by Xu Jie, Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng and Zhao Zhenji back then?
For the sake of party struggles, Xu Jie and others treated the common people as straw dogs. In order to cut out the poisonous sore and rotten flesh of the Yan Party, they were ready to sacrifice the common people, but what was the result?
Hai Rui alone almost brought ruin to the Qingliu faction.
Afterwards, the emperor simply used the imperial teacher Qingfeng to calm the matter down and manipulate the Qingliu and Yan party.
These Donglin scholars, a bunch of nerds, why do they say so lightly that they want to eradicate the Yan Party?
Let Yan Song lose power, what a bold idea! Didn't Xu Jie and his men think of this idea back then? The people that the emperor wants to protect and use, are they also capable of moving? If these lunatics want to go crazy, let them go crazy.
But you must never let your master get into trouble and ruin his future!
The shuttle cabin fell into silence.
Zhu Youjian didn't say anything else, but closed his eyes and leaned back in the soft chair. Seeing this, Wang Chengen also bowed and sat back.
……
"Chirp!"
Night, above Jinhua Prefecture.
A crow flew across the night sky, overlooking the brightly lit city below. Then it swooped down and came to a locust tree outside the study in the backyard of the county government office in Jinhua County.
Sun Xingyao, the magistrate of Jinhua County, had just finished dealing with official documents and was about to take a break. However, at this moment, he suddenly heard a crow's cry outside the window, which made his eyelids jump.
The backyard of the county government office is guarded by a formation, and it is impossible for ordinary birds and beasts to break in.
After all, the current Ming Dynasty has become a dynasty of immortal cultivation, and the methods used by the cultivators have become endless in recent years.
Many cultivators who have mastered the art of taming beasts can use spirit beasts and pseudo-spiritual beasts to do many things.
Therefore, all government offices, big and small, and official residences in the Ming Dynasty were guarded by formations.
Ordinary spiritual beasts can't get close at all.
If someone is controlling a beast and tries to break in by force, the person controlling the beast will be held accountable, and if caught, he will be thrown into jail at the very least, or his cultivation will be abolished at the worst.
At this time, the crow broke in. Either some cultivator was ignorant of the danger and dared to offend the government county government, or... Suddenly, Sun Xingyao thought of a possibility and quickly stood up.
When he came to the yard, he saw a crow much larger than an ordinary crow standing on the treetop.
"Buzz!" At this moment, two streams of light shot out from the ruby-like eyes of the crow and sank into Sun Xingyao's eyebrows.
After receiving the information in his mind, Sun Xingyao's whole body trembled violently.
"My dear mentor, you actually asked me to destroy the national policy of supporting Jinhua County?!" Sun Xingyao's face was full of disbelief.
"..."
(End of this chapter)
