Chapter 115: Thunder from a Clear Sky
Deng Jian s face is a little puffy, and the dark circles under his eyes are very large, a look of over indulgence …… No, no, he can t be over indulgent.
Probably lack of sleep.
Zhang Anshi said with a smile, “In a short while, you will be going to sea, I also miss this, Eunuch Deng, we are a family ……… ”
Ken Deng nodded with difficulty, looking a little wooden.
Zhang Anshi then like a magic trick, from his arms pulled out a stack of paper to, said: “I have something good for you, look at this …… this is some of the information overseas, and this …… this is a sea map, here there is also hydrography Some of the situation …… here …… this is the world opinion map, this map can be powerful, you know do not know, we start from Quanzhou, all the way to the past, go around a circle, can come back …… And this …… is the monsoon and ocean currents, monsoon understand, ocean currents understand? You mastered these, on that ocean, it can be twice the effort with half the effort, when …… you follow me on this public opinion map, along with the ocean currents and monsoon and down, in addition to …… there are some things, I also want to explain to you.”
Deng Jian looked at Zhang Anshi, at this time, even a fool would understand that if this was not a long time in the planning, he, Deng Jian, would really be the number one big fool in the sky.
Zhang Anshi looked at him like this dead, after all, could not bear it, then said: “I come to ask you, we went to the West, what is the purpose of doing?”
“Naturally, I was ordered to tour the Western Ocean and pacify the Western nations.” Teng Jian said breathlessly.
Zhang Anshi became serious at this point and said, “Wrong.”
“What?” Ken Deng frowned slightly in surprise.
Zhang Anshi lowered his voice and said, “We are going to the West to get money.”
Ken Dunn: “……”
“Do you understand money?”
Ken Deng then nodded his head in a chicken-pecking manner, “Understand is understand a little.”
Zhang Anshi said, “I have a brocade bag, you take it, then open to know, here is the secret formula to get money, I tell you the truth, this is my brother-in-law secretly authorized ……”
Zhang Anshi was very mysterious, looking from left to right.
Teng Jian was startled, “His Highness’s secret edict?”
Zhang Anshi said, “It’s good that you know, you can’t tell anyone else.”
Teng Jian said suspiciously, “Why doesn’t Your Highness explain this to the slave girl?”
Zhang Anshi then sneered, “Can these words be spoken carelessly? Brother-in-law is the Crown Prince, the Crown Prince, and is never allowed to talk about money out of his mouth.”
When Teng Jian heard this, he felt that it made sense, so he nodded his head and said, “Not bad, okay, slave girl understands.”
“My brother-in-law said that if things don’t work out, you’re not coming back.”
The words were obviously damning, and Ken Deng winced.
Zhang Anshi said, “One more thing, out of those thirty ships, there is one, I will let people load a ship full of gunpowder, you have to be more careful, must strictly guard against open fire, got it?”
A whole boatload ……
Ken Deng was shaking all over this time.
The carrying capacity of sea vessels in this era was amazing.
What is the concept of this ship ……
Zhang Anshi added, “On Qusong’s side, he is already training gunners, don’t worry, you don’t have to care about that.”
Teng Jian looked straight at him and said, “Let s listen …… to this This is not a sea voyage, as if it is going to rob?”
Zhang Anshi face suddenly changed, snapped: “Nonsense, my hall of heaven, the state of etiquette, this robbery it called robbery? Not to mention that you are not called to rob …… mainly to do trade. We are not the same, can not do not teach and kill that set, if I know you really do robbers outside, I want to scold you.”
Ken Dunn: “……”
There were many preparations for the descent into the West.
Large quantities of supplies needed to be picked up, and large numbers of crews and sailors needed to be recruited.
These things are good now.
This is because the price of silk as well as grain in Jiangnan has fallen quite a bit.
As for porcelain, prices have fallen by several percent.
The reason is, actually and the eight shares of the pen talk has a lot to do, all over the squire crazy inside the volume, everyone took out the deposit silver, kill the eyes are red.
Many people are running out of silver, but for the gentry, running out of silver is not a big deal, after all, they control the land, just sell some specialties and food, and naturally they can be exchanged for silver.
But even so, Zhang Anshi still spent a full seventy thousand taels of silver, picking up a large amount of supplies, thirty ships, almost loaded to the brim.
As for the crew, they were hired from the mountain people of southern and western Zhejiang, and Fujian, for no other reason than that these people were the most ruthless.
If anything, the people of Jiangxi read up to maximize their inward scrolling.
These mountain people, then, rolled good bravery to the extreme.
Because of the large population, but the mountainous area land is very little, in this lack of resources, the mountain people often clan as a unit, for hundreds of years of armed fighting, and the scale of the armed fighting is very large, whether it is in times of chaos or peace, the armed fighting has never stopped.
Years of armed fights have bred the men here to be good at bravery and good at group hugging, because people who don’t report to the group and aren’t good at being good at bravery are basically extinct in that kind of place.
Such people happen to be the most suitable for the sea, on the one hand, it is too painful to roll in the mountains, and to go to sea to find a way to make a living is not something unacceptable to them.
On the other hand, these men are tough enough to handle the risks of the sea.
Zhang Anshi uploaded it.
Zhu Di has read the zhang, feel strange, at this time he is playing chess with Xu Huizu, after reading the zhang, without a word to continue to play chess.
“Your Majesty seems sullen.” Xu Huizu looked up at Zhu Di and said with concern.
Zhu Di sighed: “It is not moping, just I am thinking, why the normal guards soldiers, Zhang Anshi does not draw, but the heart to recruit the mountain people in the west and south of Zhejiang and Fujian to go to the sea.”
Xu Huizu froze, and then said, “Can the small people of the mountains cope with the situation in the sea?”
“Yes.” Zhu Di suspiciously said, “That’s why I feel strange, this guy …… doesn’t know what kind of plotting is again.”
Xu Huizu said, “I heard that he earned a lot of silver for His Majesty.”
Zhu Di immediately flipped his face: “What kind of words is this, this is to sell books, is to teach knowledge and learning, can not use gold and silver to estimate? This is like …… Zhongshan King when he taught me the art of war, can I say that Zhongshan King sells me the way of marching and deployment?”
Xu Hui Zu’s face twitched, if you have something to say, what are you doing talking about my father?
Zhu then smiled again and said, “Of course, then again, the silver is earned a little, why, what instruction do you have?”
Xu Huizu said, “He’s not too young.”
Zhu Di sighed, “Yes, I am hesitating now.”
“What is Your Majesty hesitating about?”
Zhu Di with a difficult face said: “Qiu Fu that guy, and come to worship, said Zhang Anshi does not marry his daughter, he will not think of tea and rice, just think that people living is not much fun, I see that he has lost a lot of weight, the heart aches for him.”
Hui Zu Xu: “……”
Zhu Di looked at him in a seemingly casual manner and said, “What do you think about this?”
Xu Huizu raised his head, “Your Majesty, there’s a first come first served in everything, right? Even if it’s buying livestock, you can’t just sell to whoever offers the highest price, people have to be trustworthy.”
A hint of complacency swept across Zhu Di’s eyes, but he rubbed his temples and said in a tangled manner, ”It’s too difficult for me! Hey, it’s better to think long and hard about it. Furthermore, I can’t sell Zhang Anshi as an animal ah, after all, he is my relative, and I also call it a confidant, I will treat him like a baby, my heart aches for him.”
Xu Huizu’s face twitched again, almost wanting to slam the chess piece in his hand directly at Zhu Di’s face, and cursing into your mother with a boldness.
And outside this temple.
A small head poked around and quickly retracted.
And then, the owner of this little head ran off in a huff towards Empress Xu’s chambers.
“Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, something has happened, something big has happened.”
Empress Xu’s body has recently been much better, at this time is in the bedchamber leisurely drinking tea, a sound will know that it is Yi Wang Zhu.
She frowned softly and grumbled, “What’s wrong again, taking a chance.”
Yi Wang Zhu shook his head and said, “Sister-in-law, imperial brother is going to be the king’s wife.”
Xu’s listening to the confusion, frowned: “What Mrs. Wang? What are you babbling about, when His Majesty finds out later, he will punish you again.”
Yi Wang Zhu was a little afraid, but tried hard to stand up his chest and said, “Just now, my younger brother heard with his own ears, His Majesty said to the Duke of Wei, he will Zhang Anshi as a baby like to see, do not want to let him marry the Xu family’s girl, Zhang Anshi is Jia Baoyu, the Xu girl is the Lin sister, this bad man good thing, is not it the Wang Lady? I never thought ah, the royal brother …… can have such a bad mind, I do not agree with him to do this.”
Empress Xu: “……”
Empress Xu took a deep breath and pondered for a moment, “You go and poke around again.”
“Okay.” Yi Wang Zhu was so excited that he ran away again.
Empress Xu sat sideways, pondering, weighing something in her mind.
Xu Jingyi is her own niece, now in this condition, since it is non-Zhang Anshi not married.
As far as she knew, His Majesty had always been very satisfied with this marriage, but she didn’t know what kind of drug was in the gourd this time.
It’s just a shame it won’t take long.
In the distance, I could hear Yi Wang Zhu’s wailing, and Zhu Di’s roaring, “I’ve seen you before, you bastard, were you a thief in your last life? Get lost!”
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Hu Yan, a priest of the National Academy of Sciences, went to the Hanlin Academy on official business, mainly to borrow books from the State Historical Museum.
Today is different from the past.
In the past, when the Hanlin’s heard that Hu Gong had come, each one of them enthusiastically came up and shushed them.
Hu Yan had a great reputation and was extremely learned, a model for the Hanliners.
But today, a few Hanlin of the State Historical Hall, but lethargic look, very perfunctory.
Hu Yan patiently, finally picked out the dozen or so books he wanted to find, so he hugged the books and silently left.
Behind them, someone whispered, “Hu Gong today ……”
“What Hu Gong, is clearly speculative generation, only in order to enter the cabinet, so want to climb the East Palace, if not, Zhang Anshi that little thief, how he boasted?”
“Zhang Anshi he is not a human being ……” As soon as he said this, there were people who stabbed inwardly.
“I don t think Hu Gong is like such a person, is …… there any misunderstanding.”
“Misunderstanding? Can something that is known throughout the world be a misunderstanding? For a first-class purist in the world to do such a thing is truly a laughing stock.”
“Maybe …… might just be looking the other way.”
“If you look away, it’s not much better! Hmph, either a traitor or a fool, what’s the difference between a fool and a traitor?”
Occasionally …… Hu Yan can always hear these comments from some whispers, he has gotten used to it and can only smile bitterly.
He also heard that Xia Yuanji not allow anyone to mention his Hu Yan’s name in the Ministry of households, that Xia Yuanji small-minded, has Hu Yan as a traitor to look at.
“The nameless karmic fire that was born suddenly by the old man …… was doused again.
What else could he do? Explain it to someone? Can’t explain it.
Crying and hanging himself? He didn’t think he could do such a thing.
One can only suffer in silence, pretending not to hear, not to see anymore.
He was holding the book, slightly hunched over at the moment.
To the side, someone suddenly said, “Lord Hu, let me help you.”
Hu Yan looked towards the man, but it was a young Hanlin, a man he recognized as Yang Shiqi.
Yang Shiqi snatched Hu Yan’s book and held it in his hand, saying under his breath, “Lord Hu should have brought a clerical official.”
Hu Yan smiled bitterly, “I just don’t want to bother others.”
The two didn’t really have much of a friendship, so they walked one behind the other, each with their own thoughts.
Especially Yang Shiqi, he looked a little haggard, holding the book, his thoughts began to drift to the clouds again.
But I don’t know if there was a rock on the ground, but Yancey was caught off guard and stumbled violently.
The whole thing fell to the floor with the book.
Hu Yan look, first help up Yang Shiqi, before bending down to pick the book, one side said: “Yang Squire ah, young people have to cherish their own body ah, I see your face is not good, life in the world, what can’t get through the hurdles it? Under this sky, where is more important than their own body.”
Yang Shiqi face ashamed look, also followed the book picking, see Hu Yan a look of seriousness, he somewhat can not help it, then said: “There is a thing, the next official thought for more than a full month, the more I think the more I do not understand, the more I think the more confused.”
Hu Yan listened and showed his good manners.
No, he would have been the greatest teacher in heaven.
Hu Yan then said, “There’s no harm in you saying it.”
Yang Shiqi with a few points of worry: “This …… is not convenient to talk here, right?”
Hu Yan smiled and said, “You and I aren’t people in the limelight, so what can be in the way?”
Saying that, he smiled bitterly, realizing that not long ago, even the Pavilion Elder had respectfully called him Duke Hu.
Yang Shiqi thought for a moment, then said, “Duke Hu’s learning is most profound, and my humble servant would like to ask for advice on how a scholar should acquire knowledge in the midst of this sage’s teachings?”
“This is easy.” Hu Yan looked at Yang Shiqi strangely, he felt that Yang Shiqi should not ask this kind of commonplace questions, but patiently said, “The Book of Rituals – University” said: “Zhi Zhi Zhi Zhi in the grid of things, things grid and then know to.” The so-called Zhi Zhi Zhi in Ge Shi (鑷寸煡鍦ㄦ牸鐗╄€�), which means that if I want to achieve my knowledge, I should be able to do so in the same way that I can do so in things and exhaust their reasoning.”
Then Hu Yan also said: “Zheng Xuan of the Eastern Han Dynasty said: the so-called Zhi Zhi Zhi Zhi, that is, things that come to happen, as people know habits and preferences. However, in the Song Dynasty, the great Confucian Sima Guang will be regarded as the knowledge of ‘resist the temptation of external objects, and then know the virtue to the road’, and thus this Ge Shi Zhi Zhi Zhi Zhi, it would be better to say that to the virtue of the meaning of the act. Naturally, the old man is the same as Zhu Xi, the sage, that this should be the poor study of things, resulting in the knowledge of the ultimate meaning.”
Hu Yan laughed: “After all, or Zhu Xi saint is better, Zheng Xuan said, is quite affected by the metaphysics of the Eastern Han and Wei Jin. Sima Guang’s virtues said, and too generalized, I’m afraid it’s not enough to believe.”
Yancey bowed his head, but still looked worried.
Hu Yan then wondered, “What, is the old man’s answer unsatisfactory?”
“No, no, no.” Yang Shiqi laughed bitterly, “My humble servant listened to one person’s words, and that’s why I’ve become more and more confused in recent days.”
“You tell me.”
“The heart is the reason, and the knowledge is united with the action!”
“Haha …… interesting, interesting.” Hu Yan laughed, “What is this from?”
Yang Shiqi, however, pursed his lips, he did not dare to say Zhang Anshi, for fear of being laughed at.
Hu Yan saw that he did not say, then said: “You are into the obsession, sometimes reading is like this, the old man occasionally, just many words, at first glance seems to be mysterious, in fact, in fact, in fact, but also so.”
Yang Shiqi made a bow with great sincerity, “Many thanks to Hu Kai for his explanation.”
“I’m going, you don’t have to help me carry the books anymore, I’m not so old that I can’t even carry them.”
“Yes.”
Hu Yan shook his head and looked at Yang Shiqi, and he suddenly realized that this person is quite a few points, that is, …… people are too demented.
At that moment, carrying the book back to the State Prison, just settled in the public room, the clerk will serve tea.
The tea was steaming hot, Hu Yan only held it in his hand, wanting to slowly blow it cool.
But violently …… between the flashes of lightning, a thought crossed his mind.
Mind is Reason ……
Knowing and Doing ……
The words, which the party had ignored, now surged into his mind like a bolt of lightning, a five thunderbolt!
Snap ……
But in his trembling effort, the boiling hot tea suddenly spilled out, and Hu Yan slammed the tealight down.
The tealight fell to pieces.
The splattered pieces of porcelain even splashed onto his face, to the point that he cut a slit on his face, and instantly beads of blood came out.
Seeing this, the clerk was shocked and scrambled forward to help Hu Yan wipe.
Hu Yan, however, couldn’t care less about the pain, only froze and looked at the tealight on the ground, and suddenly roared, “Go away, go away!”
The scribe, busily said, “Ten thousand deaths to the student.”
“Get out, immediately.”
“Lord Hu, are you alright.”
“Leave me alone!” Hu Yan shouted sternly.
This clerk had never seen Duke Hu get so angry, and it was said that when he was blown up by a cesspool, he had never been like this.
The clerk shrunk his neck and had to say, “The student excuses himself.”
The door was closed by the clerk.
Hu Yan was still standing in place, regardless of the gash of crimson blood that had oozed from his face.
Nor did he bother with the shattered tealight on the floor.
He snapped, lost in thought.
“Mind is Reason ……”
“Mind is Reason ……”
Muttering under his breath, he was raising his head, looking at the beams of the room, and at times looking down, the man was like a headless fly, walking a few steps, even if he was hit by the case, he did not care, and then walking a few more steps, but touching down the lamp stand.
Clang, the lamp stand falls over.
He didn’t bother to assist, and he ignored it.
“No, no, it should not be so …… If the heart is rational …… then what is the explanation of Ge Shi Zhi Zhi Zhi? How can Zhu Xi saint be wrong? No, no, must be where wrong.” He muttered obliviously.
“If, hypothetically, if the mind is the reason, then wouldn’t knowing …… be …… wouldn’t …… be ……”
Fiercely, one thought after another rushed into his mind.
He sometimes trembled, but soon, he regained his senses, and could not help but curse in a low voice, “A load of nonsense, a load of nonsense, how could it be so, never.”
He was locked up in the public room for the night.
Not even home.
It was not until the following day that the clerk came to the public room and was astonished when he opened the door.
Only to see that this public room has long been a mess, broken tealights, fallen bookshelves, discarded books everywhere, and spilled ink.
As for Hu Yan, at this moment, he was crouching on the paperwork, and he was carefully turning over the books, as if he wanted to seek answers from certain books.
The clerk was busy coming forward, “Hu Gong, this is …… what is going on.”
Hu Yan did not lose his temper today, but was very silent, his eyes were covered with blood, and he glanced at the clerk with tired eyes.
And then, suddenly, he said, “What is the explanation for the heart that is the reason?”
The scribe pondered for a long time and finally shook his head, “The student doesn’t know.”
“What about knowing and doing?”
The Ministry of Books and Officials still shook his head and smiled bitterly, “The students …… think that this intention does not make sense.”
“Where does it not make sense?”
The scribe scratched his head and said, “There is no such phrase in the book of the sages.”
“Haha ……” Hu Yan laughed, and finally waved his sleeve and said, “You go down, there is no more business for you here.”
The clerk, however, was afraid that something would happen and did not dare to go.
And Hu Yan indeed quickly did not care about the existence of the scribe, his bloodshot eyes, looking into the void, continued to mumble, “This sentence does not make sense, how can this sentence not make sense? I see that this person’s knowledge is too shallow, ai, the summer insect can’t talk about ice ah.”
Clerk: “……”
In fact, it is common sense that this sentence, which appeared in the middle of the Ming Dynasty and was deafening, was not supposed to be comprehended by ordinary people.
Those laymen who hear these words may not even pay attention.
And people like these clerks, who had some ink in their stomachs, were confused when they heard it.
Those who are a little more proficient in reading just think it’s okay.
And when you reach Yancey’s level, it starts to feel a little off.
As for Hu Yan and other great Confucian in the great Confucian, this kind of books, the hundred schools have dabbled in, at the same time has a very high literary attainments of people, this sentence brings the impact, but is not less than a hundred kilograms of heavy gunpowder packet.
It seemed that at this moment, nothing mattered anymore.
Because this short one or two words subverted Hu Yan’s entire cognitive system.
He subconsciously wanted to take that comment as a joke.
But …… deep inside, he began to overturn this ridiculous idea again and again.
Just like building blocks, this castle of knowledge that had been piled up was overthrown again and again by these words, and Hu Yan tried desperately to rebuild it again.
The more pushback there is, the more desperate the rebuild becomes.
There seemed to be a thousand hills before him, and he stepped over them.
“Hu Gong, Hu Gong …… want to eat something.”
“Eating?” A disheveled Hu Yan looked sideways at this clerk.
Then he shook his head.
“Don’t eat.” Hu Yan said on one side, but on the other side, he stood up and raised his steps.
The clerk said worriedly, “Where is Lord Hu going?”
“Looking for answers.”
Without hesitation, Hu Yan said, “I’m going to seek guidance.”
“Seek to teach? Hu Gong …… won t be joking, right, under this sky, who is as learned as Hu Gong.”
When Hu Yan heard this, he couldn’t help but sneer, “There’s another mountain to climb, what do you know?”
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Hu Yan arrived at a mansion in the capital.
When he came here, he actually seemed very respectful.
After handing over his name card, the concierge went in to inform him, but then came back, “My husband said he doesn’t see guests.”
Hu Yan, however, did not take a step and remained where he stood, “Please tell your gentleman that there is an important matter to visit, and if he does not see me, I will not leave.”
Menzi gave Hu Yan a strange look, but flew off again.
Finally, the porter came over and said, “Come in.”
It was an unusual mansion, not luxurious and could even be described as humble.
Just in such a back house was a hut, in which one person seemed to be sitting, separated by a bamboo curtain.
The man inside was calm and said, “What is it?”
“There is one thing I would like to ask.”
“Dang Hu Gong, do you also have doubts that you can’t solve?” The man seemed to laugh.
Hu Yan smiled bitterly, “I’m ashamed to say that I’m really not good at my studies.”
“Tell me about it.”
Hu Yan took a deep breath, “What is the explanation for the heart is the reason?”
After a pause, Hu Yan added, “What is the explanation for the unity of knowledge and action?”
There was a deathly silence in the hut.
Hu Yan waited patiently.
The man in the long hut said, “I don’t know.”
“Mr. Highly talented, how can you not know, if even Mr. do not know, then ……”
The man in the hut suddenly broke out into a curse, “Into your mother, you have an evil heart!”
Hu Yan: “……”
The man continued to scold, “I am dying of old age, I don’t have a few years to live, I have one foot in the coffin, I should have no regrets about ending my life, what are you doing coming to talk to me about this? Are you trying to teach old me not to die well?”
Hu Yan: “……”
“Get outta here!”
“Mr. ……”
Then Hu Yan, lost in thought, stood up, hung his head and walked away.
Behind him, the man was still chattering and cursing, “Into the motherfucker, this teaches old man how to live, old man had three or five years of life left, if this goes on, life expectancy is afraid to be half less, this dog-like thing!”
Hu Yan: “……”
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Zhang Anshi took the chaise longue, let people make a large umbrella, chaise longue is under the large umbrella, and let people go to make the orange juice, resting on the side of the small table, pleasantly lying motionless.
Once in a while, look up and glance at the huge building in the distance where the foundations are being laid.
His heart was full and happy; it felt good to supervise.
I don’t know who has been discouraging civil engineering all day. Isn’t it good to be a civil engineering elite?
The only downside is that there is no beach here.
On the side, two average looking maids carried hot stoves, the weather was a bit chilly and they needed charcoal stoves to keep warm.
Zhang Anshi said, “Guarai!”
On one side, Zhang San had already peeled a melon and rested it at Zhang Anshi’s mouth.
Zhang Anshi nibbled a few bites, “It’s worthy of being a melon grown near a hot spring, it tastes good.”
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P.S. The next chapter will be updated on August 16th at 0:00 a.m. This book was first published at the starting point, so welcome to the starting point APP to read it.