Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 177
It didn't take too much effort to recover several counties around Ningbo. The number of Qing soldiers was small, and the resistance was not very fierce.

What impressed Bai Mingxiu very much was that when the soldiers and officials of the Southern Ming Dynasty entered the city with the flag of the Great Ming Dynasty and their robes on the right lapel, many of them burst into tears.

Compared with Guangdong, the rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was not particularly long, and the atmosphere was different, so even though Bai Mingxiu was welcomed by the people when he entered Guangdong, it is completely different from the feeling of the Ming Wangshi when he entered Jiangnan. .

Bai Mingxiu saw with his own eyes those gentlemen from Jiangnan who were usually introverted, dancing and dancing in the street like a carnival, and some even fainted from crying with excitement.After all, this piece of land in the south of the Yangtze River has been greatly suppressed and destroyed by the Tartars. Not only the bloody atrocities such as the Ten Days of Yangzhou and the Three Massacres in Jiading made blood flow in the prosperous and dreamy Jiangnan, but also waves of suppression Jiangnan, whose literary style was at its peak, lost his backbone and ambition.

This is especially true for the class of scholars and students.Their reminiscences of the Ming Dynasty are mostly stuck in the past when they were still a privileged class, boating in the Qinhuai River, prostitutes and meddling in politics. However, under the rule of the Qing Dynasty, they not only lost their crowns and belts, but shaved their hair like barbarians. And to put it bluntly, they are slaves of foreign barbarians.

After Nanming gradually lost hope, they also became disillusioned and became confused.Some people never go out of office for their own fame, and there are also many people who concentrate on business or pay attention to landscape.

Now it is rumored that the real dragon of the Ming Dynasty Prince was born, the world returned to his heart, and the five southwestern provinces returned to Daming. There are signs of reversal, and people in Jiangnan will naturally fluctuate.

In the Yamen of Ningbo Mansion, there have been self-recommended scholars one after another. Among them, there are even many famous scholars whose names Bai Mingxiu has seen in history, and there are also some famous gentlemen among scholars.Bai Mingxiu is not particularly interested in these people, but he finds it difficult to use the so-called celebrities and scholars, but some little-known characters are very talented after they are enlightened.

It's just that Bai Mingxiu failed in those big things. Scholars who are proficient in classics and history are not interested, but Ningbo scholars are particularly eager for Bai Mingxiu.On the first day Bai Mingxiu entered Ningbo, he went to Tianyi Pavilion to visit, and asked Zhang Huangyan to send a rebel army here to guard the collection of books in Tianyi Pavilion.

His Royal Highness said at the time: "The reason why my Han family in Ming Dynasty has been beautiful for thousands of years is because of the inheritance and enlightenment since ancient times. The words of sages and the essence of truth have been passed down from generation to generation. The fire is endless. Tianyi Pavilion is rich in books, comparable to treasure mountains, and precious. Incomparably, even if the flames of war sweep across the south of the Yangtze River, as long as the collection of books like Tianyi Pavilion does not collapse, and the masters who pass on the truth do not die, our Huaxia will not fall down. No matter how many Chinese people are killed by the Tartars, our Chinese people can be reborn. With our anger, we will kill all the Tartars—this has been the case since ancient times, the Xiongnu, Rouran, Turks, and Jiedi are nothing more than the same."

Bai Mingxiu also paid homage to Guo Jingdi, a martyr who fought against the Qing Dynasty, and others. According to his habit, martyrs who died for the country, regardless of their origin or achievements, were to be conferred posthumously. Guo Jingdi conferred a viscount. If any descendants and relatives survived, as long as they did not join the Qing Dynasty, Bai Mingxiu would file a complaint and let them inherit the title.

Naturally, the cheap title that Bai Mingxiu gave was a set of clothes, an imperial edict, not even a salary, and even the seals of the lords had to be done by themselves.

But even so, the prince's actions have already won the great favor of Ningbo Shilin, which shows that the prince is a wise king, and he is really different from the fierce and stubborn Tartars.

As a result, more and more people came to vote for them. The more famous people included Wan Sida, Wan Sitong brothers, and even Lu Liuliang, who had a high status in unofficial history. Nearly a hundred scholars came.

"What's the matter, let's follow the method in Guangdong, first set up the Guozijian, and send it to train for a period of time." Bai Mingxiu really didn't dare to trust these people's ability to handle affairs, even if the Wanjia brothers and others were born in "Zhejiang "Eastern School" is already a Confucian school that emphasizes the practicality of the world, but in Bai Mingxiu's view, there is not much practice at all, and it is unusable.

The original cadre school system has been completely considered as the Imperial College because of the private dissemination by the scholars, and now even Bai Mingxiu himself calls the cadre school the Imperial College.

Zhang Huangyan was very excited about the contributions of the scholars. He said to Bai Mingxiu: "Six out of ten of the talented people in the south of the Yangtze River are unwilling to serve in the Qing Dynasty. As soon as your highness's army arrived, nearly a hundred scholars came from Ningbo alone. To relieve the country's worries, why worry about all the talented people in the world entering the hub of His Highness."

Bai Mingxiu has nothing to hide from Zhang Huangyan. This Mr. Cangshui is a capable person. He has been working hard to study "New Confucianism" for a while, and he has a relatively good acceptance.

"To be honest, the sages in the south of the Yangtze River may have their own talents, but I am afraid that there is no one who can be used as much as the cabinet. Don't talk about entering the cabinet to worship the prime minister, or sealing off the frontiers of a province, even trivial matters in the county. The food is not clear. The cabinet knows that what the imperial court now wants are public officials who have passed the practical test, which is different from the previous parents who ruled by doing nothing. How can such a person not understand local civil affairs, convenient economy, and fiscal and taxation policies? Use? I believe that many scholars are very good at compiling history books and writing some poems and essays, but the matter of writing history is divided into institutions such as the Academy of Arts and the Research Institute of History. It is not good for the people. If I want to reform the Ming Dynasty, I have to start with the administration of officials. Today, it is a good thing that the scholars are actively contributing, but how many of them can pass the final assessment of the Imperial Academy and be appointed to public positions? It’s time for a question mark.”

After hearing Bai Mingxiu's words, Zhang Huangyan admired the prince very much.He also felt that in the Ming Dynasty, scholars talked too much, but when it came to actual work, most of them failed to succeed.

Bai Mingxiu said: "The big thing now is to calm Jiangnan as soon as possible. On the other side of Zhoushan, Tian Xiong's forces are trapped by me, but I predict that they will find a way to sneak ashore soon. King Ying has led the fleet to arrive as planned. Jiangnan, I also plan to destroy Tian Xiong first, and then attack Shaoxing and Hangzhou."

Zhang Huangyan was shocked, and said, "Is King Ying's fleet going to Jiangnan?"

In Zhang Huangyan's mind, the Zheng family has been sailing the sea for many years, and it is rare to meet an opponent.But in fact, the fleet that Zheng Chenggong is now leading is the naval fleet of the Ming Dynasty Fuguo Army. Zheng Chenggong is actually a little uncomfortable with such a new fleet.

(End of this chapter)