Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 303
On the second day after the Great Restoration Parade in Shanghai, the "Daming Daily" published a headline on the front page: His Majesty Yongli, Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, will return from Xitianfu, the accompanying capital, to participate in the ceremony held in Shuntianfu.

For a time, almost all the people in the country turned into melon-eating people, and began to speculate on what kind of major changes would take place in the political arena of Ming Dynasty.In the past two years, the people have recognized that His Royal Highness, the prince Jian Guo, is a very capable monarch. Not only did he quickly pacify the Qing Dynasty and regain the rivers and mountains with many means, but the lives of the people have obviously improved. .Although many of his practices are very controversial, such as beating traitors to death with a stick, such as the means of emphasizing the common people and restraining the gentry, and such as his vigorous promotion of new learning, claiming to change the law of the ancestors and the old Confucianism, and to create a new era and establish a new dynasty.

Many things have actually been criticized quite a lot, but after all, this period was a critical period for the Ming Dynasty to overthrow the Manchu Qing Dynasty and restore the rule of the Han Dynasty. The biggest common denominator for everyone is the restoration of the Ming Dynasty, and everything else is easy to talk about.After all, for most people, as long as they don't leave money behind, don't be slaves, and can continue to get promoted and make money, it doesn't matter what book they study or which god they worship.

Chinese people are actually very realistic in their bones.

But now everything is different, the capital was conquered by the crown prince himself, the Tartars were almost killed by him, and even the clan of the Tartars was exterminated by him, just like in the Northern Yuan Dynasty, the Manchus fled to the Mongolian Plateau, The leaders were only from the E Shuo family.

Emperor Yongli was still in his prime in the spring and Autumn period, and the crown prince was still a young man in good conscience, and he had not taken a weak crown. In this case, it seemed to make sense for Emperor Yongli to return to power.

Mao Xiang, one of the original four sons of Fushe, was very excited at this time. He took today's "Da Ming Daily" and read it over and over again, sometimes jumping up from his chair and clapping his hands.

"Great, great, the Holy Majesty is coming back soon! As long as the Holy Majesty takes back the power to oversee the country and returns to the government, then everything can be changed!"

But the bald old man sitting opposite him shook his head: "Pijiang, I'm afraid you are thinking too badly. Being able to publish in the newspaper shows that Shanghai has already understood it. It should be His Royal Highness who personally wrote a letter to invite the Holy One to return." Towards."

This bald old man is Fang Yizhi, who was also one of the four sons of Fushe before.He fled from the Qing Dynasty for a long time, and became a monk once. After the Ming Dynasty came back, he fled from Jiangxi to the south of the Yangtze River, and returned to the common people.His reputation is so great that not only the gentry and celebrities in the south of the Yangtze River are willing to help him, but also the authorities have extended invitations to him many times. However, Fang Yizhi has long since lost interest in official career, so he only took a job and participated in the preparation of the of Fudan University.

Fang Yizhi and Maoxiang had some friendship before, and Maoxiang began to invite friends and companions at this time, trying to reorganize and restore the society, and Fang Yizhi was also found.It's just that Fang Yizhi doesn't belong to that wave of people who are frustrated with reality, and he never agrees to join the Xinfu Society established by Maoxiang.

Mao Xiang was still full of fantasy, he said: "There are no two days in the sky, and there are no two masters in the country. My Ming Dynasty has an emperor, and it's not the prince who sits in the world but supervises the country."

Fang Yizhi also didn't understand why this guy always had trouble with the prince. He said: "If you don't mention that the miraculous achievements in recovering the country belong to the prince, there will be no such things. He is also the prince, and sooner or later the throne will be his."

Mao Xiang said unhappily: "This is not certain, after all, His Majesty has other heirs."

Fang Yizhi frowned and said, "Brother Pijiang, what you said is wrong."

He felt that Mao Bijiang was a little bit smart, although he understood that it was because Mao Xiang didn't get any official position, and many of his relatives and friends in the south of the Yangtze River were punished for the crime of treachery, collusion with the enemy, and even the exploitation of the people.But as long as there is a bit of conscience, anyone who knows justice can tell that the prince's political skills are extremely genius. He was able to defeat the powerful Manchu Qing in such a short period of time, and restore local production, improve people's livelihood and promote the economy. Amazing results.

But Mao Xiang shook his head at Fang Yizhi, and said: "Brother Fang, there is something wrong with your thinking. The emperor is the emperor, and the prince is the prince. Now that the world has been settled, it is a good time for the sage to return. The prince The supervisor of the country is only sixteen years old, and it is not a big joke for the world to usurp the position of the monarch and manage the state affairs? Therefore, the emperor should take over the state affairs again."

Fang Yizhi felt that there was nothing to argue with Maoxiang, he just said: "These things have nothing to do with ordinary people like me, and we can't decide the direction of the government."

Maoxiang shouted: "How can we not decide? Without scholars like us, who will advise His Majesty and who will govern the country? Now is a good time to persuade the Holy Majesty to return to the government. The Holy Majesty returned from Xitian Mansion. We just need to Unite a group of scholars to meet him, and write a letter to the emperor, expressing his willingness to invite him to return to power, and he will surely be able to persuade the king."

Fang Yizhi was shocked. He patted the table and said angrily: "Mao Bijiang, are you out of your mind? You and I can control major state affairs and the power of the Son of Heaven. Was it during the Donglin Party in the Ming Dynasty? Not to mention that the scholars in the south of the Yangtze River have long lost the scale and courage of the Donglin Party at that time. At this time, you don’t have any Austrian aid, and you can’t control the government at all. Just relying on a group of people If the scholars go to cry, can the Holy Majesty obey your wishes? Do you really think you are still living in the previous dynasty?"

Mao Xiang also got angry and said: "Brother Fang, what do you mean by that? Ming is still Ming, what is the former dynasty? We are doing righteous things, for the common people of the country."

"Nonsense, bullshit common people of the country! Look at those gray hairs on your head. It's been a few days since you cut off your money rat tail. We all almost became fake tartars. Now Daming can Is it the same as the former Ming Dynasty? The power in the hands of the crown prince is far beyond the imagination of all dynasties. It is rare to meet a rival. The crown prince's wrist and temper are not comparable to the emperors of the previous Ming Dynasty. You have nothing to rely on. Are the literati going to deal with the prince? It can’t be done! The common people are already very tired of the chaos in Donglin, and it is a foregone conclusion that the world will return to the prince. If you make trouble at this time, I am afraid that you will bring shame on yourself.”

The two ended up having a quarrel and broke up. Fang Yizhi also left Mao Pijiang's house unhappily. When he walked out of his house, looking at the beautiful garden, Fang Yizhi sighed: "Good job!" It's not good to be a rich man or a celebrity poet, who has no ability to do great things, but feels that the world is in his hands, such stupid people, God will punish them, pitiful, sad, deplorable."

(End of this chapter)