Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

In fact, if you look at the personnel composition of Donglin Fushe, one thing will be clearly discovered.

Donglin Party - a political alliance formed based on the students of Donglin College and their disciples.

In other words, even a child from a poor family may become a member of the Donglin Party.

After all, according to the rules of the imperial examination, the official who presides over the imperial examination is the teacher of the current examinee.

If a disciple from a poor family wants to gain convenience in the officialdom, he can only deepen this "teacher-student" relationship.

Restore the life experience of a poor scholar:

A child becomes famous → Obtains funding from small landowners; → Passes the scholar examination and enters the gentry class → Obtains the investment of the big gentry; → Passes the examination and becomes a scholar → Becomes a disciple of an official; → Passes the examination as a tribute → Becomes a disciple of a big official ;→Jinshi in the palace examination, disciple of the emperor.

If you count the scholars, the imperial examination system is divided into six steps. Except for the final imperial examination, which almost never eliminates personnel, the only ones who can help these poor students in the other five examinations are the gentry.

Whether in terms of money or politics, the gentry class is of greatest importance to poor students.

In this way, these people do not represent the interests of their own families, but the interests of the "financiers" behind them.

Of course, there is another possibility - these poor scholars can also use their own efforts to make their next generation rise to the top of the elite!

In other words, during this period in Donglin, even though poor scholars had to suffer many harsh conditions, they still had the opportunity to rise!

This was the situation during the Donglin Party period.

What about Fushe?

Fushe is a political group that emerged after the destruction of Donglin Academy.

Fushe is known as "Xiao Donglin" and "Si Donglin". Ninety-nine percent of the scholars who make up Fushe are officials and noble gentry!

Many people are even descendants of Donglin Party members!

As for students from poor families... they are almost extinct in Fushe!

In other words, this political group with a great reputation and [-] party members has solidified to the point where it cannot be splashed with water...

From a humble family, don’t ever try to sneak into the party again...

……

Zheng Sen looked very ugly.

Looking at the messy poetry gathering in front of him, he recalled that just now everyone was just eating, drinking and having fun, and they didn't even answer his proposal, let alone refute it!

Zheng Sen had a clear understanding in his heart - the emperor was abandoned by Jiangnan!

He couldn't help but think of the letter written by his third father, Zheng Hongkui, to him——

"Child, don't be stupid, look who is the Minister of Rites in Jiangnan today!

That was Chen Zizhuang, one of the leaders of Fushe!

This person was only the assistant director of Zhan Shifu at the beginning of this year, and he had not even taken office yet...

We just want to ask, how can he be qualified to be the Minister of Etiquette?

My child, why do you think someone can be the Minister of Etiquette? "

……

"Hahahaha!"

Zheng Sen laughed sadly:

"The country is not a country!"

"The country is not a country!"

Just as Zheng Sen was lamenting, the servant came forward and handed over a letter:

"Young Master, this is passed on to you by the impersonating Young Master!"

"Pretending to be a gentleman?"

Zheng Sen was stunned: "Risking to open up new territories?"

It turned out to be Mao Bijiang, one of the four young masters, who left him a letter?

He hurriedly opened the letter and saw that there were only five words in it——

"The willow branches above the moon."

Willow branches on the moon?

Zheng Sen's expression changed. Wasn't this next sentence "A date after dusk"?

Is it?

Looking up at the sunset sky, Zheng Sen was overjoyed.

He hurriedly asked the boy: "Young master, what else do you want to say?"

The boy said: "The boy who pretended to be a young master told me about the west gate outside the city..."

Zheng Sen walked away.

The boy behind him hurriedly caught up:

"Master, wait for me, wait for me!"

……

On a midsummer night, the sun had just set and the moon was hanging in the sky.

Zheng Sen rushed all the way, and when he arrived outside Ximen City, he found a carriage parked on the official road not far away.

He hurried over.

But on the grass on one side, a young man in brocade clothes was already sitting on the ground, staring at the bright moon in the sky in a daze.

Not Mao Pijiang, but who else!

"Brother Mao!"

Zheng Sen stepped forward and saluted with his hands in hand.

Mao Bijiang didn't answer. Instead, he lay lazily in the grass, staring blankly at the bright moon above his head.

Zheng Sen also walked to Mao Bijiang and sat down on the ground:

"What are you looking at, Brother Mao?"

Mao Bijiang shook his head:

"Brother Zheng, my little brother is confused and can't understand?"

Zheng Sen smiled and said:

"Brother Mao has always been famous in Jiangnan, and he is one of the four young masters in the world. Is there anything else that I can't understand?"

"Ha ha!"

Mao Bijiang smiled bitterly:

"Those are all false claims. Although my family is quite powerful, isn't Brother Zheng's family powerful?

In the southeastern seaboard, who doesn’t look up to the Zheng family? "

"They said I was one of the four young masters, and I also wanted to say that Brother Zheng is the only young naval marshal in the world!

Brother Zheng's shot was like a mountain of gold and silver. Did Brother Zheng know that Mao was very envious of him! "

"Ugh!"

Zheng Sen sighed.

Yes!

He envied the fame of these Jiangnan scholars at home and abroad, and wanted to be a player in the game all the time.

As the saying goes, everyone is a pawn, so why don't people think that the Zheng family makes a lot of money?

"Look at that crescent moon!"

Mao Bijiang pointed to the slightly red crescent moon above his head:

"The moon hangs high in the sky, how comfortable it is, and you and I..."

Mao Bijiang turned around and stared into Zheng Sen's eyes:

"You and I are both suffering!"

Zheng Sen's expression changed. Is there something in Mao Bijiang's words?

He thought for a while and then simply brought up the topic of the poetry meeting:

"Although Zheng Sen is the son of a pirate, he still cares about his country. The world is constantly at war, and Zheng Sen is very sad in his heart. Zheng Sen thought..."

Mao Bijiang sneered and interrupted directly:

"Brother Zheng, do you think Jiangnan is extravagant and everyone is only running for profit, and there is no one who can protect the family and serve the country?"

Zheng Sen didn't dare to answer this.

The Mao Bijiang family belonged to a wealthy family in the south of the Yangtze River. They had been officials for generations and were scholars.

When he was born, he had a great reputation.

These are things that he, the son of a pirate, does not have.

Even if someone points his finger at the emperor and scolds him, it will only gain the title of "direct minister". Scholars in the world will only say that if he scolds well, this person has the backbone and is a role model for scholars!

And he...

Not to mention scolding the emperor, even saying something that shouldn't be said will lead to endless troubles!

His father had spent nearly tens of millions of dollars just to send him to the academy. Once word of this spreads out, all the efforts of the Zheng family would be in vain!

Zheng Sen squirmed his lips a few times and did not dare to say a word.

"Ugh!"

Mao Bijiang sneered, stood up and left:

"Bijiang originally thought that Mr. Zheng was running around shouting and shouting because he cared about the country, but he didn't want to..."

He shook his head: "I will pretend that Bijiang has never been here today!"

Zheng Sen's expression changed and he hurriedly said:

"Brother Mao, wait a minute!"