Chapter 265 Gui Youguang
Su Ze had participated in lectures in Zhejiang, but he had been busy since arriving in South Zhili and had never participated in a cultural gathering.
Since the other party invited him, Su Ze also wanted to see the cultural gathering of Yangzhou salt merchants.
Lu Dou was not a fool. He discovered that Xu Guo was vaguely headed by Su Ze and looked at his eyes in everything, so he knew that Su Ze was the leader of this group of people.
He said to Su Ze, "I want to let the young masters know that there is a distinguished guest in my house today."
A distinguished guest?
Lu Dou said with some pride: "This cultural gathering is held by Zhenchuan during his travels to Yangzhou and in my home." Xu
Shixing and Xu Guo both showed surprised expressions, and Su Ze asked: "This Mr. Zhenchuan , but Xiang Ji is born?"
Lu Dou said proudly: "It's right to return to Xiang Ji!"
Well, now we met a celebrity in the textbook again.
Gui Youguang, nicknamed Mr. Zhenchuan, because the study where he studied was called Xiang Jixuan, and he also wrote the famous "Xiang Jixuan Ji", so the world also called him Xiang Jisheng.
Gui Youguang is from Suzhou Prefecture, but he and Xu Shixing are not of the same generation. He is already fifty years old at this time.
Gui Youguang, like Xu Wei, both became famous at a young age and were admitted to the scholar examination early, but did not go smoothly in the subsequent imperial examinations.
But what is better than Xu Wei is that Gui Youguang finally won the imperial examination the year before last, but he just failed to pass the examination.
Although the imperial examination was not smooth, Gui Youguang's literary reputation was huge, and he was now vaguely the leader of another sect in the literary world, competing against Wang Shizhen of the Xingbu Poetry Society.
Su Ze traveled through time in the thirty-seventh year of Jiajing. It is now the thirty-seventh year of Jiajing, and he has traveled four years.
In the past four years, he has also gained a deeper understanding of the Ming Dynasty.
The entire Ming Dynasty, with the imperial court as its core, had two other circles besides the circle of politicians and officials.
One is the academic circle. The most influential one in this group is naturally Xinxue, which occupies the dominant academic position.
The master of Xinxue is Xu Jie, because Xu Jie is a third-generation disciple of Xinxue and the highest-ranking among the second and third generation disciples of Wang Yangming. He has always invited the masters of Xinxue to give lectures in Beijing to expand the influence of Xinxue.
Of course, Xinxue is not the only one in the academic circle. For example, Yan Song is not entirely a direct descendant of Xinxue. Although he is not opposed to the academic study of Xinxue, his attitude towards Xinxue is also quite wary. He has obeyed the emperor's orders many times. Order to ban the destruction of the academy.
In addition to Xin Xue, there is also the Taizhou School, which was born out of Xin Xue. However, this school has relatively weak influence in the court and is only popular in some areas such as Southern Zhili.
The academic circle and the political circle are the most closely connected. It can even be said that there is me in you and you in me.
When Su Ze gave lectures in Taizhou before, he wanted to use the shell of the "Taizhou School" to promote his political ideas and exert the influence of the school.
Once an academic authority enters the court, he can quickly become a political leader. The best example of this is Xu Jie.
The popularity of mind science has also led more scholars to start studying mind science, hoping to gain political benefits through academics. This is why today's academic circle likes to talk empty talk, but everyone has to advertise that they study mind science.
The academic circle is closely connected with the court, and the other circle is even more closely connected with the people. This is the so-called cultural circle.
Strictly speaking, Su Ze is also very famous in this circle thanks to "The Peony Pavilion" and "Nan Ke Meng", but Su Ze has never taken the initiative to participate in gatherings in the literary circle.
Today, the literary world of the Ming Dynasty mainly consists of two hills.
One is Yang Shen, who was relegated to Yunnan. Yang Shen was the son of Yang Tinghe, the loser in the great ceremony struggle of this dynasty. Although he was politically frustrated, Yang Shen's literary attainments were very high, and his works would be printed and published as soon as they came out.
Although Yang Shen was demoted, he came from a prime minister's family and had a high level of literary talent. He had learned a lot and his poems were all written in a gorgeous Taige style.
The other faction is young officials such as Wang Shizhen and Li Panlong, who advocate restoration. Just like the ancient prose movement of the Tang and Song Dynasties, Wang Shizhen advocates returning to the atmosphere of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and does not stick to the format and rhythm of poetry, or the hypocritical educational content of unnecessary moaning. Promote true feelings, which is the so-called "truth theory".
Although the cultural circle is not as close to the court as the academic circle, it still has a huge influence on the world.
For example, people like Xu Wei, although they did not become officials, became famous all over the world for their literary talents and became leaders of Zhejiang scholars.
Another example is Yang Jisheng.
This has to be said about Yan Song's lesson. In fact, before Yan Song killed Yang Jisheng the year before last, Yan Song's reputation was as bad as yours. Everyone knew that Yan Song was from the imperial party. Many people attached to the Yan party without much psychological pressure.
However, Yan Song's reputation has deteriorated rapidly in the past two years, and he is notorious among literati and officials. The reason is that he killed Yang Jisheng.
Although Yang Jisheng's official position was not large, he had great influence in the literary world. Wang Shizhen, the new leader of the literary world, was his good friend. After Yang Jisheng was imprisoned, many efforts were made to rescue him.
In addition to being a litterateur, Yang Jisheng was also proficient in music and was a master of lyrics and music in the world. His music scores soon spread throughout the country.
Although Yang Jisheng is not a literary master, he is actually a top celebrity.
After Yan Song killed Yang Jisheng, his reputation in the entire Jiangnan literary world was infamous. When Jiangnan scholars gathered together, they publicly called Yan Song a Song thief. Jiangnan officials who had taken refuge with Yan Song expressed their shame and were unwilling to continue to follow Yan Song. This is the killing of the cultural circle. force.
Political circles, academic circles, and cultural circles, these three circles are interconnected and influence each other. Every Ming Dynasty literati has a corresponding status in these three circles.
Take Gui Youguang, for example, he has no status in the political arena and is just a candidate from Southern Zhili.
He has not made much achievements in academic circles. At most, he is a lover of psychology.
However, he has a high status in the literary world and competes with Wang Shizhen. Although Wang Shizhen does not like Gui Youguang very much, he still praises his articles.
Su Ze was also very interested in the Ming Dynasty literary leader who wrote "Xiang Jixuan Zhi", so he and Xu Shixing and Xu Guo walked to the backyard of the Lu family.
Entering the backyard, I saw an old man with a gray beard sitting on the pavilion and talking, and the people below agreed.
Needless to say, the old man in this pavilion is the Xiang Ji who died in glory.
Lu Dou led the three of them into the courtyard, and Xu Shixing and Xu Guo met several familiar classmates.
The circle of scholars in Jiangnan is said to be large, but in fact it is not large. Xu Shixing and Xu Guo both won the imperial examination at a young age. They are also famous figures in Jiangnan, and people will soon greet them.
"Brother Xu!" "Brother Xu!"
Xu Shixing and Xu Guo soon met their familiar friends. Su Ze frowned when he saw the dress of these Jiangnan scholars.
Compared with the scholars in Fujian, these scholars from Jiangnan are dressed a little too gorgeously.
Many people were wearing colorful robes, and some even applied makeup on their faces.
Su Ze knew that this was the custom of southern scholars in the Ming Dynasty, but he still found it a bit hard to accept.
Xu Shixing and Xu Guo also stayed away from the painted scholars. Gui Youguang, who was sitting in the pavilion, did not stop because of the newcomers entering the pavilion. He continued to talk eloquently: "Brother Jingchuan
once There were many plans to fight against the Japanese, and I don’t know how the Song thieves found out about it, so they forcibly conquered him!" "
If the Song thieves hadn't threatened him with the old affairs of Shi Heng and Wu Kangzhai, Brother Jingchuan would not have entered the capital, but Brother Jingchuan also told me his ambitions when we were leaving. He went to the capital not to become rich and powerful as a traitor, but for the sake of the imperial court's fight against Japan." A scholar who was familiar with Xu Shixing said to Xu Shixing
:
"Mr. Zhenchuan is talking about Mr. Jingchuan being re-appointed to Beijing by the imperial court."
Xu Shixing is still young after all. During this time, he has been helping Su Ze organize team training in Shanghai, and he is very busy every day.
Xu Guo was helping Su Ze manage the newspaper office in Suzhou, and he was more informed than Xu Shixing.
He said: "Mr. Jingchuan is Tang Shunzhi, a great scholar in Wujin."
Hearing Tang Shunzhi's name, Su Ze remembered that he was a famous scholar who was as famous as Gui Youguang.
Tang Shunzhi was named Jingchuan, but he was admitted to Jinshi and ranked first in the examination.
Tang Shunzhi was demoted because he offended Zhang Cong, a cabinet scholar in the early Jiajing period. From then on, he returned home to give lectures and became good friends with Gui Youguang.
Originally, Tang Shunzhi had been demoted, but he often actively expressed anti-Japanese speeches, so he was noticed by Zhao Wenhua, a Jinshi scholar in the same year and a member of the Yan Party.
Zhao Wenhua wanted to make meritorious service in the fight against the Japanese, so he recommended Tang Shunzhi to Yan Song, so Yan Song appointed Tang Shunzhi as the head of the Ministry of War and asked him to serve in the capital.
Now that Yan Song's reputation in Jiangnan was so bad, Tang Shunzhi naturally wanted to refuse, so Yan Song sent someone to tell him: "I heard that Jingchuan of the Tang Dynasty wanted to learn from Wu Kangzhai, and I
regard the one I recommend as Shi Wuqing."
This sentence is a murderous execution . Mind you, Wu Kangzhai refers to Wu Yubi, and Shi Wuqing refers to Shi Heng.
Wu Yubi was a well-known Neo-Confucian scholar in the mid-Ming Dynasty.
During the restoration of Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, General Shi Heng was so powerful that he wanted to recruit Wu Yubi to Beijing as an official. Wu Yubi knew that Shi Heng would be defeated, so he resolutely resigned and returned to his hometown. Then he was framed by Shi Heng for revenge.
Yan Song's words were to torture Tang Shunzhi. If he didn't come out of the mountain, he would become "Shi Heng".
In the end, Tang Shunzhi could only agree to come back in the 37th year of Jiajing, that is, this year, and rushed to the capital to take office.
Tang Shunzhi succumbed to Yan Song and was naturally spurned by the Jiangnan scholars. Gui Youguang was explaining this to his friends.
However, looking at the reactions of the Jiangnan scholars below, they are still quite disdainful of Tang Shunzhi, thinking that if he really had the integrity, he should have refused to resign, rather than accept Yan Song's appointment.
Therefore, Jiangnan scholars all said that Tang Shunzhi was greedy for power and joined Yan Song's party, so he happily took office.
When Gui Youguang saw the reactions of the young scholars around him, he could only sigh. His old friend was in danger, and the Jiangnan scholars all thought that Tang Shunzhi was a traitor. No matter how hard he tried to explain, it was useless.
The scholars below shouted: "If the Song thieves steal the credit for pacifying the Japanese, wouldn't they become more powerful?!" "It would be better for the
Japanese to be unjust than to take advantage of
Hu Zongxian's people!" "And Fang Wanghai, who colluded with Hu Zongxian. ! He is also a treacherous official! He cleverly set up banknotes to search for people's wealth! In name, he is fighting against the Japanese, so he must have surrendered to the Song bandits. I heard that Hu Zongxian also forcibly issued anti-Japanese coupons in Zhejiang, forcing big households to pledge donations!" The crowd of scholars below was excited and quite excited
. There is something in the meaning of "we must first make peace with the outside world".
Seeing that his defense to his friend had the opposite effect, Gui Youguang could only change the topic and said, "We won't talk about these things in today's literary meeting. Let's continue talking about the article." "I personally think that the 'true feelings' that are the most important thing in the article
are , the so-called 'love is in our generation', only 'lovers' can write 'real articles'!"
Gui Youguang's Wu language sounded soft and waxy. When he talked about Tang Shunzhi before, Gui Youguang Guang also seems to have insufficient confidence.
Once he talked about literature, Gui Youguang talked eloquently again. Although he still had the same Wu accent, he was much more powerful.
Gui Youguang added: "The most sincere article I have read recently is "The Peony Pavilion" written by Su Rulin!" "
Life is about love, and love is not about people. Life is about love. It can die, people die, but love can give birth to it."
Gui Youguang said even more excitedly when he mentioned the word "love": "People are the species of love! After reading "The Peony Pavilion", I wish I could live and die for love!" Wait
until After Gui Youguang finished speaking, all the scholars applauded, and some even cried bitterly in public.
This performance art scene left Su Ze speechless.
Xu Shixing and Xu Guo looked at Su Ze with strange eyes. The original author's expression was so calm, how could this group of readers be moved to tears.
After Gui Youguang finished speaking, Su Ze called over Lu Dou who was wiping tears and handed his invitation to Lu Dou.
"This is my invitation. I want to meet Mr. Zhenchuan."
Lu Dou originally wanted to refuse. There were so many people who wanted to meet Gui Youguang alone. How could he meet everyone.
But when he saw the name on Su Ze's invitation, Lu Dou covered his mouth and looked at Su Ze. He quickly took the invitation himself and approached Gui Youguang who was walking down from the pavilion.
Gui Youguang was shocked when he saw the invitation. He ignored the scholars who gathered around him to ask for advice and strode directly towards Su Ze.
Su Ze greeted him, took Gui Youguang's hand and said, "The student has some literary doubts and would like to ask Mr. Zhenchuan for advice."
(End of Chapter)