Chapter 199 Primary Liberation (VI)
Gao Pang and the girl from the Chen family chatted about Yongzheng's succession to the throne. With the content proposed in Huo Chong's manifesto, they both obviously tended to follow Huo Chong's line of thought. After chatting for a while, Gao Pang found that he could not keep up with the girl from the Chen family's line of thought, so he said: "What I care about is not who is right or wrong, but what they think. Whether it is credible or not, that is a matter of opinion..."
The little girl frowned as she listened, "Brother Gao, you didn't realize that the biggest cause of this incident was actually that Kangxi was too...harsh towards his sons."
"Ah?" Gao Pang was stunned. The little girl's perspective was really... it was really mind-blowing.
If the fight for the throne is seen as a tragedy, the little girl of the Chen family believes that it was Kangxi who created this tragedy, and it was the tyranny of Kangxi's sons that led to the tragedy of brothers killing each other. Thinking about it in the longer term, the cruelty of the royal family reminded Gao Pang of the things in the history books, and his mood suddenly became much lower. If he forcibly suppressed his own heart and had to serve such a court, it would be better for him to be free.
Feeling depressed, Gao Pang's eyes moved randomly and he saw the words in Huo Chong's manifesto, "A new era of science, democracy, freedom and equality." Gao Pang's mind moved.
Just as he was about to pick up the manifesto to take another look, the servant came in and said, "Sir, get up."
Gao Pang quickly stood up and went to see Mr. Banshan. He sat down in front of Mr. Banshan and listened for a while. As expected, Mr. Banshan wanted Gao Pang to cultivate his character and be able to face the world with self-cultivation. Gao Pang couldn't help but asked, "Sir, don't you talk about the king and the minister and the father and the son?"
Mr. Banshan sighed slightly, "Banyue, every time you say these things, you are using your thoughts to annotate me. If you were the master of this world, what you say would be what it is. Now if you want to achieve something, you have to listen to the one who is in charge of the world."
At this point, Mr. Banshan showed a look of despair, "Banyue, if you continue like this, we can no longer help you. You have to think it over carefully."
Gao Pang felt his heart drop straight down in his chest, and then fell into an icy cave. Gao Pang felt cold all over and shivered. He relied on luck to go to Jiangnan to study. If he lost the help of his teachers, his future path to fame would be completely ruined.
If you want to take the imperial examination now, teachers must have the "real exercise book" of the imperial examination. The real exercise book is not a simple test paper, but a set of response modes based on the type of standard.
Examiners are not omniscient and most of them have their own biases. In response to their seemingly not-so-obvious biases, the True Question Book has a special solution. The purpose is to make those examiners "feel" about the answers on the test paper. As long as the examiners feel that the content of the candidate's test paper is "just like this", it would be strange if the candidate passed the exam or not.
The reason why Jiangnan articles are famous all over the world is the same as that of Shaoxing lawyers. Personal qualifications are certainly important, but the systematic operation and the system that is constantly improved by a large amount of accumulation are the core.
"Sir...are you trying to clean up the house?" Gao Pang expressed his thoughts with difficulty.
A few minutes later, Gao Pang lowered his head and left Mr. Banshan's house. He even said goodbye to the little girl from the Chen family with just two short words, "Goodbye."
Gao Pang didn't know how he walked to the river in a daze. He just felt that it was difficult to breathe. Mr. Chen Banshan didn't say anything final, which means that Gao Pang had not been officially expelled. But it didn't matter. Gao Pang had already understood that his teacher was someone he had to respect very much in terms of academics, but that was all.
There was an unbridgeable gap between him and the gentlemen in their understanding. Things that were completely insignificant to the gentlemen were mountains that stood in the way of Gao Pang.
The gentlemen did not comment on the literary inquisition, but simply chose to do everything they could to avoid the punishment of the literary inquisition . But what Gao Pang cared about was that the literary inquisition itself was wrong.
Yes, gentlemen, your response is indeed very correct.
Gao Pang suddenly remembered a sentence from Huo Chong's manifesto, "Inform the Qing officials that the Han regime will never pardon officials who carry out literary inquisition!"
Half a month later, Gao Pang entered the county seat of Linzi. He was tied up as a precaution, which made Gao Pang unhappy, but not too surprised. At this time, if Huo Chong still allowed people to enter and leave Linzi, the capital of the Han Dynasty, at will, it could only be said that Huo Chong was too careless.
In fact, Gao Pang was a little surprised to see that Linzi City was bustling with people and was peaceful and harmonious. This was really different from the capital of the Han regime that he had imagined could annihilate 100,000 government troops.
Gao Pang was searched at the gate, and someone asked him why he wanted to see Huo Chong. Gao Pang thought about it and answered truthfully: "After reading Mr. Huo's manifesto, I want to ask Mr. Huo something."
The person sitting opposite was obviously not satisfied with this reason, and asked all kinds of questions, all about Gao Pang's background and personal situation. Before Gao Pang could hold back any longer, the questioning finally ended.
Just when Gao Pang thought he had made a mistake, someone came in and brought him food. Gao Pang, who was already starving, immediately felt that the other person looked much friendlier. Just after he finished eating, someone brought him mouthwash and told him to get ready to meet Huo Chong.
As a Hainanese, Gao Pang was 20 centimeters shorter than Huo Chong, who was 185cm tall. Looking up at Huo Chong, Gao Pang felt a certain pressure. The Shandong man in front of him was tall and strong. However, this man did not exude any malice, and his movements were indescribably brisk.
Without making a fist salute, Huo Chong extended his hand to Gao Pang. Gao Pang was not used to shaking hands with Huo Chong, and felt that Huo Chong's hand was a little rough, but at the same time very solid and strong.
The two sat down, and Huo Chong asked Gao Pang, a talented man from Jiangnan, in his Jiangnan accent why he came to Shandong to meet Huo Chong, a traitor. Huo Chong did not believe that he had such a strong appeal in Jiangnan.
Gao Pang originally came to seek advice, and with Huo Chong's permission, he immediately told Huo Chong all the troubles he was feeling.
After hearing Gao Pang's words, Huo Chong laughed, "Could it be that Brother Gao saw that rituals and music were in decline, so he wanted to restore the original teachings of the saints?"
Gao Pang was stunned for a moment, but felt that although this sounded exaggerated, it was not something he did not really mean. It was just that he never dared to say so.
Since Huo Chong said it so bluntly, Gao Pang didn't care whether Huo Chong was mocking him or not, so he said: "Mr. Huo, I wouldn't dare to say that. But the ruler is the ruler, the minister is the minister, the father is the father, the son is the son, I think this is the right way. However, the scholars nowadays think that thunder and rain are all the grace of the emperor. To say this is no longer the teaching of a saint."
"Haha. Brother Gao is quite straightforward. Why do you think this is the case?"
"I guess human nature has become corrupt." Gao Pang sighed.
Then Gao Pang saw Huo Chong with a somewhat embarrassed look and responded: "I have no ill will towards Brother Gao Xian. I just think that those who do not analyze specific issues specifically, but simply talk about human nature, are inhumane."
Gao Pang was a little surprised. The words were so sharp and merciless... It made Gao Pang feel overjoyed.
It would be great if Huo Chong could continue to talk about such a sharp proposition and make his words meaningful!
