Ming Dynasty: My Father Zhang Juzheng

Chapter 201 Believe in the wisdom of future generations

Another month has passed in a flash.

It was already a bit chilly in Beijing in early November.

The chilly wind blew mercilessly on the streets. The summertime cool mats and short sleeves disappeared, and cotton robes and charcoal fires became popular.

The festive atmosphere becomes stronger as winter approaches.

In the morning of that day, Zhang Yunxiu's courtyard was decorated with lanterns and fireworks, and the air was filled with joy. In a small hall in the mansion, Zhang Yunxiu put on new clothes and sat in the main seat.

Sitting next to him was his fourth brother Zhang Jianxiu.

The Kong family affair has now been settled. After Hai Rui's thorough investigation, many of the Kong family's collateral descendants suffered.

The land that had been occupied from the people was ordered to be returned, and the criminals were held accountable by the law.

In addition, there was another happy event - Qi Jiguang led his troops back half a month ago.

The results of the battle were extremely rich, and they made a total of two million taels of silver.

Look, these days, even the water Zhang Yunxiu drinks tastes sweet, and his farts smell fragrant.

Seeing that he was smiling as brightly as a flower, Zhang Jianxiu couldn't help but joked, "Congratulations to you, Grand Secretary Zhang, for getting rich. In the future, our whole family will have to rely on you for survival."

The two had the best relationship, so Zhang Yunxiu was also happy to talk about wild cotton with his fourth brother.

He smiled and immediately replied, "Men become bad when they have money. Fourth brother, you must not let Fourth Sister-in-law catch you."

Could it be that this kid knows everything?
This shouldn’t happen. This happened just last month and I didn’t tell anyone.

Zhang Jianxiu's mouth twitched, and his face suddenly looked a little unnatural. He tried his best to hide his panic and changed the subject in a calm voice: "You need to take better care of Ruoxi and Xier. Women need men's care the most at this time."

Zhang Yunxiu nodded, his eyes fixed on Zhang Jianxiu.

From the look in his eyes, Zhang Jianxiu always felt that this guy knew something, but he didn't dare to ask proactively.

Feeling a little uneasy from the stare, Zhang Jianxiu simply turned his head and pretended to look around the furnishings in the room.

Neither of them spoke, and the atmosphere in the small hall suddenly became weird.

At this time, Han San walked into the small hall with a grunt.

Zhang Jianxiu felt relieved. Without waiting for him to greet her, he immediately asked him, "What do you want?"

Han San smiled, bowed, and then told Zhang Yunxiu what he had told him: "Last month, Master asked me to look for Xu Guangqi and the Portuguese man. I found them both."

"What do we want to do with the Portuguese?" Zhang Jianxiu blurted out.

Zhang Yunxiu smiled, turned sideways and looked at Zhang Jianxiu to explain: "Fourth brother, you don't know, these Portuguese are all over the world, not only are their cannons powerful, their ships are also powerful."

"We are looking for them to build ships and cannons."

"We have nothing of our own, why do we need these Portuguese people?"

Zhang Jianxiu muttered to himself, then glanced at Han San, and seeing that the two of them still had something to discuss, he found an excuse to leave.

As soon as he left, Han San felt relaxed all over, and his tone became cheerful: "Sir, and that He Zheng, this guy is really good at talking. In just one month, he has stirred up a lot of trouble in the capital."

"Oh? Tell me about it?" Zhang Yunxiu became interested.

Han San sat down and told him in detail what He Zheng had done in Jiangxi Guild Hall. After this guy stayed there, he talked with the students from morning till night every day.

There were also occasional outrageous remarks during this period.

But this is quite fascinating. These young people are fed up with the whole system of "serving their father at home" and "the ruler is the ruler, the minister is the minister, the father is the father, and the son is the son".

Now someone says something different.

They immediately felt like they had discovered a new world, and they shouted that they wanted to escape into it in this life. "In my opinion, this man is a madman." After a brief description, Han San was about to comment, but suddenly remembered that He Zheng was the guest of honor of his son, so he changed his words and said, "I heard this from outsiders."

"So what do you think?" Zhang Yunxiu leaned forward and asked him with a smile.

"I?"

Han San pointed at the tip of his nose, and after thinking for a while, he replied, "I think this person must have something extraordinary to be able to stir up the storm. I admire your ability to judge people."

“Hahahaha” Zhang Yunxiu suddenly laughed out loud. After a long while, he stopped laughing and looked at Han San and scolded, “Alright, alright, don’t say these sour words to me in the future, otherwise I won’t forgive you.”

“This is the truth”

Han San was shameless and kept flattering him. Zhang Yunxiu waved his hand to interrupt him, then stood up and walked to the window of the small hall.

Below the window, there was a desolate and bleak atmosphere, with yellow leaves and fallen leaves all over the ground.

He was not in the mood to appreciate the scenery, but was thinking about what to do next.

He Zhengneng can teach, and he can also teach.

At first, he had a selfish motive for "lecturing". He was always struggling with whether he should enlighten the people or not.

As a member of the feudal bureaucracy.

It seems that letting these people live in a state of "ignorance" is more beneficial to their own rule. Once the people are enlightened, they will know human rights and think that everyone can become a saint.

What will the world become then?

He didn't dare to think about it.

However, after a collision with Confucianism, he made up his mind to do this. Zhang Yunxiu felt that advanced systems were more important than advanced science and technology.

At the same time, he also clearly realized that he didn't need to achieve success in one fell swoop.

Every generation has its own mission.

All he has to do is to achieve from 0 to 1, and the rest will be left to future generations.

Believe in the wisdom of future generations.

A gust of chilly autumn wind blew on his face, and Zhang Yunxiu came back to his senses. He turned to look at Han San who was following behind him, and ordered: "Go find two hundred children over 8 years old and under 14 years old."

"Yes." Han Sanyi clasped his fists, turned and left.

Not long after he left, Xu Ruoxi walked into the hall with the help of a maid.

Zhang Yunxiu hurried forward to catch it, and helped her to sit on the reclining chair. With a stern face, he scolded: "The ground is so slippery, how dare you walk around so carelessly? What if you fall?"

Xu Ruoxi felt sweet in her heart, but on the surface she pouted and said, "The doctor said that I should walk around properly, which is good for the fetus. Besides, eating and drinking water can cause choking to death. Are you not going to allow me to eat or drink water?"

"How dare you talk back!"

Zhang Yunxiu pretended to be displeased and stretched out his hand to pinch Xu Ruoxi's cheek. Xu Ruoxi frowned and groaned, and two blushes suddenly appeared on her plump and fair cheeks.

A pair of big watery eyes, with white mist appearing.

"Don't cry." Zhang Yunxiu realized that he was in trouble and quickly raised his hands in surrender.

"Who's going to cry?!" Xu Ruoxi bit her cheek and glared at her husband angrily.

Then she said, "Do you know what day it is today?"

Zhang Yunxiu understood it already, and he deliberately teased the girl, then pretended to be in deep thought with his head down.

"Today is my nineteenth birthday." Xu Ruoxi raised her big watery eyes and looked at Zhang Yunxiu pitifully.

(End of this chapter)