RPAGF Chapter 347: "I would rather sacrifice my life than seek justice"
Chapter 347: "I would rather sacrifice my life than seek justice"
Li Bai did not take part in the imperial examination for some reasons, but there are always times of frustration in life, so he admired Wang Yangming's attitude towards adversity.
Du Fu had tried the imperial examination last year, but failed. Fortunately, the light curtain appeared at that time, and they all had a different development from the original history.
Not to mention Meng Haoran and Gao Shi, they also had the experience of failing the imperial examination. Wang Yangming passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi a few years later, and they were happy for him.
"You are still young, only in your twenties, there is no need to rush."
"Yeah, just take the test a few more times."
The two laughed at themselves, but Li Mi on the other side didn't feel anything real.
Li Mi was a young genius. He was summoned by the emperor when he was a few years old and was also quite liked by the prime minister Zhang Jiuling.
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Zhu Houzhao asked the minister where Longchang was?
Why did Wang Yangming go to Longchang?
The ministers thought: It's such a far place, it's obvious that he was demoted there.
Your pot...
"It's quite far away. It goes directly from the north to the south."
When Wang Yangming was demoted to Longchang and headed south, he met Zhan Ganquan, and the two had a deep conversation when they met again.
Zhan Ruoshui thought about how he was still worried about his friend's health last year when he went to a remote place. Now that he knew about his friend's future from the light screen, he was excited about it.
"That's the saint who was confirmed by the light curtain."
"Five Drownings." Wang Yangming read out the contents of the Five Drownings on the light screen as he read, "Hahaha, Brother Ganquan's writing style is still so delicate."
“In just five sentences, it really sums up my youth.”
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[Wang Yangming lived during the teenage years of the Hongzhi Emperor, a time when the country was well-off and the people were wealthy. The Hongzhi Emperor period was known in history books as the "Hongzhi Restoration."
In the 18th year of the Hongzhi reign, Emperor Hongzhi passed away, and the 15-year-old Crown Prince Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne and changed the reign title to Zhengde.
The evaluation of Emperor Zhengde Zhu Houzhao has always been complicated. Both official and unofficial history records that he favored eunuchs and was addicted to pleasure.
The 35-year-old Wang Yangming was caught in the political vortex, and he resolutely chose to sacrifice himself for the justice he believed in his heart.
"I would rather sacrifice my life than lose my life."
He was convicted for his words and persecuted by the eunuch group of the time and was dismissed from his position in the Ministry of War.
After enduring the imperial court's 40 canings, he was thrown into the Jinyiwei prison. After escaping death, he embarked on a long journey of exile.
Encountering an assassin chasing him on the river, he threw himself into the river and left a suicide note
"I am confident that my loyalty will last forever, so why would I care about my bones being buried in the river? How sad it is for a hundred years of ministers, the sound of the tide weeps for Zixu day and night."]
＜People who don’t know about “well-off society” and “rich people” really think that Emperor Hongzhi was some wise and benevolent monarch…＞
＜Hahaha, I want to complain about this too. The Hongzhi Center was hyped up by the civil service group. Why did they hype him up? Because he was just a puppet. He looked diligent, but in the end he ruined many things left by his father, Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty.＞
＜He indulged his queen's family, was obsessed with the art of immortality, and took elixirs. In the later period, he built a Taoist temple.＞
＜To be honest, I only have one impression of him, that of the emperor, who is a couple for life and loves his wife [covering face] ＞
＜There is a saying that Zhu Houzhao wanted to escape his father's fate and didn't want to be treated as a puppet of the civil officials like his father, so he was killed in the end.＞
＜The opinions about Emperor Zhengde have really changed a lot in recent years. In the past, people said he was a tyrant, and that he lived in the Leopard Room, was addicted to women, was often promiscuous, loved to run out of the palace, and even went to war with the Mongolian prince... ＞
＜I quite like him hahaha. Influenced by a certain prodigal novel, I always thought that Emperor Zhengde was a bit cute.＞
＜I believe Wang Yangming’s actions were truly for the sake of his own Dao, and I will not comment on other civil officials for the time being.＞
＜He was really lucky. First of all, not everyone could survive forty canings in court. Secondly, even fewer people could get out of the Jinyiwei prison. Finally, he was gambling his life by jumping into the river when he encountered an assassin.＞
＜I have been through a lot.＞
＜These are all part of becoming a saint.＞
[Emperor Zhengde of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Houzhao: You are not allowed to talk about my father!]
[Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Houcong: Guangmu is right. My uncle is too kind to the civil servants.]
[Fan Zhongyan in the first year of the Qingli Period of the Song Dynasty said: "I would rather sacrifice my life than live for justice." This approach is admirable. ]
[Tang Xuanzong Li Longji: How can we say that Emperor Hongzhi is a wise ruler for indulging the Empress's family?]
[Princess Taiping of Wu Zhou: Some people even kill their own wives and children. I don’t understand.]
[Emperor Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty Zhu Yuanzhang: To be able to get out of the imperial prison, it really takes some skill.]
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Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, was chatting with Fang Xuanling and others, "Hongzhi Restoration?"
"It is so difficult to achieve a well-off society and a prosperous people."
"But looking at what Emperor Hongzhi did, it's hard to believe that he could do it."
Li Shimin silently repeated the life in the Hongzhi period on the screen, "I don't want to just achieve the prosperity in history books. I want the people to believe that it is a real prosperity with a well-off society and rich people."
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Zhu Houzhao had only been on the throne for three years. When facing court officials, he would occasionally think of his father and wonder what his father would do if he encountered these things.
"He must be listening to the cabinet."
Guangmu’s comment was not wrong, Zhu Houzhao indeed thought as stated in the comment.
He doesn't like being out of control, and he doesn't like being oppressed by civil servants. He thinks that he is the emperor, and he doesn't want to be a puppet who is blinded by his ears and eyes!
"Forty strokes of the cane."
"I remember now, was he harmed by Liu Jin?"
"I even went through the experience of jumping into the river!"
Liu Jin had already been executed by slow slicing, and Zhu Houzhao now wished he could dig him out and cut him into pieces.
In fact, when it comes to this, the people who felt the most during the Zhengde Dynasty were the Empress Dowager's brothers...
They were bullying men and women and grabbing land. If it weren't for the Queen Mother's protection, they would have...
Thinking of his mother's brothers and his uncles, Zhu Houzhao gritted his teeth secretly, "Trouble."
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[The dangers and roughness of the journey did not defeat Wang Yangming. On the contrary, he gained insights into people's livelihood along the way.
In the third year of Zhengde, Wang Yangming finally arrived in Longchang, Guizhou.
At the age of 37, Wang Yangming was struggling to survive in Longchang. There were only small villages inhabited by indigenous people in Longchang. When he first arrived there, Wang Yangming faced the dilemma of having no place to live and not being able to speak the language.
All around him was an uncivilized land, but Wang Yangming was able to face the adversity calmly. He got along well with the children and the elderly in Longchang, drinking and having fun.
Living in the cave, he consciously entered the state of a saint, sitting upright day and night, concentrating his mind and comprehending the essence of life and death.
"The purpose of studying things to acquire knowledge is the way of the sage, and my nature is self-sufficient."
The result of nearly twenty years of searching and hesitation, and the continuous realization and refinement of thoughts through practice.
"Theory of Unity of Knowledge and Action": Unifying thoughts and actions, pragmatism, has achieved the great achievements of countless people in later generations.
His foundation of "the original heart is the way" has enabled him to have many disciples in Guizhou. 】