Zhu Youxiao and the ministers here were due to the great melee between the scholars in Jiangnan, and thought about promoting vernacular Chinese and simplified Chinese characters.

For Gu Yanwu and Huang Zongxi, this fight between scholars in Jiangnan also made them fall into deep thought.

"I really didn't expect this scene to happen, and such a tragedy would occur."

When Huang Zongxi was mourning some of the murdered scholars, he said to supporters such as Lu Fu.

"Who could have expected this? However, most of the victims were scholars who wanted to restrict the power of the monarch and restore the freedom of the people. Zuo Guangxian, Gao Dangui, and Wang Wujiu were killed by the government army! A man named Xu Du killed more than ten of our classmates, but it was fine! Now it makes people feel aggrieved!"

Lu Fu said.

"Don't mention it again!"

"We are not the Green Forest Gang! Do we still have to take revenge?"

Huang Zongxi glared at Lu Fu, and then said, "Take the time, let's go to the homes of these classmates who were injured and killed in the Jinling Conference. If there is a place to help, see if we can help."

"good!"

"I still feel unhappy when I think about it now. I thought that this Jinling Conference would make Your Majesty willing to reform, but I didn't expect that I, Jiangnan Shilin alone, could not reach an agreement!

Lu Fu replied.

Huang Zongxi showed a look of distress: "There are differences! The fundamental difference is that they still pay more attention to the fairness of economic distribution, and we still care more about the fairness of rights distribution!"

As he said that, Huang Zongxi asked Lu Fu: "Which one do you think is the most important?"

"Nature is a right!"

Without thinking, Lu Fu replied, saying, "The world cannot be as good as the court wants? How can economic distribution be fair? The stupid and lazy should be less diligent in wealth than those who do good deeds! Besides, the rich have a considerable wealth because of the efforts of several generations. Why should the poor and humble people be rich with the efforts of a generation?! If this is the case, there will inevitably be absolute injustice!"

"But Gu Tinglin and the others don't think so. Their only kindness to the rich is that they don't want the rich to fall back into poverty!"

Huang Zongxi said excitedly.

Then he paced up in the room. Today's debate in front of the emperor still made him feel uneasy. He thought he could use this to simplify the emperor's heart and stage a good story of the harmony between the king and the minister, but he did not expect that he did not succeed in achieving this scene.

Even now, he was a little confused. He didn't know what was wrong with the concept he agreed with, so he couldn't convince Gu Yanwu and others.

...

"They are still so arrogant and hypocritical, and they can do anything! I really didn't expect that Zuo Guang would collude with gangsters to kill me first. Fortunately, I'm not easy to deal with, so I killed a lot of them. In the end, if the official army hadn't come, I could kill the Zuo person!"

Xu Du gritted his teeth and said to Gu Yanwu and others.

"I didn't expect that a Jinling Conference would lead to such a big change!"

"That is, this dynasty is still our own dynasty of the Han people, so Your Majesty has no intention of destroying anyone. If the situation of the world is really like an invasion of foreign races, if these hypocrites collude with foreign thieves and attack dissidents, they really don't know what kind of corpses and blood will be like."

Gu Yanwu couldn't help but say something at this time.

"There is no way. Some people only remember that there is a golden house in the book and a beautiful woman in the book. All the things are inferior. They only have high readings. They forget the ambition to govern the country and pacify the world, and forget the four words of Hengqu. Fortunately, there are no barbarians and foreign thieves in the book today, and they cannot make trouble."

Gong Tingxiang said at this time.

"Your Majesty has issued an order to preach the lecture at Yingtian University Hall, declaring the great things the court will do in the field of culture, and let the representatives of scholars from all over the country participate. What big things do you think the court will do?"

Xu Feng mentioned another matter at this time.

"I'll know then, maybe it's something that we're not expecting."

Gu Yanwu replied and smiled faintly.

...

On this day, many scholars came to listen to Wen Tiren's speech in the lecture hall of Yingtian University Hall, a public Ming Dynasty.

Wen Tiren will use lectures to promote vernacular Chinese in the staircase classroom on the first floor of the lecture hall, so that the content of vernacular Chinese style will no longer only appear in urban literature, but also in the upper level, vernacular Chinese style should also be used to spread information.

Zhu Youxiao sat on the second floor of the lecture hall and watched all this silently. After Wen Tiren proposed to promote vernacular Chinese, what would the scholars react.

"The first thing that articles require is easy to understand, and secondly, it is full of beauty. Since writing articles is to let people all over the world know their meaning, it is naturally to make it easier for people all over the world to understand their meaning. Therefore, the court should promote vernacular Chinese, that is, to use vernacular Chinese as the form of official essays. In addition, in the future, Chongwen Temple will only select vernacular Chinese texts, and writers in the world should also actively write vernacular Chinese articles..."

After Wen Tiren began to say that he wanted to promote vernacular Chinese, some scholars began to show their anger. When he said this, a scholar named Shi Weikun couldn't help but shout:

"Absurd! How can the court do this? How can the vernacular language be used as a great place? Is this going to make all the articles and poems go bad?!"

"How can this make the essays and poems become bad? The purpose of the court to do this is to make the literature reach all the people in the world. Whether it is a smart person or a stupid person, as long as he can read, it will be easier to know the meaning of the essay!"

Wen Tiren replied.

"good!"

Guizhuang couldn't help but reply and said, "This is really good! I feel annoyed with obscure and tricky sentences, and I should write in vernacular language! In this way, words are not a matter of some people, but a matter of everyone in the world!"

"That's right, if you have thought-provoking good articles in the future, you will be able to understand many great principles and know the profound meaning of those who shout slogans. For example, some people often say that they need freedom, but after reading this easy-to-understand article, you will know that those who want freedom actually want to merge more conveniently!"

Gong Tingxiang also agreed.

"What's good! No wonder Your Majesty refuses to reform the law. It's the root of the treacherous ministers! It's a treacherous minister in the court who bewitched the emperor!"

The scholar Kuang Lanzhao retorted at this time and glared at Wen Tiren.

He is relatively sober and knows that all official articles are written in vernacular, so how can they fool the people?

You should know that his family runs a newspaper, and he misleads public opinion to achieve his goals by using many obscure articles to misunderstand public opinion, so he directly objected.

"Huang agrees with the promotion of vernacular Chinese, which is actually the general trend of the world! In the market, the demand for vernacular Chinese is getting higher and higher, which is enough to prove that more and more people are literate and reading books, so we have to let the people know what we scholars are thinking."

Huang Zongxi expressed his agreement at this time.

"That's right, if the literacy rate has increased significantly today, the writing matter can no longer be just a matter of a small number of people. The court should indeed do so. After all, the imperial edict is not only aimed at the literati and officials. It should promote vernacular Chinese, follow the people's opinions and follow the people's will, which is a manifestation of people-oriented approach!"

Among the liberals, Lu Fu, who cared about civil rights rather than advocated liberalism because of his selfishness, also started talking.

"Why do you think this is right, both gentlemen?!"

Kuang Lanzhao asked excitedly, and then said, "This is not possible at all! Culture is a noble and elegant thing, like a secluded orchid or a golden osmanthus. How can the people of Guizhou be despised? How can the people of Guizhou be worthy of reading the literature? Just follow the scholars!"

"Writing is just a tool, and it is better to let people know your intentions and others' intentions. Now Your Majesty is sharing the world with the people, not just with the scholars and officials. Therefore, the words should be more intimate with the people!"

Wen Tiren said.

"Treacherous minister! Don't speak nonsense!"

Kuang Lanzhao pointed at Wen Tiren with excitement and shouted, then picked up the small pot behind him and smashed it at Wen Tiren, shouting: "I'll kill you!"

"Smash him to death! Let him be despicable!"

"Smash you to death!"

A group of radical jinshi who did not agree with the promotion of vernacular Chinese responded.

Wen Tiren immediately hid behind the podium and shouted, "Hide first! Those who agree with me, stop them quickly!"

Seeing this, Zhu Youxiao immediately pulled out his imperial hand gun and fired a shot into the sky, then shouted: "Give me a calmness!"

The scholars who heard the gunshots and Zhu Youxiao shouting all calmed down.

Kuang Lanzhao, who was about to rush to the podium because of his passion, also stood there.

Dong!

Dong!

Dong!

At this time, the sound of rapid footsteps came from behind the podium.

Zhu Youxiao quickly went downstairs. Without waiting for Han Zanzhou to lift the curtain for him, he lifted it away and walked over. Looking at Kuang Lanzhao and other scholars, he shouted: "Do you think there are too few scholars who have been shot to death, and you have to ignore the king's law like this?!"

"Students, students, students just think that everyone like Mr. Wen should be punished!"

Kuang Lanzhao replied with courage.

"Tell me, why should you be punished?"

Zhu Youxiao pointed at Kuang Lanzhao and asked.

"He talks nonsense! Say something inappropriate!"

Kuang Zhaolan replied.

"absurd!"

Zhu Youxiao replied, then looked at Kuang Lanzhao and said, "You always say freedom. Since you want freedom, why don't you let someone speak? You don't let the ministers speak, who do you think you are?!"

After scolding, Zhu Youxiao looked at the other liberal scholars who had just started to make fun of it and said, "I don't agree with your point of view, but I'll defend your right to speak; when will you be able to have such awareness? If you can't do this, what rights do you talk about?!"

"Answer me!"

Zhu Youxiao scolded him in anger.

"Disagree with you, but defend your right to speak."

Huang Zongxi and Lu Fu listened to Zhu Youxiao's words at this time, and couldn't help but show shame on their faces.

Huang Zongxi stood up first: "Students can't wait for Your Majesty to have a broad mind!"

Lu Fu also said: "It's their fault. Thank you for your teachings!"

"Your Majesty, you are wrong! Those who propose to promote vernacular Chinese are not qualified to speak. This will only ruin the order of esteemed and inferior!"

Kuang Lanzhao replied.
To be continued...