Chapter 180 Longkong Pavilion
The weather in Nanjing is getting warmer. In addition to the spring, the market is also prosperous. In addition to the excitement of news, all kinds of exciting news are constantly coming. The atmosphere in Nanjing is like this spring, exuding a vigorous and upward vitality.
The nightlife styles in Nanjing are becoming more and more diverse. Of course, the Qinhuai River is still the best in nightlife. However, in addition to the Qinhuai River, the three major teahouses in Nanjing are also good places to go. These three major teahouses are Qingfeng Mingyue Tower, and the other two are Sanjiang Tower and Longkong Pavilion. These three teahouses each have a set of ace programs, and they are often full of guests, as if they are in a trend of competing for the limelight with the Qinhuai River.
Among the three families, Qingfeng Mingyue Tower is a typical traditional teahouse, mainly drinking tea and chatting, and has arranged some liven up programs, such as saying books, singing, and even wrestling performances. Sanjiang Tower and Longkong Pavilion are both newly opened teahouses, but they are teahouses. These two are no longer teahouses in the true sense. Sanjiang Tower mainly uses folk art singing and dancing performances, while Longkong Pavilion is the first new teahouse in the Ming Dynasty that is mainly interactive. Among the three families, Longkong Pavilion's "Current Affairs Talk" and "Fengyun Commentary" are Longkong Pavilion's signature programs. All those who love to set up dragon gate formations and empty talk will gather here every once in a while.
Today, with Xiang Wenjun's grand recommendation, three new tribute tributes, Ouyang Fu, Wu Jiusen and Yi Gu Yan, came to Longkong Pavilion with Xiang Wenjun. With an attitude of trying, we will see if Longkong Pavilion is as interesting as the legendary. Of course, the reason why Xiang Wenjun insisted that three fellow villagers come to Longkong Pavilion was that they were the original intention of letting the three people listen to Longkong Pavilion's comments and debates, and also prepare for the battle for them to participate in the palace examination. The first half of the spring examination has ended, and the results of the imperial examination have already come out. Ouyang Fu, Wu Jiusen and Yi Gu Yan passed the imperial examination as they wished and became the new tribute tribute of the Ming Dynasty. The next is the palace examination. Whether a high school Jinshi depends on the palace examination. However, this year's palace examination time was postponed to the end of April. Unlike previous years, all tribute students must enter the Military Engineering Academy for one and a half months after the public list before they can participate in the palace examination held at the end of April.
The ticket to Longkongge was a silver coin, and the consumption inside was not very expensive. The four of them found a table close to the stage and sat down, greeted Wen Jun:
"Brother Ouyang, Brother Wu, Brother Yi, make tea and snacks first. The program will begin later. If you are interested in participating in the debate later, you might as well go and try it. At least you can do some practical drills in the palace examination. This is all masters, and the opportunity is rare, so don't let it go easily."
Wu Jiusen asked with a look of eagerness to try:
"I don't know which three comment experts I invited today? Brother Xiang said we can also participate, but I don't know what is the way to participate?"
"I don't know which three people were invited, but the people invited here are not ordinary people. Their attendance comments here are 100 silver coins. Who can afford 100 silver coins? Chen Yan and Wei Zaode have all been commentators here. They used to be the prime minister, which shows that the guests invited here are so high. Today, I don't know what kind of celebrity they invited. As for participating in the debate, there is a special part that allows the audience to participate in the audience. You can raise your hand to speak. If you speak well, the host will give you more time to debate, but if you say nothing, I'm sorry, and the host will immediately shut up politely."
"That's how it works!"
Yi Guyan asked:
"I don't know what the topic is today? Is it about the recovery of Liaodong or about Zhang Xianzhong? Or something else?"
One of the hot topics in current affairs is Liaodong. The entire Liaodong war situation has become a tense situation, and the two sides have been in a confrontation for a long time. As for Zhang Xianzhong, after Zhang Xianzhong was recruited by the court, Zhang Xianzhong's soldiers crossed the sea to Taiwan in batches. The last 30,000 troops left Shanghai a few days ago and headed for Taiwan. However, there are rumors that Zhang Xianzhong smuggled into Luzon and fought with the Japanese. There are all kinds of rumors, which are obviously one of the hot topics of street talks.
When they offered a pot of Longjing and set up snacks, the four of them waited while drinking tea until the host Zhou Junli finally showed up, and the entire hall and the second floor were already full.
A drum sounded, Zhou Junli walked to the center of the stage, and then grandly recommended today's three guests to the iron trumpet:
"Dear guests, let us welcome today's three guests with warm applause. They are the first to appear: the famous diplomat Ruan Dacheng."
The lady of self-etiquette brought Ruan Dacheng, who walked out of the backstage, to the guest seat. During the whole process, Ruan Dacheng frequently greeted the audience, and it looked like a diplomatic demeanor. The alcoholic steam lamp on the second floor was equipped with a concave mirror. This concave mirror gathered the light of the alcoholic steam lamp towards Ruan Dacheng. Ruan Dacheng put various poses under the strong light, and a warm applause suddenly sounded from the audience. It is impossible to say that Ruan Dacheng still has some talent for performing, no wonder the court asked this person to go to Japan.
After Ruan Dacheng took office, Zhou Junli began to grandly recommend the second guest:
"Dear guests from the audience, let us invite the second guest with warm applause: the famous educator and thinker Huang Zongxi."
There was also a beautiful etiquette lady leading Huang Zongxi to the guest seat. All the procedures were exactly the same as Ruan Dacheng's appearance just now. However, Huang Zongxi's expression was a bit serious, and he did not interact with the audience like Ruan Dacheng. He completely ignored the light and focused on him. He just nodded and sat down.
Most of the author who wrote the article "If you benefit the people, you will be kind" in Ming Pao, most of them here have some respect, but they don't care about his pedantic appearance. They also received warm applause. After the applause, some people even shouted excitedly: OK! OK!
The last one recommended is Guang Shiheng of the Royal Club. This guy used to be a military department, but now he is active in the Royal Club and is doing well in the capital market of the Ming Dynasty. He is really a figure. However, when he was in Beijing, he opposed the emperor's move to Nanjing, and later showed favor to Li Zicheng, and then came to Nanjing again. Most of the people in the audience were disdainful of this person's character, so the applause was a bit sparse, but Guang Shiheng was born with a thick face and didn't care.
After the three guests made a grand recommendation, Zhou Junli announced in an exaggerated tone:
"Dear guests and friends, we have invited three famous guests today. The title of the "Fengyun Comments" of the three guests today is: Cooperation or confrontation between China and Japan? The three guests' views on this issue are not consistent. Simply put, Lord Ruan supports cooperation, Lord Everbright supports confrontation, and Professor Huang holds the view of both confrontation and cooperation. Let's listen to the wonderful comments of the three guests first. After that, we will also arrange a free debate time. The audience in the audience can choose to support the views of one of the three guests and participate in today's debate."
After hearing what the host said, most of the people in the audience were looking forward to the exciting comments that the three guests would bring, but there were disharmonious voices in the audience at this time:
"Host Zhou, I have a problem."
This guy raised his hand according to the rules, but before the host asked him to speak, he raised the question, which caused booing to everyone around him.
Zhou Junli has always adopted a ban attitude towards such a guy who does not raise his hands to speak. But I don’t know what happened today, but Chairman Zhou actually changed his mood and said generously:
"This gentleman has a problem, okay, today I will make an example, you can tell your problem."
The guy said boldly:
"Host Zhou, why do you always have three representative views? I especially don't like being represented. I just don't agree with the three representative views you have set up. I want to defend my thoughts. I have my own independent views. What if I have an independent view?"
Zhou Junli originally wanted to improvise and activate the atmosphere before the opening, but it was so fucking unlucky to meet such a guy who was unwilling to be represented! But - but he didn't want to be represented. In addition to these three views, can he really make a new choice? The patience of the host Zhou was also good, so he asked:
"So, sir, what novel opinions do you have? You might as well talk about them."
"My point of view is to directly occupy Japan. As long as it is occupied, there will be no problem of cooperation and confrontation, right?"
There was a burst of laughter and applause from the audience. Faced with such shameless behavior of stealing the scene, Kurashihiro was so angry that he yelled at the iron horn regardless of the irregularities.
"Sir, I am very sorry that your statement is just to support my point of view. My point of view is confrontation. The so-called confrontation, including but not limited to occupation, do you understand? Unfortunately, your point of view has been represented. Stop your mouth and just listen to my arguments later."
This guy really stopped facing the roar of Hiroshiki.
After the cheering was calmed down, it was Ruan Dacheng's turn to speak. According to Zhou Junli's request, Ruan Dacheng's first part was to use a brief speech to express his views. Of course, Ruan Dacheng was prepared for this and said:
"As we all know, the most important problem of our Ming Dynasty at present is to sweep Liaodong, conquer Li Zicheng, and reorganize the mountains and rivers. Although Zhang Xianzhong's harm no longer exists, the Tartars occupied Liaodong, Li Zicheng occupied the Central Plains, Beijing's capital and northwest, and the Mongols occupied the north. The most urgent task of our Ming Dynasty is to recover the rivers and mountains and unify the world. Since the primary issue is the primary issue, we must create a peaceful and harmonious environment outside. I am on behalf of the Ming Dynasty this time, and the Japanese are visiting Japan.
It also expressed full sincerity in cooperation. I believe that for the great cause of the reunification of the Ming Dynasty, we should choose to cooperate with the Japanese. Don’t forget that if we did not rush to fight with the Qing army in Songjin that day, we would do our best to eliminate Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, Beijing would never fall into the hands of Li Zicheng. This is a lesson from the past, and it explains a truth that we must first settle the country when fighting foreign countries. Based on this, it is not in line with the interests of the Ming Dynasty to rashly choose to confront each other, and only cooperation is the only choice."
Ruan Dacheng's view naturally had a lot of supporters. The supporters in the audience clapped hard, and the applause sounded very enthusiastically.
Next, it's Kwang Toehyung's turn to perform:
"I can't agree with what Lord Ruan said! There is no doubt that the only correct choice is to use confrontation to deal with the Japanese. The Japanese, that is, the Japanese pirates, committed a heinous crime against our Ming Dynasty. They looted the coastal areas in their early years, and only after Qi Jiguang resisted the Japanese Japanese were eliminated. The Japanese pirates immediately invaded Korea, which was full of ambitions. Please note that the Japanese now occupy Luzon. Everyone, what does this mean? This only shows that the Japanese have ambitions at all times. If they do not suppress them, they will surely raise tigers and suffer endless troubles. Therefore, I clearly support Zhang with a clear standpoint.
Xianzhong resisted Japan, this is not enough. I heard that Zhang Xianzhong robbed our ship, robbed our people, and even snatched our undersea dragon boat. This is nothing at all! I believe that when Zhang Xianzhong beat the Japanese in Luzon, we should support him freely, and we should be unanimous to the outside world. We must crippled the Japanese in Luzon. Of course, this is just the first step. We should completely occupy Japan in the future. It is said that we should not allow others to snore on the side of the bed. We cannot allow an ambitious enemy to exist between the water. So I think that only by completely erasing Japan is a once-for-all solution.”
Guang Shiheng's speech immediately aroused a lot of warm applause, which sounded three more than the applause that Ruan Dacheng had just responded to. It seemed that many people didn't care about the bandits of Zhang Xianzhong. For the sake of his beating the Japanese, many viewers actually felt good about Zhang Xianzhong. The audience even called out: Zhang Xianzhong, destroyed the little Japan, support! Support! Warm support! He shouted, and it was very lively.
Chapter completed!