Chapter 73                                           

Yang Jie said: "Teacher, what are the two choices?"

Zhou Mengchen said: "Or, follow your senior brother to the shipyard. Participate in the management of the shipyard and see with your eyes what the people of the Ming Dynasty look like. Another option is to participate in the preparations for the Tiger Hill Association."

"The Tiger Hill Meeting?" Yang Jie was a little confused and said, "Teacher, the Tiger Hill Meeting?"

Zhou Mengchen said: "I have discussed with Wang Yuanmei, your uncle. I am preparing for a lecture, so I will be in Huqiu. If you are interested in this matter, you can also participate in it."

Tiger Hill is outside Suzhou City, and it is also a place where Suzhou is visited by scholars and officials all year round. It is known as the No. 1 mountain in Wuzhong or the No. 1 scenic spot in Wuzhong.

Zhou Mengchen attached great importance to this lecture. With Zhou Mengchen's status and status, he would naturally have many people to support him. At that time, there would be hundreds of people who could be called great scholars, and the status of these people would be less than a thousand servants, etc. Not to mention that Suzhou itself has a large number of scholars, local scholars in Suzhou and scholars from all over the south of Jiangnan would also come here at that time, and the number of people exceeds more than ten thousand may not be impossible.

At this time, we have to face a problem, that is, there are so many people and even more. We need a very large venue, which is not available in the entire Suzhou City. Outside Suzhou City, after thinking about it, it is the place where Tiger Hill Sword Pond, which has a deep cultural attribute. It is a place where scholars and officials can visit, and there are also large open spaces. It is the most suitable place.

Although Zhou Mengchen entrusted this matter to Wang Shizhen. After all, Wang Shizhen had a wide range of friends and was very familiar with Confucian masters in Jiangnan and even the entire south. However, Zhou Mengchen was still a little worried and wanted to send someone to see him when he had time. However, most of the people around him were not suitable.

But the two people in front of him were suitable. Zhou Mengchen guessed that they must want to go to the Tiger Hill Conference.

Because this conference can only be heard by listening to it, it is a place where famous scholars gather. For these two young students, it is simply too happy to be able to directly contact the characters in the legend.

Sure enough, it was not as expected by Zhou Mengchen.

The two agreed in unison.

Zhou Mengchen immediately asked someone to lead them to Wang Shizhen's side.

The Wang family in Taicang is also a wealthy family in Suzhou. Although the Nanjing Ministry of Justice has some official business, it is not the Beijing Ministry of Justice. There are very few official business matters. Wang Shizhen is backed by Zhou Mengchen. Zhou Mengchen wrote a document and seconded Wang Shizhen to the Governor's Office. Wang Shizhen was in Suzhou to preside over this matter.

Yang Jie and Feng Congdao came to Wang Shizhen's house. Wang Shizhen was still very polite to Zhou Mengchen's disciples. He first asked about the knowledge of the two people, and they were both very decent. Although the Guanzhong Scholar Lin was not as prosperous as the Southeast, these two people were among the juniors of Guanxue and were also of great scholars. Although there were no ideas yet, their foundation was absolutely solid.

Wang Shizhen did not take any careful consideration. After all, this is someone else's disciple, not his own. Wang Shizhen actually didn't care much about the knowledge of these two disciples. But why did it be that there were too many people to invite this time. And it was either a great scholar or a famous scholar. Sending people to explain to these people requires background. These people cannot be strong. If they send people to invite them, their background is too poor and they may be felt neglected.

Wang Shizhen said: "Yes, you are actually just one thing for me. It's writing a letter."

Yang Jie said: "Write a letter?"

Wang Shizhen said: "Yes, are you familiar with the great scholars of the Northwest, Shaanxi and Shanxi? In the name of your master, write a letter to them to invite him to attend the Tiger Hill Conference on March 3rd this year."

This time was decided by Wang Shizhen and Zhou Mengchen many times.

First, we have to leave time for great scholars from all over the country to come to Jiangnan. Second, this is the day is very good.

Perhaps many people in modern times don’t know what March 3rd day is. It is Shangsi Festival, the most important festival held in ancient times. People go to the water to bathe, called “六文”. After that, sacrificial banquets, shuishuishes, and spring outings in the suburbs were added.

The most important thing is not these, but in the Analects of Confucius, Confucius said, "In late spring, the spring clothes are completed, five or six or seven boys are crowned, and six or seven boys are bathing in the Yi River, the wind is dancing in the chime, and the song is returned." This sentence to describe the upcoming lecture is suitable, and it is also a grand event for Confucianism.

In addition to these, there is another important reason.

Zhou Mengchen's schedule is also very full. There are many things to do after that. Zhou Mengchen may not have time to stay in Suzhou. Even if he has time, it may be the second half of this year. And at this time, Zhou Mengchen cannot judge what changes will happen if the situation changes at that time.

What changes will happen to Zhou Mengchen's time at that time?

Therefore, Zhou Mengchen decided to give lectures this time sooner rather than later. As for the time he has in the future, can he continue to give lectures in Suzhou? Who said that he could only give lectures once, but he could have many times. Don’t you see, how many times Xu Jie gave lectures in Beijing? I guess Xu Jie himself doesn’t remember it.

However, in the future, the lecture will not be as grand as this time.

Organizing a conference actually consumes a lot of manpower and material resources. After all, Wang Shizhen is from a famous family and a local snake from Jiangnan. He has a dense network of relationships in Jiangnan. Wang Shizhen can notify all the great scholars in the southeast area. However, in order to show respect and also to show Zhou Mengchen's attention, it is better to attach a letter from Zhou Mengchen in the end.

Fortunately, Zhou Mengchen has a noble status, so this letter does not need to be written by Zhou Mengchen himself. However, it is also a ritual. Wang Shizhen handed over this matter to these two people.

In the northwest, Wang Shizhen didn't want to invite him, but he came too far. Although it was nearly two months left, it would take some time to go from Guanzhong to Jiangnan. In addition, all the great scholars are usually white in hair or gray. These people cannot bear the fatigue of the journey, so they cannot walk fast.

However, Wang Shizhen also knew that Zhou Mengchen called the great scholar in the northwest, and it was likely to be the one who was supporting the situation for him. Therefore, Zhou Mengchen, two students from the northwest, came to do this.

Wang Shizhen gave an order and figured out what was going on. Yang Jie and Feng Congdao both started working. This seemed not as beautiful as they thought.

Although it is still a long time before March 3, the undercurrents have begun to surge.

Among the inconspicuous top scholars in Suzhou, there are so many guests at this moment.

Almost all important figures in Yangming's study of the Heart of Jiangnan have arrived.

It should be noted that after Wang Yangming's death, the Wang Sect lineage seemed to develop rapidly, with a grand momentum, and seemed to sweep the world, but it was already divided inside. However, they were still in love with each other and had not yet broken up.

But there are some people who argue and argue with each other. Some people regard someone as a non-Yangming. Some people do their own things and do not share the same things. They carry forward their own statements on their own and do not care about the slightest bit of their own statements and the statements of their fellow disciples have reached the verge of breaking apart.

In short, if Zhou Mengchen had not made such a huge lecture, the people here would have been invited. I guess they would not have been so inseparable.

However, even so, the place where these people sit is very particular. In fact, it is a leisure courtyard. There are many rocks, seats, corridors, and pavilions to rest, and there is no formal banquet for seating and seating.

I guess the master knows that I really have to arrange the seats. I guess this party will not continue today.

Because all the subtle changes in the Chinese party struggles are above the seats. The subtle meanings of them are enough for people to understand for a lifetime. And in these, they all claim to be the orthodox Wang Yangming, and others either fail to understand the truth or understand the wonderfulness of their teachers, etc. It is definitely impossible to rank a seat that convinces everyone.

Even so, you can see at a glance that it is clear, and the teachers can still say a few polite words and have a friendly conversation, but the disciples do not have such high cultivation. However, their eyes are cold and cold.

After all, heresy is more abominable than pagans.
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