Compared with Zheng Zhilong, Lu Zhenfei's mansion was much shabby. He pushed open the wooden door and the servant welcomed them into the hall.

A little maid dressed in plain clothes and beautiful appearance brought her with tea. Hou Xuanyan held it and blew the tea foam, looking at a couplet in front of the hall, "It still leaves the righteous spirit and the earth, and the loyalty will remain forever illuminate the past and present."

Hou Xuanyan laughed and said to the little maid: "Lu Shibo is willing to serve the country, but compared to Wen Tianxiang, I don't think there is any need for this. Today's Ming Dynasty has not reached the point where Yashan has reached, so why should it be so tragic?"

The little maid lowered her head and couldn't understand it. Lu Zhenfei, who happened to come in, heard it. He smiled heartily and said, "Wen Yuan's heroic spirit is not diminished. I see that the Ming Dynasty's rescue crisis will fall on you."

Hou Xuanyan put down the teacup, held his son and nephew to pay homage to Lu Zhenfei. The latter hurriedly helped him up and said, "You are currently in a position, so you don't have to be polite."

Hou Xuanyan didn't meet him many times. Although he had read Lu Zhenfei's articles in later generations, what he saw and heard during his time travel has made him lose any trust in the characters described in these historical books.

Before he could not figure out how many roads he could do, he could only play the role of a nephew without any loss.

Lu Zhenfei greeted him a few words, and then changed his tone and cleverly transferred it to his friend, Chen Zilong. Chen Zilong is the leader of Jiangnan scholars and the leader of the literary world. In the hearts of all Jiangnan scholars, they are their own people.

Because he did not treat himself as an outsider, he took advantage of Hou Xuanyan's illness and exercised Hou Xuanyan's rights at will, so he was demoted to Wujiang County as the county magistrate. Hou Xuanyan also established his authority in Suzhou through this trick.

Chen Zilong's poems are extremely talented in Jiangnan. After being hit like this, how could he not write a few poems to express his dissatisfaction? He has good literary talent and broad social aspects. He is a famous romantic talent. Such people must have sung poems quickly. Recently, rumors about Hou Xuanyan's jealousy of talent have been spread.

Lu Zhenfei coughed lightly and said tactfully: "Chen Zilong is a little arrogant, but he still has talent. Now Wenyuan has placed him in a small county. The ignorant child does not know your intention, and it is very popular. There must be some misunderstanding between you. I think it is better to give him a chance and have a interview with him. Maybe it will be solved. Haha, these are some foolish opinions of your uncle. What do you think about Wenyuan?"

Hou Xuanyan pondered for a moment, thinking to himself, if you write a few sour poems and ask some people for mercy, I will take back my life. Then everyone will learn from you in the future, and the team will be difficult to lead if the people are disbanded. The control of Suhang and Hangzhou is not strong, so you must not let go of this matter. After thinking through it, Hou Xuanyan said, "I don't know that Wujiang County is not a small matter, but the largest county near Suzhou. I arranged Chen Zilong there, which was an important position, so how could I change it easily because of a few rumors in the market? I see that this matter is all those ignorant singers in brothels who talk nonsense and sing slandered poems and sour songs. When I go back, I will definitely rectify it strictly.

As the saying goes, the businesswoman does not know the hatred of the country's destruction, and sings the back garden flowers across the river. What time is this? The bones and corpses on the opposite side of the river are everywhere, and the south of the Yangtze River are still singing and dancing! Our soldiers have the idea of ​​serving the country, and just saw a little sign of the Northern Expedition. These pedantic literati, frivolous prostitutes, have the image of the country's destruction."

Lu Zhenfei's scalp was numb when he heard it. He did not expect that his tactful persuasion would lead to such a tough answer. But Hou Xuanyan is still the actual guardian of half of the country. Now, no one can be left in the world. Without him, it would be like a dam breaking a dam, and endless Qing soldiers would pour into the south of the Yangtze River.

Lu Zhenfei's legs were trembling. He originally wanted to persuade Hou Xuanyan to use the literati of Jiangsu and Zhejiang through Chen Zilong. After all, since Hou Xuanyan took over Suzhou and Hangzhou, he has used all the unknown people. He sat on the chair and said, "Ling Zun is a great scholar in Jiangnan, and Xu Shilin, and Chen Hongmi called the "Three Qings of the Southern Capital". As literati, some poems can be exaggerated, but they do not represent their original intentions. In my foolish opinion, Wen Yuan returned to Suzhou and Hangzhou to manage the place, he still had to rely more on some scholars who were familiar with poetry and books."

When Hou Xuanyan heard that Hou Dongzeng could not sit down, he stood up and said, "The Jiashen country was in trouble. My father sighed at home, "If the minister is in the capital, he should sacrifice his blood to the coffin, and there is no place to die now." I was listening at the side, and I was filled with emotion. You must know that after the emperor hanged himself in Coal Mountain, those gentlemen surrendered Li Zicheng one by one. They licked their faces and rushed to express their loyalty, hoping to change the surnames passed down from their ancestors to Li.

Later, Duoduo led his troops south, Liu Liangzuo, Li Chengdong and others as accomplices for Hu. His father and uncle Huang Chunyao led the officials and the people to defend their lives, and they were all dispersed. They could not stand the battle and died in the city. At this time, those famous scholars, Wang Duo, Qian Qianyi and others, surrendered faster than anyone else in the world. As for Liu Zongzhou, Xu Feng and others, they were even more useless. They talked loudly on a big deal and scolded this and that. They dared not resist when things were about to come, but dared to commit suicide. Is there any benefit to the country and the people? They were even praised by those literati as heroes who died for their country. I think they were not dying for their country, but for their reputation, just for their own reputation. I used them to talk about their hearts and minds and repay the king in a moment." When the Qing soldiers came, would they rely on them to commit suicide to retreat?

From then on, Wen Yuan knew a truth. People’s nature has nothing to do with reputation. Some people claim to be noble, but their knees are as soft as cotton. I use people to avoid these shameless people so that I can achieve this kind of record now. Shiwang is an old friend of my father. I should have obeyed what you said, but now it involves the fate of the country. Please forgive me for not changing my original intention."

When Lu Zhenfei heard what he said, he could not think of refuting his words for a moment, so he could only pick up the tea and hide his embarrassment.

Hou Xuanyan chuckled and said, "I also made an appointment with an old friend to visit, so I won't bother the uncle here."

Lu Zhenfei nodded and said no, got up and sent him out of the mansion. When he returned to the hall, he saw many people walking out of the inner room. Although these people were all casual clothes, they were all civil officials in the court.

A middle-aged man with white face and long beard and majestic face was Huang Daozhou, the chief senior secretary of the dynasty. He angrily said, "Hou Xuanyan dared to be arrogant and underestimate me, a literati in the world. He just won a few games by chance. I will report to the emperor and supervise the troops to Fujian and rescue Jiangxi. Let him know who can save the country."

Lu Zhenfei looked worried. Huang Daozhou wanted to send troops for more than a day. This time he was stimulated and seemed to have made up his mind. He advised: "The Zheng brothers hijacked the court and had no intention of making progress. Where did our soldiers come from?"
Chapter completed!