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Su Ze has participated in lectures in Zhejiang, but he has been busy since he arrived in Nanzhili and has never participated in a literary conference.

Since the other party invited him, Su Ze also wanted to see the Yangzhou Salt Merchant Literature Club.

Lu Dou is not an idiot either, he found that Su Ze was vaguely headed by Xu Guo, and he had to look at him in everything, so he knew that Su Ze was the leader of the group.

He said to Su Ze: "So that the young masters know that there is a distinguished guest in the house today."

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Lu Dou said with some pride: "This literary meeting is organized by my family after traveling to Yangzhou from Zhenchuan."

Both Xu Shixing and Xu Guo showed surprised expressions, and Su Ze asked, "This Mr. Zhenchuan, is Xiang Jisheng?"

Lu Dou said triumphantly, "It's Gui Xiangji!"

Well, here we meet a textbook celebrity again.

Gui Youguang, whose name is Mr. Zhenchuan, is called Xiang Jixuan because the study he studied in is called Xiang Jixuan, and there is also a famous book "Xiang Jixuan Ji", so the world also calls him Xiang Jisheng.

Gui Youguang was from Suzhou Prefecture, but he and Xu Shixing were not of the same generation, and he was already fifty years old at this time.

Like Xu Wei, Gui Youguang became famous at a young age and was admitted as a scholar early, but he did not go well in the imperial examination later.

But what is better than Xu Wei is that Gui Youguang finally won the Juren the year before last, but he just failed the general examination.

Although the imperial examinations were not smooth, Gui Youguang's literary name was great, and now he was vaguely the leader of another sect in the literary world, fighting against Wang Shizhen of the Poetry Club of the Ministry of Justice.

Su Ze traveled in the thirty-three years of Jiajing, and now it is the thirty-seventh year of Jiajing, and he has traveled for four years.

In the past four years, he has gained a deeper understanding of the Ming Dynasty.

Throughout the Ming Dynasty, with the court as the core, apart from the circle of politicians and officials, there were two other circles.

One is the academic circle, and the most influential of this faction is naturally the School of Mind, which occupies a dominant academic position.

The suzerain of Xinxue is Xu Jie, because Xu Jie can be regarded as a third-generation disciple of Xinxue, and he is also the highest official among Wang Yangming's second and third generation disciples. He has been inviting the master of Xinxue to give lectures in Beijing to expand the influence of Xinxue.

Of course, in the academic circle, Xinxue is not the only family. For example, Yan Song does not belong to the lineage of Xinxue. Although he does not oppose the academics of Xinxue, his attitude towards Xinxue is also quite jealous. He has obeyed the emperor's orders many times. Order to ban the academy.

In addition to the School of Mind, there is also the Taizhou School, which was born out of the School of Mind, but this school's influence in the court is relatively weak, and it is only popular in some areas such as Nanzhili.

The academic circle and the political circle are the most closely connected. It can even be said that there is me in you, and you in me.

Su Ze gave lectures in Taizhou before, because he wanted to use the shell of the "Taizhou School" to promote his political ideas and exert the influence of the school.

Once an academic authority enters the court, he can quickly become a political leader. The best example of this is Xu Jie.

And the gaining power of the study of mind has also led more scholars to start studying the study of the mind, hoping to obtain political benefits through academics. This is why the academic circle likes empty talk, but everyone wants to advertise the study of the study of the mind.

The academic circle is closely connected with the court, and the other circle is more closely connected with the folk, which is the so-called cultural circle.

Strictly speaking, Su Ze is also well-known in this circle thanks to "The Peony Pavilion" and "Nan Ke Meng", but Su Ze has never taken the initiative to participate in gatherings in the literati circle.

Nowadays, there are mainly two hills in the literary world of Ming Dynasty.

One is Yang Shen, who was relegated to Yunnan. Yang Shen is the son of Yang Tinghe, who was defeated in the great ritual struggle of this dynasty. Although he was frustrated politically, Yang Shen's literary attainments are very high, and his works will be printed and published as soon as they come out.

Although Yang Shen was demoted, he was born in a prime minister's family. He has a high literary talent, has learned a lot, and his poems are all in gorgeous style.

Another faction is Wang Shizhen, Li Panlong and other young officials, who advocate retro-retroism. Just like the ancient prose movement in Tang and Song Dynasties, Wang Shizhen advocates returning to the atmosphere of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Advocate true feelings, which is the so-called "speaking of true feelings".

Although the cultural circle is not as close as the academic circle, it has a huge influence in the world.

For example, people like Xu Wei, although they did not become officials, became famous all over the world with their literary talents, and became the leaders of Zhejiang scholars.

Another example is Yang Jisheng.

This has to be said about Yan Song's lesson. In fact, before Yan Song killed Yang Jisheng the year before last, Yan Song's reputation was as bad as yours. Everyone knew that Yan Song was the imperial party, and many people did not have much psychological pressure to attach to the Yan party.

But in the past two years, Yan Song's reputation has taken a turn for the worse, and he is notorious among literati and officials because he killed Yang Jisheng.

Although Yang Jisheng's official position is not great, he has great influence in the literary world. The new leader of the literary world, Wang Shizhen, is his good friend and rescued Yang Jisheng after he was imprisoned.

In addition to being a writer, Yang Jisheng is also proficient in rhythm. He is a master of lyrics and music in the world. His music scores will soon spread throughout the country.

Although Yang Jisheng is not enough to be the suzerain of the literary world, he is actually a top-tier celebrity.

After Yan Song killed Yang Jisheng, his reputation in the entire Jiangnan literary world was notorious. When Jiangnan scholars gathered, he publicly called Yan Song a thief. Jiangnan officials who had already taken refuge in Yan Song expressed their shame and were unwilling to continue to follow Yan Song. This is the killing of the cultural circle. force.

The political arena, the academic circle, and the cultural circle, these three circles are interconnected and influence each other, and every literati in the Ming Dynasty has a corresponding status in these three circles.

Just like Gui Youguang, he has no status in the political arena, he is just a Juren from Nanzhili.

He has not made much achievements in the academic circle, at most he can be regarded as a lover of psychology.

But he has a high status in the literary world, competing with Wang Shizhen. Although Wang Shizhen doesn't like Gui Youguang very much, he still praises his articles.

Su Ze was also very interested in this Ming Dynasty literary leader who wrote "Xiang Jixuan Zhi", so he walked to the backyard of the Lu family with Xu Shixing and Xu Guo.

Entering the backyard, I saw only an old man with a gray beard, sitting on the pavilion and talking, and the people below echoed.

Needless to say, the old man in the pavilion is that Xiang Ji who returned to Youguang after his birth.

Lu Dou led the three of them into the courtyard, and Xu Shixing and Xu Guo saw a few familiar classmates.

The circle of scholars in the south of the Yangtze River sounds big, but in fact it is not big. Xu Shixing and Xu Guo were both young and won the Juren. They are also famous figures in the south of the Yangtze River, and soon someone greeted them.

"Brother Xu!"

"Brother Xu!"

Xu Shixing and Xu Guo soon met familiar friends, and Su Ze frowned when he saw the attire of these Jiangnan scholars.

Compared with the scholars in Fujian, these scholars in Jiangnan are all too gorgeously dressed.

Many people wore brocade robes, colorful clothes, and some even painted their faces with makeup.

Su Ze knew that this was the ethos of southern scholars in the Ming Dynasty, but he still found it difficult to accept.

Xu Shixing and Xu Guo also stayed away from the smeared scholars. Gui Youguang, who was sitting in the pavilion, didn't stop because of the newcomers entering the arena, and continued to talk endlessly:

"Brother Jingchuan had a plan to fight against the Japanese, and I don't know how the Song thief found out, so he was forcibly conscripted!"

"Brother Jing Chuan would not have entered the capital if the bandit Song hadn't threatened Shi Heng and Wu Kangzhai's old affairs, but he also told me his ambition when we parted. It is for the overall situation of the imperial court’s fight against the Japanese.”

A scholar who was familiar with Xu Shixing said to Xu Shixing:

"Mr. Zhenchuan is talking about Mr. Jingchuan being re-enabled by the court to enter Beijing."

After all, Xu Shixing was still young. During this time, he had been helping Su Ze organize group training in Shanghai, and he was very busy every day.

Xu Guo was helping Su Ze manage the newspaper office in Suzhou, and he was more informed than Xu Shixing.

He said: "Mr. Jingchuan is Tang Shunzhi, the great scholar of Wujin."

Hearing Tang Shunzhi's name, Su Ze remembered that he was a celebrity who enjoyed the same fame as Gui Youguang.

Tang Shunzhi, named Jingchuan, but he was admitted to Jinshi, and he was the first in the examination.

Tang Shunzhi was relegated because he offended Zhang Cong, a cabinet scholar in the early years of Jiajing. Since then, he returned home to give lectures and became friends with Gui Youguang.

Originally, Tang Shunzhi had been relegated, but he often actively expressed some anti-Japanese remarks, so he was noticed by Zhao Wenhua, a Jinshi of the same year and a member of the strict party.

Zhao Wenhua wanted to fight against the Japanese, so he recommended Tang Shunzhi to Yan Song, so Yan Song appointed Tang Shunzhi as the head of the Ministry of War and asked him to serve in the capital.

Now that Yan Song's reputation in the south of the Yangtze River is already rotten, Tang Shunzhi naturally wanted to refuse, so Yan Song sent someone to bring him a message:

"I heard that Tang Jingchuan wanted to learn from Wu Kangzhai, and I regarded the one recommended by my generation as Shi Wuqing."

This sentence is murderous, Wu Kangzhai refers to Wu Yubi, Shi Wuqing refers to Shi Heng.

Wu Yubi was a well-known Neo-Confucianist in the mid-Ming Dynasty.

When Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty was restored, General Shi Heng was so powerful that he wanted to recruit Wu and Bi to Beijing as officials. Knowing that Shi Heng would be defeated, Wu and Bi resolutely resigned and returned to their hometowns. Then they were framed by Shi Heng for revenge.

Yan Song's words are to torture Tang Shunzhi, if he doesn't come out of the mountain again, then he will become "Shi Heng".

In the end, Tang Shunzhi could only agree to come back in the thirty-seventh year of Jiajing, that is, this year, and rushed to the capital to take office.

Tang Shunzhi succumbed to Yan Song, and was naturally cast aside by scholars in the south of the Yangtze River. Gui Youguang explained this to his friends.

However, looking at the reactions of the Jiangnan scholars below, they still disdain Tang Shunzhi, thinking that if he really has integrity, he should refuse to resign instead of accepting Yan Song's appointment.

So the Jiangnan scholars all said that Tang Shunzhi was greedy for power and position, and joined Yan Song's party, so he happily took office.

When Gui Youguang saw the reactions of the young scholars around him, he could only sigh. His old friend was not safe at the end of the year, and the scholars in the south of the Yangtze River thought he was Tang Shunzhi's henchman. No matter how earnestly he explained, it was useless.

The scholar below shouted: "If the thief Song stole the credit of Pingwo, wouldn't it be more powerful?!"

"I'd rather the Japanese Rebellion be unjust than Hu Zongxian's people!"

"There is also Fang Wanghai who colluded with Hu Zongxian! He is also a treacherous minister! He cleverly set up banknotes to search for people's wealth! In name, he is anti-Japanese, so he must have voted for Song Thief. I heard that Hu Zongxian is still in Zhejiang. He issued anti-Japanese coupons forcibly, forcing big households to pledge donations! "

The crowd of scholars below were excited, somewhat implying that "to fight against the outside world, the inside must be settled first".

Seeing that his defense to his friend had the opposite effect, Gui Youguang could only change the subject and said, "We won't talk about these things in today's essay meeting, let's continue with the article."

"I personally think that the most important thing in an article is 'true love', the so-called 'love is in my generation', and only a 'lover' can write a 'true article'!"

Gui Youguang's Wu dialect sounds soft and waxy, and when talking about Tang Shunzhi before, Gui Youguang also seemed to lack confidence.

When it comes to literature, Gui Youguang talks eloquently again, although he still has the same Wu accent, but with more momentum.

Gui Youguang said again: "The article I read recently, the most sincere one is "The Peony Pavilion" by Su Rulin!"

"Life is born and died of love, but love is not born and died of people. Life, but love can die, and people die, but love can live."

When Gui Youguang talked about the word love, he said even more excitedly: "People are love! After reading "The Peony Pavilion", I can't wait to live and die for love!"

When Gui Youguang finished speaking, all the scholars applauded, and some even cried in public.

This performance art scene left Su Ze dumbfounded.

Xu Shixing and Xu Guo looked at Su Ze with strange eyes. The original author's expression was so calm, how could this group of readers be moved to tears.

After Gui Youguang finished speaking, Su Ze called Lu Dou who was wiping away tears, and handed Lu Dou his greeting card.

"This is my greeting card. I want to meet Mr. Zhenchuan."

Lu Dou originally wanted to refuse, but there were so many people who wanted to meet Gui Youguang alone, how could he meet everyone.

But seeing the name on Su Ze's greeting card, Lu Dou covered his mouth and looked at Su Ze. He quickly took the greeting card himself and found Gui Youguang who came down from the gazebo.

When Gui Youguang saw the greeting card, his expression was also shocked. He ignored the scholars surrounding him to ask for advice, and strode towards Su Ze directly.

Su Ze went up to greet him, took Gui Youguang's hand and said, "The student has some doubts about literature, and wants to ask Mr. Zhenchuan for advice."