From the end of Jiajing to the era of great pirates

The storm calmed down.It brought quite a shock to the foreign students in the academy. Most of these students came from gentry and wealthy families and were still unfamiliar with the Zheng family, a new aristocratic family located in the east. They only came to study because they were greedy for the faculty of the academy. Unexpectedly, The result turned out to be like this. It seems that people didn't mean to abide by the law in the past few years, it was just their style.

There are also some sons from aristocratic families who, following their family's advice, tried to find out in the academy what kind of furniture was given here to achieve such effects.Long Yan is so happy!It's a pity that this secret is in the hands of the clan leader. How could these students find out about it?

There was actually a letter from Xiong Tingbi's home, but he just ignored it. However, there were more people coming to the Craftsman Department recently, which made him a little impatient.However, Ye Xianggao, the boss in the capital, wrote a letter. He seemed to be curious about the mystery of the furniture, but how could the two brothers answer it?

Concentrating on preparing for the exam is the most important thing for Xiong Tingbi.

By the 18th year of Wanli, two batches of students had grown up in the academy. The first batch included one student, Ye Xianggao, and the second batch included seven or eight students, including one from the Zheng family.It is conceivable that if this trend continues, there will definitely be more third and fourth batches, and the day when I will enter officialdom will not be far away.

With such a mood, Lao Xiong still studied very hard, but one day he accidentally discovered the secret of the Zheng family.

After class that day, he noticed that his third brother Zheng Jing seemed to be acting strangely. The latter received a look from a member of the Zheng family and followed him to a secret ancestral hall.He followed him out of curiosity, but he was afraid of being discovered, so he didn't dare to follow too closely, so he just watched from a distance.Not long after, there was a quarrel in the ancestral hall. As I got closer, I vaguely heard that it seemed to be about a man named 'Zhang San'.

There were more than one or two people in the ancestral hall, it seemed to be a group of people, debating over and over again whether and what crime this Zhang San was guilty of, which made Old Xiong confused.This is the Zheng family, not the Zhang family. Even if the family is lynched, it won't be the turn of anyone named Zhang?

You must ask your third brother about this matter, and ask later.

The next day, Xiong Tingbi found Zheng Jing and asked straight to the point: "Xianzhi, has someone named Zhang San offended you recently? Tell the second brother, and the second brother will take it out on you."

Zheng Jing was stunned for a moment, then he laughed dumbly and said: "Second brother, what did you say? Did you hear the lecture last night?"

"I was curious when I saw you, so I went over and listened." Xiong Tingbi said calmly: "Brothers are weird, why are you arguing like that over this Zhang San?"

"That's a class discussion." Zheng Jing pulled Old Xiong and walked to a quiet place before explaining: "This is a class for the clan, because didn't a senior brother in the clan pass the exam? Now he has entered the Ducha The meaning of the clan is that those who hope to pass the exam in the future must practice in advance, that is, how to argue."

"Arrogance?" Xiong Tingbi was stunned. This training was unheard of.

"Yes, arguing." The Zheng family nodded and further explained, "The head of the family said that the current legal system in the Ming Dynasty is not perfect, and the rule of man is more important. As an official, arguing is the main weapon. Think about it, Gao was the chief minister back then. Isn't this the only way to defeat the invincible opponents in the cabinet? Arguing is a very important skill. The head of the family means that before handling a matter, you must make repeated arguments and be fully prepared. To make a conclusion that someone is guilty, do not make repeated arguments. How could it be so easy after carrying it several times?”

Seeing that Xiong Tingbi was still confused, he simply gave an example, "For example, someone said that Zhang San stole something, and we have to defend him. What should we say? We first have to ask the person who accused Zhang San to tell the time and place, and then describe it. How about a process? Then, when the other party is narrating, we should seize the mistakes and push him up, making him emotionally unstable and unable to explain. Even if the other party parries perfectly, we can also grasp the importance of this thing to him and so on. Argue again and again.”

"It is said that this is the essence of arguing. As a public official, you must learn this trick in order to be unfavorable in the court." Zheng Jing concluded, and then sighed: "I think of my Zheng family, who grew up in a small fishing village. To be here today, I don’t know how many turmoils have passed. Although there is a legend in my family that my family has the Optimus Pillar to protect me, and it has relied on this to survive all the tribulations, but whether it is true or not is still unknown. Now it is easy to survive all the tribulations, officialdom The power is expected to be established, so naturally it needs to be a little unique.”

"Brother Xian, what is unique about you is this arrogance?" Xiong Tingbi was amazed.

"Yes, I was the one describing it to you just now, but what if in the court, after I finished speaking, someone from my Zheng family would pick up the same thing, but with completely different angles and logic, and then another person would take turns criticizing me. Can you cope with it? Once you are short of words, won't it appear that you are wronged? I, the Zheng family, enter the officialdom and want to build momentum, we can only rely on words and officials, and this is why we form parties. But outsiders cannot be trusted after all. , not everyone is as chivalrous as you, second brother."

Zheng Jing explained the new knowledge he had learned recently, and he did not think that Old Xiong was an outsider at all.

This is not Meng Lang, but Lao Xiong is a favored person in the family. It is said that the head of the family may marry a daughter to him.After all, chivalrous people are generally more loyal. Guys like Ye Xianggao, who will tear down the bridge when crossing a river, or Wu Daonan, a guy who only cares about poetry and poetry and doesn't care about his party background, have nothing to do with the Zheng family. Yes, it's rare to find an old bear like him, so he must be won over.

Zhu Jue knew that this guy had a miserable history, but now that he was the son-in-law of the Zheng family, his fate would definitely be different.Historically, this guy was executed in the fifth year of Tianqi, which shows that his natural lifespan will definitely live to the Chongzhen year. A veteran of the three dynasties, even if he was demoted to a commoner when he arrived at Chongzhen, he could still serve as a counselor at home.

Now, the historical Donglin Party has not yet been established. Although there are some changes in Jiangnan and Fujian, there is no chance to harm the country and the people for a while.Then he can take action a little earlier. After all, his cultivation in the pirate world depends entirely on the rewards from the two world systems.

Old Xiong didn't know that he was already so valued.When I heard Zheng Jing's explanation, my heart was surging for a while, and I felt like "My parents are the ones who gave birth to me, and I am the sworn brother who knows me." "Third brother, we brothers are brothers for life. Don't worry, I won't learn from you." Big brother, in the future our new Donglin will definitely be of the same spirit and support each other in the officialdom!"

After Ye Xianggao became a Jinshi in high school, he began to drift away from the Zheng family. The two sworn brothers saw it, especially due to the liquidation turmoil some time ago. Ye Xianggao was almost severing ties with the Zheng family.I wrote a letter afterward, asking what the Zheng family had given to the emperor and what was so magical about it.He was very unfaithful to Xiong Tingbi's taste, and was too unloyal, but the Zheng family didn't care. After all, they didn't know what Lao Ye's family was about. The main reason was that Zhu Jue didn't know, but Lao Xiong was very unhappy.