Although he was very dissatisfied with civil servants, mainly gentry in Jiangnan, Zhou Shixiang did not withhold their treatment.

Huang Zongxi was the general constitution of the Censorate. According to the rules, he could obtain a house in Nandu. However, he did not live in the house assigned by the court, but he always lived in the house bought by his disciple Wansitong in Nanjing in his early years. This place is located on Chengxian Street, not far from the Imperial College and only more than four miles away from the palace city.

At present, the houses in Nandu are the cheapest since the Ming Dynasty. After the Taiping Army entered Nandu, the city was covered with blood for three days, resulting in the good houses that were originally occupied by the Manzhou people overnight becoming a homeless house. Then the Jinyi army launched a large-scale case of Tonglu, arresting many surrendered nobles, resulting in the real estate of Sanshan Street, which was worth every inch of land, no one was concerned about. Therefore, Huang Zongxi did not want the residence allocated by the court, so it was not difficult for him to buy one in the city. At that time, the Taifu Qian Qianyi also advised him to settle down in Nandu, but Huang Zongxi did not agree and still lived in Wansitong's home.

Because of recent worries, Huang Zongxi has been sleeping very poorly these days and has also slept very late. Last night, he had not slept all night and wrote an article overnight.

After dawn in the east, Wan Sitong hurriedly arrived and saw that the teacher had not slept all night and his eyes were a little dark. He couldn't help but feel distressed. After entering the room, he opened the window, and a coolness suddenly made Huang Zongxi's spirit excited.

"Teacher, I just got the news that Yushu's father Zhang Jiuzheng was also arrested in prison."

Wan Sitong looked very worried. The jade book he mentioned was Zhang Yushu, a young censor who was arrested by his personal army on charges of "Tongluo" in the Censorate a few days ago.

"Zhang Jiuzheng?"

Huang Zongxi was a little surprised when he heard this because he knew that Zhang Jiuzheng was a talented man from Zhenjiang who passed the second year of Shunzhi and passed the Jinshi for four years. However, after passing the Jinshi, he had been serving in the Ministry of Personnel in the Qing Dynasty. He had not returned to his hometown for more than ten years, and even his son Zhang Yushu and him had never met several times.

"When will he come back? Why haven't he heard from Yushu?" Huang Zongxi frowned slightly.

"I just learned the news."

Wan Sitong dared not think deeply, because if Zhang Yushu had known that his father had come back but had not told him and his mentor, then the charge of "Tongluo" would be real. After all, Zhang Jiuzheng had served in the Qing court for more than ten years and suddenly came back. Who knew whether he really abandoned Qing and returned to Ming or had other plans? If this had been greeted in advance, that would be another matter.

The rebellion in Jiangnan was in full swing, and many gentry officials who had colluded with the Qing army were dug up. Many news that were not known to the people were spread to Nandu, so many officials in Nandu are now in ease. Some of them did not have collusion between the Qing Dynasty, but they were afraid that their relatives and friends would be fooled into their hearts. After the rebellion was expanded, God knew whether they would implicate themselves.

I heard that Wang Shirong, who presided over the rebellion in Jiangnan, had already made a harsh statement, saying that he would rather kill a thousand mistakes than let one go. Now, not only Jiangnan, but also Nandu are shrouded in terror.

"Is it just the Zhang family? Who else is involved in this matter? Do you know what you think? If not, it is best to check it first in the yard, so that we will not be kept in the dark. As the saying goes, a master will be famous, and a good teacher will not be afraid of a slanting shadow, but if our shadow is not right, how can a master become famous?"

Huang Zongxi is most concerned about now who may be involved in the "Tonglu" in the Censorate. If he can't even figure out his own situation, he will be very generous. He doesn't want to be arrogant by Gu Yanwu, who was driven to Niushou Mountain outside the city, in front of him, and scolds him for being a traitorous villain.

"Zeng Guolin and Woodjie are afraid there are problems," Wansitong sighed, "But I heard that they were loyal enough, and the monk was tortured, so they refused to admit it. The monk drew a picture and sent it to Xu Dading to see. Xu Dading said that he had indeed seen them."

"Fanzi" was the name of the East Factory hawks and dogs that officials used to call them, but now it has become the synonym for those Jinyiwei in Nanzhen. In the eyes of officials, what Nanzhen Neiwei did is no different from the East Factory beasts in the past, and it is even better than that.

Zeng Guolin and Woodjie were taken away by their own army three days ago. The former was a disciple brought by Huang Zongxi from Zhejiang, and the latter was a young and promising man who participated in Enke last year and ranked second in the second place. However, Xu Dading was a military officer and was captured by his own army a month ago.

I heard that Xu Dading was bought by Nalan Mingzhu, the first-class guard of the Qing court, and used his identity as a military officer, to secretly convey military information to Mingzhu, and secretly attracted many officials who had complaints about the Taiping Army in Nanjing. This matter has been confirmed by Zhang Huangyan, the Minister of War. Huang Zongxi did not believe in others and always believed in Zhang Cangshui.

"This Xu Dading really hurts Yin Zhi. Why should he harm others if he has no help?" Huang Zongxi took a sip of tea and said, "Zeng Ding's son finally got a juren. When the Tatar army arrived in Fujian, he provided some information. Now that his son is involved in Tonglu and has been arrested, I really don't know how to explain to Zeng Ding."

Zeng Ding was a famous scholar in Zhejiang. Huang Zongxi received a lot of funding from him in his early years. When Qian Qianyi invited him to Nanjing, Huang Zongxi deliberately brought Zeng Ding's son Zeng Guolin. He wanted to support his old friend's son, but he didn't expect that Zeng Guolin would get together with Xu Dading. It was really harmful to others and himself.

Wansitong hesitated for a moment and asked in a low voice: "Can you still live?"

"Difficult!" Huang Zongxi shook his head, "The King of Qi investigated Tonglu. If Zeng Guolin was really a Tonglu, it would be good if he could be exiled to Annan."

What is the difference between exile in Annan and extermination?

Wansitong was very sad and regretful, and hesitated: "Do I go to Nanzhen in person? If I can, please clear it and try to deal with it with ease?"

"What's the point of going?" Huang Zongxi said angrily: "Those guys, even His Majesty, will you care about you and me? Besides, can you clear this kind of thing? Don't clear it, just put yourself in."

After hearing this, Wan Sitong was silent and knew that the teacher was right. If he went to Nanzhen to clear the situation, he would not only not save people, but he would also trap himself and even the teacher. After all, Zhou Dang is now staring at the Censorate, and he would like to have any handle on the teacher to be caught by them.

A moment later, Vancetong handed a letter to the teacher.

"Who's letter?" Huang Zongxi took the letter, opened it and said in a lost voice: "Huang Wu?"

Wansitong nodded and whispered: "Huang Wu wants to ask the teacher to set up a thread for him."

"Why, the Qing Dynasty's Duke Hai Cheng thought the Qing Dynasty's ship was about to sink?" Huang Zongxi smiled coldly: "He jumped on the Qing Dynasty's ship by himself back then. Now the ship is about to sink. He thought he could jump out and seek peace?"

Wansitong smiled bitterly. If Huang Wu had not saved his life while working as a servant in Pinghe County, he would not have agreed to hand over the letter to the teacher for him and asked the teacher to come forward to guarantee him to the court.

"How could this man want to write to me and ask me to come forward?"

Huang Zongxi was a little puzzled. As far as he knew, Huang Wu betrayed Zheng Sen and surrendered to the Qing court, which led to Zheng Sen's investment in countless manpower and material resources over the years. The Haicheng Fort built by the Qing court fell into the hands of the Qing court, causing the Zheng army to lose millions of arms, food and wages, and Jin Xia also lost the most important portal base on the periphery.

Because of this merit, the Qing court appointed Huang Wu as "Haicheng Gong" and gave him an imperial seal, and opened his prefecture in Zhangzhou. In the 14th year of Shunzhi, the Qing court posthumously conferred Huang Wu's ancestors and gave gold to build an ancestral temple in his hometown Xiaoling. Huang Wu was also grateful to the "great" given by the Qing court, and devoted himself to the Qing court and made many military achievements.

Now, Huang Wu suddenly sent a letter to him that he would surrender to the Ming Dynasty again, which surprised Huang Zongxi. Because according to common sense, Huang Wu should submit a surrender form to King Zhou Shi of Qi and lead the crowd to surrender, rather than seeking him, the famous and unpowered Censorate General Constitution.

"Teacher, don't forget the Zheng family. They probably don't want to see Huang Wu coming anyway."

After Wan Sitong reminded, Huang Zongxi finally understood that Huang Wu caused such great losses to the Zheng family back then. Now the Zheng family's army has been incorporated by the King of Qi. Zheng Sen's younger brother Zheng Zhi inherited the title of Prince Fujian, and the Taiping Army's navy was adapted from the Zheng family's navy. The uncle and nephew of the Duke of Dinghai, Zheng Mingjun, led the navy northward. It would be difficult for Huang Wu to surrender. If the King of Qi did not accept Huang Wu's surrender because of the Zheng family, then this person could only sink with the Qing ship. But if the emperor issued an order to directly accept his surrender in Nandu, even if the Zheng family was dissatisfied, they would not be able to face the emperor's will.

"I will explain this to His Majesty for him."

Huang Zongxi thought about it and said that although he was very dissatisfied with Huang Wu's surrender to the Qing Dynasty, he thought that this person was now the governor of Shandong of the Qing court and an important minister of the governor. If he could be brought to surrender, Huang Zongxi would have great benefits for both public and private.

Thinking of this, Huang Zongxi asked Wan Sitong to write a reply letter to Huang Wu to express his attitude. Wan Sitong was grinding ink in the teacher's room and when he picked up the pen to write, he saw an article on the desk where the ink mark had not yet been completely dry.

""Yuan Jun"?"

Wansitong was curious and looked carefully, but the opening words of this article "Yuanjun" shocked him there.

"In ancient times, the world was the main focus, and the king was the guest. Anyone who managed the king for the whole world was the world."

Wansitong looked at the teacher with confusion: "Teacher, this Yuan Jun?"
Chapter completed!