Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1864, Eighteen generations of your ancestors were farmers

"I don't agree with Brother Zhu and Brother Liu's point of view."

"The study of saints has been orthodox since ancient times, and it is the way of governing the country respected by all dynasties."

"The current new learning is only a few years old, so how can it be compared with my sage's learning?"

Someone stood up and expressed opposition. This person was called Huang Xi, and he looked about thirty years old.

"That's right, heresy can't be compared with the sage's learning, and we, the saint's disciples, can't be willing to degenerate to learn those third-rate things."

"That's right, that's right, my sage's learning is as vast as the ocean, and it's not enough to spend my whole life. How can I have time to learn other miscellaneous learnings."

"Science is divided into high and low. How can my sage's learning be compared with those heretics."

The others also nodded in agreement.

"Is it orthodox since ancient times?"

"Confucianism was only established during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. At that time, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty dismissed hundreds of schools and only respected Confucianism, so there was a chance for Confucianism to flourish."

"Before Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were hundreds of schools of thought, including Legalism, Taoism, Mohism, farmers, military strategists, strategists, etc., and there were many schools of thought."

"What kind of family was it in Xia, Shang and Zhou before the Spring and Autumn and Warring States?"

"Does anyone know the history before Xia, Shang and Zhou? Could it be that Confucianism also ruled the country at that time?"

Liu Jin took a look. A group of people were not very old, but they were all like sour and rotten Confucians. .

This made Liu Jin very angry. Young people should be full of vigor, active in thinking, daring to explore and learn, and daring to try and get in touch with new things.

where are they?
One mouthful of sage's learning, one mouthful of heresy, the new learning has been reduced to such a low level, even many Confucian masters are not like this, and they can see many shining points of the new learning.

"Spring and Autumn and Warring States?"

"Xia Shang Zhou?"

"History before Xia, Shang and Zhou?"

When these people heard this, they all frowned.

"It didn't exist before, but the Han Dynasty began to exist. Doesn't this just show the greatness of our sage study, and it shows that the sage study happens to be the real way of governing the country and is orthodox, so it can be established."

"The reason why other schools of thought are not good enough is to explain their inadequacy. Legalism is too strict, Mohism only emphasizes skills, Taoism is too inaction, and military strategists are too aggressive. Only our Confucianism is the real way, which is most suitable for governing the country. Only then can we determine our status as Confucianism."

Hu Zongming thought for a while and retorted.

"The most suitable for governing the country?"

"Whether it's suitable or not isn't something you blow out yourself, but depends on the result."

"In the past, my Ming Dynasty had internal and external troubles, the internal treasury was empty, the military equipment was slack, and the people's lives were miserable. Your parents were basically farmers, so I should have told you about the previous life."

"At that time, in the north of my Ming Dynasty, there were Tartars who went south every year to plunder, the Jurchens in Liaodong, the Japanese pirates who were rampant along the southeast coast, and the chieftains in the southwest were capricious."

"At that time, the new learning hadn't started, and everyone in my Ming Dynasty respected Confucianism. What was the Ming Dynasty like at that time?"

"Look at my current Daming again, everyone. I am invincible in the world, sweeping all directions, the country is vast, and the sun will never set on the land of our Daming people."

"Now the people of our Ming Dynasty are so rich. Everyone has enough food and clothing, and has a house to live in. You can still go to school, participate in poetry gatherings here, talk about the world, and give pointers to the world."

"Why has such a dramatic change occurred in just over two decades?"

"Isn't it because of the rise of the new learning, the rise of the new learning, that we Daming people have powerful weapons to wipe out the barbarians in all directions, open up territories, and obtain more land and resources for our Chinese descendants."

"Isn't it because of the rise of new learning that we Daming people have powerful machines that can produce more commodities and things. Now one person can plant thousands of acres of land and weave hundreds of bolts of cloth a day. "

"One person can drive a large truck to transport tens of thousands of kilograms of goods to places hundreds of miles away in a day."

"Would this be possible without new learning?"

"impossible!"

"If there is no new learning, we still have to rely on walking, because horses are controlled by the nomadic tribes in the north. We didn't have many horses in the Ming Dynasty. Ordinary people didn't have horses at all, and few even had cattle."

"If there is no new knowledge, we will not even be able to come to the Golden Continent, because it is difficult for those ships in the past to reach the Golden Continent safely, and without the new knowledge, you can't even find the direction on the vast sea. "

"Without new learning, we would have no trains, no automobiles, no ships, let alone the telegraph."

"If not for all the people present here, your fathers are still farmers with their faces facing the loess and their backs to the sky. As for you, how could you still be here to eat and have nothing to do? , are you eligible to go to school?"

"It's not the new learning that made our Daming rich and the people of our Ming Dynasty rich. Let alone going to school, you might have starved to death in that corner long ago."

Liu Jin looked at them, reprimanded them severely with extremely severe words, and even exposed their background directly.

One by one pretending to be a wolf with a big tail, don't think that the person wearing it looks like a dog, so you are arrogant.

Who doesn't know what happened to your ancestors?
The people who immigrated to Huangjinzhou are basically poor people. Their parents may have been farmers who planed food in the fields. They immigrated here, and this is how you people have a good life.

"well said!"

Among the spectators around, someone couldn't help but screamed.

"Yes, well said!"

"aweason."

"that's right."

Many elderly people around also applauded.

"This young man is right."

"I still remember clearly that more than 20 years ago, in my hometown in Beizhili at that time, a family of seven or eight people planted 2 mu of land, and the food produced every year was not enough to eat. Every day, only Eat two meals, the hungry person is skinny and weak."

"That's when I was tired. I planed food in the ground all year round, but I couldn't even eat a few meals. In winter, it was so cold that I was dying. Once there was a famine, the grain merchants would deliberately raise the price of grain. The ground is full of hunger, and human life is worthless."

"Later, Liu Jin, Liu Gong, the chief minister of the cabinet, started to set up factories, set up new schools, and go overseas. Only then did our Ming become rich and powerful."

"Sweeping all directions externally, obtained a large amount of land and resources, and the rise of internal new learning brought many advanced and powerful machinery, new-style textile machines, looms, steam engines, cultivating machines, trains, etc., All the way down to the internal combustion engine, the car, the boat, that kind of thing.”

"Our Daming is getting stronger and stronger, and I immigrated to the Golden Continent, and I started to live a good life here."

"If it weren't for the rise of new learning, or the same so-called Confucianism as before, I guess I might have starved to death in my hometown. How can I come to this golden island to live a good life."

An old man in his fifties said loudly.

"Yes!"

"Hu Zongming, didn't your father tell you about the past?"

"Your father almost starved to death at the beginning. If it wasn't for working in a factory, and later studying in the Nautical Academy, he went to sea as a sailor, and this is how your Hu family is today."

"Do you think you can live such a good life today because of those things of Confucianism?"

An old man knew Hu Zongming, pointed at Hu Zongming's nose and cursed.

"Uncle Li~"

When Hu Zongming saw it, he immediately shrank his head and gave a weak cry.

"Your study is a dead book, you still have to learn from Mr. Liu, learn more, and think more, instead of reading a little bit of sage's study and being arrogant and unable to see the advantages of other theories."

"The rapid development and prosperity of the new learning has its reasons and its huge effect. Don't make any distinctions here all day long."

"What's so tall about you? You're the son of a mud-legged son. Your generation didn't start to know how to read until the [-]th generation of your ancestors. You can read because new learning has made me rich in Ming Dynasty. opportunity to read."

"Don't just make a fool of yourself here without knowing anything."

The person he called Uncle Li also severely reprimanded Hu Zongming.

People in Huangjinzhou, who are older, are basically people who have benefited from many industries under Liu Jin's command. They are very supportive and accepting of new learning and new ideas. The reason why some people send their children to traditional The old school, mainly to see if anyone in the family can be admitted to become an official.

Sometimes people are like this. When life is better, they think that it is better to have someone in the court, someone in the family to be an official or something.

"This~"

Hu Zongming was speechless immediately.

"Okay~ okay!"

"Today is a rare Lantern Festival. The moon is shining brightly, the stars are shining brightly, and everyone is gathered together because of fate. Don't share old and new learning with each other. Getting to know each other is fate."

"I see, everyone should come and continue drinking and writing poems, so as not to waste this great time."

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the crowd and suggested with a smile.

"Yes, yes, everyone continues to drink and write poems, sing songs about wine, how much life is."

Liu Jin also raised his wine glass with a smile and said.

When Hu Zongming and the others looked at it, their faces softened slightly, and they also raised their wine glasses one after another, stopped talking about old and new learning, drank, recited poems and enjoyed the moon, when they were in a good mood, or sang a song.

Relatively speaking, the people in Huangjinzhou are much rougher. They can write poems and sing songs. The most important thing is that everyone is happy.

(End of this chapter)