Hongwu Survival Guide

Chapter 177 The right to speak

When we arrived at the palace, it was past Si time, more than nine o'clock.

Lao Zhu had already started a busy day in the East Pavilion on the left of Fengtian Gate. When he saw Zhu Yuan's 'Kelou' that someone moved in, his first reaction was to frown: "This is what you were looking for in the dark yesterday... Such a luxurious and ingenious thing..."

I knew it was the reaction.

Zhu Yuan first handed the thick stack of documents that he brought together to Lao Zhu: "Master Yuan, this is the 'work report' that Yuan'er mentioned before. I have been too busy recently, and I have to look up and quote various data. It was finally completed yesterday. .”

Lao Zhu's attention was immediately diverted, he put down the pen in his hand, and picked up the dozens of pages of 'work report'.

open.

The first page is the table of contents.

It includes main categories such as 'environmental overview', 'working objectives', 'problems and dilemmas', 'completed projects', 'continuous projects', 'follow-up outlook', 'deficiencies', etc., and there are many subdirectories listed under the main directory , making it clear at a glance.

Seeing that Lao Zhu was going to be immersed in it in a blink of an eye, Zhu Yuan had no choice but to interrupt: "Ancestor, about this moment..."

Lao Zhu waved his hand: "Don't mention it, you can move back home if you like."

Zhu Yuan: "..."

I still want to interrupt again: "Ancestor, this report is very long. You can read it privately when you have time. This moment is also very important. In addition, Yuan'er has other things to talk to you about."

Only then did Lao Zhu raise his head reluctantly, and glanced at Mo Momo again, impatient in his disgust: "Say it."

Only then did Zhu Yuan explain in detail all the things that are called engraved leaks, which are actually clocks and watches, from the mechanical structure inside to the wide use of spring steel, and so on, and finally said: "Not to mention other things, my ancestors, as long as you can I asked the craftsman yesterday that it is possible to make more batches of this kind of precise engraving leaks, and the time is accurate to the second. At that time, the problem of measuring longitude before can be solved. To achieve this, We can also conduct more accurate surveying and mapping of the land of Ming Dynasty. Then there is navigation. The same reason, with an accurate time reference, we can determine the latitude and longitude coordinates. In addition to a clearer sea voyage distance, we can also determine the speed of ships and other information , these data are very important to Daming's ocean management."

Hearing the end, Lao Zhu couldn't help nodding. As his vision continued to broaden, he also realized more and more what the seemingly insignificant things that Zhu Yuan said actually meant. When his precious 23rd grandson finished speaking, he affirmed: "Whatever you think of, just go ahead and do it. It's all in Zhongshu Pingzhang. Zhongshu and other ministries are at your disposal."

"This is another thing Yuan'er wants to talk to his ancestors today," Zhu Yuan said, "To accomplish this, a large number of professional talents is the foundation, and to get enough talents, we still need to build schools. Ancestors, Yuaner proposed to set up another Jinling University of Technology, with excellent craftsmen in many fields as teachers, and specially trained top craftsmen, such as smelting, engineering, machinery, shipbuilding, water conservancy and so on."

Old Zhu nodded his head habitually, but said, "This...another one, I agree with running the school, but... isn't Jinling University also setting up corresponding majors, can you repeat it?"

"Ancestors, on the one hand, there will never be enough talents. To achieve industrialization in future generations, there are hundreds of thousands of college graduates every year. How many do we have now? On the other hand..." Zhu Yuan subconsciously looked around, no outsiders Here, Cai went on to say: "One more school means more differentiation and a group of talents from different circles. This actually means the right to choose for the ancestors and future emperors. During the previous communication process, Yuan'er mentioned it to Zushang in general, but he didn't make it too clear. To be simple, Zushang, I think that in the last life, it was because you used too much Confucian scholars in the past few decades, and even later repeated the Song Dynasty. In the same way, the emperor who was supposed to be at the helm of the world was restricted by the civil servants in the deep palace. Even if the big cart of the country went astray, and the emperor wanted to reverse it, the civil servants who were completely huddled together resolutely held back, and in the end they could only let the big cart go Turn into a ditch."

"I understand what you're talking about, and you correct it on a daily basis," Lao Zhu nodded again: "You...technical university, can you talk about it?"

"Since it is an industrial university, the biggest feature is that it mainly recruits the children of craftsmen," Zhu Yuan said, "It is said that scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen should have equal status, but in fact, the so-called 'scholar, farmer, businessman' is just a ranking. Today's artisans are no different from slaves after scholars and peasants, but they are not as rich as the last merchants. This is wrong. In order to realize industrialization, in the future, the word "work" must at least be truly related to "Scholar" is equal to, or even surpasses. Because, from the perspective of "economics", "gong" can often exert higher productivity than "scholar", and at the same time, "gong" can also replace "scholar" to a certain extent. Work, even better, because they are professionals. For example, in smelting, let a Confucian scholar who does not distinguish between five grains be the master of the workshop, and let an experienced master craftsman be the master, the result is definitely different.”

"Also, there is the problem of the group. The ancestors raised the status of craftsmen, and they must be grateful to the court. This is one aspect. On the other hand, even if this industrial university is established, the Four Books and Five Classics still have to be learned. The etiquette cannot be discarded, but the weight It can be completely compressed and let them continue to maintain a relatively pure craftsman status. In the future... top craftsmen will be promoted to Zhongshu. Compared with Confucian scholars, they will only recognize their craftsman status more, which will form a balance. Even containment. Thinking about it later, in the future, if the Confucian scholars are disobedient, craftsmen will be used, and some extensions, huh, even the medical school, it is not that there are no available talents, and the first two are disobedient, it is not You can’t use a doctor who has been educated for many years and is also knowledgeable.”

"This is the right to choose," Zhu Yuan concluded: "If this is done, the ancestors will no longer have to use eunuchs more and more as they used to, and even the descendants of later generations will do the same. Speaking of which, the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty were relatively In the Han and Tang Dynasties, although the number was huge, the harm was the least, but because they actually represented the imperial power and were fighting for power with the civil officials, they were smeared by the civil officials who had the right to speak for hundreds of years, and they were often eunuchs who framed Zhongliang. "

"Hmm... It's off the mark," Zhu Yuan stopped in time, and concluded to Lao Zhu: "In short, there are two things. The establishment of Jinling University of Technology, one is to 'cultivate talents', and the other is to 'provide choices'."

Old Zhu could only nod his head: "You..."

Zhu Yuan said with a smile: "This is what he said from the bottom of his heart, tearing away those high-sounding names, ancestors, if they are not from the same family, Yuan'er would not dare to speak nonsense."

Lao Zhu also laughed, pondered for a while, and found the one who had a flash of inspiration before: "You just said... the right to speak?"

"The right to speak," Zhu Yuan nodded, seeing old Zhu pondering, he suddenly reacted, and habitually said: "The ancestor is indeed wise, and he has grasped the key to another matter."

Old Zhu grinned: "You child... you, please explain this carefully."

Zhu Yuan pondered slightly, thinking briefly.

Only then did Lao Zhu realize that his baby's 23rd generation grandson was still standing, and pointed to the chair opposite: "Sit down, sit down and think about it, you can't stand up with your body."

Zhu Yuan was not polite, pulled a chair, and sat directly opposite Lao Zhu's desk, and simply took a charcoal pencil from the pen holder of the desk, took the paper, and began to write carefully.

Seeing this, Lao Zhu didn't urge him, but looked down at the 'work report'.

Half an hour passed like this.

When Lao Zhu liked it more and more, he only read a few pages, and was already thinking of engraving and distributing this report as a template, Zhu Yuan finally said again: "My ancestor..."

Old Zhu raised his head reluctantly: "Well, tell me."

Zhu Yuan put down the charcoal pen, looked at some keywords on the paper again, and said, "Let's start with a case."

Wanting to split himself into two halves, Lao Zhu hesitated a little, but let go of the work report in his hand for the time being, and looked up.

Zhu Yuan said: "Yuan'er and his ancestors said that the year is 1368, um... this point, when we have time, we should also make a date. Later generations have the Yellow Emperor's calendar, I just remember... 1911 The year is 4609 in the Yellow Emperor's calendar."

After another break, Zhu Yuan said back to the topic: "This year is 1368, and this is a reference. What I want to talk about is the struggle for hegemony between the two most powerful countries in the world between 1950 and 1990 AD. .”

Then, it took less than half an hour to briefly explain the relevant history of the US-Soviet struggle for hegemony that Zhu Yuan could remember.

It also spent a lot of space talking about the public opinion war between the two sides.

This is also a battle for the right to speak between the East and the West.

Finally, Zhu Yuan said: "The collapse of the Soviet Union was rooted in serious problems in the 'national economy', with insufficient productivity and a serious imbalance in distribution. However, as the second most powerful country in the world at that time, the Soviet Union was not as good as it was. Under ... it is more than enough. And, if reasonable reforms are carried out, it is not without a chance to come back to life. But, because the last leaders of the USSR mistakenly believed in the West, not only did economic reforms that were completely out of date, the other, It is to let go of the domestic public opinion position and allow Westerners to enter and seize the right to speak. As a result, under the continuous smearing of the West, this country has denied its own history, its own heroes, and its own beliefs. It even denied everything about itself, and it was clearly the second most powerful country in the world, but was fooled into thinking that everything about itself was wrong, and then it collapsed."

At this point, Zhu Yuan paused briefly, and continued: "This is just the beginning. After the country collapsed, the former Soviet people understood what real hell is. In the following years, their country's currency devalued and became waste paper. Countless people died of hunger, a large number of people fled abroad, men did the dirtiest and tiring jobs, and women became the most popular prostitutes in the West. I remember there is a word called "Ukrainian girl". Well, this is the Soviet Union After the split, one of the most unlucky countries stopped developing. Also, the powerful army that was once powerful enough to flatten the West disappeared because of the country’s collapse. All of this, to a large extent, was due to the loss of the right to speak.”

Lao Zhu listened quietly, digested for a while, and found a problem: "This...the Soviet Union, why didn't it turn around and snatch this, the right to speak? I mean, is it... the United States, the West, is better Some?"

Zhu Yuan smiled and said, "My ancestor discovered another key."

Old Zhu grinned.

Too lazy to scold.

Zhu Yuan restrained his expression and said: "This is the most difficult question among them. Why can't the East win the right to speak in the West? Because the West is richer and has more good things, which makes the East naturally psychologically at ease. in a weak position."

Old Zhu nodded slightly.

Zhu Yuan shook his head: "But, this is wrong."

Old Zhu was puzzled.

Zhu Yuandao: "My ancestors, Yuan'er will give you the most vivid analogy, compare those countries to people, then, according to the previous logic, I can say: rich people are right and good, They are all good and civilized; the poor are all wrong, all bad, all evil, and all ignorant. This... ancestor, can you agree?"

Old Zhu suddenly remembered his own background, and bared his teeth: "Nonsense..."

Zhu Yuan said: "Look, a certain logic just now, such an analogy, was immediately deciphered. Of course not all rich people are good, and of course not all poor people are bad. However, the relationship between countries and countries However, it is easy to use this logic to bully the right to speak: because I am a rich country, I am of course good, civilized, and civilized. But since you are a poor country, of course you are evil. Otherwise, why am I rich and you are poor?"

"Crap!"

"Of course it's a fallacy," Zhu Yuan said, "and it's a fallacy that has no causal relationship at all. However, rich countries often have this kind of fallacy against poor countries, and rich people are able to crush poor people. Just a rhetorical question is enough. : Why am I rich and you are poor? Then give the result: because I am good enough and you are bad enough.”

Lao Zhu felt that he couldn't listen to it anymore: "You...you are so eloquent, if it weren't for my grandson, you would have to beat me up."

Zhu Yuan was not afraid, but continued to add: "But, in fact, the truth is often the opposite. Ancestor, here, Yuan'er wants to advise you again. History has always judged heroes by success or failure, not good or bad heroes. In the future ... In order to make our Ming Dynasty an absolutely rich country with the right to speak in natural public opinion, I may suggest to do many things that seem bad to the world. However, ancestors don’t have to worry, as long as you do it, you will only be the greatest in Chinese history Oh, just like Genghis Khan, ancestor, do you know that hundreds of years later, until 1950, there was only one Eastern military strategist recognized by the West, Genghis Khan, ancestor, do you know why?"

Old Zhu blurted out, "I'll hit over there."

Zhu Yuan nodded: "However, what the ancestors may not know is that according to later statistics, the Mongolian army slaughtered [-] million people during their conquest of the world."

Old Zhu was suddenly surprised.

this number...

The current Ming Dynasty has a population of about 5000 million.

It's equivalent to two Great Mings!
Zhu Yuan said: "Look, this is the capital that Genghis Khan was recognized by the West. The reason is like this. Killing one person is a crime, and killing ten thousand is a hero. If you kill enough people, no one will say that you are cruel and will praise you. As for being right or wrong, who cares? Success or failure is the key."

(End of this chapter)