Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 340

"Li Jing, you insulted the sage, how dare you enter the room!" A student beside Qian Qianyi suddenly jumped out and pointed at Li Jing and shouted.

"Presumptuous, you actually pointed at the commander-in-chief, come and take him down." Seeing this, Xiao Wu was furious.

Li Jing waved his hand, stopped the soldiers, looked at the man and said with a smile: "You said that I insulted the sage, I will not argue with you for now, I just ask you, have you read "Liezi. Tang Wen?"

The man was startled when he heard the words, then shook his head slightly.

Li Jing laughed dumbly and said: "I forgot, you only read the Four Books and Five Classics, how could you read Lao Zhuang's book?"

Turning his head to look at Qian Qianyi, Li Jingxiao asked, "People call you the Three Great Masters of Jiangzuo. You should have read "Liezi. Tang Wen", right?"

Qian Qianyi didn't know what Li Jing meant, so he was silent for a while and finally nodded slightly.

Li Jing clapped his palms and said with a smile: "Mr. Qian is still knowledgeable, so let me ask you, is Liezi considered a sage?"

Qian Qianyi shook his head and said, "It can only be called a sage, not a saint."

Li Jingjing nodded with a smile and said, "You just need to admit that he is a sage. There is an article in "Liezi. Tang Wen". Please ask Mr. Qian to recite it for everyone."

"This... the old man is too old to recite it." Qian Qianyi was embarrassed and said hesitantly.

Li Jing looked at Qian Qianyi with a smile and said, "It's not that you can't recite it, but you don't want to recite it. Let me recite it for you to listen to."

"I would like to listen to the commander in chief." Yang Liufeng and others said hurriedly.

Li Jing waved his hands and said with a smile: "Recite an article, what kind of teaching is it, but I can't remember the whole thing, some places may be wrong, don't laugh at me if you recite it wrong."

"The commander-in-chief's memory has long been taught by the officials. If the commander-in-chief recites it wrong, it is a mistake in the book." Yang Liufeng laughed.

"You can just talk nonsense, wait until the day I tie you to the ass of a horse, you beat hard." Li Jing laughed.

"Hahaha!" Everyone burst into laughter when they heard this.

Hearing Li Jing teasing himself, Yang Liufeng was very proud, and squinted at Zhou Hengchen and the others. Zhou Hengchen and the others gave Yang Liufeng a thumbs up when they saw it.

Li Jing saw him, shook his head with a smile, cleared his throat and said:

"Confucius was traveling east, and he met two children arguing and asked why.

One son said: I think the sun rises far, but the sun is near.

One son said: "I think the sun is near, but the sun is far away."

One son said: "At sunrise, it is as big as a car cover, but at noon, it is as small as a disk. Doesn't it mean that the near ones are big and the far ones are small?"
One son said: "It is warm at sunrise and scorching at noon. Doesn't it mean that the near ones are hot and the far ones are cool?"
Confucius couldn't decide.

The two children laughed and said: "Which one knows more about you?" "

Li Jing said with a smile after finishing his recitation: "There are so many fallacies, showing shame, showing shame."

After speaking, he looked at Qian Qianyi with a smile and said, "Mr. Qian, don't you need to explain this article to everyone?"

Seeing that Qian Qianyi was silent, Li Jing looked at the students behind Qian Qianyi and said, "You are all well-read poets and books, so such a simple article doesn't need me to explain it?"

All the students were silent.

Li Jing smiled and continued: "I just said that there are things that saints don't know, isn't it nonsense?"

Qian Qianyi heard the words and continued: "There are so many inexplicable things in the world, and it is understandable that the saints cannot fully understand them."

Li Jingjing nodded: "That's right, but since the sage can't fully explain it, why do you always use the words of the sage to talk about it? Doesn't it mean that you don't have any opinions except you can recite the words of the sage?"

Glancing coldly at Qian Qianyi and the other students, Li Jing sneered and said, "What we in Ming Dynasty need are officials who can do things, not nerds who can only read the Four Books and Five Classics! Do you want to be an official? There are a few official positions for you, if any of you dare to say that I can do well, then I will hand over this position to you immediately."

"Excuse me, the chief inspector, what is your job?" A student asked boldly.

Li Jing smiled and said: "The Lianghuai Salt Factory is supervised and responsible for the salt affairs of each salt factory in Lianghuai. It mainly does a few things. The first is responsible for making salt, the second is responsible for selling salt, and the third is responsible for releasing the salt tax. Ministry of Finance. Simple, right? Who can do the job?"

Everyone was in an uproar when they heard the words. Everyone here knew that the person in charge of salt and tea has always been the fattest job, and the Lianghuai Superintendent appointed by Li Jing has so many affairs in charge, and he is afraid that he will be even richer.For a while, except for those officials who had worked with Li Jing a long time ago, everyone was eager to try.

As for Shen Zheng and Yuan Shu, they shook their heads and smiled wryly.

These two people once stared at the salt affairs of Pingyang Mansion for a period of time, and during that time they almost died of exhaustion.

Because there are too many tricks in the salt business, if you want to prevent the loss of salt tax, you must be familiar with the entire process from fuel, to salt production, to sales.

The two lived in the salt factory all day long. While learning how to make salt from the salt workers, they recorded the use of fuel when cooking salt. They even dried and boiled salt by themselves. After staring at the scale personally, they were as tired as dead dogs all day long. After their work was over, the two of them became experienced old salt workers.

Shen Zheng and Yuan Shu knew that if the group of people in front of them were asked to be responsible for the salt affairs according to what they did, no one would be able to do the job.

But how do people like Qian Qianyi know these things?

Hearing Li Jing say that as long as they can do a good job, this position will be handed over to them. Immediately, someone stood up and said, "Great Governor, Wansheng can do this well."

Li Jing looked at the man and smiled and said, "That's right, your courage is commendable, but I have to ask, what are you going to do?"

The man clasped his fists and said, "Naturally, I strictly urge the officials at all levels below to work hard."

Hearing that the man only said this sentence, Li Jing waited for a long time before asking in doubt: "It's over? Is this how you can be in charge of the salt affairs?"

The man nodded and said, "Yes, what's so difficult about taking care of the salt affairs?"

Li Jing stared at the man for a while and asked, "Do you know how to make salt?"

The man shook his head again and again: "Salt work is a job done by lowly people. How can scholars of my generation make a living like that?"

Li Jing then asked, "Then you know how to sell salt?"

The man laughed and said, "What's so difficult about selling salt? As long as there are salt merchants, is there any trouble selling salt?"

Hearing this, Li Jing suddenly changed color, pointed at the man and shouted: "You don't understand anything, why should I appoint you to be in charge of the salt affairs? Like you, I just find a dog from the street and put it on the dog's neck. Tie a pancake, I’m afraid you can do it better! Come here, get this ignorant and shameless person who doesn’t understand anything out of me, and send him to the salt factory to study for a few years, so that he won’t talk nonsense in the future!”

Xiao Wu waved his hand when he heard the words, and several soldiers stepped forward and dragged the man out of the crowd.

The man struggled and shouted: "Li Jing, you insulted Sven by asking me to do such a lowly job as a salt worker."

Hearing this, one of the soldiers slapped the man with his hands, and cursed: "Damn, you are shameless, the commander-in-chief is promoting you to do something, you fucking idiot, you don't know the commander-in-chief's intentions. "

Li Jing frowned, and shouted to the soldiers: "Don't do anything, speak well."

The soldier hurriedly turned around and said, "Yes! Commander, I know my mistake."

Li Jing then said to the man: "You look down on salt workers and regard salt workers as a lowly job, but you don't know that if there are no salt workers, how can you have salt to eat? You can go to the salt factory for a few years and experience being a salt worker. Only when you work hard will you understand the hearts of the people and the sentiments of the people.”

After finishing speaking, Li Jing waved his hand, the soldiers didn't allow the man to say anything, and quickly dragged the man out.

Looking at the crowd, Li Jing sneered and said, "I know you are not convinced, and think that what this person said just now is correct, he thinks that as long as the people below are earnestly urged to work hard, they can do this job well.

But let me tell you, you are wrong. Salt affairs are related to the needs of the people, and salt tax is the main source of taxation for the court. How can you act so hastily?Those responsible for supervising salt affairs must understand how salt is produced, so that they can appreciate the hard work of the salt workers, and at the same time grasp the consumption required for salt production, so that they can calculate the cost.

When selling salt, it is even more important to be vigilant. You can neither allow a penny of salt tax to be lost, nor allow salt merchants to drive up salt prices and adulterate them for profit. "

Shaking his head, Li Jing sighed and said, "You can't just do things with enthusiasm, let alone empty words. If you want to do things, you should learn some real skills first."

"Are the Four Books and Five Classics useless at all?" Qian Qianyi asked suddenly.

Li Jing shook his head and smiled: "You didn't understand what I said at all. I said that the national election should not be based on the Four Books and Five Classics, but I didn't say that the Four Books and Five Classics are useless. These books are used to educate people, but most people You only need to understand the principles in the book, there is no need to babble all day long, the work of babbling is done by people who specialize in learning. For example, you, you are suitable for this job, and then grant the knowledge you have mastered to those who are interested in research People of learning. Only in this way can our Chinese culture be passed on.”

After a pause, Li Jing continued with a smile: "Of course, we still need to have a cultural background in selecting officials. We can't choose officials from Ming Dynasty who can't read."

Everyone laughed lightly when they heard the words.

Li Jing smiled, suddenly looked serious, and said seriously: "But knowledge cannot be the only criterion for appointing officials, especially Confucianism.

Everyone has read history books, and they must know that in the pre-Qin period, hundreds of schools of thought contended.

How prosperous was my Chinese civilization at that time?However, when the first emperor burned books and buried Confucianism, and when Emperor Wu of the Han deposed Confucianism, our Chinese civilization began to decline day by day. In the Song Dynasty, Cheng Zhu's Confucianism prevailed, and our literati's thoughts were firmly restrained.

The idea of ​​educating people with morality is good, but it cannot be used to govern the country. Governing the country still depends on the system and the law.

May I ask which dynasty in the past did not have laws?Even in the most benevolent era of the Song Dynasty, the law must be used to punish lawbreakers.

However, most of the systems and laws of the past dynasties are not perfect. When we defend the law, we often say that the prince breaks the law and the common people are the same crime, but this is just empty talk. Who dares to punish the prince for breaking the law?It can only be punished by the emperor, but who dares to point fingers at how the emperor punishes? "

Looking at the officials behind him, Li Jing continued: "Even you, after breaking the law, you have rarely been punished. Why? Because punishment is not enough for a doctor. I want to ask you, why do ordinary people You have to suffer punishment, but you don't? Do you look different from ordinary people?
Let me tell you now, I want to formulate a new system and new laws. No one has privileges before the system and the law, including the emperor. According to which method, even if it is my son, if he kills someone for no reason, I will cut off his head with my own hands. "

Seeing Li Jing's sudden murderous look, everyone's heart trembled.

(End of this chapter)