Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 304 Reward, a bamboo flute.

People who can draw maps were special talents in ancient times, not to mention ordinary scholars, even great Confucian scholars, may not be able to draw maps.

Shi Qingxuan was shocked when he looked at the map of Lantian County hanging in Qin Zhiyong's study.

This map is too detailed. The mountains, forests, rivers, farmlands in villages, towns and markets, and official roads are all clear.

The cultivated land part on the map is divided into three colors.

The red part, the most widely distributed, is occupied by the family.

The brown part is the cultivated land belonging to small landlords.

The cyan part is the cultivated land belonging to the common people.

There are not many truly free people in Lantian County, and most of them are tenant farmers belonging to aristocratic families.Tenant farmers, without their own arable land, can only help the aristocratic landlords to farm, no matter whether the harvest is good or bad, they can only barely make ends meet.

Shi Qingxuan asked: "Sir, why did you draw this map?"

Qin Zhiyong explained to Shi Qingxuan the meanings of the different colors on the map.

Shi Qingxuan was shocked after hearing this.

She knew that the people's lives were hard, but she didn't know why they were poor.

Now after listening to Qin Zhiyong's explanation, she finally understood.People's lives are miserable, often not because of natural disasters, but as "man-made disasters."

The family occupies too many resources.

But the family's greed has not been curbed, and they will continue to embezzle more resources.

It stands to reason that the more resources occupied, the greater contribution to society should be made.The aristocratic family is not, they have not given back to the society, not even a little bit.

Qin Zhiyong looked at the map of Lantian County and fell silent.

The situation in Lantian County is like this, and the social situation in the entire territory of the Sui Dynasty is also similar.

If the entire Chinese society is compared to a person's body, then the aristocratic family is like a cancer cell, which will only continue to absorb the resources and nutrients of the society, squeezing the living space of the common people (normal cells).

The common people will resist, but the power of the common people is too weak, the aristocratic family monopolizes everything, and the power is too strong.

Shi Qingxuan said: "Sir, what are you going to do?"

Qin Zhiyong said with a smile: "I plan to teach the people how to survive. Let's start with the people in Lantian County."

The people Qin Zhiyong talked about were not tenant farmers who had nothing, but free people who had a little cultivated land and could barely survive.It's not that Qin Zhiyong wants to treat them differently, but that he is currently short of manpower, and it's not the time to directly conflict with the aristocratic family.

Governing the country and bringing peace to the world is actually to make all classes harmonious.

It's like practicing.

The true meaning of practice is to explore the evolution process of life.

If you want life to evolve, you must coordinate your energy and spirit.If the cells of the whole body can be brought into a state of incomparable coordination, life will naturally evolve continuously.

However, Qin Zhiyong couldn't do it even if he wanted all the cells in his body to achieve harmony and coordination.There are tens of billions of various cells in the body, and some of them are "pig teammates" who want to hold back and prevent the evolution of life.

harmonious.

The word "and" is very important.

Home and everything are prosperous.

Buddhists even list the "Six Harmonies" as a key homework.

The Taoist idea of ​​the unity of man and nature, in the final analysis, is still saying that man and the natural universe should be harmonious and natural.

Qin Zhiyong wanted to use the method of "harmony" to restore social order in Lantian County to harmony and health.As for the area beyond Lantian County, Qin Zhiyong doesn't have that much energy to manage it yet.

Things have their roots and ends, and things have their beginnings and ends.

To do things, there is an order, and you have to do one by one.

Qin Zhiyong said: "Qingxuan, there is something I need you to do."

Shi Qingxuan respectfully said: "Please give orders, sir."

Qin Zhiyong said: "Later, I will give you an address and a list. You go to various villages in Lantian County and sign a contract with the elders in the village. We can give them grain, cattle, and pigs on credit Sheep and other livestock. The only requirement is that I have the final say on what crops will be planted in their arable land next year. Also, their children can be sent to my school here to study.”

Corn, peanuts, sweet potatoes, potatoes and other crops are barely enough for the free people in Lantian County to plant after they are harvested.

It is not an easy task to promote new crops.

The common people are simple, but because of their limited knowledge, they appear short-sighted and stubborn, unable to accept new things.

Even if it is a good thing, they dare not try it lightly.

At the end of Ming Dynasty, Xu Guangqi repeatedly failed to promote corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes.When he died, he had not seen new crops being promoted on a large scale.

It was not until the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty that the new crops were completely accepted by the people, temporarily solving the famine problem, and thus the so-called "Kang-Qian prosperous age" was born.

In order to promote new crops, Qin Zhiyong had to use some means.

Business needs to be carried on, and agriculture cannot be given up either.Both hands must be grasped, and both hands must be firm.

Shi Qingxuan hesitated for a moment.

She has always grown up under the protection of her father Shi Zhixuan, like a flower in a greenhouse.Letting Shi Qingxuan handle such a big matter by herself now made her a little nervous.

Qin Zhiyong said: "Why, don't you dare? If you don't dare, I will find someone else to do it."

Shi Qingxuan gritted her teeth and said, "Sir, Qingxuan will do this."

Qin Zhiyong said with a smile: "Okay. Qingxuan, you are brave enough to do it. Don't be restrained. Don't be afraid of making mistakes. You have Mr. backing you up. After finishing this matter, Mr. will make a bamboo flute for you."

The things Qin Zhiyong made were high-quality goods, extremely delicate.

It's like all kinds of furniture in a bamboo house, seemingly ordinary, but in fact they are all works of art, which is pleasing to the eye.

Shi Qingxuan's eyes lit up and she nodded quickly.

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Bringing dry food, Shi Qingxuan bid farewell to Qin Zhiyong, and she was going to various villages in Lantian County to persuade those clan elders and villagers.

Shi Qingxuan walked on the path between the mountains.

But she didn't know that Qin Zhiyong was standing on the top of a distant mountain, paying attention to her silently.

A figure appeared on the top of the mountain.

He walked up to Qin Zhiyong's side: "Mr. Qin, I entrusted my daughter to you because I wanted you to teach her martial arts. But you let her do things for you. It's not good."

Pei Ju has always been elusive.Qin Zhiyong didn't find it strange that he appeared suddenly.

Qin Zhiyong said: "Since Qingxuan is my Qin Zhiyong's disciple, you don't have to worry about how I teach her. Doing things is a part of learning. What is done on paper is always superficial, and you must know that you have to do it. Mr. Pei should know this That's the truth."

Pei Ju frowned, and said: "Although what I said is true, Qingxuan has no experience of walking alone in the rivers and lakes. I am afraid that she will suffer. People are dangerous, so I have to guard against it. The outside world is too chaotic."

Qin Zhiyong said: "Qingxuan's spiritual cultivation has reached the state of deep sleep, and her strength is no less than that of a first-class expert. Qingxuan is not as weak as you think."

Shi Qingxuan is kind-hearted, simple-minded, and likes rhythm.No one doesn't like such a girl.Since Qin Zhiyong asked her to go out to do errands, he definitely wouldn't let her get hurt.

Qin Zhiyong did not intentionally teach Shi Qingxuan spiritual cultivation and health preservation skills, but gave advice in ordinary life.Teach her to improve the quality of sleep, and teach her to breathe and move, so that she will not feel tired when reading and doing things.

Teaching subtly.

Shi Qingxuan's study progress can be said to be improved every day.

When practicing, you don't know that you are practicing, and everything goes with the flow.

It coincides with "Tao follows nature".

According to Qin Zhiyong's estimate, as long as Shi Qingxuan keeps improving at this speed, in another year, she will be able to "foster" her innate qi and become an innate strong person.

Shi Qingxuan is now 16 years old and will be 17 years old next year.

A 17-year-old born strong, with great potential, even thinking about it is scary.

Pei Ju looked at Qin Zhiyong and asked, "Deep sleep. What do you mean?"

(End of this chapter)