"The eternal debate between righteousness and profit is related to our millennial agrarian civilization, and it is not a simple conceptual issue, but the need for the overall structure of the state for thousands of years. %Le%Wen%.

An agrarian society is inevitably dominated by agriculture, and agriculture has become the economic lifeblood of the country. It is reasonable for farmers to take crops as the top priority, agriculture as the foundation, business as the end, and emphasis on the cost and suppression of the end. Second, tying the peasants to the land is the best means of governance, which can greatly reduce the cost of governance. Thirdly, the Chamber of Commerce has successfully implemented ethical standards. Farming inevitably leads to diligence and integrity, while businessmen are in pursuit of profit. In the process of chasing profits, all behaviors such as lack of pounds and pounds, shoddy goods, and deception will appear, so guiding the people to pursue profits is the most effective policy for the ruler to govern the people.

It is based on these three understandings that the emphasis on agriculture and light commerce has been the consensus of the rulers and the upper class in the ancient Shang and Zhou dynasties. This understanding was objective, sensible, and scientific in terms of the conditions of the time. ”

The venue of more than 100 people was silent, and although the speakers on the stage talked about some well-known historical common sense, everyone knew that this was just an introduction, and the key was in the next content.

"However, our problem is that we worship our ancestors too much, and the ancestral system cannot be violated at every turn, and once formed, the concepts and practices will remain unchanged forever. If you want to change, the hat of deceiving the teacher and destroying the ancestors will be buckled on your head at any time!"

"We have adhered to the traditional concept of righteousness and benefit for more than 2,000 years, until the rise of commercial culture in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and gradually moved from 'righteousness and benefit' to 'righteousness and benefit' in concept, but this is only a kind of progress, theoretically for business behavior, and has not yet formed a complete new concept of righteousness and benefit. It was only after the Westernization Movement, with the introduction of modern industry, the start of large-scale mechanized factories, and the rise of traditional cottage industry workshop-style commercial activities into a new modern industry, that the proportions of the class structure of our society were fundamentally changed. Only then did we truly have the roots of our commercial civilization, and only then did we gradually rise from the traditional low-level commercial culture to the modern high-level commercial civilization.

The two historical stages that are contrary to the traditional concept of righteousness and benefit are the commercial culture of the Ming and Qing dynasties and the period of reform and opening up that began at the end of the seventies of the last century. The Ming and Qing dynasties were a period of change in which the status of merchants gradually improved, the social role gradually increased, and the concept of righteousness and benefit changed from mutual opposition to mutual coordination and promotion. The period of reform and opening up is a reaction against the traditional concept of righteousness and benefit and the extreme preaching and behavior of only emphasizing righteousness and not profit. Thirty years have passed, and perhaps we can't precipitate a classic comment or two, but we can make an objective description.

Reform and opening up is a kind of overkill in the past, this process is not carefully designed, and many situations are unpredictable, so it can only be "crossing the river by feeling the stones". Because of the strength of our traditional culture, every "overkill" must be "overcorrected," and this overcorrection will produce the result of going from one extreme to another, and this is also the case as far as reform and opening up are concerned.

We did not expect, nor did the politicians who promoted reform and opening up, that the new trend of ideas led by the pragmatic concept of consumption and the encouraging slogan of getting rich and glorious would lead people into the quagmire of money worship.

In the past 30 years, we have not produced a scientific and rational concept of righteousness and benefit. When we stepped into the new era of globalization, we had not yet had time to adjust our concepts, and we were still riding the express train of the times like a dream. Maybe the next step of correction will be rational and scientific, and we can't always go around in circles in our own history and culture, right?"

Thousands of words were sprinkled, Li Jiaming on the stage spoke dryly, and the people in the audience pondered silently. These people are not ordinary people in black and white, they are all giants who have been rolling in the mall for many years, and compared with Li Jiaming's usual style, it is easy to hear his extraneous voice.

What is the implication?

It cannot be said, but a sentence on the screen can be explained: Eliminism, righteousness and benefit, together and together, are one and the same.

What do you mean?

There are people in the audience who like to read ancient books know that Li Jiaming's sentence was born from Gu Xiancheng's righteousness and benefit world, and the original text is: Righteousness is the main benefit, and the righteousness is supported by profit, and they are combined and combined, and they are in one vein. Under the social background at that time, Gu Xiancheng's theory of righteousness and benefit was already an ideological breakthrough, but in today's society, it seems idealistic again. Human nature is profit-seeking, and putting righteousness before profit is actually against human nature, and acts that go against human nature are either done by saints or hypocrisy.

This is a problem, if Gu Xiancheng's views are idealistic, then your Li Jiaming's statement has become a knife, cutting through the dedication and collectivism...... If Li Jiaming's statement is accepted, where will the current mainstream values be placed? Even the mainstream values have been proven to be the emperor's new clothes, and they are ......?

Political sensitivity is not only for officials but also for businessmen, and before Li Jiaming's speech was over, some guests in the audience loudly objected.

The opposition was invalid, and Li Jiaming on the stage smiled and teased: "Miss Yvelyn Beatrice Hall said in "Friends of Voltaire": 'I disagree with your statement, but I will defend your right to speak to the death', although it is biased, but I think that even if you want to refute, you have to let me finish my words instead of interrupting me, because this is a matter of etiquette. ”

I don't know who laughed out loud in the audience, followed by a lawless laughter, which made several guests who spoke out against it stand there even more embarrassed, and forced the host Governor Li, who wanted to pretend to be deaf and dumb, to come out and make a statement.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is an academic forum. Although I do not agree with Professor Li's point of view, I would like to ask Professor Li to continue the speech, and I would like to ask Professor Li to give the contemptible people a chance to discuss after the speech."

Smart people, and the mud has determined political correctness.

It's a pity that Li Jiaming on the stage has closed the old black Lenovo notebook, and he didn't give anyone in the audience a chance to perform at all.

"Thank you all for coming to my speech, this is my family's words, there are definitely people who oppose it, some people agree with it, but it doesn't matter, the important thing is to thank the General Assembly for giving me the opportunity to express my views."

After speaking, he bowed slightly to thank him, Li Jiaming turned around and walked off the podium, leaving those who wanted to perform. What made Li Jiaming happy was that after stepping off the podium, the whole venue applauded thunderously, and Lao Zhang, who often broke his wrists with him, also stood up and applauded.

However, after another speaker came on stage, Lao Zhang, who was sitting next to him, leaned over and whispered, "Second brother, is this just an academic speech?"

Of course, Li Jiaming, who had just finished his speech on the stage, didn't need to think about it, he knew that what was waiting for him would be verbal and written criticism.

"What are you trying to do?"

Li Jiaming smiled, turned his head and whispered, "The words are not amazing."

Who believes?