In the cognition of Qin Lianbao and Qin Lianlong, or in the universal value, the word "squire" should be a compliment. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

This group of "squires" composed of rural "scholars" has talents and insights that are higher than ordinary people, and even have experience and broad vision as officials. has a certain prestige among the people, and has a certain network of contacts in the officialdom.

And because this group has always coexisted with the land, guarding a piece of land for generations, just like crops, they have deeply rooted in the land, and they have deep feelings for the land. He also has a deep understanding of the lives of ordinary people.

They can not only act as the spokesmen of the gentry power and clan power from the bottom up, and convey the feelings to the government or even the imperial court, but also act as the executors of the imperial power from the top down, implement the will of the government in the countryside, and become the link of the rural governance model of "the emperor does nothing and the world governs".

On the one hand, it acts as the protector of the interests of the rural people, and on the other hand, it also acts as the person responsible for the inheritance of rural culture, the education of the people, and the promotion of laws and regulations, and at the same time, it even participates in local education and local management.

It can be said that once the gentry class relaxes and decomposes, the political order in the traditional society that implements the "dual-track politics" model will inevitably become disorderly or even collapse.

It was as if a door had been opened, and Sichuan Jiao realized the huge deviation in his cognition.

Seeking truth from facts, of course there are good people among the squires, and even Huang Shiren and Zhou Papi are fake models.

But this seems to be good with the squire class, and there is no necessary causal relationship.

This is the root of the class struggle.

As a class, they must withdraw from the stage of history.

That's it.

Clarify the relationship between these, let go of prejudices, and re-examine the word "squire".

Sichuan pepper doesn't know how to describe it, but in the end, the squire culture that has lasted on this land for thousands of years and maintained the rural ecology has become extinct.

Of course, in the previous life of Chenguang, there have actually been many new landlords in the countryside.

But can they renew the incense of the squire culture, revive the clan consciousness and traditional rituals, and can they become opinion leaders in the countryside, become spokesmen for rural public affairs, and become a new generation of squires...... Sichuan pepper is unknown.

Of course, at the moment, the squire culture is still prevalent.

I don't know why, Sichuan pepper let out a long breath.

Only staying at night, Qin Lianbao suddenly talked to them about a topic that they had never heard of, and even felt a little incredible.

Not only peppercorns, but also the small characters were a little stunned.

The fourth cousin touched his head and became a hundred thousand whys, "Third uncle, do you think what Master He said is right?" Is it really not biased? Can the number of people in our countryside really be more than that in the county? He also looked at his brothers and sisters around him and said, "How do I think it's impossible!" ”

The fifth cousin was also skeptical, nodded and agreed: "I also think it's unlikely, at least it's impossible for us in Lianxi." Just say that the five families have become, Fang Zhang Zuo Hu Shi, they are all from the city. ”

These five families alone account for more than half of the quota, and how can the number of people in the countryside surpass that of the city.

The fourth cousin nodded when he heard this: "Yes, yes, that's what I mean." ”

The fifth cousin rolled his eyes to the sky.

Qin Lianbao looked at it and laughed: "Is it impossible, you can naturally know if you do an investigation." ”

"That's right!" This time, it was Lilac who took the lead, "We can do an investigation and write a report!" "I went to see a few brothers in the lobby again.

Brother Lobby and the others were also interested, and they discussed how to carry out this investigation.

After carrying Qin Lianbao on his back, Ding Xiang glanced at the fourth cousin and the fifth cousin: "Do you want to gamble on the host?" ”

"Okay!" The fourth cousin said without thinking: "If I lose, I'll feed you, if I win, you have to make me a pair of shoes and socks." ”

As soon as she heard the word "shoes and socks", although Lilac was stunned, she had never recognized it in front of her fourth cousin.

Especially since the capture of "One Hand", although the "One Hand" and the hole in the female bandit were not hit by her, it was the pepper she covered.

Jiaojiao herself said that it is very important to cover the attack, if it weren't for her reassurance, she would definitely not be able to hold her hand steady like this.

Naturally proud.

"Okay, bet!" Lilac raised her chin, but turned her head and asked pepper: "Jiaojiao, do you think there are more people in the countryside or more in the city?" ”

Hua Jiao didn't think about it, so he nodded: "I think there are many people in the countryside." Suddenly, his heart moved, and he added: "A noble son from a poor family, and a minister from a white house!" ”

Lilac's eyes rolled around: "Then I'll listen to you." He turned to the fourth cousin and said, "Don't you think what Master He said is wrong, then I will bet on the country." ”

For no reason, Lilac just thinks that from childhood to adulthood, but in this situation, Sichuan pepper doesn't seem to have lost.

The fourth cousin glanced at the peppercorns, touched his head again, and knew that the fifth cousin jumped out, but said: "I am on the same side as the third sister, and I also bet on the countryside to have more scholars." ”

The hesitation that had just sprung up in the fourth cousin's heart disappeared in an instant, and he jumped three feet high: "Little Five, where are you?" ”

The fifth cousin laughed hesitantly: "I'm just asking for a trick, since the third uncle took this to tell us and encouraged us to investigate, then this matter must not be fake." ”

Otherwise, what is the point?

The lobby brothers were amused by the fifth cousin's opportunistic tricks and straightforwardness, and Lilac even patted the fifth cousin's arm: "You have vision!" ”

The fourth cousin pursed his lips and said tremblingly: "This is not good!" Didn't you say it yourself, maybe Lord He is right, but our Lianxi is different. Think about it, which state and county around us has a thriving literary style and a large number of literati. ”

As soon as these words came out, the second cousin nodded his head.

Fang Qing even said: "I agree with Xiao Si's words, my Xiao Chenguang's Chenguang who is on an errand in the Fang family, and most of the scholars who come and go in the Fang family are from the city. Rao was originally from the countryside, and after being admitted to the fame, he also moved to the city one after another and settled in the city. ”

also said to the lobby brother: "Big brother, you must know." ”

Brother Lobby shook his head: "Ah Qing's words are good, the city is more densely populated, compared to the school, Mr. Good, and even the bookstore paper store." Besides, scholars are taboo to work behind closed doors, and they always have to socialize, learn from each other's strengths, and also be a ......."

Everyone had their own considerations, and after some consideration, they all joined the host.

Originally, the lobby brothers thought that even if they lost, it would be good to earn a pair of shoes and socks for Lilac, but later they saw Lilac with a bitter face, wanting to cry without tears, sighing, so they had to take a step back, and the two parties led by the fourth cousin and Lilac also had a tie

Only Xiangye had an idea for a while, and he really couldn't make up his mind, so he asked Huajiao: "Jiaojiao, why do you think that Master He is right, the countryside is more talented?" ”

In fact, there is no way to judge whether what Lord He said is right, just like the brothers said, each place has its own different people's feelings, and it may not be able to generalize.

But as soon as Qin Lianbao's words came out at that time, the first thing that came to mind was the word "squire".

I suddenly remembered the word "Mr. Township".

Mr. Xiang, who is the old man in the township, is the doctor who retires from the village. The reason why they are called "sir" is because they are also responsible for the education of the countryside.

Whether it is in popular novels or in fact, there are cases of officials teaching the township and the Xinghua side after returning to their hometowns.

Cultivating Qi Zhiping can be said to be the ideal of every reader.

And those squires are still young students with the ambition of the Quartet, Chenguang, through the imperial examination and the election, leaving their hometown, wandering to a foreign country, showing their ambitions, and serving the country. But the leaves fall back to the roots, this is an unbreakable belief, and in old age, he will return to his hometown with a body of glory.

Their achievements and virtue will be admired by their parents and fellow villagers, and their knowledge and knowledge will also be admired by the students of a township. They serve as role models for success and fame, and they will also inspire future generations to strive for progress.

In this way, batch after batch of officials have returned to their hometowns, and batches of talented people have gone out of their homeland and cycled back and forth, and the countryside may really be a fertile ground for the growth of talents.

Tell your brothers and sisters.

Everyone hadn't heard of this from Qin Lianbao and Qin Lianlong, so they were all thoughtful, and they got busy again, and began to investigate the origin of Lianxi Shizi in the past hundred years.

But the pepper remembered his past life.

In modern society, talent seems to have become a one-way flow, and the people who should have belonged to the "squire" group and can lead the peasants have all become urban people.

First of all, there are retired revolutionary cadres working in the cities, then there are workers and workers who have lost their land in the countryside, then there are grassroots officials who work in the countryside but have settled in the cities after retiring, and there are also college students from the countryside.

It seems that the traditional values of "returning to the roots" have been completely abandoned, and the long-term urban life has made people lose the memory of their "roots".

The group of squires, has disappeared.

No one will give back to their hometown in terms of culture, and the inheritance of culture will inevitably be lost. The cohesion of the countryside will also disappear.

In addition, the huge contrast between the allocation of urban and rural resources such as education and medical care has exacerbated the speed and scale of the flow of rural population to cities.

In the countryside, there is still much left.

If the "leaf" does not return to the root, what should we do with the "water and soil" on the root?

Sichuan pepper doesn't know.

In the next few days, the little ones in the family used all methods to collect information, such as the lobby brother and the sixth brother who had been working hard at home went to Lianxi, ran to the county office, and copied the exact data from the ceremonial room. The second cousin and others also worked the local chronicles.

On the eighth day of the lunar month, there was a data report.

But the final result is not as simple as they think.

Everyone looked at each other a little.

Hua Jiao looked at the data on the bound report, and only then did he understand that Qin Lianbao encouraged them to do this investigation, and maybe it was not just for them to judge whether Lord He's words were right or wrong.

The data tells them that about 100 years ago, a large number of families led by the Fang family moved into Lianxi, and Cheng Zhu's science and science developed at its peak, and the atmosphere of respecting Confucianism and valuing education prevailed.

Chenguang, who doesn't know what, "the poor don't study, the rich don't lose the pigs", has become a folk consensus.

The literary name of Lianxi also began from this.

Even Huajiao knows that for more than 100 years, the number of Jinshi and people who have been tested in Lianxi is much higher than that of the five counties that also belong to Ningjiang Prefecture.

But in Lianxi, the comparison between urban and rural scholars is an inverted "V" word.

The brothers only made a comparison of urban and rural scholars within a hundred years, and Huajiao drew a simple line chart.

Between the first 100 and 50 years ago, the number of rural ladies was indeed greater than that of the cities. And this data has been slowly rising. There are occasional fluctuations, and the ups and downs are not very large, and they are still far more than the city gentlemen.

But about fifty years ago, it was also the Chenguang when the number of rural gentlemen reached its peak, like a watershed, cutting off the fifty years before and after, and the number of rural gentlemen began to decline slowly.

About 30 years ago, after the number of urban ladies coincided, although it was not a cliff-like decline after that, there was also a slight rise in Chenguang, but in the end it lived up to the grand occasion of firmly pressing the number of urban ladies under the ass decades ago.

No one expected this to be the result.

Only Qin Lianbao and Qin Lianlong.

Tell everyone that in fact, Lord He came up with a similar result, but his situation may be better, at least the number of people in the countryside is still more than the number of people in the city, but it is not much different.

Without telling them why, the little boys managed to get a room full of local chronicles. Rao is Chenguang, who took the first year of leave in the school, didn't go out to play, but whenever he was free, he flipped through the books at home.

Hua Jiao saw it in his eyes, didn't even say anything, and accompanied his brothers and sisters to sort out the information.

It only took a lot of effort, and after the turn of the year, the suspicious result was because of Lianxi, or because of Chongtang, where commerce was prosperous.

"What's going on?" Lilac was puzzled.

"Is it too much to be in decline?" The fifth cousin repeatedly traced the line chart drawn by the pepper with his fingers, and muttered.

The sixth brother pointed to the coordinate number marked on the side of the line chart: "You see, if you add up the number of scholars in the city and the countryside, the total number of people has always risen, but the proportion of the number of people in the countryside is getting smaller and smaller." ”

That's true.

But they understand the reason, but they don't know why.

Brother Lobby turned a few pages forward with the bound report, and pointed to a stack of names and surnames to show them: "The ancestral homes of these Jinshi and the first people are all in the countryside of Lianxi, but they have already moved to the county seat to live. ”

Just like what Fang Qing said before.