If it is a land survey and an inventory of the land, it can be regarded as a thunderclap on the ground.

The words of "recovering the well field" are simply the general movement of the sky falling.

The Northern Confucianism school has always had a retro heart, and everyone is also mentally prepared, but I really didn't expect that someone would really say this in the Heavenly Blessing Palace.

For example, there are six Pingzhang Shi in the palace today, one is from the British duke, one is from the head of the Wude Palace, one is from the north and one is from the south, and one is a heretical Catholic who is a heresy to supplement Confucianism, and he is dedicated to learning heresy.

The one who spoke just now was Li Zhiyuan of the Northern Confucian faction.

The Northern Confucianism school emphasizes practical learning and advocates fasting education, which indeed inherits the view of "use" of the Yongjia and Yongkang schools.

It is believed that what is learned should be useful, and it can be regarded as the embodiment of righteousness by using utilitarianism and making actual achievements. Talking about righteousness all day long, but not doing anything serious, that is not called righteousness.

Righteousness is done by doing, not by saying, and it is necessary to do it for profit, so that righteousness can be realized, and righteousness must be embodied through profit.

The reason for the emergence of this faction is, on the one hand, to see the sour appearance of talking about the heart in the late Ming Dynasty, and on the other hand, to see the reflection of the displacement everywhere, the land annexation, and the Manchu massacre.

And...... The germination of capitalism in Jiangnan did not affect them, and their minds were still stuck in the past era.

I also want to use the methods of the past to find a way out for Huaxia.

They believe that "the great purpose of enlightenment is not in poems, books, chapters, and sentences, and learning is not in the recitation of Yingwu, but in the period such as Confucius's Bowen covenant, learning by body, practicing by body, and lifelong incomprehension." "It advocates hands-on practice, continuous improvement in practice, and learning, rather than reciting scriptures.

It advocates the way of six mansions, six virtues, six elements, and six arts.

The so-called "six governments" are water conservancy, military, metallurgy, construction, land, and agriculture; "Six virtues", namely knowledge, benevolence, holiness, righteousness, loyalty, and harmony; "Six elements", that is, filial piety, friendship, time, marriage, meeting, compassion; "Six arts", namely etiquette, music, archery, royalty, calligraphy, and mathematics.

Sounds great, but times have changed.

Li Zhiyuan was very upright, and took advantage of this time to check the acres of land and said the thoughts of the Northern Confucian faction.

The inventory of acres of land and the increased taxes were still passed on to the bottom.

The country's taxes have increased, and the burden on the bottom has increased, but the rich have no effect, and it is the people at the bottom who affect the chaos in the world.

Even if he said such an astonishing remark, Li Gan had to admit that what Li Zhiyuan said had a certain truth.

Indeed, there will be all kinds of problems in the inventory of acres, and the problems of the first two magistrates can be solved by Liu Yu's method; But in the end, there is really no way to solve the problem of passing taxes to the bottom.

"Aiqing is not a person who eats the ancients, how can he actually say the idea of recovering Jingtian? Does Aiqing really think that this well field can be restored? ”

Li Zhiyuan shook his head and said: "Retro is not completely restored, it naturally has to be flexible." ”

"But the well is the well, the well is not even, and the field is limited. The minister tried to say that if the land was given to the people and the acres of land were inventoried, it would be advantageous. Everyone has land, everyone pays taxes, and there are people who are connected with each other to pass on the mu tax, so that the tax of the imperial court can be increased, and the burden of the people has not increased. ”

"If we can't equalize and limit the land, but only check the acres of land, then all the increased taxes will be borne by the bottom. Your Majesty doesn't think that the landlord farms his own land, right? The landlord himself does not farm the land, but only collects rent, so after His Majesty counts the acres of land, the extra taxes are nominally paid by the landlord, but in fact? ”

Li Gan was speechless, knowing that this matter really couldn't be refuted, and said with a wry smile: "Even if you talk about this, you don't mention whether it's realistic or not, Aiqing only said that you want to achieve the final appearance, how about it?" ”

Li Zhiyuan said: "Back to Your Majesty, the field of the world will be borrowed from the public." The people divide the land, and the tenants and the public forever. It is not allowed to be bought, sold, or lent. This is also a well field, but it is not the well field method mentioned by Mencius. ”

"Only in this way can we balance the rich and the poor, people have no spare strength, no land has surplus profits, people go in and out of friendship, diseases support each other, and achieve real governance."

Li Gan was silent, the British Duke was silent, and the rest were silent.

After a long time, the British public laughed and said: "This law is absolutely not feasible, if it is done, the world will be chaotic." Isn't this Wang Mang's old law? Wang Mang's Xingjingtian and Wangtian's recovery, what happened? ”

Li Zhiyuan also said with a smile: "Yes, if the well is a well, if the well is not a well, the field will be even, and if it is not allowed, the field will be limited." ”

As the saying goes, to treat the symptoms and root causes, it is necessary to think clearly. Only by curing the root cause can the country be eternal. The Northern Confucian faction has its own set of methods to cure the root cause, and asks Weichen to try to appeal for His Majesty. ”

"For example, when the emperor was a great Confucian Yan Xi Zhai, there was a method of 'tenant division'. If a rich family has ten hectares of land, one hectare is reserved for it, and nine families are allowed to plant nine hectares. Plough cattle and plant, tenants bring their own. Those who do not receive the official will be returned to the autumn harvest. In autumn, 40 acres of grain were handed over to the landlord, and 10 acres were used to pay officials on behalf of the landlord. The tenant will collect 50 acres by himself, and after 30 years, he will be a lifetime. The landlord's enjoyment of the land can also be his life. ”

"In this way, for thirty years, the rich will not be extremely opposed. Thirty years later, the landlord also enjoyed the land for thirty years, and the tenant naturally got the 100 acres of land......"

Another example is Wang Yuan and Wang Kunsheng, who believe that in the countryside, the land should be evenly divided and the land should be limited. In cities, the sale and purchase of land is permitted. However, if anyone builds a house in the city, the court will ask him to collect a tax, which is called the house tax. Living in the city, there are many industries and industries, and there is a lot of wealth, and collecting the city house tax can also expand the financial resources of the imperial court. ”

Another example is Li Shugu, who believes that if you want to cure the root cause, you should not have land for those who do not plow. However, it should not be too radical in its practice, but it can be tried. Now that the dynasty has acquired Mongolia and Liaodong, there are wastelands, and people from densely populated areas can immigrate, and the well field system can be tried in the wasteland, and they are not allowed to buy and sell. ”

"The old minister is not opposed to the inventory of acres, but hopes that through this inventory of acres, the fields will be equalized, limited, and even slowly returned to public ownership in the future, so that the cultivators will gradually have their fields."

The minister still thinks that treating the symptoms but not the root cause has no effect. Although this matter is difficult to do, if you want to ensure the prosperity of the world and the stability of the country, you have to consider the root cause. Thirty years, or a hundred years, there must be a long-term plan. ”

"The minister doesn't think that it should be done now, but I just hope that His Majesty will consider more future matters."

The commodity economy in the north is far less developed than in the south, and Li Zhiyuan, or the Northern Confucianism, is still stuck in the direction of collecting taxes in kind, believing that this is the right way.

Li Yan, Wang Yuan and others studied under Yan Yuan, and Li Zhiyuan was also from the Northern Confucian faction. Yan Yuan had personally experienced the wars in the north and had also witnessed the Manchu enclosure, so he was full of fear of land annexation.

Many of their ideas do not mean that they should be implemented now, but that they hope that the emperor will consider more far-reaching and fundamental solutions. Truly do the royal government retro.

It is hoped that the imperial court can get out of the cycle of chaos and chaos, and get out of the curse of land annexation that led to the tragedy of the last years of the dynasty.

I also hope that the imperial court will seriously consider some ways to cure the root cause.

Li Zhiyuan saw that everyone didn't speak, and said to himself: "The minister is not the kind of person who doesn't know the world, and he also knows the ideas of Yan Xizhai and Li Shugu, which are difficult to implement. ”

"The minister just hopes that this dynasty can get out of the cycle of chaos and try to cure the root cause. Don't be impatient, do it slowly, one step today, two steps tomorrow, if you have a goal, it will take fifty years, one hundred years, as long as you achieve it, isn't it a good thing? ”

"The inventory of acres of land does not hinder land annexation, but also increases the burden on the bottom. If it is just to collect some more taxes, the minister is in favor of it. But for Huaxia Confucianism, he didn't support it much, because His Majesty didn't think about curing the root cause in the future. ”

"The court of the Celestial Empire must always have an ultimate goal, isn't the purpose of the court the inner saint and the outer king? Isn't it the third generation of retro? ”

The British public said with a smile: "This is not true. The purpose of the existence of the imperial court is to keep the world in chaos, to ensure that there is a famine that can be relieved, to ensure that there are border troubles that can be quelled, and to ensure that taxes can be collected to do these things. Master Li is also a practical person on weekdays, why do you say these things today? ”

Li Zhiyuan sighed and said: "Looking at the disasters in Shandong and Jiaodong, I feel something. I wonder if we can cure the root cause? Wealthy households in Zhaoyuan and other places took advantage of the disaster year to hoard grain in exchange for land; The poor people could not survive in the disaster year, so they had to sell their land. If the court has money, even if it can be relieved, it is only a symptom. Perhaps, there is a cure for the root cause. ”

Li Gan snorted, shook his head and said, "Qing's words, I didn't see the root cause. I only see that if this is done, it will really be Wang Mang's reform. It is not feasible. Or as Qing said, if you want to cure it radically, you must get the field. But if I can do it, can I still worry about these millions of taels of silver? ”

"When Taizong was fighting for the world, Jingxiang also gave up the policy of free grain in Juntian after the first war, otherwise if I Dashun Juntian was free of grain, and Houjin Dongyu supported the gentry to occupy the land, how could my dynasty be established?"

"That Yan Xizhai thought very simply, thinking that the landlord would receive four out of ten, and the court would receive one out of ten, which could be regarded as leaving some more for the rich. But now that the rich can easily take six out of ten, or seven out of ten, how can they be willing to let them get four out of ten? ”

"Besides, if the land is owned by tenants in thirty years, and the rich are not fools, do they have to wait thirty years to find out that this policy is harmful to them?"

"Yan Xizhai explained that the end of Confucianism: nothing to do and talk about the heart, and report to the king when he dies. When it was his turn, he didn't have nothing to do and talk about his heart, but this idea of Juntian and Ida could not be implemented at all. Since it cannot be implemented, what is the difference between him and those who shout that they can rule the world by cultivating virtue? ”

"Don't talk about others, just talk about Liu Yu, and then talk about the Wendeng Prefecture Mu Baiyunhang, what they think, at least can be done, there are things to say, listen to their words and see their arguments, you can know what to do and not to do."

"Yan Xizhai said that this well field is the same field method, so I want to ask, how much is the land in the world? Don't talk about a country, then use one province, one government, one state, and one county, how to implement it? What if the rich object? I don't say anything, I just say that it's so good, and in my opinion, it's no different from those rotten Confucians. It's nothing more than the righteousness of the rotten Confucianism, which he can't look down on; He is not corrupt, but this idea cannot be implemented at all, it is empty talk. ”

Li Zhiyuan sighed when he heard this, knowing that he was also excited for a while, thinking about the idea of curing the root cause, it was really a bit empty talk.

Thinking about these things, Li Gan couldn't help but laugh and shook his head to himself.

Before Liu Yu got into the book, Li Gan was a bargaining chip, obviously to open a small window, but pretended to lift the roof.

Now that the matter of checking the acres of land sounds like Li Zhiyuan's thoughts, it can be used to scare the gentry and officials.

However, if I think that if I use this to scare, I will not open the small window but pretend to lift the roof, but obviously open the small window but fill the house with explosives and turn it into powder.

Now Bai Yunhang's request for trial implementation does not need to be submitted to the court, and the emperor or the Heavenly Blessing Hall can directly approve it.

What needs to be submitted to the court for discussion is whether it will be promoted in a province after the trial is successful? Is it being rolled out nationwide?

This matter must not be hidden, and it is difficult to say whether it will succeed over there. It is easy to solve in the Temple of God's blessing, but what is really difficult to solve is to promote it in the future.

"Hey......"

A long sigh came from Li Zhiyuan's mouth, and Li Gan smiled: "Qing sighed again, or is it for the root cause?" ”

Li Zhiyuan suddenly knelt down, there is no need to kneel in the ordinary situation of the Heavenly Blessing Palace. When he knelt, Li Gan was also stunned.

"Your Majesty! The minister has a few words of courage, not vomiting or unhappy. ”

"Qing Dan said."

Looking at Li Zhiyuan who was kneeling on the ground, Li Gan felt that he was afraid that this was not so easy.

Li Zhiyuan knelt on the ground, and after the sigh just now, he was in tears.

What the minister had just thought and felt, suddenly felt hopeless. The study of the saints, which has been passed down to this day, seems to be on the verge of extinction. ”

"It is obviously impossible to restore the rule of three generations; The inner saint and the outer king, exercising the mind, have not succeeded for thousands of years. The cycle of chaos, the cycle of chaos, the solution that can be thought of so far is retro. But this ancient can't be restored at all. ”

"Northern Confucianism can't think of a way that can cure the root cause and is feasible; Southern Confucianism has not yet been found. Mental self-cultivation and physical learning and inner sage will not work. Isn't it a fantasy to govern the country not with virtue, but to return to the world of virtue? ”

"At the end of the day, it's all tinkering, not the root cause."

"Liyun" said: The road of the road also, the world for the public, the selection of talents and ability, the letter and harmony, so that people do not only kiss their relatives, not only their sons, so that the old have the end, the strong have use, the young have growth, widows, lonely and disabled people are all raised; Men have a share, women have a home, the goods are evil and they don't have to hide in themselves, and the evil ones don't have to come out of the body and don't have to be for themselves. ”

This is the ultimate ideal of Confucianism in the world, and all schools of thought are also working hard for it. But now, there is no school of thought that can say how to achieve such a world. ”

"It's either fantasy or delusion. This is true of the northern school, the same is true of the southern school, the same is true of the study of mind, and the same is true of science. When it comes to enriching countries and strengthening their armies, they may not even be able to learn from the West; In terms of the wealth of the law, it is not as good as the miscellaneous family of the law; On the world of great contention, it is better to ...... vertically and horizontally"

"If no one can think of a Confucian school that has reached great harmony, it is practical, not utopian, not vain. The minister is afraid that hundreds of years later, Confucianism will have little place to stand, only the ability to cultivate oneself and cultivate one's nature. ”

Thinking of this, it is the ministers who are overwhelmed with sorrow. Minister...... Can't cure the root cause, let alone the same? Tears are in my eyes, I don't know what to do, and I ask Your Majesty not to blame. ”

The old man cried, and the rest of the people also sighed, this thing should not have been mentioned in the Heavenly Blessing Palace, no one really wanted the purpose of the imperial court to achieve the rule of Datong, but today Li Zhiyuan said that after all, it still touched some of the ideals of these people when they were young, and they couldn't help but feel sad.

Li Gan sighed, and personally got up and pulled up Li Zhiyuan, who was kneeling there, and didn't know what to say.

After a while, he said: "Since there is no cure for the root cause, then please ask Zhuqing to work hard to treat the symptoms, which is better than no cure." Perhaps some people in later generations will be able to think of how to achieve the rule of great harmony, but it is not known. However, if Shenzhou sinks and the world overturns, I am afraid that I will not even have the opportunity to wait for future generations. ”

"I also know that Bai Yunhang's negligence treats the symptoms but not the root cause. But there is no cure for the root cause, and there is only a trial. As for Qing's statement that the increase in the mu tax will eventually be passed on to the poor, I can only say that when the treasury has money, there will be a famine in the future, and more relief will be given. ”