No matter how the Su family blames themselves, and no matter how these lace news is spread outside, the men and women in the house suddenly discovered that this Meng Daya who appeared out of thin air is by no means a village girl who has never seen the world on the surface, and it is not terrible to envelop Youlan who lacks heart in just a few days, the key is to completely convince the Su family in one day, so that Jiang Tian's good name can spread all over Beijing as quickly as possible, this method is by no means what a village girl should have, and then think that this person has retreated in the chaos of the army, It can be seen that his mind is so high that he is afraid that there is no one in the whole house. In fact, it is not too surprising that he was young and could blend in with the rebels, and in order to survive, how could he do without the ability to see the wind and steer. Although it is unrealistic to expect them to have mercy on a little girl in the rebel army, we should also understand that there are more hungry people who are coerced in the thief army, but if there is enough to eat, who will do this headless thing. Therefore, if there is a kind-hearted thief who takes pity on her, it is normal for her to have a shelter.

I thought so in my heart, but I definitely couldn't say this: "The thieves at the end of the Ming Dynasty are hateful, but the Ming army's military discipline is more ruthless than the thieves' slaughter of the people, which is what makes the thieves bigger." ”

Jiang Tian's "good students" nodded again and again, and Zhang Tao also said similar remarks, but because of his current identity, Li Zicheng cannot be counted as a righteous peasant representative, not to mention that he also knows very well that the so-called peasant army is a group of hungry locusts led by outlaws, and they have no consciousness of changing the dynasty and setting things right, just thinking about grabbing all the way and eating all the way until Chongzhen is forced to die and hanged. Therefore, when the peasant army entered the city of Beijing, military discipline would be corrupted, and this army without faith could not complete the task of resisting the Qing army. But Zhang Tao, who was influenced by the later generations of @ level @ fight @ fighting, also understood that it was the various ills of the Ming Dynasty that forced the peasants to rebel.

Thinking of his father's evaluation of Li Zicheng, Zhang Huan asked Jiang Tian curiously: "Sir, how can you always keep the officials clean and clear according to what you see?" And how to make civil and military officials loyal to the country? How can military discipline be maintained? Won't there be that thing that forced the people to rebel? ”

Generally speaking, no one would ask such an eye-opening question, but Zhang Huan is qualified not to open his eyes, so these guys in the class pricked up their ears to see if Jiang Tian could say a shocking answer. Jiang Tian didn't think much about it, originally this political lesson was to use historical examples to talk about the past and the present, Zhang Tao's original intention of strongly requesting this course was to hope that these future rulers could have a deep understanding of China's national conditions and the contradictions between various classes, so Jiang Tian not only did not get angry when he heard this question, but sighed and shook his head.

"To answer this question, let me ask you first, Zhu Chengli said that it is necessary to save heavenly principles and destroy people's desires, Yang Ming Xinxue talks about the unity of knowledge and action, the pre-Qin Legalists govern the country by strict punishment and strict laws, the Mohists promote non-aggression and love, and Taoism advocates the rule of inaction, who can answer your question about their ideas?"

This rhetorical question is not to say that Zhang Huan was confused, that is, most of the other students also fell into contemplation, thousands of years from the beginning of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, everyone just obeyed the Confucian rule of law, but the real politicians all understand that Chinese society has long integrated the various ideas of the hundred schools of thought, but it is just to let Confucius specialize in beauty.

Jiang Tian saw that everyone didn't answer, so he had to say to himself: "Your Majesty wants me to teach you this political lesson, just because I don't want to repeat the mistakes of the previous dynasty, a group of so-called Qingliu who can only pass the buck and fight against the same party control the court, and the result may be the destruction of the country and the species!" Since the fall of the Three Emperors, every time there is a change of dynasty or an invasion of foreign races, the Central Plains will always give birth to one after another political and military strategists, which has allowed China to continue to this day, but also made our country a veritable central empire, the surrounding Fanyi does not look at the scenery from, but since the Song Dynasty, there has been no progress in Chinese civilization, the Ming Dynasty for about three hundred years, has been relying on the Taizu, Chengzu Yu Wei barely maintained the face of the Celestial Empire, we closed our eyes and listened and no longer cared about overseas affairs, Regardless of whether others are catching up with and surpassing them with each passing day, the literati and writers are obsessed with buying land and becoming a big landlord, sitting at home and squeezing the peasants to be cattle and horses for themselves, so that they can get drunk and dream of death. ”

Speaking of this, Jiang Tian paused, looked at the students who were all sitting in danger and did not dare to come out, after all, the Manchu Qing Dynasty had not yet entered the customs The blood of the Chinese is still there, and when it comes to those regrets of the previous dynasty, these children are also indignant, from this point of view, as long as the backbone of a country is not crushed, then there is still hope for this country: "Pride and complacency, arrogance, closed eyes and ears, and do not know how to enterprising, this is the style of the Daming court, and it is also the consistent ruling position of Daming officials, how can my China fall to this?" How could the Han family become so unbearable? What is Qin Shi Huang's strategy for unifying Liuhe? Where is the courage of those who commit strong men even if they are far away? What is the mind of the Tang Dynasty to submit to the Western Regions? Even if it is weak, what is the prosperity of all industries and the prosperity of people's livelihood in the Song Dynasty? Why is it that after I became the ancestor Zhu Di Bintian, there was no one who swallowed the world? There is no longer a capable minister who can resign from the success of the world? Although Yu Qian turned the tide, although Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou rectified their armaments and pacified the Japanese invaders, and although Zhang Juzheng worked hard to create a whip method, none of them could save the country and the nation, but they just maintained the dying Central Plains Dynasty in their lifetime...... Why? ”

Jiang Tian's voice was not loud, but the silence in the classroom could be heard, and even the sound of reading in the next classroom was suspended, because this question had been haunting the hearts of people of insight, making those who were saddened by the previous dynasty inexplicable. As for this series of questions, no one knows what the answer is.

"Zi said that there must be my teacher in the threesome, and you will all recite the words of the sages of Confucius, but the pillars of the country who were scholars in the previous dynasty may humbly accept the interrogation of a cowherd baby? What they think is that Lao Tzu is superior to those mud-legged people when he reads the sage books, as long as he can be admitted to a lifting person, then Wenqu Xing descends to earth, you ordinary people don't kneel down and lick my toes, it can be regarded as a great favor, the people's land, property, wives and daughters Lao Tzu wants to rob them, and the emperor on his head can cheat if he can, as long as Lao Tzu brocade clothes and jade food management of your family is ruined! Is this a saint disciple? This is a naked @ naked @ naked bandits, and they are the most despicable and shameless kind, because they rob others of their happiness but still claim to be a decent gentleman! ”

Under the excitement, Jiang Tian couldn't pay attention to the wording. Tian Xuhai heard a chill, he didn't know the dark side of officialdom, but as a scholar who believed in Confucianism since he was a child, he still wanted to argue a few words for the world's readers: "What did Mr. say...... Extremely...... But it's a bit of a generalization, right? ”

In addition to him, although the other civil servants also thought so in their hearts, they didn't dare to say it, because only he knew that Jiang Tian's words were not aimed at a certain person, but were completely on the matter. So Jiang Tian looked at him and sneered: "If the scholars in the world still have the style of the ancients, and they still know that the people are important, why is His Majesty just asking them to pay taxes on grain today, and jumping up and down one by one as if digging the ancestral grave?" said that the whole world was not the king's land, but in his heart he didn't think that as long as he didn't let himself pay taxes, he would admit that it was the king's land. But whoever wants me to pay like any other untouchable, I'll fight with whomever I want. Emperor Chongzhen asked them to donate money to defend the city, shouting one by one that they were destitute, but after Li Chuang broke through the city, he found tens of millions of taels of silver in the homes of these 'incorruptible' adults! It's ridiculous that what sages and sages they read, and they don't know that there are no eggs under the nest? The lips are full of benevolence, righteousness, morality, and honesty like water, how can there be endless money in the family for several lifetimes? The state affairs are difficult, and the treasury has no silver to use, and these people themselves sit on thousands of acres of fertile land and shamelessly raise taxes to the people, how could they not have imagined that it was these despised mud legs who would eventually cut off their heads? If you want me to say that although Li Chuang is not a good person, at least the Ming officials who died under his knife are not wronged! ”

This history happened not long ago, so Tian Xuhai is really irrefutable, although Zhang Tao has never publicly admitted how much money he has in his private house, but from the fact that he can withdraw money generously, and there are generals who have surrendered to the army to testify, these silver are indeed scavenged from the home of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, thinking about Chongzhen's last words, he asked Li Zicheng to kill these people one by one. But knowing the inside story is one thing, and saying it is another thing, this is originally an unspeakable taboo in the hearts of civil officials, Wu Yuan saw that Jiang Tian had no door on his lips again, and quickly diverted the topic.

"Sir hasn't said how I should not repeat the mistakes of the past?"

Everyone thought that even if Jiang Tian was not a bamboo in his chest, seeing that he was talking endlessly just now, at least he had a good way to deal with it, but they didn't expect him to shake his head: "We have been in this Heavenly Empire for too long, how can a person who is used to being admired humbly ask for other people's expertise?" Even if the dynasty is changed, it is just a new paint on the old house of the previous dynasty, which seems to be glamorous and beautiful, but it has long been rotten and rotten, and it has only been a few years since the restoration of the country, so many courtiers have embezzled and solicited bribes, is it not strictly forbidden by His Majesty? Or do they not know that the previous dynasty was ruined by corruption @ defeat? It can be seen that these moths are dug up without hurting the muscles and bones, and the wooden beams and pillars that are easy to decay are replaced with diamond iron bones, at most, it is to follow the old road of the previous dynasty! But if it is a drastic removal of the old and the new cloth...... Under the falling roof tiles, it is still the thousands of Li Shu in this house who are crying......"

In fact, Jiang Tian still hasn't said anything, even if the beams are replaced with stainless steel? The insects can't gnaw at it, but there's still rust to make trouble! Even Marx only pinned his hopes on the moral progress of mankind in the communist @ industry @ righteousness, and in the known history of mankind, no civilization has been able to cope with all the challenges and maintain prosperity from beginning to end. The key is that when he thinks of the painful transition period from the end of the Qing Dynasty to the reform and opening up in history, Jiang Tian can't imagine whether the current Chinese dynasty can complete this heart-rending rebirth. This is also the reason why Zhang Tao's impatient reform came to a sudden brake and became a little bit of cannibalization of vested interest groups, because even if he was not timid in the Ten Thousand Horse Army, he was afraid, and then again, the pride that generally exists in the hearts of the Chinese is not precisely from the conceit of the world's first power, and it is precisely because this conceit is deeply rooted in the bone marrow that a hundred years after being knocked off the throne, there is still a sense of mission in the hearts of the Chinese who can one day be proud of the world. It is precisely this sense of mission that has given birth to traversers like Zhang Tao and Jiang Tian who try their best to change China's destiny, but is it true that the national fortunes have declined only because of the development of science? Or can China avoid another decline if it begins to systematically study science? Looking at the various reform movements at the end of the Qing Dynasty, looking at the various chaos in the Republic of China, and looking at the scene of those moths resurrecting and dancing around the demons after the reform and opening up, Jiang Tian and Zhang Tao were confused.

What people didn't expect was that Jiang Tian's remarks spread faster than the peach news, and even the imperial court's newspaper even excerpted the sentences in it and forwarded it with the title of "Death @ Country @ Treatise", which shows Zhang Tao's deep attitude of agreement after listening to these words. It is also to let the scholars of the whole world understand the determination of the imperial court reform, this is not a counter-offensive, nor is it that the emperor hates the Donglin Party so he is angry with Confucianism, but directly points to the fundamental problem of the Ming Dynasty system that has lasted for more than 200 years, excessively elevating the status of Confucianism, and it is a straightforward sue to the people of the world, who opposes the reform is first of all disloyal to the emperor, and secondly, the thought of Confucius is unfilial, since disloyalty and filial piety, don't blame the law for being ruthless! Although historically, it should be Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who excessively exalted the Confucian guidance and brought disaster to the country and the people, but after all, it was Zhu Yuanzhang who had no culture who made the status of a scholar prominent, and it was also this emperor who hoped to turn civil officials into nerds by relying on Baguwen, so he lifted a stone and shot himself in the foot to destroy the Ming Dynasty he founded, which can be regarded as the biggest ridicule of history for him. But the worst thing is that the Manchu Qing Dynasty, who won the Central Plains, just didn't know how to build a house, and could only whitewash it on the ruins of the Ming Dynasty, which gave China no chance to turn over.

The Confucian scholars who read this article did not have this kind of historical plot, they only thought that this was an ultimatum given to them by the imperial court through Jiang Tian's mouth, especially Zhang Tao's annotation after this article was the most dazzling: Scholars all over the world say "self-cultivation, Qi family, governing the country, and leveling the world", but where is the "Gewu, Zhizhi, sincerity, and righteousness" in front of it? Just because you don't want to do it, don't mention it? The sages these people read are all fed to the dogs? What's even more dazzling is that Zhang Tao openly announced the promotion of new learning, which is to make up for the world's dirty scholars to avoid the knowledge of things, and then to study the sincerity and integrity of the students, so that you can ask whether you can cultivate yourself, Qi family, and govern the country, so the waste who can only write eight strands of literature must not be an official, as for the last Enke of this year, it can be regarded as the emperor's grace, so that these rice worms who do not distinguish between grains have a chance to die, and do not let the emperor fall into the crime of not teaching. As for wanting to become an official in the future, you must first give me a knowledge of things.

"I was quick talking, and you took the opportunity to land a bunch of punches. I'm strange, you know these people better than I do, and you keep saying that you won't let me get involved in this fight, but in the end you still took advantage of it? Jiang Tian sat in front of the dragon book case, complaining about Zhang Tao while sorting out his own writings.

And the emperor who was sitting behind the desk didn't even raise his head, still reviewing the chapter: "Don't talk nonsense, that's because you can't control your mouth, I don't need to use it in vain, I thought that I would say this after this year's palace exam, who told you to advance?" Besides, I didn't look for you for this, that Qiu Tian circled around half of China, and after returning to Beijing two days ago, he made a recital, and I had already transferred it to you, have you finished reading it? ”

When Jiang Tian heard this, he quickly picked out a dozen bound folds from a pile of texts: "After reading it, I also brought it, I can only say that he saw the problem, but there was no solution to it." ”

"How?" Zhang Tao raised his head and looked at Jiang Tian playfully: "We both know what to do, do you expect a Jinshi from the Ming Dynasty to tell you the solution?" Even if he wanted to rise step by step, he would not be able to offend his colleagues in order to win my favor. ”

Jiang Tian also smiled bitterly when he heard this: "Regardless of the bad habits of many disasters to the country and the people, as long as there is a group of vested interest groups, you want to overthrow him lightly, do you want to learn from our Taizu to cut through the chaos as quickly?" Or will we continue with a gradual policy? ”

"Although our Taizu's approach is happy, and the labor pains during the transformation are smaller, there are many sequelae. Let's take it one step at a time...... I'm not afraid that neither of us will survive the day when the revolution will be victorious. So simply grasp both hands and be hard with both hands, aren't the squire forces intertwined? Then let's uproot it, aren't the local officials bending the law for personal gain? Then let's kill them. ”

Zhang Tao said it lightly, but Jiang Tianzhi frowned: "You can't always think about it once and for all?" I found that you are gradually getting closer to Zhu Yuanzhang! ”

"If I were Zhu Yuanzhang, would I still let you sit here? The key is that we should learn from Taizu to leave a good foundation for reform for our descendants, in your words, if there is no industrial system established during the Taizu period, how can there be a later world factory? ”

"But this was in exchange for shearing agricultural wool, and you know better than me the miserable situation in the countryside at that time, except that they have more people @ power and do not die of hunger, the standard of living is not much better than before liberation. This is because the whole world knows the benefits of industrialization, Taizu can promote this method, but we are now about to build a country that has never been done in history, and Europe has not completed the industrial revolution, how do you deal with the peasants who make up the vast majority of the population? ”

"That's why I used military industry and imperial industry to promote the industrial revolution! The key is to open up the wisdom of the people, it is necessary to popularize education, do you think that Taizu wanted to eradicate illiteracy on a large scale back then, so your top priority now is not only to complete the questions of this exam, but also to cultivate the backbone of the new city - industrial workers. ”

"What about training industrial workers...... Jiang Tian found a report from the pile of texts: "Because of the large-scale expansion of the mint and glass factory, the poor inventory of mechanical lubricants is almost exhausted, and because the typhoon season is coming, the route of buying oil from Southeast Asia is also unstable, you can solve the problem of industrial lubrication for me first." ”

Zhang Tao glanced at the report: "Didn't I issue an order to plant castor beans widely?" ”

"Guilty of the old problem of the planned economy again, right? This morning the cabinet came to me and asked you what you mean by this, and I asked them to stay in the middle and not send it, even if we both know the effect of castor oil, but can the people understand? ”

"So what do you say?"

"It's easy to do, let the invisible hand of the market solve a qiē!"