Zhang Lixin said with a smile: "Although floods are rare here in Baoding, droughts are more common. But let's just say that Dayu in ancient times was controlling the water. Was there a public grain during the 'ancient sages'? Could it be that when the ancient Chinese ancestors encountered disasters, they first paid money to some large households who were rented and did not work, and then relied on the special case of a few large households whose private morality was slightly better, or when they were in a good mood, they did something to repair bridges and pave roads from between their teeth? Or a forced showdown by the government? ”

"I don't remember serious history books talking about the ancient sages, when there were all kinds of harsh taxes or forced labor assessments. If the people were deeply affected by the floods, they would naturally nominate people of prestige to organize themselves and lead them to work voluntarily. Take a step back and say: Water conservancy and the like are not good--- but I haven't seen many practical things that big families or scholars or even the government have really done in the past thousand years, so I just say what happened to Zheng Guoqu back then? Under normal circumstances, when there is a disaster, people can actually flee to other places to beg. How many people are afraid that large families will take advantage of the famine to encroach on the fields or encounter the families of various land snakes, and they will starve to death in the local area or sell their children and daughters and do not flee the famine? ”

Zhang Lixin didn't stop in order to avoid others from interjecting, but suddenly said solemnly: "In the ancient sages, it was said that the road was not lost, and the night was not closed, and the world was public. I think the difference between all this and the present is not simply 'people's hearts are not ancient', but that there are too many 'rats' in the poems on the heads of all craftsmen, farmers, artists, small traders and other people who really create wealth in the world. The 'rat', the era of the Book of Poetry said very clearly: those nobles who don't work. Of course, people at that time had grievances in their hearts and couldn't help but oversay it: the nobles in ancient times did not work because they had the responsibility of training martial arts to protect their families and defend the country. And now most of the officials and big families in the world who do not work do not even bear this responsibility, they are veritable rats! Let's take a look at the history books: Qin, Han, Sui, Tang, Song and Yuan, not to mention the dynasties that were too short-lived after the long-term war: the four hundred years of the Han Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty were only about three hundred years old. Why aren't there thousand-year-old dynasties? Those rats have three wives and four concubines to encroach on ordinary people and lower-class spouses, and breed one litter at a time, and it will take about a few hundred years to reproduce to the point where the people's grievances are boiling and the world is boiling, right? ”

In fact, Zhang Lixin has not discussed or even argued with others in the past, so he is well aware of some habits of people in this era when traditional thinking has a relatively large influence: just as some people later must call Goethe Kant, and they must call me master and my ancestor, as if they do not quote scriptures and quote other people's or generally recognized views, it is not a reliable basis. It's just that whether the views of the predecessors or the history books are right, reasonable, or unreasonable, whether the 'authority' is false or not, and this kind of "doubtful antiquity" can only be said by a very famous person in the entire Shilin. Therefore, to be reasonable, you can't talk to yourself.

Of course, Zhang Lixin also realized that he was not simply talking to this scholar, but also some other lower-class people, including Zheng Sanfa, so his words became more and more radical: "If you want to rebuild Datong, all poor people will not be 'poor for three generations' and will be extinct, and they must fight for their due rights and interests." I believe that one day in the future, which is not too far away, the world will definitely return to the world! Man is inherently dead, or heavier than Mount Tai, or lighter than a feather... Transcending the ancestors, innovating the world, and starting from the beginning... ”

In fact, people born in suffering are often so accustomed to suffering that they do not feel suffering at all until they have to, and the lower limit of people's ability to endure is often very strong. Like people like Zheng Sanfa, the standard of living is actually above that of ordinary people, but they may not have a pound of meat to eat in a year, but they don't find it so unacceptable. However, the concept of inheritance was strong in the old days, and Zhang Lixin knew it soon after he came to this world.

Of course: the human psyche has a certain subconscious of self-preservation: in order to avoid grief and sorrow, it tends to anesthetize itself. For example, some thirty or forty-year-old singles in the countryside since ancient times obviously subconsciously want the other half very much, and they want to start a family and inherit the family lineage, but they have no material conditions and no emotional intelligence When they fall in love or get married, they will deceive themselves: "Hey, it's not a big deal, how comfortable is a person?" Look at who's doing with who's family," "It's definitely impossible for me to marry a beautiful wife like this." What's the point of marrying someone who looks mediocre? Even if you marry a beautiful wife, maybe you will get tired of seeing it in a few years, and you will like the new and hate the old? "Look at the second son of the old Li family, how unfilial? Abuse the elderly every day, I don't want to be so tragic when I'm old... "Look at the old Liu family again: the sons are fighting for the family property... Oh, it's better to be single when you think about it... ”

When Zhang Lixin broke through all kinds of fog, in this still very traditional era, he broke through the more serious consequences of "being poor for three generations" and "being the last". and implied that only in this life, "people are inherently dead", not only Zheng Sanfa but also some subordinates who were eavesdropping outside at this time. Even the "Gazi" in the village, who was only thirteen or fourteen years old and had not yet reached the time of marriage, was a little moved when he heard it...

At this time, the scholar heard Zhang Lixin's blatant gossip to confuse the public, and he was angry. The man no longer had any intention of arguing with reason, but threatened: "I think you want to rebel!" ”

In this regard, Zhang Lixin was a little hideous, and sneered: "You're right: it's the business that has no capital, so that you are not afraid of rebellion, it's a big deal to burn charcoal and commit suicide before being defeated and captured, and if you are unlucky, you will kill yourself by cutting your wrists before you have time, this is a way to minimize the pain." As for the Nine Clans: for the time being, one person will be fed and the whole family will not be hungry. Of course, I think I am a reasonable person: because this Zhu family Taizu had the great merit of expelling the Tartars and recovering China at that time, and most of the time in the past few hundred years, compared with the previous dynasty and even the Song Dynasty, he has obviously treated the people as well as he can, but in the last few decades there have been problems for several generations: therefore, my temporary thoughts are only to purify the world. Qing Jun' -- the darkness of the world: some distant relatives outside the five suits of Taizu have gradually become moths in the world, and there are too many rats and moths in the civil and military officials, officials, gentry, and big households, which is not just a matter of cleaning up the individual people around the Son of Heaven can be transformed... ”

Of course, Zhang Lixin has also studied the psychology of ordinary people in this era before: there is reverence for imperial power, and of course it is not to the level of personality worship. It was more of a fear of the harsh consequences of rebellion and disobedience to imperial power, and as for feudal morality, it was only a little bit like that. However, at this time, Zhang Lixin proposed some of the worst options that were barely acceptable to deal with the possible severe consequences, and suddenly everything seemed less terrible. Moreover, there is no obvious "no king and no father" that gives people a refreshing feeling.

"You! Clever words! Hypocrisy! Perhaps because he didn't have much ability to adapt to changes, he was just familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics, and this young scholar exposed his true level, which made Zhang Lixin a little disappointed. Because this man doesn't seem to ask what he wants to answer.

It's just at this moment: it seems that it is really as Zhang Lixin expected: there is a middle-aged scholar, obviously there are some people with knowledge and qualifications who flashed under the glow of the bonfire, and he did not openly reprimand Zhang Lixin as a "thief", nor did he put on a tough attitude and did not communicate with others, but seemed to still have some desire to discuss: "In Xia Yang Xian, Shengxian Village is just an ordinary talent." Of course, some of your words just now are quite rebellious, and I don't care about them below, but you seem to have said before: People only need to work for three hours a day for ten days and three days. When you hear that your Excellency is a city man who has never lived in the countryside, right? Let's ask: When the farm is busy, even if there is no shortage of ploughing cattle, how can you only work for three hours a day without delaying the agricultural time? This is not to be said, and it is not to blame when you do not know. If everyone is like Zheng Sanfa, a recognized lazy man in the village: wouldn't it be that the industry and commerce are in a depression, and more people don't even have clothes to wear? In this way, many people were also moved.

"Yes, if everyone is like a lazy man, wouldn't that be even more impoverished? Even if there are no rent debts, what can be done with excessive taxes... ”