Of course, Wang Fuzhi is a great Confucian thinker, a great Confucian, and Ji Kun, a "thief and cool official", cannot be compared with him in terms of Confucianism. However, Wang Fuzhi's contributions to Confucianism are mainly in the "Great Dao", such as the monism of qi, the debate between mind and matter, the unity of name and reality, the theory of human nature, and so on. It is to teach Confucian disciples how to understand the world Confucianism is not an "official family", not only has the way of being an official administration, but also has a great way, that is, the Confucian worldview. Speaking human words is what Confucianism believes about all things in the universe, and so on, Wang Fuzhi is mainly engaged in this aspect of Confucianism.

Of course, he also has his own political ideals, mainly equalizing the world and opposing authoritarianism. The current Li Zicheng is quite suitable for him to be a Ming Jun!

And Gu Jiang and Huang Zongxi, as well as Ji Kun, who was forced to become a cool official, are the same way, all of which focus on politics, economics, and law. In addition, they are all scholars in densely populated places in the southeast, and of course they know the hardships of being crowded and narrow.

Looking at the disbelief on Wang Fuyi's face, Gu Jiang smiled and said: "And Brother Nong has only traveled between Huguang and Guangzhou, and has never been to Jiangnan, nor has he been to the Central Plains, so naturally he doesn't know the density of the population in Jiangnan, and he doesn't know that the Central Plains has become increasingly bitter and cold over the years. For example, today's disasters are caused by natural disasters, man-made disasters, and the excessive multiplication of human beings. A flat hehe, you have a wide lake and a lot of grain, are you willing to take out some of it and the exiled northerners? ”

"This"

Wang Fuzhi was so stunned by Gu Jiang that he was speechless. In this era, people's regional concepts were very strong, and even for the poor and middle peasants in Huguang, they were unwilling to be on par with the fleeing foreigners.

This is all the world, and each can only be in their own hometown, so what about areas with large populations or extreme climates? Now that there is going to be a disturbance and chaos in the world, it is not the people of Huguang, Sichuan, and Liangguang who have a wide land and a peaceful people, or even the southeast where there are many people and few places. It is the Northland Central Plains, which is under the triple pressure of population, climate, and external invasions at the same time!

The collapse of the Ming Dynasty was, to some extent, the extremely uneven development of various regions, and the lack of ability of the imperial court to allocate resources and wealth.

If the Ming court can fully mobilize the forces of Huguang, Sichuan, Fujian and Guangdong, it is possible to pacify the Central Plains, and even bulldoze the eastern captives.

For example, Huguang has a grain tax of 2 million a year, Sichuan has a grain tax of 1 million a year, and these rich places in Guangdong have a grain tax of 990,000 a year is just nonsense.

The provinces of Beizhili, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Henan, because of the disaster of the Xiaoice River and the invasion of Dongyu, urgently need to receive relief from the state, rather than endless additional levies.

However, because the Ming court had its capital in Beijing, it lacked the ability to control distant provinces such as Huguang, Sichuan, and Fujian and Guangdong, so it could not mobilize resources there.

However, now the Ming court has been pulled to Nanjing by Zhu Cihong, and has also formed the Southern Ming version of the Beifu Army, and formed an alliance with Zheng Zhilong, the leader of the Fujian pirates, and formed a powerful naval division that can fight on the Yangtze River. As a result, he had the ability to rely on the Yangtze River to deploy the Northern Army to suppress the southeast and Huguang This time in the Battle of Huguang, he borrowed Li Zicheng's knife to kill the prestige of the landlords and gentry of Huguang, and his control over Huguang was also greatly enhanced!

Ji Kun sighed and interjected: "So many northerners are holding knives and following the prince south, they are all rich and poor in Jiangnan, Huguang, Fujian and Guangdong!" We, the scholars in the southeast, can only be obedient and irreversible, and if we follow him, we may still be able to do something. ”

Huang Zongxi, who was on the side, shook his head and said in a low voice: "It's hard to say whether it's rich and poor, or whether you want to eat!" ”

"Asking for food?" Ji Kun looked at Huang Zongxi, "What do you say?" ”

Huang Zongxi stroked his beard and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince borrowed Li Zicheng's knife to cut down the gentry and landowners, and plotted to seize tens of millions of acres of good land in Hubei, but at the same time, Li Zicheng calculated that the battle of Huguang was delayed for too long, and I don't know when it will be completely over." Now there is not much white rice in Wuchang that can be shipped eastward, and the price of rice in Nanjing, Yangzhou, Suzhou, Shanghai, and Hangzhou is getting higher and higher day by day, and the price of one stone of white rice has reached four or five taels of silver. The small people in the southeast can still struggle to survive, while the exiles from the north have no foundation, and it won't be long before they starve to death!

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince relies on the sword soldiers of the northerners to hold power, can he ignore their life or death? ”

Ji Kun patted his thigh, "That's right! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can't care about the lives and deaths of those northerners, but how can he care? There's no food! ”

"Food!" Wang Fuzhi, "There is still grain in Hunan." ”

"How many?" Ji Kun asked casually.

Wang Fuzhi actually thought for a long time before he said: "It's enough to save the emergency!" ”

"Enough to save the day?" Ji Kun asked, "In previous years, no less than 20 million stones of white rice were transported in Guangdong!" Do you have a bumper harvest in Hunan this year? Can you fill such a big hole? ”

"How can there be so much surplus food this year?" Wang Fuzhi said with a smile, "But in previous years, there was still grain in stock, which big household in Hunan was not full of rice and grain?" Don't you big families in Nanzhili have rice in their homes? ”

"That's right!" Ji Kun slapped his forehead, "How can I forget that the rich man loves to hoard rice?"

He is not a landlord, he is a lawyer in Yangzhou, although he is also a landlord, but in fact he does not go to the countryside to live, he is handed over to the housekeeper to be responsible, and he is free in Yangzhou City, so he forgets for a while that the landlord's old wealth is hoarding grain.

Huang Zongxi smiled: "This is great! The prince is now a beggar leader. He can clear the fields and inspect the land, but he can't directly copy the grain stored in other people's homes, so he can only ask for it! ”

Wang Fuzhi couldn't understand it again, "Why can't you copy the grain from a big family?" ”

Huang Zongxi said: "He won't do that!" Otherwise, why would he borrow Li Zicheng's knife to rectify the landlords in Hubei? Wouldn't it be happier to go under the knife yourself? Our Royal Highness the Crown Prince is measured in his work, and he won't come nonsense! ”

Ji Kun nodded: "Yes, although the prince is not the lord of benevolence, he is also reasonable, modest, trustworthy, and righteous." ”

Zhu Cihong has a knife in his hand, and he is also a little treacherous and cruel, but he is not unreasonable, unrestrained, untrustworthy, ruthless and unrighteous.

He broke out of Beijing, and along the way, he was treacherous and fierce, and he was trustworthy in his word, and he was also affectionate and righteous to his followers.

Wang Fuzhi thought for a while, "Then His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is a rare Ming monarch in my dynasty!" ”

"It's rare," Huang Zongxi said with a smile, "It's simply unique, my generation has indeed met the master." ”

His words were only half said, Zhu Cihong is the master of the Ming Dynasty, but after all, he is the Ming Lord of the Northerners, Huang Zongxi, Ji Kun, and Wang Fuzhi, and they have never been able to enter the inner circle of Prince Zhu.

The more Wang Fuzhi listened, the more confused he became, "The Lord of the Ming Dynasty has to ask for food?" ”

Ji Kun and Huang Zongxi glanced at each other and nodded. The two of them have been following Zhu Cihong for a long time, and they already know his path.

Huang Zongxi said: "Yes, he has to ask for food!" ”

Ji Kun said with a smile: "Because the Ming Lord knows that he has to control the tigers and wolves under his hands, and they can't let them eat all the fat sheep and wipe them out!" What is the foundation of those northern nobles who came south with the crown prince? Weren't they also the same when they were in the Northlands? If there is no rule to restrain them, and they have eaten all the fat sheep in the southeast, can the prince's life continue? ”

"But can you get it?" Wang Fuzhi is still a little skeptical: Why didn't Emperor Chongzhen go to Beijing when he was in Beijing? Could it be that this prince's skill in asking for food is better than that of his father?

"Got it!" Ji Kun seemed to smile, "He is the reincarnation of Emperor Taizu Gao, of course he will ask for food!" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang originally wanted to have dinner

Ji Kun said with a smile: "Think about it again, let's think about it for Chitose Ye together, and then jointly write a letter to show His Highness a clear way to ask for food!" ”