Chapter 5 Towards Unification Section 69

The news brought by the merchants made Liu Bei sullen, and he thought about the matter along the way, and people seemed silent. When the big ship docked in Qinglu Harbor before getting off the boat, Liu Bei immediately told the servants: "I'm afraid that I will forget a lot in the future, so you should write it down for me immediately: a reward of 100,000 yuan will be offered to solicit the formula for glass dyeing; In addition, a reward of 500,000 yuan was offered to find out the cause of the color change after the ore was mixed. ”

The people who greeted Liu Bei on the dock were all from Qinglu Manor, and Liu Bei himself was the largest purchaser of Roman slaves, and there were many blond and blue-eyed Roman slaves among these people. Hearing Liu Bei's words, the family members nodded one after another. There were also a few housekeeper-like people who translated for Roman slaves, and took out a piece of paper to write down Liu Bei's words.

The largest glass merchant in Qingzhou is Liu Bei himself, and the family has heard a little about the sales of goods in the South Seas, and the sluggish export of glass has made the price of glass fall a lot, and this reward, on the surface, seems to be to solve the foreign sales of glass.

"A thousand years, our chemistry has started a thousand years after the West", Liu Bei pondered while walking into the carriage: "If we make glass in the era of Dayu's water control, it is still hundreds of years later than the West." If we want to catch up with them, we must start catching up now. Fortunately, we have collected a large number of Western classics, which will save us many detours. ”

Now, there are still many people in Qingzhou who are resistant to "Yixue", thinking that the Heavenly Empire has everything, and those Yixue are not worth mentioning. Qingzhou's affluence, in turn, stimulated the pride of the Qingzhou people, and although Qingzhou had a strict ban on slavery, they always liked to buy a few blonde slaves in private to show off as an entourage. They were quite dissatisfied with Liu Bei's move to let the slaves learn Chineseβ€”once the slaves learned Chinese, they could still be called as slaves.

Previously, Liu Bei had organized a large number of people to translate Yixue works, the original (molecular) theory of chemistry came from Plato, Liu Bei planned to be stimulated by the bounty order, let people 'accidentally' find that this Yixue work is the key to solving the problem, so as to imperceptibly promote the localization of Yixue, so that the development of chemistry has less resistance.

The development point of scientific theories needs to make such a big circle, as soon as he thought of this, Liu Bei felt indescribable pathos in his heart: Why is there always so much resistance to the development of our nation? It is obviously an advanced theory, but if you want to study it, some people jump out and oppose it, and now people say that this is "Yihua", and later generations say that this is "Westernization". We can say that those who hindered change in the name of "Westernization" in later generations were probably spies sent by the Japanese to hinder the transformation of our nation and to become strong. Now, what to say now - there is no writing in Japan!

Around the time of the Meiji Restoration, the Guangxu Emperor of China was also in the Restoration. But the Japanese Restoration succeeded, and we failed. Since then, Japan has been freed from the status of a weak country, and we continue to decline, and even the Guangxu Emperor almost cannot save his life.

Why did the Japanese not talk about the danger of Westernization during the Japanese Restoration, not only did they not lose their traditions after Westernization, but because of the strength of the country, the traditional stubborn forces became stronger (their traditional forces were not Confucianism, but bushido and militarism). However, we are afraid of the danger of Westernization and the loss of traditions, and our traditional forces are weakening day by day due to the decline of our national strength.

With so much resistance to change, does our nation deserve to decay?

It would be strange if traditional culture was not at fault at all.

Thinking of this, Liu Bei was upset and muttered to himself: "Pi Huang is leaving, Pi Ji is a seedling." The line is vigorous, and the center is shaky. Those who know me say that I am worried; Those who do not know me say what I want. Who is this? ”

According to legend, this is the Zhou people moved eastward after a doctor revisited the old capital, saw the former prosperous temple palace, has been razed to the ground, and planted millet all over, can't help but cry sadly, chanting into a chapter. Later, people often called the grief of the country's past prosperity and decline, the pain of the country's demise, and the sense of its rise and fall as "the sorrow of separation".

It is a pity that our thousands of years of reform have always focused on changing the emperor, and we have never explored the reform in the system and ideology. Therefore, the Zhou people (Qin people) did not have time to mourn themselves and later generations mourned them, and later generations mourned them without learning from them, and also made future generations mourn their descendants.

After resting for a while in Qinglu Manor, Liu Bei made up his mind and sent several letters to various places in a row.

A letter was sent to the Grand Senate, first asking them to give them permission to set sail for the fleet to go down to the South Seas. secondly, the Senate was required to auction off the right to operate the Ma'anshan Iron Mine and exchange the owner's private soldiers for the Guards Corps; Third, the Senate was informed of the discovery of a large copper mine on the island of Bo Ni (Philippines) (about 23% of the world's production) and a large tin mine on the island of Tin (Malaysia) (about 70% of the world's production), and asked the Senate to start preparations for the auction of minerals and land on the two islands. At the end of the letter, Liu Bei humbly asked the Senate for permission to go to Mount Tai to meet the Holy One.

Qingzhou only sent two fleets to the South Seas, at this time, if the Chinese people were stimulated by huge wealth, it would make the enthusiasm of the Chinese people to develop and expand new shipping routes doubly high. China has always been a country lacking copper and tin, and these two major minerals have made the Chinese people crazy. In addition, Nanyang Island is the most suitable for growing sugar cane and spices, and even if the land bought by the people has no mineral deposits, planting will make the people rich. Of course, in order to expand the amount of cultivation, the lord of the manor would buy slaves like crazy and increase the labor force. In this way, Yixue will be imperceptibly integrated into our national culture and become an integral part of our own culture.

In other letters, Liu Bei sent several letters to Yin Dong, Zhou Yi, and Gao Shan, telling them that he was ready to put forward the theory of "evolution", and asked them to join hands with him to expound the principle of "law of the jungle (evolution)" from various angles, and explain the view that "natural selection, survival of the fittest, and elimination of the unfit". He also emphasized that the world is developing under such natural laws, and if we want not to be eliminated, we can only continue to develop and become stronger. In order to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to get ahead, it is necessary to uphold the principle of fairness when formulating laws and rules, so that everyone is at the same starting line in the competition.

After writing this letter, Liu Bei was still not at ease, so he wrote a letter to the great Confucian Guan Ning, Kong Rong and others, stating: He was discussing an academic issue with Yin Dong, Zhou Yi, and Gao Shan. This is a wonderful phenomenon that I have discovered over the years when I have observed biological species in the wild.

After explaining the doctrine of the "law of the jungle" in detail, Liu Bei patiently explained that this theory may conflict with the Confucian golden mean. However, "natural selection, survival of the fittest, elimination of the unfit" may be the most simple basic law of nature. According to this theory, adhering to the doctrine of the golden mean is likely to be the lament of the eliminated, the art of the weak, and the theory of the destruction of the country. If you want to survive and develop, you must not be modest, and you must try to be as good and strong as possible.

Liu Bei earnestly said: The Holy Master has brought us the popularization of knowledge, and his own doctrine is in no way a negation of the merits of the Holy Master. It's just that times have changed, and now that times have changed, the theories of the Holy Masters may also need to be adjusted to suit the current times. Now is an era of competitive commerce, and businessmen should be given a mental guidance so that they must understand that they must abide by the laws and rules of the world in the process of natural selection. These laws and rules, which distinguish between man and beast, guarantee equal opportunities in competition and the benefits they gain from competition.

After sending the letter, Liu Bei was nervous. He didn't know what effect his letter could play, but there was a faint hope in his heart: his identity in Qingzhou would not let them ignore this letter. From the perspective of establishing social order, Guan Ning and others may explain this theory no matter what. As long as people start arguing, that's fine. This "law of the jungle" will be slowly instilled in the common people.

Break the moderation and national expansion begins.

"The development of Qingzhou in recent years has subverted many old theories and theories, and the facts in front of us have made people look for new theories to explain the phenomenon that Qingzhou is strong and mercantil. Now is the time to break and stand up. With the support of this doctrine, there is a theoretical basis for foreign plunder and conquest, and our nation is no longer closed in moderation, waiting for others to conquer, so that the fate of the nation can really change", Liu Bei figured it all out, and put aside his heart and snickered.

This truth must not be known to the Japanese, and they must be allowed to adhere to the golden mean, so that they can be slaves of our great Han for generations to come. In this respect, it is not easy for this kind of casual correspondence to attract the attention of Japanese people who are good at learning. And the more this theory is attacked, the less the Japanese will care. "When the debate on the doctrine reaches its peak here, find a reason to send those who support the mean to Japan in various names, so that they can attack the 'law of the jungle' in Japan and advocate the mean, so that the hundred-year plan will be completed", Liu Bei felt comfortable in his heart and hummed a song.

Japan's "Fighting Victory Sutra" is a simple "law of the jungle", since then, Japan has determined the ambition of annexing Chinese mainland and then dominating Asia, and history is now reversed, let Japan also taste the anger of the Great Han.

Liu Bei stayed in Qinglugang for a few days, and documents came from the Senate. This time, the Senate was extremely satisfied with Liu Bei's deference, and agreed to Liu Bei's request to go to Mount Tai to meet the emperor, and at the same time, Cao Cao's proclamation asking the saint to return to Beijing as soon as possible. Carrying this proclamation, Liu Bei set foot on the road to Mount Tai with satisfaction, completely ignoring the uproar caused by his "law of the jungle" theory in Qingzhou.

On the ridges of the field, the harvest is basically over, and several old farmers are rowing wheat straw in the field, and they are singing: "Between ten acres, the mulberry is idle." Okay, return the favor with the son. Ten acres away, the mulberry is vented. Okay, pass away with the son", Liu Bei walked on the road lightly, looking at a picture of peasant singing late in the fields along the way, looking at the idle expressions of the old farmers, and feeling comfortable.

This song is the "Wei Feng" chapter in the Book of Songs, which describes the singing of mulberry pickers shouting at each other and returning together at the end of their labor. The poem is full of love for labor, for the land, and for the homeland. After the popularization of education in Qingzhou in recent years, even the old farmers can sing such simple and elegant songs, which makes Liu Bei's heart full of pride.

"Cang Liao knows etiquette from the truth, this is really good. Art flourishes only when the home is full of food. Liu Bei said to Dian Wei in the car: "Your Majesty entered Mount Tai this time, I expect him to be very surprised by what he saw." ”

Dian Wei is a rough person, he can only be submissive, and he doesn't understand the meaning of Liu Bei's words.

The total amount of agricultural tax is less than one-tenth of the commercial tax (3.7% in 2005), but the population base of the tax is much larger than the commercial tax, and the cost of collecting it is even more than the tax itself. The imposition of agricultural taxes only gave local officials an opportunity to persecute the peasants. In later generations, most countries not only did not levy taxes on farmers, but instead subsidized agricultural products, which is the true meaning of "agriculture is the foundation of the country".

Liu Bei used strong force as a support to maintain an aggressive posture throughout the country. At the critical moment of life and death, all princes must seek survival and change. In this way, change becomes a spontaneous action, and resistance to change is minimized. In particular, after the emperor personally felt all this, as long as his sense of opposition was not strong, and the emperor was under strict authority, the change was unstoppable.

The emperor has arrived in Mount Tai a few days ago, and finally saw the performance of the Taishan County Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Festival, although the performance of Mount Tai is far less lively than Guangrao, but this has made the emperor breathtaking. But he wanted to go to Qingzhou to inspect, but was blocked by Taishan officials. They didn't explain why, but they didn't let the emperor go. And Lu Zhi didn't insist, and persuaded the emperor to stop there.

The emperor was already dissatisfied with the disrespect of the officials of Taishan. Before he arrived at the foot of Mount Tai, the Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Festival was held as scheduled. When he entered, everyone only knelt down to greet him at the beginning, and the emperor signaled slightly, and the officials of Mount Tai had shouted "Pingshen". What made the emperor most depressed was that those commoners actually sat at the same time as the emperor and watched the rest of the performance. At this moment, he just took the opportunity to be angry: "Under the whole world, it is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister." I want to enter my Han's Qingzhou to inspect, why did the secretaries stop me? ”

"Your Majesty, the Qingzhou officials have sent news that Xuande is preparing to come to Mount Tai to greet him, please wait a few days, Xuande is coming all the way", Lu Zhi replied respectfully.

The emperor was indignant and said unwillingly: "Duke Lu, since ancient times, how can there be a reason for the Son of Heaven to wait for the princes? Xuande is so sloppy, is it disrespectful? ”

The crime of "great disrespect" can be punished by killing Liu Bei's nine clans, and even his ignorant children, innocent wives, and even people from the Mi clan who have never met must be killed "legally". The emperor's words made the Taishan officials furious. Bao Zhong, the son of Taishan Taishou Bao Xin, happened to be with him, and when he heard this, he couldn't hold back, and asked out of the crowd: "Your Majesty once asked Dr. Wang Yun at the noon gate: What is the crime of Master Dong?" Why are you harshly criticizing Lord Xuande today? Lord Xuande went to Jiujiang to crusade against the rebellious Yuan Shu for the imperial court, didn't His Majesty even want to wait for the return of the warriors who went out to fight? ”

The emperor's face turned pale and asked, "Who is this?" ”

Without waiting for Lu Zhi to come forward, Bao Xin stepped forward and asked: "Your Majesty, this courtier Bao Zhong." Your Majesty, Lord Xuande's heart can learn from the sun and the moon, and what the courtiers said is a little offensive, but it is true. In the past, the princes did not pay tribute, but Lord Xuande fought all the way and sent troops to open up the tribute road to the imperial court; repaired Luoyang, contributed the most to my Qingzhou; The imperial family returned to the east, summoned the princes for Lord Xuande, and raised troops to meet them; Your Majesty, Xuande is so great, but after the emperor returned, he did not love the throne, and returned to live under the forest, and the people of Qingzhou are often not angry. Now, Xuande exterminated the pseudo-Cheng Yuan Shu for the imperial court, returned in a hurry, and came to greet him without washing the dust, and asked His Majesty to be more patient. ”

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