After turning over Jinggang Mountain and entering the boundary of Hunan, he felt that he was much closer to Guilin all of a sudden, but Gu Yanwu was immersed in what he saw and heard along the road, but he became not in a hurry.

After entering the Xiangjiang River by boat, the group stayed in Hengyang for another three days, and followed Wang Kefan to inspect the Hengyang Arsenal, Shigu Academy, and Xiangtan County.

When visiting the Hengyang Arsenal, Gu Yanwu and Huang Zongxi had a solid lesson, and finally understood the difference between a modern factory and a factory. The factory implements a meticulous division of labor, standardized production, and assembly line operations, and the production efficiency has been greatly improved, far from being comparable to the traditional handicraft workshops and large-scale workshops such as workshops.

Frightened!

Both of them are knowledgeable, and they are very clear about the production efficiency of the Ming Army, it will take at least a few months to create a qualified bird gun, and it is likely to be a defective product that may explode at any time, such an efficient production method as the Hengyang Arsenal, they never dreamed of it.

They also have a deeper understanding of the strength of the Chu army, which is an all-round three-dimensional strength, which is superior in all aspects, and if it is promoted over time, it may really be able to defeat the Manchus.

Unconsciously, Gu Yanwu, Huang Zongxi and Wang Kefan communicated more and more.

On the second day in Hengyang, Wang Kefan went to Shigu Academy to inspect.

Unlike the Jinggangshan Military Academy, the students of Shigu Academy are ordinary people, but they are also different from the traditional academy. In addition to the basic Chinese language, these students hardly study the Four Books and Five Classics, but focus on learning Gewuxue, arithmetic, medicine, and specific manufacturing skills.

"It's a student here. It's clearly a bunch of craftsmen! Blacksmiths, carpenters, healers, stonemasons, shipwrights, chariot makers, garment makers, masons...... There's even a shoemaker! Huang Zongxi frowned, very dissatisfied: "This is really a sweep, the thousand-year-old Shigu Academy has turned into a craftsman bureau, doesn't it make people laugh off their big teeth!" ”

Huang Zongxi actually wronged Wang Kefan, when the Shigu Academy was rebuilt, Wang Kefan once flashed an idea to change the name of the academy to Lanxiang Technical School. It was only because it was too bad taste that I gave up this plan.

Gu Yanwu smiled and persuaded: "Mr. Lizhou doesn't have to be angry, and the husband can also be proud of the prince." Although the craftsmen are vulgar, they can also serve the country, you see those ordnance, knives and guns in the Hengyang Arsenal, aren't they all made by the craftsmen! ”

"Alas. Of course I know that. It's just that the reputation of the Stone Drum Academy has been tarnished in vain, Wang Junmen's move is very inappropriate, can't these craftsmen be arranged in a random place? Huang Zongxi said: "Besides, the craftsmen only know how to make profits with strange skills, and the Shigu Academy is occupied by them, and the scholars who are interested in education have nowhere to study, and the world will inevitably decline in the long run!" ”

"What Mr. Lizhou said is, but the most important thing at the moment is to resist the Qing Dynasty and restore the country. When the soldiers were in danger and the war was fierce, the indoctrination of etiquette had to be suspended. Moreover, I heard that Yuelu Academy was presided over by Wang Ernong, and he always encouraged students with 'the Six Classics charged me to open up a new face', and Huguang's way of learning has not been broken. ”

Wang Fuzhi, the word is a farmer, he is only in his twenties now, and he is still a young character who has just emerged, so Gu Yanwu only calls him a word, not a title.

"Well, the Six Classics charged me with opening up a new face, so bold! If you can go to Changsha and talk with Wang Ernong at night, it will be a happy life! Huang Zongxi's breath calmed down a little and praised loudly.

"Poems", "Books", "Rites", "Yi", "Music", and "Spring and Autumn" are the six Confucian textbooks most respected by Confucius, collectively referred to as the Confucian Six Classics. As a Confucian disciple, Wang Fuzhi's words can be called loud, and it sounds so energetic, from an academic point of view, Wang Fuzhi, who became a generation of Confucianism in his later years, has indeed completed this grand goal.

Gu Yanwu hesitated for a moment and said, "I heard that I will go to Xiangtan tomorrow, if Mr. Lizhou is interested, I will go to Changsha again after returning from Xiangtan, how about it?" ”

Xiangtan is between Changsha and Hengyang, closer to Changsha, since you go to Xiangtan, you can't delay long when you go to Changsha.

Huang Zongxi said happily: "Okay, a word is a certainty!" ”

On the third day, Wang Kefan and his entourage went north by boat to Xiangtan to inspect.

Among the counties and counties in Hunan, Xiangtan was the first to implement land clearance, and rent and interest reductions were also in progress. Because Wang Kefan regarded this place as an important pilot and invested a lot of manpower and material resources, the "land reform" in Xiangtan County has progressed rapidly, even surpassing Ji'an Prefecture and Yongning Yongxin County.

Wang Kefan used both soft and hard, holding a bayonet in one hand and brandishing a carrot for reducing and reducing land taxes in the other, and the landlords and gentry in Xiangtan County basically accepted the fact of rent reduction and interest reduction, and there was no big backlash.

Although the Chu army reduced their land rent, compared with He Tengjiao, who was rampant, and compared with the Qing army that burned, killed and looted, the rent and interest reduction policy was already very gentle, and under the deterrence of force, no one was willing to go against Wang Kefan.

Reducing rents and interest rates can greatly increase the enthusiasm of peasants and play a role in promoting agricultural production, but due to the relatively short period of time, Xiangtan County has not yet seen results.

However, with the implementation of the policy of reducing rents and interest rates, social contradictions have been significantly alleviated, and the lives of the poor people have improved; when Wang Kefan and others came, Xiangtan County was vigorously promoting sweet potatoes, potatoes and other miscellaneous grains, and the people took advantage of the slack to dig ditches and build water conservancy, and everywhere was full of vitality.

Unlike in Yongning County, Huang Zongxi and Gu Yanwu asked fewer questions, but they had more time to think. Yongning County can enjoy the war dividends of the Chu army, but Xiangtan County does not have this condition, and the fact that it can also succeed here shows that Wang Kefan's "land reform" policy is correct and can be gradually promoted.

However, why did the same policy in Liangguang cause a strong backlash from the gentry and landlords, and even almost caused a palace coup?!

Huang Zongxi was thinking.

Gu Yanwu was thinking.

Wang Kefan is also thinking.

Hearing that Huang Zongxi and Gu Yanwu were going to Changsha, Wang Kefan readily agreed, not only temporarily changing his itinerary, but also setting the first stop of the inspection at Yuelu Academy.

Heaven does not give birth to Zhongni, and eternity is like a long night. Over the past 2,000 years, Confucianism has been immersed in the bones of every Chinese person, deeply affecting the behavior and values of Chinese people.

A person like Wang Fuzhi may not be a qualified official, and he may have a problem with his character, but this does not prevent him from being a great thinker. Let him teach in Yuelu Academy may be the best choice.

That night, Huang Zongxi, Gu Yanwu, and Wang Fuzhi really fell asleep and talked all night.

That night, Wang Kefan returned to his home and spent a warm night with his family.

That night, Wang Fuchen was bored, and two small blue sedan chairs were carried to his door.

Wang Fuchen, who has a bun, finally saw the legendary Yangzhou thin horse, and there are two of them, these two thin horses are unparalleled, but they can fly and stay at any time.

Upside down, Wang Fuchen and two thin horses fought all night, the brave and invincible "horse harrier", this time met an opponent who was enough to match, and finally lost his armor and was defeated. (To be continued......)