XXVII. Hope
Old Tang looked around and knew what Zheng Guang meant, so he said: "Of course, this scene is more beautiful, looking at this scene, the teacher really doesn't think that this is a slut doing a cheap thing." Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info”
Zheng Guang pursed his lips and nodded, and looked further: "Heavy agriculture and suppression of business is not the first initiative of Shang Ying, nor is it the development of Shang Ying, even if there is no Shang Marting, there will be Zhang Martingale and Li Martingale do this, I think, before the earliest ancestors implemented heavy agriculture and suppressed business, there must have been no practice of suppressing business, but this practice must have encountered some very serious problems, which prompted the ancestors to use the method of heavy agriculture and business suppression."
Students guess that in the pre-Qin period, the ancestors obtained far less things from farming than today, if today's grain can produce 500 catties per mu of land, then in the pre-Qin period, each mu of land may only be 100 catties, and the amount of food we eat is about the same, if the yield per mu is less, then the need for more land, labor is more, tired and tired for a whole year but almost not enough, and the property obtained from commerce is far more than farming, which will naturally prompt more people to choose business rather than farming.
In this way, there are fewer people who are farming, and there are no other agricultural tools to help farming, completely relying on manpower, the efficiency is very low, there are fewer people, there are no more crops growing in the field, slowly, there is less and less food, people have nothing to eat, at that time there are not so many other countries to do business with us, in addition to crops, there are few commodities that do not need to be made from raw materials grown in the field, and there is nothing to buy and sell if no one farms.
Some people speculate that the theory of valuing agriculture and suppressing business was first put forward by Li Kui, but the students thought that the specific method might be summarized and proposed by Li Kui, and the first person to do so should have been earlier than Zhou, but unfortunately the historical materials of the three generations were completely lost, so we do not know the specific situation.
Students read history books, learned that Yin Shang moved the capital several times, students thought that there was a serious disaster at that time, destroying agricultural production, causing famine and shortages of goods, a small number of giant merchants with goods and grain hoarding, resulting in soaring prices, the country chaos, such a practice, will prompt a certain Shang king to carry out reforms, the implementation of the law of heavy agriculture and suppression of business, only to gradually stabilize the situation, the decline of the Zhou Dynasty, the rise of princes, need a large number of rich merchants and giants to help, so relax the restrictions, is the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States period of giant businessmen are very many, until Li Kui changed the law to change.
But thousands of years later, our grain production is dozens of times more than in the past, and there are gradually more commodities that do not need to be produced from crops as raw materials, and more countries are eager to trade and do business with the Ming Dynasty.
Students secretly think that maybe the Ming Dynasty does not need so many people to stay in the field, relying on farm tools and cattle, we may not need a family of five or six strong men to stay in the field, reasonable improvement of farm tools, improve farming methods, can completely liberate a large number of labor to engage in other occupations, because the land can produce so many things, not because there are more people cultivating it, it will produce more, if three people can cultivate a piece of land to the limit, why let five people do it?
In fact, we can save two strong men to do other things, or work, or business, to generate more wealth, and will not cause the food crisis of the Ming Dynasty, the problems encountered by the ancestors, in today's Ming Dynasty, no longer exists, Shinong industry and commerce, each performing its own duties, students think that in essence, the four people are not high and low, but the division of functions is different, among the four people, the lack of any one, will lead to the country will not be a country, then, why should we be among the four people, draw a distinction between high and low? ”
As Zheng Guang spoke, the look in Tang Shunzhi's eyes became more and more shining, and after Zheng Guang finished speaking, Old Tang asked excitedly: "Didn't I teach these things and realize them yourself?" ”
Of course, I thought about it myself, but it was also thanks to some modern research, maybe I looked at the problem from a different angle, thinking so, Zheng Guang said: "In addition to reading and practicing martial arts, students also like to read history books, and I have also read a lot of wild essays, so I think about a lot of questions, and I also think about a lot of my own guesses, but I don't know if it's right." ”
Old Tang smiled with satisfaction and turned his gaze to the south: "You look down on him, look down on him, hahaha!" My disciple of Tang Shunzhi, I don't need you to look down on it! After that, Lao Tang turned his gaze to Zheng Guang and said with a smile: "If you can have such a view, it means that you are not reading dead books, dead reading, but reading your own views and opinions, although it cannot be used in the imperial examination, but it can be used as an official, but it is a pity that the three generations of historical materials have all been lost after the rebellion of casting no shooting, so that they cannot be verified." ”
Saying that, Lao Tang's face became a little solemn: "But, about the four people, Guang'er, keep it in mind, but, no matter what, don't say it, unless you achieve the position of one person below ten thousand people, otherwise, never say it, remember?" Yes forever. ”
Zheng Guang understood what Tang Shunzhi meant, so he also nodded: "Students keep it in mind." ”
If this statement is said, it is tantamount to going against the entire Confucian sect, even if it is the first assistant, even if it is the emperor, it is estimated that he does not have the guts, right? However, although the big net that Dong Zhongshu and Zhu Xi painstakingly weaved, although it had covered the entire sky, after all, there was still a glimmer of hope......
Tang Shunzhi planned to take Zheng Guang to Shaoxing, he made an appointment with those friends to meet in Shaoxing, he did not mention that in fact, this meeting was what Zheng Guang wanted, it was just an ordinary meeting, and he went to participate in it, and at the same time, he wanted to announce one thing, so that he could gather as many people as possible, which would be more beneficial to Zheng Guang's plan.
If you can't help Zheng Guang go higher and farther, and you can't realize his ideals, then you can't become an obstacle, but work hard to remove all the obstacles for Zheng Guang! He wanted to see these people, so he created conditions for him to do so, and for some reason, Tang Shunzhi always felt that this time, Zheng Guang could abduct everyone here on his thief ship...... Ahh It's a 10,000-ton giant ship!
Shaoxing is famous for rice wine in modern times, and in ancient times, it is the same, Shaoxing rice wine is famous, Zheng Guang repeatedly conjectures with bad taste, Tang Shunzhi chose to live in Shaoxing, and repeatedly held parties in Shaoxing, is there an idea of rubbing wine? What happened next verified Zheng Guang's guess, Tang Shun's entry into Shaoxing was like a kite with a broken string, out of control, and it must need wine, good wine to control.
To put it simply, Tang Shunzhi couldn't walk when he saw good wine, touched his pockets, and was full of shame, Zheng Guang was helpless, and didn't lose his heart to watch the teacher embarrassed at the door of the wine shop, and took out the money to buy a lot of good wine, Tang Shunzhi returned to normal, and arrived in Shaoxing at night, and the party time was two days later, so what needs to be done is self-evident.
Zheng Guang found the best inn in Shaoxing City, asked for an upper room, and then a table of good dishes, and fed the old Tang who was waiting to be fed, and the next day, the old Tang slept in the house all day, except for lunch and dinner when he woke up to eat and drink......
Zheng Guang even thought that Lao Tang was going to be a rice worm from now on, Zheng Guang was preparing for the township exam in August, although he was a student of the county school, but now the management of the county school is very loose, at the beginning to register, and then you can do what you want, no one cares about you, so many students who are admitted to the show will choose to take advantage of this two-month time to go out for a trip, or study at home, and will not choose to go to the county school to study.
After the end of the college examination, Zheng Guang also completed his journey of hegemony in Suzhou Prefecture, and got the achievement event of the small three yuan, and after this township test, Zheng Guang will face the masters of the entire Nanzhili, Nanzhili is the strongest imperial examination province in the Ming Dynasty, and Jiangxi can be compared with the "cradle of Zaifu", over the years the number of students who have passed the college examination and failed to pass the township examination is the highest in the country, almost every year in the Jiangnan Gongyuan to start a dragon fight, the wind and clouds will meet!
As soon as he thought of this, Zheng Guang was even more excited, there was no strong opponent in the Suzhou Mansion, Zheng Guang easily won the first place, and felt not very happy, but if he could go head-to-head with those historical celebrities, it would definitely be a happy thing, Li Chunfang, Zhang Juzheng, Yin Shizhan These famous figures, the people in the inner circle of the highest power of the future empire, can fight with them on the battlefield of the imperial examination, how interesting should it be?
But it seems that these powerful guys have already lifted people, and if they want to fight, it's time to try......
Tang Shunzhi analyzed to Zheng Guang that this subject has a great reputation and has the strength to impact the Jinshi, including Li Chunfang, Zhang Juzheng, and Wang Shizhen, but there is one point, these famous talents are all raised identities, just waiting to participate in the final examination and palace examination, and there are very few people like Zheng Guang who rushed to the township examination in one go.
Zheng Guang passed the college examination for the first time to become a showman, which is rare in the whole Ming Dynasty, let alone a small three yuan, if you pass the township test to become a lifter, you will definitely enter the eyes of those masters, and become a student with strong strength in the eyes of people, which will be of great help to Zheng Guang's further fame, but at the same time, Zheng Guang should also pay attention to the fact that starting from the township test, it is a real dragon and tiger fight, and Zheng Guang's lack of experience will be a very unfavorable factor.
Therefore, starting from the township test, don't expect to get the top spot, those old drivers who have accumulated more than ten years and decades of experience once their luck comes to an outbreak, their strength will increase sharply, although Zheng Guang has a solid foundation enough, but the way of the imperial examination, it really depends on more than strength, luck is more important.
Zheng Guang can dominate the young students of Suzhou Mansion, but you must know that young talents like Zheng Guang are not uncommon, every era has talents of each era, just like Yan Song, who began to participate in the imperial examination at the age of nine, Zhang Juzheng was thirteen years old in the show, sixteen years old in the middle of the people, Yang Tinghe of the three dynasties is also a famous prodigy, thirteen years old.
But their road to the imperial examination is not completely smooth, Tang Shunzhi expects Zheng Guang to win the exam in one go, laying a solid foundation for accumulating experience for a long time in the future, if Zheng Guang can be admitted to the Jinshi this time, then when he becomes a decades-old bureaucrat in his thirties, others will not be able to make Lian Xiucai not admitted, and when he has the qualifications to become a cabinet minister, maybe, he is still very young.
In officialdom, youth is also a huge asset.
However, Tang Shunzhi will not ask Zheng Guang to be the first at one time, now in the face of so many masters, Zheng Guang's seventeen-year-old age is very choking, whether he can calm down in such a big scene is also very debatable, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, facing the majestic Son of Heaven and the official authority of Beijing City, those large and small officials and nobles, Zheng Guang can really be at ease, once in the first?