The thirtieth day of the lunar month, early in the morning.

Sun Chengzong, Lu Shanji and Huang Daozhou and others are here, and their families have also arrived in Jiangning County, so they can spend the Spring Festival well.

The last time Su Tiancheng and Liu Zongzhou argued, Sun Chengzong and others were not too convinced, it is no wonder that they themselves are the products of Confucian education, it is impossible to know the model of social development after hundreds of years, not to mention those advanced concepts, Su Tiancheng walked in the forefront of the times, based on the Zhongxing Society, step by step to implement their own ideas, Sun Chengzong and others, it takes time to adapt.

Sure enough, after sitting down and chatting for a while, Sun Chengzong mentioned the purpose of the Zhongxing Society, and he clearly believed that Liu Zongzhou's cautious independence should still be adhered to, regardless of whether scholars and gentry and wealthy households can do it, and no matter how Liu Jingting's quick book exposes some of the following problems, as a scholar, or even a scholar, the ideal pursued by the general is still not able to give up, and cannot completely focus on reality.

Su Tiancheng kept paying attention to Lu Shanji and Huang Daozhou's expressions, and found that they also agreed.

In any case, the purpose of Zhongxing Society must be adhered to, this is the bottom line, and the bottom line cannot be crossed.

The views and understandings of Sun Chengzong, Lu Shanji, and Huang Dao are very important, they are the leading force of the Zhongxing Society, and if they are also biased towards Liu Zongzhou, or even the Donglin Party and the Fushe in terms of ideological understanding, then their painstaking efforts will be in vain, and they must correct some stubborn things in their ideological understanding to the greatest extent.

The three adults mentioned Shen Du. The juniors have already said that it is not against the point of view of Shen Du, but the time must be right, the controversy between the juniors and Lord Liu, the three adults are all aware, and the juniors don't say much. Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, so let's tell a story to the three adults. ”

"A long time ago, a certain tribe was very poor, and the people here lived in a very difficult way, their grain production was very low, they could not fill their stomachs, and they had to go to the mountains to dig wild vegetables to satisfy their hunger."

"The leader of the tribe is old. The plan is to choose an heir, and the leader gives him a condition that the leader can lead his people to a good life, regardless of where the person comes from. ”

The three scholars went, all thinking of being the leader of the tribe, and the old man was very happy to see that the three scholars were willing to come to the tribe. But in the face of three people, he couldn't make a choice for a while. So the decision was made for all three to make their point in front of his people, and whoever could impress the people would be the leader. ”

"The first scholar came to the stage to give a speech, and he put forward the idea that the people should learn more. Establish lofty ideals, have an unusual moral concept, everyone loves each other, and works together to make life better. ”

The second doctor also came up to the stage to speak. The point he put forward was to make the people rich, and he calculated a lot of accounts, saying that what kind of advantages the people have, as long as everyone listens to him and works together, they will definitely be able to earn a lot of money and live a good life. ”

"After the two of them spoke, the people didn't have much interest."

"The third scholar took the stage, and when he said just one word, the people below began to cheer, so that everyone rushed to the stage, lifted this scholar high, and unanimously supported this scholar and became their leader."

"Three adults, I think you may not know what the third scholar said."

Su Tiancheng looked at Sun Chengzong and the other three and found that all three of them were pondering.

"What this scholar said was very simple, he said, as long as he is the leader of the tribe, he will definitely let all the tribesmen be able to eat three meals a day."

There was silence in the study for a while, and after a long while, Su Tiancheng spoke again.

"Three adults, this is the reason why the younger generation is against Shen Du, think about my Ming Dynasty, how many problems I face, is already crumbling, the emperor thinks of solving the many problems faced, is to stabilize the notice of the imperial court, the officials in the middle of the court, are also divided into three categories, one type put forward Shen Du, requiring the emperor, down to the civil and military officials, to strengthen their own self-cultivation, from the height of morality, a certain degree of combination of the system, to solve the shortcomings in the court."

"Some other civil and military officials, what they see in their eyes is difficulties, and what they think of in their minds is also difficulties, and the suggestions and opinions they put forward are to remove the east wall and make up the west wall, just like a framer, who has not been able to see the chronic disease that existed in my Ming Dynasty, or is unwilling to touch such a chronic disease, and always advocates tinkering."

"Just imagine, these two types of civil and military officials, and the first two scholars in the middle of the story of the younger generation, are so similar, they both put forward grand goals, but the people don't believe them, the people can't afford to wait, it is estimated that before the goal is achieved, many people will starve to death."

"Look at the method proposed by the third scholar, maybe in the eyes of some people, it is so vulgar, it can't be regarded as a goal, but the people support him and ask him to be the leader, this is for what, this is because he found the key to the problem, he knows very well, what the people need, what to do first, he understands, after a period of hard work, the people can eat enough, and then they can solve other problems."

"The three adults, when the younger generation debated with Lord Liu, for what did he disagree with the Shen Du proposed by Lord Liu, the emperor was eager to change the current predicament, there were rogues and harassment, coupled with disasters, the people could not eat, they were starving, and there was an invasion of Houjin outside, threatening my Ming Dynasty, such a critical moment, asking the emperor to be cautious, asking civil and military officials, scholars and gentry and wealthy households to do what Shendu, can defeat the Liukou, can expel Houjin, can the people fill their stomachs."

"I don't need to say more about the juniors, the three adults also know that this is definitely not good."

"The younger generation is by no means rejecting the view of prudence and independence, all scholars must have a high moral character, so as to be able to better govern the world, but you must see when and under what circumstances to advocate prudence and independence."

"The views advocated by the Zhongxing Society, there are three points that are the most prominent, one is to grasp the suffering of the people, the real knowledge of what the people need, what the government needs to do, and what aspects the government should make efforts from, the second is to put an end to empty talk, put an end to preaching, eat the king's Lu, loyal to the king, whether you are the prefect, the governor, the county, you are the people's food and clothing, then you must do your best to ensure that the people have enough food and clothing, empty talk can not solve practical problems, can not let the people eat and clothe, the third is the gentry and rich households, Including scholars, you must make contributions, the court has a lot of favors for scholars and gentry, but this is not a reason for the gentry not to contribute, including taxes, etc., you have to pay out the silver, and you have to take out the silver first. ”

"The biggest view of the younger generation on Donglin Academy and the Restoration Society, that is, from these three aspects, Donglin Academy and the Restoration Society, blindly emphasizing respect for the retro, blindly emphasizing, protecting the interests of the gentry and wealthy households, they also care about the suffering of the people, but they just say that they have thought of a good way to solve the problem, the younger generation knows that they don't, the younger generation thinks it's ridiculous, in some places, the particles are gone, they pretend to say that they are exempt from taxes, this is really a joke, people don't have a grain, You're going to starve to death, and if you go to exempt other people's taxes, if you don't exempt them, will you be able to receive taxes? ”

"The pilot project made by the younger generation in Jiangning County is to require the gentry and wealthy households to make contributions, and they must first pay taxes, and the city has abolished the so-called gentry and wealthy households, and even the preferential treatment of scholars, no matter whose goods they have, they must all pay taxes, and since you can earn silver, then bear the taxes."

"The younger generation has been exempted from the field tax, and it will be exempted next year, what is the purpose of this, is to make the peasant households barely able to have enough food and clothing, and the younger generation also thought that at a certain time, the county government should help the peasant households and gradually become rich."

"Based on this, the younger generation feels that the task of the Zhongxing Society is very heavy, and the influence of the Zhongxing Society is not only in Jiangning County, Yingtianfu, and even Nanzhili, but in a short period of time, these understandings will be promoted to all parts of my Ming Dynasty, and the Zhongxing Society will be all over my Ming Dynasty."

Sun Chengzong's face turned a little red again.

After Su Tiancheng finished speaking, he spoke first.

"Lord Su has this idea and vision, it is the gospel of my Ming Dynasty, the Zhongxing Society shoulders a heavy responsibility, the old man's old bones, on it, what Lord Su said today, it can really be described as a Daigo empowerment, good stepping, Dao Zhou, the old man has figured it out, I don't know what you think."

Lu Shanji nodded and did not speak.

Zodiac Zhou spoke.

"Master Su, I have talked to you a few times, I am more and more ashamed, I understand a lot, the point of view that Lord Sun said, it represents my understanding, I will set off tomorrow and go directly to find Liu Zongzhou, let him listen to these words, and see what he thinks."

Su Tiancheng felt very tired, for the sake of the Zhongxing Society, for the continuation of the Ming Dynasty, for the change of history, he has had too many debates, these debates, in retrospect, are not so simple, but they are necessary, bloody suppression is only one aspect, cultural invasion, can produce long-term effects.

Therefore, for all this, the Zhongxing Society must adhere to a pragmatic point of view, must adhere to the purpose of doing practical things for the people, and must break too many privileges of the gentry and wealthy households. (To be continued.) )