Xu Chongguang is not interested in such imagination. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoAll he cares about is grabbing more power in his official career to achieve what he thinks society should be. What kind of society is that? In "The Book of Rites and Rites", there is a passage that can summarize Xu Chongguang's ideals: "The journey of the avenue is also, the world is for the public, the selection of talents and abilities, and the cultivation of faith and harmony." Therefore, people do not have only their relatives, and they do not have only their sons, so that the old have their ends, the strong have their usefulness, the young have their growth, the widows, the widows, the lonely, the lonely, and the disabled are all supported, and the men have a share, and the women have a home. If you abandon the goods on the ground, you don't have to hide them for yourself; The power of evil does not come from the body, and it does not have to be for oneself. It is because of the conspiracy to close but not to prosper, to steal and thieves not to do, so to do not close the outside household, it is said to be the same. ”

In other words, the society that Xu Chongguang wanted to achieve was the Datong society mentioned in the Book of Rites and Rites, that is, the ancient society described by the sage. Unfortunately, this first article alone is not possible. "The world is for the public, the selection of merit and ability", even if it is the future of heaven and dynasty, it is impossible to carry out a national election, in this era of illiteracy rate as high as 90%, the national election is not manipulated by a small number of people?

"Not only one parent, not only one son" means that everyone can push themselves and others, expand the heart of supporting parents and children to other people, and make the whole society like a family. "The old have their ends, the strong have their usefulness, and the young have their growth" is to make appropriate arrangements for people of all ages. It is necessary to ensure the livelihood of the five types of people, namely, "the poor, the widowed, the lonely, the lonely, and the disabled," so as to more fully embody the care of the whole society. Just imagine, human nature is selfish, how can it be like this!

In addition, Datong society also said that everyone can live and work in peace and contentment, make the best use of goods, and do their best. In this era of underdeveloped transportation, it is doomed to be impossible. But Xu Chongguang believed in what the ancient sages said, and tried his best to realize the ideals in his heart. Fortunately, he did not have some literati who did not eat grains, and after reading Mencius's remarks, he regarded them as classics and wanted to restore the Jingtian system. If the well field system is really restored, it will be strange that the landlords of the world will not tear him Xu Chongguang from the position of the first assistant of the cabinet!

Xu Chongguang's ideals are beautiful, but the reality is cruel. The standard of this Datong society, even after a thousand years, is a high-level society. This is not much different from Marx's socialism, but there is only theory, no practical method, why enter the Datong society? Marx said that after the great development of the productive forces, the private ownership of the means of production must be abolished, and a society without the class system, no exploitation, and no oppression will be established, and the self-emancipation of mankind will be realized. And with Dashun's level of productivity, even if it doesn't take a detour, it will take at least a thousand years before it can barely be realized, and it can be said that Xu Chongguang's ideal is a delusion.

Lu Chengqi, on the other hand, is much more pragmatic, and the biggest problem he faces now is the threat of nomads. During the Xiaoice period, the winter in the northern steppes, the life of nomads was extremely difficult. So much so that the survival rate of children born in winter is less than 10 percent. Compared with the icy and snowy grasslands, the warmth and richness of the Central Plains, after the nomads learned about it through the discussing merchants, in order to survive, they did not want to invade the Central Plains all the time. This is also the reason why nomads and agrarian peoples are constantly in conflict, one for survival, the other for the protection of the homeland, in the era when the agrarian people are still dominated by the landlord class, the two civilizations are destined not to coexist peacefully.

The fall of the Song and Ming dynasties was not so much the defeat of the higher civilizations by the lower civilizations, but the all-out blows of the nomads against the farming peoples in order to survive. However, there are many contradictions within the farming nation, and they are intriguing for the sake of interests. On the one hand, everyone is bent on invading, and on the other hand, they are all harboring ghosts, unwilling to resist the enemy with all their might, and compromising everywhere. The comparison between the two is clear at a glance.

There is no other way to change one's destiny than to conquer the nomads in advance. If you want to conquer a nation that is stronger than your own force, you must constantly evolve your own force and eventually overwhelm your opponent. Although Mencius said, "If you enter, you will not be able to fight at home, and if you go out, you will be invincible to foreign patients, and the country will perish." "But this is a matter of life and death, if the nomads are not defeated, it is the agricultural people who are invaded, and there is no room for maneuver.

From this point of view, Xu Chongguang's ideals and Lu Chengqi's ideals are incompatible. And the two people's cognition of the world is also 108,000 miles apart, and they are no longer on the same channel at all, in other words, no matter how far-sighted Xu Chongguang is, he also has his historical limitations. Therefore, with Lu Chengqi on the throne for one day, Xu Chongguang's ideal cannot be realized, although it is impossible to achieve it in the first place.

Lu Chengqi spoke with great interest about the vision of the future, factories rising from the ground, peasants, workers, and businessmen coexisting peacefully, and jointly building a prosperous and powerful Dashun. The soldiers defend the country and the officials, and the officials do practical things for the court and the people......

Xu Chongguang listened to this "future" that was like a fantasy for him, and he was very disdainful in his heart, thinking that this was just a child's naïve fantasy. In his cognition, if craftsmen and businessmen have status, then the whole world will be chaotic, and what is there to talk about "living and working in peace and contentment"!

However, Xu Chongguang finally has some political acumen, no matter how outrageous Lu Chengqi's "fantasy" is, he has to support it openly and start a new business secretly. Yang and Yin are the way to be officials. Humanity is old and refined, Xu Chongguang has been in the officialdom for many years, how to meet his boss, although he is not commonly used, he is not unfamiliar, at least Lu Chengqi, who has little experience, can't see it.

In this conversation with the little emperor, you can delete the "future" in your mind by yourself, as long as you remember the financial plan that the little emperor said. Sometimes Xu Chongguang also admires this little emperor, he is young and has so many ideas. And these novel ideas have a certain degree of feasibility. This fiscal plan, for example, is very useful for the expenditure of the national treasury.

Still unfinished, he expounded his ideas for the future for a long time, Lu Chengqi also felt thirsty, and after taking a sip of tea, he continued: "Xu Qing, I have said so much, and it is not something that can be done at one time. However, the financial plan must be made as soon as possible, and I must look at it and think it over and over again before it can be implemented. ”

Xu Chongguang felt fortunate that this little emperor had become so pragmatic since he didn't know when. Confucius has a cloud, "first say what he says, and then follow it", and Lu Chengqi's own understanding is to "seek truth from facts", practice first, and then say it.

Xu Chongguang is thinking about Dashun in the end, Lu Chengqi can have such an attitude, which is in line with the sage's saying, and he is naturally willing to obey orders. Lu Chengqi asked again if there was anything else important, and Xu Chongguang said that there was no for the time being, so he withdrew from the vertical arch hall. (To be continued.) )