Chapter 14: Surrender
Speaking of Nie Bao, many people are not familiar with it. Nie Bao was actually very famous at the time, and one of his students was named Xu Jie, who had become a cabinet scholar, that is, the prime minister. And Nie Bao's teacher is called Wang Shouren, and that's a great character.
Nie Xin's proposition of 'unity of knowledge and action' put forward by Li Guo originated from Wang Shouyi in the Ming Dynasty.
Wang Shouyi, also known as Wang Yangming. Many big names in modern times worship him to the fullest. For example, Mr. Jiang, the former president of the Republic of China, is said to have two books next to his pillow, one is ", Zeng Wen is Zeng Guofan, and Mr. Yangming is Wang Shouyi, that is, Wang Yangming.
Wang Shouyi's psychology has a wide influence, and Nie Bao has a deep true tradition. Nie Xin has been influenced by the study of the mind since he was a child, and he is extraordinary.
Mind learning, from the heart, theory and practice (the unity of knowledge and action), free but not old-fashioned. The ideological realm of the figures of this school far surpassed that of other Confucian scholars of the time.
So, in the face of Li Guo, Nie Xinkai said, "General Li wants me to be reasonable, then I'll talk about it." Understanding one's own heart is the truth, following the unity of knowledge and action, and leading to conscience. If you say that you want to learn, you are not determined, and you are just stuck in the words in the book, then you will be reduced to dead learning, useless! ”
Li Guo shook his head, "What you said makes sense, but I let people learn to read, not to be pedant." ”
"That's..." Nie Xin was a little puzzled.
"I make people read, but I can make my military orders unimpeded and my thoughts spread." Li Guo said proudly, "Literacy is just a means, my real idea is to govern the country!" Flat world! ”
"Humph!" Nie Xin snorted coldly, thinking, just you? With 200 soldiers, plus 200 children, you also want to rule the country and level the world?
"What? You think it's impossible? Li Guo asked rhetorically.
Nie Xin was not afraid, nor did he hide it, and nodded. "Impossible, if I am above the court one day, I only need one strategy to put down the rebellion!"
"Can you put down the rebellion?" Li Guo was very surprised, "Let's hear it." Li Guo squinted his eyes, expressing disbelief.
"In fact, looking at the world, the most turbulent is only Shaanxi Province, and Gansu and Shanxi are only affected by the chaos in Shaanxi, and they are out of control. Like Shandong, Henan, Sichuan, and Huguang, although chaos is also born, it can be controlled. The shape of the world has not yet reached the point of being out of control. "Nie Xin analyzes the shape shì.
Li Guo nodded, it is true, because in the early days of the peasant uprising at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty was capable of governing. "You go on." Li Guo pointed at Nie Xin.
"If the center of the imperial court is willing to spend some effort to transfer the abundant grain from Jiangnan to the northwest, and then properly resettle the rebellious peasants, the chaos in the northwest can naturally be solved. In the final analysis, the fundamental cause of the peasant rebellion was that there was no food. Nie Xin got to the point.
Then, Nie Xin asked Li Guo, "The civil unrest is gone, how can you rebel?" How to govern the country and level the world? ”
"You've got an idea in your head!" Li Guo praised it first, and then asked with a smile, "But what you said, can the imperial court do it?" ”
Nie Xin was stunned for a moment, thought carefully for a while, and then sighed, "I can't do it!" ”
Li Guo hehe, hey, Yile: "Tell me, how can you not do it?" ”
"Alas!" Nie Xin sighed, "There are nothing more than three points, that is, the king, the ministers, and the people." ”
"Oh?"
"First, it is the current saint, although today's Emperor Chongzhen does not look like a faint monarch, but the succession time is still short, and I can't see the clues. However, the current chaos in Shaanxi is becoming more and more chaotic, and it cannot be said that there is no responsibility. ”
Li Guo nodded: "What about the second?" ”
"The second is the minister." Nie Xin continued, "Now there are few ministers who dare to do things, and there are many people who pass the buck to each other. In the court, friends quarrel, attack each other, and ignore political affairs, alas! There are not many ministers like the current trilateral governor, Hong Chengchou. ”
"You're right!" Li Guo agreed.
"The third is the people, if the people abide by the rule of law and do not rebel, the world will be peaceful." Nie Xin frowned.
"Hahaha!" Li Guo laughed, abide by the legal system and don't rebel, what is Lao Tzu doing here, just come to the Ming Dynasty to pick up girls? Li Guo shook his head, "But you have to be able to live, who wants to rebel!" ”
"Alas!" Nie Xin thought of state affairs, and then thought of himself, and couldn't help but feel a little worried.
"I remember what Tang Taizong Li Shimin said, and I believe you should know it too. That is, water can carry a boat, and it can also capsize a boat. What is Water? What is Boat? Li Guo asked and answered, "Water is for the people, and the king and the court are boats!" In other words, the backlash of the people's hearts can determine the prosperity and fall of the dynasty! What you just said about being a king, being a minister, and being a citizen, those are all appearances. ”
"The so-called people are the most important and the king is light, and how to save the people from fire and water is the most fundamental problem." Li Guo looked at Nie Xin, who was listening. "What do these people need most now? Yes, the problem of eating, I can't eat, can I not play with my life, can I not rebel? ”
Nie Xin nodded.
"Why can't they eat? It's not that they can't work? It's that they don't have land! There is not enough food to be eaten for the landlord to farm, and if there is a famine, the poor people will starve to death! Nie Xin, what should you do? Li asked.
"Of course, the imperial court should give relief, and the gentry and wealthy people should donate money and give benevolence and righteousness." Nie Xin replied.
"Hah! What an act of benevolence. Li Guo was very disdainful of this: "Have you heard these things?" Did you see it? Yushi Wu Zhu came to provide disaster relief under the guise of disaster, but have the people ever seen half a penny? Besides, disaster relief is only an urgent solution, and if we want long-term peace and stability, we must allocate land to farmers! With land, the common people will have something to eat! ”
"But the land is in the hands of some high-ranking officials and rich people, how to divide it?" Nie Xin also knew that the phenomenon of land annexation at the end of the Ming Dynasty was strict.
"This is what distinguishes me from the peasant army who rebelled against pleasure, who had no money." Li Guo smiled, "There is only one thing I have to do in the end, fight the local tyrants and divide the land!" ”
Nie thought for a while and shook his head, "Still not, those dignitaries are willing to let you share their land?" ”
"That's why I want to rebel, and I want to build a strong army, those bully landlords who refuse to hand over their land, Lao Tzu will kill him! I will occupy a territory and slowly realize my plan. Nie Xin, if you are a poor and destitute person who has nothing, and I give you land so that you can have a way to live, will you rebel with me? Li asked.
"If that is the case, there is a reason for rebellion." Nie Xin replied.
"I let the people have food, how can the people not support me? In order to survive, they will rebel with me so that they can have something to eat. When the time comes, the Ming Dynasty will definitely fall, and I will definitely be able to establish a peaceful and prosperous era! Li Guo said proudly.
"Of course, this needs to be done in a few steps. First, we have to..." Li Guo talked endlessly, although Li Guo was a science student, he liked to read history books, he talked endlessly, from the generation of classes to class contradictions, from slavery to feudalism, and slowly infiltrated some capitalist and socialist ideas into them. Of course, we can't talk too much about this, otherwise they won't be able to digest it, and it will be counterproductive. Although Li Guo was only a student, his concept was much stronger than that of the people at that time, and saying a point of view would arouse everyone's interest, and everyone was stupid.
Nie Xin's eyes also changed, he was no longer arrogant, and he was surprised in his heart, this Li Guo is not very old, and what he said is fresh and exciting, but it is unheard of and talented! There are great talents! Why didn't you find out?
"When I teach those who follow me to read and write, I want them to understand my ideas, to promote my policies, and to enforce my decrees! So I need a lot of literate people! Nie Xin, you said that you must first be reasonable in learning, is what I said unreasonable? Li Guo looked at Nie Xin.
Nie Xin was silent, but he was thinking in his heart, Li Guo was a terrible person, and he was clumsy.
"Of course, I, Li Guo, are now running around with the peasant army of the brigade, and I can only be regarded as a rogue coward, but this is not my real idea." Li Guo decided, "To realize my idea, I need to establish a base and have a territory of my own!" ”
The crowd was silent.
"Of course, it's a head-off thing. But in these troubled times, is it safe to stay at home? Bandits are like combing soldiers like grates, where can they be safe in the chaos of war? Li Guo sighed and said, "It's very difficult to start at the beginning, and there is nothing easy in the world that can be done." But I believe that my idea will be realized! My thoughts are like a spark, and although it is small now, you must remember that a spark can start a prairie fire! ”
A spark can start a prairie fire! This sentence was said with great force, and everyone listened to it with great emotion.
"I'm only going to say so much today, if you agree with me, then follow me, if you feel bad, leave! I need people who are sincere in their careers, I have nothing for everyone, I only have one sentence, if you are rich, you should share it! Li Guo roared.
"His grandmother's! Dry! "Master General, this time I am with you sincerely" "Don't do it, it's a grandson!" "Most of these talents were born poor, aggrieved for half their lives, and they couldn't even eat when they went home anyway, and now Li Guo pointed out a clear way for them, and when they broke through, it was a blue sky.
Nie Xin still didn't say anything, and Nie Xin's heart was surging at this moment. Nie Xin thought that this small leader of the peasant army named Li Guo was indeed different. He is not greedy for money, no, he can still open a warehouse and release grain when the food is sufficient, and now he has taken in so many lonely children, isn't it a saint's act.
Now the Ming Dynasty building will fall, which can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye. Could it be that the rumors of the surname Li in the market are true? Nie Xin raised his head seriously, and looked at Li Guo carefully, this person has a dragon face, a watch of the sky, a dragon wind, a dragon walking tiger step, and a dragon's eyes. Isn't that the face of an emperor? Nie Xin's heart thumped.
Li Guo saw that Nie Xin didn't speak, thinking that Nie Xin was unwilling to follow him, and thought, the twisted melon is not sweet, grandma's, you won't make a cake without your rotten eggs?
Li Guo waved his hand and said to Nie Xin, "You go, I won't stop you!" ”
Nie Xin stepped forward, grabbed Li Guo's arm, and respectfully helped Li Guo to the chair.
What is this rabbit cub going to do, Li Guo doesn't understand.
I saw Nie Xin straighten his headscarf, flick his sleeves, plop down on his knees, and knock up three bows and nine times.
"Although the general is young, he is brave and mighty, and his ambitions are lofty, isn't he the reincarnation of the Tang Dynasty and Song Ancestor? The minister Nie Xin has repeatedly offended before, but the Nie Heart of the Majesty has been convinced by the Majesty, from now on, Nie Xin is willing to lead the horse for the Majesty, be a slave under the family, never repent, Nie is willing to dedicate this life to the feet. After Nie Xin finished speaking, he lowered his head deeply.
"May I follow my feet all my life and never repent!" All the scholars united as one, knelt on the ground together, and kowtowed to Li Guo.
Li Guo was stunned, Li Guo just wanted to slowly instill his ideas into the people around him little by little, but he didn't expect that today's debate would convince these people.
"Hurry up, hurry up! How can the boy be so virtuous, let everyone be so loved, or that sentence, if you are rich, you should share it with all you! Li Guo made a gesture and picked up Nie Xin and the others.
Nie Xin and the others stood up, their eyes were red, just like a wild dog that had been wandering for many years had finally found its owner.