Entering Chang'an, it was ten days later.

Along the way, the drought still has no intention of stopping, but the people here are becoming happier and smarter. On their faces, Gu Yanwu seemed to see something different from the people of the Ming Dynasty. It was a faith, a hope.

Compared with them, the people of the Ming Dynasty gave Gu Yanwu the illusion of a 'walking dead'.

Yes, the people of the Ming Dynasty have no idea what they live for and what they are fighting for. They struggle to die every day, and they spend a lot of time working in the fields every day, otherwise they will starve to death this year. They are like a machine that ploughs the land for the sake of ploughing the land and works for the sake of work, except for working and ploughing, they will at most discuss some common topics, but never think about why they live such a life.

Life? Yes, maybe this is the so-called fate of the two families of Buddhism and Taoism?!

But here in Daqin, Gu Yanwu saw something, it was the people's fighting spirit of 'my life is up to me'. They also plough the land, thinking about what to plant and how to mix it so that they can eat well and get the money back to the maximum. They will even breed livestock on a large scale, and there are many state-owned or private pig farms, all of which are large, with more than 100 pigs in them, and the scale makes Gu Yanwu stunned.

It can be said that every second of the people is struggling for how to make their lives more comfortable and how to make their lives happier. On this basis, they must continue to study and enrich their thinking, according to the most commonly heard saying here, that is, 'knowledge changes fate, ignorance will be beaten, and science is the primary productive force'. Well, I heard that this sentence was originally said by His Royal Highness King Qin.

The people here are very good at thinking and summarizing. The mistakes they make today will be corrected tomorrow, and they are also thinking about life all the time, thinking about why they were led by the so-called gentry before. When Gu Yanwu heard a common man complaining, 'What is it called to represent us, and what qualifications do the gentry and scholars have to represent us?' Are we just a herd of pigs, let them drive them to where they want to go?'

Terrible? Yes, as a feudal literati class, or a privileged class that enjoys the policy of fooling the people and represents the people on high above, what he fears most is not the wrath of the monarch above, but the awakening of the people below. Because in this way, they will not be able to continue to fool the people, and they will not be able to lead the cattle wherever they want, just like the oxen. Now this cow will not be led to anyone, and it will come to you in a hurry.

When there is no foundation for the people, the family will not have the commanding heights of public opinion. Without the joy of public opinion, there is no way to maximize the welfare of oneself. In such a situation, they are not a privileged class above the common people, but a low-level existence like the common people.

Is it really good to open up people's wisdom in this way? Without any Confucianism to defend it, how was Zhang Hongbin sure that the people would not rebel?

A regime that has no rules, no foolish people, and no moral high ground is definitely a nightmare for scholars. But in the same way, for a feudal monarch, the same mine, exploded, and the monarch could not live.

At the same time, if Confucian culture is so ignored, then why do we hold any cultural exchange meetings?

Gu Yanwu felt that he had come here this time, was it wrong......

Idle and bored, plus the post station gave him a certain amount of pocket money, counting what he had himself, he simply walked around.

At this moment, he was upset, so he naturally came to the tavern for the first time and had a good drink.

After a while, a literati-looking person sat down in front of him, smiled and asked Gu Yanwu: "This brother, can you fight with a certain position?" ”

Gu Yanwu was not drunk at the moment, he looked around, and saw that it was indeed full of people, so he simply nodded.

The man thanked him and ordered his meal. In the process of waiting, he looked at Gu Yanwu, who was drunk and hazy, and asked curiously: "Brother Tai is troubled?" ”

Gu Yanwu didn't know why, maybe it was because the smile of the person opposite was very genuine, not mixed with any hypocrisy, and as soon as his mind was hot, he expressed his doubts. But after saying it, did I feel that I trusted others too much?

"The idea of this brother is actually the idea of many people. The people are as stupid as pigs, the courtiers are like slaves, the scholars are dogs, and the Son of Heaven is the main one, which is the previous social composition. The Son of Heaven governs the world with the help of the hands of slaves and harnesses dogs to lead this group of pigs. A pig doesn't need to know why it's a pig, it just needs to provide enough meat. Therefore, the world is the world of the Son of Heaven alone, and the so-called stability is actually an illusion.

Why? Since the world is not a slave, how can you not be corrupt and treat yourself in the process of doing things for your master? In the process of grazing, how can a dog not steal a little food to treat himself? In the end, the meat that a pig can provide is eaten by the slave and the dog, and the Son of Heaven, as the master, can eat 20%, is such a Son of Heaven considered the Son of Heaven?

Besides, if there is another master, who has taken a fancy to the pork provided by this group of pigs, he will come and grab it.

As the master, the Son of Heaven is naturally anxious, but as the two parties of the slave and the dog, they feel that this world is not their own, so who is the home to watch the house? Therefore, not only will they not fully assist their masters, but they will also help external enemies and hasten the defeat of their masters under the mentality of maximizing profits. As for the pigs, if they were to be trampled directly on the masters, minions, and dogs, they could be trampled into puree, but pigs are pigs, and they only know how to provide meat, and they do not think about such profound issues.

Knowing what is at stake, should smart people try to change it? Otherwise, in the end, you will come to this old road, no matter how powerful the dynasty is, it will eventually come to an end. Without considering the idea of minions and dogs, the king had to think about his own government.

Brother Tai is not a fool, at least I see wisdom in Brother Tai's eyes. I'll stop here, and the rest of the brothers can think about it. After all, everyone's thinking is different, and I can point out one fact, but how to change it is a matter of opinion. I have no qualifications to attach my mind to yours. But if you want to understand the deep meaning behind the Great Qin political system, you can go to the bookstore to buy some works by His Royal Highness King Qin, especially the book "On the State", which specifically names what kind of existence the country is. I believe it will help you think! This scholar was gushing, and he also said to Gu Yanwu very seriously. In fact, if you think about it, there's a big ostentatious factor.

What Brother Tai said made Gu suddenly realize that at least some of the tricks had been cleared up. As for the books recommended by Brother Tai, Gu will go over and take a look later. It's just that I've been talking about it for so long, and I haven't asked my brother Taigao's surname? By the way, a certain is Gu Yanwu from Jiangsu, who was invited to participate in this exchange meeting. Gu Yanwu had already moved to make friends at this moment.

"A certain student from Shaanxi, your surname is Xiao, and your single name is Yao. It is intended to take the new civil service exam next year. Originally, I was going to take the last exam, but some of His Highness's arguments made me a little interested, and as a result, I studied too deeply and missed the exam time......" Xiao Yao replied.

No one expected that today's meeting would create the founders of the two political parties. They established two political parties with similar ideologies but very different administrative philosophies. As party leaders, the two have fought each other for most of their lives. Of course, that's for another time......