Chapter 118: The Chance to Lose

In the face of the question, Chen Xie showed an indifferent smile, not frightened by the momentum of the other side at all, and asked with a flat gaze: "Why?" Lu Xiangsheng snorted heavily and twisted his head away. seems to be sorting out his mood, facing Chen Xie in anger, I am afraid that I will lose my words, and it is not too late to calm down and speak.

"Isn't it convenient to say here? Then go in and talk about it. Chen Xie did not regard Lu Xiangsheng's turning of his head as a victory, this is a literati with a firm will and high morals, he turned his head not because he felt wrong, but because he felt a little ashamed. When Chen Xie's life and death were unknown, he came to grab the military power, which was a hurdle that was difficult for him to overcome.

One after the other, the two entered the office of the headquarters, and after the guards returned with tea and water, Lu Xiangsheng, who had been sitting upright with his eyes closed, completely calmed down, looking at Chen Xie's eyes still with angry feelings, but it was not so strong.

"You answer my question first, only if you answer first, my answer will be meaningful." Chen Xie was still smiling, picked up the enamel jar, blew the tea powder, put it down after taking a sip, and looked at it with a smile.

"Establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a life for the people, continue to learn for the saints, and open peace for all generations." Lu Xiangsheng came up with such a famous sentence as an answer, Chen Xie couldn't help but laugh out loud when he heard it, and then Lu Xiangsheng's face became extremely ugly, and his anger spread again, and he glared at the other side and said, "Isn't it funny?" ”

Chen Xie put away his smile, looked back, shook his head and said, "I believe you are telling the truth, you think so and do so." At least doing what you think is right. But I want to tell you that these four points are expected of you, those who read, will never be able to do it. So, that's a goal that's simply not possible. ”

"You ......." Lu Xiangsheng's face turned red, Teng stood up, pointed at Chen Xie, and unexpectedly found that he couldn't refute it. In particular, the reality of the Ming Dynasty told him that it was out of reach in these four sentences.

"Sit down!" Chen Xie's tone was very light, but Lu Xiangsheng felt that he was a flame, and his words were like a basin of ice water, which extinguished the fire for him in one fell swoop. Because, what Chen Xie said is also the truth. The truth in this world is the hardest to hear, and it cannot be refuted. The more I read the history books, the more I felt that these words were a dream, or a distant dream, but this was faith!

"You asked me why? Now let me answer that question. It's actually very simple, you have your own faith in your heart, and I have it in my heart. And I am willing to sacrifice my own qiē for this faith. The biggest difference between you and me is that I can put aside the interests of individuals and groups for the sake of the interests of the country and the nation. You, on the other hand, can't. Lu Xiangsheng opened his mouth to refute, but Chen Xie preemptively said: "Don't try to refute me, that's just humiliating yourself." From the day I set foot on the land of Daming, what I have done and what you have done, you know very well in your heart. Don't measure my faith by your nihilistic faith, for the sake of faith, I can do things step by step with my feet on the ground, and I don't care what others think of me. ”

Lu Xiangsheng paused for a moment before asking, "Your faith?" Chen Xie nodded: "I want this country and this nation to always stand on the top of the world's nations." If that sounds too ethereal to you, then I'll be realistic. There is so much suffering that this country and this people have endured, and I will never allow the reproaches of history to be repeated for our own sake. ”

This is what can be said to people like Lu Xiangsheng, everyone sits down and talks calmly. In fact, the core of the topic is not what faith is, but two words "rise and fall". China has a long history, and there are enough examples to learn from. The slogan shouted by Zhang Zai of the Northern Song Dynasty was just a slogan. The reason for this is actually four words, "conflict of interests".

Lu Xiangsheng, who tried to calm his heart, still couldn't refute it after listening to Chen Xie's words. Because this is still the truth, you can't refute the truth, if you have to refute it, it's a quibble, and Lu Xiangsheng's character disdains it.

"Hong Hengjiu wants to come and eat a closed door!" Lu Xiangsheng smiled bitterly, and Chen Xie smiled and nodded: "That's natural, the noble and martial arts are cheap, and I can't eat them at all in my subordinates." It has been proven wrong that you are wrong. For the sake of class interests, or for the interests of the literati, there are still many people who insist on it. The Ming Dynasty is handed over to you to govern, and I really can't rest assured. It's not because there are too many of you who can dig into the corners of the country for their own personal gain, I would have taken my own people overseas to have a good time. ”

"Is there any good way for you to do it once and for all?" Lu Xiangsheng sneered, still unable to agree with Chen Xie's statement. Chen Xie shook his head: "I don't know if my method can be done once and for all, but I can continue the five hundred years of the Ming Dynasty." Provided that you do what I say. ”

Hearing this, a look of surprise flashed on Lu Xiangsheng's face, and he couldn't help asking, "Tell me, what do you want to do?" ”

Chen Xie said with a smile: "To put it simply, just four words, constitutional monarchy." If you want to put it more carefully, you can say three days and three nights. The core idea is to abolish the so-called monarchy, above which the laws of a country must be valid for everyone. That is to say, in the literal sense of the law, everyone must be equal. With this foundation for the founding of the country, the problem of the rise and succession of those dynasties in history, even if it cannot be completely solved, will not be much of a problem in 500 years. I won't say much about the general direction, I have more detailed copywriting in my hand, you can take it back and look at it carefully. Now let's talk about what to do in order to avoid the repetition of history to the greatest extent. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Xie paused and looked at Lu Xiangsheng with a smile, hoping that he could find a rebuttal. It's a pity that he is Lu Xiangsheng, not Yang Tinglin, and he will definitely talk about things with "Taoism" and "Gangchang". In fact, the essence of Gangchang and the goal that Da Ming Wenchen strives to achieve are fundamentally contradictory.

"I don't know, but please continue." People like Lu Xiangsheng are now on the cliff and are a scholar, and his brain is much better than Chen Xie's. The gap is actually in knowledge, it doesn't matter if you don't understand it, you continue to talk first, and then think about it later.

"Speaking specifically, I've been doing it, and you've all seen it. To develop industry, to develop education, to expand militarily abroad, even if some places are now unsuitable for human habitation, we must first grab them. Industrialization is the foundation of a strong future for a country, and if we don't follow this path, European countries will do it. Actually, you should see that because of the progress of industrial technology, I have achieved a huge advantage in the military. After the beginning of industrialization, the productive forces of a country have developed greatly, and the products produced will inevitably need a market. The market is divided into an internal market and an external market, and the essence of external expansion is to compete for the market and the living space of the nation at the same time. Let's put it this way, the land of this world is finite, and the population will develop in an infinite direction. The decline of the Ming Dynasty stems from self-isolation and self-containment. Liu Daxia's fire burned not the nautical charts, but the future of this nation. When Chen Xie said this, Lu Xiangsheng stood up abruptly and said, "It's nonsense." ”

Chen Xie continued to smile: "Don't get excited, sit down and talk slowly." Lu Xiangsheng sat down and said, "Okay, I'll listen to what you say." ”

"Wait a minute!" Dropping a sentence, Chen Xie turned around and went to the inner room, and when he came out, he had an extra globe in his hand. After placing it on the table, Chen Xie pointed to the globe and said, "Look, this is the whole picture of the world we live in." I call this thing a globe. For the rest of the conversation, I hope you don't interrupt me and just listen quietly. Can it be done? ”

Lu Xiangsheng is already a little unconscious, how did he come up with such a thing. However, he decided to listen to what he had to say, so he nodded, and Chen Xie continued: "Look, this is Daming, here is India, here is the Taixi countries, here is South America, and this is North America." More than 70% of the earth is the sea, and we can reach any part of the world. Then going back to what I just said, controlling the sea is equivalent to mastering the world. When we can reach anywhere through the sea, others are left to survive in a narrow confines. ”

Chen Xie stopped again, Lu Xiangsheng stared at the globe in a daze, and couldn't imagine this thing at all. Chen Xie smiled while waiting for him to turn around and show an incredulous expression: "Don't explain now, let's continue to talk about Da Ming's problem." Lu Xiangsheng nodded, although he was still confused, he didn't want to delay Chen Xie to continue.

"The Ming Dynasty is here, pay attention, this range is called Asia, and the two most suitable places for agriculture in this range are the Ming Dynasty and India. Our descendants of China have occupied the most suitable areas for human cultivation in East Asia, but they cannot get rid of the unsolvable and fatal contradiction of agricultural civilization itself. The contradiction between population growth and limited arable land! If this contradiction is not resolved, coupled with the problems of strict land annexation and low agricultural production level, history is a reference, and the population has decreased sharply due to the war in the process of dynastic formation, and the contradiction has been alleviated. The new dynasty then followed the path of the old dynasty and went through it again, from rise to fall, changing dynasties, and repeating the cycle. In other words, the opportunity brought by Zheng He's trip to the West during the Chengzu period was cut off by the short-sighted ministers. ”

Lu Xiangsheng still couldn't refute this sentence, because what Chen Xie said, let alone history, Daming himself verified it. The phenomenon of the population decline brought about by the popular uprising in the Central Plains is already obvious. Wherever the rogues went, there was a blank field.

At this time, Chen Xie smiled and asked, "Do you want to continue?" ”R1152