In the town of Edo Castle, there is a large neighborhood where a large number of ronin live.

In a certain burrow, many ronins surround a middle-aged man. The ronin's expressions were anxious and panicked, but the middle-aged man looked calm, and continued to tell his knowledge: "What is the foundation of wealth? Grain, too, cloth. Gold, silver, and copper coins are but servants of grain and cloth. Why are ronins poor? It's all because it's not producing. Not only ronins, but also samurai. There are so many samurai and ronin in the world, all of them must be supported by the peasants, and the peasants are so miserable! We and other ronins must also learn to work......"

"Sir!"

A ronin asked, "We don't have land, we can't plow the fields and grow food." Even if we want to be craftsmen, craftsmen will not teach us skills. We also want to be merchants, but businessmen are all monopoly buyers. The current situation is that we ronins also want to work, but we can only do odd jobs or escort the homes of wealthy merchants. ”

The middle-aged man sighed: "The disadvantages of this system must be reformed from the top down. When my teacher and I were in the Okayama Domain, we had already persuaded the feudal lord to reform, but unfortunately we were framed by the villain, and we were removed from our posts and went into exile. ”

The middle-aged man's name is Xiong Zefanshan, and his father is a ronin. He himself was an official in the Okayama Domain, but he and his teacher spread Yangming Xinxue, and were framed and suppressed by Lin Luoshan, who admired Zhu Xi's learning. Since then, he has been hiding in Tibet and has been under house arrest and died in another time and space.

His teacher, Nakae Fujiki, is the ancestor of Japanese Yangming Xinxue, so Xiong Ze Fanshan is a second-generation disciple of Japanese Yangmingxue.

Nakae Fujiki's scholarship was divided into two factions.

One faction is called the Preservation School, and the academic leader is Fuchiokama, who follows the teacher's ideas and cannot be changed.

Xiong Zefan Mountain is the leader of the Shigong faction, and "Shigong" means to apply what you have learned. He did not blindly follow the teachings of his teacher, and even did not follow Wang Yangming, claiming that he was a scholar of ancient sages, and later tried to integrate science and mind - his thoughts and practices inherited the true meaning of Wang Yangming.

One ronin disciple couldn't help it: "Sir, there's a fight outside, you can help us come up with ideas." Should I help the shogunate fight, or help the Tang soldiers fight? Or, let's just run away, Edo is now a battlefield! ”

Xiong Ze shook his head and said, "We are ronins, not shogunate samurai, how can we help the shogunate fight?" The ronin has rioted many times, and he has long been distrusted by the shogunate, and we all want to be loyal but cannot get it. ”

"Then we help Tang Bing fight?" Another disciple asked.

Xiong Zefan Mountain continued to shake his head: "Born here, raised here, Si Guo Si people, don't fight for foreign countries." ”

"Shall we run away, then?" Another disciple asked.

Xiong Zefanshan still shook his head: "You don't have to run away." ”

More disciples were anxious: "If the two don't help each other and don't run away, are we waiting here for death?" ”

Xiong Zefan Shan smiled and said, "Sit down and listen to me slowly." ”

"Although I have never been to China, I have visited two envoys to the Tang Dynasty and know China very well from their mouths. Tang Bing, also known as the Datong Army, advocated the great harmony of the world and never killed and plundered the people. A few years ago, the Tang soldiers besieged Tsurumaru Castle as an example, and the people of Tsurumaru Castle praised the Tang soldiers. Therefore, if we stay here, as long as we don't run around, there will be no danger. ”

"The shogunate has decayed, and it is not a good thing that the Tang soldiers are killed, but it can wake up the princes of the shogunate from their dreams. If there were no foreign enemies, how could the shogunate and daimyo today be willing to reform the system? ”

"Since ancient times, the shogunate's annual tribute rice system seems to be based on agriculture, but it is for the royal family, daimyos, samurai, and merchants to exploit the peasants. How rich is China? It's all because the peasants get their lives. As soon as the peasants live, all industries will live. ”

"Japan is a backwater. The samurai were kept in captivity and did not produce, and the peasants were confined to the land and could not move. A pond without living water will become a pool of stagnant water, which will breed snakes, insects, rats and ants. Only by flowing water can it not be corrupted, and the four people must be allowed to flow. ”

"I have also read "Datong Collection", which can be boiled down to one word: live!"

"The Chinese emperor can dominate the Tang Dynasty, it is he who makes the people under his rule live. The lowly people were given equal status, peasants, noblemen, craftsmen, merchants, scholars, and military households...... You can choose your profession at will, so the people are popular and capable. ”

"The people of the world are drops of water, gathering into rivers, lakes and seas. And the Chinese emperor is broad-minded, just like the sea, all rivers return to the sea, and the people return to the emperor. ”

"How big is the heart of the Chinese emperor? I have heard that as long as you don't criticize Tian Zheng, as long as you don't commit crimes against the law, even if you openly scold the emperor, you will be imprisoned for a few days at most. Chinese scholars can speak freely and expound their ideas to their heart's content. And what about us in Japan? My mentor and I were only spreading the study of mind in the Okayama Domain, and we were charged with attempted rebellion. ”

"If the shogunate wants to reform and does not have to copy China, it is easy to draw a tiger and not become an anti-dog. But we must learn from China and make Japan alive as well. Samurai and ronin, they should be encouraged to produce. Nor should peasants be tied to the land...... It's very difficult, and it is necessary to reform the samurai system, but also to reform the land system. ”

"Perhaps, only a great man like the emperor of China, who became a shogun, could achieve such a reform."

"This time the Tang soldiers besieged Edo, perhaps the shogunate should be alerted. Even if we can't complete the reform, it's good to change a little bit. If it can be changed a little, it means that Japan can still move and live, and it is not completely dead. If the Tang soldiers were withdrawn and the shogunate still did not reform, then Japan would really be finished. ”

Kumazawa was the most sober and pragmatic Japanese thinker of the 17th and 18th centuries, and no Japanese could surpass him for a hundred years.

But throughout this guy's life, two-thirds of the time he spent avoiding arrest. In his later years, he was too lazy to escape, calmly waiting to be arrested, and then placed under house arrest until he died.

"Bang bang bang!"

Gunshots were heard in the streets and alleys outside, and the samurai, who could not enter the city, were already fighting in the streets with the Datong army.

Xiong Zefan Mountain continued: "Taiji is divided into yin and yang, and when yin and yang run together, all things in the world are born and reproduce, which is the so-called golden mean. Japan is now yin and yang cannot function, yin is yin, and yang is yang. If yin and yang can't be intertwined, everything will be depressed. What should we do as ronins? ”

"Ronins should be yin and yang themselves, and don't think that they are higher than civilians. As long as you have the opportunity, you should learn how to work, how to do business, and how to farm, so that you can live. What good is it for ourselves to carry a knife all day long and wander around the castle town? I really couldn't do it, so I left Japan and went out into the world. ”

Suddenly, a disciple asked, "Sir, can we learn from the Tang Emperor?" The gentleman came to be the leader, led the ronin to rebel, and led the peasants to rebel together. Overthrow the tyranny of the shogunate, return the government to His Majesty the Emperor, and bring Japan to life! ”

Xiong Zefan Mountain became silent, and then sighed.

"Why doesn't the gentleman speak?" The disciple asked.

Xiong Ze said: "That will kill a lot of people, and it may not be successful." The daimyo and their banners will work together to suppress it. Ronins and farmers, on the other hand, have a hard time. Even among us, if the rebellion is big and the shogunate secretly buys it, I'm afraid that some of us will become traitors. Don't be in a hurry to refute, if a daimyo accepts you as a retainer and samurai, will you continue to rebel? ”

The disciples immediately fell silent.

A ronin disciple stood up, drew his knife and slashed at the corner of the table: "Even if there are many deaths, we should rise up." If you don't rise up, what hope is there in this life? Traveling and eating in the alleys all day long is nothing more than a beggar with a knife. I've had enough of this kind of life, my mind was not open before, but now I know what to do after listening to my husband's good words. Shogun, thief of the country. We should respect the king and the thief, and return the great power of the world to His Majesty the Emperor! Ladies and gentlemen, who will walk with me? ”

"I want to go together!"

"Count me in!"

In an instant, more than a dozen people stood up, their faces full of fanaticism.

Xiong Zefan Mountain couldn't help sighing, he knew that the disciples would definitely fail, but he had a little bit of hope.

Moreover, Xiong Ze Fanshan knew that it was time for him to leave.

If the disciples make a fuss, he will be severely wanted, and I am afraid that there will be no hiding place in the whole of Japan.

On the street, more than 200 samurai rushed forward with swords and guns, and arrows were fired from the attic on the street from time to time.

The samurai who could not enter the city certainly did not have firearms, so they could only use cold weapons to fight.

The Datong Army uses a standard Mandarin Duck Formation, a squad of eleven people - one less firefighter than Qi Jiguang's Mandarin Duck Formation, and with a large number of muskets, spears and wolf milling have been completely eliminated.

The rattan hand raises his shield in front of him to cover his teammates' advances.

Four musketeers followed, and with bayonets in their arms, made improvised cameos as pikemen and wolf millers. The rest of the musketeers were responsible for shooting, focusing on the samurai who rushed to the forefront.

On this street, five Datong army squads and fifty-five people marched forward.

More than two hundred samurai rushed over, and more than thirty fell from afar. When the musketeers were reloaded, there were only a dozen steps left, and this time the bayonet was also released.

There was a burst of smoke, and the warriors had already dispersed.

This happened in all corners of Edo Castle Town.

Although the troops from Nanjing have not seen blood for nearly 20 years, their daily drills have not stopped. Moreover, there are many officers from the front line, as well as students who have graduated from military academies, who have been transferred to the Nanjing garrison after selecting the best of the best.

And what about these low-level samurai?

Not to mention experiencing war, and even not having practiced in formation for decades. They inherited their samurai status from their fathers, and all their thoughts were not about training for war, but about how to avoid being dismissed as ronin. So he tried all kinds of ways to bribe the officials, and usually carried a sword to show off his might and despise the people.

Such a huge difference is decided as soon as the battle is engaged.

There were samurai corpses all over the streets, and more samurai fled in rout, congregating at the gates. They were not allowed to enter the city, so they withdrew to the streets of the north, bypassing the walls of the city under the guidance of the generals.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Kill the enemy with me!"

The Datong cavalry was dispatched, and there were only two or three hundred horsemen, because the war horses had just landed and needed to rest.

But the heavily armed cavalry fought out from the streets, and the defeated samurai were terrified. Those who can be cavalry in Nanjing are all tall horses, all burly and strong men, and in the eyes of Japanese samurai, they are all like gods.

Let's try it soon, everyone. 】

The samurai were chased and killed by the cavalry, and they had no regard for their heads, but only knew that they were desperately running north. Originally, he had regained a little organization, but he was rushed by the Chinese cavalry, and the fear spread like a virus, and the tens of thousands of warriors outside the city were completely scattered.

The shogun and the old and middle daimyos, standing at the head of the castle and watching the whole process, were already pale with fright.

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