Chapter 66, Controversy Again

In the article, Ding Xian wrote about the opening of the sea. Several major changes.

First, the inferiority is inverted.

The big merchants of the sea have a backstage behind them. Nowadays, there are still few private maritime merchants. But it's not for nothing. But even without a backstage, there are hundreds of brothers overseas. Even if it's an overseas country, it's helpless. Come to your hometown. How can you listen to a county order with peace of mind?

Well, it's this big businessman who is afraid of the government and is willing to listen to the county order. Give respect. Of course, they must obey the original doctors and squires. But it's impossible.

And the Ming Dynasty ruled the world, or Confucianism ruled the world and the earth system. It is through the class of scholars that you can enter the imperial court. Lower Ke'an Township. The emperor only needs to rule the world with the scholars. in order to sit firmly. But businessmen rose. Broke the situation.

This made many scholars and doctors unaccustomed to it.

Second, put the cart before the horse.

The essence here is agriculture. The end is business.

Because of the expansion of demand at sea, though. Jiangnan has many places along the coast. It is impossible to expand production capacity on a large scale in Liaodong at night. But that doesn't mean they haven't expanded. The two most typical things are to change the rice field to the mulberry field, and the rice field to the cotton field.

Here, Ding Xian fully uses data to illustrate this point.

A county in Jiangnan was chosen. The area of paddy fields planted in recent years is listed. I made a chart and it was clear that it was getting worse.

More importantly, Ding Xian talked about the problem of the drought in Shandong. He even pointed out that Shandong has always been a major cotton export province. Today's great drought. There was a famine. Is it just a natural disaster, not a man-made disaster?

For a while, Ding Xian couldn't get the data of Shandong. After all, a lot of data in these years is not known on the computer. More likely, there is no such survey of how many crops have been planted. However, Jiangnan is close to Beijing. Ding Xian can know these data.

In addition, some of these data are from Mingjiantang.

That is, He Xi's disciples and grandchildren did it. It was taken out by Ding Xian and used.

Ding Xian pointed out that this kind of cart before the horse. As a result, a food crisis has caused hundreds of people to flee to the sea, and there are not enough people to grow food. It's been a long time. It's not just food shortages. The taxes of the imperial court were also insufficient. When the time comes, it will be the end of the country.

Third, reckless use of force.

He pointed out the wars at sea over the years, as well as the various attritions and casualties. Here, Ding Xian used a small trick. He only writes about losses. Do not write what the Ming gained from the sea. Don't say anything else. Tariffs alone are millions of taels.

Under his description, all the actions of the Ming Dynasty overseas were to gain private interests and affect the stability of the imperial court. Disrupt the order of the imperial court.

Ding Xian's words are too much in line with Fang Xiaoru's mind.

Let Fang Xiaoru see that the opportunity is the opportunity to compete with He Xi again.

Before He Xi and Confucianism. In fact, it was He Xisheng who won.

Originally, it was not a question of who would win or lose in terms of the concept of both sides, but who would solve the problem. That's all that matters. It is also what Zhu Yuanzhang values the most. Of course, the deep-seated reasons behind this, Fang Xiaoru doesn't know. He only analyzes the problem from the superficial information.

During the period of He Xi's reign in Guozijian, many things proposed were becoming reality, and overseas feudalism solved the trouble of the domestic vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty. Various countermeasures against the steppe. Although it has not yet been implemented. But now it seems that it is not a matter of truth.

And Confucianism is not at ease in the face of new things and various solutions. can only guard the wisdom left by the predecessors and be self-contained.

Now Fang Xiaoru has been thinking for a long time in his heart. Sprout in the heart. Secretly said: "He Xi's methods are actually very effective. Today, you can cite the law to enter Confucianism, and today you can also cite history as Confucianism. ”

What is Confucianism?

This is also what Fang Xiaoru has been thinking about over the years. In his mind, the most important thing in Confucianism is not the specific method. Or manifestations. It's not a theory of temperament, it's a matter of knowledge. It's about governing the way. It is the emperor who has no relatives, but virtue is supplementary. The benevolent love others and govern the way. Just determine this principle. In what way. How to do it. It doesn't really matter.

Of course, this also requires some theoretical creation. How to combine He Xi's thoughts and methodology. Crumpled in Confucianism.

Fang Xiaoru has been thinking about it, and now it seems that he has some inspiration.

And this inspiration came from Ding Xian.

Ding Xian's personal character, Fang Xiaoru is not acceptable. But Ding Xian did get the true biography of He Xi. It is enough to make up for the shortcomings of Confucianism. Just this article. Many Confucian scholars are not unaware of what is happening along the coast and in the south of the Yangtze River. But letting them write it out is different from Ding Xian's plan to write it.

Fang Xiaoru looked at Ding Xian's article, his thoughts flew in his heart, and he said, "Such a good article." How can you not let the whole world appreciate it? Don't worry, I'll take care of this matter. ”

Immediately, Fang Xiaoru rolled up this article. Hurriedly went to the East Palace.

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The prince holds Ding Xian's article. It doesn't move, as if it were a sculpture.

Because the prince felt more from Ding Xian's article. He even knew how things were going to evolve below. Although the volume of trade is getting bigger. A large number of laborers have shifted from farmland to industry or other sectors. Eventually, it evolved into a large number of factories, the population moved from the countryside to the cities, and politically, the capitalists replaced the scholars as the most powerful force.

But in the midst of this seismic change. Where is the royal family?

Compared with the conservatism of agrarian civilization, the world of capital is a drastic changer, once it is not handled well. It is also normal for the crown to fall to the ground.

Is this really what he wants?

In a trance, the prince saw countless red flags rushing into the city of Nanjing. He stood at the gate of Mukden, but he could not do anything.

"Your Highness, Your Highness." Fang Xiaoru shouted softly.

The prince woke up suddenly, and his forehead was slightly sweaty. He said, "I'll send this article to my father." ”

The prince's panic is actually very easy to understand. The prince read a lot of books about the future. But that's the future, he thinks. As for how long this future is, the prince did not make a judgment. But I don't think I'll meet it. Maybe it's for future generations.

But it's all changing so fast.

The prince seemed to feel, in the blink of an eye. The future is already happening. Right in front of me, this feeling is like whether artificial intelligence is intelligent or not. Before, it was still a concept and proposition in science fiction. Suddenly it became a real proposition.

Then the mechanical revolution, captive human beings, this kind of worry, also naturally arises.

He didn't care about this article. It's this trend.

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In the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Yuanzhang read this article, and he said: "Not bad. Let Ding Xian publish it. ”

The crown prince said: "Father, the son is not here to ask about this. Erchen was worried that this was too fast. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment and said, "Quick? I still think it's too slow. If you don't know, you can't do it quickly. I want to be faster. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang is different from the crown prince, Zhu Yuanzhang knows very well that he doesn't have much time. He would love to see the future society before he died. But he also knew that it was impossible. In the past six or seven years, He Xi has only cultivated a sprout.

If you move too fast, you're going to get an egg.

And Zhu Yuanzhang didn't care, Ding Xian sent this article. Opposition to the opening of the sea. Because he doesn't have to worry about it. Although the imperial court profited from maritime trade, it was not too much. The real profits are made by the nobles.

Ding Xian touched these people's cakes. Why did Zhu Yuanzhang shelter them from the wind and rain?

And Zhu Yuanzhang knows that the future direction of development will inevitably meet differences. It is useless for him to force it. It's a clash of interests. Route battles. Always have to be turned out. Zhu Yuanzhang also wants to see if some nobles have made money at sea, and whether they have the consciousness of capitalists.

What is self-conscious, that is, I have made money, and I feel that I am right to deal with it.

If that's the case. Zhu Yuanzhang felt that he was kicking his legs. Confucianism immediately turned the situation around. If there is this realization, then they should support certain schools of thought that support them to make money at sea.

Needless to say. It's He Xi's faction.

With such a conscious noble, he can naturally stay, and without such a conscious noble, Zhu Yuanzhang would not have killed him. Zhu Yuanzhang has not been so murderous in recent years. But marginalization is inevitable.