Chapter 151: Zhu Yuanzhang's heart

It's just that Zhu Yuanzhang knows that the prince is taking it for granted.

Because Confucianism is not just an ideology, a mode of production. The Confucian system, developed by the Zhou Dynasty, has almost become the consensus of Chinese scholars and doctors.

That's where it's the strongest.

What kind of enemy is the most terrible?

The enemy that can't be seen, touched, and killed is the most terrifying?

And Confucianism is such an enemy, man cannot kill the mind.

Don't look at He Xi who killed a lot of scholars, and several Confucians died. But the question is, is that the end of it? You're welcome, even if Zhu Yuanzhang now counts one of Song Lian's disciples as one, and kills them all. But in less than ten years, a group of new Confucians will reappear, and their political opinions may be different from those of Fang Xiaoru and others, but on the whole, there will not be much change.

But Zhu Yuanzhang's lifespan is limited, and the prince's lifespan is also limited.

How can it be done slowly, that is waiting for the future backlash.

But Zhu Yuanzhang's hesitation is not just that the prince's plan is not feasible.

There is also no way to do it.

He Xi didn't feel it himself, he had actually reached the limit of what he could do. It's hard to go any further.

The reasons are multifaceted.

The biggest problem is that the businessmen do not have the will to be independent, or the Chinese businessmen are used to being vassals, and they simply have the habit of fighting for their own interests independently. There may be such a habit in the future, but at least not now.

Even though the so-called Shang gang in the Ming and Qing dynasties seems to have supported many political figures, in essence, this support is dependence. The real decision is in the hands of these politicians, not in the hands of these businessmen.

These businessmen are subject to the political interests of politicians, and not politicians are subject to the commercial interests of merchants.

This is fundamentally different.

For the nobles, money has never mattered. He Xi used commercial interests to win him over. Except for a small number, they don't really support He Xi. It's just that He Xi has the support of Zhu Yuanzhang, and they don't dare to offend.

Zhu Yuanzhang's judgment on He Xi's future is the most likely. It was after his death that Fang Xiaoru and others united with the nobles to abolish some of He Xi's radical methods, restrict the development of blockade technology, limit the scope of use of advanced technology, and put the advanced technology brought by He Xi in the hands of several nobles alone.

In this way, the impact of He Xi's advanced technology on the Confucian order was digested. With just a small patch of Confucianism, everything can be restored to the original state of Confucianism.

The reason why China did not develop the industrial revolution has never been a problem of technology.

Today, the ultra-stable political structure dominated by Confucianism, which is based on agriculture and based on benevolence, does not allow a large number of people to be separated from the land. This would be seen by Confucianism as a threat to domination, and a peasant juggling some handicrafts, and even the profits from handicrafts have exceeded the profits of agriculture, but in Confucianism, this is allowed.

In Suzhou, many places in the south of the Yangtze River, the so-called male ploughing and female weaving are essentially like this. 33

But if you give up the land and concentrate on mass production purely as workers, it will not work. Because that is the hidden danger of the rule of the imperial court.

A man who does not plow, or suffers from hunger; A woman does not weave, or suffers from the cold. This is the political philosophy of Confucianism.

Reduce the number of non-agricultural people as much as possible, but this is no longer the case in ancient China, when agriculture was the best in the world. There was already a large amount of agricultural surplus, and some people have calculated that in the Ming Dynasty, one farmer could produce enough food for nine people.

The cultivation of a large number of cash crops in the Ming Dynasty was actually a reflection of this situation.

But Confucianism was supportive of the cultivation of cash crops. Large-scale industrial and commercial operations are opposed, and this opposition is almost absent in the literature. However, literature is not needed. Because at the local level, the prefect has a great deal of discretion.

Indoctrination and persuasion of peasants are important functions of magistrates. And there is a place where a lot of idle people gather and so on, and they don't grow food, so I heard that it is very profitable. But the money earned is not the magistrate's. Even if it is, the scale of operation will be greatly limited.

And industrial production has always been the larger the scale, the lower the cost. If the scale is not large enough, there is no breakthrough in technology, and it is not even as efficient as the handicraft industry.

Since it is not profitable and troublesome, the choice of businessmen can be imagined. It is better to support the handicraft industry than to open a large factory.

Without factories, there was no use for the industrial revolution.

Face such an invisible enemy. He Xi has done a lot though. But in Zhu Yuanzhang's view, it is not enough, far from enough.

Without the emperor's support, He Xi will definitely encounter a backlash in the future.

As for what kind of backlash, Zhu Yuanzhang can't predict. But he estimated that He Xi's best fate would be to sit on the cold bench for more than ten years, waiting for the day when he would make a comeback. If the end is a little worse, I will meet him and Jiuquanxia.

This is also the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't want to see He Xi.

The contradiction between He Xi and the crown prince certainly has the problem of the prince. But He Xi didn't realize that he and the prince were actually intrinsically linked. If the crown prince and He Xi can cooperate closely, it is possible to push forward the reform.

This is also what Zhu Yuanzhang wants to see the most.

Now the prince is gone.

The future of He Xi's reform is bleak, and Zhu Yuanzhang can't find a person who can sit firmly in the Ming Dynasty and implement the law with He Xi.

Zhu Yuanzhang even wavered in his mind to continue to change the law, if this matter is bound to fail, why not let him Zhu Yuanzhang draw an end. To overthrow more than others, leave more behind.

It's just that Zhu Yuanzhang recognized himself clearly in this illness. In his heart, he said secretly: "Zhu Chongba, Zhu Chongba, why are you so unproductive, what I want to do, I have never given up." Have you given up now? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's determination has been made.

For Zhu Yuanzhang, as long as he recognizes something, there is nothing that cannot be done. It's nothing more than a price.

And Zhu Yuanzhang's determination has always been at any cost.

Determination is enough.

Zhu Yuanzhang's change of mind was unknown to the people in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.

These people stepped forward one by one, wanting to express themselves beside Zhu Yuanzhang. However, Zhu Yuanzhang's performance was very indifferent. Just a few words, and then send them out. Only Dai Shen Doctor was left.

Doctor Dai gave Zhu Yuanzhang a review, and Doctor Dai breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Your Majesty, you have passed this level." As long as you recuperate more and work less in the future, you will recover soon. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "What is the matter with my hand? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang stretched out his right hand and moved, and as a result, the thumb, index finger, and middle finger were flexed up, while the little finger and ring finger were just trembling, but not flexed.

As soon as Dr. Dai saw it, he knew what was going on. He gently pressed his ring and little fingers, feeling the power from above. Only a very small force is not enough to move two fingers.

Divine Doctor Dai's mind sank, and he immediately knelt on the ground and said, "Please forgive your majesty." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "You tell me the truth, my two fingers," Speaking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang's tone paused slightly, and said: "Is this the way it will be in the future?" ”

Doctor Dai said: "The minister does not dare to deceive Your Majesty, Your Majesty's hands, in the future, it is possible to recover by doing more acupuncture." But even if it recovered. It can't be the same as before. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed in his heart and said, "I'm old." Go down. This matter is kept secret. ”

Doctor Dai said, "Yes." Doctor Dai did not leave immediately, but said: "Your Majesty, this time is only the first time, and the symptoms are relatively mild, but if Your Majesty still bothered, the minister is worried that in the future, it will recur." When the time comes, the minister is worried about ------"

Doctor Dai has not finished speaking. But Zhu Yuanzhang already knew what Doctor Dai wanted to say. Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly: "My life is in the sky, how can it be between the decoction needles and stones?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's words are not much different from what Liu Bang said, but the intentions of Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Bang are different.

Liu Bang may really believe in his own life and have a destiny.

But Zhu Yuanzhang is not, he originally believed in the destiny of heaven, and the arrival of He Xi deepened Zhu Yuanzhang's belief. It's just that Zhu Yuanzhang's sentence is not so much about the destiny of heaven as it is about personnel. If the big thing is decided, it doesn't really matter how long he can live.

Some people died, but not completely......