Chapter 35: Changes in the World

In this situation, He Xi had to come forward.

If he doesn't come forward, no one will be able to clean up this situation.

It's just that He Xi looked at Mu Chun's two panda eyes, and he couldn't help but feel the urge to laugh. After all, when Mu Chun was born, Zhu Yuanzhang already had some foundation, so Mu Chun was born a rich son since he was a child, and he looked dignified. After all, half of a person's appearance is innately good, and half is acquired. Pampered since childhood, good food and clothing, even if the foundation is not good, it will not be so bad.

Mu Chun is like this, although he is a little older, he is also a middle-aged handsome guy. Now there are two more panda eyes, not to mention, the angry fire in the panda's eyes.

It's even more laughable.

It's just that I can't laugh anymore. He Xi can only speak well and appease him, so that he can forgive him and not worry about the other party's scholar.

Mu Chun could only endure it.

On the one hand, it is He Xi's face. A character like He Xi, since he has spoken, he can't help but obey.

On the other hand, he knows that even if he retaliates now, it is impossible for the other party to do anything? It's nothing more than asking the other party to apologize, but what Mu Chun wants is an apology?

People like Mu Chun, do they lack an apology? What Mu Chun wants is that the other party will die. For Mu Chun, face is sometimes more valuable than life.

The face is passable, and he shows his magnanimity, but in fact, Mu Chun is ready, waiting for the limelight to pass. The surname Xue can die.

He Xi may not have guessed Mu Chun's thoughts. But so what?

No, He Xi didn't want to help this scholar surnamed Xue. But he knows three things better.

First, everyone who can come here is not easy to mess with. They all have people behind them. And the Xue family in Hedong can be regarded as having a long history. From the Northern and Southern Dynasties to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, there are more than 300 people with names and surnames in the history books. Moreover, during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, it had its own territory in Hedong. Second only to the top wealthy families of five families and seven surnames, among them, the father and son of the Xue family, who dominate Xiliang, are Li Shimin's defeat, and Xue Rengui and others are even more famous.

Of course, now it is the Ming Dynasty, not the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and the Xue family is also scattered, and it is no longer the original. He Xi hadn't heard how powerful the Xue family in Hedong was. But there must be a reason why he can come here on behalf of the local heroes in Shanxi.

Even He Xi has not yet found out the reason. But it doesn't prevent He Xi from identifying this fact, this is not a simple Qianguo Gong bullying the weak, ordinary people dare to beat a Guogong, haven't they thought about the consequences after the fight?

He Xicai didn't believe it.

He Xi will not be kind.

Second, Mu Ying has a good relationship with He Xi after all. Mu Ying is gone. No matter what the reason, He Xi can't help others. Don't help your nephew.

Not to mention, Mu Chun can be regarded as a loss.

Finally, it is also based on the strength of the Mu family. Mu Ying is gone. The Mu family has withdrawn from Yunnan, which has been in business for a long time, not to mention, not to mention that it is the replacement between Longwu and Hongwu in the army. The strength of the Mu family will decline in the future.

It is not clear how much ability Mu Chun can have to take revenge on the land snake in the north.

Perhaps, another reason why Mu Chun was beaten, and it was also the reason why Mu Chun was so angry.

The matter of face seems to be just face, but in essence, it is a problem of the inside.

He Xi appeased Mu Chun here, and then summoned this madman again.

The first thing He Xi saw was this person's information.

Xue Zhen is famous for his Confucianism. He studied under Song Ne. Gather people to teach in Hedong, and there are hundreds of people under the door, and Hedong calls it Xue Shi. Famous in Jinzhong.

It is a representative of Shanxi Confucianism.

It can even be said that it is one of the representatives of Confucianism in the north.

He Xi hadn't seen Xue Zhen yet, and he had a feeling that he hadn't seen him for a long time.

As I said before, the mind does not die.

Unless fundamentally refuted, it will be eradicated by force or other means. It will also be passed down from generation to generation, taking root and sprouting.

He Xi sniffed out Song Ne's taste from Xue Zhen.

Without him, He Xi knows Confucianism very well over the years, and understands even more that most places in the north, because of the war at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, have almost become white land, and naturally there is no cultural inheritance. This is also the reason why He Xi's doctrine quickly became the mainstream in Beijing.

But that doesn't mean it's the case for the whole North.

This is not the case in Shanxi.

As mentioned earlier, Shanxi is the only prosperous northern province left in the late Yuan Dynasty. The northern Confucian lineage is also very deep in Shanxi. Even if you study Song Ne, you will find that Song Ne actually took refuge in Shanxi during the war.

The knowledge of the two must be related.

Although it is not a master-apprentice inheritance, it must have some inheritance in learning.

He Xi was suddenly very interested in Xue Zhen.

Soon, Xue Zhen came over.

He Xi's first feeling for Xue Zhen felt that he was not like a scholar, but a military general, looking at Xue Zhen's physique, given a suit of armor, he could kill a master who was three in and three out.

No wonder he dared to give Mu Chun two panda eyes.

He Xi said, "Xue Zhen, are you guilty?"

Xue Zhen saluted respectfully, looking very low, but between his words, he was not soft at all, and said, "What is the appearance, the student doesn't know what is wrong? At this time, the Duke of Qianguo did not want to rest and recuperate, but wanted to send a large army to attack the barren land, so that the imperial court and national strength were wasted, shouldn't this be fought?"

He Xi listened and didn't know what to say for a while.

If Xue Zhen's words were placed more than ten years ago, they were undoubtedly correct. Without him, the accumulation of agrarian societies is quite slow.

A foreign war, which is too costly, is a disaster for ordinary people, regardless of whether it is won or lost.

If you win, there will be no good for ordinary people. Lost the fight. It costs them.

It's just that it's different now.

Today, Daming is a rudimentary industrial country. Of course, this level of industrialization is still very low. But because of the war, there was a bit of a surplus in the military industry.

If it fights abroad, it can pull this industrial chain. Up and down, millions of people eat this meal, and even benefit most of the northern industrial zone.

He Xi just let go of this one thing, and actually saw the benefits in this regard.

Fighting war is a special business in capitalist society.

The logic of the previous agrarian society is completely different.

He Xi said, "If someone else says that, I won't continue to talk to him. After all, Xia Worm can't talk about ice, but you, as the head of Hedong's scholars, if it's just such a level, it will be too disappointing for me. I ask you, do you have anything else to say?"

After so many years, He Xi understands one thing.

In fact, the top talents of Daming are very powerful. Perhaps, in terms of the average level of talents, the Ming Dynasty is far from being in the future. However, there may be a gap between the top talents and the top talents of later generations, but there are not many.

But it is much more powerful than the people He Xi has come into contact with in later generations.

Without him, it will be difficult for an ordinary college student in later generations to get in touch with those elite talents.

Therefore, He Xi did not dare to underestimate anyone.

And He Xi has not hidden in many things for so many years. I can't even wait to make a big noise so that everyone in the world knows.

If you are an ordinary person, you don't know He Xi's practices at all, and you still think that this society is still on the old version more than ten years ago, which is also very normal. But the question is, being elected by so many people, is the new generation of Confucianism in the north really just this level?

He Xi was deeply skeptical.

Xue Zhen pondered for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, the people regard food as the sky, and the world takes agriculture as the most important thing. Now that people's hearts are scattered, the students think that when they are calm, they should not have any more troubles."

He Xi understood as soon as he heard it.

Xue Zhen may not fully understand He Xi's doctrine, after all, information is disseminated in this era

Speed, not too fast. But it's not like it's ignorant of it. The reason why I say this today is because Xue Zhen thinks that the situation in the north, or Shanxi, is already very dangerous. It can't go on any longer.

What is the danger?

Focusing on agriculture is not traditional agriculture.

After all, He Xi carried out a series of agricultural projects in Hebei, trying to find ways to sell farm tools to ordinary people, so that the tenant system below evolved into a farm system, and so on.

Although it is said that He Xi's purpose is actually to transform the countryside. Adapt to the trend of market economy. Commoditize agricultural products. In order to promote the use of paper money, so that the market can undertake more paper money, so that He Xi has more room for indiscriminate currency issuance.

In short, there are many reasons for this. But I have to admit that I don't care what He Xi's starting point thinks, but He Xi's approach has actually affected agricultural production. Even during the war, agricultural production in Hebei was rising. Not to mention, the land reclaimed from the Liaohe River basin in eastern Liaodong.

This is certainly a progress in tools, but it is more of a change in thinking.

In the past, there were many additional obligations between the tenant and the owner, but now they are different. Many of the additional obligations of both parties do not exist. Of course, more importantly, it is easy to make money.

The grain is produced and directly sold. The enthusiasm for production has been greatly improved, and the proportion of self-cultivated farmers in Hebei is very high, and everyone is willing to work hard.

That's why it's so thriving.

Before the Ming Dynasty, although there were many provisions to help farmers develop, but in fact, it was more of a dead letter, after all, most of the people who really farmed the land did not know how to read.

Therefore, the peasants Xue Zhen is talking about are not peasants, but landlords who live on the land, or rather, they are the biggest supporters of Confucianism in the north, that is, the scholars and doctors in the north.

They were in a hurry. They feel that they can't go on anymore. Xue Zhen is their representative, and he is also one of them, so he showed such impatience in this venue.