Chapter 330: Lecturing
If you don't want to be liquidated after the death of your own group, or if you don't want to be in power, you must find a theoretical basis that can refute the opposition.
Whoever let them make the changes they are doing now has shaken the interests of too many people, and most of the people who really enjoy the dividends of the changes are low-level people, and they can't make their voices heard at all.
Isn't Wang Anshi's reform so unsuccessful?
Don't look at Wang Anshi's new learning, but the status of Xinxue has never been stable, not to mention, before Wang Anshi died, the original conservative school all made a comeback.
The only thing that can make them happy is that the current emperor Zhu Di is not an unassertive person, and his determination to implement the law change is very firm, at least he does not have to worry about being abandoned by the emperor.
If you want to change the law in the feudal dynasty, you absolutely can't do without the support of the imperial power.
However, if you want to implement the reform all the way, you must have a solid theoretical basis, otherwise it is inevitable that people will die and the government will die.
Now, He Qiu has done this, which is something that no number of ministers in the DPRK and China can't do after hard thinking, and it really relieves them of their worries, allowing them to spend all their minds on changing the law.
As long as this little book is there, those gentry will not be able to turn over!
The gentry themselves did not pay grain, did not pay taxes, and also shielded hermitages, and controlled a large number of tenant farmers, and the more power they had, the less power they had in the center of the state, which in turn led to the decay of the state.
If they were worried before, after Zhu Di's death, the old school would make a comeback, stirring up trouble under the banner of Confucius and Mencius, and targeting their posthumous names.
Now, I'm really not afraid of anything.
The existence of the reformers has the most fundamental theoretical basis, and from then on, the scholars of the reformers can also use this set of theories to argue with the traditional and conservative literati.
And all the data is there, and they are not afraid to check it, so how can those old guards turn over?
After all, He Qiu's set of things is logically quite rigorous, which is also a habit he left over from when he was studying.
Layer by layer, the argument is well-founded, and does not give others a chance to refute.
It's just that some of them got another book by He Qiu early, and that "The Wealth of Nations" is really a bit obscure compared to it.
If they hadn't had this pamphlet and read the book directly, they might have been really confused by the definitions in it.
It can only be said that He Qiu made this set of things, not a person with outstanding intelligence, I'm afraid he really can't learn the essence.
They had more doubts in their hearts and wanted to ask He Qiu, such as what exactly is the division of labor, currency, and so on.
Although He Qiu also gave a definition in "The Wealth of Nations", what on paper may eventually deviate from what He Qiu actually wanted to say.
Their thirst for knowledge of such a new system is no less than that of those of the Young Zhuang faction.
Soon, it was time for the last dynasty, Zhu Di sat firmly on the dragon chair, and after reading He Qiu's book, he was more confident in the next changes.
At this time, if someone dares to jump out and tell him that it is not good to change the law, Zhu Di really dares to kill people!
Zhu Di didn't wait for the following ministers to take the initiative to report their work, so he asked.
"Ladies and gentlemen, you should have received the article I wrote for your good countrymen, what are your opinions?"
For a while, the ministers were discussing, and the loudest shouting was "This is a shocking article!" ”
Seeing the commotion in the court, just like a vegetable market, Zhu Di was not angry, because this was exactly what he wanted to see.
After the chaos in the hall gradually subsided, Yang Pu stood up and said loudly.
"The minister asked Lingliang Xianghou to hold a feast for the hundred officials, explain the truth in the book, and let me understand the essence of the change as soon as possible."
After finishing speaking, Yang Pu looked at Zhu Di with a blank look.
Zhu Di laughed.
"Quasi-play!"
Many officials are secretly regretting it, how could such a thing let Yang Pu, this kid, steal the lead?
Before the dispersal of the dynasty, Zhu Di distributed He Qiu's blockbuster work "The Wealth of Nations", so that people who had not read it before could take a good look and listen to He Qiu's lectures.
He Qiu didn't dare to slack off when he received the news from the court at home, and such a major event as lecturing always had to be prepared in advance.
Moreover, He Qiu also knew that the people who came this time were not only Zhu Di and Baiguan, but even Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor, and the current prince Zhu Gaochi would come.
If you don't prepare, maybe you will really be refuted, and at that time, it will be a great disadvantage to the great cause of changing the law!
The time soon came when He Qiu was going to give a lecture, and the place of the lecture was in Guozijian.
After all, if you have to give a lecture to hundreds of officials, the place is too small for people to sit down.
Today's Jingshi is the only place that is more suitable for lecturing.
Zhu Di, Zhu Yuanzhang and other bigwigs of the royal family came in casual clothes, which also meant that there were no monarchs and ministers present today, only teachers and students, to show respect for He Qiu.
The emperor and the emperor were so low-key, and the officials did not dare to be presumptuous, and the honest ship wore Confucian shirts and went to the country to listen to the lecture.
Although the Guozi Prison was large, it was also crowded with courtiers, and those students who were originally studying in the prison were arranged to stand on the periphery and listen to the lectures.
He Qiu was dressed in a black robe, and stood on the podium, not taking anything else, just a stack of handouts.
He Qiu's dress was specially matched by Zhu Yuying, after all, for such a major event as lecturing to hundreds of officials and the emperor, how could he not dress up solemnly?
However, few of the people who are going to listen to the lecture now will pay attention to what He Qiu is wearing, and Zhu Yuying's thoughts are all in vain.
After He Qiu stood on the podium, he coughed lightly, and the attendants on the side knocked on the cloud board, and the class officially began.
"Today, what I plan to tell you is very simple, that is, the division of labor and cooperation......"
He Qiu didn't say any polite words, and went straight to the point and threw out what he wanted to say.
The crowd below was silent, all silently listening to He Qiujiang's things.
Originally, He Qiu's lecture speed was relatively slow, and seeing that these people below seemed to be able to keep up with their own ideas, He Qiu unconsciously raised the speed.
The core content of what He Qiu is talking about today is actually one point - the division of labor can improve efficiency.
In order to make it easier for these officials to understand, He Qiu also gave an easy-to-understand example.
Nowadays, the operation mode in the Zunhua Iron Factory, in the Zunhua Iron Factory, there are special people to make coal, some people to burn furnaces, some people to blow wind, and some people are responsible for the final construction.
But that's it, He Qiu was still afraid that some people wouldn't understand, so he finally mentioned it again.
"If you still have doubts, you can do a small experiment by yourself, don't be particularly troublesome, just chop wood."
"Try to see a few people chopping firewood alone, and cooperate with the special person to refine the steps of chopping firewood, compare the two, and see which one is faster."
As soon as He Qiu's words fell, the eyes of many officials lit up, this matter is simple!
Chopping wood! Everyone has to chop firewood every day, but before it was all handed over to the next person to do, the process inside is not clear.