The time to touch the fish always passes quickly.

Jiang Xinghuo had not finished filling in the words of Banque's "Touching the Fish", which had been meditating for a long time, and in the blink of an eye, the day of the penultimate class had arrived.

Today, Zhu Gaoxu didn't know why, he arrived a little late.

The weather warmed up unusually well, and Jiang Xinghuo lay alone under the tree.

The audience in the secret room next door, Zhu Di, Dao Yan, Zhu Gaochi, Xia Yuanji, and a new audience member who was dragged over, had all arrived early.

However, there was no talk here, and I could only sit dry listening to Jiang Xinghuo's snoring.

The content of Jiang Xinghuo's iQue is his plan for himself after he is released from prison.

To be honest, during this period of time, Jiang Xinghuo's psychology has gradually undergone a lot of changes.

At first, Jiang Xinghuo was naturally shocked when he learned the true identities of all his two students.

I was lecturing in the edict prison, and I was just trying to exchange a few taels of honeysuckle?

How could the students who listened to the class be the prince of the Ming Dynasty and the prince of the Ming Dynasty?

But slowly, Jiang Xinghuo also began to gradually accept reality.

Jiang Xinghuo recalled his past relationship with Li Jinglong and Zhu Gaoxu, and said that whether the other party was a prince or a prince, he was indeed sincere to himself.

After all, now that I think about it, I was noticed by the Yongle Emperor, and I am afraid that it was also after the two classes of performance reduction or apportionment into the mu.

Before that, Zhu Gaochu wanted to save himself twice, and Zhu Gaochu couldn't fake his courtesy and courtesy day after day.

There is no doubt that the relationship between himself and the two of them, who are also teachers and friends, is real.

The identity of the other party is hidden from himself, and it is not without reason to think about it at this time, after all, the content of his own guidance is a little too advanced for the people of the Ming Dynasty, if he really confesses his identity, he will definitely not say a lot of words.

But now, since Jiang Xinghuo has seen the changes he has made to the world and has developed some ambitions, he naturally needs to re-evaluate this relationship.

In this kind of feudal society, is it difficult to change the world as a grass people?

It's hard to climb!

What's more, now is the era of the Yongle Emperor, don't even think about rebellion if you want to.

Therefore, it can only be the previous way of thinking, through the contradictory relationship of "both cooperation and confrontation" with the high-level of the Ming Empire, to transform the Ming Dynasty and promote social progress.

At this time, Jiang Xinghuo trimmed his plan a little, after all, he was crossing the river step by step by feeling the stones, and he didn't know this information before.

Now that he knows Zhu Gaoxu's identity, Jiang Xinghuo is keenly aware that he can use this to better transform the Ming Dynasty.

After all, Zhu Gaoxu is a student brought out by himself, he is more than brave, lacks strategy, and trusts himself, and is obviously a talent that Jiang Xinghuo can use as a pioneer when transforming the Ming Dynasty.

And with Zhu Gaoxu's identity, many things will be easy to do.

Of course, blessings and misfortunes lurk, and taking the initiative to use Zhu Gaochu to promote the plan to reform the Ming Dynasty after being released from prison means that Zhu Gaoxu's related causes and effects, such as the boiling "struggle for reserves" that are even rumored in the Nanjing market, have to be borne by himself.

In Jiang Xinghuo's opinion, this is also a helpless thing, apart from Zhu Gaoxu and Li Jinglong, who else can he trust or rely on?

As for what to do after being released from prison, Jiang Xinghuo does have a more mature plan.

It's a deal.

The top of the Ming Empire needed Jiang Xinghuo's knowledge and insight beyond the times to enhance the national strength.

Jiang Xinghuo needed to take advantage of the short-sightedness of the top brass of the Ming Empire to lure them to their advantage, and at the same time gradually promote the transformation of society.

How to transform an old, inertial agrarian society?

Jiang Xinghuo believes that after being released from prison, we should focus on two points.

First, emancipate the mind.

The first step in emancipating the mind is, of course, not directly to the dragon slaying technique.

Instead, muddy the water first.

What does it mean to muddy the water? That is, at the ideological level, all kinds of theories in later generations are taken out and disseminated, and things like thought, especially the dominant thought of Cheng Zhu Lixue, are most afraid of questioning.

As long as there are doubts, the Ming court doesn't care, all kinds of ideas spread, and it will soon become a pattern of a hundred schools of thought.

In this way, 99 of the original 100 people believed in Cheng Zhu Lixue, but now there are 50 people who run to believe in other thoughts, even if Cheng Zhu Lixue still occupies a relatively dominant position, it will still be greatly shaken.

The second step of emancipating the mind is that as long as the status of Cheng Zhu Lixue is shaken, Jiang Xinghuo can ponder and launch a set of "new studies" that are suitable for the current Ming Dynasty, can replace Cheng Zhu Lixue, and is conducive to the development of science.

Cheng Zhu Lixue doesn't have to be wiped out, otherwise it will be overkill, in Jiang Xinghuo's thinking, it only needs to let it fall off the altar and change from the original dominance to one of the mainstream thoughts of the Ming Dynasty.

The rise of "new learning" that is conducive to the development of science has replaced Cheng Zhu Lixue as the mainstream thought of the Ming Dynasty, so under the guidance of this thought, modern science and mathematics, the basic disciplines that give birth to and promote the development of productive forces, will naturally have the soil to take root and sprout.

Otherwise, under the rule of Cheng Zhu's scientific thought, how can we talk about the development of science?

The second point is to liberate and develop the productive forces.

To talk only about ideology without talking about practice is to play hooliganism.

The emancipation of the mind needs to be carried out simultaneously with the emancipation of the productive forces in order to achieve results.

Otherwise, just talking about the development of science, the people of the government and the opposition will not see the real things, who will believe you?

So according to the experience of Jiang Xinghuo's predecessors who have seen countless times in his previous life, to develop science, is it crazy to click on the technology tree, what steam engines, flintlock guns, smoothbore guns, trains, ships, railways, lathes. It's all over?

Wrong!

Jiang Xinghuo believes that the author who writes like this is purely cheating readers for their money.

Transforming society and emancipating and developing the productive forces has never been a matter of a chosen one, but a process in which thousands of ordinary people participate together.

Without the down-to-earth practice and progress of the working people, all social transformation can be regarded as utopian fantasy mansions in the air.

So, how to involve the people, how to liberate and develop the productive forces?

The first step is to test the field.

Any progress is produced through "comparison", and only by concentrating new things, things that are conducive to the development of the productive forces, into a new world of "a blank sheet of paper that is easy to paint" and let it grow vigorously, can the world see it clearly, and let people understand, oh, this thing is right and effective.

The second step is to guide the establishment of a system.

The system here has two meanings.

One means a system for cultivating scientific thinking and cultivating scientific talents; Another meaning is to cultivate a system of everything needed to progress from an agricultural society to an industrial society, including factories, logistics, media, machinery, and so on.

How to guide the establishment of a system, Jiang Xinghuo thought deeply about this issue and also came to his own conclusions.

-- Social experiments.

His role is by no means the golden finger of the era of mechanical séance, but an enlightener and a guide.

Since there is an experimental field, then we should secretly guide it through continuous social experiments to promote the self-cultivation and germination, generation, and growth of all the systems needed for the prototype of industrialization.

Only by doing this process can we ensure that the results of the experimental field can be generalized to the entire Ming Dynasty.

Otherwise, it will be impossible to complete the progress of a country from an agricultural society to an industrial society, and the massive human and material resources required to match it.

Just as building an aircraft carrier requires the world's top metallurgical department, a large and strong material research and development department, a state-of-the-art machining department, a technologically independent scientific research institution, a vibrant market economy, a supercomputer that supports computing power, and relevant personnel who are fearless and sacrificed.

Propagating an empire from an agrarian society to an industrial society requires countless schools, enterprises, factories, engineers, workers, merchants, raw material sources, and dumping markets.

And guiding the emergence of these things through social experiments is what Jiang Xinghuo needs to do.

Be an "enlightener" in thought and a "guide" in practice.

This is Jiang Xinghuo's positioning after he was released from prison.

"Mr. Jiang, wake up."

Not as Jiang Xinghuo expected, when he plucked a leaf, he saw the bearded Zhu Gaoxu and the bearded Master Guan walking side by side.

In fact, from the next day, after Zhu Gaoxu talked to this person, Jiang Xinghuo knew that there was definitely something wrong with this person's identity.

And in the past few days, this red-faced and long-haired man has been trying to get close to Jiang Xinghuo, but Jiang Xinghuo didn't pay much attention to him.

The red-faced and long-haired man was also unloaded from his shackles, and it was obvious that his treatment had changed.

"Mr. Jiang, you know, this guy who doesn't fight and doesn't know each other, but is a hero I met on the battlefield before, and now he has a lot of fate, so he made friends with his former suspicions, and plans to take him to listen to it together, and he has a long experience, Mr. Jiang doesn't mind, right?"

"Of course I don't mind."

Jiang Xinghuo listened to Zhu Gaoxu's nonsense without blushing and his heart beating, and he didn't have the interest to poke it, but just asked.

"Oh yes, haven't asked for a name yet?"

Of course, Zheng He will not say that he is Zheng He, and it is not appropriate to use Ma He, but the surname Ma can be used to make up a name.

"Horse"

Zheng He wanted to blurt out a Ma Dabao, Ma Erbao or something, but in an instant, he remembered that Jiang Xinghuo might be an immortal, and it would be bad if he calculated something through a similar name, so he slightly modified it according to his real name and casually recited a name.

"Ma protects the country, protects the family and defends the country."

Jiang Xinghuo was slightly surprised when he heard this name, and said after looking at Zheng He.

"Good name! It sounds like a martial arts master is tall and burly, with a black and red complexion, and he thinks that he is a high-roller who is often exposed to the wind and sun outside, and he is more worthy of this name. ”

Ma Sanbao's face was slightly red, but fortunately, he had a black and red face, but he couldn't see anything.

"What is Mr. Jiang going to talk about today?" Zhu Gaoxu asked curiously.

"Let's talk about the "Theory of National Fortunes."

Jiang Xinghuo asked: "Do you remember what the second volume of "On the Fortune of the Country" says? ”

Zhu Gaoxu nodded, he had carefully reviewed all the knowledge that Jiang Xinghuo had said, and he naturally replied at this time.

"Geographical Determinism, World Island Wars, Nation-State Theory."

"Hmm." Jiang Xinghuo bowed slightly, and said again, "But in fact, there is still a tail, which is the third volume of "The Theory of National Fortune" - the struggle for sea power and land power based on geopolitical doctrine, and several diplomatic strategies for the game with great powers. ”

However, after opening this head, Jiang Xinghuo did not continue to speak, but asked first.

"Why do you think I'm covering my eyes with leaves?"

Zhu Gaoxu shook his head, a little confused, not sure why Jiang Xinghuo asked such an inexplicable-sounding question.

Zheng He thought for a moment, then shook his head and replied honestly.

"I really don't know."

"The light is too dazzling, and you can't see it with a one-leaf spell." Jiang Xinghuo smiled.

Zhu Gaoxu and Zheng He both felt that there seemed to be no connection between the two topics, but Zheng He still followed Jiang Xinghuo's words.

In fact, before he was imprisoned, Zheng He didn't think that sunlight was a scarce item, but after experiencing "edict and prison re-education" in the past few days, he cherished it a little.

But Zheng He still didn't agree with Jiang Xinghuo's statement, so he retorted with regret.

"People need light, and it's not good to stay in a dark environment."

Jiang Xinghuo shook his head slightly, raised his hand and asked the few prisoners who were bathed in the sun scattered in the courtyard.

"Do you think they need it?"

Without waiting for Zheng He to answer, Jiang Xinghuo continued.

"Isn't it cruel for a person who lives in a dark environment to be satisfied with being able to eat and sleep every day, and to experience light and warmth for him, and then throw him back into the shadows?"

Sensing that Jiang Xinghuo, who was wise and foolish, seemed to have something to say, Zheng He calmly argued: "You have to give people some hope, and it is cruel to let people live in the dark without seeing the light in ignorance." ”

Jiang Xinghuo turned over and got up, and he has been much more diligent recently.

"But they are destined to spend the rest of their lives in the shadows, and if they know too much and hope too much, they will be in trouble...... Have you read The Book of Shang Jun? ”

Zheng He felt that the conversation with Jiang Xinghuo seemed to be a metaphor for some other topics, but he had already talked about it here, and as a figure who was extremely close to the decision-making center of the Ming Dynasty, he became more interested.

Zheng He also replied with metaphors.

"If there will be chaos, why should they see the light every day?"

"The prisoners here have seen the light." Jiang Xinghuo chuckled, "This is called adapting to people's conditions, to put it bluntly, it is better to block than to be sparse, for those who have seen the light, if he can see the light every day, just hang a glimmer of hope, he will feel in his heart that hard work as if he can change his fate, and there will be no chaos." ”

"Mr. Jiang may be right."

Zheng He was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "What about those who have never seen the light?" ”

"—Hardship and hard work are a virtue."

Hearing this, Zheng He couldn't help but think of the ordinary people who suffered military disasters but tenaciously pinned their hopes on God's favor from the end of the Yuan Dynasty to the Jingjing.

At this moment, he felt a certain strange feeling, and nodded unconsciously.

Jiang Xinghuo plucked another leaf and looked at him with strange eyes.

"Do you really think I'm right?"

"It doesn't feel right, but I can't refute it." Zheng He's answer was honest.

"This is the essence of the third volume of the "Treatise on the Fortunes of the Country" that we are going to talk about today."

Jiang Xinghuo paused and continued: "Many things are like this, and the core of the first land power theory to talk about is actually the centralization and high pressure of population and resources. ”

(End of chapter)