Last time, it was mentioned that Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty had a meeting with his ministers in the "Qianqing Palace", and the head of the household mentioned that the exemption of the "human tax" caused a huge deficit in the imperial court's finances!

"Oh? Hehe, I know this in my heart! Emperor Chongzhen and Empress Zhou sat on a high position, and after scanning the ministers, they said majestically: "You don't have to worry about the matter of money, if there is anything else, I will listen to it!" As soon as the words fell, Emperor Chongzhen and the concubines nodded to each other.

"Uh...... Ministers have a book to play. After Xu Shiqi, the secretary of the Criminal Department, Zhang Guowei, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Zheng Sanjun, Zhou Yanru and Lin Ruzhuo and others looked at each other, they took out the folds, raised them high, and bowed down to wait for the master of ceremonies and the prince to come down and take them away and personally weigh them to Zhu Youzhen.

Although Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen is only a "doppelganger" now, because his deity cultivation realm has reached the "late stage of Zhendan", the avenue before his spiritual power can instantly cover an area of 100 miles, so even if the "doppelganger" picks up a stack of folds, as long as he glances at them, it will be equally clear at a glance, so he put down the folds and said:

"The Criminal Department said that the magistrates were timid in carrying out the 'Tui En Order' issued by the imperial court? Then I will let the 'Imperial History' and 'Zongzheng' go in the name of the 'Imperial Minister' to 'understand the reason, and move the matter with affection'. Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said: "It's all the bloodline of Emperor Taizu Gao, although I am a 'big sect', but it's not good to be ruthless to the 'small sect'!" ”

"The emperor is wise!" After all, the world is the world of the Zhu family, and the Ming Dynasty is the dynasty of the Zhu family.

In fact, what the ministers didn't know was that Emperor Chongzhen at this moment did not want to see the descendants of the Zhu family slaughtered by the peasant army in the wave of peasant uprisings after seeing the "future picture" mapped by the carpenter with all his strength after urging the carpenter to urge the sprouting head with all his might, so he decided to follow the example of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and ruthlessly forced the clansmen to fend for themselves. In this way, after Tui'en won the title, it would not take a hundred years for the prince to become "Liu Bei" who sold straw shoes on the roadside.

This is "killing three birds with one stone", which greatly reduces the financial support of the imperial court; It also reduced the tax pressure on the ordinary people in the fiefdoms of the feudal kings; Third, let the local tyrants, inferior gentry, families, and big clans understand the determination of the imperial court and dare not mess around. In the long run, it is very conducive to political stability!

"The ministry said that many corrupt magistrates have been found recently, but the ministers of the DPRK and the central government are involved behind it, especially the 'Donglin Party'?" Zhu Youjian said expressionlessly: "Since I have released the news in advance to warn, but I still have luck?" Then transfer it to the 'Three Law Divisions' in accordance with the "Da Ming Law"! ”

In fact, Zhu Youzhen wanted the factory health secret service to directly use lynching for interrogation, but after thinking about it, in order to show fairness and justice to the people of the world, he decided to let the "Three Law Divisions" deal with it first, and if the result was not satisfactory, then let the factory health secret service and the "Jinyi Guard" take action, and kill the one who should be killed? Don't miss one!

"The Ministry of War said that the New Year is approaching, and it is difficult to buy war horses, because the Mongolian tribes and the Western Regions are far away from the mainland and have conflicts with my 'nine-sided defenders', can you believe me Daming? Dare to openly ask for a sky-high price? Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen said with a hideous face: "Then buy a horse in the country first, and choose a good horse from the people at a fair price!" ”

After all, if such a "new infantry" can also have the ability to move quickly, he may be able to keep chasing the enemy's cavalry, and with the tens of thousands of cavalry he has now, he may not be able to make a difference, so he said with a smile: "Give enough supplies to the soldiers of the border army, settle all the military salaries owed before, and at the same time comfort the families of the army!" ”

"The ministers and other border soldiers and their families have thanked the emperor Longen! Long live my emperor, long live, long live! "———— "Haha, what's going on?" ”

"Old minister Xu Guangqi, I have something to play the emperor!" Xu Guangqi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, is now in charge of training the new army, although he was named by Emperor Laozi and he himself readily agreed, but after all, it was a cross-departmental operation, and it was also a noisy robbery of the "beauty difference" of the "Ministry of War", so it felt a little awkward.

"Xu Aiqing might as well say it directly, I listen to it!" Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen originally appreciated Xu Guangqi very much, after all, he was not optimistic about the "Donglin Party".

Xu Guangqi has worked hard all his life and has done many great things, but in the eyes of future generations, it seems to be a waste of talent, because his situation is like letting a pure "scientist" run a business, which is definitely not suitable, but in the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen, the Manchu Dynasty was mostly snobbish, and there were too few gentlemen!

Xu Guangqi did many important things in his life, three of which are of the most symbolic significance: one is the translation of the "Geometric Original", the other is the writing of "Distinguishing the Chapters of Learning", and the third is the large-scale introduction of sweet potatoes to the mainland. In addition, he was worried about the country and the people, and he also helped the imperial court train the new army to resist strong enemies.

In 1593, during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty in China, Chen Zhenlong, a merchant from Fuzhou, Fujian Province, crossed the sea to the Philippines with his son Chen Jinglun and a caravan. There, they saw sweet potatoes all over the mountains, and they had eaten this strange crop for the first time after eating rice for half their lives.

The unique sweet aroma and satisfying feeling of satiety of sweet potatoes immediately caught their attention. So, after inquiring, they learned that sweet potatoes are not only drought tolerant, barren-tolerant, easy to transplant, easy to propagate, nutritious, luscious, but also high yield, and they were immediately tempted.

At that time, the Ming Dynasty on the Haixi Continent was continuing to recruit troops to the Korean Peninsula to fight against the Japanese Toyotomi Hideyoshi army that invaded Korea. However, due to the stalemate between the two sides for several years, the winner was not finally decided, and the famous Ming Dynasty general Li Rusong led the Ming army to fight fiercely with the Japanese Japanese in Pyongyang.

Affected by natural and man-made disasters and years of swords, the common people suffered from food shortages, starvation and hardship. So, the father and son immediately decided to bring the high-yielding crop "sweet potato" back to their hometown to plant. However, at that time, the Philippine Islands were a Spanish colony and were heavily controlled.

The Spanish colonizers enacted a strict prohibition on the removal of crops imported from the Americas, including sweet potatoes (sweet potatoes), such as corn (bud grain), potatoes (potatoes, artichokes, yam eggs), tomatoes (tomatoes, hairy peppers), and other crops imported from the Americas.

In the face of strict checks at various ports, Chen Zhenlong and his son came up with a clever trick to weave a sweet potato vine in a cable, evading the checkpoints of the Spanish colonizers and successfully stepping on a merchant ship back to their hometown in Fujian. After seven days and seven nights of sailing, there was no danger of bringing the sweet potato vines to China.

After landing on the shore, the father and son hurriedly sent a message to Jin Xuezeng, the governor of Fujian at the time, asking for the promotion of planting "sweet potatoes". Fortunately, this vine is extremely vigorous, and even if it has been dehydrated and almost dry, it can swell and regain its vitality in the clear water, and it will still grow and produce "sweet potatoes" after being buried in the soil.

Therefore, the governor Jin was also shocked, after personally tasting the "sweet potato" (sweet potato), he felt that it was not only sweet, but also could satisfy hunger, and even steamed to eat and make dishes, so he vigorously promoted planting, so that the people had one more main food source, which was called "golden potato".

Don't underestimate the introduction of sweet potatoes (sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes) is a random event, fortunately, after Lord Jin reported to the imperial court, he was affirmed by the pragmatic ministers headed by Xu Guangqi, without it and later corn, the population of ancient China would not have jumped from tens of millions to more than 200 million during the Qianlong period. Although the ancient country of the East is rich in land and has a large population, it all depends on the foundation laid by the Qing Dynasty later, and corn and sweet potatoes are very successful!

Needless to say, the Geometric Originals points out that traditional ethics lacks a reliable intrinsic moral motive. At the end of the day, why should one be a good person? Ancient gentlemen attached great importance to self-evaluation and did not deceive the dark room, but the Confucians after the Tang and Song dynasties believed that "goodness comes from human nature".

This is indeed too difficult for ordinary people! If goodness is an obligation to oneself, it seems that if one has done a bad deed, it is only oneself that is offended; If goodness is an obligation to others, there are too many reasons to abandon that obligation. This is the "Song and Ming Dynasty Theory", which finally made Confucianism into a "drill horn".

Although Xu Guangqi was a native of the late Ming Dynasty, he still had a certain reputation in the later Qing Dynasty society, although it was not small, but it was far from matching his contributions. For example, people who talk about practical learning, such as Liu Xianting, only value Xu Guangqi, as for ordinary readers, most of them have not read a word of him, and they don't even know this person. There are many reasons, one of which is evasive, that is, the "Donglin Party Post-Study" that dominates public opinion is not interested in Xu Guangqi.

In the late Ming Dynasty, the "Donglin Party" and the "Northern Party" fought fiercely for control of the imperial court, both wanting to dominate the bureaucratic system of the Ming Dynasty. "Donglin Qi" is located in Wuzhong (Wuxi, Jiangsu), and its main members are mostly Jiangnan scholars. Xu Guangqi is a native of Shanghai, so it is natural that he has more contacts with the "Donglin Party people".

The "Donglin Party" is a political faction with its own distinct political demands, and like the "Northern Party" with the "Eunuch Party" as the main force, they are all different political forces in the DPRK and China. And Xu Guangqi, who began to rise steadily after the age of forty, already had a place in his heart, because he was wise and self-preservation, he really didn't have that leisure for political struggles.

Xu Guangqi once said in a letter: "The two words of the party and the two words exhaust the spiritual and financial resources of the scholars, but in the national economy and people's livelihood, there is no interference, and with Yu Gu's actions, it is sad to think about it, and it is discouraged to look forward to it." At that time, the barriers between the DPRK and China were strict, either/or, and Xu Guangqi did not protect between the "eunuchs" and the "Donglin".

Xu Guangqi acted as a maverick and did not provoke right and wrong, which made the "Cast Party" unhappy with him, and at the same time, the "Donglin Party" was also very dissatisfied with him. But because of this, he became one of the "confidants" of Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen, who talked to him every time he encountered a major event, but was bound by the bureaucratic system and finances.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Western learning came from across the sea, and some enlightened people in the "Donglin Party" were also very interested in this. However, as "political parties", most of the "Donglin people" are not interested in the "strange skills" and "Western foreign ways" of Western learning, after all, it is the most important thing to fully participate in the power struggle in the imperial court.

Although the early "Donglin Giant" was estranged, he was still polite when he got along. For example, "Zou Yuanbiao, a strong general in Donglin", only said that Western learning, Chinese sages and famous Confucians of the past dynasties had already been thoroughly explained and exhaustive, and it was something that "existed in ancient times", because he was worried that he would be criticized for being close to Western learning.

Or the outstanding talents in the "Donglin Party" did not realize the fundamental conflict between the foundation of "Xinxue" (Western Learning) and "Daoxue" (traditional Taoist philosophy), and later rose up to fight against it, such as Zou Weilian and others. In other words, Confucianism has become extremely xenophobic under the castration of "Song and Ming Theory", and Yelang is arrogant!

Conflict is inevitable and everywhere. The simplest example is that Xu Guangqi wanted to join "Catholicism", but his teachings forbade polygamy. Xu Guangqi has only one son, no grandson, and once wanted to marry a concubine, in order to spread the branches and leaves, and the children and grandchildren are endless. But Ge was strict in his teachings, so he had no choice but to give up, and sighed: "The Ten Commandments are not difficult to keep, and it is difficult not to marry a concubine." In this way, Xu Guangqi struggled for a long time before joining the "Catholic Church".

There was a man named Huang Zhen, with a sharp mind, who once questioned the missionary Julius about this. The example given by Huang Zhen is "King Wen of Zhou". In the old history, it is said that King Wen of Zhou had many concubines and gave birth to hundreds of sons, and he was the "holy king" of China. So, is it possible that such a saint would go to hell if he did not believe in religion?

Julius had no choice but to remain silent. In addition to King Wen, in ancient times, there were Emperor E, Nuying, and now there are 3,000 emperors in the harem, who dares to let them go to hell?

For similar disputes, Xu Guangqi can avoid them. He has been meticulous and responsible all his life, but things are not easy to do. After the defeat of the Ming army at Salhu, Xu Guangqi negotiated the purchase of new artillery several times, but it did not go well. When he won Chongzhen's credit, when the army was pressing, he advocated that in addition to purchasing artillery, recruit three or four hundred Portuguese artillerymen, assign border towns, do artillery training, and even go into battle as mercenaries. This was also a necessary "expedient measure" at the time.

But this kind of spending money to invite "mercenaries" to fight is considered unprecedented, and some people immediately objected: "The dignified Heavenly Empire, there are also people who are proficient in firearms and can learn the inheritance of the ancestors and Qi Jiguang, so why bother with a foreign coach and then be able to show his might?" As a result, the court agreement to spend money on foreign aid failed to pass.

Although this matter was invalidated, Xu Guangqi couldn't help but sigh and said: "The Confucian scholar of the name and reason, the truth of the world." It shows that many "Confucian students" at that time, due to "water in their brains", all of them were not successful enough, and they were more than defeated! If it weren't for this, Xu Guangqi would not have resolutely thrown himself into the embrace of paganism when his faith collapsed!

Xu Guangqi has worked hard all his life, and many things he has done seem to be a waste of talents in the eyes of future generations, such as self-teaching if he wants to train soldiers, planting experimental fields by himself if he wants to transplant sweet potatoes, and others such as translating books and compiling "The Complete Book of Agricultural Administration" are all extremely difficult work, probably because he knows that arguing is useless, because other people's ideas are not something he can change, but he is not willing to be "slapped in the face by reality", so he has to work hard, and he has peace of mind and looks back to pave a little way for future generations.

There is a saying that "if you are backward, you will be beaten, and if you are advanced, you will be scolded." There are not many people who scold Xu Guangqi, which is related to his generosity and demeanor as an elder. As for suddenly gaining a great name, it was a matter after modern times, and it had nothing to do with what he did during his lifetime, and it was all an honor given by later generations.

He translated the Geometry Prima because Matteo Ricci was so busy that he only translated six volumes. When he was alive, not many people read it. He once said that he didn't know when, who would translate the second half? Later, it became known that "Geometric Original" was translated by Li Shanlan and others in the seventh year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty more than 200 years later. Therefore, Xu Guangqi was worried about the country and the people, and his sincere heart was appreciated by Emperor Chongzhen in advance in this time and space, and he just asked for advice.

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