Xinshun 1730

Chapter 1128 Ambition
"Sir, what do you think Duke Xingguo means?"

Even though he felt the strong sense of sarcasm in it, Meng Songlu thought about the suggestion in the letter, and vaguely felt that it was not completely impossible.

If Loulan admires Han, if Congling admires Tang.

The surrounding area is really considered as the vassal of the "Holy Cult", in fact, it is Japan, North Korea, Ryukyu, and Annan.

If that place can really be done, it can really be regarded as a great achievement within the scope of the holy religion.

Because they have experienced the spread ability of Christianity, Islam, and even Buddhism, they have a serious lack of confidence in changing the belief systems of those countries in Southeast Asia.

Those pirates in Sulu have been fighting against Dashun's merchant ships in the name of "jihad" all day long recently.

After leveling one place and then running to another place, if he is really confident, he will solve the serious problem of Dashun after he controlled the Nanyang trade.

I have no confidence in these teachings.

Meng Songlu still has confidence in the tribal beliefs on the island that seem to be from the Yin and Shang Dynasties.

After this loan incident, Meng Songlu's inner beliefs had actually begun to waver. Although he didn't know it himself, he vaguely felt that some things might not work.

After all, this is just a township with 24 mu of land, and even under the tide of the times, it has not shown superior development compared to other places.

How about thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, the whole world?
It's just that this kind of thought is hidden deep in my heart, and it's only slightly germinated.

But under the stimulation of this letter, although he obviously knew the ironic meaning in the letter, it meant that you are also suitable for beating children, and you should not meddle in the affairs of adults.

However, it seems that if you can win the beating of children and succeed in beating children, you can really become a vassal, spread holy teachings, and practice the Zhou ritual system, which is also a great contribution to the world.

At least it is much better than the current situation where you have been doing it for a long time without any results, and you are still being ridiculed by Liu Yu all day long.

Cheng Tingzuo did not shy away from the fact that there were outsiders by his side. Hearing this question, he said, "Duke Xingguo has always been like this, so don't worry about it. You and I should follow Yao, Shun, Zhou and Confucius, make meritorious deeds for all generations, and solve the difficulties of the world. Not only solve the difficulties of the country and the dynasty , and also need to solve the difficulties of Korea, Ryukyu, Japan, and Annan."

"However, if you can get a vassal who admires the Holy Cult, it is indeed a great achievement. In the current situation, what Duke Xingguo said is true."

"The big thing is over. For the rest, as long as the capital can be imported, there should be no problem for the township community to get involved in the development of textiles."

"The fundamental contradiction between what Xing Guogong means and you and me is that he believes that industry and commerce can accommodate more people in the future. However, Mr. Shu Gu, the former teacher, believed that it is impossible to accommodate people who change their careers to become scholars, workers, and businessmen. There are too many people, so Mr. Shu Gu came up with an ingenious way to divide the upper, middle and lower fields into three fields for farming and then farming. As for the reappearance of the patriarchal system you said in the past, the first son went to the grassroots, and the second son went out to colonize and cultivate. This is another The matter is not a problem within this fundamental contradiction."

Quan Zheshen, who was at the side, had heard Meng Songlu talk about these sayings such as contradiction, fundamental, and primary and secondary that were subtly influenced by the new school of thought many times along the way, but he didn't expect that even Meng Songlu's teacher, who was in Incheon, also heard about them. The famous Confucianist, now he is full of these things, can't help being silent.

It was probably because he had sparred with Liu Yu too many times, and he summed up the contents of Liu Yu's letter very well.

In the second half, let them spread the holy religion, this will not be mentioned.

The meaning of the first half is still the fundamental contradiction between the two sides.

What Liu Yu meant was that the situation of men farming and women weaving, and peasant owners, industrial and commercial assistants, cannot last for a long time.So if you are trying to design the future instead of retro, then you should try to develop industry and commerce in the rural community, a kind of industrial and commercial development model that is different from the one that Liu Yu made before and now, where villagers participate and are not exploited by merchants.

Because, from a more macro perspective, the land issue is just a question of transition to the future.

Transition, transition, whatever.

Just like Jiangsu's reform, whether it is mobilizing troops or arresting exile, to survive this most difficult transition period, we still have to consider the future.

In terms of industry and commerce in the future, you should put some thought into it and try the route of developing industry and commerce in rural areas.

As for the land issue, you have actually come to the end of the old era, and it is impossible to surpass the set of "only farmers have land" proposed by Wang Yuan.

But what about after Arita?

Are men farming and women weaving?
Or agriculture and village social industry and commerce?

In the final analysis, it is still the differences between the two sides about the future.

The special situation in Jiangsu made this difference belonging to the future generation manifest early in the Huainan area.

If you want to farm, you have to buy bean cakes to fertilize the field.

At the current price, a stone of bean cakes sprinkled on the field will definitely increase production more than a stone of bean cakes.

Buying bean cakes in Kanto, can you rely on the original men farming and women weaving?

Even if the advanced mode of men and women weaving and matching new looms, the iron wheel looms are extremely expensive, and the disgusting futures trading makes it difficult for individuals to obtain suitable cotton yarn.

The improvement of production efficiency makes the social division of labor more obvious.

Originally, there was a nursery rhyme: four people spun and one weaved.

Today's upgraded looms rely on the improved spinning wheel of the original frame, requiring 16 people to spin and one person to weave.

Relying solely on self-sufficiency, even a large village commune cannot complete the complete cycle of men farming and women weaving.

At least in the villages on both sides of the canal, if they want to be rich, they can only exist as vassals in southern Jiangsu.

As stated in the letter, take advantage of the completion of infrastructure construction to take advantage of the transformation.If it's too late, there's no chance.

But after the transformation, in fact, the original meaning of this township covenant community no longer exists.

Because it is impossible to promote the Jiangsu model in the world.

What they are determined to solve is to find a way out for the entire Confucian cultural circle.Once transformed, it means from universality to particularity.

Not all places have canals, ports, capital, or vast external markets.

Liu Yu's letter actually pointed out three ways out for them.

If it is for the sake of reality, to continue the method of Yan Yuan, Li Cheng, Wang Yuan and others counting on the landlords to donate their land spontaneously, then please don't try it in Huainan, a place where there is no such major contradiction at all.

Go to Henan and Shaanxi, go to the village communities there, try the village pact and the village sages, and find a way to "get rich before teaching" in the villages where there are landlords without violence.

If it is for the future, then give up this fantasy, assuming that in the future, industry and commerce must be able to accommodate more people, and the weight of industry and commerce will be like the villages near Nantong.

Then, please give up the reality, imagine the future, and find a way for the township community to focus on industry and commerce and agriculture as a secondary.A rural road that is different from the road in the Huainan area where laborers are hired to work and have nothing.

If it is for the imperial court and the nation, then go to distant Honolulu and use your best disciples to spend ten or twenty years exploring a path of rapid assimilation and vassalization.

After all, if it is really useful, there are still many "blank" areas in the world. If you can use Honolulu as a practice and sum up your experience, then there will be a lot to do in the future, laying the foundation for the future civilization struggle with Western islands and barbarians.

Now, they don't want to give up, they want to have it all, to try it all.

Fortunately, I have trained many disciples in these years, and I have also learned a lot of agricultural knowledge through the practice of many rural communities.

It is not without conditions to try in Henan, Shaanxi and other places.The relationship can still be found to be an official there, and if you pull your face down and go to Liu Yu and ask Liu Yu to come forward and talk about it, it is still possible to try something in a certain county in the north.

For a long time, Cheng Tingzuo stared at Meng Songlu, and slowly said: "Xingguo Gong said that the Honolulu incident is not about the Han and Tang Dynasties, but Zhou Xing's feudalism and the transformation of barbarians and Didi. Do you understand?"

Meng Songlu naturally understood this.

"My disciples think that the imperial court does not lack people like Zhang Bowang and Ban Dingyuan. They may lead thousands of troops to rampage in the Western Regions;

"If we really practiced things in the Han and Tang Dynasties, Duke Xingguo would not come to us even if he wanted to. He has his own successors for the hegemonic method, and there is no shortage of military equipment for the imperial court."

"As Mr. said, the Honolulu incident is not an incident of the Han and Tang Dynasties, but the work of transforming the barbarians and the dino."

"Xingguo said that there are many decisions on the economic foundation. The Yishan Mountains in the southwest are high and densely forested, and there is no benefit from farming, so it is difficult to naturalize. The letter says that Honolulu has fertile land and all the fields are owned by the government. It is suitable for planting. It seems that you can try it."

Cheng Tingzuo nodded approvingly, and said with a smile: "In the past, everyone said that Mr. Xizhai's learning was that Chen Tongfu must be promoted first, and Wang Anshi should be second. This statement is not entirely false. Both kings and hegemons are emphasized. It is rare to have Duke Xingguo thought that pure hegemony was not feasible, but he wants to use both king and hegemony, and put the king first, it is indeed worth a try."

"The letter stated that astronomical calculations and the coming of comets over the years may be used as a way to enter the island. These are all techniques that may or may not work."

"After all, it is still necessary to educate the local kings and prove my holy teachings. It is not inferior to Catholicism, but it can also convert people. It may not be worse than Spain's changing customs in Luzon in the past."

After finishing speaking, he laughed at himself: "It's really rare. It's rare that there is a place where Duke Xingguo thinks domineering is unusable. But I don't know how many places like this exist in the world?"

While laughing at himself, he glanced at Quan Zhe at the side, thinking that anyway regarding the North Korean affairs, from his own point of view, the imperial court was indeed too domineering.

In fact, it is the art of Guanzi's weight and weight, and the routine of North Korea paying tribute to Wenpi as currency.This, there is really no need to deny it.

Meng Songlu also heard Cheng Tingzuo's meaning, and asked tentatively: "Sir, I think this matter can be carried on. My disciples also have this ambition. If it succeeds, it can educate millions of people, and spread the sacred knowledge thousands of miles away. achievement."

"The disciple is willing to go thousands of miles away to try to spread the sacred teachings and naturalize the people of a country. He said that he has already found a place to settle there when he explored and painted pictures and exchanged taro and sweet potatoes with fur traders. The disciple thinks that if within 20 years, he can Let the chieftain of the state come to pay tribute to the Celestial Dynasty, and his state will prosper with six virtues, six lines and six arts, which can be said to be a success."

(End of this chapter)