Ming Zuo

Chapter 211 Retro [T-ara is back! ! ! 】

"Everyone, I have some recent gains, a new book. If there are any deficiencies, please correct me."

When everyone arrived, a one-armed young man stood up and distributed manuscripts to everyone while talking. Even Sun Yuanhua got a copy.

"Who is this……"

Seeing that although the young man was physically disabled, he had a resolute expression and a dignified bearing, Sun Yuanhua felt good about it.

Zuo Menggeng was recommended on his behalf.

"This is Huang Zongxi and Huang Taichong, the son of Huang Bai'an."

After hearing that it was Huang Zunsu, Sun Yuanhua was in awe.

"The Arm of Taichong..."

He couldn't bear to mention it, but Huang Zongxi didn't care.

"Hehe, during the battle of Qingshuiguan, it was chopped off by the Tartars. But the junior beheaded eight Tartars, it's not a loss!"

Sun Yuanhua was even more shocked, he never thought that Huang Zunsu's son was in Zuo Menggeng's army, and even went to the battlefield and made great contributions.

"Why didn't I see Taichong's name on Baojielubu?"

Huang Zongxi laughed, not caring.

"Our department has its own rules for awarding military exploits."

The meaning is obvious, there is no need for the court to reward officials.

Sun Yuanhua's heart was numb, and he couldn't help saying: "The so-called thunder, rain, and dew are all the grace of the emperor. After Taichong is loyal, how can..."

But he didn't know that Huang Zongxi's transformation was the biggest among these people.

"Test the world of loyalty first, for the sake of the world."

In a word, the top Sun Yuanhua couldn't say anything.

Everyone has Huang Zongxi's manuscript, Zuo Menggeng has it, and Xu Ruolin has it too.

When you pick it up, the title is very straightforward.

"What is Equality"

In this article, Huang Zongxi quoted classics, extended from the political system and social status quo in ancient times, and at the same time added the Mohist thought of "universal love, non-public" and other ideas, which have sufficient theoretical basis for the idea of ​​equality for all.

Moreover, in compliance with Zuo Menggeng's request, the entire text is in vernacular, simple and straightforward, so that even ordinary people can understand and understand it.

Others take it for granted, savoring it while looking for faults.Sun Yuanhua frowned, quite uncomfortable.

But anyway, the meaning of the text is still understandable.

Just because he understood, the panic in Sun Yuanhua's heart became even worse.

This article is almost aimed at the imperial power, and at the same time, it also lashes out at the hierarchy in today's world.

According to Huang Zongxi's theory, not only are scholars, farmers, and businessmen no longer able to distinguish all kinds of industries in today's world, but also the solid and conservative class division has seriously violated the interests of the general public and should be completely broken.

The summary is that this world is no longer good, and must be completely changed.

Such rebellious and outrageous remarks almost made Sun Yuanhua violent on the spot.However, looking around, I found that other people took it for granted, as if he had become a different kind.

What's going on here?
Sun Yuanhua tried his best to keep quiet, ready to take a good look and find out the truth.

Xu Ruolin also finished reading the manuscript, and said softly: "According to the article, everyone should be equal. Does that mean that you and I are also equal?"

Zuo Menggeng smiled.

"Of course it is."

Xu Ruolin forced the throbbing, and asked: "Then you are fighting outside, don't you need my Lord to comfort you?"

Zuo Menggeng laughed louder.

"Then it depends on how big the space is? Wouldn't it be a waste of your talent to be in the courtyard?"

With a wave of his arm, he included the military camp, Zuozhuang, factories and even the world beyond as far as he could see.

"I hope you will take care of this."

Xu Ruolin was a little nervous, she leaned into his ear and asked softly, "Are you planning to rebel?"

Zuo Menggeng stared at her burningly.

"Then will you follow me?"

Xu Ruolin said worriedly: "The rebellion will implicate the nine clans."

Zuo Menggeng took it for granted: "It's a success."

Xu Ruolin was in a daze for a long time, her thoughts diverged.

"If it succeeds, are you going to be the emperor? Then I..."

Zuo Menggeng bewitched: "Then you are the mother of a country."

Xu Ruolin blushed, she didn't dare to listen at all.

"Nonsense, I... how can I be the mother of a country?"

Zuo Menggeng muttered in his heart, why can't you be the mother of a country?
Your family has this tradition, think about the three sisters in your family...

There has been a heated debate over there.

The person who stands up is Dang Huan Chun.

"Tai Chong's statement is a mixture of Confucianism, Taoism, Mohism, and law, which is self-contradictory. Moreover, scholars of my generation should uphold the Dao and abandon fallacies and heresies, which is the foundation of our life."

As a scholar, seeing Huang Zongxi's manuscripts mixed with theories of Taoism, Mohism, Legalism and other schools of thought, Dang Huanchun couldn't accept it.

Huang Zongxi did not budge.

"The meaning of respecting heaven and following the ancients, everyone agrees. That being the case, the ancient sages bloomed with a hundred flowers, why do we get entangled in the words of one family and one surname? Since the world is the world of the world, according to the proposal of the participants, existence is reasonable , and the theories of other schools, we can refer to them for ourselves.”

These words made many people shake their heads, and even Sun Yuanhua was a little angry.

However, Zuo Menggeng noticed that there were not a few people who supported Huang Zongxi.

This situation made him smile wryly.

Ever since he decided to reform the Donglin Party and establish a like-minded front, Zuo Menggeng found that he had fallen into a big pit.

Originally, he thought about the transformation and evolution of thought too simply.

I thought that various political and ideological theories proven by history would immediately bear fruit.However, it ignores that the birth and occurrence of any idea, and its acceptance by the public, requires sufficient soil and a long process.

Europe completely got rid of the shackles of feudalism, and in the process of striding forward ideologically, it also experienced the Renaissance for more than three centuries.

The most important thing is that ideas will not come out of thin air, let alone transcend the times.

If we disregard the social status quo and bring out mature theories hundreds of years later, can we convince people of this era?

Sorry, it can't.

Advancement across the ages is like a castle in the air.Without a foundation, it will also not be grounded.

Thought is actually the same as science, it will not be produced and advanced out of thin air, and it needs to stand on the shoulders of the predecessors to make further progress.

In this regard, the Renaissance in Europe and the revival of the ideological trend in the late Ming Dynasty are actually the same thing.

Isn't the so-called Renaissance also looking for useful places in the thoughts of ancient Greece and ancient Rome, and then using them to attack the barriers of feudalism?

Isn't the Renaissance a kind of retro?
However, the reason why the revivalist trend of thought in the late Ming Dynasty did not bear fruit in the end was not only affected by wars and regime changes, but also inseparable from China's inherent class characteristics.

There are great differences between Chinese and European feudalism, which also lead to completely different results of major changes.

First of all, as the top layer of feudalism, China is the feudal emperor, while Europe is the church.

When many people in later generations make comparisons, they always compare European monarchs with Chinese emperors.

this is not right.

In the feudal era, the church dominated Europe, and the European monarchs also belonged to groups oppressed by the church.

This is also the reason why monarchs in many countries will choose to support after the rise of the emerging bourgeoisie.

Because these monarchs and the emerging bourgeoisie have a common interest base, they all need to resist the oppression of the church.

Compared with the emperors in China, there is no doubt that the churches in Europe are easier to be overthrown.

At its root, the thought center of the church is the illusory God.

God is separated from the human world and belongs to the spiritual world, so it can naturally be shaped and interpreted by people according to various needs.

This is why Christianity eventually split into Catholicism, Orthodoxy, and Protestantism.

In the final analysis, God also serves class interests.

But China is different.

The emperor at the top of Chinese feudalism is a real person.

Since he is a human being, he will take the initiative to take various measures to strengthen the imperial power.Under the blessing of generations of emperors, the imperial power eventually became a monster with terrifying power.

To overthrow such an emperor is undoubtedly much more difficult than Europeans overthrowing the church.

After all, everyone can make different interpretations of God, but the world cannot accommodate two emperors.

In addition to the difference in the upper strata of the ruling class, the foundations of feudal rule in China and Europe are also different.

In Europe, the knight class built the foundation of feudalism, but in China, it was the scholars who completed these.

As a military organization, knights will naturally be eliminated by the trend of history after the emergence of hot weapons.

As a result, feudalism in Europe collapsed rapidly.

In China, this possibility does not exist.

Scholars are not a military organization, and you cannot eliminate this class through victories on the battlefield.

On the contrary, once the world is peaceful, the scholar class will regain its dominant position through its strong ability to spread ideas and culture.

This is why fundamentally speaking, the Qing Dynasty is no different from the Ming Dynasty.

Precisely because of the barbarism and backwardness of the Qing Dynasty, it gave the scholar class a chance to completely consolidate their status and stifle advanced ideas.

And how to disintegrate such a scholar class has become Zuo Menggeng's number one problem.

After thinking about it for a long time, the only way he could think of was to go back to the old way.

However, unlike the current Donglin Party and Fushe's pursuit of restoration, he hopes that the restoration will be more thorough.

The revival of the Donglin Party is obsessed with reshaping Confucianism, and the revival of Fushe is limited to poetry.

The revival he wants to promote within his own camp is to break the barriers of Confucianism and integrate various thoughts from ancient times to the present.

What he is looking forward to the most is what kind of changes will be produced under this fusion.

　"All kill" is really T-ara's song when you hear it, but there is no MV, is this reasonable?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)