Ming Zuo

Chapter 231 Debate
When potatoes and corn were harvested, Zuo Menggeng welcomed two groups of people going south and north at Chaoguan Wharf.

Hou Xun and Liu Zongzhou went south, and Cao Wenheng went north.

Hou Xun was more unlucky.

When I inspected the border gate last month, I encountered a gunpowder explosion and suffered multiple burns on my body.So he resigned from the court and needed to rest.

In the original history, Chongzhen let him stay in office.

But this time Chongzhen valued him very much, thinking that he would reuse him in the future, so he agreed.

Cao Wenheng went north to replace Hou Xun.

An important town in Jiliao must be garrisoned by capable ministers.Cao Wenheng's achievements in both Dongchang Mansion and Yingtian were outstanding, so he was promoted.

As for Liu Zongzhou...

It is still the same as in history, and finally broke up with Chongzhen.On the grounds that the sick body needs to be recuperated, he told the sick to go home.

Chongzhen tacitly did not persuade him to stay, but let him go.

Liu Zongzhou Xiao Suo who went south was much older than before going to the capital just like this autumn.

"At the beginning, I persuaded the teacher that the capital shouldn't go. What good will there be if you become a slave to the emperor of the family?"

Huang Zongxi supported Liu Zongzhou, with full firepower, without any politeness.

Zuo Menggeng helped Hou Xun get off the boat.

Looking at Hou Xun's dismal appearance, he couldn't help but sigh.

"Mr. Ruogu's injury has ruined all his years of hard work."

Hou Xun didn't have any regrets, and smiled freely.

"It's good to take a rest. Now that Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren treat me like a bandit, if I'm not in the court, I might survive."

Just this autumn, Shoufu Cheng Jiming also resigned.

Chongzhen also let it go.

So the person in charge became Zhou Yanru, and soon Wen Tiren.In short, the Donglin Party has completely left the center.

Hou Fangyu came forward and saluted Zuo Menggeng honestly.

"I've met Brother Zuo."

Not seeing each other for a year, Hou Fangyu has really grown up a lot, and he has lost his childishness faintly.

"You came just in time, Zhang Lingxi has been thinking about you."

Hou Fangyu couldn't wait to hear the name of his playmate of the same age.

He was really bored in the capital.Especially after Xu Ruolin left, there was no one to ask for advice.

Therefore, when Hou Xun planned to come to Qing Dynasty, he was the happiest.

Dang Huanchun stepped forward, with tears in his eyes, unable to control himself.

"Mr. Ruogu, my benefactor..."

Hou Xun's face darkened, and he leaned over to help him up.

"Things in the world are impermanent, and everyone has their own destiny. Ruo Pu is already weak, so he should have this calamity."

Just last month, Hou Ke died of illness.

It's a pity that he is only in his thirties.

The arrival of Liu Zongzhou, Hou Xun, and Cao Wenheng made Zuozhuang lively like never before.

Huang Daozhou also happily rushed over from Dongchang Mansion, making Zuo Menggeng's camp all present for the first time.

Liu Zongzhou left government affairs and picked up literature again, and finally read both "The Wealth of Nations" and "On the Monarch".Even Huang Zongxi's "On the Monarch" has been carefully read and commented on.

"Compared to what you and others advocate, the old man's knowledge seems empty."

Liu Zongzhou has been throwing himself in the pile of old papers all these years, trying to find a new direction for Confucianism.Originally, I was going to go deeper in the direction of "being cautious and independent", but was influenced by Zuo Menggeng halfway, and my knowledge began to gradually change from a retreat to a pragmatic one.

Especially after working as Jing Zhaoyin for a year, Liu Zongzhou was even more urgent after seeing the unstoppable degeneration of the Ming Dynasty.

Today, he understands a little bit why Zuo Menggeng is so determined to rebel.

Although I am not yet able to change my identity, I am still very inspired by the ideas born here.

"Zhongheng said that if we want our actions to have an advanced program, then we must understand what our goals are. What we want to do is not just to overthrow an emperor or a dynasty. What we want is Destroy the old class and liberate the productive forces to improve the national strength and the people's livelihood."

Zuo Menggeng's continuous indoctrination finally worked.

Nowadays, more and more people are beginning to realize the harm of the feudal system, and at the same time have the will to overthrow the feudal system.

Take the big families in Linqing as an example. Since they took out their land and bought shares in the Agricultural Reclamation Group and the Vegetable Group, they have already started to transform from traditional landlords to capitalists.

This coming winter will be crucial.

Once the large-scale vegetable group has made huge profits, exceeding the previous land income, these families will become Zuo Menggeng's most staunch supporters.

Everything is false, only interest is the most real.

In addition to several big families, Hou Xun, Qu Shixu, Cao Wenheng and others have already felt the power of emerging industries.

So far this year, their wealth has more than doubled through Fuyao Group's dividends.

This is only the first year, and with the slow expansion of many industries, these people will definitely become a new class.

In the face of huge interests, these people's rebellious spirit has surpassed Zuo Menggeng's in overthrowing the feudal system that imprisoned their own development.

Zuo Menggeng was only based on the concept of saving the Chinese nation, hoping that this ancient nation could catch the fast track of the age of great voyages and continue to stand in the forest of strong nations.

Others, on the other hand, basically opposed the feudal system from the perspective of their own interests.

"Everyone, I have been thinking about it recently, and it has been drafted. Please correct it."

Liu Yiyuan was not idle either, and also came up with his ideas.

Contrary to Huang Zongxi, Liu Yiyuan's starting point is not to reflect on the emperor, but to focus on the problems of the common people.

The title of his article is "The Dangerousness of the Current Situation of the People and Feasible Suggestions for Improvement", which is a typical Zuo Menggeng style of essay.

In the article, Liu Yiyuan outlined the difficult survival of the common people in today's world, and at the same time mentioned a key issue.

That is, in order for the common people to be able to get rid of the survival crisis, it is necessary to lift the imprisonment of the common people.It can allow the people to freely choose occupations, freely choose regions, and live in more ways.

His theoretical basis comes from "Book of Rites Datong Chapter".

"Confucius said:... the way of the great way is also that the world is the public, selecting the virtuous and capable, and preaching trust and harmony. Therefore, people should not only kiss their relatives, nor only sons and sons; so that the old will die, the strong will be useful, and the young will be strong For those who are widowed, widowed, lonely, disabled, and sick, they all have something to support; men have a share, and women have their own. Goods, if you hate them, throw them on the ground, you don’t have to hide them in yourself; if you hate power, you don’t have to come from the body, so you don’t have to do it for yourself. Therefore, it is not prospering to seek closure, and theft and disorder are not committed. Therefore, the outhouses are not closed, which is called Datong."

Liu Yiyuan believes that artificially dividing the people into fixed occupations and detaining them in fixed areas is the greatest harm to the people.

Times have changed, the world has become very different, and the carrying capacity of the land also determines that farming alone cannot feed a larger population.

Therefore, the common people must be liberated and allowed to obtain living materials through other means.

On the surface, this article is discussing the living conditions of the common people in the world today, but in fact there is only one core, that is, the liberation of the population and the labor force.

It is entirely the challenge of the emerging bourgeoisie to the landlord class.

Because once the identity liberation of the people is completed, the landlord class must suffer the most.

No one farms for them anymore!

In the process of development, the emerging bourgeoisie, apart from continuous improvement of technology, what do they need most?
Of course there is a steady stream of labor.

At any time, labor is the foundation of wealth creation.

This article made Zuo Menggeng very satisfied, because he saw that the emerging class finally began to have the spirit of challenge.

Similarly, this article also made Huang Zongxi, Zuo Maodi and others very dissatisfied.

The reason for their dissatisfaction is that they feel that the views here are too conservative.

"It is obvious that the monarch is the greatest evil in the world. As long as this greatest evil is eliminated, the survival crisis of the people will naturally be resolved."

Liu Yiyuan had been arguing with him for a long time, and he became angry.

"The monarch has existed for thousands of years, and it is deeply ingrained in the hearts of the people. If the monarch is rashly eradicated, what should the country's administration do?"

It was Zhou You who stood out for Huang Zongxi.

"Since the country is a country of the people, the affairs of the country should be decided by all the people."

Zodiac Zhou does not agree with this point of view.

"Nowadays, most of the people are ignorant, and the wisdom of the people has not yet been enlightened. It is not a blessing for the country to rashly hand over the state affairs to their own hands."

Today is the general meeting, and everyone involved is here.

Therefore, Wang Xiuqin also participated in the debate.

"The wisdom of the common people has not yet been developed, so let's open it."

Li Banghua asked rhetorically: "Then how long will this process take? Years, decades, or hundreds of years? Nine out of ten people in the world are illiterate, not to mention major events in the world, even the situation outside the village is ignorant. Such people , participating in state affairs, isn't this the source of disaster?"

Zuo Yong also had reasons.

"I'm afraid that if we don't do this, if things go on like this, the state affairs will be in the hands of a few people. How will it be different from this Ming Dynasty?"

Xu Ruolin also came.

Hiding by Zuo Menggeng's side, watching the extremely violent scene, she couldn't help muttering softly.

"Will they fight?"

Zuo Menggeng smiled, not nervous.

"No. They are just looking for the direction of the future and have taken different paths. Different paths lead to the same goal, but the result is still the same."

(End of this chapter)