Ming Zuo

Chapter 263 "Confucian Textual Research"

The Xu family is a big family in Songjiang Prefecture, rich and powerful.

The more people like this, the more they understand the power of off-season vegetables.

Rich families are not short of money.

They are willing to pay more for a bite of fresh green vegetables in the winter when everything is dying.

There are not many other things in Jiangnan, except that there are many rich people.They also advocate extravagance and are willing to enjoy themselves.

Xu Yuandu wanted to do this business.

Although Jiangnan has a warmer climate and longer hot days than Shandong, it still cannot grow green vegetables in winter.

Especially in today's Little Ice Age, even Hainan will snow, and the south of the Yangtze River will be even colder.

Therefore, off-season vegetables will definitely be sold, and they will be very popular.

"Brother-in-law has a heart, and my younger brother naturally has no reason not to make it happen. For [-]% of the shares, my younger brother will send someone to assist in the preparation."

Xu Yuandu fully thought that Zuo Menggeng would cherish such a tight and hot business.But I didn't expect it to be such a happy mess.

"Zhongheng Gaoyi, I don't even know what to say."

Zuo Menggeng laughed and said more.

"Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty has a large population, and the merger of farmland is serious. It is difficult to guarantee people's food and clothing only by traditional farming. Only business is a good deed that benefits the country and the people."

While speaking, he observed Xu Yuandu's expression.

Xu Yuandu slapped his thigh and echoed again and again.

"Who says it's not? Jiangnan has become a place of prosperity because of its developed commerce and trade. However, the imperial court emphasizes agriculture and suppresses commerce, and merchants are even more bullied. People in Jiangnan have long been filled with resentment."

In Daming, despite the superficial contempt and suppression of business, they are all smart people, and everyone knows that business makes money.

Therefore, the business of making money is basically in the hands of the powerful class.

They do not come forward in person, but use collateral relatives, servants and handymen to do business.

On the surface, they ridiculed and despised the businessmen, but in private, their businesses grew bigger and bigger.

After these powerful people make money, they will not invest in expanding production, but will instead invest in land, still following the route of traditional landlords.

Jiangnan's business development and real business prosperity are actually two different things.

Pure merchants, on the contrary, are bullied and squeezed, and cannot earn enough benefits from this prosperity.

Although the Xu family is a family of officials and eunuchs, they have not produced any high-ranking officials for many years. Instead, they are more focused on business, so they stand on the side of real businessmen.

Zuo Menggeng had an in-depth chat with Xu Yuandu, and had a thorough understanding of the situation in Jiangnan.

As for Xu Yuandu's desire to get involved in the off-season vegetable business, Zuo Menggeng gave the green light, and he didn't ask for much in return.

The technical content of this thing is not high, and it is estimated that it will be cracked in a short time.After all, glass is sold everywhere nowadays, and building a greenhouse is something that can be seen at a glance.

In view of this, Zuo Menggeng's suggestion to Xu Yuandu is not to do this business alone, but to contact relatives, friends and personal connections to make it bigger and stronger together.

Off-season vegetables can be regarded as the expansion of traditional agriculture in business. As long as the participants see the benefits, they will naturally continue to invest, and it will also allow many people to transition from traditional landlords to semi-landlords and semi-capitalists.

Compared with the income generated by this business itself, Zuo Menggeng is most worried about not having enough like-minded allies.

If capitalists were everywhere, it would be a breeze for him to overthrow the decaying Ming Dynasty.

How can it be like this now, a Kong family can overwhelm him and he can't breathe.

Isn't it because there are many Confucian believers, all over the world.

If capital and business are spread all over the world, there will naturally be more people who feel that the Kong family is an obstacle.

Before the social status quo can be completely changed, scholars are already at the forefront in the field of thought.

"Everyone, this is my new article. I have learned to use vernacular Chinese. If there are any shortcomings, I hope Haihan."

At another thought exchange meeting, Liu Zongzhou presented his latest research results.

Everyone was assigned a manuscript, and all eagerly read it.

It is not an exaggeration at all for Liu Zongzhou to say that it is Wenzong today.

His academics, who is not eager to learn?
This new work, Liu Zongzhou named "Confucianism Textual Research".

Since it is textual research, there is no doubt that it is a research paper.

What pleased Zuo Menggeng the most was that Liu Zongzhou had changed a lot.He actually abandoned the writing method of classical Chinese, which he was best at, and followed everyone's example, changing it to vernacular Chinese.

Although there are many mistakes in the use of sentences and symbols, the whole article is read heartily and clearly.

There are no profound arguments in this article, nor does it elaborate on Liu Zongzhou's thoughts.

This is more like an archaeological text.

In the article, Liu Zongzhou focused on describing the origin, rise, development and current situation of Confucianism and Confucianism.

Especially the origin of Confucianism, Liu Zongzhou spent a lot of space.

The most eye-catching thing is that in this opening chapter, Liu Zongzhou introduced in detail the overall pattern and trend of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.Politics, wars, diplomacy among countries, and even the development of productive forces.

Through these, the reasons for the emergence of Confucianism are derived.

In the article, Liu Zongzhou clearly pointed out that one of the important reasons why Confucianism became prominent is that after long-term divisions and wars, the people's minds were settled.

In other words, Confucianism in the pre-Qin period was both prominent and low-level learning.

However, the ruling upper echelons of various countries are not interested in Confucianism.

The reason is that all countries are focused on striving for hegemony and unification, and need to find legitimacy for politics, war, and annexation.

Confucianism, as a theory of thought and determination, is not conducive to the expansion of various vassal states.

From this point of view, the world is in turmoil today. Although the people's minds are settled, in order to prevent the world from falling, it is more necessary to strive for self-improvement and seek the way of prosperity.

Although I didn't say it too straightforwardly, how to find the way to become rich and strong?

People who are familiar with history books will naturally know.

In order to fight for hegemony, the princes of the pre-Qin did not change their laws and reforms.

What is leather?
Thought of course.

Liu Zongzhou deserves to be a great master. He didn't criticize Confucianism in the whole article, but he dug out the roots of Confucianism.

I believe that once this article gets out, it will definitely make many stubborn and corrupt scholars jump their feet.

But here, everyone saw it, and they were all delighted.

With a great master writing, this is equivalent to having a convincing legal basis for Confucianism.

At that time, whether it is to destroy Confucianism or to eradicate Confucianism, it will be conducive to shaping the orthodoxy of this camp.

"Print the teacher's article and distribute it internally. It is required that all officers above the new army company, above the Zuozhuang manager, and above the heads of various factory departments must read it thoroughly."

Zuo Menggeng intends to unify his thoughts and clarify the direction of the camp's struggle.

Now the entire camp has swelled to a certain extent, and it is expected to usher in a transformation in the near future.

If the ideological construction does not keep up, it is easy to collapse quickly.

Everyone agrees with his actions.

"I suggest that Zhongheng's article should also be published together. How should we go in the future, we can't just sit here and work behind closed doors. Everyone in our camp should participate in it and put forward their ideas. "

Huang Zongxi's idea is even bolder.

If we really want to talk about the promotion of ideological construction, in fact Zuo Menggeng's article comparing the Western Renaissance and the restoration of Chinese Confucianism is more profound than Liu Zongzhou's article.

Although Zuo Menggeng is far inferior to Liu Zongzhou in terms of writing style and skill.But Zuo Menggeng stood from a global perspective, and with the help of future ideological achievements, the natural pattern was even bigger.

"In this case, will it become more chaotic?"

Liu Yiyuan was somewhat conservative.

Just because of their internal discussion, his views and Huang Zongxi's views are completely different.If more people are pulled in, if there is a division, it will be troublesome.

In this regard, Zuo Menggeng is full of confidence.

"What are you afraid of? The truth becomes clearer and clearer. Only when we understand it, we will not hesitate and be timid when we move forward, and we will not look forward and backward, so that we can walk more steadily."

Seeing him berating Fang Qiu, everyone couldn't help but feel heartbroken.

This young man is showing more and more kingly spirit in terms of courage.

No one has ever seen what kind of sage kings and enlightened masters throughout the ages.However, comparing it with the emperors of Ming Dynasty in recent years, it is like white clouds comparing to soil.

"Well, let's do this. We have the strength now, so we don't have to be so afraid. Even if it really spreads out, we are not helpless."

Zhang Jimeng dared to say this, the strength of the new army is confidence.

Now the formation of the second division is about to be completed, and the strength of the new army will exceed [-] by then.

With these [-] strong troops, the Ming court was helpless.

As long as the mountain of Confucianism is removed, this camp will soar into the sky.

this time...

It should be coming soon, right?
Zuo Menggeng fell into deep thought, silently thinking about how to plan to ensure nothing goes wrong.

(End of this chapter)