Ming Zuo

Chapter 46 What Is Good Learning?

"Did Brother Xian also think that Daming is going to end?"

A confidant is hard to find, and Huang Zongxi burst out with great enthusiasm, pestering Zuo Menggeng for advice.

Zuo Menggeng was willing to make friends and naturally spoke freely.

"Fang today, natural disasters are the first major disasters. If the court operates properly and the rulers and ministers are wise, there is still a way to solve it. However, the current court has been ill for a long time and cannot be cured."

Huang Zongxi showed his limited side.

"Hey, if Taizu came into the world, maybe the country would be prosperous and the people would be safe."

This kind of thinking is not advisable, Zuo Menggeng must resolutely destroy it.

"Even if the great ancestor was reborn, the Ming Dynasty can't be saved. The current situation can only be broken and then stand up. The first thing to break is the dragon chair. The person sitting on the dragon chair does not change, everything else is Nonsense."

Huang Zongxi was shocked.

I didn't know there was someone more radical than me.

"Taizu Yingming and Divine Martial Arts..."

This time Zuo Menggeng didn't let him continue.

"Brother Huang really thinks that in the past dynasties, the monarchs at the beginning were wise, and the monarchs in the later period were faint?"

As soon as this statement came out, let alone Huang Zongxi, even Hou Xun, Liu Zongzhou, Cao Wenheng and others couldn't help but look over.

Zuo Menggeng's opinion is indeed not for Huang Zongxi alone.

"The decline and even the demise of a dynasty actually has little to do with the wiseness of the ruler and ministers."

This statement is extremely novel, and it is almost equivalent to denying all the theories that Confucianism has advocated for thousands of years.

"What really led to the downfall of a dynasty was the lack of progress in social productive forces and a solidified political system. Taking this dynasty as an example, the per capita production income of Hongwu is no different from today's. But the population has increased countlessly. Times, the land can’t afford it, and the economic collapse will naturally be brought about. Even if the Taizu is resurrected, can he solve this problem?”

Huang Zongxi was a little confused, but Hou Xun, Liu Zongzhou and others were bright.

These days, they discussed the Wealth of Nations with Zuo Menggeng a lot.The terms such as productivity and production relations are already well-known and understood.

At this time, it was quite a sense of enlightenment.

After Zuo Menggeng explained these new terms to Huang Zongxi, the dear brother also sighed deeply.

"Hey. The greatest evil in the world is the annexation of land. It's a shame that Zhang Jiangling's achievements have fallen short, and he has not achieved all his achievements. Otherwise, why would there be today's disaster?"

Zuo Menggeng looked at him funny.

"Do you really think Zhang Jiangling can solve the problem of land annexation?"

Huang Zongxi asked back.

"Why not?"

Zuo Menggeng sneered.

"After Zhang Jiangling's death, why did Wanli attack him? Do you really think that when Zhang Jiangling was in power, he oppressed the emperor too hard? No. Zhang Jiangling's government was not deep enough, but it also touched the landlords in this world. Interests. After his death, how could these people not fight back? Just like the story of Shang Yang, it will be repeated today."

Huang Zongxi couldn't agree more.

"I know that all the landlords in the world hate Zhang Jiangling to the core. But why does the emperor do this?"

Zuo Menggeng smiled and saw the sun.

"Isn't the emperor not the landlord?"

Huang Zongxi was stunned, and his inherent cognition was shattered.

This is not over, Zuo Menggeng said again: "The reform of Zhang Jiangling has not been completed, what is the root cause? If you don't want to, you can't. Isn't Zhang Jiangling not a landlord? Throughout the world, scholars and officials are not landlords. How many people are there?"

The people present were all elites. When they heard this question, they were all overturned, and they felt that the whole world had changed.

But after tasting it carefully, I found that what Zuo Menggeng said was quite reasonable.

The so-called scholarly family, farming and reading heirlooms, speaking of noble and elegant.

But if you think about it carefully, it is not all relying on the possession of a large amount of land to support the family, study, enter the official career, and then grab the land.Therefore, the family is prosperous, although the incense is endless for hundreds of generations.

Since the court is full of landowners, and they have to rely on the land to grow the family, what will they do when someone does not allow them to annex the land?
Just when they couldn't calm down, Zuo Menggeng's words became more and more bitter.

"In order to solve the problem of land annexation, the first emperor of all living beings in the world needs to set an example, so that the rest of the landlords will have no excuse to resist. But think about it, is that Long Live Lord willing to dissolve the Huangzhuang and distribute the land to the peasants? ?"

No one is required to answer, the answer is self-evident.

Everyone present is well aware of how much the number of royal farms has increased since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and it is all well documented.

Especially the current one, letting him use the inner library is like killing his father, let alone not annexing the land.

Although the number of Huangzhuang has been decreasing since Zhengde, the amount of land owned by the entire royal family has skyrocketed.

Can't the royal family have nothing to do with the emperor, right?

Anyone who says that is bullshit.

"Hehe, in the whole world, there is no king's land. Because of this, the emperor regards all the land in the world as his own, arbitrarily occupying it without any psychological burden, and then rewarding it to nobles, bureaucrats, eunuchs. Landlords big and small. Who cares about the hardships of living and living?”

At the pier, Zuo Menggeng asked sharply and fell into endless silence.

Around them, the whole pier was in full swing, and countless refugees were working hard with satisfied smiles.

Although they were covered in filthy mud, when they thought of the food and wages that were waiting for them, there were no more demands.

Zuo Menggeng had been overseeing the work at the dock until the afternoon before returning to the house.

There is a tail behind.

After a long conversation, Zuo Menggeng's remarks shocked Huang Zongxi.

This man made an amazing decision.

Stay in Linqing and do not leave.

In his words, even if he went back to Jiangnan, all he could see would be flies and dogs.

Let's go to the capital with Liu Zongzhou, and I can't bear to see the court's anger.

After thinking about it, it was Zuo Menggeng who had the most appetite here.

He could see that Zuo Menggeng still had a lot to disclose.For his immature worldview, these are treasures thirsty for knowledge.

In the backyard of Zuofu, it was extraordinarily lively.

Not only Xu Ruolin and Zuo Xianmei were there, but Zhang Haogu and Liu Yiyuan were also there.

Besides, the children beside Zhang Lingxi and Hou Xun also surrounded Xu Ruolin, not knowing what they were talking about.

By the way, that kid is Hou Fangyu.

One of the future four sons of the late Ming Dynasty, his love story with Li Xiangjun is famous for thousands of years.

Although Shiqing's taint was later regretted, he was still reviled and criticized by later generations.

"Zuo, how dare you come back?"

Seeing Zuo Menggeng, Zhang Haogu was so angry that he leaned half his ass and was about to come up and talk.

Liu Yiyuan stopped him funny.

"Brother Zhang, the doctor said that your injury is at a critical point, and you should not touch it lightly."

Everyone around was laughing, Xu Ruolin and Zuo Xianmei even snorted softly and couldn't bear to listen more.

Zhang Haogu roared again and again.

"I'm going to get hurt, isn't it because of this guy? If he saves me, what kind of bad luck?"

Zuo Menggeng spread his hands and asked with a smile, "Brother Zhang, then tell me, in the circumstances at that time, should I save you or Miss Xu?"

Zhang Haogu clenched his neck and uttered a cry from the depths of his soul.

"I am your dearest brother!"

Zuo Menggeng replied smoothly: "You don't add any money."

He didn't feel right until he finished speaking. Fortunately, the muttering was not loud, Zhang Haogu couldn't hear it clearly, so he quickly changed his words.

"As a gentleman, you must be courteous to a lady when you are in danger. This is the minimum morality. Is Brother Zhang ignoring the avenue of human relations?"

Zhang Haogu was stunned.

Is this matter so serious?
But he didn't give in so easily.

"Then why didn't you turn around and save me?"

The first time you want to save a woman, well, I admit it.

Then why don't you come back and save me?
Zhang Haogu felt that he had caught Zuo Menggeng's fault and would never give up without giving a reason.

If he knew who Zuo Menggeng was actually facing, he wouldn't be happy so early.

Zuo Menggeng laughed, and the reason was easy to find.

"I was stunned by the gunpowder, and I didn't remember it."

"you……"

Zhang Haogu didn't come up in one breath, and his heart ached.

But thinking about the earth-shattering explosion, this explanation seems plausible.

For fear that Zhang Haogu would not let go, Zuo Menggeng hurried to Xu Ruolin's side.

"What are you doing?"

Xu Ruolin pointed at the two children and said helplessly: "It's not the two of them who overheard the discussions of Duke Ruogu, but bothered me with a problem."

Hou Fangyu is quite alert, his dark eyes are full of spirituality.

"Jiayan said, talking about literature and Taoism is all false. These facts are beneficial to the country and the people. My brother thinks, if I can learn a thing or two from this matter, it will also improve my knowledge and become a useful talent."

Zuo Menggeng looked and realized that what Hou Fangyu and Zhang Lingxi were studying was actually the construction of dams.

A lot of places on the pier were destroyed and had to be rebuilt.

Hou Xun and others also participated in the reconstruction, and it was estimated that Hou Fangyu had listened to the discussion, so they used it to ask Xu Ruolin.

(End of this chapter)