Ming Zuo

Chapter 677
"Shandong has a heart, the beauty here is not like in the world."

Lu Shiyi's inadvertent sigh made Zhang Pu fall into deep thought.

"What you said, I feel that this place is far away from us. Confucius is like the sun, moon and stars in the sky, rather than teaching in our ears."

Sun Shenxing and Guan Yingzhen nodded silently.

They feel this way too.

It's just that none of them understand what this feeling means yet.

And this is the effect Zuo Menggeng wants to achieve.

Let Confucius become a fairy and stay away from the world.

Confucius is Confucius, and Confucianism is Confucianism.

After stripping Confucius, Confucianism can be interpreted according to the meaning of Shandong, making it more in line with the needs of the development of the times.

Because the entire Confucian Museum is still under construction, it is impossible to see the whole picture, and the pilgrimage of Zhang Pu and others is not perfect.

They wandered in the fields and countryside of Qufu, looking for people everywhere.

They were still holding out just in case, hoping to seek support for the existence of Yan Shenggong.

It's a pity that everyone they met here hated Yan Shenggong so much that they wanted to spit.

And speaking of the new life now, everyone is extremely happy, and their words are full of praise for the current Shandong government.

"Oh, with such people's hearts, I'm afraid Da Ming won't be able to come back, nor will Zhengdao!"

Standing on the hillside, looking at the thriving vitality of Qufu, Zhang Pu wailed in despair.

Unlike him, Sun Shenxing had other thoughts.

"If a politician loves the people so much, why should the world be unhappy? People in Shandong can be regarded as role models for the world!"

"They are traitors!"

Facing Zhang Pu's roar, Sun Shenxing only said one sentence.

"The people are the most important, the society is second, and the king is the light."

Zhang Pu's frail body shook suddenly, and then he sat down on the ground, looking devastated like a defeated fighting dog.

It is impossible for him not to have read the words of Mencius.

He even knew better that under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, Mencius was neglected intentionally or unintentionally.

It is because the founding hero of the Ming Dynasty felt that Mencius's words were rebellious and immoral, so he only respected Confucius and not Mencius.

However, this sentence of Mencius has always been the truth pursued by all scholars for thousands of years.

Could it be that the orthodoxy that these scholars have struggled to maintain is wrong?

For the first time in his life, Zhang Pu had self-doubt.

After leaving Qufu, Zhang Pu and others continued to travel in Shandong.

They also discovered that Shandong is really open to hostile people like them, allowing them to come and go as they please.

Among other things, Zhang Pu and others have already developed admiration for Zuo Menggeng just because of this kindness.

And every place and every event in Shandong is so novel that they keep walking and watching.

On this day they came to Qingdao.

This is a new city.

Compared with other places, Qingdao's vitality is more high-spirited.

At the same time, because there are not many traces of the old era, the new city seems to be out of place with other places.

It's rare to find a completely traditional house in this city.

Every building here is full of strange beauty.

Three-story and four-story buildings abound here.

Although there are no carved beams and painted buildings, nor is there a deep courtyard.

Whether it is a house or a wall, even the gatehouse does not have many finely crafted places.

Many times at first glance, this house is exactly the same as another house, so that people have an illusion.

But this kind of building makes the whole city look orderly.

At least Zhang Pu and others have never seen it anywhere in the world, like the existence of the streets in Qingdao, which are horizontal and vertical, like a chessboard.

That's the beauty of new cities.

Politicians can plan as much as they want, and reserve enough plans for the next few decades or hundreds of years.

Zhang Pu and others also watched a good show at the Qingdao Municipal Government.

The two chief officials from the Shandong region actually fought violently, which was totally disrespectful.

"What are you doing? If you have something to discuss, what is the proper way to use force?"

Zhang Jimeng sat aside, looking at Dang Huanchun and Fu Yusun who were in a state of distress.

It's a pity that his words of reprimand did not make Dang Huanchun and Fu Yusun feel ashamed.

The two people who had just had a fight turned their heads together and aimed at him.

"Hmph, you don't want to fish in troubled waters, Mayor Zhang. I'll tell you clearly here today that the velvet plantation and textile factory have nothing to do with you in Dengzhou."

"That's right. You Dengzhou City is on the north side of Liaodong and on the verge of the sea. You can get what you want, and you dare to be greedy?"

Faced with the attack of the two, Zhang Jimeng could no longer sit on the Diaoyutai.

"With you, Yizhou and Qingdao, you only drink the northwest wind, right?"

He pointed at Fu Yusun and directly exposed his old background.

"You have salt farms and ocean-going fishery companies in Qingdao. Every year, just selling seafood is innumerable wealth. The naval base is still here. Every year, the consumption of those naval officers and soldiers is all cheaper for your local area. How dare you stretch out your hand? Velvet plantations and textile mills, aren't you afraid that greed will kill you, a toad?"

"Mayor Zhang is right, you Fu Yusun is a dog. If you ask me, this velvet plantation and textile factory can only be placed in Yizhou."

"Why?"

This time Zhang Jimeng and Fu Yusun joined forces again to pay back the party.

In the lobby, apart from Zhang Pu and others, there were also a group of guests.

And these guests were the objects that Fu Yusun and the three fought for.

Bao Yong and other velvet merchants from Fujian.

The last time Liao Zhongjian went south, he met Bao Yong in Fujian and sincerely invited Bao Yong to build a factory in Shandong to produce velvet on the spot.

Hearing Shandong's sincerity, Bao Yong was greatly moved.

But when the news of Shandong's rebellion came, Bao Yong was unavoidably afraid, so he delayed going north to Shandong.

Until the incident subsided later, seeing the businessmen in Shandong with their backing and growing bigger and bigger, Tolerance once again strengthened its confidence.

He also knew that what he did was a little shameful.

In order to make up for it, he contacted everywhere and actually brought several big local businessmen from Fujian over.

When they came to Shandong, they didn't know how to deal with local officials.

Unexpectedly, when they learned that they had arrived, the chief officials of the three cities of Dengzhou, Yizhou, and Qingdao on the Shandong side made a fuss.

Dang Huanchun and Fu Yusun even made a move.

Well, of course there is only one purpose.

It is to try to let Bao Yong and other Fujian businessmen build factories on their sites.

Now officials in Shandong have seen the benefits of industrial production and commercialization, and do everything possible to increase the gross product value in their jurisdiction.

The arrival of Bao Yong and the others can at least bring an annual gross production value of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to a place.

In the face of such great benefits, the three chief officials have completely lost their elegance and amiability, and they will not hesitate to do anything.

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