The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 311 The Voice of the Old Era
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One, two, three.

A long time ago, the Technology News published numbers from Arabia, and some people wrote that three people must have my teacher. For example, Hufu riding and shooting, they believed that there is no conflict between developing tradition and absorbing external knowledge.

There is nothing wrong with tradition itself.

It was the demand of the times at that time, but if the tradition does not progress, it is wrong, but it is the people who are wrong, not the tradition itself.

Just as there is nothing wrong with Chinese medicine, the achievements of Chinese medicine in ancient times surpassed that of Western medicine.

The fault is that people have not developed Chinese medicine, and undeveloped Chinese medicine lags behind Western medicine, not that Chinese medicine is wrong.

Western medicine has been developing since the era of the industrial revolution.

Therefore, in people's impression, Western medicine is correct, and Chinese medicine has no progress and cannot keep up with the times, which makes many people think that Chinese medicine is ignorant.

Looking at ancient times with the eyes of future generations, how many things can be wrong.

Just as Western religions have been developing so much that people's impressions of Western religions have been changed.

Even later generations, if they continue to develop for 100 years, the views of later generations will become traditions in the future.

So whether this tradition is right or wrong depends on whether people have developed it.

The young teacher just now is still used to writing one, two, three, but it feels awkward to write 12345.

This is a cognitive problem since childhood.

If you learn 12345 from the beginning, you will naturally feel that writing in this way is more advanced.

But if you learn one, two, three, four, five from the beginning, you will naturally feel that it is better to write this way.

"We will unswervingly promote the grading behavior of the school's students, which will not only improve the teaching level, but also avoid smacking."

Because many students resisted the grading system, these protests were sorted out and submitted to Zhu Gaochi's desktop.

Zhu Gaochi replied without hesitation.

"Do you want to take it easy?" Ge Cheng asked worriedly.

Zhu Gaochi shook his head, and said firmly: "Many things can be delayed, but this matter cannot be delayed."

"More and more people are absorbed into the industry, and there are even rumors that tenants cannot be recruited locally, which has caused dissatisfaction among many landlords."

"One of the purposes of running the school is to absorb literati and weaken the role of local discourse. Now many literati are dissatisfied. Isn't it deepening the contradiction."

Hearing Ge Cheng's analysis, Zhu Gaochi did not let go.

He himself is the greatest landlord.

The most important thing is that the power of the landlords in Beiping is not enough. To be precise, the power of the local gentry in the whole north is not enough.

This is due to the sparse population in the north.

"In the 26th year of Hongwu, the population per square kilometer in Beiping was only 110 and [-], and the population per square kilometer in Zhejiang was [-] and [-]."

"The important thing is that Zhejiang is a local, and more than half of the population of Peiping is from other places."

"What kind of landlord is there in Peking? Which landlord is qualified to make trouble?"

Hearing Zhu Gaochi's data, Ge Cheng was speechless.

After all, he is from the south, and he is used to the impression that the southern gentry is powerful, so he subconsciously feels that he should not be easily offended.

From this data, we can understand why Hongwu 30 years ago, that is, next year, there will be a well-known north-south list event.

The northern students will all fail the imperial examinations next year!
This is not an isolated case.

In the 27th year of Hongwu, the Chief Secretary of the whole country transferred officials from the two divisions of the Procuratorate and Envoy Division, and the officials sent were from Guozijian.

Most of those who study in the Imperial College are scholars from the south.

In other words, most of the officials dispatched to various places came from the south, while the gentry in the north were already weak and lost official support, so they were not very popular before the middle and early Ming Dynasty.

It was not until Zhu Yuanzhang issued a decree next year that the North and South examinations were implemented before there was a policy to solve this problem.

And it hasn't happened yet.

The government in Beiping has not been deeply integrated with the local forces. Now even the government has no power to fight back, let alone the local gentry.

If the two are integrated as in the south, Zhu Gaochi will have a headache.

"The school expanded rapidly, but the number of teachers couldn't keep up. As a result, a large number of literati with substandard education levels entered the school as teachers."

"The grading system is also designed to force unqualified teachers to take the initiative to improve their teaching standards."

Seeing that the young prince had made up his mind, Ge Cheng stopped persuading him and took out the secret book he had written.

The prince and the little prince already knew his identity.

The prince and the young prince still trust him, but his close relationship with Ying Tianfu cannot stop.

Zhu Gaochi picked up the secret letter, feeling strange in his heart.

After reading this secret book by himself, he will deliver it to Yingtian Mansion, and finally it will fall into the hands of Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Gaochi is indeed a little curious about this grandfather.

Mishu has something about the school.

"The school has opened one after another in Beiping. I must report this matter, otherwise it will arouse the suspicion of Jin Yiwei."

Ge Cheng explained.

Zhu Gaochi pondered, unable to make up his mind.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang advocated the establishment of schools and formulated laws, the teaching mode of Peking School is somewhat different, even though most of the content used comes from ancient books.

Seeing that the young prince hadn't spoken for a long time, Ge Cheng comforted him and said, "The sage has long known about the changes in Beiping, and he hasn't intervened so far. It can be seen that the sage doesn't care."

"Okay, just send it like this."

Zhu Gaochi also knew that he couldn't escape. Anyway, the original owner of his body was Zhu Yuanzhang's grandson, so he would kill himself.

It has been 29 years since Hongwu, how much energy can Zhu Yuanzhang have.

After the death of King Jin next year, I will do even more extraordinary things.

……

Nanpi County, Hejian Prefecture.

A large area of ​​rice is planted here, which is different from the rice that is harvested twice a year in the south. Harvesting has already begun in mid-June. According to the climate and experience summed up by the ancestors, the harvest will be completed in early July.

It's too late.

The ears of rice are still growing.

Even if it's late.

Ripe ears of rice bend the stalks.

In the past, those rich households and landlords would pay for short-term labor to harvest rice.

This job is very hard.

It can be said to be one of the hardest jobs in the world.

This year is extraordinarily different.

There are fewer day laborers in groups, and the wages are higher, which makes many wealthy households and landlords have to pay more expenses.

A man holding his arm complained on the ridge of the field: "How many years has the boss been using this sickle? We have few people and the farm tools are not working well. Don't blame us for delaying working hours."

"My grandparents have been using it for less than ten years. Why can't I use it anymore?"

"Look at other people's homes. They all use new sickles. They can cut rice quickly without hurting your hands. This is called..."

The man thought for a while, and then threw out a word: "Increase production efficiency."

"Fart your mother's nonsense." The old man in clothes cursed, "Hurry up and work, if you delay, see if I fine you for wages."

"Hey, you're still swearing."

The man was furious, quarreled and quit, and asked the old man to settle yesterday's wages.

Landlords, the main political forces in China, were not slave owners.

His method of exploiting the common people is not the law, but economic means, which is different from the serfdom and aristocracy in the West.

The aristocracy, the main political force in the West, in their territory, all people are under the rule of the aristocracy, and any output belongs to the aristocracy.

Western aristocrats have mastered local land, local force, local administrative power, local judicial power...

The common people of the West have no means against the nobility.

But Chinese landlords do not have such great rights.

The people attached to the landlord because the landlord controlled the land, and the landless people had to work for the landlord to make a living.

Rather than the law, the common people are subject to the management of the landlord.

The two methods are fundamentally different.

Coupled with the moral atmosphere advocated by Confucianism, compared with the ancient Western governance methods, ancient Chinese policies for the common people are more advanced and humane.

Industrialization has provided more employment opportunities for the common people, and it has also given men the courage to dare to contradict their employers.

The old man drove the man away angrily. The man didn't care about the work provided by the landlord, and justifiably demanded yesterday's wages.

Under the lead of the man, the day laborers who thought the old man was stingy, followed the man and stopped working for the old man.

The old man was trembling with anger, pointing at the short-term workers, speechless.

In the end, the eldest son of the old man came and said good things to everyone, promising to buy a new sickle and come back today.

He also offered to add meat to lunch, and then let the day laborers go back to work.

"There is no such reason, no such reason."

The old man was dragged home by his family, and he couldn't complete his words on the way.

"In our hometown, how can there be these fools who don't know etiquette, and I'm so angry." The old man sat down on the chair indignantly.

The eldest son poured a cup of tea and comforted his father, saying, "That was in the past, but times have changed now, as long as the industry continues to develop, the whole country will be like this in the future."

"The world is going downhill, this industry is not a good thing."

"Father, our family is no better than before. Your arms can't twist your thighs. Don't be angry with yourself." The eldest son looked helpless.

Their ancestral home is Shandong.

It is a big family in Shandong, a big family for hundreds of years.

Following the imperial court's immigration policy, the family fell apart and went their separate ways. Although relying on the family's floating wealth, after more than [-] years, he can only be said to be a small landlord, which is not worth mentioning compared to the size of the previous family.

"Our family used to have this amount of silver." The eldest son raised a hand, "He is the richest person in our area."

"What about now? It doesn't even count as that." The eldest son gestured with his right little finger.

"I want my son to see that it's not enough to get rich by relying on the fields. Let's take out the money and let's set up factories and mines."

"fart."

The old man yelled.

"The field is our lifeblood. No one can touch the family's money except to buy the field. When there is a natural disaster in a year, we will start to buy the land."

"Our ancestors started their business in this way, and the experience passed down from generation to generation will restore the ancestral business sooner or later."

"Father, why don't you understand, old man, times have changed."

The eldest son was extremely depressed.

Under the great changes of the times.

Some of the original interest groups have kept up, while others have not.

Just like the Internet age.

How many opportunities to make a fortune are provided, and every few years, a outlet is born.

Even the live broadcast industry later provided a fast way to get rich for ordinary people who lacked capital.

How many ordinary people have transformed themselves, driving a luxury car and living in a luxury house.

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The age of firewood has entered the age of coal.

How many people's wealth will be born and destroyed in this process.

(End of this chapter)