Follow Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the country

Chapter 116 Zhu Yuanzhang teaches the Huaixi generals, and Song Lian marvels at the organization power of the rebel army!
"Mr. Zhang said there is no conflict between the two!"

"Brothers' desire to seek wealth and honor, and their willingness to create a new China that benefits the people all over the world, are both in line with the laws of nature and human nature."

“It’s just that there are two ways for people to become rich: one is to be able to enjoy wealth and honor without supervision and without thinking about making progress; the other is to be respected by the country and society only if one needs to accept supervision, take responsibility and make progress. Wealth.”

"The former cannot be stable for a long time, and will be overthrown by the people who cannot survive in the future because they are content with the status quo. Even if they have the destiny and the hereditary qualifications, they will inevitably perish."

"The latter can achieve long-term peace and stability. Even if it has to be called destiny and is not hereditary, it can still rely on the protection of legal property and the clarification of the inheritance system, and even enable everyone in the world to be enterprising, so that the wealth of the country and society continues to grow and prosper, and peace can continue. Even if there is an occasional generation of descendants who are dishonest and their status is degraded, they will still have the opportunity to re-glorify their ancestors because society is making progress and they are not content with the status quo."

"This is because man follows the earth, the earth follows the sky, heaven follows the Tao, and Tao follows nature! In other words, heaven is natural, and there is no consciousness of who is nobler and who is inferior, but only the objectively existing natural way determines our destiny. Noble or humble!”

"Therefore, what kind of way our Chinese way should be depends on what kind of way the people who live in my land of China choose. The difference between high and low depends on the people who live in my land of China." , what kind of difference is the difference between high and low that you choose."

"In general!"

"We can no longer just use Confucianism and law to seek wealth and rule the world, because China uses the contention of a hundred schools of thought to inspire the wisdom of the world, not just these two wisdoms. Therefore, we should take the best of a hundred schools of thought in order to make ourselves rich, and also Let everyone in China be rich and prosperous!"

"If we still only use Confucianism and Legalism to determine the way to wealth and honor, then wealth and honor will not last long, and in order to last as long as possible, we will not be ashamed of other nations or be treated lightly as foreigners, or even the entire clan will become slaves of other clans. Furthermore, the so-called noble is no longer noble, only the whole family is cheap!"

During this period, because it was temporarily difficult for the Yuan soldiers to raise troops to attack, and Xu Da and other direct descendants of Zhu Yuanzhang did not have any actual posts in the city, they were very idle. Therefore, they could be called by Zhu Yuanzhang almost every day to discuss the current situation and exchange ideas, which gave Zhu Yuanzhang some time. Opportunity to convey the insights he gained from Zhang Cheng to these people.

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Yes, that's what it means, but how to expel the Tartars, how to reform ethics, and how to redefine the distinction between high and low? After discussing with Mr. Zhang, we feel that a Datong Society should be established!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's home.

"The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and everyone has nothing to do, so let's think about whether you want to join this club established by me and Mr. Zhang. If you want to join this club, just write an application and say that you want to be rich by yourself. If you don’t want to seek opportunities for wealth and honor for your children, grandchildren, and common people, then everyone will go their separate ways from now on!”

After all, Zhu Yuanzhang himself did not know whether the goal of "restoring China and rescuing the people" could be achieved in the hands of his generation. Therefore, he also knew that he should strengthen the training of his successors and let them follow the ambitions of people like himself. Effort is important.

"No wonder we have to expel the Tartars and reform ethics."

Because, in today's situation in Chuzhou, where no one knows whether Zhu Yuanzhang can become a prince again after giving up Chuzhou, these people still choose to follow Zhu Yuanzhang and do not accept Guo Zixing's solicitation, which in itself shows that they now have no regard for power. Their desires are not that big yet, and they are not that self-interested yet, so they are not that resistant to Zhu Yuanzhang's request for them to join the Datong Society.

Zhu Yuanzhang also followed the syllabus formulated by Zhang Cheng and mainly taught the orphans studying in the state school knowledge that was conducive to establishing the ambition of "restoring China." Even the poems he taught them to memorize were mainly patriotic poems.

"At the time of the Qin Dynasty, there was a bright moon and at the time of the Han Dynasty, the people who marched thousands of miles away have not yet returned. But the flying generals of Dragon City are here, and they will not teach Hu Ma to cross the Yin Mountains."

At present, Zhu Yuanzhang is not only teaching various scriptures he learned from Mr. Zhang to the people who are still following him in Chuzhou, but he is also personally teaching orphans and children in the state school.

After Zhu Yuanzhang said this, Xu Da and others chose to join the society.

Therefore, these peasant rebels who had not yet come into contact with the Confucian ethics code were indoctrinated by Zhu Yuanzhang almost every day.

Because of this, most of these people listened very carefully and did not resist. After all, like Zhu Yuanzhang at this time, they were almost a blank sheet of paper, and their thoughts were still simple values ​​of the common people at the bottom.

Guo Zixing also nodded approvingly.

Chuzhou.

"In this way, we, the rebel brothers, can be regarded as our own people who seek the same kind of wealth! We are not just selfish people who want to ride on the heads of our children and grandchildren and dominate them, but do not seek the welfare of our children and grandchildren. !”

Hu Dahai couldn't help but say something at this time.

"Now, the minority of Hu people can rule the majority of the Han people in China, making it difficult for us Han people to become princes and dignitaries. Even the foreign Semu people are more noble than us. This is proof!"

Xu Da, Hu Dahai, Wu Liang, Wu Zhen, Tang Shengzong and other direct generals of Zhu Yuanzhang who had not left Chuzhou, as well as Li Wenzhong, Mu Ying and other children of Zhu Yuanzhang's family, were also sitting around the stove at this time, listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's talk about him and After Zhang Cheng reached an agreement, he expressed some views on why Datong Society should be established.

"The reason why the Datong Society was established is that on the basis of everyone's pursuit of wealth, we all want to achieve a common ideal of world harmony, people becoming more and more prosperous, and a common ideal that everyone can become rich."

Therefore, when Guo Zixing came to inspect the state school, he heard the students reciting poems such as "Don't teach Huma to cross the Yin Mountains".

Although he came from the landlord class, he was still very accepting of expelling the Tartars and restoring China. He was willing to see the barbarians driven out of the land of China.

Because in history, the phrase "driving out the Tartars and restoring China" was originally an original saying by the landlord class literati represented by Song Lian during Zhu Yuanzhang's Northern Expedition.

Therefore, Guo Zixing has no objection to this, only support. Because the Yuan Dynasty has not been overthrown yet, even Zhang Cheng in Waliang Lei has allowed the rebels to focus on the national struggle for the purpose of overthrowing Hu Yuan. He is relatively gentle with the landlords and bureaucrats, just letting them Let some benefit the poor, and do not exploit the poor too harshly.

Song Lian was the same at this time.

After he came to Waliang fortress, he did not see the scene of the landlord's village being captured and looted by the rebels. Instead, he only saw a large number of slogans such as "Reducing rent and interest" and "Expelling the Tartars" and "Benefiting the people". Quite happy.

Therefore, Song Lian did not feel disgusted with the rebels in Waliang Lei.

After all, what he is only worried about is that the rebels will directly loot and confiscate the homes of the landlords. As for letting the landlords "reduce rents and interest rates" and make appropriate concessions to benefit the people, he is in favor of it.

You know, besides profits, what landlords care about most is stability.

Therefore, enlightened scholar-bureaucrats like Song Lian were willing to see the rebels let the landlords and tycoons give some benefits to the people in order to let the people live and work in peace and contentment.

What made Song Lian even more happy was that he saw that in this land in the winter, there were actually a large number of wheat seedlings unearthed and green greenery, which was not comparable to other places south of the Yangtze River and north of the Yangtze River he passed!

Notice.

On the way here, he only saw a lot of deserted fields and desolate scenes everywhere else.

Therefore, Song Lian couldn't help but smile and sigh: "Now that the wax snow is nourishing, and the wheat will be ripe next year, this place must be rich and fertile! The strength of this rebel army is really terrifying. In just a few months, this area has been restored to such vitality. "

While Song Lian sighed, he also mentioned the matter in a letter to Liu Bowen and said:

"The current rebel army is undoubtedly the most likely to win the world! Not only because they have powerful firearms, but more importantly, they can resume farming in such a short period of time, which shows that their political power The internal government orders are smooth, consistent from top to bottom, and the organization is tight, so it can mobilize the people's power to the greatest extent. This kind of regime is terrible, comparable to the Yuan Dynasty where even tax collection can only be outsourced."

Song Lian became even more curious about Zhang Cheng.

However, Song Lian soon discovered that although education was in Daxing, the school it opened was not a Confucian school, but a school called Lecture College, and this Lecture College taught many subjects, not just Confucianism.

This made Song Lian quite shocked: "Isn't Neo-Confucianism respected here?"

Then, Song Lian also discovered the "China News" and saw the content of "Datong Society" in the "China News", so he couldn't help frowning and said: "In other words, you have to join the Datong Society to become a volunteer officer? "

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Song Lian couldn't help but said to himself: "But if Datong Society denies the theory of destiny, it is undoubtedly denying the way of our Confucian herdsmen. This is undoubtedly not conducive to the peace of the world!"

"But it will help save the world!"

At this time, Yang Xian came over and said something back, and offered his hand to Song Lian:

"Why did Mr. Qianxi come to see me?"

Song Lian also returned the gift and said: "Of course it's because of the letter you gave Bowen that I'm quite curious about what kind of person is here who can make you, Yang Xiwu, choose to vote here."

"Of course it's because it's the best place to mobilize people's power!"

"Mr. Qianxi must have known through the China News that what our rebel army is doing is mobilizing all the Han people in the world, and then we can really drive out the Tartars and restore China."

Yang Xian said with a smile.

Song Lian frowned and asked, "But isn't it too much to not mention destiny?"

"I'm afraid that in the future, even if we take over the world, it will not be beneficial to the stability of our country!"

"After all, we Chinese people have such ideas as 'Princes, generals and ministers will be contented' and 'He who has strong soldiers and horses will be the emperor', which often causes chaos in the world. That's why I, a scholar, take the initiative to think that the one who wins the world will be the emperor." It’s a gift from heaven!”

"But now that Mr. Zhang wants to abandon the theory of destiny, he is undoubtedly digging his own grave!"

(End of this chapter)