Chapter 1573: Hokusai's New Job
At the same time, in the courtyard of Beizhai in the south of the Yangtze River, a group of scholars were also reading this article. Doubling it, if you look at sixty years ago, it will increase by ten times, and if you look at it a hundred years ago, it will increase by twenty times."
"Try to count as a family: at the time of Gao and Zeng, there were ten houses, one hectare of land, one person, and no more than two people after marrying a wife; two people lived in ten houses, and one hectare of food field was more than enough; Three calculations for one life, until the son's life, there are four fathers and sons, each marrying a wife, there are eight people, and the eight people can't live without the help of servants, there are no fewer than ten people; ten people live in ten houses, and one food field. After a while, I know that there is only enough to live in, and there is only enough to eat."
"The sons gave birth to grandchildren, and the grandchildren married wives. During this period, the elderly may have metabolized, but there are no less than 20 people; with more than 20 people, they live in ten houses and eat one hectare of land. They can eat according to their stomachs. Living here, I know that it must not be enough; and since then Zengyan, since then Yuanyan, it is no less than fifty or sixty times as high as Zeng Shi's mouth, it is high, Zeng Shi is a household, and it is Zeng Shi In the Yuan Dynasty, there are no more than ten households; among them, there are families with household registrations that have disappeared, that is, families with small males who reproduce, and they are powerful enough to fight against each other..."
"...The article about rehabilitated Layman is really deafening. Although I have seen these in the village in the past, I have not figured out the truth. I only think that having many children and grandchildren is a blessing, and it is a good thing. However, the world There are more and more people, but this field does not see any increase, so what will these extra people be fed by?" After reading the article, a scholar shook his head and commented.
"Floods, droughts, and diseases are the method by which the heaven and the earth are adjusted. However, the people who suffer from floods, droughts, diseases and diseases are only one or two out of ten people who are unlucky. Said: Is there a law for the king and the prime minister? Said: Let the wild have no idle fields, and the people If there is no power left, those who are newly opened up the land will be transplanted to live in it, and those who are taxed heavily will be reduced according to the past and present, prohibiting their floating and prospering, and suppressing their mergers. Relief from the treasury, that’s all it is, it’s the method of being a king and making adjustments.” Some people began to repeat the solution of the Mr. Rehabilitation.
"Otherwise, it's easy to say, but in fact, mergers are especially easy to suppress?" The solution given in this article is to open up land, reduce taxes, curb mergers, prohibit extravagance, and set up granaries by the government to prevent disasters, but these are all It's just empty talk. Most of these scholars are from wealthy families. If you let them oppose annexation and a luxurious life, wouldn't that be seeking skin from a tiger? So naturally there will be people who will stand up against it.
"Hehe, even if the imperial court cuts the tax, the common people will not benefit." A scholar from a poor family sneered. The imperial court reduced the tax, but the big households and subordinate officials in the county would not tell the truth, and would still oppress the common people. Do yourself a favor.
"Mr. Bei Zhai, what kind of talent is this rehabilitated layman? Why have I never heard of it?" The big guys quarreled for a long time but did not come to a conclusion. They only asked Bei Zhai, the host of the literary meeting.
Since Beizhai went south, with his status as an orphan of Donglin and his good looks, he has immediately been sought after by countless local scholars. In addition to his good paintings, Beizhai can often come up with many exquisite articles. After a few times, her courtyard became the focus of attention of Jiangnan scholars.
"This rehabilitated layman refuses to reveal his identity." Beizhai was actually wondering, where did His Majesty find so many good articles? But she didn't know that the "Zhiping" that Shen Long produced was the work of later generations.
The author of this article is Hong Liangji, who was the second in the list during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. In his two articles "Zhiping" and "Living", he comprehensively and systematically put forward the idea that population growth should be compatible with production growth. "It was a few years earlier, so it was called China's Malthus in later generations.
Although Neo-Confucianism flourished in the Ming Dynasty, it was not without the birth of other trends of thought. Needless to say, Wang Yangming’s Theory of Mind; Thinkers needless to say,
The emergence of so many thinkers shows that the people of insight in Ming Dynasty have realized the limitations of Neo Confucianism and tried to use their own methods to expand Confucianism.
If they are allowed to develop, they may not be able to break out a new path. Unfortunately, the entry of slaves interrupted this process, making the dignified Huaxia completely silent. No one dares to explore the ideological world anymore. Everyone can only find Chapter Diaoyu, get some things like gold and stone textual research and chat to get by.
Shen Long knew that in order for Huaxia to lead the world again, it was not enough to rely solely on technological progress, but also to continue to develop ideologically. That's why he sent Beizhai to Jiangnan, copying the Donglin Party's approach, Jiangnan, where this trend of thought is flourishing, subtly influences these scholars, so that they can change their minds, and then influence the court from bottom to top.
Those previous articles and this "Zhiping" are just the beginning, and from time to time I throw out a few articles that Wang Fuzhi, Huang Zongxi and others have not yet written. Use this big bomb to shake the foundation of Confucianism, and point out the way for the future development of Ming Dynasty.
"When I heard that Your Majesty asked Zheng Zhilong to recruit refugees to go to the high officials, I still thought it was a tyranny. Now that I read this article, I know that His Majesty's thoughts are really far-reaching. Today's Central Plains cannot support so many people! "
"Yongjia moved to the south, and the south of the Yangtze River became more and more prosperous; the Northern Song Dynasty opened up two lakes, and since then Huguang has become familiar to the world. Looking at the history books, I found that the predecessors were doing similar things!" After Beizhai took out this article, Jiangnan scholars Zizi began to look for a theoretical basis for Shen Long to colonize overseas, "Most of the arable land in Kyushu in the world is occupied by my Ming Dynasty, and now it is time to look beyond Kyushu."
"With such a grand event, I really wish I could imitate Ban Dingyuan and join the army, and help my Ming Dynasty manage overseas, so why not achieve great achievements and leave a name in history!" Some people felt emotional.
"Haha, if Brother Zhang wants to give up the imperial examination and go overseas, I'm afraid uncle will break your leg!" Someone laughed immediately, and the change of inherent thinking did not happen overnight. Nowadays, everyone is still full of fear of going overseas.
However, it is good that some people start to have this kind of idea, even if only one percent of people actually put it into action, considering the population base of Ming Dynasty, this is quite a remarkable number.
Seeing the passionate expressions of these scholars, Beizhai felt that her work was more meaningful. She turned her attention to the north, and heard that His Majesty was going to Jiangnan, and wondered if they could meet again at that time.