Chapter 292 National Policy (Part 2)

Drinking the same wine in different mouths makes a different taste.

Everyone here, including Shi Nai'an, the senior brother, was made angry by Liu Ji, so they needed wine to pour the fire, and they drank like a whale swallowing a siphon.

Liu Bowen, who came opposite them, had his brows frowned and whispered slowly in small mouthfuls to make a splash in his heart.

As a result, the person who swallowed the siphon was not drunk, but the person who ate the slut was drunk first. Before the banquet ended, he lay on the table and collapsed as limply as mud.

"Qingyuan, please call a few people later and help him back to your mansion to settle down. If you have time these days, please accompany him everywhere. Except for the places that are not allowed to go to, you can take him to see the rest." After looking at Liu Ji, who was unconscious, Zhu Chongjiu ordered calmly.

"Yes." Robben quickly stood up and bowed to his order. His uncle Liu Bowen couldn't stand the changes in Huaiyang and was eloquent and could continue to live in Jixian Hall. He did not have any positive effect. It would be better to entertain him in the name of a private person and then send him away as soon as possible.

"You two will feel wronged in Jixian Pavilion for the night. Tomorrow morning, the General Administration Office will send a carriage to pick it up." Zhu Chongjiu turned his eyes to Zhang Yi and Song Ke, and continued to give instructions with a smile.

"Some two people are sent by the Lord's Office." Zhang Yi and Song Ke both stood up and responded with a little drunkenness.

"Please sit down, it's still early today, so let's have a few more drinks." Zhu Chongjiu smiled and raised the wine cup again.

He had no chance to accept Liu Ji's account, and at least he received Zhang Yi and Song Ke. These few hours of saliva were not wasted. Although Zhang and Song had no impression of him in his memory, anyone's success was accidental and inevitable. Who can guarantee that Zhang and Song had enough room for development, and their future achievements would still be smaller than Liu Ji.

"Lord, Junior Brother Liu, he just has a narrow vision. No, no, I have never seen our workshop before. It is absolutely not for the purpose of making trouble." Shi Nai'an quickly stood up with a wine cup and blushed to apologize for Liu Bowen. In any case, he is Liu Bowen's senior brother after all. He is reckless in his junior brother's behavior, and he is the senior brother.

"I know, Zi'an doesn't have to worry." Zhu Chongjiu smiled and used a wine cup to meet Shi Nai'an. "Zhu is not angry and makes his junior brother's actions today. On the contrary, making his junior brother's words are quite awakening."

This is a big truth. With Zhu Chongjiu's current ability, it can be seen at a glance that Liu Ji is not a lobbyist of a certain prince. Looking at the world, few princes dare to send people to Yangzhou to make trouble. However, Liu Ji's performance today made Zhu Chongji clearly realize that what he is currently promoting in the three places of Huai and Yang has aroused the overall alertness of the gentry class. Maybe it won't take long before more Liu Ji will stand up and try every means to kill the industrialization construction in the Huai and Yang area in its infancy, and even take the initiative to collude with the Mongolian and Yuan court.

However, with his current ability and financial resources, Zhu Chongjiu could not find any effective means to ease the relationship between the two parties. This is also the reason why he did not want to give any answer after hearing Liu Ji's words today. Large-scale industrial production has a completely irreconcilable contradiction with the hierarchical order of the agricultural society maintained by the gentry. Even if Zhu Chongjiu was broken, no matter how many concessions he made, it would be futile.

If Zhu Dapeng's history teacher died not so early, he might be surprised to find that he was not the only one who encountered the problem in front of him, but the final solution was surprisingly consistent.

In another time and space, the mainland of China completely broke the original order of agricultural society through a vigorous land revolution, and another regime evacuated to the island actually carried out "the land of the farmer" and "reduce rent and interest rate" with the support of the army. As for the model of the democratic country on the other side of the ocean, it crushed all resistance through a bloody Civil War. The winners killed and set fire in the city of the loser, while the loser continued to accuse the victors of the atrocities through one literary work after another. (Note 1)

"Lord, please forgive Yanduan for being greedy." Just as he was thinking melancholy, Shi Nai'an's slightly nervous voice came from his ears, "The junior brother's talent is indeed ten times better than Yanduan. Although he was reckless today and did a lot of rude things, if he could wake up by himself in the future, maybe."

"Didn't he want to open a college? It just happens to be within the jurisdiction of your academic government office. You can handle it at your discretion, so you don't have to ask me for instructions." Zhu Chongjiu thought for a while and responded in a slight manner, "In terms of funds, you might as well give it a little more. With Mr. Qingtian's character, I wouldn't use it in places where it shouldn't be used."

Didn’t you, Liu Bowen, claim to be inheriting the unique skills of the masters? Then Zhu will help you, asking for money and territory. Even if you, Liu Bowen, is unwilling to cooperate with Zhu, the students you teach are all Huaiyang children. In the future, you will still enter the Huaiyang General Administration Office and Huaiyang Business Company, and in the end you still cannot escape from Zhu’s palm.

"For this reason, thank you to the magnanimous manager." Shi Nai'an was stunned for a moment and bowed his hand to thank Zhu Chongjiu.

In his eyes, this was the best result. At least, Liu Bowen had the opportunity to enter the shogunate in the future, and the two of them would not meet each other in the battlefield for their respective lords.

"There is nothing more magnanimous. It is better to have something to say in person than to hold it in your stomach and then cause trouble in secret." Zhu Chongji waved his hand again and sighed and responded. It was more exhausting to eat with Liu Ji and others than to study new products with Huang Laowai, Jiao Yu and others. Although the latter is also very tired, whenever there are new crafts and new products, it will make him feel extremely satisfied from his heart to his body. However, every time he eats with his officials, he feels exhausted from both body and spirit.

"Lord, Zhang has a word, I don't know whether to say it or not." Seeing that Zhu Chongjiu was indeed not guilty of his words, Zhang Yi stood up and asked tentatively.

"Tell me, don't be so polite." Zhu Chongjiu turned his head to him and encouraged with a smile.

"Bowen, the last few words Boowen just now are actually not unreasonable." Zhang Yi took a deep breath and tried not to lower his head. "Yi Guan's lord is full of vitality everywhere. However, looking at the rules and order, it is like watching flowers in the fog. If the lord wants to plan a career for a lifetime, it must have a constitution. In this way, Yi and others can also consciously follow it when doing things, so as not to violate the lord's original intention."

The basic meaning of these words is the same as those of Liu Ji's previous ones. However, their attitude has been much more relaxed. They did not force Zhu Chongjiu to follow the Confucian Taoist tradition, but they hoped that Zhu Chongjiu could come up with a fixed constitution so that he could become the general outline of the new order and allow future generations to rely on when inheriting.

When Zhu Chongjiu heard this, he frowned slightly, and then couldn't help but shake his head and smiled. He was careless, but he was still careless. He only saw the appearance of Zhang Yi being willing to join the General Administration Office, but he forgot that like Liu Bowen, this person has been influenced by Confucianism for decades. Unconsciously, he would start from his instinct and follow the "nature principles" in his mind.

"Does Sanyi also want to say that it is precisely because of the adoption of Dong Zhongshu's strategy that the Han Dynasty has been established for more than 400 years." Slowly put away his smile, Zhu Chongjiu looked at Zhang Yi's eyes and asked softly.

"I dare not attribute it entirely to Dong Sheng." Zhang Yi thought for a while and nodded seriously, "but at least Dong Sheng made great contributions to it."

"What about the Tang Dynasty?" Zhu Chongjiu nodded and continued to ask.

"At the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, he compiled the "Justice of the Five Classics". In the "Tang Law Commentary", he also clearly stated that scholars and common people are different. If scholars are guilty, they will be covered by "requests"." Zhang Yi was very knowledgeable and immediately quoted the scriptures and gave a response.

"This?" Zhu Chongjiu hesitated and turned his eyes to Lu Kun, who immediately explained in a low voice, "Tang Lu, whose reputation is different, and his etiquette is also pagan. Any noble relatives, officials, and scholars make mistakes. If there is any discussion, please reduce, redeem, and redeem, and exempt six powers, while slaves, divisions, officials, and miscellaneous households will be severely punished and refused to lend."

"At the beginning of the founding of the Song Dynasty, the strategy of "the emperor and the literati and officials governing the world together", so after the southward transition, there was still more than 150 years of national prosperity." Seeing that Lu Kun also had the intention of giving him a tone, Zhang Yi was more courageous and quickly added, "Although the Mongolian Yuan was brutal and vulgar, he was generous to the gentry and the prominent family, he had no precedent for directly collecting taxes from the gentry."

"As for saying this, it's Mr. Zhu who is unique." Zhu Chongjiu laughed and shook his head and asked.

"Yi doesn't dare, Yi just hopes that the lord can learn from history." Zhang Yi bowed and responded humbly. He and Liu Ji had similar opinions on many points, but the biggest difference between the two is that Liu Ji wanted to try to forcefully persuade Zhu Chongjiu and let the latter change his strategy, but he hoped to slowly pull his lord back to the right path through advice and subtle influence.

"What a good person who learns from history." Zhu Chongjiu continued to sneer, laughing and shook his head gently, "Sanyi, I remember that Confucianism is determined to restore the rule of the three generations, and it also advocates retro and Zhou Li."

"What the lord said is very much." Zhang Yi thought for a while and nodded in response.

"During those three generations, there will be Confucius and Dong Sheng." Zhu Chongjiu immediately smiled and took his words and asked loudly.

"This?" This time, it was Zhang Yi's turn to be stupid. The three dynasties were still before the Xia and Shang dynasties. How could there be Confucius and Dong Zhongshu? How could it be that they follow the Confucian viewpoint?

"The destiny of the Great Zhou Dynasty is said to have been more than 800 years, but is that?" Zhu Chongjiu did not give him more time to think and continued to ask with a smile.

"It took more than 790 years from King Wu's attack on Zhou and King Wen's entry into Qin." Although he knew that the topic had begun to develop in the opposite direction he expected, Zhang Yi had to bite the bullet and respond truthfully.

"During the Great Zhou Dynasty, did all schools of thought be abolished and Confucianism only respect?" Zhu Chongjiu's next question stabbed Zhang Yi and others like a sharp knife.

"This, this" Zhang Yi was speechless for a moment, and sweat beads rolled on his forehead. During the Western Zhou Dynasty, Confucius was not born. Looking at the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there was no country that prospered because of the adoption of Confucianism. Confucius was so famous that he could not promote his theory wherever he went, and was not very popular.

"Things are easy to change. In ancient times, there was no need for Confucianism. Culture and education prospered by themselves, while in later generations, they competed with wisdom and strength. Therefore, Confucianism came into being." Liu Ji, who was already drunk and unconscious, suddenly raised his head from the table and added loudly.

"A good sentence is easy to change." Zhu Chongjiu applauded vigorously. He had just said this to Hu Dahai not long ago, and was seriously corrected by the other party, so he was deeply impressed. "This sentence is from Han Feizi, he is a master of the Legalists."

"Confucians have never been reluctant to gather the talents of hundreds of schools." Liu Ji added drunkenly, unable to remember at all. He was still admiring Dong Zhongshu's concept of supremacy just now.

"I'm so proud of the strengths of the hundred schools of thought." Zhu Chongjiu continued to applaud, "Then Zhu still has two questions. First, is it exactly the same as in the Han Dynasty during the Wu Dynasty? Second, since he's so proud of the strengths of the hundred schools of thought, is the industrial and commercial strategy that Zhu is now considered one of them? Is there any advantage?"

"This, this" Liu Ji blushed and could not respond. From the heart, he could not ignore the vitality shown by the three places of Huaiyang. He was just unwilling to admit that he did have strengths for his ideas and his own position.

"Don't worry, Zhu has another question." Zhu Chongjiu smiled and waved his hand, continuing to ask loudly, "Are we raising righteous soldiers to restore China or Confucianism? Is it to seek happiness for future generations or to seek shackles for all generations?"

"This, this" Liu Ji held the table with both hands and tried to stand up, but he felt dizzy and his legs were weak. "If there is no order and morality, how can the foundation for all generations be born? The Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues are the relationship between heaven and humanity, how can the theory of shackles?"

"Sir, I'm drunk, sir, sit down." Zhu Chongji looked at him, sighed and shook his head. In fact, Liu Ji's appearance is not uncommon in his memory. In another time and space, there are countless people trying to use a fixed framework to regulate the operation of the entire country for hundreds of years. No matter how many times they fail, they can't remember the lesson.

First, someone took the socialist template. Anyone who did not match this was criticized as a poisonous weed and shouted, "I would rather have socialist weeds than capitalist seedlings." As a result, people's livelihood was exhausted. They only had the airs of a great country, but no prosperity that a great country should have. Finally in the late 1970s, the entire nation finally repented and began to be down-to-earth. But decades later, another group of sluts jumped up. They took a copy of the American standard that they had not understood, and copied it hard, regardless of the current reality and the revisions and changes of this standard over the past 200 years. Anyone who did not agree with this standard would rather have capitalist weeds than socialist seedlings. Those who dared to oppose me would directly be 50 cents and directly threatened to hang a telephone pole, moving from one extreme to another. They were just stupid and absurd, and the same slimming of feet and walking on the shoes, and even the posture and face of shouting slogans did not change at all.

Influenced by Zhu Dapeng, Zhu Chongjiu had no universal support in his heart, and was sufficient to use the standards that lasted for thousands of years. Of course, he would not agree that the illusory rule of the Three Generations is the political framework that should be pursued for all ages. He believed in the use of the ideology and the inclusiveness. Any idea, whether it is Confucianism or Legalism, including socialism and capitalism in memory, can be used as long as it can revive China.

Thinking of this, he patted Liu Bowen on the shoulder and said with a smile, "You are actually right. Zhu has indeed not established any fixed order yet, nor does he want to hold any classics. Zhu thought that the purpose of our uprising soldiers was to restore China, not to revive Confucianism. Whether it is Confucianism or Legalism, it is all means, not the purpose. If you forget the purpose for the sake of means, it is to waste the roots and conquer the end. Please forgive Zhu for being stubborn. Such a stupid act, Zhu did not dare to do it."

Note 1: During the American Civil War, both soldiers were proud of killing each other and cutting off their scalp. Sherman, a famous northern general, carried out a very cruel burning and killing policy in Wicksburg, Atlanta and other southern regions. In the most serious Mississippi area, 60% of the white young men died under his butcher knife.
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