Gui Zhuang and Lu Fu couldn't help but shake their heads and smile when they saw that Gu Yanwu and Huang Zongxi, both of whom belonged to the most representative leaders of Jiangnan Shilin, walked side by side.And because of this, scholars with different concepts, such as Guizhuang and Lu Fu, all bowed their hands to each other, and then talked and laughed.There are brothers who belong to different camps due to different philosophies, and they began to take the initiative to come over to say hello.There are also scholars who were originally friends, but broke off contact due to different ideas, and began to renew their friendship.In Zhu Youxiao, the patriarch, coming to Jiangnan to manage it so forcibly made Jiangnan Shilin temporarily a little harmonious.Of course, it is indeed only temporary, after all, how can ideas and beliefs be so easy to integrate.What is involved in this is the distribution of benefits.It's just that now, as the emperor, Zhu Youxiao emphasized the consciousness of "nation", and these people temporarily put aside the controversy.Because Zhu Youxiao's emphasis on the "national" consciousness has the meaning of unanimity with the outside world, first grab the cake from the outside, and then discuss how to divide it."
Mr.
Lizhou, since you want to restrict the people, you have to let the imperial court manage the people first, but according to Gu's opinion, if the people in Jiangnan want to completely belong to the control of the monarchy, they must first break the clan power and let the imperial power go to the countryside!"
At this time, Gu Yanwu was chatting about clan power and imperial power on the way back to the city with Huang Zongxi, and wanted to take this opportunity to test Huang Zongxi's reaction to some of the political ideas he held.As a thinker, Gu Yanwu naturally can't help but want to influence other people's thoughts and conquer other people's thoughts, intentionally or unintentionally, and then shake off his private goods through idle talk from time to time, especially in front of a famous person like Huang Zongxi.After hearing this, Huang Zongxi asked very seriously: "Break the clan power?"
”"That's right, the first thing to do to break the clan power is to let the clan relocate, otherwise it will be difficult to implement the imperial decree to the people, and the biggest problem of my Jiangnan people is that there are many large clans living together, covering an area of 100,000 mu or even millions of mu, if these big clans do not move, the people will always be in the hands of the big clans, not in the hands of the court, and even the government is afraid that it is difficult to know how many people there are under their rule."
After Gu Yanwu returned, he said: "The next thing the imperial court is afraid of is this, as a representative of the big clan, you have to find a way to guide the scholars from the clan to accept the proposal of relocating the clan house!"
”After hearing this, Huang Zongxi asked: "After the relocation of the big clan, the people are even more dispersed, so how can they fight against the government?"
”"This requires the establishment of social organizations!
Because the people organized in the way of clans will not only not fight against the government, but will kidnap the government, oppress the people of the small clan, and then annex the property of the small clan!
”"For example, today, the biggest drawback is that there are many countries with many families, and there are very few social organizations, what is a social organization, there is neither government control, nor the interests and emotions of the clan, but purely righteous organizations, such as charitable organizations, health organizations!""
Your Majesty has mobilized some powerful people to set up some, but in the end it is not enough, and it is not spontaneous among the people, so that when the disaster occurs, the folk clans only know how to pursue profits, and hoard Juqi, and even collude with the government to be greedy for money, but there is no righteous organization, and organize the power of the people to preemptively give relief before the court and government react, and then reduce losses!"
Gu Yanwu said."
This please allow students to think about it again, the relocation of the big clan is really difficult for students to accept for a while, after all, this is to separate flesh and blood, rebel against human ethics, since ancient dynasties moved rich families and immigrants, are rarely called good governance, but listen to the public said this, it is indeed conducive to the community and people's livelihood."
Huang Zongxi said with some embarrassment."
Okay!"
Gu Yanwu didn't expect that even people like Huang Zongxi would find it a little difficult to accept the national policy of separating the big clans, and he couldn't help but start worrying that if such a policy really appeared at that time, he was afraid that it would still cause great controversy.…… Zhu Youxiao looked out the window here, walking towards Nanjing City in a steady stream, or boarding a boat to return to the scholars in their respective hometowns, and couldn't help but say to Lu Xiangsheng and Wen Tiren: "There are too many scholars in Jiangnan!"
”"And that's just for those who have fame, money and graduation, and there are many more in the academy."
Lu Xiangsheng replied.Wen Tiren also smiled and said: "Therefore, when discussing politics before leaving Beijing, someone proposed to cancel the system of Enyin's official position, and the officials all opposed it, because there are too many scholars in the world, too few can be elected to the official, and the pressure of competition is too great. ”"Because of this, now the officials have low requirements for Enyin, civil officials, scholarly families, these no longer dislike Enyin's low-level military ministers, nor do they dislike Enyin's senior administration and Hanlin Academy, these idle and unadulterated miscellaneous officials, even if Enyin is a full-time research-based idle official, they are willing to accept it, because there are too many people who want to be officials in this world."
Lu Xiangsheng also said."
Over the years, most of the wealth plundered by the imperial court has been spent on education, in addition to investing in infrastructure, and it is normal for scholars to have many scholars; But many scholars are still willing to cross the single-plank bridge with thousands of troops and horses, and go to the imperial examination to become officials, even if the head of the battle is bloody, they are not willing to change their concepts, to engage in industry and commerce, and even to be craftsmen, even if they are from the army to do some cultural and technical affairs, it is really a headache!
It's really annoying that they would rather wait and spend their years than look for another job first. ”Zhu Youxiao pointed to some scholars outside as he spoke: "You see, many of these scholars have gray hair and look older than me, they don't do anything to produce, they just get together, shouting five and drinking six, talking about current affairs, comparing themselves to Yiyin Guan Zhong, just waiting to be officials, but where are there so many officials!"
”"The official position is indeed not enough, not only the official position is not enough, but the number of places such as jinshi and lifting people is also not enough, although the imperial court has repeatedly expanded its recruitment, but compared with the rapidly increasing number of scholars in the whole world, there are still more monks and less porridge!
Many Jinshi are still waiting for officials to do it, not to mention those below Jinshi. ”Wen Tiren replied.Zhu Youxiao therefore remembered the scene of the soldiers fighting and slashing each other before, and said: "If you don't wait for the official to do it, I'm afraid that my spirit will be abnormal, and when I encounter a conflict, it's easier to lose my mind and go against the king's law!"
It's no wonder that some scholars have become radical before, daring to fight in front of me, and even kill people!
”"What Your Majesty said is true, but the thousand-year-old concept of only reading high and everything is inferior, it is impossible to expect that in a few decades, the scholars can change their concepts and let them engage in things other than being officials!
Not only scholars, but among all the people, the idea that being an official is the best way out is deep-rooted. ”Lu Xiangsheng replied.Zhu Youxiao nodded: "That being said, the imperial court still has to guide the scholars to change their concepts, don't be arrogant, think that in addition to being an official, doing other things is to be willing to be lowly, in the end, this matter must be solved, and hundreds of thousands or even millions of scholars cannot be allowed to stop producing, get together to make trouble, and only stare at the court officialdom!"
That is very easy to breed the phenomenon of selling official positions!
After all, once the official position is scarce, it is equivalent to becoming a hot sweet, which is naturally very valuable, and people who want to make a fortune by buying him and selling him will not be absent, once people's greed is opened, even if they know that doing so will kill themselves, he will not be able to control himself. ”