Chapter 8 Stargazing Confucianism has been continuously passed down in China for more than two thousand years, and has radiated influence on more than a dozen surrounding countries.
Naturally, it has its essence and beauty.
Although it has been repeatedly tampered with since the Han Dynasty, in the Mongolian and Yuan dynasties, it was even ruined beyond recognition by Xu Heng and others.
But whether it is the completeness of the theoretical system or the degree of social conformity in Zhu Chongjiu's era, it is still unparalleled in the world.
In other words, in an era where being able to read and write one's name completely means that one is literate, but the illiteracy rate is still as high as over 90%.
Almost all those who can afford to read are not ordinary people.
When the children of certain families speak to whom, when these scholars gain power and participate in the daily operations of a political power, they will naturally speak out for the class they are from.
Therefore, no matter what Confucianism looked like when it was first born, in the process of continuous evolution over thousands of years, it was bound to stand up for the scholars, the families behind them, and the entire gentry class.
When children of the gentry class study and learn, they will instinctively choose the theoretical system that is most beneficial to them.
After more than a thousand years of mutual selection and adaptation, the two sides have long since become an indivisible whole, with both sides suffering losses and prosperity.
When such a large, complex and deep-rooted system feels that it is threatened, one can imagine the eagerness and intensity of its counterattack.
Fortunately, Zhu Chongjiu and his Huai'an army had always upheld national justice and had early launched the banner of expelling the Tartars.
And it has shown sufficient strength in previous battles.
Otherwise, when the "Declaration of Equality" is issued, the intensity of the counterattack will be at least tripled.
Fortunately, the war reserves of the Meng Yuan court were exhausted by Tuotuo, Xuexue and others in the last protracted battle, and they have not recovered yet.
Otherwise, the land of Xuhuai, which had just been peaceful for a year, would definitely be involved in the war again.
Fortunately, Han Lin'er, Liu Futong and others were all born in Mingjiao, so they were completely different from Confucian disciples.
Otherwise, I am afraid that Bianliang will quickly discover and take advantage of this rare opportunity to try to put Huaiyang under its absolute control again.
Fortunately, Zhu Chongba's strength was very different from Zhu Chongjiu's, and the former had always acted cautiously and was unwilling to take grain from anyone's fire.
Otherwise, a brutal and extremely tragic civil war among the Red Turban Army would have started along the Yangtze River.
Fortunately, most of the mid-level and senior generals in the Huai'an army are old brothers who have fought alongside Zhu Chongjiu.
In the past year and a half, the Huaiyang General Manager's Office has conducted rotation training for lower-level officers through the Yangtze River Lecture Hall, which has greatly Strengthened control over the military.
Otherwise, unexpected things will inevitably happen within your own home.
Fortunately, the stubborn gentry across Huaiyang have been "killed" in recent years, while those who are not too stubborn have made more than before by investing in Huaiyang companies and various industries under their names.
With several times the amount of money, the attitude towards the General Manager's Office has changed from hostility to support.
Otherwise, it would be difficult to ensure that they would not make any extraordinary moves.
Fortunately, the great flood in Tuotuo made the people of Lianghuai see clearly the true attitude of the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasty toward the Han people.
Otherwise, under the efforts of the Confucian scholars, maybe someone will really stand on their side. , Fortunately, since arriving in Huai'an three years ago, the General Manager's Office has been trying its best to recruit and train like-minded scholars through schools, imperial examinations and Jixian Hall.
At the same time, the future of the General Administration is becoming more and more attractive to participants.
Fortunately I don’t know how much luck and coincidence overlap to get the luckiest result.
This lucky probability is so small that many historians in later generations often sweat over a certain hypothesis when studying the chronological history of this stage.
Assume that Zhu Chongjiu did not rely on a butcher's knife to reach the position of Huaiyang Grand Master; Suppose Zhu Chongjiu had not proved in the previous series of events that his vision was indeed extraordinary; Assuming that Liu Ziyun, Wu Liangmou, Wu Yongchun, Xu Da and others were not the generals he brought out by himself; Assume that Hu Dahai, Ivanov, Aslan, Geng Zaicheng and others have not been favored by him; Assume that Zhu Chongjiu did not distribute the company's dividends at the end of each year, and most of them were distributed to his subordinates; Assume that Lu Luzeng, Su Mingzhe, Robben and others are ambitious people; Suppose that the person in charge of the Meng Yuan side at that time was not Hama, who had an unstable foundation, but Tuo Tuo, who still had all the power.
If any of the above assumptions are true, the Huaiyang General Manager's Mansion, which has just grown horns and teeth, may fall directly into the abyss of eternal destruction.
However, history cannot be assumed after all.
Although it was later clearly recorded in the history books that Duke Wu, the general manager of Huaiyang, and the pig butcher Zhu Chongjiu were forced to do this by Liu Bowen at a very inappropriate time and in a very inappropriate place.
An imprudent decision was made.
However, it was this imprudent decision that caused the Huaiyang Clan to embark on a completely different path from the previous insurgents, and ultimately left a glorious chapter in human history.
However, there are some conscientious historians who disagree with this.
Because they came to the conclusion very directly through bold assumptions that when Zhu Chongjiu publicly announced his declaration of equality, it was completely opportunistic.
This declaration is actually not much different from the program upheld by peasant uprisings in past dynasties.
Chen Sheng and Wu Guang once proposed, "Princes and generals should rather have their own kind"; Wang Xiaobo and Li Shun proposed, "Equalizing the rich and the poor, equaling the rich and the poor"; even Xu Shouhui, who was tricked into a puppet by Zhu Chongjiu, also proposed, "Destroy the rich and benefit the poor"; Other red turban princes, including Liu Futong, Peng Yingyu, Bu Wangsan, Zhu Chongba and Zhang Shicheng, also announced very similar decrees at different times in their respective territories.
Because among the basic teachings of Mingjiao, there is the creed that "all those who worship Mingjie are brothers and sisters, sharing wealth, helping each other, and being equal to each other." " However, none of these people were as courageous and straightforward as Zhu Chongjiu, who directly regarded "all people are created equal" as the foundation of all government orders in the entire Huaiyang General Manager's Office.
Before and after the issuance of this order, not only were Su Mingzhe, Wu Yongchun and others rich in wealth, but they also had slaves and maidservants in the mansion.
Zhu Chongjiu's own family still had one wife, eight bedrooms, and concubines, plus countless maids, servants, long-term workers, and soldiers.
In other words, through bold assumptions, some conscientious historians can easily prove that Zhu Chongjiu did not really want "all men are created equal", but wanted to be innovative and prove his Huaiyang Red Scarf Unlike other rebels.
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Through this opportunistic method, it attracts the attention of the world, and then achieves the ugly purpose of deceiving more people and providing them with encouragement one after another.
Of course, there is no shortage of conscientious historians in any dynasty or generation.
When they finally restored the true face of Zhu Chongjiu, the "traitor of a generation", the subjects under study had been dead for hundreds of years.
No one would rise from the coffin to contradict him.
Maybe he didn't want to refute.
In short, history is the result of countless accidental collisions.
As for whether the collision process was tragic, bloody, or scenic, I am afraid only the people at the time know.
Maybe people at the time didn't think so carefully.
If you want to do something, do it.
As for the result, whoever can be sure of it will go further if you don’t do it than if you do it.
In fact, I'm afraid this is Zhu Chongjiu's true thoughts.
When he said the words "all men are created equal", he never thought that he would stand on the opposite side of the Confucian scholars all over the world.
Under the dual influence of Zhu Dapeng and Zhu Laowen, he just felt that it was a sin for people to enslave each other.
The tragedy that happened to Butcher Zhu’s family should not happen to anyone.
And if he hadn't witnessed too much unfairness and become quite disappointed with the entire social environment, Zhu Dapeng would not have quickly transformed from a technical backbone into an otaku.
The memories of these two lifetimes are not wonderful, and there are too many regrets that need to be made up for.
And what can fundamentally change these, or amend them, is probably the only word "equality".
Only human beings can achieve equality from many levels, including spiritual and legal aspects.
There will be no officials' children relying on their father's shadow to take advantage of others.
Only equality can curb the absurdity that "the ordinary people deserve to endure labor pains" and my son's annual salary is tens of millions.
Only with equality can the bizarre theory that "a great professor should be given a light sentence for killing a migrant worker" will not have room to survive in the 21st century.
Only equality, such nonsense as "because Japan was more civilized at that time, North China should accept Japanese rule and any sacrifices could be made for this" would not appear openly in Chinese courts after World War II and cause countless “Public Intellectual” Resonance Zhu Chongjiu, who fused two souls and remembered all the injustices of two different times and spaces, was unwilling to see tragedy and ugliness repeated over and over again.
So he said what he really thought.
He began to work hard to change the world according to his true ideas.
He may have mustered up the courage at that moment, but he never expected the serious consequences it would lead to.
What made him very happy was that after he made his thoughts public, he found that his eyes suddenly became much brighter.
What made him happy was that Liu Bowen finally chose to stay.
What made him even happier was that most of the civil and military officials present expressed their support for his idea.
Everyone has just escaped from the misery for a long time, and they all remember what they experienced in the past.
Although in the following months, there were still some noises and backlash within the General Manager's Office.
But in the entire Huaiyang region, this noise and rebound had no impact.
Zhu Chongjiu's prestige was enough to suppress them, and the financial resources of the General Manager's Office, as well as the abilities of Lu Zeng, Su Mingzhe, Liu Bowen, Feng Guoyong and others, were also enough to control the damage caused by the opponents to a minimum.
However, Zhu Chongjiuguang could not completely suppress the backlash and noise from the outside world with his prestige and financial resources.
Lu Luzeng, Su Mingzhe, Liu Bowen, Feng Guoyong and others tried their best to ensure that no surrounding forces dared to initiate war with the Huai'an army.
However, some scholars and gentry behaved spontaneously, but the general manager's office was unable to deal with them.
They even played a worse role than the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties.
At least the Mongolian and Yuan court did not want the gentry and scholars to get involved, so they could torment them to death on any charge.
However, the General Manager's Office did not dare to set a precedent for those who committed crimes.
What makes Zhu Chongjiu, the general manager, even more helpless is that the Meng Yuan court clearly tortured the scholars and gentry like pigs and dogs, but the latter still willingly sided with Meng Yuan and continued to attack Huaiyang.
The funny thing is, Dayuan abused me thousands of times, but I treat Dayuan like my first love.
What's more, he sold his property, dismissed his wife, children and servants, and went south alone.
Prepare to go to Yangzhou in person and question the Huaiyang General Manager’s office face to face as to why they are acting in such a perverse manner.
It is an honor to die for calling a thief.
The line of Confucianism has been passed down for thousands of years, and there are as many unscrupulous disciples among them as there are people with lofty ideals who are willing to go through fire and water for the sake of the road.
Although, in their approach, etiquette always comes first.
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As long as you accept the rules of etiquette, it doesn't matter whether foreigners rule China or not, and it doesn't matter how much suffering the people suffer
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