Chapter 13 Entering the Jue Mansion (Part 2)
The officials left, and the prefect Wu Ying also left. Chen Dannian knew that he had countless things today, and it was all arranged by the mansion. It was difficult for outsiders to intervene, so they all left, but the people he brought were still in line with their fate.
Fang Xin was not polite, so he directed them to do things, clean the mansion again, check how many rooms there were and what purpose it was for.
Moreover, the sign "I gave Li Jue Mansion" was also hung up.
Fang Xin walked along the way and looked around, and documents followed him. Seeing this mansion, the main place in the backyard was divided into four parts: East Garden, West Garden, Inner Garden, Back Garden, and Garden, with gardens separated from each other. At that moment, he ordered.
Later, the East Garden was the residence of the legitimate son, so it could be sealed first, while the West Garden was the residence of two flat wives, which was more than enough. The inner courtyard was the residence of the head of the family and the wife, and the backyard was for the old lady to live in.
In fact, each garden has a wing room that can be provided to girls and nearby servants.
The middle hall also has places to entertain guests, including rooms to stay for guests, as well as study rooms and study buildings.
The front yard is actually a kitchen, warehouse, horse gallery, rice warehouse, etc.
Fang Xin went to the central hall to take a look and found a good wing room. This wing room is a suite, and one is also a small courtyard, which provides a place for high-quality servants (such as the deacon in the mansion). There is also an open space outside, which happened to be a military camp. Fang Xin immediately ordered the government soldiers to arrange them here.
"You can choose one of them, and you will get married and have children in the future, and there will be places for you." Fang Xin said instructed.
"Thank you!" Wu Jie and others saw Fang Xin's family, except for their family, and couldn't help but feel grateful. They immediately chose a small courtyard.
Fang Xin ordered someone to give each person ten taels of silver, and said, "The family is busy these days, and it is not easy to do it for a while, and you can't get out of your hands. You have to use money to buy it yourself when you move in, oil, salt, rice, food, furniture, etc."
"Thank you, Master, don't worry about us waiting, I will be able to cook."
Fang Xin smiled and said, "When you have a wife, you naturally don't need me as your master to speak."
He then took people to see the relocation of his relatives. Seeing that his three-wife was busy, he smiled and stopped talking. He turned around and left, saying to Abel: "Please pick one and go inside."
He said to the people around him again: "You don't have to follow me if you wait. If you do something, I will call someone."
Aibel said twice and walked ahead, causing some people to notice.
Aibel searched and searched, but found a small house in front of the bamboo forest and the small pond. When she entered the room, although there was dust inside, the screen and curtains were still there, there were books and wash basins. She was very happy: "I will live here from now on."
"Okay, I'll give you another 100 taels of silver. You can buy whatever you want. How about it?" Fang Xin said, taking out a piece of Jiaozi.
She smiled and took it happily.
Fang Xin got up and walked slowly to the door, looked at the dark clouds in the sky, sighed and said, "You have been here for some time. I think the world here is different from yours?"
Abel thought about it carefully and said, "It is completely different from our world. It has a powerful empire and culture. I can see the shadow of your empire in the original world, but it is different. However, in terms of population and influence, it is much stronger than our world. The population of one county is equivalent to a principality or small kingdom in our world."
"And I highly appreciate your imperial examination system, which allows ordinary people to become officials and manage such a huge empire." Aibel said in admiration: "The huge empire and brilliant civilization really touched me."
Fang Xin said nothing at first. At that time, Westerners on Earth also felt so emotional, and believed that China's gold country was full of wealth and opportunities, just like the Chinese felt about the West for a period of time in later generations.
When Westerners first entered the Industrial Revolution, this feeling faded and turned into contempt. At that time, all the things that once praised were swept into the scope of the barbarians.
However, the Empire has always taken the lead in this main plane, so no matter where it is, Westerners are unconsciously awe-inspiringly. Otherwise, how could this team be so easy to talk to?
Fang Xin said next: "It's not without any problems. Not to mention anything else, farmers, landlords and officials have conflicts. Now tenants pay rent for 46 yuan, which is already considered kind. Generally, they pay rent for 55 yuan, and they can barely get enough food and clothing. If there is any natural disaster or man-made disaster, it will be a mess immediately, hey!"
"Although I have not been an official for a long time, I also know that there is actually still a June 4th loan, and even a 30-year-old rent collection. The landlords account for 60% to 70%. After peace and peace, the government will suppress it. Therefore, the landlords become more and more unscrupulous, and the annexation and exploitation are more and more intense. This is getting lower and lower!" Fang Xin was very depressed. In fact, even if there is no southwest, the court will go downhill: "All provinces and counties have all come out. These cults, big and small, use medicine to practice medicine among the people, and ask God to help them, but are actually gathering things in vain! Unfortunately, I am also unable to avoid it, and I also occupy nearly 5,000 acres of land!"
Seeing that she was a little ignorant, Fang Xin laughed and was not ready to continue saying: "This has been a century of events. Please stay with peace of mind. Now we should not see the result."
After Fang Xin finished speaking, he came out of the room and realized that it was already snowing outside.
Everyone was busy, so Fang Xin could be idle. He first stepped on the snow to the garden to take a look. After a while, Fang Xin's mood became much calmer. When he touched the Qianyuan Sword, Fang Xin smiled.
Just with this sword, if he wants him to be the first bird, he will be prosperous first and then deteriorate before being regarded as a pawn? This is ridiculous. Even if the court has begun to decline, as long as he cannot make a huge change for the court, let alone for thousands of years, there will be thirty, fifty, one hundred, and exaggerate the merits of thousands of years, he will not be willing to be this pawn.
After all, the court's aura has not yet reached a qualitative change, and the people can still survive. Destruction by the will of heaven can be unattainable. In the long run, it is like a life of misfortune and sins are everywhere. When the will of heaven is not blessed, they will suffer a great sin immediately. Not to mention merit, it is already considered not to die or die immediately.
If there are merits for hundreds of generations, it is OK to offset a temporary sin, but if not, he will not do this.
Moreover, the purple qi in this sword is too unreliable. People say that if you are born in your destiny and grow on your bones, this noble will not have great ups and downs with the change. The purple qi in this sword can be prosperous for a while, but what if you lose this sword? Will it be immediately restored to its original form?
Of course, with this sword in hand, his luck would be almost as good as a dragon for a moment. Even the emperor might not be able to do anything to him easily. He really had to use it in the time he took the sword. Thinking of this, Fang Xin couldn't help laughing.
After laughing, he thought again and murmured: "It's time to write a book. The first one is the theory of benevolence and rituals!"
Fang Xin had already felt a little about this matter, so he specially used Yu Ruyi to find some related works on the earth from the depths of his memory, and also remembered some special judgments from the imperial study. By the way, what is Confucius' original intention? In Fang Xin's view, it is just the word benevolence and ritual, and it is not that ordinary explanation, but it is directly "Love others for benevolence and order for etiquette"!
Some people think that the Legalists are really brilliant, and later generations also Confucianism is the appearance and law is the inner world. In fact, Fang Xin thinks that "ritual" is better than "law".
"Li" can include "fa", but "fa" cannot include "ritual".
The reason is very simple. The law is a top-down determination, which naturally represents the will of the ruler. The coverage is far from comparable to "ritual". Therefore, the law is the embodiment of the naked "power".
"Li" is not only a top-down legal order, but also a social order of equal communication, but also a bottom-up flow order. It also crosses from reality to the ideological field and even the divine field. This is "Li"!
The "law" that only emphasizes the implementation of the will of the ruler from top to bottom will lose the connotation of "benevolence" and becomes a powerful trick. Therefore, the tyrannical Qin has a naked reflection of the ruler's will to exploit and suppress.
"Etiquette" without "benevolence" becomes etiquette. The so-called etiquette kills people and cannibalizes people, but in fact, the law replaces the specific manifestation of etiquette. In later generations, the Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues no longer belong to Confucianism, but only emphasizes the order of the upper and lower levels, not the purpose of "benevolence" to the family, society, and the country. Therefore, in fact, it has begun to degenerate into a Legalist, but the mask is just Confucianism.
Let’s give a direct example, do you need respect to your superiors? Of course, you need to do it, because without order, how can you do it? Even in a so-called democratic country, your superiors cannot do it without authority and status.
However, just by emphasizing the upper and lower levels is to move towards the Legalists. Confucius' purpose, in the final analysis, is to be "benevolence". That is to say, your boss must love his subordinates to be considered basic benevolence, your husband must love his wife to be considered basic benevolence, your father must love his children to be considered basic benevolence, your king, your country must be right to be considered basic benevolence!
Only with benevolence can you demand etiquette. If you lose this premise, it is no longer the correct intention of Confucianism. Therefore, Mencius told King Xuan of Qi: "If a king treats his ministers as his hands and feet, then his ministers regard him as his heart; if a king treats his ministers as dogs and horses, then his ministers regard him as his countrymen; if a king treats his ministers as earth, then his ministers regard him as enemies." (Mencius. Lilou Chapter 2)
It is enough to have this idea to write books and educate the world. Of course, it is impossible to write books without decades of foundation in classics and extensive knowledge and study of classics, history, and collections of classics. Fang Xin is now considered a fourth-level Confucianism, but it is not impossible to write it yourself, but it takes decades to work. At this time, we have to use the idea as the core and build a building with the exquisite knowledge accumulated over the past thousand years of the second generation. It will be almost the first draft in just half a year.
As for the specific Western forms, such as voting democracy and everyone equality, these are all very common, because they are already included in the fundamental subtle meaning of "one kindness and one etiquette", there is no need to introduce Western ideas at all. Introducing them will lead to impure academic theory sources - studying the fundamental subtle meaning of benevolence and etiquette is enough to build a foundation for Chinese people's livelihood and democracy, and it is also a theory that rectifies the roots and pursues the fundamental principles of people's livelihood and democracy, and it is not limited to means, but pursues the fundamental theory of people's livelihood and democracy.
Qianlong, this is the Chinese Qianlong!
Fang Xin smiled silently, his mind was quiet and peaceful, changing history, starting from now on, and the glorious learning for all ages will be written by me today!
I am setting the foundation for China today.
Chapter completed!