The reform of Tuguiliu meant the abolition of the private kingdoms of chieftain families in the southwest, and the replacement of direct rule by the imperial officials appointed by the imperial court, and the implementation of the same local administrative system as in the mainland.
Many local people longed for the reform of the land and returned to the country. They criticized She and Chongming, and An Bangyan planned a rebellion, attempted expansion, independence, and broke away from the unification of China since the Qin Dynasty.
However, very ambitious families like the She family and the An family have been promoting remarks that are unfavorable to the Ming Dynasty in their jurisdiction, so there is great resistance to the push.
The discussion of reforming the native land and returning it to the local people can only be regarded as a long-term plan after the She'an Rebellion was crushed. For the pragmatic Nangao Academy disciples and the Wang Xue disciples who valued practice, the most concerned thing was how to quell the She'an Rebellion.
Because of the large number of people, Wang Hongyu did not disclose the specific plan. He only told Li Tingqian and others that the best strategy was to act according to the previous arrangements and to surround Shuixi'an's family without fighting, and to defeat the enemy without fighting.
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Li Tingqian, Ai Youlan, Lu Delong, Ran Zongkong and others visited the Beijing Xuetang Mobile Library and were very interested in the books translated by foreigners, and highly recognized the library established by Wang Hongyu.
Nangao Academy is willing to participate in the joint development of Jingshi Mobile School, Yunshan Academy and other schools.
Zou Yuanbiao and Ai Youzhi were of great help to him. Zou Yuanbiao lived in a temple, but was extremely poor. As a veteran of the Donglin Party, he was able to emerge from the filth and remain untainted. He fully supported Wang Hongyu in entering the southwest to fight the rebellion, and even Nangao Academy also supported him.
On the move.
Wang Hongyu is a perceptual person. While expanding his influence through Nangao Academy, he will not forget to help them. The growth of Nangao Academy will be of great help to Wang Hongyu's assessment of the Southwest and the implementation of the reform of the land.
People from the Wang School in Guizhou are also willing to unite knowledge and practice. They can read sages and use swords, so they can enter temples and open up mountains and forests.
Today's Wang Xue has transformed from Wang Yangming's idealism to pragmatic practice. Wang Xue's unity of knowledge and action is consistent with Wang Hongyu's dialectical thought of combining theory and practice.
Rebuilding the Longgang Academy, where Wang Yangming taught after his enlightenment in Guizhou, can also counter the retreat thoughts of Confucian scholars and use practical actions to respond to the strange thoughts of those who believe that the government should not do anything.
In the future, the "Southwest United School" will be formed by the Jingshi Mobile School, Zhushan Industrial and Mining School, Yunshan Academy, Nangao Academy and Longgang Academy in Guizhou as the main body, plus Ziyun Academy in Sichuan and Canglu Academy in Yunnan.
Promote the cultural and technological development of the entire southwest.
After hearing the idea of "Southwestern United School", everyone was very excited.
Especially when they heard that what they learned in the school had nothing to do with fame, these Wangxue disciples just felt that the fame of the traditional imperial examination was not what they were after.
Thinking about the truth of the world, talking about the conscience of the world, and exploring the unity of knowledge and action are what the Wang Yangming School is passionate about.
So in the future, the Southwest United School will have both spiritual studies and Western studies. Will there be discord between the two?
Can Xinxue coexist with Western learning?
In fact, when we think about the rise of the Japanese nation, it held the achievements of Chinese culture, especially the Ming Dynasty's ideas and books, and learned modern science from Britain and the United States, and quickly became a power that cannot be underestimated in the world.
Instead, because the Qing Dynasty banned the ideas, culture, and books of the late Ming Dynasty, the right to retain and interpret these achievements ended up in the hands of the Japanese.
It's really sad.
When it came to the second watch that night, everyone's interest remained unabated, but they had to rest because they were tired from the long journey.
We have been negotiating for two days in a row.
On the third day, Wang Xue from Guizhou started a debate with foreigners. Wang Zheng and others acted as translators, while Jin Nige, Bi Fangji, Long Huamin and others translated while debating.
After Wang Hongyu asked them not to hurt the harmony and not to talk in vain, he quickly withdrew.
You can really talk a lot and convince them all.
But in that case, each of them would be full of energy and would always be obsessed with academic discussions.
Wang Hongyu is already a general, or a commander who is about to command powerful armies in various provinces and fight a big battle. It is indeed not the time to continue doing this.
Xu Xiake also communicated with them.
Knowing that everyone values talents, he also met a friend who happened to be relatively young and had special expertise.
His name is Zhang Wanzhong, nicknamed Kouzhi, and his identity is Gongsheng at this time. His father is currently serving as a servant in the imperial court, and he once contributed to pacifying the White Lotus Sect. However, he himself is not that enthusiastic about the Four Books and Five Classics. Instead, he likes animals, especially raising pigeons. .
Historically, Zhang Wanzhong was a famous expert in raising homing pigeons in ancient times.
The "Pigeon Classic" written by him is the earliest known monograph on pigeons in my country so far, and it is also the only writing handed down by Zhang Wanzhong.
When he was a teenager, Zhang Wanzhong's family was well-off, rich and noble, which created conditions for him to raise and appreciate precious pigeons, and provided the basis for writing "The Book of Pigeons".
The book is divided into six parts, namely: On Pigeons, Colors, Flying, Jumping, Allusions, and Poems. It is a monograph on pigeon varieties, characteristics, appreciation, and breeding. The full text has more than 7,000 words. .
"On Pigeons" is a general introduction, which briefly introduces the biological characteristics of pigeons, the benefits of raising pigeons, and the signs of identifying superior breeds based on feathers, eyes, beaks, etc.
"Colors" is from the perspective of pigeons' feather patterns, "Flying" is from the perspective of pigeons flying, and "Flip" is from the perspective of jumping postures in the air. In total, more than 160 varieties are described and analyzed in three chapters.
Zhang Wanzhong is 5 years younger than Xu Xiake, and homing pigeons play an important role in geographical exploration and interconnection.
They have similar interests, so they have been in contact for a long time.
Generally, it takes more than a year to domesticate homing pigeons, but Zhang Wanzhong had already raised more than 100 pigeons at home and in the capital.
This time, on Xu Xiake's suggestion, Zhang Wanzhong was directly invited to come to Yunyang or Xiangyang.
Wang Hongyu directly invested 1,000 taels to purchase and train more homing pigeons, as well as carriages for pigeons, fast horses, and pigeon cages. The assistants he brought from his hometown were not enough, so he recruited some people from Baoding to meet Wang Hongyu's needs. Domesticated homing pigeons.
Wang Hongyu planned to ask Zhang Wanzhong to establish carrier pigeon receiving stations in Beijing, Baoding, Lincheng, Qixian, Xiangyang, and Yunyang. He also took the carrier pigeons to fly and collect them at two adjacent receiving stations in advance.
Zhang Wanzhong also lived up to expectations.
With the pigeons he already had, he easily established connections between Beijing, Baoding, Kaifeng, Xiangyang and Yunyang.
Personnel were deployed at the five receiving stations, and the message between the two receiving stations arrived within a few hours, and the relay was also successful. Not only was it convenient to communicate with various places, but the communication with Wei Zhongxian and Tianqi was also accelerated.
As for Yunyang going south, a new batch of pigeons will need to be trained, which is expected to take 6 months at the earliest.
But, even now, it is possible to bring pigeons with you to keep in touch.
If you take the pigeon with you, after it is released, the pigeon will search for its previous station so that you can contact them back. However, because more contact stations have not been trained yet, you cannot receive information.