In October of the first year of Zhangwu, Huangmen Township was established as a county.
In the spring of the second year of Zhangwu.
If you overlook the entire Huangmen Township from Pozi Mountain south of Shahe River to the north, you will see an extremely spectacular scenery.
To the north is endless farmland. Farmers carry manure and water in the fields. There are water channels on each field edge. The water flows slowly southward along the Shahe River, irrigating this vast and fertile land.
Earth houses built of rammed earth and covered with black tiles are everywhere. Courtyards are dotted with houses, surrounded by fences outside, and there are several vegetable plots cultivated at the back door.
Groups of cattle and sheep were driven toward the east slopes, rivers and meadows. The woods farther away were lush and green, and the scenery was unique.
Looking further north, it looks completely different.
To the north of Shahe River, a four- to five-mile-long market was built along the river. At first, the market was just outside the Huangmen Manor, and was only more than a hundred feet long.
But now it extends all the way north, with two long streets drawn horizontally from east to west, and three short streets drawn vertically from north to south.
Although most of the buildings on the river bank are bungalows, there are also two or three-story buildings. There are many signboards in the shops, and all kinds of merchants and porters shuttle among them, giving it a unique prosperity.
Huangmen Township is not a county based on agriculture. It is not particularly good to develop agriculture here because the Shahe River is not a big river. If there is a drought, the low water flow will easily cause a reduction in food production.
Therefore, its agricultural upper limit is relatively small. At most, it can cultivate less than 100,000 acres of farmland, which is still far from the hundreds of thousands of acres of land that an ordinary county can cultivate.
But its unique advantage is that it is rich in land resources and mineral resources and is close to Tongbai Mountain. Shen Chen took advantage of the unique terrain here at the earliest to develop the ceramic industry, brewing industry and iron smelting industry.
After more than ten years of prosperous development, a large number of handicraft workers have gathered here, including porcelain workers, blacksmiths, carpenters, cobblers, etc., turning this place into a small city with a permanent population of more than 40,000 people.
If the population engaged in agriculture in the wild is included, the total population of Huangmen County is about 50,000, which is almost the same as the total population of an ordinary county town during the peak period of the Han Dynasty.
Therefore, it is reasonable to establish counties from rural areas.
It's just that it's limited to this.
The geographical location and location environment will at best turn it into a regional commercial county, but cannot form a large-scale business center like Xiangyang, Chengdu, Xiakou, and Jianye.
The size of the Shahe River makes it impractical to operate large-scale merchant ships. If there are too many handmade products, they have to be transported by land.
The cost of land transportation is much higher than that of water transportation, so the development of a county has been overwhelming due to transportation disadvantages.
But even so, Huangmen Pavilion in Shahe, which was originally just a wilderness, has now become a county town without city walls, which is enough to prove the prosperity and prosperity that Huangmen Township has brought to this place.
After Shen Chen was newly appointed by Liu Bei as the Western Governor, the governor of Yizhou, Liangzhou and Guanzhong Military, he did not set off for Xiliang immediately, but returned to Huangmen County to say goodbye to his parents and reunite with his relatives for a while.
When the time comes, I will gather many disciples and teach a few classes.
Time flies and the years change. More than twenty years have passed. Many clan elders who followed them south have died of illness or old age. For example, clan elders Deng Mao, Deng Kai and others have died long ago. Even Deng Hong has died.
Fifty-four years old.
Now Deng Hong is the new Jingzhou Shepherd. Although the local governors such as the State Shepherd and the County Sheriff have separated the military and political affairs according to the new system and no longer have military power, a large number of adjutants such as the State Mu Cheng, Governor Shi, Jun Cheng, and County Sheriff Shi have been appointed. The power of the chief official is divided, but he is still the head of local civil affairs and has very great power.
The new Huangmen County Magistrate is Li Qiu, a disciple of Shen Chen. When he studied with the 12-year-old Shen Chen in Longzhong Township, he was only fourteen years old. Now he is thirty-seven years old. At this age, He is considered a slow mover because many of Shen Chen's disciples have already held the fifth and sixth rank official positions.
Among them, Zhou Buyi, because of his outstanding performance on Yuliang Continent, blocked Yu Ban for more than 20 days and covered the people's retreat. He was first promoted to Nanyang Prefect, and then Jingzhou Mu Cheng. Recent trends indicate that he may go to Jingzhou. He served as state pastor in the southern area.
Yes.
Now Jingnan is going to be zoned out.
The original Jingzhou area was too large to be managed, so the three provinces proposed to divide Yizhou, Jingzhou, and Yangzhou into two, and establish two large states in the north and south.
This suggestion has been recognized by Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei, the political leaders of the three provinces. The court is still surveying the terrain division. It is expected that in the second half of next year or the first half of the next year, the Han Dynasty will be able to add at least three more states.
Shen Chen took over a new job at the end of the first year of Zhangwu. Seeing that the New Year was approaching, he went home to celebrate the New Year. It was not until the spring and February of the second year of Zhangwu that he was about to officially set off for Xiliang.
Following him on the expedition were not only the 3,000 Huangmen soldiers led by Shen Tao, but also about 20,000 people from Zhao Yun's tribe and Pang De's tribe. Yu Jin was the deputy general and did not lead the troops.
A large amount of supplies, ordnance, and equipment have been loaded onto the ship, and everyone is ready and waiting for orders.
However, at the end of the noon eclipse on February 2, when the spring breeze was blowing the earth, Shen Chen did not follow the boat, but gave the students the last lesson on a huge grassland in the southeastern suburbs of Huangmen County.
This is the lower reaches of the Shah River, close to the Tongbai Mountain area, with dense forests and luxuriant vegetation. On the south bank of the Shah River, there is a large cypress tree with branches and leaves that cover the sky and the sun. It must have been hundreds of years old.
The cypress tree sinks in the morning and sits cross-legged on the ground. In front of him are thousands of disciples, everyone is close together, forming a large circle around the city. The disciples inside can hear him if they get closer, but the disciples outside can hear him. In fact, I can only watch from a distance and cannot hear clearly.
In an era without loudspeakers, it was unrealistic to attend such a large class. Therefore, in ancient times, teachers could only teach to thirty or forty students at most. The three thousand disciples of Confucius did not mean that three thousand people attended the class together, but that he taught Just three thousand students.
The students all have a book in their hands, which is the newly completed "On Human Being" by Shen Chen. It explores the relationship between human beings in the world and all things in the ideological and philosophical aspects, as well as a new theory about the laws of thinking in logic and dialectics. .
In fact, it is not a new theory. Confucian logic is not rigorous. Confucius and Mencius are not very advanced in this regard. Only Xunzi's "Correcting Names" officially explores logical issues. In this way, together with the logic of "Mozi", Constructed the Chinese classical logic system among the three major logic systems in the world.
But in the face of materialist dialectics, it is still slightly inferior.
The reason why Shen Chen's classic debate was always victorious was that the emergence of dialectics was a dimensionality reduction attack. Compared with the Han Confucians who did not understand logic, it was a shame.
During this time, he has been talking about dialectics and put forward concepts such as benevolence, etiquette, filial piety, justice, rule of law, humanism, fraternity, welfare, fairness, justice, honesty, trustworthiness, reform, reform, civilization, harmony, awe, etc. It has constructed Shenxue thought that integrates the essence of a large number of schools of thought and eliminates the dross.
"Reverence for God and respect for ancestors is not to tell everyone that there are ghosts, gods, and demons in this world. It is to tell everyone that ancestors and gods themselves represent the origin of human beings and the reflection of human nature. The inheritance of ancestors who have overcome all obstacles is the only way to tell everyone. With us today.”
"And what kind of thing is a god? It is a person's imagination of unknown things, or a projection of one's own inner wishes. Even any image in mythology is itself a person, and even the human side, it is a concrete representation The expression of transformation. Therefore, the so-called God is the other side of us humans reflected through a mirror."
"In mythology, gods save the world, the rain god brings rain to the earth, the fire god allows us to eat ripe things. The grain god allows us to have good weather and eat crops that can nourish us. But these are all gods. Is it a gift? No, it is the law that our ancestors were looking for in nature."
"So the gods are actually the condensed goodwill of human nature. Let you fear and respect the gods and ancestors, not to tell everyone that the gods really exist, but to give people a sustenance in their hearts, so that the goodwill represented by the gods It can be reflected back to us.”
"Just like before someone prepares to commit a crime, if he can think of his parents and ancestors, who once taught him that he should be an upright person, and then think of the gods above him, who will be watching his actions in heaven, he will finally choose in awe. Just stop sinning."
"This is the comfort and faith that spiritual sustenance brings to people. People should have faith. For example, I am your teacher and teach you to have all the good in the world. When one day you want to do evil, think of me. , you are afraid that if I find out that you have done evil deeds, I will expel you from the school. If you give up doing evil, then my responsibility has been fulfilled."
Shen Chen looked around at the disciples around him and tried his best to speak in a low but loud voice. Each of the disciples in front held a pen and paper in their hands and quickly copied down every word Shen Chen said, and then quickly passed it to The students behind.
Everyone was silent and listened silently. If they really couldn't hear it, they would wait for the senior brothers in front to pass on what Shen Chen said. Some could copy it, some could study it, and some would continue to pass it on in a short time. In a short period of time, hundreds of notes can be copied out of one paragraph, so that each of the thousands of disciples can see it.
The sound of copying was endless, and Shen Chen continued to wait for a quarter of an hour. After all the disciples heard this sentence, he continued: "The existence of human beings lies in thinking. Thinking It’s also constantly changing.”
"During the Shang, Zhou, Spring and Autumn Period, most people did not have surnames. They did not know anything in their lives. The only thing they could do was to grow food, and then obey the orders of "scholars" and follow the princes to fight in wars."
"Aren't they human beings? But in terms of behavior, they are like a group of ants who work together and work together. They only follow orders from above and don't know how to think."
"What is the source of thinking? It is knowledge and education, so when the upper class and powerful have mastered knowledge and educational ability, they become powerful. The reason why aristocratic families can continue to exploit the people at the bottom is that they have their own family education
, so that the family members can always enjoy the knowledge exclusively."
"I believe that tens of thousands of years ago, the ancestors of the Han people should have been a group of savages who drank their hair and drank their blood. They were like wild beasts, ignorant of everything, and formed tribes to survive together."
"But there are always people who slowly learned to think, so a group of people found a way to build houses to let people out of their nests, found a fire to barbecue food, found seeds to plant rice, and found medicinal materials to cure diseases and save people. This is how there is
The origins of the five first ancestors of humanities: the Chao family, the Suiren family, the Fuxi family, the Shennong family, and the Xuanyuan family."
"Now in the Han Dynasty, the Han people have formed a splendid civilization. But this is not enough, because the level of thinking is not enough and the ideas are not enough. After the knowledge is mastered by a few people, they stand on the head of everyone and begin to
He gives orders and does things based on his own likes and dislikes, without caring about the people of the world."
"The people at the bottom are human beings, just like us. Many of my disciples are from Guizhou. If you don't have knowledge, you will be confused all your life, but I accept you as my disciples and teach you knowledge. You know this is
For what?"
Shen Chen looked around at the crowd, and the disciples were silent for a long time.
Deng Ai said seriously: "It is so that more knowledgeable people can spread Master's thoughts together."
"Yes and no."
Shen Chen shook his head: "If a country wants to cause changes, more sensible people should appear and work together towards a great goal. Whether it is educating the people or governing the place, everyone should have knowledge. But this is not the case.
I want you to be an official, but I want to tell you, come from Qianshou and go to Qianshou. I hope that since you are born among the common people in Guizhou, you should continue to think about doing things for the people after becoming the owners of knowledge.
I will shine as bright as I can, and I will shine as hot as I can. It is not to help you complete the class transition, so that you can become officials and dignitaries, so that you can stand over the people and dominate. This is not mine.
My original intention, if someone violates my original intention and my disciple wants to become a powerful person in the family by mastering knowledge, then this is a dereliction of duty on my part, and he is not worthy of being my disciple."
"yes."
Everyone bowed their hands in unison.
At this time, several boats were slowly driving on the Shahe River not far away.
Shen Tao stood on the boat, looking at the crowd in the south.
Today is the time to set off. They will enter Feishui from Shahe River, then go south to Xiangyang, and then take the waterway into Sichuan.
Shen Chen slowly stood up from the ground.
He stood up, and all the disciples around him and far away also stood up, and the crowd automatically separated into a path.
"Master!"
The disciples bowed their hands and saluted at the same time.
Shen Chen nodded slightly, then stepped forward, looked around at everyone, and left a sentence.
"May the common people of Han Dynasty get rid of the air-conditioning and just move up. Don't listen to the words of those who give up on themselves. Those who can do things do things and those who can make a sound. If you have a light, you can send a heat. Just like a firefly, you can also make a little noise in the dark.
Light, don’t wait for the torch.”
"Master, what if there is no torch?"
"I am the torch."
Shen Chen boarded the ship, leaving his disciples with a tall and generous figure.
The fleet slowly sailed towards the west.
All the disciples silently watched his departure until the fleet disappeared at the end of the sand river, and they were unwilling to leave for a long time.
If the big man has no torch, he is the torch.
Like a bright light in the dark night, lighting the way for everyone!
Today is just one chapter. I have some things to do when I go out in the evening. I beg you all. Book all of them if you can, and give rewards to those who can. Every light will shine, and every little bit of warmth will shine. It will make my income higher. , write better works for everyone.