Chapter 1865, eighteen generations of your ancestors were farmers
"I don't agree with Brother Zhu and Brother Liu's views."
"This sage's teaching has been orthodox since ancient times, and it is the way of governing the country respected by all dynasties."
"The current new learning is only a few years old, how can it be compared with my sage's learning?"
Someone stood up and expressed opposition. His name was Huang Xi, and he seemed to be in his thirties.
"Yes, how can heretics be compared with the teachings of saints? How can we, disciples of saints, be willing to degenerate and learn those third-rate things?"
"That's right, that's right, my saint's knowledge is as vast as the vast ocean, and it's not enough in a lifetime. How can I have time to learn other miscellaneous subjects?"
"There are high and low levels of knowledge. How can my sage's knowledge be compared with those heretics?"
Others also nodded in agreement.
"Is it orthodox since ancient times?"
"Confucianism was only established during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. At that time, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty dismissed hundreds of schools of thought and only respected Confucianism. Therefore, there was an opportunity for Confucianism to flourish."
"Before Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were many schools of thought, including Legalists, Taoists, Mohists, farmers, military strategists, political strategists, etc."
"What kind of family was it during the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties before the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period?"
"Who among you knows the history before Xia, Shang and Zhou? Did Confucianism also rule the country at that time?"
Liu Jin looked around and saw that a group of people were young, but they were all like sour and rotten Confucian scholars. They were so tired of reading that they didn't learn much knowledge, but they had learned all the sour and pedantic Confucianism.
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This made Liu Jin feel very angry. Young people should be energetic, active in thinking, dare to explore and learn, and dare to try and come into contact with new things.
where are they?
One mouthful of the sage's teachings and one mouthful of heresy reduced the new learning to such a low level that even many Confucian scholars were not like this and could all see the many shining points of the new learning.
"Spring and Autumn and Warring States?"
"Xia, Shang and Zhou?"
"History before Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties?"
When these people heard this, they all frowned.
"It didn't exist before, but it started to appear in the Han Dynasty. Doesn't this just show the greatness of our sage's learning? It shows that the sage's learning happens to be the true way to govern the country and is orthodox, so it can be established."
"The reason why other schools of thought are not good is in itself an indication of their shortcomings. The Legalists are too strict, the Mohists only focus on skills, the Taoists are too inactive, and the military strategists are too militaristic. Only our Confucianists are the real way and are most suitable for governing the country."
Only then can we determine the status of our Confucianism."
Hu Zongming thought for a while and retorted.
"Best for governing the country and bringing peace to the country?"
"Whether you are suitable or not is not something you can tell by yourself, but depends on the results."
"In the past, our Ming Dynasty had internal and external troubles, the internal treasury was empty, the armaments were depleted, and the people lived in misery. Your fathers were basically farmers, and I should have told you about the past life."
"At that time, there were Tatars in the north of the Ming Dynasty who went south to plunder every year, Jurchens in Liaodong, Japanese pirates who wreaked havoc on the southeast coast, and chieftains in the southwest who were capricious."
"At that time, new learning had not yet emerged, and everyone in the Ming Dynasty respected Confucianism. What was the Ming Dynasty like at that time?"
"Look at my current Ming Dynasty. It is invincible in the world, sweeping across all directions, and has a vast territory. The sun will never set on the land of our Ming Dynasty people."
"Nowadays, the people of our Ming Dynasty are so wealthy. Everyone has enough food, clothing, and houses to live in. You can also go to school, participate in poetry gatherings here, talk about the world, and give advice on the country."
"Why has such a dramatic change occurred in just over two decades?"
"It's not because of the rise of new learning. The rise of new learning has given us Ming people powerful weapons that can wipe out the barbarians from all directions, open up territories, and obtain more land and resources for our Chinese descendants."
"It's not because of the rise of new learning that we Ming people have powerful machines that can produce more goods and things. Now one person can plant thousands of acres of land and spin hundreds of pieces of cloth a day.
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"A person driving a large truck can transport tens of thousands of kilograms of goods to places hundreds of miles away in a day."
“Would this be possible without new learning?”
"impossible!"
"Without Xinxue, we would still have to walk, because horses are controlled by the nomadic tribes in the north. We in the Ming Dynasty did not have many horses at all. Ordinary people did not have horses at all, and few even owned cattle."
"Without the new knowledge, we wouldn't even be able to reach the Golden Continent, because it was difficult for the previous ships to reach the Golden Continent safely, and without the new knowledge, you wouldn't even be able to find the direction on the vast sea.
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"Without Xinxue, we would have no trains, no cars, no ships, let alone telegraphs and the like."
"If it weren't for everyone here in Xinxue, your fathers would still be farmers with their faces facing the loess and their backs to the sky. As for you, how would you be able to eat here and have nothing to do? Say that Xinxue is third-rate and heretical.
, are you qualified to go to school?"
"It wasn't the new learning that made our Ming Dynasty rich and the people of Ming Dynasty prosperous. You might have starved to death in that corner long ago, let alone going to school."
Liu Jin looked at them and reprimanded them with extremely harsh words, and even directly exposed their background.
Everyone is pretending to be a big-tailed wolf. Don’t think that the person wearing it looks like a dog is arrogant.
Who still doesn’t know what your ancestors were like?
The people who immigrated to Golden Continent are basically poor people. Their parents may have been farmers who worked in the fields. They immigrated here, and this is how you people have a good life.
"well said!"
Some of the people watching the excitement couldn't help but scream.
"Yes, that's well said!"
"aweason."
"that's right."
Many elderly people around him also applauded.
"This young man said it well."
"I still remember clearly that more than 20 years ago, when I was still in my hometown in Beizhili, a family of seven or eight people planted 2 acres of land. The food produced every year was not enough to eat, and they only had to eat every day.
After eating two meals, a hungry person will be skin and bones, and his whole body will be weak.”
"That's when it's really tiring. We dig in the fields all year long, but we can't even get enough to eat. It's freezing cold in the winter. When there's a famine, grain dealers deliberately raise the price of grain.
The ground is full of hungry people, and human lives are like grass."
"Later, the current chief ministers of the cabinet, Liu Jin and Liu Gong, began to set up factories, establish new schools, and go overseas. Only then did our Ming Dynasty gradually become rich and powerful."
"Externally, it swept all over the world and acquired a large amount of land and resources. Internally, the rise of new learning brought many advanced and powerful machinery, new textile machines, looms, steam engines, cultivators, trains, etc.
All the way up to the current internal combustion engines, cars, ships and the like.”
"Our Ming Dynasty has become more and more powerful. I immigrated to Golden Continent with me, and then I started to live a good life here."
"If it weren't for the rise of new learning, and the so-called Confucianism was still the same as before, I estimate that I might have starved to death in my hometown long ago. How could I have come to this Golden Continent to live a good life."
An old man in his fifties said loudly.
"yes!"
"Hu Zongming, didn't your father tell you about the past?"
"Your father almost starved to death. If he hadn't worked in a factory, he later went to the Navigation Academy and went to sea to work as a sailor. That's why the Hu family is what it is today."
"Do you think you can live such a good life today because of those Confucian things?"
There were old men who knew Hu Zongming and started to curse him when they pointed at his nose.
"Uncle Li~"
When Hu Zongming saw it, he immediately shrank his head and shouted weakly.
"You kid is a deadbeat in studying. You should learn from Mr. Liu, learn more, and think more, instead of being arrogant and unable to see the advantages of other theories after reading some saints' studies."
"New learning can develop and flourish rapidly. It naturally has its own reasons and has its huge role. Don't talk about high and low here all day long."
"What's so great about you? You are the son of a mud-legged man. It was only in your generation that the eighteenth generation of your ancestors began to learn to read. The reason why you are able to read is not because the new learning made the people of the Ming Dynasty rich.
Got the chance to study.”
"Don't just act carelessly here and make yourself look embarrassed when you don't know anything."
The person whom he called Uncle Li also scolded Hu Zongming severely.
The older people in this Golden Continent are basically people who have benefited from Liu Jin's many industries. They are very supportive and accepting of new learning and new ideas. That is why some people still send their children to study in traditional schools.
I started studying old school mainly to see if anyone in my family could pass the exam and become an official.
Sometimes people are like this. When life is better, they want to have someone in the court, someone in the family be an official, etc. This would be better.
"This~"
Hu Zongming was immediately speechless.
"Okay~Okay!"
"Today is the rare Lantern Festival. The moon is bright in the sky and the stars are shining brightly. Everyone is gathered together because of fate. There is no need to distinguish between old things and new things. It is fate that we meet each other."
"I see, everyone should come and continue drinking and writing poems, so as not to waste this great time."
Emperor Hongzhi looked at everyone, smiled and suggested.
"Yes, yes, everyone continues to drink and write poems and sing songs over wine. How is life?"
Liu Jin also smiled and raised the wine glass in his hand and said.
When Hu Zongming and others saw it, their expressions softened slightly. They also raised their glasses and stopped talking about old and new learning. They drank, recited poems and made fun of the moon, or sang a song when they felt like it.
Relatively speaking, the people in this Golden Continent are still much rougher. They can write poems and sing. The most important thing is that everyone is happy.
