But outside this pavilion, there is a huge manor with various functional buildings, such as the iron shop, carpenter shop, etc., all of which are available, just like a small town.
And further out, there are neat farmlands with crisscrossing ditches.
Countless ragged slaves are plowing in the fields!
This is a completely self-sufficient small society!
Although it is not as good as those real aristocratic families, it is better to choose the beauty of nature and live in a high place.
Of course, it's shocking that a small clan from a county or a township can actually have such a large scale and grandeur.
The two Confucian scholars looked at each other secretly, and both thought of what the great Confucian Shen Gong had written not long ago in his memorial to the emperor:
"A wealthy man's house consists of hundreds of buildings, his fields are full of fields, he has thousands of slaves, and he has thousands of tricks.
Ships, carts, merchants, and dealers are all over the place. The abandoned houses and hoards are all over the capital. They are bribing treasures and goods, and a large house cannot accommodate them..."
I was a little disapproving at first, but now that I have left Shenluo and seen the local situation, I am really shocked!
But this cannot be said, because Jiang Li was also a Confucian scholar.
In fact, these wealthy families are now studying Confucianism, and they are basically all Confucian students...
The key is that they have to rely on the Confucian nobles along the way to help cover their actions, so they can't make any mistakes.
Although I looked down upon Jiang Li's greed, I felt that it was not the emphasis on benevolence, righteousness, and the people that true Confucian scholars emphasized.
And we know why Jiang Li hates Huang Yidao so much...
Because under the organization of Huang Yi Dao, those tenants and slaves had support and could negotiate with their masters to improve their treatment.
This made many large households dissatisfied, especially the Jiang Li family, which was the most ruthless in exploiting tenant slaves and even refused to improve their treatment at all.
As a result, he had several conflicts with Huang Yidao and suffered great losses.
Therefore, he was very dissatisfied and even hated Huang Yi Dao.
To be honest, these two Confucian scholars from Shenluo looked down upon Jiang Li very much.
In recent years, as the people's livelihood in the world has become increasingly difficult, many great Confucian scholars have proposed improving the treatment of slaves, and even radical ones have proposed freeing slaves, and this has gradually become a trend.
Many people within the Confucian sect, especially young scholars, agreed.
Naturally, I despise people like Jiang Li!
In fact, among the Confucian sects now, the family with the best reputation is the Qinggui family.
It’s the kind of family that doesn’t do much business!
The Yan family in Maonanli took this route back then!
Don’t think that Confucians and big landowners in this era completely stand together and are one group of people.
In fact, Confucianism at this time was really not that complete!
In the Han Dynasty in another world, things like freeing slaves and equalizing land were all promoted by Confucianism.
At this time, Confucianism is extremely high-spirited. To achieve a well-off society and even great harmony, it is necessary to make a leap from the "world seen" to the "world heard" or even further to the "world heard about".
Is it even called seeing the world?
This is the world and era we are experiencing now.
What I heard about the world is to build the beautiful era that was legendary in the past.
The rumored world is actually building a perfect era that has never been experienced before!
The specific meaning is that you can actually take more classes and learn knowledge such as Ma Zhe.
Why was it immediately accepted by the Chinese people as soon as it was introduced into the country, and why countless people believed in it and shed their lives and blood?
Because Chinese people have always had this tradition, and this trend of thought has always been included in traditional culture!
In short, Confucianism at this time was definitely idealistic.
And a huge social trend formed, with countless Confucian scholars and even wealthy families responding, which finally pushed Wang Mang to the throne.
To be honest, Wang Mang's restructuring also involved this aspect.
It's just that it's unrealistic and that's why it fails.
Of course, there was also backlash from powerful local lords, which was the reason why the restructuring failed!
The Yu Dynasty in this world, according to the historical records Tao Xiaowu read, has now begun this trend of thought.
And slowly as time passed, the momentum became more and more massive, eventually leading to the rise of the Chen Committee of the Hejian Chen Family.
In the original world, after the Eastern Han Dynasty, when Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu relied on the power of powerful families to restore the country, the local powerful forces became stronger and stronger and could no longer be controlled.
After that, there was a comprehensive convergence between the powerful and the Confucian.
There is also the dispute between Gongyang and Guliang, and modern and ancient texts!
There are actually two ideological trends, people-centered and big-ethnic, and a struggle between two interests.
It's just a pity that Gongyang lost points because of its natural failure to promote Wang Mang to the top, so it couldn't get support and ended up completely defeated.
Let Gu Liang, a school of thought that represents the powerful interests of the landlords, take over!
Don't think that classical society is static. Everything in the Han Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty are exactly the same.
In fact, even classical society has been undergoing various profound changes.
Heaven does not change and Tao does not change. This kind of thing is just the saying of later corrupt Confucians.
Ram is particular about precious changes!
If you have nothing to do, you have to toss. Life is endless and the tossing will not stop!
It can be said that Han Confucianism and Song Confucianism are actually two different things.
Hundreds of years after the collapse of Han Confucianism, Song Confucianism was re-established by combining Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism.
If this point is not made clear, many people will think it is just fabricated. How can those Confucian landlords have such good intentions?
If you don’t understand these things and think that the connotation of history remains unchanged, many things you read will feel very magical.
In fact, reality is far more magical than magic!
The stories written, especially the historical background and so on, are all based on real history and are by no means fabricated.
In fact, the seemingly magical history and reality are supported by the internal ideological trend or environment at that time.
Don't take it for granted, don't put the things in the back into the things in the front!
In short, these two Confucian scholars from Shenluo actually despised this Jiang Li in their hearts.
But there is no other way. Who wants Tao Xiaowu and others to come into contact with Huang Yidao?
At this time, the only option is to cooperate with people like Jiang Li!
"Jiang Jun, although those Taoists in yellow have usurped the power of the government, they have also usurped the right of our Confucian sect to teach.
However, Jiang Jun still needs to be more careful in his actions, after all, reputation is important!"
Although if you want to cooperate with someone like Jiang Li, you need Jiang Li's help.
But Lu Ping couldn't help but say something.
Jiang Li's face suddenly turned red, and he felt a little ashamed.
The mainstream morality of society is here. Although a person does bad things, he actually knows in his heart that what he is doing is right or wrong.
It's just a matter of interest, and I won't do it for the sake of profit!
Normally, no one would dare to say this in front of Jiang Li.
However, Jiang Li knew that Luping Xu Yuan in front of him was an imperial student from Shenluo, with a bright future and a status far above that of the local nobles. Although he felt a little ashamed and annoyed, he did not dare to do anything.