Chapter 288 Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world
After the banquet to celebrate the promotion and the official farewell arrangements, Shen Tingyang continued to stay in Beijing to take charge of the Transportation Department of the Ministry of Household Affairs and promote the water transportation reform. There was no need to mention anything else.
On Shen Shuren's side, there is still more than half a month of work handover, and it's time to go south to Huangzhou.
Shen Shuren was also quite emotional about this result. It still feels a bit unreal, and he is also grateful for his choice.
If in August last year, when I first entered the Imperial College and bought an official position, I had directly bought a local official from the enemy-occupied area, he would have been at the deputy county level at best, and he might have given away his life to the bandits by now.
I delayed it for nine more months, until May of the next year. During this period, I happened to accomplish so many meritorious deeds, and also passed the general examination. With a bonus, I was suddenly promoted to the sixth level, and I actually controlled the resources of a mansion. Only then did he really have the strength to compete with a powerful party.
Of course, before leaving Beijing, he still has one last job that must be handed over——
Gu Yanwu, the gunner's staff, has been invited to Beijing by Shen Shuren for a month. During this time, Gu Yanwu has been immersed in writing books according to the theoretical ideas provided by Shen Shuren.
Now, Shen Shuren must seize the last opportunity to publish this political theory work before he loses his title of Hanlin Editor. In the future, it will better inspire morale and inspire the people of the Ming Dynasty to pay attention to their resistance. will.
Ever since he decided not to save Chongzhen at the beginning of time travel, Shen Shuren had taken this work very seriously. He knew how severe the blow would be to the people if the north fell in the future. He had to do some work to plug the leaks. Only then can all this be reversed.
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It was already late April. Shen Shuren, who had been busy for a long time inspecting the water transport and celebrating his promotion, finally had some free time and returned to the Hanlin Academy to work.
Gu Yanwu was also there, and when Shen Shuren came in, he was still immersed in writing.
As a staff official employed by Shen Shuren, of course he also has the right to work in the duty room of the Hanlin Academy, and can consult all historical materials and works collected by the Academy.
Gu Yanwu was very satisfied with the working environment here. Although he had decided not to take the imperial examination again in his life, it was very satisfying to be able to work in the Hanlin Academy, even for an "internship".
There are so many miscellaneous books here, and many of them are books that have never been seen by the Gu family in Kunshan. Gu Yanwu is famous for his love of reading messy books from all three religions and nine streams. He is a book addict, so he is very active.
Going to work every day is like taking a chicken blood injection, and reading at night by candlelight. In a month, Gu Yanwu has lost more than ten kilograms, and his eye sockets and cheeks look sunken.
He knew very well that his boss was a Hanlin editor soon. After his boss was transferred, he could no longer take advantage of the Hanlin collection, so how could he not seize the opportunity.
"Brother Gu, did you say you were done when you were drinking the day before yesterday? Why are you still busy? Can you lend me the manuscript for a look?" Shen Shuren casually sat down next to him and picked up a few manuscripts.
"Striving for excellence, you can continue to make changes when you have time. If you want to publish it, you can do it at any time." Gu Yanwu didn't look up and was still pondering over it.
Chen Shuren just looked at it by himself.
The manuscript in his hand contains quite a few details, which are similar to those in the "Rizhilu" written by Gu Yanwu himself in history, involving "national justice, the rise and fall of the world".
For example, Gu Yanwu proposed many years in advance that "the rise and fall of a surname is planned by those who live in poverty. Every man is responsible for the destruction of the world."
The specific wording in the article is of course different from the "Rizhilu" of another time and space. After all, Chongzhen is still alive and the Ming Dynasty has not died. It is difficult to say "rise and fall", only "rise and fall".
There are many adjustments like this, but the general principle is to make them more tactful to ensure that no prohibitions are violated.
Gu Yanwu very systematically elaborated on the significance of the imperial court resisting foreign enemies, protecting the race, defending civilization, and preventing barbarism from leading beasts and cannibalism. Therefore, no matter how difficult the situation is, the people of the world should do their part for their own nation. This is not for the rulers. .
Chen Shuren looked at it very carefully and was quite satisfied with this part.
Historically, Gu Yanwu's level of political philosophy was very good. Now, relying on the Hanlin collection of books to consult with him, it is very gratifying to be able to reach such a theoretical height so many years in advance.
In addition to the materials that Gu Yanwu thought of himself, there are also some contents in this book, which are essays assigned by Shen Shuren.
The main issues involved are to demonstrate the differences in the degree of martial arts among the people in the north and the south, and the historical successful experience of the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains to restore our mountains and rivers.
Chen Shuren felt that it was very necessary to address this issue squarely. As a person who traveled back in time, he knew that there were many comments in later generations that attacked the Ming Dynasty and that it should be destroyed. , the Jin and Yuan Dynasties destroyed the Song Dynasty, it was necessary." Let's talk about it.
After arriving in the Ming Dynasty, Shen Shuren discussed with some friends who liked to discuss history, and also noticed this tendency. This kind of thinking inertia is of course a poisonous weed for the future national resistance will, and the source must be rectified.
Therefore, he asked Gu Yanwu to systematically sort out the successful examples in history of "expeding from the south to the north and successfully recovering the Central Plains", and summarized their common points and explained "under what conditions, the expedition from the south to the north can be successful."
The most familiar example to people in the Ming Dynasty is of course Zhu Yuanzhang, who successfully expelled the Tartars and restored China. Needless to say, just let people praise Taizu's achievements.
If you are a modern person, you can refer to the late Qing Dynasty's "expelling the Tartars and restoring China" as an example. But now that these things have not happened, there is no way to mention it.
Therefore, there is only Zhu Yuanzhang as an isolated certificate, which seems to be not very useful.
Fortunately, Shen Shuren himself is also very good at summarizing. The late Yuan Dynasty and the late Qing Dynasty were the times when national attention and cohesion were strongest. To put it bluntly, it is not that we cannot fight in the South, but we must carry the banner of national justice and we can be invincible. It's always bad.
If you don't carry the banner of the nation and just fight for the emperor and his family, it will be extremely difficult.
After summarizing this principle, if we apply it to ancient history, we can more or less find a few examples that are not so rigorous but can still be used.
After Chen Shuren and Gu Yanwu discussed, they used Liu Bang and Xiang Yu for a while - when Qin destroyed the six kingdoms, the national identity of the people in the world was not unified, and they did not consider themselves to be Qin people, nor did they consider themselves to be Zhou people. They only identify with their own feudal country.
Therefore, we can generalize and think that the Qin's destruction of the Six Kingdoms was a war of national conquest and "the process of the integration of the Western Rong, the Southern Barbarians and the Central Plains Chinese".
Xiang Yu and Liu Bang were both Chu people. To use Chu to destroy Qin was, of course, to conquer the north from the south, and also to overthrow the "tyranny of the less civilized Western Rong and Shang Martingale."
When Liu Bang defeated Xianyang, he took the Wuguan Road. He entered Xianyang via Shangluo from Nanyang. This was of course the Northern Expedition. Later, he was named Queen of the Han Dynasty and took the Chencang Road from Hanzhong to return to Guanzhong. This was also a Northern Expedition.
It can be said that Liu Bang successfully succeeded in his two consecutive Northern Expeditions, killing Prince Ying of Qin and Zhang Han, the new crown prince of Xiang Yu, and other three Qin princes.
Therefore, if we carry the banner of national justice, prevent "the destruction of the world", and prevent the war of "barbarism defeating civilization", instead of fighting for the emperor's family, the Northern Expedition can be successful!
In addition, Gu Yanwu also added fuel to the fire with his own research. Going back further, he wished he could also include King Wu's defeat of Zhou——
After all, strictly looking at the map, the Yin Ruins and Chaoge of the Shang Dynasty were both near Anyang in later generations, quite a distance north of the Yellow River, and close to Zhangshui. Compared to the latitude of Qishan, the base of the Zhou people, A little more southerly.
Of course, to add to this argument, it is not enough to have victory or defeat and north and south. We must also prove that "Zhou's punishment of Shang was the victory of civilization over barbarism."
This point is difficult for Shen Shuren, because as a modern person, he does not feel that the superstructure of the Shang and Zhou economic systems has obvious advantages and disadvantages.
But for a great Confucian like Gu Yanwu, this kind of argument is easy to come by - when Confucianism first worshiped a saint, it was not Confucius but the Duke of Zhou. The greatest achievement of Duke Zhou was to create rituals and music, which transformed the "ghosts and gods" of businessmen. "Worship" transformed from the "worship of saints" in the Zhou Dynasty.
Regardless of the pros and cons of the Shang and Zhou economic systems, the Zhou people sacrificed human lives much less than the Shang Dynasty. They reduced the sacrifices to ghosts and gods and worshiped the sages instead. This is always a big improvement.
Gu Yanwu came well-prepared, so he carefully researched these points and wrote a special book. Finally, he explained the ancient and modern national righteousness and various measures to counter barbarism with civilization, and finally proved:
Today's Jiannu are no exception. The final victory must belong to the Ming Dynasty! Fight barbarism with civilization, and for the sake of civilization in the world, the Northern Expedition can also succeed!
Of course, the last few sentences must be added in order to allow this point of view to be published smoothly in the current situation of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, and not to be investigated by the emperor.
Although the rhetoric of "not to protect people named Zhu" would be harsh to Chongzhen, it would also be good for the emperor to try to downplay this aspect and emphasize the belief that "the Ming Dynasty will win against the establishment of slaves".
As long as the overall benefits to the emperor outweigh the disadvantages, the emperor will acquiesce in the publication of this thing.
Shen Shuren read this booklet several times, which was written by Gu Yanwu and inspired by his creative motivations and talent selection ideas. He was also quite surprised.
Gu Yanwu's political philosophy skills are indeed impressive, and many arguments and arguments were even unexpected by Shen Shuren himself.
"Brother Gu is really a learned scholar, and I am ashamed of myself for being a second-class scholar. I don't have the courage to sign this book alone, so why not just let it be co-authored by you and me for the engraving and sealing."
After reading it, Shen Shuren sincerely stated that he would not take away Gu Yanwu’s right to sign.
After Gu Yanwu heard this, he was also impressed by Shen Shuren's understanding and was already very satisfied with it.
He did not think about signing his name alone, because he was only a scholar with a distinguished reputation. Engraving and engraving his name alone would only greatly reduce the popularity and appeal of the book. Shen Shuren has the title of editor of the Hanlin Academy. Not close to white, not close to white.
It's just like a Yeluzi Internet article writer in later generations. Even if he thinks he is very talented and has a strong foundation in writing political philosophy, if an academician of the Academy of Social Sciences is willing to co-sign the book he writes, then the Internet will The author of the article is absolutely eager to hug his thighs.
"This matter is based on what Brother Xian said, Brother Yu can't ask for it." Gu Yanwu agreed directly.
"In that case, I will have people carve out the pages in the next few days." Shen Shuren said, collected the manuscripts, and immediately went to find a book engraver in the capital to do engraving and printing.
Scholars in the late Ming Dynasty still valued being able to write a manuscript of their own in their lifetime. Even if they had nothing to publish, it was still good to publish their own collection of poems.
If you don't consider the sales volume, engraving books is very expensive and requires hiring craftsmen for a long time. A thin collection of poems can cost three to five hundred taels. If you rely on book sales, you must sell at least several thousand copies to barely amortize the original cost.
But for Shen Shuren, this was nothing. In order to speed up the progress, he even hired a large number of craftsmen at the same time, each of whom only carved a few pages, to ensure that the book could be completed as quickly as possible.
The cost of hiring a large number of temporary workers is certainly more expensive than hiring one or two permanent workers. In the end, Shen Shuren spent a total of one to two thousand taels of silver to engrave this "Rizhishijian".
The advantage is that the sample magazine was printed in just ten days, which can be said to be a waste of money to buy construction progress.
In a blink of an eye, the day came when Shen Shuren, the editor of the Hanlin Academy, would leave his post. He presented the manuscript of this book as the result of his two months of work as editor.
I also learned from Sima Guang when he wrote a historical review, and "learned" about the battles for national justice in history and the success rate of the Northern Expedition.
Chongzhen personally read this manuscript. It is said that when he first read it, he couldn't help but want to slam the table and reprimand him. But after reading it, he found that it was indeed a deliberate attempt to encourage the Ming army and people to resist the Qing Dynasty, and he tolerated the slightest disobedience.
The emperor didn't say anything, and the other Hanlin editors who didn't deal with Shen Shuren couldn't make any waves for the time being.
Wei Zaode and Gao Eryan secretly criticized Shen Shuren for not knowing the truth, but there was nothing more to say after the scolding.
This "Rizhi Shijian" soon began to spread and spread. A large number of courtiers and scholars heard that it was compiled and written by the Hanlin who was honest and dare to remonstrate, and they all gave it a try.
Chen Shuren packed up his luggage and took a boat to go south. He walked without saying a word for more than half a month, and finally arrived in Hefei. After paying a visit to Shangguan Shi Kefa, he entered the Yangtze River again, went upstream, and took up his post in Huangzhou.