Xinshun 1730

Chapter 1043 New Crisis
This kind of idea is not a small trouble, but a big rebellion. If it is said, it will be written on the face of the four words of a big rebel.

He didn't want to write these four characters on his face, so this kind of thinking couldn't be said at all.

The East and the West shine together, the colonies are only that big, and the world market is just that big.

If the second industrial revolution can happen simultaneously in Asia, Europe and the United States, with the rise of two major industrial bodies in the East and the West at the same time, a huge surge in productivity, and an explosion-like relative overproduction, destroying the chances of the first to suck and then the blood, everyone rolls up.

The general crisis of capitalism can erupt during the second industrial revolution.

As for Yu Dashun, all he could say was that Germinals didn't know what to do if they wanted to succeed.

If they want to succeed, they can only make less money and increase costs, and they have to work hard to fight abroad instead of focusing on the country.

The pain of industrialization is the kind of severe pain that landlords cannot survive under the impact of foreign goods, and the general bankruptcy and gentrification.

The kind of pain that hurts more than life.

But there is a saying that if you can't be provoked, you can't hide it?
You say that you can't beat the squires, landlords, and small farmers, and you can't beat the foreigners, barbarians, Yidi, Tianzhu Tubang, and Nanyang chiefs?

Is Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin's million-dollar uprising army terrible?
Or are the Indian states of the British East India Company terrible?
Which one can be offended and which one can't be offended at all, this is completely unclear in my heart.

They didn't know what to think, so Liu Yu had to restrain them and force them not to offend those who couldn't afford to provoke them: with just such a small body, they would be smashed into the dog's head twice, and all the street lamps would be hung.

In the past few years, the port of Songjiang Prefecture has been well constructed. The template for street lamp construction was learned from the Netherlands. In addition, the new urban area can be planned and constructed. Anyway, the street lamps are ready early.

Now Liu Yu really doesn't have much to do.

The purpose of the British enclosure movement is not to enclose land, but two purposes: one is to raise sheep and rub wool; the other is to create a large amount of cheap labor.

The purpose of Dashun's land enclosure is not to enclose land, but to grow and rub cotton.As for enclosing a group of cheap laborers, it’s best not to have them. This thing can easily cost hundreds of thousands of dollars if you don’t encircle it. The British Enclosure Act supports the fact that landless farmers must enter the city to work in factories, otherwise they will cut off their ears. Farmers, digging land and plowing; and for Dashun disaster victims and refugees, they work and manage food and pay back money. Is there such a good thing?

Cotton, especially Mexican long-staple cotton, is wonderfully suitable for slightly saline-alkaline soils, the so-called "no cotton without salt".

Except for the good place in northern Jiangsu left by the former Ming Dynasty, which is a poor place for people to live, there is really no better place.Moreover, it is so close to southern Jiangsu, with well-developed water and sea transportation, it is a perfect raw material production area and factory support.

Even changing to long-staple cotton, which can be used for future mechanical textiles, is difficult. If it were not for this national fortune, it would be extremely difficult.Really every step is like walking on thin ice, hanging on a thread.

Every step was too strange, Liu Yu looked at Lin Min, and thought that the fellow travelers from yesterday might break up completely and disagree with each other one day.

One second it was a fellow traveler, the next moment it was a mortal enemy, and I don't know how much more will happen in the future.

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While Liu Yu was still on his way back to Beijing, the reform in the capital was basically very quiet.

After the emperor clearly defined the boundaries of the reform, although various impeachment memorials came up every day, both the emperor and the person who wrote the memorials understood that this was just a daily routine.

There has to be impeachment.

Whether it can be done is another matter.

Either the Syrian state government forcibly established land permanent lease contracts to reduce the cost of well salt development, or the salt reform in Huaibei caused many salt households to go bankrupt and become proletarians and abjectly poor, or some personal casualties occurred in the land reclamation compensation in northern Jiangsu...

In any case, the impeachment process has to go through it again.

However, since it has become a daily routine, it doesn't make much sense for the time being.

On the contrary, another major event fell in the imperial court in the capital—the highest academic level of Confucianism in the world at this time, and the highest circle of Confucianism selected through the imperial examination. After the change of Yuan Dynasty, it had to start to build ideology .

The culture of Yongjia and Yongkang, born in a special era, is a bit domineering knowledge, which is trying to develop industry and commerce, regain the homeland and restore the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun.

In other words, it is useful in times of crisis.

However, Dashun is now in a prosperous age that seems to be burning with fire. After the military reform, both the army and the navy have the strength to fight with the rest of the world.

This itself is not difficult.

Before the Crimean War, it can be said that the use of the steam engine did not bring about revolutionary changes in the military.

Tsarist Russia relied on handicraft craftsmen to rub guns and cannons. With its own body size, it still rubbed out the body of a European gendarme and a European road roller.

Dashun's size, rubbing a roller fuselage plate from the era of front-loading guns, purely technical considerations are not a problem at all.

But as Liu Yu discussed with those people before, the so-called "despair in a luxurious and prosperous age", for Confucian scholars, this is the biggest problem in this reform.

For Liu Yu, no.Because he is not full of hope for this ancient knowledge at all, and if there is no hope, there is no despair.

But for Confucianism, this problem is very serious.

The basis of ideological construction here is blood relationship, family, country, community, and the world.

Before Liu Yu sent a fleet to visit Sweden, before the British fleet replenished in Guangzhou to attack the Philippines.

The country, the country, and the world are basically consistent concepts.

Confucianism is universal, universal, and eternal, or in other words, it is a kind of knowledge that thinks it is universal.

Because, before that, the world and the world were not far away within the circle of Kyushu.

But after Liu Yu sent a fleet to visit Sweden, and the British fleet replenished in Guangzhou to attack the Philippines.

The country, the country, and the world are no longer basically the same.

The world, the earth, is the concept of Tianxia on a geographical scale.

Dashun is changed from Yuan to Xin, and different people see different meanings.

For the top Confucian masters in the world, this change of origin means that they have to launch a so-called past ideology.

In the face of the development of Europe, the increase of exchanges, the invasion of religions, etc., many issues including the banning of religion in Dashun, because of the change of the foundation, the meaning is also different.

The Qing Dynasty banned religion and closed the door to continue the dynasty.

Dashun banned religion to open the door. He wanted to continue to hang out in the circle of the world, and introduced measures to fight a religious self-defense war to prepare for going out in the future.

This is not something that can be determined with a single word, but because Dashun sent a huge delegation of envoys to Europe almost at the same time as the ban on religion.

And the South Seas is very subjective, and actively used the Austrian succession war, and participated in the peace conference after the war.

Although it was basically a soy sauce, and the "League of Princes" didn't even gain the position of leader, Qi Guogong can indeed say in the future: When the Aachen contract was signed, I was sitting there.

Because there are oil paintings.

This similar difference was extended to Dashun when it was changed to the Yuan Dynasty, and when the fiscal revenue from domestic and sea trade was able to compete with the salt tax and even a part of the mu tax, and began to actively participate in world trade, it was placed in front of the top Confucian masters in Dashun now. The problem is very serious.

Is Confucianism universal, universal, and applicable to the world?
Is Confucianism local, applicable to the Chinese cultural circle, and on an equal footing with other cultures?
Is Confucianism only applicable to special regions and special societies?

Is Confucianism universal, universally applicable, and does not need to consider the particularity of regional society?

Once you think about what this means for Confucianism, you will understand what is meant by "despair in a prosperous age".Of course, I also understand why Liu Yu is not desperate at all.

It also makes sense why Dashun’s transformation into Yuanweixin is such a big deal, why Lianghuai Salt Reform and northern Jiangsu reclamation can only be regarded as daily nonsense, but they are not the real crisis of Confucianism.

If a true master of Confucianism who was born in the imperial examination could not even see this crisis, I am afraid that it would be impossible to stand out from the imperial examination.

Although it seems to sound, it feels like empty talk and nonsense again.

In fact, for Confucianism, it is really not.

On the contrary, at this time, for Confucianism, this is a very big, very big, as big as heaven.

Because Dashun is now in the "prosperous age", neither is it the danger of the end of the Ming Dynasty that the world is about to perish, nor is there the urgency to save the nation that was opened by outsiders in history.

The sense of despair and crisis in the prosperous age is an ideological crisis derived from luxury and power.

It is also a kind of helplessness in the opposition between the strong but not so strong ideal and reality in the prosperous age.

Along with the spread of articles introducing the geography of Western countries in Dashun, these Confucian masters who specialize in superstructure gradually discovered that it is now like the Spring and Autumn and Warring States.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Confucianism declined.After the great unification, it gradually exerted its strength.This world of great contention is itself a crisis.

As long as Dashun does not close its doors, but continues to fight for hegemony and engage in fierce confrontation, then it will give those rich countries and powerful soldiers more opportunities.However, during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, the relationship between the rich country and strong military faction and Confucianism...is generally not very good.

Another crisis is the sacred status of Confucianism itself.The smaller and more closed the world is, the higher the status of this sacred doctrine; the more open and more exchanged, the greater the crisis of this sacred doctrine.

Especially with the incident of banning missionaries of Christianity, since Christianity believes that its own set is universally applicable, and they think that the world is the whole earth; then if Confucianism wants to fight, it must first believe in itself, and its own A set of things is universally applicable, and the world is the whole earth.

In their view, the first major event after the Yuan change is to construct a reasonable and well-explained ideological system, which will continue to go out without closing the door, and Confucianism is the universal law and is universally applicable to the whole world. Holy science.

Rather than something that is local, regional, partial, applicable to a specific society, and simply unusable in Europe.

This is not moral.Morals such as loving parents, loving family members, and being loyal to the emperor.

If it is just morality, then Confucianism directly declares that loving parents is the exclusive concept of Confucianism, and whoever loves parents is a Confucian scholar, and the job is over after declaring oneself victorious, that is quite simple.

It is a series of etiquette, benevolence, righteousness, loyalty and filial piety, family, blood relationship, general rules, etc., which constitute a complete set of political, state-building, legal, including international law, moral, right and wrong, and explainable systems. .

And this system must be universally applicable worldwide.

And it can guide the world to run.

It's not arrogance, it's the most basic stuff.Even in a religion like Christianity, which missionary would think that this crap is only applicable in Europe, and it is not applicable to the whole world?
Talk to the small.

Accompanied by the critical reflection on Neo-Confucianism of the Song and Ming Dynasties that began in the late Ming Dynasty, the ideological trend of not just talking about righteousness, but seeing facts directly led to the Western Wealth Theory advocated by Liu Yu in order to encourage the emerging classes in Dashun to develop externally. There is a difference here meaning.

The theory of Western affluence advocated by Liu Yu is simply aimed at Sima Zhao's heart. It is clear that he is advocating that as long as he hits the gate and opens the gate, he can sell more tea, silk and cotton cloth, and they have a lot of silver.

But under Dashun's trend of not talking about righteousness, this kind of advocacy has already caused the crisis of Confucianism.Since we can't spread nonsense and have to see the facts, how can we explain that the prosperity of the West is caused by the real practice of Confucianism?

In the past, it really didn’t need to be explained. One of the surrounding barbarians counted as one, and the poor ones.

Regardless of whether it is Mongolia, Southeast Asia, etc., it is really a poor group, so there is no need to explain it. It can be taken for granted that the prosperity of the Central Plains is due to the use of Confucianism.

I can't explain it now.

Learning from the barbarians' skills to control the barbarians is a declining and pessimistic defense.

It has already been acquiesced that Confucianism is not all-in-world or universal, and it is a defense that separates the concepts of the world and the country.

That is to say, Zhuxia has its own national conditions here, and Confucianism is very applicable here, but not necessarily applicable elsewhere.But their technology can be used, as long as we use the technology, we will also become stronger.

But now, Dashun is an offensive posture, an attack under the prosperous age.

It is absolutely impossible to acquiesce that Confucianism is not universal, but regional.

It is necessary to come up with a whole set of systems and draw a conclusion: that is, the prosperity of the West is not because they do not use Confucianism, but precisely because they use Confucianism at their core.You don't know, let me tell you.

It is not difficult to foresee that future generations may have speeches such as the British parliamentary system, which is actually a system of three-generation rule;This in itself is a manifestation of a complete loss. It is clear that Ah Q asked Mr. Zhao to say that his surname is also Zhao.

But now, for Confucian scholars, they are not completely convinced and dare not fight, but desperately rely on the so-called universal things of later generations.

Because Confucian scholars feel that their own set of things is universal.

Go big.

Qi Guogong visited Europe, participated in the peace conference after the War of Austrian Succession, resolved the Southeast Asia dispute between the Netherlands and China, established an armed neutral alliance, and proposed anti-piracy and anti-private ship conventions, etc.

Is this a good thing?
or bad thing?

It's not right to be the son of heaven, so you get mixed up there and become a prince?

Even if it is the League of Five Hegemons, if even one of the most powerful overlords is not elected, is it ashamed?
Letting go of the concept of the king's land under the whole world, what kind of treaty of international law must be signed to allow people to recognize the control of Nanyang?

Even if we don't talk about this, just talk about the actual situation, anyway, the titles of emperors and kings of various countries have been recognized before, and the world system has been loosened.

So, is international law "propriety"?
On what basis should international law be formulated in the future?
Since there is no Emperor Zhou, should Confucianism come up with an ideological explanation of the five hegemonies governing rituals?
If future international laws, convention laws, etc. conflict with Confucian ethics, will they be recognized?

If admitted, does it mean that Confucianism is not universally applicable?
Is the set of Confucianism higher than the laws of all nations, international conventions, and general cognition?
If you don’t recognize it, or if you want to make it conform to the Confucian interpretation, do you need to create an ideology that can take the world as a new view of Tianxia, ​​and ensure that future international law, human rights, and the concept of sovereignty must be compatible with the Confucian interpretation? Integration of Confucianism?
This is not a matter of developing industry and commerce and technological progress. If you just want to learn technology, you just need to close the door and install it yourself.

This is due to the expansion of the view of the world, under the initiative of Dashun, the "world", "international law", "Westphalian system", etc., Dashun is no longer shaped by others and then forced to Recognized, but wanting to take the initiative to participate in the inevitability of participating in the formulation and completion.

In the original history, a group of people researched it, made a rule, and then ran over here to fight wildly, asking while beating: Do you recognize it?Do you recognize it?The one who was beaten recognized by pinching his nose, but after recognizing it, he worked hard and became the protector of this rule.

The current history is that the rules of the world have not really been determined.Dashun also came here to talk about the rules, let's sit down and study together, let's make a rule together.This rule must conform to your traditional cognition as well as our traditional cognition.

Active integration and comprehensive passive acceptance are naturally a completely different state of mind, and they are also two completely different situations.

Even a poor scholar like Hong Xiuquan knew that he had to study the Council of Nicaea after he had achieved success, and used the Arianism to rage at the missionaries, asking them what the hell they knew about the Trinity?
Today's top Confucian talents who were born in the Dashun imperial examinations naturally understand the fact that the general adaptability of Confucianism is threatened after the concept of Tianxia is expanded.

Whether it can be done is another matter, but if you don’t even have this brain, then the scholar-bureaucrats are really hopeless. Obviously, if you don’t make it, you will soon be beaten down by a bunch of eminent scholars.

Changes in the concept of Tianxia and the emergence of wealthy and powerful "new barbarians with their own set of theories to explain the world" are the great crisis of Confucianism.

(End of this chapter)