Xinshun 1730

Chapter 342 The untouchable ideal country is the most beautiful
Sutras are all good sutras.

But the economic base has changed, the relations of production have changed, and the scriptures can easily be misread.

Zhu Zi's Confucianism is not without its merits, but when the enfeoffment system still exists, the hierarchy is strict, and there is no such class-crossing system as the imperial examination, one can imagine what it will be like: Tian Dynasty can still be Tian Shelang and Mudeng Tianzi Church.

In Japan, the Confucian Neo-Confucianism may grasp the point that "people's hierarchical status cannot be changed." The shogunate chose Zhu Zi Neo-Confucianism as the official ideology for its own reasons.

It is reasonable for this master not to like Zhu Zi's Confucianism.

But I didn't expect that this master didn't learn Yangming Xinxue, which was really beyond Liu Yu's expectation.

In order to protect Confucius, Yangming Xinxue took all the blame for his master under the background that the Ming Dynasty almost perishes the world. In Dashun, it is considered empty talk, anyway, someone has to take the blame. Wang Yangming is famous enough. No one else can bear the blame.

But in Japan...the hierarchy is so strict, and the feudal shackles are so severe, it is said that Xinxue should be spread the most, and it should be the easiest to be recognized as a theory to break the hierarchy.

Liu Yu never expected that this master was neither Zhu Zi nor Yang Ming, but a school of ancient Confucianism.

Hearing this, he pondered for a while, then smiled and said: "Retrospective is false, and it is true to change the present through the past. The ancient Confucianism speaks of the righteousness, and the righteousness can be explained, and you can do whatever you want. Dissatisfied, but lack of theory, you can only find the truth from ancient books to express your feelings. My own opinion."

"This reminds me of a sentence, why don't you listen to it?"

Hearing Liu Yu's evaluation, the master craftsman of Siziwu was a little excited, but he didn't argue, but asked Liu Yu what he wanted to say.

Liu Yu recalled it for a while, and quoted a passage with a smile.

"Men make their own history, but they do not make it as they please, not under conditions of their own choosing, but under conditions immediately encountered, given, inherited from the past."

"The traditions of all dead ancestors haunt the minds of the living like succubuses. It is precisely in this old all In an era when nothing can go on as before and nothing new has yet been established, they tremblingly invite the spirits of the dead to help them."

"Borrowing their names, battle-cries, and clothes, in order to act out a new scene of world history in this borrowed language, in this revered attire."

After quoting this sentence, Liu Yu laughed and said: "So you ancient Confucianists just feel that the old things cannot be maintained and the new things have not yet been established, so you borrow the names, costumes and slogans of the ancients, but perform new ones. scene."

"Let me analyze it for you. You hate the division of scholars, farmers, businessmen, and people into four peoples. Scholars are scholars, and people are people. The shogunate also promoted Zhu Zi's theory. You dare not directly say that this is wrong, and you dare not directly oppose the way of Confucius and Mencius, or the way of Confucius and Mencius, the Duke of Zhou." It’s too sacred and revered by others, so use the name of ancient studies to say what you want to say.”

"Am I right?"

The master of Siziwu was stunned, recalling the somewhat incomprehensible sentence that Liu Yu just quoted, he actually felt that the more he thought about it, the more reasonable it became.

Thinking about Liu Yu's words that directly pointed out these thoughts later, he couldn't help asking: "Is this the same for Tang Guo?"

Liu Yu laughed and said: "Theories based on the ancient sayings and the present are blooming everywhere. What's more, how can it be used now? Wang Anshi used the art of Shenshang, but kept the name away, and wrote "Zhou Li Xinyi". It is a common thing, and it is not enough. That's strange. You are in a small country, how do you know Wenhua, the place where Confucianism originated?"

"In my opinion, whether you are engaged in ancient Confucianism or mind studies, you will finish sooner or later. Maybe one day the shogunate will say that ancient Confucianism and mind studies are heresies, and Zhu Zixue must be orthodox, and heresies cannot be taught. .Since he issued an order, although your mouth can still speak, but if your neck is cut off, can you still speak?"

"It's so far away from Edo. No one dares to accept the silver coins I bought with the cross of Chiechidan religion on them. It shows the strict control. Let me see, it's useless for you to learn. Why don't you learn Zhu Zi's theory well? In the future It’s also good for future generations to eat, and don’t lose your head.”

"Righteousness is the sword, and it cannot replace the sword. If the master holds the sword in one hand and the scriptures in the other, he will be punished if Shaozheng messes with his words. You and other small countries, scholars, farmers, businessmen, and insurmountable, where do you have the opportunity to hold a sword? You can’t hold a sword, and the person holding the sword tells you to learn from Zhu Zixue, if you don’t learn it, you will kill, and if you kill all the heretics, then only Zhu Zixue will be left?”

The three sentences are instigated to rebel, the master craftsman of Siziwu has never heard such remarks, and he was at a loss for a while.

If it is vulgar, there are some irrefutable truths in vulgarity.

If it is reasonable, it is completely different from what he has learned.

Thinking about it carefully, I really can't find any reason to refute it.Liu Yu thought in his heart that if this was in Dashun, I would have been sprayed all over the place as soon as I finished these few words, and the spray had to be based on classics.Just talking about this with half-hearted Confucian scholars like you, your knowledge level is still insufficient, and you can't find enough words to refute it.

After a long time, the master craftsman of Siziwu sighed and asked leisurely: "The people of Tang are a big country, why are you here?"

Liu Yu said solemnly: "Practice the way of benevolence and righteousness, build the soil of the king's way, prosper the words of Confucius and Mencius, and realize the righteousness of all people."

After Dayi said these few words in awe-inspiring manner, Liu Yu didn't blush at all, but put gold on his face and said, "I am also a Confucian scholar..."

The master of Siziwu was shocked and said, "Are you also a Confucian student?"

Liu Yu nodded naturally, "Naturally."

"Uh……"

He raised his head and looked at Liu Yu carefully, thinking that you have been talking for a long time just now, without a word of sages, how can you look like a Confucian scholar?

Thinking about it again, the Tang Kingdom is the Holy Land of Confucianism. Could it be that all the Confucian scholars in the Tang Kingdom look like this?Give up the red tape, but can you seek true benevolence?

He had never been to the Tang Kingdom. Although he had learned some sinology and could recognize Chinese characters, the shogunate had locked the country for a long time. He didn't know much about the Tang Kingdom except he knew that the Tang Kingdom had changed its name to Shun.

"I came here for this reason, do you think there is something wrong?" Liu Yu didn't ask whether he was a Confucian scholar, but directly asked the master of this temple house, thinking that if he was doing it for the sake of "practicing the way of benevolence and righteousness, building the land of kingship, Prospering the words of Confucius and Mencius, becoming the righteousness of all people], then it is right to land in Tosa and start a war with the Tosa clan?Still not right?
The benevolence and righteousness of Confucianism are universally applicable beyond the nation. Of course, we don’t talk about how to be benevolent and righteous, but only talk about benevolence and righteousness.

Benevolence is definitely right.

The master of the temple house hesitated for a moment, and said: "If you really come here for this, it is not a mistake. The country is a small country, not as big as Tang, but the country's great scholar Ito Rensai once said: The world is not one soup and martial arts. Let Jie and Zhou punish their own evil. Then Tang and Wu don’t have to punish him. If the evil remains the same, then the whole world will be Tang and Wu.”

"If the Tang Kingdom is really for practicing the way of benevolence and righteousness and building a land of kingship, there is nothing wrong with it."

"I didn't believe it at first. It can be seen that your lord's army behaves properly, buys and sells fairly, does not disturb the people or disturbs the people, and has a strict lineup. It is a real master of the king. But I don't know what your lord's benevolence, righteousness and kingly way are."

Hearing that this person actually quoted the interpretation of Mencius' words, Liu Yu was secretly happy.He knew that the study of Mencius was very difficult to spread in Japan. Just like the eradication of Mencius in the previous dynasties, Japan also prohibited the spread of Mencius in Japan for a while, and spread rumors everywhere, saying that someone's ship had "Mencius" on board , you will encounter strong winds and waves. This rumor has spread widely. Liu Yu heard it when he was in Nagasaki.

Thinking about how the shogunate has locked the country for so long, no one knows what Dashun is like anyway, so he can just make a fuss about it.

As for the direction of blowing, it is naturally blowing in the direction of the interpretation of Ming Dynasty and Song Dynasty by the market in the previous life. Anyway, the Japanese Suoguo can't see it, just like Europeans blowing Dashun round.

An utopia that is invisible and intangible is the most perfect utopia.

If you can't see or touch, just stay in your imagination, you won't be disillusioned.Togu's restructuring is outdated. After all, time and space are two characters. Time will create a sense of alienation, while space is closer.

So according to the praises of Song and Ming in my memory, I easily described a heaven of benevolence, righteousness and morality in the impression of this person who had never really seen the celestial dynasty under the seclusion of the country, comparable to the rule of three generations.

Thirty tax one, agricultural tax is extremely low.

In cabinet politics, the monarch governs and the cabinet handles government affairs.

The imperial examination system, class mobility, academic excellence leads to official career.

If you don't kill literati, you won't be convicted for your words.

If the emperor does not go to court, the country will still operate.

The king dies in the country, and the emperor guards the gate of the country.

In the cabinet system, the imperial power is controlled by others, and the monarch and ministers rule together. The world is not a world of one person, but a world of people in the world.

The mind is open, no one is convicted of heresy, Confucianism is flourishing, and the mind is leading the emancipation of the mind.

The morality is extremely high, the door is not closed at night, and the road is not picked up.Hanoi is fierce, and the people are moved to the east of the river, and the millet is moved to Hanoi.

Confucian scholars practice all six arts, martial arts can open up borders and land, and literary talents can enter the court to worship the prime minister.People holding the "Dagao" can directly go to Beijing to sue, and if the officials refuse to accept the case, their official positions will be taken away.

The price of corn was so low that the imperial court had to pay for the rice of the people to prevent the cheap grain from hurting farmers.Merchants are not allowed to lend usury. If the interest is higher than three percent, it will be a serious crime if the principal and interest double within three years, and only the principal will be repaid.

People are only respected based on their knowledge and ability, not on their origin and father's generation, and there is no unchanging caste among the four peoples.

Of course, there are also beggars, but these beggars are all because of laziness. The imperial court will conscript these beggars into the army, not only provide them with food and clothing, but also set up camps and schools in the army, so that after solving the problem of food and clothing, they can still be able to work. Learn to be human.

There are nursery halls and foster homes, where widows, widows and solitary people are all taken care of.The imperial court set up granaries and righteous warehouses everywhere to prevent disaster years.

As long as any policy formulated by the cabinet is passed, the cabinet has the right to make suggestions, implement it, and supervise it.If all the officials in the world have their hands, there will occasionally be some treacherous and villainous people, and they will be investigated, inspected and planned every three years, so as to eliminate these scum.

As long as scholars pass the examination of scholar, they can be exempted from taxes and labor, or continue to study, or work as teachers in the countryside to spread the words of sages.

The Son of Heaven is an example for the world, and benevolence and righteousness come first.Every year when farming, it is necessary to sacrifice to the sky and personally support the plow; the queen also cultivates silkworms in spring to show the rate of women in the world...

After this talk, the master of Siziwu only felt a little difficult to breathe, as if the blood was boiling in his body at this moment, hitting his heart, and then pumped into his brain. There was a white light in front of his eyes, which was the world of three generations of prosperity and benevolence. .

Under the lock-up, he had never seen what the Tang Kingdom looked like.

However, he saw the army of the Tang people, and even watched a big scene-yesterday, Liu Yu spent 20 taels of silver and hired an officer of the Marine Corps to rob two catties of salted fish. The officer was given ten lashes for the price——there is such an army comparable to the king's division, doesn't it just mean that only such a dynasty can produce such an army?
A dreamlike feeling lingered in front of his eyes, unable to dissipate, and the person in front of him was already an earl, but he was so approachable and unassuming. If it wasn't for such a heavenly dynasty, how could there be such a person?
Seeing that he was already dizzy, Liu Yu was afraid that he would feel that something was wrong, so he added: "Don't think that the 3000-[-] tax is so little, it seems impossible. However, Dashun's [-] million mu of land, with a yield of one stone per mu, is shelled and pure. In terms of grain, one stone and one tael of silver can still collect [-] million taels of tax.”

"This money is not owned by the emperor, but belongs to the household government, and the world is the public. One supports the army, and the other protects the people. Such as repairing water conservancy and building palaces, it is not to recruit civilians, but to give money. The people are happy, and every time This matter must be fought over.”

Plugging in the words that are most likely to find loopholes based on mathematics, in fact, every sentence hits the wounds of the special enfeoffment system of the shogunate.

When the teacher of the temple house was dry, he heard Liu Yu sigh again: "I heard that the Japanese people are extremely miserable. There are four people and six people, and there are villas, group heads, and common people who are deducted from it. The vassal lords, They are also extravagant and extravagant, and even say that farmers are like flax, the more they are squeezed, the more oil they get, and they levy heavy taxes in private."

"There was a poem in the Celestial Dynasty: There is no idle land in the world, and the peasants still starve to death; those who are covered with silkworms are not silkworm farmers. This is just a poet's sigh to stab the country's politics. Now it seems that Japan is true."

"Enjoy insurance for 17 years, and the famine came. I heard that the Japanese people were suffering, so I sent sweet potatoes to relieve the famine. But I also heard that some wealthy households took the opportunity to annex land, so that the rich were connected with each other, and the poor had no land to stand on!"

"After entering Tosa, I saw that the people's faces were disheveled. They grew rice but could not eat it. They could only eat radishes and sweet potatoes. People are not ruthless, and human nature is kind. Isn't it sympathetic to cry when seeing this? The holy emperor is far away in the capital, and there are From what I have heard, there is no king in the whole world who promotes education in a small country, not to take the land, but to practice benevolence and righteousness."

"I also heard that in Japan today, sons inherit their father's career, the four peoples are not connected, and there is no way to obtain scholars through imperial examinations. The mediocre people all set up courts, rotten trees are officials, and a country is their private property..."

He sighed fiercely, surrounded by the words of benevolence and righteousness, and he was speaking in the heart of the master of this temple.

Liu Yu cupped his hands and said, "Sir, since you have studied ancient Confucianism, you should know what benevolence and righteousness are. Isn't what I said benevolent and righteous? The world is not ruled by one person, and the emperor has thousands of miles of land, so how can he care about the size of Japan? I really can't bear it." The suffering of the people is about to overthrow tyranny and promote virtue."

"I don't know Japanese, so please use the arrogance in your heart to write an article to inspire the ambition of all people!"

It was the passionate scholar who was dazzled by Liu Yu's utopia, and then used Liu Yu's last sentence to borrow the arrogance in his heart, and then thought about the unfair treatment he had received because of the primogeniture system, and immediately splashed ink, Under the lure of Liu Yu, he wrote an article.

The world is poor and poor, and the fortune of heaven will end forever; villains govern the country, and disasters will come;Dongzhao Shenjun also said: "Compassion for widows and widows and loneliness is the foundation of benevolent government."

However, in the past hundred years, those who are above have become more and more arrogant and extravagant.Disregarding morality, benevolence and righteousness, he ran around and drilled camps because of nepotism in the inner room, and he was given a heavy responsibility; therefore, he only sought private fat for one person and family, and received a lot of money from the people in the family.

Enjoying the protection of the great famine, the power of the people has been exhausted, and countless people have died of hunger, but the search is endless.Like this situation, from the Mu Mansion to the various vassals, learning from each other has become a common practice; in the end, the world is poor and poor, and everyone complains.There is no way to tell the grievances of the people, and the grievances of the people are soaring, but there are floods, cold summers, insects, grain failure, and hunger.This is the reason why all heaven admonishes us deeply.

However, the superiors are still ignorant, and villains and treacherous people continue to be in charge of political affairs, but they only use the squeeze of gold rice as a conspiracy to hate the world.

Those generations were rich in field corpses and newly reclaimed land, etc., and had enough food and clothing. But they didn't know what to do when they saw natural disasters and natural punishments, and ignored the common people begging for food.In this difficult time for people's livelihood, that generation is still well-clothed and well-fed, playing among actors and prostitutes, just like in the past.This feeling and this scene are actually the same as King Zhou's long night banquet...

... Each village has an account book recording the annual tribute, rent and service at the head of the village at the head of the village. Although there is always concern about destroying the account, in order to save the poverty of the people, all the documents in this account book should be burned immediately.

People without land, or those who have land but not enough to support their parents and wives, can divide the land evenly in the world, and tax one for thirty, so as to promote benevolent government.

Today's actions are neither different from the conspiracy and rebellion of Ping Jiangmen, Ming Zhiguangxiu, Han Shi Liu Yu, and Zhu Quanzhong in this dynasty; it is not due to the selfish desire of stealing the world's countries.Gai Wei is imitating the sincerity of Tang, Wu, Han Gaozu, and Ming Dazu to punish the people and punish crimes.The sun, the moon and the stars should be able to learn from the original intention of the incident.

Today the people of the Tang Dynasty traveled far away and did not commit any crimes in autumn. This is a sincere teacher who wants to build a land of kingship and has no intention of aggression. Since the Celestial Dynasty is a model, our country can also reproduce its governance.

There is a ruler above, and ministers below, and the ministers are all talented and intelligent people. They are selected. one for public use...

(End of this chapter)