Xinshun 1730

Chapter 491

"My lord, do you believe this yourself?"

After Kang Buxio listened to the general logic, living in this era, it is easy to understand the train of thought.

Basically, it is to deconstruct orthodox Taoism in an extremely reactionary way, disguised as Taoism and nature, distorts the famine and war brought about by population growth as the natural way of heaven, and distorts actions such as famine relief as human beings against the natural way of heaven. put one's oar in.

The way of heaven is to make up for what is lacking.There are too many people, so the four evils are sent down from the sky to damage them, so as to achieve balance.

This is the first half.

In the second half of the volume, it vigorously advocates the importance of land rent and the rentier class who do not engage in production. It is a necessary class for the development of industry and commerce, otherwise it will lead to an economic crisis of excess production and insufficient consumption.

These ideas are too reactionary and cruel, incompatible with Dashun's orthodox morality, and it is completely impossible to become the mainstream of society.

But when it comes to the ability of brainwashing, it is indeed enough to convince many people, even if they dare not say so, they still agree in their hearts.

Kang Buxiu was quite curious, whether Liu Yu believed in this in his heart.

Liu Yu laughed dumbfounded, whether he believed it or not, he laughed.

"I prepared it specially for Japan. Firstly, there is a school of Japanese ancient studies, which maintains the cornerstone of superiority and inferiority. It is the 'limited social production theory' of Hagyu Sorai, who believes that the distinction between high and low is only for the purpose of 'reasonable' distribution of society. Who should use the product well and who should use it badly.”

"But his brain is actually not easy to use."

"It's like Arai Shiraishi's debate over the title of maharaja or king; or if Yidi enters China and engages in a debate about Yidi or China, there is something wrong with his brain. This thing, you can't argue, even if you can argue Winning cannot be debated. The meaning of etiquette should be illusory and sanctified, and should not be used to discuss why it should be there. Is it reasonable for sacred things to be debated by humans?"

"Whether the ancient school deconstructs the sacred things into reasonableness, then there is a lot of room for manipulation."

"Since the 'Finite Theory of Social Production' is the cornerstone of his ancient school of thought, then my set of things will be easily convinced. Because the basis of this set of things is also the 'Finite Theory'?"

"Nowadays Japan's feudalism is complete, and the wealth of the superiors comes from the land. There are also Physiocrats in the West. The cornerstone of the French Physiocrats is the 'Natural Order Theory'. As for policies, laws, etc., it is 'artificial order'. Yes Man-made order must conform to the natural order. Now society is sick because the man-made order violates the natural order.”

Kang Buxiu had heard about the spread of Western learning to the East, and also heard of the spread of Eastern Learning to the West. He knew that at this time there was a wave of Chinese enthusiasm in the West, and he had been with Liu Yu for ten years. .

After listening to Liu Yu's talk about the natural order and man-made order, Kang Buxiu couldn't help laughing and said: "Old Dan said: the way of heaven is to make up for what is lacking; the way of man is to make up for what is not enough. The so-called law of man The earth, the earth follows the sky, the sky follows the Tao, and the Tao follows the nature. Since this artificial order violates the natural order, society will naturally be sick."

"Since the Western Physiocrats say that the law is natural, I guess that these people are dissatisfied with France's tight financial control and many policy pricing actions. They say that the law is natural, but they actually want to let freedom go. They don't want France to Any intervention by the Chinese government in the economy. I think this is under the banner of 'following the law of nature', against the 'mercantilism' of Western countries, and against any form of state intervention."

"The reform of this dynasty must rely on the ancients to reform the system, and distort the original intention of Confucius and Mencius before it can be reformed; Western countries believe in religion, and the sky is the greatest, so they have to rely on the sky to reform the system. Change the soup but not the medicine."

"It's just that I really didn't expect that the banner of 'Taoism follows nature' can produce such a set of things as the young master mentioned. But in fact, if you think about it carefully, it will lead to the same goal. If you don't intervene in the economy and don't give relief to the poor, you won't be able to do it." Intervention, there seems to be no difference. If you really think that everything has a pair of invisible hands, you can control it, and in the end, it will make up for the deficiency."

"It's just that the excess is lost, and the deficiency is made up for. Every time, millions of people go hungry, famine, and work for a living, and reincarnation again and again. It is cruel to say that the world is not benevolent, but it is not unreasonable. Looking back on thousands of years, since the Qin and Han Dynasties Alternating prosperity and chaos cycle, it seems that this is really the case, and there seems to be no solution."

Liu Yu laughed out loud, thinking that this thing is really a change of soup, not a medicine. Acheson also tuned in the same way back then, with almost the same idea, playing the banner of Malthus and the natural order, law and rules, so there was a grand ceremony for the founding of the country The article "The Bankruptcy of the Idealist View of History" half a month ago.

In Japan at this time, of course, the same is true.

The high taxation of the five lords and the five people is the fundamental reason why such a small population has led to continuous violence, but neither the abolition of the samurai class nor the reduction of taxes, then there is only the "natural regulation of the law is too slow, artificially helping the inhuman" One is chosen.

The root cause of the bankruptcy of Ichikui and farmers in Japan is high land rent, and the tribute directly received by the shogunate can also be regarded as land rent.In other words, high land rent is just the way for people who "sacrifice what is insufficient and give what is more".With this foundation unchanged, if the Dao of Heaven wants to give way to the Dao of Humanity, it can only be distorted into "inheritance by the eldest son and drowning of the rest is the only way out."

In theory, of course, the road is not unique.

But all roads are nothing more than four, one left and one right; one front and one back.

The one on the right was blocked by Liu Yu.

North, south, north, nowhere to go.The samurai sword wants to seize the land for the Japanese plow, but it has to face the guns and artillery of Dashun. From Ezo to Ryukyu, from Korea to Satsuma, there is a national war wherever it moves.

The one in front, bad luck.

Although the world market is huge, it can't accommodate a Dashun who bores a cylinder out of a boring machine at this time.Dashun took a step first, and being so close to Japan, the road was blocked.

The one on the left, the shogunate and the samurai didn't want to go at all.

Of course, the only way to go back is to go backwards.

"Brother Zhongxian just write it. Even if this thing is passed back to the present dynasty from Nagasaki in the future, it will be useless. Because the present dynasty still has another way, to go to Nanyang, enter the sea of ​​whales, and go west to Kenmeng. Moreover, Japan does not have Changping warehouses, and there are very few reliefs, and the chaos is also within a domain, which can be controlled; this dynasty has had Changping warehouses, flood and drought relief since ancient times, and this dynasty started at the end of the Ming Dynasty. You have to take the world as a lesson, so I can’t believe it.”

Kang Bulao nodded, thinking that this is true.

This thing is really tailor-made for Japan, and it would be a good thing if it is really passed back to China.

The same theory, placed in different environments, has different effects.

There is no way for Japan. The only Ezo that can immigrate has been robbed, so there is nothing to do.

Dashun has a lot of ways, which can actually promote immigration and reclamation.

"Succeed, it's not difficult to write this thing. Since the Japanese understand Chinese, I don't need to find a Japanese Confucian scholar to translate it. You only gave a general idea, and you can talk to me more in the future."

"The most difficult thing about writing an article is to create an idea. Now that the idea has been established and the problem has been found, it will take three to five months to write it."

It took three to five months to write it out, which is too much to say.The most difficult conception and problem-solving have been clarified, and the rest is just deciphering and distorting the holy will.

"Well... Three to five months is the best. Anyway, Zhongxian should hurry up. There are still some things to do in a few days. By the way, does Brother Zhongxian know some medicine?"

"I understand a little. But since the young master asked, it must not be to see a doctor. Most likely he wants to write some articles. I understand a little, and it is probably enough."

Kang Buzai knew that Liu Yu had weird ideas, so when he asked if he had a rough understanding of medical concepts, he would not be aimless.

"That's what happened. Busan is now occupied, and the ginseng trade between North Korea and Japan has also been cut off. In addition, ginseng is really about to be harvested in the past few years. I talked to the French a while ago and asked them to buy it in Quebec. Dig American ginseng, pick pearls."

"Firstly, to give France blood transfusions to connect and connect with each other; secondly, to make Quebec more valuable in the eyes of the French. In the future, if they fight for Quebec, they will be willing to spend more money and kill more people; thirdly, it will be the relationship between North Korea and Japan. The amount of ginseng is several tons of silver every year, and this mosquito is small but also meat, I want to eat several tons of silver a year."

A few tons of silver is indeed a small amount of money, and it is only a battleship, and the guns are reluctant to use copper.

"But there is one thing, which is a bit troublesome. The Western teacher Dai Jinxian who introduced me to study practical learning before came to us. Of course, he is also a Westerner. His name is Du Demei, and his style name is Jiaping. He has translated Newton's "The Infinite Series of π" "Expression", translated as "The Method of Seeking Circumference, Density and Speed", Brother Zhongxian should have studied it?"

Kang Buxiu immediately realized, nodded and said, "I've seen it."

"Well, didn't he help the imperial court draw a map of latitude and longitude, and found that there were many ginseng harvesters in the Northeast, and he estimated that there should be such things in Quebec at the same latitude. He is a corresponding academician of the French Academy of Sciences and a member of the Royal Society of England. The corresponding author passed this matter back and published it.”

"I found it later, but you also know that Western trade enters the customs in the south of the south of the Yangtze River. The medical students here don't know where Quebec is, so they think that since this thing came from the hot south It comes from the ground and has a cool nature, which is far inferior to the Liaodong ginseng collected from a bitter cold place. So Japan also followed this saying, thinking that this thing is cool in nature, not good, and the price is low.”

"I was wondering if you could help find some people, write an article to rectify the name, remove the medicinal theory of 'come from the hot place in the south, so the nature is cool', and explain where it came from. First, the price rises, and in the Japan will draw more money; secondly, it is also to criticize the ethos of some doctors who speculate."

"The former is just about silver. The latter... I want to use this incident to stir up waves and introduce some things by the way. There is a man named Toyo Yamawaki in Wa country. He dissected an animal a few days ago, and has a good understanding of the internal organs of the human body. There are many doubts about the theory of the six internal organs, and there is a tradition of caesarean section in Japan. After a while, maybe he can actually find a death row prisoner to have an autopsy. Using American ginseng to speculate and guess that he feels cold, and introduce some other medical knowledge. Stones from other hills, can learn."

"If there is no chaos, it will be difficult to make a big noise. The bigger the noise, the better. After all, medicine is related to the lives of thousands of people. And ginseng is still American ginseng. It doesn't matter much, and it still sells for money."

Kang Bushao immediately understood Liu Yu's thoughts, and praised: "This is the idea of ​​saving the world and helping the people. It's easy to say, let's make use of it. They don't know where Quebec is. I have been with you for many years, so I still know where Quebec is. .”

"The point is that there is only American ginseng, which still lacks momentum. It is best to use some exotic herbs and write down their origins one by one, so as to cause a big sensation. The young master wants to use this to cause an uproar in advance, and let some people feel that it is possible in their hearts. Wrong, and then introduced the method of anatomy. American ginseng is just a foreshadowing of practical medicine?"

Liu Yu smiled and said: "That's exactly what it means. The water is not muddy, so why fish? Brother Zhongxian still remembers the time when Qintian monitored and counted the solar eclipse, and the allusion to the country's martial arts allusion was a gamble, right? Westerners use gamble He seized the control of Qin Tianjian in one fell swoop and completely overwhelmed the local arithmetic school. Since then, he has survived for 80 years in this dynasty. If the Pope hadn't lost his head and insisted on engaging in etiquette disputes, I'm afraid longer."

"It's the same thing. It's going to cause some sensation. When it becomes big, there will be more people who pay attention. If you continue to gamble your life, you will be more sensational. After the sensation, see the tricks and find another way. But no matter what , if you don’t muddy the water first, things won’t be easy.”

"Both these two things need to be done quickly. After a while, there may be no time. Didn't Brother Zhongxian always want to go outside? There will be an opportunity in a few days, so I have to put these two things together before leaving. The matter is settled. The person slipped away first, leaving a chicken feather on the ground, and it will be resolved after returning."

(End of this chapter)