Xinshun 1730

Chapter 502 The crisis of abandoning Zhu Zixue
However, the Dutchman didn't say the rest about it.

They neither clamored that this was a taint to free trade, nor immediately bristled and said that the Netherlands could not accept sending a fleet.

The Dutch are not stupid.

On the contrary, the Dutchman was still a little excited.

They thought that Dashun had compromised with the Netherlands, because the border of the Celestial Dynasty just mentioned did not include Nanyang.

The south is at most a Vietnam.

Although Japan's trade has been lost, for the Netherlands, the importance of trade with China and Southeast Asia is much higher than that of Japan.

Moreover, the Netherlands now also seeks Dashun, not only for trade, but also for the Nanyang Chinese.

In the first World War against Japan, although the Dutch still looked down on the Dashun Navy, the tonnage it dispatched exceeded the number of warships that the Netherlands could mobilize in Southeast Asia.

Maybe the quality is worse and the experience is far inferior, but what is even more terrifying is the army of Dashun.The Dutch think they can't beat them, and they are far inferior.

Originally planned to cut through the mess with a quick knife and directly slaughter the "redundant" Chinese slave labor in Batavia because of the sugar trade problem, now I have to consider Dashun's attitude.

The Dutch hoped to hold on to the Japanese trade issue, so that the Dashun officials would come forward and send people to Nanyang to act as "guarantors", so as to convince the local Chinese that the Dutch were just moving them away, rather than sending them halfway. Throw it into the sea.

There are already a lot of rumors now. The sugar plantation economy, which was already in trouble, is even worse with the collapse of Safi Persia and Dashun's war against Japan, which cut off the Japan-Dutch trade.

Originally, the Dutch hoped to squeeze the Chinese and make every Chinese pay a poll tax, thereby increasing income.

Later, they acquiesced to the high-ranking Chinese and used the Dutch to frighten their compatriots. Without a residence permit, they would be arrested by the Dutch for hard labor, thereby forcing the slave workers to accept a very low contract slave return and reducing the cost of sugar.Even if the Dutch force the purchase at a low price, the sugar cane plantations and sugar mills can still operate.

But this year's shipments have dropped sharply, and the sugarcane gardens can't hold on one by one.Some sugarcane plantation owners did not want to support idlers, or threw those fellow slave workers out to find a way out, or took the initiative to report to the Governor of the Netherlands, hoping that the Dutch would arrest those slave workers in the sugarcane plantation and serve hard labor.

But the Dutch dare not now.

If you have to bear so many people at once, there will definitely be trouble.

It's okay to catch ten or eight of them to serve hard labor and kill chickens to make an example to monkeys.To arrest seven or eight thousand, ten or twenty thousand at once, the Dutch still know in their hearts that there will be turmoil.

In this case, it is unwise to entangle Japan's trade.You can think of a way in the future, or you can secretly smuggle or contact Japan in private in the future, but the most urgent thing is for Dashun to send someone to be a "guarantor".

Dashun didn't want those people, and the Dutch were not allowed to send them back to Fujian.The Dutch feel that they are sitting on a powder keg now, and after the idiot captain seized the Swedish ship for inspection and caused the Nanyang Chinese to see that Dashun also has a long-distance ship, the powder keg is even more intense than before.

Now Dashun said that the border of the Celestial Dynasty does not include Nanyang for the time being, and the Dutch think this is a good sign.

At least, the two sides still have a chance to negotiate.

So, after the Dutchman asked this question, he said: "The Dutch National Assembly abides by all the laws and regulations of the Celestial Dynasty, respects the boundary theory of the Celestial Empire, and will never preach. We agree that Chinese morality is most suitable for the Celestial Empire."

The Dutch were the first to express their views, and Liu Yu was not surprised.In order to trade with Japan, the Netherlands has fabricated the story of "We burned the statue of Our Lady in Amsterdam", and trade is more important than everything else.

The Netherlands nodded in agreement first, and the envoys of other countries had to agree, and they agreed in full.

Otherwise, it would be tantamount to giving up China voluntarily and allowing the Dutch East India Company to monopolize all trade with China.

Although France is a Catholic country, although it cracks down on heresy internally, it even strictly prohibits Protestants from going to the colonies, and in the colonies it does not allow Thaksin to reform the natives. He has formed an alliance between China and France, and it also involves Sweden’s war against Russia. For one thing, France doesn't care at all.

Although Russia does not engage in maritime trade, a large part of the country's income comes from official hype about fur and rhubarb—the miraculous curative effect of rhubarb in Europe was hyped up by the Russians in history.

Moreover, the boundary agreement between the two parties has not yet been decided. Sweden has just fought the Russian-Turkish war that was severely damaged, and Sweden is planning to attack again.The walrus skins from Kamchatka have to be transported by water in the Heilongjiang River. Dashun has nothing to ask from Russia, but Russia has to ask from Dashun.

Although the British were looking forward to the stalemate between the Netherlands and Dashun, the Dutch were obviously not that stupid. On the contrary, the Netherlands, whose trade with Japan was damaged, was the first to stand up and support it. The British regretted that they did not take the lead, and of course they would not object.

The timing was really accurate. It would be easy for them to admit China's sphere of influence in another time period, but it would be very mysterious to ask them to admit that the "Bible" is not the only law between heaven and earth.

After the envoys from various countries agreed with Dashun's statement, officials soon brought several treaties.

The treaties with all countries are in duplicate, and it seems that they have been drawn up long ago.

Liu Yu glanced at the content of the treaty, and it was nothing more than to let all countries recognize the boundaries of the Celestial Dynasty, and at the same time recognize Qi Guogong's "theory that the laws of heaven are not universal".

The former is easy to understand.

The latter is to find a theoretical basis for Dashun's ban on religion.Internally, it is to prevent people from deliberately confusing practical learning with religion through prohibition of religion; externally, it is reserved for the future expansion of the Chinese Empire, and to create a written document to force Western countries to admit that the "Bible" is not universal .

Because... this treaty is to seal the emperor's jade seal.

Under the principle of diplomatic reciprocity, the seal on the opposite side must also be the king's seal, and it cannot be said that the diplomat printed it privately.

Things have come to this point, "God" can only stand aside at this moment.

Li Gan himself also glanced at the treaty, and then turned his gaze to the officials, seeing how dissatisfied and incomprehensible the officials were, and how many even felt that the Celestial Empire was dead, he couldn't help but sighed in his heart.

I thought about my intentions, how can you understand?Do you think I am anti-famous?In fact, my intentions are really for the sake of the name and teaching forever!

If the righteousness system is the best in the world, it can only lead the way.Once not leading, the backlash will be huge.

The ancients said: the extremes of things must be reversed.How can you understand the truth?
From my perspective, Western countries are all latecomers, but their wealth is not inferior to that of the heavens, and their practical learning methods are also strong.

Today, it is the truth to say that morality taught by famous people is universally applicable to the world.If tomorrow is not as good as others, then everyone will turn against the famous teaching, and everyone will think that the famous teaching is all wrong.

And if people in different places and environments are different, they are suitable for different morals, laws, and systems.In the future, it can be said that the West is strong, Dashun has its own national conditions, and the strength of the West is used in Shun, such as oranges grown in Huainan, oranges, and oranges grown in Huaibei, which may not be useful.

Or... Li Gan couldn't help but think of some Western classics translated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in which there are many anti-imperialist and anti-ritual theories, and many of them can confuse people's hearts.

These things are much more terrible and serious than the Catholicism that created martyrdom in Fujian, Guangdong and other places.

Liu Yu didn't know that Li Gan's starting point was this.

It was after I really opened my eyes to look at the world, and saw some things in Western culture that were a great threat to the imperial power, and these things could not only justify themselves, but also bewitch the common people.

In addition, Li Gan also saw a special crisis in Dashun.

This crisis was caused by Dashun's abandonment of Zhu Zixue and the support of the more radical and domineering Yongjia Yongkang School.

According to Zhu Zixue, I can be weak, but the law of heaven has nothing to do with being strong or weak.

And just as Dashun’s great Confucianism reflected on the chaos in the late Ming Dynasty, he commented on the Yongjia Yongkang School: "Although Wen Yi’s academic practice is inevitably miscellaneous, the common people of the three generations are less fortunate. Unfortunately, Song and Lu paralleled each other. This is the case with academics and the world."

Chen Liang's posthumous title after his death was Wen Yi, and one of the theories of the Yongjia Yongkang School is that "righteousness should be embodied through utilitarianism."

The original intention is not to say that whether your reasoning is right depends on whether you are strong or rich, otherwise it is empty talk.

But once giri is not opposed to utilitarianism, it can easily be distorted into an appeal.

It was this set of things that caused Li Gan to see a unique crisis in Dashun.

If you give up Zhu Zixue's empty talk about righteousness, empty-to-empty, and talk about actual results.So, if you are not rich or strong enough, does it mean that Giri itself is wrong?

Once giri and utilitarian achievements are bound together, giri itself is no longer an untouchable sacred empty talk.

Before, this theory itself was not problematic.

As long as China is united, it will be the Celestial Dynasty, so righteousness is sacred and will not be challenged in any way.I am the strongest in the world, so my reasons are right, why, because I said that I am strong because of my reasons.

This is an endless loop, as long as it is the strongest, this endless loop can loop indefinitely.

But now, the scope of the world has expanded, and Westerners have come, and Giri itself has been potentially threatened.

Before Li Gan, there were only two paths.

Or, re-enshrine Hou Weiyan Shenggong, return to Neo-Confucianism, abandon the utilitarian Yongjia Yongkang School, transform Confucianism into a Confucian Habi, whoever reforms will be a traitor, forget the ancestors after counting the classics, and continue to maintain the concept of the Heavenly Kingdom.Giri is all empty talk, and has nothing to do with utilitarianism. Even if someone beats him to shit, it is not a problem with giri. No matter how powerful a barbarian is, he is still a barbarian.

Or, you can only think of another way.

After Liu Yu violently beat Japan and killed the chickens to make an example to the monkeys, Li Gan finally chose not to enshrine Hou Weiyan Shenggong again and return to Neo-Confucianism.

Instead, I chose such a theory that allows fault tolerance.

Even if the future temporarily lags behind, it is not because there is a problem with the study of sages and the supporting etiquette system.Western institutional concepts are only applicable to Western countries, and they must be unacceptable if they are placed here. Dashun has its own national conditions here.

Just like in the Tang and Song Dynasties, when Confucianism faced the impact of Buddhism, it had to come up with the cosmology of Neo-Confucianism, and finally gained a firm foothold and defeated Buddhism. The situation that Tang Dynasty forced Han Yu to write "Admonishing the Buddha's Bone" never happened again .

But now, in the face of new shocks, after giving up Yiyeburu, they can only find other ways to continue to maintain it amidst the shocks.

The Celestial Dynasty’s set of culture, morality, system, and theory, which is universally applicable and universally applicable, cannot be defeated, can only win, and cannot even fall behind under the official ideology where righteousness and utilitarianism are not mutually exclusive.Once falling behind, not only the vassals questioned the Celestial Dynasty, but also the system collapsed in an all-round way.

However, looking around, Li Gan felt helpless.

People like Liu Yu have no understanding of Mingjiao at all, and they are purely domineering and utilitarian.

People like loyal ministers only have a deep understanding of Mingjiao, and they don't even look at things outside.

So much so that until now, I came up with this set of things, obviously to protect the famous religion, but I was well aware of the opposition of the famous religion, and thought that he, the emperor, was a person of Liu Yu's line.

(End of this chapter)