Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 210 Doing Knowledge for the People
There used to be seventy or eighty households in this village, but now, there are only twelve or thirteen households with living members.The village had run out of food for a long time, and these villagers survived by digging wild vegetables, peeling bark, and finding everything that could fill their stomachs.

Walking on the road, I occasionally saw one or two villagers.Nothing but scrawny, hollow-eyed eyes.Seeing Wang Xiaolie and these people, he just stood on the side of the road and stared blankly, neither sad nor happy.They don't even open their mouths for a word, like logs.Ask them to do something, they don't ask, they just act like stakes.Even if they are still alive, they have lost their vitality.

After entering the yard, Wang Xiaolie sat down on the top chair.After being silent for a while, he said to Chen Yuyi: "I used to see the mountains and rivers broken and the people suffer. It was nothing more than a sentence of mourning for the hardships of the people's lives. To say that the people have suffered a lot is nothing more than no rooster crowing for thousands of miles, and the bones are exposed in the wild. It is difficult for other people to feel what the people in the war zone really look like. To be honest, from the prosperity of Fengheng Yuda in this dynasty, the capital was broken by the golden men in a few years, and it went straight to China like no one's land. It is rare in all dynasties. Who would have dared to think that the people were suddenly expelled from the days of prosperity? How many human tragedies occurred during this period? How many families were ruined? These things cannot be forgotten.”

Chen Yuyi said: "What the observation says is true."

Wang Xiaolie said: "The purpose of bringing you here this time is to allow you to record the battle. How many Jin people participated in the battle? What kind of people were among them? How were the Jin people organized? How did they fight? If we win , how did you win? If you lost, how did you lose? These must be clearly recorded one by one. It’s too bad. It’s not enough to lead troops according to the original method. That’s why I always say that we need to learn war from war. To learn war, we must record the process of war clearly. How can we learn if we don’t understand how wars are fought? "

Speaking of this, Liechang Wang sighed: "But in the past few days, your role is not only that. You should also record the crimes committed by the Jin soldiers when they went south, and the suffering they brought to the people. Just like this village, how many people were there before the war, how many rich households, how many poor households. How are the households divided? Can the lower households have enough to eat, can they take care of their children? When the Jinlu came, they How many people were captured, how many people were killed, how many people died because of this. What are the remaining people like? You also have to record them in detail one by one. Write it down and let our soldiers know why they fought .If we don’t fight, what will the future be like? People died under the knives of the Jinlu, and the Jinlu would point the knife at our bones and say, this is a slave—”

Wang Xiaolie forgot where he learned this sentence, but kept it in his heart.This was written by a man who encouraged the War of Resistance during the War of Resistance Against Japan.It's just a pity that Wang Xiaolie only remembered this sentence, but forgot the creator's name.

People often forget the suffering of people in war.Not to mention the Wuhuluanhua, the turn of the Song Dynasty, and even the War of Resistance Against Japan, which was very close to future generations, has been forgotten by many people.In the minds of many people, the suffering of the people is not worth mentioning, it is just bad luck.When it comes to war, we talk about all kinds of legends, true or false, with relish, and forget about the people.

Historical romances basically belong to the same genre as the anti-Japanese dramas of later generations.Romanticize the cruel war, and replace the gifted scholars and beauties in peacetime with heroes and beauties.These works can make people relax, but they are not real history after all.

What's more, for one purpose or another, the aggressors are deliberately beautified.The most typical one is the Qing Dynasty.The entry of the Manchu Qing Dynasty caused great harm to the Han people in the Central Plains.This hurt should not be forgotten.But some people deliberately beautify this process for political purposes, or to show that they are knowledgeable, or for other messy reasons.

The Manchus became part of the Chinese nation, and it could not change the cruelty of the Manchus entering the customs in history.The territory of the Qing Dynasty was very large, and the territory passed on to later generations was very large, and history could not be changed.Whatever the reason, history cannot be changed.

The literary inquisition of the Qing Dynasty brought very bad habits to later generations.There are always some people who think that history can be written casually, and the characters in history can be dressed up as they like.But they don't know that history is history, and the truth of the past is always hidden in it.

Chen Yuyi said: "We scholars read the books of sages and sages, and seek the way to govern the country. Although these people are poor, what's the use of writing them down? Is there anyone in the world who doesn't know the evil of the golden man? Why bother to worry about it .”

Wang Xiaolie shook his head: "Look at the people left in the village now, they are like walking corpses. People only know that the Jin people burned, killed and looted, but they don't know that the people have been killed like this. To put it bluntly, if we can't restore our homeland , Expelling Jinlu, how many people will remember what happened now after a hundred years? Although there are many sage books, the reason is very simple. What’s the point of reading them over and over again? If you have time, you should care more about the people. The world is the people of the world If you don’t know how people in the world live, how can you understand this sentence?”

Seeing that Chen Yuyi still couldn't accept what he wanted, Wang Xiaolie waved his hands and said, "I am not discussing this matter with you, but ordering you to take someone to do it. Today and tomorrow, you must take someone with you to discuss matters in this village." Write it down, don't miss it. When you arrive in Shanzhou tomorrow, you will officially start a war with the Jin people. At that time, you must record the battle clearly."

Chen Yuyi had no choice but to say yes.

It's not that Chen Yuyi doesn't care about the suffering of the people, but since ancient times, literati just know how the people live.As for how the people live, whether they live happily or not, whether they are suffering or not, literati do not need to put themselves in their shoes to feel it.From Chen Yuyi's point of view, Wang Xiaolie's request to record things clearly was a waste of his time.

This is a fundamental difference about how to do learning and what to do.In Chen Yuyi's mind, literati should be familiar with the books of sages and sages, and study the principles of politics and people.As long as the common people can eat enough, clothe themselves warmly, and sing songs with full belly, they are governing the world, and there is no need to pay too much attention to it.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was often said that problems should be considered and studied from the standpoint of the people.This people's standpoint, some people think it is standing in line and showing their buttocks.Actually not.This is the big question about what kind of scholarship a scholar wants to do.Starting from the standpoint of the people in everything, many studies have another face.The entire academic system will be different.

This sentence is easy to say, but it is actually very difficult to do.For many people, they don't even know why or how to start from the people's standpoint.I just mention it sometimes to show that I know it.

Take a simple example.In the previous life, the real estate reform was carried out, and the house price skyrocketed, especially concentrated in a period of time.Someone proposed to collect property taxes.But why collect property tax?Experts came out to say that housing prices are rising too fast now, which has brought about some disadvantages.Then introduce foreign countries, especially American experience.Local governments in the United States mainly rely on property taxes, personal income taxes and other taxes to meet local financial needs.And by extension, if China collects real estate tax, what will happen according to the experience of the United States.

This is a typical study of the people who do not stand on the standpoint of the people.What happens in the United States or other parts of the world is of course a reference for China, but it is only a reference.It's not that what the United States is like, China must follow suit.The local governance of the United States, with its strong European political heritage and the experience of the United States, is fundamentally far from China.

For example, personal income tax, as a socialist country, why should it tax the labor income of laborers?Instead of taxing the assets of asset holders?Whether it is from the nature of the country or from the historical tradition, it should be taxed on assets.The same goes for housing income tax.As an asset, it is of course subject to taxation.And if it is just a residence, in principle, it should not be taxed.When housing prices rise rapidly, houses are no longer just residences, and even not just assets but also financial attributes, then of course taxes must be collected.

This is a common problem of many scholars.I have learned a lot of knowledge, but I don't know how to use it.It sounds clear and logical, but when you ask about the fundamentals, you are at a loss as to how to explain it.Since the late Qing Dynasty, China has sent a large number of overseas students abroad.To the East, to the West, to study in various developed countries in the world.I hope they can learn the principles of governing the country and come to save the suffering motherland.But what is the final effect?To be honest, they introduced foreign ideas and inspired Chinese people with lofty ideals.They introduced foreign science and technology, so that China can be reborn.But the idea of ​​governing the country is far from enough.Moreover, a large part of those who went to study abroad turned around and became compradors, intent on taking advantage of the information gap inside and outside to seek benefits for themselves.

Literati of this era also have this problem.For example, Chen Yuyi and others still did not understand what Wang Xiaolie meant by doing knowledge for the people from a fundamental ideological point of view.In their eyes, learning means reading the books of sages and sages, adding their own thinking, without considering the people.

There is no need for Wang Xiaolie, and in fact, he has no ability to change the thinking of scholars in this era.As long as he is clear about himself, he uses his power to order others to do the learning of the people.When more people do it, new ideas will naturally emerge.

It is often said that ideology is an ethereal thing, or even useless.Actually not.Ideology plays a vital role in a country and a nation.It was only during a certain period of history that ideology was labeled and blurred.

(End of this chapter)