Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 485 The key is food?

Zhu Zaiyu was silent and thought hard for a long time before he said seriously: "Generally speaking, it seems to make sense, and it is true that it has been a little colder than before in recent years, but such things as climate and temperature differences...Gao Longwen, you and It’s fine for me to talk about it, let’s just discuss and study it, but don’t spread it casually, after all, there are still many fans of the theory of interaction between heaven and man.”

Gao Yushi breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that no matter whether Zhu Zaiyu believes in the Little Ice Age or not, at least he should think that he is a person who is willing to think, so he even cares about himself.

But Gao Wushi smiled and said: "Thank you, Mr. Jiufeng, for your suggestion, but it's okay. I'm from the same line of study, from Mr. Wang Junchuan to my third uncle, Mr. Xuangong, but I have always opposed the theory of the relationship between heaven and man. I didn’t see anyone yelling at us and killing us.”

Gao Yushi’s words are really not nonsense. In the Ming Dynasty, practical scholars, especially those from the line of Wang Tingxiang and Gao Gong (Gao Gong is regarded as the successor of Wang Tingxiang’s line), have always clearly opposed the theory of the relationship between heaven and man and all kinds of ghosts and gods. Yes, not only verbal objections, but also written in books, and even written in memorials, after so many years, I really haven't been beaten or killed because of it.

Of course, there must be academic debates, but they are basically a war of words, a war of words, and no sublimation.

This is not surprising, heretical thinkers like Li Zhi can live well, which is enough to prove that Ming Dynasty has no public opinion control at all, especially for the scholar-bureaucrats, apart from shouting "Down with the brutal rule of the Zhu family", it may be troublesome. Others belong to the category of academic debate and will not be put on the line.

You know, Li Zhi, the self-proclaimed "Confucian heresy", is more radical in his thinking than the practical studies of the world. He even dared to openly oppose the use of Confucian views of right and wrong as the standard of right and wrong, and pointed his critique at Song Dynasty Dali Zhou Dunyi, Cheng Hao, Zhang Zai, and Zhu Xi denounced Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism as hypocritical Taoism. He also advocated human equality, respect for women, freedom of marriage, individualism... and even anarchism!

Li Zhi isn't dead yet, so he's so pragmatic and afraid of the wool?

As for the question of the relationship between heaven and man and even Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, Gao Yushi didn't pay attention to it. The reason is his identity!If Qi Jiguang, Yu Dayou, Ma Fang, Liu Xian and others stand up and speak out against Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, they will definitely be criticized, but if he stands up and speaks against Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, he will definitely not!
Everyone in the world knows that he is the successor of Gao Gong, and Gao Gong's practical thought was inherited from Wang Tingxiang. How did Wang Tingxiang criticize Cheng Zhu's Confucianism?He said Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism is "pseudo-Confucianism"!The same is true for Gao Gong, who directly denounced Cheng Zhu's Neo-Confucianism as "being far away from human feelings and thinking of heaven's principles"!
Gao Pragmatism is not afraid to criticize the theory of mind, because Wang Tingxiang still criticizes the theory of mind as heresy!In Wang Tingxiang's view, what is nothing outside the heart is all nonsense. The real school believes that all things are composed of "Qi", and "Qi" is divided into Yin and Yang, and can be transformed into different forms, so "Qi" itself is a real thing - this idea It's almost close to the elements.

However, it seems that although Zhu Zaiyu is a sage of law, he is limited by his status and does not study these topics that may be "political". After thinking about it, Gao Yushi decided to introduce him a little bit.

"In the past, Mr. Wang Junchuan believed that the weather and astrology cannot be predicted by human affairs. He said: 'The sun and the moon are thin and the eclipse. Xingwei Huibo, the calendar can be inferred...It can be inferred, it is a certain degree of the law of heaven, of course, Wouldn't it be false to say that the administration should be governed by the people? This is why it is unreasonable."

He also said: "Heaven is one; there are thousands and thousands of countries in the world, and the changes in celestial phenomena are all condemned by the king of China, which is biased."It is thought that thousands of countries should respond to it, but the good and evil of the monarch's administration may not be equal in one day and one month'.Mr. Jiufeng knew that the students were from the Xinzheng Gao family, and heirs of practical learning, so he should know the students' standpoint. "

Zhu Zaiyu laughed after hearing this: "So, Zhu is too worried." But the smile was just a smile, and soon he became serious: "In that case, let's not care whether this Little Ice Age really happened or not. For now, let’s say there are things, but what does that have to do with the cooperation between Prince Zheng’s Mansion and you, Gao Longwen?”

Gao Wushi sighed: "Once such a situation really happens, there will definitely be refugees everywhere. Once there are too many refugees, how will the court respond? A few years ago, the students recruited refugees to open mines and factories. Look, it seems to be a way..."

Zhu Zaiyu shook his head slightly: "I'm afraid it's different from the last time and this time. The last time the refugees came from Shandong and Huaibei, while Henan itself was not seriously affected. You use the profits from mining and factories in Henan to support these people." The reason why it is feasible is that there is actually food in Henan, but the refugees couldn’t afford it at first. But after being recruited by you, they have something to do and savings, so they can afford to buy food.”

Zhu Zaiyu looked grim: "However, according to what you said just now, once disasters occur everywhere, not only Henan, but also Beizhili, Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places will be affected on a large scale, and the northern provinces will probably be short of food by then... …No matter how many refugees you recruit, and how many mines and factories you open, won’t you still be in trouble if you can’t buy food?”

This is the key point. The Little Ice Age itself was not fatal, at least not how many people were directly frozen to death during the Little Ice Age.The really terrible thing is that the disaster of the Little Ice Age seriously affected the grain production in the north. Originally, the grain production in the north was not as good as that in the south. Otherwise, what kind of grain system would the capital set up?So if the north is still seriously affected by disasters, there will definitely be a huge gap!
No matter how the land is distributed, the food produced on the ground in the north is not enough to feed so many people in the north, which is the root cause of the chaos in the north.And the bigger the gap, the bigger the chaos.

Corn, sweet potato, and potato are the three high-yielding crops in South America. Of course, Gao Pragmatism knows it, but his influence in the south is insufficient, and the people he sent have not been able to get the seeds so far. The robot seems to have the three things that the young master mentioned on hand, and he is still trying to see if he can sneak some out.

This situation is highly pragmatic and understandable: the so-called Francois in Luzon are actually Spaniards, but there is no official "Spain" at the moment. The current Spain is actually the Kingdom of Castile, the Kingdom of Aragon and the Commonwealth of the Lowlands of the Netherlands.However, only the Kingdom of Castile has the right to colonize overseas.

Today's Spain is not a second-rate power in later generations, but a real king. Its predecessor, Charles V, once said: "In my territory, the sun never sets." So it is the world's first empire on which the sun never sets. .

In Spain at this time, there is the Spanish phalanx that slaps Europe in land warfare, and the world-famous Armada in naval warfare. It started, and in ten or so years, the Armada will suffer its first major defeat, and the Morris phalanx will replace the Spanish phalanx...but that's all for later.

According to the provisions of the "Treaty of Tordesillas", Pope Alexander VI allocated all the Americas except Brazil to Spain (Castile). These Spaniards in Luzon came from the east of the Pacific Ocean. America all the way to the west, but also brought some high-yield crop seeds in the Americas.

However, it has not been many years since the Spaniards came to Luzon, and they have not even fully occupied this later Philippine territory. The seeds of high-yield crops in the Americas are still closely monitored by them.

Gao Wu does not have much influence in the south of Ming Dynasty, let alone reach out to Luzon.

　Thanks to the book friend "cyuspring" for the reward, thank you!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)