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Chapter 1075 Confucianists in Japan

"I am Taro Ono, the bannerman of the shogunate. Those of us who oppose the rule of the shogunate are called red scarf warriors. We also support the establishment of the new government and agree to abolish the samurai system and establish the same bureaucratic selection system and security force system as China. We It has been realized that the existing shogunate system is not suitable for the development of industry, agriculture, and equality among all people." Taro Ono gave a speech as a representative of the red scarf warriors.

Of course, he couldn't say in public that he was secretly recruited by the Kyushu Army, so he had to stand on their side and speak good words for them.The red scarf warriors betrayed their patriarchs, and were regarded as traitors by many daimyos and the people. They had no choice but to continue to cooperate with the Kyushu Army.

"I am Tanaka Chengichi, the president of the Huaxia Society. The proposal to establish the Dongying Province was first put forward by our Huaxia Society. The great military master agreed to our proposal. It is a great honor for us to be able to join this wave at a turning point in history. Middle. The era when the samurai group was in power has passed, and only Chinese technology can help us build a Datong society! Datong society is the highest ideal society of Confucianism. , An ideal society where everyone has a place to live, we need Huaxia to lead us..." Chengyi Tanaka went up to promote it on behalf of Huaxia, and at the same time mixed his own private thoughts.

"Abolish the samurai system, and the world will be unified!"

When Tanaka Chengyi publicized his ideas, the members of the Huaxia Society below shouted slogans enthusiastically.Many of the surrounding people were incited by them, and their blood boiled inexplicably.

However, many farmers and small traders do not know what the Confucian Datong society is, and they discuss in private: "What is the Datong society?"

"I don't know. I heard that everyone is equal, and everyone has a division of labor. The former aristocrats and samurai identities have been abolished. Even the emperor has to become a commoner and has to work."

"Aren't those great people originally born noble? Some big names are also guarding the safety of one side, and we civilians should also hand over the harvest to the lords."

Many civilians who participated in the meeting still felt that the samurai and the daimyo were above them, and that the privileges of the daimyo and the samurai were taken for granted.

But the shogun personally led the shogunate to surrender, which damaged the image of the samurai group as invincible in the eyes of ordinary civilians.Because it was the Kyushu Army who was not a samurai who defeated them.If the suzerain country has no warriors, what is the significance of the warrior system in their vassal states?
"The following is Mr. Lin Luoshan from the shogunate to talk about his thoughts." Tanaka Chengichi said.

After Tanaka Cheng left, a man in his fifties and wearing Confucian clothing slowly walked up the wooden platform.

Shen Youlong didn't know the people on this side, and he couldn't understand Taro Ono and Chengyi Tanaka to promote their ideas to the public in Japanese. When he saw this man in Confucian clothing, he asked his colleagues who had been active in Japan for a long time: "Who is this old Confucian?"

Zhang Yuan, Sun Xu, Lu Xiangsheng and other military personnel who arrived in Dongying for the first time all shook their heads.

"This person's name is Lin Luoshan, and he is a Confucian of the Zhuzi school." Da Yuer once stayed in Edo Castle for a while, and with his amazing memory, he can clearly remember all the names and surnames of the shogunate.

"Lin Luoshan, is this a Confucian who came to settle in Dongying from the Central Plains?" Shen Youlong heard the name, and it was exactly the same as the name given by the Han people.

"This person is from Kyoto in Japan, not an overseas Chinese. Lin is one of the few single-character surnames in Japan. It just means a tree and has no special origin." Da Yuer explained, "This person's teacher Fujiwara Showo is also a Confucianist. Unlike Goryeo, which only respected Confucianism, Confucianism in Dongying was attached to Buddhism, but his teacher and he left Buddhism successively, and took Cheng Zhu Neo Confucianism as the ruling thought. His teacher was the teacher of the first shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, and He himself is the teacher of the third-generation shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu. He participated in the drafting of related politics and official documents of the shogunate, and he also compiled the history books of Dongying. , Unfortunately, the sailboat was destroyed by a storm midway.”

"I didn't expect there to be Confucian scholars in Dongying. I don't know how this person treats our provincial government?" Shen Youlong was quite emotional. During the Warring States Period in Dongying, everyone was trying to survive in troubled times, and they were more inclined to pursue the afterlife. Shijia, but after the peace of the world, the shogunate wanted to rule stably, and began to advocate Cheng Zhu Neo-Confucianism, which paid more attention to social order and ethics.

"This person naturally advocates Confucianism very much, and usually wears Confucian clothing. Although he is Tokugawa Iemitsu's teacher, he prefers the writings of Song Confucianism. He has devoted his life to the study of "Li" and "Qi". I have no objection to the entry of Confucianism into Japan. But in order to win the support of the Confucian scholars in Japan represented by him to our new government, we have spent a lot of effort." Da Yuer knew that the Intelligence Department was struggling to win over the Confucian scholars represented by Lin Luoshan.

The rule here is not only to have force as a backing, but also to win over local intellectuals ideologically.The local Confucian scholars in Dongying have their roots in the birthplace of Confucianism, and recruiting them will be of great help to the promotion of Han culture.

Shen Youlong stroked his beard and understood the popular ideas of Dongying culture.Although the samurai group has obtained the ruling power, most of the samurai are still illiterate, and many literate intellectuals in Japan are only working for the daimyo and the samurai.

Lin Luoshan stepped onto the wooden stage and said to the people in the audience: "China is the country in the center of the world, and Confucianism also originated from China. Confucianism advocates the rectification of names, advocates righteousness, and believes that heaven and earth are divided into upper and lower, and human relations There is a difference between superiority and inferiority. China, as the suzerain country, has a vast land and abundant resources, and everyone knows books and rituals. If everyone in Dongying can devote himself to Confucian culture, everyone will know their shame and the world will be safe. Zhu Zi believed that there is reason and spirit between heaven and earth. The principle, the way of metaphysics, the foundation of living beings..."

As a supporter of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, what Lin Luoshan said confused the almost illiterate people below, and even the delegation from China was ignorant.Shen Youlong, who was born as a Jinshi, is no stranger to Cheng Zhu Neo Confucianism, but Lin Luoshan uses Japanese, so Shen Youlong also doesn't understand it.

But everyone knows that the Confucian scholars in Dongying are on the side of the new government, because the new government is a government established by people from the birthplace of Confucianism, and they will definitely promote Confucianism and suppress other schools of thought. The Confucian scholars in Dongying will definitely defend them Interests.

"It's not very useful to talk to ordinary people. It's better to cut taxes." Da Yuer of the economics school knew that the purpose of winning over a group of Confucian scholars such as Lin Luoshan was to gain the support of Japanese literati, but the largest number was still Farmers and ordinary urban townspeople.

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