Daming: My brother-in-law is Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 446 The great change unseen in a thousand years, Confucian ministers want to commit suicide!

The one who spoke was Wu Weiye, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy and a member of the Guozijian Jijiu.

Wu Weiye has already keenly realized that once the steam locomotive appears, it will undoubtedly mean that it will be really difficult for the Ming Dynasty, which is illusory on the outside and solid on the inside, to return to the previous era of governing with virtue.

In order to maintain the convenience brought by steam locomotives to the country and the people, I am afraid that Daming will have to take advantage of the world's coal mines, continue to expand abroad, and usher in another big change.

People will go from admiring local owners to advocating being mine owners.

If the landlords and gentlemen like myself don't follow the transformation, I'm afraid it will be difficult to control the world.

And if it is true that any oil has the same value as coal, and there are cars that can run by themselves after eating oil, then the landlords and gentry themselves will have to make greater changes.

Thinking of this, Wu Weiye, who still wanted to restore the supremacy of Confucianism, expressed his opposition.

Seeing this, Bi Ziyan retorted directly: "Mr. Wu's statement is really absurd! You should understand that if there is a fixed amount of coal in the world, you should use oil or other combustibles before the coal is exhausted. That's it. , Is it possible to avoid the depletion of coal in the future and there is no substitute, which will affect the stability of the country?"

"That's right! It would be better if new fuels are discovered in the future that are cleaner and even as renewable as grass."

Zhang Gui said.

After hearing this, Bi Ziyan quite agreed: "Your Highness's words are indeed justified! Therefore, this money should be spent!"

The first assistant Wen Tiren also followed up and said: "It is indeed worth spending! It is better to plan ahead than to be anxious. If things go wrong in the world, it is not possible to plan ahead."

Many bureaucrats nodded accordingly.

Wu Weiye had no choice but to obey people's wishes, so he had to hand in his hands: "It's because I didn't think carefully, so I take back what I just said."

But for Wu Weiye, the emergence of steam locomotives, and Bi Ziyan's suggestion that the imperial court should study the oil mentioned in Shen Kuo's "Mengxi Bi Tan" still made him feel mixed.

Because Wu Weiye knew that the dominant position of Confucianism and Neo-Confucianism would definitely be difficult to recover after this.

After all, the facts have proved that Uncle Zhang Guo, who has not read the Four Books, is better at restoring national strength and enriching the people of the world than Confucian officials like them;

And even when it comes to the books of the ancients, the non-Confucian miscellaneous books are more useful than the Confucian classics;

Even the work of Shen Kuo, who was designated as a traitor by the Song people, may become a masterpiece that guides today's people to stabilize the country.

Wu Weiye was really afraid that people like Shen Kuo would really make their words known to future generations because of this.

What makes Wu Weiye even more unacceptable is that he thought that the monopoly of foreign relatives would really bring disaster to the world. Even those who flatter and support Uncle Zhang Guo's monopoly must be shameless villains who only know how to make money and make money. It is bound to become more arrogant because of this, and then do more disgusting things, and start to corrupt and favor villains.

But Wu Weiye did not expect that Uncle Zhang Guo first prevented the officials from all over the world from building a shrine for him, and even took the initiative to retreat bravely. The emperor took the initiative to invite him back.

There are even loyal ministers like Wen Tiren, Yuan Keli, Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting, Zhou Yuji who once tried to prevent Uncle Zhang from accepting the throne!
Moreover, Zhang Guojiu really made Daming better and better after he came to power, and solved many problems. Not to mention the pacification of slavery, he really realized the goal of making the people richer without paying taxes. The key is now the steam locomotive His appearance also undoubtedly proves that Uncle Zhang Guo himself will also make a lot of money because of the upcoming rise in coal prices. This ideal ruling result of benefiting the country, benefiting the people and self-interest actually appeared in Uncle Zhang Guoji, a foreign relative!

How can this be accepted by Wu Weiye, who has his own pride as a scholar-bureaucrat?
Unexpectedly, Zhang Guojiu's ideological propositions that can realize all this are contrary to the ideas advocated by Confucianism.

Originally, Confucianism did not advocate external expansion, but Zhang Guojiu wanted to expand externally.

Originally, Confucianism did not advocate the development of skills, and regarded them as strange skills and obscene skills, but Uncle Zhang Guo also advocated the development of skills.

Wu Weiye was really unwilling to accept this reality.

Rumble!
Rumble!
Rumble!
As a result, the sound of the train coming from outside made him feel extremely annoyed, but he didn't think it was such a beautiful sound, and then he lost his composure and overturned the pen holder, books and other things on the desk.

Wu Weiye also found a bottle of Hedinghong that he had left on the case when he violently overturned all the items on the case.

Wu Weiye immediately stared at the red crane.

In fact, as early as he saw that the thunder and lightning experiment proved that thunder and lightning do not distinguish between loyalty and traitor, and thought that it would be difficult to admonish the king with such things as thunder and lightning bombing the palace in the future, he had already thought about self-destruction, and he didn't want to see a person he didn't want to see. world.

But Wu Weiye never made up his mind.

This time Wu Weiye is determined to give it a try, and say goodbye to this new world of Ming Dynasty that he doesn't like!
So, Wu Weiye picked up the bottle of Hedinghong, gritted his teeth and pulled out the cork with all his strength, and prepared to put the poison into his mouth.

But the moment he put it into his mouth, Wu Weiye saw the stocks of Hanhai Coal Mine he held. These stocks had just brought him a lot of money and restored his family business.

The smart Wu Weiye thinks that the price of coal mines will definitely increase with the appearance of steam locomotives in the future, and these stocks he holds will undoubtedly be a way to make a fortune greater than the income from land, and his Wu family will also become more and more wealthy because of this. getting richer and richer.

Thinking that he would become richer and richer, Wu Weiye still couldn't make up his mind in the end, and when he let go of his hand, the bottle filled with Crane Crown Red fell to pieces, and he knocked on the table, angrily said: " Famous teachings have declined since then! Woohoo!"

"There is a purpose!"

At this moment, the voice of Jin Yiwei announcing the decree came from outside.

Wu Weiye hurriedly got up after hearing this, put on his black gauze hat, walked out quickly, and crawled under the eaves of the corridor: "Minister Wu Weiye listens to the order!"

"Zhi said: Wu Weiye, a bachelor in charge of the Imperial Academy and a priest of the Imperial College, is well-versed in knowledge and in the prime of life. He is in charge of educating the Tatars and advocating the learning of the Han family. He is a famous teacher. etiquette!"

"According to the order!"

Wu Weiye didn't expect that he would be demoted to the freezing Mobei. He naturally knew that it was because his remarks in the morning had offended Uncle Zhang Guo. Although he was resentful, he could only accept the status quo.

It stands to reason that now that officials go north to leave the customs, they can already travel by steam locomotive, because the railway has already been laid all the way to Xuanfu.

But Wu Weiye didn't choose to take the steam locomotive he didn't want to see.

Wu Weiye had his own insistence. He decided to be the last Confucian official of the Ming Dynasty. He insisted on leaving the customs in a sedan chair, and said to his entourage: "People today use coal as fuel, while ancient Confucians use humans and animals as fuel. As a Confucian official, I should respect the ancients."

Fortunately, Wu Weiye was only leaving the customs to teach Confucianism, not to participate in military and political affairs, so there was no need to rush out of the customs, so traveling slowly in a sedan chair had no effect.

Bi Ziyan saw the value of coal through steam locomotives using coal as fuel, and thus realized that fuels such as oil may also have higher value.

Wu Weiye thought that Confucianism would decline because of the steam engine not using humans and animals as power.

As for the rich and powerful bureaucrats who only thought of business, when they saw the steam locomotive, they thought of the huge business opportunities of operating railways and coal mines.

As a result, the rich and powerful were no longer satisfied with the existing equity in Hanhai Coal Mine in their hands, and had other thoughts.

(End of this chapter)