The Ming Dynasty started with saving the eldest grandson

Chapter 353 Social Model
Survival needs, safety needs, social needs, respect needs, and self-actualization needs.

The more Fang Xiaoru thought about it, the more he felt that this division was extremely ingenious.

"Great, really great. Just this set of demand theory is enough to make Jingke occupy a place in the intellectual world."

"Such a brilliant theory is actually only a part of the Great Harmony Thought. Now I am even more curious about its full picture."

From the content revealed so far, it can be seen that the idea of ​​Datong is not just a simple Confucian scholarship.

Datong itself comes from Confucianism.

To act on behalf of heaven, Taoist thought is used.

The demand theory is obviously Guanzi's thought, and Guanzi is a representative of the Legalists.

Just the local framework applies three of the four major schools of thought: Confucianism, Mohism, Legalism and Taoism.

The entire system certainly covers a wider range of theories.

If this speculation is true, then the idea of ​​Great Harmony can be said to be the culmination of Chinese thought.

No wonder Chen Jingke, with his talent and knowledge, had such a hard time doing it.

Thinking of this, Fang Xiaoru, with his cultivated character, couldn't help but get excited.

This can be regarded as the craziest move since the Hundred Schools of Thought.

If successful, China's intellectual world will enter a new chapter.

The idea of ​​Great Harmony is the dividing line.

Now he is fortunate enough to witness its birth and even has the opportunity to participate in it. How can he not be excited.

Chen Jingke didn't know what he was thinking, and was a little puzzled to see him suddenly so excited.

The theory of needs hierarchy does make sense, but in reality, similar ideas were already present in the "Guan Zi" chapter "Mu Min".

This theory merely extracts and refines it. It shouldn't make you so happy, right?

But he had no intention of investigating further. He was just excited because it just showed that I did a good job.

"Don't just say yes, give some suggestions."

Fang Xiaoru carefully recalled Guanzi's thoughts before speaking:
"I thought of the court's talent attraction plan."

"Guan Zi said: If a country has abundant wealth, people from afar will come; if the land is developed and cultivated, people will stay."

"Your theory of demand also coincides with this statement."

"If the Ming Dynasty can meet its needs for survival and security, it can attract barbarians from all directions to surrender."

"If we provide them with a stage to display their talents, talented people from all over the world will flock to us."

As expected, the butt affects the brain. In addition to materialism, his other task is to implement North Korea's talent plundering plan.

When I heard about demand theory, the first thing that came to my mind was its application in talent planning.

Chen Jingke shook his head and said, "These are all side effects. Let's get back to the main point."

"My idea is to set phased goals according to the theory of needs hierarchy. Do you think it is feasible?"

Fang Xiaoru thought for a moment and asked, "I understand the first three requirements, and I can understand the last one as well."

"The only thing I don't quite understand is the fourth level of respect needs. I need you to explain it in more detail."

Chen Jingke thought for a moment and said, "Indeed, I didn't explain it clearly. Respect includes being respected and respecting others."

"On the surface, it seems to be mutual respect, but in reality, it is a manifestation of the high quality of the whole nation, with the spiritual sublimation achieved after both material and spiritual needs are met..."

"Wait a minute." Fang Xiaoru interrupted him and asked, "What do you mean by spiritual needs?"

Chen Jingke explained: "Being respected is a spiritual need, and appreciating music, stories, reading, etc. is also a spiritual need..."

Fang Xiaoru said thoughtfully: "This is the most basic spiritual need... No, the most basic spiritual need should be social needs."

At this point, he asked, “Social needs are also considered spiritual needs, right?”

Chen Jingke thought for a moment and said, "The power of a single person is limited. Only by living together can we live better."

“So socializing has survival attributes.”

"But without social interaction, people will feel lonely. From this perspective, it does have the attributes of a spiritual need."

Fang Xiaoru said: "In other words, social needs have both survival and spiritual needs, and are a transitional stage between the two."

The first and second levels are survival needs, and the fourth and fifth levels are spiritual needs.

The third level is in the middle and has both attributes at the same time, so it can indeed be seen as a watershed.

Chen Jingke said: "To be more precise, it is the crossover stage."

Fang Xiaoru continued: "Socialization is the most basic spiritual need, and the need for respect can be regarded as an intermediate spiritual need."

“Self-actualization needs are high-level spiritual needs.”

"Is there any problem with this division?"

Chen Jingke nodded, there was nothing wrong with this division.

Fang Xiaoru said: "Then I can answer your question just now."

“It is feasible to establish a stage-based social model based on the theory of needs hierarchy.”

“But setting it up into five stages is too much and too complicated.”

“For example, survival needs and security needs can be considered as one and the same.”

Chen Jingke nodded and said, "So I plan to divide it into two stages. One, two and three are the primary stages, and four and five are the great world."

This actually draws on the ideas of the previous XK society and GC society.

But Fang Xiaoru directly denied it and said, "Not appropriate, not appropriate."

Chen Jingke was greatly surprised and asked, "What's wrong?"

Fang Xiaoru said: "I think this division is too simplistic and crude."

"According to your method of classification, the two stages are: the stage of solving survival problems and the stage of solving spiritual needs."

"Medical care is also a necessity for survival, and it is obviously inappropriate to put it in the first stage."

“Putting it in the second stage doesn’t fit the setting.”

"I think the five stages should be completely split and disrupted and re-divided according to the actual situation."

"And four shouldn't be put together with five."

“Although number four is difficult to achieve, there is still some hope.”

"Five can only be a personal need, not a common need for all mankind."

Chen Jingke fell into deep thought. Looking at it from this perspective, it did make sense.

I was a little too tolerant. In my previous life, medical care was actually placed in the second stage.

But in this day and age, even the powerful may not be able to receive good medical care, let alone ordinary people?
It is obviously inappropriate to put it in the second level...

To put it bluntly, achieving full coverage of the medical system is an impossible task at this stage.

It is too difficult to use it as the first stage.

Regarding the second point, four and five really cannot be put together.

With the development of productivity, materials will inevitably become more and more abundant, and knowledge will inevitably become popular.

By then, the appreciation of music, novels, movies, TV dramas, etc. will become popular among the people.

In other words, the first, second, third and fourth demands can be universal.

But the realization of self-ideals, that is, the three immortalities, is destined to be pursued by only a few human elites.

And even when most people are starving, there are still a few who can pursue the three immortalities.

It is indeed unrealistic to list it as a common high-level pursuit for all mankind.

The social model is built with the participation of the broad masses of people.

Self-realization is too personal and it is impossible for everyone to participate.

Therefore, it can be regarded as the highest pursuit of human needs hierarchy, but it cannot be placed in the social model.

Thinking of this, he suddenly realized that he had fallen into a misunderstanding before.

"One word from you is worth ten years of study. I took it for granted."

With this consensus, the two then split and reorganized the four needs and quickly built a staged social model. The first stage is to meet people's most basic survival needs, such as having food to eat, clothes to wear, and being able to socialize within a certain range.

All the policies before Chen Jingke can be classified into this stage.

This stage is the most promising to be achieved, and once the first stage is completed, it will give those in power greater confidence.

Give them more motivation to pursue the second stage.

The second stage includes medical care, education, and to a certain extent, spiritual and cultural influence.

In ancient times, this was also very difficult.

If Chen Jingke did not click on the technology tree, it would take at least hundreds of years to achieve it.

Fang Xiaoru believed that this was difficult to achieve.

But he is generally optimistic, and no matter how difficult it is, there is always a clear path to take.

The rulers just need to move forward slowly along this path.

If one generation fails, two generations will do. We will get closer and closer to the goal.

The third stage is one of material abundance and spiritual richness.

In fact, Fang Xiaoru believed that this was already a world of great harmony.

Because there has never been such a period since recorded history.

But Chen Jingke knew that this stage could actually be achieved.

If we must use an analogy with our previous life, this stage is somewhat similar to XK society.

It is indeed difficult, but as long as we develop productivity, we will achieve it sooner or later.

Therefore, at his insistence, this stage was not named the Great Harmony World.

He placed the world of great harmony in the fourth stage.

Moreover, he did not use the original Confucian text to describe the world of great harmony, but used a sentence from the Book of Changes:

Use nine to see a group of dragons without a leader, which is auspicious.

In response, Fang Xiaoru did not say anything, but gave a thumbs up.

Absolutely.
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After the social model is built, what remains is to construct an ideological system and a governing system around the model.

The ruling system is not in a hurry. This thing is not fixed and needs to be adjusted according to actual conditions.

You can wait until the ideological system is completed, and then set it up according to the situation of the Ming Dynasty.

They did the former first.

And Fang Xiaoru finally saw the full picture of the world of Great Harmony.

Even though I was prepared, I couldn't help but be shocked by its grandeur.

First, from the perspective of historical materialism, the historical development stages of China were described.

As well as the situations in each historical stage and the realistic factors that produced these situations.

On this basis, the concepts of country, law, court, people, army, etc. are explained.

And their powers and obligations are discussed in detail.

Many of the explanations gave Fang Xiaoru a refreshing feeling.

For example, the idea of ​​rule of law.

He asked tentatively: "I remember that Mr. Han Guo has been studying the rule of law in the past two years."

Chen Jingke said complacently: "It was I who inspired him, but his legal thought is different from mine."

After all, Li Shanchang was a disciple of the classical Legalists. His rule of law was a reinterpretation of Legalist thought, but he was more inclined towards the law.

It can be said that his ideas on the rule of law have little to do with the rule of law originally mentioned by Chen Jingke.

Chen Jingke's rule of law is simply defined from the perspective of law.

Fang Xiaoru was not surprised by this.

It was under the guidance of Chen Jingke that he entered the hall of materialism.

It was normal for Li Shanchang to come up with the idea of ​​rule of law under his guidance.

But there were also many explanations that made Fang Xiaoru feel terrified.

For example, the army is not the army of one family, but the army of all people.

The army comes from the people, and its responsibility and obligation is to maintain national security and protect all people in the world.

As for loyalty to the emperor, I'm sorry, I didn't write it.

But Chen Jingke is not a stubborn person, so he will not seek death.

He added a few more sentences at the end, saying that the monarch is the leader of the country and the embodiment of the national will.

Has absolute control over the military.

In order for the army to remain pure, it must be directly ruled by the monarch, and no one else is allowed to interfere.

But even so, it's a bit outrageous.

It wouldn't matter if the emperor didn't pursue the matter, but if he did, he would definitely go to the guillotine.

On the one hand, Fang Xiaoru marveled at Chen Jingke's courage; on the other hand, he was also amazed at Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao's tolerance towards him.

In fact, he didn't know that Chen Jingke also gained Zhu Yuanzhang's trust step by step through one thing after another.

Of course, the most fundamental reason is that he never denied the imperial power.

On the contrary, to some extent, it proves the necessity of the existence of imperial power.

After all, a country always needs a supreme ruling body, and the body needs a supreme leader.

Is there a better way besides the emperor?
At least not yet, right?

As for whether there will be one in the future, that is a matter for the future.

Not only that, he also linked the interests of the emperor with the interests of the people.

If the imperial power wants to exist for a long time, it must guarantee the interests of the people.

But the people are weak and need a strong person to lead them to protect their own interests.

Only imperial power can do this.

This theory seems quite ridiculous in the 21st century.

The emperor is the biggest exploiter. How could he really protect the interests of the people?
However, at that time, it did have certain practical significance.

Water carries the boat, and water overturns the boat.

This idea is recognized by everyone.

If a dynasty wants to last long, it must guarantee the interests of the people.

It’s just that the “people” refers to different groups in different periods.

But in the Ming Dynasty, "people" referred to all living beings in the world, not a specific group.

Chen Jingke took advantage of this point and made some expansions based on this sentence.

Ultimately, the imperial power and the interests of the people were linked together.

As long as the emperor believed this, the rest would be much easier.

Chen Jingke was not sure whether Zhu Yuanzhang believed it.

But he was sure that Zhu Biao and Zhu Xiongying believed it.
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Chen Jingke had already demonstrated some of these major frameworks himself, but was unable to fully demonstrate some due to his lack of experience.

In particular, many of the arguments are not perfectly integrated with traditional Chinese thought.

The reason for asking Fang Xiaoru to come over was to hope to get his help in completing the final argumentation work.

Don't underestimate this point. Many times, no matter how good the framework is, it is useless if the argument is not perfect.

Fang Xiaoru was completely attracted by Chen Jingke's grand ideological system.

Naturally, I readily agreed to this.

So the two of them put aside the influence of the outside world and devoted themselves wholeheartedly to the argumentation of the Great Harmony Idea.

(End of this chapter)