The literary giants of the late Ming Dynasty began by copying books

Chapter 148 System and Productivity
Wang Wenlong smiled and asked Huang Daozhou: "What does Huang Xiaoyou think is the essence of governing a country?"

This question was bigger than the one raised by Huang Daozhou, and the three of them thought about it but didn't know how to answer it.

Wang Wenlong then asked in another way: "What are the goals of the various policies proposed by various parties in the court? What do you want to do to govern the country?"

Wang Wenyan had never read any books, and he was afraid that his answer would be revealed first by others, so he answered first: "Of course it is best if the villains who want to be cured do not dare to cause trouble."

Huang Zunsu thought for a while and replied: "The purpose of governing the country is to use talented people, so that the villains will not come out."

Huang Daozhou finally said: "I think the best way to run a country is to achieve the world of great harmony mentioned in the "Book of Rites". The path of the great road means that the world is for the common good."

After listening to the words of the three people, Wang Wenlong laughed: "What you said is all manifestations, Hai Qing He Yan, the people's life may not necessarily be peaceful. If a tyrant uses soldiers to suppress the people who dare not resist, and let people starve to death, on the surface, It seems that it is also Hai Qingheyan. You have all read my "The Wealth of Nations" and you must know the concept of productivity. I thought this was the underlying logic and the system was just a guarantee."

After Wang Wenlong finished speaking, the three of them began to think silently.

Xiaohu, who was listening in the kitchen through a curtain, blinked.

Wang Pingbao's daughter-in-law complained: "What Wen Long said is so profound, how can our children understand it when they are so young? Even I can't understand it..." Mrs. Ma, who was sitting behind her while eating, couldn't help laughing when she heard this.

Wang Pingbao frowned and shook his head: "You women are short-sighted. If you don't understand now, will you never understand in your lifetime? If we don't understand, don't our children necessarily understand? We have been dating people like Wen Long since we were young. If we don't become dragons and phoenixes in the future, If he can become a liger, if he doesn't understand, he won't let him listen, and we will all be engravers for the next few generations!"

But in the canteen, "The system is just a guarantee..." Huang Zunsu thought about this again and again, as if trying to figure out something.

On the side, Huang Daozhou thought for a long time and suddenly asked: "Does Mr. Jianyang mean that the standard of governing the country should be based on whether the good things to be done in the teachings of the sages have been implemented?"

"It can also be said," Wang Wenlong nodded and said: "Take the 'selecting talents and people' in the chapter of Liyun Datong as an example. Selecting talents and recruiting talents is not the purpose. The real purpose is to hope that talented people can make the world a better place. Okay. Looking for chapters and extracting sentences is not the purpose, the purpose is to do practical things."

Huang Daozhou's eyes lit up and he praised: "Mr. Jianyang is really a true Confucian. He has revealed the essence of knowledge in one sentence. Just like what the teacher said, everyone debates endlessly about all kinds of knowledge in the world, but in the end, it is still necessary." Let’s see if we can govern the world well. There is no reason to do learning for the sake of learning!”

Wang Wenlong nodded: "The gentlemen of Changzhou are right to say that they are close to the virtuous ministers and the distant servants, but the purpose of the close virtuous ministers and the distant servants is to enable the court to operate better and do more practical things for the people. The literal meaning is just to allow all wise men to become officials.”

Huang Daozhou nodded and said: "So the court should choose truly capable and wise people to serve as officials, and some people who boast and talk should not be used. This is the principle of not judging people by words."

Wang Wenlong smiled and shook his head: "It's still too shallow. Is everything done by the imperial court just to select who will be the official? Or: Is it possible to create a harmonious world just by selecting talents?"

Huang Daozhou's newly established ideological consciousness was very reasonable, but it was overthrown by Wang Wenlong. He knew that Wang Wenlong wanted to guide him to achieve a certain result, but he was very distressed because he always felt that there was something behind him that he couldn't see through.

Wang Wenlong enlightened him and said: "Think about it carefully, what is the ultimate purpose of selecting the wise and trustworthy and cultivating harmony? What kind of society is called the Great Harmony of the World? How do the saints judge the results of the Great Harmony of the World?"

The three of them were frowning and thinking, when Wang Wenyan suddenly grabbed Huang Zunsu next to him and asked: "Friend Huang, recite the words of Kong Shengren to me again!"

Huang Zunsu recited the Great Harmony of Rites and Luck to him in a low voice and explained it a little. Wang Wenyan suddenly said loudly: "I understand! I understand!" Huang Daozhou asked strangely: "What did you understand?"

Wang Wenyan replied excitedly: "Sage Confucius actually said it in the Datong Chapter: Selecting virtuous people to convey etiquette and education to the people - the purpose is to let the people be supported when they are old, men have a share, women have a home, and the elderly can eat Meat, everyone has clothes to wear..."

"So the purpose of selecting talents is not the purpose, but making the people live a good life is the purpose!"

"Whether it is selecting talents and promoting them, or maintaining trust and cultivating harmony, they are just ways to make the people live a better life. There is no need to accept death."

"Just like what Mr. Jianyang said in "The Wealth of Nations", if appropriate methods are implemented and people's incomes increase, their lives will naturally become better and better. This is also a way to achieve great harmony, and it does not necessarily have to be Looking for chapters and excerpts."

Wang Wenlong couldn't help but be surprised. Wang Wenyan's understanding was indeed powerful enough. No wonder he could control the world with his white body.

He smiled and nodded: "Actually, the fundamental reasons for my three propositions are all stated in The Wealth of Nations - I believe that a reasonable system should be able to develop productivity. As for whether to criticize eunuchs, there is no set rule. It only depends on whether it is necessary. .”

Huang Daozhou and Huang Zunsu finally understood what Wang Wenlong meant.

All Wang Wenlong's goals are to develop productivity. The Donglin Party in Changzhou hates eunuchs to the core, but Wang Wenlong does not think that eunuchs are the biggest problem - if not fighting eunuchs can better develop national strength, then keeping eunuchs does not matter.

Although Huang Zunsu and Huang Daozhou both received traditional Confucian education and found it difficult to agree with Wang Wenlong's theory, they both felt that Wang Wenlong's proposition did have its own truth.

Only Wang Wenyan's eyes were bright. Although he was born in the Wang family of Shezhou, he really did not receive any Confucian scholar-bureaucrat education, otherwise he would not have become a jailer.

He pointed to the "Wealth of Nations" in Huang Zunsu's hand and said: "When I heard Huang Zhenchang explain Mr. Jianyang's book, I felt it made sense. When I heard Mr. Jianyang's words again, I really felt enlightened!"

Wang Wenyan felt that Wang Wenlong's ideas were very charming and much more practical than those Confucian theories that he didn't understand.

Wang Wenlong looked at Wang Wenyan unexpectedly, but after thinking about it, he realized that Wang Wenyan was originally a realist, and equipped with his set of sociological theories, it was even more powerful... and he didn't know what the consequences would be.

Now that the three people's doubts had been answered, Wang Wenlong smiled and asked them about their future plans.

The three people in front of him are all powerful figures in history, and their ability to do things is beyond doubt. Wang Wenlong wants to invite them to join the newspaper.

But all three of them reluctantly refused.

Huang Daozhou and Huang Zunsu both expressed that they wanted to go back and continue their studies and that they could not give up the road to the imperial examination and join the newspaper at a young age. Wang Wenyan declined politely. He somewhat disliked the job of the newspaper. He wanted to have a bigger stage and did not want to be a newspaper worker. Helpers waste time.

(End of this chapter)