Chongzhen revived the Ming Dynasty

Holding the manuscript of the emperor's instructions, Qian Qianyi sat there all night and finally realized:

If you want to enter the world of great harmony, you should also make progress!
Confucius only reached the state of "following one's heart and not exceeding the rules" when he was seventy years old. I am only forty-seven this year, does he already have the state of Confucius?
Therefore, one must make progress in order to become a citizen of the Great Harmony.

After realizing this, Qian Qian was filled with literary thoughts and combined with the emperor's instructions, he wrote a new "Lun on Constant Production".

The core argument is that everyone has permanent property and perseverance, and can enter a world of great harmony. But it also includes restrictions on super property owners, education for property owners, and support for people without permanent property. Let the theory of permanent property truly become a theory that leads to the era of great harmony, rather than degenerating into the theory of property and running counter to the idea of ​​great harmony.

After writing this article and sending it to the palace, Qian Qianyi felt that his knowledge had begun to be complete, and all that was left was to preach and practice this theory to others.

The first step in practice is of course to make yourself a perpetuator. Rather than being a super property owner and preventing others from owning property.

Therefore, Qian Qianyi immediately called his family and told him his plan.

Hearing that Qian Qianyi wanted to disperse the family wealth because of an article, his wife Chen and his concubine Wang tried their best to dissuade him. Qian Qianyi said angrily:

"Are you trying to prevent me from becoming a saint?"

"Besides, I don't even have a son, so why should I leave so much wealth?"

He refused to listen to their dissuasion and wrote a letter asking him to keep only a thousand acres of farmland and a few favorite houses in his family.

The rest were distributed to those in the Qian clan whose family fortune was insufficient, especially those who had less than 100 acres and no permanent property.

If there is any leftover after the distribution, it will be sold to other people who work for the Qian family and have no permanent property. He also asked his family to take money to the capital, and he wanted to use it to run newspapers and promote the theory of constant production.

These were all decisions made in front of his family, but his wives and concubines had no choice but to oppose them——

Because they really failed to leave any descendants for Qian Qianyi, all three sons they gave birth to died early.

Qian Qianyi is now dispersing his wealth, and they are powerless to stop it.

After doing this, Qian Qianyi felt comfortable and at peace like never before. I consciously understood the reason why Liu Zongzhou was so poor but still enjoyed it:
"Be poor and happy, be content with yourself!" 』

"Although I am not considered poor now, I am still practicing my principles——"

"I finally understand what Le Dao is!" 』

Feeling relaxed and content, he actually fell asleep. It doesn’t matter how the emperor responds or whether he still needs to revise the article.

Because of this incident, his wives and concubines were in a whimpering mess, and what happened to the Qian family was also spread to the outside world.

In the palace, Zhu Youjian was very satisfied when he saw the article revised by Qian Qianyi.

He was already prepared for Qian Qianyi to ignore the super-property owners and only revise other aspects. In that case, although he would let the article be published, he would not pay much attention to it.

But Qian Qianyi gave him a surprise. According to his wishes, he put forward a theory to restrict the super property owners. According to "Mencius" "If there is a mean husband, he must ask for the dragon to break and climb on it, and look to the left and right but ignore the market profit. Everyone thinks he is mean, so he conscripts him, and the conquest of business begins with the mean husband." It is proposed that the possession of wrong husbands The multi-industry super-property levies taxes to prevent them from monopolizing a certain industry or region to make profits.

This made Zhu Youjian very happy. He believed that "The Theory of Constant Property" was really a theory of constant property, which was for everyone to have permanent property, rather than a theory for the purpose of the property owners.

This theory will help usher in a world of great harmony and is worthy of publicity and publication.

Therefore, he immediately summoned Wang Chengen and Fang Hongzhan and asked them to publish this theory in newspapers such as the Beijing News and arrange for someone to interpret it.

When Fang Hongzhan accepted the task, he mentioned what happened to Qian Qianyi's family - this is the responsibility of Jinyiwei. Qian Qianyi is also one of the people the emperor arranged for them to focus on, so Jinyiwei is always there for everything that happens in the Qian family. collect.

Zhu Youjian was a little shocked when he heard that Qian Qianyi had dispersed the extra wealth in order to practice "The Theory of Constant Property". He didn't know why this Confucian, who seemed to him a bit hypocritical, would do this:
"Did Qian Qianyi really wake up and want to be a sage?" "Or did he want to use this behavior to gain my trust?"

He muttered to himself, not knowing Qian Qianyi's purpose. But Zhu Youjian quickly realized that this was an opportunity, an opportunity to restrict the super wealthy.

He must praise this behavior, encourage the super wealthy to do so, and ease social conflicts.

If they don't do it, I will impose additional taxes on them according to Qian Qianyi's "Lun on Constant Property".

I believe that with Qian Qianyi’s influence, many people will agree with this.

Most of the officials in the court would also agree.

After all, the super-proprietors are a minority in number, and their influence in the court is far less than that of the permanent property-owners proposed by Qian Qianyi.

Therefore, Zhu Youjian immediately issued an order to summon Qian Qianyi into the palace to explain "The Theory of Constant Property" to him——

Although this article was revised by Qian Qianyi according to his instructions, no explanation is needed at all.

But Zhu Youjian needed to show his attitude through this approach. Let the world know that "The Theory of Constant Production" is a theory recognized by the emperor.

In this way, more people will support it and have greater influence.

When Qian Qianyi received the order, he had just woken up from his deep sleep. He was neither surprised nor happy about it, but rather a little flattered.

After cleaning and bathing, he followed the chamberlain into the palace and explained to the emperor his revised "On Constant Property".

Looking at Qian Qianyi's appearance, Zhu Youjian found that he had really changed. This was a state of removing the worldly pretense and washing away all the glory. This made him couldn't help but sigh:
"It seems that sir has understood the great truth and practiced his knowledge."

"Originally, I thought I could help Qian Shaoqing in this regard."

The two different titles represent the change in his attitude towards Qian Qianyi. Before, he only regarded Qian Qianyi as the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple and an influential Donglin Party official, but now he regarded Qian Qianyi as a colleague and even an academic pioneer.

Although he didn't serve him tea as he did to Liu Zongzhou, he still called him sir.

Qian Qianyi was filled with emotion when he received this treatment. Looking back at the past, I realized my hypocrisy and vanity, and sincerely thanked the emperor for his guidance:
"If I can understand this clearly, Your Majesty will help me."

"If it weren't for Your Majesty, how could I have written this "Treatise on Constant Property"?"

And curiously asked:
"What is your Majesty referring to when you say you are helping your ministers?"

"Is there any knowledge more suitable for ministers than the Treatise on Constant Property?"

Zhu Youjian smiled when he heard this, took out a piece of writing, and said:

"Although "The Theory of Constant Property" is good, it is more about the distribution of existing industries."

“Only by developing production can more people have permanent property!”

"Sir's previous knowledge is already close to this point. He just needs someone to wake him up."

"I extracted four words from your knowledge, and then added four more words. What do you think, sir?"

He handed the eight words in his own handwriting to Qian Qianyi, "Applying knowledge to the world and seeking truth from facts." (End of chapter)