People live in the Ming Dynasty, evil spirits are soaring into the sky

Chapter 418 Zhang Juzheng was shocked
Zhang Juzheng never expected that Chen Han's two women were so eloquent and not at all timid like ordinary women. They could still chat and laugh when meeting a first-rank official.

Zhang Juzheng had met many so-called talented women in his life, but those women pale in comparison to Guo Feixue and Sophia. The comparison made him realize that the previous women were already dull.

He even began to envy Chen Han.

What kind of man can win the hearts of two such outstanding women?

What’s more important is that both Guo Feixue and Sofia are extremely beautiful, which makes Chen Han even more surprised.

How lucky is Chen Han to have such a woman so easily? Just thinking about it makes people's eyes turn red with envy.

The most important thing is that these two women seem to be following Chen Han wholeheartedly.

To be honest, if you can meet a woman like this, you would be lucky. Unexpectedly, Chen Han could meet two of them at once, and these two women were willing to follow Chen Han.

How can this be justified?

Guo Feixue and Sophia obviously didn't have the energy to joke with him here. They knew that Zhang Juzheng, who was busy with many things, must have come to discuss something with them.

"Master Zhang, if you have anything to say, please tell us. The Duke also reminded us before we set out. If you have anything to ask us to do, we will definitely cooperate with you."

When Guo Feixue suddenly became so considerate and not as aggressive as before, Zhang Juzheng felt a little uncomfortable.

It seems that they are also very principled people, and they will treat people well if they speak nicely.

But if they come with some purpose, they can also leave you speechless.

This kind of personality is very consistent with the habits of people in the underworld.

People in the underworld are like this. If you are polite, they will be more polite than you. If you are rude, they will make you unbearable.

But to be honest, Zhang Juzheng quite liked this kind of personality. After all, everyone who has been in the officialdom knows that most people in the officialdom are weird.

This kind of atmosphere is not necessary in officialdom, but because after entering officialdom, there are too many benefits and too many wolves and little meat. In this situation, in order to compete and climb up, one can only do whatever it takes.

Some officials dare not express their emotions for the sake of their own safety, while some officials do so intentionally in order to trick others.

Therefore, you will never have any friends in official circles. If you still want to make friends in official circles, there is absolutely no chance unless you two are not in the same system.

It was because he had spent too long in the midst of intrigue and deception that Zhang Juzheng felt a little uncomfortable hearing such straightforward words from Guo Feixue and others. But he was still willing to listen because at least such words would not sound so harsh.

Zhang Juzheng did not say anything polite. "It's not easy to say these things standing on the street. I wonder if the two girls can take us to a teahouse to sit down and chat."

Guo Feixue and Sophia suddenly felt that they were a bit abrupt. Indeed, how would they look standing on the street now?

So under the leadership of Guo Feixue and Sophia, they did not take the sedan chair, but walked on the street.

Zhang Juzheng had not expected the prosperous street scene in front of him. After all, this place used to be a wasteland. Even though it was so close to the Yongding River, no one came to develop it, and it could only become a place where no one came.

But I didn't expect that in just such a short time, just because Chen Han and the others were here, this place suddenly became a prosperous place comparable to the capital.

Looking at the dazzling array of goods, the bustling crowds of tourists, and the rows of shops, Zhang Juzheng was deeply moved.

"How did you manage to turn this place into what it is now so quickly?"

Zhang Juzheng wanted to spread these experiences throughout the country.

He also found that the shops here all had a unified style.

Sophia explained: "Daming Engineering College has always emphasized the application of knowledge. The architectural style here refers to the style of the capital. We let the students of the Engineering College learn and practice at the same time, and adopt the method of old and new to let more old craftsmen teach their knowledge and skills.

This allows us to create batches of prototypes in the fastest possible time.”

Zhang Juzheng was very moved after hearing this: "In the past, craftsmen who had some skills to show off would want to take them into the coffin, but since the Duke came up with this invention patent, craftsmen seem to be more willing to contribute their skills."

This is the key factor for the current success of Daming Engineering College.

Sophia explained: "The reason why traditional craftsmen are reluctant to share their skills with others is mainly because they are afraid that their skills will be taught to apprentices and they will starve to death.

There are many reasons but they are mostly these:

The first is that everyone lives in a small place, where living conditions are difficult and business is difficult. Even if a master wants to find an apprentice, he must find someone who has no competitive relationship with him.
Secondly, the benefits that a craft can bring to them are already scarce, and too many people competing for it will easily dilute their own interests. This seems to conflict with the above point, but in fact it does not.

Based on these two points, it makes sense that the old craftsmen are unwilling to do so. "

Zhang Juzheng agreed after hearing this, as it was ultimately a matter of jobs.

If too many people know how to do it, it would seem that your skill is worthless.

In order to keep your job, it is better for you to know this unique skill yourself.

“But after coming to Daming Engineering College, as long as these people apply for a patent for their craft, they can not only receive patent subsidies, but also receive subsidies from the engineering college if they teach others.

Our engineering school seems to be about teaching things, but in fact it is more about sharing with each other.”

This made Zhang Juzheng, who was influenced by traditional Confucianism, a little confused. He had studied for so many years and always listened to the teacher's lectures. He never dared to tell the teacher that his understanding of classics was much deeper than his, and asked him to learn from him.

In traditional Confucian ethics, respecting teachers is similar to respecting parents. If you are disrespectful to your teacher, it will be difficult for you to survive in a place.

And if you say that your teacher is not as good as you, that is also a form of disrespect.

But at Daming Engineering College, people can actually share with each other. According to Sophia, teachers don't necessarily have to know more than students. Everyone is more likely to share what they know.

This had a certain impact on Zhang Juzheng's ideas.

Sophia then explained: "Each of us has our own talents, just as Confucius said, learning has no end, and those who achieve it first are the first.

Knowledge is not necessarily profound simply because of age, so the gentlemen in our college never think that they are necessarily better than the craftsmen from the folk.

At first, the gentlemen who were deeply influenced by Confucian ethics naturally found it difficult to accept it, but after a period of adaptation, they gradually accepted this truth. "

Zhang Juzheng nodded hurriedly.

I still admire him very much.

It is really not easy to make those old scholars agree with the theory of Daming Engineering College.

Sophia explained: "Our craftsmen come from all over the world, thousands of miles apart. Even to build a house, the craftsmanship required is different because of the differences between the north and the south. Our craftsmen start from their own perspective, taking into account the differences between the north and the south, and learning from each other's strengths to make up for their weaknesses.

These craftsmen, who once had huge differences between the north and the south, were able to exchange their skills, learn from each other, and eliminate the false and retain the true. For the craftsmen, this is like relearning their skills. "

So that's how it is. Zhang Juzheng suddenly realized after hearing it.

Hearing this from Sophia's mouth was like an epiphany for him.

Especially after serving as an official for so many years, he found that everything, including the court's national policies, was like this.

Due to the huge differences between the north and the south, it is very difficult to make a national policy truly recognized by both regions.

As a southerner, Zhang Juzheng had a deep understanding of this aspect.

When some national policies are implemented in the south, the people will applaud, but when they are implemented in the north, the people will curse.

Thinking of this, she suddenly felt that the whip method she had conceived seemed to be the same.

Before leaving, the Duke reminded him to pay attention to the differences between the North and the South. Now he finally got his confirmation in Sofia.

Because even with the same house-building technology, there is a huge gap between the north and the south, not to mention the completely different living habits in the north and the south, which lead to different production and habits, which are even more different.

Therefore, we must think about these issues clearly when formulating national policies.

In history, although Zhang Juzheng's "One Whip Policy" seemed to be implemented very well and laid a very good foundation for the Wanli Restoration, why was it soon completely denied?
Although there was deliberate smearing of land acquisition, the bigger reason was that the implementation process of the one-whip law did not take different situations into consideration.

The biggest change brought about by the Single Whip System was that all taxes were converted into silver for payment.

This is very easy to achieve for the people in the wealthy areas of Jiangnan.

Due to the emergence of a large number of handicraftsmen in Jiangnan, there was even a period of capital prosperity, the economy was developed, and silver was circulated widely.

As long as the people sold their own agricultural products, they could get some silver to pay taxes.

But this national policy is nothing short of a disaster for the people in the northwest and those economically underdeveloped regions.

The common people did not have enough food to eat, and they had to pay a huge price to exchange for silver from those unscrupulous businessmen who tried every means to squeeze profits out of the common people.

Isn’t this putting the cart before the horse?
The final outcome is that the people in economically underdeveloped areas have to bear huge losses.

The national policy of the Single Whip System seems to be a good reform, but it also depends on the region where the reform is carried out. If the reform is carried out in a wealthy place like Jiangnan, there will be no problem at all.

But if such reforms are carried out in poor areas, it would be bad governance.

So it was abolished later.

Originally, Zhang Juzheng was planning to implement this national policy throughout the world, but after hearing Sophia's words, he suddenly came to his senses.

The differences between the north and the south are too great to be mixed together with the same national policy.

We must adapt to local conditions.

After figuring this out, Zhang Juzheng felt much better.

"What the young lady said is very true. The skills of craftsmen are different in the north and south, and the implementation of national policies must be divided into the north and the south." Zhang Juzheng sighed.

When Guo Feixue and Sophia heard what Zhang Juzheng said, although they didn't know what he meant, they saw that he seemed to understand, so they didn't say anything.

Zhang Juzheng has decided that when implementing this national policy, he must investigate clearly which places are suitable for implementation and which places absolutely cannot be implemented.

If we do not make a careful distinction, there will surely be many disputes in the future, and even the reform may fail.

He was now secretly thankful that he had come to this place and obtained something very useful from Sophia.

After the group found a teahouse and sat down, they saw many people drinking tea nearby. Among them were some craftsmen from the Daming Engineering College who were talking and chatting.

When Zhang Juzheng came in, he overheard that these craftsmen were discussing how to make the streets here more reasonable, and they were even going to conduct a demonstration.

The next method of argumentation proposed by the craftsmen was something Zhang Juzheng had never heard of before.

It turned out that the craftsmen were using a brand new method, which was to scale the connection to a certain proportion, and then begin to explain the subsequent transformation plan on the model.

This method is not only more intuitive but can also greatly reduce the workload. Only after the style of the model is determined can we start to design a new plan, and the next step is how to construct it.

It turns out that this is where all these problems come from. No wonder all the houses on the streets here are so new and novel. This is the reason.

It’s really something new.

Seeing those craftsmen not showing any lack of confidence at all, and not feeling inferior at all even in this teahouse of different classes, Zhang Juzheng was amazed.

Even though only a little over a year has passed since the Duke came into being, the capital has already changed so dramatically.

The influence of Confucian culture is getting smaller and smaller. Ever since the Confucius Mansion was overthrown, everyone has begun to truly face those new things. Without the restrictions of Confucian culture, people are now more advanced in their thinking. The specific manifestation is that they are more receptive to new things.

People no longer think that new things are great heresies.

After sitting down, Zhang Juzheng began to sigh: "Since the Duke of Guo came out of nowhere, the atmosphere of our Ming Dynasty has been completely changed."

This is what he means.

Now he has realized that under this kind of atmosphere, people all over the world will soon find themselves in this situation.

The reason why he qualified first in the capital was because the Duke began to rise in the capital.

But as time goes by, this wind will soon spread all over the world.

Sophia smiled and said, "I think the Duke's greatest contribution is to make people all over the world more receptive to new things.

Even Confucian culture may not be eternal, so what else is unacceptable?

Under the influence of this new environment, everyone is scrambling to change, and that’s as it should be.”

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(End of this chapter)