Late Qing Dynasty Executioner

Chapter 129 Political Program
After Chen Jue's eloquent speech, the evacuation went smoothly.

Chen Gu himself locked himself in the courtyard and did not come out for two whole days. He did not deal with anything. When someone asked for instructions, Chen Gu asked Wu Qing'er to convey the message and let them handle it themselves.

Everyone couldn't help but feel puzzled, and were even more worried about Chen Gui's health. Was he sick?

Some people even looked at Wu Qing'er and Qin Ling with suspicion. After all, there were many heroic men who were controlled by women.

Finally, it was Suan Xiucai who came forward and asked Chen Kui what he was doing. After learning that Chen Kui was writing non-stop, Suan Xiucai told everyone to mind their own business and not to disturb Chen Kui for the time being.

"Old scholar, do you know what Chen the Assassin is doing?" Lao Piao asked with some doubt.

"I know the general idea!" The sour scholar smiled and said, "I think I am setting rules for you, or to put it in a bigger way, setting rules for the world!"

"We already have rules. As for setting rules for the world, is he the only one who can do that?" Zhang Haomin said with a frown.

"Your previous rules are only suitable for a group of bandits, even the rules of the Tiandihui are actually just that.

After all, although the original intention of the leader Chen Yonghua to establish the Tiandihui was to overthrow the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, he just wanted to organize a force to cooperate with Taiwan, not to support an emperor.

As for whether Chen Ju can set rules for the world, let's wait and see!" The sour scholar laughed.

Chen Guan was indeed setting rules for his own forces, or writing a political program, because Chen Guan found that everyone needed a direction to guide their progress, and everyone had to know what they were doing and why they were doing it.

Chen Gu first wrote many words, then selected four words and sixteen characters, and after making some changes, he wrote them at the beginning of the manifesto.

People-oriented, equal distribution of land and low taxation, the emperor under the law, pioneering and enterprising.

In Chen Gu's opinion, sixteen words were enough. If there were too many, ordinary people would not be able to understand them and it would be troublesome to explain them. It was not easy to make ordinary people understand these sixteen words, understand the benefits of these sixteen words, and be willing to follow Chen Gu in rebelling for these sixteen words.

After writing the sixteen-word program, Chen Kui began to explain these sixteen words.

First of all, it is people-oriented. The people here refer to everyone, including Chen Gui himself, which means that everyone is equal.

Of course, it is impossible for everyone to be truly equal, because equality for all is actually the greatest inequality.

After all, everyone has different talents, appearances, living environments, educational backgrounds, and personal efforts. The results will naturally be different. How can everyone be equal?
But some basic things should be equal for everyone, such as the basic right to survival, to have enough food and clothing, to have something to do, to have a safe place to sleep, the right to read, and the proper respect for one's personality. These should be equal.

Since the basic right to survival should be equal, the idea of ​​equal distribution of land and low taxes was extended to this.

In an agricultural society, the majority are farmers. If you want everyone to have enough food to eat, the land must be distributed equally. There is no room for negotiation.

Only land reform can break the vicious cycle of the Chinese dynasty. As for the problem of insufficient land due to population growth, that is another problem that can be solved slowly in the future.

But how to preserve the results of the equal distribution of land and how to prevent it from being destroyed and causing land to be once again concentrated in the hands of a few people, this leads to the third word.

The emperor is under the law. Everyone must be subject to rules and laws.

In fact, it doesn’t matter who is in charge, the key is that everyone must abide by the law.

The law can be flexible, but there should be no leniency towards those who break the law, especially those who commit corruption.

The most important thing for the emperor under the law is not to allow anyone to have absolute power, because absolute power will inevitably lead to absolute corruption. After all, people are selfish and want all good things, and even want to pass on good things to their descendants after they die.

Therefore, even a leader like the emperor must be subject to the law.

The final pioneering and enterprising spirit is to cope with the future world pattern and prepare for science and technology. Speaking of this, we have to talk about Confucian culture.

Confucianism is not bad. We have inherited this culture for thousands of years, and countless people have devoted their lives to researching it. How could it be bad?
It can even be said that Confucian culture is the best culture in the world.

But the mistake was that Dong Zhongshu's idea of ​​​​dismissing all schools of thought and respecting only Confucianism was wrong.

Even a child should understand one thing: no matter how good something is, even if you can have it all to yourself, you cannot discard the others.

For example, when it comes to eating, even if you eat dragon meat every day you will get tired of it. You can eat more delicious food, but you have to eat something else, right?

For example, when it comes to clothes, no matter how beautiful the clothes are, you can’t wear the same one every day. You can wear it a few times, but you always have to wear other clothes, right?
In the future, Confucianism can still serve as the mainstream culture of this country, but it must also give due place to other disciplines.

Chen Jue would not completely deny Confucianism like the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom did, but he would not allow Confucianism to remain dominant.

At this time, Chen Gu wanted to send people to Europe to study various scientific and technological knowledge, such as physics and chemistry, but unfortunately the conditions were not met and he could only wait until later.

On the fourth day, Chen Gu finally walked out of the room. During the past three days, Chen Gu had been sleepless and had eaten very little.

Chen Gu knew that he was not smart and had not learned much about culture. After a previous speech, he knew that he needed to write an outline to guide everyone, but he didn't know how to write it. He just vaguely recalled some teachings.

But some things cannot be copied directly. After all, the times and opponents are different. That is why Chen Gu listed many words and then selected sixteen words from them as the initial guidelines.

The reason why Chen Gu wanted to write it himself was because he wanted to know what the world would be like in the future, and also knew which path to take in order to avoid taking detours.

The outline derived from these sixteen words is certainly not perfect, but it is enough for now.

However, Chen Gu did not take it out directly, but first found the Suan Xiucai, intending to let the Suan Xiucai test it on him.

After reading it, the sour scholar frowned, and finally sighed and said, "It's really hard for you. Although I don't agree with some of your ideas here, I don't intend to persuade you. After all, I am a loser, and you have been successful. Maybe you are right!"

"Thank you, sir!" Chen Gu thanked him sincerely. Suan Xiucai was definitely a qualified teacher.

(End of this chapter)