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Changpingban Learning Institute——Hearing this term, Qingdeng couldn't help raising his eyebrows.

If you want to say where the Shoheizaka Academy is, it is in Edo... No, it is a top-level institution with a very high reputation throughout Japan.

Its predecessor was the well-known Confucianist Lin Luoshan, who opened a private school named Kobunkan in Ueno Oshioka in the ninth year of Kanei (1632).

In the third year of Genroku (1690), Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, the shogun of the Five Dynasties, moved it to Shoheizaka in Yushima.

Originally a private educational institution of the Hayashi family, under the Kansei reform (1787-1793) led by Matsudaira Sadanobu, it became the Shoheizaka Institute of Education directly under the Edo Shogunate.

The shogunate stipulated that the Changpingban Institute of Learning only recruited shogunate ministers... that is, the children of the banner and the imperial family for a living; it cultivated staff and practical talents who assist politics; the teaching content included the Four Books, the Five Classics, history, and poetry; host.

Today, under the vigorous construction and publicity of the Edo shogunate, the Shoheizaka Institute of Education has become the highest institution of Confucianism education today, and it is a dream place for all those who are interested in Confucianism.

Although the Shoheizaka Institute only recruited the children of shogunate ministers, from the twelfth year of Kansei (1800), the shogunate began to allow and encourage the children of common people to attend lectures at the Shoheizaka Institute.

However, the promulgation of this regulation did not have any prominent effect, and there were very few common people who would attend classes at the Changpingban Institute of Culture.

After all, there was no imperial examination system in the Edo period, and there was no such thing as Lao Shizi's "reading to be a high official", "the book has its own golden house, and the book has its own Yan Ruyu".

No matter how many books the common people read and how deeply they study the Four Books and Five Classics, they cannot change their destiny and realize class transition.

Since reading is useless, who would go to the trouble of crossing the sea of ​​literature?

"That group of people are regular customers of our store."

Miss Tedai lowered her voice and explained slowly.

"Whenever they are free, they like to come to our store to drink tea and talk at the same time, criticizing the current situation."

Tokugawa Iemo chuckled a few times with interest.

"Oh? To criticize the current situation?"

Miss Tedai turned her head and glanced at the group of Confucian scholars. After confirming that they were not paying attention, she stuck out her tongue and changed into a half-joking tone:

"I don't really like them very much. They are always chatting loudly, and they always disturb other guests."

"And... I don't think they are very decent. They always hang out with a scumbag named Hirahiko Itakura. People who can be friends with scumbags are definitely not good people."

When saying the name "Itakura Hirahiko", Ms. Tedai sticks her tongue out in exaggerated movements, as if she was stuck in her mouth by something spicy, bitter, and numbing.

"Itakura Hirahiko?" Tianzhangyuan tilted his head cutely, "Who is this person? Yakuza?"

Miss Tedai shook her head:

"No, Itakura Hirahiko is a serious samurai, and he is also a very high-ranking type-he is the second son of Itakura Katsutora, one of today's Wakanen."

Ruo Nian's second son - this level is indeed quite high.

If we say that in the bureaucratic system of the Edo shogunate, the highest official position "Tai Lao" established only on special occasions is the regent, and the highest official position "Old Middle" in ordinary times is the prime minister, then "Waka Nian Ji" is the deputy prime minister .

Ruo Nianji: It belongs to the position of assisting senior middlemen, and officials who are not under the jurisdiction of senior middlemen, left-behind residences, and three enforcements (temple and community enforcement, survey and appointment enforcement, and town enforcement) are all under the jurisdiction of Ruo Nianji. The number of staff is 3-5, and like most of the official positions in the shogunate, the "monthly rotation system" is adopted in which posts are alternated according to the month.

"Itakura Katsutora's second son..." Iemo Tokugawa murmured, recalling, "Well... So he has a second son... This is the first time I know..."

When Miss Tedai heard this, she chuckled:

"Guest officer, what do you say, does it sound like you know Katsutora Itakura?"

Iemo Tokugawa smiled lightly, and avoided talking about the words of the opponent, Ms. Dai:

"Miss Tedai, you said that Katsutora Itakura's second son is a scum—what's going on? Has he done anything against the law and morality?"

"Well... this..."

Miss Tedai calmly turned her head and looked in the direction of the kitchen—she must be worried that chatting with Qingdeng and others for too long would affect her work, or even be scolded by her boss.

After a fierce ideological struggle...Miss Tedai was finally defeated by her heart of gossip.

"Hmm...!"

Teshiro-san pretentiously cleared her throat and put on a posture like a storyteller.

"If you want to say who this Itakura Hirahiko is, you have to start with his identity."

"He is the second son of Ruonian Ji today—although this status is very glamorous, but you should also know that, according to the regulations of the shogunate, whether it is a samurai or a commoner, the family business must be inherited by the eldest son. The son must either find another way out, or hide in the house and become a rice bug that relies entirely on the family's support."

"Among the choices that all men who are not the eldest son will face, Itakura Hirahiko chose the former."

"Relying on his family's energy, he started a cloth weaving business."

"The shogunate's "Samurai Laws" prohibits the children of the samurai family from engaging in business, but no one has obeyed this law for a long time."

"Back then, Bai Heweng banned extravagance and pleasure. Has anyone followed it? People who go to Yoshiwara to enjoy the joy of fish and water are not like crucian carp crossing the river."

"Business is something that anyone who understands understands. As long as you have contacts and backers, no matter what kind of business you are in, you can do well."

"Itakura Hirahiko's fortune history is a very typical example."

"Relying on his good father, he soon made the textile business bigger and stronger."

"If Itakura Hirahiko is only doing business in an ordinary way, that's fine. Anyway, from Matsumae to Satsuma, there are many businessmen, and Itakura Hirahiko is not bad."

"But the problem is that Itakura Hirahiko has a very problematic personality."

"According to rumors, Itakura Hirahiko has an extremely mean, ruthless, and domineering personality."

"The wages he pays to the workers under his command are extremely low, and he often deducts them in different ways."

"Workers will be deducted if they are sick or unable to work for other reasons."

"Today's work volume is not up to standard, and money will be deducted."

"All these kinds of things are not enough."

"It's fine if it's just stingy, but apart from being stingy, the most contemptible thing about Itakura Hirahiko's daily style is that his temperament is extremely cold and has no human touch."

Speaking of this, Miss Tedai suddenly stopped imitating the storyteller, stopped using the accent, sighed softly, and a look of gloom passed over her face.

"People always get old."

"No matter how strong a person is, when they get old, they will inevitably become exhausted and weak."

"There was once an old woman who worked diligently for Hirahiko Itakura for nearly twenty years."

"It stands to reason that he has worked for you for such a long time, and there is hard work without credit. No matter what, you have to show some sympathy, right?"

"But Itakura Hirahiko fired the old woman whose work efficiency has been greatly weakened due to aging without thinking."

"In due course, the old woman knelt directly in front of Itakura Hirahiko's house and begged Itakura Hirahiko not to fire her."

"Although I didn't come to the scene in person, according to the introduction of the latecomers, the old woman really tried her best to keep her job."

"Know it with emotion, but also move it with reason."

"She kept saying that she could still work, and she was willing to reduce her wages to 70% of the original wages."

"At the same time, she cried and said that she was the only one in the whole family capable of working because her husband died young due to an accident."

"Her own parents, her husband's parents, and a pair of daughters under her knees, both of whom are under 10 years old, all depend on her for support."

"Even if it is a heinous devil, after listening to the old woman's monologue, it is impossible to be completely indifferent, right?"

"In the end... Guess what kind of reply Itakura Hirahiko got for the old woman's hoarse prayer?"

"Itakura Hirahiko said: I'm just a businessman. I opened a textile shop just to make money. There's no money to be made in the business, so what am I doing?"

"Your hands and feet are not as sharp as before, and your work efficiency is far less than before. The money used to hire you as a worker is no longer so valuable."

"To put it simply, your current labor capacity is not worthy of the salary I will give you."

"I'm a businessman, not a saint who cuts meat and feeds it to eagles."

"Out of interest considerations, I decided to fire you and hire someone younger and more capable than you. Is there any problem?"

"If you have an opinion, go and follow what you told me! Let the government judge and see if it's you or me!"

"As for what you said about having a large family that needs your support...it's none of my business."

"There are a lot of poor people in the world. People who live worse than you are really many."

"If every time someone comes up to me and kneels down in front of me and says something sensational with tears in my eyes, I have to give him a job, then I can't survive? My textile shop can't open gone?"

"Let's do this! Let me give you a trick! It won't save you from complaining that your old club has no blood or tears in the future."

"Didn't you say that you need to raise a family and you are under a lot of pressure? You can sell your daughters to Yoshihara!"

"I see that your daughters are both quite good-looking, and they will definitely be very popular with men. If they are properly cultivated, they are expected to become the most famous oirans in the future."

"If you want to sell your daughter, you can contact me."

"I happen to be very close to the owners of the girls' houses in Yoshihara. I can help you sell your daughter for a good price. How about it? Am I benevolent enough?"

Miss Tedai finished speaking.

Silence descended around Qingdeng.

At this moment, Qingdeng and the others all showed indescribably heavy expressions.

"What happened to the old woman... I don't know."

Miss Tedai took a deep breath.

While turning the long breath that made his flat chest swell high into a faint sigh, he quietly lowered his shoulders.

"Because of this incident, I hate Hirahiko Itakura very much. I don't even have any affection for the group of Confucian scholars who know Hirahiko Itakura very well."

"Although I don't know why those Confucian scholars want to hang out with shameless people like Itakura Hirahiko...but I guess, they probably want to curry favor with Itakura Hirahiko, who is both rich and powerful, so as to make a profit. .”

"Although he is the second son in the family, Hirahiko Itakura is also the son of Ruonianji after all."

"With just a word of mouth, a certain white body can immediately become an official in the shogunate-this statement may be a bit exaggerated, but with a powerful family figure like Itakura Hirahiko standing on the platform, it is also good to find an official. It doesn't matter if you get promoted and get rich, it will be much easier."

Before she finished speaking, Miss Tedai turned her head to the side, and turned her gaze back to the group of Confucian students at the Zichangpingzaka Institute not far away, with a hint of sarcasm flashing in her eyes.

"I see that group of people... want to be an official and want to go crazy."

"Every time we get together, we either lament that we were not born at the right time and have no place to display our abilities, or we complain that this person is not worthy of being moved to the right at all, that the reward is not worthy of merit, and that he can't be called an official; He's a mediocre person, the wake is thundering, and the corpse is a vegetarian meal."

"Recently, hasn't Nioh Tachibana Qingdeng been promoted frequently because of his extraordinary achievements? Those people are so jealous~ their eyes are almost glowing red."

"Whenever they get together recently, they will always talk about King Ni."

"What to say: King Ren only knows how to wield swords and guns, how can the shogunate promote such a reckless man, and ignore the real great talents who are proficient in the study of saints."

"Pearls left in the sea, precious jade covered in dust, etc... Alas, my ears are almost calloused."

Ms. Tedai swallowed hard, moistened her throat that was dry due to the long speech, and was about to continue talking.

But at this moment, an impatient shout suddenly pierced towards Miss Tedai like a sharp arrow.

"Ali! What are you doing? Why are you chatting with customers all the time? Have you wiped those tables over there?"

Miss Tedai's expression froze suddenly, and her delicate body shook violently a few times.

"Ah, ah! Boss!" Ms. Tedai turned her head reflexively, and said anxiously to the middle-aged man who was leaning half of his upper body out of the kitchen curtain, "Hold me, I'm sorry! I'm going to clean the table now! "

After finishing speaking, Ms. Tedai turned around, put her palms together, and bowed slightly to Qingdeng and the others with an apologetic face.

"I'm sorry, I can't chat with you anymore. If the chat continues, the boss will really get angry. If you want extra meals or have other needs, just call me again!"

Tokugawa Iemo nodded and smiled slightly:

"Well, go about your business. We are the ones who should say 'sorry'. Sorry, we have been pestering you for so long."

"You're welcome. I'm the kind of person who likes to chat with guests. I'm very happy to chat with you for so long."

After leaving a series of hearty laughter like silver bells, Miss Tedai held the tea tray and walked quickly to the dirty tables not far away.

After watching Miss Tedai's departure for a while, Qingdeng turned his attention to the group of young Confucian scholars who were only a table away from them.

—A student at the Shoheizaka Academy...

Traveling to this era for so long, this is the first time that Qingdeng has met a Confucian student who takes studying Confucianism as his mission in the true sense.

The spread of Confucianism to the East began when the two countries were in contact, that is, the Han Dynasty. Later, Japan carried out the Dahua Reform, which further borrowed from China's political Confucian culture.

Although there have been many cultural exchanges between the two countries in history, Confucianism has not been accepted by Japan. It is only based on cultural exchanges or policy provocations between the upper-class Japanese nobles. Such provocations often do not take Japan’s national conditions into consideration. So most of them are failures.

Until the Edo period, after Tokugawa Ieyasu established his own rule, due to the urgent need to maintain the ruling order of the Tokugawa family, a strong ideological culture was urgently needed as the official ruling basis.

The previous mainstream culture in Japan was Buddhist Zen culture. Generally speaking, it was the opposite of the government. Whether it was a large amount of propaganda of Buddhist culture or a large amount of labor and national wealth absorbed by the temple economy, it was not conducive to the future ruling expectations of the shogunate and society. stable.

Therefore, the Confucian culture, which has sustained development in China and brought practical benefits to the development of Chinese society, has become the first choice of the "political and cultural spokesperson" of the Edo shogunate.

Driven by the Edo shogunate, Confucianism began to flourish in Japan, and Confucianism truly integrated into Japanese social life and penetrated into all classes of Japan.

Being envied by others - Qingdeng has long been used to such things.

So when he learned from Ms. Tedai that this group of pretentious Confucian scholars often complained about his "virtue does not match", Qingdeng's heart was not disturbed.

In the past, Qingdeng might still feel upset, but after going through many storms, his mood has become much calmer.

Now, when faced with the slander of the "red-eyed monster", Qingdeng's thoughts are roughly as follows: let them talk about people with long mouths! I can't control the other party, anyway, I just need to be myself.

However, although he didn't care about the arrogant behavior of that group of Confucian scholars Gu Pan Zixiong, Qing Deng was inexplicably interested in another activity that this group of people mentioned by Miss Tedai that they often do at parties-pointing out the current situation.

For no reason, Qingdeng really wanted to hear what kind of opinions and high opinions the Confucian children who studied in the highest Confucian institutions under the Edo shogunate all day long had on the current state of Japan.

It just so happens that Qing Deng is not the only one who is currently concentrating on listening carefully to the discussions of the group of Confucian scholars.

Tokugawa Iemo, Tenzhangin, and the Erzhong sisters all acted in the same manner as Qingdeng at this moment.

Although the behavior is the same, the purpose is different.

Qingdeng was just acting out of a momentary curiosity.

Tokugawa Ieshige and Tianzhangyuan, with an open-minded attitude of asking for advice, wanted to listen carefully to whether this group of Confucian scholars could really say something convincing that would make them nod.

As for the double sisters... they are pure fun people. It was purely because they were bored and had nothing to do, and wanted to pass the time, so both of them showed eager expressions as if they were ready to listen to storytelling.

A group of people sat in rows, drank tea and listened to lectures.

But who knows——Qingdeng just pointed his ears, when he was shocked by a series of shocking violent remarks, his eyes turned black.

"Everyone! I believe that if you want to change the situation and eliminate the disadvantages and clarify the universe, you must restore the pre-Qin well field system!"

The person who said this was a tall and thin guy.

——Ida? !

Qingdeng almost wondered if he heard it wrong.

In the nine-year compulsory education in the previous life, anyone who has taken junior high school history seriously should not be unfamiliar with this term.

Well field system: The land state-owned system in ancient Chinese society appeared in the Shang Dynasty and matured in the Western Zhou Dynasty.

In the Western Zhou Dynasty, roads and canals criss-crossed to divide the land into squares, shaped like the word "well", so it was called "well field".

The well fields belonged to the king of Zhou and were allocated to the common people. The lord forced the common people to cultivate the wells collectively, and the lords were not allowed to buy, sell or transfer the wells, and they had to pay a certain amount of tribute.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, due to many reasons, such as the appearance of iron farm tools and the popularization of cattle farming, the well field system gradually disintegrated.

In a word: the well field system is a land system that has been eliminated for more than two thousand years.

Before Qingdeng recovered from the intense shock, he heard the stick go on excitedly:

"I believe that the lack of money and food between the current shogunate and the three hundred princes is due to the disadvantages of the land system!"

"Local gentry use their power to oppress people, steal and plunder, and rob land."

"The fields of the rich are connected with fields, and the poor have no place to stand!"

"At present, the western barbarians are knocking at the customs, and the country is trapped in wars. The expenses are huge, and the taxes are increasing day by day."

"At this time of national calamity, the wealthy family still does not change its nature of greed for money!"

"Those who have a lot of money don't pull out a hair; those who rise to the bottom of the world are poor."

"The taxes that should be collected cannot be collected, and the food that should be collected has not been obtained."

"To this day, this matter is almost irreversible! If things go on like this, the situation in the country may become out of control!"

"If you don't change the law and try to become stronger, I'm afraid that the world will change in the future, and the world will be easier!"

"Yasheng said: 'Those who have perseverance without constant wealth, only scholars can do it. If you are a citizen, you will have no constant wealth because you have no perseverance. If you don't have perseverance, let go of the extravagance of warding off evil, and do everything for yourself.'"

"There are only a million fields in the world? There are more than tens of millions of people in the world. If the tillers can have their fields, the industrious can have their jobs, and the laborers can have their income, why worry about having no taxes to collect and no grain to collect? "

"If we are determined to innovate and reshape the well field system of the pre-Qin period, there is hope for the country's rejuvenation!"

As soon as Ma Gan'er's impassioned speech fell, there were applause and applause all around him.

"Not bad! Well said!"

"Restore the pre-Qin well field system... Well, it makes sense."

"Hirose-kun! Your thoughts coincide with mine!"

"That's right! If you want to revitalize the country, you must start with the reform of the land system!"

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In order to write the sour taste of rotten Confucians, the author really racked his brains when writing today's chapter, emptying out his years of Chinese language and literature skills... The last paragraph of this chapter "Ida Theory", the author has been deliberating word by word for a long time.

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Well field system is the favorite of rotten scholars~~You can't help but taste it~~No matter which country the rotten scholars are from, they all have a fanatical love for well field system.