New Shun 1730

"Master, do you believe this?"

After Kang Bulu listened to the general logic, living in this era, it was easy to understand the idea.

Basically, it is to deconstruct orthodox Taoism in an extremely reactionary way, cloaked in the guise of Taoism and nature, misinterpreting famines and wars caused by population growth as the way of nature, and twisting actions such as famine relief into man's response to the way of nature. put one's oar in.

The way of heaven is to make up for the deficiency when there is excess damage. There is a surplus of people, so four evil forces are sent down from heaven to harm them in order to achieve balance.

This is the first half of the volume.

The second half of the volume strongly advocates the importance of land rent and the rentier class that does not engage in production. It is a class necessary for the development of industry and commerce. Otherwise, it will lead to an economic crisis of overproduction and underconsumption.

These ideas are too reactionary and cruel, incompatible with the orthodox morality of Dashun, and are completely impossible to become the mainstream of society.

But when it comes to the ability to brainwash, it is indeed enough to convince many people. Even if they dare not say it with their mouths, they still agree with it in their hearts.

Kang Busao was quite curious as to whether Liu Yu believed this in his heart.

Liu Yu was speechless and laughed. Whether he believed it or not, it was all in his smile.

"I prepared it specifically for Japan. First of all, the ancient Japanese school, the cornerstone of maintaining the dignity of superiors and inferiors, is the 'limited theory of social production' advocated by Ogiyo, which believes that the distinction between high and low is only for the purpose of 'reasonable' distribution of society. Who should use the product well and who should use it badly?”

"But his brain is actually not very easy to use."

"It's like Arai Shiraishi's debate over the title of Maharaja or King; or if the barbarians take over China and there is a debate over the barbarians or the Chinese, there is something wrong with your brain. You can't argue with this thing, even if you can argue We can’t argue about winning. And the meaning of etiquette should be illusory and sacred, and cannot be used to discuss why there are sacred things. Is it reasonable for humans to debate?”

"Since the ancient school deconstructs sacred things into whether they are reasonable or not, there is a lot of room for maneuver."

"Since the 'finite theory of social production' is the cornerstone of his ancient school, then my set of things will be easily convinced by others. Because the basis of this set of things is also 'finite theory', isn't it?"

"Now that Japanese feudalism is complete, the wealth of the superiors comes entirely from the land. There are also physiocratic schools in the West. The cornerstone of the French physiocratic school is the 'natural order theory'. As for policies, laws, etc., it is 'artificial order'. Yes. The artificial order must conform to the natural order. The reason why society is sick now is because the artificial order violates the natural order.”

Kang Busao had heard about the spread of Western learning to the East and the spread of Eastern learning to the West. He knew that at this time there was a wave of enthusiasm for China in the West, and he had been hanging out with Liu Yu for ten years. Under the influence of what he heard and saw, he naturally had many ideas. .

After listening to Liu Yu's explanation of the natural order and man-made order, Kang Busha couldn't help laughing and said: "Old Dan said: The way of heaven is to make up for the deficiency when there is more damage; the way of man is to make up for the deficiency when there is more damage. The so-called human law The earth follows heaven, heaven follows Tao, and Tao follows nature. Since this man-made order violates the natural order, society will naturally become ill.”

"The Western Physiocrats say they follow nature, but I guess they are dissatisfied with France's tight financial control and many policy pricing actions. They say they follow nature, but in fact they want to let freedom go and don't want France to I think this is under the banner of 'following nature' and opposing the 'mercantilism' of Western countries and any form of state intervention."

"This dynasty's reform must rely on the ancients to reform the system and misinterpret the original intention of Confucius and Mencius. The Western countries are religious and God is great, so they have to rely on God to reform the system. Changing the soup does not change the medicine."

"It's just that I really didn't expect that the banner of 'Tao follows nature' can lead to such a set of things as the young master mentioned. But actually thinking about it carefully, it turns out that they have the same goal. Not intervening in the economy and not providing relief to the poor means that there is no Intervention doesn't seem to make much difference. If you really think that God has an invisible hand that can control everything, you will end up losing more than you can make up for."

"It's just that the excess is lost, and the deficiency is replenished. Every time, millions of people suffer from hunger and famine, and have no job to make a living, reincarnation again and again. It is quite cruel to say that the world is unkind, but it is not unreasonable. Looking back over the past thousands of years, since the Qin and Han Dynasties The cycle of prosperity and chaos seems to be just what it is, and there seems to be no solution.”

Liu Yu laughed loudly, thinking that this thing is really a change of the soup without changing the medicine. Acheson was also in the same tune back then, with almost the same idea, under the banner of Malthus and the natural order and the rules of law, so the founding ceremony of the country was held. The article "The Bankruptcy of the Idealistic Concept of History" half a month ago.

Of course, the same is true in Japan at this time.

The high taxes imposed by the five public officials and the five citizens are the fundamental reason why such a small population leads to constant taxation. However, since the warrior class cannot be abolished and taxes cannot be reduced, the only problem left is "the natural regulation of Taoism is too slow, and man-made help is not benevolent." A choice was made.

The root cause of the bankruptcy of Japan's government and farmers was land rent. The tribute collected directly by the shogunate can also be regarded as land rent. In other words, highland rent is the way of people who "lose enough but gain more than enough". With this foundation unchanged, if the way of heaven wants to make way for the way of humanity, it can only be twisted into "inheritance by the eldest son and drowning by the remaining ones are the only way out."

Theoretically, the road is certainly not unique.

But all roads are nothing more than four, one to the left and one to the right; one in front and one in the back.

The one on the right is blocked by Liu Yu.

Southeast, northwest, nowhere to go. The samurai sword wants to seize land for Japan's plow, and has to face Dashun's guns and artillery. From Ezo to Ryukyu, from Korea to Satsuma, every move is a national war.

The one in front is bad luck.

Although the world market is huge, at this time, it cannot accommodate a boring machine boring out cylinders. It would be good if it can accommodate only one province at most. Dashun took the first step, and it was so close to Japan that this road was blocked.

On the left side, the shogunate and the samurai didn't want to leave at all.

Of course, the only way is to retreat.

"Brother Zhongxian just writes it. Even if this thing is passed back to our dynasty from Nagasaki in the future, it will be useless. Because our dynasty has another way, which is to go to Nanyang, break into the Whale Sea, cultivate Mongolia and go west. Moreover, there are no changpingcang in Japan, and there are very few reliefs. Chaos is within a vassal and can be controlled. This dynasty has had changpingcang and flood and drought relief since ancient times. This dynasty started in the late Ming Dynasty. How? It’s hard to believe that the whole world must be taught.”

Kang Buyao nodded, thinking that this was true.

This thing is really tailor-made for Japan. It would be a good thing if it were spread back to China.

The same theory, placed in different environments, will have different effects.

Japan has no choice. The only Ezo who can immigrate have been robbed, so there is nothing they can do.

Dashun has many methods, which can actually promote immigration and colonization.

"Sure, it's not difficult to write this thing. Since the Japanese understand Chinese, I don't need to find Japanese Confucian scholars to translate it. The young master only gave a general outline. You can tell me more in the future."

"When writing an article, the most difficult thing is to establish the intention. Now that the intention has been established and the solution to the problem has been found, it will only take three to five months to write it."

It took three to five months to write it, which is already too much to say. The most difficult ideas and problems have been clarified, and all that is left is to make conjectures and misinterpret the holy meaning.

"Well... three to five months is best. Anyway, Zhongxian needs to hurry up. There will be things to do in a few days. By the way, does Brother Zhongxian have some knowledge of medicine?"

"I understand a little bit. But since the young master is asking, he is definitely not asking for medical treatment. He probably wants to write an article. I understand a little bit, and that's probably enough."

Kang Busha knew that Liu Yu had strange ideas, so when he asked if he had some knowledge of medical concepts, it was naturally not unreasonable.

"That's what happened. Busan is now occupied, and the ginseng trade between North Korea and Japan has also been cut off. In addition, ginseng has been almost exhausted in recent years. I talked with the French a while ago and asked them to grow ginseng in Quebec. Digging American ginseng and fishing for pearls.”

"Firstly, we can give blood transfusions to France and keep in touch with each other; secondly, we can make Quebec more valuable in the eyes of the French. If we really fight for Quebec in the future, we will not be willing to spend more money and kill more people; thirdly, it is a battle between Korea and Japan. Ginseng is worth several tons of silver every year. This mosquito is also meat. I want to eat several tons of silver every year.”

A few tons of silver, really a small amount of money, only cost one battleship, and the guns had to be made of copper.

"But there is something troublesome here. The Western teacher Dai Jinxian who introduced me to study practical studies before came to our place. Of course he is also a Westerner, named Du Demei, courtesy name Jiaping. He has translated Newton's "The Infinite Series of π" Expression", translated as "Shortcut Method for Finding Perimeter Density", Brother Zhongxian must have studied it, right?"

Kang Busao reacted immediately, nodded and said, "I've seen it."

"Well, didn't he help the court draw longitude and latitude maps? He discovered that there were many ginseng collectors in the Northeast. He estimated that Quebec at the same latitude should have such a thing. He is a corresponding academician of the French Academy of Sciences and a member of the Royal Society of England. The corresponding author sent the matter back and published it.”

"I finally found it later, but as you know, Western trade always enters the customs south of the Yangtze River. Those of us who study medicine here don't know where Quebec is, so we thought that since this thing came from the hot south, The cold nature of ginseng is far inferior to that of Liaodong ginseng collected from bitter cold areas, so the Japanese also believe that this product is cold in nature and is not good, so the price is low.”

"I'm wondering if you can help me find someone to write an article to clarify the name, remove the pharmacological theory of 'coming from the hot land in the south, and therefore have a cool nature', and explain where it comes from. Once the price goes up, Japan needs to make more money; secondly, it is also a criticism of some doctors’ assumptions.”

"The former is just a matter of silver. The latter... I want to use this matter to stir up the waves and introduce some things. There is a man named Yamawaki Toyo from the Japanese country. He dissected an animal a few days ago and analyzed the internal organs of the human body. There are a lot of doubts about the theory of six internal organs, and the Japanese country has a tradition of caesarean section. After a while, he might actually find a death row prisoner to do a dissection. He speculated that Hu Guai felt cold by using American ginseng and introduced some other medical knowledge. Stones from other mountains can be used to attack jade.”

"If there is no chaos, it will be difficult to make a big noise. For this kind of thing, the bigger the noise, the better. After all, medicine is related to the lives of thousands of people. And ginseng is still American ginseng. It doesn't matter. You can still sell it for money."

Kang Buyao immediately understood Liu Yu's thoughts and praised: "This is actually the idea of ​​​​saving the world and benefiting the people. This can be said to be an exaggeration. They don't know where Quebec is. I have been with the young master for many years, and I still know where Quebec is. ”

"The key is that there is only American ginseng, and this momentum is still not enough. It is best to get some exotic herbs and write down their origins one by one, so as to cause a big sensation. The young master wants to use this to cause an uproar in advance, and first make some people think that it is possible Wrong, and then introduce the method of anatomy? Isn’t American ginseng just a foundation for practical medicine?”

Liu Yu smiled and said, "That's exactly what I meant. If the water is not muddy, how can you fish? Brother Zhongxian still remembers the calculation of the solar eclipse by the Imperial Observatory and the gambling head of the Chechi Kingdom? The Westerners took advantage of the gambling head to create a great influence, seized the control of the Imperial Observatory in one fell swoop, and completely overwhelmed the local mathematical school. Since then, this dynasty has lasted for 80 years. If the Pope had not been confused and insisted on the etiquette dispute, it would have lasted longer."

"This matter is similar. It is to make some sensations. If it is big, more people will pay attention to it, and continue to increase the stakes and gamble on their lives, so that it can be more sensational. After the sensation, we will find a way to deal with it. But no matter what, if we don't muddy the water first, things will be difficult to handle."

"These two things need to be done quickly. In a few days, there may be no time. Brother Zhongxian, haven't you always wanted to go out to take a look? There will be an opportunity in a few days, so these two things must be done before leaving. People slip away first, leaving a mess, and they will be solved after they come back."