Chapter 409 Chanting sutras or industrialization? (Please order and vote)
Under the Capitol Hill, at the crossroads.
A large sedan chair carried by sixty-four people has been set up at the intersection. Opposite the sedan chair is a high platform made up of several Eight Immortal tables. Around it, hundreds of male and female holy soldiers with live ammunition stood in a circle with their backs to the sedan chair and the high platform.
Outside the circle, there are "red-headed men" sitting on their knees in Wu Juejue.
A little further away, on Zhongbumen Street, Yifengmen Street, and Beizushian Street, shops near the intersection, and on the second floors or rooftops of restaurants, Taiping soldiers armed with miniguns were also deployed.
Zeng Guofan and his staff Zhang Yuzhao and Guo Songtao, who had ordered a whole table of dishes without even taking a few bites, squeezed into the private room where two female soldiers armed with revolvers and peace knives came. Although they were not here to arrest Zeng Guofan and others,
I just came to look at the window facing the intersection, but I was so shocked that Governor Zeng quickly checked out and left.
However, the three of them did not go far, but quietly sneaked behind the kneeling "red-headed men" and sat down cross-legged, continuing to watch the fun.
The excitement is so great these days. The real people of the country are discussing politics!
The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and several of his living fathers were at the foot of the Capitol Hill, discussing political affairs in front of a large group of people.
For Zeng Guofan, Guo Songtao and Zhang Yuzhao, this matter seemed to exist only in legends.
In addition, Zeng Guofan, Guo Songtao, Zhang Yuzhao and others also wanted to hear what kind of way out the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the leaders of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, could point out for this country.
Figures like Zeng Guofan, Guo Songtao, and Zhang Yuzhao have a very clear view of the root of the current chaos in the world.
That means there are too many people in the world!
There is only so much land in the world, and only so many people can be fed. This is all determined!
Now the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom occupies relatively densely populated land in the south, and there are no large undeveloped fertile fields behind it. They are also following the path of "having fields and farming together". Although they can feed more of the lower class, the lower class will not have food to eat for the time being.
Will she have more children? She will no longer cruelly kill her own flesh and blood.
As a result, the population growth rate will not slow down, but will accelerate!
Today, the population within the jurisdiction of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is said to be 200 million. In fact, it is definitely not that many, but tens of millions is certain. If the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom takes over all the land south of the Huaihe River in the future, the population will be 300 million, not to mention 200 million.
And it can grow by several million every year,
The population is so large and growing at a rapid rate, but there is only a small amount of land. Ten or twenty years from now, countless people will still be without food. What will we do then? It won’t even take ten or twenty years, but there will be a natural or man-made disaster right now.
Yes, there will be famine.
The Hunan Army under Zeng Guofan is now stationed in Huai'an, Haizhou, Xuzhou, Yanzhou, Jiningzhou, Caozhou and other places. Even in good years, people are begging for bows and hungry hatches can be seen everywhere. A strong and strong man can be seen everywhere.
A worker in Shandong today cannot earn more than ten taels of silver for a year, and can only buy three to four hundred kilograms of rice or flour. To eat rice and flour, it is not enough for one person, let alone to support his family, so he has to rely on
Dried sweet potatoes make a living.
Moreover, since this year, reports of "Yellow River collapse" have spread in Anhui, Jiangsu's Huaibei region, Shandong, and Henan provinces.
"Rumors" about the fall of the Qing Dynasty. Oh, they can't even be considered rumors! The Yellow River has not collapsed yet, and a large number of people north of the Huaihe River are already unable to survive. If this collapses, how can it provoke a rebellion across the Yellow River?
Faced with such a mess, Zeng Guofan's brain was about to explode, so now he also wanted to know what magic trick the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had to break the situation?
Luo Yaoguo had already stepped onto the Eight Immortals Table on an imperial chair under the eight or nine o'clock sun in the morning. Zeng Jiumei was standing next to him holding his "magic speaker".
Hong Xiuquan, the king of heaven, was still sitting in his "three rooms and one living room" sedan, with Feng Yunshan and Hong Ren standing on his left and right, and the sedan curtain was raised. There was also a strong man with a big waist, a round neck and a thick neck standing on the steps of the sedan. He should be
Hong Xiuquan and their "human amplifiers".
The six kings, Yang Xiuqing, Xiao Chaogui, Shi Dakai, Wei Changhui, Hu Yihuang, and Qin Rigang, have also arrived.
Surrounded by their respective subordinates, they took their seats in the "circle".
Li Wenmao and Gan Xian, the two Chinese representatives invited by Feng Yunshan from Guangdong, stood struttingly in front of Luo Yaoguo.
"Boss Li, Hall Master Gan must know that Guangdong and Guangxi have many mountains and rivers but little flat land. There are many people and the land is narrow, and the per capita arable land is very little. Even if all the land is divided equally, the maximum arable land per capita will only be two acres, of which only half of the paddy fields will be at most.
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Luo Yaoguo's voice has come out through the "magic speaker". He is speaking in Mandarin, and Zeng Guofan and others squatting far away can clearly hear it.
"According to the method in Volume 1 of "Anti-Jing", dividing the land once can only ensure that the current number of people in Guangdong and Guangxi can survive. It is far from being able to provide food and clothing for everyone, and it is impossible to achieve equal distribution everywhere...
..\n.Boss Li, Hall Master Gan, do you want to be equal to the poor people in Guangdong who have no clothes to cover their bodies and no food to eat? Is it possible that hundreds of thousands of people in our heavenly kingdom have fought hard and all they want is to cover their bodies?
Clothes, rice to feed your hunger?
Therefore, the division of land and land proposed in the "Anti-Sutra" is only a temporary measure and can only guarantee peace for ten to twenty years. In the long run, we have to build industry and expand overseas!"
Having said this, Luo Yaoguo fisted towards the sedan chair where Hong Xiuquan was sitting: "What do you think the King of Heaven thinks of what my brother said?"
This is a difficult problem for Hong Xiuquan. Now Hong Xiuquan does not have the strength to use force without reason!
However, Hong Xiuquan was not confused. Instead, he twirled his beard and said with a smile: "Ninth brother, what you said about setting up industry and exploring overseas is not just to follow the example of the great powers and build strong ships and cannons to go overseas to rob."
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Is this the solution to the problem of overpopulation and lack of land in heaven? Will heavenly Jerusalem send troops to seize the land of heavenly Damascus? Can Heavenly Father allow such a thing to happen?
Moreover, with the poverty and weakness of China today, can the industry you mentioned really be developed? Can it really build strong ships and cannons to seize other countries' land? I don't think it will work...\n.\n.\n.\n
.Angel, you have fallen!"
It’s not that angels have fallen, it’s that Hong Xiuquan has made progress!
Hong Xiuquan has now opened his eyes to see the world, and he also knows what kind of medicine Luo Yaoguo is selling in his gourd?
This angel...he wants to be the devil of imperialism!
Hong Xiuquan's words reached Luo Yaoguo's ears through his "human megaphone."
Luo Yaoguo raised his eyebrows slightly and asked: "King of Heaven, what can you do to make everyone in the world have fields to farm, food to eat, clothing to wear, and money to make money?"
Hong Xiuquan smiled and said: "Of course I believe in Heavenly Father! As long as everyone in the world believes in Heavenly Father and destroys human desires, they can naturally share the great blessings of Heavenly Father, Lord and Emperor!"
"Believe in Heavenly Father and destroy human desires...Does the King of Heaven mean that he thinks he has obtained great blessings through chanting sutras?"
Luo Yaoguo immediately understood what Hong Xiuquan was talking about?
His theory is actually the Heavenly Father's version of "Preserving Heaven's principles and destroying human desires". Just change Heaven's principles to Heavenly Father. Anyway, we can't fight and we can't fight. It's better to "lie down and chant sutras" together. As long as you believe that you have preserved "
If you have "Heavenly Father's blessing" or "Heavenly Father's blessing", you can achieve spiritual happiness.
Of course, with everyone lying down and chanting sutras, Hong Xiuquan, the heavenly king, could of course exploit a little more and distribute it to the Taiping Army who followed him.
The Taiping Army officers and soldiers also knew how to recite sutras, so their "human desires" would be less and they would just need to eat a little full.
Wouldn’t this make the world peaceful?
As for Hong Xiuquan and the other "kings" of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, it doesn't really matter how many queens they spend a little money on and how many queens they sleep with...\n. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom now only has these ten kings and one princess. Eleven people can build and build.
How much does it drop?
good!
Before Luo Yaoguo could refute, Zeng Guofan, who was sitting cross-legged below, was already cheering in his heart!
This Hong Xiuquan...\n...is a great talent!
How could such a great talent not be admitted as a scholar? Zeng Guofan thought to himself: "Who was studying politics in Guangdong in those years? Can you read or not? Why did you miss such a great talent? This person should be a Jinshi, a member of the Hanlin Academy, and become an imperial teacher.
Ah! It would have been great if I had been a political student in Guangdong...
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Although Hong Xiuquan's article was not good, he was indeed good at reciting sutras. He immediately said to the "fallen angel" opposite him: "Angel Luo, you are right. Dividing fields is just a matter of expediency. But there are countless fields in the world.
Strong ships and powerful cannons are extremely difficult to build, even if they are built
Coming out...\n:.\n.\n.\nIt may not be able to defeat the powerful ships and guns of the foreign brothers, so it is almost impossible to open up new territories to increase the world's land. I believe
Chapter completed!