Zhu Zhiyu is holding a long sword, and Fei Ruhe is holding a broadsword. The former has exquisite swordsmanship, while the latter is powerful and powerful. The two are fighting inextricably.
Zhao Han cheered and cheered beside him.
"when!"
Fei Ruhe struck out with his sword and knocked Zhu Zhiyu's sword away.
Picking up the sword, Zhu Zhiyu felt extremely distressed. There were several gaps in the blade. He couldn't help but sigh: "With your strength, it would be a pity not to become a general."
Fei Ruhe said: "I also want to take the martial arts exam, but I can't read enough. I heard that you need to be knowledgeable to take the martial arts exam."
Zhu Zhiyu said: "After what happened last year, when it comes to the martial arts examination, the essay is no longer so important. You can rest assured and just take the exam."
Fei Ruhe scratched his head: "What happened last year? Why didn't I know?"
Zhao Han, who regularly reads Tang Bao, explained: "Last year in the martial arts examination, there was someone who could dance a hundred-pound sword and was considered a warrior in the world. But this person failed. The emperor was furious, and the examiner and supervisor were all jailed.
, a total of twenty-two people from the Ministry of War were dismissed."
"Can such a thing happen?" Fei Ruhe was stunned.
Chongzhen's political tactics were not inferior to those of political experts, and many of his decisions were intentional.
Removing the twenty-two members of the Ministry of War can just be enough to replace them with new ones.
He also took this opportunity to announce the establishment of a martial arts palace examination, which would be invigilated by the emperor himself. From now on, all martial arts scholars would be disciples of the emperor, and Chongzhen wanted to directly control the military attachés.
Zhu Zhiyu glanced at Zhao Han and asked curiously: "How did Zhuo Chen know this news?"
"Read the pond newspaper." Zhao Han said with a smile.
"That's a good idea," Zhu Zhiyu said, "I haven't read the Tang newspaper for a long time. Regarding martial arts, I'd better listen to what my brother says."
Zhu Zhiyu's eldest brother couldn't pass the imperial examination, so he ran away to become a martial arts scholar.
Zhu Zhiyu himself can also kill people with a sword.
Historically, in the eleventh year of Chongzhen, as a tribute student, he ranked first in all-round civil and military talents, and was specially recruited by the Ministry of Rites.
Later, the small imperial court of the Southern Ming Dynasty called for him to serve as an official three times, but Zhu Zhiyu refused to agree because he did not want to get involved in the whirlpool of party strife.
However, he resolutely joined the anti-Qing team. With his old age, he went to Japan seven times and Annan six times to raise funds for the rebels and win foreign aid for the Ming Dynasty. He fought and lost again and again, and at the age of sixty-one, he even went into battle to kill the enemy himself.
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In the end, he was defeated and exiled to Japan, where he was almost treated as a national soldier.
His knowledge formed the "Mito Study" in Japan, and the "Mito Study" gave birth to the "Reformation School", which indirectly influenced Japan's Meiji Restoration.
From a certain perspective, Zhu Zhiyu is the ideological mentor of Japan’s Meiji Restoration!
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Hearing that the martial arts examination no longer valued written examinations, Fei Ruhe was very moved and asked: "What kind of thing does the emperor value most now?"
"Taolue, riding and shooting." Zhu Zhiyu replied.
Fei Ruhe said in shock: "Oops, I can't ride a horse or shoot an arrow. I will visit a famous teacher tomorrow and I must learn archery first!"
The guy ran away after saying that, and only Zhao Han and Zhu Zhiyu were left in the bamboo forest.
The Datong Society has a loose structure, and Zhao Han has no other requirements. He only asks members to do three things -
First, accept the "position theory", and those who don't accept it will get out.
Second, study Neo-Confucian classics and gather together on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month to share their reading experiences.
Third, practice martial arts and the art of war together every day.
The result was terrible. After only a few days, no one came to the bamboo forest to practice martial arts again.
Only Zhao Han, Fei Ruhe, and Zhu Zhiyu have long been in the habit of practicing martial arts. If they don't practice any day, they will feel disadvantageous.
Zhao Han's spear has been replaced with a new one. It was made by a blacksmith.
With a shot stuck on the ground, Zhao Han sat down cross-legged and said, "Brother Chuyu, what do you think of the northwest bandits?"
Zhu Zhiyu sheathed his sword and said: "I have experienced the great disaster in Zhejiang. To the extent that people changed their sons and died, the people have not yet rebelled. Just because they survived that period, there is hope of survival in the next year. As you can imagine
, the people of Shaanxi have no longer thought about the coming year. If they don’t act against it, they will definitely die in the coming year.”
"Do you think the bandits can be eliminated?" Zhao Han asked again.
Zhu Zhiyu shook his head and said: "The common people will be foolish if they divide and listen, but they will become spiritual if they unite and listen. Once their minds change, the rivers will break and the mountains will collapse. If you want to put an end to the chaos in the northwest, you can't do it through military means. You have to let the people eat."
ah!"
Zhao Han asked again: "How do you think you can make the people eat?"
Zhu Zhiyu thought carefully and said:
"First, carry out education and inspire moral spirit. Not false morality, but real morality."
"Second, rectify the administration of officials, clean up corruption, and eradicate mediocrity. There are two major shortcomings in today's officialdom. One is greed, and the other is mediocrity. Both inside and outside the court, there is both greed and mediocrity, and there is no ability to govern.
Money is very powerful.”
"Third, we should rectify the origin and advocate practical learning. Scholars in the world should not talk in vain. Yangming's philosophy has fallen into Zen, and Zhu Xi's Neo-Confucianism has also changed beyond recognition. I believe that Tao is for daily use, and it is Tao that is beneficial to the country and the people.
What is not beneficial to the people is an evil way! In the past few days, I have read Zhu Xi and gained a general understanding, and many principles have been explained very clearly!"
Zhao Han asked again: "Which of these three can be achieved?"
Zhu Zhiyu said sadly: "Nothing can be done. The Ming Dynasty has accumulated a lot of trouble and it is difficult to return."
Zhao Han asked: "If the imperial court recruits you to be an official, will you be willing to serve as an official?"
"I don't want to."
Zhu Zhiyu said without hesitation: "If I become a county magistrate, I will make arrests in the first year. In the third year, the people will recite their virtues and the superior officials will praise them. After that, I will be severely punished and my property will not be saved! If I stay in the center and become a doctor
Yan Guan, I'm afraid he will be in jail in two or three months!"
"Hahahaha," Zhao Han couldn't help but laugh, "You are really self-aware."
Zhu Zhiyu sighed and said: "Party strife continues, and the country will never have peace. My eldest brother and a military attaché were involved in party strife and were dismissed for several years. Civil servants who want to do things, how can they do it alone?"
Zhao Han asked: "When the Holy King comes to court, isn't there no party struggle?"
"hehe."
Zhu Zhiyu felt funny and didn't even want to explain more.
In the court at this time, the six major factions are besieging Guangmingding... Oops, I got the wrong script. The first assistant, Zhou Tingru, is uniting with the Donglin Party to collectively besiege the second assistant, Wen Tiren.
Mr. Wen Ge said: "I want to fight a hundred of them!"
So in another six months, the Donglin Party was about to be overthrown. Zhou Tingru, the chief minister, was forced to resign, and Wen Tiren happily succeeded him.
There is no party struggle, only political struggle.
In this situation, when you become an official in the government, you either do nothing, join in the political struggle, or you perform your duties faithfully and become a human being.
Whoever does good things will die quickly!
Those who are willing to do good things, regardless of their abilities or personal ethics, are known as good men.
Zhu Zhiyu suddenly came to his senses, "Why are I talking to a teenage boy about these important national affairs?"
But Zhao Han's words and deeds always make people ignore his age.
Zhao Han continued to ask: "Since these three articles cannot reorganize the imperial court, isn't it possible that the Ming Dynasty is hopeless?"
Zhu Zhiyu was silent, he really couldn't see hope.
In his eyes, Daming had already suffered from a terminal illness, and it was just a question of how long he could survive.
What Zhu Zhiyu is most proficient in is not Neo-Confucianism and Psychology, nor the ancient Chinese prose of the Pre-Qin Dynasty, nor poetry and poetry. He has been studying history for more than ten years... Taking history as a guide, what kind of ghost is the Ming Dynasty?
Zhao Han said: "I think the root cause of the Ming Dynasty's disease is not in the court, but in the excessive annexation of land. The rich have vast fields, and the poor have no place to stand. In such a situation, how can we collect taxes? If the court has no money, where can it go?
Can you do good things? The less money you have, the more you have to collect. The more you collect, the more chaotic the world will be."
Zhu Zhiyu was quite surprised: "To have such an insight, he can be called a prodigy!"
Zhao Han asked: "Brother Chuyu, you said that if the land in the world can be returned to the state, the court will distribute it to the people. Will this bring long-term peace and stability?"
Zhu Zhiyu smiled and said: "The land equalization system of the Sui and Tang Dynasties was based on the method you mentioned. Men can allocate land when they reach adulthood. It was indeed effective at the beginning, but it was no longer effective during the reign of Emperor Gaozong. Wu Zhou attacked prominent families and recovered slightly, but it was completely destroyed by Emperor Xuanzong.
.How do you think the Jiedu Envoy came to be? The imperial court had no money to use troops, so it just made the localities self-determine. How can there be a long-term stable land system in the world?"
Zhao Han smiled. It is true that equalizing land is not possible. Once the population increases, it will collapse.
After all, there is only so much land in the world. A thousand acres of land were divided among ten people at first, then a hundred people, and finally a thousand people. Can it be divided?
In the 21st century, China relies on industrialization to solve the problem of land saturation.
It cannot be applied mechanically until the end of the Ming Dynasty.
Even red ideas cannot be copied mechanically. Because Marx taught us that the relations of production determine the superstructure, and forcing red ideas in the 17th century went against the laws of social development.
We should seek truth from facts and combine theory with national conditions.
Zhao Han finally asked: "Shall we wait for the scholars to just sit back and watch the country collapse?"
"Other than that, what else can be done?" Zhu Zhiyu said amusedly, "Being an official can't save the Ming Dynasty. How can we rebel and establish a new dynasty?"
Zhao Han said nothing.
When Zhu Zhiyu saw that something was wrong with Zhao Han, he suddenly asked in surprise: "You want to do the Yellow Turban and Green Forest thing?"
"I didn't say that, brother Chu Yu, don't scare me." Zhao Han immediately denied it.
This person is not easy to fool, his thinking is too clear.
And the slogan of equalizing land is too radical. Unless there is chaos in the south of the Yangtze River, there is no way to convince the children of such a wealthy family!
Just when he was embarrassed, Fei Chun suddenly came over: "Brother, the first issue of "Ehu Xunkan" is finally sold out. Who do you think bought the most?"
"Which ones?" Zhao Han was too lazy to guess.
Fei Chun said with a smile: "The foreign merchants are very rich, but they have nothing to do while waiting for the goods to be loaded on the ship. Many merchants are urging me to publish the second issue as soon as possible. They are still waiting to read "The Legend of the Condor Heroes"
Woolen cloth."
Zhao Han suddenly said happily: "Raise the price and print more. In the first issue, only 500 copies were printed, and the price was still very low. I lost more than ten taels of silver. In the second issue, 800 copies were printed, and the price was doubled.
times, otherwise we will have to lose all our money."
"You will lose money if you double the price. Increase the price more harshly," Fei Chun suggested.
"Take your time, and those who are willing will take the bait."