Chapter 946 942 [Dramatic ideological changes in North Korea]
Not only are China's social and cultural ideas undergoing changes, Japan and North Korea are also undergoing changes.
North Korea has never been able to close itself off, Japan has engaged in smuggling trade along its coast, and Chinese books will inevitably spread across the country.
Hanyang (Seoul, North Korea).
A group of people gathered in the secret room. They were silent but excited, as if they were collectively waiting for something.
The so-called middle-class people are the children of scholar-bureaucrats and concubines. They are restricted from the imperial examination. Although they can be military attaches, they can only be middle- and low-level military attachés. This is a huge group. The nobles give birth to a large number of children born from common people every year, and the children born from common people every year.
There are descendants born, but they will always be the ones who can’t take the major exams.
They are neither high-achieving nor low-achieving, and their wealth and status are better than their husbands, but their husbands can still pass the imperial examination and have a slim chance of joining the nobility. And these middle-class people, no matter how outstanding and hard-working they are, will only become middle-level military attachés in their lifetime.
When the imperial examinations were introduced to North Korea, there were changes: one was a major examination (can be a civil servant), the second was a minor examination (shengjunjinshi), the third was a martial arts examination, and the fourth was a miscellaneous examination (technical officials).
The aristocratic class firmly controlled the major departments and military departments, while setting restrictions on the minor departments, and then completely despised the miscellaneous officials.
In order to monopolize power, the aristocratic class holds special examinations from time to time, which is the Enke in China. When they are conscientious, they will issue a notice one month in advance; when they are crazy, they will only issue a notice four or five days in advance. Ordinary scholars have to
By the time the exam was about to be held, the exam was already over.
Even if you are a good man or a local official, if you want to take the Student Member Examination, you have to ask two classes of nobles to vouch for it, otherwise you will not even be qualified to take the Student Member Examination.
Now, North Korea is carrying out tax system reform again, and there is such a thing as sharing one's share of the family into one's own land.
The nobility, squire class, and the royal family are in fierce conflict. The nobility is also separated from the good people (commoners) class, the middle people are attached to the nobility but are dissatisfied, and at the same time, the middle people are completely separated from the good people.
Under the three major classes of nobles, middle-class people, and good people, there is also a class of untouchables.
Even the children of nobles and untouchable concubines are still untouchables. They are not allowed to call their father "Dad" and are only allowed to call their father "Sir". (Male untouchables, if they come from a good family, can take the test for military attache and technical officer and pass the exam.
After that, he will be promoted to the middle class.)
"Eaaah!"
The old door opened, making a heartbreaking sound.
A middle-aged young man named Liu Shunqing got in like a thief, quickly closed the door and took out a stack of books from his arms.
Everyone in the room quickly lit their lamps and sat down around the table.
Liu Shunqing put the books on the table and said with a smile: "The Chinese maritime merchants arrived in Hong Kong yesterday, and I quietly purchased these books this morning. There are a total of six issues of "Datong Monthly" and several issues of "Journal of History".
"Journal of Ancient Chinese Characters", "Journal of Physics", "Journal of Mathematics"...the most difficult thing to do is this one, hehe, "Collected Works of Qianchu"."
Chen Que, Zi Qian Chu.
Chen Que proposed that in order to study knowledge and manage the world and benefit the people, the four elements of Qi, Li, Xin and Xing should be integrated into one. This is an evil theory in North Korea. The dispute over Qi and Xing in North Korea has been so confusing that no one would accept the integration of the four Qi, Li, Xin and Xing.
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After Chen Que was promoted to the crown prince's division, someone spread his theories to North Korea, which instantly caused a huge response. The King of North Korea soon banned the spread.
This theory not only adds the word "mind" after "Qi", but also involves the ideological liberation of Neo-Confucianism in the Song and Ming Dynasties. It is a moving and changing Neo-Confucian thought, and it is also a secular and scientific Neo-Confucian thought, emphasizing
Reason moves with Qi, and Qi is constantly moving, which provides the ideological basis for Zhao Han's theory of grid position and the scientific research of Qintian Academy.
The middle school disciples in the room were not in the mood to read various newspapers and magazines, and only asked Liu Shunqing to recite the contents of "Collected Works of Qianchu".
Liu Shunqing quickly turned to the core theory chapter: "Qi is the basis of things. Reason is the law of things. Heart is the body of knowledge. Nature is the use of knowledge. The four are integrated into one, and the way of heaven is self-evident... …”
Liu Shunqing seemed to be afraid that the walls had ears. When he read the article, his voice was very soft. At the same time, his speed was also very slow, because other young people were copying.
After reading the general outline, we will go into details.
Tai Chi generates yin and yang, which evolves all things in the world. Qi is the material basis, reason is the rules and ethics, heart is conscience and understanding, and sex is the pursuit of desire. Use the heart to recognize, use sex as the driving force, use qi as the foundation, and use reason as the criterion. To know the world, to understand the world, and to transform the world, the four must be harmonious and unified in order to become a true gentleman.
A more detailed explanation includes an explanation of Zhao Han's position theory, as well as a deconstruction of traditional Confucianism and current scientific research.
The article was not long, Liu Shunqing read it several times, and all the young people copied the content.
A young man named Jin Zhengshun wrote and sighed: "Mr. Chen deserves to be the master of the crown prince of the Celestial Dynasty, and he is truly a great scholar."
The young people started talking one after another:
"Chen Gong's theory is consistent with the theory of the emperor. The truth of heaven and earth will never change, but the Qi of heaven and earth is changing. That is to say, the way of heaven will last forever, and the way of humanity will change. We, the middle class, are not inferior to the two groups of nobles. We, the middle class, are also You can be a noble!"
"Great good! Although the nobles and middle-class people have different positions, they have the same character. Today's nobles are all people with nothing but wine and rice bags. In terms of personality and moral ability, the nobles are far inferior to the middle-class people. What is the explanation for this? The noble character is not worthy of the position. also!"
"If the aristocratic character is not matched, our great Korean country's talent, reason, and mind will not be harmonious. If the four are not harmonious, it will be difficult for heaven to prevail, and only then will Japan and the Later Jin Dynasty ravage the people. Now that the reform has been carried out, although the national treasury is abundant, we and others can still There are countless good people who have no way to rise up the ladder, and the poor people in the country are even more hungry."
"Of course, this matter should be changed. But who can change the customs instead of me?"
"How to change the world?"
"Soldiers and admonitions!"
"No. The person with the highest official rank among us is no more than a general. The generals who lead the army in the country are all the king's confidants, and they are all dignitaries. How can military advice be accomplished?"
"The Holy King of Heaven has said that the people are the foundation of the country. Where is the foundation of Korea? The people of our generation are the foundation, but millions of good people are not the foundation. We should make friends with good people, especially local officials and village officials. They There is no way to enter the body."
"Yes, yes, yes, these great principles should be taught to the students and the village officials should know them."
"..."
A group of young people discussed repeatedly, and the door was suddenly pushed open. The young man outside the door gasped: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty... collapsed!"
The young people looked at each other, and then Liu Shunqing was overjoyed: "What a God-given opportunity! If the king dies, party strife will inevitably resume, and no one will pay attention to our preaching. We can be divided into five groups, copying a large number of "Collected Works of Qianchu", and sending them to the southeast, northwest, and southeast. Spread in all directions. I stayed in Hanyang and preached in the capital region!"
Another young man said: "At the critical moment, you can contact the Datong Army in Baozhou. If you offer Baozhou and North Hamgyong Province to the Celestial Empire in exchange for the support of the Datong Army, you will be able to correct the chaos and create a Korean state where all people are unified! To that point? When the time comes, a middle-aged person can also become a noble!"
"Yes, Baozhou has been occupied by the Celestial Empire, and it will definitely not be taken back. North Hamgyong Province is full of mountains and mountains. It is tasteless to eat, so it is not a pity to abandon it. It is a good deal to dedicate it to the Celestial Empire in exchange for support!" The other young people also agreed with this! Lift.
North Korea, the area next to the Tumen River, was originally called Jingcheng Protectorate. You can tell what it is like just by the name - you won't feel bad if it is ceded.
This group of young people have gone crazy. None of their descendants can become nobles. In order to achieve a class breakthrough, they actually want to cede land in exchange for China's support.
In the North Korean court, a great ritual discussion was brewing, which was known in history as the "Jihai Ritual Litigation".
To put it bluntly, it is a party struggle!
Decades ago, two North Korean ministers started fighting. One lived east of Hanyang and the other lived west of Hanyang. The forces headed by them were called the East People's Party and the West People's Party.
Initially, the Eastern Party took power and the Western Party was squeezed out.
After the Eastern People's Party gained power, internal fighting broke out again, with moderates and hardliners facing each other, the so-called Southern People's Party and Northern People's Party. After defeating Japan, the Northern People's Party took power and split again, namely the Great Northern People's Party and the Little Northern People's Party.
The Great North Party gained power and split again into the Bone North Party and the Flesh North Party.
During the post-Jin invasion, the Westerners Party regained power and quickly split into the Xunxi Party, the Qingxi Party, the Shan Party and the Han Party.
At this time, the Korean king died, and the Southerners tried to counterattack and fought around the new king.
The old king is the legitimate second son, but his biological mother is his step-concubine.
The old king dies and the new king succeeds to the throne. How should the Queen Mother mourn the old king?
Song Shilie of the Western People's Party was the first to speak: ""Etiquette·Mourning Clothes" says that although the burden can only be carried out for three years. Although the former king has shouldered the burden, he is not the eldest son who succeeded him, Lunxu is still the second son. Concubine Ciyi is the former king.
The period of mourning cannot exceed the period of one year."
Yin Yin of the Southern People's Party refuted fiercely: "Song Shilie, you read the books of sages in vain. You don't know the difference between the etiquette of the common people and the etiquette of the dynasty." "Rituals·Mourning Clothes·Zhansei" says that if the first son dies, then the
The second son born to the legitimate wife is also named the eldest son. Concubine Ciyi should mourn for the late king for three years! Zheng Xuan of the Han Dynasty noted in "Mourning Clothes" that the second son is also named the eldest son. This means that after the eldest son passes away, the legitimate second son is born.
The son can also be called the eldest son! Renzu adopted Xiaozong as his heir, which is in line with what Zheng Xuan said. Although the former king Xiaozong is the second son, he also has the title of eldest son, and he cannot be regarded as a concubine!"
Song Shilie also quickly rebutted: "It is indeed said in "Etiquette·Mourning Clothes·Beheading", but there is more to it. The second child born to his legitimate wife has the same name as a concubine. And based on the "Da Ming Code" and the Korean "Five Rites of the Kingdom"
, regardless of the eldest son or the second son, the mother can only serve the mourning for years!"
"You are so brave. Now that we are in the Datong Dynasty, you are still talking about the Law of the Ming Dynasty!" Yin Yin couldn't say it anymore, so he started to criticize him.
Song Shilie said: "In the Ming Dynasty Code and the Datong Code, there are not many changes in the matter of mourning clothes. Even if there are changes, they will become simpler and simpler with each change, and will never be changed back to the three-year period!"
The Westerners’ Party and the Southerners’ Party joined in this grand ceremony one after another.
As for the new king and the Queen Mother, they were ignored by them. This battle lasted for more than three months, and finally ended with the victory of the Western People's Party, and almost all of the Southern People's Party were deprived of important positions.
The new king of North Korea, Li Di, who was less than twenty years old, witnessed the whole party struggle and was extremely disgusted with the Westerners.
Although Song Shilie won the victory in the Great Rites Dispute, the sentence "The second child born from his legitimate wife has the same name as the common son" is tantamount to saying that Li Di's father is the common son, and the new king Li Di is the descendant of the common son!
After he had seriously succeeded to the throne and his buttocks were still hot, and he became a bastard for no apparent reason, how could Li Di not feel uncomfortable?
But King Li Di did not dare to act rashly because the Westerners Party was too powerful and he had to recruit more forces before he could take action.
At this time, some people wanted to overturn the results of the reform and turn the shareholding into a poll tax. At the same time, the Western People's Party began to split, and there was an extremely fierce discussion on whether to take back Baozhou and whether to maintain a large army.
The ministers of the Western Party, who were in charge of power, suggested maintaining the status quo, acquiescing that Baozhou was occupied by China, and disbanding the old king's expanded army. They were called the Luo Party.
Officials of the Western Party who did not hold power suggested that they continue to maintain a large army and take Baozhou back from China. In fact, they encouraged the king to fight, but they did not dare to actually fight. They just tried to seize power under the banner of recovering lost territory. They were called original party.
King Li Di gradually favored the original party and maintained the army to claim Baozhou. This guy also did not dare to go to war with China, and also wanted to suppress the Luo party in power under the banner of recovering lost territory.
As a result, North Korea, which had already had too many troops, once again expanded its army to 3,000 and started to make plans for the Northern Expedition.
During the fierce struggle in the court, the "Collected Works of Qianchu" spread rapidly among the people. Those middlemen, scholars and village officials in North Korea became loyal supporters of this theory. "Collection of Datong" was also spread, but only the theory of personality was spread. One article, the rest of the content was deliberately controlled.
At the same time, the atmosphere in North Korean literary circles is also changing.
In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, "Jiangnan Literature" was popular in Korea, also called "West Lake Pictures and Literature".
At first, during the Jiajing period, Tian Rucheng's "West Lake Tour Chronicle" was spread to North Korea and quickly became a popular reading. Korean literati envied the prosperity of Hangzhou, and based on the records in "West Lake Tour Chronicle", they drew various scenic spots in Hangzhou based on their imagination. And around these pictures , create poetry, prose, and even novels.
Then he praised the entire Jiangnan area. In the minds of these Korean literati, China's Jiangnan, especially Hangzhou, is a perfect paradise on earth. Everyone has a dream of Jiangnan, and everyone has a dream of West Lake. If you have the opportunity in this life, You must visit Hangzhou.
Now, with the establishment of the new Datong Dynasty, a few Korean students studying abroad wrote articles praising Nanjing after returning to China. The dream of Jiangnan soon turned into the dream of Jinling. Korean literati began to create pictures of Nanjing, including Xuanwu Lake, Zhongshan Temple and other scenic spots. Creating literary works based on pictures is called Jinling Literature.
The popularity of Jinling literature, the import of Chinese goods, and the spread of new ideas made the dissatisfaction brewing in the hearts of certain classes of Korean literati more intense.
In particular, the local gentry who had been divided into small households had long resented the Reform and hated the two groups of nobles who controlled the government. They gradually accepted ideas such as personal status theory. In their understanding, they and the nobles had equal personalities and could and must have the same personality. There is room for improvement. As for ordinary people, they should do whatever they have to do.
Above me, everyone is equal. Below me, everyone has a distinct class!
In this way, North Korean middlemen, scholars, gentry, and country officials are gradually moving towards a great ideological unity.
