"Now that this volume is finished, please ask your husband to help write the preface!" Zhu Yuanzhang directly invited Zhang Ximeng to write the preface. After all, he was the only one in the world who had this qualification.
Zhang Ximeng did not hesitate and agreed immediately.
"I have no obligation to refuse!"
Zhu Yuanzhang's self-narration of his childhood experiences is very simple. Even when he was born, there was no such thing as the usual red light in the sky, the fragrance, and the fire trucks walking around every person.
Reading this book will even make you feel friendly. You don’t have to be too old, as long as you are middle-aged, you can appreciate Lao Zhu’s bitterness, and even many young children can resonate with it.
Climb a tree to catch cicadas and go down to the river to catch loaches.
I worked as a herdsman for the landowner and wanted to study, but I couldn't even afford to study in private schools. After a few months of attending private school, I had to give up.
The eldest brother got married and continued the Zhu family's legacy, so he had to borrow money and go into debt. When he got to the second brother's place, he could only marry into his wife.
Drought and plague completely destroyed this family... There is no such thing as God's wisdom, it can only be done as a last resort.
He is a human being and must live!
It’s okay to be a young monk, and it’s okay to go out to beg for food and wander around!
I did everything to live.
But even so, he still couldn't survive.
When war breaks out, temples are burned, companions write letters, and others discover them.
He was already so unlucky that someone actually planned to report Zhu Yuanzhang and take his head in exchange for a reward from the Yuan Ting master.
You forced me into a desperate situation. I couldn't even lie down on the ground and live humbly, so I had to straighten my spine and pick up a knife and a gun.
I have nothing left to lose!
Fight!
Fight to the end with this world!
No compromise, no concession, no fear of death, no surrender... In fact, if you understand this book, you will also understand Zhu Yuanzhang.
The foundation of the Ming Dynasty was Lao Zhu’s unyielding fighting spirit.
Zhang Ximeng's article, Juntian advocates dividing history and restoring China... Although these things are very important, strictly speaking, they can only be the icing on the cake, making the journey smoother and smoother.
In other words, Zhang Ximeng explained very well why he lived in hardship, why he had no food to eat, no clothes to cover his body, and why he couldn't even become a slave if he wanted to...
It was because the Yuan Dynasty did not regard people as adults. To be precise, they regarded the Han people in the south as cattle and horses. But they did not know that people are not cattle and horses after all. Once the anger of thousands of people is burning, it will surge and be helpless. Block until an old era is completely burned.
Written by His Majesty himself, with a preface by Prime Minister Zhang, a book recalling Lao Zhu's childhood was published.
Starting from Peiping, the initial printing was carried out, and then Yingtian and other places also worked hard and worked overtime to print the book... Everyone in the imperial court, up and down, must have a copy of this book.
After all, as a minister of the Ming Dynasty, if you don’t even read His Majesty’s books, do you still want to live in peace?
In addition, every school, not to mention the top ones, even ordinary middle schools, have to buy books and read them.
When Lao Zhu wrote the inscription on the imperial mausoleum stele, many people memorized it verbatim. Listening to Lao Zhu's detailed narration this time is even more moving.
Moreover, it is such a critical moment and others cannot sense it. Why don’t the princes of the court understand it?
Although His Majesty did not say a word more, this book has already explained too many things.
Sun Yan was one of the first people to get the manuscript. He put aside his official duties, took it in his hand, and read it carefully. He was sweating profusely and his heart was beating fast.
God bless me, I finally didn't get confused.
Your Majesty did not talk about his destiny or how miraculous he was. He only talked about the most ordinary things, about the difficulty of life and the hardship of the people.
Don't you understand this?
The common people don't want many things, but they just want to live a stable life, have enough to eat, and not go hungry. If they have a little hope that they can live a better life and have hope for the future, they will be satisfied and have no complaints.
"I invite you all to come here just to talk about this matter. The following school funding must be implemented in a practical way. Every money must be spent on the school and students. Anyone who dares to be corrupt will be severely punished immediately.
Loan, we will never tolerate it! The Yushitai will be responsible for keeping an eye on this matter."
Xu Da nodded happily, "Where justice lies, there is no shirking responsibility."
Sun Yan added: "Also, you must have read His Majesty's book. I would like to share my experience... If we insist on saying that His Majesty came into being at the right time, upholding the destiny, expelled the barbarians and restored China...
It would be unfair to say so. After all, it is clearly written in His Majesty’s book. There was only one reason why His Majesty decided to join the army in the first place, and that was that he could no longer survive.”
"In all dynasties, officials forced the people to rebel, and they had to do so. It was not just because of the barbarians' oppression and cruelty. Starting from the Chen Sheng and Wu Guang uprising, to the Yellow Turban uprising, to the Huang Chao uprising, and all the other uprisings in the Song Dynasty...this
It’s the same reason why the common people can’t live anymore and have no choice but to include our Red Turban Uprising this time!”
Faced with Sun Yan's words, Wang Guangyang pondered for a moment and then said: "Prime Minister Sun, you see, this Yuan Dynasty is still different from the previous dynasty. We talk about expelling the barbarians and restoring China. We talk about the barbarians not having a century-old national destiny. That's it.
What’s more, they are cruel and unkind. They are much crueler than those in previous generations. They are simply incomparable!”
Sun Yan chuckled, "What Wang Xiang said is that the Yuan Dynasty was more cruel than the previous dynasty... But you can't say that the Han, Tang, Zhao and Song dynasties were no longer cruel in the last years, right? It forced the people to have no choice but to rise up, and that can only be said
They all can’t survive. Do we still have to distinguish between three, six, and nine in terms of not being able to survive?”
Sun Yan smiled and said: "I think this is unnecessary! Hahaha!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Qian Tang immediately said: "What Prime Minister Sun said is absolutely true. After the Tang Lu case, the Grand Master reinterpreted the Land Equalization Order... In the final analysis, it is to safeguard the foundation of the Ming Dynasty and let everyone have
Land can ensure that we have enough to eat and we will not go hungry. Now we need to reform education and give everyone the opportunity to study and progress. In the final analysis, we still need to provide fairness to the people, eliminate people's grievances, and make the Ming Dynasty prosperous for generations to come!"
Qian Tang continued: "If the scholar-bureaucrats are allowed to return to the court and they control the imperial positions, what is the difference between these people and the Han and Tang aristocratic families, Zhao and Song civil servants, and Mongolian nobles? Aren't they the same species? If we allow them to annex land and do whatever they want, what will happen?
What is the difference between the Mongolians and the Mongolians? Also, if you allow a wealthy family to keep slaves, run brothels and casinos all over the place, and treat the children of poor families as playthings and slaves, how different is it from what the Mongols do? Let me tell you
, it’s just half a pound!”
Wang Guangyang frowned, "It's too much, it's too much... Both the Han and Tang Dynasties were prosperous dynasties with hundreds of years of inheritance, which is different from the Yuan Dynasty, which has not had a century-old national destiny!"
Just as Wang Guangyang finished speaking, Sun Yan suddenly laughed, "Mr. Wang, I just suddenly remembered something. There was a play on Hongmei Pavilion in the market. Jia Sidao in it was a treacherous sycophant. A big treacherous sycophant. If someone tells me,
Qin is three times better than Jia Sidao... Do you think I should be happy or sad?"
Everyone was startled. After a moment, Xu Da couldn't help but laugh. With him taking the lead, everyone else also laughed. Only Wang Guangyang, whose face was very ugly, could only laugh twice to relieve the pressure.
As a result, the more I laughed, the more embarrassed I became, leaving me speechless.
What should I say about this nonsense?
Suppose a few years later, someone reveals that the Ming Dynasty lasted so many years longer than the Yuan Dynasty, which was three times as long as the Yuan Dynasty and much stronger than the Yuan Dynasty!
This seems to be true, but for the Dukes of Ming Dynasty, is this praising them for their ability, or calling them useless?
How about it?
It seems hard to say, right?
If you only want to be better than the Yuan Dynasty, or even only a few times better than the Yuan Dynasty... shouldn't everyone jump into the Qinhuai River?
Sun Yan looked at everyone and said with a smile: "In that case, I might as well say it straight away. There is no room for hesitation in running the school. There is one more thing to do next, and that is to prepare for the new land allocation... This
This is the next thing that must be done. The Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Revenue, the Taxation Department, and all other yamen must make great efforts. If they do not do well, I will resign from Your Majesty. As for
You guys, go and plead guilty yourself!"
You guys are so angry, you can just resign and you're done, but you ask us to plead guilty, you can't go so far!
But everyone also understands, so don’t complain. The next fiscal and tax reform will be even more difficult than the education reform... I don’t know how many times more difficult!
This day is hard to come by. This guy named Sun is simply more hateful than Li Shanchang and Zhang Ximeng put together!
Those two had to weigh the pros and cons when doing things, but when it came to Sun Yan, he just said, if you can't do it well, that's your business, and I don't need to explain it anyway.
Damn it, this boss is so comfortable!
But no matter how many people complained in their hearts, they had no other choice but to hold their noses and admit it.
The books written by Zhu Yuanzhang were naturally sent to Fudan Academy, and Zhang Shuning also had a copy. After flipping through it, he suddenly remembered someone. He wanted to take a look at Cai Ben and his teacher.
Until now, Zhang Shuning is still very conflicted. In fact, Cai Ben's investigation of the situation among the people and the rigor of his scholarship are still worthy of Zhang Shuning's praise and study.
But Zhang Shuning couldn't agree with this person's thoughts.
There are talents but not virtues, there are virtues but no talents... There are really too few people in this world who can have both virtues and talents.
After not seeing him for a while, Cai Ben turned out to be very old, his beard was gray and messy like weeds, and he was completely different from his usual meticulous appearance.
"Mr. Cai, what do you think of His Majesty's book?"
Cai Ben snorted coldly, with an indifferent expression, "As a student, you overthrew me as a teacher. What can you gain? You ruined your bright future at a young age. You will understand in a short time!"
"
Zhang Shuning was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "My future is not important. But the future of the students is more important than anything else. I have summarized the experience of Xiahezhai Middle School into a book and will publish it soon. By then, Poverty
The opportunities for our children will be much greater!"
When Cai Ben heard this, he was suddenly stunned and blurted out, "You, who are you? Who can help you? How can you publish such a rebellious book casually? Who are you?"
(End of chapter)
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