The Xu family is a wealthy and powerful family in Songjiang Prefecture.
The more people like this, the more they understand the power of off-season vegetables.
Rich families are not short of money.
They are willing to pay more to have a bite of fresh green vegetables in winter when everything is withered.
There are not many other things in Jiangnan, except that there are many rich people. They also advocate luxury and are happy to enjoy themselves.
Xu Yuandu wants to start this business.
Although Jiangnan has a milder climate and longer hot days than Shandong, green vegetables still cannot grow in winter.
Especially in today's Little Ice Age, even Hainan will have snow, and Jiangnan will be even colder.
Therefore, off-season vegetables will definitely be marketable and very popular.
"My brother-in-law is serious about it, so there is no reason why I can't help it. For 10% of the shares, I will send someone over to help with the preparations."
Xu Yuandu thought that Zuo Mengeng would take care of such a hot and popular business. But he didn't expect that it would turn out to be a complete mess.
"Zhongheng is so righteous, I don't even know what to say."
Zuo Mengeng laughed and said a little more.
"Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty has a large population and serious annexation of cultivated land. It is difficult to ensure the people's food and clothing by relying solely on traditional farming. Only business is a good deed that benefits the country and the people."
As he spoke, he observed Xu Yuandu's expression.
Xu Yuandu patted his thigh and echoed again and again.
"Who says it isn't? Jiangnan became a prosperous place in the world because of its developed commerce. However, the imperial court focused on agriculture and suppressed business, and merchants were bullied. People in Jiangnan have long been filled with resentment."
In the Ming Dynasty, even though they looked down on and suppressed business on the surface, they were all smart people and everyone knew that business made money.
Therefore, money-making businesses are basically in the hands of the powerful class.
They do not show up personally, but use collateral relatives and servants to do business.
On the surface, he mocks and despises businessmen, but privately his business is getting bigger and bigger.
After these powerful people make money, they will not invest in expanding production. Instead, they will invest in land, still following the route of traditional landlords.
Jiangnan's developed commerce and real commercial prosperity are actually two different things.
Pure businessmen were bullied and squeezed, and could not earn enough benefits from this prosperity.
Although the Xu family is a family of officials, it has not produced any high-ranking officials for many years. Instead, it focuses more on business, so its position is on the side of real businessmen.
Zuo Mengeng and Xu Yuandu had an in-depth chat and had a thorough understanding of the situation in Jiangnan.
As for Xu Yuandu's desire to get involved in the off-season vegetable business, Zuo Mengeng gave the green light and did not ask for much in return.
The technical content of this thing is not high, and it will probably be cracked by someone soon. After all, glass is sold everywhere nowadays, and building a greenhouse is something that can be done at a glance.
In view of this, Zuo Menggeng's advice to Xu Yuandu is not to do this business alone, but to contact relatives and friends to make the business bigger and stronger together.
Off-season vegetables can be regarded as the expansion of traditional agriculture in business. As long as those involved see the benefits, they will naturally continue to invest, and many people can transition from traditional landowners to half-landowners and half-capitalists.
Compared with the income generated by this business itself, Zuo Mengeng's biggest worry is that there are not enough like-minded allies.
If capitalists were everywhere, it would be easy for him to overthrow the decadent Ming Dynasty.
How could it be like now, when the Kong family was so overwhelming that he couldn't breathe.
Isn't it because there are so many followers of the Confucius family all over the world?
If capital and commerce were equally spread all over the world, there would naturally be more people who felt that the Confucius family was an obstacle.
Before the social status quo cannot be completely changed, scholars are already at the forefront in the field of thought.
"Everyone, this is my new article. I have learned to use vernacular writing, but I hope that the shortcomings will be corrected."
At another thought exchange meeting, Liu Zongzhou presented his recent research results.
Everyone was assigned a manuscript and they all read it eagerly.
Liu Zongzhou said that it was Wenzong today, which is not an exaggeration at all.
His academics, who is not eager to learn?
Liu Zongzhou named this new work "Confucian Textual Research".
Since it is textual research, there is no doubt that it is a research paper.
What pleased Zuo Mengeng the most was that Liu Zongzhou had changed a lot. He actually gave up the classical Chinese writing method he was best at, and instead followed everyone else's example and changed to vernacular.
Although there are many mistakes in the sentences and use of symbols, the whole article is enjoyable and clear at a glance.
There is no profound argument in this article, nor does it elaborate on Liu Zongzhou’s thoughts.
This is more like an archaeological article.
In the article, Liu Zongzhou focused on describing the origin, rise, development and current situation of Confucianism and Confucianism.
Especially the origin of Confucianism, Liu Zongzhou spent a lot of space on it.
The most striking thing is that in this opening chapter, Liu Zongzhou introduced in detail the overall pattern and trend of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States eras. The politics, wars, diplomacy between countries, and even the development of productive forces.
Through these, the reasons for the emergence of Confucianism are derived.
In the article, Liu Zongzhou clearly stated that an important reason why Confucianism became a prominent school was that after a long period of division and war, the people's minds were settled.
In other words, Confucianism in the pre-Qin era was both a prominent study and a basic study.
However, the ruling elites of various countries are not interested in Confucianism.
The reason is that all countries are focused on striving for hegemony and unification, and need to find legitimacy for politics, war, and annexation.
As a philosophical doctrine, Confucianism is not conducive to the expansion of various vassal states.
From this point of view, when the world is in chaos, although the people are determined, in order to prevent the world from falling, it is even more necessary to strive for self-improvement and seek ways to become prosperous and strong.
Although it is not too straightforward, how do you find the way to become rich and powerful?
Those who are familiar with history books will naturally understand.
In order to strive for hegemony, the princes of the pre-Qin Dynasty made every effort to reform.
What is leather?
Of course it's thoughts.
Liu Zongzhou is worthy of being a great master. He does not criticize Confucianism in the whole article, but he digs out the roots of Confucianism.
I believe that once this article is published, it will definitely make many stubborn and corrupt people jump.
But here, when everyone saw it, they were all delighted.
Having a great master write the book means that there is a convincing legal basis for dealing with Confucianism.
At that time, whether it is to destroy Confucianism or to reform Confucianism, it will be conducive to the formation of legitimacy of this camp.
"Teacher's article will be published and circulated internally. It requires officers above the company of the New Army, managers above Zuozhuang, and heads of various factory departments above. Everyone must read it thoroughly."
Zuo Mengeng is planning to unify his thoughts and clarify the direction of the camp's struggle.
Now that the entire camp has expanded to a certain extent, it is expected that it will undergo a transformation soon.
If ideological construction does not keep up, it will easily collapse quickly.
Everyone agreed with his actions.
"I suggest that Zhongheng's article should also be published together. How we should take our future path cannot be just us sitting here behind closed doors. Everyone in our camp should participate and put forward their ideas.
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Huang Zongxi's idea is even bolder.
If we really want to talk about the role of promoting ideological construction, Zuo Menggeng’s article comparing the Western Renaissance and the restoration of Chinese Confucianism is more profound than Liu Zongzhou’s article.
Although in terms of writing style and skill, Zuo Menggeng is far inferior to Liu Zongzhou. But Zuo Menggeng is from a global perspective and has the future ideological achievements of Sasuke, so the natural pattern is larger.
"In this case, will it become more chaotic?"
Liu Yiyuan is somewhat conservative.
Just from the internal discussions among them, he and Huang Zongxi had completely different views. If more people were brought in, it would be troublesome if a split occurred.
Zuo Mengeng was quite confident about this.
"What are you afraid of? The truth becomes clearer with more debate. And only when we understand it, we will not hesitate and be timid when moving forward, nor will we look forward and backward. Only in this way can we move more steadily."
Seeing him scolding Fang Qiu, everyone couldn't help but feel sad.
This young man increasingly displayed his royal aura in terms of courage.
No one has ever seen what the saintly kings and emperors of the past and present were like. But when compared with the emperors of the Ming Dynasty in recent years, they are like white clouds compared with the soil.
"Okay, let's do it like this. Now that we have the strength, we don't need to be so afraid. Even if they are really spread out, we are not without power to resist."
Zhang Jimeng dared to say this because the strength of the new army was his confidence.
Now the second division is about to be formed, and the new army's strength will exceed 30,000.
With these 30,000 strong troops, the Ming court was actually helpless.
As long as the mountain of Confucianism is removed, this camp will soar into the sky.
This time...
It should be coming soon, right?
Zuo Mengeng fell into deep thought, silently thinking about how to plan to ensure nothing went wrong.
