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"Nongzheng Quanshu" is Xu Guangqi's posthumous work. Before it was approved and revised, Xu Guangqi died of illness.Chen Zilong got the draft of "Nongzheng Quanshu" from Xu Guangqi's grandson, deleted about three-tenths of it, and added two-tenths of the content himself.

The book is divided into two parts, one on agricultural technology and one on agricultural policy.

There are as many as [-] volumes on disaster relief and famine preparations alone, and hundreds of plants that can satisfy hunger are even appended.The book not only makes statistics on the floods, droughts and locust disasters in the past dynasties, but also analyzes the pros and cons of various disaster relief methods.

Based on the "Nongzheng Quanshu" alone, Zhao Han will vigorously reuse Chen Zilong.

Alas, in history, Chen Zilong failed to resist the Qing Dynasty and was captured by the Qing soldiers and taken to Nanjing.Chen Zilong refused to surrender and jumped into the water halfway to his death. The body was beheaded by Ling Chi and finally thrown into the river.

Zhao Han said to all the scholars: "I am a man of merit, gentlemen of all walks of life should not be impatient."

These scholars are all from various provinces, and more and more are gathering in Bailuzhou Academy.They couldn't bear the shame of being officials, so they wrote letters every three days to persuade them to come in, and they also asked Zhao Han to start a course in Nanjing to obtain a scholar.

Seeing Zhao Han admiring Chen Zilong now, everyone was envious.

Zhao Han chatted for a while, said some words of encouragement, and suddenly asked: "Everyone, do you know why the Great Ming Society has been so corrupted?"

Xu Lianggong, a Juren from Jiangyin, stood up. This guy is Xu Xiake's nephew: "The current situation in the Ming Dynasty is corrupted. There are only three points. First, the treacherous ministers are in power, and the state government is corrupt; second, Wen Tian and Wu Xi, the people cannot be ruled internally, and the enemy cannot be defended externally; Third, the emperor is fatuous, extorting money and extorting money, and the people are living in dire straits.”

"What else?" Zhao Han asked the rest of the scholars.

Yixing scholar Lu Xiangguan said: "The rewards and punishments are unclear, and the rewards and punishments are impermanent. Those who do things often make troubles, and those who are dead are promoted. So, who else is willing to serve the court? My elder brother, who has devoted himself to the Ming Dynasty, is now imprisoned in Beijing." In prison!"

Zhao Han asked, "Who is Brother Ling?"

Lu Xiangguan replied: "My brother's surname is Lu, and Xiangsheng is taboo."

It turned out to be Lu Xiangsheng's younger brother.

Lu Xiangguan was also an anti-Qing righteous man. He personally led thirty cavalry into the town and fought against Qing soldiers on the streets.Later, he was surrounded by the bridge, and 45 brothers, nephews and nephews were killed in battle. The Lu family wanted to arrest him and sacrifice him to the Qing Dynasty.Lu Xiangguan led 300 men into Taihu Lake, but was outnumbered, cut off the sails, fought hard on the boat and died.

Lu Xiangguan said: "The general town has clear rewards and punishments, and it should be prosperous. The next time I come to Jiangxi, it is not to persuade people to advance, but to ask to join the army, so that the world will return to peace as soon as possible."

"Are you willing to join the army?" Zhao Han was a little surprised.

Lu Xiangguan said: "There is no shortage of civil servants in the town, and I am willing to join the army. Please start from the top!"

"Are you proficient in riding?" Zhao Han asked.

"Both riding and shooting." Lu Xiangguan replied.

"it is good!"

Zhao Han clapped his hands and laughed, "Jeju Island is training cavalry, you can take your wife and children with you, and serve as a cavalry officer on the island!"

"Thank you, Mr. Town!"

Lu Xiangguan did not sit down, and continued: "Chaozhou Chen Tangong is a general of the Tianxiong Army. He is good at battle and cavalry. After his brother was imprisoned, Chen Tangong resigned and returned to his hometown. It is now in Haiyang County, Chaozhou."

Zhao Han said to the secretary: "Write down Mr. Chen Tan and send him to Jeju Island to train cavalry."

Lu Xiangguan was satisfied now, sat down to eat melon seeds, and did not say another word.

Li Yiyuan, a member of the Taiping Mansion, stood up and said: "The government strategy of the general town is excellent everywhere. There is only one place, which is to open a course to obtain scholars. The general town has half of the country, please add the title of king and move the capital to Nanjing. Once in Nanjing Opening a course to recruit scholars will win the hearts of scholars all over the world, and all Kyushu will return to surrender!"

"Please ask the general town to open a course to get a scholar!" All the scholars shouted.

Zhao Han said with a smile: "In the future, I will open a course to obtain a scholar, but all provinces and counties must set up middle schools. You can continue to study, get acquainted with the subjects of elementary school and middle school, and you will definitely be able to pass the imperial examination in high school in the future!"

Everyone was stunned.

Fujian Juren Wu Huangjia couldn't help asking: "In the future, when you open a course to become a scholar, will you also have to take mathematics and geometry?"

"It's natural." Zhao Han said firmly.

Chen Dan, a Nanjing Juren, said excitedly: "Mathematics is a trivial matter, how can you get into the imperial examination hall?"

The smile on Zhao Han's face disappeared, and he said in a cold tone, "You have only two choices, either take the test or not."

Xu Fuyi, a Qiantang Juren, cupped his hands and said, "Please think twice, the imperial examinations are only customized and cannot be easily changed."

Zhao Han asked back: "During the time of Confucius and Mencius, were there imperial examinations?"

Xu Fuyi replied: "Not at all."

"Since this is the case, what is tested in the imperial examination is determined by the emperors of later generations," Zhao Han said, "If I am an emperor, I can take whatever exams I want. Or do you think this town can't be an emperor?"

"Don't dare." Xu Fuyi quickly sat back.

Zhao Han said: "Tomorrow in the spring and summer, I will move to Nanjing. As for the opening of a subject to obtain a scholar, it is still the same sentence, you have to wait for the completion of middle schools and primary schools in various places. If you want to take part in the imperial examination, you must study Datong and mathematics honestly. , Geometry. Or, if you become an official now, maybe you will be a magistrate in the future when you start a course to obtain a scholar!"

All the scholars looked at each other in blank dismay, but they didn't dare to jump anymore, for fear of offending Zhao Han right now.

Chapter 326 [Three Principles]

Zhao Han raised his hand, and a guard came carrying several large boxes.

"To be honest," Zhao Han glanced at the many scholars, "I am very disappointed with you. Many of you are Juren, and there are a few Ding You or dismissed Jinshi. Most of your family's land is also forcibly divided. Don’t you understand why this town divides the land? Mr. Huang (Xu Ying) spreads it everywhere, but you never watch "Datong Ji"?"

No one spoke.

Zhao Han asked by name: "Renzhong, have you read "The Collection of Great Harmony"?"

"I've seen it." Chen Zilong replied.

Zhao Han asked again: "Do you know why I divided the fields?"

Chen Zilong said: ""Datong Collection" has a lot of discussions, and it can be summed up in only [-] words about the politics of dividing land: restraining mergers, increasing taxes, cracking down on tyrants, and winning the hearts of the people."

Zhao Han smiled and said, "Are you against adding mathematics and geometry to the imperial examination?"

"I have no objection." Chen Zilong said.

"Everyone objected just now, why didn't you speak?" Zhao Han asked.

Chen Zilong sighed: "If you talk about it, you will offend many people. Mathematics and geometry seem to be trivial, but they are actually great. The draft of Mr. Xuan Hu's "Elements of Geometry" is now in my study."

No wonder Chen Zilong did not object to adding material to the imperial examination. It turned out that he had already mastered it, and even had a draft of Xu Guangqi's "Elements of Geometry" in his collection.

"What do you think of imperial power? Tell the truth." Zhao Han said.

Chen Zilong did not answer directly, but said: "For humans, snakes, insects, mice, and ants are indistinguishable from good and evil. To heaven, humans are like snakes, insects, mice, mice, and ants. Heaven is mighty, but it is the good and evil of humans that make it Misfortunes and blessings reward the good and punish the evil, but the good are not good, and the evil are not evil. Heaven has no reason to tell it, so it has not been realized until now. If you know what you can’t do, you should relax your power less.”

As soon as this remark came out, some scholars were shocked, while others praised.

These words were obviously satirizing Chongzhen, and at the same time reminded Zhao Han not to be self-willed.

People can't understand the situation of snakes, insects, rats and ants, just like the emperor can't understand the situation of the people.The emperor insisted on finding out, and then rewarded and punished indiscriminately, resulting in unclear rewards and punishments, and no one to do things. The rights of the emperor should be restricted.

Many anti-Qing righteous men, including Chen Zilong, although they died for the Ming Dynasty, their works hated Chongzhen very much, and they all proposed the idea of ​​restricting imperial power.

Chen Zilong's real proposition is to carry out "family politics", restore the ancient fifth-class titles, and restore the gentry ecology of the Han and Jin Dynasties-although it is restricting imperial power, it is actually turning back the wheel of history.

Of course, after reading "The Collection of Datong", Chen Zilong's thinking changed, because he discovered that family politics would lead to worse negative effects.

Zhao Han heard another meaning: "Do you want to form a party?"

Chen Zilong said: "Isolated and helpless, who can do things? People must have friends, and affairs must have parties. Since ancient times, parties have been difficult to ban. Ming Dynasty's fierce faction stems from the cabinet system. The imperial power and power, one fades and the other grows. The power is another For a few, everyone wants to be the head and assistant. The monarch and his ministers are jealous, and the cabinet ministers fight each other, and each invokes the six ministries in order to gain the power of the ministries. Combined with the science and way, the political struggle is even worse, and the party struggle intensifies."

"Can cronies rule the world?" Zhao Han asked.

Chen Zilong said: "The world should be ruled by a party of gentlemen, and it is not allowed for villains to form a party to occupy a high position."

"This statement is different!" A scholar suddenly stood up.

Zhao Han smiled and said, "Please report your name."

The scholar cupped his hands and said: "Shanyin Zhang Dai, the name is Zongzi."

Zhang Dai?

Zhao Han smiled even more happily: "Please tell me, Zongzi Zhang."

Zhang Dai rolled up his sleeves and said: "There are no villains in the Donglin Party and the Fushe Party? There are no gentlemen in the Eunuch Party? How can there be a party of gentlemen and a party of villains. I agree with Hou Chaozong's (Hou Fangyu)'s "Theory of Cliques" Cliques cannot be divided into gentlemen and villains, but should be divided into the party at the top and the party at the bottom.”

"What is the party above and the party below?" Zhao Han asked.

Zhang Dai said: "The one who lives in the temple is the party at the top; the one who is in the rivers and lakes is the party at the bottom. The party at the top reports state affairs, and the party at the bottom is the assistant. However, in terms of party disputes, the party at the top is less likely to be a disaster." , The party below is the worst disaster. A party above is the combination of the advantages and disadvantages of countless parties below, and the things it does are also the aggregation of countless advantages and disadvantages.”

"Wonderful!" Zhao Han clapped his hands in praise.

This is to say that a party has people in power, and behind them are countless party members who are in opposition.

Once a party member is in power, his words and deeds cannot represent himself, but represent the interests of countless party members behind him.Even if a gentleman becomes the leader of the party, he is still swayed by the interests of countless party members, and he cannot govern according to his own wishes.

Zhang Dai cupped his hands and said: "General Town, this is not my opinion, it's just citing Hou Chaozong's "Clique Theory"."

Hou Fangyu sees it so thoroughly?

What Zhao Han didn't know was that "On the Clique" was written by Hou Fangyu when he was a teenager.

"Where is Hou Chaozong?" Zhao Han asked.

Chen Zilong replied, "Beijing."

Chongzhen is promulgating the "Atonement Order", as long as the family members pay enough money, they can release the criminals in the imperial prison.

Hou Fangyu didn't come to Jiangxi this time, he went to Beijing to pay money to redeem his father.

Another Fushe scholar stood up: "Gentlemen can form associations, but not cliques!"

Zhao Han smiled and said, "Please report your name."

The scholar of the Fushe said: "Xia Yunyi, whose name is Yizhong."

This is Xia Wanchun's biological father, who was in Dangzhi County, Fujian Province before.Some time ago, the whole city surrendered. Because the official voice was excellent and countless people were saved, he could directly become the county magistrate.However, you must go to Bailuzhou Academy for advanced studies!

Xia Yunyi and Chen Zilong are good friends, but they haven't seen each other for two or three years, and their opinions are very different.

With the sunset of the Daming Sheji, the Donglin Party and the Fushe are also reflecting internally, and a large number of people have become "mediationists."

That is to mediate party disputes, let everyone abandon personal grievances, and work together on state affairs.

Historically, with the death of Chongzhen, more and more "mediationists" did not want to engage in party disputes anymore.But those in power are unwilling to mediate, and the situation is endless. Both Xia Yunyi and Zhang Dai firmly advocate mediation.

When the Hongguang small court was destroyed, the "mediation faction" became more thorough, believing that gentlemen should not form cliques, and cliques will inevitably bring disaster to the country and the people!

Xia Yunyi continued: "If a gentleman does not belong to the party, the party will be in trouble. Once party disputes form, everything will be black or white. What good will it do for the country and the people?"

"Gentlemen don't have cliques, but villains form cliques. If they are suppressed, the whole court will be villains!" Chen Zilong retorted.

Two former friends, in front of Zhao Han, just started arguing like that.

At first, Zhao Han was still laughing, because Fushe was split, and it was because of the split at the root of his thinking.

Suddenly, Zhao Han's smile disappeared, and he thought of his Datong Society.

If after the founding of the People's Republic of China, all the people in the world were members of the Datong Society, how would it be different from having no Datong Society?

It will definitely become like that, the Datong Society will occupy a high position in the future, everyone will break their heads and drill in, and eventually everyone will be a member of the Datong Society.At that time, Datong Society will be Confucianism, and Confucianism will be Datong Society, and it will be difficult to distinguish between the two.

Since this is the case, what is the need for the Datong Society to change Confucianism directly?

In other words, directly turn Confucianism into what you want!

The dispute between Xia Yunyi and Chen Zilong became more and more intense, and the rest of the scholars joined in one after another, and it turned into a big debate of hundreds of scholars on the spot.

Liu Rushi was terrified when he heard this, and looked at Zhao Han from time to time to see if he was provoked.

The debate was so outrageous that some people even suggested that the emperor should sit firmly in a high position, and that gentlemen would form cliques to rule the world.

Which emperor would not be angry when he heard this?

"Clap!"

After arguing for a long time, Zhao Han clapped his hands to signal for everyone to be quiet.

"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa..." Unable to stop it, the guards started blowing copper whistles.

It was finally quiet now, and the scholars calmed down, many of them broke out in a cold sweat, realizing that they had said a lot of things they shouldn't have said.

Zhao Han said with a smile: "Such big debates can also be held in the future. They can be called academic disputes and ideological disputes. However, disputes should not be brought to the officialdom, let alone the court. I cannot tolerate party disputes." .”

"The chief town is wise!"

All the scholars shouted, already convinced.

They quarreled like that just now, and said that they restricted the emperor's rights and turned the emperor into a statue of a Bodhisattva, but Zhao Han didn't get angry because of it.

This Zongzhen Zhao is really open-minded!

"Send the book!" Zhao Han ordered.

The guard took out the latest edition of "Datong Collection" from the box, and added three chapters "Yuanjun", "Yuanchen" and "Yuanmin".

Zhao Han said: "I don't bother to go into details today as to why the Ming Dynasty will be overthrown. It is clearly written in "Da Tong Ji", and it is also clearly written about why your land is divided. This is the latest edition, and three articles have been added. You can read more about it." Read it carefully."