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This time Qin Mu went south, bringing with him the common people Sima Kai and Jin Lei, as well as Gu Junen, the minister of the Ministry of War, Yang Shen, the minister of Dali Temple, Shi Chunqiu, the right minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Lin Jihai, the doctor of the Ministry of Punishment, Qiu Bingzhang, the censor of Zuo Qiandu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Qiu Bingzhang. Six inspection censors.
Of course, every time Qin Mu went out of the capital, Ye Busuo, the envoy and deputy envoy, must be accompanied by someone. This time, the deputy envoy Yan Gaofei and the commanding officer He Ningzong, who was known as a poisonous scholar, followed Qin Mu south.
Overall, the lineup that followed Qin Mu south was still very strong. However, these people did not stay with Qin Mu along the way. Instead, they went to their respective houses and patrolled separately.
Jiangnan and Huguang, on the left and right, are the two granaries and money bags of Da Qin.
Huguang is like a newly reclaimed fertile land. It has been in operation for two years, and it is the area where Qin Mu has the greatest influence.
The situation in Jiangnan is much more complicated than that in Huguang. Not only is this the original base of the Donglin Party, but there are still some residues of the original official and gentry structure, and more energy must be invested to sort it out.
To resolve the Zheng family's sense of urgency, Qin Mu sent a message to Gu Junen and others to meet in Hangzhou as soon as he left Suzhou.
Along the way, Qin Mu no longer stopped the boat. He had less military and political affairs to deal with on the boat and had more free time to read. At first he read the works of Xu Guangqi, and later Zhu Shunshui and others. The views of some of them impressed him. He was extremely shocked.
For example, Qian Benben, the censor of Fujian Province during the Wanli period, once proposed: "If you break the rules, the world will be publicized through elections." According to him, it was to break the rules and use elections to achieve political "community for the world."
He Biyin during the Jiajing period proposed: "The king and his ministers should learn from each other, the king and his ministers should be friends, and they should be friends and learn from each other." This is an appeal for equality between the king and his ministers.
There is also a suggestion that "there is an emperor but if there is no one, then there is no emperor but if there is one, even though the emperor is young, all the Yin people are in favor of governance, but the name of standard assistant government is used to doubt the world?" This is a typical constitutional monarchy thought.
Regarding the attitude towards foreign things, Xu Guangqi put forward: "If you want to transcend, you must understand it; before you understand it, you must translate it, so that I can accept the achievements of his three thousand years of incremental cultivation."
At the same time, he also believed that mathematics is the mother of encyclopedias. For example, when he said that mathematics is the basis of mechanical engineering, he said that "good at degrees, able to make machines, with small strength and heavy responsibilities", he made various machines "for civilian use. To benefit people's livelihood"
Zhu Shunshui had this to say: "People in the world will say: 'The ancients are superior to today's people, and China is better than foreign countries.' This is narrowing the horizons, and I wrote these three village sayings." He gave some advice to those who are immersed in the heavenly kingdom and have arrogant thoughts. criticized;
In terms of scholarship, Zhu Shunshui also proposed "practical learning and application of learning" and believed that "the most important thing in learning is practice, and the learning of sages depends on practice."
Wang Tingxiang, who is known as Mr. Junchuan, said: "Scholars are in Taoism, and the God of my mind is not the basis of choice. However, only the words of the Confucian scholars are based on faith. It is almost impossible for them not to be the chicken of Hanguan." He said this It is to ridicule those who only believe in the words of the first Confucianism as the chickens of Hanguan.
He even proposed natural selection. The concept of survival of the fittest: "The creatures of heaven and earth are forced to do so, so what does the sky want? The strong eats the weak, and the big thieves are small. The wise and foolish, the force of things is inevitable, so what does the sky want?"
I read the writings and thoughts and discussions of these people. Qin Mu couldn't help but feel ashamed.
I have always thought that the thinking of the Ming Dynasty was bound by Zhu Cheng's Neo-Confucianism and was very conservative and feudal. As a result, some people even proposed "electoral system" and "constitutional monarchy".
What would China have been like if the Qing Dynasty had not entered the country, carried out literary inquisition and enslaved rule, and allowed these lovesicknesses to develop step by step
"Prince Qin, what's wrong?" Seeing his self-deprecating smile, Li Xiangjun, who was making tea, asked curiously.
Qin Mu wanted to say that as a time traveler, I was "out". But when it was exported, it became: "Today the spring is bright, the wind is gentle, and everything is full of vitality... Mr. Xiang, come here, let me kiss you."
Li Xiangjun rolled her eyes at him, took out some Junshan Silver Needle tea from the box with the carved red lacquer peonies in bloom, put it into a Hotan white jade tea cup, and poured some water into it.
Then she quickly placed several pastries on the small table such as osmanthus sugar steamed chestnut flour cake, cream pine pulp roll cake, apricot dew honey and other pastries. Her movements were gentle and smooth, and her delicate jade fingers seemed to be spiritual, and every movement All with a sense of beauty.
The gold and jade beads with pearls and tassels on her head swayed gently with her movements, making the clouds on her temples look like black and the jade face full of spring, making her look indescribably graceful and elegant.
This time when Qin Mu went out for inspection in Beijing, it was Queen Yang Zhi who arranged for her to come with him to attend to his daily life. Such an opportunity was extremely rare, so Li Xiangjun cherished it a hundred times and took good care of Qin Mu's daily life along the way.
Officials had lingering fears about the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty. Qin Mu's dislike of using eunuchs had always been an important reason why Qin officials praised him as "sage". The ministers also supported the beauty in the palace to accompany Qin Mu in daily life.
Not having to worry about external pressure, and being able to stay with him day and night, Li Xiangjun was in a good mood during this trip. When he was in a good mood, his already pink skin became even more hydrated and healthy. , it is so bright and beautiful.
She picked up a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus sugar steamed chestnut flour cake and stuffed it into Qin Mu's mouth, and said with a smile, "I'll see if I can't stop your mouth."
"The pastry is better." Qin Mu pointed at the butter pine-crust pastry on the small table, but his eyes fell on her breasts.
"Hehe..." Li Xiangjun deliberately puffed out her breasts with a playful expression on her face. It wasn't until Qin Mu stretched out his claws to explore Wu Feng that she easily dodged it.
"Xiangjun, don't be naughty, come here." Qin Mu threatened with a glare.
"Just come here!"
"Then I can stop the boat and go ashore to visit the brothels."
"The censors and officials are responsible for such matters, and I don't care about you."
Qin Mu chewed up the chestnut flour cake in his mouth, swallowed it, and chanted in a helpless tone: "There are creeping grasses in the wild, and the dew is shining. There is a beautiful person, clear and graceful..." When you see a gentleman, you are as worried as if you were hungry... If you don't think about yourself, how can you be like a crazy boy?"
Li Xiangjun was startled for a moment when he heard this, then covered his face with his sleeves and laughed so hard.
These verses recited by Qin Mu are all from the Book of Songs.
The first four sentences are from Zheng Feng. There are creepers in the wild. It describes a beautiful and elegant woman in a green field with green grass.
The middle two sentences come from Zhou Nan's Rufen chapter. It describes a woman in the wilderness who is hungry for love from a man.
The next three sentences come from Zheng Feng. Jian Shang. The general meaning is that if you ignore me, can't I find someone else
These three poems were pulled together by Qin Mu, and their meanings are quite coherent. They are like talking about a beautiful woman who was dissatisfied with her desires and turned into anger.
"The King of Qin is so resentful, I can't bear to listen anymore... Hee hee... Hee hee..." Li Xiangjun smiled gracefully and leaned softly under the boat window. The flowers in the river are not as beautiful as her.
Qin Mu couldn't help but laugh when he saw her smiling happily. To be honest, he was in a really good mood after reading those books just now.
The intellectuals of this era are completely different from the intellectuals in the late Qing Dynasty described by Lu Xun. There may be pedantic literati like Kong Yiji, but they are definitely not the mainstream. It is difficult to imagine that in the Ming Dynasty, there were Chinese literati who proposed that "things compete with nature" The concept of survival of the fittest.
The idea of blindly emphasizing that "China is better than foreign countries" has been ridiculed as a narrow vision and a countryman's foolish opinion.
Qin Mu felt even more ridiculous when he thought that when Qianlong met with the British envoy, he said, "The country has abundant products and has everything. It does not borrow goods from foreign countries to make up for the lack of goods."
He called Han Zanzhou in and asked him to order the ship to speed up in order to reach Hangzhou quickly. There is a lot to do in this world!
After giving the order, he said to Li Xiangjun: "Xiangjun, what do you think about me using a beauty trap to deal with Zheng Zhilong?"
"Hehe... Zheng Zhilong may not be as frightened as he is to quell hunger. King Qin's beauty trap may not necessarily work."
Qin Mu laughed and said, "That's because he hasn't seen you, Mr. Xiang. If he had, he would be extremely frightened. Mr. Xiang, I have decided. You will be my Xi Shi of Great Qin. I will give you away." Give it to Zheng Zhilong, you go and confuse him..."
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.(To be continued...)
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