Chen Yonghua, Qiu Hui, Liu Guoxuan, and Qiu Rong, the "former Confucian bigwigs" and "anti-Qing bigwigs", finally left Jieyang County on the Qiu family's bird boat - which was later known as the Jieyang Conference that originated the modern history of China. , finally ended victoriously and successfully.
Although this meeting did not pass any formal resolutions, it still verbally agreed on several major events that could change the direction of history!
The first major event was to identify the "original Confucianism" who was "simple and brave" as the leader of the anti-Qing revolution, thus directly denying the "modern Confucianism" who shaved his hair and changed clothes and was a lackey of the Tartars.
At first glance, this matter does not seem to matter much. Does the "original Confucianism" and "modern Confucianism" have anything to do with the common people?
There really is!
What was "Confucianism" in Ming and Qing society? He is a scholar-official, a wise man in the countryside, and a leader of the grassroots society.
The grassroots level in the Ming and Qing Dynasties was not in the hands of officials or officials, but in the hands of these "Confucian scholars and bureaucrats" who had the right to speak and a large number of means of production.
In the ten years of Kangxi, most of the grassroots Confucian scholars and officials were loyal dogs of the Qing Dynasty... There were still fewer loyal dogs in Guangdong, Guangxi, and Fujian, but outside of this area, loyal dogs were absolutely The mainstream!
Without overthrowing them, it will be difficult for Zhu Heji's regime to control the grassroots and control the right to speak. Even if he could win the support of a group of intellectuals who supported the Ming Dynasty under the banner of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, it would be difficult to completely defeat and criticize "modern Confucianism".
Instead of criticizing the modern Confucian scholars who had their heads shaved and surrendered as captives, the Confucian scholar-bureaucrats who supported the Third Prince Zhu and the Third Grandson Zhu would have difficulty in having a say and completely controlling the grassroots.
As for completely abolishing Confucianism and replacing it with another kind of thought, it was almost impossible to do it in Guangdong in the early Qing Dynasty. Because Confucianism is rooted in clans, and in the early Qing Dynasty, due to the relocation of coastal areas and the brutal rule of the Qing government, there was a relatively fierce struggle between the government and the people, so most people relied on their clans to stay together. The patriarchal system and hierarchy that maintain the clan come from Confucianism. If you want to depose Confucianism, you have to disintegrate the clan.
Moreover, at this time, Guangdong had fewer people and more land, so most of the clans were expansion-type rather than involution-type. The clans were relatively harmonious and difficult to disintegrate.
Since it is impossible to completely dethrone Confucianism, Zhu Heji can only "reform the system based on ancient times", promote "original Confucianism" and belittle "modern Confucianism", thus seizing Confucianism's moral high ground and right to speak - "modern Confucianism" overturns Confucius They have abandoned all their clothes and etiquette and become slaves of the barbarians. Moreover, they are as bald and braided as the barbarians. Are they still considered Confucian scholars? Have you read "The Analects of Confucius"? What does face say in "The Analects of Confucius. Xianwen"?
Confucius said: "Mi Guan Zhong, I am sent to the left!"
Therefore, it is politically incorrect for the modern Confucian who shaved his hair and changed clothes to the original Confucian who wore cloth clothes and scarves!
Besides, Yuan Ru still has a sword! And a grenade hammer!
When they met the modern Confucian who shaved his head and changed his clothes, they didn't have to be reasonable. They just pulled out their swords and cleared the door for Confucius. No one dared to say that what they did was wrong!
The second major event agreed at the Jieyang Conference was also extremely important, that is, the establishment of the original Confucian University Scholars Conference as the highest authority to supervise the government.
On the surface, this incident seems to be the beginning of the third prince Zhu and his son, the third prince Zhu, giving up their supreme power and implementing a virtual monarchy.
But in fact, the supreme power of the father and son, Prince Zhu and Grandson Zhu, does not exist in the first place!
The capital of Prince Yanping's Palace is much greater than that of Prince Ding's Palace. The purpose of supporting Prince Ding to supervise the country is just to let Prince Ding act as a human shield to attract the firepower of the Qing court. How can it be possible to really let Prince Ding, who is not sure whether it is true or not, take power?
Therefore, it is almost the most ideal power game rule for the eleven bachelors to share the power. It can not only avoid the conflict between the Ding Palace and the Yanping Palace for the supreme power of "option".
Moreover, after the balance of strength between the two parties changes, the number of bachelors each can be adjusted to complete the transfer of supreme power and avoid unnecessary mergers.
In addition, the number of bachelors is small, only eleven, which also ensures the efficiency of this decision-making mechanism and will not turn into a wrangling meeting.
The third event that was enough to change history was the establishment of the "equalization of land, equalization of taxes, and equalization of labor", as well as the development line of promoting industry and commerce and equality among the four peoples.
At first glance, this approach seems to be about "grand average", which is a bit divorced from reality and too idealistic. But it was actually a bourgeois revolution!
Because the essence of "equal land, equal taxes, and equal labor" is to limit or deprive the feudal landlord class of their occupation of land, reduce the burden on the peasants, and enable them to invest more financial resources in expanding reproduction - because there are so many people in Chaozhou now With less land, "per capita rich farmers" can be achieved, and land is generally collectively owned by clans. "Equalizing land" will not actually deprive the rich peasants of their land, but it will clarify property rights and ensure the collective possession of land by each clan.
Therefore, "equalization of land, equalization of taxes, and equalization of labor" is to protect the rich peasants, not to attack them.
At the same time as "equal land, equal taxes, and equal labor", it was proposed to vigorously develop industry and commerce. If Chaozhou's rich peasant economy is to be successful, industry and commerce must be developed. Otherwise, the products of the rich peasants would not be able to be cashed in, and the rich peasant economy would not be able to develop.
And Zhu Heji is the most experienced in how to develop Chaozhou's industry and commerce!
His solution was to... set up a factory and start a business.
And it was a big deal. There were five factories at the beginning, namely the East Factory, the West Factory, the Nei Factory, the North Factory, and the South Factory.
The persons in charge of these five factories are not called factory directors, managers, or CEOs, but are called "factory officials", "superintendents" or "factory ministers"!
It sounds very impressive!
In addition to their momentum, these five manufacturers also have very powerful products.
Among them, the East Factory is the first of the five factories because it is a mint and a bank at the same time, a proper "big factory", and the eunuch Pang Gonggong, the eunuch of the Bureau of Rites, Bingbi, also serves as the factory manager.
The full name of Xichang is Xihuo Saltpeter Factory. Its officials are gentle and white, and its product is Huo Saltpeter. A number of nitrate collecting tanks were originally built in Gucheng Village near Haimen Fishing Port. After Zhu Heji entered Jieyang County, he immediately followed him and built nitrate collecting tanks next to the large cesspool in the south of Jieyang County. An entire cesspit has been circled... all the human and animal excrement in Jieyang County now belongs to Xichang and Baichang Gong!
The full name of the inner factory is the inner gunpowder factory. The factory minister is the young father-in-law Pang Siming. The product is granular black powder!
In addition, he is also responsible for training the pharmacists who prepare sugar pills before the battle. Sugar pills are too susceptible to moisture, so they cannot be stored for a long time, so they can only be prepared before the battle. Moreover, preparing sugar pills is a crafty job. If you accidentally blow yourself up, it will be a lot of fun. Therefore, every pharmacist must receive strict training!
Nan Factory is also called Nan Ordnance Factory. The factory minister is Zhuge Xiucai, the son of Zhuge Military Advisor... "Xiucai" is his nickname. His original name is Zhuge Zhengyang. He is not very old, he is 17 or 18 years old. The fat little black man used to go to school in Dahao with his mother. After Zhu Heji conquered Jieyang, he came to work with his father to do big things. Now he is a "factory boss". Under the guidance of Zhu Heji and Zhuge Sanhe, they took over the "hand grenade" business that was split from Dongchang, as well as the production of Zhuge machine guns passed down by Zhuge Liang, which was actually bronze casting and carpentry work.
The North Factory, also known as the North Wine Factory, was the last of the five factories to open, and it was also the smallest in scale. It was actually just a workshop. The factory minister is Da Bo Ling, who is actually under the direct control of Zhu Heji. The current products are sugar cane wine and special white sugar...Cachaça is wine made from sugarcane bagasse, and rum is a kind of sugar cane wine. The special-grade white sugar has a more advanced decolorization process - instead of using yellow mud, it is white sugar that is decolorized by fumigation with lime and sulfur. It has no variegation, is crystal clear, and is very beautiful.
Don't underestimate these two things, they are Zhu Heji's flagship products used to integrate the townships and clans in Jieyang County!
