Of course you can’t cut the braids! It’s best not to cut the braids in your heart, and it’s also best not to cut the braids on the back of your head.
Fu Honglie and Zhou Peigong were good servants of the Qing Dynasty. Why were they willing to cut off their braids, which were more precious than their lives, just for a few extra points? They both would rather cut off their breasts than cut off their braids!
So the two of them paid the pigtail tax for themselves and their entourage honestly, then put on a melon-skin hat that could hide their pigtails, and crossed the Sanyuanli Pass.
After passing the customs, we walked south for about three or four miles and arrived at the Great North Gate at the foot of Yuexiu Mountain.
The Great North Gate was originally the north gate of the inner city of Guangzhou. When Shang Kexi ruled Guangzhou, the inner city of Guangzhou was a flag city, so ordinary Han people were not allowed to enter or exit the Great North Gate. Because ordinary Han people were not allowed to enter and exit, the market inside Dabeimen was not very prosperous, and the streets were renovated and very wide. On both sides of the street are mostly the residences of the sons of government officials and monks Kexi.
Shang Kexi has many sons, each of whom has to build a big house. Therefore, there is construction in Dabeimen Nei Street all year round, so there is no time to stop.
In addition, Guanyi in Guangzhou Fucheng is also inside the Dabei Gate, right next to Yuexiu Mountain. You can go hiking through the back door of Guanyi.
Fu Honglie was an official in Shaozhou Prefecture in his early years and often came to Guangzhou Prefecture to handle official business. Every time I enter the city through the Dabei Gate, and then go straight to Guangzhou Guanyi, I am very familiar with the area inside the Dabei Gate.
But now that he is revisiting his old place, things have changed and people have changed. Of course, Fu Honglie is very emotional.
I remember that when he came to Guangzhou on business, he was still a high-spirited colleague and his family still had a lot of money.
But now, he has been demoted from his position to serve the people, and has lost all his money... and has become a laughing stock in officialdom. Everyone calls him Fool Fu behind his back. If Dingnange hadn't spared him from being exiled because he looked pitiful and handsome, he would still be a garrison soldier now!
But he is no longer a garrison soldier. He is also a commoner. I wonder when he will be able to stand out? It’s really disappointing to think about it!
"Brother Zhongmou, is this Guanyi?" Zhou Peigong's voice suddenly sounded in Fu Honglie's ears, interrupting his thoughts.
Fu Honglie looked up and saw a very familiar yamen-style door in front of him. It was exactly what he remembered as the gate of Guangzhou Fuguan Post Office.
"Yes, it's right here!" Fu Honglie said, "The rebel we met in Sanyuanli just now, ah, is the one who asked us to stay here..."
Having said this, Fu Honglie himself was stunned. Because he heard shouts of "Hey, hey, hey" coming from the gate of the post with the plaque of "Original Confucian Hall". It sounded very neat, as if someone was practicing martial arts inside.
How is this going?
Why are people practicing martial arts inside? Isn't this Guanyi? But... barracks?
While he was in a daze, suddenly a group of "bearded scholars" wearing red or light red robes came on flying horses. They got off their horses only when they reached the gate of the post house. The leader, a Confucian scholar with a scary scar on his face, saw Fu Honglie, Zhou Peigong and others. So he yelled: "Hey, are you here to listen to the saint's sermon? It's almost time, it's time to go in!"
After saying that, this "Dao Scar Confucian" stepped into the hotel in a hurry.
Sage preaching?
Zhou Peigong and Fu Honglie felt incredible after hearing this!
Why is there a saint here?
No, you have to go and listen.
When they met the two people, they hurriedly walked into the hotel, walked into the gate, and then walked around the screen wall. The two were stunned again.
Because they saw the mural painted on the wall on the side facing the door!
This mural depicts "Confucius' Sermons" - there is a title in the blank space on the painting, and that's what it says.
But the Confucius in this painting is wrong!
His eyes were wide open with anger, his sword eyebrows were raised, and he looked like he was about to go into a rage. In addition, Confucius was kneeling on the mat, holding a sword tightly in his left hand, a roll of bamboo slips in his right hand, a grenade hammer hanging on his belt, and a shotgun leaning against a wall behind him. .....
How could this be Confucius?
Just when they were thinking of this, someone suddenly shouted in unison: "Welcome to the saint! We are under the guidance of the emperor, I will be sent to the left!"
Fu Honglie and Zhou Peigong hurriedly turned to look at the place where the shouts came from. Their jaws almost dropped in shock.
All I saw was that the large courtyard was filled with rows of bamboo mats. On each bamboo mat, there was a Confucian scholar who was kneeling upright... similar to Confucius, except that there was no grenade hammer on his belt. There was no musket on his back, but everyone had a long sword on their left hand!
Where the group of Confucian scholars faced each other, there was a wooden high platform with a row of futons placed on the high platform.
A group of Confucian scholars in red clothes and yellow scarves, with long swords and bronze hammers, and muskets at their waists, have already climbed onto the high platform. The leader is extremely fierce and unusual, and he does not look like a Confucian at first glance... But the Confucian scholars in the courtyard saw When he arrived, everyone cheered like crazy.
"Saint, saint, saint..."
It turns out that it is Zhu Heji, the eldest son of the saint, who came to the original Confucian Hall to give a lecture today!
Prince Zhu is busier than before this time! Because in a few days, the "college entrance examination" will begin!
Therefore, he had to seize the time and do some ideological work for the Confucian scholars who gathered in Guangzhou. We need to help them change their thinking and accept the "original Confucianism" pioneered by Zhu Heji himself, from a Lingnan Confucian student who only knows about taking exams, serving as an official, and fighting with weapons, to a primitive Confucian who understands the righteousness of the original Confucianism and who knows who to fight for and why. Confucianism.
After completing the transformation, Zhu Heji will also invite them to join the original Confucian school... The so-called original Confucian school is actually a budding political party.
The slogan is "The world is for the common good, the world is unified, and the original Confucianism is restored."
The specific route is to restore Chinese clothes first!
Then gradually implement equalization of land, equal taxes and labor, support rich peasants, support clan collective agriculture, suppress large landowners, encourage industry and commerce, expand overseas trade, vigorously develop education, etc. This approach seems very simple, but it is the most suitable for the current situation. National conditions.
Today's China is different from that of the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. Now there are fewer people and more land, and there is a lot of wasteland available for distribution. Moreover, most of the large landowners who owned large amounts of land were banner nobles and official lackeys of the Manchu court. In the course of the anti-Qing and restoration movements, their land must be deprived.
Therefore, the newly established Ming Dynasty will inevitably have a large amount of land that can be distributed. In this case, promoting land equalization on a household or clan basis and supporting the development of rich peasants or clan collective economies will definitely be beneficial to liberating agricultural productivity.
In addition, it is relatively easy to develop capitalist industry and commerce in this era.
Because China still occupies the three "top industries" of silk, porcelain, and sugar, and all have monopoly advantages, this advantage can be maintained for a long time.
This is completely different from the situation in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China when even the silk industry was about to be taken away!
As for the difficulties in developing and exploring overseas, they are actually not very big. Although Western imperialism has developed. But it is incomparable to the strength of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century.
If we can use the power of the country to support overseas trade and expansion at this time, not to mention planting the sun and moon flag all over the world, it will not be difficult to encircle a world in East Asia and Southeast Asia.
In fact, what prevented China from flourishing in this era was the Qing Dynasty's own series of wrong policies...
Of course, we can't put all the blame on the Qing Dynasty!
this is not fair! And it will not help China’s rise in the future!
Because Chinese civilization cannot flourish in this era, Confucianism, the core force of Chinese civilization, must bear the main responsibility!
It was precisely because of the decline of Confucianism that the decline of Chinese civilization was caused. The decline of Chinese civilization allowed the Manchu Qing Dynasty to successfully take over China. The Manchu Qing dynasty that took over China further castrated the already weakened Confucianism, causing it to completely lose the ability to lead Chinese civilization forward.
It can be said that Confucianism in the early Qing Dynasty was already in a dying state!
To bring Confucianism back to life, we can only "restart" Confucianism... so that Confucianism can return to the ferocious and energetic state when it rose and flourished.
In fact, this kind of restart of civilization has already happened once in Europe. The Renaissance, the Protestant Movement, the Puritan Movement, these changes that enabled European Christian civilization to be reborn, were actually a restart!
What Zhu Heji wants to promote now is an ancient Chinese Renaissance, a restarting reform of Confucianism. He must use the righteousness of the original Confucianism to eliminate all kinds of injustice done in the name of Confucianism!
