The first volume of Hongwu's Political Treatise almost ends here.
In the political commentary in the first volume, Su Yonglin mainly talks about political issues and institutional issues. This section is easier to understand because it is all things that have happened and are superficial. As long as the main points are discussed, people will not feel too confused.
Su Yonglin believes that it is a very good choice to use this part as an introduction to allow people to obtain the most basic political education.
In the second and third volumes, Su Yonglin decided to spend a larger amount of space describing some economic issues, telling the development of history through the ages from an economic perspective, and the transformation of the dynastic system from slavery to feudalism and then to feudal centralization. transformation.
The economic base can determine the superstructure, but the superstructure will not be determined honestly, and will also resist. It can even affect the economic base in turn, and even dominate the economy within a certain period of time.
So every transformation is not so harmonious and logical.
Telling the rise and fall of dynasties through the ages and the deep logic of historical changes from an economic perspective will help people have a deeper understanding of the past and the current era, and they will also have a certain understanding of the collective economic reform that Su Yonglin will inevitably launch.
It can be considered an advanced version of the first volume.
This is how Su Yonglin feels.
But it's just the most basic thing. For people in this era, it's already an explosive disclosure that people can't even dream of.
Even Confucian scholars who have learned some of the secrets of the system think so.
After they finished reading, they felt that the huge amount of information was impacting their three views and everything they knew about the past.
They never imagined that an emperor would say or do such a thing.
However, what they have to admit is that this Hongwu political treatise really peels everything back, allowing people to see with their own eyes the details hidden in history, and making public what the previous rulers tried to hide.
Can these things be shown to the farmers?
They didn't know what benefits this would bring to the emperor Su Yonglin, and they didn't know what Su Yonglin meant by digging his own grave while being emperor, but they understood one thing.
Su Yonglin was not from the same group as them. Su Yonglin had never regarded them as someone he could rely on or as a helper to maintain stability.
Instead, he saw them as enemies who must be eradicated.
They finally understood why Su Yonglin had to wipe out traditional bureaucrats, Confucian scholars and landlords on such a large scale before.
They thought Su Yonglin was crazy and digging his own grave.
But now it seems that Su Yonglin is not crazy. He has just regarded their group of traditional elites as enemies. He has been building another system that is completely different from the original system. In the new system, there is no such thing as theirs. Location.
He has never revealed his purpose before, never revealed his true face, he has always been hiding and dancing with them wearing a mask.
Until now, he has completely gained the upper hand and his rule is completely stable.
So, he stopped worrying.
So, he showed his cards.
He chose to make everything public and openly oppose them.
horrible.
It's really terrifying to the extreme.
Does he really want to be emperor?
How does the Ming Dynasty he established plan to be passed down?
The Confucian scholars could not believe what they heard.
In addition to Confucian scholars, there are still many literate people in the Ming Dynasty, such as landlords, doctors, merchants, accountants, or farmers who have just become illiterate or are semi-illiterate.
Different groups have different feelings when reading this book.
After reading this book, the Confucian scholars and landowners and gentry wished they could grow wings and run to the Southern Song Dynasty on the spot, so that they could feel a little more at ease.
They felt great panic and uneasiness, and felt the warning from their souls, warning them not to stay here any longer, otherwise they would be purged sooner or later.
Unless they abandon everything they have and fully embrace the new policy Su Yonglin is about to introduce.
And where does that leave them?
The family business of the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth generations has finally been passed down to us, and you can take it away just as you say?
The ideas and systems of governing the country that have been passed down for thousands of years will be changed if you say change?
Are we, the important forces that maintain the system, abandoned at your own risk?
Right, that is it.
He is really changing.
He was really going to abandon them.
The Confucian scholars, landowners and gentry who still dreamed of passing the imperial examination and returning to the state of the past [where the Holy Emperor ruled from the top] have completely woken up.
Many people now have only one word in their heads.
run.
Run quickly!
In contrast, other literate groups generally hold a positive attitude towards this.
Anyway, they were never people recognized by the upper class society of the old days.
The status of doctors has been suppressed, and the status of traders has also been suppressed. Accountants and the like are only done by poor Confucian scholars who have no ability to study. Who of the serious Confucian scholars will do it?
Therefore, literacy groups can actually be divided into two parts.
One is the advanced literate group, and the other is the lower-level literate group. The two groups are basically divided by whether they have obtained official status or whether there is anyone in the family who has obtained official status.
The high-level literate groups can become officials and the ruling class at any time, so they always treat the lower-level literate groups without pretense, thinking that they are losers and have no comparison with themselves.
The lower-class literate groups are the losers in front of the higher-level literate groups. They can hardly raise their heads in front of them and can only do some low-level jobs for them.
Therefore, with the exception of a few low-level literate groups who have been successfully promoted by high-level literate groups and accepted as dogs, almost all low-level literate groups are full of yearning and recognition of the changes Su Yonglin is about to make, and have a positive attitude towards it.
What needs to be mentioned is that in the imperial examination in the second year of Hongwu, although the proportion of non-Five Classics books such as "Xunzi" in the liberal arts examination increased, there were still questions on other classics, and there were still traditional Confucian students who achieved fame and success. Be an official.
But now, Su Yonglin directly stated that he wanted to depose Confucianism. From now on, the imperial examinations will no longer test the Five Classics, but will test something else.
Good guy, isn’t this going to take away their lifeblood?
They originally thought that Su Yonglin's attack on them was for the purpose of anti-corruption, but now it seems that it is not the case.
Su Yonglin's attack on them was all-round, an extremely terrifying extermination attack, and because of the powerful force he had at his disposal, this attack could be called a dimensionality reduction attack.
They were trembling with fear, very worried that Su Yonglin's knife was about to cut them off.
Only a very small number of this group of people had reflection and deep thinking after reading, and as a result, they began to have strange tendencies in their thinking.
From the beginning, they admired Su Yonglin's illustrious martial arts and admired his strength, but now they found that Su Yonglin was too honest, did not hide anything, and said everything, which made them have a great yearning for Su Yonglin's personality charm.
They read "Hongwu Political Treatise" eagerly and felt that something in their hearts was being changed.
However, because the incident happened suddenly, they could not change anything. They were just a small part of a large group.
As for the vast majority of semi-literate and illiterate groups, they will not be unable to learn the contents of this book just because they have not bought the book.
Not to mention those quick-eyed villagers who rushed out to buy books, some people who were unlucky enough not to grab the first wave of Hongwu political commentaries were not too anxious.
Because after March of the fourth year of Hongwu's reign, the first volume of Hongwu's Political Commentary set off waves of study waves in the local area.
Under the order of the Central Committee of the Renaissance Association, Ming Dynasty Renaissance Association organizations at all levels were asked to stand up and preach the first volume of Hongwu Political Treatise to people everywhere, teaching the subtleties of the book.
They often go to the village or downtown, set up a stage, or stand on a high place, raise the first volume of Hongwu's Political Commentary in their hands, shout "Those who want to listen to Hongwu's Political Commentary, come quickly", and then quickly A large group of people from Wuyang Wuyang will gather in a short period of time.
They don't care how many people are there or who are listening. They open the book and start preaching what's in it.
They have studied these contents intensively within the revival meeting. After their explanation, even if they have not read this book, they can almost understand what is written in this book.
The members of the Renaissance walked out of the headquarters and branches of the Renaissance Association and went to various places and rural areas. They held Hongwu political treatises and preached everywhere. As long as there were people willing to listen, even if it was just three or two people, they would persist in preaching and complete the tasks assigned to them by the organization. Task.
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