Zhang Shi didn't know much about the Ming Dynasty, and mostly learned about it from his friends. However, his friends didn't understand the Ming Dynasty society either, so Su Changsheng, a person who truly understood the Ming Dynasty society, became his window.
Zhang Shi found it incredible to hear many things from Su Changsheng's mouth.
For example, in the Ming Dynasty, he found it incredible that the white notes issued by the government to borrow money were circulated as banknotes.
"Can IOUs be used as currency in circulation? Is there such a thing? In the Song Dynasty, even real banknotes were not popular."
"Because banknotes may depreciate at any time, but white notes are different. It is as much as it says. The Ming Dynasty government attaches great importance to the value of white notes. If it can be tax deducted, it can be tax deducted. There will never be any cases that do not allow tax deductions. Condition, value is very strong.”
"Is this really the case?"
"Just like back then, Jihan and Soochow both minted straight hundred coins, Daquan dangqian and other currencies. However, in Jihan, such large-denomination currencies could be circulated for decades, while Daquan dangqian was banned by Soochow. Widespread domestic boycott.
The reason is simply that the zhibaiqian issued by Ji Han under Zhuge Liang's rule can really buy things worth a hundred coins. The Jihan court endorsed zhibaiqian with the credibility of the country, which made zhibaiqian a kind of money. Reputation currency.
The large-denomination currency of Soochow was purely a tool for making money, and was naturally abandoned. Similarly, in the Ming Dynasty, we attach great importance to the credibility of the court and put the credibility of the court first.
Bai Tiao is naturally the best way to temper the credibility of the court. As long as the value of Bai Tiao remains strong, people's trust in the court will remain unchanged. This is not only a money issue, but also a political issue. "
"I see, there is still this layer of truth in it..."
Zhang Shi kept nodding, feeling that he had learned a lot from Su Changsheng. He heard a lot about the policies of the Ming Dynasty that were completely different from those of the Southern Song Dynasty. He also learned a lot about what the Ming Dynasty did to reduce the burden on the people and safeguard their interests. Deeply touched.
The more he listened, the more fascinated he became, and the more he listened, the more excited he became. After that, they would get together to talk whenever they had free time, and they would talk over meals whenever they had free time.
While talking, I even forgot the time to eat and sleep.
After talking on and off for more than ten days, the two Zhang brothers learned a lot about the revolutionary policies and ideologies of the Ming Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty's methods of launching revolution. They also had a certain understanding of the existence of the Fuxing Society and its secret development in the Southern Song Dynasty. understanding.
Finally, when Su Changsheng expressed his intention to establish the Jinghu branch of the Renaissance Association in Changsha, Zhang Shi and Zhang Piao readily agreed and said that they must join as members and work hard together for the dream of a Datong society.
"What about your father?"
Su Changsheng felt that when facing Zhang Jun in the future, the two brothers would inevitably be shaken, which might have an impact on the entire revolutionary cause.
But Zhang Shi and Zhang Piao said that being a father is one thing and revolution is another.
They love their father, but they love the highest ideal even more. When there is a conflict between their father and the highest ideal, their minds will not waver.
My father's behavior of resolutely safeguarding the interests of the decadent ruling class in the Southern Song Dynasty was unacceptable to them. In the past, they felt that it was not worthwhile for my father to do this, and now they feel that it is even more problematic.
To sacrifice one's life for a group of corrupt and depraved people is not to send oneself into a pit of fire?
No, this won't work.
Whenever given the chance, they would definitely persuade their father not to continue to hold on to that distant and impossible dream.
They believed that their father also harbored the ideal of building a harmonious society, but was temporarily deceived. As long as he could see the reality clearly, he would definitely change his mind.
In this regard, Su Changsheng expressed his trust.
Feelings for one's father are natural, and the ideal of revolution is the highest ideal of man. When there is a conflict between ideals and feelings, rational people will make rational choices.
The pursuit of ideals shining in the eyes of these two brothers is definitely not false. Their initiative to seek help from the Ming Dynasty also expressed their determination.
So Su Changsheng decided to gather the comrades currently in Jinghu and secretly establish the Jinghu branch of the Renaissance Society, so that the actions of the Renaissance Society in Jinghu would be organized, disciplined, targeted and directed.
At the same time, the Jinghu branch of the Renaissance Association accepted the two brothers Zhang Shi and Zhang Piao to join.
It was not until then that Zhang Shi and Zhang Piao discovered that there were not a few Confucian scholars in Yuelu Academy and Chengnan Academy who secretly joined the Fuxing Society. valley
Taken together, forty-seven people from the two academies have secretly joined the Renaissance Society. However, it has not yet formed an organization. At present, it is just a one-way communication with the superiors.
They match each other and are constantly recruiting and developing new members to join them among the young scholars of Yuelu Academy and Chengnan Academy.
This momentum has already started to spread across the prairie fire.
At the branch establishment meeting, teachers and students looked at each other, and then shared awkward but polite smiles.
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After the branch was established, Su Changsheng entrusted Zhang Shi and Zhang Piao with some important tasks, and hoped that they could use their identities to cover up as their student revival members to protect their safety under the high pressure of the Southern Song Dynasty court. And try their best not to let the Southern Song Dynasty officials discover their existence.
This is not an easy job.
In fact, after "The Hongwu Controversy" was introduced to the Southern Song Dynasty, it had caused great shock among the scholars of the Southern Song Dynasty and had a huge impact.
More than one Zhang Shi felt that what Ming Guo and Su Yonglin were pursuing was a truly harmonious society, and not only Zhang Shi felt that the ruling class of the Southern Song Dynasty was very corrupt and was tarnishing their common ideals.
Therefore, there are really many people who pursue "Hongwu Political Treatise" and Su Yonglin. It is definitely not like what the Southern Song Dynasty official propaganda promoted, that is, scholars working together to oppose fallacies and heresies.
When Zhang Shi was teaching knowledge, there were public debates between students who were members of the Renaissance and other students within the college. The debates between the two sides were very fierce, and there were some minor frictions.
Zhengfang believes that the Datong society is being established in the Ming Dynasty, Su Yonglin's thoughts are actually the ideal of the Datong society, and Su Yonglin is on the road to successfully building the Datong society.
The other side believed that Su Yonglin was deviating from the orthodoxy and misinterpreting the saint's meaning, talking about labor, equality, and the elimination of the privileged class. It should be noted that the saint Kong also opposed his disciples to engage in manual labor.
Scholars are born to be aloof, rather than eating chaffy vegetables with the mud-legged people!
The positive side was very angry, thinking that the negative side had misinterpreted the saint's meaning.
They don’t talk about paying but only focus on enjoyment, and they only focus on the Datong society, but they never take steps forward. They just talk in vain, and their actions are comparable to insects, a group of wastes that betray their ideals.
The opposing side believed that the positive side was suspected of betraying the Song Dynasty and joining the Ming Dynasty. They considered them traitors to the country and clamored to report these remarks to the government and arrest and execute their entire family.
The positive side was furious, accusing the negative side of being evil-minded and slandering their classmates if they could only argue. This was simply unworthy of a human being!
The two sides finally got into a big fight, and the verbal dispute turned into a fist fight. You punched me and I kicked you, and the fight was bloody.
Many people had their teeth knocked out, and many had bruises on their noses, swollen faces, and bleeding from their mouths and noses.
Afterwards, there was a split among the students within Yuelu Academy.
Students who supported the "Hongwu Political Treatise" and those who opposed the "Hongwu Political Treatise" were clearly divided. They challenged each other, argued, and even had physical fights from time to time.
This also caused a lot of discord in the families of the students on both sides, and even spread to the government.
A small disturbance caused by a small friction among the students eventually attracted the attention of Changsha officials.
This made the official and orthodox "big scholars" attach great importance and suspicion to this, and some local officials even vaguely proposed to Zhang Shi that they hoped that Zhang Shi would rectify the internal affairs of the academy.
The academy was a place to cultivate talents for the Southern Song Dynasty, not traitors. If the academy instead cultivated talents for the Ming Dynasty, wouldn't the Song Dynasty lose its wives and soldiers?
The emergence of this illegitimate trend of thought must be corrected, the status of the orthodox thought of the Song Dynasty must be maintained, and heresies such as "Hongwu Political Treatise" cannot be allowed to prevail and harm scholars.
Zhang Shi should work hard to do this well.
If Zhang Shi can't do it well, the government will take action himself.
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