Zhu Zaiyu was silent and thought hard for a long time before he said cautiously, "Generally speaking, it seems to make sense, and it is indeed colder than before in recent years, but Gao Longwen, tell me about the difference in climate and temperature. That's all, let's just discuss and study it, but don't spread it at will. After all, there are still many fans of the theory of telepathy between heaven and man."
Gao Pingshi felt relieved. It seemed that no matter whether Zhu Zaiyu believed in the Little Ice Age or not, at least he should think that he was a thinking person, so he would even care about himself.
However, Gao Pragmatic smiled and said, "Thank you, Mr. Jiu Feng, for the suggestion, but it doesn't matter. I am a student of the same lineage, from Duke Wang Junchuan to Duke Xuan of my third uncle's high school, but I have always opposed the theory of telepathy between heaven and man. If we see someone, we will be beaten and killed."
Gao Pragmatic's words are really not nonsense. Practical scholars in the Ming Dynasty, especially those in the lineage of Wang Tingxiang and Gao Gong, have always clearly opposed the theories of heaven and man's induction and various ghosts and gods. They not only opposed it verbally, but also wrote it in their works. Even though it was written into the memorial, after so many years, I have never been yelled at or killed for it.
Of course, there must be academic debates, but they are basically just wars of words and writing, and cannot be sublimated much.
This is not surprising. Heretical thinkers like Li Zhi can live well, which is enough to prove that the Ming Dynasty has no control over public opinion. Especially for scholar-bureaucrats, apart from shouting "Down with the brutal rule of the Zhu family", it may be a bit troublesome. Others are within the scope of academic debates and will not be brought to the forefront.
You know, compared to the practical theory of economics, Li Zhi, the self-proclaimed "Confucian heretic", has more radical ideas. He even dared to openly oppose Confucius's view of right and wrong as the standard of right and wrong, and his critical edge was directed at the Neo-Confucianism of the Song Dynasty. Zhou Dunyi, Cheng Hao, Zhang Zai, and Zhu Xi denounced Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism as pseudo-Taoism. He also advocated human equality, respect for women, freedom of marriage, and even advocated anarchism!
Li Zhi is not dead yet, is he so pragmatic?
As for the issues of heaven-human induction and Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, Gao Pragmatic did not put them in Gao Pragmatic's eyes. The reason was identity! If Qi Jiguang, Yu Dayou, Ma Fang, Liu Xian and others were to stand up and speak out against Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, they would definitely be criticized, but if he is pragmatic and stands up and speaks out against Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, he will definitely not!
Everyone in the world knows that he is the successor of Gao Gong, and Gao Gong's practical thoughts were learned from Wang Tingxiang. How did Wang Tingxiang criticize Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism? He said that Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism was "pseudo-Confucianism"! The same goes for Gao Gong, who directly denounced Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism as "estranged from human feelings and thought of natural principles"!
Gao Pragmatism is not afraid to criticize Xin Xue, because Wang Tingxiang still criticizes Xin Xue's theory of Xin Xue as a heresy! The idea that there is nothing outside the mind is all nonsense in Wang Tingxiang’s view. The Shi School of thought believes that all things are composed of “qi”, and “qi” can be divided into two states: yin and yang, and can be transformed into different forms. Therefore, the idea that “qi” itself is a physical object is very fast. Close to the elements said.
However, it seems that although Zhu Zaiyu is a law sage, due to his status, he does not study these potentially "political" topics. Gao Pragmatic thought about it and decided to introduce it to him a little.
"In the past, Duke Wang Junchuan believed that the weather and stars could not be used to predict human affairs. He said that the sun and the moon were weak and eclipse. The stars, latitudes, and wisdom, the Li family could infer in reverse and know. It is a certain degree of heaven. Of course, it is said to be the master of human beings. Isn’t it a false accusation about administration? This makes it impossible to make sense.
He also said that heaven is the country of the world, but there are thousands of them. Changes in celestial phenomena are all caused by the punishment of the king of China, which is wrong. It is thought that hundreds of countries should follow this, but the good and evil of the king's administration may not be uniform in the sun and the moon. Since Mr. Jiu Feng knew that the student was born in the Gao family of Xinzheng and was a heirloom of practical learning, he should know the student's position. "
Zhu Zaiyu laughed after hearing this, "So, Zhu is overly worried." But the laughter was just a smile, and he soon became serious, "In this case, let's not consider whether the Little Ice Age is real or not. It is possible for now, but what does that have to do with the cooperation between Prince Zheng’s Mansion and you, Gao Longwen?”
Gao pragmatic sighed, "Once that happens, there will definitely be refugees everywhere again. Once there are too many refugees, how will the court respond? In the past few years, students used the method of recruiting refugees to open mines and factories. It was originally a matter of helplessness, but later looking back , but it seems to be the way to go.”
Zhu Zaiyu shook his head slightly, "I'm afraid there are differences between the last time and this time. The refugees last time were actually from Shandong and Huaibei, and Henan Province was not seriously affected by the disaster. You can support these people with the profits from mining and factory establishment in Henan." So it is possible because there is actually food in Henan, but the refugees could not afford it originally. But after being recruited by you, they have something to do and have savings, so that they can have money to buy food."
Zhu Zaiyu looked serious, "But, according to what you just said, once disasters occur, not only Henan, but also Northern Zhili, Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places will be affected by large-scale disasters. By then, I am afraid that all the northern provinces will be short of food. You can forget it." No matter how many refugees we recruit, no matter how many mines and factories we open, won’t there still be trouble if we can’t buy food?”
This is the key point. The Little Ice Age itself was not fatal, at least not how many people were directly frozen to death during the Little Ice Age. What is really fatal is that the disasters of the Little Ice Age severely affected the food production in the north. Originally, the food production in the north was not as good as that in the south. Otherwise, why would the capital have a grain supply system? So if the north is still severely affected by disasters, there will definitely be a huge gap!
No matter how the land is distributed, the food produced on the ground in the north is not enough to feed so many people in the north, which is the source of trouble in the north. And the bigger this gap is, the bigger the trouble will definitely be.
Of course Gao Pragmatic knew about corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes, the three most high-yielding crops in South America, but he did not have enough power in the south. The people he sent have not been able to get the seeds yet, but they have only identified the francs in Luzon. The robot seems to have the three things mentioned by the young master on hand, and is still trying to think of ways to sneak some out.
In this situation, a pragmatic person knows that the so-called Francois of Luzon are actually Spanish. However, there is no official name for "Spain" at the moment. The current Spain is actually the Kingdom of Castile, the Kingdom of Aragon, and the Kingdom of Nigeria. A common-kingdom federation composed of the territories of the Terland Lowlands. However, only the Kingdom of Castile has the right to colonize overseas.
Today's Spain is not a second-rate power in the future, but a true king. Its predecessor, Charles V, once said, "On my territory, the sun never sets." Therefore, it is the first empire in the world where the sun never sets.
At this time, Spain had the Spanish Grand Formation that defeated Europe in the 6th war, and the world-famous Armada in naval battles. It was the highlight moment. However, the Dutch bourgeois revolution that had dragged Spain half to death had now begun. , in another ten years, the Armada will suffer its first major defeat, and the Morris Square will also replace the Spanish Grand Square, but that is a story for another day.
According to the provisions of the Treaty of Tordesillas, Pope Alexander VI divided all the Americas except Brazil to Spain. These Spaniards in Luzon came all the way west from the Americas on the east side of the Pacific Ocean. At the same time, Some seeds of high-yield crops in America were also brought.
However, the Spaniards had not been in Luzon for many years, and they had not even fully occupied this later Philippine territory. The seeds of high-yielding crops in the Americas were still closely monitored by them.
Gao Pingshi didn't have much power in the south of the Ming Dynasty, let alone Luzon.
