The Xu family is a wealthy and powerful family in Songjiang Prefecture.
The more people like this, the more they understand the power of off-season vegetables.
Rich families are not short of money.
They are willing to pay more to have a bite of fresh green vegetables in the winter when everything is withered.
There isn't much else in Jiangnan, except that there are a lot of rich people. They also advocate luxury and enjoy enjoyment.
Xu Yuandu wants to start this business.
Although Jiangnan has a milder climate and longer hot days than Shandong, green vegetables still cannot grow in winter.
Especially in today's Little Ice Age, even Hainan will have snow, and Jiangnan will be even colder.
Therefore, off-season vegetables will definitely be marketable and will be very popular.
"My brother-in-law is serious about it, so there is no reason why I can't help it. For 10% of the shares, I will send someone to help with the preparations."
Xu Yuandu fully thought that Zuo Mengeng would take care of such a hot and popular business. But I didn't expect that it would be a complete mess.
"Zhongheng is so righteous, I don't even know what to say."
Zuo Mengeng laughed and said a little more.
"Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty has a large population and serious annexation of cultivated land. It is difficult to ensure the people's food and clothing by relying solely on traditional farming. Only business is a good deed that benefits the country and the people."
As he spoke, he observed Xu Yuandu's expression.
Xu Yuandu patted his thigh and echoed.
"Who says it isn't? Jiangnan has become a prosperous place in the world because of its developed commerce. However, the imperial court focused on agriculture and suppressed business, and merchants were bullied. People in Jiangnan have long been filled with resentment."
In the Ming Dynasty, despite the fact that they looked down on and suppressed business, they were all smart people and everyone knew that business made money.
Therefore, money-making businesses are basically in the hands of the powerful class.
They do not come out in person, but use collateral relatives and servants to conduct business.
On the surface, he ridicules and despises businessmen, but privately, his business is getting bigger and bigger.
After these powerful people make money, they will not invest in expanding production. Instead, they will invest in land, still following the route of traditional landlords.
Jiangnan's developed commerce and real commercial prosperity are actually two different things.
Pure businessmen were bullied and squeezed, and could not earn enough benefits from this prosperity.
Although the Xu family is a family of officials, it has not produced any high-ranking officials for many years. Instead, it focuses more on business, so its stance is on the side of real businessmen.
Zuo Mengeng and Xu Yuandu had an in-depth chat and got a thorough understanding of the situation in Jiangnan.
As for Xu Yuandu's desire to get involved in the off-season vegetable business, Zuo Mengeng gave the green light and did not ask for much in return.
The technical content of this thing is not high, and it will probably be cracked by someone in a short time. After all, glass is sold everywhere nowadays, and building a greenhouse is something you can do at a glance.
In view of this, Zuo Mengeng's advice to Xu Yuandu is not to do this business alone, but to contact relatives, friends and connections to make it bigger and stronger together.
Off-season vegetables can be regarded as the expansion of traditional agriculture in business. As long as those involved see the benefits, they will naturally continue to invest, and many people can transition from traditional landowners to half-landowners and half-capitalists.
Compared with the income generated by the business itself, Zuo Mengeng's biggest worry is that there are not enough like-minded allies.
If capitalists were everywhere, it would be easy for him to overthrow the decadent Ming Dynasty.
How could it be like now, when the Kong family was so overwhelming that he couldn't breathe.
Isn't it because there are so many followers of the Confucius family all over the world?
If capital and commerce were equally spread all over the world, there would naturally be more people who felt that the Kong family was an obstacle.
Before the social status quo cannot be completely changed, scholars are already at the forefront of the ideological field.
"Everyone, this is my new article. I have learned to use vernacular writing, and I hope that the shortcomings will be corrected."
At another thought exchange meeting, Liu Zongzhou presented his recent research results.
Everyone was assigned a manuscript, and they all read it eagerly.
Liu Zongzhou said that it was Wenzong today, which is not an exaggeration at all.
His scholarship, who is not eager to learn?
Liu Zongzhou named this new work "Confucian Textual Research".
Since it is textual research, there is no doubt that it is a research paper.
What pleased Zuo Mengeng the most was that Liu Zongzhou had changed a lot. He actually abandoned the classical Chinese writing method that he was best at, and instead followed everyone else's lead and changed to vernacular.
Although there are many mistakes in the use of sentences and symbols, the whole article is enjoyable and clear at a glance.
There is no profound argument in this article, nor does it elaborate on Liu Zongzhou’s thoughts.
This is more like an archaeological essay.
In the article, Liu Zongzhou focused on describing the origin, rise, development and current situation of Confucianism and Confucianism.
Especially the origin of Confucianism, Liu Zongzhou spent a lot of space.
The most striking thing is that in this opening chapter, Liu Zongzhou introduced in detail the overall pattern and trend of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Politics, wars, diplomacy between countries, and even the development of productive forces.
Through these, the reasons for the emergence of Confucianism are derived.
In the article, Liu Zongzhou clearly stated that an important reason why Confucianism became a prominent school was that after a long period of division and war, the people's minds were settled.
In other words, Confucianism in the pre-Qin era was both a prominent study and a basic study.
However, the ruling elites of various countries are not interested in Confucianism.
The reason is that all countries are focused on striving for hegemony and unification, and need to find legitimacy for politics, war, and annexation.
As a philosophical doctrine, Confucianism was not conducive to the expansion of various vassal states.
From this point of view, today's world is in chaos, and although the people's minds are calm, in order to prevent the world from falling, it is even more necessary to constantly strive for self-improvement and seek ways to become prosperous and strong.
Although it is not too straightforward, how to find the way to become rich and powerful?
Those who are familiar with history books will naturally understand.
In order to strive for hegemony, the pre-Qin princes made every effort to reform.
What is leather?
Thoughts, of course.
Liu Zongzhou is worthy of being a great master. He does not criticize Confucianism in the whole article, but he digs out the roots of Confucianism.
I believe that once this article is published, it will definitely make many stubborn and corrupt people jump.
But here, when everyone saw it, they were all delighted.
Having a great master write the book means that there is a convincing legal basis for dealing with Confucianism.
At that time, whether it is to eliminate Confucianism or to reform Confucianism, it will be conducive to the formation of legitimacy of this camp.
"Teacher's article will be published and circulated internally. It is required that all officers above the New Army Company, Zuozhuang Manager above, and heads of various factory departments above must read it thoroughly."
Zuo Mengeng planned to unify his thoughts and clarify the direction of the camp's struggle.
Now that the entire camp has expanded to a certain extent, it is expected that it will undergo a transformation soon.
If ideological construction does not keep up, it will easily collapse quickly.
Everyone agreed with his actions.
"I suggest that Zhongheng's article should also be published together. How we should go in the future cannot be just us sitting here behind closed doors. Everyone in our camp should participate and put forward their ideas. "
Huang Zongxi's idea is even bolder.
If we really want to talk about the role of promoting ideological construction, Zuo Menggeng’s article comparing the Western Renaissance and the restoration of Chinese Confucianism is more profound than Liu Zongzhou’s article.
Although in terms of writing style and skill, Zuo Mengeng is far inferior to Liu Zongzhou. But Zuo Mengeng is from a global perspective, and he has the future ideological achievements of Sasuke, so the natural pattern is bigger.
"Would it become more confusing?"
Liu Yiyuan is somewhat conservative.
Just based on the internal discussions among them, his and Huang Zongxi's views were completely different. If more people are brought in, there will be trouble if divisions are caused.
Zuo Mengeng was quite confident about this.
"What are you afraid of? The more we argue about the truth, the clearer it becomes. And only when we understand it, we will not hesitate and be timid when moving forward, nor will we look forward and backward. Only in this way can we move more steadily."
Seeing him scolding Fang Qiu, everyone couldn't help but feel sad.
This young man increasingly showed his royal aura in terms of courage.
No one has ever seen what those saintly kings and wise masters throughout the ages were like. But compared with several emperors of the Ming Dynasty in recent years, they are like white clouds compared with the soil.
"Okay, let's do it like this. Now that we have the strength, we don't need to be so afraid. Even if they are really spread out, we are not without power to resist."
Zhang Jimeng dared to say this because the strength of the new army was his confidence.
Now the second division is about to be formed, and the new army's strength will exceed 30,000.
With these 30,000 strong troops, the Ming court was actually helpless.
As long as the mountain of Confucianism is removed, this camp will soar into the sky.
This time...
It should be coming soon, right?
Zuo Mengeng fell into deep thought, silently thinking about how to plan to ensure nothing went wrong.
