Buried alive in the Qing Dynasty

The specific route is to restore Huaxia's clothes first!

Then gradually implement the equalization of land, tax and labor, support rich peasants, support clan collective agriculture, restrain big landlords, encourage industry and commerce, develop overseas trade, vigorously develop education, etc. This set of methods looks very simple, but it is the most in line with 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 big landlords who owned a large amount of land were bannermen and aristocrats, who were official lackeys of the Manchu Qing court.In the course of the anti-Qing and Ming-ming movement, they must be deprived of their land.

Therefore, the newly established Ming Dynasty will inevitably have a large amount of land that can be allocated. Under such circumstances, the promotion of land equalization based on households or clans, and the development of rich peasants or clan collective economies are definitely beneficial to the liberation of 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 they all have monopoly advantages, and 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 expanding overseas, they are actually not that great.Although Western imperialism has developed.But it can't compare with 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 flags all over the world, it will not be difficult to establish a world in East Asia and Southeast Asia.

In fact, what prevented China from flourishing in this era was a series of wrong policies of the Qing Dynasty itself...

Of course, you can't blame all the crimes on the Qing Dynasty!

this is not fair!And it will not help China's rise in the future!

Because this Chinese civilization cannot flourish in this era, Confucianism, the core force of Chinese civilization, must bear the main responsibility!

It is precisely because of the weakness of Confucianism that the Chinese civilization has weakened.The weakening of Chinese civilization enabled the Manchus to enter China smoothly.The Manchu Qing Dynasty, which came into power in China, further castrated the already weakened Confucianism, making it completely lose the ability to lead the Chinese civilization to move forward.

It can be said that Confucianism in the early Qing Dynasty was already dying!

But to bring Confucianism back to life, we can only "restart" Confucianism...to make Confucianism return to the fierce and vigorous state when it rose and flourished.

In fact, this restart of civilization has already happened once in Europe.The Renaissance, the Protestant movement, and the Puritan movement, which have transformed European Christian civilization, are actually a restart!

What Zhu Heqi wants to promote now is an ancient Chinese renaissance, a restart-style reform of Confucianism, with the help of the righteousness of the original Confucianism, to sweep away all kinds of injustices in the name of Confucianism!

Chapter 202 Are You Ready To Be Righteous?

"You gentlemen!"

Amidst the cheers of "sage, sage", Zhu Hechi suddenly spoke.

As his voice sounded, the entire courtyard fell silent in an instant, and everyone held their breaths, looking at Zhu Heqi, who already had a "half godhead".

He is a "true saint" who can make a patient who is about to die alive in half an hour!

He led thousands of warriors, used surprise attacks and spells to capture Macau, then swept across Canton, and even captured Guangdong's most ruthless and villainous "true saint" alive in the night battle of Longtoushan!

At least for some young Confucian scholars in Chaozhou and Guangfu who have not lost their vitality, Zhu Heqi is a saint who can lead them to sweep the world and establish unworldly achievements.

At this time, Fu Honglie and Zhou Peigong also knew that the rebel who was called a "sage" by everyone was Zhu Heqi, grandson of Zhu Santai of the false Ming Dynasty!

The two of them didn't dare to do anything wrong, so they hurriedly found two empty straw mats in the corner of the courtyard, knelt down and sat down like the others, and listened carefully to what Zhu Heqi had to say with their ears upright.

"Gentlemen, three days from now will be the day when our first imperial examination competition will start since the Ming Dynasty was revived in Guangdong! Gujia first wishes you all the best in the examination field, and you will be named on the gold list. Then, Gujia would like to ask you a question... Why do you all come here to take the Jinshi examination? And why do you want to read the books of sages and learn the art of literature and martial arts? What is the greatest righteousness in the books of sages and sages? What is the highest principle?"

Zhou Peigong and Fu Honglie, who were kneeling below, looked at each other and already had the answer in their hearts.

But the answer is quite different.

The greatest righteousness in Zhou Peigong's heart is of course to get promoted and get rich, to honor the ancestors!Isn't his stomach full of bad water prepared for this?It's a pity that Tu Hai's master has too many lackeys, among them there are many Eight Banners disciples and coated slaves, the slaves are not as high as Zhou Peigong.

Moreover, Zhou Peigong's essays were not too outstanding, and it was a bit difficult to win the exam, let alone the title of the gold list.

So his master has been in office for more than ten years, but he can't get a decent official, not even a county magistrate.

And Fu Honglie's greatest righteousness is to be a good slave of the Qing Dynasty!He is a fool!That is unconditional loyalty to his master...and his dedication to the Qing Dynasty is incomparable to Zhou Peigong.It is impossible for Zhou Peigong's master to put money in it!Although Tu Hai didn't promote him, but the prime minister is a seventh-rank official, let alone a master?But Fu Honglie's official position was ruined, and he was even exiled into the army. Now he is just a grassroots!

Such a big effort, of course, is expected to be rewarded, how can you say no and just don’t want it?

This is a good slave of the Qing Dynasty, he must continue to be a slave!

Of course, he's a spineless minion!

So even though he was mixed with Kong Sizhen, he still maintained his status as a grassroots under the foot of the Qing emperor, and he refused to join Princess Dingnan's mansion as a slave... Otherwise, he wouldn't be a grassroots man!

In fact, Kong Sizhen admired him quite a lot. As long as he was willing to be a slave, what did it matter if he recommended an official?

But if he became Kong Sizhen's slave, what would it matter if he was not afraid of the rich and powerful and forced Wu Sangui before?Oh, after crushing the self-respecting King Pingxi, and then going to serve Princess Dingnan as a slave...

He Fu fool can't do this, he wants to be a good slave of the Qing Dynasty with backbone, and only serve as a slave to the emperor, this is his righteousness!

At this time, Zhu Heqi was already asking and answering questions. He raised his voice to the loudest, almost roaring: "Listen, everyone, the greatest righteousness in the hearts of the original Confucians is that the world is for the public, and the world is for the public. First of all, it is necessary to make the world the world of the people in the world, the king to be the king of the people in the world, and the people in the world to be the masters of the world... instead of being the slaves of Xuan Ye's children!

And the reason why we, the original Confucianists, practice literature and martial arts is to realize the righteousness of the world for the public.Wen Tao Wu Lue is used to realize righteousness and defend righteousness.However, literary and military strategies alone are still not enough to uphold righteousness.We must also have the determination to sacrifice our lives for benevolence and sacrifice our lives for righteousness!

Gentlemen, do you have such determination? "

Well, I took an imperial examination and passed the exam!

Just when Zhou Peigong and Fu Honglie were stunned, thunderous shouts erupted in the courtyard.

"I wish to follow the sage... for the righteousness of the world, to sacrifice one's life for benevolence, to sacrifice one's life for righteousness!"

Seeing the two or three hundred Confucian scholars erupting in the courtyard, Zhu Heqi finally laughed with satisfaction.

It seems that the ideological mobilization these days has already paid off.

Of course, this speech is not his first speech in the "Original Confucianism Museum" in Guangzhou.

And he was not the only one who gave "original Confucian speeches" to scholars who came to Guangzhou to take the exam.

He gave the "Original Confucianism Speech" with Zhuge Junshi, Yang Qilong, Guo Shiye, Lin Rujiang, Ma Xiucai and Ma Chenglong, who have read the books of sages and can speak well.

In addition, Zhu Heqi also set up a small printing factory in Shizi Mansion, and printed a lot of pamphlets titled "Dayi", "The World Is Public", "Taking Righteousness into Benevolence", and "Sanctification".

Every scholar who comes to Guangzhou to catch the exam will get a lot of booklets - these are "review materials for the college entrance examination", believe it or not, you have to read them proficiently!

And while getting the "review materials", young Confucian scholars from the original Confucian school will come to mobilize them to join the school... Only those who join the school are their own people, and it is easy for them to go to high school!

The sign of joining the school is to wear a black cross-collared Confucian gown, a long sword that cuts people, and a red horn scarf or red cloth on the head—a big bald head that has just cut a braid cannot wear a horn scarf , it can only be red cloth Baotou.

Of course, Zhou Peigong and Fu Honglie also received a bunch of sloppily printed thread-bound brochures, and a young Confucian student who spoke Chaozhou Mandarin came to mobilize them to join the original Confucian school.

However, both of them politely declined the invitation to join the group...you need to cut your braids to join the group!

How can you be a slave if you cut your braids?

Moreover, the purpose of the two of them coming to Guangzhou was not to get high school Jinshi, but to find out the bottom line of the Guangzhou imperial examination and copy the list of fake Jinshi... If it is possible, and find out the reality of the bandit army, then the task will be successfully completed.

So the two of them didn't seriously prepare for the exam in the next two days, and spent their time on "sightseeing" around.

After two rounds of shopping inside and outside Guangzhou, it was the first day of October in the first year of the Ming dynasty Dingwang Jianguo... This is the first day of the Guangzhou competition!

This time, the Guangzhou Dabi was held in the Gongyuan where the Guangdong Provincial Examination was held. Those who take the exam do not need to be a scholar or to be famous. They only need to write a paragraph of "The Analects of Confucius" silently when registering in the original Confucianism halls in various places in Guangzhou. That's it.

After passing, you will get an exam card, and then you can go to the Gongyuan to take the exam on the first day of October.

The exam is divided into two sessions, poetry in the morning and essay in the afternoon.Among them, poetry is the first test, and those who pass can participate in the article test in the afternoon.The essay is just a stereotyped essay, if you pass it, you will be admitted to high school.

There will be another round of imperial examinations after high school, and a paper on policy.If you pass the palace examination, you will be the first Jinshi Master of Fuming.

Although neither Zhou Peigong nor Fu Honglie wanted to go to high school, they arrived at Guangzhou Gongyuan early in the morning.Among a large group of "black-robed Confucian scholars", they stood outside the gate and waited to enter.

Fu Honglie has also been here a few times at the Guangzhou Tribute Court. This time he revisited the old place, so of course he had to take a closer look at the differences.

When he and Zhou Peigong squeezed out of the gate of the Gongyuan, he found that there was an archway outside the gate of the Gongyuan. Under the archway stood a row of "cutting Confucianism" in light red Confucian uniforms... all of them were big. The beard cuts people and Confucianism, and he is very aggressive, and he is very reasonable when he looks at it.

And there is a pair of couplets pasted on the archway. The first couplet is "Go to other places for promotion and fortune", the second couplet is "Don't enter the sect if you are greedy for life and fear of death", and the horizontal comment is "Come here, true Confucianism"!

Chapter 203 Huh, Hit!

The exams for Fu Honglie and Zhou Peigong were very easy...just take the exam!

They didn't even think about going to high school anyway!

They just came to Guangzhou for a walk, copied a directory, found out the facts, and then went back to Shaozhou for a business trip.This trip to the enemy's camp seemed to go smoothly. Not only did we walk around the city of Guangzhou, but we also looked at the Sanyuanli Fortress and the Sifang Fortress of Yuexiu Mountain, which were under construction, and listened to them in the Guangzhou Fuguan Station. After hearing the speeches of Zhu Heqi, he also got a bunch of "pamphlets of original Confucianism".

Now they only need to pass the exam, copy the list, and then they can go back to receive the reward.

With the knowledge of Fu Honglie and Zhou Peigong, they had difficulties in high school, but it was no problem to write a poem to qualify for the exam, and then write an eight-legged essay.

After passing the exam, the two of them wandered around in and around Guangzhou while waiting for the results to be released. Sometimes they would drink a cup of tea in restaurants and teahouses in the outer city of Guangzhou and inquire about some gossip.

The two of them really got three "big news".

One is that Shang Kexi, the king of Pingnan who should have become a martyr a long time ago, is not dead yet, and is still being held in the prison in Fucheng, Guangzhou!

The second is that Xinhui County under Guangzhou Mansion is still the territory of the Qing Dynasty, and it is guarded there by Shang Zhixin, the eldest son of King Pingnan Shang Kexi!

The third is that Zhu Heqi planned to lead the army to attack Xinhui County after the palace examination was over.

Although these three "big news" are not a secret in Guangzhou City, no one seems to know about them in Shaozhou... So as long as they bring these two news back, it will be another achievement!

One contribution to the directory, one contribution to the original Confucian pamphlet, and another contribution to these three "big news"... After the three great achievements, why should they all be appointed by a decent official?

So on the day when the rankings were released on the fifth day of October, Fu Honglie and Zhou Peigong woke up early, packed their luggage before dawn, took a few of their subordinates, took a small notebook and brushes, and went straight to the Guangzhou Gongyuan.After preparing to copy the list of Jinshi, he immediately ran away and left Guangzhou, a place of right and wrong.

Although they got up quite early, when they arrived at the gate of Guangzhou Gongyuan, there were already many people standing here.These people did not spread out and stand casually, but concentrated outside a section of the wall outside the gate of the Gongyuan.

Fu Honglie had been to Guangzhou a few times in his early years, and every time he would go to the Gongyuan for a stroll—by the way, he would fantasize about his high school scene.

So he knew that there were notice boards outside that section of the wall, and the list of successful candidates would be posted there first, and then someone would be sent to deliver the good news to the high school's Juren's home.

So this idiot Fu hurriedly dragged Zhou Peigong into the crowd, and finally managed to squeeze through a group of onlookers and reached the innermost part.The two looked up, and it was indeed the list.

The black characters on the imperial list were pasted on a large wall.The characters are very large, and you can see them from a distance.These characters include rank, place of origin and name.Among them, only a certain province or county is written in the column of native place of the tribute scholars from the area controlled by the Guangfu imperial court, and the column of native place of the tribute scholars outside the area controlled by the Guangfu imperial court only has provincial registration.

Fu Honglie hurriedly took out the crystal glasses and put them on, and then took out a small notebook and a writing brush to record. Zhou Peigong next to him had good eyesight and was in charge of reading the list.

Because some of the candidates are serving officials, or there are some family affairs, they can't read the list in person, and send their family members to copy it.

There are also some wealthy businessmen who send people to copy the list, perhaps wanting to "catch a son-in-law under the list".So there is nothing strange about the behavior of Fu Honglie and Zhou Peigong, and the "Beheading Confucianism" who maintained order at the scene did not stop them from copying casually... This is of course the above meaning!

What is announced now is only the list of tributes who will pass the test, and only those who pass the palace test will be Jinshi.

But the gold content of this list is already very high!

"Huiyuan, Qiu Rong, Chaoyang County, Guangdong Province! No.2, Yang Xiuqing, Guangxi Province; No.3, Guo Youde, Beizhili; No.4, Qu Huajie, Panyu County, Guangdong Province; No.5, Luo Dafa, Guangdong Province; No.6, Feng Xifan, Jinjiang County, Fujian Province; No.7, Luo Wenzao, Fujian Province; No.8, Huang Shiren, Guangdong Province; No.9, Zhu Shugui, Jiangling County, Huguang Province; No.10; Zhou Chaoxian, Xiangshan County, Guangdong Province...No.70 three, South Nian Gengyao of Zhili; No.70 four, Zhang Tingyu of South Zhili; No.70 five; Yue Zhongqi of Shaanxi Province; Yao Qisheng from Zhejiang Province; No. 70 No. 70, Jiangxi Province Fu Honglie... No. 70 No. 70, Zhou Peigong from Huguang Province!"

"This, this..." Zhou Peigong was so surprised that he couldn't speak when he read his name, and Fu Honglie beside him was also stunned.

It took a long time for Zhou Peigong to react. He looked at Fu Honglie in surprise, with tears in his eyes and a trembling voice: "We've won, Zhongmou, we've won!"

bingo!

It's time for the gold list title!

It is no wonder that the Zhou Pei Guild lost its composure all of a sudden, a good thing that scholars all over the world dream of.

But Fu Honglie is still sober... He is different from Zhou Peigong. He has been a magistrate and magistrate, and he is not so official. He has also experienced ups and downs in the officialdom, and his mentality is much more stable than Zhou Peigong.

So he already knew something was wrong, because he didn't use Fu Honglie's real name to take the exam at all!

At this time, people around had already heard Zhou Peigong yelling "I got it, I got it", and a few of them smiled and clasped fists at the two of them, wanting to make friends.

Fu Honglie knew that once someone got entangled, it would be very difficult to escape.So he grabbed Zhou Peigong's arm and rushed out of the crowd, then got into a small alley next to the Guangzhou Gongyuan, and then ran all the way until he crossed the whole alley and stopped in a very quiet alley pace.

Zhou Peigong had also come to his senses at this time, he didn't blame Fu Honglie, but murmured: "Impossible, impossible, I clearly used my late father's name..."

"Of course it's impossible!" Fu Honglie also said, "I also used a pseudonym... This is too strange! Peigong, we have to leave quickly!"

Zhou Peigong also came to his senses, nodded and said, "That's right, we can't stay any longer."

Fu Honglie said: "Then leave the city quickly!"

"Wait." Zhou Peigong stopped Fu Honglie, "You can't go like this...you have to disguise yourself!"

"How to change up?" Fu Honglie was a "fool", but he was not as clever as Zhou Peigong, so he asked him for advice.

"I have to cut off my braid," Zhou Pei said fairly, "and change into another clothes."

"What? Cut your braids?" Fu Honglie was unwilling when he heard it.

That was his beloved braid!

"If you don't cut your braids, you will die!" Zhou Peigong gritted his teeth to scare Fu Honglie, "When the time comes, the hair will be gone, and there will still be braids?"

"Then, then...well then!" Fu Honglie was right when he thought about it, he had to save his head so that he could be a slave to Qing Dynasty!

Zhou Peigong hurriedly told a servant in Tuhai Mansion who followed him, "Hurry up and buy some Han clothes."

"Okay!" This servant is also a clever ghost, he got Zhou Peigong's words, then glanced away, counted the number of people, and flew away.

Then Zhou Peigong drew out a dagger, grabbed Fu Honglie's precious braid and cut it off without any explanation.After cutting off Fu Honglie's braid, Zhou Peigong also cut off his own braid very quickly.