The thirty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month, early in the morning.

Sun Chengzong, Lu Shanji, Huang Daozhou and others all came, and their families also arrived in Jiangning County to celebrate the Chun Festival well. Choosing such a special son to come to his own home must have admired his strong support for establishing the Zhongxing Society, but there might be other things.

Sun Chengzong and others were not too convinced when Su Tiancheng had a debate with Liu Zongzhou last time. It is no wonder that they are the products of Confucianism education themselves. It is impossible to know the model of social development hundreds of years later, let alone those advanced concepts. Su Tiancheng was at the forefront of the times and took the Zhongxing Society as the basis to implement his own concept step by step. Sun Chengzong and others took time to adapt.

Sure enough, after sitting down and chatting for a while, Sun Chengzong mentioned the purpose of the Zhongxing Society. He clearly believed that Liu Zongzhou's caution of solitude should be adhered to. Regardless of whether the scholars and officials, the rich gentry and the rich, or Liu Jingting's quick book, he exposed some of the following problems. As a scholar or even the scholar, he could not give up the ideals pursued by the general public and could not fully focus on reality.

Su Tiancheng kept looking at the expressions of Lu Shanji and Huang Daozhou, and found that they agreed.

No matter what, the purpose of ZTE must be adhered to, which is the bottom line, the bottom line that cannot be crossed.

The views and understandings of Sun Chengzong, Lu Shanji and Huang Daozhou are very important. They are the dominant forces of the Zhongxing Society. If they are in terms of ideological understanding, they are also biased towards Liu Zongzhou, or even the Donglin Party and the Fu Society. Then their efforts will be in vain. We must correct some stubborn things in their ideological understanding to the greatest extent.

"The three adults mentioned the solitary destiny. I have said it a long time ago that I am not opposed to the solitary destiny. But the timing must be right. The three adults know the argument between me and Lord Liu, and I won't say much. It's New Year's Eve. I'll tell you a story to the three adults."

"A long time ago, a certain tribe was very poor. The people here lived a very difficult life. Their grain output was very low. They could not fill their stomachs, and they had to go to the mountains to dig wild vegetables to fill their hunger."

"The leader of the tribe is old and plans to choose an heir. The condition given by the leader is that the leader can lead his people to live a good life, no matter where the person comes from."

"The three scholars and officials went there. They all wanted to be the leader of this tribe. The old leader saw three scholars and was willing to come to the tribe. They were very happy, but when facing the three people, he couldn't make a choice for a while, so he made a decision. Let the three people explain their views in front of his people. Whoever can impress the people can be the leader."

"The first scholar-official doctor went on stage to give a speech. The point he put forward was to let the people learn more, establish lofty ideals, have extraordinary moral concepts, and everyone loves each other and works together to make life better."

"The second scholar-official also went on stage to give a speech. The point he put forward was to make the people rich. He made a lot of accounts, saying that the people had the advantages. As long as everyone listened to him and worked with him, they would be able to make a lot of money and would be able to live a good life."

"After the two spoke, the people were not very interested."

"The third scholar-official came on stage. He said just one sentence, and the people below began to cheer, so that everyone rushed to the stage, lifted the scholar-official high up, and unanimously supported the scholar-official and became their leader."

"Three sirs, you probably don't know what the third literati said."

Su Tiancheng looked at Sun Chengzong and the other three and found that the three of them were thinking.

"What the scholar-official said was very simple. He said that as long as he served as the leader of the tribe, all ethnic groups would be able to have enough food for one or three meals."

The study room was silent for a while. After a long time, Su Tiancheng spoke again.

"Three sirs, this is why my younger generations oppose the self-sanity. I think about how many problems I faced in the Ming Dynasty have been shaking. What the emperor thought of was solving the many problems he faced and a notice to stabilize the court. The officials in the court were also divided into three categories. One category proposed to be cautious of self-sanity, requiring that from the emperor to the civil and military officials, they must strengthen their own cultivation and combine the system to a certain extent to solve the disadvantages in the court."

"The other civil and military officials saw difficulties in their eyes and thoughts in their minds. The suggestions and opinions they put forward were to remove the east wall and repair the west wall. It was like a framer. He was unable to see the chronic diseases that existed in the Ming Dynasty, or was unwilling to touch such chronic diseases. He always advocated repair and repair."

"Imagine that these two types of civil and military officials are so similar to the first two literati and officials in the stories of younger generations. They have all proposed grand goals, but the people of the nation do not believe them, but the people of the nation cannot wait. It is estimated that before the goal is achieved, many people will starve to death."

"Look at the method proposed by the third literati, perhaps in the eyes of some people, it is so vulgar and cannot be considered a goal, but the people of the nation support him and ask him to be the leader. This is why? This is because he discovered the key to the problem. He is very clear about what the people need and what to do first. He understands that after a period of hard work, the people of the nation can eat enough and then solve other problems later."

"When the three masters, when they were debating with Master Liu, why did they not agree with the caution of solitude proposed by Master Liu? The emperor was eager to change the current predicament. There were bandits inside, and the disasters were caused by the common people, the ground was hungry, and the Invasion of the Later Jin Dynasty outside, threatening the Ming Dynasty. At such a critical moment, the emperor was asked to be cautious of solitude, and civil and military officials, literati and wealthy families to do what to be cautious of solitude, can defeat the bandits, expel the Later Jin Dynasty, and can the people fill their stomachs?"

"No need to say more to me, the three adults also know that this is definitely not possible."

"The younger generation is definitely not rejecting the view of being cautious in solitude. All scholars must have noble moral qualities so that they can better govern the world. But you must see when and under what circumstances, to advocate being cautious in solitude."

"The three most prominent views advocated by the Zhongxing Academy are: First, grasp the sufferings of the people, truly know what the people need, what the government needs, and what the government should do, and what the government should make efforts. Second, eliminate empty talk, eliminate preaching, eat the king's fortune, and be loyal to the emperor. No matter if you are a prefect, a prefect, a prefect, a county, or a food and clothing parent of the people, then you must do your best to ensure that the people have enough food and clothing. Empty talk cannot solve practical problems and cannot make the people eat and wear well. Third, the wealthy gentry, including the literati, must make contributions. The court has many favors to the gentry and gentry, but this is not the reason why gentry does not make contributions. In terms of taxes, you have to pay the silver and take out the silver first."

"The biggest view of Donglin Academy and Fushe comes from these three aspects. Donglin Academy and Fushe blindly emphasize respecting retro and protecting the interests of the rich and gentry. They also care about the suffering of the people. But they just said, "Did they think they have any good solutions to solve the problem? The younger generation knows that they don't have any. What I think is ridiculous is that some places have no grains, and they hypocritically say that tax exemption is really a joke. If they don't have a grain, they will starve to death. If you don't have a grain of food, you will not be exempted. Can you receive taxes?"

"The pilot project carried out by the younger generation in Jiangning County is to require all the rich gentry and wealthy families to make contributions and pay taxes first. The Maritime Bureau has abolished the so-called rich gentry and wealthy families, and even the literati and officials. No matter who owns the goods, they must pay taxes. Since you can earn money, you will bear the taxes."

"The younger generation will be exempted from land taxes, but will still be exempted next year. What is the purpose of doing this? It is to allow farmers to barely have enough food and clothing. The younger generation also thought that when a certain time comes, the county government will help farmers and gradually become rich."

"Based on this, I feel that the task of Zhongxing Academy is very heavy. The influence of Zhongxing Academy is not only in Jiangning County, Yingtian Prefecture, and even in Nanzhili, but in a short time, these understandings will be extended to all parts of our Ming Dynasty. Zhongxing Academy will be spread all over our Ming Dynasty."

Sun Chengzong's face turned red again.

After Su Tiancheng finished speaking, he spoke first.

"Mr. Su has this idea and vision, which is the blessing of my Ming Dynasty. Zhongxing Society shoulders heavy responsibilities, and I have hit my old bones on it. What Lord Su said today is really enlightening, Shanji, Daozhou, I have figured it out, I don't know what you think."

Lu Shanji nodded and said nothing.

Huang Daozhou spoke.

"Mr. Su, I'm getting more and more ashamed when I talk to you a few times. I've learned a lot. The views that Lord Sun said represent my understanding. I set out and went directly to find Liu Zongzhou. Let him listen to these words and see what he felt."

Su Tiancheng felt very tired. He had already had too many debates for the matter of Zhongxing Academy, the continuation of the Ming Dynasty, and the changes in history. These debates, in retrospect, are not that simple, but they are also necessary. Bloody suppression is only one aspect, and cultural invasion can produce long-term effects.
Chapter completed!