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Storm in the Late Ming Dynasty 5200 Volume 2 Chapter 667: This stone can stir up waves in the world (3)

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    "I'm afraid the world is in turmoil, and anyone who cares will know who Yu Jimin is going to attack."

    "It is extremely unwise for Yu Guozhen to bring up this matter at this time!"

    "Not necessarily, maybe he did it on purpose."

    Spring comes much earlier in Xinxiang than in the Central Plains. Amidst the singing of birds and the fragrance of flowers, Chen Zilong, Fang Yuzhi, Fang Qiyi and several familiar friends sat together. There was tea in front of everyone, wine beside them, and a plate of peanuts.  , a pile of corn, plus potato chips, sunflower seeds and frozen rice candy. With the sound of peeling, the flavor of this new year becomes even stronger.

    This is the tradition of the Chinese nation. When entertaining guests during the Chinese New Year, they are always afraid that the fruit plate will not be full enough and the guests will be neglected.

    Everyone gathered at Fang Yizhi's home, Mrs. Fang Zhang served them tea and wine with a smile. She was no longer a housewife who only stayed at home, she now also ran a bookstore. Although she did not show her face, she only stayed behind the curtain.  She guides the shopkeeper, but when familiar friends come to the house, she will also come out to entertain them.

    ? This is true for almost all families in Xinxiang. Some families can still afford the high labor costs and hire servants who are good at serving others. However, if you are entertaining close relatives or respected friends, it is more respectful for the hostess to come forward.  As women played an increasingly important role in Xinxiang's industrial production, their incomes continued to increase, and thus their social status continued to improve.

    "No matter what Yu Guozhen's intentions are, it is not the right time to lift the lid now. He should wait until the world is unified and rely on his supreme prestige to do this." Chen Zilong sighed: "He is exposing this now.  , firstly, there will be turmoil within Guangdong, Guangxi and Shandong, secondly, the voice of opposition will rise in the small court of Jinling, and thirdly, the gentry who were not opposed to unification in the first place will inevitably stand against the opposition of the Chinese Military Strategy Commission.  Face. It¡¯s really unwise, it¡¯s really unwise"

    "When it comes to talking about poetry, lyrics and writing articles, ten Yu Jimin may not be our opponents. But when it comes to governing the world, a few of us bundled together may not be able to match Yu Jimin." Fang Yizhi smiled and shook his head: "Let's talk about this  , it¡¯s meaningless. Just wait and see, I believe that Yu Jimin will not do such meaningless things Straightforward. How is your recent research progress? "

    Fang Qiyi has been engaged in electricity research since he came to Xinxiang. From the 13th year of Chongzhen to the present, the research has been carried out for 12 years.  In this research aspect, Yu Guozhen gave some advice, mainly directional.  For example, use sulfuric acid and copper rods to make voltaic batteries, such as conjectures on the principles of electromagnetic induction.  Every "conjecture" proposed by Yu Guozhen must be verified by Fang Qiyi through a large number of experiments, and then the underlying principles can be summarized from the results of various experiments.

    "It went very smoothly. The recent experimental results are quite good. I think it won't be long before we can have some electrified gadgets." Fang Qiyi said with a smile: "But now we have to keep it a secret. Brother Jimin has repeatedly told me."

    "You, if you listen to Jimin now, I'm afraid you won't even be able to listen to the boss."

    "Brother said this to me, don't you yourself? The old man's original intention was for you to become an official, but you went to trace the origin of orthodoxy and wanted to combine practical learning and Confucianism. Isn't this what brother-in-law Jimin meant?  ?¡±

    "What you said is not accurate. Jimin means not just Confucianism. In Jimin's view, Confucianism is just a branch of our Chinese orthodoxy. Dong Zhongshu, an opportunist, changed his appearance to suit the wishes of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che, so he got  Prosperity leads to success. Moreover, Dong Zhongshu has the eagerness and paranoia of a master, but does not have the tolerance of a saint"

    When talking about his current research, Fang Yizhi shook his head and started talking non-stop.

    Chen Zilong couldn't help but feel a little envious. He knew that Fang Yizhi was indeed doing a very remarkable thing. If he succeeded, his role in the history of Confucianism would definitely not be inferior to that of Dong Zhongshu.

    Dong Zhongshu's reformed Confucian theory with the idea of ??"great unification" catered to the thoughts of Liu Che, the talented and powerful Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty at that time, so that he could "depose hundreds of schools of thought and only respect Confucianism", which laid the foundation for the official Confucianism for 1,800 years.  of exclusive status.  Now, what Fang Yizhi wants to do is to combine Confucianism and practical learning to meet the needs of Yu Guozhen's future rule.

    Based on Chen Zilong¡¯s understanding of this, if it can be achieved, it will have a bright future.

    But he suddenly thought about Yu Guozhen¡¯s attack on the powerful gentry. What Yu Guozhen wanted to do was just like the Qin Emperor and the Han Dynasty, and there were always people who would consciously or unconsciously obstruct this kind of undertaking.  At the beginning, Emperor Qin used burning books and entrapping Confucians to deal with the old nobles who tried to force him to return to the feudal system. However, his career was not truly established until Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty deposed hundreds of schools to stabilize the centralization of power.  Come down.  So, isn't the real purpose of Yu Guozhen's declaration of war against the gentry shabby??New?

    This thought made Chen Zilong horrified, and he soon understood the true meaning of Yu Guozhen's attack at this time: at this time, Yu Guozhen had not yet completed the true unification of the country, and most of those who opposed him were "outside" of his power. These people  Originally, it would enter the Chinese system with unification, and then erode and corrupt the Chinese system, eventually deforming a series of systems that Yu Guozhen had painstakingly established.

    But now that he has triggered this contradiction in advance, those who oppose his interference in the decision-making power of the powerful gentry in the countryside will oppose his completion of unification. In this way, they will become a separatist force that obstructs the unification of China.  The unification regulations that Yu Guozhen signed with the Jinling Court clearly stated that anyone who obstructs the unification of China is a sinner of the nation and should be punished without mercy!

    Chen Zilong felt like he was covered in cold sweat.

    His hometown is Huating, Songjiang, which is now regarded as Shanghai County and is under the direct rule of Yu Guozhen.  But around him, there were his relatives and friends, many of whom were country gentry!

    "No, I want to go back!" He stood up immediately: "I want to go back to Songjiang Huating!"

    "What are you going back for?" Fang Yizhi and Fang Qiyi were having a heated discussion when he suddenly jumped up and shouted. Fang Yizhi rolled his eyes at him and asked.

    "Ah I haven't returned for many years. I'm going to pay New Year's greetings and visit relatives and friends, ha, ha!"

    While sweating coldly, Chen Zilong laughed.

    He was dead set on the Ming court. Although he was loyal to the Ming Dynasty, even Emperor Chongzhen was rescued by Yu Guozhen, and the small court in Jinling did nothing except fight for power and gain. Under such circumstances, he was extremely tolerant towards ordinary people.  It is a natural thing for the benevolent Yu Guozhen to conquer the world.

    Therefore, Chen Zilong concluded that this time, Yu Guozhen would still win.

    If Yu Guozhen wins, the fate of those gentry and powerful people who he labeled as "separatists who oppose unification" is almost conceivable.

    Chen Zilong can't control others, but he still wants to persuade his relatives and friends as much as possible and explain the stakes so that they will not stand in the wrong team in the coming storm and waves.

    ¡°And this kind of thing cannot be explained clearly in a letter. They may not be able to believe it in the past. Only telling it in person will be useful!

    Thinking of this, Chen Zilong could no longer sit still and confessed his crime. He hurried to Laojunguan and asked Guiquanzi for two months of family leave. Then he hurried to the pier and bought a ticket back to Shanghai.  .

    Even so, by the time he arrived in Shanghai, it was already the 25th of the first lunar month, which made Chen Zilong very eager to build a railway network connecting China's economic centers and strategic areas in the next fifty years as proposed by Yu Guozhen.  If you can take a train directly from Xinxiang to Shanghai, it will take at most five days.

    Shanghai Port was handed over to Yu Guozhen five years ago. At that time, the assassination of Shi Kefa and the fallacies of Nandu Weekend allowed Yu Guozhen to find an opportunity to put pressure on Qian Qianyi and take control of Shanghai.  And this city at the mouth of the Yangtze River has also unleashed its terrifying potential in the hands of Yu Guozhen. In just five years, its prosperity is no less than that of Xinxiang, and far surpasses Jinling.

    This is already a large city with a population of 200,000. Last year, the city¡¯s fiscal revenue was as high as 150,000 gold yuan, and such a huge amount of fiscal revenue has all been turned into the city¡¯s infrastructure: from tap water to roads,  From urban greening to dock expansion, from hospital settings to school distribution.

    Here, the second university campus in the Chinese system was even built.

    The college campus means that there are a large number of researchers who are regarded as treasures by Yu Guozhen. When Yu Guozhen made this decision, many people in Xinxiang did not understand it. Now Chen Zilong has some understanding in his heart.

    Xinxiang's role in the Chinese system was so great that it threatened Yu Guozhen's own status. Xinxiang has now formed an interest group, and they also have their own interest demands. Although they are generally consistent with Yu Guozhen,  On some details, they may not agree with Yu Guozhen.

    For example, businessmen in Xinxiang complain that a large amount of the fiscal revenue of Xinxiang is used for infrastructure construction in Shandong, Liaodong, Guangdong, Hebei, Henan and the capital every year. They always feel that this is costing themselves.  The money in your pocket makes it easier for outsiders.  But when Shanghai was built and annual fiscal revenue increased, the businessmen in Xinxiang suddenly shut up.

    Everyone knows that they are not willing to pay, but the businessmen in Shanghai are willing, very, very willing.  In recent years, Yu Guozhen rarely handles industrial and commercial affairs personally, but with the examples of Xu Zhongyuan and others, everyone knows that Yu Guozhen really has the magic touch to turn stone into gold!

    ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????:Eunuch Fan Xian, the eunuch from Shanghai, is now the richest man on the Shili River Beach in Shanghai. His family wealth is enough to look down on those salt merchants who have been in business for generations!

    Chen Zilong returned to Shanghai for the first time after more than ten years. When he got off the ship, he didn't recognize the place at all. He originally wanted to find someone to ask for directions, but pedestrians on the road hurried past with their heads lowered and their faces lowered. They seemed a little worried.  It made him feel weird.

    Then, he heard the newspaper seller shouting: "The Longhua Society has launched an uprising in Jiaxing. The Municipal Administration has ordered the sky to be closed, trade routes have been cut off, and many people have been attacked. How the Military Strategy Committee will deal with it, the people of the world are waiting to see!"

    When Chen Zilong heard his yell, his heart suddenly trembled: Sure enough, he had an attack!

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