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The Storm in the Late Ming Dynasty Volume 12 Chapter 708: One word makes a country prosper, another word destroys it (4)

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    The reason why Huang Zongxi was shocked was because the so-called Lishi Garden Jingran was so dilapidated. It was just a straw hut.  , can also be shown as Chen Zilong's noble character.

    What really made him show his surprise was what the coachman said. Chen Zilong Jingran owed him money for the carriage.

    After careful questioning, Huang Zongxi learned that the identity of this coachman was somewhat different. He was originally brought to Jin by Chen Zilong, but when he first came to Borneo, he was actually a turnstile coachman for Chen Zilong.

    Chen Zilong Bi Jing is a scholar-bureaucrat in his true nature. When he comes to Borneo, he no longer rides in a sedan chair, but he always needs a carriage when going in and out.  He asked for a carriage, and the other celebrities and scholars who came with him were naturally indispensable. Therefore, when they arrived, there were more than a thousand carriage drivers, servants, and maidservants accompanying them.

    You must know that the number of Confucian scholars who arrived in Borneo in the first batch was only a hundred, and the number of followers was ten times that.

    The native king of Borneo has been educated by the Chinese army for a long time, so he can only pretend to be deaf and dumb to these Chinese soldiers and pretend not to see them.  Chen Zilong and others obtained a large sum of money from Shanxi merchants and brought their cars. The first step was to build a road for their cars to travel back and forth.

    Fortunately, Chen Zilong had studied in Xinxiang to some extent, so there was no big problem in organizing the work. At first, everything was done in an orderly manner.  The people sent by Shanxi merchants were overjoyed and invested more. As soon as the money arrived, the Confucian scholars thought about how to use it. They held a special meeting for this purpose and decided that the money should be used to build buildings for students.  house residence.

    Originally, everyone lived in a simple way. After the residence was built, everyone chose their own place to live.  But then I felt that there should be a place for people to talk about poetry and poetry, so I built pavilions, pavilions, pavilions, gardens and ponds.  After these repairs were completed, people felt that the scenery was not beautiful and it was not a residence for celebrities, so they spent high prices to invite famous celebrities from the Qinhuai River to come here.  What follows is that many enjoyments should come here.  Those who were willing to leave Jinling and come thousands of miles away wanted high salaries and generous rewards. Unknowingly, not only the original budget was gone, but also the additional budget from Shanxi merchants was exhausted.

    Chen Zilong knew something was wrong at this time, so he looked for businessmen for additional investment.  This time the envoys sent by the merchants saw that except for the roads that had been built long ago, the rest of the money had been used for the residence and enjoyment of these Confucian scholars. They were immediately furious. Not only were they unwilling to invest more, they began to demand payment.  Arrears.

    "That's it. Mr. Chen Wozi is easy to get into. He first used his savings from royalties to repay the debt, but his little money is just a cup, a cup"

    ¡°A drop in the bucket is a drop in the bucket.¡± Niu Dun remembered an idiom he had learned in Chinese and added on behalf of the coachman.

    "Exactly, exactly, it's just a drop in the bucket. Hey, although this little brother is from Xiyi, he can speak excellent Chinese and is knowledgeable. He can take the naturalization exam. Oh, tsk tsk, after naturalization, the next generation will be in trouble  You can now enjoy the blessings of our Chinese people."

    "Let's get down to business, what happened next?"

    "In the end, it was very simple. Mr. Chen Wozi sold his belongings and it was not enough, so he sold off his property and then sold his house. A good gentleman like him naturally moved here with him. Those who were unwilling to move and could not afford the money  She said that she was deceived by him in the first place. Mr. Chen returned to the mainland a few days ago, and I don¡¯t know if he could borrow money. If he couldn¡¯t borrow the money Oh, by the way, since Mr. Chen is Mr. Chen Wozi¡¯s  Friends, can you pay him back the money he owes me?"

    "How muchhow much do I owe you?" Huang Zongxi swallowed.

    He has naturally been paid in Europa these years. According to the salary standards set by China, his salary as the chief mountain commander is roughly equivalent to the salary of a governor in China. Plus the travel allowance, it is not unreasonable.  After the coachman reported the figure, Huang Zongxi directly took out the money to pay off. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Although he had a bad relationship with Yu Guozhen, if Yu Guozhen hadn't paid him the salary, he might have ended up like Chen Zilong.

    However, it stands to reason that Chen Zilong should not be in such a mess. This "gentleman's port" seems to be running well and is quite good. It should have a certain amount of income. Moreover, the people at the port call Chen Zilong "Chen Counselor", which should also be the title.  Don't take it seriously.  But Huang Zongxi didn't want to listen to the coachman's nonsense. He felt that it was really embarrassing for him to say these things from the coachman's mouth, so he might as well ask Chen Zilong directly.

    After sending the coachman away, Huang Zongxi walked into the "Lishi Garden", which was composed of dozens of shabby thatched huts. Huang Zongxi was furious when he thought that this place had such a name.  When Huang Zongxi came in, he heard a lot of noise. When Huang Zongxi stepped forward, he saw a group of Confucian scholars shouting loudly around a thatched hut, including many dirty words such as "his mother's mother".

    He stood aside and listened for a while, and quickly figured out the situation.  This group of Confucian scholars came with Chen Zilong.Some of them were the first ones to come, and some came after hearing the news.  Chen Zilong had promised that everyone would be given official positions when they came here, but now not only are there no official positions, they don't even have the generous salary. Everyone is complaining that Chen Zilong shouldn't have lied.  But Huang Zongxi still heard the true meaning from their words. It was simply that after Chen Zilong returned to the mainland, these people thought that he could bring some money, so they came and clamored for salary.

    Huang Zongxi could only smile bitterly.

    He was not optimistic about Chen Zilong at the beginning. It was because of this that he knew very well that Confucian scholars lacked the ability and spirit to practice.  These Confucian scholars are not true Confucians, not the kind of true Confucians who really practiced their work in the past. They are all talented in talking high, but they are frustrated in managing the world and benefiting the people.

    Why can¡¯t Chen Zilong understand this? It stands to reason that he should have understood this long ago after staying in Xinxiang for several years.

    "Everyone, I said I didn't get the money, but I didn't get it. When did I, Chen Zilong, deceive you? However, I have already contacted Fang Mizhi, and he promised to increase our royalties, as long as we can make  Real knowledge"

    Chen Zilong's voice rang out, Huang Zongxi looked over there from the gap, and saw Chen Zilong's dark and thin figure, with all white beard and hair, looking extremely old.

    "He didn't choose the poem I sent last time."

    "The same goes for my articles. My articles are wonderful articles that are in line with the gist of the Tao. Even other secret writers don't like it. This is obviously because he has deviated from the Tao!"

    Chen Zilong¡¯s comfort was of no use, and the Confucian scholars started shouting again.  Then someone else asked why the anthology they produced could not be sold, and whether it was because Chen Zilong was not managing it well.

    In the end, there was a lot of shouting, and Chen Zilong was speechless.

    Huang Zongxi was equally silent.

    ¡°Obviously, Chen Zilong failed, and his exploration has reached bankruptcy.

    "Everyone, everyone!"

    It¡¯s always unseemly like this. After Huang Zongxi was silent for a while, he shouted loudly.  Everyone heard that his voice was unfamiliar, so they stopped making noise. They turned around and saw that Chen Zilong was also looking at him. Seeing him appearing here, his expression suddenly became excited: "Taichong, why are you here!"

    "I have come from afar to organize a banquet at the largest restaurant in Junzi Port today to entertain all of you comrades. The time is seven o'clock tonight. You must come on time." Huang Zongxi bowed his hands to the crowd and said, "Now I and I will  We have some private things to discuss, please give way, please give way!"

    I heard that he paid for the banquet and entertained the crowd. The crowd would eventually give him some face, especially since everyone knew that he had offended Yu Guozhen and made a big mistake and was exiled.  When he came back this time, he must have received an amnesty from Yu Guozhen. Maybe he would be of great use after returning to the mainland, so everyone looked at him with burning eyes, who dared to offend him.  So everyone dispersed, but before leaving, they did not forget to say hello to Huang Zongxi and tell him his place of origin and name. He did not ask Huang Zongxi to remember it, but just wanted him to have an impression in his ears.

    After everyone left, Huang Zongxi looked at Chen Zilong and sighed: "Mr. Wozi, why is this happening?"

    Chen Zilong perked up, came up and patted Huang Zongxi hard: "Taichong, you're back, just in time, just in time, I have a good plan to tell you."

    "Mr. Wozi, let's talk about the situation here first." Huang Zongxi said.

    "This waycough."

    Mentioning the predicament at hand, Chen Zilong finally let out a short sigh and took Huang Zongxi home. The shabby thatched hut had only four walls, and even the roof was leaking. There were basins and bowls everywhere to collect water.  Seeing this, Niu Dun couldn't help but feel his heart beat fast. Such a family background was not as good as his own. Is Mr. Chen Wozi in front of him really the contemporary great scholar his mentor said?

    What Chen Zilong said was much more detailed than what the coachman said.

    He brought these Confucian scholars to Borneo not without prior plans.  In his plan, after coming to Borneo to build a city, the first priority was to develop people's livelihood, that is, to give the Chinese people who moved with him a job and food to live on.  In comparison, solving their medical education problem is not a big deal. After all, they are all Confucian scholars who can be good prime ministers, good doctors, and even good teachers.  After they came here, they did develop some industries, the most important ones being rice cultivation, spice cultivation and rubber cultivation.  In Chen Zilong's view, rice planting is based on the current situation and solves the problem of immigrants' feeding. Spice planting is aimed at the medium term and solves the salary and accumulation needs of the people in Junzicheng. Rubber is for the long term. From Chen Zilong's view of China's industrial development,  China's demand for rubber will be extremely alarming in the future. If it can get a head start, it can at least ensure worry-free development for decades.

    It was this plan that allowed him toImpressed by Shanxi merchants, three Shanxi merchants joined forces and invested 10,000 gold yuan in him, equivalent to one million taels of silver per yen.  Chen Zilong was also full of confidence and came here with a group of like-minded friends to start his own project.

    "Taichong, the biggest lesson I have learned in the past eight years is that morality cannot be relied upon. In the beginning, I believed in them and let them manage affairs at all levels. I always felt that everyone was a gentleman and they were here to promote the sage.  When Tao comes here, he should be able to do his job with all his heart. Even if there is something missing, it will not affect the overall situation. But he never thought that good results are sown, and it is difficult to restrain his heart. Some people often criticize corruption and say that eunuchs are all  Corrupt officials, as a result, they only have a little power in their hands, so they seek personal gain and enrich themselves one by one. There is a sentence that I sincerely say. Although it is vulgar, it can be regarded as the wise principle that can rejuvenate a country or destroy it. If you believe in the morality of officials, you can also  It is better to believe that old sows can climb trees. Without strict punishment and strict laws to restrain power, all officials are ready to be corrupt!"

    When these words were spoken, Niu Rui, who had been listening, trembled. He raised his head and glanced at Chen Zilong. He felt that this sentence was really a wise saying for governing the country.  (To be continued)
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