First Minister of Ming Dynasty

It can be seen from this that most people, unwilling to give up annexing their fields, can only choose between a thief who has no king and father, or a bastard who doesn't understand.

After Zhang Ximeng finished writing, he was very satisfied and put down the brush.Halfway up from the coffin, Old Master Zhu, who was about to overturn the lid of the coffin, lay down again silently.

This person is powerful, he is afraid that he is no match!

When Zhang Ximeng was immersed in joy, suddenly, the door opened!

With a bang, Zhang Ximeng stood up in a hurry, and in the next second, a dusty, bloody guy threw himself into Zhang Ximeng's arms.

"Brother, I'm still alive!"

Zhang Ximeng pondered for a while, then stretched out his hand and hugged Zhu Ying.

"Just come back, just come back!"

Zhu Ying burst into tears, he grabbed a piece of paper with handwriting from the table, wiped his face, and said pitifully: "Brother, I'm really afraid I won't see you, God bless Zhang Ximeng to see I looked at the piece of paper, and then at Zhu Ying, his face turned dark... I don't want to see you!

Chapter 361 Food and clothing are the foundation, daily necessities are the way

Zhu Ying finally succeeded in angering Zhang Ximeng... so Gao Qi and others were lucky to see Zhang Xianggong chasing after him with a feather duster.

With her butt pouted, Zhu Ying ran around in the yard, yelling, "Help! Help me! I'm going to die!"

Faced with this situation, let alone helping these people, the whole person is not well, it is really damaging Zhang Xiang's image!

Or let's just pretend we didn't see it!

It's like the Confucian disciples' packaging for Confucius... An amiable old man is always more attractive than a two-meter-long steel hunk.

After all, when one thinks of the real appearance of Old Master Confucius, it is hard to imagine that two children dared to stop his carriage, debate the size of the sun in front of him, and even dare to laugh at Old Master Confucius.

It is estimated that those who said this to Confucius would have been thrown into the sun long ago.

It can be seen that to beautify the sages is the mission of disciples!

"Zhang Xiang really worked hard!"

When the big guy was still hesitating, Sun Yan wiped his tears with his sleeve excitedly, and repeatedly praised, "Young Master Zhu guarded Fuliang, fighting hard and hard. When I first met Zhang Xiang, Zhang Xiang was afraid that he would get hurt and kept it from him, so he chased him like this." Hit, check the young master's injury, it's really brotherly love!"

Such chasing and beating is for the purpose of injury examination?

How do I look like I want to beat the child out of injury?

Several people looked at each other in blank dismay, and couldn't find a better way to say it for a while... Probably Zhang Xiang and Mr. Zhu were brothers, and Mr. Zhu was leading the army outside. After returning,

Zhang Xiang was afraid that his brother would hide his injury, so he chased him with a feather duster.

After going around the house several times, he saw that the son was walking like flying and in good health, Zhang Xiang was overjoyed, and the brothers hugged each other and wept.

Very good, very warm... If you work hard to polish it, it can be included in the textbook and regarded as a must-read for elementary school students.

As for how many children will be beaten with feather dusters in the future, it is not something they consider.

Zhu Ying came back early, and the siege of Fuliang was lifted.

Zhu's army has completely won the victory, and Zhu Yuanzhang will escort the prisoners to the loyal Jiangzhou in a few days.

And Zhang Ximeng also seized the time and rushed to draft overnight. .

He borrowed Zhu Xi's Bailudong canon, only made a few comments, and did not make drastic changes...why didn't he change it?

Because there is no need to change it!

What is this canon about?

It talks about the goal of the academy teaching and educating people, it talks about the method of reading and understanding, it talks about the way of dealing with people, and it talks about how to cultivate oneself and study...

Even after hundreds of years, students still have to recite the three-person line must have my teacher, and they also need to know the new by reviewing the past.

Even if you are engaged in scientific research, I am afraid that you cannot deny the learning sequence of "knowledge, interrogation, prudence, discernment, and earnest practice."

And don't do to others what you don't want to be done to others, has been engraved in the bones of the Chinese people.

To put it bluntly, this is a set of tools, a set of correct nonsense.

Taken out alone, it is of little value.

The really key thing is the foundation of academic research and the most primitive parameters. After this thing is determined, input into this set of tools, and then instilled in students,

In the end, it became the truth in the hearts of the students, the consensus of the society, and the education work was almost completed.

What is Zhang Ximeng going to say?

Food and clothing are the foundation, and daily necessities are the way!

This is also the question Zhang Ximeng asked Gao Qi and others. Why is Jiangxi rich in humanities, talented people, and enlightened?This is not a collection of contexts, God prefers.

Behind the prosperity of Jiangxi, there are profound location advantages and business logic.

The Meiling switch connects Jiangxi and Guangdong, the river-sea combined transport, and the goods are connected to the north and the south. Around Poyang Lake, there are rich products and a dense population... There are money, people, food, business, and many wealthy families that can support their children to study. With Bailudong Academy.

Just ask, why did Zhu Xi choose Jiangzhou to build a school, and why did he choose to face Poyang Lake?

How can Bailudong Academy become the number one academy in the world?

Does it work anywhere?

Why don't Master Zhu go to the Saibei Desert and set up a school to see if he can let the Mongols preserve the principles of nature and eliminate human desires?

Zhang Ximeng clarified the four words that food and clothing are the foundation, and it is natural that daily use is the way, and it is ready to come out.

Scholars do not appear out of nowhere, they are the product of people's livelihood and economic development to a certain stage... Then what is the purpose of studying and studying?

Chasing the principles of heaven and talking about human desires?

Obviously, none of this is appropriate.

The purpose of scholars is to give back to the common people, starting from the people's livelihood, and studying the daily necessities of the common people.

Take the common people's daily use as the way, and conduct solid research.

Following the idea of ​​"learning eruditely. Interrogating. Thinking carefully. Discriminating clearly. Practicing earnestly." To help the country govern the people, to be a good scholar, to be a good official, to be worthy of oneself and the people.

"Finally, I have come up with a rough outline, you all should take a look."

With a tired face, Zhang Ximeng handed over a stack of manuscripts to Ye Chen, Gao Qi and the others for circulation.

In order to be able to browse quickly, these people directly spread Zhang Ximeng's manuscripts on the desktop, one by one, and the big guys quickly browsed, and almost everyone changed their color after reading each page.

Ye Chen was the first to finish it, and also the first to sit down on the ground, and couldn't help sighing, "Mr. Zhang, if this is the case, the way of Confucius and Mencius can come to an end!"

At this time, Xu Ben could not help but retort: ​​"I don't think so. Isn't Mencius also putting the people first, and the community second? Zhang Xiang said that food and clothing are the foundation, and daily use is the way. This is also what Mencius advocated.

Ye Chen couldn't help shaking his head, it seemed that he could say that, but in fact it was the opposite, far and wide.

"Confucius said to achieve benevolence, Mencius said to obtain righteousness. No matter how much the Tao of Confucius and Mencius is said, it is nothing more than starting from benevolence and righteousness, using benevolence and righteousness to rule the world and comfort the people. how to govern

But Zhang Xiang here advocates food and clothing as the foundation, where does food and clothing come from?The farmers plowed the fields, the weavers spun the threads, and the food and clothing came from the common people.Daily use is also the daily use of the common people. This way is not the way of heaven taught by Master Zhu, but a solid way to enrich the country and enrich the people. In conclusion, it is still the way of the people! "

Ye Chen is a good friend of Song Lian, Liu Ji and others, needless to say his level of knowledge, he easily understood what Zhang Ximeng meant.

In fact, it can be said that Zhang Ximeng's views have not changed in recent years.

From the beginning of equalizing the land, it talked about the foundation of people's livelihood, and then divided it into millennia, advocating that the king and the people share the world, and now it simply points out that food and clothing are the foundation, and daily use is the way.

It is tantamount to a comprehensive introduction of the people-oriented approach.

The foundation of Zhang's theory has been determined at this moment.

Gao Qi could understand it naturally, but he was ecstatic in his heart and couldn't restrain his excitement. Zhang Xiang really did not disappoint them. After waiting for so long, a trip to Bailudong Academy was indeed a ground-breaking move, a shocking work.

"Scholar Ye, the people-oriented approach has actually been proposed by countless famous scholars since the pre-Qin period, and all schools of thought also have a heart of loving the people. But since the past dynasties,

Is it wrong to say that food and clothing are the foundation of that picture, and daily use is the way?

Obviously, Zhang Ximeng also mastered the unique knowledge of Confucianism.

From a bunch of propositions, he singled out the word people-oriented, and then summed up the eight words that food and clothing are the foundation, and daily use is the way.

Just like the benevolent government and the kingly way, the three cardinal principles and five constant principles have become the foundation of Zhang's study.

May I ask which of the two is higher and who is lower?

It seems that it is really difficult to distinguish.

At least you can't say that Zhang Ximeng is not as good as Confucius... Finally, he can barely resist.

But don't underestimate this reluctance to fight. Since Confucianism became a prominent school, it has never advocated that it can reach this height. From this point of view, Zhang Ximeng is already proud enough.

He said with a straight face: "I know it, but Zhang Xiang's idea is good, but there are still people to support it. If we rely on us alone, we are weak, let alone Jiangxi.

"Then use a hundred dynasties,

A thousand dynasties, ten thousand dynasties! Gao Qi's stubbornness came up again, "Where the Tao lies, there is no turning back."I think Zhang Xiang's proposition is a matter of course, far superior to Neo Confucianism a hundred times.I am willing to argue with them, endlessly!

Xu Ben also said sullenly: "Yes, I am willing to die for the righteous way, and die without regrets!"

Seeing the enthusiasm of the big guys, Zhang Ximeng waved his hands repeatedly, "There is no need to do this, and there is no need! If you believe in my stuff and go out to argue with others, it means that you are all foolish and don't really understand.

Several people were terrified, and immediately bowed and said: "Please enlighten me, Mr. Zhang!"

Zhang Ximeng said bluntly: "I said that food and clothing are the most important thing, as daily use is the Tao, how to wear and warm, how to practice it! Daily use is the Tao,

It's not the end of it,

Let the big guys figure out how to enrich the people's food and clothing, and go among the people,

Summarize the truth, study the policy of enriching the people, the policy of facilitating the people, and the law of strengthening the people. In short, these eight words are not for you to talk about, but for you to implement them. With muddy feet and dust all over, walking in the fields, standing among the common people, I really think that my feet are muddy because I am walking and studying some problems,

Questioning, like Confucianism, has become a tool for scholar-bureaucrats to talk.

When Zhang Ximeng said this, he suddenly felt a touch in his heart, perhaps this is how the disciples ruined his mind in the future!

Gao Qi and the others looked bloody, embarrassed and terrified, "Zhang Xiang, I am ashamed, thank you Zhang Xiang for teaching me."

"Not to mention." Zhang Ximeng waved his hand and said, "Now the lord is coming soon, and Jiangxi province is about to fall under our control. Please use your skills to manage Jiangxi well. Bring out the real things. There is no one who can overthrow it.

Chapter 362 Die a hundred times

Before Zhu Yuanzhang arrived in Jiangzhou, someone came ahead of time. This person was Zhang Ziming, who captured Anqing by himself, and led a mob under the banner of Liu Futong, scaring Chen Youliang's half-dead ruthless man.

In terms of rewards for meritorious deeds, he must have a fortune.

Not only him, but also fortune tellers, beggars, bald thieves, and old soldiers in the army... This group of crouching dragons and phoenixes, smiling happily, crossed the Yangtze River on a boat and went directly to Jiangzhou.

Along the way, they were all talking high-spirited, and the fortune teller said with endless joy: "At the beginning, my master said that it's fine if I don't make a fortune in this life. Once I make a fortune, the Minister and Prime Minister will be nothing to worry about!"

When the other people heard this, they were all ashamed. Letting you be the prime minister would not destroy the country and the family!

"I think you should stop getting rich, the King of Wu won't use you like this." The down-and-out Jianghu entertainer bluntly complained about fortune-telling and quit, "What do you mean? Don't use me, why use you? Look at you like that, with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks. You have no flesh on your face, you have the appearance of a traitor, exactly the same as Qin Hui.

These two people spat at each other endlessly, but Zhang Ziming's heart was surging and his blood was boiling.

His brain is not normal, but he is not confused to the point of two hundred and five. Although he just wanted to get a piece of land, feel at ease, and be a farmer happily, but the problem is that in a city as big as Anqing, no number of generals can do it. What happened, I just let him finish it.

How much credit is this?

In terms of rewards for meritorious deeds, if someone else made him a duke or marquis, how could he be given a count!

count!

Sir!

Zhang Ziming is messed up, is this what he can get?

The more I think about it, the more irritable I get up and walk, I want to calm myself down, but my head is half of flour and half of water, and after walking like this, it directly becomes a mess, and everything is messed up. Is it really going to the sky in one step?

Zhang Ziming didn't know either.

After they landed, they were taken to the barracks. After waiting for half a day, Zheng Yuchun rushed over out of breath, and said, "I'm too busy now. If it weren't for your great contribution and the special situation, I would have to wait a few more days." Yes. Fortunately, Zhang Xiang intervened and asked me to send a letter, so that you can feel at ease.

Zheng Yuchun said, looked around, and said with a little embarrassment: "I forgot to ask, which one of you is Zhang Ziming?"

Zhang Ziming hesitated a little, stood up hastily, bowed and said, "I, I am."

His heart was pounding so hard it almost jumped out.

The few key words in Zheng Yuchun's words had already made him feel so excited that he couldn't control himself.It's not just him, anyone else who hears it will probably feel a lot of credit, Zhang Xiang, rest assured that if these can't represent the weight of this reward, then there is nothing valuable.

This is what Zhang Xiang said!

It's not that Zhang Ximeng is more authoritative than Zhu Yuanzhang, it's really a matter of kindness, even if he appoints a hundred households, Lao Zhu will intervene.

But how could Zhang Ximeng care about an ordinary household.