Daming: The system rejected my request for salted fish

After hearing what Wei Wu said, Hu Guanghui fell silent.

He was also a scholar, but he had to admit that if it was really as Wei Wu said.

By that time, scholars all over the world would really do such a thing.

They didn't know the real truth and only praised Wei Wu for his victory in suppressing the White Lotus Sect.

But Hu Guanghui just couldn't understand why Wei Wu wanted to destroy the Kong family, and even exterminate the entire clan.

Since he was about to die, Hu Guanghui had no scruples and directly asked the doubts in his mind.

"Uncle Changle, why did you want to destroy the Kong family?"

Upon hearing this, Wei Wu smiled slightly but did not explain anything, because even if he explained, Hu Guanghui would not understand at all.

This is the limitation of the times. People living in this era cannot understand what limits them.

Wei Wu wanted to develop science and technology so that China could enter the industrial age ahead of time and use machinery to replace manual labor to improve productivity.

But in this era where everything is inferior except reading, all scholars are immersed in studying Confucianism.

As the representative of Confucianism after the saint, the Kong family has enjoyed countless benefits brought by Confucianism.

There is nothing wrong with Confucianism itself, and there is nothing wrong with any doctrine. What is wrong is to respect only one doctrine.

The Kong family, who had been accustomed to reaping the benefits of Confucianism, would not sit idly by and watch the rise of a doctrine that could threaten Confucianism.

For example, science is a completely different discipline from other disciplines.

Take an ordinary citizen as an example. Even if he knows nothing about science, he can still enjoy the convenience of technology.

But an ordinary person who has not studied Confucianism cannot enjoy the practical benefits brought by Confucianism at all.

Only those who have learned can enjoy the real benefits.

The problem is that they have enjoyed the benefits, and all they can give to the people is at most some words of humanistic care.

What good is this to ordinary people? What ordinary people want is a stable life, enough food and clothing, a place for the elderly to rely on, and children to be taken care of.

But look at the scene of starving people everywhere at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and those people who were holding classics and studying the teachings of the sages.

How many of them really care about the lives of ordinary people? They always say that if you are poor, you should take care of yourself; if you are rich, you should help the world.

In fact, everyone is just thinking about how to make their pockets bigger so that they can hold more wealth.

He only thought about how to acquire more land and turn the land of the powerless people into his own.

They are so rich that they would rather let the grain in their warehouses go moldy than sell it at a low price for fear that the price will be pushed down.

Natural disasters were certainly one of the reasons for the collapse of the Ming Dynasty, but man-made disasters accounted for a far greater proportion than natural disasters.

To put it bluntly, if a person's moral character is not good, no matter how many classics of saints he reads, it will be useless and cannot change human nature.

In this case, why not let science change the world? At the very least, it can improve the country's productivity.

With productivity, we can better deal with crises such as natural disasters, so the stumbling block of the Kong family must be removed.

Besides, it was not Wei Wu who pushed for the destruction of the Kong family. It was entirely the Kong family's own fault.

If they hadn't caused so much trouble, even if Wei Wu wanted to take action against them, Old Zhu might not have agreed.

But there is no need to tell these things to Hu Guanghui, a dying man.

So in response to Hu Guanghui's question, Wei Wu simply gave a simple reply.

"They deserve to die, simple as that."

Seeing that Wei Wu was unwilling to say more, Hu Guanghui did not continue to ask questions although he was curious.

Just as both sides were silent, Shen Lin quickly came to Wei Wu.

"Master, everything is ready and we can start at any time."

"very good!"

Wei Wu nodded, then turned to look at Hu Guanghui.

"It's time to hit the road. Is there anything else you want to say?"

Knowing that he was going to die, Hu Guanghui did not say anything to beg for life, but just asked a simple question.