After the development of Confucianism to the Song Dynasty, science began to prevail, and in the Ming Dynasty, the implementation of the eight-strand text imprisoned people's thoughts, and the scholars became rote nerds, and the scholar class also became the sanctimonious guardians of science, so that the whole society was suppressed.

After the development of industry and commerce in the Ming Dynasty, the emerging class urgently needed new ideas to break the shackles of science, after the birth of psychology, was given high hopes, one of the seven schools of psychology Li Zhen of Taizhou, \u000b carried the banner of confrontation with science, criticized the heavy agriculture and suppressed business, praised the merits of businessmen, and advocated utilitarian values, but although this met the requirements of the commercial development of the Ming Dynasty, it also made the gentry value more important than righteous, causing confusion to social thought, and was criticized by moderates, feeling that he was too radical.

At present, the biggest problem of the Ming Dynasty is the financial problem, the Hongguang Dynasty only has five million taels left, and now it is even less worth mentioning, which is not comparable with the Southern Song Dynasty, which has an annual income of 100 million, and an average of 60 million.

Any reform needs the support of at least one class, either the support of the common people, or the support of the emperor, or the support of the gentry.

China in the pre-Qin era, the status of merchants, in fact, is not low, Confucianism at this time, did not depress the status of merchants, Confucius has "teach according to aptitude, there is no class" proposition, seventy-two sages among the Zigong, is good at business.

The status of businessmen was really suppressed to the lowest after the prevalence of science, "preserving heavenly principles and destroying human desires." In the eyes of physicists, the merchant who chases wealth is obviously the expression of human desire, so the merchant is suppressed.

Wang Yan is not a nerd, he wants to revive the ancient Confucianism, not to copy the Spring and Autumn Confucianism in its entirety, any era has its particularities, what he wants to do is to extract the part of the ancient Confucianism that is conducive to his confrontation with the science, break the spiritual imprisonment of the science, in order to promote the development of commerce, reform the finance of the Ming Dynasty.

Westerners found the brilliance of humanism from the classics of ancient Greece and Rome, broke through the spiritual confinement of religion, and set off a great Renaissance.

As the most brilliant era of thought in Chinese history, the Spring and Autumn Period naturally has many precious spiritual wealth, which is worthy of revival by future generations.

The children of the Wang family are basically Xinxue, and since the birth of Xinxue, they have shouldered the heavy responsibility of competing with science, and Wang Jiezhi will naturally not refuse.

Seeing him nodded, Wang Yan said happily: "Since my brother should go, then Yan will recommend my brother to take up the position of secretary." ”

Over the past 270 years of the Ming Dynasty, the department has been opened 89 times, and a total of more than 24,000 jinshi have been admitted, with an average of more than 270 people in each department, that is to say, in the past 30 years, there are less than 30,000 jinshi.

Considering the age of the Zhongjin Shi, as well as the lifespan of the ancients, in the past thirty years, the number of people who have been able to supplement the officialdom and live to the present must be less than three thousand.

Guozijian Si Ye is the official position of Zheng Liupin, if in the past, Wang Jiezhi was famous for raising people, naturally he was not competent, but now the officials of the court have suffered heavy losses, and the people have also become the talents that the court relies on.

In the past 30 years, the imperial court has only admitted less than 3,000 jinshi, but the Jiashen State Change, the fall of Nanjing, the fall of Hangzhou, and the fall of Fuzhou, every time the loss of officials is in the hundreds.

Now that the imperial court has moved to Guangzhou, the reason why it immediately opened Enke is also because the reserve of officials has been basically exhausted, and the country has begun to lack a large number of talents, which must be replenished immediately in order to make the central government operate normally.

It was precisely when Wang Yan saw this that he was eager to take control of the country.

At this time, he looked at Wang Fuzhi again: "My brother's previous exploits in Huguang and Gannan, I and Wan Governor have a notebook to go up, and after Zuo Ge Lao discussed with me, the Ministry of Officials gave two official positions, one is the Guozi Supervisor Taboo Wine, and the other is the promotion of the City Boss. I mean to choose the prince of the country to avoid alcohol, but the specific choice depends on the meaning of the brother. ”

The wine of the Guozi priest is from the fourth grade, although the official position is high, but it is an idle position, but it is conducive to cultivating party henchmen, and although the city is promoted from the fifth grade, it has great power and controls the lifeblood of the imperial court's finances.

Wang Fuzhi understood what Wang Yan meant, he knew that Wang Yan wanted him to serve as the Guozi Supervisor of the Sacrificial Wine, so that he cooperated with Wang Jiezhi, the Guozijian was equivalent to the world of the Wang family, and the Taixue disciples cultivated were all people from the Wang Sect who were influenced by Wang Yan's thoughts.

Building up such a network may not have any effect in the near future, but ten or twenty years later, when Wang Yan stabilizes the situation and carries out comprehensive reform, it will be a decisive force.

Wang Fuzhi understood what Wang Yan meant, but he had his own ideas.

In ancient times, there was a rule in the officialdom that officials who were delegated to local officials could not sit in their hometowns, and secondly, when their fathers, sons, and brothers were both magistrates, they had to be separated by 300 miles.

Modern people always underestimate the wisdom of the ancients, but the ancients are not inferior to modern times in the way of checks and balances.

At this time, Wang Fuzhi smiled slightly and said: "I know what Shiheng means, but everything is too much, my Wangmen doctrine has been suppressed by the imperial court, at this time, the Guozijian taboo wine and the business are all done by my Wang brothers, which will not only attract the attention of the imperial court, but also make the science quickly counterattack, but it is not conducive to the spread of the doctrine." ”

Wang Yan nodded, thought for a while, the study of mind has been developed for more than a hundred years, and it still has not shaken the status of science, he knows that he is indeed a little anxious.

"Brother chooses to promote the city, this place is the key to the imperial court's tax, the tax system is no longer suitable for the current situation, the household department will definitely be reformed in the near future, and the brother will do a lot in the future." Wang Yan said in a deep voice: "However, the position of the country's eunuch is very important, and it is related to the future of my Wang family. ”

Wang Fuzhi thought for a while, and said after half a sound: "Huang Zongyi in eastern Zhejiang, who studied under Confucianism and Taidou Liu Zongzhou, has a high reputation in the south of the Yangtze River, and is close to Shiheng ideologically, so he can be recruited to be the prince of the country. ”

Wang Dynasty nodded and said: "This person is a person from Donglin, and now Donglin has been divided, some of them followed Qian Qianyi to the Qing court, some of them followed Chen Zilong to fight against the Qing Dynasty in Jiangnan, and some of them can only seek self-protection." Donglin was originally the representative of the Jiangnan gentry, but Jiangshan was made into what it is now, and they were also disgusted by the Jiangnan gentry, but Donglin and the Jiangnan gentry are inextricably linked, and they are inseparable at all. At present, Donglin is in chaos, but it just happens to attract a group of gentry to come over. ”

The area south of the Yangtze River is the essence of the world, and the strength of a dynasty must be due to the fact that there are a group of enlightened gentry and aristocratic class, and it is definitely impossible to build a strong empire by relying on the lower peasants alone.

Wang Yan was moved, nodded and said, "Since this is the case, then Brother Lao will write a letter and send it to eastern Zhejiang." ”

(Thanks to Xiami 007, Ai Shang's monthly pass, thanks to True Ancestor, Hua Mancheng 66, Yue Freeze Woxin for the reward.) ）

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