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Li Zhi's famous work is called "Burning Books"!

It is not Qin Shihuang's physical burning of books, but his own ideological burning of books.

Even so, there are still countless Confucian scholars, including celebrities, which shows how much people want to break through the cage of old ideas.

Decades ago, how hot was Li Zhi?

In order to make money, publishers around the world often sign new books by Li Zhi, which can be sold out in a short period of time.Just like in a certain era, all novels are signed "Huang Yi", and Huang Yi's works can fill several walls.

Zhao Han said, "I understand it lately. Thank you for your teachings."

Cai Maode added: "Li Zhuowu is deviant, but his works are selling well. You need to be more careful, because the 'theory of position' is really useful!"

What do you mean?

Li Zhi's remarks were so outrageous that the great Confucians were too lazy to criticize them.

To use an inappropriate analogy, some people say that Newtonian mechanics is false, will physicists stand up and deny it?To a physicist, to say that Tai Chi does not exist is to say that Newtonian mechanics is false!

And Zhao Han put forward "the theory of lattice", which can be regarded as Einstein's "theory of relativity".

If it spreads out, the great Confucians will fry the pot!

Some great Confucians may be overjoyed and take the initiative to accept and improve the theory of lattice.

Some of the great Confucians may be furious and attack Zhao Han at all costs.

"Since Wansheng dares to speak, he is not afraid of being criticized after speaking." Zhao Han smiled and was not afraid.

Cai Maode also smiled, and smiled happily: "The theory of the position spread to Jiangnan, I don't know how big a storm it will cause. If the next Jiangxi school inspector is a scholar, he may support you or suppress you. Understand? "

"I understand lately." Zhao Han said.

Cai Maode said: "Since you are unwilling to be a teacher, how about I give you a word? Han, Hao, is better than the word 'Hao Ran'. Although it can't protect you for a lifetime, it can protect you for a while."

If the superintendent was given the word, then during his term, Jiangxi scholars would not easily attack Zhao Han, otherwise he would be hitting Cai Maode in the face.

"Given by the elders, don't dare to say no, thank you for the cultivation of the superintendent."

Zhao Han bowed his hands in thanks, and then said, "Wansheng also gave himself a word, and it may be changed in the future when he walks in the world."

Cai Maode was a little angry and curious, and asked, "What word did you choose for yourself?"

Zhao Han replied, "Zhuochen."

"Which brush? Which dust?" Cai Maode asked.

Zhao Han said: "'The water of the Canglang is so clear that it can wash my ying'.

Cai Maode was stunned and laughed again: "Hahahaha, future generations are terrifying!"

After laughing, Cai Maode stood up, tidied up his clothes, and bowed straightly: "You have already made up your mind, but your ambition is broad and difficult, so you must persevere."

"Although I die nine times, I have no regrets," Zhao Han said.

Han, which means vastness and cleanliness.

"Wagon without Generals" is a poem describing the suffering of laborers. The laborers push the cart, and the dust covers the sky and the sun.The workers can't see the way forward, can't figure out the direction, and suffer from all kinds of diseases.

Dusting means to get rid of the dirt on one's body and keep the soul pure and pure.

Washing the dust is also to clear the dust for the workers, clear the obstacles for the workers, and guide the direction for the workers!

This laborer can also be understood as a scholar, the world, and the people of the world.

"Zhao Zhuochen, Zhao Zhuochen," Cai Maode repeated twice, waved his hand and said, "Go."

"Retire at Wansheng." Zhao Han handed over and left.

Cai Maode muttered to himself: What is the ambition of this young man?Logic?Mind study?Real study?

In the academic trend of thought in the late Ming Dynasty, the mainstream was to criticize Zhu Xi and Wang Yangming, and to explore the way of Confucius and Mencius.It is advocated that Confucianism cannot be divorced from reality, and that Confucianism must be educated in the world and benefit the people.

This is called "practice".

No matter how it is done, no matter what the purpose is, the Donglin Party holds high the banner of "practical learning".

However, the composition of the Donglin Party is complicated.

Some people abandoned Neo-Confucianism and explored the real Confucius and Mencius.

Some people revised the Neo-Confucianism, thinking that Zhu Xi was right, but it was misunderstood by later generations.

Cai Maode is also a Donglin party. He is trying to repair the psychology, thinking that Wang Yangming is correct, but he was misunderstood by his disciples and grandchildren.

When Zhao Han left the room, Cai Maode picked up the brush, quoted the theory of grid position, and wanted to write a big article that shook the minds of all schools!

Chapter 067 [Farming]

Hanzhu Academy, library building.

As expected, many people came to borrow books in the first two days after the debate, and they all borrowed various works of Zhu Xi.

But from the third day onwards, the number of teachers who read books gradually decreased.

Five days later, only a handful of people remained.

Carefully returning the "Zhu Ziyu Lei", Liu Ziren put away the copied content and said with his fists: "My classmates, I will go first. Today I harvest sweet potatoes (sweet potatoes) at home, and I have to rush to work in the fields."

"If you have farm work, you can't delay," Zhao Han also put down his book and said, "I have nothing to do, so let me go down the mountain to help."

Liu Ziren repeatedly declined: "No, no."

If Zhao Han wanted to have more contact with farmers, he had to learn how to do farm work first, otherwise he would not be able to communicate at all.

At Zhao Han's strong request, Liu Ziren could only take him to work in the fields.

The two left together, and Fei Ruyi didn't want to read alone, so he returned the "Mengxi Bi Tan" and left.

No matter which library building, books are not allowed to be borrowed. You can either read in the library or copy the contents of the book.

Zhao Han asked as he walked, "How is the sweet potato harvest this year?"

Liu Ziren explained in detail: "Last year, I started the trial planting, but this year I will know its nature. I heard people say that sweet potatoes must be turned over to control their growth, otherwise, the better the potato vines grow, the worse the sweet potatoes will be. I didn't know this last year. , just cover the head and plant the seeds, maybe this year will have a bumper harvest."

"So that's the case, really, there is a specialization in the art industry." Zhao Han has never been in contact with farming.

Sweet potatoes were introduced to China in the 21st year of Wanli.

Fujian scholar Chen Zhenlong, when doing business in the Philippines, bribed the natives to obtain potato vines.The potato vine was twisted into the water-drawing rope to avoid the inspection of the Spanish colonists, and then the sweet potato vine was brought back to Fujian for insertion.

In the same year, several merchants brought back potato vines from Japan and planted them in the temple fields of Putuo Mountain in Zhejiang Province.

In the past 30 years, due to the promotion of local officials, sweet potatoes have spread all over Fujian and Guangdong.

In Zhejiang, the spread is relatively slow, and it is only planted in a small area in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Jiangxi is sandwiched between these three provinces, how can it not be affected?

Sweet potatoes introduced from Guangdong have now spread throughout southern Gansu.

A few years ago, it was spread from Fujian to Yanshan County.Almost one town a year, the people are rushing to plant, and some farmers make a lot of money by selling potato vines.

The sweet potatoes grown in Liu Ziren's house were purchased from neighboring towns and brought back for planting.

The two went down the mountain together and soon reached their destination.

Like Xu Ying's family, Liu Ziren also owns several acres of private land.But it wasn't enough to support his family, so he plowed the land again. After failing the two township exams, he spent more and more time working in the fields himself.

"This is the school field where my tenant farms." Liu Ziren pointed to the front and said.

There are already people working in the fields, Liu Ziren's parents, wife, younger brother and sister-in-law.Even Liu Ziren's six-year-old son and three-year-old daughter are helping to pick up the missed sweet potatoes.

Zhao Han knew his family in the past, and after some persistence, he finally rolled up his trouser legs and rolled up his sleeves to help.

There were not enough hoes, so Zhao Han had no chance to dig.

Liu Ziren said: "The potato vine still has a few young leaves, which can be picked for cooking. The old vine can't be discarded, it can be fed to poultry and livestock, and there are pig farmers who buy it in Zhenkou. If the virtuous brother wants to work, he will pick the young leaves. Bar."

Zhao Han is as good as he is, squatting in the field to pick potato leaves.

The young leaves of sweet potatoes can indeed be used for cooking, but the season has long passed, no matter how Zhao Han chooses, he can't find fresh and delicious ones.

Turning her head to look, Mother Liu had already picked a basket full of hard-to-eat old leaves.

It is estimated that in the next few days, the Liu family will make a living from potato leaves, and at most add some grains and brown rice to cook porridge together.

And Liu Ziren, a dignified scholar, is now wielding a hoe vigorously, digging sweet potatoes out of the ground.

Although he was subsidized by Fei, Liu Ziren was not admitted to Linsheng, let alone Master Juren.As you get older, you get less and less funding.If you can't pass the exam next year, you can only read books for free in the library, and other funding projects will be cancelled.

Liu Ziren became more excited the more he dug, and said with joy, "After turning the vines and controlling the prosperity, this sweet potato has really grown better, at least [-]% or [-]% more than last year's harvest."

"Congratulations, congratulations, this year is a bumper harvest," Zhao Han said with a smile, "I will teach Brother Liu a way to cut sweet potatoes into strips, then dry and bake them into dried potatoes for sale, so that you can sell more money."

"Is this true?" Liu Ziren said happily.

Zhao Han smiled and said, "Brother Liu, if you don't believe it, you can make a small amount of dried potatoes and take them to the town to try to sell them."

"Try there." Liu Ziren smiled.

In a blink of an eye, two baskets of sweet potatoes had been dug up, and Liu Ziren's younger brother immediately picked them up.

Zhao Han hurriedly picked up the hoe and asked Liu Ziren to teach him the tricks of digging.

After digging for a while, my back was sore. This thing was even more tiring than practicing martial arts!

Zhao Han could only grit his teeth and insist, and asked, "Brother Liu, how's your farm rent?"

Liu Ziren explained: "It's okay now. After I was admitted to the Xiucai, I asked the mountain chief to plough the school field. The rent of the school field is less. In addition, a few acres of private land have been rented to others, and the rent of the private field can be It’s too high. It also depends on the quality of the fields. Upper and upper fields pay more than two shi of rent each year, and lower and lower fields have to pay at least one shi’s rent.”

Zhao Han went to ask Father Liu again, wanting to know more general data.

He soon learned that the level of land rent depends on whether the landlord is benevolent or not.

The land rent is not charged proportionally, but a specific amount is set in advance according to the quality of the land.The good years are good, but the disaster years are particularly difficult. They can only bite the bullet and default on their rent. People often sell their children and sell their daughters because of the arrears of rent.

Not only that, due to the more and more frequent natural disasters, the landlords began to collect rent in advance - tenant farming is fine, pay some rent first and make a deposit.

For a benevolent landlord, the land lease is about [-]% of the income.

The average landlord, the land rent is about [-]% of the income.

Greedy landlord, the land rent is more than [-]% of the income!

Moreover, almost all landlords are big buckets in and small buckets out.That is, when lent to peasants, use small buckets to hold them, and use large buckets when collecting rent.

Even if the landlord is benevolent, the slaves will also cheat, there is not much difference.

Of course, in order to get more detailed data, Zhao Han has to visit more farmers, and it is best to write a farmer survey report.

In the middle of the afternoon, Liu Ziren called his wife aside, told her to go home and cook, and whispered, "When cooking porridge, don't just put sweet potato leaves, but two more sweet potatoes."

"I'll save it." His wife Li nodded.

Seeing that Mr. Li suddenly stopped work, Zhao Han immediately dropped his hoe, clasped his fists and smiled, "Brother Liu, I still have books to read, so I won't help you dig sweet potatoes. See you tomorrow!"

Liu Ziren was both embarrassed and moved: "This...how embarrassing, why don't you go up the mountain after eating."

"After dinner, it will be dark before returning to the academy. You are busy, I'm leaving." Zhao Han left without giving the other party a chance to stay.

Liu Ziren watched Zhao Han go up the mountain and felt very uncomfortable, so he continued to dig sweet potatoes.

Walking back to the dormitory, Fei Ruhe and Fei Chun were not there, but Zhu Zhiyu waited for a long time.

"Brother Chuyu!" Zhao Han cupped his hands in greeting.

Zhu Zhiyu returned the salute and handed over a letter: "Inspector Cai gave it to you."

"Inspector Cai is gone?" Zhao Han asked.

"Let's go," Zhu Zhiyu said with a smile, "he didn't like to disturb others when he came and went, so he only left a letter to Chief Fei Shan."

Zhao Han opened the letter and saw that it had several pages, all of which were newly written articles by Cai Maode.

After a rough read, Zhao Han felt that it was not interesting. Maybe it was useful to the disciples of Xinxue, but it was not helpful to himself.

Seeing that Zhao Han had soil on his body, Zhu Zhiyu couldn't help but ask, "Brother Xian has been farming?"

"Brother Changqing's house collects sweet potatoes, I'm just going to help." Zhao Han said.

Zhu Zhiyu sighed and said, "Farming is difficult, I have also tried farming, and I am exhausted after working for a few days during the busy farming season."

Zhao Han smiled and said, "Your Excellency comes from a noble family, so you don't have to do such a humble thing."

"How can you say that farming is despicable? It's one of the most important things in the world!" Zhu Zhiyu immediately retorted, and said with a mournful expression, "In the last years of Wanli, there was a great disaster in Zhejiang, and I saw with my own eyes the refugees who changed their children and ate it! Do you know there is such a tragic thing in the world?"