Chapter 239 The sky has changed? (6)
In the Qing Dynasty, scholars were a scholar's identity. Juren had truly entered the system. Taking Gao Pang as an example, as a Juren, he was already qualified to be an official. Once he became an official, as long as he did not become an official, he would be one of the gentry.
Even if he has not become an official, Gao Pang can at least work as a job in the Hanlin Academy as long as he passes the Jinshi exam. No matter how hard he is, he is still an official.
Once there is a real flaw, Gao Pang can take office as a Jinshi and officially become an official.
Of course, people in the local area will not let go of young people with such a bright future. Some people come to congratulate, some give money to make connections. In the end, Gao Pang had to ask his teacher Chen Mingtai and Chen Banshan to allow him to move to the teacher's house for temporary residence.
Chen Mingtai agreed readily. Gao Pang moved in and found that several people were coming this time. The ages vary, from 20s to 40s. It turned out that several local juren who went to take the exam this time asked Chen Mingtai to do pre-exam tutoring.
Among these people, Gao Pang was the youngest and the only one who had not gotten married. Several elder brothers in their early forties were free to do the exam and wanted to marry Gao Pang.
Of course Gao Pang would not say it, but Chen Mingtai seemed to know it. Before the lecture, he said with a stern face: "Are you waiting for a study exam or to ask for something else? Don't underestimate scholars all over the world. If you can get a Jinshi exam, no one is not a family, and you have a great knowledge. You are thinking about leaping on the dragon gate. When you finish the exam, you will have three years to talk about those little things."
Gao Pang was grateful in his heart. These juren also made Gao Pang very upset. This time Gao Pang really wanted to pass the exam. The purpose was not to become an official, but to prove himself.
If he could really pass the exam, Gao Pang felt that he had no worries in the Qing Dynasty and could concentrate on joining Huo Chong.
The questions for the Jinshi exam and Juren exam are very different. Each question is indeed tricky and you have to read the book well. The text content of the exam comes from the Four Books and Five Classics, but the internal logic comes from the Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism. There are also some concepts formed in various exams in the past.
The more Gao Pang learned, the more he understood why he was not recognized by his teachers before. The reason was that Gao Pang believed that the internal logic required for answering exams came from the teachings of Confucius and Mencius, from the Four Books and Five Classics. This is undoubtedly a way of sacrificing the original and seeking the end.
After understanding this, Gao Pang was both angry and completely relieved. Since the Qing Dynasty did not use the teachings of Confucius and Mencius from the root, it is natural for Gao Pang to reject the Qing Dynasty.
I was nervously prepared. Every day, in addition to reading, doing questions, memorizing texts, I just had to eat and sleep. In a blink of an eye, it was the day that I had to set off. Gao Pang and a group of juren who participated in Enke set off together.
Before leaving, Gao Pang went to meet the intelligence personnel here and told them all his arrangements. The intelligence personnel soon sent Gao Pang's news back to Linzi along with other news.
Chief of Staff Lei Hu was inexplicably furious when he saw this news and specially used this information to meet Huo Chong, "Sir, Gao Pang is going to rebel!"
After reading it, Huo Chong felt very moved. It is completely different from not being able to get into Tsinghua University and Peking University without going to get into Tsinghua University and Peking University at all. It seems that Gao Pang regards himself as a top student.
"Lei Hu. Are you jealous? Don't worry, I don't think there is anything wrong with this." Huo Chong comforted.
Lei Hu was furious, "Sir, I haven't!"
"Haha." Huo Chong smiled and ignored Lei Hu for now.
Lei Hu was so angry that he saw Huo Chongxing continue to approve the documents without any trouble. He felt a little embarrassed and said embarrassedly: "Sir, then Gao Pang still learned from him, so he is today."
"Thunder tiger. The essence and attributes are two different things. Just like a bird, it has wings, which means that the bird has the essence of flying into the sky. However, many birds die before they leave their nests. They have never flapped their wings. This does not mean that it cannot fly. But if a rabbit learns from a bird to sport its front legs, its attributes are just rabbits that can sport its front legs. So if Gao Pang gets into a Jinshi, it only means that he has the ability to get into a Jinshi. What does it have to do with where to study? If you have studied a lot here, can you all get into a Jinshi? Don't say they, I can't get into a Jinshi."
Lei Hu thought about why he made a few words of excuses, but he still couldn't find the target. He could only say: "What the sir said...is wrong."
"It's right. Because I just want to destroy the content of this kind of imperial examination, I certainly can't pass the exam. Because I will never agree with the content of the imperial examination. So, Lei Hu. Let's go our way. Recently, at least hundreds of villages have become more inclined to have land. As the chief of staff, you have to make relevant preparations. This social production model is our essence."
Lei Hu didn't want to consider Gao Pang's examination for the Jinshi anymore, so he forced himself to focus on what Huo Chong said. After saying a few words, Lei Hu suddenly remembered something, "Sir, the fleet that went to Japan has been back twice. Every time the things were sold out. They kept asking for an increase in the size of the fleet, and I don't know what Mr. thinks."
Huo Chong didn't want to care about Japan's affairs, but when Lei Hu insisted on mentioning this matter, he also thought the situation in Japan was very interesting.
Originally, Huo Chong didn't know what could be sold well in Japan. Weapons are definitely not good, and metal products are not good either. The man himself is not enough.
However, what Japan cares most about is food, fur and leather. This is really beyond Huo Chong's imagination.
Of course, flour and rice cannot be exported, but Japan doesn’t care. What Japan wants is food made of starch.
Now the source of starch in the Han Dynasty is no longer a problem. Sweet potatoes and potatoes are excellent sources of starch. With industrial production, processing efficiency has been greatly improved. The price of starch food sold to Japan is higher than that in Shandong, and the price after arriving in Japan is much cheaper than that in Japan.
Shogun Tokugawa Yoshizo actually asked the Dahan fleet to transport goods to the trade point in Edo for sale, and the fleet was not allowed to transport these foods to Nagasaki Port for sale. It can be seen how much the shogunate attaches importance to these goods.
After chatting with Lei Hu for a while, I finally came to a conclusion that the export volume of food must be expanded, especially the processed starch food export volume. At the same time, I also investigate how much food the shogunate needs to meet their needs.
After seeing Lei Hu away, Qian Qing came again the next day. When he saw Huo Chong, he mentioned Gao Pang's affairs, "Sir, Gao Pang became an official of the Qing Dynasty, he will definitely betray us."
"Gaopang is not a fool, what are the benefits of betraying us? Just like the people under our rule have more than one million. Look at who is betraying us? They are a few gentry against us."
"Then isn't Gao Pang a gentry?" Qian Qing did not give up on his attack on Gao Pang.
Huo Chong shook his head, "What else does Gao Pang have except to starve to death? That little money is still given to us. Why should a guy who doesn't even have land? He should ask to be a gentry?"
"Then why did he take the Jinshi exam!" Qian Qing was very unhappy.
"When Gao Pang finished the exam, you can ask him. By the way, those villages are the most in Qingzhou. Have you contacted me?"
Qian Qing reluctantly calmed down, "Sir, those people are very suspicious. They have a land deed."
"Give them the land deed." Huo Chong made a decisive statement. The basis of this land reform was to confiscate a large amount of landlords. In the areas where the gentry was uprooted, except for the huge land controlled by the Han regime, it was also a small amount of land owned by ordinary people.
Of course, there is no big landlord of the state in the system formulated by Huo Chong. In addition to state-owned farms, land is divided into state-owned and collectively owned, that is, collective land is owned in villages.
Whether it is state-owned or collective, land cannot be bought and sold, and only the right to cultivate is present. The so-called new land deed refers to the lease contract for land cultivation and operation.
It specifically emphasizes that "the plougher has his own land". The so-called plougher does not refer to farmers, but to those who are willing to farm.
As long as these people no longer cultivate the land, it will automatically end the land contract. Apart from their homestead, these people no longer have the right to cultivate and operate the land.
After doing this, Huo Chong felt that he had completely regarded land as a means of production from the very beginning, rather than as the property of small capital owners like farmers.
Qian Qing and other senior executives have received a lot of training, and through exams and other means, they can be considered as memorizing this set of things. Based on Qian Qing's theoretical thinking ability, it can be seen that she is still quite doubtful.
"If you think something is wrong, just say it." Huo Chong had no time to guess the riddle with Qian Qing.
"Sir, if those people know that land is not property from now on, they will be unhappy."
"That stage will not be too long. Now that industry is developing so fast, you can earn more than doing agriculture. Now there are so many rabbits, where do you think they really make money? Farming is just a psychological comfort for them. No matter how bad the situation is, they will not have no food to eat."
Qian Qing wrinkled the pretty beautiful woman, and told the truth helplessly, "Sir, what we are most unhappy about is that we are our own people."
"Then let's talk to our people, and to all the people under our rule. It's normal for them to think so. It's not wrong. However, because we want to move towards the future, we must implement the state of land. In addition, telling the people that state of land does not mean that after the land is returned to the emperor or minister. If we live in the world, no one can own an inch of land privately. Just tell them like this!"
Qian Qing wanted to sigh, but he didn't. He bit his lip with his snow-white teeth. Qian Qing's eyes were full of resolute light, "Sir, that's right!"
Chapter completed!