New Shun 1730

Another function of Confucian scholars is priests and pastors, and their ideas dominate the mainstream thinking of society.

If you are shameless and compare yourself to Chu, you can still be divided into two factions.

One faction is "I am a barbarian, wait for me to lead a million soldiers to observe the politics of China."

The other faction is "I am a barbarian, you should read more classics, transform the barbarians into Chinese, and integrate into the Celestial Empire."

In this way, it will be much simpler, and each can find his own direction, but the overall independent consciousness is already confused.

Find a basket for the complex factional thoughts, and divide the basket into several small baskets, which can just fit all the ideas, and this basket is in the hands of Dashun.

You can't think of finding a basket, and let the chaotic factional thoughts be thrown into it, and they can all become the same identity. This is very unrealistic, and the key is that time does not allow it.

As for which one will be the mainstream in the future, "one million soldiers with armor to observe Chinese politics" or "read more classics and integrate into the Celestial Empire", it depends on whether the theoretical construction of Confucianism can be modified to adapt to the new era, and how much the military economy of Dashun can surpass Japan.

People admire the strong. The strong will have a lot of reason to fart, and those who admire the strong will spontaneously discuss the superiority of the strong.

Just like the official "Yongjia Yongkang Learning" of Dashun at this time, righteousness should be reflected in utilitarianism. If you can't do anything, then righteousness is empty talk.

The economic base determines the superstructure. The reason why Liu Yu gave Tokugawa Yoshimune the idea of ​​"reducing the feudal system and unifying" was not only to do bad things, but also because only Japan's economic base was the same as that of Dashun at this time, and Dashun's entire set of values ​​could be perfectly exported to Japan.

The path of Dashun's future reform can become the object of Japan's imitation.

At this time, the difference in the economic bases of the two sides made it very likely that Japan would deviate and feel that it could not learn anything useful from Dashun, and it was very likely to go for full Westernization. Because from the perspective of economic foundation, Japan is somewhat similar to the feudal system in Europe.

Either the reduction of vassal states is successful, and power is centralized like Dashun, and the people will follow the path of Dashun; or the reduction of vassal states fails, and the population decreases under the influence of Malthusianism, and the samurai rebel justifiably believe that their existence can promote the development of industry and commerce.

Either it becomes part of the division of labor theory of the Celestial Empire in the later system, or it abolishes its own martial arts and has no chance to rise again.

The way forward and backward are all designed.

In addition to the economic foundation, Liu Yu used the introduction of tempura to create a set of metaphysical things such as religious wars. The big hat was put on, and the Confucian scholars in Japan were so depressed that they could not breathe.

Some agreed or opposed in their hearts.

But in words, it was neither agreeing nor disagreeing at this time.

On the side of Matsudaira Terusada, he hoped to avoid any more complications as much as possible, quickly change the treaty, send away the great god Dashun, and let Dashun withdraw its troops from Hagi Castle as soon as possible.

He wanted to change the subject quickly, but he never thought that Liu Yu had to choose to change the treaty in Xiaguan, and he had other purposes, and he had been holding back a lot of words.

The tempura was removed, but there were other puffer fish dishes on the table. Xiaguan was a good place to eat puffer fish.

Taking advantage of the awkward silence during the banquet, Liu Yu said again: "I just said that the theory of respecting Zhou and expelling barbarians, and the words that the Celestial Empire protected the vassal states, don't think I am exaggerating."

"Xiaguan is rich in puffer fish, and there has been a saying of risking life to eat puffer fish since ancient times. But I think there is another thing about puffer fish, which you should learn from."

The signing of the "Treaty of Shimonoseki" in history chose Xiaguan and a puffer fish restaurant. Ito Hirobumi took the meaning of "risking life to eat puffer fish".

A gamble, if you lose, you will die, if you survive, you will risk your life to eat the most delicious puffer fish.

But if you want to make a fuss, puffer fish has more than just this metaphorical meaning?

Moreover, with the size of Dashun at that time, attacking Japan was really not related to risking one's life to eat pufferfish. At most, it was like stepping on a toad and getting tinea pedis.

He chose to exchange the treaty in Shimonoseki, and he had long been prepared to repay his grievances with directness. You said pufferfish and I said pufferfish. I had prepared a lot of words, and these words may have been thought about a long time ago when Nagasaki "visited" Edo.

With the same idea as using the tempura incident to make trouble, Liu Yu talked about another characteristic of pufferfish.

"When pufferfish encounter danger, they will first swell up their bodies, making people think they are strong and afraid to eat them. Just like the donkey in Guizhou, before it runs out of tricks, tigers are also afraid of it; but after it runs out of tricks, a skilled knife worker will dissect the pufferfish and only know that it tastes delicious, but not that it has died of poisoning."

"Japan has the Mongol Kamikaze story, and thinks it is like pufferfish, making people know that it is poisonous and afraid to eat it. Even when Taira Hideyoshi invaded Korea, the Ming Dynasty took the Mongol Yuan as a lesson and did not cross the sea."

"But when facing Westerners, Westerners did not know the Mongol Yuan lesson, but only saw the deliciousness of pufferfish. Japan can only swell up its body to make itself look strong and make them afraid to eat it. Eat and bite. "

"Falcon hunting exercise, invite Dutch to watch; Nanman ship arrives, Chikuzen Kokura military preparations... just bloated body"

"I am not exaggerating, Western countries have a hundred times more warships than the Celestial Empire. Landing naval battles are all better than the Celestial Empire."

"Today's battle, Western countries know that Japan was just bloated body before, golden and jade outside, but rotten inside. How can they not be greedy?"

"The poison of pufferfish, Westerners with their navigation skills disdained the lessons of the Mongols; the bloating of pufferfish was broken by my battle. How can it be a pufferfish now? It is clearly a piece of fat but weak pufferfish, without the word "river"."

"Pufferfish meat is delicious, without toxins, and no longer bloating. It may be more tempting than crucian carp. At least, crucian carp has many thorns, so Westerners may not be willing to eat it."

"As long as the Celestial Empire still exists, Westerners will not dare to eat this non-toxic pufferfish from Japan."

"Therefore, respecting China is to protect Japan. Within 30,000 miles, there must be an emperor to deal with the disputes among Confucian countries, protect the moral teachings of the world, and preserve the traditions of various countries."

"Gentlemen, think about it, if one day Japan does not believe in Chishitan, but believes in Protestantism, and the Northeast believes in Orthodox Christianity, will Japan still be Japan?"

"Since the Celestial Empire has punctured your bloated body and let the barbarians know that Japan is just a facade, it has an obligation to protect you. In this way, it will live up to the name, righteousness, and virtue of the Celestial Empire."

The division of spheres of influence was said so righteously, but it also touched the hearts of the Japanese present.

The delicious puffer fish lost its taste immediately. Everyone looked at what Liu Yu called "the puffer fish without the word 'river'" and felt that eating it would be like eating themselves.

Puffer fish is nothing but poisonous and can swell the body.

Puffer fish is poisonous, and someone must have died after eating it, and then they knew that puffer fish is poisonous.

This is a wonderful way to protect yourself, but there are always chefs who have the skill of cooking to make it non-toxic.

The war between the Mongols and Yuan Dynasty was considered to be poisoned by puffer fish, and since then it has become an "unconquered country".

Now Liu Yu personally took the lead to show the world how to eat "the Japanese puffer fish", teaching on the spot, and guaranteed to teach you.

In the end, you have to thank Liu Yu for protecting you in the future to avoid being eaten.

But the question is that the reason why people eat it is because Liu Yu took the lead to show that it can survive the poison?

What's more tragic is that the poisonous property has been cracked now, and the inflation has been proved by Liu Yu to be nothing but a false exaggeration.

If you say you don't worry about Westerners, that's a lie.

The Portuguese attacked Hirado a hundred years ago. Liu Yu's book that slandered Western countries for destroying their nations and genocide in Edo has been circulated in the past decade. At least Liu Yu had a good reputation before. He gave away sweet potatoes to relieve famine and sent a coinage reform plan to raise rice prices. Tokugawa Yoshimune got the title of "Rice Lord", and Liu Yu also got the title of "Sweet Potato Rescue King". Many people have read his books.

Later, Ito Hirobumi used the metaphor of pufferfish, but it was just a self-satisfied mood after the victory, and he created a bunch of seemingly romantic and beautiful things.

Now Liu Yu is a metaphor for pufferfish, and he is promoting his theory that the existence of the Celestial Empire saved Japan from invasion by the southern barbarians.

One said poison, the other said bloating, each using a metaphor.

Matsudaira Terutsada was really depressed at this time. He wanted to follow the usual practice and have a meal and treat everyone before the contract was changed.

As a result, from tempura to pufferfish, Liu Yu took advantage of the situation to talk about everything, and there was almost nothing left to eat on the table.

Now that Liu Yu compared Japan to pufferfish, who would dare to eat it? Who would have the nerve to eat it?

The Japanese people put down their chopsticks, not daring to eat their "country's metaphor".

The people on the Dashun side thought that the contract would be changed tomorrow, and they didn't want to cause trouble, so it was almost done. At this time, picking up chopsticks to eat pufferfish would be a bit of a slap in the face.

The banquet for foreign affairs reception was so full that no one had any food to eat. Matsudaira Terumasa was also deeply embarrassed, and he didn't blame Liu Yu in his heart.

After all, it was not Liu Yu who had to take advantage of the situation today, but someone on his side took advantage of the tide to recite Xin Qiji's poems.

This time, not only was the person reciting the poem scolded, but today's words would definitely be recorded and widely circulated.

While ordering people to prepare some more dishes, in order to prevent Liu Yu from finding fault, he specifically ordered to prepare some vegetarian dishes from the temple.

Matsudaira Terusada could only step out to smooth things over and said: "Liu Jun's metaphor of pufferfish may make sense. But with the power of the army, even if this makes sense, it becomes less reasonable. Whether it is poisonous or swollen, wasn't it Liu Jun who exposed it after all?"

Liu Yu did not continue to argue, just a little bit of words, no need to say too much, the people present today will sort these things out and write articles to prove right and wrong.

Thinking about what happened today, the portion was already taken and the noodles were already taken, so there was really no need to humiliate him again, so he smiled and said: "This is the allusion of avoiding illness and avoiding doctors, which has not faded for two thousand years. People don't hate diseases, but hate doctors who say they are sick. Forget it, forget it, this matter has been the same for three thousand years."

"Now that I have said this, the dishes on the table cannot be eaten. Since Matsudaira is the host, you should ask someone to add wine and turn on the lights to restart the banquet. I will take over the host. Come on, remove these dishes!"

The interpreter hurriedly translated it. Matsudaira Terusada didn't want to cause any more accidents today, so he toasted Liu Yu.

The people on the Dashun side also knew that the way out had been given. The momentum of the Japanese side was completely suppressed by Ying Suobo today, and they would not make trouble again, so someone suggested writing poems and watching the tide.

However, someone from Japan finally spoke up. A Confucian scholar in his sixties stood up and said, "Poetry, poetry, what's the point?"

"Tang Taibai and Zimei were both poets; Ming Yulin and Yuanmei loved writing and never tired of it until their death. But none of them had achievements worthy of praise in the world. Isn't it pitiful?"

"I am often angry about this. Why don't gentlemen who love ancient things reflect on themselves? Mr. Liu said that Japan has a disease, but no one cares. Why is that?"

"A big country has its own ways to govern. For example, the Changping Warehouse and the Pingshang Law can solve the problem of low rice prices hurting farmers; if the officials and the responsibilities of the officials are clarified, it is also the top priority of governing the country; imitate the big country to set up officials such as Fangbo, Taipu, and Zongzheng to manage the affairs of the vassal states, the royal family, and the inner court; unify the currency and gold and silver, and end the bad policy of using gold and silver in Kanto and Kansai..."

"Which one is not an economic practice that is beneficial to the country?"

"Hanwen Jia Sheng, he did not ask about the people but asked about ghosts and gods. But you do not ask about governing and writing poems. If you have different ideas, you will not make plans together!"

After the old man finished spitting, Matsudaira Terusada reprimanded Asking him to be quiet, Liu Yu saw that this person spoke very differently, and asked in surprise: "Who is this person?"

"Sorry to make you laugh. This person's surname is Taizai, his given name is Chun, and his nickname is Chuntai. Although he behaves in a crazy way, he has talent. The great scholar of our country, Ogi Suolai, also praised his talent."

Liu Yu didn't feel anything, but several officials from Dashun were surprised and said: "Is it Taizai Chuntai who wrote "Zhu's Poetry"? In the past, Confucius wrote "Spring and Autumn Annals", and gentlemen thought it was to correct chaos and restore order. Mr. wrote this article, which seems to have the intention of correcting Zhu Xi's random interpretation of poetry. In the past, Ying Suo Bo brought Mr. Chuntai back from Nagasaki After a rough reading of the book written by him, I found that it coincided with the book written by someone else. I didn't expect to see it today! "

However, some people from Dashun clapped their hands and laughed, saying, "It turned out that it was Taizai Chuntai who imitated Wang Jinggong's rewriting of the ancient system and wrote "Chanyu". In the past, Ying Suobo brought this book back from Nagasaki. The preface said that this book was an ancient copy of the pre-Qin Dynasty. The writing is amazing and has the ancient style of the pre-Qin Dynasty. However, if you say that this is an ancient book from the pre-Qin Dynasty, I don't believe it. The opening chapter "Economic Records" actually imitated Wang Jinggong's rewriting of the ancient system. This is not the true meaning of Confucianism. I think it is the teachings of the agricultural school and the legal school. Rewriting the ancient system, it is definitely Not advisable. "

"Wang Jinggong interpreted the Zhou Li and implemented the policies of Shen and Shang, but Brother Chuntai went a step further and wrote a book himself, saying it was an ancient book from the pre-Qin period. I'm afraid that someone will verify in the future that the 'Six Classics' passed down by Confucius were all written by Confucius himself in order to change the system..."

Amidst the voices of flattery, doubt, praise, and ridicule, Liu Yu and Matsudaira Terusada looked at each other and thought that the world is a circle after another. If the country is a circle, he is on one side; if the culture is a circle, he and his subordinates are not in the same circle, but are outsiders...