Chapter 685 Why is this happening?

When I checked out and left the teahouse, there were no customers downstairs. The shopkeeper looked at the left back and said loudly to the clerk: "Remember what these people look like. Next time they come, they will not let them enter. It's better not to do business with such people."

The guy agreed and said simply: "Don't worry, shopkeeper, I've already remembered it, I can't forget it."

The voice was loud, like a snail, piercing the hearts of the people in the group. Subconsciously, Du Dengchun came back angrily, standing at the door and roared: "Shopkeeper, what do you mean?" His father couldn't even hold on to the previous repressed dissatisfaction and anger, and insisted on explaining to the shopkeeper of the teahouse.

The shopkeeper sneered: "You are scholars and masters, so you can't afford to offend them, so you can't hide. I am a businessman, who comes from the wind and rain, gets up early and goes to bed late to seek profit, and you can't compare to all the masters' fingers. I have a scale in my heart, and I'm doing business. Before Chen Ge's army came to Jiangnan, although he didn't have to pay commercial taxes, he kept tying up all kinds of taxes. Naturally, there is no need to worry about the business transactions at home. We who do small business are suffering. Now? As long as you pay the tax, there will be no other troubles throughout the year. Do your own business and live your own boy's life. You want to go back to the past, but we don't want to."

After the shopkeeper said that, the group of people turned blue. At this time, the guy standing aside also said, "Dear Master, please go, don't make trouble here. We are ordinary people. We don't say that life is better now, but who has no family or relatives, and has a big belly disease and is cured by the hospital run by Chen Ge's troops? How many people in Jiangnan have provided the immortal tablets of Chen Ge's troops in their homes? Do you know? This hospital not only treats diseases, but also tells everyone how to prevent diseases. There is no medical treatment in these years.

The team went down to the fields to treat the people and helped kill the snails. The money for the potion was just a sea of ​​money. These were all the money paid by Chen Ge’s troops. Dear masters, who would care about the lives and death of ordinary people? Look at those factories, how many daughters can go in and do something. Earn some money to help support the family. Without Chen Ge’s troops, can everyone have a good life today? I don’t know whether you have a conscience, but my parents have taught me since childhood that you have to be conscience."

The young man is not very old, at the age of sixteen or seventeen, and his eloquent words make Du Dengchun speechless. The Jiangnan in the past is not comparable to the Jiangnan today. In the past, the master lived a good life. The people still eat braised vegetables.

After the guy finished speaking, the shopkeeper's last shot: "It's getting late, don't talk nonsense to them. Hurry up and prepare. The bagged guests on the dock are coming for lunch. If they have time to waste time with this, we still have to earn money to support our family. Don't call the boss scolding me when you look back."

The group left silently, and the Du family father and son looked in a daze. When they came, the young talented man was stalking when he left. Wu Meicun and Chen Zilong also looked solemn. It is not difficult to see their mood at this moment.

At this time, the coachman hired by the Du family and son appeared. After saluting, he put down two silver dollars and said lightly: "I'm sorry, everyone, you will not stop doing your business. It's not that you think there is little money, but that you are worried about doing your business. In the future, you will be drowned by the spits in this Huating New District." After that, the coachman left, returned to the carriage, and drove the horses away.

The group fell into a stagnation that could not be extricated again. How could this happen? Seeing this, Xia Yunyi stepped forward and sighed: "The county government is not far away. Let's take a rest first, and I'll arrange the carriage and horses in the future."

Today's incident has hit these people hard, and the group is not energetic. In the past, they have been calling the wind and rain in the countryside and are high above, but today they are sprayed by a group of people. And they have no room for counterattack. They really can't figure it out, how could these servants who should have faced them dare to treat them like this?

What's wrong with this world?

When I walked along the spacious and flat road towards the county yamen, there was no good look on them following the yamen runners, looking coldly at their backbone, as if they had a grudge against these big men.

"Even if there is no carriage, there is no sedan chair?" Du Dengchun complained after becoming young.

Xia Yunyi looked at the young junior after hearing this bitterness and said lightly: "There is a carriage in this county, but it has been arranged to send those teachers. Nephew has worked hard for a few steps, and it will be here." That's right, it's noon, walking in the scorching sun in late summer, which is really uncomfortable. At the end of June, the sun is so poisonous that it can burn people to death. After a while, everyone is covered in sweat. Xia Yunyi, who is in the official uniform, is calm and seems to have become used to such things, so the others are a little unable to withstand it. Wu Meicun raised his hand and said, "Take a break and take a breath."

Xia Yunyi turned around and said to the yamen runners, "Come on my behalf, go to the ice drink shop on the side of the road to buy some ice ice to eat." A yamen runner was reluctant and complained and left. The order from the troupe was not enough to not go. Unexpectedly, the yamen runners' complaining face went, but when they came back, they smiled and bowed to Xia Yunyi, "Report to the master, the shopkeeper of the ice drink shop said that they would not do the business of these masters." It's really good things that won't go out! In less than a moment, the entire Huating New District shop seemed to know what happened in the teahouse. Don't the business people do their business anymore?

When did the dignified scholars become rats crossing the street in the Ming Dynasty? The group was stunned again and could not have imagined such a result. How could this happen? How could this happen? This is Jiangnan, and it is the most powerful place for gentry.

"How dare these untouchables do this?" Du Dengchun was furious and roared. Du Linzheng immediately scolded: "Shut up, sir, are you still in trouble?" The group continued to walk forward, and it took half an hour to reach the county government. The whole journey was only three miles away, indirectly reflecting the length of the streets of Huating New District and the ability of these men to walk.

"Brother Yi Zhong, how long is the street in Huating New District?" Chen Zilong kept walking, and his attention was different. He also used his brother when facing Xia Yunyi. In fact, the relationship between them has always been good, and they are both members of several clubs. Today, Xia Yunyi took the risk of offending Chen Xie and intervened, and everyone was grateful. Xia Yunyi, a man with a strong character and a full moral integrity. Even if he has nothing to do with Chen Xie, he would not stand by. Everyone present may not think so. Looking at the Shili Long Street, Xia Yunyi said lightly: "When the new district was first built, it was planned, it was the main street of Shili Long Street. It has been continuously extended in the past two years. It is unknown how long it is."

Chen Zilong looked at the far end of the street silently and sighed: "In the past, it was just a wasteland and reed marsh, but today it has become a prosperous city. When traveling all over the Ming Dynasty, only Dengzhou can compete with Huating New District." Chen Zilong said this. He had visited various places and went to many places and witnessed the difficulties of life in the Ming Dynasty.

"Do not feel sad, go in." Xia Yunyi rarely smiled. Chen Zilong is not a sour person, and he has always admired him more. Chen Zilong suddenly said seriously at this moment: "In the second year of the previous emperor, Chen Sihua was born in no time. All the places he has visited, the people have been thinking about his goodness. Zhili, Henan, Shandong, Jiangbei, Huguang, and these places have been here, and have learned about the local people's views on Chen Sihua. We scholars have been cultivating ourselves and governing the country and pacifying the world. Since Yangming Gong, we have gone to extremes in our academic direction, focusing on self-cultivation, and we have ignored the sufferings of the world. I think it is contrary to the teachings of the saints. Now, we are all in line with the saints' desires. The world is harmonious and everyone is the public."

Chen Zilong is really a kind person. At this time, I remember the Book of Rites: "The great way is that the world is the public, chooses wise and capable, and is faithful and harmonious. Therefore, friends do not only care about their relatives, not only their sons, but also their sons, so that the elderly can have a place to live, the strong can have a place to use, the young can have a place to grow, and the widows, widows, widows, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, or sick can have a place to support them. Men have a place to share, women have a place to return, and goods are hateful to abandon them on the ground, and they do not have to hide themselves. They hate them to abandon them on the ground, and they do not have to do them. Therefore, they are determined to be closed but not to prosper, and they do not do anything to steal or rob, so they do not close their homes. This is called Datong."

In fact, Confucius also said: "The way cannot be done, float on the sea." The meaning of this statement is to say in plain words. If we can't play here, we will take a boat to go to other places to continue to get along. It is completely different from the world. It can be seen that there are many contradictions between Confucius and Lao Er. Just as on the one hand, there are no different things, and on the other hand, we will kill others without any mercy.

The group was stunned again at this moment, silently thinking about the content of Chen Zilong's words in their minds. Just these words actually made different thoughts in everyone's mind. Confucianism has always been good at changing. The Confucian thought in the late Ming Dynasty was no longer the original meaning of Confucius and Mencius. Many of the words were misinterpreted according to actual needs. To put it bluntly, even the officially recognized "Mencius" was abridged. Can you still believe that it will be authentic?

Without catering to the rulers, how could there be "abolishing all schools of thought and respecting Confucianism"? The Lu Confucianism in the early Han Dynasty was so awesome that he did not give Liu Bang face. When Liu Bang, who was a gangster, came to visit the door with his army, he ended up kneeling together and became cowardly.

Under the scorching sun at noon, some people are sweating coldly, while others are feeling a heat flowing in their hearts. If we can seize this opportunity, from Chen Zilong's perspective, can we incorporate Chen Ge's troops into the so-called Confucian system and become one of them?

Don’t underestimate the Confucianism keeping pace with the times! The biggest feature of this thing is that it is very adaptable. I haven’t seen it all in the 21st century. Are there still people who are making fun of Confucianism? It’s just to cater to the superior intention and come up with some new Confucian explanations.

Morality, thoughts, etc., often change according to the needs of the times. (To be continued...)

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