New Shun 1730

It became increasingly difficult for Quan Zhe to understand what Meng Songlu said.

I thought that hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people had no land and had to make a living by working as laborers and picking cotton at ship docks. How could such a world exist?

Hundreds of thousands of people have no land and make a living as hired labor. Wouldn't it be inevitable that the White Lotus and Yellow Turban Rebellions would occur?

Such a situation should not exist in the real world at all.

Now that he was thinking about education issues again, his mind became more and more confused, and he asked many questions that sounded weird to Meng Songlu.

Meng Songlu felt that some of the questions he asked were just like asking why salt is added to stir-fry or something that didn't require an answer at all. For a moment, he was a little incoherent.

Quan Zhe said: "Brother Meng, I really have little talent and little knowledge. Maybe things in Jiangsu Province are very different from other places. It's hard for me to understand. Brother Meng, do you have any books that can clarify these issues? Can you recommend one or two?"

Meng Songlu actually felt a little strange in his heart. He vaguely felt that something was not right with the scholar surnamed Zhao opposite him.

I saw a dead body before and blurted out a sentimental poem. Regardless of talent or state of mind, he is not an ordinary person.

Indeed, there is a shortage of officials in Dashun, and the number of "admission" places in Jiangsu Province is indeed small compared to the number of students.

However, that is for the level of Jinshi and Juren.

Taking the scholar examination... Judging from the brief exchange before, no matter which province you are in, this cultural foundation must be easy.

Scholars are not necessarily of high standard, many are just at the level of a limerick. Of the more than 20,000 students in Jiangsu, how many are truly famous and capable?

But the opposite person doesn't even have the status of a scholar, which is strange.

As for the second one, this person speaks Jiao Liao Mandarin with a strong Weihai accent. Dengzhou Prefecture was the place where Liu Yu made his fortune. A large number of practical talents were running around the world. Meng Songlu spent all day here dealing with people who spoke Jiao Liao Mandarin. He was so familiar with this accent that he couldn't be more familiar with it.

With the trade with Japan and North Korea, Dengzhou Prefecture, which is close to the water, can feel the changes in the world more than other places.

Dashun doesn't mean that there aren't those scholars who can't feel these changes. The territory is vast and the situation varies from place to place.

Just like the scholar in Gansu, it is really difficult for him to understand the meaning of import and export trade and tariffs.

But the problem is that the person opposite has the foundation to definitely be a scholar, but he doesn’t even have an academic title; he speaks a very familiar Jiao Liao Mandarin, but he seems to have just come out of Gansu and other places, and has no understanding of reality. Changes are unknown and difficult to understand.

Feeling strange in his heart, he vaguely guessed the identity of the other party. We have dealt with several similar incidents in the past few years, including the incident where a Japanese scholar climbed into Dashun's ship and quietly went to sea.

However, the official attitude toward these people is to turn a blind eye and not pay much attention.

In addition, he was going to Huainan Township to visit Xiangxian Village Community, so he could be considered a member of the same group. Meng Songlu did not expose him, or made insinuations and asked more questions.

Quan Zheshen asked him to recommend one or two books to help him understand what changes have taken place in Dashun's Confucian ideological trends in recent years.

In recent years, there have been piles of new trends of thought, new books, and books criticizing Song studies and even Chinese Classics, and there are even many "ancient books" that are obviously forged.

But it is difficult to recommend one or two books that can explain the changes. If you really want to understand it, you will have to work hard for the next twenty or thirty years.

While he was thinking about it, he lowered his head and saw some snacks on the table. Meng Songlu patted his head and said, "That's right! Some things can be seen in small ways. If Brother Zhao really wants to figure out the changes in this, I have This booklet can be recommended to you.”

"Brother Zhao, have you heard of the names of Yuan Zicai of Jinling and Dai Dongyuan of Huizhou?"

Quan Zheshen shook his head. When he shook his head, Meng Songlu knew better.

Yuan Mei and Dai Zhen have been in the limelight in recent years and their fame has been increasing day by day.

It's not surprising that Quan Zhe was unaware of the two's fame. It was actually because of his teacher Li Yi that the "banned books" he could see were all written by famous figures.

It is also a school of practical learning, so I read a lot of articles by Yan Yuan, Li Kuan and others. They are all figures from the "previous generation".

Including Meng Songlu's teacher Cheng Tingzuo, he actually also belongs to the previous generation.

Their works have little or no influence from the New Age. Therefore, both the way of thinking and the method of inquiry are easily accepted by Li Xinghu and others.

On the contrary, the rising stars in recent years have all grown up in the new era and have been unconsciously involved in Dashun's reforms that have lasted for more than 20 years since they became literate.

I was already young. Yan and Li are one generation younger than Huang Zongxi, Gu Yanwu, Wang Fuzhi, Tang Zhen and others; Cheng Tingzuo is one generation younger than Yan and Li; and people like Yuan Mei and Dai Zhen are now in their early thirties. When they first became famous, Quan Where does Zhe Shen go to know?

It's just that these people were famous when they debuted, and they made some big news because of their youth. But Quan Zheshen didn't know anything about it, and Meng Songlu was even more certain that this "Brother Zhao" was probably not from Dashun at all.

Thinking about this person's accent, Meng Songlu had already made a good guess.

"Brother Zhao, the booklet I recommend is a joint effort between Yuan Zicai and Dai Dongyuan. It is not a classic book, but a miscellaneous essay called "Su Shi Bian Kao"."

"Although the focus is small, the truth is big. Start with the things on the dining table and see the big from the small. Everyone says that this is the person who has truly understood its true meaning since the beginning of Gu Tinglin's Kaipu study."

Quan Zhe calmed down and asked curiously: "Are you talking about food?"

Meng Songlu laughed, picked up a fried steamed bun among the refreshments with chopsticks, and said with a smile: "According to the name of Dengzhou Prefecture, this is not called a steamed bun, this is called a steamed bun."

"Nowadays, people in Songjiang Prefecture often see this thing in teahouses. Everyone thinks this thing is a delicacy of Wu, but in fact, there was no such thing more than ten years ago."

He cut the bun open with chopsticks, tapped the fried golden skin on the outside and said, "The oil used for frying comes from peanuts from Dengzhou Prefecture."

"The skin used comes from wheat flour from Liaodong."

"The filling inside is the dolphin fed to the Huanglongfu bean cake."

"The reason why it thrives is that it is fat and oily, and is loved by people who work as slaves and laborers."

"The reason why it bloomed everywhere within a few years was due to the furnaces made of Gyeonggi iron and the briquettes made of Xuzhou coal."

"Yuan Zicai and Dai Dongyuan adopted the theory of new learning and accepted the wonders of Gu Tinglin's textual research. They used this object as a starting point to use food as a metaphor for time and to see the big from the small."

"Shibian, times change!"

"Just like the "Flower History" of Brother Zhao's home country, flowers are used to symbolize people and flowers are used to symbolize history. This is the text of "Li Sao"."

Amid Meng Songlu's laughter, Quan Zheshen turned pale with fright. The last sentence "Flower History" had directly revealed Quan Zheshen's identity.

While he was nervous, he saw Meng Songlu standing up and cupping his hands and saying, "Brother Zhao, don't worry. If you're here to find the way, why bother asking where you came from?"

"At this time tomorrow, I will be waiting here. Brother Zhao can come with me to Huainan. Farewell!"

After the ceremony, Meng Songlu had already drifted away by the time Quan Zhe reacted.

Looking at the remaining pan-fried steamed buns and other refreshments on the table, thinking about Meng Songlu's comment just now, he murmured: "Liaodong wheat flour, Huanglongfu bean cake, Dengzhou Prefecture peanuts, Gyeonggi Iron Furnace, Xuzhou briquettes, how can there be pan-fried steamed buns?"

Thinking again about Meng Songlu's last words revealing his identity, I felt dark in my heart. I just felt that the scenery of a big country was indeed different.

According to the teachings of my husband Li Xinghu, I cherish the food on my plate and eat all the food on the table before I get up and go out.

After asking for a while, I found out that there was a bookstore nearby, so I went straight there.

When I entered the store, I saw a dazzling collection of books. No matter the type or quantity, they were far better than those in Seoul. I couldn't help but feel sad.

Li Xinghu once lamented the paper trade after Incheon opened as a port, saying that North Korea produced domestic paper, but not literature. In ancient times, when there was no paper, the sages recorded their teachings on bamboo slips, which did not hinder the inheritance of the great way. North Korea's state-owned paper has no documents, which is really sad.

Although it is sad, his Quan Zhe body still fell into the inferior position after all.

The new generation of scholars in Dashun at this time had begun to integrate the textual criticism style pioneered by Gu Yanwu with the practical economic considerations that emerged in Dashun.

Regarding the Korean paper affairs, the new generation of scholars in Dashun will not lament such emotional things as having paper but not writing.

Instead, consider three.

First, southern Jiangsu has a dense population and insufficient fuel, let alone papermaking?

Secondly, with the rise of cotton cultivation in northern Jiangsu, cotton straw was used by land capitalists in northern Jiangsu as "welfare" for employees to keep warm and make fires, and they were not used to make paper.

Thirdly, in the forested Kanto, manpower is expensive. Kazuo's profit from growing beans is far greater than that from making paper. In Korea and Japan, the manpower is cheap, and sea transportation is cheaper than land transportation, so the papermaking industry in Korea and Japan flourishes.

Quan Zhe's thoughts still remained in the sensibility of "paper but no text". He was filled with sadness and sighed for a long time. Finally, he followed Meng Songlu's recommendation and bought the booklet.

Early the next morning, when Meng Songlu saw Quan Zheshen again, he saw dark circles under his eyes. Apparently he didn't know what time he had been reading last night, but he was in good spirits and full of energy.

When he saw Meng Songlu, he kept saying: "The book recommended by Brother Meng made me surprised when I read it briefly. I thought about it a lot after reading it again. I suddenly understood it after reading it three times. Now it still has a lingering fragrance in my mouth, and I can't bear to eat it."

"I never expected that this extremely simple pan-fried steamed bun, mutton, duck egg, smoked chicken, and beef would have such a saying."

"According to the book, in ports such as Tianjin, steamed buns with oily meat fillings and convenient functions will be available in the future. As for smoked chicken and other items, maritime transport has developed along with the abandoned canals of the Chinese dynasty, and gradually spread in the ports? What about chickens, dolphins, dogs and pigs? , prospered due to maritime transport, and became popular due to bean cakes.”

"After reading it for the first time, I looked at the numbers and it was shocking. What I thought in my heart was just one sentence."

Meng Songlu didn't wait for him to tell him what the first sentence that came to his mind was after reading it briefly, and he laughed and said: "Dogs eat human food without knowing it."

"Is this what Brother Zhao is thinking about?"

"Most people who read this book will first think of this sentence. If they don't think of this sentence, it shows that this person has no conscience; if they only think of this sentence, it shows that this person has no mind."