Chapter 446 Great changes unseen in a thousand years, Confucian ministers want to commit suicide!
The speaker was Wu Weiye, a bachelor in charge of the Hanlin Academy and also a member of the Imperial Academy.
Wu Weiye has been keenly aware that once the steam locomotive appears, it will undoubtedly mean that it will be really difficult for the Ming Dynasty to return to the previous era of governing with virtue.
In order to maintain the convenience brought by steam locomotives to the country and the people, I am afraid that Daming will have to take advantage of the coal mines in the world, and then continue to expand abroad, and then usher in another big change.
People will go from admiring local owners to advocating being mine owners.
If the landlords and gentry like myself don’t follow suit, I’m afraid it will be difficult to control the world.
And if it is true that any oil has the same value as coal, and cars that can run on their own after eating oil appear, then the landlords and gentry themselves will have to make greater changes.
Thinking of this, Wu Weiye, who still wanted to restore the supremacy of Confucianism, expressed his opposition.
Seeing this, Bi Ziyan retorted directly: "Mr. Wu's statement is really absurd! You should understand that if there is a fixed amount of coal in the world, you should use oil or other combustibles before the coal is exhausted. That's it. , Is it possible to avoid the depletion of coal in the future and there is no substitute for it, which will affect the stability of the country?"
"That's right! It would be better if the newly explored new fuel is cleaner and even as renewable as grass in the future."
Zhang Gui said.
After hearing this, Bi Ziyan quite agreed: "Your Highness's words are indeed justified! Therefore, this money should be spent!"
Shou Fu Wen Tiren also followed up and said: "It is indeed worth spending! It is better to plan ahead than to be anxious. The bad thing in the world is that you can't plan ahead."
Many bureaucrats nodded accordingly.
Wu Weiye had no choice but to obey people's wishes, so he had to surrender: "It's because I didn't think carefully, so I take back what I just said."
But for Wu Weiye, the emergence of steam locomotives, and Bi Ziyan’s suggestion that the imperial court should study the oil mentioned in Shen Kuo’s "Mengxi Bi Tan" still made him feel mixed.
Because Wu Weiye knew that the dominant position of Confucian Neo-Confucianism would definitely be hard to recover after this.
After all, the facts have proved that Uncle Zhang Guo, who has not read the Four Books, is better at restoring national power and enriching the people of the world than Confucian officials like them;
Even if we talk about the books of the ancients, the non-Confucian miscellaneous books are more useful than the Confucian classics;
Even the work of Shen Kuo, who was designated as a traitor by the Song people, may become a masterpiece that guides today's people to stabilize the country.
Wu Weiye was really afraid that people like Shen Kuo would really make a name for themselves in future generations.
What makes Wu Weiye even more unacceptable is that he thought that the monopoly of foreign relatives would really bring disaster to the world. Even those who flatter and support Uncle Zhang Guo's monopoly must be shameless villains who only know how to make money and make money. It is bound to become more arrogant because of this, and then do more disgusting things, and start to corrupt and favor villains.
But Wu Weiye did not expect that Uncle Zhang Guo first prevented the officials from all over the world from building a shrine for him, and even took the initiative to retreat bravely. The emperor took the initiative to invite him back.
There are even loyal ministers like Wen Tiren, Yuan Keli, Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting, Zhou Yuji who once wanted to prevent Uncle Zhang from accepting the throne!
Moreover, Zhang Guojiu really made Daming better and better after he came to power, and solved many problems. Not to mention the pacification of slavery, he really realized the goal of making the people richer without paying taxes. The key is now the steam locomotive His appearance also undoubtedly proves that Uncle Zhang Guo himself will also make a lot of money because of the upcoming rise in coal prices. This ideal ruling result of benefiting the country, benefiting the people and self-interest actually appeared in Uncle Zhang Guoji, a foreign relative!
How can this be accepted by Wu Weiye, who has his own pride as a scholar-bureaucrat?
Unexpectedly, Zhang Guojiu's ideological propositions that can realize all these are contrary to the ideas advocated by Confucianism.
Originally, Confucianism did not advocate external expansion, but Zhang Guojiu wanted to expand externally.
Wu Weiye is really unwilling to accept this reality.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
So much so that the sound of the train coming from outside made him feel extremely annoyed, but he didn't realize how pleasant the sound was, so he lost his composure and overturned the pen holder, books, etc. on the desk.
Wu Weiye also found a bottle of Hedinghong that he left on the case when he violently overturned all the items on the case.
Wu Weiye immediately stared at the red crane.
In fact, as early as he saw that the thunder and lightning experiment proved that thunder and lightning do not distinguish between loyalty and traitor, and thought that it would be difficult to admonish the king with such things as thunder and lightning bombing the palace in the future, he had already thought about self-destruction, and he didn't want to see a person he didn't want to see. world.
But Wu Weiye never made up his mind.
This time Wu Weiye is determined to give it a try, and goodbye to this new world of Ming Dynasty that he doesn’t like!
So, Wu Weiye picked up the bottle of Hedinghong, gritted his teeth and pulled out the cork with all his strength, and then prepared to put the poison into his mouth.
But the moment he put it into his mouth, Wu Weiye saw the stocks of Hanhai Coal Mine he held. These stocks had just brought him a lot of money and restored his family business.
The smart Wu Weiye thinks that the price of coal mines will definitely increase with the appearance of steam locomotives in the future, and these stocks he holds will undoubtedly be a way to make a fortune greater than the income from land, and his Wu family will also become more and more wealthy because of this. getting richer and richer.
Thinking that he would become richer and richer, Wu Weiye still couldn't make up his mind in the end, and when he let go of his hand, the bottle filled with Crane Crown Red fell to pieces, and he knocked on the table, angrily said: " Famous teachings have declined since then! Woohoo!"
"There is a purpose!"
At this moment, the voice of Jin Yiwei proclaiming the decree came from outside.
Wu Weiye hurriedly got up after hearing this, put on his black gauze hat, walked out quickly, and crawled under the eaves of the corridor: "Minister Wu Weiye listens to the order!"
"Zhi said: Wu Weiye, a bachelor in charge of the Imperial Academy and a priest of the Imperial College, is well-versed in knowledge and in the prime of life. He is in charge of educating the Tatars and advocating the learning of the Han family. He is a famous teacher. etiquette!"
"Follow the order!"
Wu Weiye did not expect that he would be demoted to the freezing Mobei. He naturally knew that it was because his remarks in the morning had offended Uncle Zhang Guo. Although he was resentful, he could only accept the status quo.
It stands to reason that now that officials go north to leave the customs, they can already travel by steam locomotive, because the railway has already been laid all the way to Xuanfu.
But Wu Weiye did not choose to ride the steam locomotive that he did not want to see.
Wu Weiye had his own insistence. He decided to be the last Confucian official of the Ming Dynasty. He insisted on leaving the customs in a sedan chair, and said to his entourage: "People today use coal as fuel, while ancient Confucians use humans and animals as fuel. As a Confucian official, I should respect the ancients."
Fortunately, Wu Weiye was only leaving the customs to teach Confucianism, not to participate in military and political affairs, so there was no need to rush out of the customs, so traveling slowly in a sedan chair had no effect.
Bi Ziyan saw the value of coal through steam locomotives using coal as fuel, and thus realized that fuels such as oil may also have higher value.
Wu Weiye thought that Confucianism would decline because of the steam engine not using humans and animals as power.
As for more powerful bureaucrats who only think of business, when they see steam locomotives, they think of the huge business opportunities of operating railways and coal mines.
As a result, the rich and powerful were no longer satisfied with the existing equity in Hanhai Coal Mine in their hands, and moved other thoughts.
(end of this chapter)