Chapter 482 Natural Selection, Survival of the Fittest
How to kill a chicken with a bull's knife, in the popular saying means that you don't need to use great strength to do small things, but in the eyes of Confucian scholars, the meaning of this sentence It means that rituals and music should also be used to govern a small country. This is a debate between Confucius and his disciple Ziyou about governing the country. Zhu Yijun learned the true meaning of this sentence.
The reason why Wang Chonggu put so much effort into it was entirely because of the importance of government, factory and team building.
Official factory group building is an important factor that stimulates inertia or stability. The powerful people leave the land and invest in workshops, resettle the gangsters everywhere because the world is trapped in mergers and acquisitions, and are used to lead the transformation of Ming Dynasty into a commodity economy. Means, perhaps in the eyes of scholar-bureaucrats, mean humble craftsmen are just villains, but for Wang Chonggu, they were the foundation of his magnificent turn.
So, he came up with three methods to manage the appeasement of nepotism in the official factory, copying the work of political enemy Zhang Juzheng, without any hesitation at all, which is called peace of mind.
Wang Daokun, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, deeply agreed with this matter. The Ministry of Industry was originally at the bottom of the six ministries and was a transparent person in the court. With the gradual implementation of the government-factory alliance, the voice became louder and louder.
“The official factory regiment manufacturing method is indeed a combination of the military garrison and the resident craftsmen in the early days of the Republic of China. Time flies, today is not the same as it was then. Even if it is the same again, it is fundamentally different. If we look at the production drawings If we consider it from a different perspective, we can easily come to the conclusion that the productivity of government-owned factories will rapidly improve with the advancement of machinery, and sooner or later, it will be able to provide people with enough goods." Wang Daokun said something about the Songjiang School. Views are not endorsed.
Songjiang School believes that official factory tuanzao = military garrison. However, the production relationship in military garrison is a contradictory unity between tenants and landlords. This is not the case with official factory tuanzao. It is limited by the land. The impact of output has resulted in the output of the military garrison being unable to meet the growth of the military garrison population.
In the early days of the People's Republic of China, there was a small population and a lot of land. One household could manage one cow's land. One cow's land was the land that one cow could plow, which was about one hundred acres. But as time went by, As time goes by, there are more and more people, and the land becomes less and less. The contradiction between man and land begins to become prominent. At this time, a family may only have ten or even twenty acres of land.
Changes in agricultural production are never achieved overnight. Two points are planted, three points are managed, and five points are fertilizer. If you want to achieve a breakthrough in agricultural production, it must be measured in units of hundreds of years.
The technological progress of official factory group manufacturing is visible to the naked eye, which is why Wang Daokun attaches so much importance to official factory group manufacturing. It is not a chicken now, but a cow, and it may become a strong cow in the future.
"Engineering Corps Camp." Zhang Juzheng mentioned a place where the court had the greatest disagreement.
Wang Chonggu, Wang Daokun, and Zeng Shengwu received the firm support of the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Industry. The engineering regiments and battalions were implemented at the local level. There were more hooligans, public security was chaotic, civil unrest was widespread, and lawlessness was widespread. The Ministry of Punishment existed in name only. Wang Chonggu The Ministry of Justice supported the Engineer Corps Battalion, not just because of Wang Chonggu himself.
Zhang Juzheng, Wang Guoguang, and Wan Shihe opposed the immediate implementation of the Engineer Regiment Battalion. The two sides have had several confrontations around the Engineer Regiment Battalion, but no one can do anything about the other.
Wan Shihe smiled at Wang Chonggu and said: "I'm too hasty and can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. Wang Cifu should wait a moment and wait for the system of the engineering regiment to be improved. Otherwise, it will be a waste of time." When something went wrong in the two capitals and fourteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court overturned the sesame cakes and lost face. However, it would be extremely difficult to implement this system because it has been proven wrong. "
"Wang Cifu, you don't want the engineering regiment to fail, right?"
Wang Chonggu was blocked for a moment. What Wan Shihe said made sense. Once practice proves that it is not feasible, then the work The Corps Camp could not be implemented again in the Wanli Dynasty. Maintaining the stability of the country has never been a derogatory term in Wang Chonggu's view.
Wang Chonggu said unwillingly: "In my opinion, it is not a big deal. In fact, we can let the localities try to set up and follow the steps of the court. If the court policy changes, the localities will also change, and the localities will also change. We can also continue to adapt to local conditions in practice. The conditions in different parts of the Ming Dynasty are different, and the specific policies will be slightly different.”
The new policies of the Wanli Reform were not completely consistent in various parts of the Ming Dynasty. There are some subtle differences in each place. For example, in the four regions of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Guizhou, the Ming Dynasty did not prohibit gatherings to give lectures. If a scholar-official went there, he would provide travel expenses and provide a post station. This was to promote cultural education and educate the local chieftains, and the power to clear the abbot was very weak. , Yunnan even acquiesced to the annexation of land by the Duke of Guizhou. The main contradictions were different and the government orders were different.
Obviously, in this matter, the conservative is Zhang Juzheng and the radical is Wang Chonggu.
"Wang Cifu, we all climbed up from the local area. If the court changes, will the local area really change?" Wan Shihe shook his head and said: "This is impossible. It would be better to have fewer loopholes from the beginning."< br>
"Okay." Wang Chonggu finally admitted it and had to endure it for a while. The system is now full of loopholes and needs to be polished seriously.
After this most tit-for-tat issue, the atmosphere in the Wenhua Hall became much more relaxed.
Li Chengliang made further progress in Liaodong, expanding more than a hundred miles of land and setting up six forts. This has become an annual practice. Every year, Li Chengliang has to expand land, mainly black soil. It's really tempting.
In the ten years of Wanli, Li Chengliang expanded six hundred miles of land. Li Chengliang expressed his humility by expanding the land every year. The land expansion varies from year to year. This year, Li Chengliang’s camp has arrived at the Jilin Shipyard. .
Jilin Shipyard specially dispatched Liu Qing, the commander of the Liaodong capital, to lead the army here three times in the 18th year of Yongle, the first year of Hongxi, and the seventh year of Xuande to start shipbuilding operations. The large-scale shipyard has become a link between the capital and the capital. It is the link and key place between Liaodong Dusi and Nuergan Dusi.
“Liu Qing, the commander of the capital of Liaodong, saw a bunch of golden pheasants in the woods, so he named it Jilin. Later, he felt it didn’t sound good and changed it to Jilin.” Wan Shihe talked about the origin of the name Jilin and also It's an interesting thing.
Guo Guangguang, the Minister of Household Affairs, said with emotion: "The Ming Dynasty's forts are expanding, and the people of the Ming Dynasty are going to Liaodong to make a living. The land is fertile, and one crop a year can feed a group of people."
"The geographical location of Beiya is extremely important, because it is the key to the two largest grain-producing areas in the Ming Dynasty, and an important strategic location."
The Kan map is becoming more and more sophisticated, suitable for The large-scale farming area, the junction of the North China Plain and the Liaodong Plain, is Beiya. Based on mulberry farming, Beiya's geographical location is particularly important.
Perhaps, Emperor Cheng Zuwen established Nuergandusi in order to prove the correctness of moving north and open up a grain-producing land, but various reasons prevented Emperor Cheng Zuwen from completing this task.
Jilin is a place where counties and counties were established during the Yongle and Xuande years. With the general trend of promoting culture and military affairs, the direction of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty was completely shrunk in the Great Wall area along Tieling and Fushun. This made the Ming Dynasty Liaodong Dusi has always been in a dilemma of being passively defensive and unable to attack. Ming Dynasty knows less and less about things outside the customs, and its control ability is getting weaker and weaker.
This is really a very dangerous signal. Once the Jianzhou Jurchens, Haixi Jurchens, Savage Jurchens, Outer Khalkha, and Tatar left-wing Tuman Khan tribes complete the merger, the Ming Dynasty will be completely plunged into war. In a dangerous predicament.
After driving away the Tatar left-wing Tuman Khan tribes, the Ming Dynasty did not sit back and relax in the direction of Liaodong, but needed further advancement to complete the solid land counties.
Now Li Chengliang has been doing this, and Dr. Gewu of the Ming Dynasty went to Liaodong to draw a more precise Kantu map.
Luckily for the court, Li Chengliang showed no signs of continuing to become a vassal town. It seems that Li Chengliang did not want to be Anlushan of the Ming Dynasty. Anlushan Shi Siming was able to rebel in the Tang Dynasty because of Tang Xuanzong's The connivance was also due to Datang's harsh policy towards the three towns in Hebei.
The Ming Emperor did not condone Li Chengliang and was always wary of Li Chengliang. Even Li Chengliang's son Li Rusong knew this very well. Qi Jiguang said more than once that whether Li Chengliang would slip to the vassal town mainly depends on whether the Beijing camp If the capital camp is strong, he can't even think about it. If the capital camp is weak, he has to turn it into a vassal town even if he doesn't want to.
Li Rusong thinks: Qi Shuai is right.
The court is engaged in promoting civil and military affairs all day long, using civil society to control military affairs. Even the civil servants can behead first and then kill the military attache (Wang Ji killed An Jing). Fang Junzhen over there has a grudge, otherwise there will be consequences. If you don't work hard and shoot three guns at the enemy, you are worthy of the imperial court. Who is a good man who should not be the Marquis of Ningyuan of the Ming Dynasty and be the king of the mountain like a wild monkey?
The Ming Dynasty did not harshly criticize the capital of Liaodong. On the contrary, various government decrees supported Li Chengliang's expansion in Liaodong. He was loyal to the emperor and established a state marquis in Zhao. He repeatedly requested the policy of farmland and unified households, and even every year in Shandong Food also needs to be transported to Liaodong Dusi, and Liaodong Dusi was also the first military region to realize full pay. During the expedition against Gule Village in the second year of Wanli, full pay was supplemented, one year earlier than the other nine sides.
It is out of the question to criticize and wait for a decision. Liaodong has lost the foundation of vassalization, top-down, bottom-up. Li Chengliang now behaves more like a loyal and reliable pioneering general of the Ming Dynasty, rampaging through Liaodong. , has now expanded to Jilin, and requested orders to reset the shipyard.
"Recently, the Jiecu Hospital has published a Taoist memorial. The content is quite mysterious. Please take a look at it." Zhang Juzheng said with a strange expression: "The great medical officer of the Jiecu Hospital chose this from nature. In fact, it demonstrates the difference between Hua and Yi."
Zhang Juzheng had mixed emotions. When he saw the title of this memorial, he just thought that the chief medical officer of Jiecu Hospital was crazy. But after reading it carefully. , but I feel it is very reasonable, logically consistent, and can explain many problems.
A strange thing.
"What is it? Demonstrate the debate between Hua and Yi?" Wan Shihe, the Minister of Rites, was somewhat confused. The debate between Hua and Yi was an important battlefield in etiquette. As a result, the great medical officer of Jiecuyuan had to study biology. explain.
Jiejuyuan discusses changes and choices.
Everything starts with the moth in the Mentougou Xishan Coal Bureau.
Soot causes all the moths in Xishan to turn black, because they are harder to be found by natural enemies, and the white color gradually becomes scarce. This is both natural and man-made selection. Li Shizhen and Chen Shigong, the chief medical officers of Jieyuan Hospital After noticing this fact, we naturally came up with the proposition of "Theory of Natural Selection" and "Theory of Anthropic Selection": the evolution and variation of species in the biological world are based on evolution by natural selection and evolution by anthropogenic selection.
Natural selection, natural selection, anthropic selection, artificial selection.
The changes in these moths have caused the Institute to think about human evolution. Humans have evolved from drinking blood to stable farming, and then established gathering places and formed a stable ecology. The influence of nature on human beings The impact has become weak, and whether humans have stopped evolving is the concern of the Kaiga Institute.
Soon, Jiegain was relieved because they saw from the Baoqi Division that the breeding was a man-made choice.
Humans have domesticated livestock plants and continue to select livestock plants according to their needs, making human life easier. For example, Champa rice in the Song Dynasty gradually replaced traditional rice, such as the sweet potato used to save famines. With continuous selection and breeding, Output is rising steadily.
Artificial selection is more purposeful and faster than natural selection.
Man-made selection has interfered with the evolution of crops and livestock, but has artificial selection interfered with human beings themselves?
The answer is yes.
Human evolution is accelerating. This is the thinking on human evolution within the framework of "Natural Selection" and "Anthropic Selection".
“First of all, Jieyuan’s "On Natural Selection" can be said to be ground-breaking, revealing the secret of heaven in one sentence. This is worthy of recognition. Natural selection, survival of the fittest, just eight simple words , which summarizes the infinite principle of all things." Wan Shihe first affirmed the theory of natural selection. He explained: "The eight words "natural selection and survival of the fittest" are your majesty's comments on the theory of natural selection. , It can be said to be a wonderful stroke of genius!”
The courtiers glanced at Wan Shihe and felt quite disgusted. Wan Shihe really flattered him when he got the chance.
Obviously he is so proficient in etiquette and can rely on his ability to act upright and upright, but all day long, he only knows how to flatter others, which is simply insulting to politeness. My lords also admit that your Majesty’s eight words sum up the theory of natural selection very well. The theory of natural selection is about the interference of nature in the evolution of species. In addition to the theory of natural selection, it is also the interference of human activities in the evolution of species. Anthropic theory.
"If these missionaries in Taixi see this, I'm afraid they will be furious and attack the Ming Dynasty." Wang Chonggu feels that this theory of natural selection is completely contrary to God's creation of the world. The theory of natural selection will have a natural inference. Human beings themselves are their own gods.
Because people are interfering, making choices, and interfering in all aspects of plants and animals. The big moths in Mentougou, the seedlings in Baoqisi, the horse breeds in the Daningwei paddock, etc. are all... It is the result of human interference.
The Holy See in the West has far-reaching influence. If this thing spreads to the West, it will definitely be listed as a banned book by the Holy See. This is a demon book that goes against Tiangang and shakes the foundation of the Holy See.
The Ming Dynasty had no such worries at all. It was originally people-oriented. Li Chengliang bombed the Dragon King's temple, and he didn't see the Dragon King's intention to kill Li Chengliang. After all, Li Chengliang really had artillery.
“But the following content is worthy of discussion.” Zhang Juzheng signaled everyone to look back. The previous natural selection and anthropogenic selection are all implemented. In the process of reproduction of species, there will be various changes. These changes are selected by changes in the natural environment. Human intervention is more direct than the natural environment, more purposeful, and evolves faster.
The latter part is about the anthropic argument between Huayi and Huayi.
China has a large population. Since the pre-Qin era, the population of the Central Plains has been far ahead of the world. The huge population base has caused an increase in human changes. The eight hundred years of chaos in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods and cruel human selection At the beginning, people who were short, weak, and not smart enough continued to die in the cruel internal strife. The descendants became stronger and stronger, and then the reincarnation of the dynasty became more cruel.
The intensity of wars in the reincarnation of dynasties, each major population decline and post-war population increase, and drastic changes in society further accelerate people's own evolution.
Population determines change, and violent turbulence chooses change.
In the theory of natural selection, the speed of natural selection is far slower than the speed of anthropogenic selection, because changes in the natural environment are calculated in hundreds of years, but the intensity of human purposeful selection is much higher than that of natural selection, and in the Central Plains The intensity of war and the intensity of population changes are far higher than those in the world, which further demonstrates the distinction between China and Yi.
That is to say: only a large population can produce more changes, and more intense anthropic selection has selected changes and eliminated those who cannot adapt, resulting in the physical, intellectual and other nature of the Central Plains people being much greater than the rest of the world.
“What he said is actually quite reasonable.” Wan Shihe, the Minister of Rites, first expressed his opinions on Jiecuyuan’s theory of natural selection and anthropic selection. Anthropic selection is greater than natural selection, the huge population of the Central Plains, cruel selection, and horizontal selection. Larger-scale changes and choices in both vertical and horizontal directions have resulted in the nature of the people of the Central Plains being superior to the rest of the world.
The logic is self-consistent, no problem.
Zhang Juzheng frowned and said: "Does it make sense? Shipbuilding in Western Europe has once gained a commodity advantage. If His Majesty had not determined to open the sea, this advantage would have been further expanded."
"I I don’t think this argument is beneficial to the Ming Dynasty. After the fall of Rome, Taixi’s speculations were in full swing, and the Great Travel Culture made these speculations more efficient. This theory of superiority is a self-reliant starting point and is the life-and-death enemy of the Central Plains civilization.”
"The Ming Dynasty has become so powerful. It is enough to stop and enjoy peace. Isn't this the starting point of the rise of civilization and martial arts?"
"It is true that the theory of natural selection and human selection, It can explain many phenomena that we cannot explain. The first part is worthy of recognition, but the latter part is better not to be publicized.”
Weakness and ignorance are not obstacles to survival, arrogance is. The two Song Dynasties were rich and cultural. Its prosperity and arrogance of looking down on anyone prevented the two Song dynasties from seeing the danger brewing. The Northern Song Dynasty perished at the hands of the Jin Kingdom and the Southern Song Dynasty perished at the hands of the Hulu.
Expelled the Tartars and restored China. Chen Gang established discipline and rescued the people.
Zhu Yuanzhang, the great emperor of the Ming Dynasty, has already done this once. If you still hold on to the Huayi distinction and live arrogantly, how can you expect another Zhu Yuanzhang to emerge from the Central Plains?
Why does this kind of luck happen to you Han people every time?
This is the reason why Zhang Juzheng opposed "Theory of Natural Selection" and "Theory of Anthropic Selection". He thought about this issue from a historical perspective. This kind of deliberately arrogant speech is not advisable.
Da Ming is very strong, but not strong enough.
"It does not include other factors, but only the changes and choices in human beings." Wan Shihe added.
"That won't work either." Zhu Yijun said directly: "Natural selection and anthropic selection discuss changes and choices, talk about natural selection and survival of the fittest. This is worthy of being widely publicized, but the following part There is no need to talk about superiority. It stops at Wenhua Palace. Arrogance and arrogance are a shameful behavior. Even Qi Shuai must worry about defeat in every battle and then win in every battle. "
"Expansion and complacency are absolutely undesirable."
Zhu Yijun set the tone for this discussion. This is the shaping of wind and public opinion. No matter how reasonable what Jiegeyuan said, this kind of arrogance and self-confidence Big, are all stumbling blocks that hinder Ming Dynasty's forge ahead.
"I will obey the Holy Instructions." Wan Shihe had no choice but to obey his leader's orders.
Your Majesty always has a strange sense of urgency. Although the Ming Dynasty’s resurgence has not yet been completed and is still far away from the grandeur of Yongle, your Majesty’s sense of urgency and the urgency for the power of the Ming Dynasty have never been greater. It has weakened slightly, and even shown an increasingly strong urgency with age.
Zhu Yijun has not explained this sense of urgency. In this feudal monarchy, the emperor was wise and wise, and had a certain degree of sanctity during the Wanli period. Zhu Yijun could actually use dreams from heaven and man to create a mysterious and consolidated own imperial power.
But for the Ming Emperor, the mystery was of no use at all. Instead, he pretended to be a ghost, making the emperor appear timid, just like Taoist Master Xuanxiu.
The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is the king of the world. The scholar-bureaucrats will not give up their opinions and actions just because the emperor is mysterious. Zhu Dijingnan successfully became the only emperor in history who successfully rebelled against the vassal and ascended the throne, claiming that he was a true warrior. In the 19th year of Yongle's reincarnation, the newly built three main halls of Bei Ya were completely burned down. The people of Ming Dynasty did not believe in this thing at all, and they were not a monotheistic world.
Zhu Yijun really couldn't tell the proud Zhang Juzheng:
Heaven gave him a dream. After his death, all the achievements of the New Deal were liquidated. The power of the Ming Dynasty was in decline. The war against the Ming Dynasty was completely defeated. Nurhachi, who is now being made into a specimen, established the Later Jin Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty was defeated again and again. Not only that, the Qing Dynasty entered the customs and stabilized the country, the civilization of the Central Plains perished again at the hands of the captors, and a hundred years of great changes in the world passed by. Strong ships and guns were set up on the coastline of the Central Plains, a hundred years of misery of humiliation.
This is too cruel for Zhang Juzheng.
So, Zhu Yijun was very urgent, and this urgency was interpreted by the courtiers as: persistence in making achievements.
It is not strange but also very reasonable for the emperor to want to make great achievements.
Zhu Yili listened to the content of the court discussion with interest. Changes lead to diversity, and cruel competition selects changes. Zhu Yili can understand this, so he feels that he has no problem liking the beauty of the world! Because he increased the diversity of Ming people! More changes were made.
There is another aspect of the theory of natural selection and anthropic selection that was not discussed in the court meeting, and that is that in the absence of earth-shaking changes and drastic changes in dynasties, anthropic theory still affects everyone.
The world is trapped in mergers and acquisitions. People who are not strong enough or have insufficient intelligence cannot obtain enough material. It will become very difficult to marry a wife. This is also a subtle influence, not so drastic but real. Artificial selection, the poorer the poorer the richer, strength and beauty will be combined, wisdom and wealth will be combined, this is a perfect match. The senior medical officer of Jieju Hospital generally believes that the intensity of this artificial selection that ultimately leads to this is not weak. in war.
The last paragraph was even more deviant than the theory of superiority, and was not discussed at all in the court.
The memorials of the Jieguyuan were directly cut by two-thirds. Only the theory of natural selection and the theory of anthropic could be published in the imperial newspapers and miscellaneous newspapers. The subsequent court discussions made Zhu Yiliu yawn again and again. It was really It's boring, it's all a fight between ghosts and ghosts in people's hearts, a meaningless internal conflict.
After the court meeting, Zhu Yili immediately ran away to prepare for his wedding.
"Your Majesty, today's "Xiaoyao Yiwen" has been delivered." Zhang Hong sent the miscellaneous newspaper edited by Lin Fucheng of the Songjiang School to the palace.
Zhu Yijun read it with interest. This time, Lin Fucheng mainly talked about establishing a freer employment relationship, rather than a slave relationship of forced personal dependence. Lin Fucheng has now become an advocate of imperial decrees. What he mainly said It is the rationality of abolishing the humble status.
Slaves can only do repetitive and meaningless work, and cannot do any creative work. The transformation of production relations to large-scale free employment relations has far-reaching significance for the Ming Dynasty. The abolition of lowly status and the recognition of selling oneself are no longer Contract is the first step. Without freedom, there will be no creation. Without creation, there will be no technological progress. Only by increasing productivity can materials become richer.
In addition to advocating the imperial decree to abolish untouchable status, Lin Fucheng also met with Taisi envoys Legaz, Diego de and others to discuss the Free City, which was occupied by the Portuguese a hundred years ago. The freedom corner occupied is filled with all kinds of freedom without any restrictions, but it is a nest where the evil of human nature is infinitely magnified.
The recent appearance of the House of Wise Men has brought some changes to the Free City.
This conversation was extremely interesting. Legas, who was born in Thailand, kept refuting Lin Fucheng's views, but Lin Fucheng insisted on his own opinion. The reasons for Legas' rebuttal were very sufficient. What he presented was Zhang Juzheng's public and private opinions. .
Legasi believes that the Ming Dynasty is too free, and there is no need to continue to praise it. Everyone in the world has his own home, and everyone plans for their own interests. Everyone is selfish and everyone benefits. As far as maritime trade is concerned, the Ming Dynasty’s tariffs were only six out of 100. Maritime merchants are still chattering about it. If you put it in the West, they would shout that Felipe is invincible. The tariffs in the countries in Europe and the West remain high, and the Ming Dynasty has such light taxes. It is truly a blessing.
The Ming Dynasty did not lack freedom, but lacked public spirit, public morality, and generosity, that is, caring about the world. The Guiyanwan private market case is ironclad evidence of this.
Lin Fucheng's version of Xiaoyao Anecdotes talks about the scope of freedom, and the general idea is that freedom belongs to every Ming Dynasty person.
Zhu Yijun finished reading the miscellaneous newspaper, put it aside, and picked up the memorial from Xu Wei, the Governor of Nagasaki. This time Xu Wei had nothing else to do. He wanted to ask for Ming Dynasty treasure money. The last Nagasaki Trade Fair was held. was quite successful. After the Japanese lords tasted the sweetness of seigniorage, they began to make money crazily.
Zhu Yijun picked up a silver coin at hand. This was a silver coin issued by Oda Nobunaga, with the purpose of fighting against the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes.
(End of this chapter)