parentshiftbook Chapter 131: Why Not Eat Minced Meat And Storehouses To Know The Etiquette [Please Subscribe, Please
Chapter 131: Why Not Eat Minced Meat And Storehouses To Know The Etiquette [Please Subscribe, Please
"If the promotion of potatoes is as easy as what Mr. Wang said, why did the Ming Dynasty order the abandonment of the old Mongolian and Yuan rituals and repeat the Chinese dress etiquette from the beginning of the founding of the country? However, it has been implemented until now, and it can only be said that it is only done reluctantly on the official side. arrive."
"But among the people, except for those wealthy families, most other places still continue the old rituals of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty."
After thinking for a while, Zhu Di still didn't think about the answer. He looked up at Yan Changqing and asked directly.
Although compared with Yan Changqing's promotion of planting potatoes, the past Ming Dynasty was like a fool in terms of promotion, but Zhu Di still wanted to find out the reason why the past Ming Dynasty was a fool.
Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao, Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan and other princes also looked at Yan Changqing. They also wanted to know this question.
"There are two reasons. The first reason is also the most important reason. May I ask if Your Majesty knew etiquette and learned etiquette when he was young?!!"
Yan Changqing turned his head and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and asked. The reason why he asked Zhu Yuanzhang was because only Zhu Yuanzhang had truly experienced the experience of almost starving to death.
As for Zhu Biao, Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes, even if they were punished by Zhu Yuanzhang, they would only skip one or two meals at most, which was far from being on the verge of starving to death. Too far.
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said naturally:
"Of course I don't know."
He was a cowherd boy when he was a child, and later became a homeless man and a beggar. It was a joke to expect him to know etiquette.
When he really understood the relevant knowledge of etiquette, it was only after he became a relatively small leader in the Red Scarf Army.
"Why don't you know?!!"
Yan Changqing asked further.
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said:
“At that time, my family was very poor and could not even afford a full meal, let alone go to school. How could I have the opportunity and energy to learn about etiquette?
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned. He knew what the first reason Yan Changqing wanted to say was.
Yan Changqing nodded and explained:
"As His Majesty said, if you can't even have a full meal, how can you have the opportunity and energy to learn about etiquette?
"Food is the most important thing for the people!!!"
"For those people who don't have enough to eat, can they be eaten as food?!!"
"Can changing the old Mongol and Yuan rituals and repeating the Chinese dress etiquette of the past add a handful of grains to their dinner?!!"
"Obviously not!!!"
“When you don’t even have enough to eat and are about to starve to death, who wants to care whether you are promoting the Chinese dress etiquette of the past or the Mongolian Yuan rites.
"For them, the greatest gift is also the greatest principle, which is to feed themselves!!!"
"If I were to be extravagant, it would be to feed my whole family!!!"
"So, don't talk politely to the people before you can actually let them have enough to eat, because it will only make you look superior and why you don't eat meat."
When Zhu Biao, Zhu Xi, Zhu Gang, Zhu Di and other princes heard this, their expressions became ugly.
Why not eat minced meat?!
They are actually like that fool of Emperor Hui of Jin, why don’t they eat minced meat?!
It turns out that they are really fools!!!
Not only were they fools, but the past officials of the Ming Dynasty were also fools.
No wonder the Ming Dynasty’s promotion of repeating Chinese dress etiquette has had little effect over the years.
It turns out that this is the fundamental reason.
"Don't put your imagination into the lives of ordinary people."
“Perhaps the hungriest feeling you can imagine is not eating for one or two meals, or at most, one or two days.
"But for Your Majesty, when he was a young man, the most hungry time was when he almost starved to death."
"So you may not have a very obvious feeling."
"For example, if you are told that you cannot eat even a decent meal of rice for ten days and a half, you can only live by drinking water, chewing tree bark, eating grass, eating wild fruits, etc.
Can you guys endure it?!!”
Yan Changqing looked at Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Gang, Zhu Di and other princes and asked.
When Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao, Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes heard this, they all shook their heads. They couldn't do it, and they might even have died during this period.
"Sometimes the worst life you can imagine may be the fairy life that you dream of but cannot have for ordinary people!"
"So don't just casually say that you stand from the perspective of the common people and think about the common people."
"From the perspective of ordinary people, it turns out to be much more difficult than you think!"
"They have already risked their lives and exhausted all their strength just to survive."
Speaking of the last sentence, Yu Changqing let out a long sigh.
In his previous life, a bricklayer suggested that "low-income people can rent out their idle houses and use the rent to increase their income; they can also drive their private cars out to do work to increase their income."
Eliminating the premise that the person is stupid and bad, with a serious thinking attitude, the other party may be sincerely speaking from the perspective of his own understanding and cognition.
Then we can draw two very simple conclusions:
A person who has a vacant house and a private car at home is considered a low-income earner in the eyes of the other party.
Second, low-income people will at least have a few idle houses and their own private cars.
This is what the other party sees as a low-income person.
In fact, the gap between the real low-income people and what the other party calls "low-income people" is huge, and it can be regarded as a real promotion of those real low-income people.
Hearing what Yan Changqing said, Zhu Yuanzhang also felt sad.
The hunger he had experienced was completely different from the hunger experienced by princes such as Zhu Biao, Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, and Zhu Di.
[How about finding a time to really starve them for a few days, lest they become like that fool like Emperor Hui of Jin who "why not eat minced meat"...][
Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking about the feasibility of this idea at this moment.
After all, if his son also leaves a reputation of "why not eat minced meat" in the history books of future generations, then Zhu Yuanzhang will probably be so angry that he will lie down even if he dies, and then take the unfilial son with him.
"A storehouse is a place where you know etiquette, and having enough food and clothing means you know honor and disgrace. Guan Sheng already told us this truth more than 2,000 years ago."
"But some people are either really stupid or pretending to be stupid and interpret it as knowing etiquette and having enough food and clothing, knowing honor and disgrace and having enough food and clothing."
"I'm talking about those Confucian fools who are really stupid or pretend to be stupid!!!"
Yan Changqing said with a hint of ridicule in his eyes, Confucian people always advocate etiquette, etiquette, and integrity, as if as long as everyone understands etiquette and knows honor and disgrace, then everyone can have enough to eat.
Similarly, there are "great benevolence" and "sacrifice of one's life to be benevolent" such as "I will die first when a thief comes," or "I die first when a disaster comes".
In this regard, Yan Changqing just wants to say that it is all bullshit!
When a thief comes, you don't lead the people to catch the thief. When a disaster comes, you don't lead the people to fight the disaster. Instead, you only think about sacrificing yourself to the thief and the disaster, as if doing so can influence the thief and make the natural disaster retreat.
For such Confucian people, Yan Changqing just wants to say that they are either stupid, bad, or both stupid and bad.
There was a hint of embarrassment on Zhu Biao's face. After all, he was the prince who had received the most orthodox and authentic education in Confucianism. It was not an exaggeration to call him a Confucian prince.
Although he felt that what Yan Changqing said made sense, Zhu Biao still felt a little embarrassed when he heard Yan Changqing criticize Confucianism in such a way.
[Mr. Yan really dislikes Confucianism very much. 】
[Is it because I was expelled from the Imperial College before?!!]
Zhu Biao thought strangely. 5.2
"Going back to the first reason, the biggest reason why your promotion of Chinese dress etiquette and other things is not smooth and has little effect is that it does not have real, useful and visible benefits for the common people."
"Potatoes are not the case. They are truly a food crop that can feed the common people, so the common people will naturally embrace and promote them with unprecedented enthusiasm."
"As for the second reason, it actually involves the issue of imperial power not going to the countryside. I will talk to you about this issue again when I teach "Dragon Slaying Technique" later."
Yan Changqing finally summarized and explained the first reason, and then talked about the second reason in a few words.
After all, the issue of imperial power not going to the countryside is also a big issue. Maybe we can talk about it next time when we teach "Dragon Slaying Technique".
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