The Eight Trigrams Stage was brightly lit.
Lu Ya picked up a brush and drew on the rice paper on the table. As he wrote, he slowly said,
"Chongba, who did you rely on to overthrow the Yuan Dynasty, establish the Ming Dynasty, and rebuild the Han family? Is it those Confucian scholars?"
Zhu Yuanzhang was speechless.
He hadn't fully digested the words from before.
Lu Ya smiled and ignored him. He continued,
"No. You rely on the same people as you, thousands of farmers, and the generals you trust the most are your twenty-four fellow countrymen, including Xu Da, Tang He, Wu Liang, Wu Zhen, Hua Yun, Chen De, and others.”
"Which of these generals isn't a farmer? The power they unleashed was incomparable to that of the Confucian scholars.”
Lu Ya wrote a line of words on the Xuan paper and blew on it with his mouth. He was very satisfied and then read it out,"
"Ambition to eat the meat of Hu Krupp, laughing and drinking the blood of Xiongnu. Wait until the beginning, clean up the old mountains and rivers, facing the sky.”
Lu Ya's tone was firm and confident as he laughed loudly.
" What a good song, the river is red. It vividly reflects the bloodlust of our Han family. However, it was this bloodlust that was trampled to pieces by those Confucian scholars. Yue Fei, a loyal member of the Han family, didn't die at the hands of the foreign races, but at the hands of the Confucian scholars.”
Lu Ya placed the Xuan paper on the table and sighed,"
" For thousands of years, farmers have been under pressure and faced the threat of death. Most importantly, they have been fighting for the survival of their nation and country every time.”
"The peasants nurtured the country and the army. They were even the main force that overthrew the old dynasty and established the new dynasty.”
"Look, it's this group of illiterate country bumpkins who have fought time and time again. Their lives are so magnificent. Don't you feel touched? In this world, not only those scholars could live like this.”
Zhu Yuanzhang's expression changed.
"Chongba, the Confucians pay attention to worrying about the people and are unwilling to let them suffer. However, the humiliation of Jingkang tells us that this worry of the Confucians is hypocritical.”
Lu Ya walked up to Zhu Yuanzhang and handed him the piece of paper. He said seriously,""The real worry for the people is that they can't fight for themselves, they can't awaken and live.”
"I worry about the people, and I worry even more about them being ignorant. When they are slaughtered, they wait for death like pigs and dogs. They don't dare to stand up and resist.”
Lu Ya's gaze was serious.
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't say anything. He just silently looked at the piece of Xuan paper and silently recited the poem "The River Is Red" in his heart.
Lu Ya paused for a moment before his voice sounded again.
"Paper making, gunpowder, printing, and the compass are all principles of heaven and earth that appeared under the imprisonment of Confucianism.”
" As long as we continue to explore these truths, its efficiency will have unlimited room for improvement.”
Lu Ya looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and said,"
"When you started reading and writing, I taught you not to discriminate against and attack merchants after you ascended the throne. Even if you hate this group, don't attack them.”
" Merchants pursue profit, and that leads to greed. After greed, they will want to slack off. In order to slack off, people will think of ways to improve their efficiency.”
"In Confucianism, these are seen as obscene techniques. They feel that it's not good to be lazy. People have to work hard and work more. This is the so-called enlightenment.”
Lu Ya smiled faintly and said with a mocking tone,
"However, they forgot one thing. To truly educate people, we must first let the people have books to read. Only then can they understand things.”
Zhu Yuanzhang widened his eyes.
"State Preceptor, are you…encouraging merchants to pursue profits?”
"What's wrong with a businessman pursuing profit?" Lu Ya asked,"
"Greed is a very bad word because people give it the concept of evil, but I don't think so. Greed also has its righteous side.”
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and heard another crazy sentence.
Lu Ya ignored him and continued,"
"Studying things to gain knowledge, studying things to develop, is not something that can be promoted by a few Confucian scholars in their leisure time.”
"On the contrary, the investigation of things is to mobilize the wisdom of everyone. It is to make everyone in the world have books to read. There is still a long way to go, but it is not impossible.”
Lu Ya didn't even blink. He went to the table again, picked up a pen, and drew a circle. He whispered,"
"The Confucianists were round, and so was the Ming Dynasty. If you want commerce to develop, you have to give merchants status. Similarly, if he wanted craftsmen to seek breakthroughs in their skills, he had to give them status.”
" However, this circle needs to have order. Now that the scholarly faction has taken control of this order, they won't allow any other changes to occur in the circle. If there's even the slightest movement, they will be crushed to death in the cradle by the scholarly faction.”
"For the sake of order, the scholarly faction has completely sealed the circle. Chong Ba, you have to poke open this circle and open a path.”
"What you are about to do, you have to give everyone in the world the same status. China is the China of the Chinese, and everyone has the responsibility to guard and defend the land.”
"From now on, there will be no difference between scholars, farmers, merchants, and businessmen.”
Lu Ya's gaze was calm, and his words were always calm. However, in Zhu Yuanzhang's ears, it was as if he was facing an abyss.
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