Chapter 291 The Only Path to Choose (VII)
No matter how important salt production is, it is not worth keeping Huo Chong for ten days. During these ten days, Huo Chong reviewed Songjiang Prefecture at the mouth of the Yangtze River according to his impressions. Huo Chong decided to build an armed barrier in Songjiang and build a Yangtze River stronghold.
Gao Pang's teacher Chen Mingtai left, and Huo Chong ordered Gao Pang to take charge of the salt affairs. He then left Wang Weichang behind and led the rest of the troops back to Shandong.
Gong Yu was in Shandong for the first time, and everything he saw was new to him. After arriving in Linzi, he actually asked, "Governor, where is the Jixia Academy now?"
Huo Chong had actually inspected the affairs of the Jixia Academy and sighed, "The vast expanse of white land is so clean."
Gong Yu was stunned for a moment, "Has the governor searched for the Jixia Academy?"
"Yes. No traces were found." Huo Chong added an example, worried that Gong Yu would misunderstand him. "Kaifeng was flooded several times. The previous cities were all underground in Kaifeng. Shandong has never experienced such a flooding situation. Since it cannot be found on the ground, it is really gone."
Gong Yu's expression changed. "May I ask how many books the governor has read?"
Huo Chong was too lazy to make up any history, so he simply answered bluntly: "A lot. It's just a heavenly book."
Gong Yu replied without any surprise: "I also thought that the governor read the heavenly book. This perspective is so unconventional and hits the nail on the head."
At this time, Qian Qing had already led the generals who stayed in Shandong to greet them. Huo Chong first held a meeting to listen to the latest developments without taking a rest. Shandong's conscription goal was achieved. Although it was not yet February, the number of conscriptions had reached 100,000. The new recruits had already begun to gather for training, and after the spring, they could be put into various work in an organized manner.
As for the Qing Dynasty , due to the heavy snow in the north, it was certain that the war situation in the capital was becoming increasingly unfavorable to Hong Zhou. In particular, after the Green Camp suffered a heavy blow, part of it was directly disbanded, and the defeated soldiers heading south looted and robbed houses, causing chaos in southern Zhili.
After three consecutive days of meetings, Huo Chong took control of the situation and went home. When she got home, Miss Luo burst into tears when she saw Huo Chong. Although she knew that Miss Luo was his wife, Huo Chong still felt that Miss Luo was too strange .
Faced with such an unfamiliar appearance, Huo Chong was actually a little at a loss. However, staring blankly was not right either, so Huo Chong could only do as he had seen on TV, step forward, hold his wife's hand, and greet her, "You've worked hard."
Miss Luo was stunned for a moment, then she held Huo Chong's arm and tried her best not to cry, but she still couldn't help crying.
After such close contact for a while, the strange feeling disappeared a lot. Huo Chong was relieved to see that his wife and the baby in her belly were fine.
At this time, in order to take care of the baby in her belly, my wife's family came to live with us. Now that we are home, let's eat.
After dinner, the old lady Liu Luoshi, who could probably be called the mother-in-law, chatted with Huo Chong about family matters. She first talked about how difficult it was for her daughter to get pregnant, and then said that women would not be in a good mood after getting pregnant, and could not stand being bullied. Huo Chong listened patiently and also made a few perfunctory remarks. After all, the existence of a mother-in-law would definitely talk about how difficult it was for her daughter.
After chatting for a while, Mrs. Liu Luo said tentatively: "My Lord, your female apprentice is not very decent in her behavior."
Huo Chong was very unhappy that the old lady would attack Qian Qing. Although he wanted to force a smile, he felt that his facial muscles were a little stiff. Not to mention smiling, he couldn't even retract his unhappy expression.
The old lady saw Huo Chong's reaction, but she didn't know what she was thinking, so she tried to ask: "Prince, Qian Qing is just unmarried and doesn't know much..."
Huo Chong felt a surge of anger rushing to his head, but when he saw his wife's slightly bulging belly, Huo Chong bit his lip, not wanting to scold the old lady immediately.
Looking at his mother-in-law, Huo Chong felt that it was not appropriate to call Liu Luoshi an old lady. Huo Chong was half a year older than his father-in-law Luo Xiucai, and several years older than his mother-in-law Liu Luoshi. Such a young girl criticized Huo Chong's apprentice Qian Qing for being ignorant in front of Huo Chong, and Huo Chong wondered if Liu Luoshi was crazy.
"What you said is wrong! Why is Qian Qing so ignorant?"
Miss Luo's voice rang out from inside the house. This was probably the first time she criticized me. She looked unconfident, very unconfident.
Mother-in-law Liu Luo was stunned, and a look of shock and hurt appeared on her face.
Huo Chong had never thought that his wife, Miss Luo, would dare to criticize her mother. The sense of alienation inexplicably faded a lot. He even became a little worried about Miss Luo. Could such a little girl be so angry with her mother?
Then Miss Luo continued, "The prince is not only taking the land from our family and my uncle's family. We are a family. Why should we go against the prince?"
On the ninth day of the first lunar month, which was the day after Huo Chong returned home, Huo Chong called Qian Qing, who had made the report, and asked him about Qian Qing's attack on the Luo family.
Qian Qing bit her lip slightly and remained silent.
"Don't you have anything to say?"
"What do you want to ask, sir?"
"Did you do this intentionally, or were you thought to do it intentionally?"
"What's the difference?"
Seeing Qian Qing was inexplicably angry, Huo Chong slowed down his voice and said, "If someone says that you did this on purpose, I will find out who spread the news. I don't want you to be wronged."
Qian Qing lowered his head, but then raised it again and stared at Huo Chong and asked, "What if I did this on purpose?"
"That doesn't matter. I'm relieved. You wanted to do this, and I think you did a good job."
After a pause, Qian Qingcai sighed, "Sir, you are so kind to me."
"Bullshit! We are all the same kind of people, and you are so nice to me." Huo Chong didn't want to hear Qian Qing say such frivolous words.
There was something that was not confirmed, but now it was confirmed that Qian Qing dared to suppress even Huo Chong's wife's family. Huo Chong made up his mind, "Qian Qing, I am ready to be emperor."
"Sir, you should have been crowned emperor long ago." Qian Qing said, revealing a childlike look of joy.
Huo Chong was helpless. If possible, modern politics would be more to Huo Chong's liking. However, what suited Huo Chong's liking was not to the liking of this era. If Qian Qing was a republican in later times, he would not be furious when he heard that Huo Chong was going to become emperor. At least he would oppose it immediately.
However, Qian Qing's joy at this time came from the heart, this was the appetite of the current era. The strong became emperors, and those who followed the dragon followed, were promoted to higher positions, and enjoyed wealth and honor.
Adjusting his mentality to a pragmatic mode, Huo Chong spoke out his decision that was derived from the current era but was higher than the current era. "Since you are the emperor, you must be crowned a king. I decide to crown you the King of Qi."
The smile on Qian Qing's face froze and quickly disappeared.
Huo Chong did not wait for Qian Qing to refuse and continued to ask: "Why, do you feel that you are not worthy of your position?"
Qian Qing was Qian Qing after all. When she heard the questioning of her ability, she immediately expressed her objection, "How could it be! Compared with you, sir, I am content to be a soldier. Compared with others, I am no worse than them. If they can be crowned king, of course I can be one."
Huo Chong felt relieved after taking care of Qian Qing. "I haven't decided to become emperor yet, so you have to wait until I finish this before you can decide on the King of Qi."
Unexpectedly, Qian Qing suddenly became unconfident again, "Sir, let's do it this way..."
"I know you've worked hard. But you're my apprentice, so you have to stand up. I've said before that I want to liberate women. I've said it countless times in the air, so why not make you a king? When people hear that a woman has become a king, they will definitely ask why? At that time, after a lot of debate, you'll be made a king because you're capable and have done so much work. When you talk about liberating women again, everyone will know what women can do after liberation? Make them a king! Hold a high position and hold power. If anyone still dares to say that women can't take the imperial examinations, can't be officials, and can't work. You take the female cadres to clean up those scum. I know you've worked hard, but liberating women starts with you and me."
"Haha. Well said. I'm willing to help you, sir!" Qian Qing regained his usual heroic spirit, and his expression once again had the energy to lead his younger brothers.
However, Huo Chong felt that there was an indescribable loneliness under Qian Qing's boldness. Huo Chong could understand Qian Qing in other matters, but he couldn't do it this time.
Becoming an emperor was not the priority at the moment. Huo Chong continued to devote himself to the current affairs, and after returning, he began to write the final content.
Originally, there were only a few educated people in the government, such as Gao Pang, Qian Qing, Lei Hu, etc. The other educated cadres were indeed educated, but they did not have the confidence of the intellectual class.
After all, the imperial examination system has been deeply rooted in people's hearts for more than a thousand years. Without the formal imperial examination, people would not be able to build up confidence.
Now the team has added such literati as Gong Yu, Kong Bugeng, Weber and Zeng Jing. After Huo Chong finishes writing the outline of the political power and the core of the organization, he will first call the cultural figures to take a look.
The beginning is "science, democracy, equality, progress", and there are related articles for these four words. Everyone reads things very quickly. After reading it once, Kong Bugeng and others frowned, and Gong Yu's face turned a little green. "My lord, is this liberation just talk, or is it going to be real?"
Huo Chong stared at Gong Yu. "The working people broke free from their chains and gained the whole world. We want to liberate everyone. Do you think anyone will believe this unless it's a real thing?"
Gong Yu's face became even uglier. "My Lord, if this is real, someone will definitely take advantage of this to cause trouble. What are you going to do, my Lord?"
"No social progress can bring prosperity to the whole family if one person succeeds. That is not progress, let alone liberation. Real social progress will only lead to one result, which is war. There will always be a lot of demons, so we need to form a team based on political cognition, and form a party. The party will unite and fight against dissidents. Some people fought against the Qing Dynasty, and others fought against the Qing Dynasty with us. Only those who share the same political consensus with us and are willing to act together according to this program are our fellow party members, our comrades, and our own people. There will be as many demons as we want outside the party, the key point is whether there is a common cognition within the party."
Gong Yu nodded after hearing this, but he didn't say anything. Zeng Jing was so excited that her voice was shaking, "My lord, what I want is equal distribution of land. But my lord, isn't it too harsh to link equal distribution of land with gentry?"
"Mr. Zeng, this is a good question. We can discuss this issue. And it is not just you and me, or just a few of us. We should discuss it with people who are willing to be liberated. You put forward your ideas, and we will discuss them openly in the newspaper. We should also organize everyone to discuss it. Is liberation and progress about the improvement of farming skills, or is it simply that the tenants who have nothing have become self-employed farmers or landlords? Which one is improvement? Is it the right to farm the land, or the opportunity to use the land to exploit others? Write boldly, don't worry."
Zeng Jing frowned, and it was obvious that his understanding was not as strong as others. Or maybe Zeng Jing never had the opportunity to become a member of the ruling class that controls capital, so he did not have the ability to construct or understand all the power of capital.
Kong Bugeng said, "My lord, if this program is issued, the whole world will be enemies. Do you really want to take such a big risk? If you recruit surrenders and rebels, you can slowly get rid of them later. If you do this, what could have been done in three to five years will take ten to twenty years. My lord, please think twice."
Huo Chong was a little shaken for a moment, and then he regained his confidence after thinking about it. "Some people say that corrupt and decadent dynasties were destroyed because of peasant uprisings. However, the old dynasties were destroyed and new courts were established. The people were not liberated because the fruits of victory were usurped by the landlord class. Why is the landlord class so powerful? Because the landlord class provides them with a set of ideas. If you want to govern a country, you must have a set of ideas and technical means to match this set of ideas. After reading so much history, I've had enough. I don't want to do it again. Since I don't want to do it again, we will build our government and select civil and military officials according to new ideas. Indeed, we can take shortcuts, recruit surrenders and , and make all kinds of promises. If we do this, we will have to start a large-scale prison and slaughter meritorious officials. We have all read books, and we ourselves are thousand-year-old foxes, so let's not do any Liao Zhai dramas. Those so-called founding loyal ministers, are they more loyal to the founding emperor, or are they more loyal to their own ideas of promotion and wealth. Haha."
After saying this, Huo Chong suddenly felt that the atmosphere around him had changed. Gong Yu, Kong Bugeng, and Weber all looked a little embarrassed. Gao Pang just sighed, Lei Hu frowned in thought, and Qian Qing looked at the others with sharp eyes. Huo Chong even saw Qian Qing's hand move.
As Qian Qing's teacher, Huo Chong taught this child his martial arts. Huo Chong knew that this was one of Qian Qing's preparatory moves before he was ready to take action. Touch the guy who took action.
Gong Yu's face turned from blue to green. He bit his lips angrily and finally had the courage to speak, "My lord, you are right. But don't you think this is too harsh?"
"I'm not being harsh. I just believe in you. I believe you can understand what I mean by revolutionary ideals. If it were someone else, I wouldn't dare say that. Because if I said that, people would think I was crazy. The long-term loyalty between people is not about whether they feel close to each other. It's about whether they agree with the ideals. Live by this, die by this, this is called moral character. If you agree with the moral character, you won't be suspicious even if you are thousands of miles away. Even if you are provoked by thousands of people, you will dare to ask for the truth. You don't have to be loyal to me personally, just be loyal to my ideals."
Hearing this, Gong Yu's expression improved a little. Even so, the man who looked good at calculating still looked grim. He must have had a mental struggle in silence. Gong Yu suddenly slapped his thigh and said, "Since the lord is so confident, why don't we argue with him first? If the lord can convince me, please rest assured that I will follow you until death."
Huo Chong likes this situation. In the world of P2P, he sees the worst of human nature. The people who run P2P are also considered a cancer in the capital world. The various trainings Huo Chong received are undoubtedly to learn how to harm the world more effectively. At this time, being able to fight for the truth, Huo Chong feels as if his soul has been purified.
"Any discussion must have a basis. Without a common basis, it's like talking to a deaf person. I want to tell you something, which is the introduction to logic . Let's not say you are right or I am right. If I don't say it, no one will say it. Let's use the introduction to logic as the basis for our discussion."
Gao Pang, Qian Qing, and Lei Hu all twitched when they heard the words "Introduction to Logic". But the others were obviously not tortured. Kong Bugeng cheered loudly: "As expected of you, lord, you are really fair and just. Please tell me what the so-called Introduction to Logic is."
Two days later, Kong Bugeng looked haggard, but suddenly he slapped his forehead and suddenly he looked radiant. Seeing Kong Bugeng like this, the other students' tired eyes did not waver. This course is too difficult.
Kong Bugeng shouted, "So that's it. Metaphysics and logic are not the same thing. Metaphysics is just intuition. Metaphysical conclusions may be right or wrong, but they are mysterious and cannot be proved theoretically. I understand."
Gong Yu had no reaction after hearing this, he just lowered his head and continued to read the text.
Logic is the study of reasoning and argumentation. However, reasoning and argumentation are widely permeated in people's cognitive thinking activities. It is impossible and unnecessary for logic to study all aspects of reasoning and argumentation. The purpose of logic research is to distinguish correct reasoning from incorrect reasoning, and reliable argumentation from unreliable argumentation. [2] Correct reasoning is also called valid reasoning. If a reasoning is valid, then in the reasoning, when the statement as the premise is true, the statement as the conclusion cannot be false, and there will be no situation where the premise is true and the conclusion is false. Argumentation is mainly composed of reasoning. For an argument to be reliable, the reasoning that constitutes the argument must first be valid reasoning. Therefore, in a narrow sense, logic studies the validity of reasoning and its basis.
An inference is actually a set of statements, but this does not mean that any set of statements can express an inference. For a set of statements to express an inference, the statements that are elements of the set must express propositions.
A proposition describes an event. If what a proposition describes is true, it is true. If it is not true, it is false. Therefore, if a sentence expresses a proposition, it is either true or false. A sentence that is neither true nor false does not express a proposition. For example, the sentence "Was Wang Wu at the crime scene?" is a question. It expresses a question about a situation. It is neither true nor false. Therefore, we say that it does not express a proposition.
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Regardless of how everyone reacted, Huo Chong understood. Kong Bugeng actually understood.
