Liu Bowen asked Su Jing.

No one will starve to death.

this.

Su Jing suddenly thought of her past life. The world's food production was completely enough to feed the entire population, but there were still many people in famine around the world.

"No, Lao Liu, no matter how much food we have, some people will still starve to death."

Su Jing shook her head and said.

Liu Bowen reacted quickly and immediately knew that what he just said was a little too naive.

Not long ago, there was a disaster relief grain corruption case in Ming Dynasty.

If no one wants to starve to death, food production alone is not enough.

Su Jing continued: "Productivity determines production relations. With the continuous development and progress of society and the advancement of science and technology, productivity will continue to improve, which will lead to changes in production relations."

"Just like the future textile machines I just mentioned, as well as the future surge in food production, are all the result of the development of science and technology."

"But for the Ming Dynasty, or for the entire feudal dynasty, this was not inevitable."

"Old Liu, do you know why?"

Su Jing asked Liu Bowen again.

Liu Bowen frowned, thought for a while, and replied: "Because there was no science in Ming Dynasty?"

Straight to the point, quite accurate.

Su Jing nodded and said: "That's right, Old Liu, because in feudal society, rulers not only have to rule territory, but also rule ideas."

"The Ming Dynasty was a unified dynasty. In other words, since the Qin Dynasty, all the unified dynasties in China have been born."

"Such a dynasty naturally has a vast territory and strong national power, but it also has extremely strong constraints on the minds of the people."

"There is also Confucianism, which is an ideological shackles that is extremely suitable for the rulers. It is simply a unique blessing!"

"Science is difficult to develop when thoughts are imprisoned."

Speaking of this, Su Jing was filled with indignation.

He has also studied history, and now he has traveled through the Ming Dynasty and knows that our ancestors have made many awesome discoveries and the seeds of science.

But in the end, they were all killed.

On such a road of governing people, we go further and further.

From Su Jing's point of view, Confucianism is the first major issue.

When Liu Bowen listened to Su Jing's words, he was shocked by the contents of those ideas of ruling the territory.

"Master Su, isn't Confucianism bad?"

Liu Bowen asked Su Jing. Liu Bowen was also a Confucian master, and he still felt that Su Jing's evaluation was a bit biased.

"Then let me ask you, Lao Liu, what you think is good."

Su Jing said calmly: "In terms of managing people, Confucianism is the right path, but in terms of science, Confucianism is the wrong way."

Governing people.

science.

Liu Bowen was a little confused when Su Jing said this.

Su Jing continued: "The development of science is a process from scratch, which requires the innovation of ideas and thinking. Confucianism, on the other hand, only allows us to learn the theories of the sages and understand the meanings of the sages, without thinking about innovations or innovations.

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"With Confucianism as the leading factor, there can be no scientific development."

"To put it simply, Confucianism emphasizes conservatism.

What the Patriarch said is right, and what the Patriarch did must be learned.

Unlike the words of the Patriarch, you cannot say anything, and you cannot do things that the Patriarch has not done.

Thoughts will always stay in the way they were when they were first born, and future generations will always look backward.

And science, the most important thing is innovation!

We must keep moving forward and keep looking forward.

It requires exploration and creation of the unknown world and a spirit of adventure.

This is contrary to traditional Confucian thought. Everything should be done step by step according to the arrangements of the ancestors, and nothing will ever go wrong.

For example, Confucius has always advocated the restoration of the Western Zhou Dynasty, which is clear evidence!"

Su Jing talked eloquently and let go of her chatterbox.

This was actually a very bold thing to do in the Ming Dynasty to belittle Confucianism.

But Su Jing's interest was so high that she didn't care about that much.

Liu Bowen listened carefully to Su Jing's complaints, from being confused at the beginning to slowly understanding.

Su Jing seems to have said that there is really nothing wrong with it.

Liu Bowen was not the kind of Confucian scholar who could only read dead books. Although he respected the sages, he did not regard them as religious beliefs.

Anyone who can make suggestions for Zhu Yuanzhang's struggle for the world cannot be a conservative person.

Therefore, I felt a considerable sense of identity with what Su Jing was talking about.

Confucianism is a great suppression of science.

At this time, he thought again about the imperial examination that Zhu Yuanzhang had asked about before.

When choosing an official position with stereotypes, you can only use the words of the sages to answer, and you are prohibited from having your own ideas.

"Master Su, does this imperial examination also hinder the development of science?"

Liu Bowen asked Su Jing.

Su Jing was stunned, she didn't expect Liu Bowen to be able to pass the imperial examination right now.

"That's right."

Su Jing nodded and said: "But the imperial examination itself is not a mistake, but the core of the imperial examination today, which is to unify thinking."

"Under certain historical conditions, the imperial examination was undoubtedly a great initiative and a huge innovation in itself."

"It's a pity that this innovative product is used to be conservative. It's really ironic."

Regarding the imperial examination itself, Su Jing actually didn't think it was anything bad.

Selection of talents allows ordinary people to have a channel for class transition, and the country's talents can be better discovered.

At the same time, it also makes people willing to study and learn knowledge.

However, the imperial examination, the eight-legged method of selecting officials, is undoubtedly a great ideological harm.

"Innovative things are used to keep things old-fashioned"

Liu Bowen murmured to himself, thinking carefully about the imperial examination regulations that Zhu Yuanzhang told him not long ago.

It is exactly the same as what Su Jing said, it is entirely to instill Confucian thoughts into the minds of scholars.

Everything is solved with the words of the sages, and the thoughts are always the thoughts of the sages.

The sky is big and the earth is big, and our ancestors are the biggest.

The laws of our ancestors are immutable.

"Master Su, Old Liu has learned a lesson."

Liu Bowen raised his hands towards Su Jing with a solemn expression.

He really learned a lot and had deep insights.

Su Jing waved her hand and said: "That's different. Let's talk about the transformation of social form."

"If science cannot develop in our land, new productivity tools will not appear, productivity will not improve, and new social forms will not naturally appear."

"It's nothing more than the continuous cycle of the rise and fall of dynasties. Of course, the premise is that there is no external force to break it."
Chapter completed!