Chapter 940: An Alternative Pilgrimage
Is there an absolutely perfect system in the world? There is no doubt that there is no such thing as an absolutely perfect system.
The system is formulated by people, and it is people who supervise the system, and it is also people who want to abide by the formulated system, so no matter what kind of role the system will play, it is the people who look at it rather than the system itself.
So which is more suitable for today's empire, Lu Yi has always had his own thoughts.
Why did the empire built by Lü Zhe implement a feudal system instead of a centralized system? In Lu Yi's mind, it is because of the uniqueness of the times, and also because the way Lu Zhe rose was a little different from the previous dynasties "after".
If history had not changed, the Han Empire established by Liu Bang would also have implemented a feudal system, first dividing princes with different surnames, and his feudal division was in accordance with the ancient rites of the Spring and Autumn Period, that is, a piece of territory was set aside to someone, and someone had full autonomy over that territory.
The princes had the power of full autonomy, which meant that not only did they have a source of taxes, but there were also no restrictions on building up an army, simply put, they could expand without limit, and then threaten Liu Bang, the "central government".
In fact, in the original history, Liu Bang has been running around on the road of suppressing princes with different surnames after ascending the throne and becoming emperor, and this year the central government needs to send troops to the south to extinguish the rebellion of a certain prince and king, and the rebellion on this side has not been extinguished, and there is a prince and king on the other side who rebelled, so that Liu Bang either sent troops to suppress it, or he wanted to run around by himself.
Fortunately for Liu Bang, his number one general, Han Xin, who was canonized as the king of Qi, always stood on the side of the central government...... Or a prince who shows a different heart.
"If Han Xin also rebelled, it is estimated that the Han Empire should fall apart again at the beginning of its establishment?" Lu Yi thought of Liu Bang and Han Xin, who served as envoys to Central Asia: "I don't know what my father is thinking, but he actually arranged Liu Bang and Han Xin together, not afraid that two historical friends will become accomplices?" ”
The pilgrimage meeting is already underway. Lü Yi's seat was at the bottom of the Imperial Steps. He was a prisoner of the state, and he could have rightfully sat on the throne of the emperor...... At least he could sit during his tenure as a prisoner, but he had a new seat set up and kneel down in the new seat.
Liu Bang, the current third-class baron of the empire, his fate has changed like many people, if history has not been changed by Lu Zhe, the time node is actually the time when the Daze Township Uprising should have happened, that is, in 208 BC.
Of course, history has changed, and the righteous people of the world turned against Qin more than ten years ago. The restoration of the old Warring States has already taken place and then been successively destroyed or annexed by Lu Zhe, what Daze Township revolted, what princes merged, and what Chu and Han fought each other...... It's definitely not going to happen again.
In 208 BC, the sixth year of the imperial calendar, Lü Yi was nine years old, and he presided over the court meeting for the first time as the "protagonist".
There are not a few officials participating in the court, but ...... Some high-ranking civil and military nobles such as Sima Xin, Kuai Tong, Xu Zhi, Wei Han and so on are not in the imperial capital Nanling, so naturally there are some differences in style from the court meeting personally presided over by Lu Zhe. Meantime. The court meeting was also held at 12 o'clock in the morning as usual, which was the first time that it was held at 12 o'clock in the morning, which was the first time that the precedent was broken in a non-emergency state.
Lu Yi sat down, and the civil and military forces were divided into two columns and stood still. Yan Bilai read aloud the edict left by Lu Zhe, of course, the edict was about Lü Yi's appointment to become a prisoner, and then Xiao He and Luo Shao took the lead and bent down to salute and salute "See the prison state", which can be regarded as acknowledging the legitimacy of Lü Yi's status as a supervisor at the beginning.
Because it was 12 o'clock in the middle of the day, the court meeting was held. The most important thing is to admit that after the prison procedure is completed, Lu Yi will not immediately enter the agenda of the court meeting after returning the gift, but will order the maids who have been prepared for a long time to move to the case. Set up the table and bring lunch.
In fact, it is not the first time that the civil and military ministers have dined in the council hall, in the past, the court meeting began in the morning, because the topic was not discussed and entered the meal time, Lu Zhe would also order someone to prepare food, and the monarchs and ministers ate directly in the palace, and continued to discuss after eating.
Huaxia has always been until the Song and Song dynasties, and the aristocracy or the exquisite people have implemented the meal system when dining.
What is a separate meal system? It's just a table or a tool for placing food, and then this person has all the food alone, not to say a big basin, and everyone puts chopsticks and spoons into a basin or scoops up food.
One of the characteristics of the separate meal system is that the plates and other utensils that carry the food are not too large, and there is no unhygienic situation when people have chopsticks or spoons in their mouths during meals.
It seems that some experts have explained the reason why some infectious diseases in China have not spread in a general manner, and they attribute the lack of spread of infectious diseases to the separate meal system, and they praise the ancients for their attention to hygiene.
There are some rather ridiculous things, some people who don't know why, they think that the meal sharing system is a unique "specialty" of Westerners, and they think that the Chinese side only learned the meal distribution system from the foreigners in modern times, and use this point of view to prove the "superiority" of the foreigners. In fact, it should be spit on those inexplicable people with a mouthful of foam, when the ancestors of China implemented the meal distribution system, those so-called "tall" foreigners were still being savages, and the meal distribution system disappeared in the land of China because of the war of annihilation, and the grassland people became the rulers of the land of China, bringing their living habits to the land of China. In fact, the meal sharing system has never disappeared in China, and even when the pattern is the darkest, some people have always maintained the habit of sharing the meal system.
The people of BC should be grateful to Lu Zhe, even if not for ending the war early and not letting the land of China fall into decades of princes and rivalry, but also for bringing many new things to this era, such as the emergence of the stir-fry method.
At what historical stage was the stir-fry method supposed to appear? It should have appeared in the Two Song Dynasty. The Song people's pursuit of quality of life is very high, they carry forward the way of eating, research out of dipping sauce, mustard and many other ingredients and sauces, and then it is estimated that they feel that it is still monotonous, and as a result, they have developed a stir-fry method, which has made a contribution to the foodies in the future.
What is on Lu Mo's head now? It is inseparable from a few small tripods, and an open flame is placed below the tripod, and the tripod is boiling, stewing, and boiling some meat. What's on some of the smaller plates? It is some stir-fried vegetables or meat products.
I don't know when the Chinese habit of placing Chinese medicinal materials in the ingredients has existed, but it is obvious that it has appeared in the pre-Qin era in ancient times, and some foods that are stewed or boiled exude the fragrance of the ingredients themselves mixed with medicinal materials. In addition, with the Empire's exploration of the seas and the discovery of spices on the southern continent. Spices in food have actually become popular. Hence what? The entire hall is filled with all kinds of aromas.
The application of spices in food production is a great feat, whether it is pickling or instant cooking, after the use of spices, various techniques continue to appear, driving the sale of spices.
Chen Xuan, the lieutenant general of the Nanyang Fleet, returned to the imperial capital Nanling with the return fleet near noon, and naturally came back to attend the court meeting. Now, while eating, he bragged to his colleagues about what he had seen and heard after going to sea, especially about the discovery and collection of spices.
The sea is actually relatively unfamiliar to most of the Chinese ethnic group, especially those in the Central Plains or the Qin region who are not close to the coast.
"When two ships met on the sea, it was really the first to see the mast. And then you saw the hull? Zhang Han has an unusual interest in this.
The theory that the earth under your feet is round has appeared in the Empire, but most people don't believe it at all, and the reason for not believing it is that if there is a ball under your feet, how can it not fall. There is no theory of "gravity" now, and people who say that there is a ball under their feet cannot explain too much, but can only emphasize the reality of what they see.
"It should be the breaking waves on the surface of the sea that lowers the water level, so the mast of the ship will be seen first when the two ships meet." Meng Tian was one of those who did not believe that the earth beneath their feet was a sphere, saying, "It is as if we are on land, and the plain state is not completely and absolutely flat. It will be divided into high ground and hollow ground, so it will naturally be different visually. ”
For many people, the heaven is round and the place is orthodox, and the ball under the foot is heresy. It's not like to burn heretics, but it's normal to laugh.
Chen Xuan blushed and opened his mouth to say that there was a ball under his feet, which he had heard from the Emperor. But it's very boring to say that, and if you can't come up with effective evidence, you can only continue to hold back.
There were more than 300 civil and military personnel who participated in the court meeting, and those with relatively high titles and official positions were arranged to the front. Some officials with low official positions and no knighthood can only be in the back.
Lu Yi's actions were at the bottom of the steps of the imperial throne, and he was actually relatively close to the civil and military forces who were arranged at the front. He could hear the generals discussing whether it was a ball underground, and he thought wonderingly: "Earth, earth, of course there is a ball under your feet." I want to join the discussion and help Chen Xuan, but it's not very appropriate.
"When conditions permit, we will send out a fleet of boats and keep them walking straight. If the fleet can return to the finish line in a straight sailing state," Chen Xuan seemed to be a little annoyed and angry, and couldn't help but raise his voice: "Does it count as proof that the ground under your feet is round?" ”
The voice was relatively loud, attracting more generals, and even the civil officials opposite were aroused, only to hear Shusun Tong, who was sitting opposite, say: "Actually, I also think that the feet should be round." ”
Wu will continue to talk about his own, and no one will bother with Uncle Sun Tong.
Recently, there have been some disputes between the civilian and military officials over the formulation of some policies, especially the determination of disarmament, and the civilian officials can interfere in the military slave trade and trade, but the military generals do not like all civilian officials.
Uncle Sun Tongcai didn't care whether the generals were there or not, turned his head and discussed with Lu Jia next to him, he spoke a little loudly, obviously for the generals to listen to. I only heard him say: "The moon is round, the sun is round, and the stargazing hall has equipment to observe other stars, and what we see is also round, why can't the earth under our feet be round." ”
Lu Yi, who was eating in a sullen manner, suddenly looked up at his uncle and grandson, if he could applaud, he couldn't wait to shout "good".
Originally, the moon that can be seen with the naked eye is round, and the sun is also round, and now there are relevant academic proofs, saying that the earth under their feet is also a celestial body, so all celestial bodies are round, is it that the place where they live is more special, it can only be the shape of a square continent?
The generals looked sideways for a while, and many generals still sneered at the corners of their mouths, and I don't know who responded loudly: "Round, round, then why don't you fall into deep space." ”
Uncle Sun Tong didn't see who was speaking, but that didn't matter. He stood up slowly, first saluted Lu Yi on the throne, and then said, "Your Highness, please allow me to pick up the spoon and let it go." ”
Lu Yi knew very well that his prison country was a town scene, and what resolution the country should have should be sent to the emperor's side to discuss and determine, originally the court meeting was just a procedure, and it would not be used to discuss anything, and he was happy to make some "programs" by himself, and he couldn't just stare at each other after eating, right?
With permission, Shusun Tong picked up a spoon and walked to the middle, raised it high and then let it go, letting the spoon fall to the ground and make a sound. He pointed to the spoon that had fallen to the ground and asked, "Did you see it all?" ”
A group of people looked at each other, basically not understanding what Shusun Tong was trying to express by doing that.
"Objects will fall from the air to the ground, proving that there is some kind of force...... "Shusun Tong said about the attraction for a while, but it didn't sound like a system, and finally revealed the puzzle: "When Your Majesty did the relevant experiments, the Viscount was also present. ”
Almost everyone moved their eyes to Yan Bi, most of them were not curious about the relevant experiments, they just wanted to know if Lu Zhe had really done those things.
Yan Bi said with a smile: "There is such a thing. ”
The emperor has put forward a relevant theory, that is, the emperor also believes that the earth under his feet is round? No one wants to get entangled in the topic here, for them academic arguments are one thing, questioning the emperor is another, today Shusun Tong moved out of the emperor and then talked about it is no longer interesting, whether to continue the debate on another occasion or will continue, unless someone comes up with practical and effective evidence, and there is a set of systematic theories.
After the meal, the tables and scraps were cleaned up, and according to the established agenda, it was supposed to say something innocuous and the court meeting should be over. However, Xiao He suddenly talked about an issue in Yangxian County, Huiji County.
Yangxian County is modern Wuxi, and Wuxi has very special minerals. And the important thing is that a strange thing happened over there, when a coal mine was being mined, the miners suddenly developed a strange disease on a large scale.
“…… Your Majesty means," Xiao He said and looked at Lu Yi, his face full of encouragement: "It's up to the prison country to deal with it." ”
"Huh?" Lu Yi was surprised at this moment, he thought, "Let me handle it?" Daddy, this is a task! He was confused, a wide range of diseases erupted during coal mine operations, what was the situation? (To be continued.) )