Chapter 826: Distant Distance
It is difficult to say clearly when the Chinese ethnic group developed the complex of being difficult to give up their homeland, but the farming people basically have a local complex, after all, the peasants have nothing when they leave the land that can be cultivated, and only the nomadic tribes can live with water and grass and do not care where they are.
What is certain is that in the pre-Qin era of ancient times, which maintained semi-agricultural and semi-nomadic herding, the rural complex of China was not so "serious". In the social environment at that time, if land exchange could be carried out, it was not a serious matter for a village or tribe to change their habitat, and sometimes they even welcomed migration under the auspices of the state, so that they could get the allocation of resources from their belongings.
What really makes the Chinese ethnic group unwilling to leave their homeland is cultivated in a closed social environment.
Li Tang took the lead in promulgating a decree restricting the random movement of the people, stipulating that leaving the township, county, and state must be allowed by the government, but although there are relevant regulations, neither the government nor the people take it seriously, and they are not strict in terms of punishment measures. It is probably a certain period when Li Tang changed the relevant decrees and encouraged scholars to read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles, so many scholars were able to write so many beautiful poems when they traveled.
In the Zhao and Song dynasties, such restrictions began to become more severe, in order to prevent the emergence of displaced people, to prevent the displaced people from becoming a hazard that shook the foundation of the dynasty, the government would hunt down the displaced people whenever they found them, and when they were hunted down, they became the Xiang Army, which was a refugee camp like a government institution in the Zhao and Song dynasties.
Historians say that the Zhu Ming Dynasty restricted the flow of people because they were worried that some careerists would expand their horizons from their travels, and they also made friends with heroes and heroes in their travels to become a help, and they ran around without permission in the Zhao and Song dynasties and would be arrested and become a member of the refugee group, but in the Zhu Ming period, they would be killed. Historians have taken out the harsh laws and scientific research knowledge, and even believe that the Baguwen and the restriction of travel are because Zhu Baba, who was from a humble background, was worried that his rule was not Zhengshuo, and carried out a thorough policy of ignoring the people, using such administrative restrictions to ensure that no "heroes" would appear to achieve the longevity of his rule.
A little can be found. The more closed the society, the less outstanding people there are, and the more enlightened the society, the more literati and heroes there are. Li Tang's open-mindedness and inclusion of new things have made a glorious chapter in Chinese history, but Li Tang's brilliance is also precisely because of his excessive tolerance and acceptance of too many potential threats that should be contained. Zhao and Song were not so confident at the beginning, which was a congenital deficiency at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, but they only targeted the people at the bottom, but they adopted selective tolerance for merchants and scholars; Zhu Ming's restrictions were too much, and when the foolish policy caused the destruction of the empire, not only did not there appear to be a hero who could turn the tide, but a large group of inexplicable guys jumped up and down. There is even a ridiculous thing where a single ethnic group of only three and a half hundred thousand people can rule over one or two hundred million ethnic groups.
"Therefore, education is the foundation of the empire, and we will not implant too inexplicable ideas in the process of education, knowledge is only knowledge, and knowledge mixed with the idea of slavery is called brainwashing."
"Your Majesty, you still have to carry out patriotic education for loyal monarchs, right? It is also necessary to cultivate good moral character. ”
"Loyal to the monarch and patriotism, we must let them recognize which ethnic group they belong to, and the strength and weakness of the ethnic group are important matters closely related to them! Therefore, loyalty to the community is more important than anything else. ”
"He is the most important thing, more important than everything."
"Hehe, loyalty is not something as simple as relying on the implantation of thoughts. Life is miserable and miserable, how can relatives be loyal to the king, the ethnic group has been repeatedly invaded, and the king and the country have not done anything to love the country. Gu firmly believes that creating and maintaining the living environment of the people is truly the foundation of everything, which can make the people's lives look forward to something. Hard work can change lives, and actively building meritorious deeds can achieve a high matching status, and people will spontaneously believe that empires should last forever without implanting any ideas. ”
"The idea of loyalty and patriotism still needs to be instilled, and all loyalty begins with brainwashing in childhood. Constant brainwashing in the process of growing up. ”
"Whatever you think, but Lone has a word first, and you are not allowed to interfere in education."
“……。 No......"
In fact, the ruler has taken such a big advantage, has mastered all the resources that can be mobilized, and the system and laws are all beneficial to the ruler, and he already has a huge natural advantage. If all of this is the case, the ruler can still let the people under his rule deviate from morality, and it is useless to educate the monarch loyally, it is the ruler who is dying by himself, and he usually dies extremely miserably.
How are they all from later generations, as a traverser, Lu Zhe never imagined that his family could always rule the land under his feet permanently, no matter how strong the imperial family is, once there are so many bastard descendants, the rule will collapse, and only the strength of a nation has a greater possibility to last, after all, a family is only a family, and a group is tens of millions, hundreds of millions, billions, tens of billions, hundreds of billions, hundreds of billions...... Countless people's collectives, even if there are pests with negative energy in such a large collective, there will definitely be positive energy heroes.
"So, ah......" Lu Zhe turned around and touched Lu Yi's head, and then looked at Lu Qi next to him: "Don't believe in the saying that the monarch's power is bestowed, no power is given by God." For some people, power comes from struggle, but for the royal family, it is to ensure the livelihood of the people under their rule, and to control the biggest institution of violence - the army! ”
The two children didn't know if they understood it, but their movements were very consistent, and they both nodded their heads like chickens pecking rice.
Yan Bi is also attentive, he only heard one key word, that is, "army", everything is based on the army's loyalty and obedience, and the army comes from the people, so of course it is to ensure the people's lives, then it becomes an equal cycle, to get the army's allegiance and obedience, you need to take care of the people, with the support of the people, there will be a source of soldiers.
"In a decade or two, it will not be difficult for the total population of the empire to exceed 100 million, and it may even reach 300 million. An increase in population means a shrinking living space, do you know what to do at that time? ”
"I know, just like my dad is doing, constantly expanding the territory."
"That's right, but you also have to have that kind of environment to expand your territory. If you want to expand your territory, you need not only to have an empire but also to have internal stability. You also need to know how to find the right enemy. The persimmon picks the soft one first, just like you Lao Tzu and I take the Baiyue tribes who are the easiest to open, easily occupy such a large piece of land, develop and build those lands, get the resources they want in those lands, and let those lands have production. Once you've accumulated enough resources, you can pick new enemies for the next round. ”
"Is it the ongoing battle with the Hu people?"
"That's right, it's a war with the Hu people, but the war with the Hu people doesn't belong to picking soft persimmons. So, don't expect to be all soft persimmons to expand your territory. Every time a war starts, we must be mentally prepared to fight a hard war and a protracted war, do not underestimate any enemy, and take every war seriously. ”
"Then Dad went to Parthia and Bactria, did he want to unite them against the Hu?"
"These two countries are a little far away from us, their hands can't stretch that long, and they also belong to the Hu people according to our ethnic concept."
"Got it. And what about Wusun? The boy heard that Usun was not far from our enemies. ”
"Wusun? A short-term alliance is good, but we deal with the Huns and other Hu people, and then it will be Wusun's turn. ”
"Is this what Dad said about the fact that there are no friends between countries, and that there are only interests between countries?"
"It is the friendship between countries that only depends on whether the interests are in line with each other.
Teach children all the way. Lu Zhe's way of teaching his son is also a bit special, telling not a fairy tale, and basically rarely talking about peace and harmony, except that some national policies are to expand the children's horizons.
Yan Bi, who followed beside him, complained in his heart countless times. Lu Zhe did not intend to instill certain ideas into the people under his rule, but as a father, he has been instilling and implanting bloody expansion ideas into his son.
In fact, Yan Bi knows a fart, Lu Zhe's heirs are destined to be different in identity from the moment they are born, and ordinary people are ordinary people. A prince is a prince. Ordinary people don't need to deliberately emphasize anything, whether it is to live and work in peace and contentment, or to make meritorious achievements. There are a lot of options. As a prince, they don't have too much choice, and there is nothing to live and work in peace and contentment, so they should take on the natural responsibility of the status of a prince, whether they are the heirs of the empire, or they are divided into the feudal kings of a place, they should have the consciousness of opening up outward expansion and opening up living space for the ethnic group.
Yan Bi complained in his heart, and he should still be reminded: "Your Majesty, the Palace of Light is coming." ”
Why be reminded? Lu Zhe has his own eyes to see, so he doesn't know where he goes. However, Yan Bi's reminder is actually a directive, what kind of posture should be put on on what kind of occasion, now I want to meet the Parthian envoy and the Bactrian envoy, and the envoys of the two countries are also honestly standing in front of the steps of the Hall of Light under the constraints of the officials on the side of the Hongru Pavilion and waiting, it should always be to show the honor guard, right?
"Forget it this time, the strength is not something that can be supported by the honor guard," Lu Zhe waved his hand to stop the busy work of the group of soldiers and maids: "Just go over like a walk." ”
Yan Bi opened his mouth and was a little stunned, and finally said: "Also, the two barbarian countries really can't afford to be Huanghuang etiquette. ”
Look, it's barbaric or something at every turn, it's very vigorous, right? However, the truth is that way, as far as the current year is concerned, the Huaxia tribe is qualified to look down on anyone, who allowed Lu Zhe to build a powerful empire, and the empire's army has repeatedly defeated the alien race on the battlefield.
Lu Zhe and the others got closer, and the officials of the Hongru Pavilion began to remind those in Parthia and Bactria what kind of etiquette to do.
A group of people who looked completely different from the Chinese ethnic group, including Persians with wheat-colored skin and Greeks with white skin and yellow hair, put on the etiquette of the Chinese people under the command of the officials of the Hongru Pavilion.
I didn't let those people in the two countries kneel, it was just according to the Chinese kind of bending over, stretching out the arms up 35 degrees, and bowing with the palms of both hands, after all, there is not much kneeling etiquette in any country now, whether it is Huaxia or Central Asia, Europa, kneeling at every turn is something that only slaves do.
"See His Majesty the Emperor!"
Lu Zhe listened to a group of people with strange accents, strange dresses, and strange people, greeting with very standard Chinese etiquette, and the response was to nod slightly, and then walked on the steps leading to the gate of the Hall of Light.
The Hall of Light, not that this palace is bright or anything, its scale is actually much smaller than any palace in Miyagi, but it is probably the first and only building in the world to be assembled with transparent glass.
The building is made of transparent glass on all sides of the building, so you can see everything from the outside or from the inside, and there is almost no dead end at noon, and the sunlight is usually a reflection of white light.
According to Lu Zhe, the building is a palace with a black polished stone floor, but it is generally a green of planted plants, and there are even artificial streams flowing inside......
A group of people from Parthia and Bactria behaved very humbly, although they were in a hurry all the way, but when they entered the Chinese mainland, they should always be able to see a lot of things, and they saw a post-war decline in Qindi along the way, but how could they see the original heritage.
If the envoys of Parthia and Bactria saw the essence of this strange group in Qindi, and left Qindi to enter the territory where Lu Zhe had ruled for several years, what they saw was a thriving and astonishing population, and when they came to Nanling City, they were even more shocked by this city, and they knew the vastness of the territory of this Eastern Empire after calculating the route and knocking on the side.
Lu Zhe walked into the Hall of Light first, and then entered the building, and a group of hillbillies observed everything they could see with magical eyes, they didn't understand what glass was, and they didn't understand how there were fruit trees in this building that would grow fruit in the current season.
"This country is not only vast and populous, it is far more magical than we imagined."
"Is it magical? It's just a technique to control the growth of plants, and the Babylonian Empire in our history also had such a technique, and built the great hanging gardens, which is also the kind of transparent thing that looks magical. ”
"Doesn't seem to be the time to say that?"
"Yes, I hope this is a good start." (To be continued......)