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The core of Confucianism -- the true, authentic core, of course, not the core of Confucianism, which has metamorphosed into chicken soup for the soul, is a political school! It is the same as scientific communism that will plant the red flag all over the world in later generations!

The core of the original Confucianism is "revenge", the restoration of the weekly ceremony! In fact, it was to take the Western Zhou Dynasty as a model to establish a well-ordered feudal society. For example, kings and ministers, fathers and sons, respect and orderliness...... In the Ming and Qing dynasties, this set of things evolved into a set of "feudal etiquette" that only controlled the lower levels and could not control the upper classes, and the upper classes were liberalistic to themselves, and the lower classes were engaged in feudal oppression.

Such feudal etiquette, if Confucius saw it, kept and criticized it as "etiquette collapses and is happy". In fact, the Confucian ideal of "etiquette" is not only used to restrain the lower classes, but also to regulate the behavior of the upper classes, including the Son of Heaven himself.

Mencius said to King Qi Xuan, "The king regards his ministers as his siblings, and the ministers regard the king as his heart; The monarch regards the minister as a dog and a horse, and the minister regards the monarch as a countryman; The king regards his ministers as mustard, and the ministers regard him as an enemy. It is the criterion of the early Confucian desire to restore the rite. The kind that only requires subordinates to obey their superiors unconditionally, what "the king wants his ministers to die, and the ministers have to die." The slave theory that the father wants the son to die, and the son has to die" certainly did not exist in the Song Dynasty. Don't count on the earlier Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, when the relationship between monarchs and ministers was also about reciprocity of rights and obligations.

From a certain point of view, the so-called "collapse of etiquette" refers to the asymmetry of rights and obligations between various social strata and between the upper and lower levels. Some of them only enjoy their rights, but do not fulfill their obligations. Others lose their rights and become the object of brutal oppression.

And the root of the cycle of chaos in Chinese civilization. That's it!

It is the Southern Song Dynasty, which is now dying and about to be replaced by Chen Ming. The reason for its decline and demise is actually the asymmetry of rights and obligations -- the obligation of scholars to practice martial arts and join the army was forcibly lifted by the emperor of the Zhao family. Since the Song Dynasty, there has been a very strange phenomenon in the Han Dynasty, the scholar class, who holds the main wealth and power of the country, has no obligation to defend the country!

It can be said that the ideal of Confucius and Mencius, the Restoration of the Zhou Rite, is right! It was also right to build a well-ordered feudal society. But they looked in the right direction, but they couldn't find the right way.

And those later generations of Confucianists who thought they had inherited the way of Confucius and Mencius did not take the road more and more crookedly. It's just that there is no direction at all. No longer use the ritual system to establish a well-ordered feudal society, but blindly use power to establish a strong and ostensibly consolidated dynasty. And the core of this "imperial power technique" is the word "prevention", guarding against all people and nipping all dangers in the bud...... Because of the collapse of etiquette and the absence of a feudal order that everyone follows, even if the king holds all the power in his hands, he still feels that it is not very safe, and those who have talent, ability, strength, and wealth, even if they are close relatives. It is also considered a danger.

Only pedantic and useless people can rest assured that they can grasp some power and be called as slaves. It began to be practiced in the Tang Dynasty and fully matured in the Song Dynasty. and dominated the imperial examination system of the Song, Ming and Qing dynasties, which was to turn smart people into stupid people and strong people into weak scholars who were powerless...... The result was a great disaster. Especially when foreign enemies invaded, they were afraid of the Celestial Empire. It's vulnerable.

And Chen Dexing wants Huaxia to jump out of the cycle of chaos and make Huaxia the world. It is also necessary to reinstate the rite of reciprocity - the ritual of reciprocity of rights and obligations. Only by recovering the rites can the root cause of the king's ignorance and weakness be completely eliminated, and only when the people are strong can the country prosper for a long time.

In addition, on the basis of refuge, Chen Dexing will gradually establish aristocratic democracy, and formulate a truly effective constitution, there will be constitutionalism and democracy in the future, and it will also be able to let the people supervise the imperial court supervision officials as the Red Dynasty Taizu wished, so that the country can jump out of the cyclical law.

However, it is a huge project to formulate and implement a set of "ritual music system" that keeps pace with the times, and the greatest difficulty lies not in formulating "rites", but in getting hundreds of millions of Chinese people to accept "Chen Li" and engrave "Chen Li" into their souls and become an important part of their lives.

It's a business that will take decades to implement slowly. If it can be successful, Chen Dexing can be regarded as a real reinvention of China!

Thinking of this, Chen Dexing fell into contemplation again, and he didn't even notice that Chen Qianyi led Liu Xiaoyuan over. It was Yang Po'er who reminded: "King, the Yuan envoy Liu Xiaoyuan is here." ”

Chen Dexing raised his head and saw Liu Xiaoyuan frowning, as if he was full of thoughts. Chen Dexing nodded at Zhao Fu beside him, and ordered: "Chen Li is a big thing, and it must be carefully considered and implemented step by step...... Mr. Jiang Han, you should take a good look at it for King Gu. ”

"Okay, the king's orders, the ministers have all taken them to heart, and when they return to Yanjing, can they find some more sages to refer to?"

Chen Dexing nodded and said, "You should be like this...... Remember to find the Ink Shadow Girl. ”

"I know." Zhao Fu saluted and turned to leave. The conversation between Chen Dexing and Liu Xiaoyuan is the highest secret!

Chen Dexing beckoned Liu Xiaoyuan to step forward.

Liu Xiaoyuan stepped forward to give a salute, Chen Dexing nodded lightly, and asked, "Have you thought about it?" Will you stay with the Lone King, or will you go to the West? ”

Now there are two choices in front of Liu Xiaoyuan, a big spy: one is to stay in Daming, his credit is not small, there is no problem with being a marquis, and his talent is not bad, and it is natural to be a big official.

The second is to continue to follow Kublai Khan and go to the West to open up a new world -- at present, Kublai Khan trusted Liu Xiaoyuan very much, and Kublai Khan also listened to Liu Xiaoyuan's slander and prepared to use Han people to govern the people in the Western Regions. If Liu Xiaoyuan goes to the Western Regions, maybe he will have the opportunity to become the prime minister.

Liu Xiaoyuan saluted again, "The minister wants to go to the Western Regions!" ”

Chen Dexing was silent for a moment, nodded and said, "It's okay...... You can go to the Western Regions for the phase. ”

Liu Xiaoyuan's expression remained unchanged, and he just said in a low voice: "The minister is in Mengying, and his heart is clear. ”

Chen Dexing smiled and said, "The Lone King knows, the Lone King knows...... Mingjing, have you ever thought about where to take Kublai Khan's Mongol army? ”

Kublai Khan still had about 130,000 Mongols in his hands and 20,000 Han troops, and he lost the most than 20% on the way to the Hetao. So that at least 120,000 people can be in place. In addition, Kublai Khan still has a certain strength in Guanzhong, Lingzhou Road and Beshibali. It is still possible to raise 150,000 troops and millions of people to go west. Among them, there are many craftsmen who can make fire guns and H medicines. If it is sorted out, the Hülegü and Be'er brothers in the west, as well as the forces of Europe and the Heavenly Fang Sect, will have a headache.

"The minister did not think about where to lead Kublai Khan's army." Liu Xiaoyuan glanced at Chen Dexing, "Is there any good place for the king?" ”

There are good places to go!

Chen Dexing nodded with a smile and said, "The places to go in the West are nothing more than Tianzhu, Dashi, and Flynn. Among them, Tianzhu has a very hot climate, which is not suitable for the life of Mongolians, and the lonely king has already made arrangements. ”

Tianzhu is India, and it was a bit dirty and messy in later generations, but in the 13th century, it was definitely a good place to go after the Central Plains. But it can't be given to Kublai Khan, because Chen Dexing plans to let his father and brothers help the Indian people.

Liu Xiaoyuan said: "The minister understands, the minister will not lead Kublai Khan into Tianzhu." ”

"Flynn is a good place to go, but Flynn has a large population and rich land, if it is taken by Kublai Khan, I am afraid that it will become the capital of Mongolia's revival."

At this time, there was actually nothing in Europe, just a group of country knights and turtle kings, and it was still early before the Renaissance or something. But Chen Dexing, who came from later generations, knew that the potential of European Christian civilization was huge! Once it is revived, it is likely to become the strongest and biggest competitor in the world.

In addition, Europe is now characterized by a large number of small and poor countries. And these small and poor countries are not weak militarily. It was not that they could hold back the Mongol conquests, but that they would make the conquistador's price incommensurate with the gains, and make the conquest a loss-making business – 13th-century Europe was too poor to be at a loss.

Since the conquest was at a loss, it was natural that the submission of small European countries would have become Kublai Khan's first choice. But in this way, it is equivalent to putting Europe under the protection of Mongolia, and Europeans can also absorb the nutrients of Chinese civilization through Mongolia, and maybe the Renaissance will be advanced!

That's a bit of a hassle! Chen Dexing does not have a good habit of cultivating competitors......

Therefore, Chen Dexing's plan was to put European countries directly under the "protection" of the Ming Empire, so that they could be turned into colonies of the Ming Dynasty. If conditions permit, certain European countries can also be Chineseized.

"The king means to ask Kublai Khan to go to the Great Eclipse?" Liu Xiaoyuan frowned, "But that's Hülegü's territory." ”

"No," Chen Dexing shook his head and said with a smile: "The Great Food Country has always had three centers, Two Rivers, Persia and Egypt. The Lone King has a map of the Great Food Country here, and I can give you a copy. The Two Rivers and Persia were now in the hands of Hülegü, and Egypt was still under the control of the Mamluk dynasty of the Celestial Sect. Kublai Khan could defeat them, take possession of Egypt, possess all of North Africa, or even cross the North African desert and invade the heart of Africa. He could have been the Great Khan of Egypt! ”

Kublai Khan, Great Khan of Egypt! Or the Egyptian pharaoh Kublai Khan I is also good......

Liu Xiaoyuan thought for a while and arched his hand: "The minister must try his best to lure Kublai Khan to Egypt." It's just that...... In the future, after Kublai Khan entered Egypt, how should he govern Egypt? ”

Chen Dexing smiled: "King Gu only said one suggestion, Kublai Khan may be able to follow the example of Dali, govern the heart with Buddhism, and govern people with Confucianism." (To be continued......)