Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 721 Family-State Debate and Nationalism

From the side of the family to give birth to a son, Wang Xuan, the patriarch of the Wang family in Taiyuan, heard the decree sent by the court to Hedong.

The court decided to depose the entire officialdom in Hedong, and dispatched Yushi and Zhongshushe people to inspect the prefectures and counties in turn, to review the experience of being a thief during the time when Shi Siming in Anlu Mountain was in charge of Hedong, and the officials who were deeply involved All dismissed.

In addition, the Ministry of Punishment also issued an official document, and determined the standard of five unpardonables. All officials who assisted the two Anshi thieves during the rebellion will be punished, and they will never be pardoned.

This punishment is not only for the person himself, but the three generations of blood relatives who are punished will also be imprisoned to become officials, and those who have already become officials will be prosecuted and deprived of their official status.

Wang Xuan really did not expect that the court's punishment for the officials in Hedong would be so severe, so severe that they would not give any leeway.

Even Wang Jun, who had a lot of criticisms about Limai, couldn't help but ask after hearing such severe punishments:

"Isn't Chaotang too strict? Aren't you afraid that the Three Towns of Hedong will be separated from their virtues?"

Jiashengzi knelt on the ground and said:
"There is another order from the court, which exempts Hedong from taxes for two years."

Wang Xuan murmured, "Chaotang is really a big deal."

Wang Jun couldn't help looking at Wang Xuan, the patriarch of the Wang family. Among the officials in Hedong, there are many descendants of the Wang family, and many officials are related to the Wang family.

Such a severe confinement order by the court today can be said to be a considerable blow to the Taiyuan Wang family.

However, Wang Jun smiled and said: "Chaotang's doing this is indeed to clean up Hedong, but the world is so big, is it that only Hedong needs to be cleaned up?"

"My Taiyuan Wang family has been passed down to this day, and I have survived the time of Wuhu Chaohua. Can this world be more chaotic than that time?"

Wang Xuan calmed down and said: "Those who have poor official voices and those who have been in collusion with the two Anshi thieves will be expelled from the clan immediately. If there are any criminals, they will be sent to the government immediately. The family will never tolerate it!"

"The sons of righteous men in the family who died because they opposed An Lushan and Shi Siming were all recruited to study in the ethnology school."

Wang Jun looked at the head of the Wang family, and suddenly understood why this family can be passed down to this day. These aristocratic families have already accumulated countless countermeasures, and they can survive the change of dynasty, let alone this little party.

A top family like Taiyuan Wang's is naturally not afraid of the court's confinement order, but some wealthy families in the north that have all bet on An Shi can't be so relaxed.

For a long time, Datang has been very contemptuous of the families in Hedong, and the number of Jinshi in the Imperial Examination in Hedong is far smaller than that in other regions.

These families in Hedong can only go to Anlu Mountain and Shi Siming's Jiedu envoy in exchange for the power of the family.

Among them, many families placed heavy bets on the two of them, and helped the Jiedu envoy's mansion to do a lot of things.

Chaotang's liquidation of Hedong is not only to sweep them out of the officialdom of Hedong, but also to imprison them for three generations. This is absolutely intolerable for the rich families of Hedong.

An undercurrent surged in Hedong Town, but Yu Chixin and Qin Chuan saw all of this.

Yu Chixin's action of dividing the land and relocating the powerful families in Fanyang Town has completely relocated the entire large-scale clan in Fanyang to outside the Great Wall.

Yu Chixin was gearing up for such a relocation order in Taiyuan, but was stopped by the court.

The reason is naturally that Hedong has just been settled. If such a large-scale relocation order is implemented, I am afraid that those aristocratic families who have just surrendered will lead the people of Hedong to make trouble again.

Both Yu Chixin and Qin Chuan believed that the court was weak, but what Fang Guoshou said made them give up the idea of ​​continuing to implement the relocation order.

Fang Guoshou said: "Hedong and Fanyang have different terrains. The whole of Shanxi has many mountains and little land. Even a powerful family doesn't have much land. What standard do you use to move?"

Fang Guoshou also said: "The clans in Hedong are different from those in other regions. The farming conditions in Shanxi are not good. In fact, since the Tang Dynasty, these families have basically been engaged in business."

Qin Chuan asked, "Shanxi merchants?"

"Basically, Taiyuan Mansion has always been an important trade center in the north. Do you know with whom Taiyuan Mansion mainly trades with?"

"Grassland? These traitors! Just like Shanxi merchants!"

Fang Guoshou said: "Even in the Song and Ming dynasties, this kind of commerce was unavoidable. The huge benefits of trading in the grasslands are the basis for the continued prosperity of the Hedong family."

"This gang of traitors!" Yu Chi Xin also said.

Fang Guoshou shook his head and said: "The concept of family and country in this era is not exactly the same as the concept of modern family and country. For these aristocratic families, continuing the family is more important than ending the country."

"I haven't experienced the era of nationalist enlightenment, and the imperial court only represents the interests of some people. Taking Datang as an example, the current Datang imperial court is a colonial regime of Guanzhong egoism."

Yu Chixin and Qin Chuan looked at Fang Guoshou suspiciously.

Fang Guoshou said: "For the people in Hedong, the imperial court is the imperial court of the Guanzhong people. At most, the Gyeonggi area near Luoyang is counted. The purpose of the imperial court building the Grand Canal is to transport the grain from Jiangdong and the northern colonies to the Guanzhong area."

"The most prosperous Tang Dynasty was built on the exploitation of other regions by the Guanzhong region, and the Anshi Rebellion was the counterattack of the Hedong Group against the court."

"In the middle and late Tang Dynasty on the normal historical timeline, the feudal towns in various places were even more alienated from the imperial court. The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty in the late Tang Dynasty was just a bigger Guanzhong Jiedu envoy, let alone national identity."

Fang Guoshou said: "So the family country we are talking about is not the same thing as the family country in the eyes of scholars in this era."

"The modern concept of family and country is the concept of family and country reshaped by the struggle against aggression. In the era of the Tang Dynasty, there was no such national identity."

"At that time, Cui Qi strictly tried the officials who surrendered to Anlu Mountain in Luoyang, and was widely opposed by the court. Cui Qi is also considered a cruel official. In the concept of family and country in this era, the emperor abandoned his subjects and left Chang'an. It is the emperor that you abandoned your own people first, so it is not a crime to take refuge in Anlu Mountain."

"The same is true for the scholars in Hedong. It is the Tang court who is sorry for our scholars in Hedong. So whether we seek refuge in Anlu Mountain or the Hu people in the north, it is no problem."

Yuchixin and Qin Chuan were a little surprised, but thinking about the Hedong scholars they met, it seemed that they really thought this way.

Fang Guoshou said: "The problem of national identity in the Tang Dynasty, or the entire feudal dynasty, is difficult to solve the problem of national identity."

"Even during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, when the debate between Hua and Yi was the most important, Sima Qian and other scholars pleaded for him in the Li Ling incident. In the end, Emperor Wu failed to create a national identity. Later, Emperor Wu launched a war against the Huns, which was also recognized by later generations. According to the history books, it was a grand feat and an act of militarism."

"The national identity of the prosperous Tang Dynasty was also completely interrupted after the Anshi Rebellion. After that, many regions in the Tang Dynasty no longer recognized the banner of the Tang Dynasty, but gathered under the banner of the Jiedushi."

Both Yu Chixin and Qin Chuan were silent. They couldn't participate in this kind of topic of national identity.

Fang Guoshou said: "So I am going to write a "National Theory", first to subtly arouse the national identity of the scholars, and re-condense the national banner of the Tang Dynasty."

Yu Chixin asked: "Are you pointing out the technology of nationalism? Didn't you say that narrow nationalism is backward?"

Fang Guoshou smiled and said: "Being backward or advanced depends on the relationship of production. In modern society, the narrow nationalism is naturally backward, but in Datang, the most important thing to solve is the issue of ethnicity."

"The territory of Datang is vast enough, and it has surpassed the limit of the territory it once managed. That is to say, we have reached the limit since ancient times."

"If we want to continue to expand, we need a bigger banner. The best banner in this era is naturally nationalism."

"With the banner of nationalism, we can ensure the centripetal force of the ruling areas further afield."

Yu Chixin and Qin Chuan could only nod their heads half-understood, but since Fang Guoshou wanted to write a book, he had returned to his job as a professor.

However, seeing Fang Guoshou's ambitious appearance, Yu Chixin and Qin Chuan also understood that shaping national identity is something that can only be done by saints and sages, and it can almost be called the highest state of "creating words".

It's no wonder that Fang Guoshou is so excited, the temptation is too great.

After being in the "game" for so long, the players have some vague guesses in their hearts. I'm afraid this is not as simple as a game world.

Some time ago, a group of players who studied physics measured several of the most common constants in physics using the most advanced instruments that players could currently manufacture.

This includes Avogadro's constant and Planck's constant. These constants are exactly the same as those in the real world, and a large number of classical physics experiments can get results that are completely consistent with the real world.

Although this post on the forum was quickly deleted by the official, many keen players have already made some crazy guesses.

And the attitude of many people "playing games" has also quietly changed. Fang Guoshou wants to establish national identity and establish the words of the world.

Then Yu Chixin and Qin Chuan also looked at each other, what kind of achievements do they have to accomplish, so that they can live in this world in vain?

(End of this chapter)