Established a thousand-year family from the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 631 The Republic and the Emperor ([-])

When Princess Jane was dispatching troops and preparing to go to the Spice Islands to suppress the rebels, she found an officer reading a book called "Fa Xian Wang".

This is a book written by a Yan State thinker. The content of the story is roughly: We Yan State must learn the traditional virtues of our ancestor Kang's era, restore the system of our ancestor Kang's era, and give guild representatives more parliamentary power.

This is a standard "reform of the ancient system". The guilds dare not directly ask for power from the nobles, and can only use the name of Yan's former king Kang to wave the flag for their own reforms.

This kind of behavior is essentially no different from the fact that the gentry in the Central Plains yelled every day that the emperor should learn from the ancient emperors Yao, Shun and Yu.

They all dare not say clearly that they want to share power and want to join the power game, so they use a certain standard of political correctness to put their own interest demands on this standard, and use this correct standard to support their own interests. Cover up interest claims.

I don't want power, I just hope that the rulers can learn from Yao, Shun and Yu/ancestor Wang Kang.

As for whether the Yao, Shunyu/Wang Kang period was the one I described, it is not important. What is important is that I think that period is like this, and that period is our right, so we must reform in this way.

Wang Kang in Yan State is like Yao, Shun and Yu in the Central Plains. It is naturally politically correct. If you want to reform, you have to say that the ancient Wang Kang period was like that, so we should do the same.

[Tuogu Restructuring] This is the case. Togu is only a means, and reform is the purpose. Togu can entrust Yao, Shunyu, or Wang Kang. The specific entrustment depends on the local area, and who is more correct.

Although there were no guilds at all during the period of Ancestor Kang, this did not prevent the guilds from advocating the prosperity of the guild during the period of Ancestor Kang, and hoped that the nobles of Yan Kingdom could improve the status of the guild.

Although there were no scholar-bureaucrats at all in the Yao, Shun and Yu periods, this did not prevent them from advocating the character of the scholars in the Yao, Shun and Yu periods, and hoped that the monarch could improve the status of the scholars.

Some local scholar-bureaucrats and divine servants of the Yan Kingdom also began to describe Wang Kang as an ancient sage, and then used this described standard to impose moral requirements on the nobles of the Yan Kingdom.

In ancient times, Xianjun Kang was very wise and considerate of his subjects. You nobles, as the descendants of Xianjun Kang, how could you not do the wise things I said?Wouldn't that be betraying your own ancestors?

The country of Yan gradually formed its own civilization and began to become independent from the Chinese civilization. It was no longer a member of the Chinese civilization, but formed a brand new civilization.

This civilization has its own Yao, Shunyu (Wang Kang, Wang Taihao, Wang Tairan), its own Duke of Zhou (ancestor Wang Jue), its own Emperor Wen of Han (Yan Xu), its own Shang Tang and Zhou Wu (Wang Bian), and its own civilization. Qin Huang Han Wu (Wang Lian), had his own Xia Jie and Shang Zhou (Wang Ting), had his own moral value system (holy religion), had his own social system (noble parliamentary republic), and had his own civilization history (Yan China's official history books, Wang's family history), has its own nation (Shenzu, Yanzu), has its own schools of thought (Hundreds of Revival), has its own language (Yanyu, Yanwen), has its own Etiquette culture (Yanli, Yansu) has its own myths and legends (Fengshenbang, Journey to the West).

Although the written language of Yan State has similarities with the Central Plains, many parts have been originalized over the years.

For example, the character [Kang] written by Wang Kang is no longer written in the Central Plains. In the country of Yan, the character [Kang] is a self-created character. This character looks like a holy god is creating the world.

Wang Kang’s [Kang] character was created by himself, while the ordinary [Kang] character still retains the appearance of the Western Han Dynasty, but it is no longer Wang Kang’s [Kang], the ancestor Wang Kang’s [Kang] is a special An extremely holy word that I created myself.

Not only the characters are self-created, but the language is also self-created. Yan State created a kind of [Divine Language/Holy Language], and mixed this language into the Chinese language of Yan State for integration, resulting in a similarity with the language of the Central Plains. the difference.

However, [Sacred Words/Holy Words] are mainly used in sacrifices, and no one usually speaks them, because this kind of self-created holy words are deliberately made very awkward in order to sound a godly and holy feeling.

This is the scariest thing, it is no longer a simple vassal state, but a completely self-contained civilization.

Not only that, the scholars of Yan State miss the period of Wang Kang, Wang Taihao, and Wang Tairan very much, and believe that this is the period of the three ancient sage kings.

At the same time, Wang Jue was also a figure like Duke Zhou and Confucius in the country of Yan. Some scholars in the country of Yan remembered: "Wang Jue was not born in the sky, and eternity is like a long night!"

The female emperor Jian is a figure like Tang, Zhou and Wu of Shang, saving all the people in the world from fire and water, and replacing immorality with virtue.

Female Monarch Lian is a figure like the Qin Emperor and Han Wu, and her evaluation is divided into two levels. Some people think that she is an eternal emperor who expanded the territory, while others think that she is a military tyrant.

The monarch Wang Ting, just like Xia Jie, Shang Zhou and Yang Guang, was completely nailed to the pillar of shame in history.

Monarch Yan Xu, just like Emperor Wen of Han, is the top cultural monarch of Yan State.

After reading the book "Fa Xian Wang", Princess Zhen also has her own thoughts. Since everyone regards the three ancient sage kings (Wang Kang, Wang Taihao, and Wang Tairan) as the highest moral standard, why can't she change the old system? In the name of three generations of sage kings, to change the status quo of Yan Kingdom?

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A kind of political view of "Fagu" represented by scholars in Xianyan, advocated imitating the words, deeds and systems of ancient sage kings, and the words must be called Wang Kang, Wang Taihao, and Wang Tairan.Scholars advocated benevolent government and "kang dao", and the model in their minds was the ancient saint Luo Wangkang.Or say: "Rules are the best of party members; saints are the best of human relations. If you want to be a king, you should do your best; if you want to be a minister, you should do your best. Both of them are just like Wang Kang. Do not use Kang to govern the people. Those who steal their people are also." The ancient sage Wang Kang was called "the first king" by the scholars of the early Yan.The benevolent government advocated by the scholars of Yan State is to follow the example of the previous kings and "do the government that can't bear people with a heart that can't bear people".In the eyes of scholars in Yan State, one must "follow the law of the former king and Kang" in order to govern, otherwise it is deviant, and can be punished by both human beings and gods.

Using a set of ideals and standards conceived by oneself to demand the real ruler is a means for the scholars of Yan to obtain the power of "pleading for the people". ——"General History of the World Song Dynasty Li Qingzhao"

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