A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 561 A Hundred Years

The rise and fall of dynasties has its own reasons and cannot be changed by human forces.

The same is true for Daqian Jiangshan. After Xiaowei Emperor Wang Zhuo succeeded to the throne, he could no longer implement reforms, but he also used his own way to make Daqian Jiangshan continue to be strong.

Emperor Xiaowei fought in the south and north, suppressing the nobles and powerful people at home, and attacking the Xiongnu and Xianbei externally. A head-on blow to Xianbei, which is growing in strength.

Daqian's powerful force once again overwhelmed all parties, and the entire dynasty flourished like the scorching sun.

In the fifty-first year of the Lingwu period of the Daqian Dynasty, Emperor Xiaowei Wang Zhuo passed away and was given the posthumous title of Xiaowei.

Emperor Xiaowei stabilized the four sides, but did not open up new territories. He only temporarily suppressed conflicts. After his death, the power of Daqian State inevitably declined.

After Emperor Xiaowei, Prince Wang Zhang succeeded to the throne as Emperor Jing.

Emperor Jing succeeded to the throne at the age of fifty-four. At this time, after years of war, the world was already somewhat exhausted. Emperor Jing began to engage in frivolous corvee and low taxes, and recuperated with the people.

But what he didn't know was that wealthy families and nobles were also taking advantage of the opportunity to develop rapidly.

Emperor Jing reigned for eighteen years. During this period, because the court and the people were resting and recuperating, the society developed rapidly, and because the nobles and powerful men did not dare to act recklessly, the people's lives were pretty good.

Next, Prince Wang Zhen succeeded to the throne as Emperor Yi. Emperor Yi continued his father's policy of recuperation. During Emperor Yi's period, academies flourished and culture flourished. Therefore, there are many virtuous people writing books and biographies, hoping to pass down their writings and make them famous for generations to come.

However, these famous officials did not pay attention to the people or their sufferings. Instead, they praised each other with beautiful articles, which was very satisfying.

Although the Daqian Empire is declining, it is still not something that anyone around can peep into. Daqian's army is still strong.

Daqian, who was knighted for military merit, fought in the north and south. On the surface, it was still prosperous, but the underlying foundation had begun to gradually deteriorate.

Emperor Xiaoyi reigned for fifteen years and then died in Shangyang Palace.

Prince Wang Wei succeeded to the throne as Emperor Su. At this time, the land problem in Daqian was already very serious. The royal family is aware of the situation of the people at the bottom, but has no way to change it.

This ancient empire was breathless under the pressure of a population of 130 million. Even if the imperial court continued to migrate people, in this era of limited productivity, the carrying capacity of the land was limited. In addition, powerful nobles and noble families occupied a large amount of land, and a large number of refugees began to appear.

In this case, Emperor Xiaosu could only impose severe punishments, while once again supporting the pioneering nobles, and this time his support was stronger.

In addition, Emperor Xiaosu also strongly supported overseas immigration. Since the establishment of the Fuso Islands a hundred years ago, the imperial court has immigrated overseas to more than one million people.

The purpose is to alleviate domestic conflicts between man and land. But now it seems that the immigration rate is still a bit slow. After all, the vast majority of people cannot leave their hometown.

If they want to go overseas where their future is unknown, they would rather become servants of powerful families.

Even when the imperial court recruited people to explore overseas, these people fled to the mountains one after another to escape, or became slaves.

The situation of the world is also seen by young scholars who have just entered their official careers. After becoming officials, they are eager to change the current situation. As a result, the call for reform sounded again, and this time the call was louder than ever before.

But Emperor Xiaosu did not dare to reform. He now knew the situation of Dagan very well. Once the reform failed, Dagan would have major changes. If there was no reform, Dagan could continue to exist.

Emperor Xiaosu knew that he did not have the strength to complete the reform, so even if he wanted to reform, he did not dare to make any changes. However, although we dare not reform, we still need to do things such as checking the officials and governing them.

Emperor Xiaosu reigned for twenty-one years and then died. He has been strict with himself all his life and tried his best to suppress noble, powerful and official families. For more than twenty years, land annexation and suppression have been carried out across the world, but the country's conflicts still cannot be resolved.

After Wang Wei died, Prince Wang Xun succeeded to the throne. Although Wang Xun wanted to achieve great things, it was a pity that he passed away after only three years on the throne. However, Wang Xun did not die young. Who made his ancestors live longer than the last, but they all died in their sixties?

His father died at the age of seventy-four, and when he succeeded to the throne, he was already fifty-five. His son had better luck and succeeded to the throne at the age of thirty-nine.

Because Wang Xun had not been in power for a long time and had not made any great achievements, the courtiers could only give him a posthumous title based on his own moral character, so he followed the rules of morality, thrift and propriety, etc. Posthumous title.

When Wang Yan succeeded to the throne, it had been more than 300 years since the founding of Daqian. Even with the continuous efforts of the royal family, Daqian has begun to decline.

Seeing this situation, Wang Yan finally made up his mind and prepared for reform. He succeeded to the throne at the age of thirty-nine, when he was in the prime of life and full of energy. He felt that he could change the decline of Daqian.

The royal family also did not want to watch the decline of Daqian, and also wanted to work hard.

The emperor wanted reform, and so did the passionate scholars. As time went by, the proportion of Confucianism in Daqian Academy became higher and higher.

After three hundred years of development, Confucianism finally became the largest sect in the academy, Taoism became less and less, Mohism reluctantly supported it, and Legalism also began to accumulate.

After all, Legalist criminal law is too cumbersome. Over the years, the Academy has been seeking reforms to save Daqian. Legalist reforms could not solve the problem of Daqian. On the contrary, Confucianism continued to promote that the Confucian Datong society was the best way to reform.

Countless passionate scholars joined Confucianism and wanted to rely on Confucianism to reform the law and realize a truly harmonious society.

It is very difficult to realize a harmonious society. Confucian scholars have said that it must be restrained by noble virtues. If there are virtuous scholars who come to implement reforms, they can be impartial and selfless.

If it is restricted by law, it can be implemented. However, the royal family knew that the reform was very important and must be carried out with caution, so they continued to discuss it.

At this time, the world had reached a point where it had to be reformed. Some radical scholars even wrote a letter saying: "The world is exhausted, the people are in poverty, the poor have no place to stand, and the rich are connected by streets and thousands of buildings. If we don't change the system at this time, we will not be able to survive." How can the country be maintained, how can the glory of Zhu Xia be continued!"

"When the world declines, the destiny of heaven will come to an end. If it does not change, it will perish."

Scholars all over the world have made the above remonstrances. Although these scholars cannot see the destiny, they can see that there is a big problem in the world now. If there is no change, the world will perish. Even noble and official families don't want to perish. The restructuring seemed to be the will of the imperial court.

Seeing the situation of the government and the public, and countless passionate scholars, the royal family finally decided to give it a try.

PS: It’s just one chapter today, let’s sort out my thoughts.

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