People in the Ming Dynasty are lawless

Chapter 472: Ming Dynasty's Millennium Plan - National Awakening

Since I am a person from modern society.

We should understand this even more now that there is no supervision in the system.

If all power cannot be put into a stricter cage.

Then something will definitely happen that no one expects.

It is precisely because I understand this.

So Chen Han was very worried if he would not be able to do this in the future.

Then everyone will see that even with the best system, they can only watch him slide into an irreversible abyss.

It is precisely because he understands this that he really wants his grandfather to write all these things into the ancestral precepts.

Although there is no guarantee that people in the future will follow this ancestral teaching.

But at least it can allow some future officials to see that hundreds of years ago their ancestors had already helped them figure out how to avoid situations where the system could not control power.

After Chen Han finished explaining his words, Zhu Yuanzhang and Crown Prince Zhu Biao were both very happy.

They knew that Chen Han came from modern society, so he should have seen more things.

Believing in Chen Han is the only and completely right thing they can do now.

Lao Zhu asked again, "So how do you think we can solve this problem of number four?"

Chen Han said very firmly, "If he continues to talk nonsense and sabotage the reform, then don't blame the court for punishing him by spreading rumors and misleading the people.

You must not be lenient with such people. Once you are lenient with them, they will become even more aggressive. "

Chen Han understood very well that some people were indeed hopeless.

They don't care at all whether the reform is good or not.

They only know that reforms and changes are bad, and they don't care about the benefits of the current reforms and changes for the people.

They always think that anything that is bad for civil servants is bad for everyone.

Just as No. 4 said in this report, with certainty.

The reforms we are seeing now are very good for the people, but if we cannot control them, things will definitely be very good in the future.

We don’t know if it will be bad in the future, so it’s best to put an end to it now.

That means one thing, no matter what he will become in the future.

Anyway, I realized that he might become a bad person, so I tried to contain him first.

What this means is that no matter how good he is now, he will definitely become bad in the future.

If everything is done in this way, then there is no need to establish any systems.

Because all systems are good when they are first implemented.

But as time changes, it will become more and more uncontrollable.

Because of changes in the environment and time, many things will change.

Some policies are indeed good, but if they do not change with time and circumstances.

It will inevitably become a burden because it cannot adapt to the current environment.

This is inevitable.

Because things change, the system will become more and more rigid.

In the process of rigidification, its backwardness will be revealed.

Then we must modify policies as time goes by and as new things emerge. This is the truly correct concept.

Instead of cutting it off like number 4.

Because I know things might get worse in the future.

So I'm going to kill it in the current environment.

If that's the case, then he might as well just write it on it.

As long as you don't listen to our civil servants, everything may go wrong.

The good policies formulated by our civil servants will be implemented unchanged for eternity. This is what he actually meant.

He still felt that only the policies formulated by their civil servants could be implemented forever without change.

If he must do this, then let him know.

Now this system must be implemented. If you don't object, then we will get rid of you first.

Old Zhu looked at Chen Han with interest. "You come from the modern era. You once said that human life is very valuable nowadays. Then why do you think that a person's life is so worthless when you come to our Ming Dynasty? You want to get rid of him?"

This is what Lao Zhu is very interested in, and he also wants to make things difficult for Chen Han.

Chen Han immediately replied: "Old man, you have to understand the era I was in. The reason why everyone thought human life was very important.

It’s because everyone cherishes the country and everything it gives.

Everyone works hard to maintain it.

We know how many lives were sacrificed and how much blood was shed before we finally had a peaceful and stable environment.

But it was different in the Ming Dynasty. The officials in the Ming Dynasty were different from the officials in our country.

Officials of the Ming Dynasty always thought about whether they could sacrifice others to maintain themselves.

To put it bluntly, due to the lack of national awakening, what they think in their hearts is actually different from what we think.

If you are really interested, old man, I can give you some bloody facts.

Let you understand why the officials nowadays are different from the officials in our time.

The people today are different from the people back then.

Of course, your three views will probably be overturned after listening to it.

I didn’t want to tell you this before because I didn’t want to discourage you.”

Seeing Chen Han speak so confidently, he felt that continuing would undermine his confidence.

The old man wanted to know more at this time.

Because he was a little unconvinced.

Chen Han always says that modern society is better than his Ming Dynasty.

But he had not seen it and he had not heard of it.

He has only come into contact with one time traveler, Chen Han, and now he is very interested in him.

I want to talk about what Chen Han is proud of.

"You tell me something. I want to broaden my horizons. Let's see if what you said can subvert me."

Chen Han said: "Okay, since that's what you want to hear, I'll tell you.

The reason why everyone in modern society cherishes their own country is because of the true national awakening.

The concept of national awakening was triggered by some wars at that time.

It is precisely because of the awakening of the nation that there will be no emperor."

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he broke out in a cold sweat.

He fought wars all his life, overthrew the Yuan Dynasty and became emperor himself.

He has done so many things, eliminating those who don't listen to him and those who share his rights, just to concentrate all the power in his own hands.

In the future, my children and grandchildren will also be able to have such rights.

But now Chen Han says that there was no emperor in their time.

Even Crown Prince Zhu Biao, who was so open-minded, was a little shocked at this moment.

I didn't expect that hundreds of years later, such earth-shaking changes would take place in the Central Plains.

Chen Han continued: "The country will be more stable after the people awaken.

Because the people feel that the country belongs to them.

The country has its own share.

If the country is better, we will be better.

So we work hard to build our country.

Work hard to protect your country.

If any foreigners want to invade us, we will unite our forces and fight them back.

We are proactive, we have the energy of self-awareness. We know that defeating the enemy is to protect our own property.

So you know the biggest difference between people of our generation and those of the Ming Dynasty, right? "

Chen Han looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and Crown Prince Zhu Biao, both of whom were actually lost in thought at this moment.

They are all smart people.

Very, very smart person.

I understood one thing in an instant.

But before they could say anything, Chen Han said directly, "Whether it was the Ming Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty, or even the Song Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty, the common people and the emperor were separated.

Even the common people would feel that the imperial court belongs to you, the Zhaos, the Zhus, the Lis, and not to us.

So the emperor can be changed at will, they don’t care.

It is impossible to make the common people follow the imperial court.

Because the imperial court will always be a piece of meat in the mouths of the scholar-official class.

The scholar-official class can bite however they want.

But the common people could not share these, and could only use their own flesh and blood to fill the mouths of the scholar-officials and the emperor. "

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang and Crown Prince Zhu Biao fell into deep fear.

Especially Zhu Yuanzhang.

He used to be an ordinary person and he deeply agreed with what Chen Han said.

When he was an ordinary citizen, he felt that the world belonged to the Yuan Dynasty court, not to us ordinary people.

They can do whatever they want to us, they don't care whether we live or die.

After he overthrew the Yuan Dynasty, he also thought that the world belongs to us, the Zhu family, and no one can take it away.

Even those heroes who had fought with him to establish the empire could not snatch an ounce of power from him, let alone the common people.

The common people are just his slaves, just tools for him to maintain his power.

Not even a single bit of his rights can be taken away from him.

Chen Han continued: "It is precisely because we know that we are part of the country, and every bit of strength of the country is due to our strength.

So we can be the masters of our own house.

Since the country belongs to us, we should also participate in its future development strategies.

We also have the right to participate.

This is a nation-state, but the current Ming Dynasty is not like this.

The current Ming Dynasty is called the country of scholar-officials and emperors.

Therefore, the literati and the emperor could be replaced and rotated frequently.

Those who passed the imperial examination and were transformed from common people to scholar-officials could share with the emperor.

The sons born to the emperor can share with the emperor.

The emperor can share his wife’s father-in-law’s house with the emperor.

But we cannot share it with the people.

This is why during periods of regime change, ordinary people always stand by and watch.

Unless people who want to change their social class fight for their lives, ordinary people think it is none of our business.”

At this point, both of them were already very shocked.

I guess no one would have thought that a modern country could achieve this.

Even why the rulers of modern countries can generously give up power and allow many people to participate in the pool of full power.

This was something he couldn't imagine.

After Chen Han told him so much, he immediately changed the subject, "So if our Ming Dynasty wants to maintain long-term stability, we must give up more power.

We even have to awaken the nation.

Of course, we cannot allow extreme nationalism to awaken.

We must let our people know that the stronger the Ming Dynasty is, the better their lives will be.

They were part of the Ming Dynasty, so the purpose of the reform was to make the common people feel involved.

Let the people know that the current court is paying attention to them.

We even have to use newspapers, private schools, and education to let the common people know that we are part of the Ming Dynasty.

Although they cannot be forced to the point where they must replace the emperor and have the final say.

But as long as we can make the people feel that every bit of strength the court gains is due to our strength.

If we cherish everything the court has achieved now, we will become stronger and stronger.

The reason we do this is to make our Ming Dynasty stronger and stronger.

It is to ensure that our Ming Dynasty can have long-term stability, because we are now constantly expanding our territory. "

Even Zhu Yuanzhang and Crown Prince Zhu Biao did not expect that Chen Han would bring the topic to this extent.

In fact, they didn't know Chen Han at all. Even if today's incident hadn't happened, they would have put the issue of national awakening on the agenda.

Because as the Ming Dynasty began to expand its territory in various places, the management rules of the recovered territories became a very important matter.

If the Han nationality cannot be placed above other nationalities.

Then the people will not be interested in the recovered territory.

But if we tell them that the territories we have recovered belong to our entire nation.

And not just the court's.

Every bit and every inch of the recovered territory has the power of all of us Han people, so the sense of participation is different.

What does it mean to feel involved?

Simply tell the people, the reason why the current imperial court has the power to dominate the Indochina Peninsula, Japan, and the north is not only due to the power of the imperial court, but also you.

Every penny of taxes you pay turns into a weapon in the hands of our soldiers.

It is because of the taxes you pay that the soldiers have enough strength to conquer those territories.

So every time we conquer a territory, it is your contribution.

It’s because of your contribution.

Therefore, the court must reduce your taxes.

I must give you a better life.

For example, making infrastructure better, or even strengthening this nationalist awakening.

And every time a place is conquered, the people of the world must be rewarded.

Even if there are some policy rewards, that would be fine.

We must let the people know that it is because of our efforts that the court can become strong.

The reason why the imperial court is strong is because of our efforts.

There is a very good saying in psychology.

You want someone to feel strongly about something.

You have to make him feel involved. The more he participates, the more he can't let go.

The way to make people want to let go is to make them feel involved.

Where does their sense of participation come from?

You have to keep telling them.

Everything you do now can be turned into weapons and ammunition fired on the battlefield.

All your efforts will not be in vain.

Telling the people over and over again that they can get more.

It can make them feel involved and allow them to truly get into it.

This is the most important reason why they can't let go...

(End of this chapter)