At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 516: Gifts and the Concept of Private Property on a Continent

Ying Bu hesitated and said, "Could it be that some Chinese ancestors really went to the New World? You see, the natives of Southeast Asia are obviously much shorter than us Han people. The closest to us Han people are only a few hundred miles away by sea, and the farthest are only a thousand miles away by sea. The facial features and hair color of the people in India, the Western Regions, and even the Dingling people are completely different from us Han people. They are closer to us Han people, but they still look different from us Han people. Among the many ethnic groups in Han people, they are the most similar to us Han people."

Ji Bu said calmly: "It doesn't matter whether it's true or not, they are all Han people now. We Han people have never talked about bloodline, but only cultural identity. The emperor seems to be talking about bloodline, but in fact he is just looking for an excuse to let us Han people recognize these Hu people, and at the same time let these Hu people recognize us Han people."

Chen Xiao smiled and said, "When the fake is made real, the real becomes fake; when the real is made fake, the fake becomes real. As long as they worship the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors as their ancestors and the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors also enjoy their worship, then they are real Han people."

Lu Chen said: "Compared to blood identity, cultural identity is more important. Most of my Liaodong people are natives. Are we going to expel them from the Han nationality? What's the point of our decades of education? The world has been peaceful for more than ten years. Many people have forgotten the cruelty of war. Looking for an enemy out of nothing is simply a waste of time."

There are gains and losses in everything. Xu Fan has been promoting blood identity in recent years, coupled with the strong national strength of the Han Dynasty, but the Han Dynasty has not found a civilization more powerful than the Han Dynasty in its exploration of the world.

Pride began to swell into arrogance, and populist thoughts emerged, emphasizing pure-blooded Han people. The bloodline genealogy that Xu Fan used to assimilate other ethnic groups became a means for them to identify their identities.

Of course, this trend of thought was naturally suppressed by Xu Fan. The Han Dynasty was a multi-ethnic country. Doing this would not only divide the Han Dynasty, but would also make the Han Dynasty weaker.

Ji Bu and other princes had the same idea as Xu Fan. His Ji State had been rooted in the Western Regions for ten years, but the Han people in the country accounted for less than 40%, which means that most of the people in Ji State were foreigners. If they wanted to establish identity recognition and a nation-state, his Ji State would be torn apart.

Therefore, Ji Bu vigorously promoted compulsory education in Ji State. He recognized any citizen who spoke Chinese and wrote Chinese characters as a citizen of Ji State, even if he had blond hair and blue eyes.

At this time, at the meeting of princes, Xu Fan excitedly walked to Gu Yu, pulled him up and said: "You have been cut off from the Central Plains for 800 years. Today you can return again. This is the blessing of my Chinese ancestors. The blood of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors can be reunited. As the head of the Chinese clan and the emperor of the Han Dynasty, I welcome Maya's brothers to return."

Guyu said excitedly: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

During the past six months, Kong Zhong taught him the culture of the Han Dynasty and took him to see the most prosperous city of the Han Dynasty. The strength and prosperity of the Han Dynasty had completely exceeded his imagination.

The people here are all extremely powerful, stronger than the strongest Mayan warriors. There are trains running on the ground that are as powerful as those of gods, and the city is like a palace among gods.

In such a mythical country, the emperor who was like a god-king acknowledged that the Mayans were also part of the gods, and Guyu immediately acknowledged his identity.

That's right, the Mayans are the descendants of the gods, but they drifted to Machu Picchu because of an accident, and the Central Plains is their homeland. Guyu even secretly decided in his heart that after leaving Chang'an, he would go to Chaoge first to see what the place where his ancestors lived looks like now?
Then Xu Fan smiled and said, "As the head of the Huaxia tribe, I reward the Mayan king with 10 pieces of Shu brocade, 10 pieces of cotton cloth, 50 sets of armor, 95 swords, boxes of gold, silver, jewels, and jade, and supreme carriages. I hope that after Prince Guyu returns to Mayan, he will invite your father to come to Chang'an for a gathering. After all, the Central Plains is the root of the Mayan people, and you should come to worship your ancestors."

Guyu said excitedly: "Yes."

After hearing the emperor's reward, Ying Bu was dissatisfied and said, "This Maya man has just arrived in the Han Dynasty, and the emperor has given him such a generous reward. Where does this put us?"

Chen Xiao smiled and said, "They brought an entire continent as a gift to join our Han Dynasty. This little reward is nothing."

When the Xiongnu envoy Zhang Yuan saw this scene, he shook his head. This Maya prince was too simple-minded and didn't even know that he was sold out by the Han emperor.

Then Xu Fan looked at the princes and lords and said, "In order to strengthen the connection with the New World, the court will establish the Yinzhou Governor's Office. The first governor will be the eldest son of the emperor, Xu Aimin. Lords who want to establish a foundation in the New World can sign up during this period. At the same time, the court will issue a New World Colonization Order. The people of our Han Dynasty who are willing to go to the New World to reclaim land can obtain 500 acres of land per household, and no taxes will be collected in the first ten years."

"I thank you, Your Majesty!"

That night, Xu Fan said to Xu Aimin, "When you go to the New World to establish the Governor's Office, you must do two things well. First, build a city port and reclaim land so that the power of our Han Dynasty can take root in the New World as soon as possible. You don't need to worry about gold and silver mines. Let the princes of the Han Dynasty open them up on their own. Even if they really dig up gold and silver, they can only use it for our Han Dynasty."

The Han Dynasty and Spain can be said to be completely different. In history, after Spain obtained a large amount of gold and silver, apart from the nobles' extravagance and debauchery, and frequent banquets to consume their wealth, the lower-class people did not gain any benefits at all. Instead, they had to bear the pressure of inflation. Every family went bankrupt and became a refugee, and joining the army to fight became their only way out.

As a result, most of the silver obtained by Spain from burning, killing and looting flowed to Daming and Niu Niu. Daming's silver was hidden by the landlords and wealthy people, and then became indemnity for opening the country's doors.

The silver that flowed into Niu Niu helped it complete industrialization and become the first industrialized country in history.

But the Han Dynasty was different. Its industrial foundation was extremely solid. Even if the princes of the Han Dynasty dug up mountains of gold and silver, they had to transport them back to the Han Dynasty in exchange for supplies. Therefore, Xu Fan was not worried that these nobles of the Han Dynasty would occupy the gold and silver mines. Without the industrial production capacity of the Han Dynasty, they would have beautiful raw materials.

Xu Aimin nodded and said, "I understand, kid."

"Second, we must maintain a balance between the feudal lords and the local indigenous people. We cannot allow the feudal lords of the Han Dynasty to be lawless and wantonly oppress the local indigenous people. What happened in the South Seas must not happen in the New World. We are outsiders in the New World. If we cannot cooperate with the locals, the Han Dynasty will be driven out sooner or later. This is why my father has spent so much energy to let the Mayans recognize their ancestors. Only when everyone is one family can the Han Dynasty occupy the New World at the lowest cost."

Xu Fan did not trust merchants, and was wary of the Han nobles. Just look at what they did in Nanyang. If there was no one to suppress them, they would dare to do anything lawless. Xu Fan did not want to cause a national uprising in the New World because of these nobles, and finally drive the Han forces out of the New World. "

"You are the eldest son of the emperor. Even if those princes go to the New World, they will still be afraid of you. So when those princes dare to act recklessly, you should not be polite to them. Beat them when they deserve it and teach them a lesson when they deserve it."

Xu Aimin hesitated at this point. It was easier to teach people of the same generation as him, but it was really hard for him to manage those veterans who had followed Xu Fan to conquer the world.

Xu Fan said: "No veteran will go. They are too old to withstand the wind and waves at sea. At most, they will send their nephews and nephews. What you have to do is to control these people and maintain order in the New World."

"My child understands."

After the meeting of princes, the princes returned to their own fiefdoms. Kong Zhong took Guyu to worship his ancestors. He also planned to retrace the path his ancestors took to the New World.

With Xu Fan's suggestion, Shusun Tong had revised the migration book of the Shang Dynasty that he had just written. It was a bit exaggerated that there were ships that crossed 2 miles years ago. Based on the geographical knowledge of later generations, Xu Fan asked them to revise it to migrate northward, flee to the area north of Liaodong, then take a ship across the Bering Strait, and finally migrate from the New World to the current location of the Mayan Kingdom.

This is relatively reasonable, and the location is closer. And the best thing about this route is that you don't have to worry about the ship. Go directly to the snow-covered sea, and the Mayan ancestors walked on the ice to the new road. At the same time, Xu Aimin's Yinzhou Governor's Office began to be established in Linzi County. The two fleets in the north and south of the sea sent the largest and strongest sea ships and the most elite naval soldiers to Xu Aimin's command. The outstanding officials of the counties and prefectures of the Han Dynasty were also sent to this newly established Governor's Office. 5000 immigrants and twelve feudal lords also prepared their own fleets.

January 5th, the 23rd year of the Han calendar.

When all the materials needed by the immigrants had been transported to the Yinzhou Governor's Mansion and loaded into the ships, Han people from all over the country who wanted to make a fortune also gathered in Linzi County. The Han feudal lords also came to the Linzi Wharf with their family generals and soldiers. At this time, the Linzi Wharf was full of thousands of ships and the docked ships were endless. This scene was unprecedentedly prosperous.

Xu Aimin, the governor of Yinzhou Governor's Office, led 20 warships, 5000 soldiers, 5000 immigrants, and a fleet of nearly feudal lords, and marched towards the New World in a mighty manner. They will start the Han Dynasty's rule over the New World.

The 23rd year of the Han Dynasty, March 5th, Chang'an City.

The biggest hot topic in the Han Dynasty during the past six months was naturally the New World. However, after the fleet of the Yinzhou Governor's Office left, discussions about the New World gradually began to decrease.

New hot spots in Chang'an City began to replace the old ones, and the biggest hot spot in Chang'an City during this period was a book called "The Theory of Heavenly Dao". The author of the book was Kuai Che.

Of course, considering the current prosperity of Han culture, publishing books is not a hot topic. In recent years, novelists have been publishing books frequently, and under the influence of Xu Fan, their works are already somewhat close to later novels.

Nowadays, these authors consider themselves to be educated people, and their novels are still written in classical Chinese, and of course they are not too profound or difficult to understand. After all, if you write too profound, people will not understand it, and such novels are destined to fail. Only those that are easy to understand have the potential to become a big hit. Influenced by the market, the novels of the Han Dynasty are becoming more and more popular.

But there are also some more professional academic journals. For example, Confucian scholars like to write books and publish their thoughts. Such books generally have no market and have to be published at their own expense. If you are not a wealthy family, you simply cannot afford to publish books.

Of course, there is another way, which is to submit one's books to the princes of the Han Dynasty. These princes are rich and can be appreciated by them. It is easy to print tens of thousands of copies and gain high academic prestige.

Of course, the princes of the Han Dynasty were not fools. They had earned their money through hard work. They were willing to publish propaganda books, and the ideas contained in them were beneficial to them.

In this situation, only scholars who speak for these princes can make greater progress in the academic world. After they become masters of scholarship, they can use their influence to help these princes, forming a mutually beneficial cooperative relationship. Of course, this kind of cooperation has a bad reputation and is easily belittled by the Han Dynasty's officials as the princes' lackeys.

Kuai Che's "Theory of Heaven" is the third type. He is a billionaire and has no shortage of money. He can publish books at his own expense. Of course, "Theory of Heaven" would not become a hot topic in the Han Dynasty.

The key is that Kuai Che's "On the Way of Heaven" is written in an easy-to-understand style. As long as the ordinary people of the Han Dynasty can read and write, they can understand "On the Way of Heaven" and its content. Part of its content was borrowed from Xu Fan's theory of status, and at the same time, he creatively proposed the concepts of the law of the jungle, survival of the fittest, and free competition to make up for the fact that the theory of enriching the people cannot solve the dilemma of the economic crisis.

Because according to the law of the jungle, the fittest survive, the economic crisis should not be rescued. Instead, we should watch these weak workshops go bankrupt, and when these weak workshops are cleared out of the market, the market will naturally return to a reasonable range.

At the same time, the concept of the sanctity and inviolability of private property was created. This was Kuai's deepest feeling for more than ten years. He created hundreds of millions of dollars of wealth, but he had no sense of security. The court could deprive him of his wealth by collecting taxes, or send Han officials to occupy his factory. Not only did he have no power to resist, but he would also be denounced by public opinion as a profiteer. Robbers have a bad reputation for robbing people, but the court robbed people, and the victims became profiteers. What kind of logic is this? There must be something wrong with this world.

He thought for a long time before he suddenly realized that China has not protected private property for thousands of years of history. Even the Han Dynasty, which was famous for its benevolence and righteousness, did not explicitly protect private property, although the emperor had said that the Han Dynasty belonged to everyone in the world.

But people all over the world believed that the Han Dynasty belonged to the emperor, and by extension, the entire world was the emperor's private property.

It was at this time that Kuai Che discovered the source of his insecurity: his property could be taken away because of a single word from the emperor.

What should we do if we want to protect our property from being taken away? We should make it common sense for everyone that private property is sacred and inviolable.

Then Kuai Che proposed this concept, and the concept of the inviolability of private property caused a huge sensation. With the approval of most Han people, Xu Fan continued to create the middle class in Han, and most of these people had private property, they either had land, or had houses, or were small workshop owners, had their own factories, had their own private property, and naturally wanted to protect their private property.

This conflicts with the concept of "All under heaven belongs to the king, and all the ministers are the king's subjects" that has been proposed since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. However, the changes in the Han Dynasty in the past 20 years were too drastic. Ordinary people would also choose ideas that are beneficial to themselves. The concept of "All under heaven belongs to the king, and all the ministers are the king's subjects" is too unfriendly to them. Under the guidance of this theory, their land, houses, and property all belong to the king.

But why? These properties were clearly accumulated by someone with great hard work and sweat, why should they all belong to the king with just one sentence? Even if the king is the current emperor, they are unwilling to do so.

With such broad public support, it has become extremely popular. At the same time, it is also an academic book, which has caused a great response in the Han academic community.

These two forces and flows influenced each other, which made the influence of "The Theory of Heaven's Way" break through the academic circle and become a new hot spot in the Han Dynasty.

During this period, the schools of the Han Dynasty vied to invite Kuai Che to give academic lectures. In an instant, Kuai Che became the focus of the Han Dynasty.

This made the Han princes who wanted to teach Kuai Che a lesson very angry. Even if these people were bold, they would not dare to mess around in Chang'an.

Moreover, Kuai Che's reputation also made them wary, and the common people of Han would only applaud if they bullied a Han scholar. But if they bullied a Han scholar, everyone from the academic community to the Han people would criticize them and degrade them to the ranks of greedy nobles.

You have to know that in the public opinion environment of the Han Dynasty, the reputation of the nobles was not much better than that of the merchants. The nobles occupied too many interests of the Han Dynasty. Many people were dissatisfied with them, especially in the academic world. It was a historical tradition that those who excelled in learning would become officials. Even Confucius did not want to do this in his life.

It was very easy to enter the officialdom by studying in the Han Dynasty. In the past, there were imperial examinations, and now there are county-level examinations. At this time, the Han Dynasty was in the process of transforming from an agricultural country to an industrial country, and the number of management talents needed increased exponentially, which made the examinations dozens of times easier than the imperial examinations in history.

But such examinations can only give them the rank of a minor official of 2000 shi, shi, or at most an official of shi. Now, the officials of the Han Dynasty with a rank of shi are basically occupied by the founding fathers of the Han Dynasty.

How much hatred is there in ruining someone's future? How could the Han Dynasty's scholars tolerate that their lifetime limit is only a thousand-stone official? Naturally, these people are extremely dissatisfied with the nobles who hold high positions. And since they hold the power of public opinion in the Han Dynasty, they naturally cannot provide a good public opinion environment for the nobles of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, the reputation of the nobles in the Han Dynasty is not very good, and you can hear about bullying men and women at any time.

(End of this chapter)