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

Chapter 586: Farewell on the Long Street and Never Forgetting the Original Intention
October 35, 10th year of the Han calendar, Chang'an City, Yan Palace.

Xu Fan looked in the mirror and Chen Xiu helped him tidy up his clothes.

Xu Fan still felt a little reluctant in his heart. After today, he would no longer be the emperor of the Han Dynasty. He could only be a bystander in the affairs of the Han Dynasty.

This change of identity made him feel a little difficult to adapt. The Han Dynasty had changed with each passing day over the past few decades, but it still had not reached the appearance in his memory. Instead, the development of the Han Dynasty was a bit like the images in documentaries about the Victorian era, with huge chimneys everywhere and Chang'an City already looking like a 3% foggy city, but this appearance was not the appearance of his hometown in his memory.

Human power is limited. Even if Xu Fan had used cheats for the Han Dynasty for 30 years, he had only brought the Han Dynasty from a feudal society to the technological level of the First Industrial Revolution. Now, things like electric lights and telegraphs have been invented, and the internal combustion engine has been fully conquered. With the Han Dynasty's technology, it will take less than three years to make a simple internal combustion engine. From this point of view, the Han Dynasty has already stepped into the state of the Second Industrial Revolution.

But compared with Xu Fan’s hometown, it is still two technological revolutions away, and it is still difficult to see the shadow of Xu Fan’s hometown in Chang’an today.

In his heart, he was a conservative person who didn't like change. In the words of later generations, he liked to stay in his comfort zone. He didn't catch up with the mobile Internet, WeChat business, e-commerce, and live broadcasting in the later generations because he didn't like these changes to disturb his life. Now he has been the emperor for more than 30 years, and now he is suddenly no longer the emperor. He feels a sense of discomfort in his heart.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "After all, I'm not as free and easy as I thought. But when the time comes to leave, the big man will be handed over to the young people to take care of."

Chen Xiu held Xu Fan's hand and said, "Ai Min will not let you down."

For Chen Xiu, she didn't care whether Xu Fan continued to be in power or her son became emperor. What she was worried about was that the process of succession would cause contradictions and conflicts, and she would be in a dilemma at that time. Fortunately, the worst things did not happen, and now she just wanted to make everything go smoothly.

Xu Fan smiled and said, "He is an excellent successor that I trained, so he will not let me down."

Then Xu Fan got on the carriage and headed for Jianzhang Palace.

At this time, people who came to visit the emperor gathered on both sides of Zhuque Street, and these people were as frightened as Xu Fan.

The world before the Han Dynasty was a period of the Warring States Period, with countries fighting every day and people all over the world displaced. After the First Emperor unified the world, heavy corvee labor became the heaviest mountain weighing on the shoulders of the people. That short period of peace was not a good memory for the people of the world.

It was during these 30 years that the people of the world truly enjoyed peace and lived a few years like human beings.

The younger generation of Han people may think that peaceful days and affluent life are something that come naturally because they have lived in such an environment since childhood.

But for the Han people who were over 40 or 50 years old, peace and prosperity were extremely rare years, and prosperity was something that only happened in the Han Dynasty.

Over the past 30 years, they have gradually adapted to the wealthy life of the Han Dynasty, and so has Xu Fan, the emperor of the Han Dynasty.

Now that the emperor has abdicated, for the Han people, it is as if the sun in the sky has suddenly disappeared. One can imagine the fear and panic this causes them.

Will their good days continue?

Will the heyday of the Han Dynasty never disappear?

Will the new emperor stand on the side of the ordinary people?
All of this is what the people of Chang'an and even the world are most worried about. They are worried that their good days will end, that the prosperity of the Han Dynasty will end, and that the new emperor will no longer stand on the side of the people. All these worries converge into the panic of the people.

That was why the people lined the streets to see Xu Fan off. They were afraid of losing an emperor who would help them harvest rice, repair their houses, enter factories to fight for their interests, and fight against corrupt officials, and who would stand by their side.

Xu Fan was different from the monarchs of this era. Since the Warring States Period, the political concept was that the law was unknowable and the power was unpredictable. The monarchs were unwilling to appear in front of the people, and even dared not to appear in front of the people, believing that the monarchs' appearance in front of the people would damage their dignity. Each of them wanted to approach themselves as gods, and wanted to mythify their rights as granted by God, so that the people of the world would submit to their rule.

It even gave rise to a phrase that has been repeated in TV dramas in later generations: "By the Mandate of Heaven, the Emperor proclaims." Even the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty, who was the only one in history, had the words "Mandate by Heaven, Long Live and Prosper" engraved on his imperial seal.

This is because the monarch would rather acknowledge God as his father than admit that his rights come from the people.

Xu Fan was like this Zhi Hao. The political education he received made him clearly understand that his rights came from every ordinary citizen of the Han Dynasty.

All the talk about life given by heaven, long life and prosperity, and receiving the will of heaven are all false. When people in the world are hungry and think that this country should be destroyed, even if you are the so-called most righteous ruler, it will still be destroyed when it is time.

He never thought that he could preserve his rights by isolating himself from the people. Instead, this would be cutting off his own roots. He did not rely on the people of the world, but instead relied on those parasites to govern the world. How could he possibly govern the world well? The monarch instead became the scapegoat for them.

Therefore, during the 30 years that Xu Fan was the emperor, he spent very little time in the palace. Instead, he often appeared in the cities and villages of the Han Dynasty, going deep into the lives of the people to understand their living conditions. He would help the people harvest crops, and would also go to the Han Dynasty's factories to work as a worker for a day to understand the working environment of the workers.

The people in Guanzhong were the group that had the most contact with the emperor. They knew that the emperor was on their side, so after meeting the emperor, if there were any corrupt officials or powerful people in the local area who oppressed them, they would complain to the emperor Xu Fan.

After learning about the grievances of the people, Xu Fan would immediately deal with the corrupt officials. If there were some outdated laws and regulations that went against the moral values ​​of the people of the world, Xu Fan would immediately change the laws and regulations to plug the loopholes.

Xu Fan never believed in such nonsense as the sacredness and inviolability of laws. Laws are tools of the ruling class. How can a tool be sacred?

The Han Dynasty belongs to all the Han people. If a law goes against the morality of all the Han people and violates the customs agreed upon by the people, then this law has no meaning to exist.

Generally speaking, when encountering such a situation, Xu Fan would transfer these Han officials who enforced the law mechanically to the countryside, letting them serve as ordinary people first and then as Han officials.

Therefore, the Han officials in Chang'an City and even in Guanzhong may not be the most capable, but they are definitely the most honest group in the entire Han Dynasty. When enforcing the law, they will also find ways to take care of the interests of ordinary people, because the people in Chang'an and Guanzhong have sharp eyes. When a person is being stared at by countless pairs of eyes, he cannot hide anything at all.

Just like in the era of mobile Internet, everyone has a mobile phone, which has a camera and can access the Internet.

Then many netizens discovered that the landlords and powerful people could be so lawless that it seemed that hot events happened every day.

But in fact, the environment has always been like this, it’s just that the world has added a mobile Internet.

In fact, over the past six months or so, the people of Chang'an City have petitioned many times, asking the emperor not to abdicate.

But Xu Fan patiently persuaded these people, and explained the retirement system of the Han Dynasty many times in the Han Monthly and the Rule of Law Monthly, and told them that the laws of nature are constant, and they will not exist for the sake of Yao or Jie. The Han Dynasty can still operate normally without anyone, so that everyone can see this matter with a normal mind. After more than half a year of persuasion, no one came to petition to stop Xu Fan's opposition.

However, Xu Fan was still deeply moved by the people from all over the world who came to see him off along the streets. People all over the world could feel what he had done for the Han Dynasty over the past 30 years.

There are always some people who slander the people and want to cover their eyes and plug their ears so that they will obey their orders. However, the people have sharp minds and they know clearly who is good to them and who is bad to them.

For those who are good to them, even if they are no longer around, the people will hang their portraits in their houses and on their cars, and worship them like gods. However, for those who don’t care about the people, even if they are in high positions and have great power, they will soon disappear from the hearts of the people.

Claudius, who was watching from the side of the street, said: "I am the consul of Rome and have never seen such a scene before."

Cornelius said, "This is because the achievements of all the Roman consuls combined are not as great as those of the Han emperor. I believe that this emperor is truly worthy of being called the Son of God."

"But such a great philosopher king actually had to abdicate one day. Now I believe the Chinese proverb that the world does not revolve around anyone, and even the sun will set one day."

These international students from Daqinzhou have been in Dahan for several months. During these months, they have been studying very hard, learning about Dahan's astronomy, geography, law, and history.

In particular, they can understand from history the greatness of this Han emperor. During his 30 years in power, he increased the land area of ​​the already vast Han country by dozens of times. Under his governance, the Han Dynasty prospered and flourished. Even the kingdom of God in Roman mythology was not as prosperous as the Han Dynasty.

Moreover, this emperor was a versatile person, with top military, political, economic, and even philosophical ideas. Such a perfect politician was just like the philosopher king that the ancient Greek scholar Socrates longed for. It was a pity that such a perfect philosopher king did not appear in Rome, but in the Han Dynasty.

Cornelius and his friends also attended the emperor's class and highly praised the political economy and philosophy taught by the emperor. Claudius even asked the emperor for advice, saying that he himself wanted to change the current slavery in Rome and asked Xu Fan for the method of reform.

Xu Fan told them that, first, they should unite the majority to fight against the minority, and second, they should be told that reform is one of the most drastic changes in a country. They should not harbor illusions and should ruthlessly purge their enemies. That is, they should control the scope and scale every time they attack their enemies, and not let themselves become a minority. Claudius Dao and others felt that they had suddenly realized that even the Roman elders rarely gave them such dragon-slaying skills because they themselves did not have these summaries.

The Jianzhang Palace was already filled with wise men from various counties, prefects from various places, and princes from all directions.

Xu Fan smiled when he saw these people, "Today we have a great gathering of talented people, including many old brothers."

The Dukes of the Han Dynasty, Ji Bu, Han Xin, and Chen Sheng all came. As for the other founding dukes of the Han Dynasty, except Ying Bu who was seriously ill, the others had already died of illness.

When Xu Fan saw these people and thought of his old brothers who were not here, he felt a little sad. He was considered relatively young, and most of the heroes of the Han Dynasty were older than him. There were only a dozen or so first-generation founding heroes left in Chang'an, and most of the princes sitting here were second-generation heroes.

Other princes, wise men, and county governors of the Han Dynasty were also looking at the emperor. The atmosphere on the scene was a bit sad.

Xu Fan smiled and said, "Prime Minister, please report to all the wise men on our great Han's achievements this year."

Li Shang stepped forward to report the Han Dynasty's fiscal revenue, grain revenue, and the number of railways and asphalt roads built that year, but not many people cared.

This year's Sages Conference had the least arguments, and everyone reported their achievements quietly.

After everything was reported, Xu Fan said, "I have been the emperor of the Han Dynasty for 30 years. I have been governing the country with trepidation and have made some achievements. Although we have not yet achieved the Great Harmony, most people in the world have lived a well-off life. I have not let down the people's hopes. But I am old, and it is time to abdicate and let the young people of the Han Dynasty lead the people of the world to continue to run towards the Great Harmony of the Han Dynasty."

At this time, a wise man said excitedly: "Your Majesty, you cannot abdicate. We cannot leave you, and the people of the world cannot leave you."

"Your Majesty, haven't you always loved the people of the world the most? Even for the sake of all the people in the world, you should stay." The sages said excitedly for a moment.

They were just like the people of the Han Dynasty. They did not want to change anything about the Han Dynasty. In their view, everything about the Han Dynasty, the current prosperity, was unprecedented in the three thousand years of Chinese civilization. Faced with such an unprecedented prosperity, they did not want to make any changes, fearing that if there were any changes, the prosperity of the Han Dynasty would also be affected.

Xu Aimin felt extremely complicated when he saw this scene. He wanted his father to stay, but he also wanted to prove to the world that he could defend the country his father had conquered and lead the people of the Han Dynasty to live better and better lives.

The governors and princes of the Han Dynasty could not say anything. If they called on the emperor to stay, they would offend the future emperor. They could only watch it all in silence.

Xu Fan smiled and stopped the sage, saying, "This world can function normally without anyone. If the Han Dynasty loses me, it will become fragile and will have no motivation to move forward to a harmonious world. This is the last thing that should happen. Is this ideal of harmonious world just my ideal?

No, this is also the dream of you and all the people of our Great Han. This dream should be passed down from generation to generation, so that our Great Han people can move towards this goal. So, we can lose anyone, but we must not lose this ideal of great harmony. "

"Many of the governors, sages, and princes of the Han Dynasty present here are no longer our old brothers who founded the Han Dynasty. It is not an exaggeration to say that you are the new generation of the Han Dynasty. I am now handing the Han Dynasty over to you. I hope you will not forget your original aspirations and forge ahead."

Xu Fan said, "The way of the great Dao is to make the world a public place, select the virtuous and capable, and uphold trust and harmony."

Prince Xu Aimin followed Xu Fan and said, "The way of the great Dao is to make the world a common good, select the virtuous and capable, and uphold trust and harmony."

The wise men, governors, and princes present also stood up and followed Xu Fan in saying, "So people should not only love their relatives and their children, but also ensure that the old have a place to live, the strong have a place to work, the young have a place to grow, the poor, the widowed, the orphaned, the lonely, and the disabled are all taken care of, and men have their share and women have their home. Goods should not be left on the ground, so they do not have to be stored; strength should not be used, so it is not necessary to use it for oneself. Therefore, conspiracies will not arise, thefts and robberies will not occur, and the outer doors will not be closed. This is called great harmony."

Outside the Jianzhang Palace, the gathered people heard the contents of the "Book of Great Harmony" and followed in unison: "The way of the great way is to make the world public, select the virtuous and capable, and promote trust and harmony~~."

Influenced by these people, more and more people in Chang'an began to recite the core chapters of "The Book of Great Harmony".

The scene of millions of people in Chang'an city reciting the core chapters of "The Book of Great Harmony" in unison shocked Claudius and other international students from Daqinzhou.

Claudius was surprised and said, "Such a united scene, the Han people are so united, no wonder they are invincible and the Han Dynasty is so prosperous. If Rome cannot organize its people like the Han Dynasty, it will never catch up with the Han Dynasty."

Cornelius also said seriously: "Now I also support you to abolish the Roman slavery system. If Roman slaves still occupy the majority, Rome will no longer have a bright future."

There was a group of Roman nobles who did not oppose the industrialization of Rome, but opposed the abolition of slavery in Rome. However, after seeing this scene, they changed their attitudes because they understood that Rome, which had slaves, could never achieve the same unity as the Han Dynasty. This scene, which would not even appear in mythology, completely convinced them. It made them realize that the ruling system of Rome had been far behind that of the Han Dynasty. If it did not change, they would not be able to catch up with the Han Dynasty. In the near future, they would be easily swallowed up by the giant Han Dynasty, just like other natives conquered by the Han Dynasty.

Inside Jianzhang Palace
The sages Ai Qiang and Ding Yue walked up to Xu Aimin holding the emperor's crown and the emperor's jade seal. Ai Qiang put the emperor's crown on Xu Aimin, and Ding Yue handed the emperor's jade seal to Xu Aimin.

Then Xu Aimin ascended to the throne.

Xu Fan smiled at his eldest son and said, "Father has only one request for you, don't forget your original intention and keep in mind Datong's mission."

Xu Aimin said firmly: "Father, I will remember Datong's mission."

Then Xu Fan let Xu Aimin sit on the throne of the emperor.

Prime Minister Li Shang, led the three dukes and nine ministers of the Han court, wise governors, and princes from all directions to pay their respects to Xu Aimin.

(End of this chapter)