Wanli 1592

Chapter 968 Rise and Fall
What does it mean to be an emperor?

Sitting in the car, listening to the cheers and the sound of drums, and looking at the crowded capital, Xiao Ruxun's thoughts drifted a little.

The supreme being in the world?

Lonely?

More than 800 years ago, when Qin Shihuang, the first emperor on the land of China, ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, what was he thinking in his heart?

When Liu Bang ascended the throne in commoner clothes and became the emperor, what was he thinking in his heart?

When Li Shimin imprisoned his father, killed his brother and became emperor, what was he thinking?

When Zhao Kuangyin seized the throne and established the Song Dynasty, what was he thinking in his heart?

When Zhu Yuanzhang achieved the miracle of becoming an emperor from scratch as a beggar, what was he thinking in his heart?

The situation in China has been changing for countless years. I don’t know how many people stood in that supreme position and shocked the situation. They were heroes for a while, and they were the leaders in the world. But in the end, what did they get and what kind of results did they bring?

The foundations they established, the achievements they made, and the influence they brought gradually disappeared without a trace after their death.

Chaos and chaos alternately, disturbances, long-term unity must be divided, and long-term division must be united. This is like a curse-like law that shrouds the land of China.

Prosperity, the people suffer, death, the people suffer.

The eight-character Tao has gone through the ups and downs of the ages, and there is no other sentence that can better reflect the essence of all these eight characters.

Xiao Ruxun also wants to know if there is a way to truly make the people happy, is there a way to truly realize the ideal of the ancient philosophers, whether it is capitalist socialism or communism, is there such a way?
This doctrine and that doctrine, one doctrine on the left and one doctrine on the right, you have one doctrine and I have another doctrine, which doctrine can lead to peace and happiness?
What should be done to truly end this helpless and sad cycle of going back and forth?
Or, is there simply no way out, until the end of it all?

What is the purpose of establishing a dynasty and becoming an emperor?
Is it just for the purpose of mastering power, venting desires and enjoying the supreme honor?

Looking at the common people with pilgrimage-like awe on their faces, Xiao Ruxun was a little confused.

He originally thought that this moment was the most glorious and glorious moment in his life, and he would be extremely excited, complacent, and even proud to see everything he had achieved, but until now, he suddenly discovered that there was nothing in his heart There is no excitement, only confusion.

If he can stop thinking so much, just be a real ancient emperor, just do what ancient emperors would do, become a real emperor, powerful, autocratic, decisive, cold-blooded, and wise.

Maybe not so confused.

Everything comes as planned, nothing is changed, just do what all emperors are doing, and wait until hundreds of years later the dynasty created by themselves is overthrown by the revolutionaries of the emerging class, leaving them in the ruins of their own dynasty Establish a new republic in the world and move towards modern times.

In that case, he might not have to be confused. If everything is destined to be good, even if he makes this history change, even if he ends the Ming Dynasty early and starts a new foundation, but does not make substantive changes, Then the end result is the same.

Regime and chaos alternately, the rise and fall of the country, even the most powerful country will be wiped out sometimes.

According to this law, maybe seven or eight generations, maybe ninety generations, maybe twelve or thirteen generations, the Great Qin Dynasty he established will also fall apart, because of various internal and external contradictions, it will be on the road to destruction. On the ruins of the world, the dawn of the Republic will first emerge.

And if something like that happened, in essence, how far would it be from the Manchu Qing ruling the Central Plains?
Is he deliberately trying to overthrow the Ming Dynasty and establish his own country just to get an emperor's addiction?

Will he be flooded after I die?
If this is the case, what is the point of establishing the Great Qin Dynasty?
If it can't bring about substantial changes, if it can't do something completely different, if it can't let all the brilliance shine on the land of China, what is the point of what he is doing now?
It's just a normal change of dynasty.

How will future generations evaluate themselves?
I can revise the history books, and I can do everything I can to revise the history books, but the facts that have happened objectively cannot be changed, and someone will definitely know and pass them on. I have already become the protagonist of an era in history, and what I have done , which cannot be erased in any way.

Before Qin II died, Xiao Ruxun did not hope that the Qin he established would follow the old path of the second dying.

He also doesn't want this Qin to bring any changes to Confucian China.

The word Qin itself represents change, and while Xiao Ruxun is pursuing change, he is also pursuing the unique and greatest power in the world.

Whether it is for the pursuit of power, or for change and breakthrough, the two have long been integrated in Xiao Ruxun, and there is no way to tell right from wrong or first.

Xiao Ruxun did not allow herself to become a traditional emperor.

He would rather choose to be a highly controversial emperor.

Whether it is praise or scolding, he will be such an emperor.

Even if the road is winding and potholed, you can't see the end at a glance.

That doesn't matter.

He had already driven himself to a corner.

And, more similar things will be done.

Today is just the beginning of everything.

A crowd of people looked at the emperor who was about to rule him in confusion and worry. They were no strangers to this emperor, because just a year ago, he was the unparalleled warrior who was famous all over the world. Years later, he became their emperor.

Emperor.

What will he bring them?
Is it peace and hope, or war and destruction?

Will an emperor born as a warrior pull them back into the quagmire of war?
They don't have a choice, they don't even know how to choose, or they don't have a sense of choice at all.

No knowledge, no culture, no thought, no awareness.

They are the most obedient citizens, and at the same time, the most violent rebels.

The number of times they rebelled was not many, but every time they rebelled was an earth-shattering change, enough to make the ruler tremble.

And how should I treat them?

Having opened wisdom and thought to them, will they overthrow their dynasty?

Will they shout for freedom, democracy, constitutionalism and the rule of law to overthrow their own Great Qin Dynasty?

Xiao Ruxun didn't know, but what Xiao Ruxun knew very well was that if the whole country was shouting slogans to overthrow the Great Qin Dynasty, then no matter whether it was the Great Qin Dynasty or the Great Ming Dynasty, it was time to perish, and it was unstoppable.

And that's probably what you can't see.

Universal education to open up wisdom is not only to increase the power of the country, but also to hand over the choice of the future to history and the general public.

Let them make the best choice.

(End of this chapter)