Chapter 33: Should the Peace Agreement be Maintained (3)
Outside the window is the rainy season of the Jiangnan plum rainy season, and the house has a refreshing feeling due to the simple arrangement. When Hao Renwanhu felt that the people of the Dayuan Embassy in the Song Dynasty were too luxurious, he heard Ambassador Wuli Buhuachi say: "Wanhu, if we go into Hangzhou again, there are too many things to move back."
"Haha!" Mongolian people, including Hao Renwanhu, couldn't help laughing out loud. Just such a simple sentence made the atmosphere in the house immediately filled with Mongolian-type positive energy.
Hao Ren and Wanhu's mood changed, so he no longer considered the accusations of negative emotions. He said: "This time, the Khan ordered me to come. In addition to congratulating Zhao Taiwei for ascending the throne, he also wanted to extend the truce time with Song State. So you have to talk about the current situation in Song State first."
"The situation in the Song Dynasty is difficult to tell. Zhao Jiaren's subordinates were naturally happy and said that the Song Dynasty finally had a hero. But publicly criticized Zhao Taiwei as a rebel, and many people said that Zhao Taiwei usurped the throne." Wulibuhuachi began to tell the situation in the Song Dynasty.
Although the abdication happened many times in Chinese history, the ancestors of the Zhao family also seized power from the Chai family, after all, it only happened twice in 319 years. And this time, Zhao Jiaren seized the country from the Zhao family. Most of the people of the Song Dynasty had no intention of intervening in this, and the affairs of the Tian family had little to do with them, and the people really couldn't find a reason to oppose Zhao Taiwei.
The people didn't care, and the officials from Jinshi in the court were very dissatisfied with this. However, no one was dissatisfied with the dissatisfaction. After all, the armed forces of the Song Dynasty were basically in the hands of Taiwei Zhao, especially in the Jiangnan region where the new system was implemented, the army was completely in the hands of Taiwei Zhao. The quasi-military forces, including the police, were all taken by retired soldiers, and officials from Jinshi had no courage to resist armily.
"That is to say that Taiwei Zhao has already settled down?" Hao Ren asked. Although he was not surprised that there was such a development, he still couldn't help but feel a little regretful. Hao Ren respected Taiwei Zhao very much, and he was also very much looking forward to the Song Dynasty being torn apart by a civil war between blood and fire.
Uribuhuachi replied: "Well. There was a curfew in Hangzhou a while ago. Recently, the curfew has been lifted."
"If we ask to see Taiwei Zhao, will he meet him?" Hao Ren continued to ask.
"It probably won't work. Zhao Taiwei is still busy, and the Song Dynasty system is much stricter than ours. Since the Ministry of Rites is responsible, it can only be arranged by the Ministry of Rites of Song State." Wulibuhuachi responded.
Hao Ren also knew that there was no other way to do this. The great country had many troubles. If Zhao Jiaren handled everything himself, he would be exhausted and unable to do it. Just as Kublai Khan handed over full financial affairs to Ahmalay, Kublai Khan could no longer ask about the troubles in this regard. However, the Khan gave this part of the power to Ahma, and the direct result was that Ahma himself gained benefits from the middle and became the target of public criticism.
"I want to go to meet the people from the Ministry of Rites as soon as possible."
"Wanhu, the Ministry of Rites of the State of Song is preparing for the throne ceremony."
"Hasn't Taiwei Zhao ascended the throne?"
"The little emperor has abdicated. The throne ceremony has not been implemented yet. The ministers have submitted a letter saying that they want to find a suitable good day."
"There is still this?"
"Well, Zhao Taiwei is said to be furious and said that the officials of the Song Dynasty are engaged in feudal superstition. So it is said that they are engaged in propaganda and learning, and they need to eliminate religious figures among officials through education!"
"Exclude religious figures?"
"Well. It seems that all officials in the Song Dynasty were not allowed to believe in religion in the future. There is also a saying that after the Song Dynasty, it will be an atheistic country."
After hearing this introduction, Hao Ren was a little confused. After becoming a disciple of Xunzi, he could understand atheism. Even simple materialism only used "heaven" to describe the laws of nature. In the eyes of simple materialists, there are no objects imagined by humans such as ghosts and gods in the world.
‘Heaven’, ‘Ghost’ and ‘God’ are just nouns, used to describe nouns that cannot describe phenomena at this stage, and do not mean that the objects referred to by these words themselves have any special power. It is precisely because of trusting Xunzi that Hao Ren understood why ‘Zi didn’t speak of strange powers and confusing gods’.
However, this is only a state that only a few great scholars can do, and Zhao Taiwei is ordering the entire Song Dynasty court to accept it. Hao Ren felt itchy and wanted to see it with his own eyes immediately. "It might as well, please help me contact the Ministry of Rites of the Song Dynasty. Our envoy of the Yuan Dynasty came to congratulate you. These people must meet you no matter what."
"I'll send someone now." Wulibuhuachi said. After the arrangement, Wulibuhuachi suddenly realized and said, "Wanhu. Now the Ministry of Rites of the State of Song should be busy with national festivals."
"National Festival?" This was the first time Hao Ren heard this term.
The so-called national festival is that the envoy of the Yuan Dynasty, Uri Buhuachi, did not figure it out. When the Yuan Dynasty Embassy sent personnel to request contact to arrive at the Ministry of Rites in the rain, the Ministry of Rites in the Song Dynasty was confirming the national statutory holiday.
The Minister of Rites Xiong Shang did not expect that when he was in office, he really received a major event that was of great significance to generations. It was a legal holiday.
Officially recognized festivals have always existed in Chinese history. New Year's Day, Mid-Autumn Festival, Cold Food Festival, Shangyuan Festival, and Zhongyuan Festival are all festivals formed by officially recognized and even organized activities. Such festivals do not equal legal holidays.
Xiong Shang saw National Day for the first time, and immediately felt a shock from the bottom of his heart. National Day is very simple, it is the day when the Song Dynasty was established. From now on, the festival will be celebrated at this time of each year and the holiday will be held. The celebration that originally belonged to the Zhao family has now become a celebration of the Song Dynasty.
Moreover, Taiwei Zhao also made a targeted request, which was to tell the concept of the founding of the Song Dynasty.
Xiong Shang felt that he wanted to faint at that time. The Zhao family seized the Lao Chai family's territory and even had to beautify it. What's the meaning? Is it better for the emperor to have a genital? Those who are strong and powerful will do it.
Just when Xiong Shangshu felt that Zhao Taiwei had reached a certain level, Zhao Taiwei continued to give work instructions. This propaganda should explain the significance of the establishment of the Song Dynasty around the four concepts of "unifying the country", "restoring peace", "eliminating military leaders" and "developing production".
"The Song Dynasty is a civilized country. What is our civilization? How does our civilization reflect it? Civilization is definitely not the willow bank, the morning breeze and the waning moon, nor the abandoned pond and the trees are still tired of talking about soldiers. Civilization includes systems, culture, science and technology, education, etc. If you say that you do well, it is benevolent politics. If you do not do well, it is the luck that should be like this. Then what reason does the people of the Song Dynasty have to share the same kindness with me, the Song Dynasty?"
Xiong Shangshu Xiong was a smart man. He was silent for a while and asked with some trembling trembling: "Tai... the official family, my great Song Dynasty is a scholar-official and official family to rule the world together."
Chapter completed!