The next day, it was the thirteenth day of the first month of the sixth year of Yuande.
Today is the day of Yuan Chen (good day) chosen by Lord Sima Ji through divination himself.
Liu Che led the civil and military officials and set out from Wuyang Palace at dawn. When they arrived at the home field of Sixian Garden, the morning sun was rising, and there was still a lot of dew hanging on the wheat seedlings in the field.
Dou Pengzu of Taichang, led by Taichang Yousi, knelt down before Liu Che chased the chariot, and bowed respectfully: "Emperor Taizong taught: Farmers are the foundation of the world, and I will personally lead the plowing of the farmland to provide rice for the ancestral temple.
Sheng! May your Majesty ascend the chariot, obey the instructions of the ancestors, and be a pioneer for the world!"
Liu Che sat upright on the cart, with the beads hanging from his forehead moving automatically in the absence of wind.
The minister ordered Ji An to kneel in front of him and said: "Your Majesty, please ascend the carriage!"
Liu Che then stretched out his hands, stood up, and said: "I have heard that if a man does not plow, he may suffer from hunger; if a woman does not weave, she may suffer from cold! Today I follow the story of Taizong, who plowed the land personally, and the queen personally planted mulberry trees.
Silkworms are often sacrificed to Tailao to honor Shen Nong. May the world be peaceful, the Taoist people not be hungry, the world be peaceful, and the people be blessed with unlimited wealth!"
So all the civil and military officials bowed and said: "Long live, long live, long live!"
Only then did Liu Che lift his feet, get up and get off the car.
Fan Xun, the great farmer, was pushing a plow with red and colorful bows and stood respectfully at the edge of the field. When he saw Liu Che coming over, he said, "Good luck! It's a good day, it's a good time, the emperor is plowing, and all the people are obeying.
The world will be at peace and the world will be unified!"
Then, the Yuefu musicians began to play the chimes, and the singing boys sang the poem Zhi Zhi Zhi Zhi.
Accompanied by music and chorus, Liu Che, surrounded by several servants, walked to the plow, raised the whip in his hand, drove the plowing ox that had been trained long ago, and turned the soil.
"Carrying the twigs, carrying the twigs, plowing the swamps. Thousands of couples plowing the soil, grinding and grinding. The princes are the uncles, the lords are the lords, the lords are the lords, and the lords are strong..." Liu Che read this famous line in the Book of Songs and sighed.
: "Confucius said: There are three hundred poems, which can be summed up in one sentence. Thoughts are innocent! Good! Write an imperial edict to Sima Xiangru, ordering him to be the carrier of the Han Dynasty for me, so as to bring glory to the world!"
What is the purpose of raising imperial literati?
That’s when it comes into play!
Of course, Liu Che also knew that even if Sima Xiangru was resurrected by Confucius and possessed by Li Bai and Du Fu, it would be difficult for him to write poems or articles that could surpass this poem.
the reason is simple.
Every song in the Book of Songs has an inner soul, containing the anger, excitement, blessings, praise and satire of the ancestors.
Even after two thousand years, the wisdom and cry contained in it are still profound.
Many chapters in the Book of Songs have even become an important basis for people to study history.
Just like this Zaiyu, it almost uses a very picturesque chapter to perfectly describe the farming scenes and cultural customs of the Western Zhou Dynasty.
It is a classic that many historians must read carefully if they want to study the Western Zhou Dynasty.
But it's a pity...
Liu Che looked to the east and shook his head.
Confucius and his disciples all had the habit of deleting classics.
Of course, it is undeniable that their deletions have in some sense eliminated the essentials and improved the sublimation of relevant literary works and ideas.
but……
After deletion, no original copy was left, which directly led to the loss of a large number of precious texts and classics.
This is a bit much.
This can be regarded as one of Liu Che’s feelings towards Confucianism.
Of course, he also knew that it was not just the Confucians who did this kind of thing very arrogantly. In fact, the Legalists, Mohists, and Huang Laoxue all did similar things.
In fact, this is what any school of thought must do.
Keep the things that are in line with my three views and throw away the things that are not in line with my three views and positions.
Just like the current Confucian Spring and Autumn School, it is divided into Gongyang School, Guliang School, etc.
The Book of Changes is divided into Zhouyi, Guizangyi, and Lianshanyi.
Even the Huang-Lao sect is actually different from Qi-Huang-Lao and Chu-Huang-Lao.
And the Mohist family...
It seems to be a unified school of thought.
However, if you take a closer look at history, you will know that when internal strife breaks out in the Mohist family, a younger brother will be born directly.
At that time, Mr. Xu Xing split from the Mohist family and set up his own branch of farming.
Then, Qin Mo parted ways with Dongfang Mo again.
In fact, most of the earliest rangers and assassins were descendants of the Mohist family.
As the Romance of the Three Kingdoms says, the general trend of the world is that if it is divided for a long time, it will unite and unite for a long time.
As later generations said, history is an upward spiral.
They just have to stick together now.
For example, within Confucianism today, Korean poetry and Chu poetry, Lu Confucianism and the Simeng school, Gu Liang, and Gongyang all coexist and live in harmony.
However, if you look at history, what did Confucianism do first after all schools of thought were stopped from worshiping Confucianism alone?
Scholars from the Gongyang School and the Chu School of Poetry who were in power fought fiercely against the Han School of Poetry, Gu Liang and the Simeng School.
They were even willing to cooperate with the Legalists and use Confucianism within and Legalism externally to compromise with the Huang-Lao sect, but they wanted to kill Han Shi, Gu Liang and Simeng first.
In later generations, Gu Liang and Simeng survived because of the strength of their descendants.
Even the works of the Huang-Lao School, the Legalist School, and even the book Mozi of the Mohist School have survived.
But where did Lianshan Yi and Guizang Yi go?
Where can I find the works of the Korean Poetry School?
This is the Chinese version of the saying that heretics are more hateful than heretics.
So, in a sense, Confucianism actually has Liu Che to thank.
It was he who saved those schools and masterpieces that were lost in time in past history.
Moreover, it is precisely because of the existence of Liu Che as the arbiter.
Therefore, the various schools of thought cannot fight at all.
At most, they play small tricks in private, smearing and attacking each other.
However, it is impossible to completely obliterate the other party from body to soul.
Even Liu Che specially ordered someone to print a set of Lu Ru's works and texts, which were stored in the archives of Shiqu Pavilion.
In Liu Che's opinion, this is his mission.
Hundreds of schools of thought fight against each other, and win after win.
But this stinky habit of winners taking all and losers dying should be changed.
Otherwise, when someone else takes over in the future, they will just copy it.
Looking back, Liu Che drove the plowing ox, plowed the soil three steps, and then gave the plowing tool to Chao Cuo, the imperial censor on the side.
Originally, it should be Zhou Yafu's.
However, now Zhou Yafu is in charge of military affairs in Taiyuan and has not returned, so Chao Cuo takes his place.
Today's scene of people cultivating their own land is actually a new Han family's land etiquette developed by Liu Che, Sima Ji Zhu, Sima Tan and other famous figures.
This year is the first time it has been implemented.
The entire etiquette not only retains many systems of Zongzhou Jitian Rites, but it also has innovations and reforms.
It was part of the institutional reform of the entire Han Dynasty regime belonging to Liu Che.
As the emperor, Liu Che has been thinking about a question: What should he do if he conquers India in the future?
Although this issue is likely to be something that future generations will only think about and worry about.
However, this cannot be ignored.
You can't say that you left this vast empire and endless wealth to your descendants, but lost it all because of your descendants' dishonesty or other reasons, right?
Although, even if it was lost in the hands of Liu Che's descendants.
But as long as the Xia people are still martial and enterprising, it will only be a matter of time before they get it back.
Just like the Western Regions were dug up and managed in the Han Dynasty, even though the descendants were unworthy, everything was lost at the end of the Han Dynasty.
However, by the time of Wutang, the Protectorate of the Western Regions was reestablished.
The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty went even further than the soldiers of the Han Dynasty.
They crossed the Congling Mountains and moved their advance base deep into the hinterland of Central Asia, all the way to the border of West Asia.
If not for the Anshi Rebellion, who knows if the Tang Dynasty army would have invaded Damascus?
Even after the decline of the Song Dynasty, during the Ming Dynasty, the Ming army once drank Ma Belga and made seven voyages to the West, creating a great era.
It seems that, as far as China is concerned, as long as the rulers do not shrink from fear and chaos, almost no one can defeat or hinder them from restoring their hegemony, regaining the land that has been theirs since ancient times, and then transferring a large amount of land that has been theirs since ancient times.
, leave it to future generations.
Therefore, later generations said: If you are poor, you will put aside disputes; if you are great, you will have it since ancient times.
But Liu Che was unwilling to gamble.
What if that **** caused the Eight Kings Rebellion or some other trouble? Wouldn't he be caught blind?
Therefore, he must establish and improve a system and system similar to Zong Zhou's.
Even if the emperor is **** and the courtiers are stupid.
However, the colonies still have the ability to protect themselves and even fight back.
At the same time, the colonial nobility must ensure that civil war will not be launched in vain.
This is a big subject.
It will probably take decades of exploration and exploration, step by step, and little by little establishment.
But Liu Che is confident that he can complete it in his lifetime.
Because, as long as he lives, he can ensure that no matter who it is, they will obey his orders.
Of course, this does not only rely on the patriarchal system and moral etiquette.
In fact, since the collapse of Zongzhou and the collapse of rituals and music, the world has been dominated by those with strong soldiers and horses.
Especially when the situation is chaotic or troubled, the sound of gun barrels is louder than anyone else's.
Therefore, Liu Che must learn from Zong Zhou and formulate a value system recognized by everyone in the world.
Similar to the **** of the later Mi Emperor and the economic supremacy system of the Tu Dynasty.
Such an attempt had already begun a few years ago when Liu Che hung the plaque in the hall of Xuanshi Hall that read, "Poverty in the world leads to eternal prosperity."
As for this mission, when Liu Che decided to colonize the Indian subcontinent, he had already decided that he must solve this problem.
Otherwise, whether it is the Anshi Rebellion or a disaster similar to the American War of Independence, it may cause disasters to the Han Dynasty and the Xia people in the future.
The British Empire could lose North America because it was too far away from its homeland.
But the Han Dynasty must not lose its future subcontinental colonies.
Because the distance between the subcontinent and mainland China is, to put it bluntly, just the Himalayas.
How can you allow others to snore on the side of the bed?
Liu Che must ensure that the people of Sange will always be immersed in their religion and joy, always happy, always ignorant, and always kind. (To be continued.)
