The feudal dynasty relied on the "divine right of kings" to live and prosper. It promoted that the emperor was the son of God, so everyone must have the idea of loyalty to the emperor and the country.
The monarch is the spokesperson of God in this world.
All the land in the world is the land of the king; the shores of the land are all the ministers of the king.
However, the release of the map is equivalent to telling the people of the world, take a look, the world is so big, there is only so much that your Majesty can control, and the outside world is unknown and vast, and those are beyond the control of your Majesty.
Then the question arises, there are still places in the world that His Majesty has no control over, how can it be called the spokesperson of God?
And when everyone takes the map and explores outward little by little, and finally finds that the world is vaster than imagined, and finally finds that the whole world is not the round sky as imagined, then I am afraid that everyone will have to doubt the authority of the emperor as the supreme king.
This is to shake the foundation of a feudal dynasty.
Therefore, all dynasties and dynasties have tried their best to restrain the people's thoughts and vision, so that the people know that there are sages and sages, but do not know the vastness outside.
But what about the facts?
Can a scholar who shakes his head really have a sense of belonging to this country, and can he be willing to sacrifice his life and blood when the country is in crisis?
Li Xingchen didn't believe it, and history also told him that this was wrong.
During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the state raised scholars for three hundred years. What happened in the end? The water was too cold, and those who cut their braids cut their braids. Everyone was very clever. In the end, there were a few foolish and loyal ones. What role did they play?
Well, it's just shouting slogans.
However, the Song Dynasty, which was more open-minded and even had long-term trade channels with other countries, was well known to be weak, and although by the late Southern Song Dynasty only half of the country was left with mountains and rivers, it faced the whip of God that had whipped the entire world.
The weak Song Dynasty actually managed to sustain it for more than fifty years. In the end, one hundred thousand soldiers and civilians crossed the cliff and the sea. From the emperor to his subjects, their corpses were floating thousands of miles away.
How strong this is, how loyal this is.
The integrity and loyalty of the Chinese nation were clearly demonstrated in this tragic defeat. In contrast, the smoky Nanming and the late Qing Dynasty were so rotten that they could not even be lifted up, because they were not even worthy of carrying shoes, because
In this spirit, there is nothing left to lose.
Therefore, Li Xingchen did not mind the people of the Han Dynasty going out, even if there would be some ideas that would affect the stability of the imperial power.
This is better than the entire dynasty closing itself off and dying in the land of China and Kyushu.
What's more, Li Xingchen believes that the more you go out, the easier it will be to bring a sense of belonging to the people of the Han Dynasty.
Jiuzhou is such a big place. When people introduce each other, they will definitely not say that I am a Han, but will say that I am from the south, I am from the north, I am from Jiankang, and I am from Luoyang. Over time, the regional concept will be deeply ingrained.
, North and South, East and West, competing for resources, competing for talents, competing for the court's policies...
Even if there is no external force, intensified internal conflicts will cause the country to fall apart.
For a long time, Li Xingchen, the leader of the new generation of Han Dynasty, has been thinking about a question.
Why did the early Han Dynasty die?
Are the foreign enemies very powerful? Sorry, it seems that each of the foreign enemies is inferior to the other. Even after the split of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao smoked the Wuhuan, Sun Quan smoked the Mitsukoshi, and Zhuge Liang smoked the Nanman. Each of them was more powerful than the other. You must know that while beating the foreign enemies, the three families were still at war with each other.
Be ready for a big fight at any time.
In the final analysis, it is just because of internal contradictions.
The young master is suspicious of the country, the eunuchs are interfering in the government, coupled with the plague and drought that coincide with the event, and a group of aristocratic families and heroes who are eyeing the situation, it is impossible not to think that something will happen.
Li Xingchen did not think that the Eastern Han Dynasty perished because he was too powerful. Although the Eastern Han Dynasty was very powerful compared to foreign enemies at the time, the ruling class had been corrupted and the people had lost trust and sense of belonging to the central dynasty. Even without Zhang Jiao
If someone jumps out to cause the Yellow Turban Rebellion, sooner or later Li Jiao or Zhao Jiao will appear.
The aristocratic families, the heroes and even the common people no longer believed that this dynasty would be fine, so naturally they began to have their own different thoughts.
This is also reasonable.
But joining allows people to get out, and the problems may become different.
Stepping out of the land of China, no matter where you go, you are no longer a Jiankang or Luoyang person, but a Han. Merchants from the south and the north will support each other and share the spoils together. Sailors and sailors from Jiankang and Luoyang will
We shouted slogans together, furled the sails, and after the day's sailing, we leaned together on the dock and got drunk.
Everyone's sense of belonging to the Han region will become lower and lower, and in their eyes, they will gradually become Han people.
What they really belong to is not a city or a state capital, but this country.
When you go out and know how big the world is, you will know how weak you are, and you will know that you should hug and fight side by side with people of the same background.
This is human nature.
This is also a method that Li Xingchen thought of to solve the problem of the demise of the Han Dynasty.
In short, divert domestic conflicts, divert domestic attention, and even divert domestic funds!
Everyone’s money has been thrown overseas to develop minerals and invest. Who is still secretly hiding it, waiting for the arrival of troubled times to recruit troops?
People's money in banks is what it means that money can make money. If your money is placed in a cellar, even if it is kept for a hundred years, will it still grow a money tree?
Everyone saves money in banks, and the banks invest the money overseas. In fact, it is equivalent to drawing domestic money outside.
But everyone is very happy to get some interest.
What, recruiting troops to rebel?
Enough support?
"The state has been raising scholars for three hundred years, but it's not like that..." Li Xingchen couldn't help but mutter to himself.
Predecessors have proven what kind of disaster this will bring to the entire nation by controlling thoughts and closing the country, so Li Xingchen will not do it!
Even if it ends up causing the Han Dynasty he created to be replaced by some other republic or something like that, Li Xingchen is willing to do so.
He cannot control the fate of his children and grandchildren, but he has the responsibility to control the future of the nation.
Isn’t this what all these years of hard work are for?
"Your Majesty?" Yu Chizhen whispered.
Li Xingchen suddenly came back to his senses.
Yu Chizhen glanced at him worriedly. Along the way, His Majesty was taciturn and seemed to be thinking about something, but he didn't even read a few memorials. What on earth was he thinking about?
"What is your Majesty thinking about? Is there anything more important than these current state affairs?" Yu Chizhen pushed the memorial to Li Xingchen.
Li Xingchen smiled, stretched out his hand and rubbed her head: "Of course, nation, country, destiny, future, and many more are more important than now."
"Really or not, I'm afraid I'm about to arrive in Luoyang. I'm wondering if I should bring the Queen's sister with me today?" Yu Chizhen muttered.