Chapter 1074 The Civil and Military Ways of the Han Family
Walking and walking, the group of people walked calmly and without incident, but Liu Xie could not calm down all the time. He turned over the previous scenes and words over and over in his mind, but there were some problems that he still could not find in the end. What answer was there? Someone had to call Fei Qian over again.
Fei Qian sat on the horse''s back, holding the reins, and raised his hand to Liu Xie: "...I have seen your Majesty..." It could be seen that Liu Xie did not sleep well last night.
Liu Xie nodded, looked at Fei Qian and said directly: "...I love you so much. I have two questions that I can''t figure out..."
“Your Majesty, please speak.” Fei Qian said.
"Fei Aiqing once said, well, the Han Empire," Liu Xie frowned, "I understand the Han Empire, but what does the word ''emperor'' mean in it?"
How old is Liu Xie now?
?Fei Qian isn’t sure, maybe it’s Thirteen? Or fourteen? This is vaguely the impression.
What would a half-grown child of thirteen or fourteen usually do if he were in the future?
What remains in Fei Qian''s memory seems to be not very good impressions, but now, a Han Dynasty child who is only thirteen or fourteen years old, has already begun to think about what seems to be a very ambitious goal in his life...
“Huh?” Fei Qian suddenly realized that in this era, there was no such word as imperialism.
?In terms of the political system, Fei Qian feels that feudal imperialism is more suitable for the current Han Dynasty, because the original political system of the Han Dynasty had some signs of this, and it is also an adaptation of the current communication equipment that is completely zero.
The basis of centralization is strong central control. However, in the Han Dynasty, when communications were backward, it was often a month or two before a decision from the central government was transmitted to the border areas. If the territory expanded further, this would be Time stretches longer.
??So the Han Dynasty originally had certain characteristics of the county system and the two-thousand-stone prefecture position. If we look at it from another perspective, wouldn''t it be the local lords of the Western Middle Ages?
Be responsible to those above and govern those below.
?Although it still has flaws, it is still tolerable to a certain extent.
Just like small joint problems in the body, or mites on the skin, perhaps one day, these small problems will develop to a fatal level, but before that, it is still an acceptable thing, at least compared to Problems such as being hungry and having no clothes to wear are much less severe.
“Empire” is a word derived from English words after a large amount of Western culture poured into China after the 19th century. Before that, no one mentioned it, and it was not seen in writing...
"Emperor, only the unified emperor can be the emperor..." Fei Qian first gave a definition. Anyway, this is almost what Fei Qian said, "...and the so-called empire has an extremely large territory and extremely cultural and educational Prosperity, extremely developed commerce, and extremely advanced skills. If you are the best in these four things, you will be an empire!”
“Region, culture, education, commerce, skills...” Liu Xie muttered for a while, then suddenly said, “We have scholars, merchants, and workers, so why are there no farmers?”
Hey, Liu Xie understands it this way...
It’s okay to understand it this way.
Fei Qian smiled and said: "How can there be no farmers? The area is huge, and the farming is naturally huge..."
"Well, that''s the case..." Liu Xie nodded and said, "Then Fei Aiqing means that among the four peoples in the world, agriculture is the first, scholars and merchants are the second, and workers are the last?"
Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce is not a concept of later generations. As early as in "Guanzi·Xiaokuang" it was said: "The four peoples, scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, are the stone people of the country." Stone means pillar, that is to say, in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, We have realized that the basic structure of a country is composed of four major aspects.
an empire.
Nature is also composed of these four aspects.
"Farming is the foundation of the world..." Fei Qian said slowly, "If there were no farmers, the people of the world would have no food and clothing, and there would be rebellion. Therefore, farming is undoubtedly the most important thing in the empire...it is supplemented by scholars, merchants, and workers. No distinction is made between superior and inferior…”
That is to say, but there must be problems in actual operation, but these problems can be slowly improved or adjusted according to the law. Fortunately, even in the Han Dynasty, Confucianism was not as strong in suppressing industry and commerce as it was in the subsequent feudal dynasties. After all, at this point in time, Confucianism had just begun to rise.
Liu Xie nodded in understanding, with solemnity written all over his childish face. A young man of thirteen or fourteen years old began to plan the entire court, and even began to plan and imagine something for this empire.
"My dear Fei, there is one more thing..." Liu Xie said, "...yesterday you said... well, when it came to the ''national reserve'', why did you say that food, grass and money were only part of it, so what was the other part?"
Fei Qian thought about it for a moment, had he said this yesterday? Maybe I talked too much, and even I forgot a little, but fortunately I didn’t say anything about GDP, CDI...
“…The national reserve is indeed divided into two aspects,” Fei Qian said while sorting out his thoughts. “…One is material and financial resources, that is, military pay, food and grass, but actually the other aspect is inheritance…”
“Inheritance?” Liu Xie was puzzled.
Fei Qian is not sure what will happen to Liu Xie in the future, but at least for now, Fei Qian wants Liu Xie to know more, at least to know how people lived in this ancient era, and the operation of a country requires Something.
So, let’s start with how poor the Han Dynasty was.
?Of course, this "poor" is not only reflected in food and other items...
Most people don’t know much about the concept of poverty. They just think that poverty is the lack of things. But in fact, this is only a small part of poverty. Real poverty is like an empty trash can. Apart from being dirty, there is nothing. None.
The poverty of having nothing, even ideas.
“Gu Zha...come, come...” Fei Qian looked around, then waved and called a Qiang man over.
In the Han Dynasty, the Qiang people also had their own language, but was it just this language...
hehe.
"Gu Zha," Fei Qian saw Gu Zha saluting Liu Xie, then pointed to the sun in the sky and said, "Sun, how do you say it in your language?"
“@#…” Guza pronounced a short syllable.
Fei Qian did not explain to Liu Xie, but said, "What do you say about the moon in the sky at night?"
Guza didn''t know what was going on, but he still said quickly: "%@#..." "Where is the cooking campfire?"
“%%@#…”
“Where are the torches?”
“%%%@#…”
Feiqian looked at Liu Xie who was confused, smiled, and then said: "Well, okay, Your Majesty just wants to know something about your words. It''s okay. Guza, you can go down first..."
??Monk Gu Zha Zhang Er was confused, but being able to show his face in front of the Han Emperor was quite exciting, let alone saying a few words, so he left happily.
In fact, Fei Qian can basically understand the language of the Qiang people and the language of the Xiongnu, and there is not much difficulty. This is not because Fei Qian has any language talent or the ability to remember what he hears. It''s just that in this era, the language of the Qiang and Huns was too simple.
To be precise, it should be barren or backward.
In the research of many experts and professors in later generations, it has been proved that words and language are tools for communication, especially for daily spoken language. The complexity of language is closely related to the development of society. There is no complexity. In the social environment, there is no developed spoken language system.
In the Han Dynasty, this universal law was also followed.
Like most beginners who learn another language, they definitely start with simple words. Fei Qian also started with the same, first learning nouns in the Qiang language and the Xiongnu language.
And these nouns…
Fei Qian said to Liu Xie: "That person just now has followed me since I first arrived in Pingyang. It has been more than three years now. He didn''t speak Chinese very well at first, but now he has no problem with daily communication. ...He just said ''@#''..."
?Fei Qian repeated the weird syllable, and then said: "...In the Qiang language, it means the sun, and of course, it also means heat and fire..."
"Then the moon means ''little'' added to the sun, which is ''%@#''..." Fei Qian continued, "Then the smaller bonfire is the little sun, ''%% @#''…”
Liu Xie laughed and said: "Ah, that''s it, then the torch is the ''little sun''?"
“Your Majesty is wise.” Fei Qian smiled slightly and flattered him casually.
"This..." Liu Xie shook his head and laughed, unable to find any words to describe it, "...it''s simply..."
Fei Qian was silent for a while, and when Liu Xie''s fresh energy wore off, he suddenly seemed to talk about an unrelated topic: "Your Majesty, the old man from the village in the mountains yesterday had ancestors who were officials in Guanzhong..." That night , Fei Qian sent someone to investigate the origin of that small village, because if he hadn''t been a little cultured and educated, he wouldn''t have been so polite in treating guests and answering questions.
"Oh?" Liu Xie was a little confused as to what Fei Qian wanted to express with his sudden words.
"Your Majesty...ordinary country people..." Fei Qian pointed casually in the mountains with his riding crop and said, "...if the Han people had no inheritance from their ancestors, by now, I am afraid that words may not be as good as those of the Qiang people. How much stronger are the Xiongnu... I have met some ordinary Han people, some of whom are over fifty years old, but they can''t even distinguish the numerical value within ten... The Han people are stronger than the Hu people, which is inheritance. If there is no inheritance, the Han people are also inferior. Hu people…”
It is not difficult for a person who has never had any vocabulary to understand the words sun and moon, but it is not difficult for him to understand that "the sun lives in the moon and shines on the earth below", or "looking at the sun and moon, I think about it" It means that it would be better to ask his fate directly, which may be simpler.
Even in later generations, savages or wolf children appeared, and these people who were separated from social education basically lost the most basic language communication skills.
The longer Fei Qian came to the Han Dynasty, the more he understood the importance of the gentry. He always clamored to promote the imperial examination in the Han Dynasty and overthrew the gentry, and always talked about who is afraid of who when holding a knife. In Fei Qian''s view, it was nothing more than nonsense. Before cultivating a large number of people with basic knowledge, rashly cutting off the roots of the only inheritance is a kind of progress or a regression?
And these foundations, or in the eyes of later generations, are extremely shallow things, but in the Han Dynasty, they were not like air or sunshine that everyone could enjoy...
Liu Xie was silent.
After a long time, Liu Xiecai said: "...Is this the reason why Aiqing opened a school in Pingyang?"
“…Your Majesty is wise, that’s exactly what it is…” Fei Qian nodded and said. Of course, there are actually many purposes for Fei Qian to open a school, but one of the obvious aspects is to teach and pass on knowledge in the name of a school. It will definitely be more widely popularized than the current model of family inheritance in the Han Dynasty. .
“…I want to go and have a look,” Liu Xie turned to look at Fei Qian and said, “…after arriving in Pingyang, I want to go and see the Taoshan Academy…”
“I would like to comply with your Majesty’s wishes.” Fei Qian nodded and said, “…However, there is another place that I suggest your Majesty should also go to…”
Liu Xie said: "Where?"
"In Pingyang, there is not only a school palace, but also a Hall of Heroes for a son of the Han family..." Fei Qian said, "From the time when the ministers came to Bingzhou, all those who were stained with blood, regardless of soldiers and generals, entered the Hall of Heroes..."
“Regardless of soldiers and generals?” Liu Xie raised his eyebrows.
Fei Qian said: "Exactly. Regardless of the soldiers and generals, they are all Han people. They defend the country and open up frontiers for the Han. However, if there are conflicts, they are all Han people..."
"Good. I will go too." Liu Xie nodded, then paused for a while, and suddenly said, "...I understand...Zigong once said, before the way of civility and martial arts has fallen to the ground, among people, the sage will recognize the great one. , The unworthy know the inferior... Is this what I mean by loving you?”
Civil officials and military generals have always been a point of contention in the imperial court. The stories that had to be told between civil servants and military generals actually consumed the national power of the entire country bit by bit, eventually leading to the country''s decline.
Most dynasties re-employed generals at the beginning, but after the founding of the People''s Republic of China, they used the strategy of raising pigs to deal with and suppress generals. Often, when they needed these generals again in the later stages, they suddenly discovered that these generals had been really cultivated. Got a pig…
Fei Qian solemnly raised his hands towards Liu Xie and said: "Your Majesty is a wise man. Nowadays, the Han family seeks great sages as well as ungrateful ones. The world is full of teachers. Master, why don''t you learn from me? How can we be afraid?" Are you afraid of falling behind if you learn from Handan?”
Liu Xie nodded slowly and agreed.
"Therefore, I have something to ask of you, and I sincerely request your Majesty''s permission..." Fei Qian said with a slight smile, "...If Your Majesty also feels that the Wei minister''s theory is somewhat reasonable, I would like to ask Your Majesty to issue an ''Order for Seeking Talents'' when you arrive in Pingyang. Seek great virtuous people in the world, and also seek virtuous people in the world, so as to inherit the civil and military ways of the Han family..."
(End of this chapter)