The Ming Dynasty was changing the old order.
Taira Kiyomori longed for power, longed for status, and longed to reach the top of power, but he never thought about changing this order.
He himself is also one of the vested interests of this order. He is the son of a bureaucratic family with a warrior background. He is also a member of the ruling class, but his status is not as high as that of the royal family and nobles.
He wants to pursue a higher status in the existing system, so that his family can become a noble in the true sense, move up to a higher level, and satisfy his own sense of glory.
Now that he has done it, the Taira family is already a well-known aristocratic family in Japan, with one person less than ten thousand people, but there are still some short-sighted people who want to oppose him.
As long as he is given time, he will be able to get rid of these people.
And what about Su Yonglin?
Pricked the sky, and then rebuilt the sky.
What worries Taira Kiyomori even more is that at that time, with the gradual arrival of escapees from the Southern Song Dynasty and Goryeo, Su Yonglin's "Hongwu Political Commentary" also entered Japan at some point.
As a series of books written by the Ming emperor himself, "Hongwu Political Commentary" received great attention in Japan.
Japan is deeply influenced by Han culture and has a considerable degree of recognition of Confucian culture. It pursues and promotes concepts such as loyalty to the emperor and the country.
Infected by their cultural superiority, they believed that the Central Plains Empire was the Zhengshuo of China. They admired it, admired it, and worked hard to learn from it. Later, they even liked it to the point where they wanted to take the culture as their own.
Under the current situation, they generally believe that the founding emperor of the Han people who overthrew the foreign regime, re-established the Han regime and recaptured the Central Plains was a great man, a hero, a hero, and a great man in heaven.
They believe that Su Yonglin's slogan "Expelling the Tartars and restoring China" is very appealing, and they generally believe that the Ming regime established by Su Yonglin is more orthodox and more worthy of representing Chinese culture than the peaceful Southern Song Dynasty.
Therefore, he is more worried that Su Yonglin's statement will easily gain supporters in Japan and further create internal instability, thus affecting his rule.
It must be said that Taira Kiyomori’s concerns are not unreasonable.
Because Su Yonglin's theories have indeed exerted considerable influence among the younger generation of Japan's upper class society, and there are indeed many supporters of "Hongwu Political Commentary" among them.
These people who agree think that what Su Yonglin said is very reasonable. They believe that Confucian culture has experienced an irreversible decline and needs to be changed and reformed.
Out of their recognition of Su Yonglin's achievements, they further began to agree with Su Yonglin's ideas of saving the situation, and then began to reflect on their own environment.
The most amazing thing about Su Yonglin is that he overthrew the foreign regime that occupied the Central Plains and restored the rule of the Han family. This was an incredible initiative in the Confucian cultural circle and an absolute hero. It was something that even the Zhengshuo and Song Dynasties could not accomplish. matter.
Therefore, he naturally enjoys a natural orthodox status.
However, this orthodox emperor who was extremely upright in the country under the traditional vision denied Confucian culture in his writings, and instead established his own theoretical system, attributing his victory to this.
Like Goryeo, among the young people and a small number of old people in Japan's upper ruling class, there emerged a group of people who were ideologically inclined to Su Yonglin's writings. They began to reflect on the world they lived in, and further developed dissatisfaction and thinking about the status quo.
But their numbers are small.
Most people in the Japanese ruling class still hold a negative and fearful attitude toward Su Yonglin's ideas.
People who understand think that this kind of thinking can definitely destroy not just the Jin Kingdom, a foreign dynasty, or Su Yonglin does not pay attention to foreigners or not. What he focuses on is the rules of the entire era, and they are afraid of this. So object to this book.
Most people's objections to this book are mainly against Su Yonglin's denial of Confucian culture. They believe that Su Yonglin has forgotten his ancestors and is not worthy to be the master of China. The Chinese cultural line has been cut off and is no longer the China in their hearts, etc.
Anyway, the words are ugly, and some people have even shouted that the Chinese cultural heritage has been destroyed by Emperor Ming and should be inherited and carried forward by our country.
Naturally, such remarks will not enter the eyes of truly sensible people, who are still more worried that Su Yonglin's theory will destroy their foundation of oppressing and exploiting the people.
After reading the two volumes of Hongwu Political Commentary, Taira Shigemori, the eldest son Taira Kiyomori, who valued Taira Kiyomori, was very worried and suggested to Taira Kiyomori that he should follow the example of Goryeo and ban this book in Japan.
"This book explains all the truths of the world thoroughly. It's okay for ordinary people. But those who are slightly dissatisfied with reality will not do what Emperor Ming did. They can achieve the goal by following the above-mentioned deception. My purpose is not impossible.”
Taira Kiyomori himself was very worried about this.
"You are right. Although it is impossible for them to oppose their own power and status, they can use this to confuse stupid people to form a powerful force and then oppose me. Afterwards, they become me, but I He's going to be a prisoner.
Emperor Ming's book explains the truth so completely without any reservations, so how could it be spread on a large scale? I heard that Emperor Ming was selling this book to the public in the Ming Dynasty. Since he could cross the ocean to reach Japan and go to any country he wanted, what on earth did Emperor Ming want to do? "
Taira Shigemori could not judge this, but he still firmly requested Taira Kiyomori to ban the book to prevent it from being widely circulated and causing unpredictable disasters.
Taira Kiyomori adopted his suggestion and ordered the Hongwu Political Commentary to be banned, and the books were collected and burned in the country. Private circulation and communication were strictly prohibited. Once discovered, severe punishment would be carried out and no tolerance would be tolerated.
After the banning order was conveyed, Hongwu's political commentary disappeared in public, but its circulation in private could not be banned.
If some ministers wanted to hide a book secretly, even if Taira Kiyomori was clairvoyant, he might not be able to do anything about it.
For this reason, Taira Kiyomori was still worried, and Taira Shigemori designed for him, using the ideas circulated among Japan's upper-class intellectual circles, to build a golden body for Taira Kiyomori.
That is to say, the Ming Dynasty destroyed Chinese culture, and Chinese culture no longer exists in the mainland of China. Moreover, both Goryeo and the Li family of South Vietnam were destroyed by the Ming Dynasty, and they no longer exist.
Therefore, Japan is the only place where orthodox Chinese culture has been inherited. Orthodox Chinese culture is now only in Japan.
The perfect footnote to this theory lies in the arrival of a large number of escapees from the Southern Song Dynasty and Goryeo.
They not only brought themselves and their wealth, but also brought orthodox Confucian cultural knowledge, and took refuge in Taira Kiyomori, which fits this statement.
Ping Chongsheng suggested that Ping Qingsheng establish himself as a supporter of Confucian culture and the orthodox protector of Chinese culture, and use the Southern Song Dynasty and Goryeo refugees to publicize this idea, increase his own status, and gain literati in the traditional cultural circle. support.
This not only suppresses the ideological threat of Hongwu's political theory, but also neutralizes the power of those who oppose him in the circles of the royal family and aristocrats, making them in a dilemma because of Taira Kiyomori's status as the "protector of orthodox Chinese culture."
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