Wang Miaoyin's beautiful eyebrows frowned slightly: "Why don't everyone in your world believe that the emperor is a herdsman on behalf of heaven and is ordered by heaven? I actually want to know how to make everyone not believe this. . In my understanding, not only the Central Plains, not only our Han world, but also the barbarians from all over the world, also believe in this set of myths about the divine right of kings and that rulers are the incarnation of gods."
Liu Yu said calmly: "Then how do you, the children of aristocratic families, believe that the emperor is not the son of God, or a god sent by God to rule all peoples?"
Wang Miaoyin nodded: "Because we have read a lot of books and know that these so-called supernatural phenomena are mostly made up to fool and deceive the illiterate villagers and women. The less knowledge and culture, the easier it is to become superstitious. , in fact, to put it bluntly, by using people’s awe and powerful power, you can make the people at the bottom who have no access to things at the top believe that the emperor is really the true dragon and emperor who is destined by destiny.”
"As long as the people believe that the emperor is the real dragon emperor, then the officials he appoints at all levels, from the prime minister to the village chief, will become a whole system of Daitian herdsmen. In the eyes of the people, the government will no longer be a tool to oppress them, but a tool to oppress them. It’s a whole system used by God to manage them, so they don’t dare to resist and just accept it. As for our high-ranking family, because we are too close to the emperor, even his statement about being ordered by God to scare the common people is all us. You made it up, of course you know what’s going on, so how can you believe it?”
Liu Yu said with a smile: "That's it, because you are knowledgeable and educated, and you even made up these lies yourself, so you won't believe these statements, and monopolize knowledge so that more than 90% of the people don't even know big characters. If they can't even write their own names, they will naturally be ignorant and superstitious, believe in destiny, and be willing to be enslaved and ruled."
Wang Miaoyin sighed: "I kind of understand why you want to start a big show. In fact, it is just the beginning for you to educate the Jingba brothers and the children of the heroes. Your real purpose is to give it to all ordinary people in the future. Children should all have the opportunity to receive education, read and learn calligraphy, because you want every child of ordinary people to have the opportunity to join the army and serve the country, and in turn, give them the right to education in return. When they all understand these principles, they will no longer If you believe in some fairy emperor, then treat the rulers as human beings instead of gods. The kind of submissiveness that is willing to be ruled and enslaved will no longer exist, and the leaders of Guizhou will become citizens of your era. , yes or no?”
Liu Yu said seriously: "Yes, that's it. In our world, it actually took less than a few decades from the end of the emperor's rule to the establishment of such a people's republic. However, in the entire world at that time, There are many countries, especially in the far west. There are many powerful countries. They have completed this kind of enlightenment of people's wisdom and enlightenment one step earlier than us. The people have long disbelieved in the king's rule, so just like Shang Yang It was the same as the reform, and we took the lead in reforming to become stronger, and our dynasty was in danger of annihilation and annihilation, so for nearly a hundred years, our people were thinking about how to save the country and become stronger."
Wang Miaoyin was a little surprised: "What? There are actually foreigners who can destroy China? Is it more dangerous than the Yongjia Rebellion?"
Liu Yu's mind recalled the era before time travel, the unforgettable modern history before the founding of New China. He felt sad and sighed: "Yes, to use the words in our national anthem at that time, the Chinese nation The most dangerous moment has come. For more than a hundred years, various countries have invaded one after another. Our dynasty at that time was called the Qing Dynasty. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, it was also corrupt, incompetent, lifeless, and far behind others in terms of military and technology. , except for the large number of people and the large land, it has no merits.”
"In the past hundred years, the Western powers thousands of miles away, the Tsarist Empire in the north, and the Japanese country in the east, which is now the Yamatai Kingdom, have continuously invaded China. We are really in danger of national subjugation and annihilation. Even in terms of culture, like the Yongjia Rebellion, these barbarians just occupied our place, but their culture was backward. They had to learn our words and wear our clothes, and finally were assimilated by us. But in the place where I am, In that world, a hundred years ago, even Chinese culture might have been replaced by Western culture."
Wang Miaoyin covered her mouth in surprise and shook her head in disbelief: "Thousands of miles away? My God, how did those Western powers come here? And the north, aren't they barbarians from the grasslands? How could there be an extra Tsarist Empire? ? Aren’t those tribes in Yamatai in the East so powerful that they could invade the Celestial Empire in later generations? What you’re talking about, I really can’t even dream of.”
Liu Yu sighed: "Because we in China later restricted ourselves to the rule of imperial power and talent alone, and even used a method called the imperial examination. Officials were only selected from noble families. Even today's military merits are awarded, and officials are awarded with titles. The model is gone, which has completely cut off the way for ordinary people to rise. Now you only use the imperial examination to let the children of aristocratic families get titles and official positions. After the imperial examination, the landlords of every village can rely on Monopolizing the entire village's land with the title deed, and then allowing one's own children to take the imperial examinations to gain fame, and then rule the village for generations, we, China, have been stuck in our own ways since then, with no enterprising spirit, and no progress or development in technology."
"Looking at the Western barbarians, after they reformed and became stronger, they desperately expanded outwards and invented large sailing ships that could sail across the four seas. They traveled tens of thousands of miles to China. Wherever they passed, all the countries and tribes were conquered. It conquered, enslaved, and its people were sold as slaves, worked as cattle and horses for them, worked hard to dig mines, and then relied on these mines to transport them back to the country to maintain their production and keep their soldiers and horses strong so that they could conquer everywhere."
Wang Miaoyin said with some disbelief: "Isn't production just relying on farming and weaving? If you say you want to capture people and transport them back to your home country to be enslaved and make them farm, I believe this, but those mines have to be transported thousands of miles away to be produced. , what’s the point of this?”
Liu Yu smiled slightly and thought to himself, it is indeed knowledge that determines the level of vision. Even Miao Yin, who is the most intelligent person in this world and this era, cannot understand the knowledge of the Industrial Revolution and the steam engine. It seems that this span of nearly two thousand years, It can really make the world change, and isn't this how human progress, from technology to cognition, keeps pace with the times? (End of chapter)
