Mongolia is the predecessor and remnant of the Yuan Dynasty.
As the Kuritai Conference is approaching, the most important wedding for Mongolians in recent times has quietly come to an end. Dacheng Taiji married Anda's widow Zhongjin Hatun. The reason why it was "quietly" was because although this wedding had important political significance, the man was not married for the first time and the woman was remarried, so it was unnatural to have such a grand ceremony.
In addition, the faces of Dachengbiji and Erdemutu must also be taken care of.
"Teacher, the envoy of the Oara people has also arrived today." Erdemutu appeared in front of Gao Pragmatic with some excitement. He cupped his hands to Gao Pragmatic, who closed his eyes and rested, and said: "Father said, even when the old Khan is in power, The Wara people have been beaten and moved several times, but never as grandly as today. He asked me to come and express my gratitude to the teacher again."
Gao pragmatic did not open his eyes. He had been working hard recently. Although he was young, he was also quite tired. He had been very tired these days. He had almost no participation in the organization of the Kuritai Conference, leaving everything to Han Naji and Zhongjin Hatun. The newly…er, remarried couple is left to their own devices.
"Excellent Qian Yuan, congratulations on Mongolia's prosperity again." Gao pragmatically said in a calm tone, and then changed the subject: "Erdemutu, have you ever thought about how the Yuan was so huge that it fell so quickly? "
Isn't this a question for giving points? Erdemutu immediately said: "The Mongols don't know that they can conquer the world immediately, but they cannot rule the world immediately."
Unexpectedly, Gao Pragmatic shook his head and said: "In the Yuan Dynasty, culture was very prosperous." He slowly opened his eyes, looked at the half-grown Mongolian students in front of him, and smiled slightly: "Even many Han people have benefited from this culture. The place."
Erdemutu was stunned for a moment, then hesitantly said: "Really?"
"Don't you believe it?" Gao Pragmatic smiled slightly and said: "The culture of the Yuan Dynasty is a combination of Persian culture, Mongolian culture, and Chinese culture. The more cultures communicate, the more prosperous they become... Let me give you an example: blue and white are originally Persian culture, and blue and white are originally Persian culture. The color is one of the main colors in China. Before the Yuan Dynasty, there was no blue and white in China. In the Yuan Dynasty, this blue pattern was brought from Persia and could be painted on porcelain.
Before blue and white porcelain, no matter how Chinese ceramics changed, each one took the lead. However, after the emergence of blue and white porcelain, it immediately became the mainstream, and no one has shaken its status for two to three hundred years. "
There is indeed no problem with Gao Pragmatic's example. From the Yuan Dynasty to the Ming and Qing dynasties, blue and white porcelain took the first place in both private and official kilns. In the late Qing Dynasty, pastels challenged its status, but in the end they lost to it.
But a piece of blue and white porcelain was not enough to convince Erdemutu. His expression was obviously doubtful.
So Gao Pragmatic added: "There is also cloisonné, a handicraft of the Yuan Dynasty that had a great influence on the Ming Dynasty. There is also cloisonné. It is mainly based on blue and was created in the Yuan Dynasty. It has nothing to do with cloisonne. In fact, cloisonné is also typical. The foreign culture, in the final analysis, is the filigree enamel craft, which was introduced by the Arabs, that is, Hui Hui. In the "Gegu Essentials" in the early Ming Dynasty, it was said that it was a craft passed from "Dashi". And smart Chinese craftsmen After learning this craft, Chinese decorations were incorporated into it and carried forward, turning it into China's unique palace culture."
Erdemutu hesitated for a moment and whispered: "But... these are all trivial."
"Then what is the Great Way? Does the study of astronomy count?" Gao Pragmatic chuckled and said: "In terms of the study of astronomy, Yuan Ting presided over the translation of Ptolemy's "Collection of Astronomy", and Ibn Yunu Sri Lanka's "Hakim Star Catalog" and other works, Hui astronomer Zamaruddin presided over the "Hui Si Tianjian", and manufactured polycyclops, azimuths, clinometers, azimuths, celestial spheres, globes, and telescopes. Guo Shoujing, a local scientist in China, absorbed the essence of them and improved them to create simple instruments, Yang instruments, Guibiao instruments, Houji instruments, armillary instruments, vertical movement instruments, scenery symbols, peeping instruments, etc., and collaborated with Wang Xun and Xu Heng. and others jointly compiled the "Time Calendar", China's most advanced and longest-running calendar. The compilation of this calendar benefited from the twenty-seven astronomical observation stations set up across the country.
At the same time, the compilation of the "Time Calendar" not only listed three interpolation formulas, but also used the 'Fortress, Zhaocai, Pythagorean, and Arc Arrow methods' for careful calculations, in which the arc trigonometric method invented by Hui Hui was applied to The Circle Cutting Technique obtained the 'Arc Arrow Cutting Circle Technique'. Zhu Shijie's "Four Yuan Jade Mirror" promoted the 'Tian Yuan Technique' to the 'Four Yuan Technique' and proposed a solution to the 'Elimination of Yuan Technique'. This is better than... well, this is so far. Still the pinnacle of mathematics. "
Gao Pragmatic almost blurted out just now: three hundred years ahead of Europe.
Erdemutu had always been taught by Hannaji that only the Han people had the strongest culture. Although Gao Pragmatic said this, he still insisted: "But these knowledge are not practical."
Gao pragmatic thought for a while and asked: "So, is medicine practical? In medicine, the Four Schools of Yuan Dynasty appeared, which combined Chinese medicine and Arabic medicine in the "Hui Hui Prescription", which is a comprehensive Hui medicine classic. There are thirty-six volumes in total, including internal medicine, surgery, gynecology, pediatrics, orthopedics, and dermatology. There are about six to seven thousand prescriptions. Many of the prescriptions we are familiar with now, such as aromatic volatile medicines, nasal drops, and alcohol dew lotions. , oils, syrups, etc., are not transmitted from Bian Que and Hua Tuo, but from the 'sea medicine' brought by Arab medicine."
Medicine is definitely the most practical. Erdemutu couldn't argue with it, so he had to say: "But the Great Yuan Dynasty still died." He paused and said a little lonely: "Since the teacher said that the Great Yuan Dynasty did not die because of culture, then the Great Yuan Dynasty did not die because of culture. Why did the Yuan Dynasty prosper so rapidly and then fall so suddenly?"
Gao Pingshi said: "There is a saying in "Zuo Zhuan": 'If you prosper with this, you will perish with it.' The Yuan Dynasty, which reflected its 'greatness' in every aspect, only existed for a hundred years before disintegrating, but it also fell to the 'greatness' superior."
Erdemutu said in surprise: "How can a big country be destroyed?"
Gao pragmatically said: "Nature can be said to be broad, broad, majestic, and strong, but on the other hand, it is also rough, crude, scattered, and vertical. The main ruling area of the Yuan Dynasty was the Han Dynasty, but it did not regard Han Confucian culture as the basis for ruling the country. Ideology, it is a good thing for rulers to implement freedom of belief throughout the country, but the rulers themselves also wander among various beliefs and are never able to establish the country's most fundamental governing philosophy, which will make the foundation of the country completely based on strong force. , that is, what you just said, ‘the world will be ruled immediately’, will definitely be easy to loosen.”
Gao Pragmatic did not expand on this issue and told Erdemutu that in fact the laws of the Yuan Dynasty were a mixture of Mongolian Zhasa and Tang and Song code codes. "For the sake of admiration", "Cao Mu Zi" written by Ye Ziqi at the end of the Yuan Dynasty mentioned that "the ancestor of the Yuan Dynasty decided the punishment for the world, and the cane was beaten to the fifth level. The crime of caning with the cane was determined, and he said that the sky would spare him once, the earth would spare him once, and I would spare him. He was beaten. Naturally, the total number of floggings was fifty, and the number of floggings was forty-seven. ...The trial of the death row prisoners in the world has been determined, and no additional punishments have been imposed. They all died in jail. ... Therefore, in the past seventy or eighty years, the old and the young have never heard of beheading. . When he sees a dead head, he will be horrified. It can be said that he wins and kills, Li Yuan is in Haihan Chunyu."
When Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty who replaced the Yuan Dynasty, summed up the previous dynasty, he believed that "its failure lay in galloping". Treating the common people lightly can naturally win the hearts of the people, but the same applies to officials, which will inevitably lead to the prevalence of corruption and the disadvantage of controlling corruption. The court wants to be lenient to the people, but corrupt officials and cruel officials make the people resentful.
The Yuan Dynasty had no Juche ideology to begin with. It was still dominated by a foreign race, and its usage was lenient. It is conceivable that the spark of resistance could never be nipped in the bud. Once the central power weakened, it would start a prairie fire.
In addition, the people of the Yuan Dynasty were divided into four classes, and the policy of national oppression was legally determined. The Han and Southerners, who accounted for the vast majority of the population, were naturally resentful. It was difficult for the elites of the largest ethnic groups to have a sense of belonging to the imperial court for this kind of oppression.
On the contrary, because of loose governance and developed social economy, the hierarchical system in many cases cannot guarantee that the Mongolians and Semu people in the first and second ranks are strong. In fact, during the Yuan Dynasty, there were many Mongolian and Semu people who became slaves of the Han and Southern people due to poverty. As a foreign-ethnic regime, the people of this ethnic group would inevitably weaken their centripetal force towards the imperial court because of these circumstances.
Mongolians are rough and bold, and they enjoy grudges and grudges. Such a character can be regarded as an advantage as an individual, but as a ruler of a large empire, he will inevitably lack careful thinking and shrewd calculations.
Among the eleven emperors of the Yuan Dynasty, almost every time the throne changed, there would be brutal killings and even large-scale wars. Machiavellian planners plan in secret rooms and launch attacks in the court. It is rare that one or two people can decide the big position, so there is always a confrontation with open swords and guns.
Internal strife among the royal family, nobles, and important ministers often leads to national unrest and a great loss of vitality. And such a blatant struggle for power will inevitably cause the royal family's prestige to decline among the people.
In addition, the people of the Yuan Dynasty claimed that "the major events of the country are called conquests, hunting, and banquets." After becoming the emperor, foreign wars basically stopped, and the only three major events left were hunting and banquets. From top to bottom, the imperial court was full of enjoyment, and there were many kinds of games, such as hunting, playing polo, Chuiwan, Cuju, Sheliu, Shepu, Jiaofan, Shuanglu, Xiangqi, Go, orchids, pot throwing, etc. There are many kinds of thimbles, hemp needles, Baibai, Dao characters, etc., even to the point of "in the Yuan Dynasty, there were many people dancing and singing all the time, and there was no production".
The fundamental affairs of the country have not yet been settled, so one can imagine the consequences of eliminating ambition in this way. By the time of the last emperor Yuan Huizong, the super debauched game of "Great Joy" was prevalent in the palace, and he was helpless in the face of "thousands of red scarves". It can be said that there was a reason for this.
However, after all, Gao Pragmatic did not really teach Erdemutu how to govern the country. He just told Erdemutu in this way: The strength of China lies in its firm implementation of the Confucian system, so... you should also do so in the future. Let’s do it!
Erdemutu understood and nodded vigorously.
Gao pragmatic smiled, closed his eyes again and rested his mind, but couldn't help but mutter in his heart: Confucianism...it would be good to promote it to you.
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