Changle Palace.
Liu Heng's eyes were bright and he looked at Luo Xin with admiration: "Uncle, are you the most powerful person in the Han Dynasty? At yesterday's banquet, all the ministers listened to your words."
When Luo Xin heard Liu Hengwuji's childlike words, he smiled casually and said: "Your Majesty, the ministers are not listening to the ministers, they are listening to your Majesty."
Hearing this, Liu Heng tilted his head and said strangely: "Uncle, Heng'er doesn't understand."
Luo Xin touched Liu Heng's head and said softly: "I am the regent, what is the regent?
This world was originally controlled by Emperor Renzong and Xiaohui, but after your father died, the master of this world became you. But you are still young. Emperor Xiaohui asked his ministers to manage this world for you. This is regent.
Therefore, the ministers do not listen to the ministers, but to the words of the majesty.
It doesn't matter if you don't understand it now. When you understand it, you will be the real emperor. As long as you study statecraft and classics well, you will definitely become a sage king praised by everyone in the world. "
When Liu Heng heard this, he immediately felt that he was very powerful and said proudly: "Uncle, my father asked you to manage the world for Heng'er instead of other ministers. It must be because you are very powerful. You must teach Heng'er everything. Heng'er also imagines You do."
Luo Xin laughed loudly and said: "Okay, today I will lecture on the Rites of Zhou for Your Majesty."
"Zhou Li?"
Liu Heng said doubtfully: "Several other Confucian gentlemen have taught this course, and it is full of rules, which is very boring."
Luo Xin smiled and said: "Yes, pure Zhou Li is indeed very boring, but do you want to know the story behind Zhou Li?
These stories are only known to the Luo family, and they are not included in the records of hundreds of schools of thought in this world. "
"the story behind?"
There was a look of reminiscence on Luo Xin's face. His memory seemed to go back to the time when he was studying family history. Too much time had passed.
The history of the Luo family is really too long, especially the early history of the Luo family which is almost the history of Bangzhou. There are countless characters and events that make it very difficult for the younger generations like Luo Xin to learn.
Fortunately, Luo didn't have that kind of stupid person, at least he didn't have any big problems with his memory, otherwise he probably wouldn't be able to remember his ancestor's name.
"The Rites of Zhou were established by King Su, but the implementation of each of them is not that simple. If you look at the Rites and Music, 'The emperor, princes, ministers, officials, and scholars must not exceed the rules. '.
This sentence seems very plain, but there are no less than ten princes who died on this line alone. "
Liu Heng was so shocked that he almost jumped up. He never expected that there was such a bloody incident behind these words, but he was not afraid at all. Instead, he asked with interest: "Uncle, please hurry up. Heng'er is very curious. .”
Luo Xin naturally had a purpose in telling Liu Heng this paragraph. He wanted Liu Heng to understand the logic of political operation. These are things that Baijia would not teach Liu Heng. They can be said to be emperor skills.
The Zhou rites had long been completely abandoned in the troubled times when rites had collapsed over hundreds of years, and the Zhou rites were in line with the enfeoffment system and could not be fully applied to the current Han Dynasty.
But are rituals and music useless?
of course not!
The essence of Liyue does not lie in the superficial hierarchy. After all, he is a time traveler. Although he is not as tireless in serving the world as his descendants, he is an advanced young man after all.
Although the ritual and music system created by Ji Zhao was equally clear from top to bottom, it also set corresponding responsibilities for the emperor, princes, ministers, and officials at all levels.
The emperor is supreme, but the constraints he is subject to are also supreme.
The essence of this ritual and music system is to give a person a social identity and build a set of social systems that can accommodate people all over the world. At the same time, it is a set of distribution systems.
What’s even more wonderful is that there is only one way to truly break this system, and that is the advancement of productivity. The advancement of productivity will destroy the original production methods, and the new production methods will in turn affect the advancement of productivity.
It manifested itself in society by breaking the feudal system and entering a new political system, causing a series of drastic changes in the superstructure.
In the early Spring and Autumn Period, it seemed that ritual and music had collapsed, but in fact it was simply the result of the lack of control of the emperor of Zhou, which caused the entire order to get out of control. Therefore, after Duke Huan of Qi united with the princes, and brought order to the world, once the social order was restored, surrounding the overlord The new ritual and music system of the country was established again.
In other words, only when the Zhuxia developed to the point where they no longer needed the original feudal system would this system fail.
For example, when Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms, the population of the Xia Dynasty has reached tens of millions. Almost everywhere within the visible range is the land of the Xia Dynasty. The speed of travel between regions has greatly accelerated. This is a completely different country from the Zhou Dynasty. world.
But at this time, the most terrifying part of the ritual and music system has arrived. After breaking the ritual and music system and entering a new era, the smartest people will find that what they have broken is only the extremely strict ritual system.
This system has penetrated deep into the bone marrow and into the blood of the entire civilization. No matter how the system is formulated, it cannot escape from this circle.
The new system still has to define an identity for everyone in the world. Among these identities are merchants, farmers, craftsmen, powerful men, and nobles.
The proportions must be determined based on etiquette, and matching benefits must be allocated to these identities. If a dynasty cannot do it, any class will cause chaos in the dynasty. If most people are not satisfied, then It is going to die.
As early as a thousand years ago during the Luo Wengong era, Luo Su tried some relatively radical reforms and achieved great success, but he also suffered huge failures. Those reforms that truly touched the fundamentals failed.
Of course Luosu summarized the reasons and finally silenced him.
Because no matter how powerful he is, he is not a god. He is the largest nobleman in the Zhou Dynasty besides the emperor.
All his allies were great nobles and great slave owners, and all the people he promoted became new great nobles and new great slave owners.
This is his basic base, and this is also Bangzhou's basic base. Therefore, even if his reforms temporarily harm the interests of some nobles and slave owners, in the long run, they must maintain the aristocratic slave system. success.
Even the gifted scholar could not change this iron law. From that time on, Luo Shi understood one thing. It is not a good thing to be too advanced in thinking. Making further progress is the best for everyone. , if you want to directly connect another hundred feet at the end of the hundred feet pole, it will just break directly.
The family can suppress everyone once or twice, but in the end the accumulated anger and resentment will burn the family to ashes.
So Luo chose another path.
Luo Xin vividly told Liu Heng the scene of the princes being slaughtered. He naturally ignored the blood and told the story very funny. Liu Heng could even laugh. But when Liu Heng grows up, if If I can still recall it, I’m afraid I’ll think about it carefully.
This is Luo Xin's education method. He lets his words and deeds influence Liu Heng in a subtle way. When Liu Heng grows up, whenever he does something, he will think of what he once said to him. How I used to do it.
Especially since this person was his idol and his spiritual support when he was a boy, he would unconsciously follow Luo Xin's footsteps.
Of course, if he wants to achieve this ending, Luo Xin must stay upright. When Liu Heng grows up, he sees the warmth and warmth of human nature, and the cruel reality. When he is discouraged, he sees that Luo Xin is really a saint. Fantasy If he is not disillusioned, he will cheer up more and more. It turns out that my uncle did not lie to me in the first place.
The story comes to an end. When it is time for Liu Heng to exercise, all of Liu Heng's education was arranged by Luo Xin. He is not as cruel as the Luo family. After all, Liu Heng does not have the blessing of his ancestors, and Luo Xin is worried about something happening.
"Uncle, what are we doing today?"
Liu Heng asked jumping up and down. Luo Xin took Liu Heng's little hand and walked out of Changle Palace. In the broad square, the two people's figures were stretched very long under the sunlight.
Winter is approaching, and summer is getting hotter.
Three years passed like this.
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In the previous article, the author described the continuity of ancient Chinese culture. This chapter talks about the continuity of political systems. In ancient Chinese historical records, there were three dynasties: Xia, Shang and Zhou.
Some people try to prove that the more ancient dynasties are orthodox, the more ancient mythological figures are orthodox, and the Shang and Zhou dynasties are latecomers. They do not hesitate to claim that the descendants of the Germans call themselves Rome, and then denounce their ancestors for invading Rome. This is simply ridiculous.
There is no doubt that after thousands of years of rule by the Zhou Dynasty, the Xia and Shang Dynasties had almost no influence on later generations. The Zhou Dynasty was the source of Chinese culture in all aspects, not only the existence of the supreme god, but the most important thing was the cultural system. Influence.
As we all know, every advancement or regression of productivity will lead to changes in the social system. This is because the economic base determines the principle of the superstructure. This kind of change is usually violent and cruel. The conservative forces will always resist stubbornly and eventually achieve it through bloodshed. change.
This was not the case in ancient China. It is true that the changes during the transition of dynasties in ancient China were far more drastic than those in Western countries, but the new dynasties were always able to quickly choose a more appropriate political system based on the economic situation. In a short period of time, it is unreasonable to propose high-level system construction every time.
But the author has found the source of it all, which is the ritual and music system. This is a universal system that can adapt to any economic basis. As long as the essence of ritual and music is grasped, it can label and estimate the power of all people in society. The contradictions in society suddenly became clear.
Next, please let the author describe in detail how this system worked in the Han Dynasty - "The Rise and Fall of the Han Dynasty"
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