Dressed as the Queen Mother to grasp the script of a strong country

Chapter 17 The New Pattern
South Guangcheng

The southern border of the Sunset Dynasty.

Two common people who had just entered the city were sitting at a tea stall and whispering: "I think Dajin is where destiny lies. The Xuanyuan family, under the guidance of God a hundred years ago, unified the tribes, the Tuoba tribe and the Han tribe. They are descendants of God.”

"It turns out that God already knew that someone in the Luo clan was violating God's will, so he entrusted his destiny to Dajin."

"God is wise."

"God bless you."

The two common people talked about their excitement and knelt down to worship God devoutly.

"Daijin learned the solution to the plague under the guidance of God. As long as we obey God's will, we will receive God's protection, be safe from the plague, become citizens of Daikin, and we will also gain land."

"Then when will we leave Nanguang City?"

"I think we should leave early. Dajin is where destiny is. Although Nanguang City is occupied by Liu Lushan, it will return to the protection of God sooner or later."

"Yes, we have to leave early, otherwise God will be angry and punish us."

A luxurious carriage passed by, and the words of the two common people were carried into the carriage.

"General, go down and deal with them." The subordinate said with his fists clasped.

"Such words have spread throughout Sunset. At this time, the general trend has become overwhelming. The flag is being raised high, and the unjust ones have few helpers." The general shook his head.

"What does the general mean?"

"Submit yourself, bow your head to Da Jin and become king."

"Send an envoy to deliver the letter of surrender."

This person is Liu Lushan, the general of the army stationed in Nanguang City.

Li'an City

"Your Majesty, this is my concubine. I have just peeled the grapes for you. Would you like to try them?" A charming-looking woman wearing gauze clothes held grapes in her hand and said as she nestled in the arms of a middle-aged man.

"Okay, okay, my Majesty, have a taste." The middle-aged man stared at the woman with a lewd smile, and said that he was about to eat the grapes.

"Your Majesty, it's not good." A man dressed as a farmer said.

The woman was so frightened that her grapes rolled to the ground.

"Bold, what's wrong? I'm still fine." The king said after reacting.

"There is a popular saying that Dajin is the destiny. This saying has been widely circulated in the Sunset Dynasty, and now it has spread to the city, Your Majesty."

"The great gold is the destiny of destiny, so what? As long as we hold high the princes and generals and Xiang Ning, can we still be inferior to the destiny of destiny?" The king said unwillingly.

"What the king is saying is that the princes and generals have a lot of talent. Why can they be the emperor, but we can't? But your king, what if God sends punishment?"

The king was confused. He didn't know what punishment he would have if God punished him. However, Prince General Xiang Ning had the guts to fill him with desire. He could not stop at this time, and then said: "Then let God know. It is wrong, and I, Li Siming, am the one who can truly uphold the will of God."

"Yes, your Majesty is the destined one."

The news spread to every corner of Sunset Territory.

In the main hall of the Sunset Imperial City.

It is precisely because the Emperor of Jin Dynasty did not personally govern, and still retained the method of handling government affairs jointly decided by the princes who commanded the army.

The princes and Liang Meng were able to handle the government affairs.

The princes and Liang Meng looked at the bamboo slips handed over by the surrendered Zhucheng guards.

"What about the plague?" Liang Meng asked.

"Most of the people in the Sunset Dynasty died of the plague. Those who drive away the plague according to the Queen's method will not be affected by the plague." Prince Li said.

"What about food?" Liang Meng asked again.

"We killed Zhu Chong, the corrupt officials, and the prince. The eunuchs gathered a lot of food, enough to feed these people." The eldest prince said.

"Let's arrange for the people to share the land equally." Liang Meng said.

"It's already underway." Prince Su said.

"Then we only need to pacify those who refuse to surrender the city and don't surrender large sums of money to us to bring peace to the world. There are still many who have not surrendered." Liang Meng said.

"Everyone in the sunset area surrendered to me, Dajin, but Li'an City and others did not surrender." Prince Li said.

"The person who occupied Li'an City was an exiled man named Li Siming. When he saw the chaos in the world, he led his fellow exiles to rebel. He defended Li'an City and claimed that the princes and generals had a lot of talent. Many people surrendered one after another." Prince Su said. .

"The princes and generals are very kind. This is the peasant uprising army! According to the development of history, the princes and generals were eventually defeated by destiny. Liu Bang learned the lessons of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang and convinced the people that he was the person of destiny. Only then Successful, subsequent dynasties and dynasties were established and all ruled the world according to destiny.

In the Qing Dynasty, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom also wanted to rule the world based on the mandate of heaven. However, the cultural unity at this time changed, and weapons and food could not use the experience of agricultural society, so it failed. "Liang Meng thought in his heart.

Then he said: "A mere Li'an city is not worth mentioning. Our Dajin soldiers have experienced hundreds of battles. How can they be defeated by ordinary people who have not experienced battlefield experience?"

"What the Queen Mother said is true."

A few months later, the world was at peace.

"Your Majesty, the Emperor will take over the Imperial City in a few days," Hongyu said.

"Yes, in a few days the emperor will enter the imperial city, issue the canonization order, and entertain the kings." Liang Meng said.

The emperor of Daijin sat on a slowly moving carriage.

recalling.

"Mother, mother." The emperor called sadly.

"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother is infected with the plague. Please stay away from her." The imperial doctor stopped her.

"Stand down, I ask you to stand down." The emperor roared angrily.

The imperial doctor still stopped him, and he knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, you have a body of thousands of gold. It is absolutely impossible, absolutely impossible."

"Your Majesty, as the Emperor of Dajin, you cannot take any risks. Don't come in. Ai family, be fine." The Queen Mother said.

"Mother..." the emperor said unwillingly.

"Your Majesty, please leave."

"Why did the emperor enter the Ai family's place? Get out quickly." The Queen Mother said.

"Mother, my sons and ministers have been able to resist the invasion of the plague and evil spirits. It is the instructions given by God to me." The emperor told the Queen Mother what happened in detail.

"The queen is just..." the emperor cried when he said that only those who have not been invaded by evil spirits can get rid of evil spirits.

"Your Majesty, it's okay. The Ai family is satisfied to see the Emperor ascend to the throne of emperor. The Ai family can die without regrets in this life," the Queen Mother said.

"Mother, you will not die, you will not die..." the emperor said.

"Life and death are the most common things in the world. Don't be too sad, Your Majesty. Your mother has taken a dim view of life and death. The only thing that worries you is whether the Emperor's throne will be permanent?

Nowadays, the Queen Mother is even more praised by the people. Behind the Queen Mother is the entire Tuoba tribe, which is incomparable to the Han tribe of the Ai family. The Ai family is worried that the Queen Mother will have relatives interfering in politics.

Prince Yong is dead, but Prince Su and the eldest prince are still the biggest threat to the emperor. The Ai family hates that they cannot see the emperor secure the throne forever. "The Queen Mother said sadly.

"Your Majesty is not filial. You are so worried about your mother after working hard for her. You don't have to worry. Your Majesty will definitely make a good plan." The Emperor said.

"It is a mother's nature to worry when her son travels thousands of miles. How can the emperor's son be unfilial? The mother has ten thousand tricks to keep the emperor's son firmly on the throne."

"Your Majesty, we will arrive at our destination soon." The eunuch's call made His Majesty the Emperor wake up from the meeting.

The imperial city gate at sunset.

Princes, Liang Meng has been waiting at the city gate for a long time, waiting for the carriage of His Majesty the Jin Emperor.When the carriage appeared in everyone's sight, everyone waited solemnly.

When His Majesty the Emperor got off the carriage, all the princes and officials knelt down to pay their respects.

"I'm waiting to meet your Majesty the Emperor."

"All my dear friends, please rise," the emperor said.

"My son, I pay homage to my mother." The emperor saluted.

"Your Majesty, no courtesy." Liang Meng said. The emperor who had just ascended the throne looked more and more like an emperor than he did now.

"Why don't you see your sister?" Liang Meng said.

"The queen mother was infected by the plague and has died." The emperor said with a painful expression.

"Unexpectedly, we haven't seen each other for a long time, and the last separation will be forever. Your Majesty, please don't be too sad, and take care of your health." Liang Meng sighed with emotion, the world is impermanent, and the Emperor is only a 13-year-old child. After experiencing the pain of both parents passing away, Liang Meng couldn't help but comfort him.

"Don't worry, my mother, I will take good care of my body and not let my mother worry." The emperor said.

As everyone entered the imperial city, people knelt on both sides of the street and paid homage.

"This is His Majesty Dajin. He looks very young, still a baby." The people whispered.

"You are looking for death. These are descendants of God. How dare you disrespect God? Be careful God punishes you." Another commoner said.

"Don't dare, don't dare. It's all the stupid people's unintentional mistakes. I hope God won't blame you, don't blame me." The guilt in his heart made him kowtow hard several times.

Everyone marched to the front of the hall.

"Mother, what was the name of this hall before?" the emperor asked.

"The name of the palace was originally called Datang Palace." Liang Meng said.

"The five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth are in conflict with each other. In the Sunset Dynasty, Datang Palace belongs to wood, and my big gold is gold among the five elements. Metal overcomes wood, and big gold overcomes the setting sun. It is God's will." The emperor said.

"What your Majesty said is absolutely true," said the ministers.

"What the emperor said is true." Liang Meng said.

"In this case, the universe is bright and Qian is gold, so this palace should be renamed Yongqian Palace."

"Your Majesty the Emperor is wise," said the officials.

Time passed and all the officials returned home, leaving behind all the princes and Liang Meng in the main hall.

“Your Majesty, the Ai family thinks that although the world is unified, the people of Sunset and Dajin have different cultural customs after all.

We, Daijin, should be allowed to mix with the people of Sunset and marry; our unmarried soldiers of Daijin should marry Sunset women; our officials of Daijin should marry Sunset officials; the prince of Daijin should marry the Princess of Sunset; The officers and soldiers of the army have been reorganized into our army. All the generals, officials and high-ranking officials are serving for our people of Dajin. We, Dajin, also need to learn the eldest son inheritance system in Sunset. All the people of Dajin must learn the language of Sunset. Respect Confucianism. Those who serve as officials in our country all respect Confucianism. The selection of officials is still based on selection;

I, Daijin, all follow the rules of dressing and tying hair in accordance with Daijin, so that the people will realize that they will perish as the sun sets. At this time, they are the people of Daijin. "

Everyone was stunned by the Queen Mother's words.

"The Queen Mother's words are too shocking." Prince Li said.

"No, the Ai family came to the conclusion after careful consideration. Although the world is unified, after all, the customs and languages ​​of the people of Dajin and Luoti are different, and the culture of the book of sages is also different. If you want to completely unify the world, you can't Neglect, we must allow intermarriage between Daijin and Sunset to eliminate the differences in customs.

Our population in Daijin is not comparable to that of Sunset. Our Daijin has respected warriors for hundreds of years and its culture is very rough. Sunset has a large population and Sunset’s Confucian culture is also meticulous. I want Sunset to change the Confucian culture that has followed hundreds of years. This is Things are too expensive.

If we want to keep our kingdom of Dajin for hundreds of thousands of years, we need civil servants to manage it. We are short of civil servants in Dajin, and the civil servants in Sunset all follow Confucian culture. Therefore, we urgently need a large amount of civil servant resources and must follow Confucian culture.

The population of Daijin cannot compare with the population of Sunset. It is too difficult for them to learn the language of Daikin. "

"Sunset has been destroyed by me, Dajin, for hundreds of years. I don't think the culture is that good either." The eldest prince said.

"No, Confucianism adheres to the idea of ​​unity of nature and man. I think the eldest prince must have seen the power of Confucian culture when he conquered the imperial city;
When the former emperor died and faced the question of who would ascend the throne, everyone knew that the struggle for imperial power could cause a dynasty to collapse in an instant, but could the eldest son inheritance system in Confucian culture solve this problem?
And this is not all of Confucian culture. The reason why I chose Confucian culture is that the most important thing is Confucian culture, which emphasizes loyalty to the emperor, loyalty to the country, king, minister, father, son, family and country. As one body, the husband is the guide for the wife, the father is the guide for the son, and the king is the guide for the minister. Isn't this the best way to consolidate the country at present?

Today, Sunset is still full of aristocratic families, and they have hoarded a lot of food. Although we have won the world, in order to prevent the aristocratic families from resisting, we need to provide institutional benefits.

If we kill all the big families when we come up, then they will definitely rise up and resist. With food, there will be a population, and with a population, there will be soldiers. No matter how powerful our soldiers in Dajin are, they will not be able to defeat them with two fists. hand, so the selection of officials by the family is currently the best choice. "Liang Mengdao.

Liang Meng thought in his heart that the imperial examination selection would only have a chance when papermaking technology and the aristocratic family were weakened by the war.

Canglin has always known etiquette, and only when there is enough food can the poor people study. But now that food has not been reached, officials can only be selected temporarily by recommendation.

In this era, there are only two classes: the landlords and the oppressed peasants who control the land. Unite these two classes, make many friends and few enemies, and then you can truly unify the sunset.

"With the eldest son inheritance system, as long as I ascend the throne, my son and grandson will no longer need to discuss the throne together to decide on the throne." Prince Su thought in his heart.

"With the eldest son inheritance system, my son and grandson will no longer have to negotiate with others to ascend to the throne like me." The emperor thought in his heart.

The princes nodded and were convinced.

His Majesty the Emperor's eyes flashed with unnoticeable fear.

Liang dreamed that as a free modern woman, although she did not like Confucian culture, she still needed to make a choice at this time.

"Now that the country is unified, how should the army be arranged?" His Majesty the Emperor asked.

"Your Majesty, all the rebels who rebelled against the Sunset Dynasty have surrendered. Those who have not surrendered have also been killed. There are three surrenders and troops are stationed in the south. At this time, it is not time to discuss the placement of the army." Prince Li road.

"What do you think the queen mother thinks?" the emperor asked.

Liang Meng thought in his heart that when it comes to the military system, there are only two systems: recruiting soldiers and serving as soldiers for generations.

Before the Spring and Autumn Period, those who served as officials could serve as officials for generations and were called worldly ministers. People also served the country in the army at a fixed age.

However, having a long life and a long life will make the people incompetent, and military service will make the people less motivated. The war has caused this phenomenon to change. In the Qin State, men still enter the military camp at a certain age, but they can become officials through military merit. The solution is world Lu Shiqing unified the world with the shortcomings of military service.

Different systems emerged in the Han Dynasty. Military service was still the mainstay, but there was money for conscription, not just military service. This greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of the soldiers at the beginning, and the soldiers began to become professional. Liu Xiu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the entire Song Dynasty, In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, money was used to buy soldiers at the end of the dynasty cycle.

In the Song Dynasty, soldiers were given money and there was no retirement. Since money was paid every month, the initial enthusiasm led to soldiers only fighting when they had no money. The enthusiasm for fighting was not high, and soldiers began to become professional. The soldiers are not protecting the country at all and have no sense of honor.

Merely serving in the military will not make soldiers self-respecting, but the disadvantage is that the enthusiasm of soldiers is not high and the qualifications of soldiers are poor. The advantage is that it consumes less money; if you need to pay soldiers money, it will require huge treasury expenditures. The advantage is that Can quickly assemble troops and is highly motivated.

After that, there will be a system of soldiers from generation to generation. This system will serve as soldiers during war and as laborers during leisure time. However, this system needs to be based on the common people having equal land, which will lead to the closeness between soldiers and soldiers and the self-respect of soldiers. , but this system can improve the qualifications of soldiers and reduce the expenditure of the treasury. This was the main system in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui, Tang, Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The officers and soldiers of Daijin all serve as soldiers during war and can work as laborers in their spare time.Liang Meng was thinking about it in his mind and had already made up his mind about which system he wanted.

"From the Ai family's point of view, no matter whether there are three kings with different surnames in the south, it is impossible for our Dajin soldiers to return to the farmland." Liang Meng said.

"Mother, what do you say? Of course you should return to the farmland in your free time!" said the eldest prince.

"No, no, our territory of Dajin can be divided into several soldier garrison areas, which are only for training but not for farming." Liang Meng said.

"What? All training and no farming." Prince Su said.

"Prince Su, don't be anxious, and listen to the Aijia slowly. They only train but do not farm. My soldiers from Daijin can return home after serving for two years after leaving their homeland.

If you want to continue to stay in the military camp, you need to pass the martial arts assessment. Only those who pass, of course, only a few soldiers can stay. Those who pass the assessment do not mean that they will always be in the military camp. They have different years. ,can choose.

And you can choose to have our Daikin Dynasty pay you silver every month; if you don’t need our Daikin Dynasty to pay you silver every month, then when you finally return home, you can choose to have me, Daikin, give you a fee, or serve as an official of my Daikin. .

Soldiers can only command soldiers in the army during wartime. The Aijia will formulate a complete set of training methods for soldiers and unify the entire military camp in Daikin. Soldiers who survive the battlefield will be awarded medals of honor and engraved on the cups of honor. , and for those who did not survive the battlefield, a warrior garden will be established and engraved on the martyrs' monument. "Liang Mengdao.

Liang dreamed that there had been a shortage of soldiers in all dynasties. This method could avoid the shortage of temporary recruitment, improve the enthusiasm of soldiers, reduce the financial expenditure of the treasury, prevent soldiers from becoming self-respecting, and improve their sense of honor.

Lessons were learned from military service to paying soldiers to perform military service, and finally a military service system was formed that focused on military service and paid soldiers to perform military service as a supplement; in conscription, that is, temporary service and generational service, we made a decision to allow individuals to Choosing between being a soldier temporarily or being a soldier all the time, summarizing the experience of past dynasties, this is the modern military system where Liang Meng lives.

Soldiers need to be tempered on the battlefield to be able to continuously maintain their combat effectiveness. As for how to solve the problem of one generation of troops being inferior to the next, Liang dreams of modern drills and can try it out then.

As for whether there will be no soldiers who want to become soldiers, Liang Meng is not worried at all, because in this era of patriarchal preference, there will be a lot of men. Women will marry men. In order to survive, they will only marry those who can afford to eat. Men, in this era, civil servants need to be recommended, and serving as a soldier is the only way out for these men who have no future.

As for the soldiers, will they not want to stay in the military camp?Liang Meng is even less worried. In this era, parents are not traveling far away, filial piety comes first, and his wife will not be in the military camp. Therefore, she will definitely give up some of her interests and return home.

(End of this chapter)