Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1462 Yanhuang is the ancestor of all tribes
"The history textbooks we compiled are all based on the history of our Chinese nation, and there is no problem in using them in the teaching of our Han people."

"However, in recent years, as we started new schools in the border areas of Ming Dynasty and recruited students from various tribes, we discovered a very serious problem."

"That is, the history textbooks we use now don't apply to individual minority groups."

"We have received a lot of letters from students of minority tribes in various frontier areas. In the letters, they all hope that we can rewrite the history textbooks, tell their history clearly, and also tell clearly about the relationship between their tribes, the Chinese nation, and our Ming Dynasty. relation."

Jiang Ming also explained the problems he was facing now.

"Not for people from minorities?"

When Liu Jin heard this, he couldn't help frowning immediately.

This is indeed an extremely serious problem.

The existing history textbooks are textbooks compiled according to the history of the Chinese nation, referring to the textbooks compiled by various historical books handed down.

Naturally, there is no problem in teaching the children of the Han nationality, because this itself is its own history.

But for the students of the various minority tribes in the Ming Dynasty, what they learned after studying was the history of the Chinese nation, and they didn't know the history of their own tribe.

This will also cause confusion for these students, because if they don't know their tribal history, they don't know the past, and they will be confused about the future.

"Liu Gong, we have received a large number of letters from several provinces in Nanyang, the Western Regions, Nanyun and other provinces, and only then did we realize the seriousness of this problem."

"In the letters, students from ethnic minorities from all over the country hope that we can properly mention and tell the history of their tribes in history textbooks, and it is best to clearly describe the relationship between them and us Han people."

Professor Dong Zhixia from Imperial College next to him also nodded and said.

"What do you think of this?"

Liu Jin pondered for a while, and asked after thinking about it.

"We are also having a headache about this~"

"There are hundreds of tribes, large and small, living in our Ming Dynasty. Some tribes have their own characters and languages, and they also have books that record their own history. We can still find some corresponding classics to know the past history."

"But most of the tribes only have their own language, and they don't even have their own characters, let alone the books that record their history in detail, and they can't write their history at all."

"Furthermore, there are so many tribes, it is impossible for us to write clearly the past history of all their tribes in the history textbooks, and there is no need to write the history of every tribe."

Jiang Ming thought for a while and replied.

"Yeah, for this reason, we also sent people to the Western Regions, grasslands, and Southeast Asia to conduct detailed investigations. Most of the tribes do not have their own texts and classics, only some myths and stories passed down by word of mouth. , the credibility is not high."

Wang Shisong also followed suit.

"Can you show me their letters?"

Liu Jin thought for a while and said.

"Of course, we only brought some of them here~"

"Please look, Mr. Liu~"

Hearing Liu Jin's words, Jiang Ming quickly took out some letters and handed them to Liu Jin.

Liu Jin looked at it very quickly. After reading about a dozen minutes of the letter, he immediately smiled, and immediately understood the reason why these minority students wrote the letter.

In fact, it is very simple in the final analysis. It is nothing more than that the existing history textbooks do not clearly explain the relationship between their tribe and Ming Huaxia, which makes them feel very lost and has no sense of belonging.

You must know that the current Ming Empire is the most powerful empire in the world.

The prosperous and prosperous Daming Empire made every citizen living in it proud.

Compared with the Han people, the people of various minority tribes are even more proud of being the people of Ming Dynasty, and have a stronger sense of identity with Ming Dynasty, especially some tribes who have been bullied and drifted.

Since they became the subjects of the Son of Heaven, they have gained stability and a prosperous life, and they have also gained dignity. They have become the subjects of a powerful empire. This sense of pride makes them even more proud than the Han people. strong.

However, the textbooks of the new-style schools do not clearly explain their relationship with the Chinese nation, nor do they clearly describe many things that happened outside the two capitals and thirteen provinces.

After all, the previous history, at most, involved the Western Regions. As for Nanyang, Nanyun, Northwest, Hezhong, Huangjinzhou, Australia and other places, it was not involved at all.

Therefore, these places are not mentioned in the history textbooks, which makes them feel lost, and there are a lot of letters to ask for revision of the history textbooks.

After figuring out the cause of the incident, Liu Jin knew what to do.

In fact, in the final analysis of this matter, it is because the new-style schools pay attention to the unified education. The students in the new-style schools, whether they are Han students or students from minority tribes, are treated equally, and the thought instilled in everyone is loyalty to Ming Dynasty. Loyal to the emperor.

Daming is great, and the Son of Heaven is great. To be a member of the Ming Dynasty, and to be a citizen of the Son of Heaven is a matter of great pride.

In this way, under the ideological propaganda and indoctrination, the centripetal force is extremely high, the national consciousness gradually weakens, and the consciousness of the Ming people gradually becomes prominent and strengthened, and there is a need for cognition of the relationship between them in the past.

"History textbooks really need to be revised and revised~"

"In the past, I started writing from the Three Emperors and Five Emperors. I think it may be necessary to write further, such as writing about the origin of our human beings."

Liu Jin thought for a while and said with a smile.

"The origin of man?"

When Jiang Ming, Wang Shisong, Dong Zhixia and others heard this, they immediately began to think.

"Yes, the question of human origin~"

"In Europe, the Middle East, and even in India, they all believe that God created the world, and God created human beings, so everyone must believe in God and respect God~"

"In our east, we have our own myths and stories. It was Pangu who split the chaotic world and sacrificed himself to create the entire beautiful world. After that, Nuwa mended the sky and created man."

"Whether it's the western side of Europe or our eastern side, in fact, the understanding of the origin of human beings comes from myths and legends, but this is illusory and has no real evidence."

"We should use a scientific and rational perspective to study and study the origin of our human beings."

Liu Jin nodded solemnly.

In my mind, I think of many studies on the origin of human beings in later generations, among which the most widely recognized is the origin of human beings in Africa, which evolved from ape-man.

"In addition, we should also study the history of each tribe. In history, there were constant battles between tribes and tribes continued to migrate. Like the Huns in the Han Dynasty, after being defeated by the Han Dynasty, they continued to migrate westward, and then in the present Western Regions. , Central Asia, West Asia and other places spread branches and leaves.”

"There is also the Turks in the Tang Dynasty. After being defeated by the Tang Dynasty, the Turks continued to migrate westward. Therefore, a large number of tribes in West Asia, Central Asia, and the Western Regions now claim to be descendants of the Turks."

"Even the Ottoman Empire, they all claim to be descendants of the Turkic people. Another example is the Mongols. When Genghis Khan fought in all directions, the territory was extremely vast. A large number of Mongols migrated to all parts of the world and established Khanates in many places. Descendants spread all over the world, and a large number of people are descendants of Mongols."

"There are also descendants of Yin Shang on the Golden Continent. It is said that they are descendants of Yin Shang and have a common ancestor with us Ming people. Many people think this is absurd."

"But the truth is very likely to be true!"

"Not only do they look the same as us Daming people, but they even share a lot of similarities in their totems."

Liu Jin looked at the professors present, and continued: "History is very important, but what is more important is the history that people expect!"

"For example, there are millions of descendants of Yin and Shang in the Golden Continent, even though they are divided into countless large and small tribes, and there are even huge countries such as the Aztec Kingdom and the Inca Empire."

"But now they only believe in one fact, that is, they share the same ancestors as us Daming people, and they are a family with us. They have the same blood and nobility as us, and they are descendants of the Sun God."

"It is precisely because of this sense of identity and the bond of common connection that our Ming Dynasty's rule in Huangjinzhou has become more and more stable. We have more and more common cognitions between our Daming immigrants and the local descendants of wealthy merchants. The contradictions between them become smaller, and the integration between each other becomes more harmonious."

"They agree that they are part of the Daming people, and at the same time they think they are the people of the Ming Dynasty, and they are proud of it."

"So everything else seems unimportant."

"The current situation is the same. Our history textbooks should also be written in this way. Yanhuang is the ancestor of all tribes, and all tribes are descendants of Yanhuang."

"Of course, this is not groundless. It is nonsense. It is inevitable that the migration of the Huns, Turks, and Mongols can prove this. The ancestors of the Huns, Turks, and Mongols also migrated from the Central Plains. It came out, so it has gone through a long history of evolution to form the current situation."

The real thinking of history is very important, but what is more important is the unity of the nation and the unity of the country, especially for the minority tribes in the current Ming Dynasty, what they hope is to gain a sense of identity and blood identity.

Therefore, history textbooks should be written in this way, and this is what everyone hopes to see.

Similarly, Liu Jin also knows that writing in this way will undoubtedly have a huge effect on promoting the unification and solidarity of Ming Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)