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Chapter 653 The So-Called Enlightenment

Xie Yuan was a little embarrassed...she felt...she and an empress who likes to read didn't seem to have anything in common. What do they talk about every time?

But the other party was so friendly and condescended to ask her if she would like it. If she refused directly, it would be too impolite and unreasonable.

"Okay." Xie Yuan could only say.

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Here, after Xie Yuan left the main hall, Ulei pulled Shen Liuzhen over and made him sit on the opposite side of the chessboard. The two sat cross-legged facing each other. Emperor Ulei said excitedly:
"You wrote a letter saying that you have a way to push forward the reform, but you didn't say anything. You hung my appetite for a long time and didn't come back. If you don't come back, I will send someone to arrest you and beat you up!"

Shen Liuzhen touched his nose embarrassingly, the dimples on his face were sweet, and said:
'It's not that I deliberately whetted His Majesty's appetite, it's just that there was a sudden effort, I was so happy, I couldn't help but want to tell Your Majesty first. "

Ulay waved his hand and said:
"Hey, hey...don't talk about these useless things, just cut to the point."

Shen Liuzhen habitually put his hands in the sleeves of his robe and hugged them in front of him, with a pair of sparkling eyes, he leaned forward to look at Wu Lei, and asked:

"Your Majesty knows that after the unification of the Qin Dynasty, the policy of the same book and the same track was implemented?"

Wu Lei was taken aback for a moment, and thought about the purpose of Qin Chao's move in his mind, and roughly understood Shen Liuzhen's intention, and said:

"I know, what's the matter? You mean to imitate the Qin Dynasty? But although there are Xianbei scripts in official documents, most of them use Chinese characters, and Wei Guo doesn't need to use the same weights and measures, because the unified standards of the previous dynasty are used."

"The national conditions are different, so there is no need to copy them. Your Majesty understands the benefits of the Qin Dynasty's move to integrate the six countries?"

Ulay clasped his elbow with one hand and rested his chin with the other, thought for a while and said:

"Well... I read it when I was studying, and I didn't feel much. I always feel that these are just appearances. For Wei Guo now, they are irrelevant, and they don't seem to have much effect."

Shen Liuzhen smiled and said:
"Your Majesty, I am the same. I didn't think about it at all at first. It was Jingchen's teacher Xie Yun who gave me advice, so I tried to think about it.

Once you start to think about it, it is just in response to the old saying - what is on paper is always shallow.Only by looking at the current situation can we truly understand the wisdom contained in it.

You see, Your Majesty, this has two advantages.

First, it is precisely because it seems innocuous that it can be used as a precursor to this reform and a test.

Hasn't Your Majesty always worried that his own prestige and rights are not enough, and his rash actions will create opportunities for disobedience?

Therefore, first change some rules that do not touch their interests, such as customs.If there are people who don't obey even this little thing, they can just get rid of them. "

"And, just because..." Shen Liuzhen stretched out a hand as he spoke, pointing to the void as he spoke, emphasizing his tone, "'nothing, closeness, pain, itching', people who oppose it accumulate Isn't it good that you can't support people, can't unite your forces, and can't pose a threat to His Majesty?"

He paused, then approached Ulay mysteriously, and said:

"The most important thing is... Second, this kind of thing looks innocuous, but it is actually the most useful.

Confucianism emphasizes: politics should be organized; education should be effective; people should be moralized.The so-called enlightenment means that teaching is carried out at the top and transformed at the bottom.There is a saying in the commentary of the Book of Rites: Therefore, the enlightenment of rites is also small, and its restraint of evil is not yet formed, making people move away from good and far away to commit crimes without knowing it.

It can be seen that these seemingly innocuous and intangible things can most affect people's thoughts and behaviors.

You think: If everyone wears the same clothes, celebrates the same festivals, speaks the same language, and reads the same books, will the distinction between Hu and Han be so obvious and clear?
If things go on like this, the ideas will become closer and the same, and we will treat each other as our own, and then carry out substantive reforms, and it will be easy to handle. "

Shen Liuzhen smiled, and said in a gentle and deliberative tone:

"Anyway, from my perspective as a Han, when I saw Emperor Jingmu, who was still the crown prince, I saw that he was dressed like a Han, so I naturally felt a sense of intimacy. What do you think, Your Majesty?"

Upon hearing this, Ulay pondered for a while with his eyelids downcast, and said:
"What you said makes sense, people, they always trust people who are similar in appearance, clothes, and accent to themselves, that's how ethnic groups are born.

Moreover, I agree with what you said, you can first implement these small things to test the hearts of the people and train them to obey.

It is better to reform step by step, step by step, than to offend everyone all at once, but...you are talking about wearing the same clothes and saying the same things..."

"What's wrong?" Shen Liuzhen asked cautiously.

Ulay spread his hands and said helplessly:

"This is not an easy task. Who is convinced, who wears whose clothes? Whose language do they speak? Let those old stubborn Xianbei people speak Chinese and wear Han clothes? Or let those Han people who think highly of themselves and look down on other ethnic groups wear Xianbei people?" clothes?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Liuzhen's eyes smiled into the shape of crescent moons, shining with joy, discussing and saying:
"If Your Majesty thinks that the minister's method is feasible, then hold a debate in the court first, and let the ministers decide for themselves which clothes to wear and which language to speak.

After arguing in the court, they will push it to the street without discerning the reason.When the debate is about the same, His Majesty will issue an order to implement it according to the situation. At that time, the resistance will be even smaller. "

Ulay folded his arms and thought about it solemnly, and said, "Okay, I will do as you say, but there is one thing."

"what?"

"You, and remind those Hanchens to use the vernacular when debating, don't drag the words, or they won't understand. Many Xianbei people don't like the verbose and verbose Han people. Don't be unable to argue with two sentences. fight."

Upon hearing this, Shen Liuzhen burst out laughing with a "puchi" and said:

"Your Majesty is always so humorous. I know..."

He rolled his eyeballs as he said, and asked tentatively:

"If not, your majesty will represent the Xianbei people first, and the minister will represent the Han people. Let's have a debate first?"

Ulay hesitated for a moment, shook his head and said:
"I can't represent you. To be honest, I'm in this position. I'm not looking at myself. It's far from the thoughts of those stubborn Xianbei nobles. If you want to argue with someone, I suggest you first find someone who hates the Han people. Give it a try."

He blinked his eyes, thought again, and finally said:

"Don't think that I must support sinicization, you can argue, and whoever makes sense at that time, I will listen to whoever."

Upon hearing this, Shen Liuzhen got down from the soft couch, bowed solemnly and said: "Minister, obey the order."

At this moment, the little maid outside the door spoke softly:

"Your Majesty, General Xie has brought back your servants."

Ulay smiled again when he heard that, and said:

"Let her in."

(End of this chapter)