"If you don't think about that chair, it will be much easier." Xu Wei pinched off a large piece of eye mucus with his fingers and wiped it on the brocade cushion. Then he stepped on the chair with one foot, spread his five garlic-like toes, and said with a look of relief:
"At least there's no need to make up nonsense stories about you being born with 'the room full of rosy clouds', 'the sun falling into your arms', 'your body is golden', 'your chest has three breasts', etc. Your toes are so awkward that they can dig a hole in the chair!"
“Hahaha, you’ve actually been worrying about this?!” Zhao Hao couldn’t help but laugh. “In fact, I had jaundice when I was born, and it disappeared after I was out of the confinement period!”
"Hahaha!" Xu Wei also laughed out loud and said, "Your Zhao family has jaundice from generation to generation! But it's better than Old Li being born with warts."
"Don't make fun of my ancestors." Zhao Hao opened a cigar box and took out a cigar made from the girl's thigh. He cut it with a cigar cutter, roasted it on a blowtorch, lit it, and handed it to Xu Wei.
"Let's talk about what to do next, Master Military Advisor."
Xu Wei took the cigar without hesitation, held it in his mouth and said arrogantly:
"What's there to say? A few years ago, I went to Jiubian and stayed with Qi Jiguang for a few months. Later, I got in touch with Li Chengliang through him and the Northeast Company, and stayed in Liaodong for another year."
"He also accepted his son Li Rusong as his disciple? And taught him the art of war?" Zhao Hao asked with a smile. This damn world line convergence effect.
"That guy has been staring at me, damn it!" Xu Wei chuckled and said nonchalantly, "I have to remind you that Li Chengliang has become a warlord. If there is a chance, we must find a way to move him. I think it would be a good idea to let Qi Jiguang swap places with him."
"This..." Zhao Hao was about to shirk his responsibilities as usual, but suddenly realized that now the Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty was his father, who else could he shirk these responsibilities to?
"I'll remember that." He had no choice but to nod. It was better when his father-in-law was around. He didn't have to worry about anything and just had to take care of his own little piece of land.
"But we must be careful with our tactics. Li Chengliang is already the King of Liaodong. If we act rashly against him, the Tuman and Jurchen people will surely take advantage of this opportunity to cause chaos." Xu Wei said in a deep voice:
"This guy not only nurtures enemies to protect himself, but also breeds poisonous insects to cause trouble. He supported a Jiannu named Nurhaci among the Jurchens to deal with other tribes. Now he is in full swing. I think this man is a hero, and I reminded Li Chengliang not to play with fire, but he turned a deaf ear to it. You have to pay attention."
"Yes." Zhao Hao nodded heavily and said, "He has been blacklisted."
"Alas, why are we talking about wild boar skin? I'm really old..." Xu Wei laughed at himself and returned to the topic:
"I think the armies under the command of the two most powerful commanders of the Ming Dynasty are indeed worthy of their reputation. The father and son of the Li family are good at surprise attacks. The most elite troops under their command are the Li family cavalry, which is composed of Liaodong rangers. They are well-equipped and well-trained. They are unrivaled in Liaodong and are known as the Liaodong Iron Cavalry!"
"Not to mention Marshal Qi. Our army was born out of the Qi Family Army he left in Jiangnan. It can be called the mother of the Coast Guard. The chariot camp he established against the cavalry is well-controlled and has sharp weapons. It is sure to defeat the Liaodong Iron Cavalry and can be called the best army in the nine frontiers!"
Zhao Hao smiled knowingly. This was the first time that the painter used "our army" to refer to the coast guard.
"But no matter whether it is Li's army or Qi's army, they are like the army of the previous era. Our army has surpassed them in all aspects. Maybe they can defeat us in a certain battle, but they are absolutely powerless to change the overall situation." Xu Wei looked at the beautiful but fragile ash on the cigar, sighed lightly, and then it fell into the porcelain plate and scattered like snow.
"No matter what, Your Majesty, those with strong soldiers and horses should do it. Are you a coward? Now that you have an absolute advantage in soldiers, money, and food, you have the leisure to worry about whether to force yourself on me or flirt with me first and then have sex with me?" Xu Wei sneered and said:
"If you ask me, why bother with all that? Just press him down on the kang, tie him up, and then you can do whatever you want with him."
"Don't tell others about your personal hobbies." Zhao Hao coughed lightly and said:
"We are not rebelling, we are revolutionizing! We cannot skip the foreplay and force ourselves to do it."
"Isn't revolution just changing the dynasty?" Xu Wei said with a smile, "Isn't changing the dynasty just rebellion?"
"This is the first concept we need to clarify!" Zhao Hao shook his head and said in a deep voice:
"In addition to violently killing some people, revolution also requires innovation. And the progress of the innovation must be a qualitative leap, not just revisions. Only then can it be called a revolution."
"According to what you said, every dynasty in the past was a rebellion. The Tang and Song emperors said that there was no difference between Po Tian and the Liangshan heroes. They all wanted to break into Tokyo City and seize the throne themselves!"
"Just rebellion is an uprising, which is different from the black silk. But if it does not break out of the cycle of order and chaos of the rise and fall of dynasties, and if there is no qualitative innovation, it cannot be called a revolution." Zhao Hao said:
"If you ask me, only the Zhou Dynasty's transformation into the Yin Dynasty and the Qin Shi Huang's revolution can be considered revolutions."
"Well. Although Zhou is an old country, its destiny is to reform." Xu Wei nodded in conviction and said, "The Zhou Dynasty changed the divine right of kings to the right of heaven; feudalized the world; and established the ritual and music system. Compared with the barbaric and violent Xia and Shang dynasties, it was indeed a qualitative leap."
"It was the Zhou Dynasty that laid the foundation for our Chinese civilization." Zhao Hao nodded. Xu Wei's summary was very accurate. These three revolutionary contributions were the embodiment of the Zhou Dynasty's progress.
"The Qin Emperor abolished feudalism, unified China, and proclaimed himself emperor, reshaping China. This was indeed a great revolution." Xu Wei nodded in conviction and said, "Although he has been scolded for nearly two thousand years, successive dynasties have not jumped out of his box. They really eat with a bowl in hand and curse when they put down their chopsticks."
"Who made him offend the scholars?" Zhao Hao teased, and then sighed: "Besides, he used too much violence, and people were dissatisfied."
"So you are more in favor of Zhou Wu's revolution." Xu Wei's eyes lit up. He had previously avoided Zhao Hao's cause because he didn't want to stir up a bloody storm in the peaceful land of China like Yao Guangxiao did. No matter who wins or loses, the blood shed is the blood of the people of the Ming Dynasty...
"Yes, we must focus on innovation! When the old system is exposed in front of our new system, it will be self-evident who will support it!" Zhao Hao said excitedly, "By then, everything will fall into place. We only need a battle of Muye to settle the world. The Ming Dynasty will no longer have to become a meat grinder."
"But Emperor Xin wants to burn himself to death in Lu Tai..." Xu Wei said quietly.
Zhao Hao shook his head and didn't respond.
"It seems that you would rather be beheaded." But people like Xu Wei are very annoying, and you can't hide your thoughts from him at all.
"We'll talk about it later." Zhao Hao said calmly: "After all, I watched that child grow up..."
"Haha..." Xu Wei also knew that he had just said something wrong. How could he be too smart like Yang Xiu?
But he is just this kind of person, and he will never change. Otherwise, he wouldn't be unable to make it anywhere. Apart from the Zhao family who tolerated him completely, only Hu Zongxian treated him like a treasure back then...
Thinking of Hu Zongxian's ending, Xu Wei couldn't help feeling sad. It would be better for him to die in this damn family empire.
He rubbed his face, pulled himself together and said, "Okay. Now tell me about your destiny of the third revolution."
The core of the political system is the ideological system, because it is responsible for explaining the justice of the revolution and the legitimacy of the regime. It is the guiding ideology of all reforms and the underlying logic of the new political system.
The foundation of all ideological systems, ancient and modern, both in China and abroad, lies in the interpretation of "heaven's will"!
For example, both Zhou and Shang talked about "Mandate of Heaven", but their understandings were completely different.
The Shang people believed that Heaven was the god who dominated everything, the eternal God, and the ancestor of all Shang people. The current Shang king was the "lower God" authorized by God to rule the Shang people.
Therefore, God only blesses the Shang people and the Shang king. The only person that Shang people and the Shang king need to please is God. Therefore, the Shang king has no obligation to people other than the Shang people, and can plunder and oppress them as he pleases, and use them as sacrifices to worship God.
The Shang emperors indulged their power and desires without restraint, and did not care at all how much harm they brought to the people of the world.
The Zhou people reinterpreted the Mandate of Heaven: "Heaven and earth are the parents of all things; man is the spirit of all things!"
No, Heaven is not a supernatural god! It is nature itself! Not only businessmen are children of Heaven, but all people are the primates of all things born from Heaven!
Therefore, the King of Shang, the son of God, is only the king of the gods.
The King of Zhou, the Son of Heaven, is not only the king of the Zhou people, but also the king of all people in the world. He is here to uphold justice for everyone!
Once this theory was put forward, the whole world was naturally united. All the tribes except the Shang people followed King Wu of Zhou to attack the King of Shang.
So, 'although Zhou's army was large, none of them had the heart to fight, and they wanted King Wu to rush in. King Wu rushed in, and Zhou's army all collapsed and rebelled'!
Large-scale violence naturally becomes unnecessary...
This ideological innovation of the Zhou people had a long-term impact on China. It made China a country that did not believe in God.
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Now, it is Zhao Hao's turn to interpret destiny.
The red sun shone through the glass window, illuminating his entire body with golden light. In this golden light, he slowly said:
"Xunzi said, 'The course of Heaven is constant, it does not exist for the sake of Yao, nor does it perish for the sake of Jie' - I think destiny is the laws and rules of nature. Laozi said, 'Heaven and earth are not benevolent, they treat all things as straw dogs. We just need to respect the laws and rules of nature, there is no need to involve God."
"Good fellow!" Xu Wei gasped, "You are destroying God's life!"
"The construction of the governance order is purely a human matter. Why should we add an existence beyond the human world that has not been proven for thousands of years?" Zhao Hao said in a deep voice:
"It's nothing more than the rulers taking advantage of people's ignorance and fear, waving a banner, pretending to be a tiger, and using a being beyond the human world to realize their selfish desire to be superior to their own kind!"
"Because the laws and systems that openly stipulate that people are divided into noble and humble, and that some people are born to be exploited and oppressed, cannot prove themselves! Therefore, it is necessary to create a being that transcends humans and intervenes in the human order to give it legitimacy!"
"If there is no such selfishness, then there is no need for this transcendental existence to intervene in the order of the human world." Zhao Hao said calmly:
"Humanity can handle human affairs on its own..."