Shortly after taking Lin Tongxi to the system committee, Jiang Yutao died, but the problem he left to Lin Tongxi remained unresolved.
How to avoid the cycle of dynasty rise and fall? For ancient people like Chen Yunxuan, this was an unsolvable problem. Even someone as smart as Gu Qingli found it difficult to escape the limitations of history.
While Chen Yunxuan and others were still thinking about the problem from the perspective of feudal society, Lin Tongxi had already broken out of the thinking framework.
As modern people, Jiang Yutao and Lin Tongxi both know the answer to this question - civil rights.
It’s not that Jiang Yutao hasn’t tried similar ideas before, but he felt that this matter could not be accomplished overnight. Moreover, Emperor Sheng Taizu was too powerful and would never give him this opportunity.
In addition, Emperor Sheng Taizu also had a common problem with his meritorious officials, that is, suspicion, and transferred them to idle positions.
Jiang Yutao, who assisted Emperor Sheng Taizu, felt this and left Emperor Sheng Taizu and retired to the mountains.
Before retiring, Emperor Sheng Taizu took Jiang Yutao on a tour, and this was the last time the two met.
"Mr. Jiang, I will definitely establish an empire that will last forever and let my subjects live in a happy and peaceful capital forever. Can you trust me?" He Yuanhong, who was inspecting, looked at Jiang Yutao.
"With your majesty's wisdom and bravery, you will surely accomplish this great feat." Jiang Yutao, who was accompanying the emperor on his inspection tour, replied.
Emperor Sheng Taizu He Yuanhong was wise and brave, and achieved unprecedented achievements. The reforms he made were at the forefront of the times, and he even had ideas about developing science and technology.
This blinded Jiang Yutao and made him believe that He Yuanhong might be able to use his personal talents to make China prosper forever.
But facts that slap you in the face often come quickly. He Yuanhong is wise and brave, but his son He Haiying is not.
In He Yuanhong's view, He Haiying is wise enough and abides by etiquette, making him the most suitable successor and will become a wise ruler like him.
However, these were all pretended by He Haiying. After he succeeded to the throne, He Haiying quickly returned to his original form, practicing tyranny and indulging in pleasure.
Whether in terms of strengths or virtues, He Haiying is impeccable.
But he chose to be a tyrant, which led to the decline of the powerful empire and its demise after three generations.
When Jiang Yutao was living in seclusion in the countryside, he was very sad when he heard the news and regretted that he had not repeatedly advised Sheng Taizu.
Unfortunately, it was too late to say anything. He was already old and frail and no longer had the energy to deal with this matter.
The only thing we can do is to hand over the power of the system to the new system and pave the way for the other party.
"Tongxi, do you have any ideas?" Chen Yunxuan asked.
Just now, Chen Yunxuan asked several friends if they had any ideas on how to govern the new empire.
Lin Tongxi naturally had an idea, but he was wondering whether he should tell Chen Yunxuan now.
His relationship with Chen Yunxuan was not like that between Sheng Taizu and Jiang Yutao, where the latter was purely a monarch-subject relationship.
But what about Lin and Chen? They were king and subject, good friends, and even comrades-in-arms.
Chen Yunxuan once had suspicions about him, but with Lin Tongxi's efforts, the suspicions were resolved.
Even if the other party was a temporary emperor, Lin Tongxi felt that he would agree with his opinions and implement reforms.
"Your Majesty, I do have an idea, but it's not from the perspective of a monarch and his subject, but rather from the perspective of a good friend. I wonder if Your Majesty is willing to accept it?" Lin Tongxi looked at Chen Yunxuan and made up his mind at this moment.
Chen Yunxuan had previously told his friends privately that they could get along as family members in any private occasion.
Now, there were only the two couples and Gu Qingli, the military advisor, at the scene, so there was no need to address him as "Your Majesty" as before.
It seemed that the other party was worried that this idea would make him angry.
"Tongxi, you and I are brothers. Just say what you want to say. I won't be angry." Chen Yunxuan assured Lin Tongxi.
Lin Tongxi took a deep breath and then asked, "Brother Yunxuan, under normal circumstances, would a person take the initiative to kill themselves? When faced with death, would they give up trying to save themselves?"
"No." Chen Yunxuan replied.
Chen Yunxuan thought for a moment and chose to answer "no".
"Very good, let's continue thinking along this logic." Lin Tongxi did not directly express his thoughts, but guided Chen Yunxuan to think for himself.
"As the saying goes, he who wins the hearts of the people wins the world. Throughout history, countless dynasties have fallen because they lost the hearts of the people, such as the Sheng Dynasty and the Chi Dynasty."
"The tyranny of the Sheng Dynasty angered the people, and in the last years of the Chi Dynasty, the emperor was sidelined and unable to maintain public support."
"From this point of view, public opinion is very important."
"If the monarch and the people are one, then the monarch and the people have become the same person."
"Then we know that under normal circumstances, this person would not actively kill himself and would not give up on saving himself."
"That is, the people will not overthrow the monarch, but will try to save the monarch."
Chen Yunxuan nodded to show that he was listening carefully.
"Then the question arises, how to make the monarch and the people one? This is the issue we are going to discuss today." Lin Tongxi summarized.
Chen Yunxuan nodded at this summary and said, "Yes, that's what I wanted to ask."
"There are two kinds of correctness: one is formal correctness, and the other is practical correctness." Lin Tongxi continued to explain.
"So-called formal correctness is like God's will. No matter what happens, you can say it was God's will."
“God’s will is absolutely true, but it is illusory.”
"In the past, the emperor would have people believe that he was infallible."
"But why don't people believe it later?"
"That's because—there's also the concept of practical correctness."
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