Datang: I am the prince of salted fish, I impeach Li Er at the beginning

Chapter 103 The So-Called Ruling Class
From a macro point of view.

The "sacred mission" of maintaining feudal rule is no different from a joke.

The power of the king is granted by God, and the power of the emperor is granted by God.

Listen to this, isn't it just as ridiculous as it is?

The ruling class and the aristocratic class unite to tease the people with this big lie, which is the truth of ancient society.

The fictitious ladder of power controls everyone living in this country invisibly.

The upper class is working together to squeeze the people at the bottom and extract their blood.

The entire history of feudalism is actually a history of exploitation.

No matter how beautified, its essence will not change.

It is a small number of people who hold the means of production and squeeze the vast majority of people in the world.

And when the proportion of this small number of people exceeds a certain number, and the common people cannot bear their exploitation, the world will start to be in turmoil.

Then a new order arises to replace the old one.

Everything returns to its original state, and this cycle, which is neither vicious nor virtuous, begins again.

Week after week, beginning and end.

Civilization keeps spinning in this vicious circle, and it can never escape from this cycle.

Until external forces came over and dealt a dimensionality-reducing blow to the dynasty.

hate it?
hateful!

A small poke of selfish vested interests, in order to consolidate their supremacy, drag the people at the bottom into the vicious circle of slow death.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the ruling class and the noble class are the sinners of the entire nation.

From the perspective of later generations, this is definitely a disgusting thing.

But in fact, even if there is foresight, can all the responsibility for all this be pushed to the ruler?
not necessarily!

Li Zhi said with certainty that if there were still time travelers like him, they would come to this world.

The vast majority of them will choose to become the same vampires who oppress the people at the bottom, just like the current nobles.

They wish they could maintain this superior power for eternity.

This is human nature!
The situation before us is not an accidental result, but an inevitable one!
Even with a forward-looking vision, these ancients cannot be criticized.

Because everyone is the same, no one is any better.

Who doesn’t know how to curse people from the moral high ground?

But when it was his turn to sit in that position, he would still choose to be that sinner.

This is the most interesting place.

Everyone wants someone else to be that virtuous saint.

Sacrifice them, serve yourself.

But is it possible?

The result of all thinking this way is that the Dark Ages persisted for hundreds of thousands of years.

Until an accident occurred, a great man of faith was born, igniting the flame of civilization.

Then, it got out of hand!
Therefore, even if there is a forward-looking perspective of the times, one cannot blame the people in power of this era.

Because history has fully demonstrated that falling into this vicious circle is an inevitable phenomenon.

If it is just a civilization that is trapped in this cycle and cannot extricate itself, then that's it.

But when all civilizations will lead to the same result, the conclusion emerges.

And this conclusion itself is enough to explain the problem, and there is nothing to argue about.

Li Zhi was thinking in the cold wind while waiting for the emperor to appear.

Blowing cold wind in the severe winter, to be honest, is quite torture.

But there is no way, this is a part of discipline, a part of demonstrating the supreme imperial power.

For the glory of the emperor, wait.

Anyway, there’s not much time left, right?

Nearly half an hour later, the emperor's Yuyu appeared.

The ceremony presided over the ceremony, and the grand meeting began.

The emperor sat down, and Fu Baolang took out the sacred artifact of the country and placed it in front of his seat.

All the officials bowed down, took their seats one by one, and then worshiped again.

Then, the princes and nobles came to the emperor one by one, offered their congratulations, and accepted the emperor's blessing.

Li Zhi is the king of a country and the king of Jin, so he naturally ran over to flatter him.

It was a cold day, and Li Zhi got impatient for a long time.

Feeling the howling of the cold wind while kneeling, knowing that no one else can hear me.

He laughed and said authentically: "I wish my father good health in the coming year."

After that, a big gift was made.

Li Shimin originally maintained the majesty of an emperor, but when he saw his attitude, he almost broke his defense on the spot.

Li Zhi returned to his original position obediently after being glared at him fiercely.

After these "kings" and "princes" saluted one after another, the major "Marquises" began to repeat the process.

Speaking of the early Tang Dynasty, kings and dukes were relatively rare, and it ended in ten minutes.

But when the Marquis began to offer a speech, it was a bit tormented.

Who knows how much they drank at the "Great Court Meeting" in the cold weather.

Anyway, Li Zhi had no appetite at all when it came time to "divide the meat".

Everyone has been frozen stupid.

"What the hell, this broken ceremony is really a pain in the ass."

"Don't say it's me, I'm afraid Father himself is too cold, right?"

"In order to maintain power, is it really necessary to make it so complicated?"

"Anyway, in my opinion, it's not worth the gain, and it's meaningless."

While the meat was still warm, Li Zhi quickly started eating it to warm up his body.

Don't think that eating meat is a good thing. In order to conform to Zhou etiquette in form, this thing is eaten without salt.

Tasteless pieces of meat, hard to swallow, and easy to choke your throat.

In short, this is also part of the torture.

However, the implication of this ceremony is quite interesting.

The meaning to be expressed, in essence, is: I share the world with the scholar-bureaucrats.

As long as there is still meat to eat, I will not begrudge the food in my hands and will definitely share it with everyone.

To put it bluntly, it is a means of buying people.

In the sacred ceremony, this method will be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so that those who do not know the truth will be grateful to the emperor.

Look!
In fact, I share the world with the scholar-bureaucrats, which was expressed in rituals long before this sentence appeared.

For thousands of years, all dynasties have come this way.

This has become a routine.

It is not easy to get rid of a habit that has been formed for thousands of years.

So, just keep going.

The entire ceremony lasted several hours.

When the sun is high in the sky and the sky is clear, it will be completely over.

Under the auspices of the ceremony, officials who were not qualified to conduct the synodic period exited in an orderly manner.

The rest of the people stayed and had to perform a simple synodic.

The ministers who were messed up in the cold wind finally no longer had to kneel and sit in the open square.

Finally, I can leave this place and change the venue of the court meeting to the warm Daxing Hall.

(End of this chapter)