At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

So the ancestors walked all the roads that could be walked, and they walked in a mess, there were pits everywhere, and their noses were bruised, their faces were swollen and bloody, and when they were dying, they finally found out which road China should take.

The old road is dead, and other roads are blocked by the pioneers, and they will not work!

The blood is almost drained, and if you don't take the right path to give yourself medicine, you will die!

This is an important premise.

And on that road, there are guides, advanced production relations and industrial technology, which is another important prerequisite.

However, the Wei Empire did not have any of these two prerequisites.

My own road has not come to an end, but it seems to be on a broad road, very smooth, wider and brighter as I go, and a bright future is waving to us!

foreign enemy?

The foreign enemies who are close have been killed, and the foreign enemies who are far away are still lagging behind. Our own production relations and social structure are already the most advanced...

That's right, we are the strongest, looking around the world, we are invincible!

The country is in a period of strong growth, and people are working hard to produce more productive materials for a better tomorrow.

Social conflicts were temporarily reconciled, and class conflicts were greatly eased, all thanks to Mr. Guo himself.

Right now, the Wei Empire is extremely powerful, with neither internal nor external driving forces.

But he, Guo, raised his arms and screamed at this time, asking everyone to look up at the sky, letting everyone know that there are no gods in the sky, only the sun, moon and stars formed naturally!

The emperor is not the son of heaven, but a ruler!

Isn't that like a lunatic?

Digging your own grave?

So Guo Jin, who represents the most advanced production relations in this era, questioned him.

Father, what are you going to do?

Father, are you trying to destroy the foundation of our Wei State?

Father, are you going to rebel?

Guo Jin didn't speak, but his meaning was already very clear.

The wheel of history seems to have turned to a fork in the road again, and their father and son stood at the intersection. Every word and deed can determine which direction the car will go and what kind of ending it will have.

Sighing deeply, Guo Peng laughed at himself.

This day, after all, has come.

The day a lonely idealist finally sees reality.

chapter 1621 one thousand five hundred and forty-one book burning

In fact, Guo Peng knew that this day would come.

Come now, or come later, it makes no difference.

This Gephysics textbook was his last attempt, sending Guo Jin his final test.

And Guo Jin's reaction did not exceed his expectations at all.

Since Dong Zhongshu reformed Confucianism in order to maintain the imperial power and the unified situation, the divine right of the monarch has become the foundation of this whole ethical system of monarch and subject.

This entire system is rigorous, strong, and well-founded.

Relying on this system, the emperor has since gained a veil of mystery and has become a sacred existence. Every word and deed is the truth, his mouth contains the constitution of heaven, and his words follow the law. In theory, he has unlimited power.

The courtiers attached to the imperial power and exchanged their loyalty for the emperor's trust. They were given this power to exercise power on behalf of the emperor.

In the folk, the existence of the family has also been transformed and strengthened by the Gangchang theory. The emperor is the monarch of the world, and the patriarch is the monarch of the family. The emperor has unlimited power over the people of the world, and the patriarch has unlimited power over the family.

In theory, the emperor can act recklessly against the people of the world, and the head of the family can also act recklessly against his family in theory.

And in order to cover this overly naked law with warmth and avoid and limit resistance, loyalty alone is not enough.

Therefore, the ruler cleverly chose the righteousness of "filial piety", and wrapped the foundation of the divine right of the king with the cloak of filial piety, making this ugly ethical system look tender and tender.

Because of loyalty, courtiers must obey the emperor.

Because of filial piety, the younger generation cannot resist the elders.

The justice of the rebellion was double suppressed by [Loyalty and Filial Piety], and it instantly became a rebellious act, which is not tolerated by the world.

Of course, the emperor will try his best to maintain this system for his own benefit.

The king is the leader of the ministers. Although the ministers are oppressed by the emperor, they can also gain benefits from this oppression, get a share of power, and satisfy their own rights and interests. Of course, they must try their best to protect them.

When you go down to the people and the grassroots society with the family as the unit, it is difficult to get a share of power.

But because the husband guides the wife and the father guides the son, even the patriarch of an ordinary family has gained a relatively dominant position in this system, and of course he must maintain this system.

The feudal monarchy bound the power of the father and the husband, and the monarch, the people, and the Li Shu reached an unprecedented agreement on this system.

The divine right of the monarch and the three cardinal guides and five constant principles became the ideological basis throughout China's feudal society.

The ingenuity of this system lies not only in this, but also in the fact that it puts shackles on the emperor, on the courtiers, and on the people of the world.

If everyone wants to maintain the superficial harmony, they must maintain this system.

Although this system of thought is far from the Confucianism that Confucius insisted on, it is called Confucianism.

This is a very inclusive system, which envelops the entire ancient Chinese society, penetrates to the lowest level of the people, and allows every man to benefit from this system, regardless of rich or poor.

It's not just men, sometimes women also become older because they lose their husbands, so they take advantage of the existence of filial piety to take over the patriarchy of their husbands, become the head of the family, and become the vested interests in this system.

Precisely because under such a system, anyone can become a person who oppresses others, can benefit from it, and can become a person who cannibalize others, so that under the cruel class oppression, this A system can last nearly 2000 years.

Speaking of it, this system is really "fair".

Fairness makes it possible for anyone to become the cannibal, and it is fair for anyone to become the oppressor.

Because of this, everyone is silently maintaining him.

With the efforts of elites such as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Dong Zhongshu, a super-stable social structure that was conservative and rejected progress was born.

After that, regardless of the change of dynasties, separation and reunion, this social structure has never changed again. If there is no strong external force to intervene, this system can probably be maintained until the end of time.

Divine power, imperial power, patriarchal power, and husband's power have been bound. There is me in you, and you in me, and Guo Peng himself is deeply involved in it.

He proclaimed himself emperor by enshrining the heavens, and he succeeded the legal system of the Han Dynasty, and the foundation of the country was basically this set of legal system.

He did not proclaim himself emperor because he established the Wei State with the support of the people. The legitimacy of his power came from the deposed emperor Liu Jian. The legitimacy of Liu Jian's power came from the Han Dynasty and from heaven.

Guo Peng is the emperor of Wei, the son of the emperor, the son of the emperor, and he acts on behalf of the emperor. He is responsible for everything he does, and he is responsible for explaining it—whether he understands or not is someone else's business.

You have come to the present by relying on this common social recognition, but you have to cross the river and tear down the bridge?

Gewuxue also made the same rhetoric when there was a dispute in the first court. At that time, Guo Jin was busy consolidating his power position and had no time to take care of this matter. Guo Peng also needed time to prepare for this matter, so the core dispute was temporarily shelved.

Today, the official promotion of Gewuxue is a foregone conclusion, and the cognition related to the foundation of this set of three cardinal principles and five constant ethics system has become the core interest that Guo Jin cannot back down.

The existence of imperial power itself is not a secular cognition.

This too unlimited and vast power needs a mysterious power beyond human cognition to take the blame, so that it can barely get the common recognition of the society. If this recognition is overthrown, the foundation of imperial power will be shaken.

The foundation of the Wei Empire will be shaken.

Reshape cognition?

With so much unlimited power, who do you ask to take the blame for you?

All the ministers knew that this was a disguise, but they needed to profit from it, so of course they would not say much.

But the people of the world believe it.

Now you take the initiative to tell them it's fake, then what?

How do you explain to all the people in the world that you can have such powerful power?

Tell them that everything is false, there are no gods, there is no heaven, there is no interaction between heaven and man, and there is no god in the sky. All these are the ruler's ruling methods and tools?

Telling you these things is for you to be obedient citizens in peace and stability, and then be oppressed and exploited honestly?

Father, do you do this because you really want to see our King Wei II die?

Guo Jin questioned Guo Peng with the core interests of the Guo Wei regime. He hoped that his father had not lost his mind.

His father can always do something beyond his imagination, let alone the past, and generally can be regarded as maintaining the rule of the Wei Empire, but this time, Guo Jin really couldn't bear it.

For the first time, he questioned Guo Peng.

Guo Peng was silent for a long time in front of Guo Jin.

He looked at Guo Jin with pain in his heart, but after the pain, he understood.

Then he made a decision.

"Ajin, just do as you said. If you think there are some inappropriate ones, just delete them, and leave the others. Gewuxue is still useful after all."

Guo Jin froze for a moment.

He didn't expect Guo Peng to be so easy to talk to.

I thought that Guo Peng was going to argue a lot with him again, trying to make him understand something, and even quarrel, or break up unhappy.

Guo Jin doesn't really want to hear about this kind of thing anymore.

When I was not an emperor, I still wanted to listen, but now that I am an emperor, my mind is full of power and merit. How can I have time to listen to my father?

I'm an adult, I'm not a kid anymore, I'm capable of taking responsibility for everything I do.

So father, don't tell me those big truths.

Guo Jin thought so.

The worst outcome is that Guo Peng wants to do this by force, and he faces a dilemma.

Of course, he had already made a decision before coming to Taishan Palace. Even if Guo Peng wanted to do it by force, he would try his best to stop him, and he must not be allowed to do so.

Unless Guo Peng can make up his mind to abolish him and become emperor himself again.

He felt that such a possibility was not impossible. Although it was unbelievably low, such a possibility existed.

But he didn't expect that Guo Peng actually followed his will, didn't say anything, didn't preach, didn't object, didn't reprimand, and didn't get angry.

Guo Peng agreed so plainly.

So much so that Guo Jin was not used to it for a while.

"Father, is this... really okay?"

"Of course, you are the emperor, you have the final say."

Guo Peng smiled, his face was full of gentleness, and he couldn't see any other expressions.

Guo Jin hesitated for a while, seeing that Guo Peng really didn't seem to be joking, she felt relieved, saluted Guo Peng, and left Taishan Hall.

He wants to order the newly established Gewutang to delete and recompile this Gewuxue textbook according to his will, and must not let some information that should not be made public be made public, threatening the stability and dominance of Guo Wei's regime.

Having said that, do we really live on a ball?

Guo Jin has always believed in Guo Peng, but he himself was very surprised about this matter.

Does anyone really believe this kind of thing?

But according to Guo Peng's statement, it really explained a lot of things that seem to be nothing strange in daily life, but there are some problems when you think about it carefully.

Could it be that all this is true?

As Guo Jin was walking, she flipped through the experimental Gephysics textbook in her hand, her face full of bewilderment.

What a huge gravitational pull.

What about the ebb and flow of the tide, the sun rises and the moon sets, etc., where did my father learn about these things?

Although everyone in power knew that this entire system was protecting the interests of everyone and the emperor, but when a brand-new theory was put in front of him, Guo Jin also began to think and doubt.

When a lie is told a thousand times, it becomes the truth. Originally, there is no God in this world, but when there are many believers, there will be a God.

So much so that even some people within the ruling class really believed in Dong Zhongshu's theory and regarded it as a standard.

Now, it is impossible for everyone to overthrow this set of theories.