Handan in summer is very hot.

Going out in this kind of weather, to be honest, is not a good idea.

If they could, most of the nobles would prefer to stay at home, let the maids with puff fans fan a cool breeze for themselves, and drink a glass of chilled wine or sour plum soup by the way.

For the courtiers of Zhao State, even the most busy ministers can't help but want to find a reason for themselves to be lazy during such a hot summer day.

But for Zhao Dan, slacking off is an unbearable behavior.

Reunification has not yet succeeded, and the widows still need to work hard.

Zhao Dan was sitting in an inconspicuous-looking carriage at the moment, and sitting with him was Zhao Heng, the crown prince of Zhao State.

What Zhao Dan told Zhao Heng was some knowledge and things about the "unification of the world", something that basically only rulers would understand.

Reunification is, in fact, an issue worth exploring.

If you want to unify the entire Chinese world and bring all the Chinese people together, it is not enough to rely on military conquest alone, and the Qin Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty are two good negative examples.

So, what should be done?

If Zhao Dan was allowed to think about such a grand topic only with his own wisdom, then he would definitely not be able to come up with any answers.

Fortunately, Zhao Dan can still "use history as a mirror" and look at this issue from the perspective of China's 5,000-year history.

In this way, Zhao Dan's angle of looking at the problem is much higher, and the depth of the problem is naturally much deeper.

Speaking of which, Zhao Dan is ready to use the two dynasties of Qin and Han as a mirror for his own reference this time.

The Qin Dynasty, the first unified dynasty in Chinese history.

The Han Dynasty, the first dynasty in Chinese history to last for more than a hundred years.

The Qin Dynasty represented pioneering and enterprising, while the Han Dynasty represented durability and stability.

For the cause of unification, Qin Shi Huang actually created a lot, unified weights and measures, unified writing, unified coins, etc., all of which were made by the first emperor of the ages in order to achieve unification in the true sense.

According to Qin Shi Huang's idea, as long as all the people in the entire land of China abide by the same and unified standards, then everyone will naturally become a country, and the goal of complete unification will be achieved.

But the great emperor of great talent still ignored the importance of one thing.

That's the people's heart.

As the founding theory of the Qin State and even the Qin Dynasty, Legalism attaches more importance to those things that can be seen and touched, and believes that things such as ideology and culture that are "invisible and intangible" are useless, or even just a waste of time.

Under the guidance of such an ideological policy, the disciples of Legalism tend to pay more attention to practical work, and sneer at other schools of thought who like to study heaven and earth, philosophy, and so on.

This is the limitation of Legalist thought, which created a situation of great unification, but did not keep pace with the times to create an ideological system sufficient to stabilize the situation of great unification and ensure the continuity of the rule of the Qin Dynasty.

So the Qin Dynasty collapsed like this.

The death of Qin was not due to the so-called tyranny, but to the hearts of the people.

From the fall of the Six Kingdoms in 221 BC and the unification of the Qin Dynasty to the end of the fall of the Qin Dynasty in 207 BC, in this short period of more than ten years, although the Qin Dynasty conquered the land of the Six Kingdoms, it did not conquer the hearts of the people of the Six Kingdoms.

Like later generations, many people will claim to be from the Northeast, Northwest, Jiangnan, Guanzhong, etc., but they also recognize another identity, that is, they are all "Han people", and they are all descendants of Chinese civilization.

For the Qin Dynasty, the people of the conquered lands of the Six Kingdoms may identify themselves as Zhao, Qi, and Chu, but they will never consider themselves to be "Qin".

Since I am not from the Qin people, then why should I recognize the rule of the Qin people, and why should I recognize the country of Qin?

As long as there is an opportunity, there must be only one result - the opposite.

Anti-fucking!

So the Qin Dynasty died.

Without Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, there will also be Li Sheng, Zhang Guang, Zhou Sheng, and Liu Guang.

The Qin Dynasty could not solve this problem, so it ended up with a "boom and boom, and death and suddenness." ”

This problem was solved during the Han Dynasty.

In order to solve this problem, the Han Dynasty used the practice of three generations of emperors, and it was not until the fourth generation of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty that the answer was finally found.

During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Confucian scholar Dong Zhongshu proposed the doctrine of "Heaven and Man Induction", and then Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty realized the importance of this theory and used it to establish an ideological system of "great unification".

With this unified ideological system, the Han Dynasty truly integrated all the people in the entire land of China, so that they truly became the same kind of people - Han people.

When Zhao Dan said this, Zhengse said in a very serious tone: "Heng'er, you should understand how important thinking is now, right?" ”

Zhao Heng, who was sitting next to Zhao Dan, widened his eyes and looked at Zhao Dan very puzzled: "But my father, my son has read a lot of books since he was a child, and he has been taught by many gentlemen and scholars, why have he never heard of the Qin Dynasty and the Han Dynasty?" ”

Zhao Dan coughed, and said: "Wu'er doesn't know, this is not a matter of the yang world, but a matter of the heavenly realm." ”

"Celestial?"

"Exactly." Zhao Dan's face did not change, and his heart continued to flicker: "If a person has merit in the yang world after death, he can ascend to the heavenly realm; Those who have no merit can enter the underworld; Those who commit sins go to hell. ”

"Then how did Father know about this celestial realm?"

Zhao Dan's lies continued: "The two generations of kings of Wuling and Huiwen have all ascended to the heavenly realm after their funerals, and the affairs of this heavenly realm are the dreams of the first kings. ”

Even Shinto things like dreams have been moved out.

This is actually something that can't be helped, after all, Zhao Dan can't say to Zhao Heng, "Your father is no longer the same your father back then, but a time-traveler who has crossed over from the afterlife", right?

No one believed me.

So when it comes to ghosts and gods, does anyone believe in this kind of dream?

Really.

In fact, in this era, except for Zhao Dan, a traverser, I am afraid that people all over the world believe in the theory of ghosts and gods very much, whether it is the common people or the high-ranking kings and nobles.

To what extent?

In this era, there were special diviners, and the high-end and high-grade priests were the priests who held sacrifices for the royal family, and the ordinary ones were called "day bearers".

Whether it is a sacrifice or a sun, it is a very high status, because people feel that they are dealing with the gods, and they have a lot of respect for them.

In many places, if a child is said to be destined by the Japanese when he is born, then the child will definitely be thrown directly into the river by his biological parents and drowned in the first place, and all the relatives of the child will not express any objection to this, but will congratulate the parents from the bottom of their hearts on throwing away a bad star.

In addition, the "Book of Days" written by the Japanese can be said to be a must-have book for every household.

This "Book of Days" can be regarded as the Yellow Calendar of ancient times, which is a very magical book, which has a very detailed record of when and what to do.

"The Book of Days: Qin Exception" once said: "On weekdays, you can marry a wife, enter a person, and start an incident." "Set the day, you can hide it, for the official mansion and the ancestral hall." "Except for the sun, the concubine will die, and it will not be. There is a serious illness, but it does not die. Attack and steal, you can't hold it. ”

So from this point of view, if a traverser wants to use something to fool these ancestors of the Warring States Period, the theory of ghosts and gods is definitely the most reliable - of course, the premise is that it must not contradict the Japanese book.

This may seem incomprehensible to future generations, but in fact, in the later generations, who have entered the high-tech age, don't they also think that God is real, and are willing to give their lives for their faith and for the gods in their hearts?

In this era when information is communicated out of the village, the belief and reverence for the theory of ghosts and gods are absolutely the mainstream, whether it is in the East or the West.

So when Zhao Dan moved out of this big killer weapon of "dreaming", Zhao Heng, the young prince of Zhao Kingdom, immediately accepted this statement and did not doubt it at all.

After thinking about it very hard for a while, Zhao Heng spoke: "If it is according to my father's words, then how should this so-called great unification idea be realized?" ”

Zhao Dan smiled slightly, and suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed to a small city with a considerable scale not far away: "Heng'er, the answer is actually here." ”

Zhao Heng looked at Zhao Dan's finger and said in surprise: "Huaxia Academy? ”

"Exactly!" Zhao Dan nodded with great certainty and said, "Heng'er, this kind of thing has always been in the hands of the top intellectuals. But we, as kings, should not be influenced by the ideas thrown out by these intellectuals, but should in turn use them and use their ideas as tools to consolidate our rule and promote social development. ”

Zhao Heng nodded as if he didn't understand, trying to understand the profound meaning of his father's words, and said after a while: "So my father asked his son to go to the Huaxia Academy to study, and that's why?" But...... How should children use the minds of these gentlemen and gentlemen? ”

Zhao Dan laughed and shook his head gently.

"No, take advantage of them that is a matter for later. This time, the widow asked you to come to the Huaxia Academy, which was to let you personally observe and understand the thoughts and essence of these schools. Then think about the question - which schools of thought can be used by you in the future, can be integrated into the idea of great unification, and finally consolidate your country and rule? ”

Zhao Dan stared at the eldest son in front of him, and said solemnly: "When you reach the crown, the widow hopes that you can give the widow an answer." ”