Confucius may have been influential in other parts of the country and even among the common people, especially since the Song and Ming dynasties, from the Confucianism of Xunzi to the prevalence of science, Confucian theory has been far from being as difficult to understand, at least for the common people. If a theory wants to be promoted, it is not whether it is correct or not, but whether it is convenient for the lower strata to understand. However, in Shandong, at least the authority of the Confucian family itself is not as strong as in other places. Of course, the smell is a big reason. The generous connivance of the previous dynasties has made the descendants of Northern Confucius appear frequently for a long time. The decline of faith has also made Shandong a place where various folk cults and other beliefs are rampant since the Ming and Qing dynasties.

The criticism and public trial of Kong Jiuying were far smoother than Xiao Xuan imagined. After all, the first company of this volunteer battalion is not an ordinary place, it is a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood that has never moved, and is willing to be supported by the backbone of the ideal adventure. During the War of Liberation, the phenomenon that people in the north could not be motivated to come out, and the people were afraid of offending people, did not exist in this special group.

Seeing this, Xiao Xuan made up his mind to give the soldiers a greater test in advance, or a greater reassurance. After Kong Jiuying was finally executed in a public trial, another good-looking man in his thirties was escorted up. Although it seems that he may have been imprisoned in a closed secret room for too long, his spirit is a little sluggish, and he no longer has the arrogance of the nobles, but under the deliberate arrangement, the clothes look unusual.

"Do you know this person?" When Xiao Xuan asked like this, not many people answered. Obviously, compared to grassroots gentry like Kong Jiuying. This person's status is so high that ordinary lower-class people may not be able to meet.

"He is the fifth son of Zhu Shouyong, King of Lusu, and Zhu Yijiang, the fifth brother of King Lu'an... Xiao Xuan said solemnly.

Not only did no one from the lower echelons of the fighters have ever seen or known Zhu Yijiang, but they have never even heard of the name Zhu Yijiang. However, the fifth brother of King Lu'an, Da Ming, has been heard of in many places, and it is also one of the leaders of the powerful in many places.

For the people of the Confucian family, the people from the lower classes of Shandong who stood out in the test did not have much awe. But for a royal family like Zhu Yijiang, he is a little confused. In any case, although many soldiers in the capital can feel that he is a "Ming Jun" who puts the interests of the people first, there are always such concerns and awe when it comes to the imperial relatives who are too close.

For this reason, Xiao Xuan also had to say bluntly: "Do you think that this matter can be decided privately by a person like me, who seems to be the commander of the militia at most?" Do you know that not long ago, how many imperial relatives in the capital were executed for participating in the rebellion? Today, if the saint dares to make such a declaration, he no longer regards the royal family or even the royal relatives in the world, or the bulls, ghosts, snakes, and gods such as civil officials and military generals as his most core reliance. Even those eunuchs who had participated in the rebellion were not the most important support of the Holy Lord today. Today, the most important reliance of the Holy One is only the people who are suffering all over the world, and they do not have any special interests of their own except for the cause of Datong and the interests of the people of the world. I also tell you one thing, you can judge for yourself whether I dare to spread rumors out of thin air here: Today's saints plan for the world, starting from themselves, abolish the concubines and abolish the family world brought by the inheritance system of the eldest son. Follow the example of the ancient sages before Dayu. When the people are truly mature, they will finally be able to elect a leader loyal to the people. More than 2,000 years ago, some people knew that the prince and the prince would have a kind of Xiangning, not to mention today? ”

Xiao Xuan, who knows Western history and knows a lot of later history, certainly understands that by doing this, he has become the so-called ancient Roman-style "first citizen", of course, he also has the means to monopolize power, and even extravagant corruption. Will the people be in charge in decades or centuries? As expected, I'm afraid it will be a little later, as Yuan Shikai in "Towards the Republic" said: I have never seen any people, only one person after another. Another example is a certain international giant nebula: Chinese are to be managed. That's how ugly it sounds, to tell the truth.

Of course, it would not be surprising that if China becomes a first-mover like the West in history, rather than a late-mover country that has to go against the populism and humanity if it wants to rise, it will not be surprising that a formal democracy may indeed come decades later. Xiao Xuan understands the rhythm of the industrial age and is confident that the whole society will change a lot in a few decades.

However, these words also brought a huge shock to the first company of the volunteer battalion, which was not comparable to the ordinary people of this era, and the silence lasted for a long time before finally erupting into a cheer with touching and sincere, no longer numb and sincere: "Long live the saint!" "Hooray!"

"We are all scientific homogenists, and it is impossible for the saints to live long, only the people are... Xiao Xuan's grandiose words, and no one doubted that it was his own opinion.

That's it: after the two major difficulties of the Confucian store and the royal store were overcome, hundreds of people were pushed up one after another. These are the people who have brought a lot of disasters directly to the soldiers of the first company and even to their hometowns. However, Xiao Xuan did not let these people end up with capital punishment, being bitten to death by dogs, or beaten to death by stones and sticks. Instead, they pretended to be canonical punishments, and about half of them were beheaded, but many of them were imprisoned, and even some innocent people who were deliberately selected for their crimes that did not lead to death were released in public.

Of course, this is also the result of Xiao Xuan's careful consideration, because the first company of the volunteer battalion is no longer ordinary people in the area of land reform because of the layers of testing and selection, and they do not need to vote for the name to break the fear of long-term squeezing in their hearts and the shackles in their hearts, they need to have a higher consciousness. If the fighting capacity of the revolutionary army depends only on hatred, then wouldn't it be a cause for chaos when confronted with captured generals or "democrats" of the united front who later became their superiors, such as "early revolution is better than late revolution, and late revolution is better than counter-revolution"? Not to mention that after the hatred is resolved and the grievances are revealed, can it be said that from now on, according to the routine of martial arts, like some chivalrous warriors in the rivers and lakes, it is impossible to return to the mountains and forests to live a happy life? That's going to be a problem.

(End of chapter)