Chapter 935: Gift Collection (I)
Wang Guorui suddenly put forward an idea, that is, to prepare some gifts for his two newborn children in the future, that is, to collect gifts from the people of the world, this gift actually represents some of the hearts of the subjects of the world, which can strengthen the interaction between the royal family and the people, and increase the royal presence in the hearts of the people. Don't think that this sense of existence is not important, if in the future, once the royal family has no sense of existence in the hearts of the people, it will be very dangerous. At that time, anyone could come to the city to change the king's banner once, and then inexplicably changed from an empire to a republic. This is not impossible, once the royal family loses its sense of existence in the hearts of the people, the people will not feel their existence at all, which is very dangerous.
Especially in the future, the royal families of almost all countries on the planet are also walking on thin ice. Isn't even the British royal family often "bursting pee" on the news? Even if there is no news, I often have to make some news, such as a princess giving birth, or a prince having an affair! even has peachy news with any celebrities, in fact, this is varied, and it is very much for those gossip reporters who are afraid that the world will not be chaotic to dig in. Even the various royal things are mostly news, so let them inquire.
The news media wants news, and the royal family actually wants to brush up on their presence through these news media. This sense of existence is extremely important, and it is necessary to let the people of the world often hear about the existence of their royal family, so that the people also know that this royal family is on their heads, so that they can have a sufficient impression, so that it will not be so easy for some people to turn the empire into a republic.
And this inevitably requires the interaction between the royal family and the common people, and this interaction is actually very simple, that is, diverse. For example, this collection of gifts is also a means that Wang Guorui thought of in later generations of British. What the queen's birthday, what the princess's birth or something. They also solicit gifts from the common people, the international community, and even the countries of the Commonwealth system. Then everyone expressed their respect to the queen's birthday in various ways, or various princes and princesses, and then sent their blessings.
This is actually a very important interaction, letting everyone know that there is still this royal family here, so that they have cohesion. This interaction through a number of activities greatly strengthened the communication between the royal family and ordinary people. In this way, they have also had a great relationship. In this way, after the royal family and the ordinary people get closer, they can get the people to support the royal family, which is the most important means to ensure that the royal status is not lost. Otherwise, once the royal status is lost, those who hold the economic power behind it will often lose their cohesion and eventually become unable to maintain it.
Don't look at this royal family without power, but as long as the family members are still on this throne, it means that ordinary people will be afraid of influence and dare not attack you casually. Although even the emperor of the other party's royal family may not have direct power, once they lose this throne. Then those bureaucrats can kick you out at any time. Although Cao Cao knew that the emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty had no power, why did he still coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, in fact, even if the emperor had no power, he was also useful. As long as the other party does not have absolute power, and is not able to grasp the absolute will of the people, they will not dare to abolish you, the emperor.
The future royal family is actually to gain the support of the people through showmanship, and then use this so-called nominal throne to maintain the privileged interests behind it. And the privileged interests of others can also further feed back to the royal family and maintain the image of the royal family. In this way, the image of the royal family is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and then those bureaucrats dare not do anything to them. This throne without power. That's also very valuable. Even if it's just a fictitious throne, it's enough to make people steal their heads.
"Jun Ji-hyun, you hurry up and prepare for this mission, then prepare it for me, and then start preparing to collect gifts. These are solicited from the whole people, and then in the next fifty days. It will be conducted during the call for submissions. When the collection period is over, our royal family will send people to various places to collect all kinds of gifts, and conduct a comprehensive review in the last twenty days. It is then judged by a number of creative experts, and the awards are awarded after the review is completed. For creative gifts, we can give rewards. and confer an honorary title for life. Whoever wins the first place is awarded the title of Marquis of the founding county that is not hereditary for life. The second and third places are awarded to the county viscount for life, and the fourth to tenth place is awarded to the county barony for life. ”
Wang Guorui offered a reward, and then indicated that he had awarded an honorary title. In fact, this honorary title cannot be hereditary, this honorary title is only a lifelong system, and there is no so-called fiefdom, but it only represents some rare privileges of individual titles, and there are some privileges in many aspects, but it is not very large. At most, when a crime is committed, a central court must be in charge of the trial, and other local courts cannot conduct criminal trials of nobles with titles. Of course, it is not because you have a knighthood that you can avoid criminal punishment, and the trial of the central court only represents authority, and it is also to avoid too much fear of the judges of those local courts, so that the court at the central level can not only represent the importance of the nobles, but also prevent the nobles from using their political resources to interfere in the judiciary. The authority of the courts at the central level is very high, and all forces are also staring at it, and it is more difficult for you to interfere in the judiciary by a little bit, and even the judges of the central court may not pay attention to those nobles, and their status is not bad, so as to ensure authority and avoid interference.
But even if it is this honorary title, it cannot be hereditary, but that is enough to make many people crazy. Titles were only available at the time of the founding of the country, especially only those who had made great contributions. currently has a knighthood, that is, several women of Wang Guorui. However, giving himself a woman's title for Wang Guorui is actually a matter of landing on his descendants sooner or later, so if he doesn't give it for nothing, he won't give it for nothing, anyway, the title of the royal family in the future is relatively less valuable than the title of the hero. The titles of the royal family are relatively low compared to the titles of heroes. Therefore, Wang Guorui gave his woman a higher title, so as to get better treatment for his future children. So everyone understands it, so I didn't say much.
However, this honorary title is definitely highly desired by many people who want to improve their social status. If this news gets out, it will definitely cause a lot of people to go crazy too. Even having this honorary title means that they have a seat in the House of Lords, although they may not have much real power, but when they go out, they are definitely five or six, not those ordinary officials can offend. So that's enough to drive people crazy.
"Your Majesty, what is the standard for this assessment?" Jun Ji-hyun asked.
Wang Guorui said: "Of course, this selection must be based on novelty, but it must not be too extravagant and wasteful. For this gift, the highest material cost can never exceed five yuan, especially not to use precious metals such as gold and silver, let alone any jewelry and jade, and all valuable materials can not be used. If it is made of expensive materials, no matter how delicate it is, it will not be able to participate in the selection and be eliminated directly. This time, we need to pay attention to our hearts, not to show off our wealth. This gift will also set up an exhibition hall dedicated to the collection of gifts for various reasons for our royal family. It represents the people's blessings to our royal family, and also allows the world to see our people's ability to innovate, and the ability to appreciate art, etc. This time it will definitely not be dominated by expensive gifts, but definitely with innovation and art. Don't make this all copper-smelling, that's not good! ”
Wang Guorui doesn't need to make a fuss about those valuables, if Wang Guorui accepts gifts made of those precious materials this time, what gifts made of gold, silver, jade and jade, then he will have a bad problem of accepting gifts casually. Is Wang Guorui short of money? He doesn't lack it, but if he accepts valuables casually, it will be a commotion. And once the royal family opened this kind of head to receive expensive gifts, wouldn't all kinds of bureaucrats follow the same example in the future? The upper beam is not correct and the lower beam is crooked, and once the time comes, once you receive a valuable gift, it is easy to be unclear about bribery.
So in order to avoid these problems, there is no need for Wang Guorui to take the opportunity to collect these expensive items, so that for them, the next step is to focus on creativity, rather than the so-called valuable. If the royal family is so full of copper stench, then what else does it mean? As a royal family, the first thing to value is elegance and art, not the so-called preciousness.
At that time, Emperor Qianlong of the Manchu Qing Dynasty actually knew that many works were imitation fakes, but he still collected them and wrote inscriptions. In fact, he knows very well that these are fakes, but he also recognizes his artistic value, and does not look down on him because he is an imitation. Since even the Manchu Qianlong can know something, Wang Guorui can not know? Art is not about the preciousness of materials, but more importantly about the mind and creativity, if you simply pursue materials and all kinds of preciousness, this will make the whole society vulgar and become no pursuit. Although art may seem useless, it is absolutely impossible to deny its importance to human progress. Of course, with the popularization of culture, many people also call themselves artists, which destroys the image of real artists. However, it is not possible to give up food because of choking, which negates the importance of the artist. (To be continued.) )