Chapter 21: A Fantasy

Although Shen Sanwen hated what the Wa Kingdom had done in modern times, he would not use any method to deal with it by destroying the country and exterminating the species, nor did he think about harming the people of the Wa State in the past. If one day Shen Sanwen could dominate the politics of the Tang Dynasty, he would not have the heart of aggression.

At the end of the day, it's just some of the lowest machines that are being exploited.

In order to satisfy their own ambitions for power and their desire for wealth, the rulers of the Japanese kingdom have trained these machines who only know slaughter and obedience for generations, and have also formed institutions. The rituals, the rules, and the obedience of these machine armies were taught, but they were not taught what it was to be human, what it was to be human, what it was to be human, and what it was to be racially fearful.

The culture of the European continent, and by extension of the American continent, is nowhere near as bloody as this small island nation.

Shen Sanwen wanted to resolve this disaster from the root. Although he also remembered Marx's statement that if there were three times the profits, then many people would abandon all morality and responsibility and devote themselves to profit. But he was willing to give it a try, and to pass on China's excellent ideology and culture to the Wa Kingdom, as well as the surrounding Sila with a similar level of thought to the Wa Kingdom, if the future really goes one day, perhaps many tragedies can be avoided.

He had careful exchanges with Cui Shenji and the envoys of the Japanese state, and learned about the current situation of the Japanese state.

The study of the Tang Dynasty by the Wa Kingdom was divided into three generations.

The first generation was Emperor Tenchi, who studied the political system of the Tang Dynasty, initially abolished the private ownership of land and the slavery system of the Wa Kingdom, adopted the feudal land system, and completed the transformation of slavery into feudalism.

The second generation was Emperor Tenmu, who learned the imperial power system of the Tang Dynasty, strengthened the centralization of power, and consolidated the feudal land system. It was also this Emperor Tenmu who changed the title of the king of the Wa Kingdom to the emperor, established the emperor-centric ruling order and the primogeniture system, and used astrology and blessing to deify the emperor's power and increase the Japanese people's ideological reverence for the emperor.

The third generation is the current Emperor Jitong, the first female emperor of the Wa Kingdom to exercise imperial power on her own, and succeeded to the throne at about the same time as Emperor Mu. During the Gojong period, because of the war with Silla, the Wa Kingdom broke off diplomatic relations with the Tang Dynasty for the sake of Silla. Later, Silla was defeated, and the re-envoys of the Wa Kingdom were coldly opposed by Gojong. After the new emperor succeeded to the throne, when he saw the establishment of Wu Zhou, he sent envoys to study culture and art.

The Wa Kingdom imitated the Tang Dynasty, but only got the skin, lacked the perception of the inner spirit, the character of the Tang Dynasty people, the respect for the strong men, the respect for the heroes, the morality of not killing innocents indiscriminately, and the deep national pride, and knew nothing.

They only learned the spirit of martial arts, the wonderful use of order, the law of military training in the Tang Dynasty, and the discipline of obedience, and evolved it into a cruel ninja training system with no reverence for life and no pity for life, and formed a deformed bushido spirit.

This must be related to the direction of study of the Japanese people. The geographical location along the coast, the lack of food, and the frequent occurrence of disasters have made the people of this country cherish life more and fight harder. The Tang Dynasty was eager for the techniques and knowledge that could improve their lives, but they scoffed at the true essence of culture.

Live savage enough.

But how can such a Japanese country learn the world-leading technology of Datang at this time?

It is not terrible for the savage leader to lead a group of orcs who cannot be cultivated, they are terrible with sharp weapons, and they treat their own race and the same kind in blood, and they are getting farther and farther away from the road of human nature.

From the beginning of accepting the first batch of envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty, it was wrong, one was to teach the wrong direction, and the other was to teach the wrong object. Of course, this cannot be blamed on the people at that time, after all, the Wa Kingdom was far away in the sky, and there was no way to verify, and the people of the Tang Dynasty only cherished the joy of spreading culture and the love of friends who were willing to come to the court.

However, there is no way to correct this.

As for why they are reluctant to deal with these people by force?

I once read a passage that said, "There is no omnipotent culture on the earth, and China is self-sufficient in a closed environment, and there is neither the need nor the possibility of foreign expeditions and plunder." Internally, however, there is a need for unified management of the vast Yellow River and Yangtze River basins, so as to prevent different river sections from fighting each other in terms of irrigation and disaster prevention. This kind of agricultural ecology has precipitated into a kind of cultural psychology, pursuing stability, unity, conservatism, and centralization, even if he has such navigation technology as Zheng He, he has no intention of marine strategy. ”

Even though Tang Taizong and Gaozong had world-leading armies, they did not subdue the Quartet, but allowed all ethnic groups to reproduce and respect the throne of the Tang Dynasty. Not because of the pursuit of stability and conservatism, but because China at that time was the most glorious moment, and it was also the moment when the sense of national identity was the strongest, and there was no need to carry out this war of attrition, bullying the weak to show strength.

Even if Gaozong expanded his territory, it was more of a passive response to the war with neighboring countries, as well as seeking justice for the problems left over from history. The expansion of Goryeo, the accumulation of white bones left by Emperor Yang of Sui's three expeditions to Goryeo, and the destruction of the family caused by the Tubo Turkic seizure, one by one, have not been forgotten by this nation for several generations.

Chinese are not allowed to be bullied and trampled on, and all blood debts will be collected one by one, and this is the answer that this nation has given to all violators throughout the ages.

It's just that this nation has a benevolent heart and has never had the idea of aggression.

In his bones, since the Spring and Autumn Period, there has been reverence for life, compassion for his kind, and adherence to morality.

In this nation, there has never been a shortage of people who are willing to sacrifice themselves for the country and for the great righteousness of the world. There are loyal and patriots who die for their confidants, there are united and harmonious deeds of loving and caring for friends, there are diligent dedications, there is benevolence in rejuvenating the people and suffering the sufferings of the people, there is justice in judging cases according to law, and there is the integrity of promises.

Indoctrination has had a profound impact on this nation.

The idea of human nature formed by the long-term historical development is also the characteristic that distinguishes this nation from other nations.

Therefore, although there have been tragedies of changing children and eating during famine, the tragedy of slaughtering cities after the city was broken, and the tragedy of plundering and mutilating the people by troops with lax military discipline, it has never affected the correct concept of this nation and the pursuit of truth, goodness and beauty of human nature.

Perhaps people have different evaluations of many famous figures in history, but for the culprits of the above-mentioned tragedy, everyone who understands things has criticized them verbally and written, and they have deviated from morality, received a cold reception at the time, and later were purged by history.

Indoctrination does have some effect, however, Shen Sanwen does not know how long it will take to establish true cultural beliefs in other countries and correct many unreasonable systems just through cultural transmission.

If the feudal land system is implemented smoothly enough in the Wa State, where the economy of the people is sufficient and self-sufficient, it will naturally be relatively easy to transform the public opinion of the Wa State, and if the survival of the common people is a problem, it is also very ridiculous to talk about human nature.

Moreover, the Tang Dynasty also had many social problems, and he was actually worried about the transformation of other countries?

It is more urgent to transform the Tang Dynasty.