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Chapter 1138 The Holy Empire (rd update, please subscribe)
In this Sinology classroom of Yingtian University, the sunlight passing through the window swayed on the students. They were both Chinese and European. Although they were of different races, everyone was immersed in Liu Zhongjiao. In the "Great Harmony World" described.

The world of Great Harmony!

This is the ultimate goal pursued by Confucianism!No matter how you talk about Confucianism, it is impossible to change this ultimate goal, which undoubtedly transcends time and even race, and belongs to the common goal of all mankind.There is no denying this.

It is also the Manifest Destiny of the Empire. Seven years before Shengde, after Wang Youling and others put forward this natural mission of the Ming Empire, the Ming Dynasty truly transformed into an empire.

After all, in order to prove its legitimacy, the empire has to give itself a universal mission. By giving itself this mission, the empire will make its people willing to promote the great cause of the empire. At the same time, this mission will also make the existence of the empire change. sanctified.

"The sanctification of imperial existence and the justice of imperial expansion."

By the lakeside of Yunding Royal Manor, Emperor Zhu and Zuo Zongtang were fishing together while chatting about "the mission of the empire".

"Since the seventh year of Shengde, the Ministry of Education has been adding articles related to "The World of Great Harmony" in the Chinese classes of primary schools, middle schools, and universities. Where justice lies, of course this is what His Majesty often mentions—the expansion of the empire is not expansion, but liberation!"

As one of the givers of the "Imperial Mission", Zuo Zongtang inevitably thought of Wang Youling when he mentioned the "Imperial Mission". Even now, he feels that Wang Youling's death is a pity.

"mission!"

Emperor Zhu nodded his head.

"To a certain extent, the mission is the internal driving force of a country, especially for a big and powerful country. The internal driving force determines its future. A big country without internal driving force has no future! There are too many Many empires can be used as examples, such as Russia. Its mission is to make itself the "Third Rome", so it expands itself to the east. Wars with the Mongolian Khanates, wars with Turkey, and wars with Central Asia, say become a war to protect Christians from savagery."

In fact, Emperor Zhu has a deeper understanding of the "mission of the empire" than people in this era. After all, in another world, almost every major country has given itself a grand mission, and this mission is not the country itself. , but worldwide.From the liberation of all mankind, to tit-for-tat defense of the free world.When the target of tit-for-tat is gone, it becomes the so-called "general wetness". To put it bluntly, these so-called "missions" are essentially to promote the internal driving force of the country and keep it moving forward. Also includes expansion.Even its essence is expansion, but in the 21st century, territorial expansion has become another kind of expansion.

"Yes, Your Majesty, and because of this, the Russians were willing to shed blood and sacrifice during the Russo-Turkish war. They believed that they were fighting for civilization, for God, and for a noble value, and this is precisely what It is the sanctification of the imperial mission, and an empire with a sanctified mission is the real empire."

Although the fish floated a few times, Zuo Zongtang continued to speak as if he didn't see that the fish had already taken the bait.

"This is also the reason why the empire needs to further strengthen the education of the "Imperial Mission" and give it further sanctity. I have been discussing this topic with people since I became an official. It can be regarded as a little bit of experience!"

"Oh! Ji Gao, let's hear it."

Emperor Zhu looked at Zuo Zongtang. Although he knew that after he became an official, his favorite thing was to discuss Chinese studies with scholars from various universities, but he never thought that his focus was on this issue. Perhaps this was the difference between him and Wang Youling.

Whether it was Zuo Zongtang or Wang Youling, they all knew that Emperor Zhu's heart was full of desire for expansion.

Therefore, after Wang Youling became an official, he wanted to attract the emperor's attention by paying attention to overseas, and he wanted to tell His Majesty that the minister knew about overseas, and that he supported expansion.

But what about Zuo Zongtang?

Instead, he did the opposite. He did not pay attention to overseas, but to domestic. He looked for the legitimacy of expansion in Chinese civilization, thereby establishing a "sacred" reason for expansion.He's not telling His Majesty - the minister supports expansion.Instead, it is telling the Ming people that all the Ming people in the world—the empire must expand, because this is the sacred mission of the empire.

Not even telling the Ming people, but making all the Ming people have a sacred mission, making them unconsciously yearn for the expansion of the empire.

Just like young people in a certain period, they either have the ideal of "liberating all mankind" or the belief of "defending the free world", and they are fighting each other all over the world.

No matter what the result is, the combination of ideals and beliefs has achieved the expansion of the empire.

"The so-called sacredness is nothing more than finding a noble purpose. Whether it is in Chinese culture or Western culture, there is a consensus on this point-to build civilization and barbarism. Civilization is under the empire, while outside the empire is alienation." The people of the people are barbarians. By exaggerating this binary opposition, the original pure difference in strength has become a reasonable difference. Only the residents who have entered the empire's enlightenment are people in the civilized world, otherwise they are barbarians and barbarians.

This is especially evident in the expansion of the West. After they occupied the colonies with the advantages of civilization, they regarded the aborigines not only as objects of enslavement, but also as objects to be educated. Of course, their education is for better enslavement. .Even so, it has also become their "sacredness", but as we all know, this kind of sanctity is predatory, and the sanctity of the empire lies in the "world of great harmony", with the goal of sweeping away the injustice of the world and "great harmony in the world". Target, uh..."

Looking at His Majesty, Zuo Zongtang said.

"The sage said: don't worry about scarcity but inequality, and don't worry about poverty but anxiety. In today's world, the rich are connected with rice fields, and the poor have no place to stand. Such injustice, how can the empire sit back and watch it? It is the way of justice and the world of equality!"

When Zuo Zongtang mentioned the last eight words, he deliberately emphasized the evidence, and even clenched his fists a little excitedly.

The way Emperor Zhu looked at Zuo Zongtang changed, and a sentence even appeared in his mind-fair, fair, or his fairness!

fair!

equality!

It has to be said that there is nothing in the world that is more inspiring and more desirable than these two words.

Is it reasonable for an unjust empire to talk about fairness and equality?

Is it illegal?

No, there is nothing unreasonable, because the empire brings relative fairness.What kind of equality is there in the countries of the world today?

Suddenly Emperor Zhu laughed, he looked at the Yufu that suddenly sank and said with a smile.

"On the border of the empire, there is plenty of food and clothing; outside the empire, there is poverty. The responsibility of the empire, justice and equality, the way of the empire, the world of great harmony!"

After uttering these words, Emperor Zhu's seemingly calm heart became a little agitated, not for anything else, because the so-called "promise of the empire" was essentially a matter for the wisher to take the bait.

But there will always be a lot of people who believe it.

If the main object of the imperial mission is the imperial elite, then the promise of prosperity and fairness is aimed at the imperial people!

Of course, it can also become a promise to the whole world!
It can also become the internal driving force of the citizens of the empire, which is to bring prosperity and equality to the whole world...

Isn't this the sanctity of the empire's mission?

What colonial empire?
What imperial expansion?
No, the expansion of the Ming Empire has never been expansion or conquest, but enlightenment, for a lofty purpose, and this lofty ideal belongs to all mankind!
(End of this chapter)