C2730 The laws of the country and its ancestors! (1/2)

What was the future of the Chinese people that Xiao Letian had been working so hard for? In other words, what is the future foundation of the Chinese nation? This was an extremely complex problem, one that was far more difficult than people of this era could imagine.

The beginning of a nation, or a dynasty, must have been accompanied by ideas of statehood, and these ideas must have been transformed into a state policy, into visible, tangible laws and a system of awards and punishments.

Ideas are always full of competition, militarism, mercantilism, free trade, imperialism, divine edict of monarchy, Confucian law … All sorts of thoughts, all think that their way of governing is absolutely correct.

In all kinds of conflicts, different countries and different ethnic groups, have chosen their own unique concept of governance!

Some of them were biased, some of them were biased, some of them were biased, some of them were biased, and some of them were eccentric … There was an uncountable number of zeros!

However, it was undeniable that every country in this era had its own idea of development, which influenced the political ecology of the country.

Britain, for example, now believed in mercantilist colonization, and all his governance was in the service of that great national policy, even the glorious revolution, including his constitutional monarchy, was in the service of that great idea.

However, the Qing Empire still chose the Confucian concept of governing the country. This was a kind of closed and mature political system that completely served the farming civilization... It is worth mentioning here that the Confucian rule over the country was not negative, nor was it as vulnerable as the later generations' attacks.

The Confucian concept of governing the country was in fact a very specific thought that had appeared in order to adapt to farming and civilization!

This kind of concept was very suitable for the farming and civilized social and economic environment. This was an important safeguard for the Ancient China, who had always been at the top of the world.

Later on, the Confucian concept of governing the country failed. That was because the world environment had changed, human beings had started a new era of global commerce, and the commercial and trade civilizations had started to replace the farming civilizations. That was why the Confucian concept of governing the country had become untimely.

Xiao Letian was very clear that there was no right or wrong in ideas. Only when the time was right could he make the right decision.

In the 21st century, this concept was not new, but in the end nineteenth century, this concept was rarely mentioned, because the power of the traditions of the various nations were truly too strong.

The aristocrats and monopolists of Europe, the eight flags of the Qing dynasty and the Confucian landowner class … These people could easily control people's hearts through an inherent system of thoughts and steadily gain benefits, so they would never take the initiative to change their thoughts.

What is this dominant idea? In fact, the Confucian Scholars had already described it as very appropriate, and that was the nation's physique! The eight flags of the imperial clan had been described very clearly as well.

How can a nation change so easily?

How could the family rules be changed?

Throughout the history of the human race, all dynasties had this problem. Even after the fall of the dynasty, the ancestral family law set down by the Great Ancestor did not change much.

Perhaps there were some changes in the details, but the main idea would never change. In many people's eyes, once the nation's constitution and their family rules changed, it meant that the country had fallen!

The thought of governing the country had undergone a major change, which meant that the traditional class of vested interests would be replaced by the new aristocrats. This was an unprecedented transfer of interests, and a great upheaval in society was inevitable!

No one dared to do such a thing, even if they saw that the old traditions were filled with all sorts of unreasonable things. People would never change their minds. Those who tried to change their ways, almost none of them had a good ending!

The fate of the dynasty! Many empires, under the control of these stubborn, conservative thoughts, would perish in the end!