Chapter 126 History Jokes (Part 2)
Huang Congli, Lu Liwei and others had originally heard Chen Hao say that Guan Yu's deeds did not have much false elements, and they all showed joy. But at the end, it seemed that their principal did not have much respect and admiration for Guan Gong, a god-like man. They couldn't help but feel a little depressed and quickly asked for the reason.
Chen Haosurong said: "First of all, feudal rulers throughout the ages have emphasized the idea of foolish loyalty, and it is necessary to set an example for the ministers to be loyal to the emperor and the ruler, and to be loyal to the emperor. Guan Yu is not tempted by profit, not afraid of threats, is strong and persevering, and always respects one's quality, which just meets this requirement.
Secondly, in order to deal with the rebellious forces from all sides, the feudal rulers had to suppress them with force while also engaging in powerful spiritual deterrence. After Guan Yu appeared, he had the outer cloak of subduing demons and monsters, which could be used to fool people.
Moreover, with the increase of Guandi Temple, Master Guan can be made everywhere, and Guan Yu, the "martial saint", became an invisible assistant to the ruling class.
Third, benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and trustworthiness, as the core of feudal culture, were just preaching by civil officials and scholars, and were a set of Confucius. If Guan Yu, the "martial saint" was also brought to join, it would inevitably increase the persuasion power of feudal culture.
Based on this, emperors of all dynasties spared no effort to promote Guan Yu. From the late Song Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, fifteen emperors successively issued Guan Yu with the title of "June and Duke", "Duo and King", "King and Emperor", "Sage and Saint", and were truly glorious.
Fourth, it conforms to certain needs of the grassroots of the feudal gang. The reason why Guan Yu was able to be widely penetrated into the hearts of the people after he was deified was also related to the fact that the working people wanted to use him to achieve some unspeakable purpose.
For example, those who run around the world like Guan Yu's courage and loyalty and use him to secretly form associations, while religious organizations use him to unite people's hearts. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom also shouted the slogan "Sweep away millions of demons in the world, and heroes are better than Han, Guan and Zhang" to boost morale. What is even more popular is that at the Guandi Temple Fair among the people, he can still seek rain when he encounters drought.
In short, the publicity of Guan Yu has reached a very high level in all dynasties, and it is first-class in terms of form, scale and technique. There are countless scholars who have studied him, and his articles have been commented on him, and the dramas about him have formed the "Guan Gong Opera". This widely publicized "Guan Gong Culture" has fueled Guan Yu's deification and made a huge role in making false and real.
In this way, Guan Yu walked from a mortal to the altar step by step, was infinitely raised by rulers of all generations, and was recognized by the general public."
"Yes!" Lin Juemin sighed dissatisfiedly: "Guan Yu, a person who has made no contribution to the development of Chinese history and culture, has entered the altar of history in this way. Moreover, the so-called martial saint who was defeated and died was even more strongly supported by the ruling class during the Qing Dynasty.
Emperors such as Shunzhi and Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty praised Guan Yu as the "End of the World" and named him "Loyalty, righteousness, Shenwu, benevolence, bravery, and powerful, protect the country, protect the people, sincerely applauding the Guansheng Emperor Xuande". Many Guandi temples were built in Beijing, and the whole country was also ordered to build Guanshen throughout the country to worship incense on time. The number of Wusheng Guangong Temples far exceeds that of Wensheng Confucius Temple."
"The Qing Dynasty is the most hateful!" Chen Hao suddenly said angrily: "Since the Song Dynasty, in the hearts of our Chinese people, Yue Wumu, who regards national justice and ignores our own safety, is the Martial Saint! Yue Wumu has a supreme position in the hearts of our Chinese people. He is the spiritual representative of our Chinese nation, the soul of the nation and the soul of justice that everyone admires.
However, the Qing Dynasty believed that Yue Wumu was a national hero of our Chinese nation to resist foreign invasions. Establishing such a national hero as a martial saint was not conducive to their rule of ignorant people.
Therefore, after the Qing Dynasty entered the pass, it used the imperial literati to use the grudges of the upper realm of the Great Pear, the Red Golden Dragon and the Lady Bat as the root of Yue Wumu's feat, and tried its best to downplay the war nature of Yue Wumu's fight against foreign enemies.
In this way, the Qing Dynasty literati vigorously suppressed Yue Wumu's reputation on the grounds of personal grievances and spared no effort to promote Guan Yunchang. In the end, Yue Wumu, the true martial saint in China, became the supporting role of Guan Yunchang, the fake martial saint!"
Xia Lili, Zheng Xuanyu, Qin Luolan and others all listened to the enthusiastic discussions of Chen Hao and others in amazement. Especially Qin Luolan, he did not expect that his unintentional words would cause such a god like Guan Yunchang to fall under the "verbal criticism" of Chen Hao and Lin Juemin, the brave men.
However, Qin Luolan's admiration for Chen Hao has increased with the times! Qin Luolan did not expect that Chen Hao, the highest leader of the People's Liberation Army, not only knew politics and military, but also knew history in this way. Thinking that Chen Hao repeatedly expressed his affection for him, Qin Luolan's heart became inexplicably sweet.
Seeing that the atmosphere at the scene became a little dull and solemn, Chen Hao smiled at the "Divine Dart" Huang Congli and said: "Congli, although Brother Guan Er deserves to be called the "martial saint" of China, he is not tempted and not afraid of threats. His qualities of integrity, perseverance and loyalty are worthy of our learning and development. You don't have to listen to the words of this principal and become depressed and uneasy!"
"Divine Detachment" Huang Congli replied proudly: "Principal, after listening to your words, the students are deeply educated! In the future, students will not be bewitched by the Qing court again. They will definitely follow Yue Wumu and take it as their mission to expel foreign races. We will enable our Chinese nation to be unified as soon as possible under the leadership of your principal!"
When Lu Liwei, Xia Xingshuo and others heard this, they also made generous speeches, saying that they should not only learn from Guan Erge's excellent qualities, but also learn from Yue Wumu's spirit of expelling foreign races so that China can rise as soon as possible.
Chapter completed!