A peaceful and prosperous era is the lofty ideal that generations of conscience and ambitions in feudal society and scholars who are deeply concerned about their family, country and the world will always have in terms of economic and economic prosperity.

Confucius once participated in the Wax Festival activity of Lu Kingdom . After the ceremony, he talked with deep affectionately about the vision and principles of "Datong Society" and "well-off society". This is the ideal of "peaceful and prosperous times" in later generations.

The peaceful and prosperous era is the lofty ideal that generation after generation of conscience and ambitions in feudal society and scholars who are deeply concerned about their family, country and the world will always have in terms of economic and economic prosperity. According to historical records, there seem to be a few times in the so-called peaceful and prosperous times.

" Zhenguan Zhengyao " Volume 1: "Officials are mostly clean and honest. They control the families of princes and concubines, and the sly and powerful families of great families are afraid of power and dare not invade and deceive people. The business travels in the wild, and there are no thieves, and the prisons are always empty, horses and cows are spread in the wild, and the outside world is not closed. They also frequently have abundant wealth, 3 meters of 3 and 4 cents, traveling from the capital to the ridge, from Shandong to the sea, all of them are not food, and they are taken to the road. When entering the villages in Shandong, tourists must provide generous gifts, or send them to the road. There were gifts from time to time. This was not found in ancient times. "

In this way, the "Zhenguan Governor" of Emperor Taizong of Tang was probably a peaceful and prosperous era. However, according to historical records, during the reign of Emperor Yang of Sui, the people of Sui were called "blessed hands" and "blessedness" at that time in order to escape frequent and heavy labor service, and the people were called "blessed hands" and "blessedness" at that time. During the Zhenguan period, this "legacy" actually existed, which shows that in the peaceful and prosperous era of the so-called "Zhenguan Governor", the burden on the people was still heavy and life was still difficult. Looking at the character of Emperor Taizong of Tang, he killed his brother and killed his brother, occupied his sister-in-law, and killed all his brothers and his brothers' children. In order to stabilize his rule, he also opened up a wide range of ideas, but because Wei Zheng was too bold and direct in criticizing him, he almost killed him several times. Later, when Wei Zheng passed away, Emperor Taizong of Tang wrote a poem to mourn. After several years, he suddenly couldn't figure it out and ordered someone to knock down Wei Zheng's tombstone. I have always been doubtful about such a capricious wise ruler who has been through the ages.

Others such as Han Dynasty "Wenjing Governance", Tang Dynasty " Kaiyuan Prosperity ", and Qing Dynasty Kangqian Prosperity are all similar to "Zhenguan Governance".

Qing · Zhaolian 's "Xiaoting Xulu·Feast of Thousand Souls" records the grand occasion of Kangxi and the grand occasion of Qianshou Banquet during the Qianlong period: "Kangxi Guisi, Emperor Ren was 60 years old, and the Thousand Souls Banquet was held in Qianqing Palace , and there were more than 1,900 people who pre-feasted the banquet; in Qianlong Yisi, Emperor Chun opened a banquet in Qianqing Palace for fifty years, and there were more than 3,900 people who pre-feasted the banquet, and there were more than 3,900 people who pre-feasted the banquet, and each gave Dove Stick . In the spring of Bingchen, the holy life reached 90 years old, and it happened that the inner Zen ceremony was completed, and the Thousand Souls Banquet was held in Huangji Hall . , more than 5,900 people were preparing for banquets over 60 years old, and more than a hundred years old people gave them wine couplets. "

Kangxi and Qianlong held "Thousand Old Banquets" many times, and their purpose was nothing more than to show the world that under their rule, the world was already peaceful, which was what feudal historians called the "Kang and Qian prosperous era."

However, during the Kangxi and Qianlong period, the corruption phenomenon of "three years of Qing magistrate, 100,000 snowflake silver " was widely seen. In terms of culture and education, eight-legged essays were promoted and Daxing literary inquisition was promoted. In the late Kangxi period, the national treasury was seriously deficient; in the Qianlong period, a huge corrupt Heshen was also produced. These themselves are great ironies of the so-called "Kangxi and Qianlong Prosperity".

Han Wendi and Han Jingdi , due to policy permission, the phenomenon of "selling official positions and titles" was common, and the outstanding politician Chao Cuo was unjustly killed, and then the unprecedented scale of " Seven Kingdoms Rebellion " broke out. The so-called "Wenjing Governance" is just a little better than the social situation where wars and chaos in the late Qin and early Han dynasties were frequent, economic collapse, and people were displaced.

As for the "Kaiyuan Prosperity", most people with junior high school education know that soon afterwards, Tang Xuanzong was addicted to alcohol and sex, and did not distinguish between loyalty and treason. Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong successively authoritarianism, harming the country and the people. Soon, the Anshi rebellion broke out, which greatly damaged the Tang Empire.

To sum up, Mr. Lu Xun can see through and thoroughly the so-called "peaceful era".In "The Tomb: The Brush Under the Lamp", he said: "Retro, refugee, non-wise, foolish, and unworthy, seem to have been fascinated by the peaceful and prosperous era three hundred years ago, which is the 'the era of temporarily becoming a slave'."

If you want to make more clear about Mr. Lu Xun's words, it is: under the feudal imperial rule, the so-called peaceful and prosperous era is just the era of temporarily becoming a slave.