We should treat history objectively and fairly, and be a rational person. When a country's social system and rule cannot meet the requirements of the development of productive forces, it is bound to overthrow the old relations of production and social system with people's revolution or reform and establish a new one. We can't maintain the old country and the old rule from the perspective of remembering the old country and the old king, but we must affirm the historical progress of the new country and the new rule from the perspective of historical progress. It is inevitable that the state of Qin can destroy the six countries and spread all over the world, and it is also a historical progress. Qin adopted a new social system-feudalism. People can own their own land, and as long as they pay taxes to landlords, they can have their own income and food to support themselves. But the six countries are still backward slavery, and the people live in a miserable situation. Their personal freedom and the power of life and death are in the hands of slave owners, who cruelly make them do the same heavy work as animals and fight whenever they want. Therefore, Qin has advanced productive forces, strong national strength and huge wealth, and the people are willing to serve the country and unite as one to make the whole country rich and strong. Qin's army has advanced management, perfect reward and punishment system and strict discipline. Soldiers who win the battle can get the wealth of the conquered country and the land granted, and their morale is high. So Qin unified the six countries and the whole country in only 10 years. This is a vivid reflection that history adapts to the relations of production to promote the development of productive forces and the prosperity of the country, which proves this great historical law. If we stand on the decadent and sad patriotic feelings of the literati of the six countries, then Qin is a cruel and cruel aggressor, and their old country is a beautiful home, which should not be conquered and occupied. However, we should be smart. Qin's destruction of the six countries was progressive, which promoted the development of history and society, and made the six countries get rid of cruel slavery, become farmers, live a better life, and gain more personal freedom, income, food, human rights and higher social status. It has an inevitable historical progress. After the Opium War, the Qing dynasty was corrupt and backward, and the rulers were corrupt and incompetent. Countless patriots have launched national salvation movements again and again. From the Westernization Movement, to the Reform Movement of 1898, to the Revolution of 1911, and then to the proletarian revolution led by China's * * * production party, all attempts were made to adjust and reform the relations of production and social system, so that the new relations of production and social system could replace the old ones and promote the adaptation to the requirements of the development of new productive forces. If we start from the old ideas of past dynasties, it is a big violation of the Tao and overthrew the logic, ancestral teachings and rules set by our ancestors. We should be wise, knowing that the decadent relations of production and social system in the Qing Dynasty are not suitable for and lag behind the historical development trend, and will inevitably perish and be eliminated. The movement initiated by patriots is progressive and conforms to the historical trend and the law of historical development.
We should be smart and know that regime change is to overthrow the old dynasty that oppressed the people under the decadent and brutal rule and establish a new dynasty that can ease class contradictions and take care of the people's interests relatively. We must know that this is progressive, conforms to the law of historical development, and conforms to the interests and needs of the people. At the end of the Qin Dynasty, the rulers brutally exploited and oppressed the people and abused their manpower. The people were burdened with heavy taxes and corvees, and their lives were miserable. Qin Shihuang built palaces and the Great Wall. The corvee is too heavy and the people are miserable. The criminal law is too heavy and cruel to the people. Therefore, it is progressive for Liu Bang to overthrow the rule of the Qin Dynasty and establish the Han Dynasty, which is in line with the interests and requirements of the people. At the end of Sui Dynasty, for personal enjoyment, Yang Di extorted money from the people, brutally exploited and oppressed them, and the people were miserable. It takes a lot of manpower and material resources to build the grand canal, and the people are miserable; Frequent foreign wars, jubilation throughout the country, heavy military service and strong dissatisfaction among the people. Therefore, it is in the interests of the people, in line with the people's requirements and in progress for the Tang Dynasty to overthrow the rule of the Sui Dynasty. We can't think that this is a disgrace to national subjugation and a gross violation of the law from the perspective of the old people and the literati who mourn for the country.
Therefore, people who look at history rationally should sincerely support everything that conforms to the law of historical development, the requirements of the times, the development of productive forces and relations of production, the interests of the people and the fundamental interests of the people. We must resolutely oppose those things that hinder historical progress, the development of productive forces and the progress of production relations and seriously harm the interests of the people. In this way, we can become a wise man when we look at history.