So simple?
Lü Zhi was somewhat taken aback. Could a system of government offices and a few ideas really have such a great effect?
Luo Xin chuckled softly. "Empress Dowager, Zixiang has reduced something complex to its simplest form. Achieving those two things will require many policies. Promoting ideas, in particular, is something that must be done with perseverance."
Hearing this, Lü Zhi said solemnly, "Please instruct me, Young Master Luo Chen."
Luo Chen gathered his thoughts and said, "What defines people lies in their thinking, not their flesh and blood. Although the tens of millions of subjects now living in Great Han call themselves Qin people, Chu people, Qi People, and so forth, they all recognize themselves as part of All Xia.
"Have the descendants of Yin Shang disappeared?
"Of course not. Song State was a great state with a population of a million. It was because, under the Rites of Zhou, they had become Zhou People.
"Once Song State was partitioned, they became Luo People, Qi People, Chu people, and so on.
"How powerful was Jin State in its day?
"But now there are only Zhao People, Han people, and Wei People.
"So after the Qin Dynasty collapsed, there were people who restored Zhao, Wei, and Han, but no one restored Yin Shang, and no one restored Jin State.
"Because in people's minds, Jin State and those hundreds of feudal states of the past had already perished.
"So if you want Great Han to be stable, you must establish an identity as Han People. Whether they are Chu people, Qi People, or Zhao People, they are all Han People.
"Otherwise, if someone in Shandong raises an arm and calls for the restoration of the Altars of State, all will be lost.
"This is actually not difficult!
"The Shandong