The word Tao has a unique meaning in Asia. You can interpret it from various aspects such as religion, philosophy, sociology, etc. The confusion that Long Ye is encountering now is obviously a sociological issue.
The Prime Minister often talks about Bushido, so what exactly is Bushido? Some people say that it is a spirit and code of conduct of warriors, and a value for their survival.
But Xiao Letian doesn't think so. In fact, Bushido is just like Chinese Confucianism, it is just a channel for people to change their status.
The Chinese chose the imperial examination, which allowed the lower-level people to have a relatively fair promotion space. Although the road was extremely narrow, this destiny-changing road in the Middle Ages had astonished the whole world.
Society cannot be as calm as a pool of stagnant water. If that is the case, the entire society will become rigid and the lower-class people will become desperate and even rebel.
China chose to use literature as the channel for promotion, while Japan chose to use military force as the channel for promotion. The continuous troubled times and the Warring States Period made people's lives as cheap as grass, leaving people can only rely on various powerful families. In troubled times, people not only need force to To save your life, you also need force to open the door to promotion for yourself.
People are unwilling to do anything without benefit. When a behavior cannot obtain benefits or the benefits are not maximized, then I am afraid that not many people will continue to follow suit. It is obvious that Bushido can maximize benefits for the Japanese, so this kind of thinking gradually gradually It has become the characteristic of this nation.
Mr. Long was deep in thought. He was thinking about how to use the power of Bushido without letting this power go out of control. The attack by the six lunatics just now deeply touched his mind.
At this time, a wooden bowl was delivered to him. "Miso soup with mushrooms. I also sent people to Tsuruga to buy some tofu, fish and the best Koshihikari rice. You can have a bowl of soup first..." "
Mr. Long sat on the stone steps and looked at the six people drinking soup beside the fire. He smiled bitterly and nuzzled at the guards. One of the guards took out a few tin cans and handed them to Maori Yiyuan and Shimazu Asuka. superior.
Who said the Japanese don’t like pork and beef? That’s nonsense. They were so happy when they ate the big chunks of beef that they shed tears. The special canned pork belly has a pig clearly painted on it, but these six The guy acted as if he didn't see it and drank all the soup and oily flowers.
Long Ye tasted a taste of the soup. It was indeed delicious, but compared with the various soups cooked in the Prime Minister's Mansion, it was simply heaven and earth.
"I know it can't compare to your Chinese Buddha Jumping Over the Wall, or even your ordinary bowl of chicken soup, but let me tell you, even famous people can't enjoy this kind of miso soup every day. Japan is very, very poor, so poor. You can’t imagine that we are walking on a prosperous trade route, and the people here at least have patched clothes to wear..."
"If you go deep into the mountains and see, young girls wear a loincloth to work, and no one feels ashamed, because everyone is like that... Don't think that living like that will lead to promiscuity. To tell you the truth, When people are hungry to a certain level, they simply don’t have that kind of mentality..."
Sitting next to Mr. Long, Sister Wu smiled bitterly and said, "Who said Japanese people don't like to eat beef and pork? I'm worried about him. It's not that we don't like to eat it, we really can't afford it. Cows are used for plowing fields. Who dares to kill cattle for food? There are plenty of wild boars in the mountains. Who will kill them? Do you raise pigs like you Chinese do? We don’t have that much food to feed..."
"Even if we have that condition, we are still afraid that we will get used to it. It will be too painful to go from luxury to simplicity."
"When I was a child, I practiced in a ninja village. My daily life was like being in hell. At that time, I only had one thought, which was to get out of the ninja village alive so that I could join the ninja team of the shogunate. At least that way I You can get a small bag of rice every month..."
"Isn't it ridiculous? When I faced the test and competed with another ninja village for the chance to leave the mountain, the slogan of the few of us was that simple... rice balls, we want to eat grilled rice balls."
"The moment I chopped off the competitor's head with a knife, I actually saw his head turn into a white rice ball rolling on the ground in my eyes... I yelled like crazy, I said why? The rice ball fell to the ground. This kind of waste is an evil act that cannot be forgiven by gods and Buddhas..."
"It wasn't until my brother finally woke me up that I realized that I had killed too many people and my blood energy had blinded me..."
Mr. Long was stunned. He didn't expect that the lower class people in Japan lived like this. In order to pursue a chance of survival, they would even turn into beasts.
Long Ye drank all the miso soup in the bowl and sighed, "When you say this, I suddenly feel guilty. The food we had before was too good..."
"It's more than good." Sister Wu's voice rose an octave, "You are doing evil. You think the green vegetables are not strong enough, so you fry them with fat. When you serve the whole roasted lamb and roasted goose to the table, you only eat the most delicious ones. A small part of the dish, the fat chicken was used to make the soup. In the end, I didn’t eat the chicken just to drink the soup. When I tasted the snow-white salt sprinkled on the dishes, it turned out to be top-quality granulated sugar.”
"To the extent that you Chinese are arrogant and extravagant, that's a sin. If half of the food and wine is not left at the end of a banquet, the host will feel ashamed. What's the point?"
Sister Wu weakly pointed at the samurai eating canned meat, "These people you see are not wild samurai, but collateral members of the real million-stone lords of the Warring States Period. Each person's surname represents hundreds of years of inheritance... But Look at their lives, and look at their persistence for opportunities just now, now do you understand our Japanese nation."
Sister Wu's every word is as solid as stone. "In order to survive, it doesn't matter if we fall into hell."
One sentence pierced the window paper in Long Ye's heart. The feeling of enlightenment was so wonderful. Before, he didn't understand why the prime minister was willing to use these Japanese people and why he didn't leave all the military achievements to his own people. Now he understands. .
After 200 years of rule by the Tokugawa shogunate, Japan has accumulated a violent sea among the people. Those pressures come from countless untouchables who want to change their destiny but have no way.
It was a very terrifying and powerful force that no one could suppress, not even Xiao Letian. Therefore, Xiao Letian could only choose to learn from Dayu and proactively dig out outlets for this pressure.
It is better to open up than to block, this is a principle understood by the Chinese ancestors. Mr. Long is also a person who has read books. The brief confusion before was awakened by Sister Wu today with just one sentence.
Mr. Long smiled at Sister Wu for the first time, a little like crying, "Do you know how I met the Prime Minister." This book was first published from, read the original content first!
