Tragedy, what a tragedy!
Not only is the story of Liu Dadao's ancestor a tragedy, but now that Emperor Tongzhi meets this slave, it is even more of a tragedy for Zai Chun.
The most regrettable thing is that the new ideas that Zai Chun just accepted were completely destroyed by the old ideas of slaves. Originally, the little emperor had chosen a correct path, but it was a pity that he was led into a ditch by this group of people before he could get on the road. went.
Later historians analyzed the fundamental reasons for the failure of Emperor Tongzhi's New Deal. The core point was that the old forces faced by the young emperor were too powerful. It was like a little donkey pulling a cart like a mountain trying to go uphill. But there are countless elephants pointing fingers.
Don’t be afraid of not doing good things, just be afraid of not having good people! People, there are only so many steps in life, so few key points. If you take the right steps, your life will be right. If you take the wrong steps, your life will naturally be a tragedy.
Liu Dadao completed his task, put away the dishes and chopsticks, and returned to the big kitchen happily with the little emperor's faint promise of reward.
But the little emperor had insomnia. The boat was sailing in the Mediterranean, and the beautiful sounds of plucked instruments floated out of the portholes. It was the sailors of the British ship playing guitars.
No matter how beautiful the music was, it was the magic sound that caused insomnia for Zai Chun. He turned over on the bed like a fried pancake, and the hidden plan in his heart was overturned and rebuilt again and again.
After two hundred years of development, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was now riddled with holes and loopholes. Among other things, the Eight Banners system gave all the Qing emperors a headache.
It can be said that since entering the customs and starting from the Kangxi Dynasty, the Eight Banners group has been reprimanded by the emperor every year. A group of dandy boys who only eat but do not work and then cause trouble every day have become a cancer of the Qing Dynasty.
When the world was at peace, the children of these families who were born in war quickly turned into playboys. They were unable to study and practice martial arts. Doing business and learning crafts were prohibited by the family law of their ancestors.
What else can these idlers do besides cause trouble?
It doesn't matter if you cause some trouble. You are ruining your life by being a playboy, and the court is too lazy to care about you. At worst, the little money and food you have will be used as a dog.
But no, this group of people had always intermarried with each other. They had been trapping relatives before they entered the customs, and in the end they were all involved in the Aixinjueluo family.
Relying on their strong interpersonal network, bloodline, and marriage relationships, this group of people not only want to enjoy happiness, but also always want to be officials. But do you have what it takes to be an official? If there is not enough success, there is more than enough failure. In the end, major military and political affairs must be supported by Han ministers?
This group of bastards, if they don't do bad things, they will be in high demand.
Just such a group of slow-down things has now become a huge burden for the imperial court and cannot be thrown away at all. The money and food consumed every year is no less than ten million, but at the critical moment, there is no hope at all.
When the British and French allied forces attacked Forty-Nine City, none of these Eight Banners dandies organized a spontaneous resistance. It was as if all the money and food for two hundred years had been eaten into the belly of a dog.
The sage kings of the three dynasties of Kangxi, Yongzong and Qianlong failed to solve this problem, and the following generations of monarchs were even less capable. Jiaqing, Daoguang, Xianfeng... the empire was in decline, with internal and external troubles and even almost the country's demise.
With this background, Chun Que dreamed of solving the stubborn and terminal disease of the Eight Banners. If he had told E Niang about this idea, he would probably have made Ci Xi laugh to death.
This idea is indeed a bit unrealistic, but Zaichun himself does not think so, because he has found a good medicine among the Chinese, and that is the nationalist spirit that his master has always advocated.
The more I study the rise of the head of state, the more I feel that nationalism is a good thing! This kind of thought, which is almost like spiritual opium, can actually suppress human selfish desires, allowing people of the same nation to concentrate on doing great things, even to die, without receiving actual benefits.
In Naha, Ryukyu, Xiao Letian ostensibly raised the flag of residual blood, but in fact he raised the banner of nationalism. When the entire Han people in the city encountered a life-and-death crisis, the threat of death overshadowed all individual greed and fear. Thoughts of death and profit.
In order to survive, all Chinese people gathered together and were forced to accept the idea of nationalism! Yes, it was an awakening forced by death.
But they didn't expect that Xiao Letian actually led them to accomplish this. The Chinese people who had tasted the benefits officially opened their hearts and accepted Xiao Letian's ideas.
When people have ideas, they will not be too selfish, and the entire group will be more able to unite and use their strength together.
To give a very simple example, look at how the Chinese army fights? The officer gave the order, and without a cent of reward money, the group of soldiers screamed and launched a desperate charge.
On the streets of Naha, there was only one half-year-old child wearing a college uniform. He stood on a high platform and raised his arms. He could raise a box full of military expenses for the Chinese people in just a few words.
This kind of dream-like scene is simply impossible to appear in Sijiu City!
But Zai Chun is envious! He wants it too! He even imagined that one day, with a cheer, all the athletes of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty would forget their greedy desires and reunite for the sake of the Manchu nation!
Under the five-clawed dragon flag, thousands of Eight Banner Tigers launched an attack on the enemy regardless of life and death. They were dying for the emperor and they were dying for the Manchu nation.
Every time he thinks of this scene, Zai Chun will tremble with excitement. Without a penny reward, millions of people can risk their lives and forget about death just by relying on the idea of national awakening. What a passionate scene!
This is what a man should do!
Of course, Zai Chun also knows that the old path of the past has been exhausted, and group loyalty maintained by monetary rewards will not last long, because human beings always have endless desires that are hard to satisfy.
The disciples of the Eight Banners who have tasted the rich life will no longer work for a small amount of money. These people are all treacherous! Without huge interests, they would not sacrifice their lives.
"Hey...but what Liu Dadao said makes sense! Thoughts can't be eaten or used as money. Will they really accept it?"
"But why can the master succeed? Could it be that the master's success is only temporary? Maybe it is true. The Chinese population is only a few million now. It may be useful to think about it with fewer people. When the territory he controls becomes larger , with a population of tens of millions?”
"Master, can we still get tens of millions of people to accept this idea? It's difficult... it's really difficult!"
Time passed by, and Da Sixi, who was waiting on the side, whispered, "Master... don't worry about it, just rest quickly. Listen to what they said that you can enter the Atlantic Ocean tomorrow, and you can reach the UK the day after tomorrow at the latest." …”
"Stay energetic, so that we won't lose the face of our Qing Dynasty..."
At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps outside, followed by a hurried knock on the door. "Your Majesty, is your Majesty asleep? The head of state invites you!"
