"What did you say? What did you do? You fucking dare say it again!" In the study room of the East Palace, Xiao Letian sat on a chair and looked at the disciple in front of him in shock.
Xiang Ying took off his military cap, held it horizontally on his chest, and said with a pale face, "I did it. The whole assassination incident was completely organized by me. I wanted Emperor Tongzhi's life!"
"Are you crazy?" Xiao Letian roared and rushed over, grabbing Xiang Ying's collar and staring at him with blazing eyes.
"Are you kidding me? You want to test my attitude towards you, right? Can your shabby stormtrooper accomplish such a big thing? Are you kidding me?"
As soon as the word stormtroopers came out of his master's mouth, Xiang Ying knew that he was right to surrender. Originally, he thought that he could hide anything. He thought that the existence of the stormtroopers was a top secret, but he didn't expect that the Führer I have known about the existence of this weak organization for a long time.
"Master, you already know about the existence of the stormtroopers, so why are you still questioning? Of course you know what our stormtroopers want to do!"
"You don't have to look at me like that. What I did is what I did. I don't want to hide it from you!" After saying this, Xiang Ying closed his eyes because he had already seen Xiao Letian clenching his fists. It looked like This beating was inevitable.
However, the expected fist did not fall. Xiang Ying, who had his eyes closed, felt the hand on his collar gradually loosen. When he opened his eyes, Xiao Letian's expression was something he would never forget.
Xiao Letian postponed two movies and just looked at him quietly, as if he was meeting this master disciple for the first time. He couldn't tell what emotions were surging in his eyes.
There is disappointment, shock, sadness, loneliness... and even a growing sense of distance.
Xiao Letian slowly retreated, Xiang Ying suddenly felt that his master was abandoning him, and the master and apprentice who were originally close were now parting ways.
This is something Xiang Ying can't tolerate. He can accept the scolding and beatings from his master, but he can't accept the growing feeling of alienation. They are obviously in the same room, but Xiang Ying can feel that Xiao Letian is abandoning him mentally. .
"Master..." Xiang Ying subconsciously moved forward, but the head of state's cold expression nailed his feet to the ground.
Xiao Letian lit a cigarette for himself, took a deep breath, walked around the desk and sat back in his seat. He raised his head and looked at Xiang Ying for a long time before he said, "Tell me everything! I need to hear everything..."
"Yes!" Xiang Ying stood at attention and saluted, and in a trembling voice he began to tell the story from the beginning.
The Stormtroopers did not exist in the first place. It was actually a reading salon run by a group of outstanding students studying abroad in Prussia. These intellectual elites from the East learned languages and Western writing as quickly as possible, and then plunged into it. I can’t extricate myself from the vast Western classics.
We have studied from the ancient Greek and Roman times to the Middle Ages, and from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, followed by the Age of Discovery and the Industrial Revolution...
It was through unremitting study that people like Xiang Ying gradually realized the huge differences between Eastern and Western civilizations. They were all soldiers and they advocated force. Soon, these people had a strong understanding of European civilization, which was a highly aggressive culture. attracted.
The strength of Europe actually has a lot to do with the culture they admire. From the ancient Greek and Roman times, war and expansion have run through the entire civilization.
When the northern barbarians flourished, the Germans gained the support of theocracy and began to rule the European continent. These people, who were more barbaric than Rome at heart, were also fanatical believers in colonialism.
Of course, there is also the influence of religion. Monotheism has unified the beliefs of Europeans. It happens that their neighbors also have a monotheistic Middle East.
Religious wars raged for hundreds of years, throughout the Middle Ages!
Then came the Renaissance and the rise of the Age of Reason. During this period, Europeans focused their attention on the sea, fighting from North America to South America, from Africa to Asia, and countless nations rose up in Europe.
The entire history of Western civilization is a history of wars and invasions, and war is actually the truest embodiment of the enterprising nature of culture. These first batch of elite Chinese students studying in Europe have gradually become obsessed with it.
This is actually an emotional rebound, because they all saw the misery of the Qing Dynasty being violently abused by Europe, and knew the unforgettable feeling of hatred, so this strong emotion actually ignited the flames of militarism.
Ending wars with war is the creed of people like Xiang Ying. Gradually, these overseas students who accepted militaristic ideas came together and formed the skeleton of the entire Chinese navy, that is, the middle and senior leading officers.
The idea of militarism is actually very common in history. Of course, the names are different. As long as the country's governance policy puts military first, it can actually be called militarism.
For example, the Qin State after Shang Yang's reform was a typical militaristic country. There were also many countries in later generations that adopted military-first politics and put military first in everything. This is also a representative of militarism.
Militarism is not a mystery. In fact, it is an idea, an idea that is accustomed to using force and military power to resolve disputes.
Are neighboring countries dissatisfied? It doesn't matter, just defeat him!
Another commercial conflict? It doesn't matter, just hit him until he lowers his head!
Does your nation lack some strategic resources? No big deal, all the people can do is go to war and grab it!
This kind of thought is actually common in human society, but when the thought is sublimated into a specific organization, there are many ways to do it.
If Xiang Ying and others were just a group of overseas students who agreed with militarism and gathered together to talk loudly and hold reading salons, then this kind of thinking would not be very harmful.
But when the Stormtroopers appeared, everything changed. Organization and thought are two completely different things. Organizations need ideas to arm the brain, but ideas also need organizations to arm.
There are funds, personnel, organizational structure, and an internal reward and punishment system... A group of people gather together because of a common ideal, and gradually begin to possess some violent means and strength. This is the embodiment of ideas.
Once the thought has a physical body, it will inevitably take some actions. Militarism is the thought, the stormtroopers are the trunk, and this assassination is the action!
"Master, do you know? I didn't create the Stormtroopers, you forced them to come out! The origin was the moment you took Emperor Tongzhi out of the Forbidden City. From that day on, the Stormtroopers were established!"
Note: The third update is coming! chapter;
