The Franco-Prussian War, the Paris Commune! These two major historical events that occurred at the end of the nineteenth century had a profound impact on the future of the entire human race.
Needless to say, the significance of the Franco-Prussian War reshaped the European political landscape, completely changed geopolitics and became the budding inducement of the two world wars.
Moreover, the Franco-Prussian War can basically be regarded as the watershed between the first industrial revolution and the second industrial revolution. After the Franco-Prussian War, there was a very strong technological explosion. Internal combustion engine technology, electric power technology, and brand-new chemical technology promoted the rapid development of human civilization. Elevate.
It is necessary to participate in the Franco-Prussian War. This kind of reshuffle that completely changes the world political landscape can be said to be a God-given opportunity that can only be encountered but cannot be sought!
In this war where the powers are reshuffling the cards, if you are lucky, you can get a good hand and ride on the wind. If you are bad, your national destiny will naturally fall into the abyss.
The Chinese are not afraid of gambling, because the Chinese were already laggards in the international community before joining the war, and the national fortunes were already so low that there was no room for decline.
Now that the fate of the country has reached its darkest trough, no matter how it goes, it will always be upward!
Many people in Asia don't understand why the head of state doesn't manage his own power well. Why doesn't he 'build walls high, accumulate grain widely, and slowly become king'?
Are you so full that you have to go to Europe and spend money to kill people? Loan your own money to Prussia to fight the war? What's the point of letting his brother's life spill onto the land of Europa?
yes! We know that the French burned the Old Summer Palace and killed our people, but the main body of the hatred was the Manchus. They didn't even go to the Forbidden City to take revenge. You are the leader of the Chinese nation. Why are you so anxious to take revenge?
I can't figure it out, I can't understand it, isn't this a stupid person with a sick mind?
Xiao Letian has heard too many such scoldings and doubts, but he will never be moved and will never use his power to suppress it just because he is scolded!
To put it bluntly, it’s you who scolded you. I won’t listen and of course I won’t retaliate against you just for scolding you!
Those who know me say that I am worried; those who do not know me say that what do I want!
The Chinese people will always grow up with those heroes who have the same ideals, common values, and common vision. Those who are in the new century but whose hearts are always stuck in the medieval era, let them slowly stick to their ideals. , sink in the wind!
I don't want to listen to your call, and I don't want to change you. Sooner or later, the tide of the times will drown you, and there is no need for me to do anything!
Xiao Letian had conducted in-depth analysis and answers with his loyal men more than once. All senior Chinese officials were no longer confused about the importance of this war.
Why are there still so many people who are obsessed with the idea of 'building walls high, hoarding crops, and becoming king slowly'? That's because those people have never stepped out of agricultural civilization!
They see Xiao Letian's career as the rebellion of ancient careerists, so their advice is naturally the old Three-Character Sutra of "Gao Guangxuan"!
"Those people who have been brainwashed by Confucianism, those backward elements who have always only known the state of agricultural civilization... may not be able to understand what technology is the primary productive force throughout their lives!"
"They can't imagine how powerful the development of science and technology will be in the future. With the blessing of science and technology, human productivity will be so terrifyingly huge!"
"After the second industrial revolution, countries blessed by science and technology will have wings on their national destiny, and the gap in national power between them and weaker countries will be so large that it can be measured in squares and cubic meters!"
"Not to mention the backward Manchu Qing Dynasty and the civil war-ridden Republic of China. Even within capitalist countries and even among the great powers, the gap in national power is already so large that it is unimaginable!"
There are many things that Xiao Letian can't say, because he has been born in two lives, and the memories he experienced in his previous life have a great impact on him!
During World War II, the German Air Force had a total of 5,000 fighter sorties put into combat at its peak, and the United States was able to train 800,000 pilots within one year after the war!
The United States can produce 40,000 fighter jets of various types a year! Twenty thousand tanks! Produced 147 aircraft carriers in four years!
Can the vastness of the land and resources explain this production efficiency? Just as the Soviet Union was vast and rich in resources, wasn’t the German Third Reich vast in territory and rich in resources?
The Sun Never Sets Empire is always the largest colony in the world. Isn’t it a vast land with abundant resources?
We must never forget that science and technology is the primary productive force. In both world wars, the United States was very cunning and finally entered the war to take advantage. A large amount of national power was concentrated on infrastructure construction and scientific and technological development.
The United States is not inherently powerful. Before the Franco-Prussian War, Europe was the center of the world. Xiao Letian still has a list in his hand, which was forwarded to him by the American minister.
On the list are the names and detailed files of all Americans studying in France, especially international students in Paris. The U.S. government hopes that Xiao Letian can provide certain protection.
In this era, Americans are desperately seeking learning from Europe, absorbing water like a sponge, and opening their doors to absorb high-tech immigrants!
In the second industrial revolution, the nation with the explosion of science and technology was not the United States but Germany! The first country to implement compulsory education for all!
After the Franco-Prussian War, Germany was able to equalize its productivity to that of the Empire before World War I. This was due to the explosion of science and technology. Is it possible to just "build walls high, accumulate grain widely, and slowly become king"?
The Chinese must take the initiative to integrate into this world. You must take the initiative to establish various relationships with all ethnic groups, some of which are close and some of which are hateful!
Through complex diplomatic relations, you can be as synchronized with others as possible!
Your students can go to school in friendly countries, and your scientific researchers can share laboratories with other countries... Even Princess Sissi, whom Xiao Letian slept with, will use her influence to help Xiao Letian find talents!
Just like the current Princess Sissi, she is using her rights to secretly search for a boy in Serbia, a fourteen-year-old boy named Nikola Tesla.
Serbia is now the territory of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It is easy for Princess Sissi to find a young man in her country. Although she does not know what Xiao Letian wants to do, she will definitely implement her lover's request 100%.
This is the influence of diplomacy. Isn’t sleeping with a woman a type of diplomacy? Don't get too entangled, as long as you can get benefits, it's just!
Facing this ever-changing world, only by actively integrating into it can you take advantage!
I don’t dare to expect that the Chinese technology can lead the world, but at least Xiao Letian must ensure that the Chinese technology level does not fall behind!
Differences are allowed, but you can't create an era difference!
Everyone else has guns and cannons, but you still have bows, arrows and spears?
When you finally popularize foreign guns and cannons, other people's tanks, fighter jets, and aircraft carriers have already installed them!
This kind of time difference is absolutely unacceptable. The Chinese people must start to catch up from now on. Even if the head of state has to sell his butt tomorrow, he must buy back the technology!
Europeans are not stupid either. Without life-long friendships and cooperation for business interests in the next hundred years, will they think highly of you? Prussia will let you work together on scientific research?
Chinese! Give up your fantasy, don't always think that by building walls high, hoarding food, and becoming king slowly, you can get technology. What else can you get besides being able to kill the Manchus?
After surviving the Manchu Qing Dynasty, will you continue to be slaves of foreigners?
