"Those soldiers at the bottom of the Hunan Army, when they have no combat or training tasks, they will gather together to listen to... storytellers telling stories..."
"The so-called storytellers are actually just the older veterans in the army... At first I thought they were all telling myths and legends. Later, when I asked others, I realized that those people were telling thousands of stories. Stories from history years ago..."
"Yes, those veterans don't know a few words, but they can tell allusions from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and classic battle examples from the Three Kingdoms Period..."
"Yes! That's right... It's not that this kind of situation doesn't exist in Europe, it's just that the number is very rare. Especially the lower class in Europe have no interest in history at all..."
"But not in China. In China, no matter from the poorest people at the bottom to the imperial officials, they all have a very rich reserve of historical knowledge..."
"What scares me even more is that they are naturally interested in this thing. They love to listen and talk..."
"Although I know very well that the current affairs judgments inferred by those illiterate soldiers through some historical allusions are all wrong..."
"But what makes people scared is this habit. Even if their analysis is wrong, even if their historical knowledge is full of loopholes... But this habit is too scary!"
"Of course you can laugh at those people who are drunk and talk nonsense and are full of wrong theories... Yes, you can laugh at them all you want, but you can't laugh at this habit of the Chinese..."
"Even if nine out of ten people start chatting just to brag, but if someone with real talent suddenly appears, this one-tenth ratio will make the whole of Europe tremble..."
"In a country with a population of 300 million, if one-tenth of the elite reserves, or excellent seeds, appear... then how can you defeat this country?"
He is indeed an explorer who can leave his name in history. His perspective on the problem is really tricky. He immediately discovered the very different attributes of Chinese civilization and other civilizations.
Chinese civilization attaches too much importance to history. The entire civil society does not need anyone to promote or encourage it. The people spontaneously have a very strong interest in history.
Old farmers in the fields, veterans of the Mobei Beacon Tower, business travelers traveling all over the world, craftsmen who work hard day and night... Five Elements and Eight Works, even if he is just a scoundrel, he has been listening to those stories for thousands of years since he was a child. I grew up with the inherited historical stories.
Of course, it is impossible for everyone to become a famous master, because it seems that most people's historical exploration has stopped at novels and legends, and many analyzes are made up.
But don’t forget that any elite suddenly emerges from a large base! China is such a big country, and the number of elites who have risen to one percent or one thousandth is too huge to be imagined!
Samuel Baker sighed, "What are the benefits of studying history? Many people at the bottom of Europe just don't understand the benefits. They really don't understand that what happened between Egypt, Greece, and Rome thousands of years ago has something to do with them. what relationship?"
"This kind of thing is not suitable for eating or drinking, and it cannot be transformed into gold or silver... What is the use of it?"
The explorer shook his head helplessly, "They won't understand, because only the Chinese can understand the benefits..."
"The biggest advantage of a nation that is proficient in history and a nation that loves history is that it is not easy to be deceived!"
"Old friend, do you understand... I can vaguely feel that in fact, all the conspiracies and tricks we Europeans have given to China cannot actually be regarded as conspiracies..."
"Because all the conspiracies have actually been seen through by the Chinese... We are able to defeat the Chinese now because we actually rely on the power brought by the industrial revolution. In the final analysis, it is just a hard enough fist that beats them hard enough to temporarily lower their heads!"
"We can use force to suppress China, but we cannot use tactics to deceive China... because everything that is happening now is actually just a repetition of history!"
"Our strategy against China, in the eyes of China's top intellectual strategists who are proficient in history, is actually just a real war example that happened thousands of years ago!"
Gordon finally came to his senses at this time, "Hey...Samuel...Actually, your summary is superfluous...because the Chinese summarized your theory thousands of years ago..."
"I just thought of the old saying 'Use history as a mirror to know the ups and downs!' This is what an emperor of the Tang Dynasty said!"
This was a bit embarrassing. Samuel chewed on Li Shimin's famous sayings and thought about it carefully. It turned out that he had said a lot. The ancient Chinese had long condensed this truth into nine words!
Scary or not! A layman wouldn't see anything, but Samuel and Gordon felt cold all over, even colder than the temperature outside the snow nest!
It took a long time for Gordon to say, "It really makes sense for the Prime Minister to choose you to come to Asia... Your perspective on the problem is really tricky... I hope the big shots in London can also hear what you say!"
Behind Gordon was the Queen of England, but who was behind Samuel Baker? It's nothing more than Prime Minister Gladstone or former Prime Minister Benjamin, or even both.
The changes in Asia are really worrying the UK. Both the Queen and top politicians have sent out their spies!
"Samuel, how do you think we should break this racial talent of the Chinese?"
Samuel shook his head, "How can it be that simple? How can a civilization that has been thousands of years old be defeated by our generation or a country?"
"The Manchus have spent two hundred years contending with this habitual force... What's the result? Once a historical opportunity comes, Han warlords will still rise suddenly!"
"This is what is scary about the Chinese people. I can say it clearly... In China, you don't need to be an expert in an industry. You just need to be a very good historian and you can do everything!"
"Is Zeng Guofan a military strategist? I don't think he is. He is actually just a historian... All the methods he used to rise suddenly, how he fought against the Manchu Qing Central Committee, decentralized power, and became a Han warlord..."
"This is all something that can be learned from existing historical experience! All they need to do is carefully study the rise and fall of past dynasties..."
"For these Han warlords, the history book is actually just a textbook for rebellion!"
“Would you say this culture is scary?”
