The wars between human groups are not superficial swords and spears, or battleships and cannons. Militaristic wars are only a small part of all war patterns.
In addition to the hot war, there is the Cold War, and outside the Cold War, there is the commercial war. After the commercial war improves, it becomes the war of capital and finance... And the crown that stands at the top of all wars is the war of ideas.
That’s right, if every civilization wants to survive, in the final analysis it still has to fight an ideological war!
A philosopher once said that the fundamental purpose of human existence is not to reproduce offspring, but to perfectly explain the universe and life! This has risen to the theoretical and ideological realm.
Regardless of European civilization, East Asian civilization, Latin America, Africa, etc., they are actually trying every means to study the truth of the universe and explain the truth of life.
All human confusion is actually focused on one point: how to get rid of suffering and get happiness, how to get rid of pain and get ultimate happiness!
You have your explanation, and I have my own opinion. Different civilizations are ultimately different in ideology!
The rise of the Chinese will inevitably come into contact with an ideological war. Samuel Baker is a pawn sent by the British. If this spy sends a signal of urgent danger to Europe, then there will be more European scholars came to Asia to engage in a higher-level ideological battle!
This is very scary and difficult to prevent, because Europe has successfully received the dividends of the Industrial Revolution, and at this time their numerous theories have been supported by reality.
Once they come to compete with Xiao Letian for the right to interpret Western learning, East Asia will surely enter a period of ideological chaos!
But does East Asia really need to fully accept the ideas of European civilization? Xiao Letian's answer is no. The history is different and the living environment is also different. How can you reach a consensus?
In fact, the nutrition of Chinese civilization itself is enough to nourish the continued development of this nation. However, in modern times, it has caused a kind of lack of confidence because of the lowest shortcomings of the wooden barrel.
In the final analysis, what the Chinese lacked in modern times was systematic natural science knowledge, but China has never lacked other knowledge of world governance.
Just like in Samuel Baker's adventure notes, the Chinese people's habit of advocating history is quite praised, even scary.
Thousands of years of rich history have provided the Chinese with endless experience. Do you want to do business? It’s okay to read history. Do you want to join politics or the military? No problem, just look for experience in the history books!
There is violent social turmoil and serious class conflicts. How to resolve them? Don’t worry, there are many such classic cases in the Twenty-Four Histories.
Even during changing dynasties and continuous wars, you can also find experience in how to ensure that your family survives the crisis safely or even overtakes around corners.
Even if you want to practice immortality and Buddhism, there is no problem. History books have told you too many methods on how to cultivate the Tao!
It has everything and lacks nothing, but there is only one biggest shortcoming that Chinese civilization lacks, and that is systematic natural science!
It is not that there was no knowledge of natural science in ancient China, but it was only focused on the superficial technical level. It did not form a scientific system like the West, and did not dig into the origin of science.
There are no basic mathematics, physics, chemistry, etc., so the Chinese people cannot find the answers to all these things from the history books of their ancestors.
But the key point is that if a nation or a country wants to complete the industrial revolution and jump on this fast train, you must have these foundations.
In the parallel world of Xiao Letian's previous life, China's national destiny suffered from this disadvantage. Without systematic natural science, it was impossible to jump on the chariot of the industrial revolution.
Without the support of industrial power, even small Japan cannot be defeated by your sword, spear and earthen gun!
Japan suppressed China to fight, and the United States later suppressed Japan to fight... In the final analysis, what we fought for was industrial power!
In that world, it was precisely because this shortcoming was not made up that one step was wrong and the other was wrong. The continuous military defeats gave the entire nation an extremely low self-esteem.
When the self-esteem reaches the extreme, the entire nation will deny the other long boards of the barrel. It is obviously the precious knowledge of governance left by the ancestors, and they will all be thrown into the cesspit.
There are even extreme thoughts that want to abolish Chinese characters and completely westernize the Chinese language. That era was really the most terrifying dark period of Chinese civilization.
With the lessons from his previous life, Xiao Letian must use his own abilities to try to avoid this cruel reality. Fortunately, the self-confidence of Chinese civilization has not completely collapsed.
Great Confucians such as Zeng Zuo are still alive, and they can still maintain the confidence of the nation. At this critical moment of life and death, Xiao Letian stepped forward and used his ability and age to form a stable and transitional generation.
Whether it is the Chinese code, the six nobles or eighteen, including the forced promotion of Chinese characters, Chinese language, etc. in all colonies... these series of measures are all to preserve the vitality as much as possible.
Then gather forces to form a military group, and use military power to protect China's industrialization... If you want to participate in the promotion of France abroad, you must first cut off France.
Use the first pot of gold snatched to start preliminary industrialization, and then carefully protect China's shortcomings in completing the natural science and industrial system like alchemy and hatching eggs.
As long as this last shortcoming is made up, there will be no need to smash and rebuild the wooden barrel of Chinese civilization!
The huge plan is being carried out step by step according to Xiao Letian's blueprint, and now it has reached the deep water stage, because the Chinese military power has proven its ability to protect itself all over the world.
The great powers have opened a small crack in the door and reluctantly gave Xiao Letian a seat at the bottom. This can be regarded as recognizing that you, the Chinese, are a member of the international powers, and of course you are a member of the bottom ranking.
Military means have been used in place, and what follows is a more complex construction period, which is the initial alchemy incubation period!
At this stage, what is most feared is Europe’s financial war against the Chinese, including an ideological war!
But what's even more frightening is that this kind of war is hidden deep under the water. Even Xiao Letian doesn't know when and how the enemy will extend his poisonous hand.
Just like Xiao Letian knew at this moment that the explorer Samuel Baker had come to Asia, but the head of state did not know that Samuel Baker's true identity was a spy assassin in the economy, culture, and academia.
All the suggestions Samuel Baker sent back to Europe can affect changes in Britain's diplomatic strategy towards the Chinese!
No one knows, not even Xiao Letian himself, that the danger is approaching quietly like a terrifying sea monster in the deep blue ocean.
And all the senior Chinese officials were having fun as if they were on vacation on a yacht!
Little did they know that at the bottom of the yacht, the huge and terrifying deep-sea monster had already stretched out its huge tentacles, and under the command of an eyeliner like Samuel Baker, it was moving up bit by bit.
When the real crisis comes, no one can detect it!
