Samuel Baker was regarded as the first academic spy supported by the British government. He was like an anglerfish who could light a lamp.
He is the light on the anglerfish hunter's forehead, very friendly and very kind, close to East Asia, close to the core of the Chinese race, close to the hinterland of Chinese civilization.
Behind his smiling face is the search and analysis of intelligence. He will conduct preliminary sorting and provide a series of plans to contain the Chinese for the reference of the British senior officials.
To be honest, he did a really good job, really not bad!
During his trip to the Western Regions, he was able to clearly see the tolerant and assimilation nature of Chinese civilization towards other ethnic groups, and he also had a very alert understanding of the penetration of the Central Plains civilization into the outside world.
Even by observing ordinary people, he was able to come up with a secret of the continued prosperity of Chinese civilization...that is, respect for history from the most basic level.
This kind of national attribute is really not something that other nations can have. After studying the people at the bottom of various countries, especially the illiterate people at the bottom, only the Chinese people are so interested in history.
And history is even an indispensable etiquette and ability for their social interactions. If you say that you drank too much and don’t understand some historical allusions, you can’t brag to others.
So many ethnic groups around the world will sing and dance when they drink too much, or fight to pick up girls... Anyway, no ethnic group will brag together after drinking too much, and the bragging is all about the history of thousands of years ago.
Samuel Baker had seen the bitterly cold outposts. The soldiers had no more tasks and could drink some wine before starting to tell the story of Wei Qinghuo of the Han Dynasty who went to the north to cure his illness.
I have also seen the businessmen staying at Yidao Inn, drinking wine and crying over the stories of the Yang family generals.
Of course, there are also all kinds of arguments about historical figures. When it comes to blushing and necking, they will even fight with their fists!
"What a magical nation? There is only one China like this in the world, and no other nation has such a situation..."
“In Europe, only people with a high school education or above would occasionally chat in bars about poetry in the fourteenth century, religion in the thirteenth century, ancient Rome and Greece in BC…”
"And there are very few such people! Most people only know how to sing and dance to find women after drinking too much!"
"Only China, only China has such a special case, even illiterate people can talk about the history of thousands of years ago, and it's still official history, not myths and legends..."
The more Samuel saw, the more terrifying this nation became. He even secretly conducted some experiments, randomly selecting ordinary Chinese people and conducting some IQ tests.
The result surprised him even more: the average IQ of the Chinese nation is no lower than that of Europe... Some of the vilification of the Chinese in European academic circles is actually just prejudice.
It is because Chinese culture is relatively ignorant of natural science and they do not have a complete scientific system, which is why people think they are stupid to the outside world.
Yes, European scholars can laugh at the Chinese for not believing that the earth is round, and they can also laugh at them for not believing in the heliocentric theory... But this is just a lack of knowledge.
When it comes to philosophy in life and exploration of history, humanities, and art, the Chinese people are really quite advanced!
Putting aside his prejudices, Samuel knew very well that as long as the Chinese were given twenty or thirty years to popularize natural science education, this nation would surely impress others.
Among other things, on this journey, Samuel Baker saw many temple ruins on grasslands and deserts, and the exquisite sculptures and murals left him speechless.
For a nation with such a high level of art, would you say there is something wrong with their IQ?
With continuous in-depth understanding and thinking and judgment, Samuel Baker wrote a thick conspiracy against the Chinese in his notebook.
"If you want to popularize Western ideas and values and completely destroy the roots of Chinese civilization, I would like to give you some suggestions from the following points..."
"First, if you want to destroy a country, you must first destroy its history, and to destroy its history, you must first abolish their historical heroes! From now on, there must be a long-term plan..."
"Using two hundred years to continue to blackmail the emperors, generals, ministers and various heroes in Chinese history, we used the form of academic research to first generate doubts and create oppositional emotions among the Chinese people..."
"Doubt is the foundation of all strategies!"
"Second, continue cultural investment, support the scholar-espionage system close to the West, and continue to deny their own country's history for two hundred years..."
"This is a very cost-effective investment. The cost of two hundred years may not be enough for the British Empire to build a battleship!"
"Third, increase support for the Qing government and never allow this Manchu regime to fall!"
"We must admit that in the process of confronting, suppressing, and enslaving the Han nation, the Qing Dynasty did the best. They have very rich experience..."
"Now their suppression has been loosened. The powerful core of Chinese culture has begun to resist. Han warlords have taken advantage of the chaos to rise. This is a counterattack by their civilization!"
"This counterattack must be interrupted. It is best to allow the Manchus to rule for another two hundred years and let them cooperate with our grand plan to destroy Chinese history..."
"Fourth, increase support for other East Asian countries, such as Fusang, North Korea, Annan, Tibet... and other subsidiary civilizations under the influence of Chinese culture!"
"Abolish and win over the allies of Chinese civilization one by one..."
"Fifth, absolutely, absolutely, absolutely! The Chinese cannot be allowed to control the power of industry. From this moment on, all technological imports to China will be stopped immediately..."
"When necessary, we can use bribery, assassination and other methods to get rid of the Chinese scientists and engineers..."
"Not only is there a science and technology embargo, European engineers, scientists and even ordinary college students are also prohibited from working for the Chinese and cannot provide any support for the Chinese industrialization!"
"Sixth, continue to create small-scale military conflicts around the Chinese, use small-scale wars to interfere with the economic construction of the Chinese, and stimulate Chinese populism when necessary!"
"Seventh, if the above plans are unable to achieve results, then you can consider large-scale war as the last option!"
"We must force the Chinese to go to war with us when they are not ready... There are many ways, and we can do everything we can to stimulate the national sentiments of the Chinese and stir up populist ideas!"
"We can create conflicts, rape their women, and then publicize it in the newspapers... We can also ram their warships and cause casualties..."
"We can even arrest and imprison Chinese politicians, businessmen, scholars, their families or themselves, and then conduct humiliating trials..."
"They can even storm their embassy, arrest, beat and kill their staff..."
"All we have done is to force the Chinese to go to war with us when their military strength is insufficient. When they are weak, as long as they take the initiative to declare war on us!"
"Then the entire European civilized world can organize a super-large multinational coalition to strangle Xiao Letian's Chinese people!"
With a snap, Samuel Baker closed the notebook. He glanced at Gordon, who was already sleeping beside him, and stuffed the notebook deep into his backpack.
I looked at my pocket watch and saw that it was already four o'clock in the morning, and the candles in the snow nest were still giving off light and heat!
"Sleep...sleep...I hope Zuo Zongtang's sentinels can find me tomorrow..."
