Don’t show your wealth in vain! What's more, a huge treasure house like the Mogao Grottoes Sutra Cave is exposed to the world. How could this not arouse the covetousness of young people?
Especially after Xiao Letian launched a media war to prevent the British from taking advantage of the opportunity, the Manchu and Qing officialdom, which had been messy before, suddenly became a sensation, and everyone wanted to eat it like flies chasing the smell.
Anyone who could get in touch with Zuo Zongtang all began to write letters and send messages. Suddenly, the telegraph lines leading to the Western Regions, these insignificant private telegrams, even occupied the share that military intelligence should have.
Zuo Zongtang was so annoyed that he wasted so many important things every day trying to answer these monsters!
Not only is it a waste of time, but the key point is that it also offends people. You want ten thousand, and he wants eight thousand. No matter how many treasures there are in the scripture cave, they can't withstand the carvings of these wolves!
Didn't you offend someone by pushing someone? To whom should I complain less?
Even if there are 100,000 treasures in the Sutra Cave, the amount of black hands reaching out now has exceeded 200,000. Where do you want Zuo Zongtang to change it?
It's a hard job to offend people. Fortunately, a stupid young man jumped out. He hid in the scripture cave and splashed the kerosene. Then everyone took the responsibility away. These bastards in the officialdom, Don’t blame me, Zuo Zongtang!
When Liu Jintang heard the commander's explanation, he suddenly realized, "Haha... I see, I understand... Boys, go slaughter a fat sheep, and I will personally cook and roast the whole lamb..."
"Go back and give that stupid guy a leg of lamb!"
The soldiers under his command asked in confusion, "Give him something to eat? If he doesn't show respect to the general and commander, he should starve to death in there!"
"You know nothing! How easy will it be for us if we have this fool to protect us from thunder? You see, in the end, Xiao Letian will have to come out and play bad guy..."
"How could it be? Will the dignified head of state care about these things?"
"You don't understand. That Xiao Letian is a strange man and monster that I haven't seen in three thousand years. He doesn't have any rules for doing things... But it depends on his dedication to Mogao Grottoes and how he can send King Shangtai out. I think this He has to take care of this!"
According to the analysis of Liu Jintang and Zuo Zongtang, Xiao Letian must allocate the quota in the end. His people discovered this scripture cave, so he still got half of it.
Then the remaining half will have to be soaked in water and the earth will be wet, and all the officials of the Qing Dynasty will get a share... There must be a share in the Forbidden City, right? The emperor's inner treasury also needs treasures!
Prince Gong and other princes must also have a share. Marshal Zeng, you can’t forget it, right? Wouldn’t the remaining feudal officials give some?
Therefore, at least 50,000 volumes of books must be lost in the Qing Dynasty. By then, many people's library collections will definitely be richer.
What a good thought, what a beautiful thought!
The Mogao Grottoes are jacking cattle, while on the other side, the Qing Dynasty Telegraph Office has begun to act quickly. A large number of secret messages from the head of state from Singapore, the Lion City, have begun to be transmitted to the north. After being re-encrypted by the Ryukyu Telegraph Bureau, they then enter the Qing Dynasty. .
Soon many forces received telegrams from Xiao Letian with different characters, but the basic meaning of the different telegrams was the same!
In the house rented by Zeng Guofan in the south of Beijing, a thick urgent telegram with more than a thousand words was placed on the desk. The old man who had just finished reading it looked at the newly fallen snow outside the window and remained silent for a long time.
In Northwest Guazhou, Zuo Zongtang was furious after reading Xiao Letian's secret telegram and slapped his hand on the table. He wanted to curse, but after thinking about it, he put the telegram away and read it a second time.
On the battleship heading straight from Shanghai to Tanggu, Emperor Tongzhi stood beside Ryoma Sakamoto in a simple monk's robe. From the great monk's mouth, he heard the latest lesson from his master.
In the Lion City, Xiao Letian summoned the generals to finally make his worries known to the public!
"Why don't I give them any of them? Why do all the ancient books have to be sent to my museum for protection? It's not that I, Xiao Letian, am a greedy and selfish ghost, but that I am cautious and responsible from the perspective of ancient civilization. Decide!"
"What do you think the Dunhuang documents are? Are they some valuable ancient books? Of course, they are indeed very valuable, especially those ancient books from the Jin Dynasty, Sui and Tang Dynasties. Just throw one away and it will be worth a lot of money on the auction market!"
"The value of one book can completely change the destiny of a family!"
"It's not just the value of money, but also the value of academia. People can compare with each other to reveal the true nature of ancient lost texts. We will compile a new dictionary and begin to interpret that dusty history!"
"I can finally read the unknown characters, and the secrets of history emerge one by one. Isn't it very enjoyable?"
"How did Chinese calligraphy and painting evolve from generation to generation? You can find the answer by looking at these documents..."
"These treasures of more than 100,000 volumes are indeed too valuable, and it is precisely because of their value that they need strong protection!"
"In this era, who can be responsible for these treasures? Foreign devils? Anyone who loses these treasures is a national traitor!"
"Don't give foreign devils to the scholars of the Qing Dynasty? This is also a choice, but everyone should understand the later fortress plan. In the future, the country will be raging with war, and the times will undergo great changes..."
"Once such troubled times come, how can we ensure the safety of these treasures scattered among the people? Who dares to take a gamble? Anyway, I don't dare!"
"As for the Manchus, don't even think about it. None of these treasures can be given to the Manchus! Have you forgotten the Literary Prison? How many ancient books were destroyed when compiling the Sikuquanshu?"
"What those Manchus are thinking about every day is how to exploit and suppress our Han people... These books range from the Jin Dynasty to the Song and Yuan Dynasties. With such a huge span, how many of them must contain insults about foreigners?"
"These books are historical documents in our eyes, but they are anti-books in the eyes of the Qing Dynasty, so they must be burned!"
"So, we must protect our own culture at any cost, we must protect our own roots!"
Xiao Letian said with red eyes, "Do you know what culture is? What is the confidence of a national culture? Don't give me any lofty explanations, I'll tell you a simple truth!"
"As a nation, anything left by our ancestors that can make future generations proud is culture. The collection of these things is the root of the endless prosperity of our Chinese nation!"
"Why can Western civilization never defeat our Chinese civilization? Because we have culture, and this culture is the sum of all the awesome things our ancestors have left behind for thousands of years!"
"You said your paintings are beautiful? Our Dunhuang murals are not bad either...proud!"
"You said your Latin alphabet calligraphy is beautiful? Come and take a look at our real Chinese calligraphy... be proud!"
"You said ancient Greek academics were brilliant? Look at all the pre-Qin schools of thought... we are so proud!"
"There are countless examples like this. Even if it is Chinese delicacies, it can be eaten by foreign devils in Europe and it won't hurt to shoot his father! Isn't this pride!"
"In fact, we just failed to catch up with the express train after the industrial revolution, which was the era when productivity and technology appeared for more than a hundred years..."
"This is what makes us pessimistic and unconfident. In fact, as long as the last short board of this barrel is repaired, the rest of Chinese civilization will be full of pride!"
"So you remember, any good thing left by the ancestors that can make the Chinese people proud! It will be a weapon to unite people in the future!"
"Now think about it, can these treasures be lost overseas? Can they be given to corrupt officials and the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty?"
