Zeng Guofan has shown a special spirit of returning to the past, he doesn't cough much anymore, his face is flushed, his mind is clear, his thinking is quick, and his speech is eloquent!
The old farmer and Xiao Letian were both people who had seen countless deaths and were very familiar with this scene. They couldn't bear that the commander was so tired and wanted him to rest several times, but the commander flatly refused!
"No need to persuade me. I know my lifespan myself. Let me speak more while I can still speak! Maybe if I lie down this time... I will never be able to get up again!"
"Old farmer, please continue to guard the door and don't allow anyone to disturb us... Xiao, my little brother! You and I have been friends for years. It's really a great kindness that I can rely on you to break my inner demons before I leave. !”
"If I leave with my inner demons, I'm afraid I won't be able to see the Lord of Hell, and I won't even know what to say... Haha, now that you've enlightened me, I'll be able to tell the difference between right and wrong!"
"In fact, everyone analyzes the ancients from their own subjective point of view, but they pretend to be objective. It's really ridiculous!"
"When I was young, why didn't I slander my predecessors? In the late Ming Dynasty, so many civil servants and generals failed to guard the frontiers, which eventually overthrew the Ming Dynasty and allowed the Tartars to invade their homeland. How could I not feel hatred in my heart when I read the history books!"
"Of those people who have been dead for more than two hundred years, I can't help but sneer at them. I hate them to the extreme. How many sins have they committed? Now that I think about it, they really deserve their retribution!"
"I scold the ancients, so in the eyes of future generations, I am also an ancient who can be scolded. Who can escape reincarnation? Not many people would be willing to put themselves in the shoes of today's people and consider it!"
"In the late Ming Dynasty, so many people failed to turn the tide. Is it all their fault? In fact, many of them just had the right time, place and people. It is really difficult to recover!"
"After I die, there will definitely be people who will scold our generation. Regardless of whether we rebel or not, there will be people who will scold us for being decadent, mediocre, closed-minded, and making China miss the express train of industrial civilization..."
"Thank you very much! If you hadn't been translating Western classics, I wouldn't have such a clear understanding of industrialization! The Western knowledge you spread is really powerful in studying things!"
"Forget it, let future generations scold us! What can we do? Each generation has its own limitations. We haven't learned these things since we were young. We really don't understand!"
Xiao Letian helped the Marshal to tuck himself into the corner. "If the Marshal thinks like this, doesn't he have already figured it out? Those who scold you in the future will also have the reincarnation of cause and effect! They scold you, and then there will be further consequences in the future. Their descendants are scolding them!"
"As long as you figure it out, the inner demons can be broken... it's a great kindness!"
Zeng Guofan closed his eyes and thought for a moment, then suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Xiao Letian, "I have one last question! No, no, it can't be considered a problem, but something I've been worried about..."
"You will really settle in the Central Plains one day in the future, and the Chinese will get these 10 million square kilometers of flowers and mountains. Then how are you going to govern? Are you going to do what you Chinese are doing now?"
"It's dangerous! Xiao Letian, it's really dangerous... You underestimate the size of this empire. It's too difficult to govern this country!"
"Your Chinese people are actually engaged in a franchised country system now. Some of the areas under your control are called kingdoms, some are called republics, and some are called colonial regions. In fact, the names are different, but they are just different names. !”
"You use your personal mythological prestige and powerful military and economic means as a link to unify these independent regions..."
"But except for taking away diplomatic, military, and educational rights...you have delegated all other rights to local governments! They can designate civil laws, taxes, and infrastructure investment and construction that suit them..."
"Is this really good? I know that of course you can directly intervene in the internal affairs of these participating countries, because whoever founded the country no one dares to disobey you!"
"But what about your descendants? Their prestige will never exceed yours. When the time comes, there will definitely be conflicts between your center and local governments, and there will also be friction between the franchised countries due to uneven development!"
"When small frictions accumulate to a certain extent, it is very likely that disunity will occur! You must pay attention to these, be sure to pay attention..."
"Those Chinese states are very small. If one day they rebel, the central army can quickly suppress the rebellion! But what about our continent?"
"Little brother! Of course you know how big this country is, and how many places in the mountains and rivers can hide troops. Once you decentralize power, I'm afraid there will be unbearable things in the future!"
Xiao Letian's face suddenly became serious, he thought for a moment and said, "Yes! You don't need to remind me about this matter, I've been worried about it too!"
"I can tell the commander very clearly... the areas currently controlled by the Chinese will never adopt the same system model as the mainland in the future. It is absolutely impossible!"
"Because these are completely two geographical structures... The area currently dominated by the Chinese can be said to be in the category of maritime civilization, while China has been a continental civilization since ancient times. The experiences of both sides can only be learned from and cannot be forcibly copied!"
"Why do I want to engage in this kind of franchising model in Chinese territories? That's because these places belong to the birthplace of our Han civilization! The cultures of the foreign races here are very different from ours, and there has been no adaptation period for thousands of years!"
"Although there were a small number of immigrants from ancient China in these areas and their cultural influence existed, they were not unforgettable! On the contrary, the gun rule of the European colonists was even more powerful and changed the thinking of the local indigenous people!"
"It is too difficult to rule these outer islands on the continental shelf. The core values of those indigenous people and I, the Chinese, are different. To put it bluntly, they have not been influenced by traditional thinking!"
"Are there still cannibals in Borneo today? Annan has been a land of smog since ancient times. Luzon has been ruled by the Spaniards for hundreds of years, and the customs have long since changed!"
"At this time, I give them a certain degree of local autonomy. In fact, I hope that the local people can formulate some laws and regulations based on their own wind speed!"
"When we Chinese people are starting up, we should try not to let them adapt to the rule of our Central Plains culture first!"
"As long as the military power, diplomatic power, and educational power are in my hands, they can freely use the rest! Adapt measures to local conditions!"
"Slowly take time to polish it. The key is Chinese language and Chinese characters. Generations of new children forcefully popularize Chinese characters and our customs. After three or four generations, they will gradually integrate in!"
"After all, marine civilization is not the specialty of us Han people. I am still trying to cross the river by feeling the stones, and I am still in the trial stage!"
"But the Central Plains cannot do that. The Central Plains must concentrate power. We can gradually explore and think about how to centralize it specifically, but there will definitely be no decentralization!"
"The pattern of great unification will not change, because all the ethnic groups living on this land have been integrated for thousands of years and have adapted and understood each other!"
"Looking through the history books, there were so many wars, so much blood was shed, and so many people died in the process of national integration. Could it be that all their sacrifices were in vain?"
"How can I throw away such a good foundation? Commander, I'm not a fool..."
"Hahaha..." Zeng Guofan laughed. This laughter made the people in the yard feel relieved. It has been a long time since he heard the commander be so full of energy!
"Old farmer! You take ten steps back...don't eavesdrop on me talking to the head of state! I have one last question to ask!"
Zeng Guofan grabbed Xiao Letian's hand and his eyes were gleaming. He lowered his voice and asked, "Xiao Letian... I am a dying person, don't lie to me!"
"Did you... come from heaven?"
