Zhao Xin did not return to Beihai Town until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. When he heard that Wang Rongfu from Yangzhou had recovered and been discharged from the hospital, he planned to pay a visit.
The small courtyard where Wang Rongfu lived was near Shen's house. He came to Beihai Town alone and had breakfast and dinner at Shen's house every day. In the morning, there were only a few women in the Shen family at home. Zhao Xin felt it was inconvenient to visit, so he went directly to find Wang Rongfu. Unexpectedly, he found no one at home when he arrived.
In desperation, he had to go to the Shen family to inquire in person and asked Guisheng's father, Ah Si. Only then did he find out that Wang Rongfu would go to the primary school library to read after breakfast every day.
There are now several libraries in Beihai Town. There are libraries in the technical school, sailor school and juvenile military academy, but they are only open to naturalized students and cannot be taken out.
All the various books in the library are not original, but printed; the eight teachers at the education department have been busy organizing books in their spare time.
But the most troublesome thing is mathematics, physics and chemistry. The teachers have been discussing and even arguing for a long time whether and how to change a large number of formulas named after Westerners. In the end, it was Zhao Xin who made the decision, stop fussing, just use the original name, otherwise we will all be confused in the future.
A large number of paper and electronic books and documents brought from another time and space. Basically every book must be edited and sorted to remove the content related to another time and space. Then it will be proofread by a dedicated person, and finally scanned and printed before entering the library. Available for borrowing.
You can't rush this matter, otherwise you will make mistakes; so everyone worked slowly and leisurely for more than a year. I have just completed the first part of organizing hundreds of books.
The library in Beihai Town Primary School was only opened in November last year. It mainly stores some compiled ancient books and documents from the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Zhao Xin deliberately found many ancient books from the Ming and Qing Dynasties that had become banned books during the Qianlong period. In another time and space in history, most of these books were secretly preserved by collectors and then passed on to later generations.
For example, the four volumes of "Fu and Supplements of the Unification of the Ming Dynasty", Zhang Huangyan's "Records of the Northern Expedition", Yu Ruoying's twenty-six volumes of "Collected Works of Fugaotang", Huang Zongxi's "Yuanjun" and "Yuanchen"; and "Remnant". "Ming Dynasty Chronicles", "Jiashen Chronicles", "Gu Bu Gu Lu", and Lu Liuliang's "Lectures on the Four Books" and so on.
Of course, part of the Wenyuan Pavilion edition of "Sikuquanshu" and the photocopied edition of "Collection of Ancient and Modern Books" have also been compiled and printed, becoming part of the Beihai Town Library collection.
Wang Rongfu lost his father when he was young. At that time, his mother, Zou, and their three siblings were struggling hard with no way to seek help. When he was young, he worked as an apprentice in a bookstore. He loved reading and read hundreds of classics and history. There is a saying among Yangzhou people that "if you don't read books, you will be a king." When he was in the hospital, he heard people talk about the library of Beihai Town School, so he went there every day after he returned home from the hospital and stayed there all day.
There are currently three regular visitors to the primary school's library, Wang Rongfu, Lin Ziping and Sato Shinbuchi.
Wang Rongfu's character is both lonely and crazy. In addition to his conceited knowledge and talent, he is also straight-tempered and not tolerant in dealing with others because of his childhood experiences. But on the other hand, a guy with an upright temperament who can easily offend others with his words doesn't have that many twists and turns. I had a lot of contact with Lin Ziping and Sato Shinbuchi, and the three of them occasionally communicated while reading.
Lin Ziping, an old man, can be listed as one of the "Three Wonderful People in Kanzheng". His personality is similar to Wang Rongfu's. He dislikes fame and loves reading. His map surveying team has been formed long ago, and they are just waiting for the spring to bloom before setting off. It's freezing cold now, and there's nothing to do, so I come to the library every day to kill time.
After coming to Beihai Town for a few months, although the Mandarin that Lin Ziping and Sato Shinbuchi learned sounded weird, normal communication was no longer a problem. These two people originally had a good foundation in Confucianism, and sometimes they had discussions with Wang Rongfu, and they had some interactions.
When Zhao Xin came to the door of the library, he heard a young man inside saying loudly:
"The reason why people are human is the Chinese etiquette. Although Yi Di is a human being, he can also rule the country; but Mr. Wang, you have to know that the king of beasts can also rule the beasts. Therefore, the reason why people are Yi Di and the beasts are not following the etiquette. Just do it. If people are rude, they are no different from animals; if Chinese people are rude, they are no different from barbarians."
Zhao Xin heard it, it was Sato Shinbuchi who spoke. At this time, another person in the room was heard speaking loudly in Yangzhou dialect: "I have said so much, and I can sum it up in one sentence." Spring and Autumn Annals says that if the princes use barbarian rituals, they will be barbarians, and when they advance into China, they will be treated by China. If the foreigners follow the rituals, they will be foreigners. If the foreigners advance into China, they will be Chinese. The heart of a saint is the heart of heaven and earth. It is all-encompassing and inclusive. It is good and good and evil. How can we differentiate between Hua and Yi? Those who talk about the Spring and Autumn Annals are very strict with the debate between Hua and Yi, which is a great failure of the sage's purpose."
"Is this Wang Rongfu?" Zhao Xin heard the two people talking fiercely and was afraid that they would interrupt them after entering, so he stopped at the door.
Sato Shinbuchi, who was in the room, added: "The name of China is the country's self-proclaimed name, with our king as the center, and the outside world as barbarians. The so-called theory of China and barbarians is based on the sage who considered the whole world and decided that China is China and the foreign countries are Yi Di. Change the theory of success, don’t worry about it! The sage praised the country where he was born and called it China, and despised foreign countries and called it Yi Di. This is the private intention of the sage! Although it has been decided that the Tang Dynasty is the country since ancient times. China and Japan are barbarians. Don't you know that the barbarians outside Japan are no less inferior to those of the Tang Dynasty. Although I was born in Japan, I have been determined to learn since I was young, and sages can come. What's more, even China in the Tang Dynasty also has shameful aspects. .”
Wang Rongfu sneered and said: "The saint is selfless! In ancient times, the saint followed his body first, and his body and body existed outside. If there is selfishness, the way of heaven will not exist. Besides, what is Huayi? Mencius said: Shun was born in Zhu Feng, and moved to Fu. Xia, died in Mingtiao, a native of Dongyi. King Wen was born in Qizhou and died in Biying, a native of Xiyi. He traveled to China with his ambition, if it conforms to the festival. He became a saint first and then became a saint, which is why he is one."
At this time, Lin Ziping, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly laughed and said: "Mr. Wang, according to your statement. Is Zhao Wangdian Hua or Yi?"
Wang Rongfu said: "I look at the King of Zhao. Although he looks like a human king, he has no real king. The rituals of the king and his ministers have not been determined, and they have no names. They live in a corner outside the Great Wall. How can we talk about China?"
As soon as he said this, Sato Shinbuchi shouted loudly: "Arrogant!"
Wang Rongfu sneered and said: "What do you know, kid! Etiquette is great for the country and the king! Honesty is the tool of the body, and it is also the source of prosperity. As the saying goes, there are three hundred etiquettes and three thousand majesties. They are big and crowned. , dusk, funeral, sacrifice, dynasty, employment, shooting, and feasting rules, small but bowing to give way to advance and retreat, and the rules of food and daily life. The ruler and his ministers rely on it to order; the husband and wife inside and outside rely on it to distinguish; fathers, sons, brothers, marriage and in-laws , rely on it to be successful. Therefore, it is said: "When the appearance is etiquette, the heavenly virtue is ready; when the rule is etiquette, the king's way is complete."
Lin Ziping nodded and said: "In my opinion, the dignity and inferiority of a country are due to the number of gentlemen and villains, and the good and evil customs. Living in China is not enough to be proud, and living in barbarians is not enough to be ashamed. Confucius said, quality is better than culture. If you are a wild man, if literature is better than quality, history will be better. If you are gentle and polite, then you will be a gentleman. If King Zhao had not been ordered by heaven, how could he defeat the Tartar army in two ways?"
Wang Rongfu sneered and said: "Yes, not only did they defeat the imperial army twice, they also defeated Sendai, Nagasaki, and Edo!"
One of the reasons why he chose to come to Beihai with Shen Jingdan was because of Zhao Xin's sincere letter. In that letter, Zhao Xin sincerely expressed his respect for Wang Rongfu and greatly complimented his past of being extremely filial to his mother. The second is that he heard from Shen Jingdan that Zhao Xin defeated the imperial army, and also heard that this man violently attacked the Japanese country several times. So I wanted to see who this "Queen Zhu Ming" who was crazier than me was.
Lin Ziping and Sato Shinbuchi couldn't help but blush after hearing this. However, Lin Ziping usually traveled around all year round and his skin was very dark, so he couldn't see the redness at all.
Lin Ziping thought for a while and then said: "If there are etiquette, the barbarians will become the flowers. If there are no etiquette, the flowers will inevitably become barbarians. Even if you conquer with virtue, you will not be a subject. This is the great justice of the Spring and Autumn Period. In the past, the Ming Emperor ascended to heaven. , Hongguang was captured, Tang and Lu were able to protect the southern corner, but the Tartars were rampant in the Central Plains, which was the state of China changing to the barbarians. The Tartars were a barbarian tribe outside the Great Wall. They neither had the virtue of being ordered to do anything, nor did they contribute to China. They took advantage of China's downfall, violent plunder, and hundreds of years of false prestige are accompanied by endless changes and clever manipulations of the world. However, the power of our country is beyond the reach of foreign dynasties and barbarians, especially for good reasons."
At this time, Sato Shinbuchi heard Lin Ziping's words and couldn't help but admire him: "What Mr. said is true."
Before they finished speaking, the three of them heard someone outside the door laughing and saying, "Mr. Lin's words are really ridiculous. No one is attacking you because that's why you call yourself China? So what does it mean if I attack the island country three times?"
The door of the house was opened suddenly from the outside, and Zhao Xin strode in. After listening outside the door for a long time, he had roughly understood what the three people in the room were arguing about. It was nothing more than the perversion of Huayi and the change of ownership of the name "China".
What Lin Ziping and Sato Shinbuchi mean is that China has now fallen into the hands of the Qing Dynasty, so it is "transforming barbarians with Xia"; and due to its geographical location, the island country has rarely been invaded by foreign forces in history, and it insists on believing in Confucianism. Naturally, it is "changing barbarians into summer".
Wang Rongfu gave the example of Shun and King Wen in history. They were both considered barbarians at that time, but when they came of age, they practiced Chinese etiquette, so they could no longer be considered barbarians. To put it in a big and broad way, let’s just say that the current state of Dai Qing can be used to control other people’s territory and practice etiquette in the world. Why is it not China?
It is said that since the demise of the Hongguang regime in the Southern Ming Dynasty and even the demise of the Zheng family, the Annan, North Korea, and island countries surrounding China have all believed that China has collapsed and China has perished. So the Li Dynasty, which had the most sense of cultural superiority, called itself China, and Annan, far in the south, also began to call itself Little China.
To put it bluntly, it is a problem of small countries around China that are deeply influenced by Confucian culture seizing the right to speak about East Asian culture.
The theory that the island nation defines itself as "China" can actually be found in various classics since the era of the Self-Regulatory Order (mid-seventh century to tenth century). Since the fall of the Ming Dynasty, due to the introduction of Confucianism and the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate who believed in Confucianism, Confucian scholars in the island countries have faced a difficult problem, that is, how to interpret China and the island countries as independent political entities, each called "China". existential conflicts and struggles.
As the Manchu rule lasted longer and longer, most Confucian scholars within the island country have agreed with the argument that the island country is China. This is because island countries are superior to China. Compared with island countries that can always defeat foreign invasions, China has been repeatedly conquered by barbarians in history.
Yamaga Soyuki, who had a profound influence on later generations of island nation expansion theories, believed that island nations should form an East Asian cultural order centered on island nations to replace China. (This is the origin of that bullshit “Co-Prosperity Sphere” idea.)
The problem is that the island nation is different from North Korea, where Confucian etiquette culture goes deep into the customary level, and does not have corresponding cultural accumulation. Therefore, Yamaga Soyuki based the excellence of the island country on the theory of the founding of the country by "Amaterasu", the continuity of the bloodline for eternity, and the dominance of "martial arts". The island country is a "martial arts" country, and the so-called "ethics" are also included in the "martial arts".
(Speaking of which, after the Japanese were defeated in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II, the Japanese newspapers wrote about "Shenzhou Lu Shen". The Japanese always considered themselves to be in China.)
Seeing Zhao Xin coming in, the three of them all stood up and saluted, but Lin Ziping and Sato Shinbuchi were very respectful, while Wang Rongfu only slightly bowed his hands.
Sato Shinbuchi was only eighteen years old at this time. He was young and impulsive. After hearing what Zhao Xin just said when he entered the door, he couldn't help but argue: "Zhao Dian, what I said is that our country has never been invaded before. Your Highness, you are the first one." .”
Zhao Xin waved his hand for the three of them to sit down, looked at Sato Shinbuchi and said: "You were wrong. It wasn't that we couldn't win back then, but that Meng Yuan hadn't been completely wiped out yet and we couldn't take action. That Prince Huairiang killed the Ming envoy, Taizu If the emperor had a ship as big as Thor, do you think he would send troops?"
Seeing that Sato Shinbuchi lowered his head and did not dare to argue, Zhao Xin slowly said: "The etiquette is great, so it is called summer, and the beauty of uniforms is called China. China is always China, even if it occasionally sinks, it is still China. Countless Articles and classics, thousands of years of history have long proven that there is only one China! If anyone is dissatisfied, let's see each other on the battlefield. If after the war there are still people calling themselves Little China, then just destroy the country and merge with China. It saves them from talking about it every day."
In Zhao Xin's view, no matter how hard it is for North Korea, island countries, Annan and others to learn from Chinese culture. He will always be just a student in the Chinese cultural circle and will never become orthodox. This is not a matter of who learns Confucian culture and who becomes China, but a question of protagonist and supporting role; in other words, in the civilizational circle of East Asia, there can only be one protagonist.
He said this calmly, as if he didn't care, but when Wang Rongfu and the others heard it, they were frightened. Wang Rongfu was the only one here who had never seen the force of Beihai Town, but Lin Ziping and Sato Shinbuchi had no doubt that Zhao Xin could do it.
Thinking of the overwhelming artillery fire from the Thunder God, Lin Ziping hurriedly said: "Prince Zhao Palace, as the old saying goes, no matter how big a country is, if it is warlike, it will perish."
Zhao Xin laughed and said: "Mr. Lin, times have changed. Although the world is safe, if you forget to fight, you will be in danger, but is the world safe? The era of the weak is coming. From now on, the world will be an era of force to clear the way. If we don't worry about others, others may be afraid You will always be thinking of us. You have written "The War on the Sea," so you should know the importance of the ocean."
Lin Ziping was stunned and asked: "Zhao Dian, are you talking about the Russians..."
"Not just Russians, but all Westerners."
Wang Rongfu looked at Zhao Xin and said with doubts on his face: "I'm afraid this is alarmism. Are Westerners and barbarians worthy of them?"
In this era, except for Qianlong and a few princes and ministers in the court, the general literati and officials had a vague understanding of the West, and they were proud of European countries. For example, the "Dian Dynasty Tongdian" compiled in the 32nd year of Qianlong said that France, a Franconian... borders the Netherlands to the east. Many of the descriptions here are actually copied from the "History of Ming Dynasty" and "The Biography of Fo Lang Ji".
For the scholar-bureaucrats who led the Qing Dynasty, most of them were still immersed in articles and classics and had no time to care about the "barbarian world" outside China. Even though Kangxi once predicted that "Thousands of years later, China may be affected by this," that was too far away from real life. At this time, no one could have imagined that the disaster would come in less than a hundred years.
Zhao Xin did not answer Wang Rongfu's words, but changed the subject and said: "In my opinion, China is not a race composed of pure blood, but a combination of races within the geographical area. In the Spring and Autumn Period, Chu State was still a barbarian, but now ?The 'Hua-Yi Debate' itself has been evolving with the changes of the times, and the geographical scope of China has been expanding."
Wang Rongfu twitched his beard and nodded and said: "The people of the four barbarians have always come here, and they admire the benevolence, righteousness, and loyalty of China. Although they come from a foreign land, they can care about China, so I don't call them barbarians. The people of China have always been stubborn and kingly. Forgetting benevolence, righteousness, loyalty and trustworthiness, even though one is born in China, one’s heart is turned to foreigners. I don’t call it China.”
Zhao Xin smiled faintly and said: "You can add one more sentence. Everything that the soldiers pass by will belong to China."
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