Daming Yuanfu

In the studio on the first floor of Rixin Building, Gao Wushi looked absently at the statue of the Goddess of Victory sent by the Portuguese, and said: "These Europeans are also quite interesting. They have abandoned polytheism early tomorrow, but the art world still From time to time, these 'heresy' statues come out, and I don't know what the Holy See thinks?"

Liu Xin glanced at him and said, "Holy See? Didn't you say that Europe has reformed?"

Gao Yushi looked at the withered statue of Victoria, the goddess of victory, and said casually: "It is true that the religious reformation has taken place for more than half a century, but the contradiction between Protestantism and Catholicism is not so easy to settle. In about 20 years, they will The 30 Years War is about to start.

This war is also called the European Religious War, and the whole of Europe is basically going to be smashed, especially the German region.When they are finally unable to fight, they will sign a peace treaty called the "Peace of Westphalia".Later Europeans would refer to the international relations created by the conclusion of this peace treaty as the Westphalian system. "

"Oh..." Liu Xin thought for a while, and said, "In any case, the Holy See shouldn't be able to control so much now, right? By the way, which side won this battle?"

"It's not about winning or losing, it's just that both sides can't fight anymore." Gao Yushi curled his lips: "Of course, if we have to judge winning or losing in terms of results, the Protestant Alliance won in general. Their Calvinism, the Anglican Church and other Protestant factions have won. The status of keeping pace with Catholicism, its domestic people can freely believe in religion, and it is no longer regarded as a heresy."

Liu Xin nodded first, and then asked rather puzzled: "Is this the result? I mean, they fought for 30 years because of religious reasons?"

"That's not true. The religious reason is actually only superficial, and the root is still in interests." Gao Wushi snorted and said: "During the Thirty Years War, every country that participated in the war counted as one, and almost all of them were for expanding their own territory. , political influence, and thus exhausted military and diplomatic means.

The religious conflicts that triggered the war at the beginning have actually become insignificant in the later period. What the heads of state are thinking about is the borders and territories of the countries, economic and political interests, and even national sovereignty. "

Liu Xin calculated: "The fight will start in 20 years, and it will take 30 years to fight. It will be 50 years. By then, we will be in our seventies and eighties... So this matter should have nothing to do with us, right?"

"Maybe not, maybe there is, but it's too far away, I don't want to think about it now." Gao Wushi shook his head.

Liu Xin smiled and said, "You looked very tired in the study just now, and now you don't want to express your opinion on your favorite long-term plan. It seems that you really have something on your mind? Or, let me guess?"

"Up to you." Gao Yushi replied indifferently.

"Are you worried that one day you will be forced to become an enemy of Daming?" Liu Xin looked at Gao Yushi with great interest, and expressed her guess.

"Yes, but not entirely." Gao Yushi seemed to be tired even from looking at the statue, so he simply found a chair and sat down.

Liu Xin also sat down on the chair next to him and asked, "Not exactly? Then what other problems are bothering you?"

"Recently, I always feel that Jinghua's aggressiveness is getting stronger and stronger, and it's getting harder and harder to suppress." Gao Wushi sighed, and then asked: "Don't you feel this way?"

"Well, how should I put it... If I say, I see these things very openly, do you believe it or not?" Liu Xin curled her lips and said, "I mean, whatever I think is fine."

"Anything is fine?" Gao Wushi frowned: "What do you mean?"

"That is to say, Jinghua is aggressive, so it can attack. I can neither support nor oppose. In short, if you agree with Jinghua to attack, no matter who the target of the attack is, I don't mind helping You. On the other hand, if you want to suppress Jinghua's aggressiveness and prevent them from causing trouble, I am willing to help you suppress it as much as possible."

"Oh, yes, you can indeed look at these things from a relatively detached standpoint." Gao Wushi nodded first, then paused, before saying, "But I have too much to think about, so... oh , it's a headache."

"What are you worried about?" Liu Xin looked at Gao Wushi with great interest, and said, "I think Jinghua's current strength is strong enough, whether it is going west to the South Asian subcontinent, or going north to the Central Plains, or sending people to explore Oceania. , or even go east to Hawaii to set up a foothold and prepare to expand the Americas, I don’t think it’s a bad idea.”

"That's a good point, but what's the problem?" Gao Wushi shook his head and said, "The problem is that I already feel that there is a fairly strong force in Jinghua that is targeting the north—that is, they want to compete in the Central Plains. "

Liu Xin pursed her lips, thought for a while and said, "For people of this era, I don't think it's surprising that they think so."

"It's not surprising?" Gao Wushi sighed: "It's not surprising that you always want to meet your compatriots with swordsmen. Your words make me feel...Wen Qing feels a little cold in his heart."

"Haha, you're always like this." Liu Xin laughed, but immediately shook her head and said, "But this is not my opinion, I mean it's not surprising that they think so."

"Why?" Gao Wushi said earnestly: "They have studied "World Geography" edited by you in the Jinghua Craftsman School. They know how big the world is, and they also know that there are many good places in the world...Why can't they let go of the Central Plains?"

"It's not that you don't understand this truth, it's just that you don't want to think about it." Liu Xin shook her head and said: "The so-called 'if the barbarians enter China, the Chinese will live, and if the Chinese enter the barbarians, the barbarians will live'. Although Jinghua has now opened up millions of square meters in southern Xinjiang Kilometers of actual territory, but firstly, the name is not right, it is ruled indirectly in the name of various kingdoms; secondly, even if the name is right, then these places are still the land of "barbarians" in their minds, not China. !

For them, that is, people of this era, on the one hand, they feel that they are of course "Huaxia", and on the other hand, they know that Jinghua has the ability to take over the Central Plains, so what do you think they will think?Of course, it is pushing you to compete in the Central Plains and become the master of China, and then to declare that you are the orthodox of China!What's so strange about that? "

Gao Wushi said with a sullen expression: "But I said earlier that I don't want to watch the Chinese kill each other. I hope that the Chinese people's guns will be unanimous, so that in the future they can defeat those pirate gangs and let the Chinese civilization There is no need to feel sorry for yourself and think you are behind in the future.

Liu Xin, I firmly believe that our civilization is not only not backward, but fundamentally, it is far more civilized than those pirate gangs!I don't say anything else, just look at the tableware, one is backward and primitive, the other is fierce, can you compare with the civilization of tachyons? "

It seems that Liu Xin has not thought about this statement, and was taken aback for a moment: "Is tachyon related to the advancement of civilization?"

"Of course." Gao Wushi said: "First of all, Kuaizi has a round end and a square end. The circle symbolizes the sky, and the square symbolizes the earth, which corresponds to the round sky and the earth. This is the understanding of the basic principles of the world by the Chinese ancestors; In Zishi, the thumb and index finger are on the top, the ring finger and the little finger are on the bottom, and the middle finger is in the middle, which is the image of the three talents of heaven, earth and man.

The Chinese then follow the philosophy of Tai Chi and Yin Yang.Tai Chi is one, Yin and Yang are two.One is divided into two, which means that everything is composed of two opposites.Combining two into one, this is the combination of yin and yang, and it also means a perfect result.When using tachyons, one is active and the other is passive; the active is yang, and the passive is yin, which is the image of Liangyi.

The Chinese pay attention to combining two into one. For example, Eastern civilization and Western civilization both originated from mythology.In the West, people and gods were later separated, and doing things depended on science, and being a man depended on religion. This actually shows that their cultural background is to pay attention to "separation".

But China is different. Everything in China emphasizes "combination", even people and gods are combined: the Eight Immortals are both gods and people, and Confucius and Guan Yu can also be regarded as gods.The Chinese talk about ideals without being divorced from reality, and they also pay attention to the integration of soul and body.

Let me give you an example. Before you and I crossed over, there were already many foreigners in China. If you called the waiter in a restaurant and said, "Take a pair of talons", it must be Chinese. If you say "Take two talons", then it must be Chinese. He is a foreigner who has just come to China.

If you think back to those American blockbusters, you will find that when they wrote the screenplay, the underlying thinking was that the so-called light will surely defeat darkness.When Chinese people watch movies, they often don't think too much, and only understand it from the perspective of "evil can prevail over good", but this is actually not in line with the underlying thinking of Chinese culture.

The underlying thinking of Chinese civilization is that if darkness does not exist, then what is light?Therefore, yin and yang fish are a harmonious whole, yin and yang are indispensable, but there is no reason for white fish to swallow black fish, and it is also impossible for black fish to swallow white fish. "

Liu Xin was stunned for a while, and finally smiled wryly: "Well, civilization or something... The level is too high, and my understanding is limited. You have the final say."

Gao Yushi rolled his eyes and was too lazy to reply.

Liu Xin picked up the topic and said: "No matter what you think, I think the reality is that Jinghua is getting stronger and stronger now, and it is inevitable that they will have the idea of ​​'returning to the Central Plains to become orthodox'... I I think this is also a kind of low-level thinking of Chinese people, if you want to change this, I am afraid that you have to spend a lot of time thinking."

Gao Wushi stroked his chin, still silent.

Liu Xin said again: "Speaking of it, I have always been a little confused, that is, how do you plan for the future of Southern Xinjiang in your heart? Especially how do you plan the relationship between Southern Xinjiang and Daming in the future—if If you don't plan to call back to the Central Plains."

Gao Wushi frowned, and said, "How to plan? I originally planned to let Daming and Nanjiang take charge of the Western invasion. Daming is in charge of the land, and Nanjiang is in charge of the sea."

"That's it?" Liu Xin asked in amazement, "Then are Daming and Southern Xinjiang the same country, or are they two different countries?"

Gao Wushi said: "It's not important for Nanjiang to surrender to Ming Dynasty."

"It's not important?" Liu Xin's eyes widened: "It's very important, okay?"

"Why?" Gao Wushi frowned and said, "Southern Xinjiang is controlled by Jinghua. Jinghua originated from Daming, and it also rose by relying on Mingming. So what's the problem with Southern Xinjiang becoming a vassal of Ming Dynasty in name?"

"It's a big problem!" Liu Xin stared at him and said, "Why did the King of Chu dare to ask the emperor Zhou about the weight of the Nine Cauldrons? And why did he ask?"

Gao Wushi remained silent for a while, and said, "You mean to overtake in strength? But I think that as long as Daming himself doesn't collapse, Nanjiang will not necessarily overtake in strength."

"As long as Daming doesn't collapse himself? Why?" Liu Xin sneered, "Just relying on the reforms you have already made? Oh, your reforms are indeed a good way to save the time for Daming, but the problem is yourself Now that you have been feared, can you ensure that your reforms can be continuously promoted? Can you roll out all the reforms that you think Daming needs in your life?
Even if you have enough means to reach an exchange or compromise with the emperor, can you ensure that subsequent emperors and courts will continue to do so unswervingly?In case you fail to reach a compromise with the present day, or if the emperor later overthrows this, can you guarantee these possible changes?I'm afraid I can't?

But southern Xinjiang is different!If Southern Xinjiang can finally establish an independent country, then you will be the founding king, and what you say is the law of the ancestors. The later emperors, or whatever they are called, are your descendants.Who among them can overthrow the lowest political system you have set?Of course not, they can only follow your wishes to go down.

For example, if you explain in the name of the ancestral system at that time, saying that the system in southern Xinjiang is equal to workers, peasants, businessmen and soldiers, then even if they will enter the period of civil government sooner or later, at least they will not dare to discriminate against other classes in the open.This gives certainty to the underlying logic of the country, that is, it creates a foundation, so that other classes can more or less have some basic foundations. This is better than the current Ming Dynasty system where only civil servants count people.

Over time, there will still be a day when Daming will go to extremes and at the same time go to a dead end, while Southern Xinjiang may avoid extremes and always maintain a certain kind of basic unity, so the strength relative to Daming will become stronger day by day... At that time, it will be Isn't it your turn to ask how many generations of grandchildren weighed the weight of the nine tripods of the Ming emperor at that time? "

Gao Wushi was speechless for a while, and was thinking about how to refute, who knew that Liu Xin hadn't finished speaking yet.Liu Xin continued: "Also, don't forget that your previous plan was that Daming was responsible for defending against Western invasion on land, but who is there on land?
There is only one Tsarist Russia, and Tsarist Russia has always been relatively backward in the Western world. Even if Ming and Tsarist Russia have entered into war and contact, how much can it learn from Tsarist Russia?I don't see much, after all, the system of Tsarist Russia is not very advanced.

But what about southern Xinjiang?Who are the people that Southern Xinjiang can get in touch with?At the beginning, it was the Spanish Portuguese Empire, then the Netherlands, and then Britain and France. It can be said that they were better opponents in the Western system. Therefore, in the process of their hostility or communication, Southern Xinjiang must also absorb some advantages. This is also better than Ming Dynasty. ahead.

All in all, if you continue to develop according to your set of ideas, I think it will not exceed 100 years at most. Southern Xinjiang will still surpass Daming in terms of strength, and in the end you will ask the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty about the number of tripods. "
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