Anti-Qing: I'm actually an honest person

Chapter 127 National Heroes and Traitors

The waves beat against the rocks with a cheerful rhythm, adding such a natural background music to Jackie Chan's mood.

To be honest, Yu Chenglong had already guessed that Liu Dapao would have self-respect in the army, which was too obvious to him, but the evidence has not been found for the time being, and the evidence is a bit Not hard to find.

But he really didn't expect that this guy actually wanted to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, and even got involved with the San Francisco.

Judging from the official position he reported just now, it seems that he is still the organizer of the so-called Ming court, and it is impossible to explain that even San Francisco is subject to his restraint.

This handwriting is much bigger than I imagined.

While shocked, Yu Chenglong really made him embarrassed all at once.

Strictly speaking, Yu Chenglong was born in the Wanli period. He was a proper intellectual of the Ming Dynasty. He cultivated himself, governed his family, governed the country and the world. These were originally his ideals. In fact, it can be seen from his style that this guy He must have regarded Hai Rui as his idol or even a role model in life.

Anyway, Liu Dapao has always believed that people like Hai Rui and Yu Chenglong are very, very scary. After all, in the Ming and Qing dynasties, at least before Yongzheng, the salaries of officials were really low, and corruption was at least a waste of money. Corruption that is almost like unspoken rules is completely allowed, and the risk is unlimited and tends to zero.

This is not just a matter of morality, and it has nothing to do with courage. It is simply that this kind of person's spiritual strength has been separated from material needs, at least his will is firm, and his self-denial has reached the point of abnormality. And this kind of person must have big plans ambition.

This is also the reason why Liu Dapao chose to tell the whole story. If he doesn't want to eat this product, he really has no other choice but to show his cards. Even if he sends people to kidnap Yu Jackie Chan's family, there is a high probability that it will not be of any use. And he himself doesn't like this mean way too much.

Yu Chenglong thought about it seriously, and then analyzed: "Sichuan, although the terrain is dangerous, is sparsely populated and the people are not attached to it. As far as I know, the Tiandihui itself is also very noisy. With Wu Sangui's ability, he wants to win It's not difficult to go to Sichuan."

"Hunan, under the joint efforts of Sun Yanling and Wu Sangui, it is indeed very difficult to defend. The imperial court said that it would not give up the whole Hunan and guard Jingxiang instead."

"Jiangxi and Zhejiang are really difficult to talk about. If it is true as you said, if you can work together, it will be quite troublesome."

"However, even so, at most, it can only restore Nanming's old situation, and how long has Nanming been able to hold on? What's the use of futile resistance besides making people miserable?"

"As for the difference between Manchu and Han, Zhongtang, although the current imperial court is a foreign race, from generation to generation, the Manchu people are getting closer to the Han people in terms of customs and cultural systems, and you can't deny that , since the emperor took power in this dynasty, the Han people have actually been more and more used, otherwise, you would not have the opportunity to do such a big thing secretly."

"As far as I know, the Son of Heaven himself has never stopped giving lectures on the feast day, and has always admired my way of Sinology, whether it is Confucianism, Daoism, Neo Confucianism or even Zen, whether it is Confucius, Mencius, Lao Zhuang, or the Book of Changes. , I wait for the Han people, to be honest, the days pass, the better."

Hearing this, Liu Dapao frowned slightly and said, "If a robber breaks into your house one day, kills your parents and fellow villagers, robs your belongings, tramples on your dignity, and makes you his My slave, and in order to make you a slave, be more obedient and treat you better and better, does this prove that he is a good person?"

Yu Chenglong also thought about it when he heard the words, but said: "My lord, you are not Liu Xun, so where are you from?"

"Me? Cantonese."

"Oh~, no wonder."

"Why do you ask about this?"

"I heard that the people in Fujian and Guangdong provinces enjoyed the benefits of sea trade in the Ming Dynasty, and apart from being harassed by Japanese pirates, their lives were pretty good, and there were many wealthy merchants. Since the sea was banned in the 18th year of Shunzhi, the people have been displaced due to the sea being banned. If you think about it, the people here think about the previous dynasty, which is what they should do. So I say it’s no wonder that such a smart person like Zhongtang can’t see it in his heart. obsession."

Liu Dapao was taken aback, thought for a while, and said, "Master Yu, you are... from Shanxi, right?"

"Yes, I am from Shanxi. Have you ever been to Shanxi?"

"No."

"Our Shanxi has been the place where Han and Yi meet since ancient times. There are many mountains and few lands, and the terrain is dangerous. As long as there is chaos in the world, it must be a place for military strategists. In peaceful times, ordinary people must find ways to survive. To travel between Han and Yi, to do some business to make ends meet, buy horses, furs, tendons and horns from the grasslands, and then pour tea, silk, and ironware from the Central Plains, so for thousands of years, I have been famous in Shanxi as well as great merchants.”

"Ah, there are also traitors."

"Yes, I don't deny this, because my Shanxi province is originally a land of half farming and half pastoralism, and I have dealt with grassland peoples all the year round. I am familiar with their culture, and it is inevitable that some habits converge with them."

"Do you know what kind of life we ​​Shanxi people lived in the Ming Dynasty? The Tartars invaded the border every year, the common people paid every year, the Tartars came to plunder, and the officers and soldiers came to collect grain. Every household hardly saw anything. Yu Liang, Zhongtang, do you know how heavy the three-paying mountain was on our heads at the end of the Ming Dynasty? Yes, our merchants in Shanxi have a lot of smuggling, and there are countless enemies inside and outside. If you want to say that we are a den of traitors, I agree. , but if you don’t do business with foreign enemies here, how do you want the people in our province to live!”

He said with a wry smile: "Actually, for ordinary people, national righteousness is not that important. Survival is the most important thing. Now, Shanxi has lost the three salaries, and even Datong is no longer an important border. Fu, corvee, and military service are more than ten times lighter than before. Although Manchu, Han, and Mongols are not as close as a family, they are indeed no longer so hostile. Doing business again will not only be open and aboveboard, but also a lot more convenient. , and even the imperial court has a lot of support, and the life of the common people is getting better and better, and it is more than a hundred times stronger than the previous dynasty."

When Liu Dapao heard the words, his eyebrows were twisted into a Sichuan character, and he said, "According to your point of view, the Manchus stole my Shenzhou, but you Shanxi people are quite grateful?"

"Why, isn't it easy to accept for a while? Things in the world have always been like this. People in the world always like to judge others by themselves, but they don't know that every place has the actual situation in every place. This is normal in the old dynasty, but the people in Shanxi support the current dynasty because of the unification of the world, is this really heinous?"

"The people in Shaanxi, Hebei, and Liaodong are probably not very different from the people in Shanxi I just mentioned. In the eyes of you southerners, the Manchu Tartars are heinous. It seems that people like you all call themselves national heroes, thinking that if you raise your arms, the people of the world will surely gather to respond, but they don’t know that in the eyes of northerners, you people may not be traitors.”

(End of this chapter)