Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 2521 Empty talk
Li Suiqiu took a sip from his teacup and moistened his dry throat, "When the thieves first arrived, I only thought they were sea merchants with some strange skills and tricks. Langji is like a person, when Ziji’s Australian products first appeared in Guangzhou, I also bought Australian mirrors for my mother and wife; I didn’t expect Wang Du to listen to the slander and insist on provoking them. He Rubin’s military parade in Guangzhou I went to see the excitement of the martial arts performance, but who knew that He Rubin was not only wiped out, but was also beaten to Wuyang Station and extorted 30 taels of redemption fee. A pirate with strong guns, and later heard that other pirates on the ocean were suppressed and harvested by the Australians, and has become a tyrant on the sea. Fang felt that this thief was a giant with ulterior motives, far from Liu Xiang You and Zheng Zhilong are comparable.

"Later, on the rockery in Donggao Biye, I saw with my own eyes the 'iron ladder' built all the way from the 'big world', on which ran an iron automatic car emitting black smoke and white mist. Australians can be described as walking every step of the way. Pressing, who would have thought that these pirates who are 'very good at business and workmanship' would dare to use the banner of Song Dynasty to fight for the world!"

Li Suiqiu frowned, his face full of anxiety.

Kuang Lu had been away from home for several years and lost a lot of first-hand information, so she asked, "Mei Zhou (Li Suiqiu) means that these people are not descendants of Zhao Song?"

"Although the appearance is similar to Chinese, the practice is purely Western. Could it be that the descendants of Zhao Song lived in Western Asia and lied about coming from Australia?" Li Suiqiu was also very confused about this, saying: "Cui Taoist priest of the Temple of Five Immortals often engages in some so-called I have also been to the small gatherings of the 'Salon'. Although the Australians did not say it explicitly, everyone with a discerning eye knows that Fatty Cui is the real Kun. The 'Salon' of the Five Immortals Temple covers astronomy, geography, Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. Not to mention, there are all kinds of exquisite machine demonstrations, a hot air balloon can take a bird's-eye view of Fucheng, and a microscope can see [-] insects in dripping water, and many weak-willed scholars have already taught him to bewitch."

Chen Zisheng said: "Although the theories of the Australians are similar to those of Taixi, I think the Australians are better. Matteo Ricci said: 'The sky is covered by the earth, and the sky is under the old land. The head of the man is up to the sky and his feet are on the earth. Living in the sky is like a chicken egg, but the four sides stand up and down.' But Lishi believes that the sky is a limited entity, with the earth as the center, and there are nine heavens above the earth, called "Moon Heaven", "Mercury Heaven" and "Venus Heaven". 'Day Sky', 'Mars Sky', 'Jupiter Sky', 'Saturn Sky', 'Stellar Sky', 'Starless Crystal Sky', above which there is 'Zongdong Sky' and 'Eternal Tranquility Sky', where the sun, moon and stars orbit the earth The Australians have a model of the solar system, with the sun as the center, and everything outside the planet is void, which is far more concise than the Westerners' theory. The changes of the four seasons, solar eclipses, and various celestial phenomena can be explained. And the Australians' boats are stronger, The guns are more serious, if the Australians are from the West, why does no one in the West know the origin of the Australians?"

Li Suiqiu nodded, "What Qiao Sheng (Chen Zisheng) said is reasonable, but this is also what worries me."

"What do you mean?" Kuang Lu and Chen Zisheng asked in unison.

Li Sui said: "Western law entered China, Xu Guangqi and others are convinced. Westerners say that from the west of Taixi to China, to the day and night horizon in the picture (Kun Yu Wan Guo Quan Tu), the north and south poles have been seen. The horizon is flat, there is no height, the road turns south and passes Dalang Mountain, and the South Pole is 36 degrees above the ground, so Dalang Mountain and China are facing each other. The movement of the sun and the moon, the north and the south, the two continents, and the 28 constellations meet and turn. , there was an unknown star in the south, and it was thought that it was surrounded by the South Pole. There were Gouchen and Taiyi in the north, but why didn’t there be one in the south? It’s no less than the inversion of the image of dignity and inferiority. How lucky are people to be born? As a person near the North Pole, why is it so unfortunate that he was born near the South Pole? Isn't it still possible to determine the difference between Huayi, China and foreign countries?
"Since the earth is round like a melon shell, and the North Pole and the South Pole are the pedicle and navel of the melon, looking at the shell from the inside of the melon, there is something attached between the pedicle and the navel, and as the melon rotates, the place near the navel is the south. The road becomes narrower as it approaches the navel, and the north road is wide and broad at the point where the umbilical cord is removed and the pedicle is approached. This is how the day and night of the summer solstice are both long, and the day and night of the winter solstice are both short, and when it is short And why do you have to complete one quarter of the 360 ​​degrees for a day and night? I don’t realize the absurdity of his theory, saying that ‘what is above is day, and what is below is night’. I don’t know if this is said, the other is night. The number of degrees is wide and narrow and cannot be stopped evenly, and there must be a country where the head of a person reaches the South Pole, and when the sun reaches the tail end, it is revolving around the sky. (Extreme day)? And there must be a country whose head reaches the North Pole. At that time, there is not much darkness and no day and night (extreme night)? As the saying goes, there are mountains, rivers, vegetation, and people living in the original place. There is no up and down, which means that there is no distinction between east, west, south, north, up and down. If people are all hanging upside down in the world, and "Zhouyi" says that the heavens are respected and the earth is humble, they are all indeterminate. If this kind of theory spreads and harms the world, Let everyone in the world believe that in the future there will be no distinction between rulers and ministers, and the disaster will never stop. This is what I am worried about."

"What Mei Zhou said is very true." Chen Zizhuang, who had been silent before, said now, "Whether Matteo Ricci's "The Complete Map of the World" or Kunren's "World Map", China is Asia, and the The Western Ocean is Europe. I don’t know how to explain Europe, but it must be an exaggeration to push it from the West. As for “Asia”, the interpretation of “Erya” says: “Second also.” “Shuowen Jiezi” says: "Chou Ye." "Zeng Yun" says: "Shao Ye." For "fine", "Shuowen Jie Zi" says: "Wei Ye." "Yu Pian" says: "Shao Ye." Asia is Western, The Chinese language is inferior to the second continent, and it is extremely insulting to China. When people talk about history, they always sneer at Zhao Song as weak, but Yuan Hao changed his name to Wuzu, and Hua said my ancestors. Ouyang Wenzhong said: "My ancestors" What kind of language is it? My, I am also. The ancestors, the so-called Weng also. If he is allowed to be called this name, then in the future edicts, he must call my ancestors, so that the court will call the bandits my Weng. I don’t know who would dare to open this title. And when the bandits wrote this name, they wanted to insult China. Today, from Yuan Hao onwards, the names and official titles are all Yi Di, and they use Yi Li for everything, but Ande only uses Chinese language for this title? I am called a minister, and let me be called the ancestor, and you should break it with this, begging and refusing to listen.' Nowadays, people are willing to accept the insults of Westerners and Kunren, but they don't realize that no one has ever realized their traitors, so why? ?” After that, he sighed again.

Seeing his elder brother sighing, Chen Zisheng stood up and bowed to Chen Zizhuang and Li Suiqiu, feeling a little ashamed: "Thanks to the teachings of my two elder brothers, I only thought that the Australians' theory was subtle before, but I couldn't see through their intentions. I am really ashamed."

Li Sui said: "Westerners and Kun people all use the sun to measure the calendar, so they imitate the rings of the North and South Roads and turn them into circular instruments, like copper balls. There is no contradiction with the theory of leaning on the cover, and they think that the earth is in the sky." Westerners and Kun people always think that China is the smallest, and Europe and Australia are the farthest and the largest. According to the theory of leaning on the cover, the earth is greater than the sky, so they have to use the theory of the earth to explain it. Qiao Shengzhi Therefore, there is no need to be confused, it is very fortunate!"

Chen Bangyan was on good terms with Chen Zisheng on weekdays. Although he had correspondence with Chen Zizhuang, this was the first time he met Chen Zizhuang.Seeing that everyone had reached a certain consensus, he said: "You are indeed very knowledgeable, and the students admire them. According to the students, the relationship between heaven and man is related to the safety of the country. The interpretation of astronomy in the past dynasties has been in charge of the royal family. Others are not allowed to get involved. Nowadays, there are no distinctions among the Kun people, and the head of the Chui Tiao is all teaching the method that was not taught in the past dynasties, and his theory teaches people that there is no superiority between superiors and inferiors, and that there is no superiority or inferiority between monarchs and ministers. The method of changing summer can be punished."

Li Suiqiu said: "In my opinion, what the Australians want is not only the country, but also the way of holy learning, but they always criticize it, which has the meaning of turning the world around."

"Could it be that the bandits really want to run the country with merchants?"

"It's not necessarily true that merchants run the country. It's just that it's not us."

"It's really unbelievable." Kuang Lu lived out of town for a long time and knew little about the situation in Guangzhou. He said in surprise, "Since Dong Zhongshu, all dynasties have been based on Confucianism. It has been thousands of years since Emperor Sui. Zhao Song Wenzhong Lie ( Wen Yanbo) once said to Shenzong, "Your Majesty will rule the world with the scholar-bureaucrats, not with the common people." Only Meng Yuan seldom used imperial examinations to select scholars, so his luck was only a hundred years. Emperor Taizu started with commoners and drove the Tartars to the north , Restoring China, the establishment of the country for more than two hundred years, cannot do without the hard work of scholars. Since the Kun people claim to be descendants of the Song Dynasty, don’t they understand this truth?”

"Of course the truth is clear, but people are not very knowledgeable." Chen Bangyan paced in the hall and said, "It is said that when the Kun people first arrived in Lingao, there were only a few hundred people in a boat. In a few years, a crowd of [-] people was gathered to sweep away the officials and troops and occupy Qiongya. What is the contribution? The governance of Guangzhou today is praised by the citizens, but is there any contribution by the scholars? What the Kun people call "good governance" means that they can govern without sharing the world with the scholars and bureaucrats! What happened in Guangzhou is just a repetition of the story of Qiongzhou and also!"

Chen Bangyan’s words forced everyone present to face the question they had been subconsciously trying to avoid, that is, the Kun people were already, or would soon become, a separatist regime against the imperial court, but they were not part of this system. Of course, their willingness to join the system is another matter.

Thinking of the most common sentence that the Kun people said after entering the city, "Get up, don't kneel! I don't like this in the Song Dynasty!", they really can't imagine a world with no superiors and inferiors, no rulers and ministers, who deviated from their decades-long tradition. How does the separatist regime with Confucian ideas deeply rooted in the bone marrow work?
What makes them even more maddening is that, in the current situation, they seem to have done nothing wrong, but they can't do anything, or even do nothing.

If any of the Australian elders had witnessed the meeting, they would have sent them a quip: "The unpalatable truth, the mortality of man, and a woman's moustache, are the three things we prefer to ignore."

(End of this chapter)