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"Oh, long reign? Well, you name it. ”

"Yes."

Guan Zhuofan pondered for a moment and said: "This thought, the minister originally felt that the time did not seem to have arrived, and it was not enough to bother the Empress Dowager's heart, but now that I saw Zuo Zongtang's fold, the minister changed his mind." ”

After a pause, he said: "The minister thinks that this matter cannot be achieved quickly, and it is not ...... Thirty or fifty years can not see the first effect, one day earlier, one day earlier, the sooner the success. This expedition to the west, every time a place is pacified, it is the best time to start this government in that place, time does not wait, the minister is not presumptuous, play Chen Yuqian. ”

Whether in private or in court, before Guan Zhuofan's performance, it was unprecedented to make such a lengthy presentation; Moreover, the more he said it, the more solemn it became, and a good meal was made into a perfect pattern by him - the royal sister was originally sweet and happy, but Guan Zhuofan was grand, and the royal sister had to be forced to put up a posture. It is inevitable that Fang Fang will be worried and insufficient, but it can also be seen from this that what he has to say is important!

Hearing that it would take "thirty or fifty years" to "see the first effect", the royal sister was slightly moved: How big of a "thought" does this have? I became more and more curious: what is going on?

"You say, I'll listen."

"Well, before playing Chen, Rong Chen first gave the Queen Mother a Western ancient ...... Tale. Well, this story is quite interesting, and it seems to be something that Yu Chen wants to play. It can also be used as an analogy. ”

Yes? "Lay out". Isn't it endless? But. Listening to "Gu Ji" is one of the things that the royal sister loves the most, so she nodded: "Okay, you say." ”

"Yes. Therefore, it is rumored that in ancient times in the West, the people on the ground, regardless of country or ethnicity, spoke the same language, and even the accent was the same. People communicate without hindrance. Get along with each other, and there is no trouble. Although the land is vast, men, women and children, with yellow hair hanging down, they are all harmonious, and there is a thriving scene everywhere. ”

"When the days were going well, someone said, 'Come, let us build a city and a tower, with the top of the tower reaching up to heaven.' that we may proclaim our name, lest we be scattered upon all the earth. All are good. So they all started together. Big. The people worked together, and in a short time a city and a tower were built. ”

"This city, magnificent and majestic, is called the city of Babylon; This tower, towering into the sky, as its name suggests, is called the 'Tower of Babel' - hey, it really responds to the words of the first proponent: 'The top of the tower reaches to the sky'! ”

When Guan Zhuofan said this, he paused, glanced at Cixi, and saw the long eyelashes of the Queen Mother, slightly drooping, and listened extremely attentively.

He continued: "Unexpectedly, the tower reached to the sky and alarmed the gods. The gods were greatly amazed, thinking that the people on the ground were so capable, this tower was getting higher and higher, looking at this posture, it would not be long before my immortal residence would be overturned! This, this, what can I do? ”

The gods pondered for a long time, and finally came up with a plan. He quietly came to the mortal world, exerted his magic power, and confused people's speech, and from then on, people spoke words, and other people could not understand them. So the chickens and ducks talked, and they were at odds with each other, and there was no way to work together to build a tower. This tower was abandoned halfway, and the gods' plan was finally sold. ”

Hearing this, the expression on Cixi's face was slightly solemn.

Guan Zhuofan was quite satisfied with the change in the royal sister's expression, he remained silent on the surface, and continued to say in a calm voice: "The matter is not over yet. Because people couldn't understand each other, misunderstandings continued, disputes continued, and some people couldn't understand the quarrel, they began to fight, and their heads were broken and bleeding, and finally they died. ”

"The fight got bigger and bigger, the number of people who died more and more, and the beams of each other became deeper and deeper, and finally there was no way to live in one place anymore, and people had to flee from all over the country to build cities and build their own countries. At this time, as far as the eyes could see, there was nothing but hatred around them, so they attacked each other, hating each other for generations, endlessly. ”

Speaking of this, Guan Zhuofan bowed slightly to Cixi and said, "Back to the Queen Mother, the story of the minister is finished." ”

Inside the "Blue Room", for a while, it was extremely quiet.

Originally, after Guan Zhuofan finished telling the "Western Ancient Story", it was time to play his "thoughts", but Guan Beile decided to wait for a while - wait for the Queen Mother to react, in this way, it will be more flavorful.

After a long while, Cixi spoke: "I don't know if I'm right? Do you mean that between the Hui and the Han, the language is incomprehensible, resulting in discord and even ...... Hatred, killing? ”

The royal sister is really smart.

Guan Zhuofan nodded and said, "Queen Mother Shengming!" The grievances between Hui and Han have been going on for a long time, and the reasons are very complicated, of course, not only because of the language barrier - but this must be an extremely important one! Think about it, if you can't communicate with each other and can't communicate, how can you treat each other as the same kind? They all think, 'If they are not of my race, their hearts will be different,' and how can they not cause trouble when the time goes by? How can you not cause great disasters over time? ”

Cixi couldn't help but bow her head slightly.

She thought about it for a while, frowned slightly, and said, "What kind of language do Hui people speak?" I don't know! No...... Chinese? ”

Guan Zhuofan said: "Back to the Queen Mother, this ...... Yes and no. ”

Also and no?

"The ancestors of the Hui people came to China from Arabia, Persia and other places, and the 'mother tongue' of the Hui people is actually Arabic and Persian. Among them, because almost all of the Muslim scriptures are written in Arabic, when the Hui people worship the gods, the imam preaches - the imam is the presiding officer of the Hui temple, and most of them use Arabic, so the "mother tongue" of the Hui people is mainly Arabic. ”

"Mother tongue" is a new word, but it is not difficult to understand, and there is no need for Guan Zhuofan's special explanation, and the royal sister can implicitly imply its meaning.

In the outside world, the impression of the royal sister is very vague, but although "Arabia" and "Persia" are not very clear, they have all heard of it, and there is no need for Guan Zhuofan to make a special explanation.

"The ancestors of the Hui people, during the Sui and Tang dynasties, began to move to China. Until the end of the Yuan Dynasty. It's been a long time. There are many people, but the language they speak is still mainly Arabic - of course, there are also people who can speak Chinese, but the number is not very large. ”

This situation has changed greatly since the Ming Dynasty. The imperial court explicitly decreed that Hui people must learn to speak Chinese; Meantime. Back to the Han miscellaneous places, if the Hui people never speak Chinese, it is really inconvenient for themselves. As a result, the number of Hui people who speak Chinese gradually increased. ”

"I am Dingding, and in this matter, I have roughly inherited the policy of the previous Ming Dynasty. For example, during the Yongzheng period, Lu Guohua, the governor of Anhui, played a game, pointing out that the Hui people 'spoke differently'. Please ask the imperial court to ban it. ”

"What Lu asked was naturally extreme. Hui people's costumes. Some are plain, some are gorgeous, in fact, they are very eye-catching; As for the language of the Hui people, how to say it, well, just like the Cantonese people, who speak the official dialect on the one hand, and the Cantonese dialect and the Chaoshan dialect on the other, and cannot say that only the Cantonese people are allowed to speak the official dialect, and they are not allowed to speak the Cantonese dialect and the Chaoshan dialect -- that...... It's too overbearing. ”

"However, whether it is official dialect, Cantonese dialect, or Chaoshan dialect, they are all Chinese, with the same text and different pronunciations. Those who speak official dialect do not speak Cantonese dialect, and those who speak Cantonese dialect do not speak official dialect, and even if communication is difficult, they do not regard each other as alien - not only because they are Han Chinese, but also because they have the same language, and they can communicate in the end. ”

Speaking of this, Guan Zhuofan felt a little dry mouth, picked up the teacup on the table, and took a sip of tea.

Guan Zhuofan talked endlessly, and Cixi was stunned when she heard it. Guan Zhuofan pressed the pause button, she looked at the vacancy, and asked: "So, this 'Arabic word', written down, is not ...... Chinese characters? ”

Guan Zhuofan smiled slightly and said, "Queen Mother Shengming, that's exactly the case. It's an Arabic character, which is completely different from our Chinese characters. Well, and...... English words, it's pretty much the same. ”

Guan Zhuofan originally wanted to say, "It's almost the same as Manchuria's", but fortunately, he stopped and changed his plan in time.

The English word, the royal sister has seen it, the chicken intestines are general, it looks like a book from the sky, and it is really "not my race".

"Therefore, once you go back to the Han Dynasty, if the Hui people don't know Chinese, and the Han people don't know Arabic, they can't communicate with each other at all, and if they talk to each other as strangers, they can't help but regard each other as outliers, and in the end, they will inevitably repeat the mistakes of the 'Tower of Babel' story."

"Since they are both Chinese people, how can there be such a distinction? We can't hate each other and swallow the evil consequences of the story of the Tower of Babel! The minister once played the Empress Dowager Chen, thinking that the Manchu and Han were blended, and the two became one, but a new ethnic group could be created, called the 'Chinese people' -- the Manchus and the Han did not distinguish between you and me, and the rest of the ethnic groups, such as the Hui, Tibetan, and Mongolian, how could they be from the 'Chinese people'? ”

Guan Zhuofan talked about such a big round, and Cixi's thoughts were always going back and forth between Hui and Han. Ten days ago, listening to Guan Zhuofan's first talk about "Chinese people", the glimmer of light born in his mind suddenly expanded, like the rising sun jumping out of the clouds, illuminating thousands of miles of rivers and mountains in an instant, a new world, magnificently displayed in front of her.

Her heart was pounding, and for a moment, she felt uncontrollable.

Guan Zhuofan stopped the conversation at the right time - please ask the Queen Mother to digest and absorb it first.

After half a ring, Cixi's mood calmed down slightly, and she said: "I don't know if what I said is right or not-if it is not right, you don't want to be 'Queen Mother Shengming'!" Do you mean that since they are all in the same ethnic group, the 'Chinese people', then the Manchus, Hans, Mongolians, Tibetans, and Hui, no matter who they are, should speak the same language and write the same words? ”

As soon as Cixi's words fell, Guan Zhuofan got up from his seat, then knelt on one knee, bent his elbows and flat chest, his eyes were blazing, and said loudly: "Queen Mother Shengming!" ”

His action startled Cixi and Yu'er and Li Lianying, who were waiting for the meal next to him. Cixi was very proud in her heart, but she whispered in a complaining tone: "You get up! What is this for? ”

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