Chapter 1109: Fanatic China
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"It is the honor of all citizens of the empire to be a soldier who defends the country!"
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"Military training is to keep people from panicking in the face of a possible war. War may or may not happen, it is not our decision. The Metropolitan Government ordered that starting this year, all male workers over the age of 18 in factories must set aside one day every ten years for military training.
…… The training is in charge of our Military Training Bureau, and we do not want to educate you to become a qualified soldier who knows how to kill and injure the enemy and protect yourself on the battlefield, but only to make you have basic military qualities. I hope that after training, you will be able to become a glorious soldier of the empire when the motherland needs you! Raise your bayonets, raise your chests, and silence all your enemies in front of the Empire's army. ”
"Participate in military training and defend the country with martial arts."
"Let the enemy tremble! Victory forever belongs to the glorious Imperial Army! Advance! Young Warriors! The bell of the fate of the motherland will be ringed by you! To hell with those who try to encroach on our interests! ”
The power of the state propaganda organs, which are in full swing, is not a joke. Although 40 years after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the newspapers in the teahouses of various hotels have long since disappeared, but newspapers have long been integrated into the lives of the people. Even the peasants in the countryside know what a newspaper is and what it represents.
There is no bullshit southern system in China in this time and space, it is all patriotic media under the leadership of the General Information Administration.
This all-out launch soon caused an uproar in society, and February did not pass, and all the 300,000 recruits had entered the boot camp.
The whole of China is shaken by Russia's toughness, like a god whose dignity has been offended.
Ye Bangwei looked at his students below worriedly, with extremely complicated feelings. He didn't expect that the students taught in his school were so radical, not only the students, but also some young teachers who followed the training from resistance to excitement. They are some of the highest-ranking students in the land of Chen Han, and many of them have been instilled by their families with interests, party affiliation, and so on since they were in elementary school. Standing high and seeing far, but with the overwhelming propaganda and the encouragement of the military's instructors and instructors, it has only been a few days and the mood is already hot.
"Terrible, terrible fanaticism. It's all crazy, crazy. Why can't we look at war sensibly? We don't need war, especially one that doesn't even understand who the enemy is. Ye Bangwei muttered to himself in a low voice, and as soon as the words came out, he quickly closed his lips and looked around in fear.
Although he is a master of Neo-Confucianism, he is a banner. And it is precisely because of this that Ye Bangwei knows very well that he cannot say anything against the military now, otherwise those 'patriots' in society will have to put a big and smelly hat on his head. When the time comes, not only will you be unlucky, but the entire Neo-Confucianism will be unlucky.
"Dad, I won't be coming home at the end of the decade. We're going to organize people to go to Victory Square......"
As soon as Ye Bangwei got home, he saw his youngest son, who had been admitted to Taixue University, walking down from the second floor with a bag. I was about to ask him why he came back today, but he didn't expect his youngest son Ye Shuyang to speak first.
Today is not the end of the decade, Ye Shuyang should not have gone home, but now he came back to say hello first.
"If you don't spend a lot of time studying, what parade do you go to? Now the social atmosphere is not right, too impetuous and fanatical. "I don't dare to say it outside, but at home, Ye Bangwei can still speak loudly.
"Alright, alright. What's the big deal about the time of day? Xiaoyang's studies are not something that can progress by leaps and bounds in this day. It's not a bad thing to take part in the parade either. Ye Bangwei's father, Ye Changde, waved his hand to stop Ye Bangwei from continuing.
People want to be gregarious, everyone else goes, how can you do it if your little grandson doesn't go?
Ye Shuyang stuck out his tongue and hurriedly slipped away, and he didn't eat at home.
Ye Changde saw a faint worry in the corner of Ye Bangwei's eyes after his grandson left, and asked, "Guohao [Ye Bangwei], what's wrong?" Is something going to happen? "The propaganda in the newspapers these days is overwhelming, but Ye Changde is not an ordinary person, he can't argue with his son academically, but in the process of Ye Bangwei stepping up to Neo-Confucianism, he has also made a lot of efforts, and his head and heart are good. On the road to Ye Bangwei's rise, I don't know how many traps he has seen through for his son.
Whoever thinks that Ye Bangwei has smoothly walked to the status of Neo-Confucianism is a big stick.
Ye Bangwei sat down and nodded, his fingers lightly tapped the armrest of the seat, and after pondering for a while, he looked up into his father's eyes and said, "Dad, you don't know about the war in Europe. The Ottomans are really going to be bad luck this time. The British announced their support for the Greeks in their quest for independence last year. And this news that was just sent to Chen Han was simply stimulating Chen Han.
What does this mean? The British began to openly make enemies of the Ottomans, but what about the French? The British did not level Napoleon, would London have supported the Greeks so unscrupulously?
And if the British had equalized Napoleon, would the whole of Europe have to unite? Then the Russian battlefield and the Ottoman battlefield have troubles.
Because anyone who thinks on his toes knows that the enemy of the united Europeans will only be China. The Ottoman force was not weak, but it was nothing more.
Ye Bangwei picked up the teacup and took a sip gently, covered the tea lid, put it back in place, and said: "Who is China's potential enemy, this is a matter that is easy to judge." We are at odds with the British, and the whole world knows about it. And His Majesty's decision is so strong, it can be said that the contradiction between the East and the West has been semi-made public. "That is, an Ottoman Empire, with a thin veil in the middle to cover up.
Regarding what his son said, Ye Changde thought about it and nodded in agreement, but after thinking about it, the problem came again, how could China be weak to the outside world? Look at the emperor's promotion of the Ming Dynasty over the years, what 'no harmony, no compensation, no land, no tribute. The Son of Heaven guards the country, and the king dies! The Ming Dynasty was lifted and raised, and this in itself shows the concept of this Ninety-Five Honor. Let him retreat from the Western barbarians who are dancing with their teeth and claws, how is that possible.
Strong for strong, hard for hard. This is what Emperor Chen has always chosen.
As for what 'some people' say, we only need to manage the country well, and let them fight in the dark abroad, and who wins and who loses has nothing to do with us, not a single Chinese will die, and even we can sell arms on both sides and take the opportunity to make war money, and this is the path that China should choose.
Because as long as China is developed and built well, China will be the most powerful country in the world.
This is not true. Yes, because what they said is really reasonable, no, because such a world number one is too gentle, too gentle.
The first to walk on the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood to the top of the world is the real first. This idea has a large market in China.
Ye Changde knew that his son was a little disgusted with war, and Ye Bangwei did not reject military training, but this overwhelming propaganda allowed him to quickly grasp the true meaning of the imperial court - this is showing off his martial arts, this is promoting soldiers.
Although Neo-Confucianism has changed its rhetoric, Ye Bangwei is disgusted by the elevation of the status of soldiers. It's just that he never says it.
"This is the emperor's wrist, no one can stop it, and no one can stop it. This battle will be fought sooner or later. Not to mention the Americas, the side of the couch does not allow others to snore. I don't know how many people are going crazy in India. Over the years, the domestic call for the seizure of India as an overseas colony has been unabated, and of course, everyone has said very good things, such as liberating the oppressed nations and opposing the colonization of Asia by the Western powers. But isn't it true that we want a piece of the pie overseas?
In the past, it was Shizi Shilin who represented the people's heart, and now it is the industrial and commercial tycoons who represent the people's heart, and India's wealth and the ignorance of the Asan have long been publicized by them hundreds of times and thousands of times, that is, the false has also come true. The people's hearts have changed a long time ago! ”
The people's heart is the heart of heaven, these people want to fight, will the emperor not fight?
"Dad, you said that the imperial court is going to turn against the British?"
"Do you have to turn the other cheek with the British to get benefits from India?"
In addition to the colonies directly controlled by the British, there was still too much land to be acquired in that part of India, as well as the core territory of the Marathas. There is no need to tear your face with the British at all. Can you 'fight without breaking'?
Ye Bangwei shrank in the chair, shrunk the whole person into it, and muttered: "Yes, the people's hearts have changed a long time ago." Do these ordinary people know what war is? Do you think that war is so easy to fight? How many thousands of people have been thrown into a northwest? These people are still too stupid. ”
Ye Bangwei's overall thinking is similar to that of 'some people', and he is very opposed to war, but he is a little different from 'some people', and he is more enterprising than 'some people'.
He believed that with such a strong national strength in China, Confucianism could be imported into the Western world little by little, so that it could be 'edified' this grand idea. After China has the merit of 'indoctrination', it will have the foundation of 'inner saint and outer king', which is one of the greatest pursuits of Confucianism. In this way, the whole world is included in the Chinese order, and China is naturally the central empire of the world. And China's war against the Western world will undoubtedly hinder this 'indoctrination'.
Ye Changde's wrinkles all gathered together, and he looked at his son with a bitter face. Ye Bangwei is still a little idealistic, which is also the main reason why Ye Changde tried his best to prevent Ye Bangwei from entering the officialdom. Ye Changde did not agree with what Ye Bangwei said, Ye Changde believed that it was appropriate to launch one or two wars that were not too big at the right time, such as the Sino-Russian War and the previous American War, which could not only seize huge benefits, but also have great benefits for a country to maintain its vitality.
No matter how powerful the tiger is, if it does not grind its teeth and claws for a long time, it will also greatly reduce the combat effectiveness and deterrence of the king of beasts.
Killing chickens can set an example for monkeys, and if you don't kill chickens, how can you scare monkeys