Anything in the era always has the premise of existence, there is also a reason to disappear, Sanhe dirt road is already the most advanced road surface in China at present, and in today's world, the asphalt concrete road of Jinjing Highway is already an advanced highway, far better than the general asphalt road and the gravel road that is widely built by various countries, of course, there are more advanced rolling cement concrete roads, but because the rolling equipment such as the concrete vibrator has not yet been invented, so even if it appears now, it will not be popularized until the oil crisis after World War II when asphalt is scarce, And the more high-end reinforced concrete road, that is only a prototype.

It is rash to ask the road surface to meet the requirements of being able to bear 40 tons, which is indeed difficult for the strong man at present, but how can the great leader know the details of the development of road construction technology. After the prime minister spoke, the cadres of the Ministry of Transport bowed their heads and walked out of the Yin'an Palace, and went back to find a way.

These talents were sent away, and the acting chief of the General Staff, Bei Shoutong, came over with an urgent telegram: the Russian army crossed the border to occupy Beiting (Ili).

"How many of them are there?" Yang Rui put down the telegram and did not panic, this was expected in advance, and the order given to Yang Zengxin, the governor of Western Regions Province, was to preserve his strength, protect Han Min, wait for the opportunity, and not want him to do anything to counterattack.

"Probably in a division or so, all Cossack cavalry, good and bad." Bei Shou is the same way. "Sir, Yang Da≧∟ has a whole division in his hands, can we still go over if we want to fight?"

"Hey. What are you doing in the past? Yang Rui smiled, "I wish he had called, so that we wouldn't be so passive diplomatically." Gave an order to Peng Yanyi (Qing Peng), the commander of the 13th Army, that if he couldn't control his subordinates, he would come to see me. ”

Because of the European war. Most of the Russian troops deployed in Central and West Asia were transferred to Eastern Europe, and some time ago they had gathered another army group to go to the Far East. So now the forces in Central Asia are extremely weak. Although there was only one division in the Western Regions, it added some local forces. It is no problem to gather 30,000 people, but Yang Rui is so decisive, Bei Shoutong has to nod.

"I also want to tell Sù Yanyi, it's not that Russia can't fight, but that you can't take Ili, no, it's Beiting, you can't drive away the Russian army in Beiting." The place names of the Western Regions have changed a lot, and most of them have been restored to the old names of the Han and Tang dynasties. Now there are only 1.7 million Uyghur ...... in the whole province, "Russia will eventually collapse one day, and then it will be a good time to counterattack, and now what we have to do is to build roads!" Build roads! ”

"Understood, sir." When Pei Shoutong heard this, he saw that Yang Rui had no more orders, and after saluting, he retreated. He walked this way, and Xie Jintai came over with a declaration of war: France has declared war.

hastily read the war declaration book, and Yang Rui rolled it into a thin rod. "Did they evacuate?" he asked. ”

"I don't think so." After Xie Jintai finished speaking, he felt that the words were not enough, and said: "Many French people in the concession have taken refuge in the British and American concessions, and they are afraid that we will occupy the concession, but the consulate has not organized the evacuation of overseas Chinese. It's just that most of the ministers and consuls in China left, and only a few remained. ”

"It seems that this should be a declaration of war?" Yang Rui asked again. He felt that the French were really frightened by Germany, otherwise how could they advance and retreat together with Russia? It's unexpected.

"It's hard to say." Xie Zhangtai said: "It was done." So what do we do? To declare war or not to declare war? ”

"Of course no war is declared." Yang Rui said, "I don't want to be on the side of the loser. ”

"But what if Germany does win?" Xie Zhangtai said. Now Britain and France are being beaten to the ground, and Paris is also under German artillery. The whole world was in an uproar, believing that Germany would win the war, and Xie Jintai couldn't help but wonder if it was possible for the Allies to win, and if it really could win, then ......

"Germany can't win." Yang Rui said, "Besides, what is the benefit of Germany winning for us, can you do business with us?" We must be on the side of Britain and France in this war, only they can do business with us, and only if they win, will we have purchasing power for the pounds and francs we earn. We will not declare war on him unless the French army attacks our country in a big way. ”

"I see." Xie Jintai glanced at Yang Rui, nodded solemnly, and when he wanted to leave, Yang Rui asked again: "What is the reaction of Britain and the United States?" ”

"Reinsch visited me and wanted us to stay calm." Xie Zhangtai said.

"Hehe, of course we're calm." Yang Rui said with a smile, he felt that it was funny that the British did not come forward and only the Americans came forward, "The exhibition in Shanghai will open next month, have you invited them?" ”

"If you invite them, they'll send someone to attend." Xie Jintai said with a wry smile, he felt that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was about to become a subordinate department of the Shanghai Expo, and he would do his best to pull in the exhibition during this time.

"Hmm. That's good. And what about Thailand, Persia, Turkey? Will it come too? Yang Rui was asking about the others.

"They will come, Thailand is their own group, Persia wants us to post money, he only comes to people to come and goods." Xie Zhangtai said, "It turned out, Persia is a weak country in West Asia, and the country is the same as the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the internal turmoil is very great, and the minister stationed in Poland complains every day that it is not safe and wants to increase troops to protect it." In such a country, is it really necessary for us to send money to invite him? ”

"Of course it is necessary, if Afghanistan is not a protectorate of the British, I would also like to invite them directly, not through the British." Yang Rui said: "These two countries are extremely important to us...... Yang Rui said and thought of the Soviet Union and the great Comrade Lenin. "You can briefly penetrate the news to the British, which means that we don't want to fight now, we just want to do business, and those reserve divisions of the Baath Army will be disbanded after a while."

"I understand, I have conveyed to them that China and Russia are both big countries, and it really has a lot to do with a fight, and we can now have a tacit truce with Russia." Xie Zhangtai said. "But now that the Russian army occupies the North Court, what should I do if it gets out? The people in the country are now extremely popular, and if the matter is really spread, it will not be easy to clean up. ”

"How's it going?" Yang Rui said: "Do you want to learn from Zuo Zongtang to enter Xinjiang?" Russia will collapse on its own, and we will just go and collect the corpse then, and this is how he will deal with it even if he hits Lanzhou. ”

Yang Rui has no bottom about the Soviet Union, but he is confident about how to deal with Russia. But that's what he arranged. The next day, I learned that France had declared war and that Russia had invaded and occupied Ili. The pro-government newspapers were full of articles calling on the government to declare war on France and to send the Baath Army into the Western Regions; And others such as foreigners' newspapers. He detailed that France declared war at the request of Russia, and that Russia invaded Ili because the Baath Army occupied Vladivostok. Now that the country is in a series of wars, it is most important to recuperate, and the government should sign a contract with Russia as soon as possible and withdraw its troops as soon as possible, as it did with Japan.

As for France's declaration of war, the government believes that there is no dispute between the two countries, and that its declaration of war is only invited by its ally Russia. If our interests and citizens are not substantially infringed upon, the Government will not declare war on France for the time being; And the Russian invasion and occupation of Beiting, the revival army will definitely recover the lost territory and defend the country.

The government's statement was a pause in public opinion for a while, but for some reason, the Shanghai stock market fell one after another, some said it was caused by France's declaration of war, and some people thought it was because of rumors that the government would gradually reduce its support for industry and turn to agriculture. The news that Yang Rui got from Liu Boyuan was that someone deliberately released unfavorable news. So that the stock market will plummet.

"Does Ade have anything to do with this?" Yang Rui asked Yu Qiaqing, his energy in Shanghai is not small.

"There is no evidence for the time being." Liu Boyuan said. According to the investigation, most of his family assets have been invested in the stock market, and it is unlikely that he did this, but even if it was not him. He should also know who did it. ”

"Oh. Except for the compradors, the Xi family and the like, I'm afraid there is no one else. Yang Rui asked.

"Sir. Not exactly, the survey found. Many of the people who sold the plate were Ningbo businessmen. Liu Boyuan said, "Overall." Now military supplies are extremely expensive, like pig bristles or something, and the farmers are unwilling to sell the goods, and the selling price is also extremely high, so they have been trying to lower the price, but the State Bank has been giving loans to the Chongqing Bristle Association, and the futures market has also thrown money to make the price of these military materials extremely high. ”

"Who else could there be?" Yang Rui suddenly thought of Zhang Jian, as well as those industrialists in Shanghai, the revitalization of industry has been changed to the revitalization of agriculture, and these people are afraid that they will oppose it.

Cautious and with some uncertainty, Liu Boyuan said: "It is very likely that those gentry in Shanghai who advocate industry, except for the Jin merchants, all merchant gangs are involved. Now there is a public opinion in Shanghai that Germany will take Paris on the same day, and the European war will end at the end of the year. When the time comes, Britain will withdraw from the war, France will surrender, and Russia will turn the corner......"

"Ridiculous!" After all, the Security Service is only aimed at the country, and not much is known about things in Europe. After the Germans crossed the Marne, the British and French troops had begun to hold on to the spot today, and this time the Germans would crash into the barbed wire trenches of the British and French, and the offensive would be contained. After Yang Rui drank it, he felt that he was too excited, and immediately said: "If the stock market falls, it will fall, and pay attention to security at next month's expo." ”

"Yes, sir. Guaranteed to be foolproof! Liu Boyuan felt that Yang Rui was a little strange, and after nodding, he saw that Yang Rui left without any more instructions.

It's almost August, and the noon sun is no longer hot, but has a bit of warmth, especially the light shining through the glass windows into this old hall, which makes people feel more vivid and vivid. Yang Rui was thinking about the possibility of Zhang Jian, Ningbo businessmen, micro businessmen, and Guangdong businessmen uniting together, as well as the power of joining forces, while smoking a cigarette with some boredom.

Although the power of the gentry was driven out of politics by the Revival Society, it was not damaged much, at least the family property did not suffer any loss, and those who led it, that is, the members of the National Assembly and the provincial councilors of the previous dynasty, still enjoyed popular popularity among the ports and the literate class, and after the founding of the country, they vigorously advocated industry and revitalized industry, and these people borrowed a lot of money, which can be regarded as being frightened or bought by themselves. But this is just that everyone is not familiar with it, and it is possible to really invest in agriculture with all its might, and the regime will not make concessions, what will happen to these people, a coup d'état?

After smoking a cigarette, Yang Rui felt that he was too suspicious, those gentry had soft legs, if it wasn't for the Wuchang Revolutionary Party in Xinhai that year, they would not have followed closely, if it weren't for Yuan Shikai's two-faced desire to take benefits, these people would eventually sell the revolutionary army to the Manchus in order to get a good price......

"Prime Minister, Yang Huizi is here, saying that there is something important......" Thinking about it, Li Zilong at the door reported.

"Then invite him to come." Yang Rui extinguished the second half-smoked cigarette. Thinking about what Yang Du is doing here. Do you want to engage in vertical and horizontal again? Britain and France are not easy to fool.

Yang Du didn't want to have time as soon as he came to the prime minister, and he hadn't fully brewed what to say. He entered the room for a while before he said, "Prime Minister, I have read the report of the Ministry of Rites. I think that the discussion of Lord Zhang is absolutely impossible. ”

"Hmm." Yang Rui did not express his opinion, although he did not approve of Zhang Taiyan's set of things.

"Ahem...... Yang Du coughed several times before he said: "Du thinks that the history of our country has gone through three major stages, one is the feudal stage, the second is the stage of the nations, and the third is the stage of the great unified empire. The reason for this is that the southeast of our country is the sea, and the north is an endless grassland. To the west is the yellow sand, and the whole country is self-contained, with little communication with the outside world, so all dynasties thought that they were the center of the world, and foreign countries were barbarians. At the same time, since the world is only so big, it is necessary to curb human nature in order to maintain the stability of the country, and the emergence of Confucianism is exactly the right fit for this situation.

But now, there are many powerful countries in the world. If China wants to survive and develop in this fierce and ruthless Warring States era, it must abandon the Confucian consciousness under the unified imperial power system and replace the weak, powerless and decadent culture. Only in this way can we meet the challenges of the Western powers. ”

After Yang Du finished speaking, Yang Rui smiled: "Good! Please elaborate. ”

Yang Du held back after reading Zhang Taiyan's report for several days, and as soon as he came today, he sprayed out what he thought in his heart to Yang Rui. It looked like a strategist during the Warring States Period, and Yang Rui also answered like a king at that time. The two of them immediately smiled.

"If we want to abandon the culture of the time of great unification, we should go back 2,000 years. Rebuild the meaning and stance of the Warring States Seven Heroes era, regain the Warring States type culture, and eradicate the national characteristics such as conformity, self-sufficiency, laziness, and cowardice brought about by the 2,000-year-old unified culture. But what is the need to regain the Warring States culture?

I think that you can start with taxis. There were soldiers during the Warring States period, and there are also soldiers now, but these two kinds of soldiers are completely different. The people of the Warring States are the pillars of the country, who are bright and upright, have both civil and military skills, and are the pillars of the country; And the people of the present, hypocrisy, weakness, despicability and fraud, are the moths of the country, so the people of the Warring States are doctors, and the people of the present are doctors.

The former is the product of the feudal system structure, and the latter is the necessity of the great unification of the imperial power, therefore, the doctor is a kind of rigid personality, they take righteousness as the foundation, and then use loyalty, respect, bravery, and death, these four to run through the ambition of their worldly career, and the perseverance of their duties. This kind of righteousness is not the righteousness of the rivers and lakes, but a kind of honor as a nobleman, and etiquette is only the embodiment of this honor;

The scholars and doctors under the great unification began to become literati and bureaucratic, righteousness became face, etiquette became entertainment, loyalty, respect, bravery, and death became filial piety, love, wisdom, and life, and the personality of the rigid way became a weak personality, so as to adapt to the ** that hunted fame and tried to be heard under the focus of the imperial power. In this world, everyone no longer has a share, and no longer everyone is responsible, what happened is the emperor's mediocrity, the power of the ministers, and has nothing to do with themselves, the country is overturned, the society is not guaranteed, they just change their hairstyle, official robes continue to sell their reputation.

In particular, filial piety, which is the traditional family patriarchal system, it is just a private virtue, two thousand years of filial piety for a hundred lines, cultivated countless families of filial piety and filial piety, between the family and the country, heavy family and light country; In the Warring States Period, the most important thing was that every citizen became a part of the national organism, public morality was more important than private morality, and political virtue was more important than any virtue. ”

What Yang Du said was very appetizing, but obviously he didn't organize his language well, and his thinking was not very fluent, but Yang Rui found a shining point in it, isn't this what he wants? After Yang Du finished speaking, he asked, "Huizi, this is loyal、...... Brave and die to reconcile? ”

Yang Rui actually missed a word, Yang Du did not add, but immediately replied: "If you want to know loyalty, respect, bravery, and death, then you must first say righteousness and courtesy; If you want to talk about righteousness and courtesy, then you must first talk about honor.

The hereditary master has the concept of inheritance and duty, and only when he has the world's career and duty can he have the concept of honor, so I say that righteousness is honor. This is also the aristocratic spirit often referred to in the West, but this is called righteousness in our country. Although the great unified scholars and doctors often spoke of righteousness, it was only in their words and not in their spirit, and their dereliction of duty seemed to them to be justified. And in the hearts of the great doctors, righteousness is an extremely sensitive and extremely strong sense of self-respect. Think of the self as a glorious and holy being, and its existence is not tolerated by any dirt.

There are two sources of this dirt. from without, with from within. To the dirt from the outside, we must duel to defend ourselves, and to the dirt from within, we must commit suicide to understand ourselves. Behind the honor, there must be a determination to die in the wind and frost. The sword that best represents this meaning is the sword that everyone must carry at that time, and righteousness is in the heart of the doctor, in fact, it is a sword.

Understood righteousness. Then you can really understand what is called etiquette. On the day, the ceremony is by no means a gift to usher, and the ceremony is a natural expression of the sense of honor of the doctor. He is not a social interaction, but an expression of self-obedience, like the honor rules of a Western knight. Although scholars and doctors also pay heavy respects, they have broken away from the sense of honor and have become social, and the means of joining the WTO are not only suspected of hypocrisy. There is even less dignity.

It is for me to say that propriety is only the outward appearance of honor, and in addition to propriety, there are four central elements of the great master's actions. This is loyalty, respect, courage, and death.

Disloyal. It is a kind of sincerity to the top, and the relationship between the top is the most basic relationship for the master. The most important thing in the sense of honor is to express the word loyalty, and all the great doctors and scholars during the Warring States period were absolutely sincere and loyal to their lords. And to the present. This kind of loyalty should be loyalty to the country and loyalty to the community.

Respect. It's a way to be honest. This has been completely degraded at the moment, and the scholar is right for the person. is only accustomed to rejecting laughter and arrogance, jealousy and accusation. The respect of the great master is to retain one's own personality while fairly accepting the dignity of others' personality. Behind this respect, in fact, is honor, respect means self-respect and respect for others, just as the prime minister will not be a subordinate to practice or make fun of, and the degree will not lose his personality because the prime minister is the prime minister, so loyalty can last.

Courage is a kind of sincere power, which is full of sincerity on weekdays, but when it comes to the moment, it is immediately timid to avoid, which cannot be called loyalty. Loyalty depends on bravery. Courage is a kind of realistic force, there is courage can be real, and without courage it is empty talk. The aristocratic tradition of the West places special emphasis on bravery, and this is why. Led by all kinds of evil and cowardice, Westerners still see it this way today. We have been poisoned by Confucianism, and always regard the word courage as a second-class virtue, and filial piety as the primary virtue, in fact, this is the reason why scholars evade loyalty, once these people are dying, they will shout, there is still an old mother to support at home, so to rest assured that Yunyun, in the final analysis, is still cowardly.

Where does courage come from? Determination from death. Death can be said to be the will of life. If you can die, you can be brave, and death is a litmus test. The reason why honor becomes honor is that there is a determination to die behind it. By extension, the most critical factor in the rigidity of the entire Dafushi's personality is still in the dead word. Confucius said: Unknown life, no one knows death. On the other hand, I am afraid that it is more in line with the truth; Unknown death, how can I know life? ”

Yang Du's grand argument is finally finished, and his conclusion is that the key to cultivating the rigid personality of the Warring States Masters lies in death, and in Yang Rui's view, the key to the honor of the Warring States Masters lies in hereditary. That is, to defend the honor of the ancestors with their own blood, many time-honored brands that have taken over the ancestral business in business are in order not to smash the signboards of their ancestors, not to be moved by interests, and to maintain the tradition. This may be good, but can it be said that the current fake aristocrats in China are going to become real aristocrats and engage in a hereditary system?

"What you said is very good, Greetings. Let me ask one, if it is not hereditary, will those so-called great masters you have a sense of honor? Yang Rui asked, this is the key to his concern.

"It must be hereditary, but, it is possible not to hold a hereditary position, only a hereditary title." Yang Du said, "The title of the country, no matter what the title is, is a kind of honor, it is in name but not in reality. If the father dies on the battlefield for the country, can there be a son who defects to the enemy and betrays the country? I don't think it's possible, unless there is a grievance. ”

"Then what if my son can't be admitted to a military school because of his unqualified grades?" Yang Rui asked. "Is it an exceptional admission, Shiyin once?"

"You can read his father's loyalty, and subtract some points as appropriate, and now the high school entrance examination and college entrance examination of the school department, don't they all deduct 20 points for the martyrs? The Prime Minister is concerned that such an act would be unfair to others, but there are many things that no one will find unfair as long as they are put on the table. Yang Du said. Besides, there will not be only one child, there will always be one adult. (To be continued......)