.Chapter 31: The Soul of China (I)

"...... Our China has been magnificent for five thousand years, with its natural treasures and its outstanding people and its land is truly the pinnacle of world civilization. However, Li Chuang and other traitors incited public opinion and plotted against rebellion. The ambition of the barbarians and barbarians in Qing Dynasty, Wu Sangui and other Han jiān were accused of tigers, so they led beasts to eat people, and the land of the country was sinking, which was called the destruction of the world... The decline of our China was actually caused by the rebellious actions of barbarians and beasts in Qing Dynasty, so our celestial dynasty was not passed on for two hundred years, and the sages were not passed on, and the barbarians and summer were not divided, so the Taoist dynasty was cut off and all the clothes were abandoned..."

"The prosperity of our heavenly dynasty today is actually a clear proof that our Chinese civilization is a hundred times that of the Western barbarians. Since ancient times, our heavenly dynasty has been dressed, rituals, music, writing, poetry, and moral articles are all a hundred times that of the barbarians. What is China? The central part of heaven and earth is called the center of culture, and the prosperity of our Chinese culture is called Hua. The revival of our China today is actually the sincerity of our ancestors' spirits to revive China, and we protect the spirit of the heaven and earth in every way. However, our Chinese scholars and common people uphold the sages and learn the right way, and have the great spirit of heaven and earth, and naturally defeat all the battles..."

"In this world, Huangkou Shuzi's poems and books are not passed down. He opens his mouth and speaks the words of the beasts of the Western barbarians. He keeps talking about human rights and freedom, equality of power, democracy and science, all of which are the dross of the collapse of barbarians and decay. In this life, I regard it as a criterion... Some people who admire foreigners and charm foreigners to hide evil intentions only advocate it, and use the barbarians to change Xia, and talk about the wonders of Western learning, and take it as their own responsibility to destroy our Chinese holy learning. Such villains should be punished by the people of China, and their pens should be punished by them..."

"The hearts of people in this world are broken, ethics and education are not there, and the world's style is declining, which is heartbreaking. Since ancient times, our China has three pillars and five rules. The king, minister, father and son are used to determine the status, and the debate between China and the barbarians is used to determine the principles of China and the world. However, today's China's people always report to officials and destroy the rules of the country. Some beasts even imitate the Western barbarians, and often add evil words to the saints, making it a pleasure to be neither ancient nor saints, which makes the foolish people and fools cheer. My saints' learning is destroyed... The barbarians with red hair and blue eyes often go out to the court, and are very energetic, without any trembling and dedicated attitude in the Celestial Dynasty, and they all call themselves great powers, and ignore the reality that our Celestial Dynasty rules all nations..."

"There are also first-class merchants who are proud of their evil and humble careers. Wherever they go, the farming and sericulture are corrupt and the weaving is abandoned. Most farmers abandon the land and leave their jobs, which is called choosing a job, which is actually corrupt. My family in China has been proud of four generations living together and five generations living together. In the future, many descendants have been following the so-called new learning and often leave their hometowns to find employment. Each group of families has led to the lack of family members and indifferent family affection. In previous years, the joy of living together for five generations living together was not there, but the old man cried with his relatives... "

"The words of parents, the words of matchmakers, and the morality of husband and wife are examples of filial piety and brotherhood in the world. Nowadays, the so-called free love, betrayal of filial piety, disobeying parents, indulging their descendants in self-interest, and abandoning their family with their personal concepts is really a pity... In the long run, father and son turn against each other, mother and son do not meet each other, and family collapse, and the saint's method of self-cultivation and family management does not exist. How can we talk about the great way to govern the country and pacify the world..."

"The most important thing at this time is to revise my holy knowledge for generations, and to bring peace to my China for thousands of years. Why? Middle school students are the righteous spirit of heaven and earth; Western scholars are the small way of learning. Therefore, middle school students are the body of learning, and Western school students are the small way of learning, which is the small way of learning, which is in line with the laws of heaven and the lower ones follow people's hearts."

"... Today, China, the holy emperor is in the country, the people are in full swing, the fortune of the Western barbarians has declined, and the way of heaven has rotated and prosperous our Chixian. The key to rule is to follow our emperor and understand the right way, govern the world with filial piety and brotherhood, restore the Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues, and promote famous religions. With this kind of heavenly principles and human hearts, our China has regained the governance of three generations, and lay the foundation for the prosperous era for five thousand years..."

The Palace of China.

Zheng Yu just drank tea quietly until Song Jiaoren finished reciting that he smiled at Liang Qichao on the sofa: "Zhuo Ru, can this masterpiece be attracted to my brother's eyes?"

Liang Qichao smiled disdainfully: "This kind of old-fashioned and rude talks about culture, and lives like a dead person who cheats on a corpse. It's just a fool's talk. Why should I take it seriously? For me, such remarks are all nonsense and are not worth refuting at all."

Zheng Yu nodded and turned to Chen Qingtong beside Liu Ziwen: "Brother Zhongfu has taught me?"

"The words are extremely absurd. However, the people are strong at this moment, and they are also despised by the people of the West. If such fallacies are rampant, it is inevitable that some old and young people will use it to waste." "Duxiu" Chen Qingtong had a serious expression, "In order to prevent problems from happening, we must refute them sternly, so as not to hunluàn the thoughts of our people and shake the overall situation of our empire's cultural and educationalization."

Zheng Yu turned to Liu Ziwen, "Beizhu" again, saw this man frowned and pondered, and asked softly: "Does the eldest brother get something?"

Liu Ziwen bowed slightly: "I dare not take it... I am just strange. Although Zeng Lian is a conservative Taoist priest, how dare he publish such articles openly? This is not simply about the past and the present, but directly pointing the finger at the entire system of our empire..."

"He wanted to cater to my autocratic rule under the banner of supporting the imperial rule." Zheng Yu said lightly, "It seems that some people want to test my thoughts... The old and young men from the old rituals who were born in the new dynasty must have been resentful for a long time. In the old days, they were selected as scholars, and when they were good at studying, they were officials. These people have long regarded studying as officials as the only right way in the world. If they have fame and fortune, they are superior to others in the countryside. If they write a book in the genealogy, they will write a lot of wealth and honor, and they will have a lot of wives and concubines. Now that the future is ruined, it is no wonder they hate the new learning to the core."

"In their opinion, I should use this victory to restore the imperial throne." Zheng Yu sneered, "However, I reopened the parliament, safeguarded the constitution, promoted new education, and opened up the wisdom of the people. Some people have misunderstood, and they must have speculated and see if I have to lie dormant. If I am obsessed with autocracy and want to be more experts in the world, they would not say that their remarks would become a sign of fame. As long as I indulge in a little bit, a group of old and young people will use the unique knowledge of the past and promote the wind to flourish in order to fully conserve and retro."

"Your Majesty, even if we do not refute it severely, can such absurd statement stir up the wind?" Song Jiaoren couldn't help but ask, "Now civilization is prosperous, new education has been greatly promoted, and people's wisdom has been opened, so how can it be easily mihuo?"

"Dunchu, you still don't understand us Chinese." Zheng Yu shook his head, "The cultural sediment accumulated over thousands of years has already penetrated into the bone marrow and is everywhere. How can it be erased by just decades of improved education? If these people want to launch a cultural war, they will not just have such big and general remarks, but will incite all traditional and conservative forces. From all angles, they will fiercely attack Xinxue under the banner of national justice. If they deal with it improperly, they may be too big to lose their tails."

Seeing that several people were a little unbelievable, Zheng Yu turned to Song Ziwen and said, "Brother, if you want to stir up this trend, what questions should you start with?"

Liu Ziwen concentrating and thought for a moment, and then spoke: "Nature is the use of the banner of the nation and ancestors to usurp history and beautify the ancient times, especially the Ming Dynasty, which was "expelled the Tartars", and in the name of "revising the history of the Qing Dynasty tampered with", he wrote some stories about the Manchus entering the pass to massacre the Han people and ignorant people. On the one hand, it beautifies the Ming Dynasty, and on the other hand, it smears the Qing Dynasty, arouses the hatred of the people against the Manchus, and then links his proposition to restore the old and learn ethics with national justice. Whoever opposes this side is the remnant of the Qing Dynasty, and the Han jiān lackeys. With the current public spirit of the empire, once this label is labeled, it will naturally be difficult to defend and cannot be regained."

"As long as the upper class of the empire is slightly indulged, these forces will be able to gain the hegemony of public opinion together. Over time, no one dares to object. The old learning of ethics has become subtly influenced and gradually became the mainstream." Liu Ziwen said, "The tradition of the people you say is helpless. For thousands of years, China has always governed the country with moral principles and placed moral principles at the center of everything, so there is no god who starts from reality. Everything likes to use moral principles as a criterion. As long as it does not conform to the so-called saint's set of things, everything is wrong and bad. As long as it conforms to this set of things, no matter whether it is useful or not, truth or lies, or facts, it is right and good."

"The kings of all dynasties have deliberately incited or indulged this cultural orientation for their own rule." Liu Ziwen said, "In this way, intellectuals like to cater to the wind, speculate on power, and are accustomed to speaking from a standpoint but do not like to think with their brains, and become slaves to the words of the saints, and are naturally played by the monarchs or dead monarchs. In this cultural model, judgment issues do not need to be comprehensively considered, but only one standard is to be: whether they conform to the words of the saints. If they are not in line with the words of the saints, they do not need to be considered again, and they are directly denied. As long as they are in line with each other, they do not need to be considered. Just do as they are done, because the saints will not be wrong."

"Under such a tradition, as long as these remarks occupy the mainstream of public opinion, new learning is likely to be overwhelmed by the seemingly inviolable natural and natural righteousness of national justice, moral principles, and ancestor traditions. Especially by inciting people's hatred, you can successfully place opponents on the opposite side of the people, that is, use the majority of "we" to completely overwhelm the minority of "them", so that the outcome will naturally be clear."

Liang Qichao's face changed slightly, and after a while, hesitantly said: "Will this matter be so serious? The world has developed to such an era, how could it be back to Neo-Confucian Eight Essays overnight?"

"Zhuo Ru, this cultural change cannot be achieved through decades of change." Chen Qingtong shook his head, "Your Majesty and Brother Beizhu reminded me that this matter is really not simple... Think about it, the reason why the late emperor launched the cultural and creative industry in Annan to introduce Western learning was the first to re-educate a large number of young people who were not deeply poisoned by the old ethics, and then combined the national justice of the anti-Manchu and Han Dynasty. He even used the "Chinese fever" of the Western learning movement era to promote the origin of Western learning from China. He used some remarks of Mencius, Mohist schools and Xunzi to verify each other with Western learning, and then promoted smoothly."

"But in this way, there are many blind spots in cultural reform. In addition, the late emperor is relatively relaxed in his thoughts and culture, allowing different ideas to collide. Old conservatives use this to resist and confront new students, and have not completely aphasia for so many years. Especially after the founding of the country, the nation's self-confidence is prospering. In order to strengthen internal cohesion and stabilize the ruling order in the north, the empire has introduced national quintessence education and advocated the seven virtues of the empire of loyalty, courage, benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness. In addition, the Han emperors also introduced national treasure education and advocated the seven virtues of the empire. In addition, the Han emperors also gave birth to the imperial ethics education and advocated the seven virtues of loyalty, courage, benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness. In addition, the Han emperors have also introduced national treasures and education.

With clear governance, plus abolishing agricultural tax and excluding lijin and other good policies, the late emperor was offered as a idol of the saints in various places, and this retro idea became increasingly surging. Many intellectuals, due to the strong Western barbarians and the decline of China, the sense of superiority in traditional culture disappeared. Now suddenly, such a 'saint of the world's world's 'exorcism and restoration of the Han Dynasty', naturally seized the life-saving straw and took the opportunity to incite and exaggerate traditional values ​​to maintain self-satisfaction."

"This national war, our empire was suddenly in trouble, the former emperor was in trouble, the people were uneasy, and the mutiny was also added. However, Your Majesty was heroic, and he won in one fell swoop, and his territory was opened. His civil and military achievements have never been seen forever. This is a matter of easy to be crazy, and it is even more incredible and unbelievable, and it is even more protected by the gods." Chen Qingtong said, "In this way, the national superiority hidden in the hearts of the people, and the self-esteem that was once suppressed and damaged was once a ruthless person.

Next time, it was released and released, and decades of repression rebounded in one fell swoop. It may indeed go to extremes. At this time, under the banner of national justice, beautify certain history, create some hatred of the "national public enemy", and add some oil to this fire, and it is really impossible to incite public opinion. Even if the government wants to save the situation, it is afraid it will be a jealous weapon. Especially once Your Majesty himself intends to use this to collect power, the situation will be unstoppable."

"These people are so rude, but unfortunately they still miscalculated something." Zheng Yu said calmly, "I am the son of the late emperor, a student of Xu Shuai, and a representative of the people of my empire. I want to rely on these treacherous tricks, but it is a delusion. The era is vast, the rule of law, science, democracy and democracy are really the flow of the times. I want to put my head in my shell like a turtle, use self-imagination and self-satisfaction to play the new version of the Celestial Kingdom, and create a patriarchal society with three pillars and five constants of the monarchy, and fool the people, family and officialdom, and use various forms of sage quotes to fool the people, use various unquestionable dogmas and etiquette to forcibly suppress the people's sentiments and destroy equal order, and then you will definitely be crushed by history."

Hearing this, a trace of excitement flashed in Song Jiaoren's eyes, and even Liu Ziwen was slightly shocked.

"Before, military affairs and government affairs were too serious, and the country had to put national war first. I really didn't have time to argue with these little kids." Zheng Yu said, "Now that the urgent matter has been completed, these people jumped out by themselves, and they couldn't say that they had to put some effort... Dunchu..."

Song Jiaoren bowed slightly.

"If you make the decision on this matter, how do you want to deal with it?"

Song Jiaoren was stunned: "Me?"

"Yes." Zheng Yu nodded, "Just assuming you are me, or Prime Minister Tang, you have to start solving this matter."

Song Jiaoren returned to his calmness after a moment: "If it were me, the more he argued, the more he became clearer, so he should naturally publish an article in newspapers and magazines and refute it sternly. These people are so misleading, and the viewer will naturally know who is right and who is wrong."

Zheng Yu nodded without comment, then turned to Liang Qichao: "What about Yi Zhuo Ru see?"

"I suggest that these conservative and old remarks should be restrained." Liang Qichao said solemnly, "Since ancient times, Chinese people have always debated who has a 'stance' and who has a big voice, and rarely cares about whether the logic is rigorous and whether the arguments are sufficient. The banners these people use are nations, morals, ancestors, and traditions. These things have a strong appeal to all classes, and are mixed with national self-esteem and cultural superiority, which are the easiest to incite fanaticism. Even if some absurd remarks are incited, if public opinion is incited, and some people change their appearance slightly under the banner of 'reason', these remarks may be the source of disaster."

"Although Brother Zhuo Ru's opinion is somewhat biased, it is not without reason." Chen Qingtong nodded, "The Chinese people's ability to distinguish is still very weak, and education is basically based on indoctrination. The world outlook and values ​​are still hunluàn and fragile. It is inappropriate to indulge in extreme thoughts and speeches at this time."

"With Duxiu and Zhuo Ru's big pen, what are we afraid of?" Liu Ziwen smiled, "Whether restraint or indulge, these absurd remarks, as long as the political side stand firmly, the mainstream media in the public opinion circle are guided effectively, and the new scholars are widely involved, are you still afraid of these old people?"

"After that being said, things will be based on precautions, and if not, they will be abandoned." Liang Qichao said, "Bai Zhu's ambition is commendable, but this tip can kill people. The huge power of the thousand-year tradition and the national spirit that began to win the national war should not be underestimated. If there is any mistake..."

"I won't deliberately restrain myself."

As soon as Zheng Yu said that, everyone was shocked.

"His Majesty……"

"This debate always requires free speech to be truly deeply rooted in people's hearts." Zheng Yu waved his hand, "I have been rising and falling for thousands of years, and I have experienced prosperity and decline. It can be seen that the glory of victory at this time is not enough to be the foundation for the eternal period. To truly change the country, it is not enough to start with government affairs, economy and military, and the root is still in culture."

"It is important to rely on political and economic reforms to influence and guide subtly, but since things have come to this point, culture should be improved and refreshed." Zheng Yu looked around everyone, "What is the essence of Chinese culture, what is the civilization of the new era, and what is the true Chinese soul, is also time to show it out."

Since Zeng Lian published the article "Determining the foundation of the country, rectifying the barbarians and Xia, restoring the rule of the rule, and promoting the imperial unity", the entire Chinese intellectual community suddenly fell into a strange atmosphere.

Beizhu and Duxiu were surprisingly silent, and even Liang Qichao, who had always advocated the rule of law in the civil rights and the rule of law, was inexplicably silent. Although there were many supporters of the new school who were sarcastic, many people saw it and began to make their own judgments.
Chapter completed!