"Head of State, how can you guarantee that your plan can save China? Many problems are not as simple as you think. I think the policies implemented by the head of state are quite radical, and perhaps more problems will arise by then."

Only then did Wei Yuan face Dong Liang. He was just testing Dong Liang just now. As the saying goes, the king chooses his ministers, and the ministers also choose their king.

"I think Mr. Wei is referring to our Chinese land policy." Dong Liang said with a smile.

"Exactly, the Chinese land policy is similar to the equalization of land, but more radical than the equalization of land. You must know that this is not the Northern Dynasty after the Rebellion. At that time, the population of the north was only a few million, but now there are tens of millions in the entire north.

Population. In the end, your land equalization will result in no land to be equalized. In addition, people are selfish. Your civil servants and military generals will follow you to start uprisings. Don’t they have their own ideas? After equalizing land, how will you give it to them?

Are they privileged?”

Wei Yuan thought about this issue for a long time. When he first read the "Letter to Chinese Compatriots", he felt that the Chinese policy was too whimsical.

All the bustle in the world is for benefit, and all the hustle and bustle in the world is for benefit...

How can Wuli win over his subordinates? How can Wuli consolidate his rule? Without a stable ruling class, how can he consolidate his rule?

Dong Liang had already thought about this problem and thought of countermeasures. He immediately said: "Mr. Wei, your understanding of this world is far better than that of the world. Tell me, is there a lack of land or a lack of land in this world?"

Population. The British mainland is no more than

It has a population of 30 million, but it is known as the empire on which the sun never sets. North America is twice as big as China, with only tens of millions of people. There is also Australia in the south, which is not smaller than our Central Plains, with a population of less than one million. These places

If foreigners can take over, why can’t we Chinese take over?”

Wei Yuan immediately understood what Dong Liang meant and his solution, which was expansion, but he had a different idea: "Head of State, do you want to supplement the shortage of domestic land through expansion?"

"Exactly, and we will liberalize land policies in some places to attract more people to new lands." Dong Liang did not sell out, but said straightforwardly.

"Head of the State, have you ever thought about whether the culture of China can be passed on if the people of China are dispersed like this? The inheritance of Chinese culture has a lot to do with the land we live in. If you disperse the people of China like this,

Will it have a result, that is, China will be split into several countries in the future, including Donghua, Nanhua, and Xihua... Will they kill each other?" Wei Yuan said.

Whether Dong Liang's expansion can be achieved is one thing. Wei Yuan only talked about the problems that will arise after expansion.

Dong Liang nodded and said: "Mr. Wei, what you said does make some sense. The same people will form different cultures in different regions. This is called regional isolation. I remember an Englishman was studying this. Likewise.

If an animal is placed on a small island, after several generations of reproduction, it will usually become another species."

"Just like the white people living in the New World, the thirteen states in North America were originally ruled by the British, but in the end they turned against the British. In fact, the main people living in the thirteen states are also descendants of the British. They are of the same race and culture.

Basically the same, both Anglo-Saxon."

"Yes, then, Head of State, how can you avoid this situation from happening in the future?"

Dong Liang said: "The so-called geographical isolation is due to the lack of communication. The small island I just mentioned will produce new species, that's because this small island cannot communicate with the outside world."

"But now there are trains and telegraphs. Through telegraphs, I can instantly transmit messages thousands of miles away. The signal is transmitted by electricity. The speed of electricity is the same as that of light. Does Mr. Wei know the speed of light?"

"In addition, there are trains and ships. Trains can connect all the towns on land, and ships have shortened the time of sea voyage. In the future, people may invent a flying machine that can reach any place on the earth in a day or two.

Everywhere. Mr. Wei must know about the earth. In a hundred years, people may really be able to fly machines to the moon. Mr. Wei should know that the moon is also a sphere..."

Wei Yuan was stunned for a moment when he heard this: "Führer, are you really from the Qing Dynasty?

In fact, what Wei Yuan wanted to ask was whether Dong Liang was from this era.

"Mr. Wei, I am not from the Qing Dynasty, but I am from the Chinese ethnic group, and you are also from the Chinese ethnic group. The Qing Dynasty is just a stage in the history of the Chinese ethnic group, and this stage is about to pass. The Chinese ethnic group and the Huaxia

Civilization will flourish in our hands and find the glory that once belonged to us."

Wei Yuan was already excited by what Dong Liang said. Dong Liang now had such inflammatory statements with national sentiment at his fingertips.

"Sir, have you noticed that with the emergence of these new technologies, the territory that a country can rule will become larger and larger. During the Han and Tang Dynasties, China managed the Western Regions. Why did it fail in the end? Isn't it because of transportation problems?

?Transportation is poor, communication is difficult, immigrants cannot get through, and the cost of food and material transportation is too high, which ultimately leads to the failure of our expansion in China."

"But if there were trains at that time, one train could transport more supplies than hundreds of horse-drawn carriages. Moreover, the speed of the train would be getting faster and faster, and the load would be larger and larger. It might only take one day from Chang'an to the Western Regions.

In one night, will the Western Region be lost in this case?"

Wei Yuandao: "Of course not."

Wei Yuan was not a serious person either. He was very knowledgeable and immediately understood what Dong Liang meant.

He also did not doubt that the technology of trains would become more advanced in the future, because it was he who proposed that this time was undergoing a major change not seen in three thousand years.

In this era, science and technology are developing at a rapid pace. A few decades ago, sailing warships were still sailing on the ocean, but now, most of the warships sailing on the ocean have an extra chimney.

Who can tell what will happen decades from now?

"Mr. Wei, we Chinese have started to build the railway from Fuzhou to Quanzhou, and the railway to Funing Prefecture in the north will also be built soon. I can now know what is happening on Dongfan Island through telegrams at any time, and I will send telegrams in the future.

To make it wireless, build a very high signal tower so that we can know the news on the other side of the ocean at any time. And wherever the Chinese territory expands in the future, the railway will be built. Tell me, in this case, can we expand infinitely?

Go down?"

"So, if our technology continues to innovate, we Chinese can even rule the entire world, and Chinese civilization will also spread. Qin Emperor, Han Wu, Tang Zong and Song Zu are nothing, our generation is the saint of the Chinese nation."

Wei Yuan looked at Dong Liang and felt a sense of fear in his heart.

"Führer, who are you? The mountains and rivers of Fujian Province can't support people like you?" If he hadn't adhered to the principle of saying nothing, monsters and gods, Wei Yuan would have said that you are not a god from heaven who has descended to earth.

Would a mortal have such ambition and insight?

"Führer, my health is not good and I am not young. I probably won't be able to see that day. Maybe I won't even be able to see the Chinese overthrow the Qing Dynasty. But I hope you won't be blinded by power. You will become lost.

You must learn from the controlling God of Killing and the violent Qin Dynasty."

"No, Mr. Wei, you have to keep your health. You are only in your sixties and are still in your prime. Take good care of yourself. Our Chinese medical skills are also developing very fast. Let our Minister Xiang Ying take your pulse and prescribe some medicine.

, you can live peacefully in Fuzhou City, do some learning, and take good care of your body."

"I don't need you to become an official. The main problem we Chinese people are facing now is cultural issues. I want to establish our own cultural system and build the cultural confidence of our Chinese people before we go abroad."

"Cultural confidence, you know? No matter where you go, everyone will proudly say that I am a Chinese. This is also a centripetal force. With this centripetal force, there are 50 million Chinese

The basic base of the people, who says we have no chance to control the entire world?"

Wei Yuan added: "But there are many people and cultures living in this world. If you want to control the entire world, it means causing huge killings..."

Wei Yuan is not Mary's disease, but he feels that the endless killing may eventually bring down the Chinese people. The consequences of this are too horrific.

Dong Liang said: "I am not happy with killing either. To stop fighting is to use force. War is for peace. Killing without the hope of peace is meaningless."

"So, I hope that our Chinese culture is very tolerant. Why has Confucianism become the traditional Chinese culture for thousands of years? Isn't it because it is tolerant enough to absorb hundreds of schools of thought?"

Wei Yuan finally understood what Dong Liang wanted this bad old man to do.

"Führer, you want me to work with Jiang Jingli and others to improve the cultural construction of the Chinese nation."

Dong Liang said: "That's it. Sir, he is well versed in Chinese and Western knowledge, and the things in his mind are different from those of Neo-Confucianism. If our Chinese culture wants to be inclusive, we must absorb different ideas. But looking at the whole of China, people like Mr.

several."

"Sir, you are an elder. Our Chinese nation needs scholars like you to set up a destiny for the Chinese nation. Let us work together to create an unprecedented prosperous age for the Chinese nation."

It stands to reason that Wei Yuan is past the age of being easily excited, but at this moment he clenched his fists unconsciously.

His body, which had become old due to illness, suddenly seemed to be full of vitality, and his whole mental state changed.

"Then I will try to live a few more years and see how far the Chinese people can go?"

Next, Wei Yuan discussed the issue of Yangzhou with Dong Liang. He already knew that the Red Flag Army in Jiangbei was part of the Chinese ethnic group, otherwise he would not have been sent here.

He pointed out that the base area in Jiangbei should be expanded northward to Haizhou and Xuzhou to create conditions for the Chinese to move north to the Central Plains in the future.

If conditions permit, they can occupy Yangzhou and attack Huai'an so that the Qing Dynasty cannot take care of Jiangnan.
Chapter completed!