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Chapter 51 The Shameful Late Qing Dynasty

"Of course it's more than that." Zhu Aao smiled and said, "It can not only sing opera, but also sing some songs from later generations, recite poems, and do simple arithmetic."

"A song for future generations?" The red lady seemed to have turned into a curious baby, hugging the doll tightly and looking at Zhu Ainao, her almond-shaped eyes full of expectation.

Zhu Yusao immediately said: "Xiao Ke Xiao Ke, sing a song "Serve the Country with Loyalty"."

"Okay, let me play Tu Honggang's "Serving the Country with Loyalty" for you."

Immediately, a loud music sound came from the rag doll, which scared the red lady and she barely managed to throw it out.

Then I heard the singing voice of a bold and vigorous man.

"When the smoke rises, the country looks north

The dragon flag rolls, the horse neighs, the sword energy is like frost

My heart is like the vast water of the Yellow River

Who can resist in twenty years..."

This "Xiao Ke" is actually a "smart" rag doll purchased online by Hao Guangming for Zhu Yaoshan. It can be used as a toy and teach children some knowledge.

It will store excerpts from Henan Opera "Mulan", "Loyalty to the Country", etc., of course, Hao Guangming specially downloaded them.

Because in the plan, Hao Guangming originally wanted Zhu Aelao to use this thing to prove to Li Yan, the red lady, that she could travel to the next life.

Now that this thing is given to the Red Lady, Zhu Auntie is probably the only one who can pout.

She hasn't had enough fun with this stuffed doll yet.

But she was very obedient. When she learned that her sister wanted to use it, she endured the heartache and gave it to her.

When Zhu Yaoshan returned to the Ming Dynasty with the doll, Hao Guangming promised to buy the same doll, which made Zhu Yaoshan happy.

After a while, Li Yan and the red lady finished listening to "Serve the Country with Loyalty", but they still couldn't come back to their senses.

Because this song is so beautiful and shocking to both of them.

"I didn't expect that the songs of later generations would be so good, and they were sung by a man." The red lady looked at the doll's apricot eyes and couldn't put it down.

Li Yan said with emotion: "Although the lyrics of this song are simple, it has a grand artistic conception. It seems to be sung specifically for those soldiers who sacrificed their lives and shed blood to defend their homeland. The emotion is sincere, and even I was deeply moved when I listened to it.

"

Hao Guangming couldn't help but smile after hearing this.

I thought, Li Yan’s comments are quite good. If he learns from them in future generations, he will definitely be better than the judges of some singing talent shows.

At this time, the red lady was already eager to give it a try.

She held the doll lightly in both hands and said in a gentle tone: "Xiao Ke, Xiao Ke, will you recite a poem for me?"

Although the words spoken by the Red Lady can be understood by later generations, they are definitely not Mandarin. They are even different from the Henan dialect of later generations. They should belong to a certain dialect of Henan in the Ming Dynasty.

Then an embarrassing scene occurred.

"I'm sorry, I don't know what you are talking about."

The red lady was stunned when she heard this, and then she asked, dumbfounded, "This little thing won't recognize his master, will he? Why can't he understand what I say?"

Zhu Yuyao smiled politely and said: "It is easier for him to understand what I just said."

In fact, Zhu Yuluo can't speak standard Mandarin, so she had to practice the few sentences just now many times to turn "Xiao Ke" from mentally retarded to intelligent.

At this time, Li Yan coughed lightly and imitated Zhu Nuao's previous pronunciation: "Xiao Ke Xiao Ke, recite a poem "Out of the Fortress"."

"Excuse me, is it Wang Changling's "Out of the Fortress" or Xu Xilin's "Out of the Fortress"?"

Hearing that Xiao Ke actually understood Li Yan's words and gave a response, the red lady couldn't help but stare at Li Yan with jealousy.

Li Yan looked at Zhu Yurao and asked curiously: "Who is this Xu Xilin?"

This was the first time Zhu Yurao had heard of this name, but she had also encountered poems with the same name written by later generations before.

So he said: "It should be one of our poets after the Ming Dynasty."

Li Yan originally wanted to hear Xiao Ke carry Wang Changling out of the fortress, but now he changed his mind and wanted to see this later poet's "Out of the Fortress".

He then cleared his throat again and said in an authentic tone: "Xu Xilin's "Out of the Barrier"."

"Okay, let me recite Xu Xilin's "Out of the Fortress" for you."

"The military song should be sung with a big sword and a ring to destroy the Hunu and leave the Jade Pass.

Just die for your country on the battlefield, why should you return your body wrapped in horse leather?"

After listening to it, the red lady said thoughtfully: "This poem sounds good, I can understand part of it, and it is quite powerful."

Li Yan lamented: "I never expected that later generations would be able to write such a poem with the heroic style of the Han and Tang Dynasties. No wonder I dared to have the same name as Wang Changling's frontier fortress poem.

Princess, does she know what kind of person this Xu Xilin is? I think even if he is not a border guard general, he is still a scholar with military experience, right?"

Zhu Yuluo was actually quite curious about the resume of this later poet.

Hao Guangming was the same on the other side, so he checked Xu Xilin's information online and read it to Zhu Ainao.

On her side, Zhu Ayao considered it again and told Li Yan.

She said: "This man is neither a border guard general nor a scholar with military experience.

In fact, he was an anti-Qing patriot in the late Qing Dynasty. He once assassinated the governor of a Qing court province, and then captured the weapons depot in the city to revolt. Unfortunately, he failed and was killed."

After knowing who Xu Xilin was, Li Yan and the red lady not only looked at each other, they were both quite surprised.

He didn't expect that Xu Xilin was actually their "companion" and they were both rebels.

It's just that they rebelled against the Ming Dynasty, while Xu Xilin rebelled against the Qing Dynasty.

At this time, Zhu Yuyao said again: "It will be much more difficult for later generations to rebel against the Qing Dynasty than it is for the two of us to rebel against the Ming Dynasty at this time. At that time, muskets and cannons had made great progress, and their power was much greater than now, and they could no longer be resisted by flesh and blood.

But even so, anti-Qing patriots in the late Qing Dynasty still revolted again and again, fighting for their lives and never regretting it. Do you two know why?"

The red lady sneered and said: "What else can be done? The government officials all have the same virtues. They impose excessive taxes and exploit the common people, forcing us, the common people, to have no way to survive."

Zhu Yusao shook her head, "It's not just that, because from our Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, the world is actually experiencing a major change that has not been seen in three thousand years.

This world refers to our country, the Ming Dynasty, and many other countries overseas.

Some of those countries are undergoing changes, and some have already succeeded in reforming, expanding their territories overseas and capturing the interests of other countries.

For example, the Hongyi who sold the Hongyi cannon to our Ming Dynasty is one of them.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, after two to three hundred years of development, many of these overseas barbarians had extremely powerful muskets, cannons, and ships. They traveled around the world, plundered, and oppressed countries that were not as powerful as them.

Because the Qing Dynasty ruled over hundreds of millions of people of all ethnic groups, mainly Han Chinese, it controlled the development of muskets, artillery and other weapons after gaining control of the world. It also tried its best to fool the people.

Therefore, at the end of the Qing Dynasty, our country was successively attacked by barbarian cannons and ships from overseas, forcing the Qing court to cede territory and pay compensation, and signed numerous humiliating treaties with these barbarian countries.

Even later Japan, the country where the Japanese pirates were located, was able to force the Qing court to cede large areas of territory and pay more than 200 million taels of silver as compensation.

At that time, the Qing court had actually become a hawk and an accomplice for overseas foreign countries to exploit the people of China.

Later, even the capital was captured by the Eight-Nation Allied Forces, allowing the barbarians to rush into the capital and burn, kill, and loot. Even the two magnificent royal gardens built by several generations of Qing emperors were looted and burned to the ground.

The country of the barbarians even established a state within a state in the capital, without being bound by the law, and arbitrarily insulted the people of China, and even equated the people of China with dogs!

Tell me, if you had lived in that humiliating era, would you have fought against the Qing Dynasty at all costs?!"

After hearing this, Li Yan and the red lady frowned and were speechless for a while.

The red lady found it difficult to understand Zhu Aao's words.

After all, she has never had contact with foreigners. In her eyes, there is only one Ming Dynasty in the world.

It is difficult for her to imagine that her country is being bullied by many other countries.

On the contrary, she had heard some things about Japanese pirates.

Li Yan was well-informed and read a lot, but he could still imagine the situation in the late Qing Dynasty.

Think about it, if the Ming Dynasty was humiliated by neighboring countries such as Mongolia, Korea, Japan, and Annan to the point of ceding territory and paying compensation, or even helping these foreign countries to exploit the people of the Ming Dynasty, then he would be so angry that he would bite his teeth into pieces and die.

I would agree with such a court.

Compared with the Qing Dynasty in later generations, although the Ming Dynasty still puts its people in dire straits, natural disasters are the main factor.
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