Chapter 282 How heavy is the Nine Cauldrons Inside and Outside the Palace (Yuan Er)?
In the studio on the first floor of the Rixin Building, Gao Pingshi absently looked at the statue of the Goddess of Victory sent by the Portuguese, and said: "These Europeans are quite interesting. They have abandoned polytheism long ago, but the art world still
I don’t know what the Holy See thinks when these ‘heretic’ statues are made from time to time?”
Liu Xin glanced at him and said: "The Holy See? Didn't you say that Europe has been reformed?"
Gao Pragmatic looked at the statue of Victoria, the goddess of victory, and said casually: "The Reformation has indeed happened for more than half a century, but the contradiction between Protestants and Catholics is not so easy to resolve. In about twenty years, they will
The Thirty Years' War is about to begin.
This war is also called the European Religious War. Basically, the whole of Europe will be beaten to pieces, especially the German region. When they finally can't fight anymore, they will sign a peace treaty called the "Peace of Westphalia". Later.
Europeans would also call the international relations resulting from the conclusion of this peace treaty the Westphalian system.”
"Oh..." Liu Xin thought for a moment and said, "Anyway, the Holy See can't control that much now, right? By the way, who won this battle?"
"We can't talk about winning or losing, it's just that neither side can fight." Gao Pragmatic curled his lips: "Of course, if we have to talk about winning or losing based on the results, the Protestant Alliance won by and large. Their Calvinists, Anglicans and other Protestant factions have achieved
With a status that is on par with Catholicism, its domestic people can freely practice religion without being regarded as heretics."
Liu Xin nodded first, and then asked in confusion: "Is this the result? I mean, they have been fighting for thirty years just because of religion?"
"That's not true. The religious reasons are actually just superficial, and the root cause is interests." Gao Pragmatic snorted softly and said: "In the Thirty Years' War, every country that participated in the war, one by one, was almost all for the purpose of expanding itself.
Territory, political influence, thus using all military and diplomatic means.
The religious conflicts that triggered the war in the beginning have actually become insignificant in the later stages. What the heads of state are thinking about are the borders and territories between countries, economic and political interests, and even national sovereignty."
Liu Xin calculated: "The war will start in twenty years, and it will take thirty years to fight, so fifty years have passed. By then, we will all be in our seventies...so this matter should have nothing to do with us, right?"
"Maybe not, maybe there is, but it's still too far away. I'm too lazy to think about it now." Gao Pragmatic shook his head.
Liu Xin smiled and said: "You looked very tired in the study just now, and now you are unwilling to express your opinion on your favorite long-term plan. It seems that you are really worried? How about you let me guess?"
"It's up to you." Gao pragmatically replied indifferently.
"Are you worried that one day you will be forced to become an enemy of the Ming Dynasty?" Liu Xin looked at Gao Pragmatic with interest and expressed his guess.
"Yes, but not entirely." Gao Pragmatic seemed to feel tired even looking at the statues, so he simply found a chair and sat down.
Liu Xin also sat down on the chair next to him and asked, "Not exactly? Are there any other problems that are troubling you?"
"Recently, I always feel that Jinghua's aggression is getting stronger and stronger, and it is getting harder and harder to suppress." Gao pragmatic sighed, and then asked: "Don't you feel this way?"
"Well, how should I put it... If I say that I am very open-minded about these things, would you believe it?" Liu Xin curled her lips and said, "I mean, whatever I think is fine."
"Anything is fine?" Gao Pragmatic frowned: "What do you mean, anything is fine?"
"That is to say, if Jinghua is aggressive, then it will attack. I can neither support nor oppose it. In short, if you agree with Jinghua to attack, no matter who the target of the attack is, I will not mind helping
You. And on the other hand, if you want to suppress Jinghua's aggression and prevent them from causing trouble, I am also willing to help you suppress it as much as possible."
"Oh, yes, you can indeed look at these things from a relatively detached standpoint." Gao Pragmatic nodded first, then paused, and then said: "But I have too many things to consider, so... alas
, I have a headache.”
"What are you worried about?" Liu Xin looked at Gao Pragmatic with interest and said, "I think Jinghua's current strength is strong enough, whether it is going west to the South Asian subcontinent, going north to the Central Plains, or sending people to explore Oceania.
, I think it’s not a bad idea to even go east to Hawaii and set up a foothold in preparation for expanding into the Americas.”
"That's good, but what's the problem?" Gao Pingshi shook his head and said: "The problem is that I have felt that there is a quite powerful force within Jinghua that has its sights set on the north - that is to say, they want to compete in the Central Plains.
"
Liu Xin pursed her lips and thought for a while before saying, "For people of this era, I don't think it's surprising that they think this way."
"Isn't it surprising?" Gao Pingshi sighed: "I always think about fighting against my compatriots, but it's not surprising. What you said makes me feel... the literary youth is just chilling in his heart."
"Haha, you're always like this." Liu Xin was amused, but immediately shook her head and said, "But that's not my opinion. I mean it's not surprising that they think this way."
"Why?" Gao Pragmatic said seriously: "They have studied the "World Geography" compiled by you in the Jinghua Craftsman School. They know how big the world is, and they also know that there are many good places in the world... Why can't they just leave the Central Plains?"
"It's not that you don't understand this truth, it's just that you don't want to think about it." Liu Xin shook his head and said: "The so-called 'When the barbarians enter China, they will conquer China, and when China enters the barbarians, the barbarians will conquer'. Although Beijing has now opened up millions of square meters in southern Xinjiang,
Kilometers of actual territory, but firstly, the name is not justified, and they are indirectly ruled in the name of each kingdom; secondly, even if the name is justified, these places are still the "Yidi" lands in their minds, not China.
!
For them, that is, people of this era, on the one hand, they feel that they are of course "Chinese", and on the other hand, they know that Jinghua has the ability to dominate the Central Plains. So what do you think they will think? Of course, they are pushing you to compete in the Central Plains.
He takes over China and then openly declares that he is the Chinese orthodoxy! Is there anything strange about this?"
Gao Pragmatic said with a sullen look on his face: "But I have said before that I don't want to watch the Chinese kill each other. I hope that the Chinese people's guns will be consistent with the outside world, so that in the future we can defeat those pirates and gangs and let Chinese civilization
There is no need to feel sorry for yourself or think you are lagging behind in the future.
Liu Xin, I firmly believe that our civilization is not only not backward, but fundamentally speaking, it is far more civilized than those pirate gangs! I won’t say anything else, just look at the tableware.
Crossed, one is backward and primitive, and the other is fierce, can it be compared to a civilization that uses tachyons?"
It seems that Liu Xin has not thought about this statement, and she was stunned for a moment: "Is tachyons related to the advancement of civilization?"
"Of course." Gao pragmatically said: "First of all, one end of the tachyon is round and the other is square. The round one symbolizes the sky, and the square one symbolizes the earth, which corresponds to the round sky and the earth. This is the understanding of the basic principles of the world by the Chinese ancestors; secondly, holding the tachyon
At child time, the thumb and index finger are on the top, the ring finger and the little finger are on the bottom, and the middle finger is in the middle. This is the image of the three talents of heaven, earth and man. This is the Chinese ancestors' understanding of the relationship between man and the world.
Then, the Chinese people abide by the concepts of Tai Chi and Yin and Yang. Tai Chi is one and Yin and Yang are two. One is divided into two, which means that everything is composed of two opposites. The two become one, which is the combination of Yin and Yang.
, also means a perfect result. When using tachyons, one root is active and the other is passive; active is yang and passive is yin, which is the symbol of two instruments.
Chinese people pay attention to the integration of two into one. For example, both Eastern and Western civilizations originated from mythology. Later in the West, humans and gods were separated, and they relied on science to do things and religion to be a human being. This actually shows that their cultural heritage is about "division".
But China is different. Everything in China pays attention to "integration", even humans and gods are integrated together: the Eight Immortals are gods and humans, Confucius and Guan Yu can also be regarded as gods. Chinese people are idealistic and not divorced from reality.
The soul and body also pay attention to being integrated into one.
Let me give you an example. Before you and I traveled through time, there were already many foreigners in China. If you called the waiter in a restaurant and said, "Get a pair of kuaizi," he must be Chinese. If you said, "Get two kuaizi," then he must be Chinese.
He is a foreigner who has just arrived in China.
If you recall those American blockbusters, you will find that when they wrote the scripts, the underlying thinking was that light will definitely defeat darkness. Chinese people often don't think much about it when watching movies, and only understand it from the perspective of "evil prevails over good", but this
In fact, it is not consistent with the underlying thinking of Chinese culture.
The underlying thinking of Chinese civilization is that if darkness no longer exists, what is light? Therefore, the yin and yang fish are a harmonious whole. Yin and yang are indispensable. However, there is no reason for the white fish to swallow the black fish, and it is also impossible for the black fish to swallow the black fish.
Drop the white fish.”
Liu Xin was stunned for a long time, and finally said with a wry smile: "This, civilization or something... the level is too high, my understanding is limited, you have the final say."
Gao pragmatic rolled his eyes and was too lazy to reply.
Liu Xin picked up the topic and said: "No matter what you think, I think the reality is that Jinghua is getting stronger and stronger. In any case, it is inevitable that they will have the idea of 'returning to the Central Plains and becoming orthodox'... I
I think this is also a kind of bottom-level thinking of the Chinese people. If you want to change this, you may have to put a lot of effort into it."
Gao pragmatic touched his chin and remained silent.
Liu Xin added: "Speaking of which, I have always been confused, that is, how do you plan for the future of Southern Xinjiang? Especially how do you plan for the future relationship between Southern Xinjiang and the Ming Dynasty - if
If you don’t plan to fight back to the Central Plains."
Gao pragmatic pinched the root of his nose and between his eyebrows, and said: "How to plan? I originally planned to let the Ming Dynasty and Nanjiang perform their own duties to resist the Western invasion. The Ming Dynasty is responsible for the land, and the Southern Xinjiang is responsible for the sea."
"That's it?" Liu Xin said in astonishment: "Then are Ming Dynasty and Southern Xinjiang the same country, or are they two different countries?"
Gao pragmatically said: "As long as Southern Xinjiang becomes vassal to the Ming Dynasty, it is not important."
"This is not important?" Liu Xin's eyes widened: "This is very important, okay!"
"Why?" Gao Pragmatic frowned and said, "Southern Xinjiang is controlled by Jinghua. Jinghua originated from Ming Dynasty and relied on Ming Dynasty for its rise. So what's the problem with southern Xinjiang nominally professing vassalage to Ming Dynasty in the future?"
"What a big problem!" Liu Xin glared at him and said, "Why did King Chu dare to ask Emperor Zhou how heavy the Jiuding was? And why did he ask like this?"
Gao Pragmatic was silent for a moment and said: "You mean to overtake in strength? But I think as long as Ming Dynasty does not collapse, its strength will not necessarily be overtaken by Southern Xinjiang."
"As long as the Ming Dynasty does not collapse? Why?" Liu Xin sneered: "Only because of the reforms you have made? Ha, these reforms of yours are indeed a good way to save the Ming Dynasty, but the problem is yourself
Now that they are all feared, can you ensure that your reforms can continue to be promoted? Can you roll out all the reforms that you think the Ming Dynasty needs in your lifetime?
Even if you have enough means to reach an exchange or compromise with the emperor, can you ensure that future emperors and the court will continue to do so unswervingly? What if you fail to reach a compromise with today's emperor, or future emperors?
Overthrowing this set again, can you guarantee these possible changes? I think not?
But Southern Xinjiang is different! If Southern Xinjiang can finally establish an independent country, then you will be the founding king, and what you say will be the law of your ancestors. The subsequent emperors may be called whatever they are, in short, they will be your descendants. Who can overthrow them?
Those lowest-level political systems you have set? Absolutely not, they can only go down according to your wishes.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! For example, if you explain it in the name of the ancestral system and say that the system in southern Xinjiang is to pay equal attention to workers, farmers, commerce, students, and soldiers, then sooner or later it will still enter the period of civilian government, but
At least they don't dare to openly discriminate against other classes. This gives the country's underlying logic a given nature, which is to provide a foundation so that other classes will have some basic base. This is better than the Ming Dynasty.
The current system is one where only civil servants count.
As time goes by, the Ming Dynasty will still go to extremes and reach a dead end. However, Southern Xinjiang may avoid extremes and always maintain some basic unity, so its strength relative to the Ming Dynasty will become increasingly stronger... By then, it is
Isn’t it your turn to ask the Ming Emperor how much Jiuding weighed?”
Gao Pragmatic was speechless for a moment, and was thinking about how to refute, but who knew that Liu Xin hadn't finished speaking yet. Liu Xin continued: "Also, don't forget, your previous plan was for Ming Dynasty to be responsible for resisting Western invasion on land.
But who is there on land?
There is only one Tsarist Russia, and Tsarist Russia has always been relatively backward in the Western world. Even if the Ming Dynasty and Tsarist Russia were at war and in contact, how much could the Ming Dynasty learn from Tsarist Russia? I don’t see much, after all, Tsarist Russia’s system does not have
How advanced.
But what about Southern Xinjiang? Who are the people that Southern Xinjiang can come into contact with? First it was the Spanish-Portuguese Empire, then the Netherlands, then Britain and France. It can be said that each is a better opponent in the Western system, so Southern Xinjiang is hostile to them.
Or you must be able to absorb some advantages during the relationship, which is another step ahead of Ming Dynasty.
All in all, according to your scenario, I don’t think it will take more than a hundred years at most. Southern Xinjiang will still overtake the Ming Dynasty in terms of strength, and eventually the emperor of the Ming Dynasty will still ask how heavy the nine tripods are."
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