Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 297

Zhao Xin didn't return to Beihai Town until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. When he heard that Wang Rongfu from Yangzhou had recovered and was discharged from the hospital, he planned to pay a visit.

The small courtyard where Wang Rongfu lived was near Shen's house. He came to Beihai Town alone, and ate breakfast and dinner at Shen's house every day.In the morning, there were only a few women in the Shen family. Zhao Xin felt that it was inconvenient to visit, so he went directly to Wang Rongfu, but when he arrived, he found that there was no one at home.

In desperation, he had no choice but to go to Shen's house to inquire in person, and asked Guisheng's father Ah Si, and only then did he know that Wang Rongfu would go to the elementary school library to read after breakfast every day.

Now there are several libraries in Beihai Town. There are libraries in the Technical School, Sailor School, and Junior Military Academy, but they are only open to naturalized students and cannot be taken out.

All kinds of books in the library are not original editions, but printed ones; the eight teachers in the education department have been busy sorting out books in their spare time.

But the most troublesome thing is mathematics, physics and chemistry. Whether or not to change a large number of formulas named after Westerners, and how to change them, the teachers have been discussing and even arguing for a long time before.In the end, it was Zhao Xin who made the decision, don't worry about it, just use the original name, otherwise we will be confused in the future.

A large number of paper and electronic books and documents brought from another time and space, basically every book has to be edited to remove the content related to another time and space, then proofread by a special person, and finally scanned and printed before entering the library For people to borrow.

Don't be in a hurry, and you will make mistakes if you are in a hurry; so everyone worked slowly for more than a year.It is considered that the finishing work of the first part of hundreds of books has been completed.

The library in Beihai Town Primary School was only opened in November last year, and it mainly stores some sorted out ancient books of Ming and Qing Dynasties.Zhao Xin deliberately found many ancient Ming and Qing books that had been banned during the Qianlong period. Most of these books were secretly preserved by collectors in another time and space and passed on to later generations.

For example, "Daming Yitong Fubu" four volumes, Zhang Huangyan's "Northern Expedition Chronicle", Yu Ruoying's "Fu Gaotang Anthology" 26 volumes, Huang Zongxi's "Yuanjun" and "Yuanchen"; and "Remnant Chronicle" ", "Jiashen Chronicle", "Gu Bu Gu Lu", and Lu Liuliang's "Lecture Notes on the Four Books" and so on.

Of course, the Wenyuange version of "Siku Quanshu" and the photocopy version of "Ancient and Modern Book Collection" have also been sorted out and printed, and become part of the library collection of Beihai Town.

Wang Rongfu lost his father when he was young. At that time, his mother, Mrs. Zou, brought the three of them, three siblings, to seek help and struggle.When he was a teenager, he worked as an apprentice in a bookstore. He loved reading and read all kinds of classics and history books. There is a saying among Yangzhou folks that "one who has no books and does not read is Wang Zhong".When he was in the hospital, he had heard people talk about the library in Beihai Town School, so he went there every day after returning home from the hospital, staying for a whole day.

Right now there are three regulars in the primary school library, Wang Rongfu, Lin Ziping and Sato Nobuhiro.

Wang Rongfu's personality is both lonely and crazy. In addition to his conceited knowledge and talent, but also because of his childhood experience, he is straightforward in dealing with things and not tolerant of people and things.But on the other hand, a guy who is upright and easy to offend others doesn't have so many twists and turns.I have had a lot of contact with Lin Ziping and Sato Nobuhiro, and the three of them occasionally communicated while reading books.

Lin Ziping, an old man, can be listed as one of the "Three Miraculous People of Gentle Government", and his personality is similar to that of Wang Rongfu. He doesn't like fame and fame, and loves reading.His map surveying team has been formed long ago, and he just waits for the spring to bloom before setting off.Now it's cold and there is nothing to do, so I come to the library every day to pass the time.

After coming to Beihai Town for a few months, Lin Ziping and Sato Nobuhiro learned Mandarin, although it sounds weird, but there is no problem with normal communication.These two people originally had a good foundation in Confucianism, and sometimes they discussed with Wang Rongfu, but they also had exchanges.

When Zhao Xin came to the door of the library, he only heard a young man inside saying loudly:

"The reason why people are human is the ritual of China. Barbarians are human beings, and they can also govern the country; but Mr. Wang, you must know that the king of beasts can also command animals. Therefore, it is not according to etiquette to be a barbarian and a di, and to be an animal. If people are rude, they are not different from animals; if the Chinese are rude, they are not different from barbarians."

Zhao Xin recognized that it was Sato Nobuhiro who spoke.At this time, another person in the room said loudly in Yangzhou dialect: "I have said so much, I can sum it up in one sentence. There is a saying in "Spring and Autumn" that if the princes use the barbarian rituals, they will be barbarians, and if they enter China, they will be Chinese. The rites of the barbarians are the barbarians, and the barbarians enter China and the Chinese are. The heart of the sage is the heart of the heaven and the earth, which is all-encompassing and inclusive. What is good is good and what is evil is evil. How can there be a distinction between Hua and barbarians? Those who talk about "Spring and Autumn" are very strict about the debate between Hua and Barbarians, and they have greatly missed the purpose of the sages."

"This is Wang Rongfu?" Zhao Xin heard the fierce words of the two people, fearing that they would interrupt them after entering, so he stopped at the door.

Sato Shinbuchi in the house said again: "The name of China is what the country calls itself. It regards our king as the center, and regards the outside world as barbarians. The so-called China and barbarians are based on the sage's consideration of the whole world. China is China, and foreign countries are barbarians. Yidi. Change it into a theory, don’t be afraid! The sage praised the country he was born in and called it China, and he despised foreign countries and called it Yidi. This is the sage’s selfish intention! [-]. Japan is a barbarian. Don't you know that the barbarians outside Japan are not inferior to Tang. Although I was born in Japan, I can aspire to learn since I was a child, and sages can come here, not to mention that even China in Tang has its shame. "

Wang Rongfu sneered and said: "The sages are selfless! In ancient times, the sages followed their bodies before their bodies, and kept their bodies outside their bodies. If they were selfish, the way of heaven would not exist. Besides, what are Huayi? Xia, who died in Mingtiao, is also a native of Dongyi. King Wen was born in Qizhou and died in Biying, and he is also a native of Xiyi. If he succeeds in achieving his ambition and doing it in China, if it is in accordance with the festival. The sage first and the sage later, he is one."

At this time, Lin Ziping, who hadn't spoken for a long time, suddenly smiled and said, "Mr. Wang, according to your statement. Is Zhao Wangdian Hua or Yi?"

Wang Rongfu said: "I look at King Zhao. Although there is an image of a king, there is no one who is a king. The rituals of the king and his ministers have not been determined, and there are no names. They are in a corner outside the fortress. How can we talk about Huaxia?"

As soon as this remark came out, Sato Nobubuchi shouted: "Arrogance!"

Wang Rongfu sneered and said: "What do you know, child! The etiquette is as important to the country as it is to the king! Sincerity is the tool of the model body, and it is also the source of prosperity. It is the so-called three hundred etiquettes, three thousand prestige, and the crowning." , Faint, funeral, sacrificial ceremony, imperial court, appointment, shooting, feasting rules, the small and small festivals of advancing and retreating, eating and living. Monarchs and ministers depend on order; couples inside and outside depend on distinction; father and son brothers, marriage and marriage Therefore, it is said: "The etiquette in the face is moved, and the virtues of heaven are prepared; the rule of law is established, and the king's way is accomplished."

Lin Ziping nodded and said: "From the point of view of the old man, the dignity and inferiority of a country are due to the number of gentlemen and villains, and the good and evil of customs. It is not enough to be proud of living in China, and it is not enough to be ashamed of living in barbarians. Master said, quality is better than literature Zeye, Wen is superior to quality and history, and gentle and gentle, then a gentleman. If the king of Zhao had not been ordered by heaven, how could he have defeated the soldiers of the Tartars?"

Wang Rongfu sneered and said: "Yes, not only broke the imperial army twice, but also defeated Sendai once, Nagasaki twice, and Edo three times!"

The reason why he chose to come to Beihai with Shen Jingdan at the beginning was because of Zhao Xin's sincere letter. In that letter, Zhao Xin sincerely expressed his respect for Wang Rongfu and greatly complimented his past of being filial to his mother.The second is that he heard from Shen Jingdan that Zhao Xin broke the imperial army twice, and he also heard that this person beat the Japanese country several times.So I wanted to see who this "Queen of Zhu Ming" who was crazier than himself was.

Lin Ziping and Sato Xinyuan couldn't help blushing when they heard this, but Lin Ziping usually travels outside, his skin is very dark, and he can't see any redness at all.

Lin Ziping thought for a while before saying: "If there is etiquette, barbarians will be Hua. If there is no etiquette, even though Hua is unavoidably barbarian. Even if you conquer with virtue, you will not be a subject. This is the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period. In the past, the Emperor Ming ascended to heaven. , Hongguang fell to the barbarians, Tang and Lu were able to protect the southern corner, and the Tartars ran rampant in the Central Plains. The decline of China's fortunes, violent plundering, false presumption for a hundred years, all kinds of changes, and clever manipulation of the world. And the power of our country, foreign courts and barbarians can't even hope for it, especially because of it."

At this time, Sato Nobuhito couldn't help but admire Lin Ziping's words: "What you said is very true."

Before the words fell, the three of them only heard someone laughing outside the door: "Mr. Lin's words are really ridiculous. No one beat you is the reason for claiming to be China? Then what is it if I hit the island country three times?"

The door of the room was pulled open from the outside with a swish, and Zhao Xin strode in.He listened outside the door for a long time, and he roughly understood what the three people in the house were arguing about.

Lin Ziping and Sato Nobuhiro mean that China has now fallen into the hands of the Qing Dynasty, so it is "changing barbarians with Xia"; due to geographical location, the island country has rarely been invaded by foreign forces in history, and insists on Confucianism. Naturally, it is "turning barbarians into summer".

And Wang Rongfu gave the example of Shun and King Wen in history. They were considered barbarians in that era, but they followed Chinese etiquette after they became successful, so they can no longer be considered barbarians.Big and broad, just say that the current belt is clear, people's territory can be relied on, and etiquette is practiced in the world, why is it not China?
It is said that since the demise of the Nanming Hongguang regime, and even the demise of the Zheng family, Annan, North Korea, and island countries around China all believed that the land of Shenzhou had sunk and that China had perished.So Li Chao, who had the most sense of cultural superiority, called himself Zhonghua, and Annan, who was far in the south, also began to call himself Little China.

To put it bluntly, it is the problem of the small countries around China deeply influenced by Confucian culture robbing the right to speak of East Asian culture.

The theory that the island nation defines itself as "China" has actually been seen in various classics since the era of laws and regulations (the middle of the seventh century to the tenth century).After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, due to the introduction of the Confucian school and the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate who believed in Confucianism, Confucians in the island country faced a difficult problem, that is, how to interpret China and the island country as independent political entities, each called "China". Contradictions and contentions exist.

As the Manchu dynasty ruled longer and longer, most of the Confucian scholars in the island country have agreed with the argument that the island country is China.This is because island nations are superior to China, which has historically been repeatedly conquered by barbarians compared to island nations, which were always able to defeat foreign invasions.

Yamaga Soyuki, who had a profound influence on the expansion theory of later generations of island countries, believed that island countries should form an East Asian cultural order centered on island countries to replace China. (This is where the idea of ​​that bullshit "co-prosperity sphere" originated.)
The problem is that the island country is different from North Korea, where the Confucian ritual culture goes deep into the custom level, and does not have the corresponding cultural accumulation.So Yamaga Soyuki based the excellence of the island country on the theory of the founding of the country by "Amaterasu", the continuation of the lineage, and the domination by "martial arts".The island country is a "martial arts" country, and the so-called "ethics" is also included in the "martial arts".

(Speaking of which, after the devil's disastrous defeat in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II, the Japanese newspapers wrote "Shenzhou Lu Shen", and the little devil has always regarded himself as Chinese.)
Seeing Zhao Xin coming in, the three of them stood up and saluted, but Lin Ziping and Sato Nobuhiro were very respectful, while Wang Rongfu just bowed their hands slightly.

Nobuhito Sato was young and impulsive at this time. Hearing what Zhao Xin said when he entered the door, he couldn't help arguing: "Zhao Dian, what I said is that our country has never been invaded before, Your Highness, you are the first."

Zhao Xin waved his hand to signal the three of them to sit down, looked at Sato Xinyuan and said, "You are wrong. It wasn't that you couldn't win back then, but that Meng Yuan hadn't been completely wiped out and couldn't spare a shot. That Prince Huailiang killed the envoy of Ming Dynasty, Taizu If the emperor has a big ship like Thor, do you think he will send troops?"

Seeing that Nobuhito Sato lowered his head and did not dare to argue again, Zhao Xin said slowly: "The greatness of etiquette is called Xia, and the beauty of clothing is called Hua. China will always be China, even if it occasionally sinks, it is still China. Countless Thousands of years of history have proved that there is only one China! Whoever refuses to accept it will see the difference on the battlefield. If there are still people claiming to be Little China after the fight, then just destroy the country and merge into China. Save them talking about it every day."

In Zhao Xin's view, no matter how much North Korea, island countries, and Annan and others learn Chinese culture, they are just students in the Chinese cultural circle and will never become orthodox.This is not a question of whoever has learned Confucian culture is China, but a question of protagonists and supporting actors; in other words, in the East Asian civilization circle, there can only be one protagonist.

What he said was calm, as if he didn't care, but to the ears of Wang Rongfu and the three of them, they were terrified.Here, Wang Rongfu has never seen Beihai Town's force, and Lin Ziping and Sato Nobuhiro have no doubt that Zhao Xin can do it.

Thinking of the overwhelming artillery fire from the Thunder God, Lin Ziping said hastily: "There is an old saying in Zhao Wangdian, no matter how big a country is, it will die if it is warlike."

Zhao Xin laughed and said: "Mr. Lin, the times have changed. Although the world is safe, if you forget the war, you will be in danger, but is this world safe? The era of the jungle is coming. The world will be the era of force. We don't care about others, and others will be afraid You will always think about us. You have written "Sea Country Bing Tan", you should know the importance of the ocean."

Lin Ziping was taken aback, and asked, "Zhao Dian, you mean the Russians."

"Not only Russians, but all Westerners."

Wang Rongfu looked at Zhao Xin, with doubts on his face, he said: "I'm afraid this is alarmist talk. Westerners, barbarians are also worthy, so they are worthy?"

In this era, apart from Qianlong and a few princes and ministers in the court, the general literati and officials had a vague understanding of the West, and they were arrogant about European countries.For example, the "Dynasty of the Dynasty" compiled in the 32nd year of Qianlong said that France, a Frangipani, bordered the Netherlands.Many of the descriptions here are actually copied from the "History of the Ming Dynasty" "Biography of Folang Ji".

For the scholar-bureaucrats who led the Qing Dynasty, most of them were still buried in articles and classics at this time, and had no time to consider the "barbarian world" outside of China.Even Kangxi had predicted that "after thousands of years, China may suffer from it", but that was too far away from real life.At this time, no one could have imagined that the time for the disaster to come was less than a hundred years.

Zhao Xin did not answer Wang Rongfu's words, but changed the subject: "In my opinion, Huaxia is not a race composed of pure blood, but a combination of races within the region. In the Spring and Autumn Period, Chu State was still a barbarian, but now ? The "Hua-Yi debate" itself has been evolving with the changes of the times, and the geographical scope of Huaxia has also been expanding."

Wang Rongfu nodded with his beard and said: "The people of the four barbarians have re-translated and admired the benevolence, righteousness, and loyalty of China. Although they came from a foreign land, they can devote themselves to China, so I don't call them barbarians. The people of China are stubborn and kingly, Forgetting benevolence, righteousness, loyalty and trust, although the body is born in China, but the heart is turned to barbarians, I do not call it Hua."

Zhao Xin said with a faint smile: "You can add one more sentence. All the soldiers that pass by are Chinese."

　This chapter is really hard to write.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)