Great time travel

173 Chapter [-]
"...Cultural heritage? You mean Four Books and Five Classics, Stereotyped Essays, Poems and Songs? Those elegant things that scholars put on airs?"

The civil servant of the East Coast Republic sneered at this, "... If it is tangible cultural heritage such as books and antiques, we don't mind building a museum and collecting them. If it is intangible cultural heritage such as singing and dancing, we can also It can be recorded as a video or recorded as a text for preservation. But who would be willing to treat these living sour literati as uncles? They are Wenqu stars descending to earth, and they are all extremely proud. Even if they are given more generous treatment , They will only take it for granted, without any gratitude.

For a modern regime, these traditional Confucian scholars who can only memorize a few books and have eyes on the top of their heads represent only trouble and burden.What is the use of things like Zhihu Zheye and Zhou Li Shangshu in the New World where the jungle is preying on the strong and the nations are vying for hegemony?
Of course, if they, like modern writers, are content to write something for a fee, that's fine.But the problem is that these literati in feudal dynasties actually regard themselves as politicians, and sincerely think that with a few nonsensical articles, they should hold great power and govern the people!But what would happen if they were to become officials?Heh heh, everyone is dealing with official duties, and then concentrates on corruption and sabotage!In the year before last, our East Coast Republic had brought in too many immigrants in a short period of time, and there were not enough educated township officials, so we tried to let a few people from the Ming Dynasty be the mayors of the newly established colonial towns on the border. Not only are the gangsters unwilling to do their job properly, but they also despise the law and the military.On the contrary, he tolerated those Indian barbarians everywhere, and he was closer than his own grandson!Later, they were all beheaded because of corruption or collusion with foreign enemies...

In short, if everything goes according to their ideas, I am afraid that we will be exterminated within half a year.But if you don't follow their thoughts, they will always think about how to rebel, and even if the rebellion fails, they will disgust you-what use are such bad embryos? "

After hearing these words, Wang Qiu and the other civil servants in charge of immigration could not help feeling the same.Indeed, in the Suzhou-Hangzhou area of ​​the Ming Dynasty, apart from some Suzhou embroidery masters and porcelain craftsmen, there were no professionals who could not be found elsewhere, and the rest of the population could only serve as basic labor.But those proud traditional literati are obviously unwilling to be the basic labor force—a bunch of useless guys, but they firmly believe that they are inherently nobler than anyone else, and others should be cattle for themselves. When making a horse, the best way to deal with it is to abandon it.

"...Those bad-tempered poor and poor people are really hard to serve. They are all pulled as if we owe them millions."

Another civil servant who had just crossed over and worked at the headquarters of the Australian Chinese League also sighed in agreement, "...we selected immigrants to go to Australia before, and planned to build a village there as a pilot. Originally, we found a very promising village. The famous Hangzhou Juren served as the village head.

Who would have thought that that guy would put on an air of indifference when he heard that there was an official position available, and when he found out that he was only made a village chief, he even dared to blow his beard and stare at us, saying what? "We have been in the cold for ten years and have read the books of sages. How can we be a mere subordinate?" '

As a result, when we were reviewing immigrants, we would rather find illiterates.Even if a few literate people are needed, they only dare to use small traders or old children, and absolutely dare not use famous scholars, even if they are low-ranking scholars, they will be dragged to death... All of them are absent from work all day long, and they still feel good about themselves It's terrible, I always feel that the world should stop without them, and I even want to cause trouble from time to time..."

"...So, as long as the direction is wrong, the more knowledge you have, the more reactionary you will be. We have a deep understanding of this issue."

A member of the Lingao Crossing Group, owner Zhao Yingong of Phoenix Mountain Villa also came over to join the discussion, "...it is really too difficult to reform those old literati with stubborn ideas. On the one hand, these people demand the treatment of national scholars , On the one hand, they will only come up with some unreliable ideas at most, and most of them are bad ideas that want to do bad things. If you want them to do some practical things in a down-to-earth manner, it is really more uncomfortable than killing them.

In order to attract local intellectuals, we also conducted civil service examinations in Hainan Island, but none of the old literati were willing to take the examinations, because they thought that even if they passed the examinations, they could only start as grassroots civil servants, and the starting point was too low for them. Said it was too cheap.The vast majority of scholars dream of becoming a high-ranking official in one step, and they have to be the kind of "honest officials" who only need to talk about it and don't need to do practical things-how can this kind of request be granted? "

"...So, let's sit and watch Jiangnan being smashed by the Qing army. How can we build a new world without destroying the old world?"

The civil servant of the East Coast Republic interjected, "...from a humanitarian point of view, this is indeed a disaster. But for us traversers, a disintegrated and chaotic Chinese Empire is more suitable for us We can cultivate our own sphere of influence in the coastal areas, and obtain commercial benefits from the inland areas, and the refugees caused by the war provide us with a steady stream of immigrants.

The reason why those Europeans in the early days were willing to take the huge risk of more than half of the death rate to cross the sea to the colonies in America and East Asia was not because of the long and brutal 30-year war, the melee between the Italian city-states and the civil war between Britain and France. The people at the bottom were forced to survive, so they had to try to flee to overseas colonies, looking for a chance to live a comfortable life?

Even for China itself in this time and space, a period of brutal war is necessary.According to the conclusion drawn from historical experience, without going through the pain of blood and fire, a country absolutely cannot abandon those outdated and stale things and move towards a new social form.

Therefore, the outbreak of a full-scale civil war and the disintegration of the old imperial order will give us more opportunities to slowly infiltrate this ancient and rigid country, and then use our own methods to transform her.An ancient country cannot be successfully transformed without undergoing a great and painful transformation! "

"...then why can't we work together, first rely on our military power beyond the age, occupy the whole of China, and then carry out reforms step by step? Instead, we should sit aside and watch them fight each other and kill each other to death What about running across the fields and flowing blood like rivers?" Someone asked.

"...First of all, this war to conquer the Ming Empire will bring us a very large number of casualties. And you also understand that we can't afford to die too many people. Even now, modern people in this world The number of Chinese travelers is also very limited.

Secondly, we never had time to train enough cadres to carry out land reform and modernization of China as a whole.In fact, the purge of the two occupied areas of Guangdong and Liaodong alone has stretched our governance and management forces.As for Zhejiang, except for a few villages and towns that resisted fiercely and needed to be severely punished, we didn’t even carry out land reform in the countryside. We just granted some temporary official titles to some local gentry who know the current affairs, so that they can continue to maintain their autonomy. , but the public security problem in northern Zhejiang is still very serious.

At the high-level meeting of the Chinese League, there have been proposals to abandon Hangzhou, withdraw to the south of the Qiantang River, or even abandon the whole of Zhejiang, and only keep Zhoushan Island as an offshore stronghold.It was only because of the need to recruit immigrants that it was not approved. After all, Jiangnan is the most populous place in China.

If we disregard our actual strength and launch a unification war now, we can at best unify the world on the surface, but the localities will change the soup without changing the medicine.And a dynastic war of changing dynasties is meaningless to the progress of society.Rather than achieving unification on the map, and then letting these class enemies of the old society incarnate into the system as speculators, get into our stomachs and make trouble, let us be in a dilemma and be wary, it is better to occupy a few important places and sit on the sidelines, watching them Kill each other to their heart's content, then wait until the time is right to wipe them all out. "

Owner Zhao Yingong commented, "...Finally, we need to take a longer view, and we can't always just focus on the one-acre-three-point land in China. If we are always limited to this land, any change will The meaning is limited. Only by using endless wars and famines to drive millions or even tens of millions of Chinese overseas to a wider world can it really mean the take-off of the Chinese nation!
As for the situation in China, you can rest assured that everything is under control.From ancient times to the present, no matter how many natural disasters and wars have repeatedly ravaged it, this land has always belonged to the Chinese.At least under our supervision, no alien race can take this land away! "

In this regard, everyone is deeply convinced.These time travelers and the Han people of the Ming Dynasty, although theoretically they are blood compatriots, but after all, there is a huge gap of 400 years.They watch the Eight Banners braided soldiers killing and massacring the city from satellite cameras, which is basically the same as modern Chinese people look at the messy wars in the Middle East.

However, schadenfreude belongs to schadenfreude. Although everyone has no good opinion of those Ming Dynasty gentry who inherited the characteristics of traditional Chinese culture, basically did not pay taxes and did not do business, and were only responsible for pleasure, but they do not want to see that the Manchu Eight Banners are actually true. He has established himself in the south of the Yangtze River—so, when it comes to how to deal with the envoys of the Ming Dynasty from Songjiang, everyone thinks that they should be given a small amount of assistance, and the superiors have also given such instructions.

"...Mr. Lu Xun said that there are only two eras in Chinese history, the era when you want to be a slave but you can't get it, and the era when you are temporarily a slave. We don't want to see the latter, because it will reduce our The source of immigration. So it is necessary to keep Jiangnan in chaos."

Holding the tablet computer, Wang Qiu announced to everyone some internal reference information that only he and Zhao Yingong were qualified to read in real time, "...for this reason, the Huameng headquarters just agreed that we should sell food and armaments to the remnants of the Ming Dynasty in Jiangnan. Also, what you may not know is that the Ming Dynasty envoys who came to Hangzhou recently were not one, but two—except for the Yonghe Emperor in Shanghai who sounded like a soy milk seller, the Emperor Chongzhen’s The orphans and widows have also sent envoys to us, and this envoy is actually one of our own..."

Speaking of this, Wang Qiu couldn't help sighing, "... No wonder the Emperor Chongzhen in this time and space behaved completely differently from the Emperor Chongzhen in our history. When the crisis came, he actually made the decision to flee Beijing ! It turns out that there are traversers under his command..."

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In the deserted streets and alleys of Hangzhou City, Zhang Pu, Minister of Rites of Emperor Yonghe of the Ming Dynasty, had just concluded preliminary negotiations with the owner of Zhao Yingong and offered gifts. At this time, he was sitting in a dangling "Australian rickshaw On the way, prepare to return to the residence in the city to rest.

Originally, as a landlord, Zhao Yingong arranged a courtyard for them in Phoenix Villa.But although Zhang Pu and the "Yonghe Court" behind him were down and out, they still tried their best to maintain the decent style of "the Kingdom of Heaven". Therefore, this mission was not easy, but Fang Yizhi, Zhang Dai, and Xu Fuyuan were brought along. And many other famous people in the south of the Yangtze River.And every famous person who accompanied them also brought several servants and servants, and there were more than two hundred people in total.Therefore, the small courtyard arranged for them in Phoenix Mountain Villa seemed too cramped, and the food provided to them was poor (it was just that there was no fine clothes and fine food, and they were allowed to eat the same big pot of rice as soldiers), so they ended up suffering One night, Zhang Pu asked to live in a spacious place.

However, there are a large number of military and civil and military officials stationed in the Phoenix Mountain Villa right now, and there is really not much room to spare all at once.

Fortunately, Hangzhou City is next to it, and there are many rich and powerful mansions that are vacant right now, so Zhao Yingong randomly selected a few relatively intact mansions for them to choose, and then sent someone to clean the big mansion they picked. A few soldiers stood guard and sent some rice, noodles, vegetables and meat every day, which was regarded as a temporary post for envoys.As for the inside of the mansion, you need the servants brought by the guests to serve them.

Arriving at the gate of the mansion where he was staying, Zhang Pu got out of the car, and had just passed through the corridor and entered the flower hall, when he saw Fang Yizhi who was on the street to inquire about news, and rushed over excitedly, "...Brother Tianru Oh, my brother! There is indeed a lot of grain in Kun Thief’s place! I just went to the grain store on Hangzhou Street, and only the white rice and refined noodles are very expensive. It’s only equivalent to [-]% of the price of Songjiang’s wheat! There’s also wild wheat (corn), and sweet potatoes are even cheaper! And all of these grains are open for sale, and there’s no limit to them! It’s just that if you want to ship them out, it may be a little troublesome…”