Chapter 164: Mourning the misfortune and angering the indisputable
Xiao Lin always had a complex emotion in his heart for the Chinese people of this era. To sum it up, it only takes eight words - "Sorrow his misfortune and anger his uncontestedness." By 1719, the entire Chinese people were still immersed in the so-called "Kanggan Prosperity", sitting on the dream of the Celestial Kingdom. During the entire time, Emperor Kangxi had a nearly three-year reign.
Emperor Kangxi, Emperor Aisin Gioro Xuanye (1654-1722), was the third son of Emperor Shunzhi and the second emperor after the Qing Dynasty entered the pass. He quelled the Three Feudal Rebellion, recovered Taiwan, expelled the Tsarist Russian forces, quelled the unrest in Mongolia and Tibet, and strengthened the stability and unity of multi-ethnic countries. In terms of economic and cultural construction, Kangxi also achieved major achievements that had a positive impact on later generations, and created the last prosperous era of Chinese feudal society - the Kanggan prosperous era.
Kangxi can be said to be the only emperor in the Qing Dynasty who had the most achievements. If he had not saved up a huge family business for his descendants, there would have been no prosperous era during the reign of Emperor Yongzheng and Emperor Qianlong. However, Emperor Qianlong became an unworthy descendant later. While pushing the Kanggan prosperous era of the Qing Dynasty to the peak, he also brought it to a low point with his own hands. He was an important emperor who influenced China's historical process after the 18th century.
After Qianlong passed, the Qing emperors in the later Qing Dynasty were inferior to each other. Instead of learning Kangxi's wisdom, they exploited the people and cultivated corrupt officials. When Emperor Daoguang was in power, they were very powerful. During his reign, as the national strength began to decline, they vigorously advocated frugality, reformed salt administration, partially relaxed the ban on mining, and rectified the administration. However, due to the trend, the resistance was too great, and the effect was very little. He initially advocated resistance to the harm of the smoke, but because he was ignorant of the times, the main ministers were cowardly and incompetent, and his strategy was shaken, he persecuted the main force of smoking ban and could not resist the invasion of the great powers, causing a hundred-year regret.
Later, Tongzhi and Emperor Guangxu were determined to revive, but they were unable to make up for the world. What the Qing Dynasty should not do the most was to learn the harmful experiences of the previous dynasties. Daxing literary inquisition, taking scholars with eight essays, fooling civilians, cutting off the learning path of civilians, and even more so, insisting on the backward system of scholars, peasants, industry and commerce, craftsmen had no status, so they had no power to join the first industrial revolution. The most helpless thing was that they actually implemented the policy of banning the sea again. Not only did they not vigorously carry out marine trade in the era of navigation, but instead blocking the civilians and the royal family's way out of the sea, allowing smuggling merchants to make money.
In the 21st century, it was actually a bit unfair to resent the Qing Dynasty because of the century-long humiliation history of China. Some of them should be cut into pieces. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, corrupt literati with the Donglin Party colluded with the rich merchants. It happened to be that during the Little Ice Age, the Ming Dynasty's treasury was empty because these people only care about their own interests, prevented Emperor Tianqi from collecting commercial taxes, forcing others to launch the eunuch party and finally get rid of it. Even the death of Emperor Tianqi has various doubts in history.
Once the interests of these shameless people are violated, they will be slandered as traitors and as tyrants. However, the right to speak is in their hands. There are even eight Shanxi merchants, which contributed great strength to the rise of Nurhaci and Huang Taiji. Their smuggling gave the Manchus sufficient food and weapons and raised more and more soldiers. At least one-third of the responsibility for the millions of soldiers and civilians who died in the Manchu army is counted on them.
These people claimed to be loyal and righteous, but as soon as the Qing army entered the pass, they knelt down and called their master. As long as they could continue to stand on the heads of the people, they would not care who was above them. During the Republic of China, there were even many so-called literati who became the pens of European and American powers, and even Japanese people, desperately belittled their tribesmen and elevate the invaders. Because of this, they thought that this way they could gain more benefits, write some messy things casually, and support them to spend money and be rich and rich.
During this period, most Chinese people suffered unimaginable sufferings in the 21st century. However, before the great Red Party and Taizu appeared, these people did not know how to resist. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Uprising was in full swing and almost succeeded. However, after those kings gained power, including their troops, they forgot their original intentions and began to exploit the people and enslave the people.
From this point of view, we must thank Marxism for his ideology, and even more so for Taizu and the Red Party. It was countless Red Party martyrs who sacrificed their lives one after another, and it was Taizu who set an example that China eliminated the fatal drawbacks and embarked on a new national path. Under the command of generations of chairmanships, China only took decades to surpass the country that most Chinese people once needed to look up to. At least, no one dared to bully the Chinese as inferiors.
However, the kind of traitors even existed in the 21st century. Even if China was developed, it surpassed Russia and became the second largest country in the world after the United States, many people still praised white people online. They did not know the strength of the country, did not understand the difficulties, and even did not give them benefits, and they just slandered and abused them. During that time, many so-called big Vs talked nonsense online, causing the soldiers who devoted their whole life to the country to suffer so much grievances.
You see, the country has developed, and whether it is military strength, economic strength or cultural strength, it is already strong enough. (Okay, Xiaoxiao here complains about the various brainless dramas in the country, and the special effects are so poor. The plot has not seen many novel highlights except for the adaptation of master works. It has to play tragic cards from time to time. Uh, some opening and ending songs are quite nice.) During this period, the country has no longer adopted a policy of tolerance and has begun to respond to China's provocations toughly.
Before Lin Xin escaped, he was also a pedantic literati. For such a person, no matter how talented he is, he cannot clearly define his position, and Xiao Lin will not use it. In order to ensure the stability of the company, Xiao Lin will even kill him directly. He does not need this kind of borer that does more harm than good for the country and will only corrupt the foundation of the country. However, since Lin Xin was defended, he has fallen from a glorious top scholar to a fugitive just because he offended the powerful. Even the people he offended kept pouring dirty water on him. His reputation in the Qing Dynasty was stinking, and he had never done those things at all.
Since receiving the news, Lin Xin locked himself in the room for three days and three nights. After coming out, he no longer regarded himself as the top scholar in the Qing Dynasty. Although he was still capable, he had already been emptied. If he had not had to continue giving birth with those who trust him in his life, he would have no goals. Therefore, Lin Xin, who had just come into contact with the company's philosophy, would have raised so many questions. It was not that he was not afraid of death, nor that he had a Qing Dynasty in his heart, but that he wanted to find a goal. If he didn't ask, his heart would be uncomfortable.
Xiao Lin was offended by Lin Xin's attitude and exploded directly. These things were spurted out by him desperately. At first, Lin Xin could still interfere, but later, he was left with only obedience. In Xiao Lin's office, the voice of his speech rang for an entire afternoon. It was not until the evening that Lin Xin left. The next day, Lin Xin changed. He no longer picked on his fingers and no longer refuted the instructors, but studied the company's philosophy and knowledge seriously. Just like when he was back, he was full of vitality and enthusiasm.
What is different from before is that in the past, it was to become an official, to learn the civil and martial arts and sell the imperial family, and to be rich and prosperous. However, now, he wants to explore and summarize the future of the descendants of Yan and Huang from the company's philosophy and want to do something for his compatriots. At this time, he couldn't help but think that fortunately, the Xiaoshi family, who was named Xiao Lin, came out first, leaving a way out for the descendants of Yan and Huang. No matter what, as long as the company develops and occupies North America, the two major sixes will help each other, and there will be countless tragedies in the future.
More than ten years later, Lin Xin has become a general of the company, attracting countless Chinese people to join the company, and opening up revolutionary ideas for Chinese people. However, he did not dare to be the father of revolutionary enlightenment. He always said that Xiao Lin was the real father of enlightenment, which also left more legends about Xiao Lin for later generations. Now, Lin Xin has also begun to play his role. Under the leadership of Lin Xin, the 500 Asians trained with him have all accepted the company's philosophy very quickly. His loyalty to the company is higher than those of the whites and Indians who joined the company more than four months before.
And Ijik also processed all the goods half a month later and got more benefits. In order to strengthen Ijik's strength again so that they could bring at least 8,000 Asians next time, Xiao Lin gritted his teeth and retired twenty heavy punches and one-style artillery early, all of which were installed on the six battleships of Ijik. The heavy punches and one-style artillery was only slightly worse than the twelve-pound cannons and eighteen-pound cannons, and their accuracy and range were stronger than these old-style artillery.
The most amazing thing is that the weight and recoil of a gun are similar to that of a six-pound gun. Ijik's warship still has room for recoil. These guns were replaced with six-pound guns, and the six-pound guns replaced the three-pound guns. So far, there was no three-pound gun on Ijik's six small warships, and their firepower was only a little worse than that of the same class ships of the regular navy. If you are lucky, you won't be able to fight.
Chapter completed!