Today is the annual Mid-Autumn Festival, the day when wanderers return home.
Even a wanderer who cannot return home will still send a telegram or write a letter.
Zhao Yuguang, a professor of history at Huaxia University, chose to give an open class to college students who could not go home during the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday.
Professor Zhao Yuguang is a retired staff officer and a specially appointed expert of the General Staff Department of the Metropolitan Government.
He is not like many university professors today who only know empty talk.
Professor Zhao Yuguang, who is over 50 years old, has served in the Royal Army for many years and has participated in many major battles as a staff officer.
Professor Zhao Yuguang failed to stand out in the military. His on-the-spot command ability was only average.
He had never been able to find a field in which he was good at, and after retiring, he was assigned to teach at a university.
After he engaged in academic research, combined with the knowledge he learned in the army, his academic level improved rapidly.
Professor Zhao Yuguang stepped onto the podium, and the students of Huaxia University immediately applauded enthusiastically.
Prince Su Shu and his staff Ge Yunhong came to Huaxia University during the Mid-Autumn Festival to visit the famous professors of Huaxia University.
They learned about Professor Zhao Yuguang’s open classes.
Prince Su Shu has heard about Professor Zhao Yuguang.
He is a professor in the history department, but the level of the history department is average, but he is extremely good at international relations.
The imperial court's implementation of the New Deal has achieved good results, and Prince Su Shu has been in a good mood recently.
He also learned about some situations in the vassal country and felt very confused.
He wanted to hear different voices from the people.
Prince Su Shu also dressed up in disguise, wearing a huge hat that covered half of his face.
Her eyes are also wearing large-frame sunglasses that have recently become popular.
The clothes he wore were also nondescript and were very popular in China.
In addition, Ge Yunhong was covering up from the side.
The way Prince Su Shu is dressed does not look like a student of Huaxia University.
But Professor Zhao Yuguang's open classes also attracted many people from society. Before Prince Su Shu's identity was revealed, he was just an ordinary listener.
Professor Zhao Yuguang walked to the podium in the center and tried the microphone in his hand.
The speakers installed in the classroom can produce sound normally.
He made preparations for the lecture, then looked at the students in the audience and said: "Before I lecture, I would like to ask you a question.
You will be worried about your own survival. If you have enough food today, you don’t know whether you will die in the wilderness tomorrow."
The college students from Huaxia University answered neatly, and all of them answered no.
Professor Zhao Yuguang looked at the neat answers in the classroom, and he was not surprised at all.
If he asked other questions, or asked other groups of people, the answer might be different.
He asked the proud students of Huaxia University, and there was only one answer to this question.
Professor Zhao Yuguang used this answer to introduce his topic.
"Everyone's answers just now were very neat, and your answers sounded reasonable to me.
I feel that the country should provide security and the world should be peaceful."
After he said this, the classroom, which was originally noisy, immediately became extremely quiet.
Many college students looked at the reactions of their classmates.
Their reactions were very similar. I don’t understand why Professor Zhao Yuguang said this?
Isn't peace what it should be? The imperial court provides a safe environment, which is what the imperial court must do.
Professor Zhao Yuguang said in a calm tone: "I am a professor of the History Department, so let me start with history.
Your generation is the new generation born after the founding of the empire.
If you question what I said, then go back and ask your parents, or your grandparents, who will definitely be able to verify whether what I said is true or false.
Officially produced films can basically restore some facts.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, some places had reached the point where nine out of ten rooms were empty.
They died of war, hunger, and plague.
Even in the wealthy Jiangnan area, the price of rice has risen to two to three taels of silver per stone.
Such high rice prices are simply unaffordable for many farmers at the bottom, so they can only survive by selling their land and livelihood.
This was still in the Jiangnan region, the northern region at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and it was not easy to survive even barely.
If the government of the Ming Dynasty would not let the people live, the people would definitely live in their own way.
A peasant uprising spread across the country.
Our founding emperor Su He was one of the rebels."
After Professor Zhao Yuguang told this example, there were college students in the audience who could not help but retort:
"Professor Zhao, we have entered the era of industrialization, and society is developing at a rapid pace.
Now is an era of peace, and war is very far away from us.
You used the late Ming Dynasty as an example, which is very inappropriate.
The development of the world has always been on the rise.
Professor Zhao, your knowledge should be updated.
In the agricultural era, whether it was the Pre-Qin Dynasty thousands of years ago or the Ming Dynasty a few decades ago.
They spanned thousands of years, and the structure of the country and the living conditions of the people did not change much.
If a person from the pre-Qin Dynasty could survive, he would have seen the situation of the Ming Dynasty.
There will be no surprise for him, he can be free and live a good life.
But the development of the industrial age is far beyond everyone’s imagination.
When I was a child, four-wheeled carriages were still on the road.
The vehicles running on the road now are indeed four-wheeled cars that burn oil.
Today’s world is changing so fast.”
Professor Zhao Yuguang was refuted by his classmates, but he was not angry.
This is a normal academic discussion, not a bottomless insult.
Professor Zhao Yuguang has a high tolerance for academic discussions.
"This classmate, you think peace is a necessity in life.
A country in the industrialized era should provide safety and security for its people.
My point of view is that peace is not a necessity, but a rare luxury.
We live in a peaceful environment now, only because there is a strong motherland behind us.
The strong motherland blocks all prying eyes from outside the national borders.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The classmate just said that in the industrial age, it is very easy to gain peace.
Wei and Cao in South America have just reached a truce agreement.
Note that this is a truce, not an armistice.
This means that if one side gains the upper hand, it will continue to start a war.
The four European countries of Guangxi, Fujian, Qing, and Tang formed a military alliance. Could it be that these four countries formed an alliance casually?
All signs have shown that the world is in great uncertainty.
I dare to draw a conclusion here: within ten years, a war that will shock the world will definitely break out in the vassal countries of the empire."
Professor Zhao Yuguang's clear language silenced many students attending the lecture.
They are the proud sons of Hua Xia University, not the gangsters in the market.
Professor Zhao Yuguang gave examples, and they would not disagree.
The vassal states of the empire, even the Qi State, which has always been based on animal husbandry, have many mines and mineral-related companies in the country.
Qi State is an industrial country, and no one will deny this.
This shows that Professor Zhao Yuguang is right: war will never stop just because we enter industrialization.
The peace of the empire is indeed extremely cherished. It is a luxury item that the people of the vassal country dream of but are hard to obtain.
Some students immediately said with emotion: "I was surprised before that the major vassal states chose to recruit people in the empire.
Even if they promise generous terms, many people will still have doubts.
I used to think that those farmers and workers would never leave their homeland.
Now I understand a little bit, these people are the ones who understand, they have clearly seen that every benefit has been marked with a price."
Following Professor Zhao Yuguang's explanation, the students at Huaxia University all recognized his point of view.
Peace is indeed a rare luxury.
People who live in a peaceful environment are unaware of the peaceful environment.
I never realized that this is what the people of the vassal country are looking forward to most.
Professor Zhao Yuguang introduced the hard-won peace, and he began to talk about his expertise in international relations.
Prince Su Shu immediately concentrated his attention. This was the explanation he wanted to hear most.
Professor Zhao Yuguang took out a projector and projected the world map onto the wall above the podium.
"I predict that serious wars will definitely break out in the major vassal countries.
I consider this based on two points.
The first point is that the benefits obtained are uneven.
Whether it was the war between Wei and Cao, or the four-nation alliance in Europe.
The essence is that they want to obtain some kind of benefit.
The second point is that the age of the founding monarch gradually increased.
They are still in their prime now, and when their children and grandchildren take over, we don't know how the situation will develop.
These founding monarchs were all people with a strong desire for control and did not want future situations to deviate too much from the path they had designed.
They must take advantage of their physical peak to launch a controllable war."
After Professor Zhao Yuguang finished speaking, he immediately added: "This is my inference, and the specific situation may not play out according to this situation.
But after repeated deliberation, I think the conclusion reached is completely correct."
Prince Su Shu heard an unusual conclusion from Professor Zhao Yuguang.
The age of the founding monarch of each major vassal state.
He is a young man, and he always looks at problems from a young man's perspective.
He had never noticed before that the king of the vassal country was indeed a bit older.
They are not yet too old to handle state affairs.
But people's energy gradually declines as they age.
When they are low on energy, even if they want to start a war, they will be unable to do so.
When they realize this, alternatives are no longer considered.
We can only hope to defeat our competitors so that our country can survive in this treacherous environment.
The age of the monarch of a vassal state should indeed be a key consideration.
Otherwise, if they see a sudden outbreak of war between vassal states, they still haven't figured out the reason.
Prince Su Shu saw that Professor Zhao Yuguang really had real talents and was not the university professor he was touted to be.
He immediately asked Ge Yunhong next to him to ask a question.
"Professor Zhao, I usually like to read newspapers published by various countries.
I can still understand the actions of those countries in the Americas.
There are too many vassal states in Europe, and I can understand most of their policies.
But I really don’t understand Yue’s policies at all.
And what will Wu Guo do? How will he resist the alliance of the four countries, and will he bring Chu over?"
Professor Zhao Yuguang heard these excellent questions. This person must have a deep understanding of the situation in Europe.
He first smiled and said: "This is so many questions, I won't do it again.
Seeing that you are asking these questions in a competent manner and not just asking them blindly, I will try to answer them."
Professor Zhao Yuguang first flipped through the book. This is a brief introduction he compiled about European countries.
He first shook his head and said: "As for the situation in Yue, I can't predict it because there is too little credible information available now.
But based on the country's own national strength, they used almost the entire country's strength to relocate a large number of domestic factories to the surrounding areas of Yueshui.
I personally believe that Vietnam is planning to move its industrial center to the vicinity of Yueshui.
In the areas surrounding Yueshui, the local indigenous people have been annihilated, annihilated, and expelled by the pioneering groups of the Yue Kingdom.
There are large plains on both sides of the Yueshui River, which is conducive to the development of industry in Vietnam.
The mainland of Vietnam is hilly and mountainous, and industries that develop cover a large area do not have such large plains at all.
Because Vietnam has few plains, domestic food prices have remained high.
They must have gone crazy with joy when the Yue Kingdom occupied the colonies on both sides of the Yueshui River.
A war was about to break out in Europe, and the King of Yue might have sensed the risk in advance.
Only then did the industrial center shift to Africa.
With the national strength of Vietnam, it would be difficult for them to withstand attacks from many countries in Europe.
With Vietnam’s national strength, they can easily respond to possible attacks from various countries in Africa.”
Prince Su Shu benefited a lot from Professor Zhao Yuguang's analysis.
Professor Zhao Yuguang drank a glass of water and continued: "As for the Four-Nation Alliance, they are targeting the Kingdom of Wu.
Because these four countries are not aligned, they still need to continue practicing.
I don't think Wu will let Chu join the alliance.
The Chu State is powerful for all to see.
Once Chu joins the alliance, who will be its leader?
Wu State should have preserved its own Qi strategy and completely made it a wedding dress for Chu State.
Wu King Qi is still making decisions resolutely in the Kingdom of Wu, and he will never make such a mistake.
King Lu Chenyang of Chu will not form an alliance with any country.
The Chu State is now the most powerful country in Europe.
It only needs to set up a defensive line and wait for the enemy to launch a charge.
The firepower possessed by the Chu army will make people sit up and take notice, and they will never dare to take a step beyond their reach."
Professor Zhao Guangyu once again answered students’ questions.
After he answered the students' questions, he continued to teach everyone.
Prince Su Shu heard Professor Zhao Guangyu's lectures and felt that he gained a lot.
Professor Zhao Guangyu explains in detail the reasons why war will inevitably break out in each of the major vassal countries from the appearance to the essence.
Professor Zhao Guangyu finished his class and looked at the reactions of his classmates.
He immediately felt that today's class was very comfortable, and he did not need to explain too much. The proud students of Huaxia University were better able to keep up with my thinking.
Professor Zhao Guangyu's open class ended and when he was about to leave, he said loudly: "Everyone must treat peace as a luxury. It is not easy to get it."
