Chapter 2210, the true awakening of national consciousness
On the campus of the Royal Institute of Technology in Beijing, many students are watching "Huo Qubing Defeats the Huns". It is a wonderful movie and a bloody battle. Many young students feel as if their blood is boiling.
At the same time, a strong sense of national pride and identity arose spontaneously, so much so that the next day, the entire school was filled with words and phrases written by these students expressing their patriotic feelings.
"The great Chinese nation!"
"Unyielding spirit and constant self-improvement!"
"I love you, my motherland, and I am proud of you!"
"Why would you die to serve your family and country!"
"A good man should carry a three-foot green sword to protect his family and country and kill all the bandits!"
"Women are weak, but they can be loyal to the country like Hua Mulan!"
On campus, students continued to discuss last night's movie and used poems, songs, etc. to express their inner feelings.
For the first time, I truly and deeply identified with my own nation, my own heritage and my own motherland.
For these young people who are thoughtful, educated, and knowledgeable, they are now more able to accept their own identity and identify with their own identity and nation.
This kind of thinking was called the awakening of national consciousness in later generations!
Many people may find it strange that people in the Ming Dynasty used to say that they were people in the Ming Dynasty. Isn't this the awakening of national consciousness?
In fact, this can really only be regarded as a rudimentary awakening of national consciousness.
Everyone just knows that they are Han Chinese, but there is no specific understanding of what Han people are or what kind of profound awareness they have.
This has been true from ancient times to the present. In fact, it is true not only in the East, but also in the West and even around the world. Before the national consciousness is awakened, the biggest manifestation is a mess of scattered sand.
Judging from the past dynasties, before the national consciousness is truly awakened, the invasion of foreign nations may only be felt by people in border areas, but not by people in other places.
Even if they are of the same ethnic group and the same country, other people will not have any feelings or emotional fluctuations, and they cannot feel that this is an invasion of their own nation.
Even when an invader comes to kill one's own home, as long as the other party does not destroy one's life, it doesn't matter even if a foreigner becomes the emperor.
This was very clear when the Manchus entered the customs.
A large number of Han people not only did not fight against these Qing troops, they even helped the Qing army to conquer most of the country.
Why is this so?
There may be various reasons, etc., but in the final analysis, it is that the national consciousness has not truly awakened, and everyone has no awareness in this regard. It does not matter whoever becomes the emperor, it does not matter whether he lives or dies.
This situation continued until the late Qing Dynasty. When the Eight-Power Allied Forces attacked Beijing, they did not encounter any resistance except the Qing army. The local people were even hired by the invaders to help transport supplies and provide supplies.
The coalition forces acted as guides, built ladders, etc.
Some even became mercenaries, hired by the invaders, and pointed their guns at their own tribe.
why is it like this?
Some people may say that they are traitors and lackeys, but this is not very accurate.
In a real sense, the national consciousness is still not awakened. Everyone has no awareness in this regard. They think that whoever gives money can be a slave. It is the same anyway.
This situation lasted until after the Revolution of 1911, the May Fourth Movement, and the Anti-Japanese War, when the national consciousness gradually and truly awakened.
Only then did the Chinese people truly realize what a nation is and what a family, a country, and the world are.
Only then did the people finally defeat the invaders through the arduous people's resistance war, win the arduous war, defend their country, and continue their own inheritance and fire.
If it had not been for the awakening of national consciousness, we might not have been able to win the eight-year war of resistance at all. You have to know how many traitors and lackeys there were at that time. They were working for the devils and harming their own people.
However, due to the awakening of national consciousness, the common people were willing to do everything they could to support, and the entire nation was able to mobilize its strength. In the face of huge disparities in all aspects, they finally fought hard and ushered in victory.
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It can be said that if it were not for the awakening of national consciousness, would it be possible to win?
Impossible, more likely it is a copy of the rhythm of the Qing army's entry into the pass. Wherever the invaders went, they took away the old rulers, and they became the new rulers, and the people still lived their lives.
This situation is not only true in the East, but also in the West.
Taking the Holy Roman Empire as an example, the Holy Roman Empire was very loose at first, consisting of many states and autonomous regions, and each of them had no national consciousness.
Later, with the rise of the German nation and the awakening of national consciousness, the Holy Roman Empire was renamed the German Holy Roman Empire.
Later, with the further awakening of national consciousness, Prussia finally emerged in response to the popular sentiment and unified the entire Germany and established the German Empire.
This is a typical awakening of national consciousness. The entire nation has become united and has unprecedented strength.
This is the same in Italy on the Apennine Peninsula. The original Italy was similar to the Holy Roman Empire. It was torn apart and this situation continued until the national consciousness was awakened.
It was not until the later awakening of national consciousness that a kingdom that conformed to the national will appeared in Italy and finally unified the whole of Italy, allowing the divided nations to finally unite together and form the Italy of later generations.
Of course, in history, Western countries generally awakened to national consciousness earlier than those in the East, and they awakened one after another and established major countries in later generations.
Once the national consciousness awakens, the strength of the entire nation will be united.
This has been well reflected in many regions and countries.
For example, countries that were once divided can finally be reunited again, such as the merger of East and West Germany. Without the awakening and unification of national consciousness, it would be impossible to merge together.
Another example is that in future generations, even though we are not unified, everyone recognizes their identity and ethnicity. Even on a global scale, during our most difficult period of the Anti-Japanese War, Chinese people all over the world were supporting us, donating money and materials, and even directly
Returned to China to participate in the Anti-Japanese War.
This is the best manifestation. The awakening of a national consciousness can unite the entire nation and make the entire nation stronger than ever.
At this moment in the Ming Dynasty, the national consciousness was already in the awakening stage. Since ancient times, under the unification, the national consciousness and sense of identity have been very strong.
Over the past thirty years, the Ming Empire has entered unprecedented prosperity and strength, which can easily inspire national identity and stimulate the awakening of national consciousness.
Coupled with the education and propaganda through newspapers and new schools, it can be said that the national consciousness itself is already in the stage of awakening. Now that this movie is being broadcast, this has further accelerated this awakening and promoted the national consciousness of the entire Ming Empire.
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At this moment, as the movie was played in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, the entire Ming Dynasty was deeply shocked by it.
At the same time, throughout the entire Ming Dynasty, this kind of national consciousness and national consciousness are constantly awakening.
Even those rotten scholars who have always despised warriors and said that those who serve as soldiers are all Qiu Ba, are writing a lot of ink at this moment, feeling the urge to join the army and protect their family and country.
Of course, the current Ming Dynasty does not need them to write and join the army, but the poems of historical patriotic poets such as Xin Qiji, Lu You, Wen Tianxiang, etc. are now suddenly popular in the Ming Dynasty.
When I die, I know that everything will be in vain, but I will not see the same sadness as Jiuzhou. Wang Shibei fixed the day of the Central Plains, and he never forgot to tell Nai Weng about the family sacrifices.
Lying stiffly in a lonely village, I don't feel sorry for myself, but I still think about guarding the Luntai for the country. I lie down at night, listening to the wind and rain, and dreaming of the iron horse on the glacier.
After all the hardships, the stars in the fight fell all around. The mountains and rivers were shattered, the wind fluttered with catkins, and the life experience was ups and downs.
The heaven and earth have righteous energy, and are mixed and endowed with manifolds. Below are the rivers and mountains, and above are the sun and stars.
The famous poems of these patriotic poets also quickly became popular.
Even the girls in the brothel and Chuguan began to use these poems to compose music and sing songs to express their inner feelings of concern for the country and the people.
As for the new school, the students also used their immature writing styles to express their patriotism and express their inner pride for this country and this nation.
In the court, in the past, these ministers often only recognized their fellow villagers, fellow sects, etc., and they fought for power very fiercely.
Many times, we don’t really think about things for this country, or think about doing some practical things and good things.
Just like in the past, civil servants and military officers and nobles were at odds.
The imperial court's border defenses were empty. The border troops did not even have enough to eat, and their weapons and equipment were completely inadequate. The Tatars repeatedly went south, plundered the border passes, burned, killed and looted.
However, the civil servants above the imperial court, who had great power, knew clearly that they should rectify military affairs, pay attention to border defense, and allocate more money and food for support.
But they did not do this, because of the opposition between civil and military officials, they even continued to suppress the military generals, constantly reduced the openings of the border troops, embezzled the food and wages of the border troops, and so on.
When doing these things, they had no trouble in their hearts, and they did not even think about the entire Ming Dynasty at all, because in the eyes of these officials, it didn't matter even if the imperial court died, it was not up to them to change the dynasty.
These civil servants came to rule.
Therefore, the strength of the Ming Dynasty has nothing to do with them. What they care more about is how much power and money they have in their hands, and whether their family can become stronger as a result.
This is a typical manifestation of the lack of awakening of national consciousness.
Of course, after the awakening of national consciousness, there are still many such people, but more and more heroes continue to emerge who sacrifice for the country and the nation.