"Teacher, I am not a narrow nationalist. I am not even a human being. So I cannot be like you, teacher, because my surname and bloodline have such a high sense of identification with ancient China. I can only do what I do. From a personal perspective, conduct an independent analysis of the objective facts that have occurred in history.”
"Facts have proved that in the development period of ancient China, there were indeed many fighting heroes who were brave and fearless and looked at death without fear. In peaceful times, we can also see many ancient Chinese soldiers, medical personnel, firefighters, and rescue workers who knew that there were tigers in the mountains and went to the tiger mountains."
"People in ancient China would not argue with their leaders about salary before setting off on a rescue mission that required a race against time. They always thought of completing what they could and should do first, and then thinking about other things. Those ancestors were always sober. Recognize what kind of battle is an important battle and what situation requires a life-and-death fight. Whenever necessary, someone will always stand up from the bottom. One moment, he may be just a mortal, but the next second, he will be a mortal. He has become a warrior who can block a machine gun with his chest."
"After the end of World War II, ancient China, beset by internal and external troubles, took seventy years to complete what other countries took one hundred and fifty years to complete, and completed the largest post-modern industrialization process in human history. All of this did not happen from the sky. The gift of bread is indeed a miracle of civilization accomplished by everyone in this country."
"There is no effect without cause in the world. There must be a reason for the birth of miracles. This reason lies in the historical precipitation that has never been cut off in ancient China. It allows people who grow up in this history and culture to have the empathy of fellow citizens that can transcend life and death. The spirit of sacrifice and fearless courage seem incomprehensible to others. It is so profound that it can become the cradle of the collective wisdom of the entire human civilization."
"The fertile soil of five thousand years of history has cultivated humankind's true will to unite across classes. This unity transcends nationality, skin color, and belief. Naturally, it can be invincible, conquer all attacks, break mountains when encountering mountains, and control floods when encountering." This unity is different from the 'freedom, peace, and love' that people in other systems dominated by capital at that time pretended to do. Under the guidance of this unity that focuses on the vision of the entire civilization, ancient China, which gradually became a world leader, did not indulge in hegemony. , but always exercise self-restraint with a high sense of responsibility and regard the interests of the entire civilization as the highest criterion."
"Of course, in the transitional stage of civilization from the 21st century to the 22nd century, some biased trends of thought were born in ancient China. But these trends of thought are harmless and cannot shake the foundation. What's more fortunate is that during this stage, the sages He became the highest spiritual leader in the fields of science and technology, economy, politics and military. His high degree of self-restraint and his insistence on the 'one bowl of water equals everything' strategy played an extremely critical role in the unity of civilization."
"He not only insists on telling the truth and doing real things, but is also not afraid of slander from others. He insists on using a generous and benevolent attitude towards those who are behind in their ideological realm. At the same time, he maintains absolute advantages at all levels and builds a It has effectively prevented the overwhelming power system and effectively prevented unstable factors.”
"Time has proved that the sages were correct, and it has also proved that the ideology of the ancient Chinese people has the highest contemporary relevance, the most far-sighted and advanced nature, and the strongest sense of civilized mission."
"I do not deny the height of the sage's thoughts. But I believe that the sage himself is just one individual in the Chinese civilization. His thoughts are based on his life experience and cultural attributes. His life experience and cultural attributes
, and is based on the historical precipitation of the ancient country."
"It was the rich historical and cultural soil of ancient China that first gave birth to the personality of the sages, and finally there was the sage himself who is the master of human civilization thoughts. Without the sages, we would not have our present. But without the past, there would be no sages."
Tang Xia Ao, who was too precocious, explained his comprehensive outlook on life and society to Zhou Donglai from his personal perspective.
Zhou Donglai came up with something else from Zhongpian, "Xiao Tang, are you saying that the leader of mankind is not the individual sage, but the history of ancient China?"
"No. Teacher, this is back to the philosophical speculation of which came first, the chicken or the egg. I think that in the critical historical stage, great leaders with extraordinary strategic thinking like the sage are still needed to complete the mission of unifying the will. After all,
If we regard the wisdom of the crowd as an individual, this individual’s level of consideration of the problem is actually not deep enough.”
"Civilization needs scientific leaders, opinion leaders, thought leaders, military leaders, political leaders, business leaders and other leaders who truly have a sense of responsibility, mission and ability to help ordinary people improve their depth of thinking and avoid wasting resources as much as possible. This
Resources include both matter and energy in a narrow sense, and in a broad sense, everyone’s limited discretionary time in their limited life.”
"We were lucky in the past because there was a sage who had all the characteristics required by all the above types of leaders, so he was a great leader."
"But in our fleet, the former military leader was General Qin, and now you are the teacher, the personal ability leader is Teacher Tong, and the scientific leader is Emerson... But unfortunately, even though Teacher Tong has achieved extraordinary achievements, she has
Still cannot compare with the sages."
"Teacher, the influence of you and others within the fleet is all added up, and it is still not as good as the sage. This is the core reason for the outbreak of civil strife. Civil strife has indeed improved the average military quality of the fleet, and this is our gain. But if
With a second sage in the fleet, perhaps our performance in the last battle will be even better without going through civil strife."
Zhou Donglai responded: "Yes. We need leaders like the sages, but unfortunately... forget it. It's too late today. Xiao Tang, you should go to bed early."
Zhou Donglai hung up the communication, opened his personal diary system, and began to quickly enter his reflections and summaries.
His original intention in starting the conversation between master and disciple today was to cultivate Tang Xia Ao, but he never thought that he would be awakened again.
After thinking for a long time, Zhou Donglai opened the internal information system again, checked the Imperial Weekly Report he had just received a ten thousandth of a second ago, and looked through the latest scientific research progress and comprehensive leadership reports on core contents such as current affairs, military, and economy.
After a long time, Zhou Donglai sighed secretly and said to himself: "It really can't go on like this."
The birth of a leader like Chen Feng is too random, and there is absolutely no possibility of duplication.
To borrow a quote from the sage Chen Feng himself.
According to unofficial records, he once said this in a small gathering of the Salvation founding team: "I can't help it, and I don't want to elevate myself so high. I have even worked very hard to weaken my sense of existence. But I
I must share what I get from the future in advance and use it to lead civilization forward. Now is the information society, and even I cannot hide the truth under the cover of the sands of time forever."
"What I do will definitely be discovered and studied by future generations of historians, and I will definitely become a god. I cannot stop this. After my death, as long as the war between humans and the compound-eyed ones does not end, humans will not step out of the galaxy.
Entering the true era of the universe, theoretically it is impossible for humans to give birth to anyone greater than myself."
"This does not only depend on ability and talent, but because as a repeater of civilization, I have completed too much work that connects the past and the next. Before the advent of the big universe, the workload and achievements of others cannot exceed mine. I don't
I hope so, and I believe you don’t want it either, but this is an objective fact and cannot be changed.”
In short, the objective facts mean that after the sage Chen Feng entered the embryonic resurrection state and disappeared together with the entire primitive genetic research institute, mankind had to enter an era without a true leader.
The same is true in the empire headquarters, and the same is true in the unknown fleet.
There is no denying that many great people have been born in the long years and infinitely vast territories, such as ***, Lai Wenming, Sergey, Qin Guang, Yang Guoding and others, as well as the current Tong Ling, Emerson, Zhou Donglai, and
Although short-lived, Ophilus Cage and Solent Cage did leave a mark in the history of the fleet.
Each of these people has their own achievements, and none of them should be underestimated.
But no matter how extreme they are, historians who study certain fields and their research scope is limited to certain specific periods cannot put these names alongside the sages.
Some people may think that in every past timeline, human beings have experienced similar leadership gaps and have come through this way.
But the "successes" of the past are not worth emulating, because no matter what progress humanity has made in the past nine timelines, it was still defeated in the end.
The original words of the sage Chen Feng are still quoted here, "There is no need to quibble between the winner and the loser. There is no essential difference in the results between a beautiful defeat and a humble defeat. As long as you lose, it proves that you have not done enough.
Still needs improvement.”
Now, times are different again.
Under different current circumstances, human civilization must put forward new demands on itself.
Whether it is the social structure, talent needs, or leadership culture, they must keep pace with the times.
In the past, until the eighth timeline, humans were trapped in the solar system by the dome.
At that time, although human beings knew almost nothing about the enemy's situation, it was this ignorance that saved trouble. People had no time to think randomly in their hearts, and they could only think about how to complete more work.
There are no unrealistic expectations for the future at all.
In the ninth timeline that just passed, the situation became a little more complicated, and there were many turmoils in the outer colonies.
But humans at that time still held a pessimistic attitude and still had no vision for the future.
There has never been a core team that has undertaken a major mission of the same level as the Nameless Fleet.
The era value of the Shadow Galaxy is roughly comparable to that of the Nameless Fleet, but the internal development model of the Shadow Galaxy is highly similar to the solar system in the previous eight timelines. There has been no large-scale chaos, and the fault tolerance rate brought about by the characteristics of its galaxy civilization is also far greater.
In the nameless fleet.
But this time, Zhou Donglai took a closer look at the overall situation and found that the anxious war was different from the desperate war that was losing ground in the past timeline.
Now mankind can neither see any hope of victory in the short term, nor can it be defeated quickly. In the process of constant entanglement and fighting between the two sides, the ideological and structural trends of human society have become more complicated.
The anxious war situation in the frontline galaxy with mutual victory and defeat is itself a trap.
In the process of blinding the compound-eyed people and intending to fight against each other, human beings further quickly absorbed each other's core technology. At the same time, they also used the war experience and technological advancements gained on the front line to complete technological reserves in the rear, and quickly transformed them into continuously improving
Military power is waiting to give the opponent a hard blow.
But it is obvious, judging from the Devouring Worms and the Hive Giant Ship that the Nameless Fleet encountered, that the Compound Eyes have never fully revealed their true trump card in previous confrontations, or even in the long war of the past nine timelines.
Humanity is not bound to win. Many people should understand this, but unknowingly, humans have also jumped into the pit they dug for the compound-eyed people.
This trap is not a tactical level of intrigue, nor a strategic level of intrigue, but a higher level ideological trap involving ideological trends.
Looking at all mankind, no one can stay alone and stay out of the situation.
Unknowingly, too many people began to have misconceptions in their minds, thinking that human beings had not gone all out to deal with compound-eyed people and even slave legions that were stronger than the main force in the past, and thought that human beings had already mastered it.
A sure way to win.
No one denies the experience of human defeat in the history of nothingness, but the history of nothingness that cannot be witnessed is indeed shallower than real history and cannot form a sufficient imprint on thinking.
And this group of people, instilled by the consciousness left by Chen Feng, more firmly recognized the superiority of human beings as the core race of the universe.
In the past, the string of life that had been stretched in people's hearts towards death was relaxed, and it was easy for them to develop overconfidence.
Confidence is not a bad thing, but overconfidence can lead to laziness.
This is wrong.
The correct situation should be like this.
When there is no doubt that you will lose, blind confidence can inspire people.
But when there is a real chance of winning, one should withdraw their confidence and remain in awe of other advanced civilizations born in the boundless universe.
Everyone knows the truth, but the subtlety of the human heart is that it is easier to know than to do.
The emergence of an unnamed fleet that has been lurking for a long time and has been separated from the main civilization for too long. It is called free will, but it is actually a blind and confident escape that you can survive if you go out. This is a very obvious symptom.
Within the empire, although there are many great think tanks such as the imperial government with strong execution capabilities, the Salvation Organization, the Institute of Space-Time Topology, and the Academy of Philosophers, which control the overall situation, and as the per capita gene awakening level increases, stronger
innovation capabilities and productivity, but problems have gradually been exposed, but the degree is not as obvious as the civil strife in the Nameless Fleet, and the differences are slightly smaller.
In the empire, most people still care about the overall interests of civilization, but there are still many people who are content with pleasure.
The fugitiveism of excessive inferiority and overconfidence is still budding.
Various scientific and unscientific sects have even appeared in some star regions.
Under the complete imperial republic system, different vassal systems have been produced in some star regions based on different natural and human environments, including military system, republican system, parliamentary system, religious system, scientific religious system, scientific system, and industrial system.
Different complex ideologies and cultural attributes such as agriculture system, entertainment system, etc. are influencing each other.
Many different systems were mixed together to form a hodgepodge of an imperial republic.
This complex overall environment is shaking the unified will of mankind.
This is a blunt knife cutting flesh, and it is also a potential crisis of division and disintegration within humankind.
This is inevitable because human thinking is uncertain and infinitely random.
Short lifespan is both an advantage and a disadvantage for human beings. It is difficult for people on earth to rely on cloning for immortality to keep their ideology unchanged for hundreds of thousands, or even millions of years, like those with compound eyes.
Nowadays, the people in the war zone and the people in the rear area are gradually experiencing ideological differences, and due to the differences in cognition and racial personality of various ethnic groups, this difference is becoming more and more intense.
Many knowledgeable people have realized the problem, and many have even turned to Zhou Donglai and other fleet members who have experienced the turmoil to learn from their experiences.
This problem has indeed troubled Zhou Donglai for several months, and it was also the reason for his discussion with Tang Xia'ao.
Zhou Donglai once again began to reflect on the causes and consequences of the last civil strife.
He believed that although it was his teacher Qin Guang who made the plan and he was the one who executed it, there was no doubt that Tong Ling was the key to turning things around.
It is precisely because of Tong Ling that the fleet can stabilize the situation at critical moments.
The reason why the follow-up work can be carried out smoothly is closely related to Tong Ling's strong strength and unshakable lofty status in the hearts of all fleet members.
Having successfully weathered the civil strife and turmoil, the fleet not only completed troop training, but also re-strengthened the functions of the management system, allowing fleet members to clearly understand the nature of society, the value of beliefs, and the interrelationship between individuals and groups.
After the civil strife, the fleet members regained a dialectical outlook on life and learned to face up to their responsibilities.
In the key battle after the successful implementation of the Fleet Republic, there was no coercion, no power, and no suspicion. Everyone was united and shared the same hatred of the enemy.
Everyone knows that no matter whether they move forward for different beliefs or not, they must move forward toward eternity.
Because of this, the fleet was able to escape from the doomed situation created by the Devouring Worm and the hive giant ship.
Now that the fleet has been broken into pieces, everyone is divided into 12,000 troops. However, under the stronger cohesion created by the Fleet Republic, Qin Guang is emotionally willing to believe that others can complete the rendezvous in 2960, but reason tells him
He needs to do something more to prevent the situation from changing.
Forty years would be enough time to change dynasties in the slow-paced ancient times, let alone today.
Therefore, Zhou Donglai believed that his thinking was not only giving back to the empire, but also helping himself.
Zhou Donglai thought again and again for a long time, taking notes while thinking, and finally wrote a paragraph in handwriting.
"Only a great leader can become the spiritual support of mortals, so that mortals who are partial to belief and have limited abilities can embark on the right path without knowing all the truth."
"Humanity needs leaders. What leaders leave to mankind is not just tangible results, but an indelible spiritual power."
"True great leaders are hard to come by. They require the right time, right place, right people, and many other factors to reach the standard. In the long course of time, civilization will inevitably face the situation of leaders being discontinued, so at least the spiritual power left by the leaders must be passed on."
"The transmission of spiritual power should be between people and cannot rely on artificial intelligence. Because artificial intelligence itself lacks emotions, it will naturally not teach everyone the true spiritual attributes."
"But what should we do to leave a spiritual mark on people's hearts?"
