1680 Andreev's Travels 4
What Andreev saw was indeed deliberately created by Xiao Letian, and very few people knew about this plan, not because the level of secrecy was too high, but simply because most people couldn't understand it. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Xiao Lotian has announced several public and external plans for the "revival of civilization", such as the introduction of the most comprehensive and strict health laws for all mankind in the Ryukyus, as well as the city planning memorandum, and even Xiao Lotian has privately raised funds to build Asia's first and world-famous museum to store the antiques and treasures he collected.
The project of civilization revival is so large that it is mentioned every time Xiao Lotian publicly announces these decrees, and he believes that the contributions made by the Chinese people to culture, art, health, urban construction, etc., are all to boost the existence of Chinese civilization in the world.
Ten universities in the Ryukyus will be expanded, and campus libraries will be opened to the public and expanded. Buddhist temples, Taoist temples, churches and other religious buildings invested by social and religious people must also be reviewed by countless artists before they can be built, and the construction of Chinese people must be perfect.
Almost every street is decorated with art, and you can see statues of all kinds, including mythological tales that people love, heroes who emerged from the Ryukyu Restoration Campaign, and even touching ordinary deeds.
Andreev was impressed by the statue of a mother and child on the side of a commercial street, the bronze statue actually showed a mother and son who died in a stampede during the war, the mother hunched over to protect her child, but the chaotic feet mercilessly ran over her body.
The statue is extremely realistic, and the people who see it are extremely shocked, the mother looks at the child when she is dying and gives him the last encouragement in life, and the child looks at the mother and enjoys the last bit of maternal love in life, and the weak mother's arm is his last safe harbor.
Around the sculpture, you can often see local citizens gathering some wild flowers and placing them here, and Andreev later learned that this story is actually true, like a whip full of barbs torturing the hearts of all people.
"War is not only a game of emperors and generals, nor is it the only way to achieve a great empire, we have over-eulogized those heroes who expanded their territory, and who has paid attention to the fate of the little people in war...... Xiao Lotian!"
Reading Xiao Letian's message under the statue, Andreev suddenly had mixed feelings in his heart, he was full of curiosity about Xiao Letian, a surrendered officer should have been full of hatred for Xiao Letian, but at this moment the hatred was divided, and curiosity emerged, which was also mixed with some admiration.
"Before I came to Asia, our officials described Xiao Lotian as a barbaric butcher, an Asian liar, a shameful infidel. I always thought that Xiao Lotian had reached such a position by virtue of brutality and deception......"
"But looking at everything shown today, I suddenly found that this person is so good at culture and education, and the etiquette of the Ryukyu Chinese is so high......"
The change in Andreev's mind is actually the desired result of Xiao Letian's civilization revival plan.
Civilization is not obscure and profound, civilization is around everyone, a nation, every city, you go to see if it is clean, tidy and hygienic? Walking on the street can give you a feeling of beauty?
Are the people rich and courteous, how many libraries and museums are there, how many religious buildings and art centers are there, how many people can be covered by orphanages and nursing homes?
All these bits and pieces that can improve people's happiness are the cornerstones of civilization.
No matter how many scholars preach to the world how brilliant the oriental civilization is, and how wonderful the country of etiquette China is for 5,000 years, then please show it, staying in words and language can only be regarded as self-satisfied bragging.
The Chinese civilization rejuvenation plan is to build a Paris belonging to Asia and a beautiful city full of oriental charm.
When those arrogant Europeans came here, they completely overturned their three views. Human beings rely on comparison to produce a sense of superiority, and shaping the art capital and civilization capital of the East will naturally have a strong attraction to the people.
This is the soft power of civilization, a nation can not rely only on strong military power and industrial power to show its hard power, others may be afraid of you but afraid of you at the same time, they will keep a sense of distance from you.
Only the improvement of soft power will be willing to get close to you while being afraid of you!
In Xiao Letian's prediction that as long as the Chinese Ming revival plan lasts for five or six years, the Chinese will have a series of amazing cities, which is definitely a huge attraction for talents, scattered Chinese folk hermits, those artists and scientists who have no ambitions in Europe and the United States, will be attracted by the civilization revival plan, will be obsessed with this picturesque city.
Talent is retained, a nation also retains hope, when everything in the Chinese nationality has become the focus of the world's envy, he can get benefits that war cannot give.
It is indeed a bit unreasonable that such a huge and perfect plan has not attracted too many people's attention within the Chinese community, but it is also something that cannot be helped, because the Chinese are in the outbreak period at the moment, and the war and territorial expansion have attracted the attention of all peoples, including the world.
And the display of soft power is always moisturizing things silently, which requires a person to understand for a long time, so few people know about the Light of Civilization Project.
However, not being well-known does not mean that it is useless, the older translator has already understood the shock in Andreev's eyes, such a beautiful city can be conquered even by prisoners of war with hatred in their hearts, let alone others.
Sip on a smoothie juice and look out at the bay in the distance, and you'll be amazed by the picturesque beauty of the city's neighborhoods.
"Okay, sir, this city is very big, and in two blocks there is Shuri Castle, so we can't go in and see it, but today is the open day of Shuri Fort, so let's go and see the god of war who guards Naha......
Time passed little by little, and Naha fortunately experienced several wars before the entire city became a blank sheet of paper for the Chinese to smear, and it was even more fortunate that Xiao Le was born here with such a phoenix nirvana-like rebirth.
Beauty, food, beauty, and ...... Andreev was obsessed with the city all day, and the CIA gave him great benefits, and without anyone urging him, he was free to visit any unclassified area at will.
For a whole day, Andreev was completely conquered by the city, and when the sun went down and the sky was covered in the sky, the streets were lit with gas lamps, and Naha was completely transformed into a bright city that never sleeps.
Andreev, who was holding a bag of crab claw snacks in his hand, was excited to have the food in his mouth about to fall, and in an era when electrification was not widespread, only the richest and most beautiful cities dared to carry out public night lighting.
The city is softly outlined by the light of the gas lamp, and there is no end in sight! All the ships on the sea are also lit up, and the light and shadow and the stars in the sky are reflected in each other, and the stunning picture makes people breathless.
"Oh God, did you drop your most beautiful gem here? It turns out that this is what the Chinese people really are, and we have been deceived by those civil officials so miserably!"