Chapter Seventy-One: The Third Man

Pang Jindong suddenly stood up and said to Jin Zhenyu quite excitedly: "General, the peace in exchange for forbearance is always only temporary, and when we have enough ability to annihilate the opponent, if we move the kindness of the woman, the result will be to bring us even greater disasters! We are merciful to the enemy, but the enemy will not be merciful to us, so we must not be Song Xianggong!"

"Young people, don't look at the problem too extremely, let alone rush for quick success, but take a long-term view......" When Jin Zhenyu said this, his expression was calm and almost dull, and the little love that was slightly revealed just now was gone, and he was replaced with a businesslike tone.

One of the things Pang Jindong hates the most is all kinds of bureaucratic style, and before coming here, Pang Jindong was worried that Jin Zhenyu would play an official tone.

Fortunately, perhaps because of his military background, after some conversation, Jin Zhenyu did not express such an offensive style.

However, at this moment, Jin Zhenyu inexplicably made an official tone, which made Pang Jindong, who had just seen a glimmer of hope, even more excited, and even forgot to consider why Jin Zhenyu suddenly had such a change: "General, in our country, a lot of history is often repeated repeatedly, but we have never been able to really learn a lesson, and as a result, the crisis of the destruction of the country and the extinction of the species has fallen on us again and again! Today, in Kokang, we have the ability to change this cycle of history!"

"I once listened to a professor's lecture and said that the term 'four ancient civilizations' was made up by the Chinese themselves......" Jin Zhenyu looked at Pang Jindong's gaze, and suddenly became profound, and although his tone was still full of bureaucratic rigidity and machinery, it seemed to bring something else: "There are actually five cradles of ancient civilizations recognized by the international historiography community, that is, China, ancient Greece, ancient Egypt, ancient Babylon and ancient India. What Westerners admire most about Chinese civilization is not anything else, but that thousands of years have passed, and the other four birthplaces of ancient civilization have all disappeared, and only China still continues. ”

"Therefore, for thousands of years, we have made many mistakes in foreign relations, or we have made mistakes but have not learned lessons......" Taking a deep breath, Pang Jindong said slowly: "But today, our nation and our country can continue to exist, which shows that we have our own strengths." But why is it that with a history of humiliation in modern times, while accusing others of aggression, is there something wrong with us?"

Jin Zhenyu sighed: "Your original intention is good, but as I said just now, it is too extreme, and it is also a little more urgent." ”

"Then I can further add to you that our nation and country have fought against all the powerful countries in the history of the world, some are small-scale, some are large-scale, some are we have won, some have lost, but in any case, after countless of these powerful countries have been annihilated by the dust of history, only we Chinese people are still here, although the dynasties have changed a lot, and the government has changed countless times, but this land is still called Huaxia, and the people living here are still Chinese! We are standing here tenaciously like this, and no one or thing can shake our strength!" In an instant, Pang Jindong's national feelings hidden in the deepest part of his heart were completely released: "However, we could have done better!"

"Do better......" Jin Zhenyu repeated these words mechanically, making it difficult to figure out whether he was asking a question or already had his own opinion in his heart.

"Of course we can do better! Although history does not have a hypothesis, we might as well assume it to explain why we need to learn the lessons of the past!" Pang Jindong took a deep breath, full of affection, and at the same time said with infinite melancholy: "Taking the Ming Dynasty as an example, in the face of the strong captives in the north, what we did was to build the Great Wall higher and longer, and hide behind it to do passive defense! If the Ming Dynasty had been determined to sweep through the northern part of the country with a million heroes and to come to the vast Mongolian steppe and even the entire Siberian region, it would have been nothing more than a garden after the Chinese nation rode its horses, so why did Emperor Ming move the capital to Beijing and guard the country with the respect of the Son of Heaven......?

Jin Zhenyu nodded: "Go on." ”

"The same Ming Dynasty, the battle of Wanli Korea defeated the Japanese army in its prime, but it was satisfied with maintaining the status quo and hypocritical peace! The wolf ambition of this island country was actually obvious at that time, if the Ming Dynasty had the determination and courage to exert the strength of the whole country, and organized 700,000 sea and land troops to attack Dongying itself, even if the Dongying Islands were not incorporated into our territory, as long as the four countries and Kyushu were leveled, there would be no fiasco of the Qing Dynasty in the First Sino-Japanese War, and even the eight-year War of Resistance could be saved! However, the Ming Dynasty had more than one million troops, but it was self-contained within the Great Wall! Zheng He's huge fleet that dominated the whole world did not want to forge ahead overseas to expand the living space of the Chinese nation.

If Jin Zhenyu has a little understanding of history and historiography, he will know that all kinds of things about the Ming Dynasty are often the opinions of the benevolent and the wise.

However, Pang Jindong's words are not wrong, so Jin Zhenyu can't help but sigh: "There are too many 'ifs' like this, if we had made the right choice for these ifs back then, where would there be a century-old history of humiliation in modern times......"

"General, it's not me who is alarmist, if we can't change the defensive thinking that has plagued us for hundreds of years, I am afraid that humiliation will come to us again!" Pang Jindong held the book case in both hands, looked at Jin Zhenyu condescendingly, and a pride burned in his chest: "Our history has not always been like this, but it has only become so cowardly in the last few hundred years! Whenever we look back on history, we always have to mention 'Tang Emperor Han Wu', and now we have the Tang Emperor's cultural rule, what is lacking is the martial arts of Han Wu!" When can we re-hang the phrase 'those who commit strong men, although they are far away!' in Dongjiaomin Lane, when can we truly dominate the forest of the world's nations!"

Jin Zhenyu stood up, his hands behind his back, tightly locked his brows, and paced back and forth in the study. Pang Jindong's gaze always fell on him, and he never left for a moment.

After a long time, Jin Zhenyu returned to the bookcase, stood facing Pang Jindong, and asked angrily: "If you want to change a qiē, should you start with courage?"

"Yes, General! Take the initiative to attack, the merit is overseas, and start from the Kokang region as soon as you can!"

Jin Zhenyu stopped talking, there was silence again, and it was a silence that overwhelmed people, Pang Jindong nervously waited for Jin Zhenyu to make a decision, and Jin Zhenyu's decision directly affected hundreds of thousands of Yanhuang compatriots in the Kokang area.

At this moment, for Pang Jindong, every second is as long as a year, or even a century.

I don't know how long it took, Jin Zhenyu's brows relaxed, slowly sat back on the chair, and then waved his hand to Pang Jindong: "You go back first!"

"General ......" Seeing Jin Zhenyu's attitude, Pang Jindong hurriedly asked, "Are you rejecting me?"

Jin Zhenyu neither admitted nor denied it, but just repeated his words: "You go back first!"

"General......" When Pang Jindong shouted these two words this time, his voice became hoarse and choked, and his eyes became blurred.

No matter what he looks at, he will be hazy and confused by the liquid in his eyes, and even a little distorted, this is because Pang Jindong's heart is completely occupied by despair.

Pang Jindong held back the tears and endured the great pain in his heart, and said to Jin Zhenyu: "I have been looking forward to this meeting for a long time, I came with the hope of hundreds of thousands of courageous people, you can't let me go back like this......

Thinking of the promise he made when he left Changqing Mountain, if he couldn't win the support of the motherland, he would never leave here alive, Pang Jindong silently told himself: "Men must keep their promises!"

After making up his mind in his heart, Pang Jindong only waited for Jin Zhenyu to say a "no", and he would immediately commit suicide.

Although Pang Jindong has an incomparable attachment to life, and although he is not willing to leave this world at all, he must keep his promise to shake these bureaucrats in exchange for the support of the people of the motherland.

Although, the fact that he died here may not be known to anyone at all.

Jin Zhenyu noticed Pang Jindong's excitement, and said in an extremely deep voice: "I didn't refuse you......"

Pang Jindong closed his eyes, and after being silent for a while, he opened his eyes and looked directly at Jin Zhenyu and said, "But you didn't agree!"

"I'm just the vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, not the dictator of some totalitarian country!"

"That's why I want you to be able to play a role at the top and convince others to come and support us. Even if you can't win everyone's support, you can't act at the level of government, I believe that with your influence, ......"

The corners of Jin Zhenyu's mouth twitched, and he waved his hand to interrupt Pang Jindong's words, repeating his words for the third time: "You go back first!"

It was only at this time that Pang Jindong noticed that Jin Zhenyu's gaze was complicated, as if he wanted to make a look at himself.

Thinking of the person hiding behind the screen, Pang Jindong suddenly understood something: "Since this is the case, I will leave first!"

"Wait!" Jin Zhenyu took out a copy of the article from the drawer and handed it to Pang Jindong: "Take a look at this before leaving, it's the news I just got, and it hasn't been published in the media yet!"