Chapter 997: If Alexander Conquers China

"Wow!

The students in the audience sighed one after another.

There is no doubt that exploring the essence of a 5,000-year-old nation is an extremely ambitious subject.

It's just that such a grand topic can be discussed clearly in just one class?

Throughout the ages, many scholars have tried to analyze this, but none of them have left a conclusive conclusion.

Wang Yong actually gave a speech on such a topic at an appointment ceremony, is it a bit too exaggerated?

"Principal, Mr. Wang's choice of this topic...... It's a bit presumptuous. An old professor pushed his glasses and said to the principal beside him.

The principal looked at Wang Yong, and for some reason there was a sudden trust in his heart, and said: "The dead still pay attention to a coffin conclusion, and it is too early to rush to conclusions." Listen to him and talk about it. ”

With the president's words, several professors who originally had complaints about Wang Yong also swallowed the words back into their stomachs.

If Wang Yong's speech is successful, they will be happy to absorb experience, and if the speech fails, they will just watch a joke.

Anyway, Wang Yong has nothing to do with them, so why meddle?

The reporters in the audience also stared at Wang Yong thoughtfully, as if waiting for a breaking point.

Sure enough, the colleagues who have dealt with Wang Yong are right, where there is Wang Yong, there must be news!

Wang Yong will definitely make a big news today!

Wang Yong stood on the stage, looked at the expressions of everyone in the audience, and said lightly: "It seems that everyone is not optimistic about me." Actually, I'm not very optimistic about myself. Because of the authorities' obsession, we often lose insight and sensitivity in the face of the culture of our own country that we have been exposed to since childhood. It's like when we marry a beautiful wife, and after watching it for ten years, we have long been bored of watching it, and we can't find the moving characteristics of our wife. But if an outsider suddenly breaks in at this time, he will be shocked by our wife and completely surrender. Then ......"

"And then choose to forgive her?" the students at the bottom said amusefully.

"Hahaha......" everyone laughed.

This is a particularly popular phrase on the Internet recently, and a green forgiveness hat has been derived for this purpose, and someone really went out on the street with it.

Wang Yong also smiled, and then said: "Forgive her for not existing, because I just made an analogy, in fact, what should be a single dog is still a single dog." ”

"Ahem...... Mr. Wang is really good at hitting people. "Many male students have unnatural expressions.

"Alright, let's get down to business. What I want to say is that when we lose our insight, we can use the eyes of outsiders to rediscover the characteristics or essences that exist in our culture. For example, there is such a popular post on foreign forums......"

Wang Yong said, gesturing to a staff member.

The staff member nodded, and then saw the big screen on the rostrum flash and light up.

Then a post from a foreign forum appeared.

"If Alexander conquers China, what will become of China?"

Alexander, the head of the four major military commanders in European history, worshipped Aristotle as his teacher. After succeeding to the throne, he first unified the whole territory of Greece, and then swept through the Middle East, sweeping the entire territory of Egypt, sweeping the ancient Persian Empire, and reaching the Indus Valley.

Of the four ancient civilizations, three were occupied by Alexander. The only one left is Huaxia.

Therefore, foreign netizens will have this question: If Alexander continues his crusade and even the only remaining China is occupied, what will be the scene?

As soon as the title of this post appeared on the big screen, the students of Jinghua couldn't help but say: "Impossible! From Europe to China, the productive forces of ancient times simply could not support such a distant crusade to the East." This is simply a false proposition!"

"Alexander corresponds to the era of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period of China. Not to mention the distance factor, if Alexander really came to China, the Qin State alone would be enough for Alexander to drink a pot. Don't forget the population density of China at that time, Bai Qi alone killed 400,000 people in Zhao, and Alexander's Eastern Expeditionary Army couldn't even reach a fraction of this number, just more than 30,000 people!

"I think it's better to discuss the possibility of the Eastern Crusade being realized. If Alexander wants to conquer China, he has to cross the Pamir Plateau, which is the second highest plateau in the world, and I think the difficulty is understandable. Even if Alexander had managed to cross the Pamirs, he would have to pass through the Western Regions. Although there are many small countries in the Western Regions, they are not good at stubble, and they can consume more than half of Alexander's army just by relying on the advantages of the terrain. Even if Alexander crossed the Western Regions without losing a single soldier, then another question that arose was whether his baggage would be able to support him in fighting against China? The productivity of ancient times was not able to support tens of thousands of troops to fight for several years in a row. So, this assumption does not exist. The biggest possibility is that Alexander died on the road before he arrived in China. ”

"Alexander's greatest pride is his Maginot phalanx. This kind of phalanx was indeed invincible in Europe at that time. Just compared with Huaxia, this kind of phalanx is full of loopholes. In the Qin army at that time, there was a saying in the historical materials that 'the strong crossbow is in front, and the Yongge is in the back', which has been said very clearly. That is, the crossbow bolts open the way, and before the confrontation comes a salvo. The Maginot phalanx was more than defensive, but not maneuverable. In the face of the Qin army's powerful crossbow salvo, how many people can be left? An array of crossbowmen is 160 kneeling hoplites and 172 standing light figurines, as well as a chariot phalanx of 64 vehicles. If the Maginot phalanx can withstand this kind of impact from the Qin army, I will eat in public!"

This student was obviously a fanatical Qin Jun supporter, and finally directly expressed his determination of his opinion with a slightly vulgar sentence.

Listening to the students' discussions, Wang Yong did not interrupt, but let the students express their opinions.

Finally, after a period of chaos, the students noticed that Wang Yong had not spoken, and couldn't help but calm down.

"Teacher Wang, don't you want to say something?" someone asked.

Wang Yong smiled: "You have said what should be said, what else can I say? But fortunately, no one has said the main purpose of our topic today." Next, continue to read the post. ”

"Ah, that's not the point?" the Jinghua students said in amazement.

I couldn't help but look at the big screen with a strong curiosity.

The post on the big screen slowly dragged away, revealing the first comment from a foreign netizen.

"I don't think it's possible for Alexander to conquer China. If Alexander's army had done so, they would soon have been counterattacked by the Chinese. The sheer size of China's population would overwhelmingly defeat the Greeks.

Because Greece is incomparably small compared to the population and city size of China. Alexander's 50,000 troops across Europe were only as powerful as a small and medium-sized vassal state in China.

So it was simply an unfair war, and Alexander had no chance of winning. ”

"Hey, foreign netizens are very sensible. Jinghua students said after seeing this comment.

They originally thought that there would be a bunch of sarcastic and obscene replies below the post, but they didn't expect the first one to be so sensible.

Wang Yong remained silent and continued to pull down.

The second comment was quickly revealed.

And starting from this comment, it seems to confirm Wang Yong's sentence, look at yourself from other people's eyes. All of a sudden, it opened the door to a new world for Jinghua students.

"When the Mongols conquered China, the territory they conquered became part of China, and the territory of China expanded unprecedentedly, and when the Manchus conquered China, their territory became part of China, and the territory of China expanded again.

It is easy to conquer, but it is difficult to rule. The United States took Iraq in four months, but for 14 years it has not even established a credible regime.

The only thing that can control such a vast civilized nation is the system that suits that nation. You see, China has been unified for 2,000 years, and after a brief unification of Alexander, Europe fell apart and became what it is now. Even after the establishment of the European Union, it was not possible to get along.

If Alexander really occupied China, I think he would have to cater to the culture and ideology of the Chinese people, otherwise he would not have been able to control that country. At that time, the territory of China probably had extended to the Mediterranean. ”

Wow!

All the Jinghua students let out a chuckle and exclamation.

The expansion of China's territory to the Mediterranean Sea is really a bold idea! And the views on Chinese civilization in this comment seem to be sharp and sharp, and it is hard to imagine that this is from the mouth of a foreign netizen.

"This guy is pretty powerful. Some students praised.

Further down, the comments get even more exciting.

"The script used in Huaxia is hieroglyphics, which can accommodate all the different local colloquialisms. Even if people from all over the world speak different words, they all maintain the same culture and ideological influence. This is the reason why China was able to unify but Europe could not. ”

"The Chinese had a governing philosophy called benevolent government, they did not discriminate on the basis of ethnicity, they did not take religion as the main body, they only believed in their own cultural system, which was completely different from the West at that time. I'm sure that if ancient China had conquered the West, the West would have perished, and if Alexander had conquered China, then Greek civilization would have been replaced by Chinese civilization. ”

"In China, the rule of a dynasty may be ended, but in the land of this dynasty, civilization will still be passed on intact, and in the West, the conquest of a land is the day when the civilization in that land is extinct. The power of the king in the West came from blood, while the power of the Chinese dynasty came from the will of the people. In Chinese culture, this is called 'people's hearts to the back' or 'royal road'.

If Alexander really conquered China, it was certainly not that Alexander's army was strong enough, but that the Chinese Dynasty at that time no longer had the popular support of the Chinese people. If Alexander wanted to rule China, he had to do something that was in line with the will of the Chinese people, which was the backspread of civilization. Therefore, even in the case of conquest, Chinese civilization can spread like a fire.

Westerners will be ruled by force, but Chinese people will not, and this is the difference between history and culture. ”