At night, in an inn in Dezhou City, Zhou Ding and Li Cunyi sat and drank opposite each other.

After three rounds of drinking, Li Cunyi said: "Chongde, senior brother has personally delivered those silver tickets to the family of the deceased, even if this matter is revealed, the people of the Boxers will not seek revenge from you, you can rest assured!" ”

Zhou Ding smiled bitterly, disapproving; After all, it was eight lives, and even if he lost money, it was impossible for the Boxers to forget about it, and his enmity with the Boxers was settled.

No big deal!

Unless Zhou Ding wore ancient costumes and wore braids, otherwise, even without this incident, it would be impossible for the Boxers to accept him as a 'foreigner'.

"Senior brother, don't you think there is a problem with the concept of the Boxers?"

Li Cunyi picked up his wine glass and said, "To be honest, the Boxers' way of doing things, Senior Brother also thinks it's not appropriate. How can I not have much ink in my stomach, and my knowledge is limited, so I can't find the problem! Junior brother may wish to speak bluntly. ”

"Today's conflict, in the final analysis, is only because I wear a dress and don't wear braids. The Boxers didn't ask the reason, they wanted to kill people like me when they saw them, is this really good? While speaking, Zhou Ding also raised his wine glass.

The two clinked glasses and drank together, and Li Cunyi said: "The Boxers did this to weaken the foreigners, in order to deter those Han people who worship foreigners, defect to the enemy and betray the country, and forget their ancestors. ”

Zhou Ding took the wine jug, filled the wine for the senior brother, and said: "The real traitors, most of them stay in the city, will they wander around?" Moreover, among the traitors, the majority of people wear Han clothes and have braids, how can they be punished and killed just by their clothes?

Senior brother, do you know how many overseas Chinese like me have come here because they love this land, and they have worked hard to help this country embark on the road to prosperity and strength! And how many of these people were mistakenly killed by the Boxers?

In addition to overseas Chinese, there are also international students who go abroad to study Western technology, and after returning to China, how many of them have braids?

It was the Western army that invaded China and ate China, they occupied Jiaozhou Bay, occupied Lushun in Northeast China, occupied Weihai and Guangzhou Bay, and the Boxers hated the foreigners so much, why didn't they fight them?

Take a good look at who the Boxers killed; Church pastors, foreign businessmen, overseas Chinese, international students, or people like me. ”

Zhou Ding wanted to say more in his heart; Even if it's a foreigner, should you treat it differently? Whoever invades China, you will do it with whomever you want! Such indiscriminate killing of foreigners not only did not benefit the overall situation, but eventually led the Eight-Nation Alliance to attack the Qing Dynasty.

Since then, China has been the real enemy of the world. However, these things have not happened yet, and it is useless to say them.

Zhou Ding was even skeptical; The Boxers acted like this, and eighty percent of it was the conspiracy of the White Lotus Sect, the ultimate goal of the White Lotus Sect; Neither to fight the foreigners, nor to help the Qing Dynasty, let alone to help the people, they just want to make China chaotic, the more chaotic the better!

The White Lotus Sect has a long history, since the Tang Dynasty, the Central Plains has their shadow, and the Northern and Southern Dynasties have appeared openly; Pure Land Buddhism.

In every dynasty and generation, the role played by the White Lotus Sect is that of a reactionary, and everything it does is to overthrow the rule.

However, they are not overthrown for the sake of the people of the world, nor are they overthrown for the sake of the prosperity and strength of the country, they do not have a correct concept, they just keep fooling, constantly inciting the people, and overthrowing purely for the sake of overthrowing.

They didn't even care if they could overthrow the imperial court, they just kept incitement, kept sabotaging.

Fang La of the Song Dynasty, the Red Turban Uprising at the end of the Yuan Dynasty......

Especially during the reign of the Qing Dynasty, because many Han people were dissatisfied with the rule of the Qing Dynasty, this organization continued to plan all kinds of rebellions, the largest of which was the White Lotus Rebellion during the Jiaqing period, which lasted for nearly ten years and spread throughout China.

In order to quell this rebellion, the Qing Dynasty spent 20,000 taels of silver, not counting the losses of the people during the war.

It's a pity that these things are just speculation, there is no evidence, the wise see the wise, the wise see the wise, can only understand, can not be spoken, forced to listen to others, it is useless!

Li Cunyi's brows furrowed tightly; What Zhou Ding said touched him a lot. However, most of the people in the Boxers were old-fashioned, and there were even many people who believed in the protection of the gods and could be invulnerable. It's easier said than done to change your mind!!

Zhou Ding picked up his wine glass and continued: "Senior brother, do you know that today, why do Western powers have the audacity to wantonly abuse China? ”

The two touched a cup, and Li Cunyi answered: "Senior brother, please speak?" ”

Zhou Dingchun said seductively: "In the past hundred years, the spears and cannons of Western countries have changed with each passing day, but the imperial court is closed to the country and is not in line with the world. Up and down the court, the people and the pawns all think that we are a big country, and the foreigners are barbarians, and they look down on others from the bones.

More than 30 years ago, after the British and French troops invaded Beijing, they burned the Old Summer Palace, and we learned about the power of foreigners' spears. After this war, the court was afraid of the Western countries like tigers, talking about the tiger's color change, burying their heads in the sand, and unwilling to understand foreign affairs!

The imperial court treats all the countries of the West as enemies! As everyone knows, there are also many contradictions between Western countries, and it is true that the British burned our Old Summer Palace, but more than 80 years ago, the British also burned the capital of the United States.

If you want to understand, how can the court not know about such a major event that everyone in the world knows?

During the Warring States Period, there were seven kingdoms, and our ancestors still knew about distant and close attacks. If the imperial court makes proper use of the contradictions between foreigners, it will definitely be able to break away from the blockade of the West and even become a world power. ”

The second senior brother pondered for a long time and asked, "Isn't it possible that without foreigners, we can't improve ourselves?" ”

Zhou Ding touched a glass with his senior brother: "Alas! Even if you are justified in killing foreigners, why do you want to kill overseas Chinese? Killing international students? Without these people, who will help China to strengthen itself! Do we rely on our own blacksmiths and carpenters? Even if they could build a pike-warship comparable to the West, how many years would it take?

Thirty years, or fifty years?

At that time, these things had already been eliminated by foreign countries, and people replaced them with weapons with more powerful firepower, and we were still passively beaten!

What's more, what we lack is not only foreign guns and cannons, but also the gap between us and the West is the gap between agricultural countries and industrial countries, and it is not easy to establish a complete industrial system!!

Li Hongzhang has been engaged in foreign affairs all his life, how much did he spend? The end result? ”

Zhou Ding's words completely refreshed Li Cunyi's worldview: Senior Brother Li's eyes were confused, and he muttered: "Could it be that the concept of the Boxers is really wrong?" ”

Zhou Ding felt that the fire was almost over, and continued to add a fire: "Today, the junior brother will leave a sentence, within two years, the Boxers will definitely be dealt a fatal blow, and within three years, it will fall apart and disappear." During this period, I hope that the senior brother will cherish it and try not to participate in it.

Within two or three years, my brother will know whether what I say is true or false. At that time, if the senior brother wants to do something for the people of the world, you might as well come to me! ”

Li Cunyi shook his head, gave up hard thinking and meditation, picked up his wine glass and said to Zhou Ding: "Houde, senior brother listened to your words, and his heart was even more confused, it seems that I am really not suitable for using my brain."

However, the senior brother understands a little, the junior brother has a ditch in his chest, he is a person who does great things, if the Boxer Rebellion is really as the junior brother said, at that time, the senior brother will inevitably defect to the junior brother and help the junior brother! ”

"Senior brother, cheers!"

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