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"Wang Minyun!"

Reading this name on his lips, Zhu Yifeng couldn't help but be a little surprised, the reason why he was surprised was completely because he knew this person, to be precise, he knew the role that this person played after Guo Songtao returned from his mission to the United Kingdom!

Guo Songtao was the first foreign minister of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Such a beautiful difference, which was very important in the eyes of later generations, once aroused the denigration of the gentry class in the world in this era. Guo Songtao himself was cursed and attacked by his Hunan fellow countrymen for this, and among the Hunan intellectuals who were dissatisfied with Guo Songtao, the famous scholar and poet Wang Minyun was prominent, and it was even rumored that he had made a pair to scold him.

"Out of its kind, out of its own, not allowed in the world of Yao Shun; If you can't help people, you can do ghosts, why go to the state of your parents."

Although it is recorded in Wang Minyun's "Diary of Xiangqilou" that this pair was not made by him, Wang's ridicule of Guo Songtao in the book is endless. Wang Minyun laughed at Guo Songtao back then, of course, he was full of confidence and thought he had the truth in his hands. But who would have thought that they would eventually be ridiculed by history.

Such a person would take the initiative to ask to go overseas with the group!

Historically, before Guo Songtao set off, that is, this Wang Minyun had instructed him to use the political ideas of Confucius and Lao Tzu to persuade Britain to "embark on the right path" - "The islands of the country are far away, and since Yu Mo, there is no book and Confucianism to shine on it." …… Sincerity can understand people, open their mistakes, tell them the holy way, and then teach them the Dafa of the world, and cut their own priorities, because of their skills, to teach agriculture and mulberry, then the cannon has nothing to do, the ship has no contact, the worship of the original and the end, the businessman is not good, the old and the dead do not get along, and the world is peaceful, it is honest and worthwhile. ”

Didn't this "Wang Daru" want to "persuade" Britain to go the right way?

However, in this level of understanding that celebrities are still in the understanding of "being angry when they hear the strengths of foreigners, and being happy when they hear the shortcomings of foreigners", it is not a bad thing for a "talent" like Wang Minyun to go abroad, at least it can make him open his eyes to see how the world is doing.

However, this Wang Minyun should not become another "Liu Xihong"!

"Unzen, do you really want him to go overseas with you?"

Looking at Guo Songtao, Zhu Yifeng asked again, although as the governor of the capital, after the establishment of the governor's office, he had already delegated power to various ministries and departments, if he hadn't seen Wang Minyun's name, he would not have interfered in this matter.

"Dadu Governor, although this son is young and has never studied foreign languages, he is also an extremely intelligent and talented person, and he is the most suitable person for follow-up!"

Guo Songtao's explanation made Zhu Yifeng nod quite approvingly, staring at the "ambassador" he sent in front of him, and a fable that he had seen appeared in his heart.

"Unzen! This trip to the West is not only thousands of miles, but the governor has nothing to give, but to send it with a story! ”

It was a parable of the pioneers, and perhaps there was no better story than this one.

"The story goes that in a valley where people live in seclusion year after year, and no one believes that there is a more exciting world outside the valley. The old-fashioned old people only let everyone learn the things of their ancestors, and refuse any extroverted exploration. Finally, a pioneer made his way to the outside world and rushed back to tell the people of the valley about the richness and beauty of the outside world. But he was regarded as a great liar and was stoned to death. Years later, a famine broke out in the valley, and everyone followed the path of the pioneers to the world outside the valley. When they realized that the pioneers were right, they wanted to return to the valley to find the pioneers' remains, but the bodies were gone. So, they had to erect a stone monument in his honor to commemorate him. ”

After listening to this story, all the expressions on Guo Songtao's square face froze at this time. Under the black eyebrows, the sharp eyes looked at the face of the Metropolitan Governor for a moment.

At the end, Guo Songtao suddenly smiled. He stood up with a solemn expression, then stepped back and raised his eyebrows with his hands and eyebrows, and bowed deeply.

"Thank you Han Du for saying this...... If the minister can be a pioneer for this. Guo Mou...... What a regret in this life. ”

Regarding Guo Songtao's actions, Zhu Yifeng was only solemn.

"Yunxian, if you regret it now, you are still in a hurry!"

Looking at Guo Songtao, who had no hesitation, Zhu Yifeng suddenly said with some reluctance.

"Metropolitan Governor, this Western minister is determined to go, and then he will ......"

After a pause in his words, meeting the gaze of the Grand Governor, Guo Songtao suddenly grinned.

"From the perspective of His Majesty, this is a beautiful difference, not only can you see the scenery of the West, but also can be appreciated by the Metropolitan Governor, if you can be appreciated by the Han Governor, why worry about your life?"

If you can be appreciated by Han Du, you will not have to worry about your life!

Guo Songtao's words sounded in Zhu Yifeng's ears like thunder, and at this moment, many things that he had never understood suddenly came to his senses!

At this moment, he finally understood why the Iwakura envoys were destined to open the door to Japan's Meiji Restoration, and it must be known that the Japanese emperor at that time relied on the "Shogunate Faction" to reprimand the shogunate's founding behavior as a rebellious act against the emperor's will. Later, the founding of the Meiji Dynasty, in the eyes of the Zaiyi faction, undoubtedly betrayed the previous path, and not only crusaded against the Yidi, but also held the government accountable. And this led directly to the later "Southwest War". The Southwest War can be regarded as the last counterattack of the conservative forces at the founding of Japan, which shows the stubbornness of its conservative thinking.

Thinking of the conservatives at the time of the founding of Japan, Zhu Yifeng also thought of the so-called conservatives of the late Qing Dynasty who were endlessly heard in the history books, and it seemed that they were also extremely stubborn and unwilling to open their eyes to the world, but in contrast, the so-called conservative forces of the Manchu Qing Dynasty at that time were just verbal attacks on people.

Many people in later generations even pushed the conservatism of the late Qing Dynasty to traditional Chinese culture such as political system and Confucianism, and there was a momentum that the root of the humiliation of modern China for a hundred years was here, and even said that the Manchus were the scapegoats, and even some people were ignorant of what "wolves became sheep to be slaughtered after sinicization", in fact, people who spoke like this were simply shameless, and they did not see that the Manchu Dynasty's ideological imprisonment of the Han people was the fundamental cause of China's backwardness and ignorance in modern times, and even the so-called conservatismIt was also because of the connivance of the Manchus and the Manchu Qing to maintain the enslavement of the Han people.

As for the so-called conservatives, it was those officials and scholars who deliberately created a conservative appearance in order to vote for the favor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. There was never a shortage of so-called "political speculators" in all dynasties, and when the Manchu Qing suppressed Han officials who tried to reform in order to maintain their colonial rule over China, it was natural that there would be speculators who would insult those pioneers with so-called "conservative actions".

After Gengzi, when the Manchus realized that they could not change, the so-called New Deal was immediately implemented throughout the country, although there were conservative local officials and gentry who resisted, but with the support of the imperial court, their resistance did not stop the tide of change.

Any change is destined to be resisted, but the test of any change is never how stubborn the conservatives are, whether it is the Shang Dynasty of Qin, the king of the Song Dynasty An Shi or the Ming Dynasty Zhang Juzheng, what is tested is the determination and courage of the implementers, as for the so-called conservatives, in the end they will either be defeated or transformed into supporters of the reform.

This is determined by the nature of human beings to "seek advantages and avoid disadvantages"!

There are no conservatives at all!

At this moment, Zhu Yifeng finally realized his mistake, the reason why he felt that the conservatives were strong was not because of his own feelings, but because of the influence of history books, he thought that the conservatives were powerful, but in fact, how could those people shake the fundamentals?

Just like when Yongzheng was "opening up sources and reducing expenditure" to implement "the official gentry paying grain in one" for the sake of the bannerman's money and food, what was the use of the opposition of the Han gentry at that time? In the end, in the history books written by Han historians, didn't this still be called the "Three Virtues of Sejong"? When they wrote this history, they never remembered that they had also objected.

As for those who are desperately opposed, what are they doing? That kind of toughness is just a gamble!

They are "betting" that the determination of the reformers is not strong, and if they win the bet, they will naturally win the name of the people who have been behind them! This is the typical "gambler" psychology of the most typical political speculators!

Yes!

If it were in modern China, if Li Hongzhang, Ding Richang, Guo Songtao and others could get the full support of the emperor, how could they end up ruined?

Yes, if the pioneers who are willing to learn from Western science and technology civilization with an attitude of embracing all rivers like Guo Songtao can get their full support, then except for a very small number of diehards, the vast majority of speculators will immediately turn into a country and support the founding of the country and the study of the West!

Thinking of the opposition he suffered when appointing Xi Zhimo as the head of the Ministry of Industry, Zhu Yifeng sighed, and then looked at Guo Songtao and bowed.

"Thank you Yunxian for your awakening words!"

If there is no Guo Songtao's awakening, I am afraid that Zhu Yifeng will still be immersed in the tenacious and powerful troubles of the conservative forces without knowing it, although the conservatives are quite powerful, but it is human instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, such as Wang Minyun and others, who saw the conservatism of the Manchu court in the late Qing Dynasty, so he won the approval of the world and the appreciation of the court for satirizing his friends.

If such people saw their support for learning from the West, how would they behave? Just like the reform and opening up more than 100 years later, China was so conservative and revolutionary at that time, but as soon as the country opened, with the full support of the high-level, there was also an upsurge of pursuing the West like the Meiji Restoration in Japan, and there was also a saying that "the moon in the West is round".

The only thing that has not changed for thousands of years is human nature!

"Why did the Metropolitan Governor say that?"

Guo Songtao dared to accept the bow of the Grand Governor, and hurriedly avoided him, and in his puzzlement, Zhu Yifeng smiled again.

"Yunxian, it just so happens that you are here, drafting an order for the governor and appointing Xi Zhimo, the head of the Ministry of Works, as the head of the Ministry of Works!" (To be continued.) )